112: Practical Mental Health in Spirituality, Philosophy & Esoterica (feat. Joe Rupe of 'Lighting the Void')

Welcome back to Black Hoodie Alchemy, folks! My head was jumbled, my body was in a lot of pain, and I wasn't really sure what my next move was after this near-death experience at the beginning of the year -- so I took a bit of a longer, unexpected, and unannounced break. Some of it was out of frustration, a lot of it was out of total exhaustion, and even more of it was rooted in a level of surrender and acceptance. Some real serenity prayer sort of stuff on a very Jungian level, but it was all worth it. I'm feeling pretty damn solid now.

Joe Rupe, host of Lighting the Void helps me get into all this, unpacking some of his mental health experiences and some of my recent ones, along with analyzing mental in the fringe spiritual, new age, conspiracy theory and fortean communities.

People are always getting into these head-spaces and schools-of-thought for one reason or another, yet so many of them fail to ask themselves what these ideas and beliefs do for them on a daily practical level. People analyzing "real" alien species on internet forums, reading the "latest leaks" from Q, or trying to hex their neighbors are likely not considering the fundamental idea: Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. Because of this, their mental health usually suffers on a noticeable level.

But beyond this, we get deeper into Jungian psychology and the relationship between our inner child and the archetypes of the Great Mother and Father, i.e. the Yin and Yang, et cetera.

It's a heavy episode but in many ways it's a celebratory return with great music, some fun shout outs and an awesome guest! Thanks for tuning in, folks -- there's a lot more to come. I'm feeling better than I have all year and we hope you dig the listen.

my links:

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠DIVE MANUAL AUDIOBOOK⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (narrated by Joe Rupe)

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HUNT MANUAL⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BHA LINKTREE w books, shorts, and much more⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

JOE RUPE'S LIGHTING THE VOID

my convo with Joe about Hermeticism

my convo with Ronnie Pontiac about alchemy and Manly Hall

my convo with Leticia Martinez about alchemy and medicine

my convo with AP Strange about unexplainable phenomena & mental health

SHOUT OUTS:

Farewell, My Heart

find Farewell on insta

Seedperson's new insta

Alex Arck on insta

Patrick's Southern Paranormal World youtube videos (i swear these are quiet noises and not jumpscares):

Start listening around 11:35 with headphones and wait for it

Start at around 1:45 with headphones and listen carefully

This week's featured music -- some of the heaviest hitters that the underground has to offer!

Feast For Worms - Grim Pesci x Nightwalker

Any Reason At All - LEGIT

Infestation - Alex Arck