Wake Festival

In this talk I clarify the theory and technology of Pyrotheology using the Lacanian ideas of Demand, Desire and Drive

The Death Drive Denomination | Pyrotheology and Future Church

Encountering the Hysterical Absolute

The Pervert's Guide to Church | Between Knowledge and Belief

Belief, Knowledge and the Fetish

Beyond the Fetish | Faith and the Contradiction

Trash of the World | In Defence of Non-Identity Politics

I wanted to share with you the audio from the first half of The Death of God Supper Club. The second half wasn't recorded, as it was an interactive circle.

I want to thank the following people:

Gene and Deedie Street for providing food and financial support for the event. Alec Ekvall for creating a live soundscape, Lisa Gungor and James Spaite for their musical performances and Maggie Rowe for her spoken word.

The song that Lisa plays here is only one movement in a larger piece.

Death of God Super Club | Live in LA | Part 1

One of C.S. Lewis’ most interesting and intriguing works is a short story entitled ‘Light’. A huge amount of controversy and mythology surrounds the text itself, and it was never published in his lifetime. Indeed, its final form wasn’t published until two decades after his death. This is a dark story that reads like something penned by Jean-Paul Sartre or Camus.

In this seminar I offer a close reading of the story and use it to unpack the nature of desire, the madness that comes from certainty and the nature of the Sublime. I’ll employ the story as a means of shedding light on Lacan’s enigmatic statement, “do not give way on your desire” and draw out the difference between fundamentalist fanaticism and a healthy celebration of the Sublime.

The Madness of Catching Light | On C.S. Lewis, Lacan and the Sublime

This is an archive of various talks and reflections that Peter has given in recent years. The archive is constantly being updated with old and new material, so subscribe to be kept up to date.

The Madness of Catching Light | On C.S. Lewis, Lacan and the Sublime

Peter-Rollins