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Hermitix
Hermitix is a podcast focusing on one-on-one interviews relating to fringe philosophy, obscure theory, weird lit, underappreciated thinkers and movements, and that which historically finds itself 'outside' the academic canon.
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- HWednesday · 58 min
Conversations with Gods, Deities, and Avatars with Kingsley Dennis
Kingsley L. Dennis, PhD, is a full-time writer and researcher. He is the author of over twenty-five books and numerous articles on a lot of stuff.Book link: https://spirit.aeonbooks.co.uk/product/sage-talks/95400Dennis' Substack: https://substack.com/@kingsleyldennis---Become part of the Hermitix community:The Hermitage: the-hermitage.mn.coHermitix Twitter - / hermitixpodcast Support Hermitix:Patreon - www.patreon.com/hermitix Donations: - https://www.paypal.me/hermitixpod
- HJuly 25 · 1 hr 2 min
Keiji's Nishitani's 'The Self-Overcoming of Nihilism' with Joseph Turner
Joseph Turner is a PhD student in the English Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, specializing in the dialogue between continental and Japanese philosophical traditions. His dissertation explores the development of a political ontology that bridges Nishitani Keiji's concept of emptiness with Jean-Luc Nancy's shared ontology of "being-with."He holds an MA in Literary Studies from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and has published on Jean Baudrillard's work. Joseph has presented at numerous academic conferences on philosophers, including Baudrillard, Giorgio Agamben, Nishitani Keiji, and Jean-Luc Nancy. His research contributes to cross-cultural philosophical dialogue and offers new perspectives on political ontology that transcend frameworks of predetermined political antagonisms. Based in Madison, philosophicalWisconsin, Joseph works at the intersection of Eastern and Western hilosophical traditions, bringing attention to underexplored thinkers and fostering promising theoretical frameworks. In this episode we discuss Keiji Nishitani's book The Self-Overcoming of Nihilism---Become part of the Hermitix community:The Hermitage: the-hermitage.mn.coHermitix Twitter - / hermitixpodcast Support Hermitix:Patreon - www.patreon.com/hermitix Donations: - https://www.paypal.me/hermitixpod
- HJuly 22 · 57 min
The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: History, Practice and Horus No. 5 with Melissa Seims
Melissa Seims is an author specialising in the history of modern witchcraft, especially Gardnerian witchcraft of the 1950s and 1960s and the mysterious Coven of Atho. She is also a specialist on the influential 1888 Golden Dawn Temple, known as Horus No.5 in Bradford. Her latest book, 'Light in Extension', for the first time uncovers its story and places it in the wider West Yorkshire esoteric and occult scene of the 1880s and 1890s. Seims' book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Light-Extension-History-Bradfords-Golden/dp/191366046X Custodia Borealis: www.custodiaborealis.orgFacebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/4299776273623618---Become part of the Hermitix community:The Hermitage: the-hermitage.mn.coHermitix Twitter - / hermitixpodcast Support Hermitix:Patreon - www.patreon.com/hermitix Donations: - https://www.paypal.me/hermitixpod
- HJuly 15 · 1 hr 47 min
Desire & The Real: Sade, Lacan, Bataille with Tim Themi and Bryan Counter
Dr Tim Themi is a PhD in Philosophy & Psychoanalysis from Deakin University. He also holds Honours degrees in Philosophy from La Trobe University and in Chemical Engineering from University of Melbourne. His doctoral dissertation, supervised by leading Lacan translator Prof Russell Grigg, brought together the psychoanalysis of Lacan and the philosophy of Nietzsche on the question of desire and ethics. He is author of the books 'Eroticizing Aesthetics: In the Real with Bataille and Lacan' (Rowman/Bloomsbury 2021); 'Lacan's Ethics and Nietzsche's Critique of Platonism' (SUNY Press 2014); and has taught at Deakin University, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne School of Continental Philosophy, Lacan Circle of Australia, and in the School of Culture & Communication at University of Melbourne.Bryan Counter is the author of Four Moments of Aesthetic Experience: Reading Huysmans, Proust, McCarthy, and Cusk (Anthem Press, 2025) and co-editor, with James Dutton, of Quiet Proust: Aesthetic Experience, Reading the Virtual, and Thinking out of Time (under contract with Bloomsbury). He co-hosts the podcast Authors Die Twice with Nathan Wainstein and is currently working on projects revolving around horror, weird fiction, wonder, and the role of chance and improvisation in 20th century fiction.---Become part of the Hermitix community:Hermitix Twitter - / hermitixpodcast Support Hermitix:Patreon - www.patreon.com/hermitix Donations: - https://www.paypal.me/hermitixpodHermitix Merchandise - http://teespring.com/stores/hermitix-2Bitcoin Donation Address: 3LAGEKBXEuE2pgc4oubExGTWtrKPuXDDLKEthereum Donation Address: 0x31e2a4a31B8563B8d238eC086daE9B75a00D9E74
- HJuly 12 · 1 hr 47 min
Q&A Session: 30k Subs, The Hermitage Launch, and more...
Q&A audio from a live session on YouTube on 10/07. The Hermitage: https://the-hermitage.mn.co/
- HJuly 11 · 19 min
Introducing: The Hermitage
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 care of the rest. The tradition is older than any single school, and bigger than any single teacher.Site link: (TO GO LIVE ON 11/7 at 7pm!)Courses at Launch:Magical FoundationsAncestor WorshipHistory of Western EsotericismCarl Jung in Theory and PracticeA Beginner's Guide to the Waite-Smith TarotChristian Meditations on the Marseille TarotEsoteric ChristianityChaos MagicSigil MagicThe Body, Energy, and Vital Force A Short Course in Shamanic JourneyingThe subscription is £20/$25 per month.Hermitix podcast will continue as is.Site link: (TO GO LIVE ON 11/7 at 7pm!)
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July 8 · 1 hr 19 minEliphas Levi's 'The Doctrine and Ritual of High Magic' with John Michael Greer
This episode I'm joined once again by writer and occultist John Michael Greer to discuss The Doctrine and Ritual of High Magic by Eliphas Levi.Greer's commentary: https://spirit.aeonbooks.co.uk/preview/95405Greer's translation (with Mark Anthony Mikituk) : https://www.amazon.co.uk/Doctrine-Ritual-High-Magic-Translation/dp/0143111035Greer's site: https://ecosophia.net/---Become part of the Hermitix community:Hermitix Twitter - / hermitixpodcast Support Hermitix:Patreon - www.patreon.com/hermitix Donations: - https://www.paypal.me/hermitixpodHermitix Merchandise - http://teespring.com/stores/hermitix-2Bitcoin Donation Address: 3LAGEKBXEuE2pgc4oubExGTWtrKPuXDDLKEthereum Donation Address: 0x31e2a4a31B8563B8d238eC086daE9B75a00D9E74
- HJuly 4 · 49 min
An Introduction to the Work of Gordon White
Gordon White (1981–2026) was a chaos magician, shamanic practitioner and permaculture farmer based in Tasmania. His website and podcast, Rune Soup, remain as portals into the world of modern magic offering lessons, lectures, discussion and community with hundreds of hours of material to learn from. He was without equal in contemporary occultism. His work, life and insights will inform the next century of magic; it is a revival that he brought into being and made flourish. His books are an invitation to step out onto your own adventure. Rune Soup: https://runesoup.com/Pieces of Eight: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Pieces-Eight-Chaos-Essays-Enchantments-ebook/dp/B01J9REBIQThe Chaos Protocols: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Chaos-Protocols-Techniques-Navigating-Economic-ebook/dp/B019KKTW6S/Star.Ships: https://scarletimprint.com/publications/p/star-shipsAni.Mystic: https://scarletimprint.com/publications/p/ani-mystic---Become part of the Hermitix community:Hermitix Twitter - x.com/hermitixpodcast Support Hermitix:Patreon - patreon.com/hermitix Donations: - https://www.paypal.me/hermitixpodHermitix Merchandise - http://teespring.com/stores/hermitix-2Bitcoin Donation Address: 3LAGEKBXEuE2pgc4oubExGTWtrKPuXDDLKEthereum Donation Address: 0x31e2a4a31B8563B8d238eC086daE9
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July 1 · 59 minMysticism, Philosophy, and Vegetal Life with Simone Kotva
Simone Kotva is Senior Lecturer in theology at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. She is the author of Effort and Grace: On the Spiritual Exercise of Philosophy (2020), also with Bloomsbury, and writes at the intersection of Christian theology and Continental philosophy and theory. She has published articles on French spiritualism, contemplation, spiritual exercises, decolonial theology and practices of attention in a more-than-human world. Kotva's book: https://cup.columbia.edu/book/ecologies-of-ecstasy/9780231213974/---Become part of the Hermitix community:Hermitix Twitter - x.com/hermitixpodcast Support Hermitix:Patreon - patreon.com/hermitix Donations: - https://www.paypal.me/hermitixpodHermitix Merchandise - http://teespring.com/stores/hermitix-2Bitcoin Donation Address: 3LAGEKBXEuE2pgc4oubExGTWtrKPuXDDLKEthereum Donation Address: 0x31e2a4a31B8563B8d238eC086daE9
- HJune 27 · 1 hr 32 min
Steiner, Sex, and Spirit! with Conner Habib
Conner Habib, is an American writer, podcaster, academic, activist and former pornographic actor of Syrian and Irish descent. He hosts Against Everyone With Conner Habib, a podcast where he discusses current events and politics, as well as philosophy, science and spiritual ideas by himself or with guests.Habib's site: https://connerhabib.com/---Become part of the Hermitix community:Hermitix Twitter - x.com/hermitixpodcast Support Hermitix:Patreon - patreon.com/hermitix Donations: - https://www.paypal.me/hermitixpodHermitix Merchandise - http://teespring.com/stores/hermitix-2Bitcoin Donation Address: 3LAGEKBXEuE2pgc4oubExGTWtrKPuXDDLKEthereum Donation Address: 0x31e2a4a31B8563B8d238eC086daE9
- HJune 24 · 1 hr 4 min
An Introduction to Plotinus with Max Wade
Max completed his PhD at Boston College in spring 2025 and currently teach philosophy at St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia. He primarily work in the history of philosophy, with my primary area of specialization in ancient Greek and Roman metaphysics and natural philosophy. He has also done work on medieval philosophy and cosmology, and is generally interested in exploring pre-modern conceptions of nature, the heavenly bodies and their interactions with terrestrial life, and the artificial-natural divide. His dissertation was on Plotinus’ ontology of artifacts.Wade's site: https://maxwade.online/---Become part of the Hermitix community:Hermitix Twitter - x.com/hermitixpodcast Support Hermitix:Patreon - patreon.com/hermitix Donations: - https://www.paypal.me/hermitixpodHermitix Merchandise - http://teespring.com/stores/hermitix-2Bitcoin Donation Address: 3LAGEKBXEuE2pgc4oubExGTWtrKPuXDDLKEthereum Donation Address: 0x31e2a4a31B8563B8d238eC086daE9
- HJune 20 · 1 hr 5 min
The Paradox of Spiritual Seeking with Mitch Horowitz
Mitch Horowitz is a PEN Award-winning historian, writer, and lecturer who explores the intersections of metaphysics, ethics, and self-transformation. Launch event is Sunday, June 21, at 7 pm in NYC. This is a free RSVP: https://www.eventim.us/event/mitch-horowitz-esoterika-talk-book-signing/693639Horowitz' site: https://www.mitchhorowitz.com/---Become part of the Hermitix community:Hermitix Twitter - x.com/hermitixpodcast Support Hermitix:Patreon - patreon.com/hermitix Donations: - https://www.paypal.me/hermitixpodHermitix Merchandise - http://teespring.com/stores/hermitix-2Bitcoin Donation Address: 3LAGEKBXEuE2pgc4oubExGTWtrKPuXDDLKEthereum Donation Address: 0x31e2a4a31B8563B8d238eC086daE9
- HJune 19 · 24 min
The Pendulum by Tasos Leivaditis (Book Review)
Review of The Pendulum by Tasos LeivaditisBook link: https://editionsmaudites.com/books/the-pendulum/---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: 0x31e2a4a31B8563B8d238eC086daE9B75a00D9E74
- HJune 17 · 1 hr 6 min
Ludwig Klages' The Spirit as Adversary of the Soul with Paul Bishop
Professor Paul Bishop is the author of multiple books on the work of Carl Jung, Friedrich Nietzsche, alongside other texts on analytical psychology and German thought. In this episode we discuss the work of Ludwig Klages, in particular his magnum opus, 'Der Geist Als Widersacher Der Seele' or, The Spirit as Adversary of the Soul.Bishop's book on Klages: https://www.routledge.com/Ludwig-Klages-and-the-Philosophy-of-Life-A-Vitalist-Toolkit/Bishop/p/book/9780367252526Translation and guide link (by me): https://klages.bearblog.dev---Become part of the Hermitix community:Hermitix Twitter - x.com/hermitixpodcast Support Hermitix:Patreon - patreon.com/hermitix Donations: - https://www.paypal.me/hermitixpodHermitix Merchandise - http://teespring.com/stores/hermitix-2Bitcoin Donation Address: 3LAGEKBXEuE2pgc4oubExGTWtrKPuXDDLKEthereum Donation Address: 0x31e2a4a31B8563B8d238eC086daE9
- HJune 10 · 1 hr 1 min
Friedrich Georg Jünger and the Failure of Technology with Thomas Crew
Having begun his BA in German at King’s College London, Thomas Crew completed his degree at Royal Holloway, spending an intercalated year studying philosophy and teaching English in Berlin. He took his MA in European Culture and Thought at University College London, which was generously funded by the London Arts and Humanities Partnership, before completing his PhD at the University of Cambridge. As part of his doctoral research, supervised by Dr Martin Ruehl, Dr Crew spent two years as a Hanseatic Scholar at Berlin’s Humboldt University, while plumbing the archives at the city’s Academy of Arts. He joined Warwick as a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow in 2023 and welcomes enquires from students, scholars and members of the public on any aspect of his work.---Become part of the Hermitix community:Hermitix Twitter - / hermitixpodcast Hermitix Discord - / discord Support Hermitix:Hermitix Subscription - https://hermitix.net/subscribe/ Patreon - www.patreon.com/hermitix Donations: - https://www.paypal.me/hermitixpodHermitix Merchandise - http://teespring.com/stores/hermitix-2Bitcoin Donation Address: 3LAGEKBXEuE2pgc4oubExGTWtrKPuXDDLKEthereum Donation Address: 0xfd2bbe86d6070004b9Cbf682aB2F25170046A996
- HJune 6 · 39 min
Liber Null and Chaos Magic: On the Work of Peter Carroll
A talk on Peter J. Carroll, Liber Null, and Chaos Magic.Fools Journey Books: https://foolsjourneybooks.com/Coupon code: HERMIT for 10% off---Become part of the Hermitix community:Hermitix Twitter - https://twitter.com/HermitixpodcastHermitix Discord - https://discord.gg/63yWMrGSupport Hermitix:Hermitix Subscription - https://hermitix.net/subscribe/ Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/hermitixDonations: - https://www.paypal.me/hermitixpodHermitix Merchandise - http://teespring.com/stores/hermitix-2Bitcoin Donation Address: 3LAGEKBXEuE2pgc4oubExGTWtrKPuXDDLKEthereum Donation Address: 0xfd2bbe86d6070004b9Cbf682aB2F25170046A996
- HJune 3 · 1 hr
Crowley: Qabalah, True Will, and the Holy Guardian Angel with Ian Rees
Ian Rees is a psycho-spiritual psychotherapist practising in Glastonbury Somerset UK. He has been a therapist for 30 years and spent 10 before that working in Probation Work and Social Work at all levels from Field Worker, Manager to Education Advisor for Mental Health at national level. He is an experienced trainer and taught at the Karuna Institute in Devon from 1999 to 2009; he designed and ran their MA programmes as well as being central to the teaching team . Since 2009 he has concentrated on developing the Annwn Foundation workshops and the Awen training and presents this material in the UK and Israel.Book link: https://spirit.aeonbooks.co.uk/product/way-of-deep-magick/95289---Become part of the Hermitix community:Hermitix Twitter - / hermitixpodcast Hermitix Discord - / discord Support Hermitix:Hermitix Subscription - https://hermitix.net/subscribe/ Patreon - www.patreon.com/hermitix Donations: - https://www.paypal.me/hermitixpodHermitix Merchandise - http://teespring.com/stores/hermitix-2Bitcoin Donation Address: 3LAGEKBXEuE2pgc4oubExGTWtrKPuXDDLKEthereum Donation Address: 0xfd2bbe86d6070004b9Cbf682aB2F25170046A996
- HMay 27 · 1 hr 10 min
J. Allen Hynek, Vallee, Steiner, and UAPs with Aaron French
Aaron J. French is a post-doctoral researcher in Religious Studies at the University of Erfurt in Germany. His main research focuses on the History of Esotericism, the History and Philosophy of Science, Sacred Space and Architecture, modern German Philosophy, and Science and Technology Studies. In this episode we discuss J. Allen Hynek, Jacques Vallee, Rudolf Steiner, and UAPs.UAP chat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLQZqzee3oU&ab_channel=HermitixPodcastVideo link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1irPsTBWXxA&feature=youtu.beKnowing Others paper: https://correspondencesjournal.com/ojs/ojs/index.php/home/article/view/152---Become part of the Hermitix community:Hermitix Twitter - / hermitixpodcast Hermitix Discord - / discord Support Hermitix:Hermitix Subscription - https://hermitix.net/subscribe/ Patreon - www.patreon.com/hermitix Donations: - https://www.paypal.me/hermitixpodHermitix Merchandise - http://teespring.com/stores/hermitix-2Bitcoin Donation Address: 3LAGEKBXEuE2pgc4oubExGTWtrKPuXDDLKEthereum Donation Address: 0xfd2bbe86d6070004b9Cbf682aB2F25170046A996
- HMay 20 · 1 hr 33 min
Ramsey Dukes Rides Again! / Magick, Science, and Virtual Reality with Lionel Snell
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 school in Bristol, where he discovered a wonderful library of ancient alchemy and magic books that had been bequeathed to the school by EJ Holmyard.A scholarship to Cambridge University enabled him to study Crowley and other occult books in the University library, and he still had time to graduate in pure mathematics. He tried teaching, gardening, aircraft stress analysis, copy writing, technical writing and a few other things before becoming a freelance promotional writer, mostly for hi-tech industries.Meanwhile he had made a name for himself – or rather a number of names – writing and self-publishing books and articles on magic, occult philosophy, and radical worldviews. These included a wicked satirical column for Aquarian Arrow, a UK neo-pantheist magazine in the 1970-80s. He is now best known under the pseudonym Ramsey Dukes, and he has a lively YouTube presence under that name.Dukes' site: https://ramseydukes.co.uk/Aeon Dukes Books: https://health.aeonbooks.co.uk/author/ramsey-dukes/23699---Become part of the Hermitix community:Hermitix Twitter - / hermitixpodcast Hermitix Discord - / discord Support Hermitix:Hermitix Subscription - https://hermitix.net/subscribe/ Patreon - www.patreon.com/hermitix Donations: - https://www.paypal.me/hermitixpodHermitix Merchandise - http://teespring.com/stores/hermitix-2Bitcoin Donation Address: 3LAGEKBXEuE2pgc4oubExGTWtrKPuXDDLKEthereum Donation Address: 0xfd2bbe86d6070004b9Cbf682aB2F25170046A996