The Radical Book Club for Underworld Readers
A study circle for reading the difficult things of our time. Texts shaped by the polycrisis and the collective bewilderment of the now. Let’s see how these texts come alive through conversation and collective inquiry. What happens to these texts when we read them through an intuitive lens? an astrological lens? a mythical lens? Pick your lens, bring your lens, show us your lens! I was originally going to call this the Book Club for Radical Mystics, and while that still stands, I want it to be open to anyone and I thought the word mystic may close things off for some readers rather than open them up. But make no mistakes, mystics welcomed!
I have visions of what this could become and who will be here: Silvia Federici, Alice Sparkly Kat, Gloria Anzaldúa, Mark Fisher, Ivan Illich, Frantz Fanon, and other writers whose work entangles myth, politics, and lived experience. There are so many texts I want to sit with slowly, and so many that I want to hear other people think through. We all benefit from this. We need this.
I’m curious about what will happen when we read together, the insights, the multiple angles, the disagreements, the recognition. To be honest, I’m doing this book club because I want to read these books with friends. That’s the truth. And I think it is urgent and vital that we create this kind of space for people that are also highly intuitive, spritual, psychic, astrologers etc etc. I have much more I have to share about this and I will at a later time.
If you are ready to join, all you have to do is upgrade to the paid tier of $10 a month via my Substack. You can also do trial run. You will also get so many other benefits detailed here. Feel free to message me if you are interested or have any questions.
Books:
Januarty/February: Disaster Nationalism by Richard Seymour
March: Girls Against God by Jenny Hval (next meeting March 16th)
April: Capitalist Realism by Mark Fisher