Existentialism by Eulit M. Hinson

In this episode, we descend from the marble halls of Rome's political philosophy into the shadowed chambers of the individual psyche, where philosophy is no longer the contemplation of the state's constitution but the terrifying confrontation with one's own existence. We explore how existentialism—that most unsettling of philosophical traditions, born in the anguish of the 19th century and forged in the trauma of the 20th—seized the foundations of Western thought and inverted them, declaring that the engine of reality is not the structure of society or the decrees of reason, but the radical freedom of the isolated consciousness, condemned to create meaning in a universe that offers none. In a world that still celebrates the individual, still struggles with the burden of freedom, and still searches for meaning in a universe that offers none, do we have the courage to become our own creators, or will we retreat into the comfortable illusions of the Right-hand Path?🎧 ABOUT THE RUBY TABLETThe Ruby Tablet Podcast is a philosophical and spiritual journey through the essays of the Temple of Set, exploring the great traditions of human thought—from ancient Egypt to the present day. Each episode is a deep dive into the ideas that help shape the Self and fan the Black Flame.🔗 SOURCES & READING LIST:Essay: Existentialism and Satanism Classification: V2 - 149.EX - 1 Author: Eulit M. Hinson I° Date: July, XXV HTML Conversion: Jan 01, 1998 CE Subject: Philosophy: Existentialism Reading List:📚 RECOMMENDED READING:Søren Kierkegaard, Fear and TremblingFriedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke ZarathustraFriedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and EvilFriedrich Nietzsche, The Gay ScienceMartin Heidegger, Being and TimeJean-Paul Sartre, Being and NothingnessJean-Paul Sartre, Existentialism Is a HumanismJean-Paul Sartre, NauseaAlbert Camus, The Myth of SisyphusAlbert Camus, The StrangerFyodor Dostoevsky, Notes from UndergroundFranz Kafka, The MetamorphosisSimone de Beauvoir, The Ethics of AmbiguityKarl Jaspers, Philosophy of ExistenceMaurice Merleau-Ponty, Phenomenology of PerceptionEdith Hamilton, The Greek Way (for philosophical context)Will Durant, The Story of PhilosophyMichael A. Aquino, The Temple of Set: The First Ten YearsMichael A. Aquino, The Church of SatanAleister Crowley, Magick Without TearsAnton Szandor LaVey, The Satanic Bible🏷️ HASHTAGS#Existentialism #Satanism #Philosophy #Kierkegaard #Nietzsche #Heidegger #Sartre #Xeper #BeingAndNothingness #BeingAndTime #Dasein #BlackFlame #Set #TempleOfSet #GodIsDead #Angst #BadFaith #Authenticity #Freedom #Responsibility #Nausea #Absurdism #Camus #Dostoevsky #Phenomenology #Marius #Sulla #Pompey #JuliusCaesar #RomanRepublic #AncientPhilosophy #GreekPhilosophy #RomanPhilosophy #LeftHandPath #TheRubyTablet #PhilosophyPodcast #WisdomTraditions #ExistentialistPhilosophy #AleisterCrowley #MagickWithoutTears #Crowley #Individualism #SelfCreation #Becoming #Being #Nothingness #EroticCrystallizationInertia #ECI #GoldenMean #Phronesis #Eudaimonia #Setianism #AncientWisdom #Occult #Esotericism #Spirituality #SelfDevelopment #Initiation #Thelema