

Rendering Unconscious Podcast: Psychoanalysis & Culture
Dr. Vanessa Sinclair
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Rendering Unconscious Podcast: Psychoanalysis & Culture has moved to Substack: https://renderingunconscious.substack.com
Visit Dr. Sinclair's website: https://www.drvanessasinclair.net
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Apr 9, 2024 • 52min
RU292: DRS EMMA LIEBER & ANNA FISHZON ON THE QUEERNESS OF CHILDHOOD & REMEMBERING UNICORNS
RU292: DRS EMMA LIEBER & ANNA FISHZON ON THE QUEERNESS OF CHILDHOOD & REMEMBERING UNICORNS http://www.renderingunconscious.org
Rendering Unconscious episode 292.
Drs. Emma Lieber and Anna Fishzon are here to discuss their book The Queerness of Childhood: Essays from the Other Side of the Looking Glass (2022)! https://amzn.to/3PXvc2O
Be sure to check out previous episodes:
RU119: EMMA LIEBER – BOOK LAUNCH FOR THE WRITING CURE
RU29: EMMA LIEBER, AUTHOR & PSYCHOANALYST IN FORMATION ON WRITING, TRANSMISSION
Rendering Unconscious, the book, is back! After the first edition sold out, we decided to create a new expanded edition. It expanded so much that we ended up splitting it into 2 books. Get yours now! https://amzn.to/3VRADDZ
Stay tuned for the conference Rank Horror at Columbia University, May 8-10, 2024.
Join Jason Haaf, Vanessa Sinclair, and Ad Vat for the launch of their books:
Can I See Your Niche? (Trapart Books, 2023) https://amzn.to/3Uf4ipP
Things Happen (Trapart Books, 2024) https://amzn.to/3TJAzDF
A Spiral of Objects (Trapart Books, 2023) https://amzn.to/3U4yEuZ
at Quimby’s Bookstore NYC in Brooklyn on Saturday, May 11, 2024. https://quimbysnyc.com
Rendering Unconscious received the 2023 Gradiva Award for Digital Media from the National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis. https://naap.org/2023-gradiva-award-winners/
Support RU POD at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/renderingunconscious/
Substack: https://vanessa23carl.substack.com
Make a Donation: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?business=PV3EVEFT95HGU&no_recurring=0¤cy_code=USD
Or by joining Carl & I at Patreon where we post EXCLUSIVE CONTENT weekly https://www.patreon.com/vanessa23carl
THANK YOU for your support!
Rendering Unconscious has its own Instagram page! https://www.instagram.com/renderingunconscious/
Rendering Unconscious Podcast is hosted by Dr. Vanessa Sinclair, a psychoanalyst based in Sweden, who works with people internationally: http://www.drvanessasinclair.net
Follow Dr. Vanessa Sinclair on social media:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rawsin_/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rawsin_
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@renderingunconscious
Visit the main website: http://www.renderingunconscious.org
Many thanks to Carl Abrahamsson, who created the intro and outro music for RU POD. https://www.carlabrahamsson.com
https://www.bygge.trapart.net
https://highbrowlowlife.bandcamp.com
Follow him at:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CaAbrahamsson
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carl.abrahamsson/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@carlabrahamsson
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@carlabrahamsson23
Substack: https://thefenriswolf.substack.com/subscribe
The song at the end of the episode is “Diana’s Horns” from the album The Experience (For The Weird) by Vanessa Sinclair and Pete Murphy. Available at Pete Murphy’s Bandcamp Page. https://petemurphy.bandcamp.com/
Image: book cover

Apr 4, 2024 • 59min
RU291: JASON HAAF – CAN I SEE YOUR NICHE? ON QUEER WRITING, BRITNEY SPEARS, MATTHEW PERRY
RU291: JASON HAAF – CAN I SEE YOUR NICHE? ON QUEER WRITING & ART, BRITNEY SPEARS, MATTHEW PERRY
http://www.renderingunconscious.org
Rendering Unconscious episode 291.
Jason Haaf is here to talk about his new book Can I See Your Niche? (Trapart Books, 2023)! https://amzn.to/3Uf4ipP
We also dish about:
The Woman in Me (2023) by Britney Spears https://amzn.to/3U3kBWt
Matthew Perry’s Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing (2022) https://amzn.to/4alTtaW
Watch this discussion at YouTube: https://youtu.be/Y-fF_oKXvGE?si=VTIXBGijWqPeXQ3l
Join Jason Haaf, Vanessa Sinclair, and Ad Vat for the launch of their books:
Can I See Your Niche? (Trapart Books, 2023) https://amzn.to/3Uf4ipP
Things Happen (Trapart Books, 2024) https://amzn.to/3TJAzDF
A Spiral of Objects (Trapart Books, 2023) https://amzn.to/3U4yEuZ
at Quimby’s Bookstore NYC in Brooklyn on Saturday, May 11, 2024. https://quimbysnyc.com
Follow us on social media:
@haafwit https://www.instagram.com/haafwit/
@rawsin https://www.instagram.com/rawsin_/
@advat https://www.instagram.com/ad_vat/
@quimbysbookstorenyc https://www.instagram.com/quimbysbookstorenyc/
Join Vanessa Sinclair in Miami at Books & Books, Coconut Grove, on Thursday, May 2, 2024 at 6:30PM for a book launch for my first novel Things Happen (Trapart Books, 2024). https://www.booksandbooks.com/event/an-evening-with-vanessa-sinclair/
Be sure to check out our previous discussions:
RU187: JASON HAAF, TOM BLAND & ZAII VALDES ON WRITING, POETRY, QUEER, SEXUALITY, ART, MAGIC
RU91: AUTHOR & EDITOR JASON HAAF ON BENT BOOK, A QUEER ANTHOLOGY + ANCESTRY
RU16: JASON HAAF, QUEER WRITER ON MEMORY, DREAMS, CREATIVITY, SEXUALITY
Rendering Unconscious received the 2023 Gradiva Award for Digital Media from the National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis. https://naap.org/2023-gradiva-award-winners/
Support RU POD at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/renderingunconscious/
Substack: https://vanessa23carl.substack.com
Make a Donation: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?business=PV3EVEFT95HGU&no_recurring=0¤cy_code=USD
Or by joining Carl & I at Patreon where we post EXCLUSIVE CONTENT weekly https://www.patreon.com/vanessa23carl
THANK YOU for your support!
Rendering Unconscious has its own Instagram page! https://www.instagram.com/renderingunconscious/
Rendering Unconscious Podcast is hosted by Dr. Vanessa Sinclair, a psychoanalyst based in Sweden, who works with people internationally: http://www.drvanessasinclair.net
Follow Dr. Vanessa Sinclair on social media:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rawsin_/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rawsin_
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@renderingunconscious
Visit the main website: http://www.renderingunconscious.org
Many thanks to Carl Abrahamsson, who created the intro and outro music for RU POD. https://www.carlabrahamsson.com
https://www.bygge.trapart.net
https://highbrowlowlife.bandcamp.com
Follow him at:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CaAbrahamsson
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carl.abrahamsson/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@carlabrahamsson
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@carlabrahamsson23
Substack: https://thefenriswolf.substack.com/subscribe
The song at the end of the episode is “Contorted, aroused” from the album Magic City by Vanessa Sinclair and Pete Murphy. Available at Pete Murphy’s Bandcamp Page. https://petemurphy.bandcamp.com/
Image: book cover

Mar 28, 2024 • 51min
RU290: DRS BETTY MILAN & CHRIS VANDERWEES ON ANALYZED BY LACAN: A PERSONAL ACCOUNT
RU290: BETTY MILAN & CHRIS VANDERWEES ON ANALYZED BY LACAN: A PERSONAL ACCOUNT
http://www.renderingunconscious.org
Rendering Unconscious episode 290.
Drs. Betty Milan and Chris Vanderwees are here to discuss her new book Analyzed by Lacan: A personal account. https://amzn.to/43ALcxk
https://www.bettymilan.com.br/en/psicanalise/
https://psychoanalysistoronto.ca/about/
Watch this discussion at YouTube: https://youtu.be/AqGAwy8QKyE?si=pyZzUItxvTGPmCoJ
Be sure to also check out:
RU198: WRITER/ DIRECTOR RICHARD LEDES & ACTOR DAVID PATRICK KELLY ON ADIEU LACAN http://www.renderingunconscious.org/psychoanalysis/ru198-david-patrick-kelly-richard-ledes-on-adieu-lacan/
Rendering Unconscious received the 2023 Gradiva Award for Digital Media from the National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis. https://naap.org/2023-gradiva-award-winners/
Support RU POD at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/renderingunconscious/
Substack: https://vanessa23carl.substack.com
Make a Donation: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?business=PV3EVEFT95HGU&no_recurring=0¤cy_code=USD
Or by joining Carl & I at Patreon where we post EXCLUSIVE CONTENT weekly https://www.patreon.com/vanessa23carl
THANK YOU for your support!
Rendering Unconscious has its own Instagram page! https://www.instagram.com/renderingunconscious/
Rendering Unconscious Podcast is hosted by Dr. Vanessa Sinclair, a psychoanalyst based in Sweden, who works with people internationally: http://www.drvanessasinclair.net
Follow Dr. Vanessa Sinclair on social media:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rawsin_/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rawsin_
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@renderingunconscious
Visit the main website: http://www.renderingunconscious.org
Many thanks to Carl Abrahamsson, who created the intro and outro music for RU POD. https://www.carlabrahamsson.com
https://www.bygge.trapart.net
https://highbrowlowlife.bandcamp.com
Follow him at:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CaAbrahamsson
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carl.abrahamsson/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@carlabrahamsson
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@carlabrahamsson23
Substack: https://thefenriswolf.substack.com/subscribe
The song at the end of the episode is “Pack your bags” from the album Magic City by Vanessa Sinclair and Pete Murphy. Available at Pete Murphy’s Bandcamp Page. https://petemurphy.bandcamp.com/
Image: book cover

Mar 22, 2024 • 1h 2min
RU289. S. ALFONSO WILLIAMS, THE INTERLOCUTOR – ON LIFE SINCE THE PANDEMIC, PHILOSOPHY, POLITICS
RU289: THE INTERLOCUTOR, S. ALFONSO WILLIAMS – ON LIFE SINCE THE PANDEMIC http://www.renderingunconscious.org
Rendering Unconscious episode 289.
Watch this discussion at YouTube: https://youtu.be/tn6m_60_0EM?si=fGwbKowZNwOY8E8a
S. Alfonso Williams is back to talk about all he’s been up to over the past few years, including the release of his new book The Interlocutor (Trapart Books, 2024). https://amzn.to/3TqxqbX
He also contributed a chapter to Psychoanalytic Perspectives on the Films of Ingmar Bergman: From Freud to Lacan and Beyond (Routledge, 2023) edited by Vanessa Sinclair. https://amzn.to/4amMP3M
S. Alfonso Williams is currently a Respiratory Therapist in training and former library professional. He graduated from Case Western Reserve University in 2008 with a Bachelor’s in Art History and Sociology. In addition to clinical medicine and anatomy and physiology, he has intense interests in philosophy, psychoanalysis, subjectivity, (bio)semiotics, bioethics, media ecology, ethology and peripherally related fields. Williams also has a long history in the audio-visual and fine arts. His pursuits are always focused on emphasizing discovery, exploration, and experimentation.
He also contributed to:
An Anthology of Blackness: The State of Black Design (MIT Press, 2023) edited by Omari Souza and Terresa Moses. https://amzn.to/3Ts4Y9r
Official Report On The Intransitionalist Chronotopologies Of Kenji Siratori: Appendix 8.2.3 | TRS109 Time Released Sound http://timereleasedsound.com/time-released-sound/kenji-siratori/
Be sure to check out our previous discussions:
RU85: S. ALFONSO WILLIAMS, THEORY & ANALYSIS, ETHICS, FILM, ACTIVISM, BLACK LIVES MATTER
RU47: S. ALFONSO WILLIAMS, INDEPENDENT SCHOLAR ON PSYCHOANALYSIS, PHILOSOPHY, SOCIOLOGY
RU received the 2023 Gradiva Award for Digital Media from the National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis. https://naap.org/2023-gradiva-award-winners/
Support RU POD at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/renderingunconscious/
Substack: https://vanessa23carl.substack.com
Make a Donation: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?business=PV3EVEFT95HGU&no_recurring=0¤cy_code=USD
Or by joining Carl & I at Patreon where we post EXCLUSIVE CONTENT weekly https://www.patreon.com/vanessa23carl
THANK YOU for your support!
Rendering Unconscious has its own Instagram page! https://www.instagram.com/renderingunconscious/
Rendering Unconscious Podcast is hosted by Dr. Vanessa Sinclair, a psychoanalyst based in Sweden, who works with people internationally: http://www.drvanessasinclair.net
Follow Dr. Vanessa Sinclair on social media:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rawsin_/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rawsin_
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@renderingunconscious
Visit the main website: http://www.renderingunconscious.org
Many thanks to Carl Abrahamsson, who created the intro and outro music for RU POD. https://www.carlabrahamsson.com
https://www.bygge.trapart.net
https://highbrowlowlife.bandcamp.com
Follow him at:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CaAbrahamsson
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carl.abrahamsson/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@carlabrahamsson
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@carlabrahamsson23
Substack: https://thefenriswolf.substack.com/subscribe
The song at the end of the episode is “Introduction (You're Asleep/Awake)” from the album Night Of The Hunter by Vanessa Sinclair and Pete Murphy. Available at Pete Murphy’s Bandcamp Page. https://petemurphy.bandcamp.com/album/night-of-the-hunter-5
Image: book cover

Mar 19, 2024 • 54min
RU288: DR KLARA NASZKOWSKA ON EARLY WOMEN PSYCHOANALYSTS
Rendering Unconscious episode 288.
Klara Naszkowska, Ph.D. (Harriman Visiting Scholar 2023-24) is the editor of Early Women Psychoanalysts: History, Biography, and Contemporary Relevance (Routledge, 2024) https://amzn.to/4916aGs
and the founding director of the International Association for Spielrein Studies. https://www.spielreinassociation.org
Watch this episode at YouTube: https://youtu.be/v-i4hcCnhag?si=9nyaSdGqvqOuT6Jr
Check out our previous discussion:
RU107: KLARA NASZKOWSKA, CULTURAL HISTORIAN & DIRECTOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR SPIELREIN STUDIES http://www.renderingunconscious.org/psychoanalysis/ru107-klara-naszkowska-cultural-historian-director-of-the-international-association-for-spielrein-studies/
RU received the 2023 Gradiva Award for Digital Media from the National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis. https://naap.org/2023-gradiva-award-winners/
Support RU POD at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/renderingunconscious/
Substack: https://vanessa23carl.substack.com
Make a Donation: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?business=PV3EVEFT95HGU&no_recurring=0¤cy_code=USD
THANK YOU for your support!
Rendering Unconscious has its own Instagram page! https://www.instagram.com/renderingunconscious/
Rendering Unconscious Podcast is hosted by Dr. Vanessa Sinclair, a psychoanalyst based in Sweden, who works with people internationally: http://www.drvanessasinclair.net
Follow Dr. Vanessa Sinclair on social media:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rawsin_/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rawsin_
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@renderingunconscious
Visit the main website: http://www.renderingunconscious.org
Many thanks to Carl Abrahamsson, who created the intro and outro music for RU POD. https://www.carlabrahamsson.com
https://www.bygge.trapart.net
https://highbrowlowlife.bandcamp.com
Follow him at:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CaAbrahamsson
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carl.abrahamsson/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@carlabrahamsson
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@carlabrahamsson23
The song at the end of the episode is “Woman of the Year” from the album Night Of The Hunter by Vanessa Sinclair and Pete Murphy. Available at Pete Murphy’s Bandcamp Page. https://petemurphy.bandcamp.com/album/night-of-the-hunter-5
Image: book cover

Mar 11, 2024 • 1h 12min
RU287: RENDERING LUXA STRATA & KEATS ROSS UNCONSCIOUS – ON 23RD MIND MAGIC, ART, MUSIC, OCCULTURE
RU287: LUXA STRATA & KEATS ROSS ON 23RD MIND MAGIC, OCCULTURE, CREATIVITY, ART & PODCASTING http://www.renderingunconscious.org
RU welcomes Luxa Strata and Keats Ross in conversation!
Luxa Strata is an artist, magician & host of Lux Occult podcast.
Follow her:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/luxoccultpod/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn8n4oQIH1uo08NhMvjjlBQ
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/luxoccult
Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/luxa-strata
The Green Mushroom Project: https://greenmushroomproject.com
Keats Ross is a musician, writer, art director, magician & host of Pragmagick Podcast.
Follow him:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/keatsross/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/pragmagick_cast
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PRAGMAGICK
∴ DIVERGENT MAGICK GRIMOIRE & PODCKAST LINX / http://PRAGMAGICK.COM
∴ HAUNTOMANCY Writing / http://HAUNTMANUAL.COM
∴ MUSICK & AUDIOMANCY / http://DAKOTASLIM.US
∴ Art Collective / https://wethehallowed.org
Watch this episode at YouTube: https://youtu.be/0B3zptKdkvM?si=Z9Jhfoq71V45jft7
Vanessa Sinclair on Episode 75 of Lux Occult Podcast. https://open.spotify.com/episode/6GttginAlcFEKSRTxX07nX?si=53c8846bd4134835
Katelan Foisy and Vanessa Sinclair on Pragmagick podcast. https://youtu.be/gAHNw_3I9Ec?si=q8rmahcPF4tnyN8_
PragMagick Podcast, hosted by Keats Ross. The Third Mind: Dr. Vanessa Sinclair on Psychoanalysis and the Occult. https://youtu.be/H1akHp7CuHg?si=Yj_g7dOjv41EP3IE
Join us! Monday, March 18 at 11AM PDT / 2PM EDT / 6PM UK / 19 CET for HAUNTQUINOX livestream at YouTube https://www.youtube.com/live/YpnmN00gw8c?si=-sIWb7X-2Nq8b9ha
Then in May join us for Harnessing the Magic and Creative Power of the Cut-up Method a la William Burroughs, David Bowie, Genesis P-Orridge https://www.morbidanatomy.org/classes/harnessing-the-magic-and-creative-power-of-the-cut-up-method-a-la-william-burroughs-david-bowie-genesis-p-orridge-led-by-dr-vanessa-sinclair-and-carl-abrahamsson-beginning-may-19
For more info visit http://psychartcult.org
RU received the 2023 Gradiva Award for Digital Media from the National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis. https://naap.org/2023-gradiva-award-winners/
Support RU POD at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/renderingunconscious/
Substack: https://vanessa23carl.substack.com
Make a Donation: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?business=PV3EVEFT95HGU&no_recurring=0¤cy_code=USD
Or by joining Carl & I at Patreon where we post EXCLUSIVE CONTENT weekly https://www.patreon.com/vanessa23carl
THANK YOU for your support!
Rendering Unconscious has its own Instagram page! https://www.instagram.com/renderingunconscious/
Rendering Unconscious Podcast is hosted by Dr. Vanessa Sinclair, a psychoanalyst based in Sweden, who works with people internationally: http://www.drvanessasinclair.net
Follow Dr. Vanessa Sinclair on social media:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rawsin_/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rawsin_
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@renderingunconscious
Visit the main website: http://www.renderingunconscious.org
Many thanks to Carl Abrahamsson, who created the intro and outro music for RU PODt. https://www.carlabrahamsson.com
https://www.bygge.trapart.net
https://highbrowlowlife.bandcamp.com
Follow him at:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CaAbrahamsson
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carl.abrahamsson/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@carlabrahamsson
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@carlabrahamsson23
The music at the end of the episode is a selection of tracks, beginning with EYES OF YOUR EYES by Luxa Strata, featuring Folds & Floods. https://soundcloud.com/j-street-390
Then a clip from At Stockholm by Psychick TV and White Stains. https://psychictvwhitestains.bandcamp.com/album/at-stockholm
And then “Oh, the Horror!” from DIM SESSION: “The Spectre of 223” by Dakota Slim. https://dakotaslim.bandcamp.com
Collage by Vanessa Sinclair https://www.etsy.com/se-en/shop/TrapartUniqueWorks

Mar 8, 2024 • 55min
RU286: RENDERING JULIAN VAYNE UNCONSCIOUS – ON PSYCHEDELICS, ANIMISM, SIGIL MAGIC, OCCULTURE
RU286: JULIAN VAYNE ON PSYCHEDELICS, ANIMISM, SIGIL MAGIC, OCCULTURE http://www.renderingunconscious.org
Rendering Unconscious episode 286.
Julian Vayne is a British independent scholar and author with over four decades of experience within esoteric culture: from Druidry to Chaos Magic, from indigenous Shamanism through to Freemasonry and Witchcraft. Julian is a senior member of the Magical Pact of the Illuminates of Thanateros and widely recognized as one of Britain’s leading occultists. https://julianvayne.com
Follow him on:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/julian.vayne/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/julian.vayne
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JulianVayne
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DeepMagicBeginsHere
Watch at YouTube: https://youtu.be/sXBVh53TTtk?si=t_uhjiCkbJA9dyUC
RU received the 2023 Gradiva Award for Digital Media from the National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis. https://naap.org/2023-gradiva-award-winners/
RU POD now has its own Patreon page! Join https://www.patreon.com/renderingunconscious/ to support the podcast and receive EXCLUSIVE CONTENT every week including bonus material having to do with Rendering Unconscious Podcast and its guests, as well as musings, theorizing, and writing about all things psychoanalysis.
You can also support RU at:
Substack: https://vanessa23carl.substack.com
Make a Donation: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?business=PV3EVEFT95HGU&no_recurring=0¤cy_code=USD
or by joining me and Carl at our own Patreon where we post EXCLUSIVE CONTENT weekly about all things psychoanalysis, art & occulture. https://www.patreon.com/vanessa23carl
THANK YOU for your support!
Rendering Unconscious has its own Instagram page! Follow @renderingunconscious https://www.instagram.com/renderingunconscious/
Join Julian on March 17 & 24 for a course on Sigil Magic online via Morbid Anatomy Museum: https://www.morbidanatomy.org/classes/sigil-magic-with-julian-vayne-begins-march-17-2024
Join us on March 10 for Online Event · Modern Occultism & A Limitless Search by Mitch Horowitz, Occult Influences In Pound’s Pisan Cantos by Katrina Makkouk https://www.morbidanatomy.org/events-tickets/modern-occultism-a-limitless-search-by-mitch-horowitz-occult-influences-in-pounds-pisan-cantos-by-katrina-makkouk
Then in May join us for Harnessing the Magic and Creative Power of the Cut-up Method a la William Burroughs, David Bowie, Genesis P-Orridge, Led by Dr. Vanessa Sinclair and Carl Abrahamsson, beginning May 19 https://www.morbidanatomy.org/classes/harnessing-the-magic-and-creative-power-of-the-cut-up-method-a-la-william-burroughs-david-bowie-genesis-p-orridge-led-by-dr-vanessa-sinclair-and-carl-abrahamsson-beginning-may-19
For more info visit http://psychartcult.org
Rendering Unconscious Podcast is hosted by Dr. Vanessa Sinclair, a psychoanalyst based in Sweden, who works with people internationally: http://www.drvanessasinclair.net
Follow Dr. Vanessa Sinclair on social media:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rawsin_/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rawsin_
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@renderingunconscious
Visit the main website for more information and links to everything: http://www.renderingunconscious.org
Many thanks to Carl Abrahamsson, who created the intro and outro music for Rendering Unconscious podcast. https://www.carlabrahamsson.com
His publishing company is Trapart Books, Films and Editions. https://www.bygge.trapart.net
Check out his indie record label Highbrow Lowlife at Bandcamp: https://highbrowlowlife.bandcamp.com
Follow him at:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CaAbrahamsson
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carl.abrahamsson/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@carlabrahamsson
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@carlabrahamsson23
The song at the end of the episode is a clip from “At Stockholm” by Psychick TV and White Stains. Available at: https://psychictvwhitestains.bandcamp.com/album/at-stockholm
Image: sigil by Julian Vayne

Mar 5, 2024 • 57min
RU285: RENDERING PABLO LERNER & MICHAEL MCANDREW UNCONSCIOUS – ON HETERODOX PSYCHOANALYSIS
RU285: PABLO LERNER & MICHAEL MCANDREW ON HETERODOX PSYCHOANALYSIS http://www.renderingunconscious.org
Rendering Unconscious welcomes Pablo Lerner & Michael McAndrew in conversation!
Watch at YouTube: https://youtu.be/cOUfkBrDQjs?si=5XSBrz93eMJJkdfI
Rendering Unconscious Podcast received the 2023 Gradiva Award for Digital Media from the National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis (NAAP). https://naap.org/2023-gradiva-award-winners/
RU POD now has its own Patreon page! Join https://www.patreon.com/renderingunconscious/ to support the podcast and receive EXCLUSIVE CONTENT every week including bonus material having to do with Rendering Unconscious Podcast and its guests, as well as musings, theorizing, and writing about all things psychoanalysis.
You can also support RU at
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Pablo Lerner is a psychologist from Sweden, who offers psychoanalytic psychotherapies in private practice.
He is the author of Speculating on the Edge of Psychoanalysis: Rings and Voids (Routledge, 2023) https://amzn.to/49JZRZq
Editor of the anthology Freud och dödsdriften (Simrishamn: Tankekraft, 2021) https://www.tankekraft.com/bocker/freud-och-dodsdriften/
And contributed a piece to Psychoanalytic Perspectives on the Films of Ingmar Bergman: From Freud to Lacan and Beyond (Routledge, 2023) edited by Vanessa Sinclair. https://amzn.to/3V2SCqG
Michael McAndrew MA, LPC is a Lacanian psychoanalyst from Denver, Colorado. Much of his work is in a non profit providing pro bono psychoanalysis to women who have recently experienced child loss; and private practice. He is oriented by the work of the Lacanian Compass. https://lacaniancompass.com
Mentioned in this episode:
The Freud-Lacan Institute: https://freudlacaninstitute.com
Check out:
RU263: PABLO LERNER ON SPECULATING AT THE EDGE OF PSYCHOANALYSIS: RINGS & VOIDS
RU182: PABLO LERNER CONTEMPLATES DEATH, POETRY, LACAN, FREUD, THE DEATH DRIVE & THE FILMS OF INGMAR BERGMAN
Rendering Unconscious Podcast is hosted by Dr. Vanessa Sinclair, a psychoanalyst based in Sweden, who works with people internationally: http://www.drvanessasinclair.net
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The song at the end of the episode is “Disturbance” from the album “Disturbance” by Vanessa Sinclair and Pete Murphy. Available at
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Feb 25, 2024 • 1h 41min
RU284: MITCH HOROWITZ & CARL ABRAHAMSSON ON MEETINGS WITH REMARKABLE MAGICIANS, MODERN OCCULTISM
RU284: MITCH HOROWITZ & CARL ABRAHAMSSON IN CONVERSATION – THE NEED FOR A LIMITLESS SEARCH, MEETINGS WITH REMARKABLE MAGICIANS & MODERN OCCULTISM http://www.renderingunconscious.org
Rendering Unconscious episode 284.
Rendering Unconscious welcomes Carl Abrahamsson & Mitch Horowitz in conversation!
Watch this episode at YouTube: https://youtu.be/_Fn14ZcmLDE?si=zrFSkEos3xUCip1k
Rendering Unconscious Podcast received the 2023 Gradiva Award for Digital Media from the National Association for the Advancement for Psychoanalysis (NAAP). https://naap.org/2023-gradiva-award-winners/
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Join us! Online Event · Modern Occultism & A Limitless Search by Mitch Horowitz, Occult Influences In Pound’s Pisan Cantos by Katrina Makkouk Sunday, March 10, 2024, 1:00 PM NYC (10AM PT / 18 CET). https://www.morbidanatomy.org/events/2024/3/10/online-event-modern-occultism-amp-a-limitless-search-by-mitch-horowitz-occult-influences-in-pounds-pisan-cantos-by-katrina-makkouk
Carl Abrahamsson is an occultural pioneer, author, publisher, musician, and filmmaker. His forthcoming book is now available for pre-order! Meetings with Remarkable Magicians: Life in the Occult Underground (2024). https://www.carlabrahamsson.com
His publishing company is Trapart Books, Films and Editions. https://www.bygge.trapart.net
His books include Source Magic (2023) https://amzn.to/49qvDdr
Chimera Obscura (2023) https://amzn.to/3Ibkz83
Codex Nordica (2022) https://amzn.to/3Ia8K22
Anton LaVey and the Church of Satan (2022) https://amzn.to/3IwWEQZ
Different People (2021) https://amzn.to/3SVnOpl
The Devil’s Footprint (2020) https://amzn.to/3OVlTQd
Occulture (2018) https://amzn.to/49wWDbp
Mother, Have a Safe Trip (2016) https://amzn.to/49pibqr
Reasonances (2013) https://scarletimprint.com/publications/p/reasonances
and The Fenris Wolf series. https://amzn.to/49tuphB
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Mitch Horowitz is a historian of alternative spirituality and one of today’s most literate voices of esoterica, mysticism, and the occult. https://www.mitchhorowitz.com
His most recent book is Modern Occultism: History, Theory, and Practice (2023). https://amzn.to/42QoDEu
His books include Occult America (2010) https://amzn.to/49HRNrs
One Simple Idea (2016) https://amzn.to/3Ta9lXT
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Daydream Believer (2022) https://amzn.to/3ww7S5p
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and the forthcoming Happy Warriors (2024), which is available for pre-order now! https://amzn.to/3IwN9Bj
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The song at the end of the episode is “Soul searching” from the album “Wordship” by Thee Majesty and Cotton Feerox. Available at Highbrow Lowlife’s Bandcamp Page.
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Feb 19, 2024 • 54min
RU283 KATRINA MAKKOUK ON The Occult Influences In Ezra Pound’s Pisan Cantos
RU283: KATRINA MAKKOUK ON THE OCCULT INFLUENCES IN EZRA POUND’S PISAN CANTOS
http://www.renderingunconscious.org
Rendering Unconscious episode 283.
Katrina Makkouk is an author and researcher who lives in California. She earned her Master’s degree in English from Clemson University. Her primary research interests include modernism and the intersection of occult philosophy and methodology in literature. She’s here to talk about her new book Invoking the Spirits – The Occult Influences in Ezra Pound’s Pisan Cantos (Trapart Books, 2024). https://amzn.to/430uRln
Watch this episode at YouTube: https://youtu.be/uC1TFGufIkM?si=j3oLKh4b5zrqQjeg
Rendering Unconscious Podcast received the 2023 Gradiva Award for Digital Media from the National Association for the Advancement for Psychoanalysis (NAAP). https://naap.org/2023-gradiva-award-winners/
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Your support of Rendering Unconscious Podcast is greatly appreciated! Rendering Unconscious is a labor of love put together by Dr. Vanessa Sinclair with no support from outside sources. All support comes from the listeners and fans. THANK YOU for your support!
Rendering Unconscious now has its own Instagram page!
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Join us! Online Event · Modern Occultism & A Limitless Search by Mitch Horowitz, Occult Influences In Pound’s Pisan Cantos by Katrina Makkouk Sunday, March 10, 2024, 1:00 PM NYC (10AM PT / 18 CET). https://www.morbidanatomy.org/events/2024/3/10/online-event-modern-occultism-amp-a-limitless-search-by-mitch-horowitz-occult-influences-in-pounds-pisan-cantos-by-katrina-makkouk
Join Mitch Horowitz for Icons of Modern Esoterica: A Six-Part Online Class, Thursdays, February 22–March 28, 8PM ET https://www.mitchhorowitz.com/events
Be sure to check out these previous episodes:
RU65: SCHOLAR KATRINA MAKKOUK & ANTHROPOLOGIST SIEGFRIED DE RACHEWILTZ & ON ENNEMOSER & POUND (FULL PANEL) http://www.renderingunconscious.org/occult/ru67-rewriting-the-future-2019-panel-vii-siegfried-de-rachewiltz-and-katrina-makkouk/
RU38: KATRINA MAKKOUK ON AUTOMATIC WRITING & PHILOSOPHY IN EZRA POUND’S PISAN CANTOS http://www.renderingunconscious.org/occult/katrina-makkouk-writer/
Rendering Unconscious Podcast is hosted by Dr. Vanessa Sinclair, a psychoanalyst based in Sweden, who works with people internationally: http://www.drvanessasinclair.net
Follow Dr. Vanessa Sinclair on social media:
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TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@drvanessasinclair23
Visit the main website for more information and links to everything: http://www.renderingunconscious.org
Many thanks to Carl Abrahamsson, who created the intro and outro music for Rendering Unconscious podcast. https://www.carlabrahamsson.com
His publishing company is Trapart Books, Films and Editions. https://www.bygge.trapart.net
Check out his indie record label Highbrow Lowlife at Bandcamp: https://highbrowlowlife.bandcamp.com
Follow him at:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CaAbrahamsson
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carl.abrahamsson/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@carlabrahamsson
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@carlabrahamsson23
The song at the end of the episode is “A trance to alter consciousness” from the album “Magic City” by Vanessa Sinclair and Pete Murphy. Available at Pete Murphy’s Bandcamp Page.
https://petemurphy.bandcamp.com
Our music is also available at Spotify and other streaming services. https://open.spotify.com/artist/3xKEE2NPGatImt46OgaemY?si=nqv_tOLtQd2I_3P_WHdKCQ
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