Explore every episode of the podcast HIEROPHANY

On where success leads.

Anonymous (2002). Meditations on the Tarot: A Journey into Christian Hermeticism. New York: Tarcher.

Aleister Crowley (1976). The Book of the Law. York Beach, ME: Red Wheel / Weiser.

Benjamin Thorpe, translator (2005). The Lay of Grimnir, in: The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson, https://tinyurl.com/2pdfbrs2 (gutenberg.org). Accessed October 2023.

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On how to come back from the dead.

Anonymous (2002). Meditations on the Tarot: A Journey into Christian Hermeticism. New York: Tarcher.

Ludwig van Beethoven (1825). String Quartet Op. 132 in A Minor III Molto adagio, https://tinyurl.com/mw4c9nk5 (spotify.com). Accessed September 2023.

Aldous Huxley (1928). Point Counter Point: A Novel. London: Chatto & Windus.

Edna St. Vincent Millay (1921). Spring, https://tinyurl.com/2s3daw6c (poetryfoundation.org). Accessed September 2023.

Wachowski, Lana & Lilly Wachowski, directors (1999). The Matrix. Warner Bros.

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On being certain of certainty.

Aleister Crowley (2004). The Book of Thoth. York Beach, ME: Weiser.

The Arahant Upatissa (1995). Vimuttimagga (“The Path of Freedom”), translated by Rev. N.R.M. Ehara, Soma Thera, Kheminda Thera. Kandy, Sri Lanka: Buddhist Publication Society.

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On how freshness emerges from stagnant waters.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1802). Dejection: An Ode, https://tinyurl.com/56xrjd7t (poetryfoundation.org). Accessed August 2023.

Aleister Crowley (2004). The Book of Thoth. York Beach, ME: Weiser.

Sigmund Freud (1905). Fragment of an Analysis of a Case of Hysteria. In: The Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud, Vol. 7, London: Hogarth.

Carl Gustav Jung (1956) Symbols of Transformation. In: The Collected Works of C. G. Jung, Vol. 5, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University.

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On how to hope safely and well.

Hesiod (1959). Hesiod, translated by Richmond Lattimore. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan.

Clive James (2013). Dante: The Divine Comedy. London: Picador.

Mother Julian of Norwich (1994). The Revelation of Divine Love in Sixteen Showings, translated by M.L. del Mastro. Liguori, MO: Liguori / Triumph.

Edgar Allan Poe (1850). “A Dream Within a Dream” in: The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe. New York: J. S. Redfield.

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On attracting lightning.

Anonymous (2002). Meditations on the Tarot: A Journey into Christian Hermeticism. New York: Tarcher.

Herman Melville (1972). Moby-Dick. Harmondsworth: Penguin.

Arthur Edward Waite (1971). The Pictorial Key to the Tarot. Stamford, CT: US Games Systems.

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On falling into existence by failing temptation.

If you are wondering what happened to HIEROPHANY #14 then check out OEITH #204 (https://tinyurl.com/36nvukxy) on the topic of depressive hedonia and its antidote.

Anonymous (2002). Meditations on the Tarot: A Journey into Christian Hermeticism. New York: Tarcher.

Aleister Crowley (1929). Magick in Theory and Practice, https://tinyurl.com/msuku7bw (iarchive.com). Accessed May 2023.

Baba Ram Dass (1979). Psychosis: A Framework for an Alternate Possibility. In: James Fadiman & Donald Kewman (eds.), Exploring Madness: Experience, Theory, and Research, second edition. Monterey, CA: Brooks/Cole.

Patrick Harpur (2003). Daimonic Reality: A Field Guide to the Otherworld. Ravensdale, WA: Pine Winds.

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On the dynamics of death and life.

Emily Brontë (2022). Wuthering Heights, https://tinyurl.com/4sthks6c (gutenberg.org). Accessed May 2023.

Marie-Louise von Franz (1987). On Dreams and Death. Boston & London: Shambhala.

Andrew A. Hanham (2023). COLSTON, Edward II (1636-1721), of Mortlake, Surr., https://tinyurl.com/3vcsd3xe (historyofparliamentonline.org). Accessed May 2023.

The Human Front (2020). Wittgenstein on Death, https://tinyurl.com/yc4r6xv5 (thehumanfront.com). Accessed May 2023.

Jasper King (2020). Banksy unveils idea for the future of toppled Edward Colston statue, https://tinyurl.com/mryp8af4 (bristolpost.co.uk). Accessed May 2023.

Henry Miller (1963). Black Spring. New York: Grove Press.

Lyall Watson (1976). The Romeo Error: A Matter of Life and Death. London: Coronet.

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On finding repose by turning upside-down.

Anonymous (2002). Meditations on the Tarot: A Journey into Christian Hermeticism. New York: Tarcher.

Michael J. Hurst (2013). A Modern Catholic Looks at Tarot, https://tinyurl.com/bdd797a7 (blogspot.com). Accessed April 2023.

Carl Jung (2002). Answer to Job. New York: Routledge.

Kate McGeown (2005). Life in Ceausescu's Institutions, https://tinyurl.com/35e5ydxa (bbc.co.uk). Accessed April 2023.

Arthur Edward Waite (1971). The Pictorial Key to the Tarot. Stamford, CT: US Games Systems.

Wikimedia Commons (2022). Category: Hanged Man (Major Arcana), https://tinyurl.com/2jdshht2 (wikimedia.org). Accessed April 2023.

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On opposing adversity beyond counteraction.

Anonymous (2002). Meditations on the Tarot: A Journey into Christian Hermeticism. New York: Tarcher.

Gibbs, Laura (2002). The Oak Tree and the Reed, https://tinyurl.com/2p8pv48f (mythfolklore.net). Accessed April 2023.

Jacobs, Joseph (1894). The Wind and the Sun, https://tinyurl.com/3ezr78rv (pitt.edu). Accessed April 2023.

Wikimedia Commons (2020). Category:Strength (Major Arcana), https://tinyurl.com/3x3t69ba (wikimedia.org). Accessed April 2023.

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On suffering and carelessness.

Anonymous (2002). Meditations on the Tarot: A Journey into Christian Hermeticism. New York: Tarcher.

Bonifacio Bembo (c. 1450). File:Bembo-Visconti-tarot-arcanum-10-wheel of fortune.jpg, https://tinyurl.com/4zxjhnf8 (wikimedia.org). Accessed February 2023.

Aleister Crowley (2004). The Book of Thoth. York Beach, ME: Weiser.

Ruth Lawes (2022). This Morning’s ‘tone-deaf’ energy bills game featured as propaganda on Russian state TV, https://tinyurl.com/5n75dmny (metro.co.uk). Accessed February 2023.

Isobel Lewis (2022). This Morning drops Spin to Win energy bill prizes following backlash, https://tinyurl.com/yc4adzrp (independent.co.uk). Accessed February 2023.

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On progressing outwardly by engaging inwardly.

Wilfred Ruprecht Bion (2004). Attention and Interpretation. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.

Aleister Crowley (2004). The Book of Thoth. York Beach, ME: Weiser.

Marie-Louise von Franz (1978). “The Process of Individuation”, in C.G. Jung, ed., Man and His Symbols. London: Picador.

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On the joys and limits of judgment.

Lon Milo DuQuette (2017). Understanding Aleister Crowley’s Thoth Tarot. Newburyport, MA: Weiser.

N.S. Gill (2017). Lady Justice, https://tinyurl.com/2vpsrefs (thoughtco.com). Accessed January 2023.

William Shakespeare (1594). Titus Andronicus, https://tinyurl.com/s9dpax76 (gutenberg.org). Accessed January 2023.

Kevin Underhill (2013). The Emergency Sasquatch Ordinance. Chicago, IL: ABA Publishing.

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On the dangers of ego inflation and the dynamics of success.

Anonymous (2002). Meditations on the Tarot: A Journey into Christian Hermeticism. New York: Tarcher.

Richard Dyer (1998). Stars. London: BFI Publishing.

Wikipedia Commons (2020). Category: Chariot (Major Arcana), https://tinyurl.com/yx4xax8z (wikimedia.org). Accessed January 2023.

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On choice, responsibility, and the obligations of being human.

If you are wondering what happened to HIEROPHANY #05 then check out OEITH #209 (https://tinyurl.com/3wprvm7k), the inspiration for the entire HIEROPHANY series.

J. Laplanche & J.-B. Pontalis (1973). The Language of Psycho-Analysis. New York: W.W. Norton.

Angel E. Navidad (2020). Marshmallow Test Experiment and Delayed Gratification, https://tinyurl.com/y2zrvbew (simplypsychology.org). Accessed December 2022.

Arthur Edward Waite (2001). The Pictorial Key to the Tarot. Stamford, CT: US Games Systems.

Wikipedia Commons (2018). Category: Lovers (Major Arcana), https://tinyurl.com/mrb6pzkd (wikimedia.org). Accessed December 2022.

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On righteousness and authority.

For a concise account of the complications concerning Crowley, The Emperor, and tzaddi, see: Lon Milo DuQuette (2017). Understanding Aleister Crowley’s Thoth Tarot. Newburyport, MA: Red Wheel (pp. 86-91, 106-7).

Anonymous (2002). Meditations on the Tarot: A Journey into Christian Hermeticism. New York: Tarcher.

Aleister Crowley (2004). The Book of Thoth. York Beach, ME: Weiser.

Aleister Crowley (1983). Liber TZADDI Vel Hamus Hermeticus Sub Figurâ XC. In: The Holy Books of Thelema. York Beach, ME: Weiser.

Thomas Forrester, trans. (1853). The Chronicle of Henry of Huntingdon. London: Henry G. Bohn. Online: https://tinyurl.com/4xup7rtd (archive.org), accessed November 2022.

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On abundance and squandering.

Amoda Maa Jeevan (2016). Duality, nonduality, and the feminine face of awakening, https://tinyurl.com/2p8ax4sz (youtube.com). Accessed November 2022.

Anonymous (2002). Meditations on the Tarot: A Journey into Christian Hermeticism. New York: Tarcher.

Aleister Crowley (2004). The Book of Thoth. York Beach, ME: Weiser.

Andrew Marvell (1681). The garden, https://tinyurl.com/bdfnuxxc (poets.org). Accessed November 2022.

William Shakespeare (1593). Venus and Adonis, https://tinyurl.com/54w2teea (gutenberg.org). Accessed November 2022.

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On wisdom and conflict.

Aleister Crowley (2004). The Book of Thoth. York Beach, ME: Weiser.

Maa-kheru (2017). The forty-eight calls or keys, https://tinyurl.com/35ed6yyr (hermetic.com). Accessed October 2022.

Bernadette Roberts (1991). The Path to No-Self: Life at the Center. Albany, NY: State University of New York (p. 91).

Bernadette Roberts (2005). What is Self? A Study of the Spiritual Journey in Terms of Consciousness. Boulder, CO: Sentient (p. 181).

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On the ways in which everyone practises magick.

Anonymous (2002). Meditations on the Tarot: A Journey into Christian Hermeticism. New York: Tarcher.

Geoffrey Chaucer (2022). The Franklin’s Prologue and Tale, https://tinyurl.com/bdzyw98v (harvard.edu). Accessed October, 2022.

Richard Kaczynski (2010). Perdurabo: The Life of Aleister Crowley, revised and expanded edition. Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic. (The letter from Crowley to Parsons is quoted on page 558.)

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On recognising and awakening from the madness in our lives.

Anonymous (2002). Meditations on the Tarot: A Journey into Christian Hermeticism. New York: Tarcher.

John Perceval (1961). Perceval's Narrative: A Patient's Account of his Psychosis 1830-1832, edited by Gregory Bateson. Stanford, CA: Stanford University.

Antonia White (2006). Beyond the Glass. London: Virago.

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