BRM7: The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn - W. B. Yeats, Aleister Crowley, H. P. Blavatsky, Samuel Mathers, Victorian Magick, Theosophy, Kabbalah, Séances, and the Great Occult Poetry Larp
Keep this work free for everyone and unlock my entire corpus for $5 per month on Patreon!Samuel Mathers is Bane, not Wolverine.People Mentioned:Samuel Liddell MacGregor MathersH. P. BlavatskyWil...
6 Okt 20252h 48min
#172c - Vergil and the Roman Tradition: Bert Dreyfus' Complete Course on the Aeneid, Augustus Caesar, Roman Propaganda, The Fall of Troy, Dido and Carthage, the Rise of Empire, and Latin Poetic Myth
The gates of hell are open night and day;Smooth the descent, and easy is the way:But to return, and view the cheerful skies,In this the task and mighty labor lies.-Vergil, AeneidYou can support the co...
5 Okt 20252h 46min
BRM6a: Paul Thomas Anderson - The Master, There Will Be Blood, American Grifters, Bloodoil, Scientology, Solvent Abuse, Time Travel, Brahms, Chopin, Johnnie Greenwood, Radiohead and Milkshake Drinking
Kick in on Patreon to support the both of us!This is the new work.Movies:The Master (2012)There Will Be Blood (2007)Magnolia (1999)Boogie Nights (1997)Music:Violin Concerto in D Major, Movement III Al...
1 Okt 20252h 39min
Bad Role Models #5: Miyamoto Musashi - Japan's Greatest Samurai Duelist, the Book of the Five Rings, the Way of Combat Strategy, Dokkōdō, Zen, and the Strike from the Void
Come join the Patreon!https://patreon.com/c/hemlockpatreonThe best version of Musashi in English that I have found is the book The Complete Musashi translated by Alexander Bennett, which is available ...
25 Sep 20252h 3min
Mission Accomplished: A Documentary Doctors Retrospective - Iraq, Afghanistan, 9/11, the War on Terror, Robert Fisk, Neocon Fear Bubbles, Saudi Connections, & Why It's All About The Petrodollar (DD8)
Documentaries:Fahrenheit 9/11 (Michael Moore)Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror (Netflix)Citizenfour (Laura Poitras)Hollywoodgate (Ibrahim Nah'at)The Mauritanian (Kevin Macdonald)Books:Jason Bu...
19 Sep 20253h 6min
BRM4b: The HST Bonus Show - Screwjack, Better Than Sex, Hells Angels, Flesh-Eating Snails, Mescaline, Radical Lawyers, Motorcycle Crashes, and Finding the Edge
A truly decadent and indulgent episode for the genuinely twisted wordheads and storyfreaks still crawling on all fives. Cheers, you beautiful bastards.Music by Anapse, track Bisector off Streamsafe ...
15 Sep 20251h 10min
BRM4a: Hunter S. Thompson in Aspen - Fear and Loathing in the Sheriff's Office, Greedheads, Hatemongers, and Yellow-Eyed Hyenas, The Freak Power Ticket, Fat City, and the Death of the American Dream
With special guest Deputy Dick filling in (for) Richard Sinex.Music by Anapse, track Bisector off Streamsafe Essentials--Books--Hells Angels by Hunter S ThompsonFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hun...
15 Sep 20252h 6min
172b - Aeschylus: Bert Dreyfus on Agamemnon, Clytemnestra, the Furies and the Eumenides, Pouring Out of Libations, Athenian Tragedy, and the Pessimism of the Greeks
Music Credit: Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 30 performed by Paavali Jumppanen, available on Museopen.The Alan Shapiro translation of the Oresteia is my favorite.Another episode (Hemlock #5) I did about ...
11 Sep 20257h 31min
