Episodes
On where success leads. Anonymous (2002). Meditations on the Tarot: A Journey into Christian Hermeticism. New York: Tarcher. Aleister Crowley (1976). The Book of the Law. York Beach, ME: Red Wheel / Weiser. Benjamin Thorpe, translator (2005). The Lay of Grimnir, in: The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson, https://tinyurl.com/2pdfbrs2 (gutenberg.org). Accessed October 2023. Support the podcast and access additional content at: https://patreon.com/oeith....
Published 10/14/23
Published 10/14/23
On how to come back from the dead. Anonymous (2002). Meditations on the Tarot: A Journey into Christian Hermeticism. New York: Tarcher. Ludwig van Beethoven (1825). String Quartet Op. 132 in A Minor III Molto adagio, https://tinyurl.com/mw4c9nk5 (spotify.com). Accessed September 2023. Aldous Huxley (1928). Point Counter Point: A Novel. London: Chatto & Windus. Edna St. Vincent Millay (1921). Spring, https://tinyurl.com/2s3daw6c (poetryfoundation.org). Accessed September 2023. Wachowski,...
Published 09/23/23
On being certain of certainty. Aleister Crowley (2004). The Book of Thoth. York Beach, ME: Weiser. The Arahant Upatissa (1995). Vimuttimagga (“The Path of Freedom”), translated by Rev. N.R.M. Ehara, Soma Thera, Kheminda Thera. Kandy, Sri Lanka: Buddhist Publication Society. Support the podcast and access additional content at: https://patreon.com/oeith. Buy me a coffee at https://ko-fi.com/oeith or https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dbarfordG. Or you could send me a lovely book from...
Published 09/02/23
On how freshness emerges from stagnant waters. Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1802). Dejection: An Ode, https://tinyurl.com/56xrjd7t (poetryfoundation.org). Accessed August 2023. Aleister Crowley (2004). The Book of Thoth. York Beach, ME: Weiser. Sigmund Freud (1905). Fragment of an Analysis of a Case of Hysteria. In: The Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud, Vol. 7, London: Hogarth. Carl Gustav Jung (1956) Symbols of Transformation. In: The Collected Works of C. G....
Published 08/12/23
On how to hope safely and well. Hesiod (1959). Hesiod, translated by Richmond Lattimore. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan. Clive James (2013). Dante: The Divine Comedy. London: Picador. Mother Julian of Norwich (1994). The Revelation of Divine Love in Sixteen Showings, translated by M.L. del Mastro. Liguori, MO: Liguori / Triumph. Edgar Allan Poe (1850). “A Dream Within a Dream” in: The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe. New York: J. S. Redfield. Support the podcast and access additional...
Published 07/15/23
On attracting lightning. Anonymous (2002). Meditations on the Tarot: A Journey into Christian Hermeticism. New York: Tarcher. Herman Melville (1972). Moby-Dick. Harmondsworth: Penguin. Arthur Edward Waite (1971). The Pictorial Key to the Tarot. Stamford, CT: US Games Systems. Support the podcast and access additional content at: https://patreon.com/oeith. Buy me a coffee at https://ko-fi.com/oeith or https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dbarfordG. Or you could send me a lovely book from...
Published 06/25/23
On falling into existence by failing temptation. If you are wondering what happened to HIEROPHANY #14 then check out OEITH #204 (https://tinyurl.com/36nvukxy) on the topic of depressive hedonia and its antidote. Anonymous (2002). Meditations on the Tarot: A Journey into Christian Hermeticism. New York: Tarcher. Aleister Crowley (1929). Magick in Theory and Practice, https://tinyurl.com/msuku7bw (iarchive.com). Accessed May 2023. Baba Ram Dass (1979). Psychosis: A Framework for an Alternate...
Published 05/27/23
On the dynamics of death and life. Emily Brontë (2022). Wuthering Heights, https://tinyurl.com/4sthks6c (gutenberg.org). Accessed May 2023. Marie-Louise von Franz (1987). On Dreams and Death. Boston & London: Shambhala. Andrew A. Hanham (2023). COLSTON, Edward II (1636-1721), of Mortlake, Surr., https://tinyurl.com/3vcsd3xe (historyofparliamentonline.org). Accessed May 2023. The Human Front (2020). Wittgenstein on Death, https://tinyurl.com/yc4r6xv5 (thehumanfront.com). Accessed May...
Published 05/13/23
On finding repose by turning upside-down. Anonymous (2002). Meditations on the Tarot: A Journey into Christian Hermeticism. New York: Tarcher. Michael J. Hurst (2013). A Modern Catholic Looks at Tarot, https://tinyurl.com/bdd797a7 (blogspot.com). Accessed April 2023. Carl Jung (2002). Answer to Job. New York: Routledge. Kate McGeown (2005). Life in Ceausescu's Institutions, https://tinyurl.com/35e5ydxa (bbc.co.uk). Accessed April 2023. Arthur Edward Waite (1971). The Pictorial Key to the...
Published 04/29/23
On opposing adversity beyond counteraction. Anonymous (2002). Meditations on the Tarot: A Journey into Christian Hermeticism. New York: Tarcher. Gibbs, Laura (2002). The Oak Tree and the Reed, https://tinyurl.com/2p8pv48f (mythfolklore.net). Accessed April 2023. Jacobs, Joseph (1894). The Wind and the Sun, https://tinyurl.com/3ezr78rv (pitt.edu). Accessed April 2023. Wikimedia Commons (2020). Category:Strength (Major Arcana), https://tinyurl.com/3x3t69ba (wikimedia.org). Accessed April...
Published 04/15/23
On suffering and carelessness. Anonymous (2002). Meditations on the Tarot: A Journey into Christian Hermeticism. New York: Tarcher. Bonifacio Bembo (c. 1450). File:Bembo-Visconti-tarot-arcanum-10-wheel of fortune.jpg, https://tinyurl.com/4zxjhnf8 (wikimedia.org). Accessed February 2023. Aleister Crowley (2004). The Book of Thoth. York Beach, ME: Weiser. Ruth Lawes (2022). This Morning’s ‘tone-deaf’ energy bills game featured as propaganda on Russian state TV, https://tinyurl.com/5n75dmny...
Published 02/18/23
On progressing outwardly by engaging inwardly. Wilfred Ruprecht Bion (2004). Attention and Interpretation. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield. Aleister Crowley (2004). The Book of Thoth. York Beach, ME: Weiser. Marie-Louise von Franz (1978). “The Process of Individuation”, in C.G. Jung, ed., Man and His Symbols. London: Picador. Support the podcast and access additional content at: https://patreon.com/oeith. Buy me a coffee at https://ko-fi.com/oeith or...
Published 02/04/23
On the joys and limits of judgment. Lon Milo DuQuette (2017). Understanding Aleister Crowley’s Thoth Tarot. Newburyport, MA: Weiser. N.S. Gill (2017). Lady Justice, https://tinyurl.com/2vpsrefs (thoughtco.com). Accessed January 2023. William Shakespeare (1594). Titus Andronicus, https://tinyurl.com/s9dpax76 (gutenberg.org). Accessed January 2023. Kevin Underhill (2013). The Emergency Sasquatch Ordinance. Chicago, IL: ABA Publishing. Support the podcast and access additional content at:...
Published 01/21/23
On the dangers of ego inflation and the dynamics of success. Anonymous (2002). Meditations on the Tarot: A Journey into Christian Hermeticism. New York: Tarcher. Richard Dyer (1998). Stars. London: BFI Publishing. Wikipedia Commons (2020). Category: Chariot (Major Arcana), https://tinyurl.com/yx4xax8z (wikimedia.org). Accessed January 2023. Support the podcast and access additional content at: https://patreon.com/oeith. Buy me a coffee at https://ko-fi.com/oeith or...
Published 01/07/23
On choice, responsibility, and the obligations of being human. If you are wondering what happened to HIEROPHANY #05 then check out OEITH #209 (https://tinyurl.com/3wprvm7k), the inspiration for the entire HIEROPHANY series. J. Laplanche & J.-B. Pontalis (1973). The Language of Psycho-Analysis. New York: W.W. Norton. Angel E. Navidad (2020). Marshmallow Test Experiment and Delayed Gratification, https://tinyurl.com/y2zrvbew (simplypsychology.org). Accessed December 2022. Arthur Edward...
Published 12/10/22
On righteousness and authority. For a concise account of the complications concerning Crowley, The Emperor, and tzaddi, see: Lon Milo DuQuette (2017). Understanding Aleister Crowley’s Thoth Tarot. Newburyport, MA: Red Wheel (pp. 86-91, 106-7). Anonymous (2002). Meditations on the Tarot: A Journey into Christian Hermeticism. New York: Tarcher. Aleister Crowley (2004). The Book of Thoth. York Beach, ME: Weiser. Aleister Crowley (1983). Liber TZADDI Vel Hamus Hermeticus Sub Figurâ XC. In: The...
Published 11/26/22
On abundance and squandering. Amoda Maa Jeevan (2016). Duality, nonduality, and the feminine face of awakening, https://tinyurl.com/2p8ax4sz (youtube.com). Accessed November 2022. Anonymous (2002). Meditations on the Tarot: A Journey into Christian Hermeticism. New York: Tarcher. Aleister Crowley (2004). The Book of Thoth. York Beach, ME: Weiser. Andrew Marvell (1681). The garden, https://tinyurl.com/bdfnuxxc (poets.org). Accessed November 2022. William Shakespeare (1593). Venus and Adonis,...
Published 11/12/22
On wisdom and conflict.   Aleister Crowley (2004). The Book of Thoth. York Beach, ME: Weiser.   Maa-kheru (2017). The forty-eight calls or keys, https://tinyurl.com/35ed6yyr (hermetic.com). Accessed October 2022.   Bernadette Roberts (1991). The Path to No-Self: Life at the Center. Albany, NY: State University of New York (p. 91).   Bernadette Roberts (2005). What is Self? A Study of the Spiritual Journey in Terms of Consciousness. Boulder, CO: Sentient (p. 181).   Details of my other...
Published 10/29/22
On the ways in which everyone practises magick. Anonymous (2002). Meditations on the Tarot: A Journey into Christian Hermeticism. New York: Tarcher. Geoffrey Chaucer (2022). The Franklin’s Prologue and Tale, https://tinyurl.com/bdzyw98v (harvard.edu). Accessed October, 2022. Richard Kaczynski (2010). Perdurabo: The Life of Aleister Crowley, revised and expanded edition. Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic. (The letter from Crowley to Parsons is quoted on page 558.) Details of my other podcasts:...
Published 10/22/22
On recognising and awakening from the madness in our lives. Anonymous (2002). Meditations on the Tarot: A Journey into Christian Hermeticism. New York: Tarcher. John Perceval (1961). Perceval's Narrative: A Patient's Account of his Psychosis 1830-1832, edited by Gregory Bateson. Stanford, CA: Stanford University. Antonia White (2006). Beyond the Glass. London: Virago. Details of my other podcasts: https://oeith.co.uk/podcasts/ Support the podcast and access additional content at:...
Published 10/10/22