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Today I introduce two impressive thinkers and speakers who share their in depth, comprehensive knowledge on Oswald Spengler, one of the most important memory-holed writers of the 20th century.Here we discuss some recently translated work of Spenglers, as well as his relationship to the politics and society of Germany between the wars. This is only one segment of an  ongoing conversation about  Spengler, but some of them take place only on twitter spaces so you'll have to follow @thuleanrevenant, Spergler @spergleracolyte, and Monopthalmus @AMonopthalmos to hear more!Also follow me on substack at and Spergler on his substack

Lomez returns to discuss Passage Press and the Second Annual Passage Prize , the winners of which will be announced any day.  Isaac Simpson of The Carousel podcast also joins us, and after some Passage promotion, we go on to discuss literature in general. Buy Passage Press' edition of Unqualified Reservations Vol. 1 (the first ever printed version), and follow L0M3Z on twitter.Follow me on Twitter and SubstackFollow Isaac on Twitter and Substack

Brendan Heard of Aureus Press returns and we conclude our debate, begun in the previous episode, on the redeemable and irredeemable aspects of modern art and abstract expressionism. We both agree it's ugly, but I argue it was an inevitable progression from the decline of painting, while he thinks it's responsible for it. Brendan will probably come back, because he's working on another book, and it's fascinating. *Note: I said Wyeth’s painting “Christinas World” was at the MET, but its at MoMa. I also couldn’t think of the nameMeanwhile, follow me on Substack and TwitterBuy Brendans books and sci-fi mag on his website Aureus PressFollow him on twitter

Brendan Heard, head of Aureus Press and operator of @Trad_West_Art on twitter joins me to discuss his book "The Decline of Western Art," a comprehensive art history book that covers everything from ancient greece up until the present day. It is *the* premier introduction to western art that you could read, and he is unforgiving to "abstract impressionists" and "art speak." This episode itself serves as a fantastic introduction to art history, art criticism, and the plight of both the artist and the enjoyer of art in the digital age.Follow me on twitter @thuleanrevenant and on substack at Astral Flight Simulation.

Season 2 begins with Brad and Kevin from Art of Darkness podcast discussing Fight Club. Part one we discuss the cultural impact of the film, and in part two we discuss the themes and meaning of the film. We also compare it to the book and even bring up American Psycho at the very end, a movie that must be watched in conjunction with Fight Club to get an idea of where the zeitgeist was at the time and where its got since then. This episode draws heavily from three essays I wrote on the film that you should read to get an idea where we’re coming from.Follow me on Substack here.In “Overcoding Culture” I discuss the way the woke retcon history and culture to make it look their agenda has always been realityIn “Fight Club” I do a Freudian read on the film, which I intended to supersede with a Nietzschean read in a later essay, however I deliver that in part two of this episode. This is certainly a Nietzshcean, and not a Freudian storyIn “Snowflakes” I discuss several erroneous, woke reads of the film and prove how the woke are trying to reappropriate it for their ideology.

Greetings all. Charles Haywood, of The Worthy House blog, is one of my intellectual inspirations, and a resource to anyone who wants to understand our historical political and cultural moment. He deigned an essay of mine worthy of response, and granted me two hours to pick his brain and challenge some of his positions. It was an honor and a pleasure, and we plan to do this again soon! For context, before or after, I suggest you read the three essays on his blog that we discuss here:On the Fragility of the Current RegimeOn the Future Ascent of a CaesarWhat to Do When Caesar ComesAnd my response to his appearance on Aaron Macintyre’s show: Is the “Regime” weak?As I mentioned last week on my sub stack (subscribe here!!) my computer crashed. I got it back up (lost everything, including my intro), but somethings off with the sound. I’m terribly embarrassed by my sound here, and wouldn’t normally run this, but he’s such a high value guest and was so gracious to come on, I have to run with it. I hope Charles doesn’t mind, and by next episode I hope to have it fixed.

In this episode we argue that the myths and fairy tales we tell ourselves today are situated firmly within the solar traditions of the West. The precession of the equinox’s are tracked by our mythology and todays myths are no different. Just as the age of Aries, the age of the ram, was ending, the “Lamb” of God was sacrificed on the Cross, but the age of Pisces, symbolized by two fish, was ushered in by Christ feeding the masses with *two fish.* And now, our secular religion of science, whose doctrines are delivered to us by scientist-priests, are telling us that the world will be drowned by melting glaciers and sea level rise, leaving our civilization a wasteland. This just so happens to come precisely when we pass into the age of Aquarius, symbolized by the sea god drowning the world with his bottomless pots of water.But it also seems, we argue, to coincide with Nietzsches age of nihilism, Spenglers materialistic Winter phase, Evolas spiritual “Iron Age,” which also, according to Evola, corresponds with the Hindu Kali Yuga, an age in which mankind is abandoned by the Gods and the Earth is a spiritual wasteland, waiting for the sleeping king to wake up, the hero to recover the grail, the Caesar to take over, or the Ubermensch to invaluate all values.Here we attempt to synthesize many books and thinkers that you may hear thrown about and use them to get a better perspective on the modern, digital age.For those interested in doing further reading, most of our discussion is built upon reading we’ve done from Spenglers Decline of the West, Evolas Ride the Tiger, Revolt Against the Modern World, and The Mystery of the Grail, as well as Joseph Campbels’s Masks of God, The Hero With a Thousand Faces, Romance of the Grail, Nietzsches Thus Spoke Zarathustra, The Genealogy of Morals, and Twilight of the Idols, and Aion by Carl Jung

I sit down with Mike and Dave of Kvlture Dads, an awesome podcast about the mythopoetics of pop culture. We get into the evolution of heavy metal and the state of cultural dearth today and what we need to bring it back. Really fun episode, metal heads will rejoice.Follow me on substack at AstralFlight.Substack.ComCheck the Kvlture Dads out on YouTube and watch their Godfather episode and RPG episode, and follow them at the Imperium Press substack.

For todays episode I'm joined by the two co-hosts of one of my favorite podcasts, Art of Darkness. In each episode they do a deep dive, and I mean they really go deeper than most other podcasts, on an artist and their work. They've covered some of my favorite authors, like HP Lovecraft, Philip K Dick, William S. Burroughs, and Roberto Bolano - who they discussed with me as their guest! They also cover painters like Heironymous Bosch and Francis Bacon and the theater impresario  Antonin Artaud.Here we have a wide ranging discussion of things from realism vs horror, publishing, and writing in the digital age. We spend a lot of time on Burroughs as well. Literary aficionados will love this episode.Follow their website and subscribe to their pod at Art of Dark PodFollow my substack Astral Flight Simulation for lots more content

We discuss two horror classics as well as Zantaes twitter account @mythoamerica. We use the films and the account to discuss the dark past of America, the archetypical imagery of both films, as well as their relationship to American nostalgia, coming of age stories, and our relationship to both the wilderness, the suburbs, religion, and sexuality.Follow me on substack at AstralFlightSimulationFollow me on twitter @AFScast