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Review of The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea by Yukio Mishima
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Edward J. Matthews teaches philosophy, writing, and communications in the School for Language and Liberal Studies at Fanshawe College in London, Ontario, Canada. He is also a part-time lecturer and instructor at the Centre for the Study of Theory and Criticism at Western University. His most recent publications include Arts & Politics of the Situationist International 1957-1972: Situating the Situationists (Lexington Books, 2021) and Guy Debord’s Politics of Communication: Liberating Language from Power (Lexington Books, 2023). He has also published book reviews in Extrapolation, (vol. 63, no. 3, 2022) and Heavy Feather Journal (February 16, 2024, and September 9, 2024). He is currently working on a new book entitled, Heretical Materialism: An Archaeological Inquiry, which is due out in Fall 2025. Matthew's book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Guy-Debords-Politics-Communication-Liberating-ebook/dp/B0CFZYMBW2 ---
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​Erik Butler translates literature and scholarship from French, German, and other European languages. He also writes on cultural history. In this episode we discuss his book The Devil and His Advocates

Butler's site: https://erikbutler.weebly.com/about.html

Book link: https://reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/the-devil-and-his-advocates

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A promotional video for the course called 'A Course in Esoteric Christianity ', a collaboration with Aaron French. The course will be a paid course consisting of 25 lectures and full course notes, with optional seminars. Full details can be found at: esotericchristianity.co

This episode I'm joined once again by Mark Sedgwick, a British historian specialising in the study of traditionalism, Islam, Sufi mysticism, and terrorism, to discuss the life and work of Ivan Aguéli. Primarily from the book Anarchist, Artist, SufiThe Politics, Painting, and Esotericism of Ivan Aguéli.

Book link: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/anarchist-artist-sufi-9781350177895/

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I'm joined by Richard Saville-Smith to discuss his book Acute Religious ExperiencesMadness, Psychosis and Religious Studies.

Book link: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/acute-religious-experiences-9781350272910/

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In this episode I discuss the work of William Blake with Valentin Gerlier.

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A review of Thomas Bernhard's book 'The Loser'. ---
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This episode I'm joined by Eric Adler who is a Professor of Classics at the University of Maryland. We discuss his book The Battle of the Classics: How a Nineteenth-Century Debate Can Save the Humanities Today.

Book link: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-battle-of-the-classics-9780197518786?cc=us&lang=en&

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A review of René Daumal's book 'Mount Analogue: A Novel of Symbolically Authentic Non-Euclidean Adventures in Mountain Climbing'. --- Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - https://twitter.com/Hermitixpodcast Support Hermitix: Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/hermitix Donations: - https://www.paypal.me/hermitixpod Hermitix Merchandise - http://teespring.com/stores/hermitix-2 Bitcoin Donation Address: 3LAGEKBXEuE2pgc4oubExGTWtrKPuXDDLK Ethereum Donation Address: 0x31e2a4a31B8563B8d238eC086daE9B75a00D9E74