Episode 152: The Science of Things Spiritual: Live in Lily Dale

Weird Studies

Phil Ford and J. F. Martel

Society & Culture, Arts, Philosophy

4.8 • 688 Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2023

⏱️ 109 minutes

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On the last week of July, 2023, Phil and JF were delighted to speak at Shannon Taggart's Science of Things Spiritual Symposium in Lily Dale, the nerve centre of the Spiritualist movement. As speakers, your hosts were part of an inspiring lineup of scholars, artists, and researchers committed to exploring the borderlands of art, science, religion, and the paranormal. They also had the honour of launching the symposium with a live recording held on the evening of the July 27th. The topic was Frederic W. H. Myers' autobiographical essay, "Fragments of Inner Life," first published in full in 1961, some sixty years after the author's death. Myers was one of the original members of the Society for Psychical Research in England. A poet and classicist, he remained committed to the scientific promise of paranormal investigation until the end of his life. His book Human Personality and Its Survival of Bodily Death, also published posthumously, argues that psychical studies have confirmed, beyond the shadow of a doubt, that death is just the beginning. In this talk, JF and Phil discuss Myers' relevance to 21st-century thinking on the Weird. Support us on Patreon and gain access to Phil's podcast on Wagner's Ring Cycle. Listen to Meredith Michael and Gabriel Lubell's podcast, Cosmophonia. Download Pierre-Yves Martel's new album, Mer Bleue. Visit the Weird Studies Bookshop Find us on Discord Get the T-shirt design from Cotton Bureau! REFERENCES The Science of Things Spiritual Symposium: July 27-29, 2023 Frederic Myers, Fragments of Inner Life Alan Bennett, History Boys Arthur Machen, A Fragment of Life Alan Gauld, The Founders of Psychical Research Donna Tartt, The Secret History Arthur Machen, The Great God Pan Frans de Waal, Mama’s Last Hug Daniel Dennett, American cognitive scientist Frederic Myers, Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death Gabriel Marcel, The Mystery of Being Phil Ford, Dig William James, Principles of Psychology Akashic Record, Theosophical idea Jeff Kripal, Authors of the Impossible Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Spectrevision Radio
0:03.3	Welcome to Weird Studies, an arts and philosophy podcast with hosts Phil Ford and J.F. Martel.
0:20.8	For more episodes or to support the podcast,
0:23.3	go to weirdst. This is J.F. Martel. Some practical matters to start. First, this is the last
0:57.6	episode of this, our fifth season. Fear not, we will be back on the digital air on September 13th,
1:05.4	with the first of a whole new series of episodes. I want to take this opportunity to thank all
1:10.4	our listeners for making this
1:11.6	season a success. In particular, I'd like to extend a very special thanks to our Patreon supporters,
1:17.4	without whom Weird Studies would remain adrift in the desolate ghost realm of the unmanifested.
1:22.9	If you like what you're here today, consider becoming a patron by going to Weird Studies.com
1:27.2	and looking at our
1:27.9	four tiers of support. Second, I am hard at work developing a new neurolearning course that will
1:35.4	run through September and October. It's called Art in the Age of Artificial Intelligence,
1:41.1	and constitutes an attempt on my part, and on yours if you join me, to think about
1:46.2	the role of art and artists in the unprecedented era we now find ourselves slipping into.
1:52.0	The course is not yet ready for enrollment, but I will put out a quick announcement on this
1:56.9	stream as soon as it is. I hope you'll consider signing up. All right, every year the photographer
2:04.0	and writer Shannon Taggart organizes a symposium in Lillydale, New York, the nerve center of
2:09.7	spiritualism. Shannon's long-standing and fascinating relationship with that movement, which led to
2:15.6	the publication of her magnificent book Seance,
2:18.7	was the topic of episode 113 of this show, recorded with her at the end of 2021.
2:25.4	A new edition of the book was recently released by Lettadilly Editions, by the way.
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