web01.fireside.fm Fri, 12 Jun 2026 16:11:44 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Weird Studies - Episodes Tagged with “Transcendence” https://www.weirdstudies.com/tags/transcendence Wed, 22 Jan 2025 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 183: On Hermann Hesse's 'Siddhartha' https://www.weirdstudies.com/183 d2bcc0bb-26fc-49d2-8f7c-9370f1ea36ad Wed, 22 Jan 2025 10:30:00 -0500 Phil Ford and J. F. Martel 183 On Hermann Hesse's 'Siddhartha' full Phil Ford and J. F. Martel JF and Phil discuss Hesse's literary exploration of the spiritual journey. 1:21:17 yes <p>Hermann Hesse's <em>Siddhartha</em> is one of the great novels of the twentieth century and a prime example of literature that transforms the deeply personal into something universal. For Phil and JF in this episode, the novel serves as the foundation for a discussion on spiritual journeying, the ideal of enlightenment, and the challenge of living in an ensouled universe.</p> <p><strong>Sign up for JF's new Weirdosphere <a href="http://www.weirdosphere.org" rel="nofollow noopener">course on the supernatural</a>, starting on February 6th, 2025.</strong></p> <p><strong>Purchase tickets to the Weirdosphere screening of <a href="https://weirdosphere.mn.co/plans/1494861?bundle_token=efd897d98f0a13d7bac82f0a49af07fb&amp;utm_source=manual" rel="nofollow noopener">Aaron Poole's <em>Dada</em></a> on February 1st, 2025.</strong></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></p> <p>Herman Hesse, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780553208849" rel="nofollow noopener">Siddhartha</a></em> <br> Christopher Theofanidis and Melissa Studdard, <em>Siddhartha</em> <br> Gustav Holst, <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Planets" rel="nofollow noopener">The Planets</a></em> <br> Richard Wagner, <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsifal" rel="nofollow noopener">Parsifal</a></em> <br> G. K. Chesterton, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9781511903608" rel="nofollow noopener">Orthodoxy</a></em> <br> Colin Wilson, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780399173103" rel="nofollow noopener">The Outsider</a></em> <br> Adam Kirsch, <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/11/19/hermann-hesses-arrested-development" rel="nofollow noopener">“Herman Hesse’s Arrested Development”</a> <br> Dogen, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780992112912" rel="nofollow noopener">Genjakoan</a></em> <br> Chögyam Trungpa, <em><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9781570629570" rel="nofollow noopener">Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism</a></em> </p> religion, buddhism, siddartha, analysis, discussion, weird studies, transcendence, enlightenment Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha is one of the great novels of the twentieth century and a prime example of literature that transforms the deeply personal into something universal. For Phil and JF in this episode, the novel serves as the foundation for a discussion on spiritual journeying, the ideal of enlightenment, and the challenge of living in an ensouled universe.

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Listen to Meredith Michael and Gabriel Lubell's podcast, Cosmophonia.
Visit the Weird Studies Bookshop
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Get the T-shirt design from Cotton Bureau!

REFERENCES

Herman Hesse, Siddhartha
Christopher Theofanidis and Melissa Studdard, Siddhartha
Gustav Holst, The Planets
Richard Wagner, Parsifal
G. K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy
Colin Wilson, The Outsider
Adam Kirsch, “Herman Hesse’s Arrested Development”
Dogen, Genjakoan
Chögyam Trungpa, Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism

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Sign up for JF's new Weirdosphere course on the supernatural, starting on February 6th, 2025.

Purchase tickets to the Weirdosphere screening of Aaron Poole's Dada on February 1st, 2025.

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

Herman Hesse, Siddhartha
Christopher Theofanidis and Melissa Studdard, Siddhartha
Gustav Holst, The Planets
Richard Wagner, Parsifal
G. K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy
Colin Wilson, The Outsider
Adam Kirsch, “Herman Hesse’s Arrested Development”
Dogen, Genjakoan
Chögyam Trungpa, Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism

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