Brandon Lee is a philosopher, martial artist, and host of the Magus in the Media Youtube channel.
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Brandon presents his view of art as magick, laments the loss of the sacred in modern entertainment, and reveals what he believes to be an esoteric thread of sacred tradition that connects the epics of Homer to Frank Herbert’s Dune.
Brandon explains why he considers Dune to be a sacred text, shares his belief that a spiritual feminine mystery underpins the Homeric tradition, and proposes an alchemical reading of Frank Herbert’s novels.
Brandon also expresses his frustration with how comic book characters have been depicted in Hollywood movies, wrestles with the implications of changes in propaganda and messaging, and reflects on his own nostalgia for the popular entertainment of his childhood.
00:00 - Intro
00:58 - Farming childhood in the Midwest
03:16 - Early book and TV influences
04:57 - Horror at Hollywood’s treatment of beloved comic book characters
06:38 - Critique of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
12:19 - Fictional characters as archetypes
12:55 - Characters are discovered, not created
15:20 - Bad art or wrong propaganda?
21:20 - Changing the story
24:14 - Source material and Game of Thrones
25:32 - Art as magick
28:39 - We have lost the magick
32:38 - Black magick storytelling
46:02 - Is Brandon just nostalgic for his childhood indoctrination?
49:43 - Culture is not your friend
52:49 - Should Brandon grow out of comic books
56:07 - Why insist on artistic standards in popular culture?
57:48 - Homer as a mystery school tradition
01:01:47 - The Golden Path of Dune
01:05:55 - Today’s creators shirk their duty as initiators into the sacred
01:07:06 - Linking Homer and Dune as belonging to the same sacred lineage
01:14:51 - The Divine Marriage of the masculine and feminine
01:18:53 - Why Dune can be seen as a sacred text
01:22:10 - Relating to fictional characters in magickal practice and ritual
01:27:32 - Avatar the Last Airbender
01:31:59 - Magus in the Media
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