OVER 400 HOURS OF CONTENT
RILKING: THE DUINO ELEGIES
THE DUINO ELEGIES HAVE BEEN A CORNERSTONE OF MY PEDAGOGY SINCE 2012: TO READ THEM CLOSELY IS AN INITIATORY AND FUNDAMENTALLY TRANSFORMATIVE PROCESS. I TAKE A NEW YORK SCHOOL OF POETRY APPROACH TO THESE POEMS, HENCE THE TITLE (IYKYK). THIS SERIES IS BASED ON WORKSHOPS I TAUGHT AT POETS HOUSE AND ANCIENT EVENINGS IN NYC.
FROM ENHEDUANNA TO SIRIUS B: GNOSTIC SUMMER
THINKING THROUGH THE UPRISING OF SUMMER 2020 AND THE USA’S PLUTO RETURN WITH CLOSE READINGS FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT, ANCIENT SUMER, LATE ANTIQUITY, & THE NAG HAMMADI LIBRARY
INANNA: 12 DAYS OF SUMER
THE CORNERSTONE OF MY PEDAGOGY. THIS SEQUENCE IS DESIGNED TO ROOT YOU ASTROLOGICALLY, MYTHOLOGICALLY, AND CREATIVELY IN THE INTERSECTING ORIGINS OF WRITING, MATHEMATICS, AND LYRIC POETRY.
THE DIALOGUES
ARIANA REINES IN CONVERSATION WITH NOVELIST OTTESSA MOSHFEGH, GNOSTIC BISHOP & VODOU PRIEST MICHEL ANDRE, SCULPTOR OSCAR TUAZON & POET CEDAR SIGO, PSYCHEDELIC PIONEER KATHLEEN HARRISON & NOVELIST BETT WILLIAMS, POET CACONRAD, ARGENTINE ART COLLECTIVE MONDONGO, SCHOLAR-POET EDGAR GARCIA, ARTIST-NOVELIST JOHANNA HEDVA, & MORE.
COMMUNITY FAVORITES
AN EVOLVING CURATION OF COMMUNITY FAVES COVERING SUCH TOPICS AS: BREAKING UP WITH YOUR TOXIC EX, ABRACADABRA, WORKING CLASS GENIUS, BUGS, HAIR, INFINITY, ANCESTOR WORSHIP, ETC.
COMING SOON
THE JOE BRAINARD BRAIN TRUST
READING THE ICONIC ARTIST’S INNOVATIVE AND EMOTIONALLY ARRESTING I REMEMBER ON THE DAILY, MEDITATING UPON ITS EXPLICIT & SUBMERGED BEAUTIES, & THE TOXIC RAYS OF VICIOUSNESS & SHAME IT LIGHTS UP, SHOWING US AMERICA & HOW IT LIVES THRU OUR LIVES HOWEVER PERSONAL. FOR ADDED GEMINI-SEASON POWER, THE WORK OF FRANCES YATES ON MEMORY PALACES HOVERED IN THE BACKGROUND.
SATURDAY MORNING DEMONOLOGY
OUR SIGNATURE WORKSHOPS ON SATURNINE THEMES OF DISCIPLINE, STUDY, & THE CULTIVATION OF SKILLFUL RELATIONSHIP TO THE VARIOUS FORMS OF NEGATIVITY WITH WHICH ALL HUMAN BEINGS MUST CONTEND. MY ANSWER TO THE SEDUCTIVELY DEMONIC PHENOMENON OF SATURDAY MORNING CARTOONS <3
SNAKE OIL
WORKING WITH SNAKE AND SERPENT ENERGY — ALL ITS METAPHORS & IN ALL ITS FORMS. FROM THE GARDEN OF EDEN, TO GREEK AND KEMETIC IDEAS OF MEDICINE, TO MYTHOLOGIES AND METAPHORS AROUND MATHEMATICAL AND MYSTICAL CONCEPTIONS OF THE INFINITE, TO MORE RECENT VALENCES OF THE MAGICAL MYSTICAL CURE AS IT OBTAINS IN THE WELLNESS INDUSTRY.