app02 Tue, 07 Jul 2026 22:44:33 +0000 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Weird Studies - Episodes Tagged with “The Devil” https://www.weirdstudies.com/tags/the%20devil Wed, 21 Feb 2024 10:30:00 -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 163: The Source of All Abysses: On the Devil Card in the Tarot https://www.weirdstudies.com/163 ea8427f2-1efe-416e-a229-d7fe678802e4 Wed, 21 Feb 2024 10:30:00 -0500 Phil Ford and J. F. Martel 163 The Source of All Abysses: On the Devil Card in the Tarot full Phil Ford and J. F. Martel Phil and JF continue their occasional series on the major trumps of the tarot with a discussion on the fifteenth Arcanum, the Devil. 1:10:53 yes <p>"The Devil's finest ruse," Baudelaire wrote, "is to persuade you that he doesn't exist." In this episode, JF and Phil peer through a buzzing haze of lies, illusions, and mirages, in hopes of catching a glimpse, however brief, of the figure standing at its center. With a focus on the fifteenth major arcanum of the tarot, they try to make sense of this archetype which feels, at once, remotely distant and uncomfortably close to us, all while heeding the warning from the anonymous author of <em>Meditations on the Tarot</em> that one ought not look too deeply into the nature of evil, which is "unknowable in its essence."</p> <p>Support us on <a href="https://www.patreon.com/weirdstudies" rel="nofollow noopener">Patreon</a>.<br> Buy the Weird Studies soundtrack, volumes <a href="https://pierre-yvesmartel.bandcamp.com/album/weird-studies-music-from-the-podcast-vol-1" rel="nofollow noopener">1</a> and <a href="https://pierre-yvesmartel.bandcamp.com/album/weird-studies-music-from-the-podcast-vol-2" rel="nofollow noopener">2</a>, on Pierre-Yves Martel's <a href="https://pierre-yvesmartel.bandcamp.com" rel="nofollow noopener">Bandcamp</a> page.<br> Listen to Meredith Michael and Gabriel Lubell's podcast, <em><a href="https://cosmophonia.podbean.com/" rel="nofollow noopener">Cosmophonia</a></em>.<br> Visit the Weird Studies <a href="https://bookshop.org/shop/weirdstudies" rel="nofollow noopener">Bookshop</a><br> Find us on <a href="https://discord.com/invite/Jw22CHfGwp" rel="nofollow noopener">Discord</a><br> Get the 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>!</p> <p><strong>REFERENCES</strong><br> Our Known Friend, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9781585421619" rel="nofollow noopener">Meditations on the Tarot</a></em> <br> <a href="https://chrisleech.wixsite.com/mysite" rel="nofollow noopener">The Gnostic Tarot</a> <br> Johann Wolfgang Goethe, <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9781017359060" rel="nofollow noopener">Faust, Part 1</a><br> Ramsey Dukes, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780904311082" rel="nofollow noopener">SSOTBME</a></em> <br> Edgar Allan Poe, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9781516834662" rel="nofollow noopener">The Imp of the Perverse</a></em> <br> Aleister Crowley, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780877289197" rel="nofollow noopener">Magic, Book 4</a></em> <br> Leigh McCloskey, <em><a href="https://www.leighmccloskey.com/TarotRev.html" rel="nofollow noopener">Tarot Re-Visioned</a></em> <br> Aleister Crowley, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780877282686" rel="nofollow noopener">The Book of Thoth</a></em> <br> The Library of Esoterica, <em><a href="https://www.taschen.com/en/books/esoterica/08003/tarot-the-library-of-esoterica" rel="nofollow noopener">Tarot</a></em> <br> Federico Campagna, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9781350044029" rel="nofollow noopener">Technic and Magic</a></em> </p> devil, tarot, meaning, symbolism, Satan, Lucifer, weird studies "The Devil's finest ruse," Baudelaire wrote, "is to persuade you that he doesn't exist." In this episode, JF and Phil peer through a buzzing haze of lies, illusions, and mirages, in hopes of catching a glimpse, however brief, of the figure standing at its center. With a focus on the fifteenth major arcanum of the tarot, they try to make sense of this archetype which feels, at once, remotely distant and uncomfortably close to us, all while heeding the warning from the anonymous author of Meditations on the Tarot that one ought not look too deeply into the nature of evil, which is "unknowable in its essence."

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REFERENCES
Our Known Friend, Meditations on the Tarot
The Gnostic Tarot
Johann Wolfgang Goethe, Faust, Part 1
Ramsey Dukes, SSOTBME
Edgar Allan Poe, The Imp of the Perverse
Aleister Crowley, Magic, Book 4
Leigh McCloskey, Tarot Re-Visioned
Aleister Crowley, The Book of Thoth
The Library of Esoterica, Tarot
Federico Campagna, Technic and Magic

]]> "The Devil's finest ruse," Baudelaire wrote, "is to persuade you that he doesn't exist." In this episode, JF and Phil peer through a buzzing haze of lies, illusions, and mirages, in hopes of catching a glimpse, however brief, of the figure standing at its center. With a focus on the fifteenth major arcanum of the tarot, they try to make sense of this archetype which feels, at once, remotely distant and uncomfortably close to us, all while heeding the warning from the anonymous author of Meditations on the Tarot that one ought not look too deeply into the nature of evil, which is "unknowable in its essence."

Support us on Patreon.
Buy the Weird Studies soundtrack, volumes 1 and 2, on Pierre-Yves Martel's Bandcamp page.
Listen to Meredith Michael and Gabriel Lubell's podcast, Cosmophonia.
Visit the Weird Studies Bookshop
Find us on Discord
Get the T-shirt design from Cotton Bureau!

REFERENCES
Our Known Friend, Meditations on the Tarot
The Gnostic Tarot
Johann Wolfgang Goethe, Faust, Part 1
Ramsey Dukes, SSOTBME
Edgar Allan Poe, The Imp of the Perverse
Aleister Crowley, Magic, Book 4
Leigh McCloskey, Tarot Re-Visioned
Aleister Crowley, The Book of Thoth
The Library of Esoterica, Tarot
Federico Campagna, Technic and Magic

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