RU209: OUNGAN JOSEPH ROBICHEAUX ON VODOU, ART, WRITING, DIVINATION, IDENTITY

Episode 209 of Rendering Unconscious Podcast. Joseph Robicheaux is Oungan, Diviner, Author, Singer, Historian, Artist, Poet. He has dedicated his life to the study of the occult, spirituality and religion of Traditional societies in the ancient and modern world, having studied many forms of traditional belief. From his own upbringing, and later initiation into Haitian Vodou, Robicheaux comes from a multicultural background, offering a worldview shaped by his immersion into often misunderstood and vilified cultures. Robicheaux seeks to present the underrepresented “occult” in an understandable and edifying way. Follow him at Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Yasezibooungan Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lakwalakwa/ Book an appt through: https://www.biglizconjure.com Be sure to check out his books at Hadean Press, including Kuzen Azaka Mede: Engaging with the Lwa of Work, Labor, and Land: https://www.hadeanpress-eu.com/shop/p/kuzen-azaka-mede-engaging-with-the-lwa-of-work-labor-and-land As well as his YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcJU_Id4eNG3OlDaX0Wjk-g And SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/josephrobicheaux Listen to his lecture at the first Psychoanalysis, Art & the Occult conference, episode 192 of Rendering Unconscious Podcast. Collected papers from the first Psychoanalysis, Art & the Occult conference, London, 2016, can be found in The Fenris Wolf 9 edited by Vanessa Sinclair & Carl Abrahamsson. https://store.trapart.net/details/00026 http://psychartcult.org This episode also available at YouTube: https://youtu.be/mxn8eYhi9OU You can support the podcast at our Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/vanessa23carl Your support is greatly appreciated! Rendering Unconscious Podcast is hosted by psychoanalyst Dr. Vanessa Sinclair: www.drvanessasinclair.net Visit the main website for more information and links to everything: www.renderingunconscious.org Rendering Unconscious: Psychoanalytic Perspectives, Politics & Poetry (Trapart 2019): store.trapart.net/details/00000 The song at the end of the episode is “Are you doing the work angelic?” by Vanessa Sinclair and Joachim Nordwall from the album “Message 23” available digitally on Bandcamp from Highbrow Lowlife: https://vanessasinclair.bandcamp.com Many thanks to Carl Abrahamsson, who created the intro and outro music for Rendering Unconscious podcast. https://www.carlabrahamsson.com Image: Artwork of Agwé