Episodes and Blog Entries
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Episode 153: Celestial Machine: On the Temperance Card in the Tarot
Episode | September 13th, 2023 | 1 hr 19 mins
angelology, art, cybernetics, religion, technology
Phil and JF discuss the fourteenth arcanum, traditionally known as Temperance.
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Summer Bonus #2: Art and AI
Episode | September 8th, 2023 | 51 mins 6 secs
aesthetics, bonus episodes, creativity, technology
Another Patreon bonus, released for your listening pleasure as we prepare the first episode of the new season, which begins on September 13th.
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Summer Bonus: On Affectation, with a Special Announcement
Episode | August 15th, 2023 | 49 mins 46 secs
affectation, bonus episodes, courses, patreon extras
Phil and JF discuss the virtues of affectation in this bonus episode, previously available only to Patreon members.
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Episode 152: The Science of Things Spiritual: Live in Lily Dale
Episode | August 1st, 2023 | 1 hr 48 mins
live recording, metaphysics, parapsychology, spiritualism
JF and Phil discuss Frederic Myers, founding member of the Society for Psychical Research, at the 2023 Science of Things Spiritual Symposium in Lily Dale, New York.
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Episode 151: The Real and the Possible: Live at the Diverse Intelligences Summer Institute, with Jacob G. Foster
Episode | July 19th, 2023 | 1 hr 15 mins
art, epistemology, metaphysics, pragmatism, science
Jacob G. Foster joins Phil and JF to discuss art, science, and the reality of the possible.
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Episode 150: Sacramental Reality: On Arthur Machen's "A Fragment of Life"
Episode | July 5th, 2023 | 1 hr 25 mins
JF and Phil discuss Machen's masterful writing craft in his novella "A Fragment of Life."
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Episode 149: Song Swap: On Judee Sill's 'The Kiss' and Wilco's 'Jesus, Etc.'
Episode | June 21st, 2023 | 1 hr 19 mins
music, prophecy, song swap, time
Phil and JF explore the musicological, philosophical, and prophetic dimensions of two good tunes.
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Episode 148: Mythos of the Moment: On 'Twin Peaks,' Season 3
Episode | June 7th, 2023 | 1 hr 17 mins
aesthetics, cinema, late style, metaphysics, myth, twin peaks
JF and Phil discuss the aesthetics and metaphysics of David Lynch's landmark series.
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Episode 147: You Must Change Your Life
Episode | May 24th, 2023 | 1 hr 33 mins
aesthetics, ethics, metaphysics, poetry, religion
Phil and JF discuss the famous poem "Archaic Torso of Apollo" by Rainer Maria Rilke.
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Episode 146: An Air of Great Power: On the Chariot in the Tarot
Episode | May 10th, 2023 | 1 hr 17 mins
christianity, hermeticism, mysticism, super fly, tarot, technology
JF and Phil discuss the seventh major trump of the tarot, the Chariot.
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Episode 145: Waiting for the Miracle: On Vanessa Onwuemezi's "Dark Neighbourhood"
Episode | April 26th, 2023 | 1 hr 29 mins
death, literature, poetry, politics, science fiction, ufos
JF and Phil discuss the title story from Vanessa Onwuemezi's debut collection of short fiction from Fitzcarraldo Press.
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Episode 144: On Clive Barker's 'Hellraiser' and 'The Hellbound Heart,' with Conner Habib
Episode | April 12th, 2023 | 1 hr 42 mins
cinema, clive barker, conner habib, guest episode, horror, literature
Conner Habib joins Phil and JF to discuss Clive Barker's classic horror film, and the novella it was based on.
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Episode 143: On UFOs
Episode | March 29th, 2023 | 1 hr 29 mins
metaphysics, paranormal, psychology, ufos
JF and Phil discuss the UFO phenomenon in light of ongoing government disclosures.
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Episode 142: The Music of the Spheres: On Jóhann Jóhannsson's "Last and First Men"
Episode | March 15th, 2023 | 1 hr 21 mins
brutalism, cinema, extinction, music, science fiction
Phil and JF discuss the Icelandic's composer posthumous science fiction film.
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Episode 141: Actual Magic: On Ramsey Dukes' SSOTBME
Episode | February 28th, 2023 | 1 hr 24 mins
magic, metaphysics, ramsey dukes, science
JF and Phil discuss Dukes' seminal essay on modern magic.
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Episode 140: That Ain't Plot: On Hayao Miyazaki's 'Spirited Away'
Episode | February 15th, 2023 | 1 hr 20 mins
Meredith joins Phil and JF to discuss the 2001 Studio Ghibli masterpiece.