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Hermitix

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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. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jameshermitix/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hermitix Contact: hermitixpodcast@protonmail.com
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The Gospel of Gargoyle by James Harpur (Book Review)

The Gospel of Gargoyle by James HarpurPrevious chat with Harpur: https://youtu.be/tXwyjQbnQk8?si=BUff65kWPVme-klqHarpur's site: https://www.jamesharpur.com/Book link: https://eblanapress.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: 3LAGEKBXEuE2pgc4oubExGTWtrKP...

Oct 19, 202534 min

Climate Apocalypticism In and Against the World with Jakub Kowalewski

Jakub has an active research interest in eco-apocalypticism. He is the author of A Philosophy of Climate Apocalypticism: In and Against the World.Book link: https://www.routledge.com/A-Philosophy-of-Climate-Apocalypticism-In-and-Against-the-World/Kowalewski/p/book/9781032391267---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/st...

Oct 15, 20251 hr 1 min

An Introduction to Jacques Lacan with Todd McGowan

This episode I'm joined once again by Todd McGowan to discuss the work of Jacques Lacan.Book link: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/cambridge-introduction-to-jacques-lacan/8A8D3C7E67375B173684A3DC916A648D---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: 3LAGEKBXEuE2pgc4oubExGTWtrKPu...

Oct 08, 20251 hr 6 min

Listen, Little Man! by Wilhelm Reich (Book Review)

A review of Listen, Little Man! by Wilhelm Reich---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

Oct 05, 202557 min

The Work of Charles Sanders Pearce with Toby Chappell

Toby Chappell is a musician, writer, and lecturer on the intersection of language and magic. An independent researcher and practicing magician, his interests include runes, semiotics, weird tales, and the mysteries of ancient Egypt. The author of Infernal Geometry and the Left-Hand Path, he lives in Atlanta, Georgia.Chappell's site: https://semiurgist.com/about.htmlToby's book link: https://www.innertraditions.com/the-languages-of-magic---Become part of the Hermitix community:Hermitix Twitter - ...

Oct 01, 20251 hr 32 min

In Search of the Miraculous by P.D. Ouspensky (Book Review)

A review of In Search of the Miraculous 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

Sep 25, 20251 hr 5 min

René Girard and the Myths We Live By Now with Justin Garrison

Justin D. Garrison is a scholar of American literature and political thought who frequently applies René Girard's mimetic theory to his research, demonstrating its utility for understanding topics in American culture, literature, and politics. Garrison has published reviews and articles, including a review of Girard's All Desire is a Desire for Being, highlighting the value of Girard's ideas in analyzing contemporary societal issuesGarrison's paper: https://politicalsciencereviewer.com/index.php...

Sep 24, 20251 hr 10 min

UFOs, UAPs, and Esotericism 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 UFOs, UAPs, and Esotericism.Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1irPsTBWXxA&feature=youtu.beKnowing Others paper: https://correspondencesjournal.com/ojs/ojs/index.ph...

Sep 17, 20251 hr 12 min

Emil Cioran and the Human Condition with Karl White

Karl White is a graduate of King’s College London where he tutored for several years in ethics, philosophy in film and literature. He has published work on Samuel Beckett and has also authored work on Shakespeare for secondary-level education. His writings have appeared in several philosophical and literary magazines. Book link: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/e-m-cioran-and-the-human-condition-9781350498563/---Become part of the Hermitix community:Hermitix Twitter - ⁠⁠ / hermitixpodcast⁠⁠ Hermiti...

Sep 10, 20251 hr 14 min

Tahra Bay and Dr Dahesh: A Forgotten History of the Occult with Raphael Cormack

Raphael Christian Cormack, is a British writer and scholar of the Arab world and Assistant Professor of Arabic at Durham University. He obtained his PhD in Egyptian Theatre from the University of Edinburgh. He has also been a visiting researcher at Columbia UniversityCormack's X: https://x.com/raphaelcormackBook link: https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/holy-men-of-the-electromagnetic-age/---Become part of the Hermitix community:Hermitix Twitter - ⁠⁠ / hermitixpodcast⁠⁠ Hermitix Discord - ⁠⁠ / ...

Sep 03, 20251 hr 5 min

Christian Mysticism, Poetry and Silence with James Harpur

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/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/subscribe/⁠⁠ Patreon -...

Aug 27, 20251 hr 21 min

Q&A (24th August, 2025)

Q&A from Youtube. Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - ⁠⁠ /hermitixpodcast⁠⁠ Hermitix Discord: https://discord.gg/6eYtM986t3 Support Hermitix: Patreon - ⁠⁠ www.patreon.com/hermitix⁠⁠ Donations: https://www.paypal.me/hermitixpod ⁠⁠Hermitix Merchandise - ⁠⁠http://teespring.com/stores/hermitix-2⁠⁠ Bitcoin Donation Address: 3LAGEKBXEuE2pgc4oubExGTWtrKPuXDDLK Ethereum Donation Address: 0xfd2bbe86d6070004b9Cbf682aB2F25170046A996...

Aug 25, 20252 hr 8 min

Carl Jung, Death, and Communion with the Dead with Luis Moris

Luis Moris is from the south of Chile. After finishing high school, he left his home country to spend six years studying psychology in the United States. After receiving a Master's degree specialized in clinical psychology he departed from the US to live in Lagos, Nigeria, where he volunteered for Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in a program against AIDS. Following this experience, he spent six years in Paris, France, and then moved to Zurich. He came to Zurich to study Jungian psychology, and aft...

Aug 20, 202555 min

Figures Crossing the Field Towards the Group by Rebecca Gransden (Book Review)

A review of Figures Crossing the Field Towards the Group by Rebecca GransdenBook link: https://thetangerinepress.com/FICTION/RG-FCTFTTG/Gransden's site: https://rebeccagransden.wordpress.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: 3LAGEKBXEuE2pgc4oubExGTWtrKP...

Aug 17, 202520 min

A Social History of Analytic Philosophy with Christoph Schuringa

Christoph Schuringa is a philosopher and associate professor in philosophy at Northeastern University London. He is known for his works on German philosophy and is Editor of the Hegel Bulletin.Schuringa site: https://christophschuringa.com/Book link: https://www.versobooks.com/products/3018-a-social-history-of-analytic-philosophy---Become part of the Hermitix community:Hermitix Twitter - ⁠⁠ / hermitixpodcast⁠⁠ Hermitix Discord - ⁠⁠ / discord Support Hermitix:Hermitix Subscription - ⁠⁠https://her...

Aug 13, 20251 hr 15 min

Giordano Bruno and Frances Yates, Magic and Modern Science with Allison Coudert

Allison P. Coudert, PhD, is the Paul A. and Marie Castelfranco Endowed Chair in the History of Christianity in the Religious Studies Program at the University of California, Davis, CA.Coudert's academia: https://allisoncoudert.academia.edu/Gallowglass Yates' edition: https://gallowglassbooks.shop/products/giordano-bruno-and-the-hermetic-tradition-by-frances-a-yates---Become part of the Hermitix community:Hermitix Twitter - ⁠⁠ / hermitixpodcast⁠⁠ Hermitix Discord - ⁠⁠ / discord Support Hermitix:H...

Aug 10, 202555 min

The Life and Work of Robert Anton Wilson with Gabriel Kennedy

Gabriel Kennedy, aka Prop Anon, is an actor, musician, and writer whose work has been featured in BoingBoing.net, Realitysandwich.com, Mondo2000.com, and his own website, Chapelperilous.us. Chapel Perilous: The Life and Thought Crimes of Robert Anton Wilson is his first book.Book link: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Chapel-Perilous-Thought-Crimes-Robert-ebook/dp/B0DHV9PLTX---Become part of the Hermitix community:Hermitix Twitter - ⁠⁠ / hermitixpodcast⁠⁠ Hermitix Discord - ⁠⁠ / discord Support Hermitix...

Aug 06, 20251 hr 18 min

The Experimental Fiction of Anna Kavan with Victoria Walker

Victoria Walker researches twentieth-century British women’s prose fiction, especially experimental writing. She has published widely on Anna Kavan and edited a special issue of Women: A Cultural Review – ‘Anna Kavan: New Readings’ (Winter 2017-18), a collection of Kavan’s short writing, Machines in the Head (2019), and Anna Kavan: Mid-Century Experimental Fiction (2023)Book link: https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-anna-kavan.htmlAnna Kavan society: https://annakavan.org.uk/---Become part...

Jul 30, 202555 min

Give Me Your Answer, Do by Peter Marchant (Book Review)

A review of Give Me Your Answer, Do by Peter MarchantBook link: https://toughpoets.com/marchant_givemeyouranswerdo.htm (including the cited review by Michael Joseph)---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 A...

Jul 27, 202535 min

Aesthetic Experience with Bryan Counter

In this episode I'm joined by Bryan Counter to his book Four Moments of Aesthetic Experience: Reading Huysmans, Proust, McCarthy, and CuskBook link: https://anthempress.com/books/four-moments-of-aesthetic-experience-hb---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/hermitixpod⁠⁠...

Jul 23, 202556 min

Silence and Solitude, Weil and Wittgenstein with Guy Stagg

Guy Stagg is an award-winning British writer interested in travel, religion, mental health and the places where they meet. In 2013 he walked from Canterbury to Jerusalem. His first book, The Crossway (Picador, 2018), was an account of this journey. It was a BBC Book of the Week and shortlisted for several prizes. His second, The World Within (Simon and Schuster, 2025), looks at the role of retreat in creative lives.Stagg's site: https://www.guystagg.co.uk/Book link: https://www.simonandschuster....

Jul 16, 202554 min

The Work of Keiji Nishitani 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 a...

Jul 09, 20251 hr 10 min

Portnoy's Complaint by Philip Roth (Book Review)

A review of Portnoy's Complaint by Philip Roth ---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

Jul 06, 202535 min

William Blake and the Power of the Imagination with Mark Vernon

Mark Vernon is a British psychotherapist and writer In this episode we discuss his book Awake! William Blake and the Power of the ImaginationBook link: https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/awake/Vernon's site: https://www.markvernon.com/---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.payp...

Jul 02, 202559 min

Words in Commotion and Other Stories by Tommaso Landolfi (Book Review)

A review of Words in Commotion and Other Stories by Tommaso Landolfi---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

Jun 29, 202526 min

Nonduality with Jim Newman

Jim Newman talks about Nonduality.Jim's site: https://www.simply-this.com/---Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - / hermitixpodcast Support Hermitix: Patreon - www.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

Jun 25, 20251 hr 5 min

The Forest Passage by Ernst Jünger (Book Review)

A review of The Forest Passage by Ernst JüngerBook link: https://www.telospress.com/store/The-Forest-Passage-paperback-p30633407Berman link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsaYNeHPqyU&ab_channel=HermitixPodcast---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...

Jun 22, 202540 min

We Are All Victor Frankenstein: Our Romantic Dream of Artificial Intelligence with Ryan Holston

Ryan R. Holston is Professor and holder of the Jonathan Myrick Daniels ’61 Chair for Academic Excellence at Virginia Military Institute. In this episode we discuss his paper We Are All Victor Frankenstein: Our Romantic Dream of Artificial Intelligence Paper link: https://voegelinview.com/we-are-all-victor-frankenstein/ Second paper: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10457097.2023.2196223#abstract Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - ⁠⁠ / hermitixpodcast⁠⁠ Hermitix...

Jun 18, 20251 hr

Killing Stella by Marlen Haushofer (Book Review)

Review of Riddley Walker by Russell HobanNew Directions link: https://www.ndbooks.com/book/killing-stella/---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...

Jun 16, 202523 min

The Marquis De Sade and The 120 Days of Sodom with Will McMorran

Will McMorran is Professor of French and Comparative Literature at Queen Mary University, London. His research is increasingly drawing on psychology past and present as well as literary studies to explore reading fiction – and fictional violence in particular – as an embodied experience.120 Days of Sodom: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/253956/the-120-days-of-sodom-by-sade-the-marquis-de/9780141394343------Become part of the Hermitix community:Hermitix Twitter - /hermitixpodcast Support Hermitix...

Jun 11, 20251 hr 22 min
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