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Matthew “Merlin” Kenney is a professional classical astrologer and ritual magician who has spent the last 11 years of his life devoted to his craft. He studied classical philosophy and linguistics at university, and reads and translates Ancient Greek and Sanskrit, utilizing the insights of ancient wisdom in his teaching and client practice. Matthew teaches and practices astrology as a complete spi...

Michael Uebel, PhD, LCSW, studies intellectual history. He has taught theory and literature at the University of Virginia, Georgetown University, and the University of Kentucky. Currently an Affiliate of the Office for the Associate Dean for Research at the University of Texas-Austin, and an International Scholar of the British Psychoanalytic Council, his research focuses on the intersection of ph...

Justin P. Hopper is an American-born British writer living in the East of England. He makes books, records and performances, as well as a podcast and other projects, based around the written or spoken word. A lot of it is related to interests in landscape, psychogeography and hauntology, as well as an interest in the literary and artistic occult in early-20th century London. Vine Press: https://vi...

A talk on sigils: https://thehermitage.school/The Hermitage is an online magical school that offers multiple courses across the Western magical tradition and leaves the path entirely up to you. There is no endpoint, no correct sequence, no single tradition that covers the terrain. The Hermitage offers courses and guidance rather than a curriculum. You decide where to begin, and exploration takes c...

Jason Butler is a licensed clinical psychologist and a practicing psychotherapist at Sage Integrative Health in Berkeley. He is the author of Archetypal psychotherapy: The clinical legacy of James HillmanButler's site: https://jasonbutlerphd.com---Become part of the Hermitix community:The Hermitage: https://thehermitage.schoolHermitix Twitter - / hermitixpodcast Support Hermitix:Patreon - www....

Mads Højmark is Chief Advisor at Djøf and a Board Member at The Danish Society for Philosophical Practice (DSFP). Mads' LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hoejmark/ Mads at Philosophical Health International: https://www.philosophical.health/ Mythophil site: https://www.thaumas.dk/ ---Become part of the Hermitix community: The Hermitage: the-hermitage.mn.co Hermitix Twitter - / hermitixpodc...

Patrick McNamara (born 1956) is an American neuroscientist. His work has centered on three major topics: sleep and dreams, religion, and mind/brain. Book link: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Anarch-Katechon-Literary-Neuroscience-Evolutionary-ebook/dp/B0GSCBFQLC--- Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - https://twitter.com/Hermitixpodcast Support Hermitix: Patreon - https://www.patreon...

A talk on body, energy, vital force, Wilhelm Reich, and the somatic relationship to magic; find the full course at: https://the-hermitage.mn.co/The Hermitage is an online magical school that offers multiple courses across the Western magical tradition and leaves the path entirely up to you. There is no endpoint, no correct sequence, no single tradition that covers the terrain. The Hermitage offers...

Jason Ānanda Josephson Storm is an American academic, philosopher, social scientist, and author. He is currently Professor in the Department of Religion and chair in Science and Technology Studies at Williams College. He also holds affiliated positions in Asian studies and Comparative Literature at Williams College. Book link: https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/G/bo265446241.html---...

The Watching Words by Peter KingsleyBook link: https://peterkingsley.org/product/the-watching-words-hardcover-2026/---Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - ⁠⁠ / hermitixpodcast⁠⁠ Support Hermitix: Patreon - ⁠⁠ patreon.com/hermitix⁠⁠ Donations: - ⁠⁠https://www.paypal.me/hermitixpod⁠⁠ Hermitix Merchandise - ⁠⁠http://teespring.com/stores/hermitix-2⁠⁠ Bitcoin Donation Address: 3LAG...

The Nonduality & Magic course can be found here: https://the-hermitage.mn.coJay grew up in east London, to an Indian father and a half-Russian, half-Polish mother. His father’s family in West Bengal were immersed in the Advaita Vedanta tradition as members of the Ramakrishna Mission, so there was always some knowledge of this so-called “perennial” understanding running through his life. It was...

Nick Trakakis is an Australian philosopher who is assistant director of the Centre for Philosophy and Phenomenology of Religion of the Australian Catholic University. He has previously taught at Monash University and Deakin University, and during 2006–2007 he was a postdoctoral research fellow at the Centre for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Notre Dame.[1] He works mainly at the inter...

Julie Reshe is a Ukrainian-born philosopher, a practicing negative psychoanalyst, and a public intellectual. She is currently a visiting professor at University College Cork and University College Dublin. She is also a Director of the Institute of Psychoanalysis at the Global Centre for Advanced Studies. Reshe's site: https://www.juliereshe.com Negative Essays : https://www.negativepress.ie/ne...

This episode I'm joined once again by Todd McGowan to discuss the death drive. Book link: https://www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?book_slug=self-sabotage-how-we-try-not-to-flourish--9781509573363---Become part of the Hermitix community:Hermitix Twitter - / hermitixpodcast Support Hermitix:Patreon - www.patreon.com/hermitix Donations: - https://www.paypal.me/hermitixpodHermitix Merchandise - htt...

Ramsey Dukes is the current and most well-known pen name of Lionel Snell, a contemporary English magician, publisher, and author on magic and philosophy. Lionel was born to a Kibbo Kift couple as WW2 was ending and lived his childhood in a converted water mill deep in the Gloucestershire Cotswolds. From his village school he won a scholarship plus government bursary to attend prep and public schoo...

Devaraj Sandberg is a body-based therapist, author and workshop leader with a radical perspective on psychology and authenticity. He champions new ideas, loves working with people and is a digital nomad. Devaraj's site: https://bioenergetics.org.uk/author/devaraj/Devaraj's Youtube  @DevarajSandberg  ---Become part of the Hermitix community:The Hermitage: https://the-hermitage.mn.coHermitix...

A talk on ancestor worship; find the full course at: https://the-hermitage.mn.co/The Hermitage is an online magical school that offers multiple courses across the Western magical tradition and leaves the path entirely up to you. There is no endpoint, no correct sequence, no single tradition that covers the terrain. The Hermitage offers courses and guidance rather than a curriculum. You decide wher...

One, No One and One Hundred Thousand by Luigi Pirandello---Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - ⁠⁠ / hermitixpodcast⁠⁠ Support Hermitix: Patreon - ⁠⁠ patreon.com/hermitix⁠⁠ Donations: - ⁠⁠https://www.paypal.me/hermitixpod⁠⁠ Hermitix Merchandise - ⁠⁠http://teespring.com/stores/hermitix-2⁠⁠ Bitcoin Donation Address: 3LAGEKBXEuE2pgc4oubExGTWtrKPuXDDLK Ethereum Donation Address: 0...

David Beth was born and raised in Africa, living all over the world in service of the spirits. He was initiated as a priest of Haitian Vodou (Houngan Asogwe) in Port au Prince, Haiti and is the current Heresiarch of the Kosmic Gnosis – an esoteric current focused on chthonic mysteries and magic. University educated in Germany and the USA, David is also the co-founder of esoteric press Theion Publi...

Jonathan Black is a British author, known for his books The Secret History of the World and The Sacred History: How Angels, Mystics and Higher Intelligence Made Our World. He is in the charge of Century, an imprint of Random House UK.Book link: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Secret-History-Universe-Ancient-Wisdom/dp/1918107017---Become part of the Hermitix community:The Hermitage: the-hermitage.mn.coHer...

A talk on the history of the tarot, find the full course at: https://the-hermitage.mn.co/The Hermitage is an online magical school that offers multiple courses across the Western magical tradition and leaves the path entirely up to you. There is no endpoint, no correct sequence, no single tradition that covers the terrain. The Hermitage offers courses and guidance rather than a curriculum. You dec...

Luis Javier Pedrazuela is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Quantitative Methods at CUNEF Universidad. He holds a degree in Philosophy and Humanities from Universidad de Deusto. After a long career in the private sector, he earned a PhD in Philosophy from Universidad Carlos III, following which he was a visiting postdoc researcher at the University of Leeds and Universidad Carlos III. He...

Christopher McIntosh is a British-born writer and historian, specializing in the esoteric traditions of the West. He has a doctorate in history from Oxford University, a degree in German from London University, and a diploma in Russian from the United Nations Language School. The author of many books, most recently Beyond the North Wind , he lives in Lower Saxony, North Germany. McIntosh's bio...

A talk on chaos magic, find the full course at: https://the-hermitage.mn.co/The Hermitage is an online magical school that offers multiple courses across the Western magical tradition and leaves the path entirely up to you. There is no endpoint, no correct sequence, no single tradition that covers the terrain. The Hermitage offers courses and guidance rather than a curriculum. You decide where to...

Review of Pedro Páramo by Juan Rulfo---Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - ⁠⁠ / hermitixpodcast⁠⁠ Support Hermitix: Patreon - ⁠⁠ patreon.com/hermitix⁠⁠ Donations: - ⁠⁠https://www.paypal.me/hermitixpod⁠⁠ Hermitix Merchandise - ⁠⁠http://teespring.com/stores/hermitix-2⁠⁠ Bitcoin Donation Address: 3LAGEKBXEuE2pgc4oubExGTWtrKPuXDDLK Ethereum Donation Address: 0x31e2a4a31B8563B8d23...