PH2T3R The Journal of Solar Culture

Jack Donovan

Exploring masculine myth and philosophy as we develop and promote a new solar culture for men of the future. Inspired by Jack Donovan's book Fire in the Dark. The official podcast of The Order of Fire, a movement for Solar Idealists.

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Plato's Republic Books 3-4

PH2T3R The Journal of Solar Culture

05/31/24 • 96 min

This week, we continue our series on Plato's Republic by discussing the topics covered in Book 3 and 4, which really capture the title of the book as Socrates and others talk about man using the metaphor of a city-state, or "republic." Republic is actually a Roman translation of Plato's title, which was "Politeia."

🔥 This conversation happened on YouTube at 7PM PST on Thursday, May 16, 2024.

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

https://a.co/d/fAce4Ti

Or order direct through the Order of Fire store.

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

Plato's Republic Book 6

PH2T3R The Journal of Solar Culture

06/01/24 • 102 min

This week, we continue our series on Plato's Republic by discussing the topics covered in Book 6.

Socrates discusses the nature of the philosopher-king, arguing that only those who truly grasp the Forms, especially the Form of the Good, are fit to rule. He criticizes the existing political systems for being led by individuals who lack true knowledge and are instead driven by opinion and ambition. Socrates also introduces the Allegory of the Ship to illustrate the difference between a true philosopher and those who merely claim to know, emphasizing that philosophers are often misunderstood and undervalued in society.

🔥 This conversation happened live on YouTube at 7PM PST on Thursday, May 30, 2024.

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

https://a.co/d/fAce4Ti

Or order direct through the Order of Fire store.

https://orderoffire.shop/

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

Connect with Jack Donovan:

Instagram:

/ starttheworld

Twitter: https://x.com/mr_jackdonovan

For more from The Order of Fire:

Optimism

PH2T3R The Journal of Solar Culture

03/08/24 • 91 min

What is the difference between optimism and foolishness?

What are the benefits of optimism over pessimism?

How can we avoid "dooming" -- while being realistic and making choices based on the world as it is and not as we would like to pretend it is?

How do we avoid walking into traps if we are TOO optimistic?

Connect with C. B. Robertson:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/caffeineand...

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

Connect with Jack Donovan:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/starttheworld/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ph2t3r

For more from The Order of Fire:

Website: https://orderoffire.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theorderoff...

📬 Sign up for updates, join our Discord, and learn about future opportunities to join The Order of Fire at https://theorderoffire.ck.page/96f964... 🔥🌐

The Odyssey: Books 1-4

PH2T3R The Journal of Solar Culture

10/17/24 • 72 min

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: @theorderoffire

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

Ritual

PH2T3R The Journal of Solar Culture

03/30/24 • 87 min

What is the appeal of ritual? And...what is the point?

As The Order of Fire begins gathering to hike out into the mountains to perform our Spring Equinox Fire Ritual, we thought we'd sit down to talk about what we're doing, why we do it, and the point and process of ritual itself.

C.B. Robertson and I were joined again by Dustin Lindsey.

🔥 This show aired LIVE on YouTube at 7PM PST on March 14.

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

Connect with Jack Donovan:

Instagram:

/ starttheworld

Twitter:

/ ph2t3r

For more from The Order of Fire:

Website: https://orderoffire.com/

Instagram:

Creativity

PH2T3R The Journal of Solar Culture

04/05/24 • 120 min

How do we reach an escape velocity that allows us to surpass cynicism and the dragon's wink and nod?

How do we convince men that creation is part of the work of men -- as it has been discouraged and regarded as effeminate and communistic for decades?

CB Robertson issues a creative challenge for men to engage with our time and find the beauty and inspiration in it.

This show aired on YouTube at 7PM PST on April 4, 2024.

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

https://a.co/d/fAce4Ti

Or order direct through the Order of Fire store.

https://orderoffire.shop/

Connect with C. B. Robertson:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/caffeineand...

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

Connect with Jack Donovan:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/starttheworld/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ph2t3r

For more from The Order of Fire:

Website: https://orderoffire.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the...

Food

PH2T3R The Journal of Solar Culture

08/01/24 • 123 min

What kind of relationship do you have with food? What does a good relationship with food look and feel like?

To further explore "Zoological Humanism" and the Lord of the Earth archetype, we'll discuss the impact of food and diet on our lives, both positively and negatively.

For this show, we will be joined by Ed Hamann -- our Vedic expert in the Order of Fire. Ed spent years studying and teaching people about food and cooking all over the world.

If you feel like you or the people around you have a negative relationship with food, we encourage you to watch our friend Josh Wood's TEDx talk: "Eat Like An Adult."

🔥 This conversation was streamed live on YouTube at 7PM PST on August 1st, 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 Discord, and learn about future opportunities to join The Order of Fire here🔥🌐

The Übermensch

PH2T3R The Journal of Solar Culture

02/22/24 • 104 min

What is the Übermensch? Superman, Overman, Beyond-man, Beyond-human... It seems to be a mirror in which people see what they want to see, regardless of what Nietzsche actually meant or wrote. One could easily imagine it as being a cyborg or AI. Many want the Übermensch to be the "blonde beast" -- some kind of Dolph Lundgren character. What is the Übermensch, is it a goal worth overcoming man for, and how does it relate to Solar Idealism?

C. B. Robertson is the author of The Hero and the Man, Holy Nihilism, Letter to Anwei, and more. He writes for PH2T3R and his own blog, Caffeine and Philosophy.

https://caffeineandphilosophy.com/

Instagram:

/ caffeineandphilosophy

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

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

Instagram:

/ starttheworld

Twitter:

/ ph2t3r

To find out more about the PH2T3R project, visit PH2T3R.com

https://ph2t3r.com/

To learn more about joining The Order of Fire:

Hate

PH2T3R The Journal of Solar Culture

02/22/24 • 110 min

What does it mean to hate? Some would insist that you should be "above" hate -- but are they truly "above" it, or do they just hate different things or different people? Is the idea that you should love everyone in some great "brotherhood of man" simply a secularized echo of Christianity?

Solar Idealism was conceived as a response to ideologies which seems to offer nothing but anger and hatred -- with no viable positive vision for the future (except to be rid of their enemies).

However, it is also true that men bond at a much higher speed if they are presented with a shared ordeal or a common enemy. Hate unites men (against other men or external threats).

Co-host @ChristopherRobertson has done a lot of thinking about hate. He wrote a book titled In Defense of Hatred, which I never read, but we'll talk about that as well.

https://amzn.to/4c02ho

C. B. Robertson is the author of The Hero and the Man, Holy Nihilism, Letter to Anwei, and more. He writes for PH2T3R and his own blog, Caffeine and Philosophy.

https://caffeineandphilosophy.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/caffeineandphilosophy/

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

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

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/starttheworld/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ph2t3r

The Men's Movement - What Happened?

PH2T3R The Journal of Solar Culture

02/09/24 • 119 min

What happened to the Men's Movement? A few years ago, there seemed to be a "big tent" men's movement that advanced a wide range of ideologies, all in the interest of helping men and dealing with the crisis of masculinity. The crisis certainly hasn't disappeared, but the "men's movement" and "manosphere" seem to have broken into competing factions largely driven by commercial interests and petty gossip.

I've been writing about men and masculinity for 15 years, and I've been watching all of this unfold for a long time.

On our weekly live show on YouTube, C.B. Robertson and I asked what happened to the men's movement and wondered how it can be fixed --- or if it needs to be.

C. B. Robertson is the author of The Hero and the Man, Holy Nihilism, Letter to Anwei, and more. He writes for PH2T3R and his own blog, Caffeine and Philosophy.

https://caffeineandphilosophy.com/

Instagram:

/ caffeineandphilosophy

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

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

Instagram:

/ starttheworld

Twitter:

/ ph2t3r

To find out more about the PH2T3R project, visit PH2T3R.com

https://ph2t3r.co...

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