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LEPHT HAND
Welcome to LEPHT HAND — a channel for immersive philosophy, psychology, and politics. Created by Sereptie (Craig) from the Acid Horizon podcast, this channel is your gateway to informative essays, thought-provoking videos, and exclusive content from Sereptie's interdisciplinary coursework . Thank you for subscribing.
Episodes
31 episodes
Bergson and Weird Philosophy: JF Martel on Time, Subjectivity, and Weirding Realism
Have you ever felt reality glitch, as though the weird was peeking through the cracks of time or the Real? In this episode of LEPHT HAND, JF Martel joins to explore how Henri Bergson’s concept of duration and Gilles Deleuze’s philosophy of beco...
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Writing as Exorcism: Dreams and Dissolution in the Work of Henri Michaux (with Garett Strickland)
Subscribe to LEPHT HAND for early access to episodes!Henri Michaux wrote as if to exorcise himself from existence. His poetry and prose traverse dream, delirium, and the slow undoing of identity, where language becomes both scalpel and ...
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The Body Without Organs: Artaud’s Last Writings with Stephen Barber
What does it mean to imagine a body freed from its organs, its history, and its limits? In his final writings, Antonin Artaud turned against Christ, psychiatry, sexuality, and language itself, while elaborating the concept of the “body without ...
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Myth, Nostalgia, and Liberation: Federico Campagna’s 'Otherworlds: Mediterranean Lessons On Escaping History'
Can myth itself serve as a material force in struggles for liberation? Federico Campagna joins me to discuss how myth—too often dismissed as escapism or co-opted by reaction—can instead become a practice of imagination, solidarity, and survival...
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Gilgamesh: The Oldest Story Ever Told and Why It Still Haunts Us Today (with Stuart Kendall)
What ancient tale speaks of gods, grief, and the fall of heroes? In this episode, we descend into the dream-temple of Gilgamesh, guided by translator Stuart Kendall. We explore the epic’s broken verses, divine laments, and its resistance to mod...
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Undoing the Myth of the Father: Freud, Feminism, and the Symbolic Violence of Western Thought
What do ancient myths reveal about our unconscious fantasies of power, gender, and identity? In this episode of LEPHT HAND, Jessica Elbert Decker, author of Motherless Daughters and Female Monsters, joins us to explore the myths of Ath...
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Did Aristotle Anticipate the Body Without Organs? Pneuma, Soul, and Formlessness
What if Aristotle had already conceived of something like a body without organs? In this special walking episode of LEPHT HAND, Craig (aka Sereptie of Acid Horizon) and returning guest Jack Bagby descend the old rail line in Lemont, Pennsylvani...
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How to Read Philosophy Without Getting Lost: Practical Tips for Beginners and Beyond
Have you ever tried to read a work of philosophy and ended up feeling more confused than enlightened? In this video, Sereptie—also known as Craig, host of Acid Horizon and LEPHT HAND—shares practical, field-tested strategies for reading difficu...
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Nietzsche and Klossowski: Consciousness, Parody, and the Origins of Thought
What if laughter, rage, or grief weren’t just emotional outbursts—but modes of knowing, ways in which being announces itself to us before thought arrives? In this short video, we descend into the tangled philosophies of Pierre Klossowski and Fr...
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WOULD YOU LIVE THIS LIFE AGAIN?: Nietzsche, Deleuze, and the Eternal Return
(this is a narration only version of a video on the LEPHT HAND Youtube channel)What if you had to live your life exactly as it is—over and over again, forever? In this video, we dive into Nietzsche’s haunting concept of the eternal retur...
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Individuation Explained: Gilbert Simondon, Carl Jung & the Evolution of Form in Philosophy and Depth Psychology with Timothy Jackson
Support the Vintagia campaign before it is too late! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/acidhorizon/vintagia-i-ching-oracle-for-psychogeographers-and-creativesWhat if the self isn’t a fixed unity, but a process unfolding through tensi...
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Play, Sovereignty, and the Refusal of Work: Bataille’s Challenge to Modern Thought
Support Vintagia: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/acidhorizon/vintagia-i-ching-oracle-for-psychogeographers-and-creatives In this monologue, we reflect on Georges Bataille’s essay “Are We Here to Play or Be Serious?”—recor...
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Mysticism Without Transcendence? Laruelle’s 'Vision-in-One' with Jeremy R. Smith
Follow Vintagia: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/acidhorizon/vintagia-i-ching-oracle-for-psychogeographers-and-creativesIn this special crossover episode of LEPHT HAND and Acid Horizon, we explore the radical mysticism of ...
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The Image of Soul in Post-Jungian Thought: Giegerich, Deleuze, and Beyond
Sereptie's recent blog piece: https://splitinfinities.substack.com/p/crossing-the-line-the-repeater-booksIn this episode of LEPHT HAND, Sereptie is joined by Christian McMillan from the University of Essex to explore Wolfgang Giegerich’...
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Schreber’s Paranoia: Madness, Power and the Politics of Psychosis with Devin Gouré
In this LEPHT HAND interview, I am joined by Devin Gouré of Moral Minority for a deep descent into the world of Daniel Paul Schreber's Memoirs of My Nervous Illness. Together, they explore Schreber’s cosmic visions, divine persecution, and the ...
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Dionysus in Exile: Nietzsche, the Dionysian, and the Modern World with Keegan Kjeldsen
Sereptie is joined by Keegan Kjeldsen of The Nietzsche Podcast to explore the exile of Dionysus in the modern world. They discuss the Dionysian as a force of ecstasy, self-forgetting, and excess, tracing its decline from ancient Greek ...
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Dionysus Decoded: Nietzsche, Deleuze & Depth Psychology Reimagine Myth
In this monologue, we explore the many faces of Dionysus, from mythology to depth psychology and continental philosophy. Drawing on Dionysus in Exile, the discussion highlights his paradoxical nature—not just a god of excess but also o...
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Lacanian Psychoanalysis and Zen Buddhism: What's the Connection? with Raul Moncoya
Contact Raul and discover his work here: https://www.raulmoncayophd.com/Buy the book: https://www.routledge.com/Lacan-and-Chan-Buddhist-Thought-Reflections-on-Buddhism-in-Lacans-Seminar-X-and-Beyond/Moncayo-Yu/p/book/9781032056975?srslt...
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On Melancholy and Mania: James Hillman and Gilles Deleuze meet Nosferatu
In this installment of LEPHT HAND, we delve into the James Hillman Uniform Edition on On Melancholy and Depression, exploring his archetypal approach to melancholy as a cosmic force and its critique of modern life under capitalism...
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What is Freud's Metapsychology? with Taylor Adkins
Support LEPHT HAND in 2025: https://www.patreon.com/LEPHTHANDIn this episode, Taylor joins Sereptie to discuss Freud’s Metapsychology, exploring the conceptual underpinnings of psychoanalysis. From the topographical model of th...
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Jung and Spinoza: Passage Through the Blessed Self with Dr. Robert Langan
Jung and Spinoza: Passage Through the Blessed Self: https://www.routledge.com/Jung-and-Spinoza-Passage-Through-The-Blessed-Self/Langan/p/book/9781032851853In this episode of LEPHT HAND, host Serpetie aka Craig is joined by Dr. ...
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The Active Imagination of Henry Corbin, Carl Jung, and James Hillman with Tom Cheetham
Help fund the Kickstarter campaign now: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/acephalous/acephalous-the-erotic-tarot-of-georges-batailleTom's Substack: https://substack.com/@tomcheetham2In this episode of LEPHT HAND, we sit down ...
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Deleuze, Symbols, and Sorcery: Synthesizing Insights on Deleuze's Hermeticism
The Kickstarter link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/acephalous/acephalous-the-erotic-tarot-of-georges-batailleIn this interview, I am joined by c_o_L_L_a_g_e, a friend and colleague from our research community at Acid Horizon. To...
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Destituent Power and the Reclamation of the Imagination with Serene Richards
Support the Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/acephalous/acephalous-the-erotic-tarot-of-georges-batailleBiopolitics as a System of Thought: https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/biopolitics-as-a-system-of-thought-9781350412095/<...
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