Overcoming Nihilism: Heidegger, Jung, and the New Mythology

Modern man is unmoored and uprooted from his essence and set off-course from his destiny. Is there any way to recapture our true Being and “destine,” as a culture, towards a new future? We elucidate some of Heideggers’ most foundational and troublesome concepts, expand the insights with Carl Jungs idea of the unconscious and archetypes, and propose what may be a way to get western civilization back on track and carry us into the future. 

In one of the most intellectually stimulating conversations thus far on the Astral Flight podcast, Scott Mannion and I explore the current state of nihilism in the west, and in so doing perhaps make Hedieggers technical jargon more accessible and Jungs metaphysical concepts more real.

Scott Mannion is one of the most insightful and intellectually nimble podcasters working today, and his youtube show and podcast are without peer. He brings some of the most important thinkers of the dissident right together to discuss a heritage that sometimes seems to be slipping through our fingers, and how to regain our cultural and spiritual foundations. I’m honored to have been on his show and to have him on mine. I look forward to having him back.

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