James Ellis hosts the podcast Hermitix. His latest book is Be Not Afraid, a fictionalized account of his recent conversion to Christianity. We discuss James' actual conversion story, Saint Teresa Benedicta and CS Lewis among others, and James' journey as a writer and podcaster. ✦ Be Not Afraid: https://amzn.to/3mpGRYT ✦ James' current writing: https://www.venturewithreality.net/ ✦ The Hermitix podcast: https://www.patreon.com/hermitix ✦ James on Twitter: https://twitter.com/meta_nomad Other Life ✦ Subscribe to the coolest newsletter in the world https://OtherLife.co ✦ Get a free Urbit planet at https://imperceptible.computer ✦ We're building a new country at https://imperceptible.country IndieThinkers.org ✦ If you're working on independent intellectual work, join the next cohort of https://IndieThinkers.org 0:00 Intro 1:10 James's conversion story 6:06 Christianity, esoterica, & the occult 8:14 Christian mysticism & the Carmelites 10:58 Learning Christianity correctly via CS Lewis & Saint Teresa Benedicta (Edith Stein) 15:16 Justin's return to Catholicism 19:03 Other Life–Hermitix origin story cross-over & on being a prolific, "famous" podcaster 22:32 Finding success living simply 26:00 Independent writing & podcasting 29:57 The Web3 revolution 33:06 Urbit & the future of content creation 36:37 Advertising is literally Renaissance magic 38:46 What is the soul? (And why we must know) 41:33 The ethical obligation for Christian men to get jacked 44:01 Strategizing independent book writing 51:31 On independent editing, publishing, & online niche construction 58:36 The dangers of Deleuze & schizo fetishization 1:03:50 Closing words ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBEcAtoZtQA

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