RU425 CHAWEON KOO ON MAGIC AS CENTRAL AMIDST RAPID SOCIAL & TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE

Watch the full episode here: https://renderingunconscious.substack.com/p/ru425-chaweon-koo-on-magic-as-central

Rendering Unconscious welcomes Chaweon Koo back to the podcast! https://linktr.ee/chaweonkoo

Rendering Unconscious episode 425.

On this episode, Chaweon explores how spiritual practice, meditation, and magic support personal integration amidst rapid social and technological change. Western occult ritual, modern psychology, and meditation within Buddha Dharma and other non-dual traditions may provide the fluidity needed to navigate waves of transmuting conditions. Chaweon emphasizes how daily practice, rather than isolated rituals, has become central to her life. She describes deep meditation as training the mind, enabling magical work stemming from “the void,” a groundless source of creativity.

With Brooke Stott, Chaweon contributed “Angels, Demons & Ketamine” to The Fenris Wolf vol 13 (2026) edited by Carl Abrahamsson and Vanessa Sinclair: https://link.amazon/B0cfV54sE

Join Chaweon and Sarina Straussner online THIS Sunday, October 25th for Self-Compassion | Neurodivergent Toolbox. https://linktr.ee/chaweonkoo

Check out previous episodes with this guest:

RU259: CHAWEON KOO PRESENTS “ANGELS, DEMONS & KETAMINE”

RU236: CHAWEON KOO ON SPELL BOUND: A NEW WITCH’S GUIDE TO CRAFTING THE FUTURE

RU Center for Psychoanalysis news and events:

Saturday, October 24th, Dr. Dan Collins will introduce his translation of Lacan’s Seminar XXIV. https://www.tickettailor.com/events/renderingunconsciouscenterforpsychoanalysis/2394013

This will jumpstart our second year long study group: Reading Lacan’s Seminar XXIV, beginning Saturday, November 21st and running through November 13th, 2027.

Join in any time! All classes and events at RU Center have been recorded and archived at RU Center for Psychoanalysis Substack under CLASSES so you haven’t missed a thing. https://rucenterforpsychoanalysis.substack.com/t/classes

You may find the SCHEDULE of upcoming and past events HERE. https://rucenterforpsychoanalysis.substack.com/p/schedule

I have also launched 2 new psychoanalytic supervision groups! Join Dr. Sinclair’s Psychoanalytic Supervision Groups HERE. https://drvanessasinclair.substack.com/about

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Rendering Unconscious is also a book: Rendering Unconscious: Psychoanalytic Perspectives, Politics & Poetry vols 1:1 & 1:2 (Trapart Books, 2024): amzn.to/4sOqSEu

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Thanks to Carl Abrahamsson for providing the intro and outro music for Rendering Unconscious Podcast. linktr.ee/CarlAbrahamsson

The song at the end of this episode is "Message from Thee Temple" from the album "At Stockholm" https://psychictvwhitestains.bandcamp.com/album/at-stockholm

Also available at Spotify and other streaming services. https://open.spotify.com/track/6w0GGbnqsV4TsVEuREuVp4?si=042d7e5ee25a4aee

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