web01.fireside.fm Sun, 14 Jun 2026 15:09:16 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Weird Studies - Episodes Tagged with “Initiation” https://www.weirdstudies.com/tags/initiation Wed, 13 Apr 2022 10:30:00 -0400 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 120: On Radical Mystery https://www.weirdstudies.com/120 d9d7ed38-0b49-4813-8c16-3261e4427ddc Wed, 13 Apr 2022 10:30:00 -0400 Phil Ford and J. F. Martel 120 On Radical Mystery full Phil Ford and J. F. Martel JF and Phil cope with the unexpungable fact of mystery. 1:17:14 yes <p>Though it is seldom acknowledged in the weirdosphere, there is a difference between weirdness and mystery. Most of the time, the Weird confronts us with a <em>problem</em>, an impersonal epistemic obstacle which we can always believe would go away if we just closed our eyes and whistled past it with our hands in our pockets. Mystery, however, is always personal. It envelops us; it addresses us as persons. Mystery is as present within us as it is out there. It is there when you open your eyes, and even more so when you shut them tight. Maybe it had us in its grip before we were even born. In this episode, JF and Phil make radical mystery the focus of a discussion ranging over everything from unique kinds of tea and spelunking mishaps to antisonic demon pipes and malevolent radiators. </p> <p>Support us on <a href="https://www.patreon.com/weirdstudies" rel="nofollow noopener">Patreon</a> <br> Find us on <a href="https://discord.com/invite/Jw22CHfGwp" rel="nofollow noopener">Discord</a><br> Get the new T-shirt design from <a href="https://cottonbureau.com/products/can-o-content#/13435958/tee-men-standard-tee-vintage-black-tri-blend-s" rel="nofollow noopener">Cotton Bureau</a>!<br> Get your Weird Studies <a href="https://www.redbubble.com/people/Weird-Studies/shop?asc=u" rel="nofollow noopener">merchandise</a> (t-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.) <br> Visit the Weird Studies <a href="https://bookshop.org/shop/weirdstudies" rel="nofollow noopener">Bookshop</a><br> Buy the Weird Studies <a href="https://pierre-yvesmartel.bandcamp.com/album/weird-studies-music-from-the-podcast-vol-1" rel="nofollow noopener">soundtrack</a></p> <p><strong>REFERENCES</strong></p> <p>For information on JF's new course, <strong>Groundwork for a Philosophy of Magic</strong>, go to [Nura Learning](<a href="http://www.nuralearning.com" rel="nofollow noopener">www.nuralearning.com</a>). </p> <p>Phil Ford, <a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/radical-mystery-64180412" rel="nofollow noopener">“Radical Mystery: A Preliminary Account”</a> <br> J.F. Martel, <a href="http://www.reclaimingart.com/reality-is-analog.html" rel="nofollow noopener">“Reality is analog”</a> <br> John Keel, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/books/the-mothman-prophecies-a-true-story/9780765334985" rel="nofollow noopener">The Mothman Prophecies</a></em> <br> Gabriel Marcel, <em><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1242857.Being_and_Having" rel="nofollow noopener">Being and Having</a></em> <br> Immanuel Kant, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780140447477" rel="nofollow noopener">Critique of Pure Reason</a></em> <br> Eugene Paul Wigner, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/17448036-the-unreasonable-effectiveness-of-mathematics-in-the-natural-sciences" rel="nofollow noopener">“The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics”</a> <br> Louis Sass, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780198779292" rel="nofollow noopener">Madness and Modernism</a></em> <br> Peter Kingsley, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/books/catafalque-carl-jung-and-the-end-of-humanity/9781999638412" rel="nofollow noopener">Catafalque</a></em> <br> Rudolf Otto, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780195002102" rel="nofollow noopener">The Idea of the Holy</a></em> <br> Steven Spielberg (dir.), <em><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082971/" rel="nofollow noopener">Raiders of the Lost Ark</a></em> <br> Dogen, <a href="http://www.thezensite.com/ZenTeachings/Dogen_Teachings/Instructions_for_the_cook.html" rel="nofollow noopener">“Instructions for the Cook”</a> <br> Alan Watts, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/books/the-way-of-zen-zendao/9780375705106" rel="nofollow noopener">The Way of Zen</a></em> <br> Weird Studies, <a href="https://www.weirdstudies.com/56" rel="nofollow noopener">Episode 56 with Jeremy Johnson</a> </p> radical mystery, weird, philosophy, anxiety, weird studies, death, initiation Though it is seldom acknowledged in the weirdosphere, there is a difference between weirdness and mystery. Most of the time, the Weird confronts us with a problem, an impersonal epistemic obstacle which we can always believe would go away if we just closed our eyes and whistled past it with our hands in our pockets. Mystery, however, is always personal. It envelops us; it addresses us as persons. Mystery is as present within us as it is out there. It is there when you open your eyes, and even more so when you shut them tight. Maybe it had us in its grip before we were even born. In this episode, JF and Phil make radical mystery the focus of a discussion ranging over everything from unique kinds of tea and spelunking mishaps to antisonic demon pipes and malevolent radiators.

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For information on JF's new course, Groundwork for a Philosophy of Magic, go to [Nura Learning](www.nuralearning.com).

Phil Ford, “Radical Mystery: A Preliminary Account”
J.F. Martel, “Reality is analog”
John Keel, The Mothman Prophecies
Gabriel Marcel, Being and Having
Immanuel Kant, Critique of Pure Reason
Eugene Paul Wigner, “The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics”
Louis Sass, Madness and Modernism
Peter Kingsley, Catafalque
Rudolf Otto, The Idea of the Holy
Steven Spielberg (dir.), Raiders of the Lost Ark
Dogen, “Instructions for the Cook”
Alan Watts, The Way of Zen
Weird Studies, Episode 56 with Jeremy Johnson

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Support us on Patreon
Find us on Discord
Get the new T-shirt design from Cotton Bureau!
Get your Weird Studies merchandise (t-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.)
Visit the Weird Studies Bookshop
Buy the Weird Studies soundtrack

REFERENCES

For information on JF's new course, Groundwork for a Philosophy of Magic, go to [Nura Learning](www.nuralearning.com).

Phil Ford, “Radical Mystery: A Preliminary Account”
J.F. Martel, “Reality is analog”
John Keel, The Mothman Prophecies
Gabriel Marcel, Being and Having
Immanuel Kant, Critique of Pure Reason
Eugene Paul Wigner, “The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics”
Louis Sass, Madness and Modernism
Peter Kingsley, Catafalque
Rudolf Otto, The Idea of the Holy
Steven Spielberg (dir.), Raiders of the Lost Ark
Dogen, “Instructions for the Cook”
Alan Watts, The Way of Zen
Weird Studies, Episode 56 with Jeremy Johnson

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