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Cassandra and Lucifer

Cassandra and Lucifer

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Lucifer and CassandraThere are lots of furious arguments online and in schools these days about the end of reading. Kids aren’t doing it, neither are college students, and even the so-called writers churning out hot takes in newsletters and in the Atlantic seem to be missing the mark, which is that the human capacity for thought and reading has very little to do with yelling about lack for likes and Stripe payouts. Instead, the ability to read a sentence, a tarot card, a children’s book, a canonical tome, or the stars themselves has something very much to do with the spiritual principle of looking as if to see. So what can spiritual awakening do for one’s reading ability in an age where the drama over mechanized attention is one that surely spells apparent doom? Episode Four of Wake Up, Underworld! begins with a look at such concerns before following an account of Justin’s second awakening into a conversation on the nature of demons, spiritual ancestors, and how the subversive move of “reclaiming” one’s weaknesses or evil inclinations as one’s power is only a shadow of the true realization of weakness in strength and strength in weakness. The truth of such a realization is the mystery of magickal reality, which is one reason Justin and Cameron find themselves at a loss for words when mystics or occultist podcasters try to eschew magick, on the one hand, or God, on the other. Are there specific struggles that men and women face in articulating their spiritual or magickal paths? What roles does existence seem to force us into? We tackle these questions through exploring personal relationships to myth. Finally, the conversation comes full circle as it turns toward the growing understanding that one of the first steps toward knowing one’s Self comes from learning how to read, not as an educational exercise but as a simple expression of your spiritual birthright. Texts Mentioned Rudolph Steiner’s The Incarnation of AhrimanCameron’s essay “We Are Already AI”Duncan Barford’s The Book of RazielAleister Crowley’s The Vision and the VoiceAleister Crowley’s Magick In Theory and PracticeAleister Crowley’s Magick Without Tears, edited by Alan Chapman and Duncan BarfordAlan Chapman’s “Is God to Live In a Dog?”Lao Tzu’s Tao Te Ching, translated by Aleister CrowleyMaurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things ArePhilip K. Dick’s The Owl in Daylight For a wonderful Weird Studies conversation on PKD's unfinished work, listen to episode 90 "The Owl in Daylight" https://www.weirdstudies.com/90Alan Chapman’s Magia CG Jung’s Memories, Dreams, ReflectionsLiz Greene’s Jung’s Studies In AstrologySamuel Taylor Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient MarinerOrder Cameron's book "Interruption"Read Justin's essay "Spiritus Contra Spiritum"Show Art by Beck Corriganhttps://beckcorrigan.cargo.site/about-contactMusic by Justin Little Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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