S2 #21 / Dr Tomas Vincente on The Faceless God

Dr. Tomas Vincente is a scholar of ancient religion, magic and
esotericism. His past work explores the emergence of Christian
monotheism and the resulting decline of the chthonic cults of the
ancient Mediterranean and Near East. He is dedicated to
recovering the integrity of this archaic spirituality of blood
and fire, which has been demonised by the Abrahamic religions for
two millennia. In the show we discuss his work The Faceless God.
The book has a triple focus—Lovecraftian, Egyptian and
Sabbatic—which may seem bizarre at first glance. Through an
initiated reading of Lovecraft’s fiction, relating especially to
the figure of Nyarlathotep, certain hitherto unexplored
connections are revealed between European witch lore and the
Egyptian mysteries of Osiris and Anubis. The claim that there was
a germ of truth beneath the diabolical stereotypes and
accusations of European witchcraft was advanced long ago by
Margaret Murray, who argued that witchcraft was an organised cult
of pagan origin, which had somehow survived the processes of
Christianization. Dr Vincente’s argument is much more subtle, and
closer in spirit to the more recent research of Carlo Ginzburg.
He would not speak of an organised witch cult, but rather of
diverse and analogous survivals of shamanistic practice, which
carried forward certain symbolic and ritual elements of archaic
and pre-Christian origin. The most novel aspect of his argument
lies in the unearthing of the deep symbolic resonances between
the lore of witchcraft, relating to the black man and the Goat of
Mendes, and the archaic fertility cult of the ram-headed
Banebdjedet, who was a totemistic representation of Osiris—or
more precisely Osiris in union with Ra in his netherworld aspect.
In the Plus show we get into similarities between the Dark Man
and the King of the Fairies. We discuss the importance of art and
artists and what they bring back from the dark womb. We get into
why this experience happens? What is the point of it? Dr Vincente
goes on to describe the response to this summons is a radical
openness to profound mystery not about the application of will.
Big stuff. Show notes:
https://theionpublishing.com/authors/tomas-vincente/


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