Welcome to the Mycelium Signal podcast, hosted by Konstantin Tuonihovi. Please keep in mind that this episode is a direct continuation of the first part of the conversation with Kyle Rasmussen of the American death metal band, Vitriol:

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-5a4u6-16625f8

WARNING: This episode dives further into very heavy and harrowing territory.

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Listen to the episode in Youtube: https://youtu.be/9z4JXZHB3JM?feature=shared

Discussion Highlights:

- Continuation of the discussion about the roots of sadism.

- The tortured character of Vlad ‘The Impaler’ Tepes.

- The Black Mirror concept - “You’re much worse than you think you are - we all are.”

- The masks we wear as humans and what disturbing secrets they might hide.

- Overcoming fear and ‘joining the cult of bravery’.

- The Ecstasy of Power.

- Monster and the integration of the Shadow.

- The meaning of the Freemasonic acronym: V.I.T.R.I.O.L.

- The importance of cultivating your personal Egregore.

- Understanding how trauma and loss create 'dead zones' within our psyche.

- Analysis of the track: Weaponized Loss, brutal and effective coping mechanisms.

- Following your Daemon to your "bitter or glorious end”.

- The Japanese art of Kintsugi as a metaphor for Trauma Gnosis.

- Alchemical perfection through destruction of impurities in art.

- Meditating on the inevitability of death to truly value life. Memento mori - Memento vivere!

Stay tuned until the very end, where Kyle poetically recites the lyrics of “Nursing From The Mother Wound.”

Watch the episode in Youtube: Episode page including show notes:

https://tuonenportti.fi/mycelium-signal-14-i-am-the-black-mirror-with-kyle-rasmussen-of-vitriol-part-2-2/

KYLE RASMUSSEN & VITRIOL:

Kyle’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/victoriousweapons/

Vitriol’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vitriolwarfare/

CREDITS:

Host: Konstantin Tuonihovi

Sound editing: Konstantin Tuonihovi

Music: Matias Takala (intro/outro)

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