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Cassandra | Taylor Swift | The Tortured Poets Department | Reaction
This is a meditation on Taylor Swift's song, "Cassandra," from her new album, The Tortured Poets Department. It's just me, a reader of the classics, throwing in a few words about the figure of Cassandra, and enjoying the new album. #TTPD - I talk about poetry, prophecy, music, and aesthetic judgment.
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Видео

Writing with Godward
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The incense is Nag Champa. The music is Mozart, Piano Sonata 16. If it's not in 720p, it might still be processing.
On Sabbatical
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Hello gentlemen. Enjoying my respite. Check out the recent hour of podcasting I did with Art of Darkness: On Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/7corErf03RozICNVXu38we?si=S4SHfcVYSwGVhgTuN23HLQ On RUclips: ruclips.net/video/chOBdRlmGgA/видео.htmlsi=d7IFOFKmzlxf5YF9 artofdarkpod.com
Is this the BEST RARE BOOK by a small press/little-known author?
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David Schenck published "Zchenk Among Demons" in 1990. It's a lyrical philosophical investigation that is dialectical, poetic, and self-consciously mystical, in the sense that it aims to catalyze ineffable experience in the reader. It's hard to find as paperback, but it's available as an eBook for $7.99 the book deserves more readers and a bigger reputation! www.google.com/search?client=safari&...
Why "The Road" is Cormac McCarthy's Best Book
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Hey, I like Blood Meridian as much as the next guy but I'm celebrating St. Patrick's Day the only way an Englishman knows how, which is by thinking about Beowulf, Old English, Seamus Heaney, and Cormac McCarthy. Get on board. patreon.com/godward
GODWARD | Commentary on MAPS Season 3, ep.6 | Concerning A.I.
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Just having some fun with future-projection. Listen to "Mystical American Patriots Society" wherever you listen to podcasts. And like seriously: Gumroad them!
The Confidence-Man | Herman Melville
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A general survey of Melville's novel, "The Confidence-Man," including a few selected excerpts and some thoughts about the implications.
Marguerite Yourcenar's Memoirs of Hadrian | On Discernment
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Reviewing a really good book - Memoirs of Hadrian (1951), by Yourcenar. Also, a post-script on the question of discernment. patreon.com/godward
Lucian on DEMONAX | Godward Podcast
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This video gives a brief description of the 2nd century philosopher, Demonax, as he is described in the only contemporary source on him, a short essay written by Lucian. Demonax resisted philosophical systematization, resisted initiation in the Eleusinian Mysteries, did not convert to Christianity, wasn't a stoic, wasn't a cynic, wasn't a Platonist, wasn't a Pythagorean because all of these wer...
Stella Maris | Review | Cormac McCarthy
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This is a short review of Cormac's new book, Stella Maris. I don't really think it contains "spoilers," but if you're nit-picky about that, come back after you've read it! Here's a link to the Krauss interview: ruclips.net/video/wfYr5zF-oNs/видео.html Link to my review of The Passenger: ruclips.net/video/HJ5jC52vDAc/видео.html And to my patreon: patreon.com/godward
THE PASSENGER | Cormac McCarthy | Review
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CONTAINS SPOILERS - Cormac McCarthy just released a new novel, so I couldn't resist posting a short review. The Passenger (to be followed by Stella Maris in December) will most likely be the last works we get from one of America's greatest writers. The books includes themes of uncertainty, paranoia, chaos, and hallucination, and plenty of that unmistakably-Cormac-level language we all know and ...
Thinking with Nature
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Jordan Peterson made famous the phrase "crisis of meaning." No doubt that was the fallout of the postmodern thought that we were raised on. To recover meaning we have to risk making *too much* meaning. This is why reading novels and poetry is good practice they force us to learn to manage meaning. We read about a maiden's blonde hair and we ask, "Does it signify anything, or would it be 'readin...
The One/Many Problem - An Inquiry
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Pretty much wrapping up the channel with this video. Appreciate the support. Will keep the vids on private. Patrons or former patrons can just request. patreon.com/godward
John 17 | Reading & Commentary
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Talking about ineffable stuff. Continuing the series where a guy who likes literature reads the Gospel of John. pattern.com/godward
John 16 | Commentary & Review
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John 16 | Commentary & Review
John 15 | Reading & Comments
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John 15 | Reading & Comments
John 10 | Reading & Comments
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John 10 | Reading & Comments
John 1 | Reading with Commentary
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John 1 | Reading with Commentary
The Aeneid | Virgil
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The Aeneid | Virgil
The Epistemology of Trees
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The Epistemology of Trees
Instantaneous Conversion in Plato & Christianity
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Instantaneous Conversion in Plato & Christianity
Victor Pelevin's Russia
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Victor Pelevin's Russia
SUTTREE | Cormac McCarthy
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SUTTREE | Cormac McCarthy
The Faith of Abraham | Søren Kierkegaard
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The Faith of Abraham | Søren Kierkegaard
On Literature & Philosophy
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On Literature & Philosophy
Crime and Punishment | Dostoevsky
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Crime and Punishment | Dostoevsky
Swann's Way | Marcel Proust
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Swann's Way | Marcel Proust
The Threat of Subjective Epistemology, The Dream of Objectivity
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The Threat of Subjective Epistemology, The Dream of Objectivity
Lucian | The False Prophet Alexander
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Lucian | The False Prophet Alexander
The Death of Ivan Ilyich | Leo Tolstoy
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The Death of Ivan Ilyich | Leo Tolstoy

Комментарии

  • @ultrasignificantfootnote3378
    @ultrasignificantfootnote3378 2 дня назад

    Oh so wonderfull ,now we can all become Gods, but we still have the same crappy body and life as we did before .Halelujah.

    • @GodwardPodcast
      @GodwardPodcast 2 дня назад

      The quality of your (perception of) your life and body certainly change. If you believe the more Eastern traditions, as you become sanctified, your body will change too--will heal, grow healthier, etc. Thanks for watching!

  • @BobACNJ
    @BobACNJ 14 дней назад

    ruclips.net/video/tHj6ifjMCfY/видео.htmlsi=gFcOfSYrEYfqIuo8

  • @faithdebonilla1204
    @faithdebonilla1204 22 дня назад

    Sounds like the foundation for Catholic church/Vatican/"Holy" Roman Empire.

  • @jonyoung6405
    @jonyoung6405 Месяц назад

    Why read from Christians from the 1st , and 2nd Century when you can purchase books from $$ multi millionaire modern “ Christian “ book authors, speakers, maga church pastors.that love pop phycology ?

  • @osc766
    @osc766 Месяц назад

    never underestimate the american’s capacity to offer an erudite and compelling analysis yet botch the main character & Author’s name

  • @autumnpendergast9151
    @autumnpendergast9151 Месяц назад

    Ahh, that was fantastic! 🎉

  • @autumnpendergast9151
    @autumnpendergast9151 Месяц назад

    I can only name one of her songs!!!

  • @huguettebourgeois6366
    @huguettebourgeois6366 2 месяца назад

    Why don't you present Eckhart without your interpretation.. 😢

    • @GodwardPodcast
      @GodwardPodcast 2 месяца назад

      @@huguettebourgeois6366 what would be the point? Just go read it. This channel is about my POV. Why didn’t Eckhart just present tbd gospel without his interpretation?

  • @gilbertbaird8052
    @gilbertbaird8052 2 месяца назад

    Sounds like a satire story of Nazareths journey

  • @lygourd
    @lygourd 2 месяца назад

    It's an interesting point that the classical understanding of a prophet included an obligation to tell the truth and to tell it in a compelling way that can be heard.

    • @GodwardPodcast
      @GodwardPodcast 2 месяца назад

      @@lygourd allpoetry.com/The-Bible-is-an-antique-Volume Had but the Tale a warbling Teller- All the Boys would come- Orpheus' Sermon captivated- It did not condemn-

  • @gruboniell4189
    @gruboniell4189 2 месяца назад

    Lol. Fking humans

  • @gruboniell4189
    @gruboniell4189 2 месяца назад

    He was on drugs!!! Lol. Don’t ya get the innuendos? Even today scientists are trying to turn venoms into cures

  • @frederickanderson1860
    @frederickanderson1860 2 месяца назад

    Very similar to Indian mystics and other mystical beliefs. East and Russian and universal really.

    • @GodwardPodcast
      @GodwardPodcast 2 месяца назад

      Agree. I’ve been trying to convince an old best friend recently about this - but he insists “Hinduism is demonic,” and won’t read anything about it. Sigh.

  • @BobHooker
    @BobHooker 2 месяца назад

    The core of Putinism is post-modernism, nothing is real everything is narrative. Russia didn’t follow the shock therapy other nations followed to move from planned to market economy was precisely because under the Communists had destroyed all sense of possible real

  • @kevinogracia1615
    @kevinogracia1615 2 месяца назад

    The beauty of man's ugliness... Dante meets Huckleberry Finn meets Kerouac. Well done. Peace on earth.

  • @hummingbyrde
    @hummingbyrde 3 месяца назад

    Ohhh…what you said about “TS tried to warn the industry about the predatory nature of some music executives and no one took her seriously” So on point…

  • @BobACNJ
    @BobACNJ 3 месяца назад

    Have you yoked yourself to The Synagogue?

    • @BobACNJ
      @BobACNJ 3 месяца назад

      Taylor is a gateway...

    • @BobACNJ
      @BobACNJ 3 месяца назад

      Pliny the Elder to Taylor. I can't...I just can't....

    • @BobACNJ
      @BobACNJ 3 месяца назад

      I never though East Asians had such insight!

    • @BobACNJ
      @BobACNJ 3 месяца назад

      Soul Selling....sad to see. Who could have predicted this?

    • @BobACNJ
      @BobACNJ 3 месяца назад

      Me

  • @questorama
    @questorama 3 месяца назад

    Rewatching this after watching the passion of the christ

    • @GodwardPodcast
      @GodwardPodcast 3 месяца назад

      Check this out: open.spotify.com/episode/0r776qYOMeEmJChBWcslYm?si=xxAyjwywSYeRvIa_XAceNQ My appearance starts at the 25:00 mark - we discuss the different movie versions of the Passion, Jesus’s temptation in the desert, The Grand Inquisitor, etc. Good timing!! Thanks for watching again bro.

  • @gandalfwhite4803
    @gandalfwhite4803 3 месяца назад

    great video, professor, thanks!

  • @koanforty
    @koanforty 4 месяца назад

    Thank you awesome lecture. Makes me think of an attitude that might best be described as a Socratic attitude not knowing as wisdom holy smokes - good job.

  • @EdT.-xt6yv
    @EdT.-xt6yv 4 месяца назад

    4:00

  • @EdT.-xt6yv
    @EdT.-xt6yv 4 месяца назад

    11:35

  • @raysvolleyballvideos
    @raysvolleyballvideos 4 месяца назад

    I’m DYING! The DANIEL callout! 😅

  • @stevedegroodt5294
    @stevedegroodt5294 4 месяца назад

    A brilliant window into this novel, your reading opens it wider. Thanks.

  • @GrownupPhan
    @GrownupPhan 4 месяца назад

    OMG, NOW I really wonder if Taylor has read Virgil and knows the story about Ajax and the abduction & rape of Cassandra. Because in the middle of the bros’ backlash about all the attention to Taylor during NFL games some absolute sicko made an AI film of her being gang raped by the crowd in a football stadium. I try to erase that from my brain, but I think it went pretty viral. I don’t think she ever made any statement about it, probably knowing anything she said would just further Streisand effect the whole thing. But she had to be furious about that. Anyone would be. I AM on her behalf. Love that you’re enough of a great Girl Dad to have the fuck the patriarchy keychain, BTW. And I’m GenX, so I totally spent my twenties in the alt rock era.

    • @GodwardPodcast
      @GodwardPodcast 4 месяца назад

      Oh, that's right! -- I didn't even think of that, about the A.I. images, but it fits. Yeah, as for the girl-dad thing: I mean, I wish there weren't quite so many F-bombs, but, like you: Gen X, and, that's kinda our native language if we're being honest, lol - thanks for watching

  • @johnkallio5914
    @johnkallio5914 4 месяца назад

    Here is another idea: Taylor Swift is using “Cassandra” in the archetypal Jungian way. In fact, Perhaps Taylor Swift is a Jungian? She mentions “sychronicity” in the manuscript. Your coincidental poem with the same name may be a synchronicity in a strictly Jungian way. I also experienced a synchronicity with this song as well.

    • @GodwardPodcast
      @GodwardPodcast 4 месяца назад

      Yeah for sure - and to extend the archetypal connections with Cassandra: what Troy is falling? Hollywood? Something bigger? Much to ponder.

    • @GrownupPhan
      @GrownupPhan 4 месяца назад

      @@GodwardPodcastI just hope it’s not democracy. 😮

    • @johnkallio5914
      @johnkallio5914 4 месяца назад

      @@GodwardPodcast AI. Democracy. There are potential "Troy's" everywhere. The term "Cassandra Complex" is often ascribed to environmental scientists. Take your pick. It seems to me Mrs Swift is using the "Cassandra" song to mean she is feeling RIGHT (but unheard) in her political views. She has been warning us about the right wing in this country for some time. "The family, the pure greed, the Christian Chorus Line". They all knew.

    • @johnkallio5914
      @johnkallio5914 4 месяца назад

      She herself has a "Cassandra Complex". She saw what was happening in our country. But, because she is the biggest pop star in history, her views on politics were not listened to or considered. Neither by those in the music industry or politics. It must be frustrating to be seen as crazy and "not believed" BECAUSE she is unquiely herself.

  • @upup209
    @upup209 4 месяца назад

    A lot similarities with Judy Garland as a performer. Being aware of the critiques and personal criticisms and embracing them in her performance, endears the audience. Both also professionally mismanaged and exploited out of royalties. Common among many artists. Judy made the fatal mistake of marrying her exploiters. Taylor has been able to expose, and embarrass hers during the height of her power. Judy would be in awe

  • @PeaceIsWork
    @PeaceIsWork 4 месяца назад

    Love this. Philosophy, Poetry, and Swift intersection is heaven on earth. BTW, the snakes in reputation was TS taking the slur by Kardashian and the internet and making it a reference of her empowerment. She often does that, like many artists before her. And the romance gossip, is just that. It’s not truths and she does take responsibility “who would want to marry me,” she sings. Blaming her for too many men and victimhood is what the sexist haters who no nothing about her or her music have been saying since she was a teenager. It’s just hate, and needs to be confronted as such.

    • @GodwardPodcast
      @GodwardPodcast 4 месяца назад

      Thanks for watching! Yeah, I haven't paid very much attention to the Kim drama, so appreciate the assist. Re: her dating history. I don't quite think it's "just hate." The multiple sexual partners thing shouldn't be presented as an ideal. There's a sense that women want to enjoy the pleasures of sexual liberation for ten or fifteen years and then, once they're tired of it, get married to Mr. Dependable. I don't think this is Taylor's case, obviously, and I think she's an outlier -- but a lot of the defense of her dating history takes the form of "premarital sex is great," and I don't agree with that. But this gets into faith-based weeds, and I can enjoy the music without worrying too much about it.

  • @jeffreywilkinson9821
    @jeffreywilkinson9821 4 месяца назад

    Your nerdiness is wonderful. How refreshing! I'm following so many more lirerary folks now thanks to TTPD. I will follow you too.

  • @sethrogaine
    @sethrogaine 4 месяца назад

    my kids like taylor swift so she's aktucally good

  • @schizoric8436
    @schizoric8436 4 месяца назад

    blue shirt except this time its collared... do you get it now?

    • @schizoric8436
      @schizoric8436 4 месяца назад

      that long sleeved collared blue shirt cant be kirkland brand, can it? omg can it? no it cant be...

    • @GodwardPodcast
      @GodwardPodcast 4 месяца назад

      @@schizoric8436 Swifties have no idea about the Easter eggs we find here

  • @net4seven
    @net4seven 4 месяца назад

    Just wanted to leave a "thank you" for sharing your own thoughts as well as lots of background informations on a specific song with us. Way more interesting than watching others trying to comprehend the whole anthology at once.

  • @monicaherrera2224
    @monicaherrera2224 4 месяца назад

    Taylor knows sincerity is cringe, and she still chooses to show us all of herself

  • @bamagal7681
    @bamagal7681 4 месяца назад

    Liked & subscribed. You nailed it. Thank you! I have no doubt, you “get her”. Enjoyed your video.