for anyone who lies awake at night wondering wtf the point is (transforming existential terror into acceptance of life’s impermanence)

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How to Tell When a Spiritual Teacher Is Full of Shit

In 2020, I almost paid $4,000 for a shadow work course. One of the first books I was told to read was Carolyn Elliott’s Existential Kink. I read it, tried to understand what I was being sold, and kept getting the same bad taste in my mouth. It’s been six years since then, and I’v ...  Show more

Aleister Crowley’s Thelema: Sex Magick and the Problem With the Prophet

Aleister Crowley had a beautiful idea, and then he built a religion around himself.This episode takes Thelema seriously enough to examine what Crowley was actually teaching. True Will sits at the center of it, alongside The Book of the Law, Aiwass, the Aeon of Horus, sex magick, ...  Show more

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