LEPHT HAND

Can a genuinely liberatory politics survive without mystery, imagination, or the spiritual experiences that give life its depth?  Sereptie speaks with Graham Jones about Jacobin’s article “The Forgotten History of Socialism and the Occult” and why its knee-jerk rationalism gets the history wrong. We explore the intersections of Marxism, mysticism, occult traditions, utopian thought, and the warm stream of revolutionary desire. The discussion moves through materialist spirituality, political subjectivity, Boycott Watkins, and how radical movements can reclaim the ecstatic and the ineffable.Graham's Substack: https://sublimerevolutionaries.substack.com/subscribe?next=https%3A%2F%2Fsublimerevolutionaries.substack.com%2F%3Futm_source%3Dglobal-search&later=true&just_signed_up=true&subscription_id=1053278865&referral_token=g501q&requires_confirmation=&utm_source=cover_page&email=sereptie%40gmail.com&skip_redirect_check=trueBoycott Watkins in IG: https://www.instagram.com/boycottwatkins/Support LEPHT HAND:Join the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LEPHTHANDMerch and Design Shop: crit-drip.comAcid Horizon Links: https://linktr.ee/acidhorizonSereptie (ambient project): https://sereptie.bandcamp.com/Acid Horizon Research Commons is now live: https://www.acidhorizonpodcast.com/ahrc-main

In this enlightening discussion, Timothy Jackson, a philosopher focused on ontogenesis and critiques of rationalism, dives into the barriers that conventional rational thought creates. He explores how Darwin's insights position variation as foundational, challenging established norms. Topics include the limits of metaphysics, the impact of excess on individual identity, and the transformative power of ecstasy. By connecting thinkers like Bataille and Simondon, Jackson reveals new paths for understanding human experience beyond rigid frameworks.

Have you ever felt reality glitch, as though the weird was peeking through the cracks of time or the Real? In this episode of LEPHT HAND, JF Martel joins to explore how Henri Bergson’s concept of duration and Gilles Deleuze’s philosophy of becoming invite a radically weird subjectivity, one that consumes rhythms, intensities, and habits across time. We discuss how this non-linear conception of time doesn’t just solve problems but also introduces new ones: what does it mean to be a subject in perpetual flux, and is this mysticism, metaphysics, or simply reality hiding behind a theatre of representation? Be sure to check out Weird Studies and JF's course linked below.Weirdosphere: https://weirdosphere.mn.co/?utm_source=chatgpt.comThe Last of the Last: https://splitinfinities.substack.com/p/the-last-revelation-acephalous-andThe image: https://ifunny.co/picture/acid-horizon-acidhorizonpod-what-i-saw-hiking-in-the-appalachian-qpGW5TdIASupport LEPHT HAND:Join the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LEPHTHANDMerch and Design Shop: crit-drip.comAcid Horizon Links: https://linktr.ee/acidhorizonSereptie (ambient project): https://sereptie.bandcamp.com/Acid Horizon Research Commons is now live: https://www.acidhorizonpodcast.com/ahrc-main

Subscribe to LEPHT HAND for early access to episodes!Henri Michaux wrote as if to exorcise himself from existence. His poetry and prose traverse dream, delirium, and the slow undoing of identity, where language becomes both scalpel and spell. In this episode, Garett Strickland joins Sereptie to explore A Certain Plume, Darkness Moves (anthology), and Michaux’s hallucinatory experiments as acts of metaphysical revolt. Together they consider how writing, for Michaux, becomes an art of disappearance—a way of turning life itself into an exorcism.Acéphalous and Vintagia updates: https://splitinfinities.substack.com/p/acephalous-vintagia-and-new-thresholds?r=g501qAcéphalous and Vintagia surplus sale coming soon! Keep an eye on acidhorizonpodcast.com and subscribe to this Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/LEPHTHANDDivining Sounds (Open Music + Acid Horizon, November 1st, State College, PA): https://www.instagram.com/p/DP1XfQ1EXEQ/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==Durations Festival Events"Five Gates - Disquiet of the Virtual and the Artificial" feat. Jason Bahbek Mohaghegh and Reza Negarastani and Acid Horizon: https://dice.fm/event/v3oy6l-durations-five-gates-disquiet-of-the-virtual-and-the-artificial-8th-nov-public-records-new-york-ticketsPhilosophy and Magic w/ Mitch Horowitz, Phil Ford, and Maeg Keane: https://dice.fm/event/bbyrkv-durations-philosophy-and-magic-w-mitch-horowitz-phil-ford-and-maeg-keane-upstairs-7th-nov-public-records-new-york-ticketsGarett Strickland's workGarett's Substack: portalogy.substack.comPurchase Garret's Artwork on Instagram: instagram.com/grotstrickenGarett's books:A Place Beyond: https://asterismbooks.com/product/a-place-beyondUngula: https://asterismbooks.com/product/ungulaA Certain Plume: https://www.nyrb.com/products/a-certain-plumeDarkness Moves: https://www.ucpress.edu/books/darkness-moves/paperSupport LEPHT HAND:Join the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LEPHTHANDMerch and Design Shop: crit-drip.comAcid Horizon Links: https://linktr.ee/acidhorizonSereptie (ambient project): https://sereptie.bandcamp.com/Acid Horizon Research Commons is now live: https://www.acidhorizonpodcast.com/ahrc-main

What does it mean to imagine a body freed from its organs, its history, and its limits? In his final writings, Antonin Artaud turned against Christ, psychiatry, sexuality, and language itself, while elaborating the concept of the “body without organs.” Translator and scholar Stephen Barber joins us to discuss A Sinister Assassin, a collection that gathers together these visionary late texts. Together we explore Artaud’s last visions of theater, delirium, and radical corporeal transformation.Artaud Books Discussed & Further ReadingA Sinister Assassin: Antonin Artaud’s Last Writings — Edited, translated, and introduced by Stephen Barber. https://www.infinitylandpress.com/product-page/a-sinister-assassinThe True Story of Jesus-Christ: Three Notebooks from Ivry — Translated and introduced by Peter Valente. https://www.infinitylandpress.com/product-page/the-true-story-of-jesus-christArtaud 1937 Apocalypse: Letters from Ireland — The collection of letters from his apocalyptic journey to Ireland, edited & translated by Stephen Barber. https://www.infinitylandpress.com/product-page/artaud-1937-apocalypseObliteration of the World: A Guide to the Occult Belief System of Antonin Artaud — By Peter Valente. https://www.infinitylandpress.com/product-page/the-obliteration-of-the-worldThe True Story of Artaud-Mômo — A recent edition of Artaud’s lecture / “face-to-face” text from 1947, newly translated and published by Infinity Land Press. https://www.infinitylandpress.com/product-page/the-true-story-of-artaud-m%C3%B4moSupport LEPHT HAND:Join the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LEPHTHANDMerch and Design Shop: crit-drip.comAcid Horizon Links: https://linktr.ee/acidhorizonSereptie (ambient project): https://sereptie.bandcamp.com/Acid Horizon Research Commons is now live: https://www.acidhorizonpodcast.com/ahrc-main

Can myth itself serve as a material force in struggles for liberation? Federico Campagna joins me to discuss how myth—too often dismissed as escapism or co-opted by reaction—can instead become a practice of imagination, solidarity, and survival. We look at myth’s place in anti-capitalist politics, its tension with materialism, and its role in resisting despair. What emerges is a vision of myth as a politics of possibility against history’s catastrophes.Acid Horizon Research Commons is now live: https://www.acidhorizonpodcast.com/ahrc-mainJoin us with Grafton Tanner on live stream on 8.24.25: https://studio.youtube.com/video/BC5H8TU6wqQ/edit"Technic and Magic: Politics, Neoplatonism, and the Limits of Language with Federico Campagna": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sSdkgnXgqsOtherworlds: Mediterranean Lessons On Escaping History: https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/otherworlds-9781350536401/Support LEPHT HAND:Join the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LEPHTHANDMerch and Design Shop: crit-drip.comAcid Horizon Links: https://linktr.ee/acidhorizonSereptie (ambient project): https://sereptie.bandcamp.com/Acid Horizon Research Commons is now live: https://www.acidhorizonpodcast.com/ahrc-main

What ancient tale speaks of gods, grief, and the fall of heroes? In this episode, we descend into the dream-temple of Gilgamesh, guided by translator Stuart Kendall. We explore the epic’s broken verses, divine laments, and its resistance to modern humanist smoothing. What emerges is not just a story—but a fragmentary vision of mythic time and cosmic mourning.Stuart Kendall's "Gilgamesh": https://www.contramundumpress.com/gilgameshSupport LEPHT HAND:Join the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LEPHTHANDMerch and Design Shop: crit-drip.comAcid Horizon Links: https://linktr.ee/acidhorizonSereptie (ambient project): https://sereptie.bandcamp.com/Acid Horizon Research Commons is now live: https://www.acidhorizonpodcast.com/ahrc-main

What do ancient myths reveal about our unconscious fantasies of power, gender, and identity? In this episode of LEPHT HAND, Jessica Elbert Decker, author of Motherless Daughters and Female Monsters, joins us to explore the myths of Athena, Aphrodite, Pandora, and Ariadne through the lens of psychoanalysis and queer feminist theory. We examine the lingering grip of masculine mastery in culture, the dangers of symbolic amnesia, and the creative potential of mythic counter-fantasies. Together, we ask what it would mean to live in a world no longer ruled by mastery—but by multiplicity, cunning, and care.Motherless Daughters & Female Monsters: Androcentric Fantasy in Ancient Greek Myth & Freudian Theoryhttps://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-78066-0Otherwise than the Binary: New Feminist Readings in Ancient Philosophy and Culturehttps://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9781438488813/html?lang=en#:~:text=Otherwise%20Than%20the%20Binary%20approaches,thinking%2C%20particularly%20concerning%20sexual%20difference.Borderlands and Liminal Subjects: Transgressing the Limit in Philosophy and Literaturehttps://www.amazon.com/Borderlands-Liminal-Subjects-Transgressing-Philosophy/dp/3319884921Empedocles in Sicilyhttps://www.amazon.com/Empedocles-Sicily-Heritage-Western-Greece/dp/1942495722Support LEPHT HAND:Join the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LEPHTHANDMerch and Design Shop: crit-drip.comAcid Horizon Links: https://linktr.ee/acidhorizonSereptie (ambient project): https://sereptie.bandcamp.com/Acid Horizon Research Commons is now live: https://www.acidhorizonpodcast.com/ahrc-main

What if Aristotle had already conceived of something like a body without organs? In this special walking episode of LEPHT HAND, Craig (aka Sereptie of Acid Horizon) and returning guest Jack Bagby descend the old rail line in Lemont, Pennsylvania to excavate Aristotle’s theory of pneuma—the subtle, instrumental body that mediates between soul and flesh. Along the way, they connect Aristotle to thinkers like Deleuze, James Hillman, and Gilbert Simondon, asking whether pneuma offers a lost model of embodied thought, emergent life, and ecological intelligence. The conversation also turns toward dreams, depth psychology, and the urgent need for experimental forms of political and metaphysical imagination.Socratic Swansongs (Jack's YouTube Channel):  @SocraticSwansongs  Is Everything an Image? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byQjq-9ZbzcAristotle on Intensity: https://www.pdcnet.org/pdc/bvdb.nsf/purchase_mobile?openform&fp=epoche&id=epoche_2024_0028_0002_0243_0271Support LEPHT HAND:Join the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LEPHTHANDMerch and Design Shop: crit-drip.comAcid Horizon Links: https://linktr.ee/acidhorizonSereptie (ambient project): https://sereptie.bandcamp.com/Acid Horizon Research Commons is now live: https://www.acidhorizonpodcast.com/ahrc-main

Have you ever tried to read a work of philosophy and ended up feeling more confused than enlightened? In this video, Sereptie—also known as Craig, host of Acid Horizon and LEPHT HAND—shares practical, field-tested strategies for reading difficult texts with confidence. Drawing on years of experience as both a teacher and theorist, he offers a compassionate guide for anyone who’s ever struggled with attention, comprehension, or just knowing where to start. Whether you’re picking up philosophy for the first time or looking to sharpen your approach, this video is for you.Support LEPHT HAND:Join the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LEPHTHANDMerch and Design Shop: crit-drip.comAcid Horizon Links: https://linktr.ee/acidhorizonSereptie (ambient project): https://sereptie.bandcamp.com/Acid Horizon Research Commons is now live: https://www.acidhorizonpodcast.com/ahrc-main