Mycelium Signal #15: “(I am) The Black Mirror”
With Kyle Rasmussen of VITRIOL | Part 2/2

 

Welcome to the Mycelium Signal podcast, hosted by Konstantin Tuonihovi. Please keep in mind that this episode is a direct continuation of the first part of the conversation with Kyle Rasmussen of the American death metal band, Vitriol.

WARNING: This episode dives further into very heavy and harrowing territory.

Discussion Highlights:

• Continuation of the discussion about the roots of sadism.
• The tortured character of Vlad ‘The Impaler’ Tepes.
• The Black Mirror concept – “You’re much worse than you think you are – we all are.”
• The masks we wear as humans and what disturbing secrets they might hide.
• Overcoming fear and ‘joining the cult of bravery’.
• The Ecstasy of Power.
• Monster and the integration of the Shadow.
• The meaning of the Freemasonic acronym: V.I.T.R.I.O.L.
• The importance of cultivating your personal Egregore.
• Understanding how trauma and loss create ’dead zones’ within our psyche.
• Analysis of the track: Weaponized Loss, brutal and effective coping mechanisms.
• Following your Daemon to your ”bitter or glorious end”.
• The Japanese art of Kintsugi as a metaphor for Trauma Gnosis.
• Alchemical perfection through destruction of impurities in art.
• Meditating on the inevitability of death to truly value life. Memento mori – Memento vivere!

Stay tuned until the very end, where Kyle poetically recites the lyrics of “Nursing From The Mother Wound.”

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