https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/godward-a-lit-wisdom-podcast--4609214enSociety & CultureCopyright Caseyhttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/d783b893ee16389975997150ba99848b.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/godward-a-lit-wisdom-podcast--4609214Fri, 11 Nov 2022 17:50:18 +0000CaseyCaseycaseypratt78@gmail.comAn ex-professor continues the search for wisdom in literature, philosophy... and parenting. Try to avoid Mammon and Moloch along the way because this show affirms Jesus Christ! More reactionary than progressive, but trying to stay optimistic. Look for...falseepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-90-philo-on-the-riot-in-alexandria-38-a-d--46378603https://api.spreaker.com/episode/46378603Sat, 04 Sep 2021 23:30:40 +0000CaseyThis episode is a bit delicate... but very relevant, and very worth listening to, in my opinion. What was the cause of the riot among the native Alexandrians in 38 A.D.?2399christianity,history,judaism,politics,religionfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-89-trees--46378592https://api.spreaker.com/episode/46378592Sat, 04 Sep 2021 23:29:14 +0000CaseyIt's really about trees -- not a metaphor!2521morality,mushrooms,nature,psychology,treesfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-88-are-covid-masks-here-to-stay--46378580https://api.spreaker.com/episode/46378580Sat, 04 Sep 2021 23:28:14 +0000CaseyThe title says it all -- this episode's better on YouTube.2192covid,health,masks,philosophy,psychologyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-87-against-the-law--46378564https://api.spreaker.com/episode/46378564Sat, 04 Sep 2021 23:27:32 +0000CaseyAnacharsis vs. Solon -- is the Law the way, or does it just make things worse?2196classics,greek,law,philosophy,plutarchfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-86-lao-tzu-the-tao-te-ching--46014631https://api.spreaker.com/episode/46014631Sun, 08 Aug 2021 17:45:25 +0000CaseyDao / Tao2325china,history,philosophy,religion,taofalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-85-confucius-on-the-rectification-of-names--46014625https://api.spreaker.com/episode/46014625Sun, 08 Aug 2021 17:44:08 +0000CaseyConfucius!1599china,gaslighting,history,philosophy,religionfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-84-horace-the-willing-suspension-of-disbelief--46014624https://api.spreaker.com/episode/46014624Sun, 08 Aug 2021 17:43:12 +0000CaseyThe Roman poet, Horace!2229classics,history,literature,poetry,truthfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-83-lu-xun-s-diary-of-a-madman--46014417https://api.spreaker.com/episode/46014417Sun, 08 Aug 2021 17:13:00 +0000CaseyLu Xun2318books,china,communism,literature,psychologyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-82-paul-s-letter-to-the-romans--45875821https://api.spreaker.com/episode/45875821Wed, 28 Jul 2021 15:58:30 +0000CaseyThis episode is about Paul's Letter to the Romans. It helps if you've read it.2266bible,christianity,church,religionfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-81-idealism-vs-democracy--45771745
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https://nautil.us/issue/47/consciousness/the-kekul-problem

I've always found this to be a stimulating locus for meditation -- the origin of language, what it has to do with the self, and being human, etc.

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https://nautil.us/issue/47/consciousness/the-kekul-problem

I've always found this to be a stimulating locus for meditation -- the origin of language, what it has to do with the self, and being human, etc.

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Romans 16:25: "Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began."

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Romans 16:25: "Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began."

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Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Godward?fan_landing=true]]>2613america,fiction,literature,religion,symbolismfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-32-ralph-waldo-emerson-on-nature-and-the-soul--42765418https://www.patreon.com/Godward?fan_landing=true]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42765418Sun, 03 Jan 2021 01:06:10 +0000CaseyIn this all-American episode, we’ll talk about the German Higher Criticism, the Rosetta Stone, heiroglyphs, and Emerson’s notion of the Self. American Transcendentalism wasn’t the first iteration of Perennialist thinking, but it became one of the most...https://www.patreon.com/Godward?fan_landing=true]]>2658america,metaphysics,philosophy,religion,transcendentalismfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-31-stoicism-logos--42685001https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42685001Mon, 28 Dec 2020 03:03:47 +0000CaseyThe stoics, Marcus Aurelius -- be a better person. Attain virtue, etc. You know all that. This episode is about how Stoicism understood the Logos, and how we can tie together personal responsibility with... international politics? Yes!2162books,literature,philosophy,religion,stoicismfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-30-dante-on-bitcoin-usury-and-other-unspeakable-sins--42632679https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42632679Wed, 23 Dec 2020 16:17:44 +0000Casey2512christianity,history,literature,morality,religionfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-29-psychological-realism-in-dante-s-inferno--42577131https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42577131Sun, 20 Dec 2020 03:33:37 +0000CaseyIn this multi-layered episode, you'll find yourself becoming an expert in the first seven lines of Dante's Inferno. We'll talk a little about his biography a little, but I tried to focus on explaining the most important literary elements (aside from...2687books,history,literature,psychology,religionfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-28-parmenides-the-one-after-heraclitus--42511657https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42511657Wed, 16 Dec 2020 03:19:11 +0000CaseyIt's about Parmenides & Heraclitus! Mysticism, monism, and the real purpose of Philosophy. Also ontology & metaphysics, but also like, swimming & just talking with buddies all day!2675books,literature,philosophy,rhetoric,sophistryfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-27-what-was-philosophy-heraclitus-and-the-presocratics--42473924
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https://www.patreon.com/Godward?fan_landing=true]]>2568books,classics,literature,philosophy,religionfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-26-william-james-on-conversion-and-mysticism--42423476https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42423476Thu, 10 Dec 2020 22:52:12 +0000CaseyIn this heady episode, hear more from Hubert Dreyfus, as well as some choice cuts out of William James's classic, The Varieties of Religious Experience. Are there non-ordinary states of consciousness that are nevertheless not dangerous, and maybe even...2608books,christianity,mysticism,psychology,religionfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-25-social-status-and-psychology-in-dostoevsky-s-notes-from-underground--42386886https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42386886Tue, 08 Dec 2020 22:38:59 +0000CaseyIn this episode of Godward Podcast, we learn why eye-contact is so interesting, and what it has to do with social status -- and we learn of the psychology of depression and anxiety, although I don't like to use those labels. Dostoevsky seems to pull a...2652anxiety,books,depression,literature,psychologyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-24-dostoevsky-contrarianism-and-the-threat-of-utopian-scientism--42368541https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42368541Mon, 07 Dec 2020 23:28:24 +0000CaseyThis provocative episode features a nice audio drop from Douglas Rushkoff and Duncan Trussell, as well as obscure references to 2010 articles published in the New York Times -- but the main thing is, we read chunks from Dostoevsky's (Dostoyevsky's)...2637books,history,literature,philosophy,russiafalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-23-the-remnant-of-monologic-thought-in-homer-s-odyssey--42350565https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42350565Sun, 06 Dec 2020 22:10:55 +0000CaseyIn this monomaniacal episode, hear your humble host summarize the Odyssey and then offer a close analysis of the part involving the conflict between Odysseus and the Cyclops. There are powerful political ramifications when a dialogic culture like the...2650books,classics,history,literature,philosophyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-22-authority-and-mysticism-in-derrida-the-holy-bible-and-moby-dick--42271053https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42271053Wed, 02 Dec 2020 03:24:01 +0000CaseyIn this groundbreaking episode, hear about how Melville was likely what psychiatrists call "bipolar," and learn about how that allowed him to write some of the most mystical scenes in the history of literature. We'll talk about non-ordinary states of...2625books,literature,mysticism,psychology,religionfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-21-moby-dick-cosmopolitanism-and-american-whiteness--42250464https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42250464Tue, 01 Dec 2020 02:22:20 +0000CaseyIn the best episode to date, you'll hear our boy Hubert Dreyfus along with some stuff about the Enlightenment, but mainly, just take huge quaffs of straight up literary, philosophical, and metaphysical TRUTH... or at least, hear good questions about...2466america,books,history,literature,philosophyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-20-moby-dick-moral-seriousness-and-the-blackness-of-darkness--42200436https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42200436Fri, 27 Nov 2020 16:38:28 +0000CaseyIn this super-serious episode, you'll accept responsibility or else be banished to outer darkness! Hear quotes from numerous professors and a country Bible preacher, but more importantly, some finely chosen excerpts from Moby-Dick itself. Morality...2649bible,books,literature,morality,philosophyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-19-thanksgiving-and-the-challenge-of-nonconformism--42147614https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42147614Tue, 24 Nov 2020 20:28:23 +0000CaseyYes, the Puritans hated art and subverted the Catholic hierarchy, but they weren't totally without insight. In this episode, hear a few sections from William Bradford's "Of Plymouth Plantation," including the primary source for the Thanksgiving story....1671books,history,literature,religion,thanksgivingfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-18-melville-moby-dick-and-modernism--42131814https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42131814Tue, 24 Nov 2020 02:43:37 +0000CaseyIn this fiery episode, the first of a three or five part series on Melville, you get to hear clips from Dreyfus and some expert on painting, but more importantly, you hear a relaxed summary of Moby-Dick and just the right amount of Melville biography...2659art,books,history,literature,philosophyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-17-the-state-of-the-podcast-apologizing-for-loud-background-music--42096471https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42096471Sat, 21 Nov 2020 21:36:54 +0000CaseyIn this improved episode, your host merely follows the Holy Spirit and goes on a 44 minute tirade about what's wrong with everything and offers tentative suggestions about how we can begin to fix it.2694art,history,literature,monologue,philosophyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-16-1-stephen-crane-s-the-open-boat--42007832https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42007832Mon, 16 Nov 2020 21:08:12 +0000CaseyThis special episode is simply a reading of Stephen Crane's short story, "The Open Boat," and it's meant to accompany episode 16.2, which will be a wide-ranging discussion concerning Truth, epistemology, metaphor, lying, postmodernism, and the nature...1717america,audiobook,books,literature,storytellingfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-15-josephus-on-war-identity-and-god-s-favor--41990523https://api.spreaker.com/episode/41990523Sun, 15 Nov 2020 21:09:06 +0000CaseyIn this razor sharp episode, hear the story of the destruction of Jerusalem as told by the Jewish historian, Josephus. Clips from Rabbi Tovia Singer and Pastor Chuck Baldwin form the poles of the discussion, and the outro music is especially poignant...2684books,classics,history,religion,warfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-14-the-gospel-of-john-and-process-of-mythologization--41960355https://api.spreaker.com/episode/41960355Fri, 13 Nov 2020 16:42:41 +0000CaseyIn this controversial and borderline heretical episode, we delve into the process of moving from a synopsis to an interpretation -- how does History come to have meaning? Quotes from Hubert Dreyfus illuminate us and a backdrop of Vivaldi makes this...2664bible,history,literature,philosophy,religionfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-13-ovid-mythology-and-the-anunnaki--41927253https://api.spreaker.com/episode/41927253Wed, 11 Nov 2020 20:41:13 +0000CaseyIn this searingly truthful episode, your mystical host quotes Plato's Timaeus, Joseph Campbell, Victor Pelevin, and Ovid, all while making reference to 12,800-year historical cycles and with an emphasis on anti-communism. Dig it.2461classics,history,literature,mythology,wisdomfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-12-the-iliad-analogy-as-higher-thinking--41848949https://api.spreaker.com/episode/41848949Sat, 07 Nov 2020 20:10:11 +0000CaseyIn this high-energy, but still opium-like episode, you'll hear a dozen or more of the greatest similes found in Homer's Iliad, a quote from Anderson Cooper, and an enchanting background music made from a sad Bach sonata.2693books,classics,literature,news,philosophyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-11-the-upanishads-parmenides-and-oneness--41827535https://api.spreaker.com/episode/41827535Fri, 06 Nov 2020 14:58:47 +0000CaseyIn this scintillating episode, comparisons are made between Greece & India, between Hinduism and Christianity. Plato is quoted, the Upanishads are quoted, and the Bible is quoted. Soundbites from Alan Watts and some credible-looking Indian guru guy!2656ideas,india,literature,philosophy,religionfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-10-the-bhagavad-gita-why-we-fight--41798177https://api.spreaker.com/episode/41798177Wed, 04 Nov 2020 20:50:06 +0000CaseyIn this ragin' episode, we do the medium-deep dive on Hinduism's golden nugget, the Bhagavad Gita, and question when it's time to take up arms! -- uh, figuratively.2654hinduism,india,literature,philosophy,religionfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-9-venerable-bede-on-the-enchanted-worldview--41775925https://api.spreaker.com/episode/41775925Tue, 03 Nov 2020 16:09:48 +0000CaseyIn this semi-miraculous episode, appearing only one day after the last episode, your host discusses the 8th century manuscript called "The Ecclesiastical History of the English People," written by a guy called Bede -- it's full of supernatural...2684books,catholicism,england,history,miraclesfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-8-plato-as-a-utopian-communist--41747359https://api.spreaker.com/episode/41747359Sun, 01 Nov 2020 20:28:22 +0000CaseyIn this fine episode, Pierre Grimes and Johnny Cash are quoted, and the discussion centers on the four (or five) political "regimes" described by Socrates in Book VIII of the Republic. There's also a new jingle somewhere in the middle. Hold on to your...2626books,literature,philosophy,politics,psychologyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-7-plato-s-cave-in-the-age-of-mandatory-cave-ism--41717428https://api.spreaker.com/episode/41717428Fri, 30 Oct 2020 14:58:28 +0000CaseyIn this ear-thrilling episode, hear clips from Peter Kingsley and one of Casey's mystical friends, as well as hot takes on Plotinus and another, even better description, of the Eleusinian Mystery rites. Wake up! Wake up!2642god,philosophy,plato,religion,truthfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-6-plato-on-the-forms-bk-6-republic--41650294https://api.spreaker.com/episode/41650294Mon, 26 Oct 2020 19:56:25 +0000CaseyIn this luminous episode, Casey quotes PewDiePie and Socrates seamlessly, and tries to summarize Plato's doctrine of the Forms for a bunch of listeners who are too lazy to read about it for themselves.2538education,humor,literature,philosophy,platofalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-5-plato-on-being-good-seeming-good--41604680https://api.spreaker.com/episode/41604680Fri, 23 Oct 2020 15:00:41 +0000CaseyIn this heartbreaking episode, Casey explains the distinction found in Book 2 of The Republic between Being Just and Seeming Just.2566classics,literature,philosophy,socrates,truthfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-4-tacitus-on-late-empire--41557001https://api.spreaker.com/episode/41557001Tue, 20 Oct 2020 19:42:25 +0000CaseyIn this heart-breakingly brief overview of The Annals of Tacitus, Casey summarizes and quotes the greatest Roman historian. The episode contains audio clips from Chris Hedges, Camille Paglia, and the BBC's own Melvyn Bragg. Feeling degenerate? This...1986books,empire,history,literature,romefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-3-gilgamesh-alt-genesis--41493801https://api.spreaker.com/episode/41493801Fri, 16 Oct 2020 14:40:20 +0000CaseyIn this, the third scintillating episode of the Godward Podcast, Casey invokes the most ancient literary wisdom, quotes from the Epic of Gilgamesh, suggests that you might need a shaman if you want to acquire wisdom, and serves up another heavy dose...2523gilgamesh,literature,mysticism,religion,wisdomfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-2-thucydides-on-nature-war--41462415https://api.spreaker.com/episode/41462415Wed, 14 Oct 2020 20:29:39 +0000CaseyIn this devastating episode Casey tries to convince you that it could be so much worse. He quotes Thucydides and does a winding digression on Heraclitus. Is Wisdom the offspring of History and Theology? Find out on this episode!2618ancient,classics,funny,greece,history,literature,logos,politics,thucydides,warfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-1-before-woke-joe-biden-the-confucian-way--41400962https://api.spreaker.com/episode/41400962Sat, 10 Oct 2020 22:23:41 +0000CaseyIn this shocking intro episode, Casey quotes Confucius and Plotinus and Herman Melville, lays out a plan for future episodes centering around literature and history, and drops audio soundbites from Joe Biden and Bill Clinton in the "Before Woke" period.2490history,humor,literature,politics,solofalsefull