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In this week’s episode we invite our friend Julian the Philosopher back on the show to discuss the mythic source material from which Christopher Nolan’s new film is based: The Odyssey. We discuss not just Nolan’s new film, but Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, quite a bit of the historical context around these works of epic poetry, how these stories were thought of initially, criticized by Plato, recontextualized by Virgil, translated countless times and transformed into Nolan’s new blockbuster film. As part of our larger conversation, we discuss the dichotomy between the Homeric hero and the Platonic Hero of the mind, considering how each incarnation of the story fits into this framework or not. Thank you and enjoy the show :)

Check out Julian the Philosopher here:
https://www.youtube.com/@JulianSoloninka
https://medium.com/@jsolonin 
In this week’s episode we discuss:
-The Homeric Hero
-Nolan’s Odysseus
-The Emily Wilson Translation 
-The Presence / Absence of Gods
-Hanging of the Servants
-The Life and Times of Homer 
-The People From the Sea
-Achilles and the Ethiopian Fleet
In the extended episode available at www.patreon.com/TheWholeRabbit we go off script to discuss:
-Virgil’s Aeneid
-The Telegony
-Rome, Ancestors of Troy 
-The Christianization of The Odyssey
-The Boatman Charon
-John the Baptist
-The Sirens
-Philip K. Dick, Christ and the Sacraments
This discussion was impelled by the research and study of Julian Soloninka with additional contributions made by Luke Madrid, Heka Astra, Mari Sama and Tim Hacker. Recorded in unscripted, Socratic discussion style.

I did have notes ready but I did not use them. They are available for our rabbit tier. Good stuff in there. We just didn't talk about it! 
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In this week’s episode we explore the many classical superstitions of sailors from all times and places. In the first half of the show we discuss cursed fruit, taunting the wind, the dangers of women, the rich cultural origins of the Klabautermann and  the devilish inspiration for Bram Stoker’s Dracula. In the extended, underside of the episode we continue the discussion with Jonah's, the power of specific tattoos, traditional Greek water wenches and how to beguile the courteous Japanese sea giants. Thank you and enjoy the show! 
In this week’s episode we discuss:
The Flying Dutchman
Bananas and Boners
Whistling Up a Storm
Women On Deck
Figureheads
The Klabautermann, Kobold and Gremlins 
In the extended episode available at www.patreon.com/TheWholeRabbit we go further down the rabbit whirlpool to discuss:
Jonah
Traditional Sailor Tattoos and their Powers
Sirens and Scylla
Sea Monks
Umibozu
Pirate Eye Patches 
This episode was written by Tim Hacker, Luke Madrid with some additions by Mari Sama and commentary by Heka Astra. 
Sources:
Lieutenant Fletcher S. Bassett's 1885 work, LEGENDS and SUPERSTITIONS of the SEA AND OF SAILORS (In all Lands at all Times):
https://dn790000.ca.archive.org/0/items/legendssuperstit00bass/legendssuperstit00bass.pdf

Gabaool
https://x.com/eternalclassic_/status/2077558076979241232?s=20
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In this week’s episode we are joined once again by the Mighty Julian the Philosopher to continue our discussion about the world’s most important philosophers, the ideas they championed and how we can use their wisdom to untangle the madness that has come to define our modern world. In this episode we focus on the most important mind to ever grace Western civilization; Plato, with some emphasis placed upon his dialogues in the Symposium and various arguments made in The Republic. In the extended side of the show we begin to explore how Plato’s teachings intersected with Nietzsche and Aleister Crowley, stopping to read some poetry from a number of the authors we discuss and conclude with a view of the dark, science fiction dystopia that stretches out before us on our next leg of the journey to seek the good life. Thank you and enjoy the show. 
Check out Julian the Philosopher here:
https://www.youtube.com/@JulianSoloninka
https://medium.com/@jsolonin
In this week’s episode we discuss:
The Symposium 
The Republic
Might Makes Right
Plato: Hero of the Mind
In the extended episode available at www.patreon.com/TheWholeRabbit we go off script to discuss:
The Homeric Hero 
Nietzsche's thoughts of Plato and Jesus Christ 
Poetry Reading of Crowley, Yeats and Parsons 
The Dionysian
Mecha Epstein
And much much more… 
This discussion was impelled by the research and study of Julian Soloninka with additional contributions made by Luke Madrid, Heka Astra, Mari Sama and Tim Hacker. Recorded in unscripted, socratic discussion style. 
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In this week’s episode we explore how Christianity began to shift ideas about ghosts which had been around since ancient times, specifically the concepts championed by theologian philosopher Thomas Aquinas regarding intercessory prayer and purgatory. Along the way we discuss how indulgences helped pave the way for the reformation and how Tibbie Mortimer disguised herself as a ghost for love. In the extended side of the show we discuss how to create your own custom ghost, ghost fire, inappropriate ghost bread, Truckstop Shintoism, doppelgangers, the devil’s footprints and the mysterious case of the Winchester Mystery Mansion. Thank you and enjoy the show!

In this week’s show we discuss:
Thomas Aquinas
Conditions of Purgatory
Catholic Indulgences
The Wild Hunt
Spectral Evidence
Tibbie Mortemer

In the extended show available at www.patreon.com/TheWholeRabbit we discuss:
Queen Victoria’s Obsession with Mediumship
Thursday of the Dead and the Ghost Bread
Allhallowtide and Day of the Dead
The Philip Experiment
Shinto America
The Winchester Mystery Mansion

This episode was written by Tim Hacker and Luke Madrid with additional commentaries by Heka Astra and Mari Sama

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Sources:
All About History: History of Ghosts: Featuring Over 55 of the World's Most Famous Ghosts
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1805214942?ref_=cm_sw_r_ffobk_cp_ud_dp_9PD5K4HEMNQ52W63XDAD
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In this week’s episode we explore the well-documented history of ghosts as they were recorded in classical Greek and Roman culture, owing to older motifs that originated in Sumeria. In the free side of the show we discuss Greek skepticism, spooky Roman holidays to propitiate the dead and an eerily vivid description of Thessalian necromancer Erichtho including a lengthy example of her method of invocation. I probably cursed myself reading. In the extended show we discuss the classical relationship between ghosts and dreams, the restless shades that dead Roman Emperors tend to produce, a revenant love story and what it means when the specter happens to be an enormous woman. Thank you and enjoy the show.

In this week’s episode we discuss:
Ancient Sumerian Afterlife 
Roman Ghost Rituals and Ghost Holidays
Ancient Ghost Hauntings 
Necromancy: Erichto of Thessaly 
Ancient Skepticism: Lucian of Samosata
Pliny the Younger’s Accounts of Ghosts 

In the extended episode available at www.patreon.com/TheWholeRabbit we go further and discuss:
Dream Visitations
Restless Roman Emperors
A Revenant Love Story
Warning Apparitions
Where to Invoke Achilles  

This episode was written by Tim Hacker and Luke Madrid with additional commentaries by Heka Astra and Mari Sama

Where to find The Whole Rabbit:
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Music By Spirit Travel Plaza:
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Sources:
All About History: History of Ghosts: Featuring Over 55 of the World's Most Famous Ghosts
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1805214942?ref_=cm_sw_r_ffobk_cp_ud_dp_9PD5K4HEMNQ52W63XDAD&bestFormat=true

GREEK AND ROMAN GHOST STORIES BY LACY COLLISON-MORLEY
https://a.co/d/0bFBEHKl

Erichto
https://www.poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/Latin/PharsaliaVImaster.php
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