This week I'm joined by Ken Hirschkop who is a professor of English Language and Literature at the University of Waterloo. In this episode we discuss the work of Mikhail Bakhtin, alongside discussions on Donald Davidson, language, empathy, communication and more... Ken's latest book on Bakhtin: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cambridge-Introduction-Mikhail-Introductions-Literature/dp/1107521092/ref=sr_1_2?crid=M9EC7LRTT0D1&keywords=bahktin&qid=1647519516&sprefix=bahtin%2Caps%2C69&sr=8-2...
May 04, 2022•1 hr 13 min
The third of 22 talks on the text 'Meditations on the Tarot: A Journey Into Christian Hermeticism', covering the Third Major Arcana - The Empress. --- Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - https://twitter.com/Hermitixpodcast Support Hermitix: Hermitix Subscription - https://hermitix.net/subscribe/ Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/hermitix Donations: - https://www.paypal.me/hermitixpod Hermitix Merchandise - http://teespring.com/stores/hermitix-2 Bitcoin Donation Address: 3LA...
May 03, 2022•38 min
This week I'm joined by Dale Brunsvold who is an independent Rudolf Steiner researcher, and founder and host of rudolfsteineraudio.com. In this first episode on Rudolf Steiner we discuss Steiner's relationship to theosophy, the philosophy of freedom, elements of Steiner's biography, spiritual growth and more. Dale's site: rudolfsteineraudio.com --- Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - https://twitter.com/Hermitixpodcast Support Hermitix: Hermitix Subscription - https://hermi...
Apr 27, 2022•1 hr 40 min
This episode I'm joined by Jared Spears, who is the Director of Communications and Resources at the Schumacher Center for a New Economics. We discuss the work of E.F. Schumacher, alongside discussion on good work, capitalism, localism and more Schumacher Center: https://centerforneweconomics.org --- Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - https://twitter.com/Hermitixpodcast Support Hermitix: Hermitix Subscription - https://hermitix.net/subscribe/ Patreon - https://www.patreon.c...
Apr 22, 2022•55 min
Louis Markos is Professor in English at Houston Baptist University He is the author of multiple works on Christianity, the work of C.S. Lewis and the work of J.R.R. Tolkien. In this episode we discuss his book The Myth Made Fact: Reading Greek and Roman Mythology through Christian Eyes, alongside discussions on the corn god, C.S. Lewis, Tolkien, Dante and more... --- Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - https://twitter.com/Hermitixpodcast Support Hermitix: Patreon - https://...
Apr 20, 2022•1 hr 5 min
Rico Sneller is a professor at Leiden university and is the author of Wild Beasts of the Philosophical Desert: Philosophers on Telepathy and Other Exceptional Experiences and Perspectives on Synchronicity, Inspiration and the Soul. In this episode we discuss Carl Du Prel's text The Philosophy of Mysticism, which Hermitix has recently re-published and is available via the links in the description. Book purchase links: US: https://amazon.com/dp/B09TN3H37V?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860 UK: https://amaz...
Apr 14, 2022•1 hr 1 min
Miles Hollingworth is known for his biographies of Saint Augustine of Hippo and Ludwig Wittgenstein. He lives in the USA with his wife, Susan Wessel. Together, they run the Wessel-Hollingworth Foundation. He may be contacted through the W-H Foundation's website: wessel-hollingworthfoundation.org In this episode we discuss his philosophical biography of Ludwig Wittgenstein, alongside discussions on God, mysticism, the problems of language, love and more... Miles' book: https://global.oup.com/acad...
Apr 13, 2022•1 hr 17 min
The first of 22 talks on the text 'Meditations on the Tarot: A Journey Into Christian Hermeticism', covering the First Major Arcana - The Magician. --- 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 Bitcoin Donation Address: 3LAGEKBXEuE2pgc4oubExGTWtrKPuXDDLK Ethereum Donation Addre...
Apr 08, 2022•44 min
David Engels is a Historian & Philosopher of History. Chair for Roman History at the University of Brussels (ULB) and Research Professor at the Instytut Zachodni. In this episode we discuss the second volume of Oswald Spengler's The Decline of the West. --- Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - https://twitter.com/Hermitixpodcast Support Hermitix: Hermitix Subscription - https://hermitix.net/subscribe/ Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/hermitix Donations: - https://www.pa...
Apr 06, 2022•1 hr 31 min
James Franklin is the author of The Science of Conjecture: Evidence and Probability Before Pascal , Corrupting the Youth: A History of Philosophy in Australia , What Science Knows and other books . In this episode we discuss the life and legacy of philosopher of David Stove, alongside discussions on woke culture, Marxism, equality, empiricism and more... Stove's work: https://web.maths.unsw.edu.au/~jim/davidstove.html Franklin's work: https://web.maths.unsw.edu.au/~jim/ --- Become part of the He...
Apr 05, 2022•50 min
Gregory Shushan, PhD, is the leading authority on near-death experiences and the afterlife across cultures and throughout history. He is the author of Near-Death Experience in Indigenous Religions, Conceptions of the Afterlife in Early Civilizations, and The Next World. In this episode we discuss Near Death Experiences, mediumship, the effect of postmodernism on paranormal research and more... Gregory's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/gregoryshushan Gregory's website: https://www.gregoryshushan...
Mar 30, 2022•1 hr 23 min
A live Q&A session which took place on Youtube, March 18th 2022.
Mar 28, 2022•1 hr 54 min
This episode I'm joined by Glenn Cronin to discuss his book Disenchanted Wanderer: The Apocalyptic Vision of Konstantin Leontiev, alongside discussions on Russian literature and Orthodox Christianity. Cronin's book can be found here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Disenchanted-Wanderer-Apocalyptic-Konstantin-Leontiev/dp/1501760181 --- Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - https://twitter.com/Hermitixpodcast Support Hermitix: Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/hermitix Donations: - h...
Mar 23, 2022•1 hr 1 min
Ryan Duns is a Jesuit Priest works at the intersection of philosophy and systematic theology. He has published on Karl Rahner, Jean-Luc Marion, René Girard, in this episode we discuss his book Spiritual Exercises for a Secular Age: Desmond and the Quest for God, alongside discussions on the philosophy of horror, language, William Desmond, Charles Taylor and more. Ryan's book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Spiritual-Exercises-Secular-Age-Desmond/dp/0268108137 --- Become part of the Hermitix community:...
Mar 20, 2022•1 hr 12 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 his dissertation Disenchanting and Re-Enchanting German Modernity with Max Weber and Rudolf Steiner. --- Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - https://twitte...
Mar 16, 2022•1 hr 8 min
Adam Robbert runs The Side View, and writes on topics such as a philosophy as a way of life and askēsis. In this episode we discuss Pierre Hadot's text Philosophy as a Way of Life. Adam's site: https://aerobbert.com/ --- Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - https://twitter.com/Hermitixpodcast Support Hermitix: Hermitix Subscription - https://hermitix.net/subscribe/ Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/hermitix Donations: - https://www.paypal.me/hermitixpod Hermitix Merchandise ...
Mar 09, 2022•1 hr 16 min
Grant Kaplan , Ph.D. is an associate professor of theology in the Department of Theological Studies at Saint Louis University. In this episode we discuss his book René Girard, Unlikely Apologist: Mimetic Theory and Fundamental Theology, alongside discussions on mimetic rivalry, freedom, Christianity and the modern world and more. --- Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - https://twitter.com/Hermitixpodcast Support Hermitix: Hermitix Subscription - https://hermitix.net/subscri...
Mar 06, 2022•58 min
Mike is a 2021-2022 Guggenheim Fellow and a professor of European history at James Madison University in Virginia. In this episode we talk about his book The Far Reaches: Phenomenology, Ethics, and Social Renewal in Central Europe Mike Gubser , alongside discussions on Marxism, Heidegger, social ethics and more. --- Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - https://twitter.com/Hermitixpodcast Support Hermitix: Hermitix Subscription - https://hermitix.net/subscribe/ Patreon - http...
Mar 02, 2022•1 hr 7 min
Michael P. Federici is professor of political science and international relations at Middle Tennessee State University. He is the author and editor of multiple books on political philosophy. In this episode we discuss the work of Orestes Brownson, alongside discussions Joseph De Maistre, Protestantism, the Constitution, conservatism and more. --- Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - https://twitter.com/Hermitixpodcast Support Hermitix: Hermitix Subscription - https://hermiti...
Feb 27, 2022•1 hr 10 min
Mauricio Loza is a writer, designer and independent researcher working in the intersection of technology, religion and biopolitics. In this episode we discuss Ioan Couliano's book, Eros and Magic in the Renaissance , alongside discussions on the Reformation, occultism, Giordano Bruno and more. --- Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - https://twitter.com/Hermitixpodcast Support Hermitix: Hermitix Subscription - https://hermitix.net/subscribe/ Patreon - https://www.patreon.com...
Feb 23, 2022•57 min
Tom Cheetham is an author, teacher, scientist and poet exploring creative imagination and the imaginal in human life and culture. In this first episode of two we discuss the work of Henry Corbin, Ivan Illich, and Cheetham' text The World Turned Inside Out Cheetham's site is here: https://www.tomcheetham.com/ His online courses can be found here: https://www.tomcheetham.com/classes --- Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - https://twitter.com/Hermitixpodcast Support Hermitix: ...
Feb 16, 2022•1 hr 21 min
Tom Cheetham is an author, teacher, scientist and poet exploring creative imagination and the imaginal in human life and culture. In this first episode of two we discuss the work of Henry Corbin, Ivan Illich, and Cheetham' text The World Turned Inside Out Cheetham's site is here: https://www.tomcheetham.com/ His online courses can be found here: https://www.tomcheetham.com/classes --- Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - https://twitter.com/Hermitixpodcast Support Hermitix: ...
Feb 15, 2022•1 hr 9 min
Sean Fleming is a research fellow in political theory at Cambridge. He has recently published an article called ‘The Unabomber and the Origins of Anti-Tech Radicalism,’ which uses newly discovered archival material to uncover the ideas that inspired Ted Kaczynski. --- Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - https://twitter.com/Hermitixpodcast Support Hermitix: Hermitix Subscription - https://hermitix.net/subscribe/ Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/hermitix Donations: - https:/...
Feb 09, 2022•57 min
Ashley Woodward is Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Dundee and is a founding member of the Melbourne School of Continental Philosophy. In this episode we discuss his book Lyotard and the Inhuman Condition , alongside discussions on the postmodern, art, the heat death of the universe and more. --- Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - https://twitter.com/Hermitixpodcast Support Hermitix: Hermitix Subscription - https://hermitix.net/subscribe/ Patreon - https://www.p...
Feb 02, 2022•1 hr 20 min
Dr Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes is an Anglo-Scandinavian philosopher of mind who specializes in the thought of Whitehead, Nietzsche, and Spinoza, and in fields pertaining to panpsychism and altered states of mind. In this episode we talk about his book Noumenautics, alongside discussions on Schopenhauer, nihilism, panpsychism and more. --- Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - https://twitter.com/Hermitixpodcast Support Hermitix: Hermitix Subscription - https://hermitix.net/subscrib...
Jan 26, 2022•1 hr 2 min
I'm joined by Sean Kelly is professor of Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness at the California Institute of Integral Studies. In this episode we discuss his book Becoming Gaia: On the Threshold of Planetary Initiation, alongside discussions on climate change, the work of Bruno Latour, Gaia and integral philosophy. Purchase Kelly's book here: https://revelore.press/product/sean-kelly-becoming-gaia/ --- Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - https://twitter.com/Hermitixpodc...
Jan 19, 2022•1 hr 7 min
This episode I'm joined once again by Todd McGowan to discuss his book The End of Dissatisfaction? Jacques Lacan and the Emerging Society of Enjoyment alongside discussions on Freud, capitalism and desire. --- Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - https://twitter.com/Hermitixpodcast Support Hermitix: Hermitix Subscription - https://hermitix.net/subscribe/ Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/hermitix Donations: - https://www.paypal.me/hermitixpod Hermitix Merchandise - http://te...
Jan 12, 2022•1 hr 17 min
A short lecture on the life of Edith Stein / St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross. Books used: Edith Stein - Scaperlanda Edith Stein - Herbstrith Life in a Jewish Family - Stein Husserl: Founder of Phenomenology - Moran --- Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - https://twitter.com/Hermitixpodcast Support Hermitix: Hermitix Subscription - https://hermitix.net/subscribe/ Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/hermitix Donations: - https://www.paypal.me/hermitixpod Hermitix Merchandise -...
Jan 09, 2022•48 min
Question and Answer session with James - 6/1/2022 - Edited from a live Youtube recording.
Jan 09, 2022•1 hr 57 min
John Zerzan is an anarchist and primitivist ecophilosopher and author. In this episode we discuss his latest book When We Are Human: Notes from the Age of Pandemics, alongside discussions on the death of civilization, anarcho-primitivism, modernity and more. --- Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - https://twitter.com/Hermitixpodcast Support Hermitix: Hermitix Subscription - https://hermitix.net/subscribe/ Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/hermitix Donations: - https://www.p...
Jan 05, 2022•56 min
