"The God in the Mirror" a very short research reflection, I wrote for the CSWR at Harvard about a Japanese countertradition of self-deification as part of a broader piece on Apotheosis in Japan. A quick read: cswr.hds.harvard.edu/news/2026/03...

Williamstown locals might dig listening to me read from the new book this afternoon (4pm May 7) at the Williams College Bookstore. It may sound dry, but I promise Nietzsche, Foucault, & just enough goth-punk intellectual menace to keep things lively: #philosophy: events.williams.edu/event/an-eve...

The Page 99 Test folks invited me to put The Genealogy of Genealogy through its paces. Here’s the result: page99test.blogspot.com/2026/05/jaso...

I'm honored to be giving the keynote at this conference which has now opened a call "for proposals on religion, politics, and cognitive warfare, exploring conspiracy, interpretation, AI, and struggles over truth and reality today." It'd be great to see some of you there! jcrt.org/blog/2026-04...

Got my hands on @profstorm.bsky.social’s new book and I’m very excited to start it!

“The Genealogy of Genealogy” has finally arrived in my mailbox! I will resist tediously promoting on here. But if anyone would like to host a Book talk, discuss it in a Reading Group or Podcast, or Teach it, I’d be happy to travel to pretty anywhere on the East Coast or Zoom in from afar.

"The God in the Mirror" a very short research reflection, I wrote for the CSWR at Harvard about a Japanese countertradition of self-deification as part of a broader piece on Apotheosis in Japan. A quick read: cswr.hds.harvard.edu/news/2026/03...

Pleasure talking with PJ on "Chasing Leviathan" about the Metamodernism book, the nature of flourishing, and the future of the human sciences. Episode out now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohuj...

Last summer in Vilnius, I had a blast doing a fun and in depth interview with Augustas Pinkevičius of Vytautas Magnus University. If you are curious, read it here #PhilSky #AcademicSky: ejournals.vdu.lt/index.php/Di...

“The Genealogy of Genealogy” has finally arrived in my mailbox! I will resist tediously promoting on here. But if anyone would like to host a Book talk, discuss it in a Reading Group or Podcast, or Teach it, I’d be happy to travel to pretty anywhere on the East Coast or Zoom in from afar.

Just back from Montreal where I launched “The Genealogy of Genealogy” at McGill University. The physical copies were delayed, but the conversation more than compensated! The press reports that advance copies are now shipping and at least one has already been delivered.

I have a new article out in Cultural Science "Metamodern Theory for the Study of More-than-Human Cultures" trying to make the case for the value of hylosemiotics for studying more-than-human (esp non-human animal) "cultures." Check it out. reference-global.com/article/10.2...

Seriously, this is a great episode and I'm going to liberally borrow -- with attribution! -- from it for the introductory lecture next time I teach History of Magic. (Also, if you are not already listening to the Secret History of Western Esotericism Podcast, you should be.)

If you have to read anything about the prospect of “automating scientific discovery,” “agents for science,” or integrating LLMs into scientific pipelines, please let it be this essay by Kevin T. Baker: artificialbureaucracy.substack.com/p/context-wi...

I never get tired of talking about “The Myth of Disenchantment.” If you too are up for more, I had a great convo with Khalid Khatri on his Incisive Thoughts podcast. Give it a listen! : youtu.be/7gKeqOmL4bo

I never get tired of talking about “The Myth of Disenchantment.” If you too are up for more, I had a great convo with Khalid Khatri on his Incisive Thoughts podcast. Give it a listen! : youtu.be/7gKeqOmL4bo

Back in Boston for AAR. Two talks this year: on decolonizing Buddhist studies & on Foucault’s influences (details in comments). I’ll be hitting multiple receptions. Always psyched to meet new folks & reconnect with old friends and colleagues, so if you see me, come say hi. #AARSBL2025

Jason Ananda Josephson Storm, The Genealogy of Genealogy: Nietzsche, Foucault, and the Coils of Critical History - @uchicagopress.bsky.social, April 2026 press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

Back on one of my favorite podcasts, SHWEP, for a fascinating conversation about "The Golden Bough”’s uncanny afterlife in the history of Western Esotericism, and whether Frazer—long cast as a great debunker of magic—might actually belong among the occultists.Check it out! shwep.net/oddcast/jaso...

Back on one of my favorite podcasts, SHWEP, for a fascinating conversation about "The Golden Bough”’s uncanny afterlife in the history of Western Esotericism, and whether Frazer—long cast as a great debunker of magic—might actually belong among the occultists.Check it out! shwep.net/oddcast/jaso...

My article "The Hegemony of Genealogy" is out in one my fav journals, "boundary 2." Basically an early draft of the 1st chapter of "The Genealogy of Genealogy," but with special attention to the role boundary 2 itself played in the rise of genealogy. Enjoy! read.dukeupress.edu/boundary-2/a...

My article "The Hegemony of Genealogy" is out in one my fav journals, "boundary 2." Basically an early draft of the 1st chapter of "The Genealogy of Genealogy," but with special attention to the role boundary 2 itself played in the rise of genealogy. Enjoy! read.dukeupress.edu/boundary-2/a...

On a related note, there are plans a foot at the University of Oregon to possibly eliminate multiple humanities departments, including Religious Studies. Please read this and consider signing the petition in the comments: aarweb.org/news/an-appe...

“Chicago has long helped to keep alive tiny fields & esoteric areas of humanistic study... Without the univ’s support, & the continued training of grad students who can keep these bodies of kn going, entire spheres of human learning might eventually blink out.” www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...

one last thing, hopefully not for you, but nevertheless: keep doing the work, humanists. keep writing the stuff that pisses all the right people off, keep teaching your students to imagine better futures, keep learning all kinds of nerdy stuff. we’ll need that knowledge. and that heart. 💜

My next book—The Genealogy of Genealogy: Nietzsche, Foucault, and the Coils of Critical History—has an official publication date: April 5, 2026! The publisher’s page is up with TOC & a preorder button (no cover yet): press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo... Look here for more details as they materialize.

My next book—The Genealogy of Genealogy: Nietzsche, Foucault, and the Coils of Critical History—has an official publication date: April 5, 2026! The publisher’s page is up with TOC & a preorder button (no cover yet): press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo... Look here for more details as they materialize.

Echoes of Vilém Flusser, up front from @profstorm.bsky.social - "Postmodern doubt can be made to doubt itself ... show us the way toward humble, emancipatory knowledge" - a rich book: #doubt

It didn't arrive in time for my recent Baltic speaking tour, but now that I'm back I'm looking forward to digging into @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social 's new book, "Silence of the Gods: The Untold History of Europe's Last Pagan Peoples." Looks like a fascinating read.

Thrilled to see the Vietnamese edition of "Metamodernism: The Future of Theory" now out (published as THUYẾT SIÊU-HIỆN ĐẠI: Tương lai của Lý thuyết). It is a real joy to see the ideas finding new life and new readers. Grateful to the translators who brought it across. www.ired.edu.vn/xuat-ban/thu...

My article “Sex, Magic, & Rockets or the Implications of the Babalon Working for Theories of Belief and Rationality” is out now in Method & Theory in the Study of Religion. One of my more amusing titles. DM me for a PDF if you're paywalled. Enjoy! brill.com/view/journal...

After a late night, I rose early and slipped out of Vilnius through the Gates of Dawn, seemed fitting. Northward now, by train. The ESSWE conference was a real gift! Thought-provoking talks, generous colleagues, and the honor of delivering a keynote. I’ll carry this city with me a while.

Acquisitions Editor Erika Mandarino at the DGB booth at ESSWE. Check out our books 👀 📚 like those edited by keynote speakers Jason Ānanda Josephson Storm and by Manon Hedenborg White @profstorm.bsky.social #ESSWE10 #Esotericism #VilniusUniversity ##EsoteriSky #PhilSky #PhilHist

Labas, Vilnius! I will be here all week for ESSWE. Looking forward to connecting with folks at the conference. If you’re in Vilnius already, I’m giving a talk tomorrow (Monday) on the forthcoming Genealogy book, it would be great to see some folks there. Details in link. fb.me/e/5MZppPoQY?...

Some of you might get a kick out of this short research note I wrote for Harvard’s CSWR: “The Body is Never Just Flesh.” about rival medical epistemologies, spectral anatomies, & the contested meaning of dissection in Edo-Meiji Japan. Enjoy! cswr.hds.harvard.edu/news/2025/05...

Had a great time talking with Muftah for their new podcast series. Discussing the role of policing "superstition" and the secular, the history of magic-religion-science, my more recent work on critical history. If that sounds like your kind of thing, give it a listen: www.muftah.org/p/superstiti...

Very excited to share our latest episode of @proteanview.muftah.org, in which we interview Jason Ānanda Josephson Storm on Superstition and the Secular. On @muftah.org: www.muftah.org/p/superstiti...

Just did my second interview with Homebrewed Christianity—this time we talk "The Myth of Disenchantment" and how it ties into notions of metacrisis. Good stuff! (I completely forgot it was a video interview, so pardon the hair.) #AcademicSky www.homebrewedchristianty.com/2025/04/28/j...

Recent Pew Survey "Beliefs in spirits, afterlife are popular across religiously diverse countries." I used to tag this kind of thing with #TheWorldofEnchantment on the old platform. Might be time to bring that back. religionnews.com/2025/05/08/b...

Interesting moment: "New pope chose his name based on AI’s threats to “human dignity”" will have to think on it more. Posting mostly for my own future reference but you too might be curious arstechnica.com/information-...

More gold from the FH archives: @profstorm.bsky.social on myths of disenchantment & Max Weber’s brushes with the occult.

Excited to be starting a term on the book awards jury for the American Academy of Religion! Nothing to report yet—the books are still on their way (and everything’s confidential anyway so don’t expect updates here)—but I’m genuinely curious to see what people have been thinking and writing about.

It has been a busy semester, but I’ve had a few great podcast chats lately. First up: a conversation with Epistemic Alchemy on metamodern scholarship, pedagogy, & above all what it means to think seriously in strange times. Give it a listen! mraei1974.podbean.com/e/metamodern...

Been off social media lately, but wanted to share this podcast interview I did with Peter Spear at The Business of Meaning on “Revolution & Happiness” and why utopian thinking matters—especially in dark times. thatbusinessofmeaning.substack.com/p/jason-anan...

Church Life Journal just published a short excerpt from "The Myth of Disenchantment" on Ludwig Klages and the magical foundations of critical theory. Take a look! churchlifejournal.nd.edu/articles/the...

Church Life Journal just published a short excerpt from "The Myth of Disenchantment" on Ludwig Klages and the magical foundations of critical theory. Take a look! churchlifejournal.nd.edu/articles/the...

"...belief in dowsing (45.6%) and ley lines (41.5%) registering the highest [then] black magic (36.3%), hauntings (35.9%), mysterious creatures (32.9%), and curses (30.0%). The lowest levels of belief were reported for belief in Bigfoot (14.8%), the U.K. Wildman (14.8%), and fairies (15.4%)."

Brendan & I have been having some great conversations with contributors to the first issue of "Metamodern Theory and Praxis." Here’s a fantastic interview with Lene Rachel Andersen about her article on polymodern economics. Check it out! www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBxV...

Brendan & I have been having some great conversations with contributors to the first issue of "Metamodern Theory and Praxis." Here’s a fantastic interview with Lene Rachel Andersen about her article on polymodern economics. Check it out! www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBxV...

I just came across "How Psychology Can Benefit From the Academic Study of Esotericism" by Júlia Gyimesi. The abstract looks fascinating! Sharing mostly for my own future reading but also for anyone else who might find it interesting. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...