{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/67f6afcd027873197857f149/6918a9701029ec1fed40820a?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The pain of division is as nothing","description":"<p>After some general updates, our central theme is \"the evocation of the evil genius\". Taking its origin in a passing reference by Crowley, we trace the meaning and relevance of this idea through the work of Nick Land, Carl Jung, Crowley, Philip K. Dick, and -- not least, of course -- personal experience.</p><p><br></p><p>The CCRU (Cybernetic Culture Research Unit) was founded at Warwick University, Coventry UK, in 1995.</p><p><br></p><p>Nick Land and Aleksander Dugin can be seen and heard in a conversation recorded in October 2025 at: https://tinyurl.com/5sbbbbc9 (youtube.com). Accessed November, 2025.</p><p><br></p><p>The Philip K. Dick novel that concludes in a conversation with a robot cab is: <em>Now Wait for Last Year</em> (1966).</p><p><br></p><p>Music: (Intro) \"For Her Demon Lover\" by OEITH; \"Who Left the Fridge Door Open Again?\" by Shedding Feathers; \"Your Car Doesn't Sound Too Healthy\" by Shedding Feathers; (Outro) \"Lifted Up\" by OEITH.</p><p><br></p><p>Curl up with Duncan's novel, <em>The Going Down</em>, published by Sul Books, or peek beneath the veil through <em>Occult Experiments in the Home: The Podcast Transcripts</em>, published by Heptarchia. Available from the usual places.</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Alan Chapman & Duncan Barford"}