The Journey So Far…
I wrote a blog back in September called New Direction Defined, in which I talked about starting a new journey into western esotericism. Over the past few months, I have been focused on that track and have gained a better outline for future podcast episodes. In fact, right now I’m working on a series on the topic of astrology. The first episode will drop sometime this month so be on the lookout for that.
Western esotericism is a vast field, as you can see in the image above. I explained more about it in podcast Episode 13: Western Esotericism. But the subjects in the image are what I plan on exploring at some point. Astrology is next, hence the red circle around it.
If you look around the site or podcast list, you’ll notice I got rid of my Life Journey Series I had started. This was based on the practice of tarot. The reason for this was I hadn’t yet started this journey in western esotericism and therefore felt that major points were missing. These didn’t include the history or philosophy that I deem necessary for this conversation and analysis in esoterica. I plan on redoing them at some point, hence why Tarot is in the image, which I’m calling the current roadmap. I did some preliminary research and realized there’s an ironic connection between Kabbalah and Tarot, so I would need to study Kabbalah first to understand that connection and history.
Lastly, I’ve revamped the podcast a bit to reflect this journey. The previous title Merwin’s Philosophy didn’t really have a clear direction. It was my first attempt at a podcast and exploration of esoterica before I realized that’s what I was doing. You’ll still hear the old intro in these episodes, but I’m exciting for this fresh change going forward.
There’s a lot of reading and research that has to happen for each episode. But it is exciting to learn something new and get better insight into practices that have been kept secret and not well understood. If you want to continue this journey, make sure you subscribe to the podcast on your favorite app or YouTube. You can also join my email newsletter so you’ll never miss an episode.
