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In this week’s episode we wrap up everything we’ve learned so far about the Baphomet and its history as an archetype through history, esotericism and conspiracy lore. In the free side of the show we finish our discussion about the heretical practices of the gnostics, investigate the claims of who or what’s decapitated head was supposedly worshipped by the Templars and their shadowy connections to Simon Magus. In the extended show we submit ourselves to the mighty gaze of Abraxas and discover what dirty laundry he shares with the fallen angel goat demon Azazel who also lurks behind this same constellation of mysteries. In the conclusion we examine the murky world of bloodline occultism that Tracy Twymann was investigating during her demise and how it sits in relation to the even murkier world of conspiracy that leads to the darkest places imaginable. In the next episode, we’ll be applying our own occult research (led by Heka Astra) to begin understanding in earnest what the Baphomet represents from a pre-Abrahamic perspective. Thank you and enjoy the show.

On the free side of the show we discuss:

• Gnostic sects who thanked the serpent and treated the creator as the enemy
• The whore-holy wisdom of Thunder, Perfect Mind
• Whose head the Templars really kept on the altar
• Simon Magus, the ram swap, and the three-day rising
• Libertine rites and the New Dionysus

In the extended show available at www.patreon.com/TheWholeRabbit we continue further down the rabbit hole and discuss: 

• Abraxas: the rooster-headed god 
• Azoth, the A-to-Z universal fire of the Alchemists
• Azazel’s garment swap, the scapegoat, and the Lilith-Samael union
• Cathar consolamentum and the Book of Baptism by Fire
• Tracy Twyman’s Dragon Court years and the end of the trail…

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This episode was researched greatly and written by Tim Hacker before it was re-written with various additions and rephrasing and shortenings by Luke Madrid with original commentary by Malachor 5, Mari Sama, Julian The Philosopher.

Sources: 

Tracy R. Twyman and Alexander Rivera, Baphomet: The Temple Mystery Unveiled (2015). The central secondary work for this series: Johannite head traditions, Simon Magus as heir of John, Sophia as cipher for Baphomet, Abraxas, Azoth, the Baptism of Fire, Cathar consolamentum links, and the broader Templar–Gnostic–alchemical complex.

Primary early Christian, Gnostic, and heresiological sources
Irenaeus, Against Heresies. Ophites, Marcosians, and the early Church picture of the heretics.

Epiphanius of Salamis, Panarion. Cainites, libertine love-feasts, and the charge that Jehovah was treated as an enemy.

Hippolytus, Refutation of All Heresies (including material from The Great Announcement attributed to Simon). Naassenes, Simonian teaching on potential and fire, and Priapic associations.

Celsus (preserved in Origen, Contra Celsum). The seven Ophite planetary demons/gates.

Nag Hammadi library: Thunder, Perfect Mind; Apocryphon of John; related texts. Sophia’s self-description, the Demiurge, and baptismal motifs.

Pseudo-Clementine Homilies and Recognitions. John, Helena/Moon, Dositheus, and Simon as the Standing One.

Justin Martyr, First Apology and related works. Simon and Helena in Rome; the statue inscription.

Eusebius, Ecclesiastical History. Simon as father of heresies.

Acts of Peter and Paul (apocryphal). The ram substitution and three-day rising.

Josephus, Antiquities and related. Salome, Herod Antipas, and the historical setting of John’s death.

Toledot Yeshu (selected medieval versions). Parallel body-removal motifs.

Gospel of John, Matthew 3, Luke 3, John 15. Johannine Dionysian language, vine allegory, and baptism by fire.

Heads, teraphim, Assassins, and Johannite traditions

Arkon Daraul, A History of Secret Societies. Hassan-i Sabbah’s living-head demonstration.

James Wasserman, The Templars and the Assassins: The Militia of Heaven. Rashid al-Din Sinan and the head of John the Baptist.

Helena P. Blavatsky and later neo-Templar sources (including the transmission of the Pius IX allocution). The secret Johannite church, Theoclete, and Hugues de Payens.

Libertine rites, Dionysus, and parallel charges

Livy, History of Rome (Bacchanalia account).

Jacques Lacarrière, The Gnostics. Parallels between certain Gnostic practices and the later Black Mass.

Hammer-Purgstall, Grail, Abraxas, and alchemical fire

Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall, Mysterium Baphometis Revelatum and related writings. Ophitic baptism of wisdom, Grail allegory, genital wisdom, and Templar artifacts.

Carl Jung, Seven Sermons to the Dead. Abraxas as more indefinite than God or devil.

Eliphas Lévi, Julius Evola, and related occult writers on Azoth as the universal agent / quintessence.

Paracelsus, Liber Azoth.

Basil Valentine, Azoth of the Philosophers.

Albert Pike on the Great Work and command of the universal agent.

Peter Carroll, Liber Null and Psychonaut. Chaos-magick readings of Baphomet and gnosis.

Azazel, priestly garments, and Enochic material

Andrei Orlov, Dark Mirrors: Azazel and Satanael in Early Jewish Demonology.

Apocalypse of Abraham; Zohar; 1 Enoch, 2 Enoch, 3 Enoch; Targum Pseudo-Jonathan; Pirke de Rabbi Eliezer; Philo. Garment exchange, priestly mediation, and fiery ascent.

Cathars, consolamentum, and Baptism of Fire

Oddvar Olsen and related researchers on Templar phrasing and the Cathar consolamentum / endura.

Mark Amaru Pinkham on the “Baptism of Fire of the Brothers-Consulate” and related texts.

Barbara Frale on the Chinon Parchment and Vatican records.

Theodor Merzdorf (attributed), Book of the Baptism by Fire.

Additional recurrent series sources (re-used from earlier Baphomet episodes where relevant)

Kevin van Bladel, The Arabic Hermes.

Sir Walter Scott (trans.), Hermetica.

Nag Hammadi and Corpus Hermeticum texts already cited in Parts 2–3.

Robert M. Price, Michael Allen Williams, and G.R.S. Mead on the nature of “Gnosticism” and the serpent groups.

Primary texts are cited in standard editions and translations; secondary works appear in their most commonly referenced print or digital editions.

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In this week’s episode we break on through to part 3 of our totally exhaustive, in-depth guide to the Baphomet where we discover the Islamic version of our favorite Hermetic super heroes and the secret identity of Enoch who is mythologized as the first man to use writing, built the pyramids and preserved esoteric wisdom for the generations following the Great Flood. In the extended show, we do a detailed comparison between strange occult practices in various gnostic cults and trace how their mystic lineages overlapped and diverged from the rich tapestry of ancient Hermeticism as it evolved through the ages. By the end we begin to weave together a number of various threads which have only come up as puzzle pieces in former episodes. By the end of the series we promise to unveil in earnest the most authentic description of the Baphomet outside of an oath-bound secret organization and finally get to the bottom of what this figure really means. Thank you and enjoy the show!

In the free show we discuss:
-The three Hermeses of Abu Ma‘shar: before the Flood, after the Flood in Babylon, and later in Egypt
-Hermes as Idris, and Idris as the Enoch who walked with God
-The first man to use a pen, the pyramids at Akhmim, and the arts carved into stone so the survivors could read them
-The Harranian Sabians, Sir Walter Scott’s theory, and Kevin van Bladel on the “religion of Hermes”
-The Emerald Tablet, Apollonius of Tyana, and mercury as both sage and substance
-The second Hermes who taught Pythagoras, and the third who wrote on venom and made glass
-Asclepius, the wrong snake on the ambulance, and Plato’s Phaedrus on why the king rejected writing
-Al-Mas‘udi, the Active Intellect, and al-Suhrawardi’s pillar of light
-Poimandres, the Demiurge, and the question of whether Hermes is the apocryphal Enoch
-Mount Hermon, the place of the curse, and the angels who made a pact
-The Mandaeans, the Sabians of the Koran, and their baptism that sounds like the Baptism of Wisdom
-John the Baptist as their prophet, and the door that opens onto Sophia

In the extended show available at www.Patreon.com/TheWholeRabbit we continue by discussing:
-Asclepius on men who are both mortal and immortal, and the knowledge that makes them akin to the gods
-What Gnosticism actually is, the Nag Hammadi library, and why the Church Fathers only gave us the hit pieces
-Robert M. Price, Carl Jung, and the argument over whether the word “Gnostic” should even exist
-Pneumatic and hylic, the spark in the body, and Plato’s Timaeus on why even a good Demiurge builds shoddy copies
-Sophia, Chokmah, the Shekinah, and Metatron
-Simon Magus, the Naassenes, Irenaeus, and Clement’s attempt to reclaim the word
-The Ophites who thanked the serpent for the fruit, and Jehovah as the craftsman who kept the tree locked
-Marcion, Valentinus, the Sethians, the Borborites, and the Cainites
-Sophia’s fall, Prunikos, and the erotic allegory of Ophite creation
-Ialdabaoth, the Hebdomad, the serpent who is sometimes Christ and sometimes the liar
-Adam, Eve, the transfer of the spark, and why some Gnostics still call the serpent evil

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Bibliography

Tracy R. Twyman and Alexander Rivera, Baphomet: The Temple Mystery Unveiled (2015). The research spine: three Hermeses, Enoch-Idris, Mandaeans, Sophia as cipher.

Kevin van Bladel, The Arabic Hermes (2009). The three Hermeses, the Harranians, and the post-Islamic “religion of Hermes.”

Sir Walter Scott, Hermetica (1924–36). Translation of the Corpus Hermeticum and the Constantinople-revival theory.

Abu Ma‘shar al-Balkhi, Book of the Thousands (via Ibn Juljul and Ibn Abi Usaybi‘a). The legend of the three Hermeses.

Ibn Wahshiyya and related Arabic Hermetic material; al-Mubassir ibn Fatik, Kitab Mukhtar al-Hikam. Hermes the prophet and the Sabian rites.

Corpus Hermeticum (esp. Poimandres) and Asclepius. The Demiurge, the seven governors, and divine knowledge.

The First Book of Enoch and 2 Enoch. The descent on Mount Hermon and the heavenly ascent.

Nag Hammadi library (esp. Apocryphon of John). Gnostic creation, Sophia, Ialdabaoth.

Irenaeus, Against Heresies. The Ophites, the serpent, and the Church’s picture of the heretics.

Clement of Alexandria and Hippolytus. Competing takes on the Naassenes and true versus false gnosis.

G.R.S. Mead and later scholars on the Ophites and Naassenes. The serpent groups and their sources.

Robert M. Price and Michael Allen Williams. Modern arguments over what “Gnosticism” even means.

Qur’an 19 (Maryam). Idris raised to a high place.|

Plato, Phaedrus and Timaeus. Writing, memory, and the Demiurge who copies from the eternal.

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On this week’s episode we’re joined by the full crew to continue our truly exhaustive investigation into who or what the Baphomet really is with this week’s focus falling upon the goat themed motifs in Free Masonry, the connection with big dick deities from various cultures and the surprisingly deep connection between Pan, Lilith, Medusa and Athena referring to both the Old Testament and Hesiod to find our answers. In the extended show we discuss the Green Man, The Baptism of Wisdom and the connection between Enoch, Metatron, Moses and a shadowy initiator the Arabic world refers to as the Al-Khadir. By the end we begin to break down what the Knights Templar may have really been doing by worshipping the Baphomet and what it may have meant or symbolized to them: a pact with the devil or an attempt to bootstrap Christianity by taking ownership over older traditions? If you’re not ready to talk about dicks, butts and devils you might want to skip this one. Thank you and enjoy the show!

In the free show we discuss:
The goat in the Tarot, and why Crowley calls him Lord of the Gates of Matter
Albert Pike, Eliphas Lévi, and the force the old adepts would not name
GOAT, GAOTU, and the story of riding the goat
Priapus, the herms, and Hermes as the grandfather of the permanent erection
Pan, panic, Actaeon, and Arthur Machen’s Great God Pan
The Pope Lick Monster, the Chupacabra, and the Wendigo
Al-Ghul in the Nabataean Agriculture, and the star the Arabs called the Ghul’s eye
Amalthea, the Aegis, and Medusa nailed to the shield
Tracy Twyman’s Baptism of Wisdom, and the Knowledge of Good and Evil
Hesiod’s garden, the Hesperides, and the snake at the golden apples
Julius Evola on the Templar who saw the idol and was never happy again
Margaret Murray’s horned god: Puck, Robin Hood, and the goat crowned King Puck
Dionysus, the fig-wood oath, and Faunus at the Lupercalia

In the extended show available at www.patreon.com/TheWholeRabbit  we continue by discussing:
Al-Khidr, the Green One, and Moses at the junction of two seas
The hidden saints, the Qutb, and the cup of the Elixir
Enoch, Metatron, Elijah, John the Baptist, and the Emerald Tablet
Alexander, Dhul-Qarnayn, and the Fountain of Youth
Thomas Wright, Templar priapism, and the osculum infame
Hammer-Purgstall’s idols and the sabbath that keeps wearing the same costume
The black host, the trampled cross, the black book, and the mark
A rival liturgy, or a late church calling the older rite a parody
Old Hornie, Old Nick, and the saint who kept his horns in Cornwall
Puck, the Welsh Boucca, and the Slavic word for God
The Green Man, Silvanus, and how one Devil swallowed the whole pantheonHermes the psychopomp, the caduceus, and why Baphomet keeps arriving as a threshold

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This week’s episode was written by Tim Hacker with, help, revisions and research by Luke Madrid with additional commentary by Heka Astra, Mari Sama, Julian Solaninka and Malachor 5. 

Sources: 
Tracy R. Twyman and Alexander Rivera, Baphomet: The Temple Mystery Unveiled (2015). The spine of the episode: Pan, Al-Ghul, Medusa, the Baptism of Wisdom, the black host.

Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall, Mysterium Baphometis Revelatum (1818). The idols, the “Mete” inscriptions, and the baptism-of-wisdom reading.

Thomas Wright, The Worship of the Generative Powers (1865), with Richard Payne Knight’s Discourse on the Worship of Priapus. Templar priapism and the osculum infame.

Margaret Alice Murray, The Witch-Cult in Western Europe (1921) and The God of the Witches (1931). Horned god, Puck, Robin Hood, Herne, Old Hornie. A thesis, not settled history.

Eliphas Lévi, Dogme et Rituel de la Haute Magie (1854–56). The universal agent and the Goat of Mendes.

Albert Pike, Morals and Dogma (1871). Baphomet as root of the physical forces. Pike is following Lévi.

Aleister Crowley and Frieda Harris, The Book of Thoth (1944). Lord of the Gates of Matter, and the blood-libel reading of the sabbath.

Stanisław Przybyszewski, The Synagogue of Satan (1897). Opening quote. The script’s “Cult of Satan’s Church” is this book.

Julius Evola, The Mystery of the Grail (1937). The Templar who saw the idol and never smiled again.

Ibn Wahshiyya, The Book of Nabataean Agriculture (c. 10th century). Al-Ghul, and Bahumed.

Hesiod, Theogony. Gorgons, the Hesperides, the snake at the golden apples.

Clement of Alexandria, Exhortation to the Greeks. Dionysus and the fig-wood oath.

Qur’an 18. Moses and the servant later called al-Khidr.

Arthur Machen, The Great God Pan (1894).
Robin Goodfellow, His Mad Pranks and Merry Jests (1628).

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In this week’s episode we take on the heroic task of uncovering the secrets of the Baphomet, one layer at a time, covering every possible angle and hopefully arriving at the closest we can approximate for the truth about who or what this figure genuinely represents. Tim compiled research from controversial sources like the late Tracy Twyman (who famously lost her life digging into this mystery), Julius Evola (of all people) and more medieval Hebrew mystic texts to assure ourselves and you (the listener) that we have left no-stone unturned or crazy, dark rabbit hole unsearched. By the end we might even be able to show you the profound wizard stuff that you probably, NORMALLY, need to kiss or clap booties to learn about. And that’s why they hate us. We remove booty clapping from the occult education system which is technically illegal. In the free side of this show we take a cursory glance at the more interesting and colorful history of the Knights Templar, focusing on the details of their confessions in an attempt to cobble together the details of their shadowy, secret practices. By the time we arrive at the extended show we have already begun to jump into the three loving arms of Priapus and explore his connection with Baphomet, Hermes and his lesser known Arabic equivalents before arriving at the dark connection all of the above have with Samael and Lilith. Thank you and enjoy the show! 

In the free show we discuss:

• Friday the 13th, 1307
• Kiss the Goat, Spit on the Cross
• Tracy Twyman, the Ouija Board, and Clock Shavings
• The Cursed Translation of Mysterium Baphometis Revelatum
• Pacts with the Devil
• The Prophetic Head
• Jacques de Molay’s Curse
• Caput LVIIIm: Head 58
• Baphomet, Mahomet, or the Goddess of Paphos?
• Eliphas Levi and the Astral Light
• Crowley Takes the Name
• Atbash Cipher: Baphomet = Sophia

In the extended show available at www.patreon.com/TheWholeRabbit we discuss:

• The Three Loving Arms of Priapus
• Hermes on the Border
• Baphomet’s Arabic Equivalents
• Bapho Metis: The Baptism of Wisdom
• Father Mithras
• Seed of the Serpent
• Two Creations, and a Plural Elohim
• Lilith and Samael, the First Pair
• The Caduceus as the Inferior Couple
• Leviathan, Split So They Cannot Mate
• Tanin’iver, the Blind Dragon
• Azazel the Intermediary
• Sophia, Achamoth, and the Demiurge
• Lilith the Matron and Lilith the Maiden
• The Exiled Shekinah

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Sources:
Tracy R. Twyman and Alexander Rivera, Baphomet: The Temple Mystery Unveiled 
Tracy R. Twyman, Clock Shavings
Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall, Mysterium Baphometis Revelatum, in Fundgruben des Orients (Treasures of the Orient), 1818
Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh, and Henry Lincoln, Holy Blood, Holy Grail
Charles Villers, on M. Lentz, The Classical Journal, Vol. 5, 12 May 1812
François Just-Marie Raynouard, via Jules Michelet
Henry Hallam, 1818
Eliphas Levi, Magic: A History of Its Rites, Rituals, and Mysteries
Eliphas Levi, Dogme et Rituel de la Haute Magie (the script calls it Rituals and Dogma)
Dr. Hugh Schonfield, the Atbash reading of Baphomet as Sophia
Idries Shah, abufihamat, “father of understanding”
Al-Jilwah (The Revelation), Yezidi scripture, the Melek Taus quote
Interrogatio Johannis (The Secret Supper / The Book of John the Evangelist)
Genesis, King James Version
Treatise on the Left Emanation (Ma’amar al ha-Atzilut ha-Smolit)
The Zohar, I.152b–153a
Julius Evola 

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In this week’s blasphemously offensive episode we lift the dress on one of the biggest secrets ever told, (if it's true) the hidden history of Simon Peter, the first Apostle and… according to some sources: synagogue spy; a hidden hand behind the establishment of Orthodox Christianity. On the free side of the show we break down who Peter is according to the "normal gospels" and by the end we will discuss who he secretly was and what he was secretly doing… supposedly. In the extended show we discuss exactly how he pulled it off and take a look at some of the evidence which helps confirm the theory. No matter what faith or worldview you have: I'm sure there’s something to offend you in here. Thank you and enjoy the show! 

On the free show we discuss:
Caesar’s Messiah, Flipped Upside Down
Peter: The Man Who Changed History
The Rock, The Keys, and the First Pope
First to Confess, First to Deny
James, Peter, and Paul
Kill and Eat: The Vision on the Rooftop
The Blow-Up in Antioch
Shimon Kefa, The Spy
Peter Chamor: The Firstling Donkey
Joseph, Esther, Moses, and Yael
The Toledot Yeshu Spy Quartet

On the extended show available at www.patreon.com/TheWholeRabbit we discuss:
Stealing the Shem ha-Meforash
The Name Carved in Flesh
Heal a Leper, Raise the Dead
Whatever Simon Says
“Jesus Hated Israel and Their Torah”
Turn the Other Cheek as Containment
How the Calendar Got Hijacked
The Tower in the Middle of the City
Bread of Misery, Water of Affliction
The Mystery Fast of 9 Tevet
Did Peter Write Nishmat Kol Chai?
Christian Counter-Spy: Gamaliel

This week’s episode was written and researched by Luke Madrid. He’s to blame. The others read quote and provided original commentary they are responsible for.

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Sources:
Scripture and early Christian texts:

Matthew 4:18–20; 16:18–19

John 1:42

Acts 5:34–40; 10; 22:3

Galatians 2:11–14

Isaiah 1:14

Exodus 13:13

Judges 4–5 (Jael and Sisera)

Acts of Peter (late 2nd century; upside-down crucifixion request)

Pseudo-Clementine Recognitions (3rd–4th century; Gamaliel as secret Christian)

Photius, Bibliotheca (tradition that Peter and John baptized Gamaliel, Abibas, and Nicodemus)

Jewish legend: Peter as inside man

Aggadata de-Shimon Kefa (אגדתא דשמעון כיפא, “The Legend of Simon the Rock”). Printed by Adolf Jellinek in Beit ha-Midrash, vols. V–VI (Leipzig / Vienna, 1853–78). Also in J. D. Eisenstein, Otzar Midrashim.

English: Alfred Edersheim, “Appendix XVIII. Haggadah about Simeon Kepha,” in The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah.

Version 2 line used on the show: “And this Simeon Kefa is what the gentiles call Saint Peter.”

Toledot Yeshu and the spy quartet

Toledot Yeshu (“The Life Story of Jesus”), medieval Jewish counter-gospel; Peter/Shimon, Paul/Elijah, Yochanan, and Judas/Yehuda as subversive pseudo-converts.

Johann Christoph Wagenseil, Tela Ignea Satanae (Altdorf, 1681) — first printed Hebrew/Latin recension.

Johann Jacob Huldreich (Huldricus), Historia Jeschuae Nazareni (Leiden, 1705) — the recension that puts Simon’s death on 9 Tevet.

Liturgy, law, and the fight over the poems

Nishmat Kol Chai (“The breath of every living being…”) — Sabbath, festival, and Passover liturgy sometimes credited to Shimon Kefa.

Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim 580:2 (R. Yosef Karo, 1565): “On the ninth of Tevet we do not know what calamity happened.”

Orchot Chaim: “On the ninth the sages did not write what happened, and it remains a secret.”

Machzor Vitry: rejects the claim that “that scoundrel Simon Peter the ass” wrote Nishmat “when he was on the rock.”

Rashi circle: “the revolting Shimon peter chamor… the error of Rome.”

R. Baruch ben Yehoshua Yechezkel Feivel Frankel-Teomim (1760–1828): manuscript note that Shimon HaKalphus died on 9 Tevet and that a yearly fast was set in Jerusalem.

Modern scholarship and the Roman-psyop foil

Joseph Atwill, Caesar’s Messiah (2005).

Flavius Josephus, The Jewish War (the campaign Atwill maps onto the Gospels).

John G. Gager, “Simon Peter: Founder of Christianity or Saviour of Israel?” in Peter Schäfer, Michael Meerson, and Yaacov Deutsch, eds., Toledot Yeshu: The Life Story of Jesus Revisited (Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2011).

John G. Gager, Who Made Early Christianity?: The Jewish Lives of the Apostle Paul (Columbia University Press, 2015) — Paul in the same “inside man” dossier.

Maimonides / Iberian conversos — mentioned as the later historical type, not as a single cited book.

Quick reference pages used while writing the notes

Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Saint Peter the Apostle.”

Wikipedia, “Saint Peter”; “Jael”; “Toledot Yeshu.”

Sefaria, Otzar Midrashim, “Aggada of Shimon Kippa,” Versions 1 and 2.

Kathy Howard, “7 Things You Might Not Know About the Apostle Peter.”

Ligonier, “The Significance of Peter.”

Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, “What Is Peter’s Role in the Formation of the Church?”

Lifeway Women, “From Fisherman to Faithful Witness: A Biography of the Apostle Peter.”

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In this week’s episode we wrap up our deep-dive into Nietzsche's era initiating classic: “Beyond Good and Evil” by traversing chapter 3, the religious mood and a handful of his aphorisms in chapter 4; Julian the Philosopher lending historical context and depth throughout.  In the free side of the show we focus on Nietzsche's criticism of Christianity and where, he believes, the proper place of religion ought to be. In the extended show we dive into Nietzsche's aphorisms and discuss both the controversial ideas of “slavery,” what that might mean in context and how if any overlap exists with Anton Lavey’s writings in The Satanic Bible. Thank you and enjoy the show! 

In the free side of the show we discuss:

• Nietzsche’s “big hunt” through the history of the soul — and why a podcast is basically a trophy room for rare ideas
• Christianity as sacrifice: the surrender of freedom, pride, and self-confidence of spirit
• “God on the Cross” as the most daring inversion of ancient values — the Oriental slave’s revenge on Rome
• Religious neurosis and its three dangerous prescriptions: solitude, fasting, and sexual abstinence
• Why European theism is dying even while the religious instinct keeps growing
• Modern philosophy as secretly (or openly) anti-Christian — but not anti-religious
• The great ladder of religious cruelty: first humans, then nature, then God himself sacrificed to nothingness
• Why real religious life needs aristocratic idleness — and how noisy modern labor breeds unbelief
• The scholar as “arrogant dwarf” who thinks he’s outgrown the religious man
• Nietzsche’s real thesis: religion is a tool — a bond of command for rulers, a ladder for the ascending, and contentedness for the many — not an end in itself

In the extended side of the show available on at www.patreon.com/TheWholeRabbit we discuss:

• Chapter 4’s blasphemous apophthegms — Nietzsche’s clearest, cruelest one-liners
• The devil as the dumping ground for every quality we were too afraid to give God
• Memory vs. pride (“I did that” / “I could not have done that”) as early shadow work
• Character as fate, duration over intensity, and why attaining your ideal means you’ve already surpassed it
• Sensuality reaching the highest altitudes of spirit, the militant man attacking himself in peacetime, and “Know thyself” as a command to shut up and become objective
• Salting the truth until it no longer quenches thirst
• What Nietzsche actually means by “slavery” (and what he doesn’t)
• How much of this Anton LaVey quietly lifted, restyled, and put in The Satanic Bible
• Julian’s historical context on the whole mess — plus the jokes we couldn’t leave on the free side

This episode was crammed full of Thelema stuff by Luke but otherwise everyone presented their own stuff faithfully and is responsible for their own words.

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Sources:
Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/4363/4363-h/4363-h.htm

The Book of the Law
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In this week’s episode we continue through Nietzsche's Aeonic Philosophy as laid out in one of his all time greatest hits: Beyond Good and Evil. While the first chapter dealt with an era-shattering criticism of classical philosophy which ended upon a warning about, (having killed the old philosophies) the coming of the new philosopher or Free Spirit. As our special guest, Julian The Philosopher adds some much needed historical context and nuance to Nietzsche's words and sets us up to explore the new philosopher, the first spirit and the Ubermensch in greater depth. Who are those people anyway? Still fresh with excitement from the text, Luke (that's me) fixates on the overlap between the hazy image Nietzsche paints and the mystical poetry in Aleister Crowley’s “Book of the Law,” which outlines, in slightly more poetic fashion, a remarkably similar ideal. On the free side of the show we touch upon Nietzsche's hilarious ideas about race which, despite being a little controversial today, we can still have a good laugh about with good humor on our side. In the extended side of the show we explore the Will to Power as it is introduced in the text and how it lines up with Hadit’s words in the Book of the Law. Thank you and enjoy the show! 

In this week’s episode we discuss:
Knowledge vs. Ignorance
The Elect 
A Curse Upon Because
A Case Against Martyrdom
How to Tolerate Idiots
Nietzsche's Ideas About Race 

In the extended show available at www.patreon.com/TheWholeRabbit we let our hair down and continue to discuss:
The Privilege of the Strong
Medicine to Some, Poison to Others
Idiots Think in Absolutes (mostly)
You Cannot Trust the “Selfless”
The Sanctity of Appearance
THE WILL TO POWER
The Profound Loves a Mask
The New Philosopher and the Thelemite 

This episode was crammed full of Thelema stuff by Luke but otherwise everyone presented their own stuff faithfully and is responsible for their own words.

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Sources:
Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/4363/4363-h/4363-h.htm

The Book of the Law
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In this week’s episode we are joined by Julian the Philosopher as our special guest to discuss one of Friedrich Nietzsche's most celebrated and important works of philosophy, his book “Beyond Good and Evil.” If you’ve been following our prolonged discussion with Julian, one big question we are attempting to tackle in earnest is where does Aleister Crowley and the religion of Thelema fall within the moral spectrum found between Homer, Socrates and Fredriech Nietzsche. Because Nietzsche is considered a Thelemic saint we compare passages within Beyond Good and Evil to The Book of the Law while Julian peppers us with historical and philosophical context along with the tea about Nietzsche's utterly tortured love life. As with anytime we’re discussing anything of cosmic importance on this show, the gods try to test us and Julian's electric grid was actively being struck by Thor’s hammer throughout our discussion. This resulted in some unpleasantly low compression at times, so, we ask you to just bare with us and we’ll have it fixed next time. By the end of the free show you’ll have a pretty solid idea of where this adventure is going next time and if you want double the abuse for your brain, we finish the entirety of chapter 1 by the conclusion of the extended episode. Thank you and enjoy the show.

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Sources:
Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/4363/4363-h/4363-h.htm

The Book of the Law
https://sacred-texts.com/oto/engccxx.htm

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In this week’s episode we’re joined by Jennifer Billock, an award-winning journalist, bestselling author, and the world’s only professional cheese fortune-teller to discuss her craft, how it works and some of the intricacies of using various foods to divine fortunes with. In the first half of the show we break down exactly how Jennifer accomplishes her profound feats of divination from “noisy” cheese like a crumbling blue to almost featureless pseudo-cheese like American. After breaking down the nuance, we continue in the extended show with a real, live reading from Jennifer who examines our own cheese to divine our fortunes, demonstrating in real-time that tyromancy is definitely well beyond being just an amusing novelty and is capable of being uncomfortably profound. I’m sure you’ll want to get a reading from her after hearing this interview so check out links in the description. Thank you and enjoy the show!

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Interview questions by Luke, Mari and Heka. 

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In this week’s episode we conclude our three part journey through the seventeen stages of the heroes journey as laid out by Joseph Campbell in his seminal work “Hero with a Thousand Faces.” In the free section of the show we discuss THE ULTIMATE BOON which we explore in its various manifestations including the traditional narcotic coded drink of the gods and heroes; soma. We also discuss the reluctance to return from the journey (looking at you Odysseus), the magick shapeshifting flight and the occasional need (plot twist) for the hero to be rescued from without. In the extended show we Cross the Threshold and explore what exactly that means, if it's even possible to describe it; which is the next, difficult step which gives way to the journey coming full circle, the work accomplished and freedom rings once more. Thank you and enjoy the show.

In this week’s episode we discuss:
The Ultimate Boon
Signs of Mastery
Surviving the Return
Soma
The Refusal To Return
The Magic Flight
Shokoshimbutsu Mummies
Magickal Transformation

In the extended episode available at http://www.patreon.com/TheWholeRabbit we discuss:
Crossing the Return Threshold
The Inconsistency Between the Two Worlds
Rip Van Winkle
Master of the Two Worlds
The Bagavadghita
Reconciliation With the Universal Will

This episode was written by Luke Madrid in collaboration with Tim Hacker who wrote the skeleton of the schizo’s journey for each seventeen stages with commentaries. Additional commentaries by Mari Sama and Heka Astra.

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Sources:
Campbell, Joseph. The Hero with a Thousand Faces. 3rd ed., New World Library, 2008.
https://ia601406.us.archive.org/30/items/Birdsfrogsandmirrors/JosephCampbell%20-%20The%20Hero%20With%20a%20Thousand%20Faces%20Commemorative%20Edition.pdf

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