RU314: JOANNA EBENSTEIN ON MEMENTO MORI- THE ART OF CONTEMPLATING DEATH TO LIVE A BETTER LIFE

Rendering Unconscious Podcast: Psychoanalysis, Art, Occulture, Politics

RU314: JOANNA EBENSTEIN ON MEMENTO MORI: THE ART OF CONTEMPLATING DEATH TO LIVE A BETTER LIFE http://www.renderingunconscious.org/jung/ru314-joanna-ebenstein-founder-of-morbid-anatomy-museum-on-memento-mori/ Rendering Unconscious episode 314. Joanna Ebenstein is an author and the founder and creative director of Morbid Anatomy Museum. https://www.morbidanatomy.org/ https://www.joannaebenstein.com She is here to talk about her new book Memento Mori: The Art of Contemplating Death to Live a Better Life (TarcherPerigee, 2024). https://amzn.to/3UbNtvg Follow her at Instagram https://www.instagram.com/joanna.ebenstein/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/joanna.ebenstein X https://x.com/JoannaEbenstein Follow Morbid Anatomy at Instagram https://www.instagram.com/morbidanatomy/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/morbidanatomy X https://x.com/MorbidAnatomy TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@morbidanatomy Patreon https://www.patreon.com/c/morbidanatomy/posts Be sure to check out this previous episode: RU76: JOANNA EBENSTEIN, CURATOR & AUTHOR OF MORBID ANATOMY Rendering Unconscious is also a book series! The first two volumes are now available: Rendering Unconscious: Psychoanalytic Perspectives vols. 1 & 2 (Trapart Books, 2024). https://amzn.to/3TvHCAS Dr. Sinclair contributed a piece on “Freud and the Occult” to The Fenris Wolf 12 (Trapart Books, 2024) edited by Carl Abrahamsson. https://amzn.to/3XuryAb Carl Abrahamsson’s memoir Meetings with Remarkable Magicians: Life in the Occult Underground (Inner Traditions, 2024) was just published! https://amzn.to/4dweCQC Join us for a Free Online Book Talk to celebrate October 27th: https://www.morbidanatomy.org/events-tickets/free-online-book-talk-meetings-with-remarkable-magicians-with-carl-abrahamsson Join Dr. Vanessa Sinclair for The Magical Films of Iconic Director Tim Burton, beginning December 1 online via Morbid Anatomy Museum: https://www.morbidanatomy.org/classes/the-magical-fims-of-tim-burton December 2nd Online Lecture · Ed Wood’s “Orgy of the Dead” – a Stereoscopic Look at a Classic of Occult Cinema, Presented by Carl Abrahamsson: https://www.morbidanatomy.org/events-tickets/ed-woods-orgy-of-the-dead-a-stereoscopic-look-at-a-classic-of-occult-cinema-presented-by-carl-abrahamsson-hosted-by-dr-vanessa-sinclair Visit https://www.morbidanatomy.org/ondemand-classes for On-Demand courses offered by Morbid Anatomy! Mentioned in this episode: Land of Desire: Merchants, Power, and the Rise of a New American Culture by William Leach https://amzn.to/4eRDjbI RU received the 2023 Gradiva Award for Digital Media from the National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis. https://naap.org/2023-gradiva-award-winners/ Support RU POD at: Substack: https://vanessa23carl.substack.com Make a Donation: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?business=PV3EVEFT95HGU&no_recurring=0¤cy_code=USD Or by joining Carl & I at Patreon where we post EXCLUSIVE CONTENT weekly https://www.patreon.com/vanessa23carl THANK YOU for your support! Rendering Unconscious Podcast is hosted by Dr. Vanessa Sinclair, a psychoanalyst based in Sweden, who works with people internationally: http://www.drvanessasinclair.net Follow Dr. Vanessa Sinclair on social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rawsin_/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@renderingunconscious Visit the main website: http://www.renderingunconscious.org Many thanks to Carl Abrahamsson, who created the intro and outro music for RU POD. https://www.carlabrahamsson.com Substack: https://thefenriswolf.substack.com/subscribe The song at the end of the episode is “The Journey So Far...” from the album Ready for Business by Vanessa Sinclair and Pete Murphy. Available at Pete Murphy’s Bandcamp Page. https://petemurphy.bandcamp.com/ Image: portrait of the author by Brian Melillo