Hitchhiking on the Hermetic Highway

Eric and Chase breakdown electronic new wave with its Krautrock roots as they discuss the effects of the Berlin Wall and the Cold War on the human psyche. They explore the significance of splitting and unification on a political, psychological, cultural, and historical level and how it relates to the incredibly immense Manhattan Project that developed the world’s first atomic bomb.

Chase and Eric put a pause on season 2 to discuss the killing of George Floyd, the Black Lives Matter movement, and the history of systemic racism in America.

Chase and Eric start Season 2 off with a bang, exploring the profound influence of the ATOMIC AGE and the COLD WAR on contemporary culture, the nature of SOCIAL COMPLEXES and the role of COLLECTIVE TRAUMA in producing myths, religions and philosophies.

Music: 

Great Atomic Power (1952), by The Louvin Brothers 

Film/TV: 

Dr Strangelove (1964)

Watchmen (HBO)

Books:

Man and His Symbols (1964), by Carl Jung

Filling the Hole in the Nuclear Future: Art and Popular Culture Respond to the Bomb (2010), by Robert Jacobs

Chase fled to the desert and Eric is currently trapped in London, presumably with the royal family. It is possible his initiation will be delayed due to the global pandemic. Either way, Chase and Eric hop on the ole' hermes cyber highway to shoot the shit and discuss all the insanity going on in the world right now and the need for an actual NWO.

When mankind perfects time travel, the government establishes the Time Enforcement Commission to thwart criminal attempts to alter the timeline, wait, that's the synopsis to Time Cop. Well, in this episode Eric dives deep into numbers, time and how they relate to the occult and hermetic thought. Had Chase been there it would've devolved into a stoned conversation about the movie Time Cop. Enjoy!

Chase makes a wild discovery about the great Martin Luther King Jr. who, as it turns out, was no stranger to Mithraism and the history of ancient mystery religion. Chase and Eric discuss similarities between MLK and Gandhi and their connection to esotericism and are actually helpful for once. 

Read Dr. King’s paper here:

https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/king-papers/documents/study-mithraism

Eric and Chase replace the bat signal with a taijitu, which their less illuminated western friends think is a yin and yang. Christian Bale and Heath Ledger show up at the same time leading to a never-ending best-of-three game of paper rock scissors that continually ends in a tie. Finally, everyone agrees to give the role of Batman to whomever comes up with the worst voice.

Find out how extradition, Hong Kong, NSA, Snowden, Batman, Egypt and cocaine are all connected as we explore the esoteric meaning behind Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight

Join Chase and Eric under the mistletoe (oak cum) for some psychedelic holiday cheer as they muse about the origins of America’s most popular holiday, Christ Sol Invictus Jesus Dionysus Yule Odin Apollo Saint Nick Claus mas Day.

Chase's recounts his *alleged* first LSD trip. Shadow people, Synesthesia, Elemental Women, and Twiztid Jesters all make an appearance. Enjoy it!

Chase and Eric try to fulfill their lifelong goal of cashing in on a SUICIDE CULT but are left empty handed. Unsure whether this constitutes failure or success they turn to drugs for the answer as per usual. Finally, our psychedelic wanderers accept their SHAMANIC mantle with its call to self-sacrifice. Stay tuned for a NUCLEAR SEASON 2 but enjoy our one-off episodes in the meantime and don’t forget to spread these mysterious mystic mysteries to THE ALL the WEIRDOS you know.

Movies/TV: Living with Yourself (Netflix); The Prestige (2006)