MITCH HOROWITZ in "IKIGAI" PRAGMAGICK #17
SLITHER HITHER WIERDOS & WITCHES, on this episode of the PRAGMAGICK Cast...
The Miracle Club & Occult America Author & "Believing Historian" Mitch Horowitz!
“Above all, NEW THOUGHT, has failed to develop a theology of suffering. It has failed to take seriously gaps and inconsistencies in its ideas” – Mitch Horowitz (The Miracle Club)
EPISODE TOPICS:
The "Definite Chief Aim"
Penguin Publisher & The "Believing Historian"
Pseudonyms & Transparency
Redemption
New Thought's Legacy & The Secret
The Kybalion
Knowing Your Roots
Trump + The Dark Side of New Thought
Chaos Magick + "Fake it Till you Make It"
Ikigai
"Shady Gurus"
Future of New Thought
RocknRoll & The Occult
EPISODE REMARKS:
As I camped in the Oregon wilderness preparing to perform a magnanimous magickal ritual during the totality of the 2017 Solar Eclipse, I had been intellectually snacking on Mitch Horowitz's Occult America. And under that 2017 total eclipse I would go on to perform a ritual that would prove to be my personal metaphysical resurgence from teetering woo-woo chrysalis to full blown weirdo–midwifing my current metaphysical trajectory that lead to this very podcast. I had chosen to identify as Revel Rosz, a pseudonym meant to conjure confidence in sharing my metaphysical musings. It's only fitting, then, that under this recent total lunar eclipse, under a Super Wolf Blood Moon–all but two years later– I retired the pseudonym Revel Rosz. I've accepted to tether all my art and creativity under my name of Keats Ross, unafraid about the professionalism of my woo-woo wiles. And the person that helped solidify this decision was none other than Mitch Horowitz himself via this following discussion about his most recent book, The Miracle Club, and the importance of transparency within the spiritual arena.
The Miracle Club could be the tie that binds. I think the book has managed to encapsulate the whim and wonder of the best of New Thought’s predecessors, with the impetus of responsibility, service and health so sorely missed, into a personable and powerful primer. - KEATS ROSS On THE MIRACLE CLUB
I've written extensively about the Miracle Club, which you can read HERE. Because of my analysis (and Mitch's subsequent retweets) I was able to find the gusto to ask Mitch to be the 17th guest on this nascent seeker-sought-seeking podcast, PRAGMAGICK. Eternal return, synchronous, reaching...? Maybe, but it means a lot that he would devote his time to discussing his "definite chief aim" of chronicling metaphysical experiences. A life focus that relates to mine–the basis of this very podcast–which is to chronicle metaphysical folklores and experiences that enhance and inspire creativity. Also, I get to introduce Mitch to the Japanese term "Ikigai" which roughly translates to "reason for being"–okay, now do you see the
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