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The Psychology of The Restless Wanderer

24 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The archetype of the Wanderer appears as a figure of profound loneliness, who drifts through life without a fixed home or direction, restless in the s...

The Fool Dances with Death

28 Jul 2025

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While Death may appear at times terrifying and at other times playful, those he summons almost always tremble with fear. All except one: the Fool. He ...

The Psychology of Sin

18 Jun 2025

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“I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do.” These profound words by St. Paul express the struggle be...

The Psychology of God's Dark Side

02 May 2025

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In 1952, at the age of seventy-six, Carl Jung wrote Answer to Job in a single burst of energy and with strong emotion. He completed it while ill, foll...

The Psychology of Knowing Yourself

25 Feb 2025

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Carl Jung published his book Psychological Types in 1921, introducing four functions of consciousness: thinking, feeling, sensation and intuition, and...

Carl Jung: A Journey into the Depths of the Soul

31 Dec 2024

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“My life has been singularly poor in outward happenings. I cannot tell much about them, for it would strike me as hollow and insubstantial. I can un...

The Psychology of Immature Femininity

19 Nov 2024

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In her 1984 book, Goddesses in Everywoman: Powerful Archetypes in Women’s Lives, psychiatrist and Jungian analyst Jean Shinoda Bolen delves into sev...

The Psychology of Immature Masculinity

11 Oct 2024

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The crisis in mature masculinity is very much upon us. Men feel anxious, on the verge of feeling impotent, helpless, frustrated, unloved, unappreciate...

The Labyrinth: A Journey Through Inner Chaos

06 Sep 2024

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Confusion, wandering, isolation, darkness, disorientation—all evoke the labyrinth, a complex network of paths in which it is difficult to find one’...

The Psychology of Animals

07 Aug 2024

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Animals have been an integral part of human existence since our earliest origins. They are deeply ingrained within us and play a crucial role in the u...

Carl Jung on UFOs: Symbols of Collective Fear and Hope

05 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Strange sightings have been reported in the sky throughout history. After the Second World War, however, the appearance of UFOs became prominent in cu...

The Psychology of The Paranormal - Carl Jung

05 Jun 2024

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Since early childhood, Carl Jung experienced paranormal phenomena, that is, phenomena that are beyond the scope of scientific understanding. They were...

How Dreams Can Anticipate Death and Point to the Afterlife

02 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Death is one of the greatest mysteries of human existence, the inevitable fate that unites us all. Whenever man is confronted with something mysteriou...

The Psychology of The Villain

26 Mar 2024

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The villain is the most captivating and intriguing of all archetypes. The hero would not exist without his darker counterpart, which reflects aspects ...

The Psychology of The Magician

18 Feb 2024

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The Magician is the most mysterious and fascinating of all archetypes. He is a person who has gained access to esoteric or occult (hidden) knowledge, ...

The Psychology of Numbers

12 Jan 2024

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Numbers do not merely have a quantitative nature, but also a qualitative one (for Pythagoras they were divine). Numbers have life, they are not just s...

The Psychology of Astrology

29 Nov 2023

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The Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst Carl Jung studied astrology for over 40 years, and was primarily interested in the way astrology could help t...

The Psychology of Angels

25 Oct 2023

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Angels have fascinated human consciousness since the beginning of time. The word angel derives from the Greek angelos, which is the default translatio...

The Psychology of The Wise Old Man

25 Sep 2023

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The Wise Old Man or Sage is an archetype that is recognised by almost everyone, be it in stories, games, movies, or everyday life. In myth he is often...

The Quest for the Holy Grail (The Self)

23 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The Quest for the Holy Grail has fascinated the Western consciousness for a long time. It epitomises the true spirit of Western man and is, in many wa...

The Psychology of Fairy Tales

23 Jul 2023

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Fairy tales fascinate us and give us a sense of warmth and home-coming that comes from the mythical realm of the imagination, a necessary complement t...

The Psychology of the Devil

24 Jun 2023

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The Devil goes by many names: Satan, Lucifer, The Great Beast, Beelzebub, The Prince of Darkness. He is the adversary, the accuser, the tempter, the d...

The Psychology of The Fool

25 May 2023

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The fool is one of the most relatable, intriguing and recurring figures in the world. There have been fools who have caused surprise and laughter sinc...

The Psychology of Nightmares

27 Apr 2023

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Nightmares. We all have them. But what exactly do they mean? Why do we have bad dreams? Is there any psychological meaning behind them? Nightmares are...

The Psychology of The Shaman (Inner Journey)

30 Mar 2023

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Shamanism is one of the oldest, if not the oldest system of healing known in the world. It forms the prototype from which many other forms of healing ...

The Psychology of Personality Types (Know Yourself)

01 Mar 2023

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We all have a particular personality type, and at the same time, we are all unique. To partake in the journey of discovering who we truly are, it is n...

Hermeticism: The Ancient Wisdom of Hermes Trismegistus

07 Feb 2023

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The legendary figure of Hermes Trismegistus (Hermes Thrice Great) is the inspiration for the spiritual teachings known as Hermeticism. He is a syncret...

Philosophy: The Love of Wisdom | A Guide to Life

14 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Philosophy is a mode of life, an act of living, and a way of being. Modern philosophy has forgotten this tradition, and philosophical discourse has al...

The Psychology of The Wounded Healer

17 Dec 2022

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The wounded healer refers to the capacity to be at home in the darkness of suffering and there to find germs of light and recovery. It is the archetyp...

Journey to Hell - The Path to Self-Knowledge

24 Nov 2022

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Hell is understood as the archetype of ultimate suffering. It is no imaginary place, but rather a state of consciousness that we all experience at som...

Why Modern Society Feels So Empty, Lonely, and Anxious

07 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Loneliness, emptiness, and anxiety – these are the main complaints American existential psychologist Rollo May encountered over and over from his pa...

The Psychology of The Man-Child (Puer Aeternus)

08 Oct 2022

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The term puer aeternus is Latin for eternal boy. Carl Jung used the term  in the exploration of the psychology of eternal youth and creative  child ...

The Psychology of The Trickster

16 Sep 2022

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There is perhaps no figure in literature more fascinating than the trickster, appearing in various forms in the folklore of many cultures. Trickster i...

The Dark World of Franz Kafka

26 Aug 2022

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Franz Kafka's dark world deals with existentialist themes such as alienation, anxiety, disorientation and the absurd. His work is so original that the...

Inner Gold - Alchemy and Psychology

30 Jul 2022

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Alchemy occupies a unique place in the collective psyche of humankind. Swiss psychiatrist and psychologist Jung discovered alchemy and devoted the rem...

The Psychology of Projection

12 Jun 2022

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Projection is a psychological fact that can be observed everywhere in  the everyday life of human beings. It is an unconscious mechanism where  one ...

Synchronicity: Meaningful Patterns in Life

23 May 2022

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Synchronicity is a term coined by Carl Jung which describes a meaningful patterns or meaningful coincidences of outer and inner events that cannot be ...

Active Imagination: Confrontation with the Unconscious

09 May 2022

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Active imagination is a technique developed by the Swiss psychologist and psychiatrist Carl Jung. He considered it the most powerful tool to access th...

Owning Your Own Shadow: The Dark Side of the Psyche

25 Apr 2022

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In his book Owning Your Own Shadow: The Dark Side of the Psyche, American author and Jungian analyst Robert A. Johnson states that to honour and accep...

William Blake: The "Madman" Who Saw Another World

11 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

William Blake was an English poet and visionary artist whose unique work gives us a glimpse into an entirely different world. His art was ignored and ...

The Dark Philosophy of Arthur Schopenhauer

25 Mar 2022

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Arthur Schopenhauer was a German Philosopher born in 1788 known for his dark pessimistic philosophical reflections.For Schopenhauer, the underlying fo...

How Facing Nothingness Can Transform Your Life

11 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Nothingness is generally considered to be analogous with death and extinction which every healthy living instinct wants to avoid. Many find the notion...

The 3 Hidden Anxieties That Control Your Life

24 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

While lecturing on anxiety, Christian existentialist philosopher Paul Tillich noticed that there was an enormous response in the post-war era, especia...

The Dark Philosophy of Cosmicism - H.P. Lovecraft

11 Feb 2022

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Lovecraft's dark philosophy is known as Cosmicism, which focuses on the insignificance of humanity and its doings at the cosmos-at-large, in contrast ...

The Dream Artist Nobody Knows About

29 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Few artists have so powerfully evoked the uncanny otherness of the unconscious like Swiss artist Peter Birkhäuser. His unknown dream paintings were m...

Anima and Animus - Eternal Partners from the Unconscious

21 Jan 2022

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The anima and animus are two contrasexual archetypes crucial for individuation and to progress towards the Self in Carl Jung’s analytical psychology...

The Nightmare of Total Equality - A Warning to The World

14 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In Harrison Bergeron, Kurt Vonnegut Jr. describes the nightmare of total equality, a society in which equality is finally achieved, but at the cost of...

The Philosophy of Existential Despair

03 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Russian existentialist philosopher Lev Shestov is known for his “philosophy of despair” or “philosophy of tragedy”. For Shestov, the sourc...

The Persona - The Mask That Conceals Your True Self

26 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The persona is one of Carl Jung's most well-known concepts, representing the social mask that we put on. We all embody different masks in differen...

Mass Society - A Warning to The World

16 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In the 19th century the status of mass society became a philosophical and moral issue in a manner hitherto unseen. It came to be defined as the perman...

Carl Jung and The Collective Unconscious

08 Dec 2021

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Carl Jung’s collective unconscious is one of his most well-known (and controversial) concepts. The collective unconscious is the aspect of the uncon...

The Underground Man - Dostoevsky's Warning to The World

28 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky wrote Notes from Underground in 1864 which is considered to be one of the first existentialist works, emphasising t...

The Hero's Journey - Experiencing Death and Rebirth

30 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In his best-known work The Hero with a Thousand Faces published in 1949, Joseph Campbell describes the archetypal Hero’s Journey or “monomyth” s...

Mental Illness as a Crisis of Meaning in Modern Society

22 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Modern society has seen a massive spike in mental illness. Why could this be? We will be exploring the characteristics of modernity and associate it w...

Nihilism - Friedrich Nietzsche's Warning to The World

15 Oct 2021

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Friedrich Nietzsche provided the first detailed diagnosis of nihilism as a widespread phenomenon of Western culture and warns the world of its consequ...

KIERKEGAARD: The Knight of Faith

09 Oct 2021

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The knight of faith is one of Kierkegaard’s most important concepts, which he discusses in Fear and Trembling under the pseudonym Johannes de silent...

The Shadow - Carl Jung's Warning to The World

01 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Carl Jung warns us against the dangers of the collective shadow (the unknown dark side of society) and urges us to develop our personal shadow (the un...

Man Cannot Stand a Meaningless Life

26 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Man cannot stand a meaningless life. What is the meaning of life? It is hard to think of a single proposition that can make your life meaningful in an...

Death Smiles at Us All: All We Can Do Is Smile Back

18 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

What is the meaning of death? It is the unequivocal and permanent end of our existence. Most people unconsciously repress the idea of their death, as ...

Becoming Who You Truly Are (Self-Realisation)

10 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Life is a journey of self-realisation, of understanding and discovering who we truly are, and of maximising our potential. While this might be a life ...

Not Suffering, But Meaningless Suffering Is the Curse

03 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

What is the meaning of suffering? One of the problems of life is meaningless suffering. Life is pervaded by suffering, and this suffering must be mean...

KIERKEGAARD: How To Avoid Boredom and Maximise Happiness

27 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In Either/Or, Kierkegaard dedicates a chapter on the problem of boredom and the difficulty of maintaining happiness, and proposes his solution for it ...

NIETZSCHE: Living in Solitude and Dealing with Society

21 Aug 2021

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Nietzsche recommends to spend some of our time in complete solitude. To reflect upon the inner voice that conditions our life which is the product of ...

NIETZSCHE: The Übermensch (Overman)

13 Aug 2021

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Nietzsche’s Übermensch (Overman) is among the most important of his teachings, along with the eternal recurrence and the will to power.  The appea...

The Present Age | Søren Kierkegaard

07 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Present Age was published in 1846 by Søren Kierkegaard. He discusses the philosophical implications of a society dominated by mass media, foresee...

Human All Too Human | Friedrich Nietzsche

31 Jul 2021

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Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits was published by Friedrich Nietzsche in 1878 and represents a “monument of a crisis” for Nietzsche, ...

NIETZSCHE: The Will to Power

20 Jul 2021

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The will to power is one of the most fundamental concepts in the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche. It is also one of his most complex concepts as it ...

Either/Or | Søren Kierkegaard

11 Jul 2021

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Either/Or: A Fragment of Life was published by Søren Kierkegaard in 1843, making it his first major work. It was written under the pseudonym Victor E...

Memories, Dreams, Reflections | Carl Jung

26 Jun 2021

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Memories, Dreams, Reflections is the autobiography of Carl Jung written in collaboration with his close associate Aniela Jaffé. It was published a ye...

Waiting for Godot | Samuel Beckett

19 Jun 2021

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Waiting for Godot is a 1953 play by Samuel Beckett that has become one of the most important and enigmatic plays of the 20th century. The story revolv...

The Dream of a Ridiculous Man | Fyodor Dostoevsky

12 Jun 2021

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The Dream of a Ridiculous Man is a short story published in 1877 by Fyodor Dostoevsky. It is practically a complete encyclopedia of Dostoevsky’s mos...

Man and His Symbols | Carl Jung

05 Jun 2021

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Man and His Symbols is the last work undertaken by Carl Jung before his death in 1961. The principle aim of “Man and His Symbols” is an introducti...

Man's Search for Meaning | Viktor Frankl

24 May 2021

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Man’s Search for Meaning was published by Viktor Frankl in 1946. Frankl is the founder of logotherapy. The most important force in a man’s life is...

No Exit | Jean Paul Sartre

15 May 2021

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No Exit (Huis Clos) is one of Jean Paul Sartre’s most interesting existentialist short stories. The book is the source of one of Sartre’s most cel...

The Plague | Albert Camus

08 May 2021

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The Plague was published in 1947 and is widely considered as Albert Camus’s most successful novel. It tells the story of a plague epidemic in the Al...

The Metamorphosis | Franz Kafka

01 May 2021

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The Metamorphosis is a book written by Franz Kafka and published in 1915. It has been called one of the seminal works of fiction of the 20th century a...

NIETZSCHE: The Eternal Recurrence

23 Apr 2021

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The eternal recurrence is a central notion of Nietzsche’s thought. It supposes that you’d have to experience the same life, with the same events a...

The Gay Science | Friedrich Nietzsche

16 Apr 2021

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The Gay Science is one of Nietzsche’s most beautiful and important books. He describes it as “the most personal of all his books”.   Gay Scien...

Nausea | Jean Paul Sartre

09 Apr 2021

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Jean Paul Sartre’s first novel, Nausea, gave a name for existential angst. He considered it as one of his best works. It is a philosophical novel wi...

The Antichrist | Friedrich Nietzsche

03 Apr 2021

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The Antichrist was written in 1888 one year before Nietzsche’s descend into madness and immediately after his Twilight of the Idols. Both books shou...

Fear and Trembling | Søren Kierkegaard

28 Mar 2021

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Fear and Trembling is a book by Søren Kierkegaard written under the pseudonym Johannes de silentio. Through the biblical story of Abraham sacrificing...

Meditations | Marcus Aurelius

20 Mar 2021

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The Meditations by Marcus Aurelius remains one of the great works of spiritual and ethical reflection, as well as one of the key works of Stoicism.  ...

Twilight of the Idols | Friedrich Nietzsche

12 Mar 2021

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Twilight of the Idols or How to Philosophise with a Hammer is one of Nietzsche’s last books, written in 1888.    As Nietzsche was starting to beco...

The Stranger | Albert Camus

08 Mar 2021

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The Stranger or The Outsider is a 1942 novel by French author Albert Camus. Though it is a work of fiction, it is often cited as an example of Camus’...

Modern Man in Search of a Soul | Carl Jung

03 Mar 2021

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Modern Man in Search of a Soul was published in 1933 and is a comprehensive introduction to the thought of Carl Jung. The writing covers a broad array...

Crime and Punishment | Fyodor Dostoevsky

23 Feb 2021

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Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment first published during 1866, remains the most widely known Russian novel as well as one of the greatest achievemen...

Existentialism in 10 Minutes

13 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Existentialism is a philosophy that explores the problem of human existence, with an emphasis on the individual who starts in an apparently meaningles...

Sigmund Freud in 10 Minutes

07 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Sigmund Freud was a neurologist most popularly known as the founding father of psychoanalysis. He popularised and structured the concept of “the unc...

Jacques Lacan in 10 Minutes

29 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jacques Lacan was a French psychoanalyst and psychiatrist sometimes referred to as “the French Freud” and is regarded as an important figure in th...

Greatest Philosophers in History | Martin Heidegger

22 Jan 2021

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Martin Heidegger is known as one of the most influential philosophers of the 20th century. He is best known for his work in existentialism and phenome...

Kierkegaard and Nietzsche | Giants of Existentialism

08 Jan 2021

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Kierkegaard and Nietzsche provided the basic foundations of 19th century Existentialism. It is a philosophy that emphasises the existence of the indiv...

Thus Spoke Zarathustra | Friedrich Nietzsche

03 Jan 2021

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Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book For All and None was Nietzsche’s favourite of his creations. It is indeed one of the most fascinating and creative pi...

Lovecraftian Cosmicism | Existentialism, Absurdism and Nihilism

25 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

H.P. Lovecraft was an American writer who is known for his creation of what became the Cthulhu Mythos and the creator of the literary philosophy known...

The Sickness unto Death | Søren Kierkegaard

18 Dec 2020

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Soren Kierkegaard wrote one of the most remarkable theistic existentialist works of the 19th century, The Sickness unto Death is famed for the depth a...

The Myth of Sisyphus | Albert Camus

12 Dec 2020

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The Myth of Sisyphus is a philosophical essay by Albert Camus and is considered as one of the most popular existentialist works of the 20th century. I...

Notes From The Underground | Dostoevsky

04 Dec 2020

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Notes from the Underground is a novel published by Dostoevsky in 1864. It remains as one of the most important works of existentialist literature. In ...

Genealogy of Morals | Friedrich Nietzsche

27 Nov 2020

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This episode summarises Nietzsche’s On the Genealogy of Morals in 10 minutes. It is among Nietzsche’s most sustained and cohesive works consisting...

How To Practice Zen In Daily Life | Be Present

20 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Zen is a form of Buddhism. It originated in China, when Buddhism spread from India to China and was strongly influenced by Taoist philosophy.  &n...

Dostoevsky's Raskolnikov VS Nietzsche's Übermensch| Existentialism

13 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This episode explores Dostoevsky's Raskolnikov presented in Crime and Punishment and Nietzsche's concept of the Übermensch.   Raskolnikov’...

On the Divine Comedy of Existence - Nietzsche

07 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Nietzsche frequently laughs and he especially recommends laughing at oneself. He does not speak of just any laugh, but of a laugh that comes from the ...