Fringe Religion

Liminal Lesbians (Hilma Af Klint's Spiritualism: Pt 2)

Mon, 05 Feb 2024 20:03:30 GMT

Part 2! Zelda talks with artist and scholar R. Jamin about abstract painter Hilma Af Klint's legacy as a queer icon and mystical legend. By convening with spirits through routine séances, Hilma and her coven recorded messages from the beyond with journals and art. Since Zelda and R couldn't get enough of the subject matter, this is an extra enriching two part special.

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Liminal Lesbians (Hilma Af Klint's Spiritualism: Pt 1)

Fri, 18 Aug 2023 18:57:56 GMT

Your host Zelda Reed returns after a fruitful summer hiatus to talk with artist and scholar R. Jamin about lesbians in the 19th century spiritualist spaces and why this movement became a refuge for queerness. If you're curious about marginalized sexualities in religious studies, or how spiritualism was built by the alphabet mafia, this episode is for you. Since Zelda and R couldn't get enough of the subject matter, this is an extra enriching two part special, with the first episode setting the groundwork for the deep dive that is episode two.

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Card Tricks: Tarot's Many Meanings

Sun, 18 Jun 2023 00:32:05 GMT

For this insightful episode of Fringe Religion, your host Zelda Reed has a chat with renowned tarot scholar, Morbid Anatomy Librarian, and published author Laetitia Barbier. The two sit on a couch in a blood-red room surrounded by taxidermied animals of all sorts to discuss the history, symbology, and legacy of tarot cards.

You can find Laetitia's book "Tarot and Divination Cards: A Visual Archive" on any platform where you buy books! Lucky you ;)

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The Cosmic Egg-pisode

Mon, 29 May 2023 04:42:48 GMT

Your host Zelda Reed cracks into the wonderful world of egg symbology. From creation stories to their use in religious art, eggs show up all over the Eastern hemisphere in delightful and unexpected ways that will have you forever pondering your breakfasts. Bon appetite!

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Sources!

Leeming, D.A. (2014). Cosmic Egg. In: Encyclopedia of Psychology and Religion.

Leeming, D.A and Leeming, M. (2009) Cosmic Egg. In: Creation Myths of the World: An Encyclopedia

“The Egg” by Andy Weir

Meehan, Evan. “Ra.” and Hamilton, Mae. “Pangu.”Mythopedia,

Eggs in Cookery: Proceedings of the Oxford Symposium of Food and Cookery. 2006.

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Unicorns: A Horny History

Tue, 02 May 2023 22:55:05 GMT

Your host Zelda Reed embarks on the first solo research episode after being inspired by a sudden barrage of unicorn imagery. From Medieval tapestries to Dungeons and Dragons to early-aughts randomcore, we go on an exploration of the original symbolism of these mythic creatures and how Christianity co-opted their fame. They're sort of like Jesus...but sexy?

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Sources!

Cavallo, A. S. (1993). Medieval Tapestries in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Tagliatesta, Francesca. “Iconography of the Unicorn from India to the Italian Middle Ages.” East and West, vol. 57, no. 1/4, 2007, pp. 175–91

Roberts, Teresa Noelle. “The Unicorn: Creature of Love.” Mythlore, vol. 8, no. 4 (30), 1982, pp. 39–41.

Shepard, Odell. The Lore of the Unicorn. Harper and Row, 1979

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Alchemy for the New Millennium

Mon, 24 Apr 2023 17:22:36 GMT

For the first episode of Fringe Religion, your host Zelda Reed talks with documentary filmmaker, author, zine virtuoso, and alchemist Brian Cotnoir to delve into the many meanings of alchemy. From Jungian psychology to Pythagoras hotboxing caves, we get into the checkered history of transmutation and riff on the revolutionary and everyday applications of this philosophy.

More about Brian's work with alchemy can be found at khepripress.com and you can now pre-order his forthcoming book "On Alchemy" through Penguin Random House (out June 13th!)

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Sources!

The Occult: Secrets of the Hidden World (L’Occultisme), Julien Tondriau, 1964

Psychology and Alchemy, C.G. Jung, 1944

Mysticism and Science in the Pythagorean Tradition, F.M. Cornford, 1922

The Alchemical Wedding, Brian Cotnoir, 2017

On the Mystic, Magick, Talismanic, Alchemical Practice of Zine-Making, Brian Cotnoir 2019

De Sorore Mystica, Brian Cotnoir, 2022

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Welcome to Fringe Religion

Sun, 23 Apr 2023 23:26:56 GMT

Your host Zelda Reed embarks on a new podcasting adventure focused on spiritual and religious grey areas. With diligent research and lighthearted banter, Fringe Religion seeks to explore common misunderstandings and not-so-common phenomena in the world of religious studies, as well as how we can better bridge the gaps between academic narratives and lived experience. Wooh! We out here.

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Special thanks to the early support of Robo! for the show theme, R. Jamin for the cover art, and Eliza McLamb for the microphones <3

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