Rendering Unconscious welcomes Gary Lachman to the podcast! On this episode, he presents his lecture from the first Psychoanalysis, Art & the Occult conference, London, 2016, "Why was Freud afraid of the occult?"

Collected papers from this conference can be found in The Fenris Wolf 9 edited by Vanessa Sinclair & Carl Abrahamsson. https://store.trapart.net/details/00026

Join us! Sunday, February 20th at 2PM YC / 7PM UK / 20 CET at Morbid Anatomy Museum, online via zoom! https://www.morbidanatomy.org/events

Experiences with Precognitive Dreams, Synchronicity and Notes on the Occult Influence of Derek Jarman: Part of the Art and the Occult Series, with Gary Lachman and Carl Abrahamsson

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Gary Lachman is the author of many books about consciousness, culture, and the Western esoteric tradition, including The Return of Holy Russia, Dark Star Rising: Magick and Power in the Age of Trump, Lost Knowledge of the Imagination, and Beyond the Robot: The Life and Work of Colin Wilson. He writes for several journals in the US, UK, and Europe, lectures around the world and his work has been translated into more than a dozen languages. In a former life he was a founding member of the pop group Blondie and in 2006 was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Before moving to London in 1996 and becoming a full time writer, Lachman studied philosophy, managed a metaphysical book shop, taught English literature, and was Science Writer for UCLA. He is an adjunct professor of Transformative Studies at the California Institute of Integral Studies. https://garylachman.co.uk

Follow him at Twitter: https://twitter.com/GaryLachman

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Rendering Unconscious: Psychoanalytic Perspectives, Politics & Poetry (Trapart 2019): store.trapart.net/details/00000

The song at the end of the episode is “Please Join Us” from the album “The Cutting-up of Love and Language” by Vanessa Sinclair and Pete Murphy available digitally on Bandcamp from Highbrow Lowlife: https://vanessasinclairpetemurphy.bandcamp.com/album/this-is-voyeurism

Many thanks to Carl Abrahamsson, who created the intro and outro music for Rendering Unconscious podcast. https://www.carlabrahamsson.com

Image: Gary Lachman