The Secrets of the Vampire: Bram Stoker's Dracula (Chapters 18-24) (Patreon)

"Civilized man must heal the animal in himself and make it his friend.”

Tonight our quest through Bram Stoker's nightmare continues.

Topics of discussion include: the rules of the vampire, psychology of secrets, how biblical stories encode their messages, witch mania, scapegoating, shame, consciousness, and much more.

Timestamps:

• 0:00 the psychology of secrets
• 12:00 the metaphors we live by
• 15:50 when secrets become obsessions
• 18:00 shame, fear & consciousness
• 22:00 how to destroy our secrets
• 25:00 what’s the story you’re telling yourself?
• 27:00 witch mania & popular delusions
• 29:00 is the vampire frightening?
• 31:00 vampire as scapegoat
• 32:30 fear, madness & belief
• 38:00 our denial of death
• 40:00 do we pity the monster?
• 42:00 on belief without proof
• 45:00 keeping an open mind
• 48:00 the concept is the proof
• 50:00 anxiety in the age of science
• 56:00 binaries & the natural world
• 1:00:00 how we pity another
• 1:03:00 rules vampires & magic
• 1:09:00 the ubiquity of evil
• 1:12:00 healing the animal within
• 1:18:00 what does the monster fear?

Questions to Consider:

1) Where do our fears really come from?

2) Do we pity the monster? Should we?

3) Have you managed to put a stake through the heart of a secret?

Sleep tight, everybody...