Optical Democracy: Special Bonus Episode

The Archives: Special Bonus Episode

JVH discuss summer activities including Candy's recent visit to The Witliff Collection in San Marcos, Texas to visit the Cormac McCarthy papers and archive. Candy reads aloud from some files, shares odds and ends, and weird fun things she found...and didn't find. JVH shares a listeners correspondence, questions about the archives and they both discuss ephemera included in the archives. Thank you for listening!   You can find related content at our FREE Substack page here https://bloodmeridiannow.substack.com [https://bloodmeridiannow.substack.com]   and on our Instagram page... https://www.instagram.com/bloodmeridiannow/ [https://www.instagram.com/bloodmeridiannow/]   If you would like a deck of our limited edition tarot cards inspired by the novel Blood Meridian email us here...or share your thoughts!   bloodmeridiannow@gmail.com

Godfire: Chapter 17

Thank you for listening and welcome to our discussion of Chapter 17 in Blood Meridian. Please let us know what you think and email us at bloodmeridiannow@gmail.com [bloodmeridiannow@gmail.com]   You can also inquire about our original limited edition set of tarot cards inspired by the novel at same email.

Optical Democracy: Special Bonus Episode

The critic and artist explore a mysterious, often misunderstood, term in the novel Blood Meridian.   "optical democracy" on page 259, within Chapter 17  The adventure takes us to 1925's "The Dehumanization of Art and Other Essays on Art, Culture and Literature" by José Ortega y Gasset.    Keats, Whitman, Burroughs, Van Gogh, Valesquez, painting, Japanese Ukiyo-e prints, oil paint manufacture, writing, and ego death.  Non-duality, loss of self, oneness...optical democracy. And we are just getting started! :)   Thank you for listening. We would love to hear from you Email us at... bloodmeridiannow@gmail.com [bloodmeridiannow@gmail.com] You can find more content on our Substack page... https://substack.com/@esoterica1985 [https://substack.com/@esoterica1985]   And find us on Instagram too

Dogfreaks-Chapter 16

Thank you for listening to our exploration of Blood Meridian chapter by chapter. We would love to hear from you. If you need or want to email us you can at: bloodmeridiannow@gmail.com

The Burning Tree: Our Winter Solstice Episode

Thank you for listening!!! We hope you have time to enjoy the winter season with your loved ones.  We seem to have caught up with the months in the novel. We ask a lot of questions. Why didn't the kid kill Shelby? Would animals congregate in the cold around a fire? What does the new tv series PLURIBUS have to do with Cormac McCarthy?