inframaterialist 🌞

Great dialogue. I still have my questions concerning this recent invoking of the occult. I guess to some extent it's a byproduct of the lack of agency we have; at the same time, I concede that the left, with its cold, western rationalism, is not only "boring", but also "religious" to the core.

LEPHT HAND: Socialism, Spirituality and the Forgotten Occult Roots of the Left with Graham Jones: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2374135/episodes/18234958-socialism-spirituality-and-the-forgotten-occult-roots-of-the-left-with-graham-jones.mp3

#occultism #mysticism #communism #leftist #anarchism #metaphysics

Nov 30 at 10:01pmWeb
Show threadinframaterialist 🌞Nov 30

The occult, mysticism, has always been integral parts of anarchist and socialist movements (Lagalisse, 2018). Moreover, the interpretation of myth that Federico Campagna provides, as narratives that woven reality, is also very powerful and fitting (without having to believe in gnosticism, hermeticism, or what have you).

I think that, following Bataille, the left needs to dismiss the lifeless calculations coming from an exacerbated enlightenment. The Cthulhu Mythos can be as incendiary as Mao.