Episode 3: Ecstasy, Sin, and ”The White People”

JF and Phil delve deep into Arthur Machen's fin-de-siècle masterpiece, "The White People," for insight into the nature of ecstasy, the psychology of fairies, the meaning of sin, and the challenge of living without a moral horizon. WORKS CITED OR DISCUSSED Arthur Machen, "The White People" - full text (https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_White_People_(Machen)) or Weird Stories audiobook (http://www.weirdstudies.com/3a) read by Phil Ford Arthur Machen, Hieroglyphics: A Note Upon Ecstasy (https://www.gutenberg.org/files/40241/40241-h/40241-h.htm) H. P. Lovecraft, "Supernatural Horror in Literature" (http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/essays/shil.aspx) J.F. Martel, Reclaiming Art in the Age of Artifice (https://www.northatlanticbooks.com/shop/reclaiming-art-in-the-age-of-artifice/) Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell (https://www.amazon.com/Jonathan-Strange-Norrell-Susanna-Clarke/dp/B00YTJ4X8I/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_14_t_0?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=3HJRSB4DNWHR4EF6BNVX) Jack Sullivan (ed)., The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Penguin_Encyclopedia_of_Horror_and_the_Supernatural) John Keel, The Mothman Prophecies: A True Story (https://www.amazon.com/Mothman-Prophecies-True-Story/dp/0765334984/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1519189041&sr=1-1&keywords=the+mothman+prophecies) Patrick Harpur, Daimonic Reality (https://www.amazon.com/Daimonic-Reality-Field-Guide-Otherworld/dp/0937663093/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1519189061&sr=1-1&keywords=daimonic+reality) Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: From Folklore to Flying Saucers (https://www.amazon.com/Passport-Magonia-Folklore-Flying-Saucers/dp/0987422480/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1519189093&sr=1-1&keywords=passport+to+magonia) Louis Pauwels and Jacques Bergier, The Morning of the Magicians (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Morning_of_the_Magicians) Michael Foucault, Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison (https://www.amazon.com/Discipline-Punish-Prison-Michel-Foucault/dp/0679752552) J.K. Huysmans, Against Nature (À rebours) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/À_rebours)