Episode 24: The Charlatan and the Magus, with Lionel Snell
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As Lionel Snell, also known as Ramsey Dukes, observes in his seminal esoteric essay, "The Charlatan and the Magus" (1984), the series of trumps in a tarot deck doesn\'t begin with the noble Emperor or august Hierophant, but with the lowly Fool, followed by the Juggler. Trickery or illusion, Snell suggests, may not be the dealbreaker we\'ve thought it to be in parapsychological investigation. It may even be a feature, not a bug, of the magical process. In this episode of Weird Studies, JF and Phil talk to Lionel Snell about trickster magic, and all we miss out on when we make rational truth the only measure by which we know reality.
\\n\\nRamsey Dukes [Lionel Snell], "The Charlatan and the Magus"
\\nDarren Brown, Tricks of the Mind
\\nYuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
\\nPhil Ford, \\u201cBirth of the Weird"
\\nRamsey Dukes [Lionel Snell], How to See Fairies: Discover Your Psychic Powers in Six Weeks
\\nRamsey Dukes [Lionel Snell], S.S.O.T..B.M.E.
\\nJohn Keats, Negative Capability
\\nWeird Studies, Episode 9: "On Aleister Crowley and the Idea of Magick"
Special Guest: Lionel Snell [Ramsey Dukes].
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