RU189: NINA ANTONIA ON THE UNCANNY IN OSCAR WILDE & FRIENDS: DANCING WITH SALOME

Nina Antonia is here to discuss her new book Dancing with Salomé: Courting the Uncanny with Oscar Wilde & Friends. Dancing with Salomé unmasks the occult aspects of Oscar Wilde’s celebrated tome The Picture of Dorian Gray, whilst exploring how the unseen manifested not just in the famous author’s life but in that of his love interest, Lord Alfred Douglas. Through a series of interlinking essays, Nina Antonia takes us to meet the Decadent demi-monde of the 1890’s with whom Wilde and Douglas mingled. Whilst eroticism and mysticism were key themes of the Decadents, there was also a surge of interest in ritual magic, enabled by the flowering of the “Golden Dawn.” Wilde’s wife, Constance, was a member, as was W.B. Yeats, alongside Aleister Crowley. All would play a part, directly or indirectly, in the drama of Oscar Wilde’s enchanted & accursed life. https://store.trapart.net/details/00178 Follow her at Twitter: https://twitter.com/NinaAntonia13 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/officialninaantonia/ Website: https://ninaantoniaauthor.com This episode also available at YouTube: https://youtu.be/-j_L404Xbos You can support the podcast at our Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/vanessa23carl Your support is greatly appreciated! Join us April 24th at Morbid Anatomy online via zoom 2PM NYC / 7PM UK: https://www.morbidanatomy.org/events-tickets/uncanny-aspects-of-oscar-wilde-dancing-with-salome-decadence-amp-the-supernatural-by-nina-antonia-and-activating-wildes-world-view-by-robert-podgurski Visit http://psychartcult.org and https://www.morbidanatomy.org/events for more info. Also coming up in the Psychoanalysis, Art & the Occult series: March 27th: https://www.morbidanatomy.org/events-tickets/the-compleat-story-how-anton-lavey-created-the-compleat-witch-by-peggy-nadramia-live-on-zoom May 22nd: https://www.morbidanatomy.org/events-tickets/the-death-drive-on-film-by-mary-wild-and-the-revolution-will-go-viral-on-sexting-the-digital-contagion-by-dr-clint-burnham Rendering Unconscious Podcast is hosted by psychoanalyst Dr. Vanessa Sinclair: www.drvanessasinclair.net Follow me at Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rawsin_/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/rawsin_ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@drvanessasinclair23 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 "Everyone that I've ever dreamed of being" by Carl Abrahamsson and Vanessa Sinclair from the album "Switching" available digitally on Bandcamp: https://vanessasinclaircarlabrahamsson.bandcamp.com/album/switching And as part of a CD boxset: https://store.trapart.net/details/00111 Many thanks to Carl Abrahamsson, who created the intro and outro music for Rendering Unconscious podcast. https://www.carlabrahamsson.com Image: cover of Dancing with Salomé: Courting the Uncanny with Oscar Wilde & Friends: https://store.trapart.net/details/00178