Episode 114: On the Wheel of Fortune, the Tenth Card of the Tarot

Season five kicks off with a new installment in the ongoing series on the Tarot's twenty-two major arcana. This time, your hosts overcome the trials that fortune has dealt them -- a hangover in the case of Phil, a sleepless night for JF -- to discuss the Wheel of Fortune. Not surprisingly, the conversation is a mess, albeit a beautiful one that comes full circle in the end, tying up all its loose ends in something like a bow (or a coiled serpent). Topics include the challenges of improvised philosophical discussion, the importance of exposing oneself to difficult ideas, the serpentine nature of immanentist discourse, and the doctrine of the Fall. As usual, the anomymously-authored Meditations on the Tarot gets pride of place, although occult luminaries such as Alejandro Jodorowsky, Aleister Crowley, and Pat Sajak make notable appearances. 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 Our Known Friend, Meditations on the Tarot Pints with Aquinas Jaroslav Hašek, Czech author Lon Milo Duquette, Understanding Aleister Crowley’s Thoth Tarot True Detective, tv show Thomas Ligotti, Conspiracy Against the Human Race Henri Bergson, The Two Sources of Morality and Religion Alexander Jodorowsky, The Way of Tarot Jessica Hundley et. al., Tarot. Library of Esoterica Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, French priest and scientist Herman Hesse, The Glass Bead Game Bruno Latour, French philosopher David Bentley Hart interview