For several episodes now, Phil and JF have been circling what St. John of the Cross called the Dark Night of the Soul, that moment in the spiritual journey where all falls a way and an abyss seems to crack open beneath our feet. When it came time to go there in earnest, they could think of no better guide than Duncan Barford, host of the excellent Occult Experiments in the Home podcast. As a master magician, long-time meditator, psychotherapeutic counsellor and writer on spirituality and the occult, Barford is uniquely endowed with the tools, experience, and language to discuss even the most difficult spiritual topics with wisdom and warmth. A Virgil for any Inferno.
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SHOW NOTES
Occult Experiments in the Home (https://oeith.co.uk), Duncan Barford's excellent solo podcast
Duncan's other website (https://www.duncanbarford.uk), focusing on his work as a psychotherapeutic counselor
Duncan's books (https://www.amazon.com/Duncan-Barford/e/B004XO87P4?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1653404096&sr=8-1) on Amazon US
Weird Studies, Episode 67 on Hellier (https://www.weirdstudies.com/67)
Immanuel Kant, Critique of Pure Judgement (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9781420926941)
Keats, “Ode on a Grecian Urn” (https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44477/ode-on-a-grecian-urn)
Dogen’s Bendowa (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9784805316924)
Tibetan Book of the Dead (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780143104940)
Daniel Ingram, Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9781911597100)
St. John of the Cross, Ascent of Mount Carmel (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780486468372)
Spinoza, Ethics (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9781735268996)
Lionel Snell, My Years of Magical Thinking (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780904311242)
Special Guest: Duncan Barford.