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 ...
Jun 03, 2026•1 hr 1 min
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/...
May 27, 2026•1 hr 11 min
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 bee...
May 20, 2026•1 hr 34 min
Judith Feher-Gurewich, Ph,D., practices psychoanalysis in Cambridge, MA. She is affiliated with the Boston Psychoanalytic Institute and is a member of the Association de Formation Psychoanalytique et de Recherches Freudiennes: Espace Analytique in Paris. Dr. Gurewich is the Director of the Lacan Seminar at Harvard University's Center for Literary and Cultural Studies.Other Press site: https://otherpress.com/our-story/---Become part of the Hermitix community:Hermitix Twitter - / hermitixpodcas...
May 18, 2026•1 hr 13 min
Review of The Book Against Death by Elias CanettiBook link: https://fitzcarraldoeditions.com/books/the-book-against-death/---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: 0x31e2a4a31B8563B8d238eC086daE9B75a...
May 15, 2026•34 min
Dustin Peone (Ph.D. 2016) teaches in the Department of Liberal Studies at Mercer University. He has also lectured in philosophy and Core studies at Emory University and Oglethorpe University. His work focuses on the history of philosophy and the philosophy of culture. In this episode we discuss Giambattista Vico taking influence from Peone's book Vico and Literature: One Character in Search of an AuthorBook link: https://felicemosca.com/works/vico-and-literature/---Become part of the Hermitix co...
May 13, 2026•1 hr 24 min
A talk on Austin Osman Spare.Baker's book: https://strangeattractor.co.uk/shoppe/austin-osman-spare-2/Kenneth Grant books: https://www.starfirepublishing.co.uk/---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:...
May 08, 2026•57 min
James Harpur is a British-born Irish poet who has published eight books of poetry. He has won a number of awards, including the Michael Hartnett Award and the UK National Poetry Competition.Harpur's site: https://www.jamesharpur.com/Harpur's recent book link: https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/dazzling-darkness/---Become part of the Hermitix community:Hermitix Twitter - / hermitixpodcast Hermitix Discord - / discord Support Hermitix:Hermitix Subscription - https://hermitix.net/subscr...
May 06, 2026•1 hr 18 min
A talk on Carl Jung's concept of Synchronicity.Find full information about the course here: https://hermitix1.teachable.com/l/pdp/an-introduction-to-the-psychology-of-carl-jung-theory-and-practice#carljung #synchronicity
May 01, 2026•39 min
Dan Lowe is a therapist/counsellor practising in London, interested in Wilhelm Reich & all forms of psycho-physical therapy. In this episode we discuss Wilhelm Reich's book 'Ether, God and Devil'Lowe's site: https://bodyandbreathpsychotherapy.co.uk/---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.patre...
Apr 29, 2026•57 min
Review of Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson---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
Apr 24, 2026•24 min
Erin Stapleton researchs destruction, archival imperfection, material volatility, resistance and ambiguity in digital and visual cultures, identity and media. Her current project, Catastrophic Loss, investigates how colonial logics continue to inform everyday digital media cultures and practices, the fragility of these systems, and the losses they threaten and produce.We discuss her book, The Intoxication of Destruction in Theory, Culture and Media: A Philosophy of Expenditure After Georges Bata...
Apr 22, 2026•1 hr 15 min
Review of The Black Pilgrimage by David BethBook link: https://theionpublishing.com/shop/db-black-pilgrimage/Beth chat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BPKT_90uOI---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 Add...
Apr 17, 2026•37 min
Steve Dowden is a Professor of German language and literature in the Department of German, Russian, and Asian Languages and Literatures. He graduated in 1984 from the University of California with a Ph.D in German literature. After a decade teaching at Yale and a year as a Humboldt Fellow at the University of Konstanz he joined the Brandeis faculty in 1994. Dowden has published on German literature, art, music, and intellectual history from the eighteenth to the twenty-first century. Bryan Count...
Apr 15, 2026•1 hr 13 min
Review of Moonchild by Aleister Crowley---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
Apr 12, 2026•22 min
Steven Connor is Professor of English and Director of Research of the Digital Futures Institute, King’s College London. He is the author of more than twenty books including The Madness of Knowledge (2019) and Dreamwork (2023), both published by Reaktion Books.Book link: https://reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/gaston-bachelard---Become part of the Hermitix community:Hermitix Twitter - https://twitter.com/HermitixpodcastSupport Hermitix:Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/hermitixDonations: - https://www.p...
Apr 08, 2026•1 hr 10 min
Stijn Vanheule is a Belgian clinical psychologist and professor at Ghent University.Book link: https://otherpress.com/product/why-psychosis-is-not-so-crazy-9781635424423/---Become part of the Hermitix community:Hermitix Twitter - https://twitter.com/HermitixpodcastSupport Hermitix:Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/hermitixDonations: - https://www.paypal.me/hermitixpodHermitix Merchandise - http://teespring.com/stores/hermitix-2Bitcoin Donation Address: 3LAGEKBXEuE2pgc4oubExGTWtrKPuXDDLKEthereum ...
Apr 04, 2026•55 min
Benjamin A. Saltzman is associate professor of English at the University of Chicago, where he coedits the journal Modern Philology. Saltzman is the author of Bonds of Secrecy: Law, Spirituality, and the Literature of Concealment in Early Medieval England and the coeditor of Thinking of the Medieval: Midcentury Intellectuals and the Middle Ages. Book link: https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/T/bo264591260.html---Become part of the Hermitix community:Hermitix Twitter - https://twitte...
Apr 01, 2026•57 min
Felix John Taylor is a librarian at The Queen’s College, Oxford and writes for the Literary Review. He has a PhD from St Hugh’s College, Oxford on Welsh mythology and folklore in twentieth-century literature, and previously held positions at the Bodleian Modern Languages and Arts & Archaeology libraries.Book link: https://www.thamesandhudson.com/products/the-hermetic-order-of-the-golden-dawn---Become part of the Hermitix community:Hermitix Twitter - https://twitter.com/HermitixpodcastSuppor...
Mar 25, 2026•1 hr 9 min
In this episode I discuss the philosophy of Nick Land with Vincent Lê. Lê's book: https://www.index-press.com/publications/unknown-lands-decoding-nick-land-s-accelerationist-philosophy Lê's Substack: https://vincentl3.substack.com/ --- Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - https://twitter.com/Hermitixpodcast Support Hermitix: Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/hermitix Donations: - https://www.paypal.me/hermitixpod Hermitix Merchandise - http://teespring.com/stores/hermitix-2 ...
Mar 18, 2026•1 hr 3 min
Review of Sarah by JT LeRoy---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
Mar 17, 2026•29 min
Jung course: https://hermitix1.teachable.com/l/pdp/an-introduction-to-the-psychology-of-carl-jung-theory-and-practice Klages: https://klages.bearblog.dev/
Mar 12, 2026•1 hr 49 min
Bob Dobbs was Marshall McLuhan's archivist, and is a renegade McLuhan scholar. In this episode we discuss the work of Marshall McLuhan and Frank Zappa.Dobb's site: https://ionandbob.com/Dobb's Zappa site: https://bobonzappa.com/Dobbs's writings: https://ionandbob.com/bob/bob-writingsThings Bob wanted me to add here: Info on the photo: bobonzappa.com/about/"Hey Hey Hey, Mister Snazzy Exec!": https://www.afka.net/Articles/1971-09_Circular.htmBob's chart: https://storage.googleapis.com/ionbob/pdf/t...
Mar 11, 2026•2 hr 14 min
Review of The Enlightenment Trilogy by Jed McKennaMcKenna website: https://jedmckenna.com/---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
Mar 06, 2026•44 min
Dr. Chris Muller is Senior Lecturer, Department of Media, Communications, Creative Arts, Language and Literature at Macquarie University.Book link: https://www.upress.umn.edu/9781517912659/the-obsolescence-of-the-human/Other book link: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Prometheanism-Technology-Critical-Perspectives-Politics/dp/1783482389“Apocalypse Blindness”, Climate Trauma and the Politics of Future oriented Affect (Anders and Cormac McCarthy’s The Road): https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/SXZQBDNCNMRR...
Mar 04, 2026•1 hr 4 min
James Reich is a novelist, essayist, journalist, and ecopsychologist and research psychologist. He is the author of Skinship (Anti-Oedipus Press, 2024), Wilhelm Reich versus The Flying Saucers (Punctum Books, 2024), The Moth for the Star (7.13 Books, September 2023), The Song My Enemies Sing, Soft Invasions, Mistah Kurtz! A Prelude to Heart of Darkness (Anti-Oedipus Press), I, Judas, and Bombshell (Counterpoint/Soft Skull). He is also the author of The Holly King, a limited-edition collection of...
Feb 25, 2026•1 hr 9 min
A talk on Carl Jung's concept of the shadow.Find full information about the course here: https://hermitix1.teachable.com/l/pdp/an-introduction-to-the-psychology-of-carl-jung-theory-and-practice
Feb 21, 2026•51 min
Philip Pilkington is a macroeconomist and investment professional. He is the author of a book on economic theory, The Reformation in Economics and the co-host of the popular geopolitics podcast Multipolarity.Pilkington X: https://x.com/philippilk?lang=enBook link: https://www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?book_slug=the-collapse-of-global-liberalism-and-the-emergence-of-the-post-liberal-world-order--9781509566211---Become part of the Hermitix community:Hermitix Twitter - / hermitixpodcast Hermi...
Feb 18, 2026•1 hr 8 min
Review of Tertium Organum by P.D. Ouspensky---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
Feb 14, 2026•32 min
Sam Kunkel is a scholar specializing in Orphic literature, weird fiction and European symbolism. In this episode we discuss the recently released book Know Me To Be Your Superior in Everything—Erik Satie & the Metropolitan Church of Art of Jesus the ConductorPurchase the book here: Know Me To Be Your Superior in Everything—Erik Satie & the Metropolitan Church of Art of Jesus the ConductorBecome part of the Hermitix community:Hermitix Twitter - https://twitter.com/HermitixpodcastSupport H...
Feb 11, 2026•52 min
