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What exactly are the Archons? Are they rebellious angels? Extraterrestrial invaders or alien mind parasites? We present a special show … Continuar lendo Aeon Byte Gnostic Radio: “Defeating the Archons”, with Jay Weidner & Laurence Galian
The New York Times, July 5 2022 It should be no surprise that humans cannot sustain it. “Why do democracies … Continuar lendo “Democracy is for the gods” (Costica Bradatan)
The New York Times, December 15, 2022 If there was ever a time to think seriously about failure, it is … Continuar lendo “In praise of failure” (Costica Bradatan)
“The only thing that burns in hell is the part of you that won’t let go of your life. … Continuar lendo “If you’re frightened of dying…” (Meister Eckhart)
Any true ecstasy is dangerous. It resembles the last stage of initiation in the Egyptian mysteries when, instead of the … Continuar lendo “The Egyptian Origins of Gnosticism” (Miguel Conner)
LOS ANGELES REVIEW OF BOOKS, September 24, 2017 DIOGENES THE CYNIC (c. 412 BC–323 BC) apparently had to flee his … Continuar lendo “Why we fail and how” (Costica Bradatan)
Folha de S. Paulo, 24/09/2005 “Creio que sou religioso, mas de um modo herético. Acho que em algum lugar, além … Continuar lendo “Estamos nos tornando uma teocracia”: entrevista com Harold Bloom
JANUS HEAD, Summer/Fall Open Issue 2006 | 9.1 Book review: The Fragment: Towards a History and Poetics of a Performative … Continuar lendo “The swearword, the telegram, the epitaph” (Costica Bradatan)
The New York Review of Books, May 25, 2017 Why do we read writers who are profoundly pessimistic? And what … Continuar lendo “The Pleasures of Pessimism” (Tim Parks)
Black Sun Lit, May 16, 2014 “Take off your mask . . . Here! Here! We’re here! . . . … Continuar lendo “I Am Not Supposed To Be Here: Birth and Mystical Detection” (Nicola Masciandaro)
Preface Cioran’s code Reading – or writing a book about Cioran – you cannot but help wonder if Cioran himself … Continuar lendo “Cioran: a Dionysiac with the Voluptuousness of Doubt” (Ion Dur)
Continent, 2.2 (2012), 66-75 We’re Doomed. Pessimism is the nightside of thought, a melodrama of the futility of the brain, … Continuar lendo “Cosmic Pessimism” (Eugene Thacker)
LITERARY HUB, July 19, 2018 If all is for naught, then why bother writing it down? Caught in a vicious … Continuar lendo “The Patron Saints of Pessimism: Emil Cioran, Friedrich Nietzsche, and other funsters” (Eugene Thacker)
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The figure of the Buddha permeates modern western discourse on Buddhism. “The Buddha” is used to… Continuar lendo Nostalgia for the Buddha
Romanian Journal of Artistic Creativity, New York, Summer 2015, vol III, no. 2 (10). The questions that Emil Cioran asks … Continuar lendo “Indirect death: ennui and void” (Mircea Lăzărescu)
LOS ANGELES TIMES, July 27, 1986 The Temptation to Exist: by E. M. Cioran; translated by Richard Howard; introduction by … Continuar lendo Book review: “The Temptation to Exist”, by E.M. Cioran (David Rodman Smith)