Astral Flight Simulation

Get ready for one of the most in depth discussions of Elden Ring you've ever heard. I have almost four hours recorded with a roundtable of friends. We do a very deep dive on the lore, and frame the story as a Grail Myth, incorporating the "grail cycle" and Joseph Campbell.

This episode was originally recorded as a twitter space on the weekend Elden Ring won Game of the Year in 2022, and I'm uploading it now because Tears of the Kingdom Just released. Stay tuned for a Legend of Zelda episode, with many of the same guests, in the next several weeks, where we will return to the grail legend and discuss all things Zelda!

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An introductory discussion of Hesiod, Evola, Nietzsche, Spengler, and their understanding of the trajectory civilizations follow. What is the possibility of a revival, a Caesar, or an Ubermensch? This was an open discussion on twitter spaces that anyone can join if you follow me on twitter.

Appearances here made by Vitruveon, Pendragon, Spergler Acolyte, Athenian Stranger, War Sage, Faustian Augustus, and Herodotean Dreams. Come to twitter and join the convo, and follow me on Substack for more content like this, not available on iTunes and Spotify.

Comparing and contrasting the way Nietzsche and Dostoyevsky address nihilism. Discussion drawn from Gay Science, Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Crime and Punishment, and The Brothers Karamzov, among many others.

This is an excerpt from a 4 hour discussion held on twitter spaces, follow me on twitter for more like this to become part of the conversation, and follow me on Substack where I will make these available in their entirety, behind a paywall, along with other episodes not available on iTunes or Spotify.

Also follow my co host Athenian Stranger on Twitter for the most insightful philosophical content you'll find online. 

Uberboyo and I discuss Nietzsches slave morality in detail, and outline how it comes to replace master morality as the dominant moral framework as civilizations age

Uberboyo is a prominent YouTuber who is also very active on twitter.

I can also be found on twitter @thuleanrevenant

Curtis joins us again to discuss the first ever official publication of his first blog Unqualified Reservations, Volume 1, by passage press. Buy the book here! 

We are doing a read-through of “The Open Letter for Open Minded Progressives” in a twitter group chat, and will host a series of twitter spaces discussing the work. The chat filled up in 3 days, however if there is interest, we will make a second group chat and have a follow up group for “How Richard Dawkins got Pwned,” also in Volume 1. We will keep these reading groups going in perpetuity, so DM me on twitter to find out more. Follow me on twitter @thuleanrevenant and substack at Astralflight.substack.com, and please follow passage press @passagepres

Special episode rushed to release due to the SVB collapse. This episode was recorded on March 7th, three days before there was a run on SVB and the current unfolding crisis. My guest Erin predicts that as Pluto moves out of Capricorn and into Aquarius, there will be the collapse and death of the old order and a rebirth into a new one as we transition firmly into the age of aquarious. Are we watching the death of our monetary system and the rise of bitcoin? It's hard to say this early, but here we discuss how consciousness structures and civilizational paradigms shifts follow astrological events. We speculate that bitcoin may play a central role in the new paradigm.

Follow me on twitter @thuleanrevenant and Erin @realizingerin

Today I introduce two impressive thinkers and speakers who share their in depth, comprehensive knowledge on Oswald Spengler, one of the most important memory-holed writers of the 20th century.

Here we discuss some recently translated work of Spenglers, as well as his relationship to the politics and society of Germany between the wars. This is only one segment of an  ongoing conversation about  Spengler, but some of them take place only on twitter spaces so you'll have to follow @thuleanrevenant, Spergler @spergleracolyte, and Monopthalmus @AMonopthalmos to hear more!

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Lomez returns to discuss Passage Press and the Second Annual Passage Prize , the winners of which will be announced any day.  Isaac Simpson of The Carousel podcast also joins us, and after some Passage promotion, we go on to discuss literature in general.

Buy Passage Press' edition of Unqualified Reservations Vol. 1 (the first ever printed version), and follow L0M3Z on twitter.

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Brendan Heard of Aureus Press returns and we conclude our debate, begun in the previous episode, on the redeemable and irredeemable aspects of modern art and abstract expressionism. We both agree it's ugly, but I argue it was an inevitable progression from the decline of painting, while he thinks it's responsible for it.
Brendan will probably come back, because he's working on another book, and it's fascinating.

*Note: I said Wyeth’s painting “Christinas World” was at the MET, but its at MoMa. I also couldn’t think of the name

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Brendan Heard, head of Aureus Press and operator of @Trad_West_Art on twitter joins me to discuss his book "The Decline of Western Art," a comprehensive art history book that covers everything from ancient greece up until the present day. It is *the* premier introduction to western art that you could read, and he is unforgiving to "abstract impressionists" and "art speak." This episode itself serves as a fantastic introduction to art history, art criticism, and the plight of both the artist and the enjoyer of art in the digital age.

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