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The Whole Rabbit

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The weekly occult podcast diving into the deep end of mythology, high-strangeness and religion. A show for seekers upon the path and wanderers of the outer abyss. Where others stay surface level, we go deep into the rabbit holes of demonolatry, chaos magick, gnosticism Thelema, Aleister Crowley, fallen angels, the ars goetia, MKULTRA, the black cross of Saturn and of course Ancient Egypt.

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  • The Hero with A Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell, Part 1

    The Hero with A Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell, Part 1
    Aug 8 2026

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    In this week’s episode we take the first step on the journey through The Hero of a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell and discuss, with nerd-like passion, the nuance surrounding each specific stage of the hero's journey as explained in the text. For a podcast that geeks out about symbolism; it doesn’t get much more bread and butter than this. In the free side of the show we make it through the first four stages of the heroes journey: The Mundane World, The Call to Adventure, Refusal of the Call and Supernatural Aid; touching upon the variety (or lack thereof) you can expect in each stage while using mythology both modern and classic as guide posts along the way. In the extended show we discuss Crossing the Threshold, the tremendous ordeal of being swallowed within the Belly of the Whale and the laundry list of trials each hero faces on their path to either Mordor or tax season. Thank you and enjoy the show.

    DISCLAIMER:
    I think we need to clear up some confusion. First of all, I’m very tired. Secondly, I’m very tired. Thirdly, the book we’re studying, Hero with a Thousand Faces is by Joseph Campbell but is BASED upon Carl Jung’s ideas of the collective unconscious, the archetypes and the path to individuation by interaction with. When you’re manically alternating between exhaustion and manic excitement it's easy to get the Cs and Js confused ok?? That being said, Jung is quoted numerous times throughout the text. At this point just assume we’ve mixed up the names a number of times during this specific recording. My apologies. I'll sleep when I'm dead.

    In this week’s show we discuss:
    -The World of the NPC: The Office, the Shire and Tatooine
    -The Call to Adventure: Neo, Barbie and Danny from the Shining
    -Refusal of the Call: King Minos, Cypher and Luke Skywalker
    -Supernatural Aid: Morphes, Beatrice of Dante’s Inferno, Weird Barbie
    -Magickal Black-Man Tropes

    In the extended show available at www.patreon.com/TheWholeRabbit we go further down the heroes rabbit hole (gross) and discuss:
    -Crossing the Threshold: Walking Through the Mirror, Entering the Temple, Vagina Dentata
    -The Belly of the Whale: Being Pilled, The Trash Compactor, Jonah
    -The Road of Trials: John Wick, Hercules, Pan’s Labrynth and Alice in Wonderland.

    This episode was written by Luke Madrid in collaboration with Tim Hacker who wrote the skeleton of the schizo’s journey for each seventeen stages with commentaries. Additional commentaries by Mari Sama and Heka Astra.

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    Sources:
    Campbell, Joseph. The Hero with a Thousand Faces. 3rd ed., New World Library, 2008.
    https://ia601406.us.archive.org/30/items/Birdsfrogsandmirrors/JosephCampbell%20-%20The%20Hero%20With%20a%20Thousand%20Faces%20Commemorative%20Edition.pdf

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    39 min
  • The Silent War: Schizos vs. Psychos

    The Silent War: Schizos vs. Psychos
    Aug 1 2026
    Send us comments, suggestions and ideas here! In this week’s episode we explore if there is any truth behind the well loved, pop-psychology meme going around the internet the last few years detailing THE SILENT WAR; a covert struggle for the mind’s of the masses between a decentralized group of marginalized schizo-autists and a loosely affiliated cadre of enfranchised psychopathic elites: or more simply, the secret war between the schizos and the psychos - a theory that proponents claim is as old as time and offers us a new perspective on the dynamics between the hidden genius of charismatic predators who run things from the shadows and the weirdos like us who happen to notice them but can’t seem to get normal people to listen until it's too late. In the extended show we go into even deeper detail on how psychopaths manipulate the herd and some examples of exactly how it works all the way from the geopolitical stage to the work place. Lastly, we talk about how to identify and defend against the psychopath and hits plots. Thank you and enjoy the show! In this week’s episode we discuss:History of the Meme|The Schizoid Alkaholikier Philip K. Dick’s correlaries in UbikAutist vs. Schizo MaskingWhat is a Psycho? In the extended episode available at www.patreon.com/TheWholeRabbit we go even further to discuss: Schizoposting Socioeconomic TheoryWhy Success Favors PsychopathsPolitical Ponerology Institutional Capture The Four Features of Bullsh*tHow Psychopaths Actually Drive People CrazyThis episode was written by Luke Madrid with some blue sections by Mari Sama. Commentary by Heka Astra and Tim Hacker was original. Where to find The Whole Rabbit:Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0AnJZhmPzaby04afmEWOAVInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_whole_rabbitTwitter: https://twitter.com/1WholeRabbitOrder Stickers: https://www.stickermule.com/thewholerabbitOther Merchandise: https://thewholerabbit.myspreadshop.com/Music By Spirit Travel Plaza:https://open.spotify.com/artist/30dW3WB1sYofnow7y3V0YoSources:Primary Internet / Folk OriginAnonymous 4chan /pol/ post, 27 November 2022, thread 406166838, post No. 406171908. (Core text of the “Silent War” meme; the document reproduces and timestamps this as the point of origin before Reddit, YouTube narrations, TikTok, and Instagram circulation.)Clinical / Psychiatric HistoryBinswanger, Kurt. Work on the “schizoide Alkoholiker” (schizoid alcoholic) personality type, circa World War I period. Swiss psychiatrist; describes a constitutional style of intense inner experience, social withdrawal, and emotional distance that sits on the milder end of what later became the schizophrenia-spectrum / schizoid personality continuum. The script treats this as an early clinical analogue of the meme’s “schizo.”Kahlbaum, Karl Ludwig. Description of heboidophrenia (1890s). Condition emerging in adolescence/young adulthood that primarily disturbs personality, drive, mood, and social behaviour rather than intelligence; can present with antisocial, irritable, or “psychopathic”-appearing traits that are secondary to an underlying schizophrenic process. The script uses this to illustrate clinical blending of the two poles.Literary ParallelDick, Philip K. Ubik (1969). Three-class division of humanity (normies / psychics / inertials) mapped by the script onto the Silent War triad (normies / psychopaths / schizo-autists). Psychics infiltrate and commandeer institutions; inertials detect and nullify them.Philosophical / Socio-Economic TheoryDeleuze, Gilles & Guattari, Félix. Anti-Oedipus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia (1972). Introduction of “schizoanalysis”; desire as productive, machine-like, deterritorializing force that capitalism both unleashes and reterritorializes under profit axioms. The script reads the “schizo” figure as potentially revolutionary rather than purely pathological and notes the book’s deliberately non-linear style as proto-“schizoposting.”Empirical Studies on Corporate / “Successful” PsychopathyBoard, B. J. & Fritzon, K. (2005). “Disordered personalities at work.” Contrasted 39 high-level UK executives/CEOs with forensic psychiatric patients using MMPI scales; executives showed elevated “theatrical” psychopathic traits (grandiosity, superficial charm, lack of remorse) at levels rivalling or exceeding clinical samples, without the impulsive violence of the latter. Interpreted as evidence of “successful psychopaths.”Babiak, P., Neumann, C. S. & Hare, R. D. (2010). “Corporate psychopathy: Talking the walk.” Study of 203 management-development professionals using PCL-R / PCL:SV; elevated psychopathic traits relative to general population, high on charisma/strategic vision/communication, low on teamwork, management skill, and actual job performance.Landay, K., Harms, P. D. & Credé, M. (2019). Meta-analysis (92 independent samples). Weak positive association between psychopathic tendencies and leadership ...
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    50 min
  • The Odyssey: Homer vs. Plato vs. Nolan w/ Julian the Philosopher

    The Odyssey: Homer vs. Plato vs. Nolan w/ Julian the Philosopher
    Jul 25 2026

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    In this week’s episode we invite our friend Julian the Philosopher back on the show to discuss the mythic source material from which Christopher Nolan’s new film is based: The Odyssey. We discuss not just Nolan’s new film, but Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, quite a bit of the historical context around these works of epic poetry, how these stories were thought of initially, criticized by Plato, recontextualized by Virgil, translated countless times and transformed into Nolan’s new blockbuster film. As part of our larger conversation, we discuss the dichotomy between the Homeric hero and the Platonic Hero of the mind, considering how each incarnation of the story fits into this framework or not. Thank you and enjoy the show :)

    Check out Julian the Philosopher here:
    https://www.youtube.com/@JulianSoloninka
    https://medium.com/@jsolonin

    In this week’s episode we discuss:
    -The Homeric Hero
    -Nolan’s Odysseus
    -The Emily Wilson Translation
    -The Presence / Absence of Gods
    -Hanging of the Servants
    -The Life and Times of Homer
    -The People From the Sea
    -Achilles and the Ethiopian Fleet

    In the extended episode available at www.patreon.com/TheWholeRabbit we go off script to discuss:
    -Virgil’s Aeneid
    -The Telegony
    -Rome, Ancestors of Troy
    -The Christianization of The Odyssey
    -The Boatman Charon
    -John the Baptist
    -The Sirens
    -Philip K. Dick, Christ and the Sacraments

    This discussion was impelled by the research and study of Julian Soloninka with additional contributions made by Luke Madrid, Heka Astra, Mari Sama and Tim Hacker. Recorded in unscripted, Socratic discussion style.

    I did have notes ready but I did not use them. They are available for our rabbit tier. Good stuff in there. We just didn't talk about it!

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    55 min
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