Hermitix
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Holism and Spirit Work in Mental Health with David Stokes
Holism and Spirit Work in Mental Health with David Stokes
About this podcast
Hermitix is a podcast focusing on one-on-one interviews relating to fringe philosophy, obscure theory, weird lit, underappreciated thinkers and movements, and that which historically finds itself 'outside' the academic canon.
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Episodes
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- Holism and Spirit Work in Mental Health with David Stokes · 59 minDavid Stokes has worked in a number of roles in London's mental health, complex needs and mental health services; over the years refining holistic approaches that include…
- The Novels of Dion Fortune with Penny Billington and Ian Rees · 1 h 38 minPenny Billington is a Druid speaker and author and is active in the Order of Bards, Ovates & Druids, having edited their magazine, 'Touchstone', for fifteen years. She regularly…
- Carl Jung and Thus Spoke Zarathustra: The Challenge of Transformation with Paul Bishop · 57 minProfessor Paul Bishop is the author of multiple books on the work of Carl Jung, Friedrich Nietzsche, alongside other texts on analytical psychology and German thought. In this…
- Ordinary Horror: The Aesthetics of Deformation with Andrea Capra · 53 minAndrea Capra holds a Ph.D. in Italian from Stanford University and was a Cotsen Postdoctoral Fellow at Princeton University’s Society of Fellows before joining NYU. He is a…
- Puer Aeternus with Jakob Lusensky · 1 h 0 minJakob Lusensky is a Jungian analyst working in Berlin. In this episode we discuss Jung and the puer aeternus. Jakob's site: https://www.psychoanalystinberlin.com/Jakob's…
- Classic Astrology with Matthew Kenney · 1 h 0 minMatthew “Merlin” Kenney is a professional classical astrologer and ritual magician who has spent the last 11 years of his life devoted to his craft. He studied classical…
- Seeds of Equanimity with Michael Uebel · 52 minMichael Uebel, PhD, LCSW, studies intellectual history. He has taught theory and literature at the University of Virginia, Georgetown University, and the University of Kentucky…
- The Life and Work of Victor Neuburg with Justin Hopper · 1 h 26 minJustin P. Hopper is an American-born British writer living in the East of England. He makes books, records and performances, as well as a podcast and other projects, based around…
- What Are Sigils? - Sigil Magic (The Hermitage Teaser) · 43 minA talk on sigils: https://thehermitage.school/The Hermitage is an online magical school that offers multiple courses across the Western magical tradition and leaves the path…
- The Work of James Hillman with Jason Butler · 1 h 8 minJason Butler is a licensed clinical psychologist and a practicing psychotherapist at Sage Integrative Health in Berkeley. He is the author of Archetypal psychotherapy: The…
- The Eros of Distance with Mads Højmark · 1 h 12 minMads Højmark is Chief Advisor at Djøf and a Board Member at The Danish Society for Philosophical Practice (DSFP). Mads' LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hoejmark/ Mads at…
- The Anarch as Katechon: Studies of a Liminal Figure with Patrick McNamara · 59 minPatrick McNamara (born 1956) is an American neuroscientist. His work has centered on three major topics: sleep and dreams, religion, and mind/brain.Book link…
- The Body Holds Everything (The Hermitage Body & Energy Course Teaser) · 50 minA talk on body, energy, vital force, Wilhelm Reich, and the somatic relationship to magic; find the full course at: https://the-hermitage.mn.co/The Hermitage is an online magical…
- The Genealogy of Genealogy with Jason Josephson Storm · 1 h 12 minJason Ānanda Josephson Storm is an American academic, philosopher, social scientist, and author. He is currently Professor in the Department of Religion and chair in Science and…
- The Watching Words by Peter Kingsley (Book Review) · 38 minThe Watching Words by Peter KingsleyBook link: https://peterkingsley.org/product/the-watching-words-hardcover-2026/---Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - …
- Nonduality & Magic with Jay Basu · 1 h 1 minThe Nonduality & Magic course can be found here: https://the-hermitage.mn.coJay grew up in east London, to an Indian father and a half-Russian, half-Polish mother. His father’s…
- The Failure of Philosophy with Nick Trakakis · 1 h 2 minNick Trakakis is an Australian philosopher who is assistant director of the Centre for Philosophy and Phenomenology of Religion of the Australian Catholic University. He has…
- Not negative enough: Suffering, love, and the feminine with Julie Reshe · 55 minJulie Reshe is a Ukrainian-born philosopher, a practicing negative psychoanalyst, and a public intellectual. She is currently a visiting professor at University College Cork and…
- Death Drive & Self-Sabotage with Todd McGowan · 1 h 8 minThis episode I'm joined once again by Todd McGowan to discuss the death drive.Book link: https://www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?book_slug=self-sabotage-how-we-try-not-to-flourish…
- A Life of Magic: Chaos, Games, & Ritual with Lionel Snell · 1 h 54 minRamsey Dukes is the current and most well-known pen name of Lionel Snell, a contemporary English magician, publisher, and author on magic and philosophy.Lionel was born to a…
- Somatics & Spirituality with Devaraj Sandberg · 1 h 23 minDevaraj Sandberg is a body-based therapist, author and workshop leader with a radical perspective on psychology and authenticity. He champions new ideas, loves working with…
- Ancestor Worship - Why The Dead? (Hermitage Course Teaser) · 45 minA talk on ancestor worship; find the full course at: https://the-hermitage.mn.co/The Hermitage is an online magical school that offers multiple courses across the Western magical…
- One, No One and One Hundred Thousand by Luigi Pirandello (Book Review) · 24 minOne, No One and One Hundred Thousand by Luigi Pirandello---Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - / hermitixpodcast Support Hermitix: Patreon - …
- The Black Pilgrimage: Cosmos, Current, Cultus with David Beth · 2 h 9 minDavid Beth was born and raised in Africa, living all over the world in service of the spirits. He was initiated as a priest of Haitian Vodou (Houngan Asogwe) in Port au Prince…
- Science, Mystery, and Mysticism with Mark Booth · 1 h 9 minJonathan Black is a British author, known for his books The Secret History of the World and The Sacred History: How Angels, Mystics and Higher Intelligence Made Our World. He is…
- The History of the Tarot (Hermitage Course Teaser) · 36 minA talk on the history of the tarot, find the full course at: https://the-hermitage.mn.co/The Hermitage is an online magical school that offers multiple courses across the Western…
- Alexandre Kojève and the End of History with Luis Javier Pedrazuela · 1 h 4 minLuis Javier Pedrazuela is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Quantitative Methods at CUNEF Universidad. He holds a degree in Philosophy and Humanities from Universidad…
- The Pagan Journey with Christopher McIntosh · 1 h 0 minChristopher McIntosh is a British-born writer and historian, specializing in the esoteric traditions of the West. He has a doctorate in history from Oxford University, a degree…
- What Is Chaos Magic? (Hermitage Course Teaser) · 35 minA talk on chaos magic, find the full course at: https://the-hermitage.mn.co/The Hermitage is an online magical school that offers multiple courses across the Western magical…
- Pedro Páramo by Juan Rulfo (Book Review) · 20 minReview of Pedro Páramo by Juan Rulfo---Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - / hermitixpodcast Support Hermitix: Patreon - patreon.com/hermitix…
- Stuart Wilde, Chaos Magick, and Non-Duality with Tommie Kelly · 1 h 45 minTommie Kelly is an Irish artist, musician, and writer who has had a lifelong interest in all things Occult and Spirituality. Kelly's Patreon…
- Women, do they exist? What do they want? / Lacan and the Ineffable with Judith Gurewich · 1 h 5 minJudith Feher-Gurewich, Ph,D., practices psychoanalysis in Cambridge, MA. She is affiliated with the Boston Psychoanalytic Institute and is a member of the Association de…
- Conversations with Gods, Deities, and Avatars with Kingsley Dennis · 58 minKingsley L. Dennis, PhD, is a full-time writer and researcher. He is the author of over twenty-five books and numerous articles on a lot of stuff.Book link…
- Keiji's Nishitani's 'The Self-Overcoming of Nihilism' with Joseph Turner · 1 h 2 minJoseph Turner is a PhD student in the English Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, specializing in the dialogue between continental and Japanese philosophical…
- The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: History, Practice and Horus No. 5 with Melissa Seims · 57 minMelissa Seims is an author specialising in the history of modern witchcraft, especially Gardnerian witchcraft of the 1950s and 1960s and the mysterious Coven of Atho. She is also…
- Desire & The Real: Sade, Lacan, Bataille with Tim Themi and Bryan Counter · 1 h 47 minDr Tim Themi is a PhD in Philosophy & Psychoanalysis from Deakin University. He also holds Honours degrees in Philosophy from La Trobe University and in Chemical Engineering from…
- Q&A Session: 30k Subs, The Hermitage Launch, and more... · 1 h 47 minQ&A audio from a live session on YouTube on 10/07. The Hermitage: https://the-hermitage.mn.co/
- Introducing: The Hermitage · 19 minThe Hermitage is an online magical school that offers multiple courses across the Western magical tradition and leaves the path entirely up to you. There is no endpoint, no…
- Eliphas Levi's 'The Doctrine and Ritual of High Magic' with John Michael Greer · 1 h 19 minThis episode I'm joined once again by writer and occultist John Michael Greer to discuss The Doctrine and Ritual of High Magic by Eliphas Levi.Greer's commentary…
- An Introduction to the Work of Gordon White · 50 minGordon White (1981–2026) was a chaos magician, shamanic practitioner and permaculture farmer based in Tasmania. His website and podcast, Rune Soup, remain as portals into the…
- Mysticism, Philosophy, and Vegetal Life with Simone Kotva · 60 minSimone Kotva is Senior Lecturer in theology at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. She is the author of Effort and Grace: On the Spiritual Exercise of Philosophy (2020), also…
- Steiner, Sex, and Spirit! with Conner Habib · 1 h 32 minConner Habib, is an American writer, podcaster, academic, activist and former pornographic actor of Syrian and Irish descent. He hosts Against Everyone With Conner Habib, a…
- An Introduction to Plotinus with Max Wade · 1 h 4 minMax completed his PhD at Boston College in spring 2025 and currently teach philosophy at St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia. He primarily work in the history of philosophy…
- The Paradox of Spiritual Seeking with Mitch Horowitz · 1 h 5 minMitch Horowitz is a PEN Award-winning historian, writer, and lecturer who explores the intersections of metaphysics, ethics, and self-transformation. Launch event is Sunday, June…
- The Pendulum by Tasos Leivaditis (Book Review) · 24 minReview of The Pendulum by Tasos LeivaditisBook link: https://editionsmaudites.com/books/the-pendulum/---Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - /…
- Ludwig Klages' The Spirit as Adversary of the Soul with Paul Bishop · 1 h 6 minProfessor Paul Bishop is the author of multiple books on the work of Carl Jung, Friedrich Nietzsche, alongside other texts on analytical psychology and German thought. In this…
- Friedrich Georg Jünger and the Failure of Technology with Thomas Crew · 1 h 1 minHaving begun his BA in German at King’s College London, Thomas Crew completed his degree at Royal Holloway, spending an intercalated year studying philosophy and teaching English…
- Liber Null and Chaos Magic: On the Work of Peter Carroll · 39 minA talk on Peter J. Carroll, Liber Null, and Chaos Magic.Fools Journey Books: https://foolsjourneybooks.com/Coupon code: HERMIT for 10% off---Become part of the Hermitix…
- Crowley: Qabalah, True Will, and the Holy Guardian Angel with Ian Rees · 1 h 0 minIan Rees is a psycho-spiritual psychotherapist practising in Glastonbury Somerset UK. He has been a therapist for 30 years and spent 10 before that working in Probation Work and…
- J. Allen Hynek, Vallee, Steiner, and UAPs with Aaron French · 1 h 10 minAaron J. French is a post-doctoral researcher in Religious Studies at the University of Erfurt in Germany. His main research focuses on the History of Esotericism, the History…
