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LEPHT HAND

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1 week ago

What ancient tale speaks of gods, grief, and the fall of heroes? In this episode, we descend into the dream-temple of Gilgamesh, guided by translator Stuart Kendall. We explore the epic’s broken verses, divine laments, and its resistance to modern humanist smoothing. What emerges is not just a story—but a fragmentary vision of mythic time and cosmic mourning. Stuart Kendall's "Gilgamesh": https://www.contramundumpress.com/gilgamesh Support LEPHT HAND: Join the Patreon: https://www.patreon.c...

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What ancient tale speaks of gods, grief, and the fall of heroes? In this episode, we descend into the dream-temple of Gilgamesh, guided by translator Stuart Kendall. We explore the epic’s broken verses, divine laments, and its resistance to modern humanist smoothing. What emerges is not just a story—but a fragmentary vision of mythic time and cosmic mourning. Stuart Kendall's "Gilgamesh": https://www.contramundumpress.com/gilgamesh Support LEPHT HAND: Join the Patreon: https://www.patreon.c...

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Episodes (20/27)

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Nietzsche and Klossowski: Consciousness, Parody, and the Origins of Thought

What if laughter, rage, or grief weren’t just emotional outbursts—but modes of knowing, ways in which being announces itself to us before thought arrives? In this short video, we descend into the tangled philosophies of Pierre Klossowski and Friedrich Nietzsche to ask: What if consciousness is not our origin, but our aftermath? Through Klossowski’s essay "Nietzsche, Polytheism, and Parody", we explore the idea that truth may be less a matter of reason than a residue of struggle—where knowledg...

1 week ago

9 minutes

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WOULD YOU LIVE THIS LIFE AGAIN?: Nietzsche, Deleuze, and the Eternal Return

(this is a narration only version of a video on the LEPHT HAND Youtube channel) What if you had to live your life exactly as it is—over and over again, forever? In this video, we dive into Nietzsche’s haunting concept of the eternal return, unpacking its psychological challenge and metaphysical implications. Along the way, we explore how thinkers like Deleuze reinvent the idea as a call to embrace transformation, risk, and becoming. Whether you're into philosophy, myth, or changing your life,...

3 weeks ago

19 minutes

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Individuation Explained: Gilbert Simondon, Carl Jung & the Evolution of Form in Philosophy and Depth Psychology with Timothy Jackson

Support the Vintagia campaign before it is too late! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/acidhorizon/vintagia-i-ching-oracle-for-psychogeographers-and-creatives What if the self isn’t a fixed unity, but a process unfolding through tension, relation, and transformation? In this episode of LEPHT HAND, Sereptie speaks with evolutionary biologist and philosopher Timothy Jackson about Gilbert Simondon’s essay Form, Information, and Potential. Together, they explore the concept of individuation a...

1 month ago

1 hour 29 minutes

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Play, Sovereignty, and the Refusal of Work: Bataille’s Challenge to Modern Thought

Support Vintagia: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/acidhorizon/vintagia-i-ching-oracle-for-psychogeographers-and-creatives In this monologue, reflect on Georges Bataille’s essay “Are We Here to Play or Be Serious?”—recorded off-grid during a spring power outage! The discussion explores Bataille’s critique of work, the concept of sovereignty, and the political and metaphysical stakes of play as a form of resistance. Through readings of potlatch, sacrificial war, and riddle-solving, Serep...

2 months ago

54 minutes

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Mysticism Without Transcendence? Laruelle’s 'Vision-in-One' with Jeremy R. Smith

Follow Vintagia: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/acidhorizon/vintagia-i-ching-oracle-for-psychogeographers-and-creatives In this special crossover episode of LEPHT HAND and Acid Horizon, we explore the radical mysticism of François Laruelle through his essay Vision-in-One or Unlearned Knowing. Laruelle proposes a mysticism stripped of transcendence and doctrine—one grounded in solitude, immanence, and the irreducibility of lived experience. Our guest, translator Jeremy R. Smith, helps u...

2 months ago

1 hour 10 minutes

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The Image of Soul in Post-Jungian Thought: Giegerich, Deleuze, and Beyond

Sereptie's recent blog piece: https://splitinfinities.substack.com/p/crossing-the-line-the-repeater-books In this episode of LEPHT HAND, Sereptie is joined by Christian McMillan from the University of Essex to explore Wolfgang Giegerich’s provocative essay Why Jung?. Together, they investigate the image of soul as a conceptual battleground in post-Jungian thought, where Giegerich’s Hegelian reading of Jung meets Deleuze’s philosophy of individuation. Their dialogue probes whether Jung’s work...

3 months ago

1 hour 1 minute

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Schreber’s Paranoia: Madness, Power and the Politics of Psychosis with Devin Gouré

In this LEPHT HAND interview, I am joined by Devin Gouré of Moral Minority for a deep descent into the world of Daniel Paul Schreber's Memoirs of My Nervous Illness. Together, they explore Schreber’s cosmic visions, divine persecution, and the "unmanning" at the heart of his psychosis—not merely as symptoms of mental illness, but as portals into theology, gender, philosophy, and power. Alongside Freud, Lacan, and Deleuze & Guattari, the conversation unpacks the metaphysics of paranoia and...

3 months ago

1 hour 10 minutes

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Dionysus in Exile: Nietzsche, the Dionysian, and the Modern World with Keegan Kjeldsen

Sereptie is joined by Keegan Kjeldsen of The Nietzsche Podcast to explore the exile of Dionysus in the modern world. They discuss the Dionysian as a force of ecstasy, self-forgetting, and excess, tracing its decline from ancient Greek rituals to the rationalized, surveilled, and moralized structures of today. Touching on Nietzsche, Bataille, and Orphic traditions, they consider whether Dionysus can be reclaimed and what his return might look like. The conversation also explores surveillance c...

4 months ago

1 hour 42 minutes

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Dionysus Decoded: Nietzsche, Deleuze & Depth Psychology Reimagine Myth

In this monologue, we explore the many faces of Dionysus, from mythology to depth psychology and continental philosophy. Drawing on Dionysus in Exile, the discussion highlights his paradoxical nature—not just a god of excess but also of stillness and transformation. Nietzsche and Deleuze provide insight into Dionysian becoming, especially through Ariadne’s myth as a break from heroic struggle. The episode introduces "naxotic transformation", a shift from burdens and individuation toward affir...

4 months ago

56 minutes

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Lacanian Psychoanalysis and Zen Buddhism: What's the Connection? with Raul Moncoya

Contact Raul and discover his work here: https://www.raulmoncayophd.com/Buy the book: https://www.routledge.com/Lacan-and-Chan-Buddhist-Thought-Reflections-on-Buddhism-in-Lacans-Seminar-X-and-Beyond/Moncayo-Yu/p/book/9781032056975?srsltid=AfmBOooucogAZl7Z8szfzd1l8OhR8pTYQ0_F3vnxUL2G6Qw1TezclrYaIn this episode we explore the intersection of Lacanian psychoanalysis and Chan Buddhism with Raul Moncoya, author and Buddhist priest. Together, we discuss how concepts like Lacan’s “real” and Buddhist...

5 months ago

1 hour 1 minute

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On Melancholy and Mania: James Hillman and Gilles Deleuze meet Nosferatu

In this installment of LEPHT HAND, we delve into the James Hillman Uniform Edition on On Melancholy and Depression, exploring his archetypal approach to melancholy as a cosmic force and its critique of modern life under capitalism. Drawing connections to Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu, we examine how longing and melancholy transcend individual experience to reveal a richer, imaginal world. Finally, we consider the tension between archetypal and Deleuzian perspectives on dreams, desire, and bec...

5 months ago

35 minutes

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What is Freud's Metapsychology? with Taylor Adkins

Support LEPHT HAND in 2025: https://www.patreon.com/LEPHTHANDIn this episode, Taylor joins Sereptie to discuss Freud’s Metapsychology, exploring the conceptual underpinnings of psychoanalysis. From the topographical model of the mind to the dynamics of repression, we unpack the key essays that form Freud’s theory of psychic structures and drives.Support LEPHT HAND:Join the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LEPHTHANDMerch and Design Shop: crit-drip.comAcid Horizon Links: https://linktr.ee/acidh...

6 months ago

1 hour 34 minutes

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Jung and Spinoza: Passage Through the Blessed Self with Dr. Robert Langan

Jung and Spinoza: Passage Through the Blessed Self: https://www.routledge.com/Jung-and-Spinoza-Passage-Through-The-Blessed-Self/Langan/p/book/9781032851853In this episode of LEPHT HAND, host Serpetie aka Craig is joined by Dr. Robert Langan, author of Jung and Spinoza: Passage Through the Blessed Self, to explore the intersections between Carl Jung’s monistic philosophy—where spirit, matter, and psyche form an interconnected whole—and Baruch Spinoza’s vision of a unified substance. Jung’s app...

6 months ago

1 hour 19 minutes

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The Active Imagination of Henry Corbin, Carl Jung, and James Hillman with Tom Cheetham

Help fund the Kickstarter campaign now: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/acephalous/acephalous-the-erotic-tarot-of-georges-batailleTom's Substack: https://substack.com/@tomcheetham2In this episode of LEPHT HAND, we sit down with Tom Cheetham, author and expert on the intersections of imagination, spirituality, and psychology, to explore the concept of active imagination. Drawing from the works of Henry Corbin, Carl Jung, and James Hillman, the conversation illuminates how active imaginati...

7 months ago

1 hour 27 minutes

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Deleuze, Symbols, and Sorcery: Synthesizing Insights on Deleuze's Hermeticism

The Kickstarter link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/acephalous/acephalous-the-erotic-tarot-of-georges-batailleIn this interview, I am joined by c_o_L_L_a_g_e, a friend and colleague from our research community at Acid Horizon. Together, we explore the intersection of Deleuze's philosophy and the role of symbols within the hermetic tradition, drawing insights from texts such as The Hermetic Deleuze by Josh Ramey and Deleuze and the Unconscious by Christian Kerslake. Our conversation beg...

7 months ago

1 hour 20 minutes

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Destituent Power and the Reclamation of the Imagination with Serene Richards

Support the Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/acephalous/acephalous-the-erotic-tarot-of-georges-batailleBiopolitics as a System of Thought: https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/biopolitics-as-a-system-of-thought-9781350412095/In this LEPHT HAND interview, we explore the themes of destituent power and political imagination in Serene Richards' Biopolitics as a System of Thought, situating her ideas within the frameworks of thinkers like Jean-Luc Nancy and Pierre Legendre. Richards exam...

8 months ago

47 minutes

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Bataille on War and the "Acéphalous" Project

The Kickstarter campaign: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/acephalous/acephalous-the-erotic-tarot-of-georges-batailleIn this episode, Adam C. Jones of Acid Horizon joins a recent livestream with Sereptie to dive into Georges Bataille’s complex relationship with war, exploring his shift from insurrectionary fervor to an uneasy advocacy for peace in the nuclear age. We examine Bataille's views on sovereignty, expenditure, and the tension between violence and liberation. Plus, we discuss the...

9 months ago

1 hour 2 minutes

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From Bataille to Blanchot: The Negative Community and the Death of the Other

Support LEPHT HAND: https://www.patreon.com/LEPHTHAND 🔮 Introducing 'Acéphalous: The Erotic Tarot of Georges Bataille' 🔮 - Uncover the raw, provocative fusion of Bataille's philosophy and tarot in this daring new deck. Pre-launch is live—discover more and join us in this journey: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/acephalous/acephalous-the-erotic-tarot-of-georges-bataille?ref=discovery&term=bataille&total_hits=8&category_id=273 In this monologue, we explore Mauric...

9 months ago

48 minutes

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The Thought and Life of Simone Weil with Kenny Novis

Join the Patreon for early access to all new releases: https://www.patreon.com/LEPHTHANDIn this LEPHT HAND interview, Sereptie speaks with philosopher and researcher Kenny Novis about the complex and often contentious ideas of Simone Weil. The conversation explores the controversies surrounding Weil's life and work, while Kenny offers valuable insights into her thought, exploring her deep personal engagement with Christianity and her association with liberation movements across Europe during ...

10 months ago

1 hour 7 minutes

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The Alchemy of Salt and Subjectivity: James Hillman and Jacques Derrida versus a Salty Jordan Peterson

In this monologue, Sereptie explores the fascinating intersections of alchemy, psychoanalysis, and poststructuralist philosophy. The discussion centers around the concept of alchemical salt, its significance in Renaissance alchemical traditions, and its appropriation in 20th-century psychological theories. This episode connects these ideas with the works of Carl Jung, James Hillman, and Jacques Derrida, offering a unique perspective on the formation and function of subjectivity and how they c...

10 months ago

50 minutes