Greetings PodFam. Phil's dealing with some life changes so he's full of query. We gave him a reading and serendipity gave us a sweet gift in drawing the nine of wands. We were able to wax poetic even extra than usually, just in time for this week's drop. Full of topics... Can't keep them all straight. It's musical expression, it's the spirit of vigilance, it's emotional amplitude, it's communicative direction, it's urgency of intent! The idea of experiential knowledge. There's a deep dive into e...
Sep 21, 2024•2 hr 14 min•Season 2Ep. 9
Part 2 as promised. Please drink up.
Sep 14, 2024•1 hr 8 min
Greetings Pod Fam. We're hitting you w another one, straight away! It's Eight of Wands so we get into a super abstract dish of concepts and chat chat chat. We gather in the flesh in PA in Ben's magical vehicle, where illicit, secret things take place. We talk deep, naval gazey philosophy and get lost in the sauce. Phil decorated the sauce post-partum with incidental piano music of his creation. Mid-way through we desperately seek treatment from the radio-waves and graceful, groovey tunes sustain...
Sep 14, 2024•1 hr 18 min•Season 2Ep. 8
It's the Seven of Wands. "The Seven of Wands has to do with our ability to separate and consider emotions independent of the actual flood of experience with the emotion, with the sensation." -- Phil Here we talk about severence, gender metaphysics, mind/body interface, love and will, Phil recounts a vision he had during a meditative trip, we talk about lucic dreaming. Ben tells us about a time he destroyed his thumb on a bandsaw in a woodshop and it inspired us to share about overwhelming sensor...
Sep 07, 2024•1 hr 42 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Six of wands today! Emotional regulation, 'legato bowing,' circular breathing, pranayama, 'binaries' such as yin/yang, Phil gets into some of his own breathing practice and his thinking behind it, flow states, "victory," leadership, and hierarchy. A good one. Outro music featuring ATU XII (The Hanged Man) by Phil, Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen, and Sia.
Aug 31, 2024•2 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 6
Greetings! Five of Wands today -- big concept and we spread way wider than the scope of the card, perhaps more so than usual. The topics include childhood, "shining" a la Stephen King, worship, awe, polyvagal theory, reflections on Ben and Phil's church background, yin/yang theory and some speculation about acoustical phenomenon, feedback and criticism, pranayama yoga and the violin bow... there's really a lot in here. Pls enjoy. Bigger sprinkling of Phil's music than usual throughout, and Devil...
Aug 24, 2024•1 hr 29 min•Season 2Ep. 5
I'm awfully sorry to spam dear audience with episodes this day -- I realized too late my logic program cuts off long files (it can't get enough of it) so here's the last 10 minutes of pod w Erica. Enjoy!
Aug 17, 2024•11 min
Welcome and greetings! Four of wands. Ben and Phil discuss money, markets, labor, nutrition, musical proportion, sound production, 'feminine' rage, emotional subdual, spiritual introspection, asceticism, sustainability, Earthships. Yogini Shambhavi gets a shoutout so Phil has put in some of her beautiful chanting for outro. xoxo
Aug 17, 2024•1 hr 39 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Greetings Pod Fam, it's our second musical reading! On the pod we have a legendary icon, seamstress of the essences Erica Dicker, violinist, improviser, composer, professor, ETC. We talk about a glorious range of things here, weighing in on far too much to list. So here's a list: Violin extended techniques, NYC soundscapes, Long Legs w/ Nicholas Cage, Death and 'the 5-minute Bow,' J.K. Rowling, News Media, Chamber music politics, sleep paralysis demons, and Chakra seed sounds... among other thin...
Aug 17, 2024•2 hr 14 min
Here begins Taropedia's musical reading series! Phil has super special guest and dear friend Marta Bagratuni on pod to have her cards read. We talk about embodying emotions, acting, stage performing, stinky cheese, and the whole nine yards. Lots of love here.
Aug 10, 2024•1 hr 19 min
Greetings Pod Fam! Welcome to three of wands. This is an especially aimless episode for us, which is funny because three of wands is supposed to be all about gaze, direction, attention, travel, etc.. We cover an interesting array of topics nonetheless, which includes EMDR Therapy, Chamber music/bands, the relationship between performer and audience, self-evaluation in musical practice, Parkour/freerunning, flowstates, and a bunch more. Please enjoy!
Aug 10, 2024•1 hr 15 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Two of Wands! The topic is Domain and so we talk about Sound, vibration, the overtone series, singing vowels, audiences and performing, churches, power... there's a bunch more, per usual. An important note, speaking of audiences! The fabulous PodFam (that's YOU) has been called upon to write in questions if there is curiosity in your heart about anything. We can be reached at taropediapodcast@gmail.com Outromusic is special and cute, "One Eternal Moment" by @gaieasanskrit accompanied by a watery...
Aug 03, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Season 2Ep. 2
This is the inaugural episode of season 2, folks! We're beginning a new chapter of Taropedia and with that comes episode titles that correspond to card names. This episode is devoted to naval gazing about the Ace of Wands, and as such we brush over things such as vocal diction, breath support, the chakras, the human will, our powers of initiative, and Phil gets into a whole thing about a mushrooms trip he had once with his prayer bowl. Phil also wrote the outro music for this. By the way, the ne...
Jul 26, 2024•1 hr 38 min•Season 2Ep. 1
ad;klaj;sf file too big too long. Had to split. Second part here. Mwah bbas.
Jul 20, 2024•45 min
This one we tackle Temperance and the four pages, which is a scoop that gets us into a particularly juicy swath of topics. In no particular order: karma, tarot divination, "kundalini awakenings," yoga, spirituality and worship, chaos, psychedelic experiences, Polyvagal Theory's "neuroception," cultural icons, secret societies, perfectionism, art. We hope it's cool for you. Outro music "Temperance" (ATU XIV) for two mandolins by Phil.
Jul 20, 2024•1 hr 32 min•Season 1Ep. 26
CW: Religious trauma, murder Ben gets a reading today and we get into a beautiful and haunting range of things including a troubling incident from Ben's past. The topics revolve around self care, mental health, pain, violence, and the mind-body interface. Outro music is ATU VII for two mandolins, by Phil.
Jul 13, 2024•2 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 25
Phil gets a reading on this one! It's a vulnerable one, all about identity, queerness, speech, expression, and the artistic pursuit. Lots of little nuggets sprinkled in. Phil has some original music for two violins as the outro.
Jul 06, 2024•1 hr 35 min•Season 1Ep. 24
Hi Pod fam. It's Death and the four knights today. We get into a super interesting range of things: (clippity clop) the grind of labor, the value of discipline, and the spirituality of arts and crafts. This was a natural transition into the learning process and how knowledge is embodied and constrains our learning and gives words and meaning power. Naturally we clippity clopped on over to violence and assault from there and Phil talks about chamber music warfare and something he calls 'the crick...
Jun 29, 2024•1 hr 29 min•Season 1Ep. 23
Part 3 of our Hanged man saga! This one is mostly Queen of Wands and Queen of cups, which gets us into weirdness on Sanskrit, instincts, gratitude, flow states, orchestral conducting, love, the circle of life... Rupaul gets a name drop! Outro is an excerpt of Taittiriya Upanisad 3 recited by Gaiea Sanskrit mixed with an Empress-inspired loop Phil made. The following is Phil's paraphrasing of the Sanskrit translation: "They knew that Joy was the Universe, for it is from the spark of Joy that all ...
Jun 22, 2024•1 hr 13 min
We take a second whack at the hanged man and the four queens, opening up several sumptuous cans of worms. Among them are ruminations on talk therapy, tattoos, collective identity, trauma, dissociation, creative expression, homophobia, somatic expression, evolution, morality, Adam and Eve... wow. Outro music is a short loop of Taittiriya Upanisad 2 mixed with some of Phil's original violin music. "May we never quarrel with each other."
Jun 15, 2024•1 hr 46 min
It's the hanged man and the four queens, so Phil and Ben's ex-X-ian asses talk about jesus christ and bible thumpery, which gets us into a thing about healing, rebirth, war, the jungian 'shadow, misoguny, and we ask questions like "is death the ultimate orgasm?" "Does christ bear political revolutions?"... lots of other stuff. This episode is actually going to go up in three parts over the next few weeks since we went so far off with it. Here's the first which ends abruptly with outro music: loo...
Jun 08, 2024•1 hr 22 min•Season 1Ep. 22
(Tock) Part 2! Outro music on is pitch-corrected Phil doing some creative working-out of his childhood trauma. Hopefully it's cool. The song is "Sister ray" by Foxes and the text is "Shame, theory, theology" by Stephen Pattison. Also the prayer bowl is in there for slaps (or spanks, as you like).
Jun 01, 2024•1 hr 12 min
(Tick) Hi everyone. It's Justice (XI) and the four Kings, so you know it's deep into the coolness and the realness and the esoteric juiciness. This is going up in two parts just cuz logic pro is being annoying with the longer audio file for some reason -- The topics covered in today's episode are self-advocacy, binaries, paradox, laws, sheet music, christianity, medicine, time, 'sacred geometry,' gatekeeping, and a good deal more... Plenty of it is in part 2. Pls enjoy and accept our love. Phil ...
Jun 01, 2024•1 hr 19 min
It's TENS across the board! The Wheel of fortune and the four tens, and we get into with lots and lots. Luck, improvisation, emotional intelligence, sensation, more polyvagal theory... too much to name. We need to start making lists of topics covered for these intro paragraphs. Cheers and love! Please enjoy xo
May 25, 2024•1 hr 55 min•Season 1Ep. 20
Hey Pod folk -- it's the Hermit and the four Nines! We talk about hoarding, repression, the shame awareness, "tonal desire" in western music, and masturbation! And more than that, even. Outro Hermit-inspired music by Phil for two violins.
May 18, 2024•1 hr 54 min
Greetings pod fam and Happy Mother's Day! Ben is ponderous about the future of his band and Phil gives him a reading for a second time. We end up discussing readings themselves, and Phil shares some about his understanding and philosophy regarding tarot and the value of using it as a tool for introspection. The episode ultimately covers a wide array of topics. Pls enjoy~
May 12, 2024•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 3
Today we've arrived at Strength and the four Eights... it's a very interesting discussion that covers a range of things from Teachers/Gurus, to Mothers, Internal Family Systems, Yoga, Polyvagal Theory, candymaking, ADD/ADHD... a lot more. There is unfortunately radiator noise coming from Phil's living room. He apologizes. Outro music is a sweet meld of some of Phil's music with some quotations of Yogini Bhava.
May 11, 2024•1 hr 28 min
The Chariot and the four Sevens, which includes a spiel on the dreaded Tower (16). We gather in Ben's chariot (his parked car) in PA and, in appreciation of our Lovers episode we talk about wetdreams, Marie Antoinette, macarons, the Tower of Babel, dissociation, polyvagal theory, the Real Housewives franchise, masking, and a whole ton more... Phil has fashioned some truly extra outro music with a working title 'Purple' featuring quotations from Monica from Friends, Solomon the King (read by a pi...
May 04, 2024•1 hr 32 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Howdy folks! This one is the Lovers and the four Sixes. It feels like a lot of philosophy and we think it's great. Gaze, self-awareness, more pranayama yoga, practicing strategy, sublimation of the libido, intergenerational trauma and pedagogical traditions... much more. Phil made some lovers-inspired outro music.
Apr 27, 2024•1 hr 22 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Today we talk about the Hierophant and the four Fives which is a whole trip mentally... all about tensions and paradox and desire. It's a good'n. Topics covered are harmonics, frogs, art, pranayama yoga, shame, awe, laughter, bullying... the list goes on. We hope you love it. Phil made more outro music, this time pulling samples from several sources and adding them to some of his mandolin improvisations. Today's music on the card 'Temperence' features quotations from Yogini Bhava, The King's Sin...
Apr 20, 2024•1 hr 50 min•Season 1Ep. 15
