Robert Stark talks to Matt Pegas about his book, The Black Album. The Black Album is a collection of essays and short stories, both fiction and non-fiction. The book deals with themes, including alienation, masculinity, incels, serial killers, spirituality, alchemy, philosophy and aesthetics.

Topics:-the inspiration for the title from Joan Didion’s The White Album and the music trope of color-coded albums-Mass shootings as a metaphysical attack against reality-The context of Matt writing himself into fictional stories-Adapting to writing with time limitations-Matt’s struggles with serial killer OCD and POCD in adolescence-the gnostic component to psychology and mental illness-Jefferey Dahmer and the trope that the weird loner is the most dangerous-the archetype of the Emo-coping with malaise and dissatisfaction with life-transcript of a disturbing correspondence involving an online follower-Matt’s essay, Renaissance of The Ritual-Foundational thinking over Traditionalism-A painting of a failed alchemist and why alchemy is legit-Matt’s experiences with Tarot, transcendental meditation, and esotericism-Matt’s Essay, David Lynch, Bronze Age Pervert, and the possibility of inner freedom-Matt’s thought experiment of a based Marianne Williamson or BAPist version of Steiner schools-Matt’s essay, The Politics of Aesthetics Revisited-The esoteric significance of Las Vegas–Revisiting Alt-Centrism-How Robert and Matt manifested Dime Square in 2018

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Robert Stark is interviewed by Matt Pegas and his co-host Evan, as a simulcast for their Strange Flows podcast.

Topics:–Colin Wilson’s study of consciousness-Robert’s art, Substack writings, and novels-Mark Fisher’s Capitalist Realism–Robert’s case for Theosophy-Robert’s mystical experience at June Lake-contrasting Neoplatonism and Gnosticism, in their approach to theurgy, aesthetics and the natural world-can ugly things be beautiful or divine?-channeling the fire of youth-revisiting Robert’s first podcast with Matt from 2018-rediscovering the song, 9pm (Till I Come)-occultist, genetic, political, and social dynamics to oral acts-A critique of the moral authoritarianism and lack of pluralism of Abrahamic faiths-how we should approach occultism-prediction that America will have another religious revival–California’s pan-enclavism-thoughts on neo-reactionary critiques of democracy, the case for proportional inequality, and how to select elites-the Art Fascist vs the Warrior Fascist

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Robert Stark and Matt Pegas speak with Constantin von Hoffmeister about his book Esoteric Trumpism. This is a simulcast with Matt’s New Write podcast. Originally from Germany, Constantin von Hoffmeister studied English Literature and Political Science in New Orleans. Constantin has worked as an author, journalist, translator, editor, and business trainer in the United States, India, Uzbekistan, and Russia, and is the editor in chief of Arktos publishing. Follow Constantin on Twitter and subscribe to his Substack.

Topics:

Literary references, including William S. Burroughs, HP Lovecraft, and Edgar Alan PoeMisconceptions about the Beatniks as leftwing (eg Jack Kerouac’s admiration of Oswald Spengler)How the Beats’ disillusionment shows problems with fetishizing 1950s AmericaPhilistinism on the Right and the rise of a new creative culture-focused RightHow America has an underappreciated rich cultural heritageAmerica as an extension of European civilizationRightwing PostmodernismTrump as the great revealer of hidden Lovecraftian horrorsWhy Trump’s political significance is primarily symbolicAddressing criticisms and disappointments with TrumpMeme magicWhy Constantin rejects accelerationismWhy Rightwing multiculturalism or ethnopluralism is the future Constantin’s recent meet up with Robert and Matt in LA, and observation that LA is a model for ethnopluralismWhy Constantin is more optimistic about America’s future than Europe’sUpcoming Arktos projects, including a new translation of Dominque  Venner on Ernst Junger, a rightwing critique of Nietzsche, and an art history book

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Robert Stark and Francis Nally (aka Pilleater) talk with Shane Bugbee about Satanism, transgressive art, serial killers, and cancel culture. Shane Bugbee is from Chicago, and is an artist, publisher (Michael Hunt Publishing), filmmaker, true crime journalist, friend of Anton LaVey, and was the last priest of the old guard, Church of Satan. Shane has a new book out on the founding of the Satanic Temple. Follow Shane on Twitter/X.

Topics:Shane’s media coverage, including from Spin Magazine and E! True Hollywood Story regarding Dana PlatoDifferent interpretations of SatanismWhy Shane considers Satanism an artform but not ideological/politicalHollywood adopting Satanic icons for shock valueAvant Garde Hate and the Angry White Male TourAleister Crowley’s occultism and Helena Blavatsky’s TheosophyTransgressive art as the chaos magic of todayCorrespondence with serial killers in prison, including Dorothea Puente, John Wayne Gacy and Richard RamirezCollecting and selling serial killer and true crime memorabiliaNetflix’s Dahmer,  and the Dahmer/The Silence of the Lambs connectionThe role of sexual repression with serial killers and mass shootersJim Goad, Adam Parfrey, Boyd Rice, and Peter SotosThe Mike Diana Obscenity Trial and pre-internet cancel cultureThe pre-internet vs current counter-culture

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Robert Stark talks with Salmonfish about Bronze Age Pervert, art, metaphysics, philosophy, politics and economics. Salmonfish is a Renaissance man, Avant Garde artist, and Passage Prize winner from Ohio. Follow Salmonfish on Twitter/X.

Topics:Raising memes to an artformOnline political tribes as an American adaption of old-world feudal entitlementsRobert’s article, Selective Breeding And The Birth of PhilosophyThe pros and cons of Bronze Age Pervert and Curtis YarvinPan-enclavismDebate about meritocracy vs caste or proportional inequalityThe Artist/Shaman archetypeIntersectionality of the smart but poorConspiracy theories as explained by a collective subconscious or conspiracies of instinctPioneering work in the treatment of mental illness with psychedelicsHow metaphysics, genetics, psychology, and politics intersectSpiritual science and near death experiences which are legit but often theologically contradictSalmonfish’s esoteric take on ChristianityWhy Dualism is needed in spirituality, psychology, and politicsDisillusionment with Trump/MAGAWhy most politics is sexualThe state of the economy and economic transition (explanation for the Great Reset)

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Robert Starks and Francis Nally (aka Pilleater) talk to Evee about culture and aesthetics, psychology, and sexuality. Evee, a long time fan of the podcast, is an underground artist and musician (formally signed to Eyeball Records) from New Jersey, and is of French and Italian descent. Evee is a soi-disant Avant Garde bohemian, and champagne socialist, with a French mentality in temperament and cultural sensibilities. Check him out on YouTube and Twitter.

Topics:Evee’s satirical fan videos of Robert Stark, Luke Ford and Jason Reza JorjaniThe New Jersey scene as a more authentic precursor to Dime SquareRevisiting the scene known as the Alt-Left, Alt-Center, or leftwing of the Alt-RightAesthetic preferences in art and cinemaThe politics and philosophy of aestheticsWhy economic elitism is the enemy of cultural elitismWhy sincere sexual and aesthetic-based racism is preferable to sublimating these preferences into reactionary politicsWhy psychoanalysis could cure a lot of political and social problemsWhy rightwing moralism is as bad as leftwing moralismEvee’s intuitive view of human natureWhy Evee dislikes the Manosphere and Red Pill sceneThe political symbolism of oral intimacy and fetish cultureThe implosion of modern liberal societyEvee’s upcoming book of poetry

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Robert Stark talks to Francis Nally about the English author, Colin Wilson, his book The Outsider, and his esoteric ideas about consciousness, as well as revisiting Francis’s philosophy of Asian Aryanism. Francis’s website is Pilleater.com,  he has a YouTube Channel, and has a new book out, Suicidal, Asian, and Promiscious. The Muse We Neglect.

Topics:

Colin Wilson’s brief fame, and his relationship with the Angry Young Men literary genreThe archetype of the OutsiderThe appeal of Colin Wilson to the New Right (eg. Counter-Currents)Aspects of both populism (anti-credentialism) and Nietzschean elitism to Colin WilsonColin Wilson’s interview with Jeffrey Mishlove’s New Thinking AllowedWilson’s approach to mysticism, spiritual science, and the supernaturalWilson’s theories on consciousness and the Peak ExperienceWilson’s book, The Occult: A HistoryWilson’s book, The Misfits: A Study of Sexual OutsidersWilson’s correspondence with serial killer, Ian Brady, and Wilson’s intro to Brady’s book, The Gates of JanusFrancis’s essay on how Ethical Sadism can be used to disrupt liberalism and free our desires The need to embrace sincerity, identity and passionHow Transhumanism has potential to expand consciousness but also to turn man into “robots”My Little Pony, Faustian aesthetics, and the Brony phenomenonPlanet of the Bass Nationalism

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Robert Stark talks to Anatoly Karlin about his political transformation, as well as the conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine, and the timeline for the singularity/AGI. Anatoly Karlin used to blog at Unz until 2021, and has a new substack blog, Nooceleration, focused on Artificial intelligence. Follow Anatoly on Twitter.

Topics:Anatoly’s ideological transformation from a Russian nationalist to a neoliberal globalist, and why he has no use for the RightAnatoly’s prediction that the Ukraine war would happen in December, 2021 (referenced in New York Times), though he was wrong in predicting that the war would be shortWhy the war will likely remain a stalemate, unless there is some technological breakthroughAnatoly’s disillusionment with Putin’s RussiaWhy neutrality is the sane position for both the Ukraine vs Russia and Israel vs. Gaza conflictsWhy large-scale escalation of the Mideast conflict is unlikely in a conventional timeline, though an AGI alignment timeline increases the riskIs the Israel/Gaza War the end of the Liberal-Zionist Alliance? (Woke anti-Zionists hate Israel/Jews due to their Whiteness)Whether wokeness is waning and being replaced by outright establishmentarianismAnatoly’s correct prediction that the election would be Trump vs. Biden, and why he still predicts that Biden will winWhy Anatoly is more bearish on China’s economic and soft power after previously being a China bullReasons to be relatively bullish on the US, primarily because its the center of AIWhy the culture wars are unimportant looking at the big pictureThe major problems with AI accelerationismThe economic impacts of AI and crisis of overproductionWhy the solution to AI is not government regulation but rather investing in the biosphere, plus reforming the hardware based on a public blockchain

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Robert Stark speaks with James O’Meara about his book, Mysticism After Modernism: Crowley, Evola, Neville, Watts, Colin Wilson, & Other Populist Gurus. Mysticism After Modernism is published by Manticore Press, where it is available for purchase. You can also find it at Counter-Currents and on Amazon.

“Our spirituality has gotten too tame today. James J. O’Meara has a solution [in Mysticism After Modernism]–Mitch Horowitz, PEN Award-winning author of Occult America and The Miracle Club

-The intersection of mysticism with politics and culture, and how mysticism is available to any political persuasion-Countering the Hippie-dippy liberal  stereotype about New Age gurus-Critiquing the reactionary who passively accepts cycles of decay, and the need to embrace infinite possibilities-A practical take on magic/mysticism, in regards to enacting real world change-Aleister Crowley’s definition of magic as transforming the World in accordance with one’s will-Examples of opinions and attributes of Alan Watts and William Burroughs that come across as anti-liberal-Greg Johnson’s article, “The Spiritual Materialism of Alan Watts: A Review of Does It Matter?”-Watts’ ties to quasi-fascist Serbian mystic, Dimitrije Mitrinović–New Thought, and an explanation for how Neville Goddard’s Law of Assumption works-New Thought as a vehicle for political change, by removing all mental constraints-Why Theosophy is the theology best adapted to hereditarianism (eg. illiberal pluralism)-William Burroughs’ obsession with rejecting control in a metaphysical sense–The Greek Qabalah, hidden esoteric traditions in Abrahamic faiths-Colin Wilson’s practical mysticism, focused on expanding consciousness-Parapsychology and Spiritual Science-The need for spiritual elitism and Aristocratic Radicalism-Robert’s novel, Vaporfornia, which has themes relating to New Thought-James’ book, Passing the Buck: Coleman Francis and Other Cinematic Metaphysicians

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Kevin Lynn interviews Robert Stark about his article, No Collapse is the Real Dystopia: still waiting for the Big Collapse. This recording is a simulcast for Kevin’s Institute for Sound Public Policy’s YouTube channel, recorded on June 13th. Kevin Lynn is executive director of the Institute for Sound Public Policy and Progressives for Immigration Reform, and founder of US Tech Workers. Follow Kevin on Twitter.

Topics:

Revisiting past predictions about economic collapse, the current stagnant vibes,  and return of bullish copes about the economyJohn Michael Greer’s Not the Future We Ordered and his theory of catabolic collapseResearch predicting future cycles of collapse by Peter Turchin, Neil Howe & William Strauss’ Fourth Turning, and the Kondratiev waveReponses to the article , including a re-publish on ZeroHedege, and a critical response from Jeet HeerThose who are psychologically invested in collapseThe pros and cons of being a perma bear, and Kevin revisits the 08 crashHow the bears will be vindicated in the long run, due to unprecedented levels of debtThe impact of demographic cycles on politics, social strife, and the economyThe scope of the migrant crisis which is unprecedented in American history, and Michael Yon’s reporting from the Darien GapJanet Yellen’s statement, expecting a slow steady decline of the dollarThe exodus out of California The Hard Times Create Strong Men meme Speculation about the Trump incitement and 2024 election

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