Episódios

  • Episode 78: Esoteric Origins of the Enlightenment Pt. IV

    Episode 78: Esoteric Origins of the Enlightenment Pt. IV
    Nov 9 2024
    John and I finish up our series on the esoteric origins of the Enlightenment by diving into romanticism, mesmerism, the forgotten aspects of Jung, American New Age stuff, and way more! Next up: Galileo’s Dialogue Concerning Two Chief World Systems. http://nuclearbarbarians.substack.com
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    1 hora e 41 minutos
  • Episode 77: Esoteric Origins of the Enlightenment Pt. III

    Episode 77: Esoteric Origins of the Enlightenment Pt. III
    Oct 26 2024
    In our penultimate Hanegraaff episode, John and I take a look at how “magic,” “superstition,” and the “occult” became epithets divorced from critical reasoning, the uncomfortable overlap between occult and scientific practices, and I deliver a brief monologue on how all of this shows up in the work of HP Lovecraft.
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    1 hora e 23 minutos
  • Episode 76: Esoteric Origins of the Enlightenment Pt. II

    Episode 76: Esoteric Origins of the Enlightenment Pt. II
    Oct 12 2024
    In our second episode on Hanegraff’s Esotericism and the Academy, John and I dive into the “history of error,” and how Protestantism and refinements in historical practices began to put pressure on the Renaissance conceptions of perennial philosophy and ancient wisdom. John also had some corrections for Hanegraff!
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    1 hora e 20 minutos
  • Episode 75: The Esoteric Origins of the Enlightenment Pt. I

    Episode 75: The Esoteric Origins of the Enlightenment Pt. I
    Sep 27 2024
    John and I are back with our new series. This time we’re working through Wouter Hanegraaff’s Esotericism and the Academy: Rejected Knowledge in Western Culture. Hanegraff’s project looks at the debates over the recovery of ancient texts and their impact on Christian life and thought and what that means for us today, especially when it comes to our weird world of scientism on the one hand and woo-woo New Age-y stuff on the other. The material is dense and you might feel a little overwhelmed listening to the podcast—don’t worry! After the first two episodes (the first half of the series) it gets way easier and more fun, but this episode in the next are necessary listening/reading (if you want to follow along in the book) to appreciate the second half. However, if you haven’t listened to our series on Michael Gillespie’s The Theological Origins of Modernity, don’t listen to this one just yet. You can start the Gillespie series here (https://nuclearbarbarians.substack.com/p/the-theological-origins-of-modernity), as it provides great and more accessible background for the Hanegraaff. Subscribe to the Substack: https://nuclearbarbarians.substack.com/
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    1 hora e 48 minutos
  • Episode 74: The Theological Origins of Modernity Pt. V

    Episode 74: The Theological Origins of Modernity Pt. V
    Sep 27 2024
    John and I finish up our series on Michael Gillespie’s Theological Origins of Modernity—offering a break down of his final chapter and our closing thoughts.
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    1 hora e 6 minutos
  • Episode 72: Theological Origins of Modernity Pt. IV

    Episode 72: Theological Origins of Modernity Pt. IV
    Jun 24 2024
    John and I spend this, our penultimate episode in the series, discussing Hobbes—his anthropology, his physics, his politics—and the nature of modernity’s “new science.” If you have questions for our final Q&A Episode, leave a comment here: https://open.substack.com/pub/nuclearbarbarians/p/the-theological-origins-of-modernity-1fe
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    1 hora e 22 minutos
  • Episode 71: Theological Origins of Modernity Pt. III

    Episode 71: Theological Origins of Modernity Pt. III
    Jun 19 2024
    John and I return to Gillespie’s book to talk about Luther, Erasmus, and Descartes and to dig into the motivations behind the ideas that inspired the philosophies that brought about the scientific revolution.
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    1 hora e 1 minuto
  • Episode 70: The Theological Origins of Modernity Pt. II

    Episode 70: The Theological Origins of Modernity Pt. II
    Apr 30 2024
    1 hora e 27 minutos