In this episode of Brian James’ Howl in the Wilderness podcast, Brian and myself discuss the potentials of CultPunk and Poetic Faith as new arts of meaning-making, as well as the philosophy of memento mori ergo carpe diem – “remember death and therefore seize the day”.
An interview with Dr. Erik Steinhart on his development of a philosophically rigorous and deeply scientific view of religious practice reconceived outside of mainstream western Christianity.
Death explains the human necessity of belief in fantasies in this scene from the television adaptation of Terry Pratchett’s novel The Hogfather.
A conversation about this upcoming residential retreat event in Vermont.
A new documentary on the Fit For Service “anti-cult”.
In Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970), a group of mutated, telepathic humans who survived nuclear holocaust have retreated into underground bunkers and evolved a new religion – the worship of the atomic bomb.
Synopsis: A psychiatrist must save his daughter from a cult after she falls in love with a boy whose mother is its charismatic leader.
A short documentary on Edinburgh’s annual Beltane Fire Festival, a revival of the ancient Celtic custom whose more recent roots dates back to the 1980s, when Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher attempted to crack down on rave culture in the United Kingdom.