Darkly Splendid Abodes
by Darren White
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Lacanian Psychoanalysis & the Occult, with abtin & Autre
Lacanian Psychoanalysis & the Occult, with abtin & Autre
About this podcast
The official podcast of Toronto Thelema, exploring the occult writings of Aleister Crowley and various other authors, and the Thelemic system of Magick, mysticism and philosophy.
Episodes
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- Lacanian Psychoanalysis & the Occult, with abtin & Autre · 1 h 32 min · Season 6 Episode 4Crowley regularly cites Freud, and psychoanalysis pairs well with philosophy, both of which Crowley encourages as areas of study for the serious student of Magick. My guests and…
- Deep Dip: 'Vision & the Voice', the Mexico Aethyrs 30 & 29 · 2 h 16 min · Season 6 Episode 3In the year 1900ev, Aleister Crowley began scrying the Enochian Aethyrs in Mexico, but only managed to pierce the 30th and 29th before feeling denied further progress. Michael…
- The Cube of Space, with Edward Mason · 58 min · Season 6 Episode 2The Cube of Space is a conceptual layout for a Temple Space, arranging the 22 Trumps of the Tarot visualized at every surface, angle, and dimension of a cube. Edward Mason and I…
- Deep Dip: Kant's 'Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics' · 1 h 41 min · Season 6 Episode 1The Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics by Emanuel Kant is one of the philosophy books recommended by Crowley to serious students of Magick and the occult. But why? Michael and…
- Finale: Enochian Grammar, Listener Comments, & Crowleyan Controversies · 2 h 42 min · Season 5 Episode 19As we wrap up Season 5, Michael and I chat about Enochian grammar, respond to listener comments, and discuss controversies surrounding Aleister Crowley: Satanist, racist, and…
- Dissonant Dialectic: Mogg Morgan's 'Morality, Amorality, and Immorality in Aleister Crowley's Thelemic Cult' · 2 h 15 min · Season 5 Episode 18Modern Thelema is an evolving discourse that benefits from absorbing the manifold perspectives of the world. We’ll bounce off of Mogg Morgans paper, ‘The Heart of Thelema…
- Spinning Stories: 2001: A Space Odyssey · 1 h 54 min · Season 5 Episode 17When tales tap into the subconscious, their themes can transcend the arbitrary boundaries set by the rational mind. We’ll see how Stanley Kubrick’s ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ maps…
- Who is Edward Mason? with Edward Mason (Magician) · 1 h 32 min · Season 5 Episode 16Edward Mason has been a regular guest on Darkly Splendid Abodes going back to our very first episode. But just who is this fellow with the English accent, who evidently lives in…
- The Wake World, by Aleister Crowley · 2 h 10 min · Season 5 Episode 15The Wake World, or Liber 95 (XCV), is included as the first part of Aleister Crowley’s book “Konx Om Pax.” Originally written as a bedtime story for his daughter, Lola Zaza, it…
- The A∴A∴ Path; and Enochian Magic, with Frater Baltan · 1 h 38 min · Season 5 Episode 14Frater Baltan is an Initiate of Crowley’s system of A∴A∴, and a practitioner of Enochian Magick. We’ll discuss these two Magical systems, on the one hand exploring what the A∴A∴…
- Deep Dip: Liber 418, Aethyrs 9 & 4 · 2 h 7 min · Season 5 Episode 13Liber 418, ‘The Vision & the Voice’ is the record of a series of Enochian visions scried by Aleister Crowley in 1900 and in 1909 e.v. These visions are the most well-known…
- The Stelé of Revealing, with Edward Mason · 56 min · Season 5 Episode 12Of all the iconic images associated with Thelema, the most primal, sacred and important is the Stelé of Revealing, a funeral stelé dedicated to an Egyptian priest of the late…
- Spinning Stories: Twin Peaks Season 2 & The Return · 1 h 57 min · Season 5 Episode 11When tales tap into the subconscious, their themes can transcend the arbitrary boundaries set by the rational mind. Dipping into the circuits of time, Michael and I conclude our…
- Islamic Influence on Thelema, with Uthman Ken · 1 h 33 min · Season 5 Episode 10Aleister Crowley had an admiration for Islam and tried to immerse himself in Sufi spaces on a few occasions. The Islamic influence on Thelema is sometimes overt, but often…
- Deep Dip: 'LILITH,' by George MacDonald · 2 h 28 min · Season 5 Episode 9Crowley describes George MacDonald’s 1895 novel LILITH as “A good introduction to the Astral”, and cites it amongst the works of fiction included in the reading curriculum for…
- Workshop: Thelemic Karma · 39 min · Season 5 Episode 8Karma is commonly described as the results of one’s actions in one form or another, and often gets thought of as a cosmic justice system. But how is it seen from a Thelemic…
- Deep Dip, The Gospel According to St. Bernard Shaw · 2 h 18 min · Season 5 Episode 7‘The Gospel According to St. Bernard Shaw’ is Crowley’s exhaustive response to Bernard Shaw’s preface to his play, Androcles and the Lion. Both pieces analyze the Jesus of the…
- Purifying & Consecrating, with Edward Mason · 32 min · Season 5 Episode 6Plenty of emphasis gets placed on the importance of Banishing Rituals, especially as part of a greater overall Magical Ceremony. But not as much is said about Purification and…
- Deep Dip: Liber LXV The Book of the Heart Girt with a Serpent, chapter IV · 1 h 57 min · Season 5 Episode 5Liber Cordis Cincti Serpente, or The Book of the Heart Girt with a Serpent, is an inspired text written by Aleister Crowley that recounts the experience of union with his Holy…
- Luciferianism, with Jeremy Crow · 57 min · Season 5 Episode 4Jeremy Crow is a longtime proponent and practitioner of Luciferianism, and his Novus Ordo Luciferi and Flambeau Noir initiatives have helped promote the Lightbearer ethos…
