"He was Dionysus taking flesh, come into the 20th century." Radiocast No. 5, on Jim Morrison and The Doors, their music and philosophy, use of concerts as rituals, and why people openly declare that he was an incarnation of "the god who comes". Link below

Throughout his tragically short life, he remained unquestionably a Christian. Yet his mission, along with others, was to find a "new mythology"—the result was the birth of Romanticism, and the symbol of the blue flower. Issue 5 of "Great Heathens", on Novalis.

Radiocast returns for No. 4, discussing the forgotten L. Klages, his psychology & highly original vitalist and pagan views in "Of Cosmogonic Eros" Jaspers called him "the true successor to Bachofen", but he was perhaps, too, a successor to Nietzsche & Goethe—"the last Romantic".

Enter the realm of the "Den Mother"...! We see many theories of chthonic/matriarchal culture today, but the first, found in Bachofen's Das Mutterrecht, is substantially different—even with some praise for the "night side" of ancient societies. A free 2hr radiocast on Bachofen

After a generation of neglect, J.J. Bachofen was suddenly thrust into enduring posthumous popularity and debate, thanks to one man: Ludwig Klages. How he initiated "Bachofenomania" in 1920s Germany, and the first English translation of his tribute to Bachofen in "Gräbersymbolik"

Ep 2 - Darwinismus Free 1.5hr radiocast on the immediate effect of Darwin on Western thought & religion, reactions: the need for a new worldview compatible with modern science. Nature as the new basis of all worldviews, seen in environmentalism & ecology. Tune in below:

"Whatever voice the gods once had, whatever remains of it still, must now only be heard as it is forced through the painted image-mask of mankind." A piece on the consequences of the religious developments of Homer: anthropomorphism, personal ego, and the problem of evil.