"Here is a weird, deceptive life." Thus does Aleister Crowley describe the meaning of one of the most sinister and spectral cards in the tarot. In this episode, Phil and JF continue their ongoing series on the twenty-two major trumps with a deep dive into the hopelessly enigmatic world of Arcanum XVIII: The Moon. After a brief chat about Voltron and professional wrestling, your hosts start on the lunar path beset by traps and illusions, in hopes that their half-blind perambulation will lead to startling insights.
Image by Damien Deltenre via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20th_March_2015_total_solar_eclipse.JPG).
References
Roland Barthes, Mythologies (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780809071944)
Anonymous, Meditations on the Tarot (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9781585421619)
Colin Wilson, The Occult (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9781780288468)
Eliphas Levi, (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89liphas_L%C3%A9vi)_ French esotericist
Ishmael Reed, Mumbo Jumbo (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780684824772)
Weird Studies, Episode 86 on The Sandman (weirdstudies.com/86)
Plato, Republic (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9781546630821)
Antoine Faivre, (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoine_Faivre) scholar of esoteric studies
Wouter Hanegraaff, (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wouter_Hanegraaff) historian of philosophy
Alastair Crowley, Book of Thoth (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780877282686)
Henri Bergson, Creative Evolution (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9781420940435)
Carl Jung, Mysterium Coniunctionis (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/93950.Mysterium_Coniunctionis)
Peter Kingsley, (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Kingsley) historian of philosophy
St. John of the Cross, The Dark Night of the Soul (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9781640322189)
J.R.R Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780618640157)
Weird Studies, Episode 93 on Charles Taylor (https://www.weirdstudies.com/93)
Algis Uždavinys, Philosophy as a Rite of Rebirth (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7221031-philosophy-as-a-rite-of-rebirth)