Esoteric Film and TV YouTube Essays

Ancestor Series Playlist

• Star Wars - Disconnection, Lineage, and Immortality Video 

  • Star Wars Insights Guide 

• Sinners - Ecology of Souls Video 

  • Sinners Insights Guide 

• Contact and the Dreaming Ancestors Video

  • Contact Insights Summary

Alchemical Tales Playlist 

• Nosferatu Video 

  • The film Nosferatu directed by Robert Eggers seems to explicitly point to the work of CG Jung and Marie-Louise von Franz on alchemy.  This is a video essay looking at the film as a fairy tale of the  occult, one ripe for Marie-Louise von Franz style analysis. It can be  understood as a powerful mythological cosmic fairy tale in which Ellen  and Count Orlok represent two figures in the Jungian collective  unconscious. And their fate is intertwined with the fate of the world. 

• Loki Video 

  • Loki Insights Guide 

• The Bone Temple and the Hidden Work Video

• Monos pros monon Video 

Twin Peaks Playlist 

• Dale Cooper and the Eight Circuit Model Video

  • Dale Cooper, the beloved seemingly self-actualized protagonist of Twin Peaks, found himself in over his head due to his experiences in the town of Twin Peaks.

  • This video essay tracks Cooper's journey through the Eight Circuit Model of Consciousness, with a Jungian twist. I then discuss where I think Cooper went wrong.

• Laura Palmer and the World Soul Video

  • This video essay touches on esoteric Jungian studies, David Lynch's creative intuitions, Anima Mundi, Feminine Principle, Divine Feminine, Greek Mythology and Philosophy , The Underworld Mystery cults , Buddhism Hinduism, Gnosticism, Alchemy, Intuition, C.G. Jung, Marie-Louise von Franz , Plato.

• Soul Loss and the Underworld Mysteries Video

  • This video essay touches on these subjects: Esoteric Jungian studies, Ancient Greek Mystery cults , Greek mythology, Hinduism, Tibetan Book of the Dead, Jungian Individuation, The Self, Shakti, Anima Mundi, Feminine Principle, Divine Feminine, Realm of Hungry Ghosts, Gnostic Belief systems, C.G. Jung, Marie-Louise von Franz, Barbara Hannah, Peter Kingsley, Károly Kerényi, Ramana Maharshi, Plato, Heraclitus, Empedocles, Parmenides , David Lynch's practices.

• Redemption of Soul Video

  • This video essay touches on these subjects: Esoteric Jungian studies, Ancient Greek Mystery cults , Greek mythology, Hinduism, Tibetan Book of the Dead, Jungian Individuation, The Self, Shakti, Anima Mundi, Feminine Principle, Divine Feminine, Realm of Hungry Ghosts, Gnostic Belief systems, C.G. Jung, Marie-Louise von Franz, Barbara Hannah, Peter Kingsley, Károly Kerényi, Ramana Maharshi, Plato, Heraclitus, Empedocles, Parmenides , David Lynch's practices.

Everything Everywhere All at Once Playlist

• Understanding Everything Everywhere All at Once Video

  • This video is about how well I think the film tracks with the yogic journey of transcending the Status Quo. What some people call enlightenment.

• The Absurdity of Enlightenment Video 

  • The absurdity in the film Everything Everywhere All at Once starring Michelle Yeoh speaks to an aspect of "enlightenment" that isn't usually advertised in the spiritual materialism brochure.

• Mysticism and Love Video

  • A final video in the series on Everything Everywhere All at Once starring Michelle Yeoh. The third act is where the film shifts from absurdist action comedy to a meaningful work that speaks to powerful themes of universal love.

Other Video Essays

• Magnolia Video  

  • Paul Thomas Anderson's Magnolia can be understood as a deeply religious film. A film about suffering and divine grace delivered through messengers, helpers, and more direct intervention. 

• The Curse Video

  • The Curse touches on many important and interesting themes, but there is one specific theme that speaks to the very reason why the Sit With It channel exists. The Curse was created by actor directors Nathan Fielder and Benny Safdie, and stars Emma Stone.

• Videodrome Video

  • We need to be tricky to see through the tricks. This episode explores the concept of the "Spectacle Machine" and its relationship to media, consciousness, and reality. It draws on the work of Marshall McLuhan, Peter Kingsley, and David Cronenberg, and many others. The discussion also explores the role of the "Divine Feminine" as a mediatrix or creator of the world, suggesting that the spectacle we perceive is a manifestation of a deeper, hidden reality.  The hosts explore the idea that the human body itself can be understood as the ultimate "Spectacle Machine," capable of both creating illusion and offering a path to true understanding.

  • Videodrome Insights Guide "Spectacle Machine"