Mitch Horowitz's Esoterika: Formulas Against the False Self...!

Mitch Horowitz joins Jason Louv to discuss useless suffering, conformity, attention, and Esoterika: Formulas Against the False Self. Start with Jason's free 15-minute Why Magick course: https://magick.me/p/why-magick?utm_so... Jason Louv talks with PEN Award-winning historian Mitch Horowitz about Esoterika and Mitch's argument that people subject themselves to useless suffering through social signaling, excessive relationships, and internalized conformity. Mitch explains why he believes humanity is declining while rejecting nostalgia and acknowledging the benefits he receives from modern technology. The conversation covers silence, attention, perception, debt, money, success, and the difficulty of turning spiritual knowledge into conduct. Later, Mitch makes his case for parapsychology and criticizes institutional skepticism. Jason and Mitch discuss Marxism, materialism, fascism's use of older religious symbols, and the relationship between occultism and modern academic culture. Mitch also presents his reading of Madame Blavatsky's influence on Gandhi, considers Lenin's program of self-development, assesses Alice Bailey's achievements and prejudices, and closes with Ayn Rand and the individual nature of spiritual belief. Get Esoterika: Formulas Against the False Self: https://www.amazon.com/Esoterika-Form... TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Esoterica and Useless Suffering 3:11 Are Human Beings Actually Progressing? 8:28 Kali Yuga and the Collapse of Attention 13:46 What Makes Us Human? 19:10 Debt, Reciprocity, and Spiritual Experience 24:27 Social Media: Proof of Life or Global Empathy? 33:08 Success, Renunciation, and the Self-Help Taboo 41:21 Does Humanity Need a Change in Consciousness? 49:31 The Spiritual Techniques That Actually Work 52:26 James Randi and the Culture of Skepticism 1:05:50 Quantum Computing, AI, and High Strangeness 1:13:42 Self-Help, Marxism, and Practical Magick 1:18:33 Occultism, Fascism, and Blavatsky 1:29:05 Alice Bailey and the Origins of the New Age 1:38:54 Where to Find Mitch and Esoterika ABOUT MITCH HOROWITZ Official site: https://www.mitchhorowitz.com/ Mystery Achievement: https://mitchhorowitz.substack.com/ Instagram:   / mitchhorowitz23   X: https://x.com/MitchHorowitz SUPPORT THIS CHANNEL See the current membership perks and join:    / @magickmeschool   Tell us where you agreed or disagreed, and what you want sourced further. Subscribe for more conversations about magick, occult history, consciousness, and spiritual practice. #MitchHorowitz #Esoterika #JasonLouv