Episodes

  • No, we're not trying to get on the naughty list or call out Santa (who is literally real).

    But Santa is a springboard for talking about "myths we live by" vs. the "myths we must believe are literal truth" frame of Christianity.

    Parents around the world bring the myth of Santa to life every year for their children in a ritual fashion.

    (I'm 50 years old and my mom still sends me packages marked "from the Elves")

    Santa shows how powerful and inspiring a myth that is (some people say) not "literally true" can impact and enrich our everyday lives.

    ⚡THE ADVENTURE COLLECTION⚡

    During this episode, we mentioned The Order of Fire's new Adventure collection, featuring a Stay Solar cap and stylish safari shirt designed by Jack Donovan.

    Check out the collection here.

    🔥 This conversation was streamed live on YouTube at 7PM PST on Dec 26th, 2024. Watch the video here

    🔥 Buy PH2T3R - The Journal of Solar Culture Vol. 01 on Amazon: here

    Or order direct through the Order of Fire store: orderoffire.shop

    🔥C. B. Robertson, author of The Hero and the Man, Holy Nihilism, and Letter to Anwei, shares insights his blog, Caffeine and Philosophy.

    Explore his thoughts at caffeineandphilosophy.com 🌐

    Connect with C. B. Robertson-

    Instagram: @caffeineandphilosophy

    🔥 Jack Donovan is founder of The Order of Fire and PH2T3R. He is the author of The Way of Men, Fire in the Dark, Becoming a Barbarian, and A More Complete Beast.

    Learn more about his work at jack-donovan.com

    Connect with Jack Donovan-

    Instagram: @starttheworld

    Twitter: @mr_jackdonovan

    🔥For more from The Order of Fire-

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    Instagram: @theorderoffire

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  • Curtis Yarvin has been a provocative thought leader in a number of dissident spaces, and co-host ‪@caffeineandphilosophy‬ has been following his work for years.

    In this week's show, we'll be discussing themes from Yarvin's new book, Gray Mirror: Fascicle I, Disturbance, from Passage Press.

    CB Robertson has cited statements by Yarvin in various shows. Some of Yarvin's ideas seem smart and extremely reasonable and some are a hard pass.

    Gray Mirror promises—in its title—to disturb us.

    So we both ordered copies from Passage Press, and we'll kick around some of the disturbing ideas in this new book from an influential contemporary philosopher.

    ⚡THE ADVENTURE COLLECTION⚡

    During this episode, we mentioned The Order of Fire's new Adventure collection, featuring a Stay Solar cap and stylish safari shirt designed by Jack Donovan.

    Check out the collection here.

    🔥 This conversation was streamed live on YouTube at 7PM PST on Dec 19th, 2024. Watch the video here

    🔥 Buy PH2T3R - The Journal of Solar Culture Vol. 01 on Amazon: here

    Or order direct through the Order of Fire store: orderoffire.shop

    🔥C. B. Robertson, author of The Hero and the Man, Holy Nihilism, and Letter to Anwei, shares insights his blog, Caffeine and Philosophy.

    Explore his thoughts at caffeineandphilosophy.com 🌐

    Connect with C. B. Robertson-

    Instagram: @caffeineandphilosophy

    🔥 Jack Donovan is founder of The Order of Fire and PH2T3R. He is the author of The Way of Men, Fire in the Dark, Becoming a Barbarian, and A More Complete Beast.

    Learn more about his work at jack-donovan.com

    Connect with Jack Donovan-

    Instagram: @starttheworld

    Twitter: @mr_jackdonovan

    🔥For more from The Order of Fire-

    Website: orderoffire.com

    Instagram: @theorderoffire

    📬 Sign up for updates, join our Telegram, and learn about opportunities to join The Order of Fire here🔥🌐

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  • Some have called Trump's election a "bro-revolution." Football players and MMA fighters doing the Trump dance, Trump going on Rogan and walking into UFC to cheering crowds...

    After decades of tolerating a hen-pecked mainstream culture, there's been a palpable vibe shift toward a return of the bro. When I asked ‪@caffeineandphilosophy‬ what we should talk about this week, he thought I should explore what happened to the bros over the past several decades, what changed, and what is happening now. So that's what we're going to do.

    When I was writing The Way of Men in 2011, I started by reviewing the conflict between masculinity and feminism and the various attacks on masculinity and "bro" culture at that time. I decided to pull that section out of the final edit of the book, but I published it as a free e-book titled "No Man's Land" in 2012. You can read it for context on my website.

    No Man's Land - by ‪@JackDonovan‬

    https://www.jack-donovan.com/sowilo/2...

    I'll also be watching ‪@millerman‬ 's video on the bro-revolution before the show, so we may refer to it.

    I'm Witnessing America's BRO-REVOLUTION and It's Shocking!

     • I'm Witnessing America's BRO-REVOLUTI...  

    You can post your questions in the comments via Instagram or YouTube. We've already started the discussion in our Telegram group, The Greater Mandala. (For access, sign up for our mailing list - here)

    ⚡THE ADVENTURE COLLECTION⚡

    During this episode, we mentioned The Order of Fire's new Adventure collection, featuring a Stay Solar cap and stylish safari shirt designed by Jack Donovan.

    Check out the collection here.

    🔥 This conversation was streamed live on YouTube at 7PM PST on Dec 12th, 2024. Watch the video here

    🔥 Buy PH2T3R - The Journal of Solar Culture Vol. 01 on Amazon: here

    Or order direct through the Order of Fire store: orderoffire.shop

    🔥C. B. Robertson, author of The Hero and the Man, Holy Nihilism, and Letter to Anwei, shares insights his blog, Caffeine and Philosophy.

    Explore his thoughts at caffeineandphilosophy.com 🌐

    Connect with C. B....

  • This episode closes out our read-through of Homer's Odyssey with books 21-24, which include the climax and the aftermath of the tale. Jack will be in Tasmania with members of The First Men, so one of our top men, Mark, will be sitting down with CB Robertson to discuss the final chapters of the series and then talk about the works of Homer as a whole. Mark is part of CB's ongoing Homer study group, so the two of them have a well-established rapport and an in-depth knowledge of Homer.

    ⚡Recommended supplementary reading:

    The Hero and the Man: Language, Truth, and the Homeric Origins of Western Idealism

    by our own C.B. Robertson ‪@caffeineandphilosophy‬ .

    https://amzn.to/4086Ol2

    You can post your questions in the comments via Instagram or YouTube. We've already started the discussion in our Telegram group, The Greater Mandala. (For access, sign up for our mailing list - here)

    ⚡THE ADVENTURE COLLECTION⚡

    During this episode, we mentioned The Order of Fire's new Adventure collection, featuring a Stay Solar cap and stylish safari shirt designed by Jack Donovan.

    Check out the collection here.

    🔥 This conversation was streamed live on YouTube at 7PM PST on Dec 5th, 2024. Watch the video here

    🔥 Buy PH2T3R - The Journal of Solar Culture Vol. 01 on Amazon: here

    Or order direct through the Order of Fire store: orderoffire.shop

    🔥C. B. Robertson, author of The Hero and the Man, Holy Nihilism, and Letter to Anwei, shares insights his blog, Caffeine and Philosophy.

    Explore his thoughts at caffeineandphilosophy.com 🌐

    Connect with C. B. Robertson-

    Instagram: @caffeineandphilosophy

    🔥 Jack Donovan is founder of The Order of Fire and PH2T3R. He is the author of The Way of Men, Fire in the Dark, Becoming a Barbarian, and A More Complete Beast.

    Learn more about his work at jack-donovan.com

    Connect with Jack Donovan-

    Instagram: @starttheworld

    Twitter:

  • In this short episode (recorded in advance as our normal time was Thanksgiving night in America), we go through Books 17-20 of the Odyssey. Most of these chapters, as CB Robertson says, are "one long string of dramatic irony." The real "bro" moment is in the "bum fights" chapter, where the suitors encourage two beggars (one secretly Odysseus) to duke it out for their amusement.

    Jack Donovan will be in Tasmania for next week's LIVE show, so CB Robertson will be having one of the other members of the First Men, Mark, on to discuss the final chapters of the Odyssey and the works of Homer in general. Mark is a leader in the First Men and he's involved in CB Robertson's masters level Homer study project, so they should have some deep takes.

    ⚡Recommended supplementary reading:

    The Hero and the Man: Language, Truth, and the Homeric Origins of Western Idealism

    by our own C.B. Robertson ‪@caffeineandphilosophy‬ .

    https://amzn.to/4086Ol2

    You can post your questions in the comments via Instagram or YouTube. We've already started the discussion in our Telegram group, The Greater Mandala. (For access, sign up for our mailing list - here)

    ⚡THE ADVENTURE COLLECTION⚡

    During this episode, we mentioned The Order of Fire's new Adventure collection, featuring a Stay Solar cap and stylish safari shirt designed by Jack Donovan.

    Check out the collection here.

    🔥 This conversation was streamed live on YouTube at 7PM PST on Nov 28th, 2024. Watch the video here

    🔥 Buy PH2T3R - The Journal of Solar Culture Vol. 01 on Amazon: here

    Or order direct through the Order of Fire store: orderoffire.shop

    🔥C. B. Robertson, author of The Hero and the Man, Holy Nihilism, and Letter to Anwei, shares insights his blog, Caffeine and Philosophy.

    Explore his thoughts at caffeineandphilosophy.com 🌐

    Connect with C. B. Robertson-

    Instagram: @caffeineandphilosophy

    🔥 Jack Donovan is founder of The Order of Fire and PH2T3R. He is the author of The Way of Men, Fire in the Dark, Becoming a Barbarian, and A More Complete Beast.

    Learn more about his work at jack-donovan.com

    Connect with Jack Donovan-

    Instagram:

  • Finally! Asleep in ITHACA... After years of struggle, Odysseus has returned to his homeland, but the battle is far from over.

    Books 13-16 show that returning home is not just about arrival—it’s about reclaiming order, forming alliances, and confronting chaos. Odysseus reminds us that patience and loyalty are as essential as strength.

    ⚡Recommended supplementary reading:

    The Hero and the Man: Language, Truth, and the Homeric Origins of Western Idealism

    by our own C.B. Robertson ‪@caffeineandphilosophy‬ .

    https://amzn.to/4086Ol2

    You can post your questions in the comments via Instagram or YouTube. We've already started the discussion in our Telegram group, The Greater Mandala. (For access, sign up for our mailing list - here)

    ⚡THE ADVENTURE COLLECTION⚡

    During this episode, we mentioned The Order of Fire's new Adventure collection, featuring a Stay Solar cap and stylish safari shirt designed by Jack Donovan.

    Check out the collection here.

    🔥 This conversation was streamed live on YouTube at 7PM PST on Nov 21st, 2024. Watch the video here

    🔥 Buy PH2T3R - The Journal of Solar Culture Vol. 01 on Amazon: here

    Or order direct through the Order of Fire store: orderoffire.shop

    🔥C. B. Robertson, author of The Hero and the Man, Holy Nihilism, and Letter to Anwei, shares insights his blog, Caffeine and Philosophy.

    Explore his thoughts at caffeineandphilosophy.com 🌐

    Connect with C. B. Robertson-

    Instagram: @caffeineandphilosophy

    🔥 Jack Donovan is founder of The Order of Fire and PH2T3R. He is the author of The Way of Men, Fire in the Dark, Becoming a Barbarian, and A More Complete Beast.

    Learn more about his work at jack-donovan.com

    Connect with Jack Donovan-

    Instagram: @starttheworld

    Twitter: @mr_jackdonovan

    🔥For more from The Order of Fire-

    Website:

  • James Lindsay made a persuasive case for why "wokism" is a kind of gnostic Marxist religious movement, and we've incorporated his thinking into many of our discussions on and offline. Recently, Lindsay has been talking about the "woke right" and we had to go watch his video about it to see what he was talking about. He seems to see "woke right" as a descendant of the "alt-right." Lindsay warns that the "woke right" may undermine the progress of some of the good things that are happening in American politics right now—and some of his concerns are valid.

    You can watch Lindsay's on the Woke Right video here:

    https://youtu.be/IgneBMo1lxY?si=qa6AE...

    Since ‪@JackDonovan‬ wrote for alternativeright.com in its first year and knew many of the key players in the scene, and ‪@caffeineandphilosophy‬ has been tracking and interacting with related thinkers for more than a decade, we thought we could provide some relevant context based on our experiences.

    How did the alt-right start, how did it change, and what does it mean now?

    Is "woke right" a term that makes sense?

    🔥 This conversation was streamed live on YouTube at 7PM PST on Nov 14th, 2024. Watch the video here

    You can post your questions in the comments via Instagram or YouTube. We've already started the discussion in our Telegram group, The Greater Mandala. (For access, sign up for our mailing list - here)

    ⚡THE ADVENTURE COLLECTION⚡

    During this episode, we mentioned The Order of Fire's new Adventure collection, featuring a Stay Solar cap and stylish safari shirt designed by Jack Donovan.

    Check out the collection here.

    🔥 Buy PH2T3R - The Journal of Solar Culture Vol. 01 on Amazon: here

    Or order direct through the Order of Fire store: orderoffire.shop

    🔥C. B. Robertson, author of The Hero and the Man, Holy Nihilism, and Letter to Anwei, shares insights his blog, Caffeine and Philosophy.

    Explore his thoughts at caffeineandphilosophy.com 🌐

    Connect with C. B. Robertson-

    Instagram: @caffeineandphilosophy

    🔥 Jack Donovan is founder of The Order of Fire and PH2T3R. He is the author of The Way of Men, Fire in the Dark, Becoming a Barbarian, and A More Complete Beast.

    Learn more about his work at jack-donovan.com

    Connect with Jack Donovan-

    Instagram:

  • In this third episode of our read-through of Homer’s Odyssey, we’ll be exploring Books 9 through 12. Finally Odysseus begins telling the story of his ill-fated journey home from Troy. We'll discuss the city he and his crew sack like pirates for no good reason, the island of the Lotus-Eaters, and the story of Polyphemus the Cyclops. And that's just book 9. We'll have a lot to discuss in our 42nd LIVE show of the year.

    NO SLEEP TIL ITHACA!

    ⚡Recommended supplementary reading:

    The Hero and the Man: Language, Truth, and the Homeric Origins of Western Idealism

    by our own C.B. Robertson ‪@caffeineandphilosophy‬ .

    https://amzn.to/4086Ol2

    You can post your questions in the comments via Instagram or YouTube. We've already started the discussion in our Telegram group, The Greater Mandala. (For access, sign up for our mailing list - here)

    ⚡THE ADVENTURE COLLECTION⚡

    During this episode, we mentioned The Order of Fire's new Adventure collection, featuring a Stay Solar cap and stylish safari shirt designed by Jack Donovan.

    Check out the collection here.

    🔥 This conversation was streamed live on YouTube at 7PM PST on Nov 7th, 2024. Watch the video here

    🔥 Buy PH2T3R - The Journal of Solar Culture Vol. 01 on Amazon: here

    Or order direct through the Order of Fire store: orderoffire.shop

    🔥C. B. Robertson, author of The Hero and the Man, Holy Nihilism, and Letter to Anwei, shares insights his blog, Caffeine and Philosophy.

    Explore his thoughts at caffeineandphilosophy.com 🌐

    Connect with C. B. Robertson-

    Instagram: @caffeineandphilosophy

    🔥 Jack Donovan is founder of The Order of Fire and PH2T3R. He is the author of The Way of Men, Fire in the Dark, Becoming a Barbarian, and A More Complete Beast.

    Learn more about his work at jack-donovan.com

    Connect with Jack Donovan-

    Instagram: @starttheworld

    Twitter: @mr_jackdonovan

    🔥For more from The Order of Fire-

    Website:

  • I sat down with Dr. Dilanka during a recent Order of Fire event to talk about his recent trip to Gabon, where he participated in an Iboga ritual with the Bwiti. Watch the video here

    🔥 Buy PH2T3R - The Journal of Solar Culture Vol. 01 on Amazon: here

    Or order direct through the Order of Fire store: orderoffire.shop

    🔥 Jack Donovan is founder of The Order of Fire and PH2T3R. He is the author of The Way of Men, Fire in the Dark, Becoming a Barbarian, and A More Complete Beast.

    Learn more about his work at jack-donovan.com

    Connect with Jack Donovan-

    Instagram: @starttheworld

    Twitter: @mr_jackdonovan

    🔥For more from The Order of Fire-

    Website: orderoffire.com

    Instagram: @theorderoffire

    📬 Sign up for updates, join our Telegram, and learn about opportunities to join The Order of Fire here🔥🌐

  • In this second episode of our read-through of Homer’s Odyssey, we’ll be exploring Books 5 through 8. These chapters begin Odysseus’ long-awaited journey home as he finally leaves Calypso’s island. Battling storms sent by Poseidon, he washes ashore in the land of the Phaeacians, where Princess Nausicaa offers him help. At the court of King Alcinous, Odysseus reveals his identity and is honored as a hero.

    We’ll examine key themes such as fate, divine will, and the evolving nature of heroism, with a special focus on how Odysseus balances his intellect with physical strength. Join us as we discuss the trials and transformations Odysseus faces, and how these books lay the groundwork for his eventual return to Ithaca.

    NO SLEEP TIL ITHACA!

    ⚡Recommended supplementary reading:

    The Hero and the Man: Language, Truth, and the Homeric Origins of Western Idealism

    by our own C.B. Robertson ‪@caffeineandphilosophy‬ .

    https://amzn.to/4086Ol2

    You can post your questions in the comments via Instagram or YouTube. We've already started the discussion in our Telegram group, The Greater Mandala. (For access, sign up for our mailing list - here)

    ⚡THE ADVENTURE COLLECTION⚡

    During this episode, we mentioned The Order of Fire's new Adventure collection, featuring a Stay Solar cap and stylish safari shirt designed by Jack Donovan.

    Check out the collection here.

    🔥 This conversation was streamed live on YouTube at 7PM PST on Oct 24th, 2024. Watch the video here

    🔥 Buy PH2T3R - The Journal of Solar Culture Vol. 01 on Amazon: here

    Or order direct through the Order of Fire store: orderoffire.shop

    🔥C. B. Robertson, author of The Hero and the Man, Holy Nihilism, and Letter to Anwei, shares insights his blog, Caffeine and Philosophy.

    Explore his thoughts at caffeineandphilosophy.com 🌐

    Connect with C. B. Robertson-

    Instagram: @caffeineandphilosophy

    🔥 Jack Donovan is founder of The Order of Fire and PH2T3R. He is the author of The Way of Men, Fire in the Dark, Becoming a Barbarian, and A More Complete Beast.

    Learn more about his work at jack-donovan.com

    Connect with...

  • This is the first in a series of discussions about Homer's Odyssey, meant both for a general audience and for new members of The Order of Fire's First Men. In this show, we'll introduce the Odyssey in context and discuss the first four books of this tale of a "man of twists and turns driven time and again off course."

    ⚡Recommended supplementary reading:

    The Hero and the Man: Language, Truth, and the Homeric Origins of Western Idealism

    by our own C.B. Robertson ‪@caffeineandphilosophy‬ .

    https://amzn.to/4086Ol2

    You can post your questions in the comments via Instagram or YouTube. We've already started the discussion in our Telegram group, The Greater Mandala. (For access, sign up for our mailing list - here)

    ⚡THE ADVENTURE COLLECTION⚡

    During this episode, we mentioned The Order of Fire's new Adventure collection, featuring a Stay Solar cap and stylish safari shirt designed by Jack Donovan.

    Check out the collection here.

    🔥 This conversation was streamed live on YouTube at 7PM PST on Oct 17th, 2024. Watch the video here

    🔥 Buy PH2T3R - The Journal of Solar Culture Vol. 01 on Amazon: here

    Or order direct through the Order of Fire store: orderoffire.shop

    🔥C. B. Robertson, author of The Hero and the Man, Holy Nihilism, and Letter to Anwei, shares insights his blog, Caffeine and Philosophy.

    Explore his thoughts at caffeineandphilosophy.com 🌐

    Connect with C. B. Robertson-

    Instagram: @caffeineandphilosophy

    🔥 Jack Donovan is founder of The Order of Fire and PH2T3R. He is the author of The Way of Men, Fire in the Dark, Becoming a Barbarian, and A More Complete Beast.

    Learn more about his work at jack-donovan.com

    Connect with Jack Donovan-

    Instagram: @starttheworld

    Twitter: @mr_jackdonovan

    🔥For more from The Order of Fire-

    Website: orderoffire.com

    Instagram:

  • The monster defines the hero, but to what extent is the Striker also defined by his weapon? In this LIVE show, ‪@caffeineandphilosophy‬ and ‪@JackDonovan‬ discuss the relationship between men and weapons.

    Fists, the vajra/keraunos, the mace, the club, the sword and the gun...

    You can post your questions in the comments via Instagram or Youtube. We've already started the discussion in our Telegram group, The Greater Mandala. (For access, sign up for our mailing list - here)

    ⚡THE ADVENTURE COLLECTION⚡

    During this episode, we mentioned The Order of Fire's new Adventure collection, featuring a Stay Solar cap and stylish safari shirt designed by Jack Donovan.

    Check out the collection here.

    🔥 This conversation was streamed live on YouTube at 7PM PST on Oct 10th, 2024. Watch the video here

    🔥 Buy PH2T3R - The Journal of Solar Culture Vol. 01 on Amazon: here

    Or order direct through the Order of Fire store: orderoffire.shop

    🔥C. B. Robertson, author of The Hero and the Man, Holy Nihilism, and Letter to Anwei, shares insights his blog, Caffeine and Philosophy.

    Explore his thoughts at caffeineandphilosophy.com 🌐

    Connect with C. B. Robertson-

    Instagram: @caffeineandphilosophy

    🔥 Jack Donovan is founder of The Order of Fire and PH2T3R. He is the author of The Way of Men, Fire in the Dark, Becoming a Barbarian, and A More Complete Beast.

    Learn more about his work at jack-donovan.com

    Connect with Jack Donovan-

    Instagram: @starttheworld

    Twitter: @mr_jackdonovan

    🔥For more from The Order of Fire-

    Website: orderoffire.com

    Instagram: @theorderoffire

    📬 Sign up for updates, join our Telegram, and learn about opportunities to join The Order of Fire here🔥🌐

  • A discussion about The Father archetype from the perspective of Solar Idealism, including a broader discussion about leadership, America's Founding Fathers, "book worship" and more.

    You can post your questions in the comments via Instagram or Youtube. We've already started the discussion in our Telegram group, The Greater Mandala. (For access, sign up for our mailing list - here)

    ⚡THE ADVENTURE COLLECTION⚡

    During this episode, we mentioned The Order of Fire's new Adventure collection, featuring a Stay Solar cap and stylish safari shirt designed by Jack Donovan.

    Check out the collection here.

    🔥 This conversation was streamed live on YouTube at 7PM PST on Oct 3rd, 2024. Watch the video here

    🔥 Buy PH2T3R - The Journal of Solar Culture Vol. 01 on Amazon: here

    Or order direct through the Order of Fire store: orderoffire.shop

    🔥C. B. Robertson, author of The Hero and the Man, Holy Nihilism, and Letter to Anwei, shares insights his blog, Caffeine and Philosophy.

    Explore his thoughts at caffeineandphilosophy.com 🌐

    Connect with C. B. Robertson-

    Instagram: @caffeineandphilosophy

    🔥 Jack Donovan is founder of The Order of Fire and PH2T3R. He is the author of The Way of Men, Fire in the Dark, Becoming a Barbarian, and A More Complete Beast.

    Learn more about his work at jack-donovan.com

    Connect with Jack Donovan-

    Instagram: @starttheworld

    Twitter: @mr_jackdonovan

    🔥For more from The Order of Fire-

    Website: orderoffire.com

    Instagram: @theorderoffire

    📬 Sign up for updates, join our Telegram, and learn about opportunities to join The Order of Fire here🔥🌐

  • The Lord of the Earth is one of Solar Idealism's three god archetypes. Because he covers a wide territory, he is sometimes the most difficult or the most often forgotten archetype, even though he represents the majority of what man does every single day—the perpetuation of human life. The Father and the Striker are idealistic and ethereal, but the Lord is rooted in the earth and the body all of the joys and challenges of being a human animal.

    In preparation for October's upcoming Lord of the Earth event in South Carolina, this week, we'll be exploring all aspect's of The Lord's work, live on YouTube at 7PM PST on Thursday, September 26, 2024.

    You can post your questions in the comments or via Instagram. We've already started the discussion in our Telegram group, The Greater Mandala. (For access, sign up for our mailing list - link below)

    https://theorderoffire.ck.page/96f964...

    ⚡THE ADVENTURE COLLECTION⚡

    During this episode, we mentioned The Order of Fire's new Adventure collection, featuring a Stay Solar cap and stylish safari shirt designed by Jack Donovan.

    Check out the collection here.

    🔥 This conversation was streamed live on YouTube at 7PM PST on Sept 19th, 2024. Watch the video here

    🔥 Buy PH2T3R - The Journal of Solar Culture Vol. 01 on Amazon: here

    Or order direct through the Order of Fire store: orderoffire.shop

    🔥C. B. Robertson, author of The Hero and the Man, Holy Nihilism, and Letter to Anwei, shares insights his blog, Caffeine and Philosophy.

    Explore his thoughts at caffeineandphilosophy.com 🌐

    Connect with C. B. Robertson-

    Instagram: @caffeineandphilosophy

    🔥 Jack Donovan is founder of The Order of Fire and PH2T3R. He is the author of The Way of Men, Fire in the Dark, Becoming a Barbarian, and A More Complete Beast.

    Learn more about his work at jack-donovan.com

    Connect with Jack Donovan-

    Instagram: @starttheworld

    Twitter: @mr_jackdonovan

    🔥For more from The Order of Fire-

    Website: orderoffire.com

    Instagram:

  • Is "Initiation" the solution to male depression and anxiety? In the early 1990s, the mythopoetic men's movement started telling men that what they were missing in their lives was "initiation" -- presumably into manhood. But what would these men be initiated INTO? Modern society completely lacks a consensus about what manhood is and what the rights and responsibilities of a man are.

    What is initiation from an anthropological perspective?

    Who is selling it to men these days, and what are they selling -- beyond "experiences?"

    What are some authentic contemporary forms of initiation?

    You can also post your questions in the comments or via Instagram. We've already started the discussion in our Telegram group, The Greater Mandala. (For access, sign up for our mailing list - link below)

    https://theorderoffire.ck.page/96f964...

    ⚡THE ADVENTURE COLLECTION⚡

    During this episode, we mentioned The Order of Fire's new Adventure collection, featuring a Stay Solar cap and stylish safari shirt designed by Jack Donovan.

    Check out the collection here.

    🔥 This conversation was streamed live on YouTube at 7PM PST on Sept 19th, 2024. Watch the video here

    🔥 Buy PH2T3R - The Journal of Solar Culture Vol. 01 on Amazon: here

    Or order direct through the Order of Fire store: orderoffire.shop

    🔥C. B. Robertson, author of The Hero and the Man, Holy Nihilism, and Letter to Anwei, shares insights his blog, Caffeine and Philosophy.

    Explore his thoughts at caffeineandphilosophy.com 🌐

    Connect with C. B. Robertson-

    Instagram: @caffeineandphilosophy

    🔥 Jack Donovan is founder of The Order of Fire and PH2T3R. He is the author of The Way of Men, Fire in the Dark, Becoming a Barbarian, and A More Complete Beast.

    Learn more about his work at jack-donovan.com

    Connect with Jack Donovan-

    Instagram: @starttheworld

    Twitter: @mr_jackdonovan

    🔥For more from The Order of Fire-

    Website: orderoffire.com

    Instagram:

  • The Epic of Gilgamesh is one of the oldest stories in the world, if not the oldest. It's rarely read, but human and relatable. Ultimately, it's a story about an extremely masculine man struggling with the loss of his best friend and his own mortality.

    The Epic of Gilgamesh is one of the foundational stories in The Order of Fire, and all of the First Men are required to read it.

    ⚡THE ADVENTURE COLLECTION⚡

    During this episode, we mentioned The Order of Fire's new Adventure collection, featuring a Stay Solar cap and stylish safari shirt designed by Jack Donovan.

    Check out the collection here.

    🔥 This conversation was streamed live on YouTube at 7PM PST on Sept 12th, 2024. Watch the video here

    🔥 Buy PH2T3R - The Journal of Solar Culture Vol. 01 on Amazon: here

    Or order direct through the Order of Fire store: orderoffire.shop

    🔥C. B. Robertson, author of The Hero and the Man, Holy Nihilism, and Letter to Anwei, shares insights his blog, Caffeine and Philosophy.

    Explore his thoughts at caffeineandphilosophy.com 🌐

    Connect with C. B. Robertson-

    Instagram: @caffeineandphilosophy

    🔥 Jack Donovan is founder of The Order of Fire and PH2T3R. He is the author of The Way of Men, Fire in the Dark, Becoming a Barbarian, and A More Complete Beast.

    Learn more about his work at jack-donovan.com

    Connect with Jack Donovan-

    Instagram: @starttheworld

    Twitter: @mr_jackdonovan

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  • Many of the members of the First Men and followers of the Order of Fire are Warhammer 40K enthusiasts. This week, to coincide with the upcoming release of the Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 game, we'll be joined by Montana from the Order's First Men to discuss Warhammer 40K and some of the themes in the game and the associated mythos that overlap with concepts in Solar Idealism.

    ⚡THE ADVENTURE COLLECTION⚡

    During this episode, we mentioned The Order of Fire's new Adventure collection, featuring a Stay Solar cap and stylish safari shirt designed by Jack Donovan.

    Check out the collection here.

    🔥 This conversation was streamed live on YouTube at 7PM PST on Sept 5th, 2024. Watch the video here

    🔥 Buy PH2T3R - The Journal of Solar Culture Vol. 01 on Amazon: here

    Or order direct through the Order of Fire store: orderoffire.shop

    🔥C. B. Robertson, author of The Hero and the Man, Holy Nihilism, and Letter to Anwei, shares insights his blog, Caffeine and Philosophy.

    Explore his thoughts at caffeineandphilosophy.com 🌐

    Connect with C. B. Robertson-

    Instagram: @caffeineandphilosophy

    🔥 Jack Donovan is founder of The Order of Fire and PH2T3R. He is the author of The Way of Men, Fire in the Dark, Becoming a Barbarian, and A More Complete Beast.

    Learn more about his work at jack-donovan.com

    Connect with Jack Donovan-

    Instagram: @starttheworld

    Twitter: @mr_jackdonovan

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    Instagram: @theorderoffire

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  • After seeing Aliens - Romulus in the theater last week, it hit me. Xenomorphs are space dragons. They come from the void, and is no real sense that exist to do anything but bring death. They are matriarchal. Is a queen -- like the one in Resurrection -- a manifestation of Tiamat? And there's a Satanic connection -- Satanists love H.R. Giger who designed the xenomorphs and who also produced all kinds of Baphomets and occult imagery. Look up his Necronomicon.

    Join us as we discuss all things xenomorph and how they fit into the eternal archetype of the Dragon that must die.

    ⚡THE ADVENTURE COLLECTION⚡

    During this episode, we mentioned The Order of Fire's new Adventure collection, featuring a Stay Solar cap and stylish safari shirt designed by Jack Donovan.

    Check out the collection here.

    🔥 This conversation was streamed live on YouTube at 7PM PST on August 29th, 2024. Watch the video here

    🔥 Buy PH2T3R - The Journal of Solar Culture Vol. 01 on Amazon: here

    Or order direct through the Order of Fire store: orderoffire.shop

    🔥C. B. Robertson, author of The Hero and the Man, Holy Nihilism, and Letter to Anwei, shares insights his blog, Caffeine and Philosophy.

    Explore his thoughts at caffeineandphilosophy.com 🌐

    Connect with C. B. Robertson-

    Instagram: @caffeineandphilosophy

    🔥 Jack Donovan is founder of The Order of Fire and PH2T3R. He is the author of The Way of Men, Fire in the Dark, Becoming a Barbarian, and A More Complete Beast.

    Learn more about his work at jack-donovan.com

    Connect with Jack Donovan-

    Instagram: @starttheworld

    Twitter: @mr_jackdonovan

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  • In this week's live show, we'll explore the psychologies, philosophies, and methodologies behind various forms of weight training. We picked "weight training" specifically, because "weight lifting" and "strength training" can signal two different forms of training. So, with "weight training" we can talk about all of the modes of training that involve moving weight -- including body weight training.

    We'll delve into the various subcultures of weight training and the philosophies behind them, and ask "why train at all?"

    (Historically, most men did not strength train in any formal or regular way -- though one could say that even today, only a minority of the population engages in any regular weight training.)

    ⚡THE ADVENTURE COLLECTION⚡

    During this episode, we mentioned The Order of Fire's new Adventure collection, featuring a Stay Solar cap and stylish safari shirt designed by Jack Donovan.

    Check out the collection here.

    🔥 This conversation was streamed live on YouTube at 7PM PST on August 22nd, 2024. Watch the video here

    🔥 Buy PH2T3R - The Journal of Solar Culture Vol. 02 on Amazon: here

    Or order direct through the Order of Fire store: orderoffire.shop

    🔥C. B. Robertson, author of The Hero and the Man, Holy Nihilism, and Letter to Anwei, shares insights his blog, Caffeine and Philosophy.

    Explore his thoughts at caffeineandphilosophy.com 🌐

    Connect with C. B. Robertson-

    Instagram: @caffeineandphilosophy

    🔥 Jack Donovan is founder of The Order of Fire and PH2T3R. He is the author of The Way of Men, Fire in the Dark, Becoming a Barbarian, and A More Complete Beast.

    Learn more about his work at jack-donovan.com

    Connect with Jack Donovan-

    Instagram: @starttheworld

    Twitter: @mr_jackdonovan

    🔥For more from The Order of Fire-

    Website: orderoffire.com

    Instagram: @theorderoffire

    📬 Sign up for updates, join our Telegram, and learn about opportunities to join The Order of Fire here🔥🌐

  • It's not just California. There's a lot of it in Austin these days, too, and you'll find a little bit of it all over the country and throughout the Western world (such as it is). It's not a creed—it's a vibe. It's "spiritual" but never "religious." It favors Eastern, exotic, and New Age ideas but acknowledges Jesus as a groovy cat who just wanted to bring people together in peace and love, man.

    If there is one central belief to California Spirituality, it is "nonjudgmentalism." It seems to have flourished in laid-back cities full of transplants like LA and San Francisco, and it greased the wheels of the Hollywood machine. It's nonconfrontational, a la carte, and good for business. It persists in the "life coaching" and "retreat" culture.

    However, California Spirituality is no match for the gnostic Marxism of woke intersectionality -- because that is ALL about judgment and generally BAD for business.

    ⚡THE ADVENTURE COLLECTION⚡

    During this episode, we mentioned The Order of Fire's new Adventure collection, featuring a Stay Solar cap and stylish safari shirt designed by Jack Donovan.

    Check out the collection here.

    🔥 This conversation was streamed live on YouTube at 7PM PST on August 15th, 2024. Watch the video here

    🔥 Buy PH2T3R - The Journal of Solar Culture Vol. 02 on Amazon: here

    Or order direct through the Order of Fire store: orderoffire.shop

    🔥C. B. Robertson, author of The Hero and the Man, Holy Nihilism, and Letter to Anwei, shares insights his blog, Caffeine and Philosophy.

    Explore his thoughts at caffeineandphilosophy.com 🌐

    Connect with C. B. Robertson-

    Instagram: @caffeineandphilosophy

    🔥 Jack Donovan is founder of The Order of Fire and PH2T3R. He is the author of The Way of Men, Fire in the Dark, Becoming a Barbarian, and A More Complete Beast.

    Learn more about his work at jack-donovan.com

    Connect with Jack Donovan-

    Instagram: @starttheworld

    Twitter: @mr_jackdonovan

    🔥For more from The Order of Fire-

    Website: orderoffire.com

    Instagram: @theorderoffire

    📬 Sign up for updates, join our Discord, and learn about future opportunities to join The Order of Fire here🔥🌐