Show Notes
In this episode of Weird Studies, we turn to the fifth Major Arcanum, the Hierophant, symbolizing tradition, instruction, and the exoteric aspect of spiritual practice. Drawing on Meditations on the Tarot and other sources, we question the easy opposition between tradition and revolution, exploring instead how inherited forms can foster genuine inner growth, and how an interior revolutions may renew traditions from within.
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References
Johann Sebastian Bach, F# minor Fugue from The Well Tempered Clavier Book 1 (played by Rosalyn Tureck)
Richard Wilhelm (trans.), The I Ching
J. R. R. Tolkein, The Lord of the Rings
P. D. Ouspensky, The Symbolism of the Tarot
The Catechism of the Catholic Church
Our Known Friend, Meditations of the Tarot
Plato, "The Seventh Letter"
Alejandro Jodorowsky, The Way of Tarot
Dogen, Instructions for the Cook
Gilles Deleuze, Difference and Repetition
Weird Studies, Live at Illuminated Brew Works
Franz Liszt, Hungarian pianist
G. K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Biographia Literaria vol. 1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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