web02.fireside.fm Sun, 10 May 2026 13:52:13 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Weird Studies - Episodes Tagged with “Arthur Machen” https://www.weirdstudies.com/tags/arthur%20machen Wed, 21 Feb 2018 10:00:00 -0500 Professor Phil Ford and writer J. F. Martel host a series of conversations on art and philosophy, dwelling on ideas that are hard to think and art that opens up rifts in what we are pleased to call "reality." en-us episodic Art and philosophy at the limits of the thinkable Phil Ford and J. F. Martel Professor Phil Ford and writer J. F. Martel host a series of conversations on art and philosophy, dwelling on ideas that are hard to think and art that opens up rifts in what we are pleased to call "reality." yes weird, art, philosophy Phil Ford and J. F. Martel admin@weirdstudies.com Episode 3: Ecstasy, Sin, and "The White People" https://www.weirdstudies.com/3 bce082e5-bd88-4ddd-b2ea-35ea50af4f23 Wed, 21 Feb 2018 10:00:00 -0500 Phil Ford and J. F. Martel 3 Ecstasy, Sin, and "The White People" full Phil Ford and J. F. Martel JF and Phil discuss key themes and ideas from Arthur Machen's weird story, "The White People." 1:19:55 yes <p>JF and Phil delve deep into Arthur Machen's fin-de-siècle masterpiece, "The White People," for insight into the nature of ecstasy, the psychology of fairies, the meaning of sin, and the challenge of living without a moral horizon.</p> <p><strong>WORKS CITED OR DISCUSSED</strong></p> <p>Arthur Machen, "The White People" - <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_White_People_(Machen)" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">full text</a> or Weird Stories <a href="http://www.weirdstudies.com/3a" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">audiobook</a> read by Phil Ford</p> <p>Arthur Machen, <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/files/40241/40241-h/40241-h.htm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><em>Hieroglyphics: A Note Upon Ecstasy</em></a></p> <p>H. P. Lovecraft, <a href="http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/essays/shil.aspx" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">"Supernatural Horror in Literature"</a></p> <p>J.F. Martel, <a href="https://www.northatlanticbooks.com/shop/reclaiming-art-in-the-age-of-artifice/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Reclaiming Art in the Age of Artifice</a></p> <p>Susanna Clarke, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Jonathan-Strange-Norrell-Susanna-Clarke/dp/B00YTJ4X8I/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_14_t_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;psc=1&amp;refRID=3HJRSB4DNWHR4EF6BNVX" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell</a></p> <p>Jack Sullivan (ed)., <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Penguin_Encyclopedia_of_Horror_and_the_Supernatural" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural</a></p> <p>John Keel, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Mothman-Prophecies-True-Story/dp/0765334984/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1519189041&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=the+mothman+prophecies" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><em>The Mothman Prophecies: A True Story</em></a></p> <p>Patrick Harpur, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Daimonic-Reality-Field-Guide-Otherworld/dp/0937663093/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1519189061&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=daimonic+reality" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><em>Daimonic Reality</em></a></p> <p>Jacques Vallee, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Passport-Magonia-Folklore-Flying-Saucers/dp/0987422480/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1519189093&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=passport+to+magonia" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><em>Passport to Magonia: From Folklore to Flying Saucers</em></a></p> <p>Louis Pauwels and Jacques Bergier, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Morning_of_the_Magicians" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><em>The Morning of the Magicians</em></a></p> <p>Michael Foucault, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Discipline-Punish-Prison-Michel-Foucault/dp/0679752552" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><em>Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison</em></a></p> <p>J.K. Huysmans, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%80_rebours" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><em>Against Nature (À rebours)</em></a> </p> JF and Phil delve deep into Arthur Machen's fin-de-siècle masterpiece, "The White People," for insight into the nature of ecstasy, the psychology of fairies, the meaning of sin, and the challenge of living without a moral horizon.

WORKS CITED OR DISCUSSED

Arthur Machen, "The White People" - full text or Weird Stories audiobook read by Phil Ford

Arthur Machen, Hieroglyphics: A Note Upon Ecstasy

H. P. Lovecraft, "Supernatural Horror in Literature"

J.F. Martel, Reclaiming Art in the Age of Artifice

Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell

Jack Sullivan (ed)., The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural

John Keel, The Mothman Prophecies: A True Story

Patrick Harpur, Daimonic Reality

Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: From Folklore to Flying Saucers

Louis Pauwels and Jacques Bergier, The Morning of the Magicians

Michael Foucault, Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison

J.K. Huysmans, Against Nature (À rebours)

]]> JF and Phil delve deep into Arthur Machen's fin-de-siècle masterpiece, "The White People," for insight into the nature of ecstasy, the psychology of fairies, the meaning of sin, and the challenge of living without a moral horizon.

WORKS CITED OR DISCUSSED

Arthur Machen, "The White People" - full text or Weird Stories audiobook read by Phil Ford

Arthur Machen, Hieroglyphics: A Note Upon Ecstasy

H. P. Lovecraft, "Supernatural Horror in Literature"

J.F. Martel, Reclaiming Art in the Age of Artifice

Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell

Jack Sullivan (ed)., The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural

John Keel, The Mothman Prophecies: A True Story

Patrick Harpur, Daimonic Reality

Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: From Folklore to Flying Saucers

Louis Pauwels and Jacques Bergier, The Morning of the Magicians

Michael Foucault, Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison

J.K. Huysmans, Against Nature (À rebours)

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