Spotlight Brennan Kettelle & Morbid Anatomy Course: 'The Demoness Lilith' PhD researcher Brennan Kettelle joins me to give a sneak peek of her upcoming 8-week online course, 'The Demoness Lilith: From Wind Spirit to (First) Woman, Her Origins and Cultural Receptions" in collaboration with Morbid Anatomy, that starts February 25, 2023. Brennan begins by giving a brief overview of the course, and then talks a bit more in detail about the themes of particular weeks (5-7). If you're curious about the figure of Lilith, this course is for you!

Spotlight Richard Mason: Arthur Edward Waite & the 'Trinick-Pippet' Tarot Richard Mason returns to discuss A.E. Waite's order, The Fellowship of the Rosy Cross, and the special tarot deck developed for private use in rituals. Waite formed the order in 1915 (during WW1) and enlisted the help of artists and a financial backer to create the tarot 'deck,' that is now housed in the British Museum. Notable in the artwork is the shift from 'magic' to 'mysticism', and this artwork reflects Waite's strong views of a 'secret tradition' - a blend of Christianity with various esoteric concepts.

Spotlight Katy Bohinc & The Ratio Project: Astrology and Data Science Katy Bohinc is a poet, data scientist, marketer, avant-garde publisher, astrologer, and founder of The Ratio platform and project. The Ratio team is studying astrology on a large scale with the help of data science. Similar to the work of Michel Gauquelin, French statistician and astrologer, The Ratio is now attempting to gather as much 'big data' as possible in order to test common assumptions and understandings within Astrology, as well as possibly offering up new patterns of human traits and behaviors, as well as deeper understandings of astrological charts.

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Premiering on my YouTube channel on June 1st! Rejected Religion Spotlight with Brennan Kettelle (University of Amsterdam) talking about Lilith! Interview Highlights: Brennan begins by talking about the figure of Lilith as she has been portrayed in historical myths and legends; and then moves to more modern interpretations of Lilith as a 'dark feminine' archetype, and as a feminist. Our discussion then shifts to how Lilith can be linked to queerness, and how the poet Renee Vivien used Lilith as a muse in her work (even more so than the figure of Satan/Lucifer who was extremely popular in turn-of-the-century France, where Vivien lived and worked).

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Spotlight Dr. Joel Bordeaux - Batman, Buddhism & Bricolage: Grant Morrison’s ‘Ego Death’ of The Dark Knight  Interview Highlights: Joel begins by sharing how he came to write about Grant Morrison's Batman RIP, and then we dive into many Buddhist concepts that Morrison uses in their story. As Joel explains these concepts, he also points out how Morrison uses them differently than a Buddhist practicioner would - this due to the great influence of Western occult ideas (such as initiation, the Abyss, and ego-death) taken from Aleister Crowley, among others.  Our discussion points out that in fact, Morrison draws on many different sources in the creation of their Batman story, and this leads to some interesting thoughts about the notion of occulture, and creativity.

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