The 50 Minute Hour

I am joined by my Catholic friend Nathaniel from Texas, who is a butcher by trade. He is on a noble crusade to slay the usury of Mammon. We discuss magic, usury, the mystical Brazenhead of the medieval alchemists, the knowledge of Adam, writing, parenting, eschatology. This was originally published on his blog at https://taurusnecrus.substack.com/. Our friend "lil lathos" aka Preston hel...

We are back (hopefully!). Today the boys sit down to discuss where we have been and going-ons, the (apparently fascist) history of "organic farming," as well as laying out a critique of optimism (and not of Voltaire's species of critique, mind you!)

Therapy boys are joined by American expat in Russia, Evan, to discuss the phenomenon of the neurosis of religious conversion and the strange psychology of modern times.

The boys discuss Dante, the angelic hierarchy, raccoon hunting, and classical astronomy.

The boys are joined by guest Emma to discuss her history with the Mormon church.

The boys are joined by special guest Peter AKA “The Moon Man”, a man on a mission to educate about geomorphology and alternative cosmology. We also touch on the Nephilim and meta-epistemology.

The boys join a new guest to discuss photography and the relativity of happiness.

Cory and his guest Gabriel discuss the art of hosting symposiums: parties that marry Apollo and Dionysius in a ceremony of good wine and conversation.

The boys sit down with dream scientist Jesse Lyon to discuss the nature of dreams and the original meaning and tradition behind the concept of the university.

The boys sit down to discuss French gourmand Savarin, food, the philosophy of taste, and the future (or lack thereof) of dining out. 

Jonathan and Cory discuss what they have learned over the past year. 

The boys discuss crypto, Kanye, modern therapy, and why any hope in the immediate outer world is a distraction from inner virtue. 

The boys discuss atheism, ontology, and necrotheology. As well as the everyday presence of black magic. 

The boys discuss the calendar, the ontotheology of time, light pollution and looking beyond the Christian/pagan dichotomy of holy days. 

The boys gather to with Jonathan and Alexander to discuss the strange phenomenon of furries. 

The boys sit down initially to discuss the phenomenon of furries and feces, but end up instead discussion anti-industrialism, Tolkien, anarchism, agriculture, and the natural farming philosophy of Japanese thinker Masanobu Fukuoka.

The boys are joined by returning guest Jonathan who wishes to critique and deconstruct asceticism as an escape from the true struggle. Cory gives an apology for the ascetic path as one that is not for most but nonetheless valid perennially in many traditions.

Submission The boys sit down with their French friend Semyon, a scholar of Pharsi and Islam and student-teacher at the Sorbonne in Paris, to discuss neo-Platonism’s influence in Islamic and Christian thought, and its relationship to universalist thought in both traditions.

The boys discuss salvation, Calvinism, universalism, and the history of soteriology. 

The boys discuss the culinary achievements of White Castle milkshakes, Lexington’s heritage as both the Athens of the West and the Horse Capital of the world and, in honor of Derby Day, the philosophy of sports. 

The boys join Daniel, a long-time friend of Cory’s, renegade exorcist, lay theologian, and metaphysician. They discuss spirits, the occult, djinn, the nature of demons, why Satan rebelled, and more. 

The boys discuss Cory’s misadventures in his youth doing educational reconnaissance, then St. John of Damascus’ strange propagandistic attack on Islam but why it scandalizes only modern Christians. For dessert, a foray into the very notions and hierarchies of truth at play in modernity and their evolutions parallel to academia and why the latter must be burned to the ground for there to be any hop...

The boys pull a Lacan and go over the 50 minute hour with our special guest Ryan, a psychonaut alchemist, as they explore the darker depths of the Pharmakon. We apologize for the electronic buzz on Ryan's mic. During the recording session, the mic cable came loose and caused an un-fixable electronic sound in the audio. We hope it isn't too distracting. 

The boys discuss magic, pharmakon, and the inevitability of all things mystical. 

Jonathan returns to discuss with the boys good and evil, the garden of Eden, moralism, the life of Crowley, and Plato’s concept of the good.