I’ve just uploaded all 16 videos for the class we did on Jean Baudrillard a ways back. For just a $20 per month subscription to my Patreon you can have access to ALL of my courses, and I still have plenty more to upload. Here is the list available on there so far:

I’ve just uploaded the nine video course we did at my school, discussing my trans-lation of Oswald Spengler’s book Primordial Questions that he was working on until his death in 1936. For a subscription of just $20 per month, you can surf your way through all the videos from the classes I have taught over the past few years.

The full list of courses available on my Patreon so far:

Spengler’s Primordial Questions

The History of German Idealist Philosophy

Philosophies of History

Understanding Friedrich Nietzsche

What is Hypermodernity?

Heidegger’s Contributions

The Greek Myths

Deleuze & Guattari’s A Thousand Plateaus

Understanding the Grail Myths

The History of Indian Philosophy

Understanding Carl Jung

Understanding Mythology

Transformations of Consciousness Through Time

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Also: ALL OF MY BOOKS ARE NOW AVAILABLE ON KINDLE!

My GO FUND ME for my move back to Arizona still needs donations, for those of you who are able to do so.

Donate here:

For astrology readings, private tutoring or inquiries about my courses hmu at johndavidebert@gmail.com

For subscription only: $125

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Contact me at johndavidebert@gmail.com for enrollment, astrology readings, private tutoring, etc.

We are going on a journey through one of the greatest minds that Western Civil-ization has ever produced! We will be studying his scientific ideas on the meta- morphosis of plants and insects, his theory of culture cycles and we will read classic works like The Sorrows of Young Werther, Elective Affinities, Faust, The Fairy Tale, etc. To attend class live is $250 or for a subscription to the classroom discussions it’s $125.

To enroll contact me at johndavidebert@gmail.com

We are finishing up our last class on “Understanding the Principles of Cultural Morphology'“ this weekend. I am hesitating as to what class to create next and I would like whatever suggestions you guys might have for the next. Of course, all topics are welcome, but they have to make sense, given what I’ve been teaching.

Send suggestions to my email at johndavidebert@gmail.com

Thanks!

I’ve just uploaded the nine video course we did at my school, discussing my trans-lation of Oswald Spengler’s book Primordial Questions that he was working on until his death in 1936. For a subscription of just $20 per month, you can surf your way through all the videos from the classes I have taught over the past few years.

The full list of courses available on my Patreon so far:

Spengler’s Primordial Questions

The History of German Idealist Philosophy

Philosophies of History

Understanding Friedrich Nietzsche

What is Hypermodernity?

Heidegger’s Contributions

The Greek Myths

Deleuze & Guattari’s A Thousand Plateaus

Understanding the Grail Myths

The History of Indian Philosophy

Understanding Carl Jung

Understanding Mythology

Transformations of Consciousness Through Time

Subscribe here:

Also: ALL OF MY BOOKS ARE NOW AVAILABLE ON KINDLE!

My GO FUND ME for my move back to Arizona still needs donations, for those of you who are able to do so.

Donate here:

For astrology readings, private tutoring or inquiries about my courses hmu at johndavidebert@gmail.com

I’ve just uploaded to Patreon all 17 videos of my course on “The History of German Idealist Philosophy,” which covers Kant, Fichte, Schelling, Hegel and Schopenhauer. For a $20 per month subscription, you can work your way through all the classes I’ve added so far.

These are the courses available on my Patreon so far:

The History of German Idealist Philosophy

Philosophies of History

Understanding Friedrich Nietzsche

What is Hypermodernity?

Heidegger’s Contributions

The Greek Myths

Deleuze & Guattari’s A Thousand Plateaus

Understanding the Grail Myths

The History of Indian Philosophy

Understanding Carl Jung

Understanding Mythology

Transformations of Consciousness Through Time

Subscribe here:

Also: ALL OF MY BOOKS ARE NOW AVAILABLE ON KINDLE!

My GO FUND ME for my move back to Arizona still needs donations, for those of you who are able to do so.

Donate here:

For astrology readings, private tutoring or inquiries about my courses hmu at johndavidebert@gmail.com

For astrology readings, private tutoring or course purchases hmu at johndavidebert@gmail.com

Alas, I have to move again, due to various reasons, but mainly for being late on the rent several times in a row. This is not something that has hitherto been a problem for me, but this year I’ve experienced a bit of a dip in popularity. I have no idea why. But fewer people signing up for my classes, purchasing astrology readings and / or courses that have already been completed, has put a huge dent in my financial security. Not sure if I’ll have to go back to Phoenix—as Santa Fe is very expensive—but if so, no big deal, as my next novel will be set there again and that will enable me to do some first hand research for it.

So, whatever you can spare always helps, even if it’s very little.

And thank you in advance, you’ve all been great!

Here is the link to donate: gofundme

Order here: Amazon:

For this month’s class upload to my Patreon, I have just uploaded all 13 videos of the class we did on “Philosophies of History.” We covered Indian mahayugas and Hesiod’s world ages, Joachim of Fiore, Vico, Spengler, Toynbee and Quigley. For those who subscribe to my Patreon for $20 per month, they will have access to all the courses that I have uploaded so far. The current list includes:

Philosophies of History

Understanding Friedrich Nietzsche

What is Hypermodernity?

Heidegger’s Contributions

The Greek Myths

Deleuze & Guattari’s A Thousand Plateaus

Understanding the Grail Myths

The History of Indian Philosophy

Understanding Carl Jung

Understanding Mythology

Transformations of Consciousness Through Time

Also, for astrology readings or private tutoring hmu at johndavidebert@gmail.com

We are reading through Peter Sloterdijk’s Globes, the second volume of his Spheres trilogy. This volume is an historical epic that walks the reader through the West’s history of macrospheres which act as “metaphysical immune systems” for any given culture. When they collapse, the result is chaos.

Classes go from Sunday, Aug. 16 - Oct. 4 at 2 pm MST. To attend live, the enrollment fee is $250. For a subscription only, the fee is $150. To enroll, contact me at johndavidebert@gmail.com

See you in class!

For this month’s class upload to my Patreon, I have just uploaded all 16 videos of the class we did on Friedrich Nietzsche. For those who subscribe to my Patreon for $20 per month, they will have access to all the courses that I have uploaded so far. The current list includes:

Understanding Friedrich Nietzsche

What is Hypermodernity?

Heidegger’s Contributions

The Greek Myths

Deleuze & Guattari’s A Thousand Plateaus

Understanding the Grail Myths

The History of Indian Philosophy

Understanding Carl Jung

Understanding Mythology

Transformations of Consciousness Through Time

Also having a fire sale which includes the following list of course, which are going for $50 each:

Transformations of Consciousness Through Time (Rudolf Steiner, Sri Aurobindo, Erich Neumann, Jean Gebser, Teilhard de Chardin, Arthur Young)

The Psychology of Carl Jung (8 video lectures)

Understanding Mythology (Carl Jung, Joseph Campbell, William Irwin Thompson, John David Ebert, Mary Settegast, Marija Gimbutas, J.P. Mallory)

The History of German Idealist Philosophy (Kant, Fichte, Schelling, Hegel and Schopenhauer)

The Works of Friedrich Nietzsche (The Birth of Tragedy, Zarathustra, Beyond Good and Evil, Twilight of the Idols, The Anti Christ, Ecce Homo)

The Cosmology, Mythology and Philosophy of Rudolf Steiner (Theosophy, How to Know Higher Worlds, Cosmic Memory, The Principle of Spiritual Economy, The Fifth Gospel, Karmic Relationships, The Dawning of the Age of Archangel Michael)

Philosophies and Mythologies of World History (Joachim of Fiore, Vico, Hegel, Spengler, Toynbee, Carroll Quigley)

The Evolution of Media Studies (Harold Innis, Marshall McLuhan, Walter Ong, Vilem Flusser, Neil Postman, Leonard Shlain and John David Ebert)

Mythology and the Movies (2001: A Space Odyssey, Apocalypse Now, Star Wars, The Shining, Alien, Blade Runner, Videodrome)

Understanding James Joyce 1: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Understanding James Joyce 2: Ulysses

Thomas Mann and the Magic Mountain

Thomas Mann’s Epic Tetralogy Joseph and His Brothers

Jean Gebser and The Ever-Present Origin

Finnegans Wake

Understanding Jean Baudrillard

Understanding Paul Virilio

Understanding Moby Dick

Understanding Mason & Dixon

Understanding the Western Canon Part 1: The Greek Mytghs

Understanding the Western Canon Part 2: The Iliad

Understanding European Art

Understanding Martin Heidegger

Understanding Dostoevsky

Understanding Against the Day

Understanding A Thousand Plateaus

What is Hypermodernity?

Understanding J.G. Ballard

Understanding Heidegger’s Contributions to Philosophy (of the Event)

Understanding Spengler’s Primordial Questions

Understanding Every Angel is Terrifying

Understanding the Grail Myths

Understanding Spheres 1: Bubbles

Understanding David Lynch’s Twin Peaks

Understanding European Art Part 2: Impressionism to Surrealism

Understanding the Novels of Philip K. Dick

Understanding the Principles of Cultural Morphology

Also, astrology readings are discounted for a limited time only at $80. If interested, hmu at johndavidebert@gmail.com

Same email for private tutoring for whichever book you would like to work on.

Proofreading and editing for either fiction and nonfiction.

For any of this, the email is: johndavidebert@gmail.com

Subscription only: $150

To enroll: johndavidebert@gmail.com

Astrology readings: same email

Come with us for a journey through the digital landscapes of hypermodern cinema. We will study eight landmark films: Being John Malkovich, Mulholland Drive, A.I., Blade Runner 2049, Dune, Everything Everywhere All at Once, Furiosa and Megalopolis. Class begins Saturday at 2 pm MST on Aug. 8 - Sept. 26. To attend class live: $250; subscription: $150. To enroll: johndavidebert@gmail.com

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The newly revised and expanded edition of my book Apocalypse Now Scene-by-Scene is now available for purchase on Amazon in all three formats: hardcover ($44.99), paperback ($19.99) and for the first time ever Kindle ($9.99)! (I will be making all of my books available on Kindle soon). This version is (of course) now chock full of full color, hi-rezzed movie stills.

The Google AI did a nice marketing breakdown for me, as follows:

A Metaphysical Descent Into the Heart of Cinema’s Greatest Masterpiece

Why does Apocalypse Now continue to haunt the contemporary imagination? It is not merely a film about the Vietnam War; it is a profound, mythological map tracking the collapse of Western civilization and the terrifying psychological descent into the post-historic landscape.

In Apocalypse Now Scene-by-Scene Redux, renowned cultural critic and philosopher John David Ebert delivers an unprecedented, scene-by-scene breakdown of Francis Ford Coppola’s cinematic masterpiece. Moving beyond standard film criticism, Ebert reads the movie as both a sacred and profane text—a visual architecture that mirrors our current hypermodern predicament.

Accompanied by dozens of full-color stills, this book provides a meticulous, line-by-line analysis of Captain Willard’s journey upriver. Ebert decodes:

The Mythic Underpinnings: How the film functions as a modern adaptation of Joseph Campbell’s hero journey, T.S. Eliot’s The Waste Land and James Frazer’s The Golden Bough.

The Architecture of Madness: The hidden philosophical meanings behind the iconic set pieces, from the chaotic techno-savagery of Kilgore’s helicopter assault to the primordial shadow world of Colonel Kurtz’s compound.

The Technological Mutation: How the film captures the exact moment where human consciousness fractures under the weight of the modern war machine.

Whether you are a student of cinema, a scholar of philosophy or a seeker trying to navigate the spiritual underbelly of our fracturing world, Apocalypse Now Scene-by-Scene Redux offers an indispensable guide to a film that is more relevant now than ever before.

Step out of the boat. Confront the shadow. Understand the end of the world.

A screenshot of me working on 2001: A Space Odyssey Scene-be-Scene. I’ve just uploaded Apocalypse Now Scene-by-Scene in a new fully illustrated edition that will be available in hardcover, paperback, Kindle and Audible. Probably next week.

Coming Spring/Summer 2027: A New Visionary Novel

With Blackened Wings Like These

A Mythological Gothic of the American Southwest

Phoenix, Arizona. 1930. On the scorched earth of the desert landscape, visionary architect Leo Bergen is constructing an architectural monument for his young, beloved wife, Miriam: the majestic Tovrea Castle. But the castle’s foundations are built upon an impossible, metaphysical pact.

To complete the structure, Leo has struck a Faustian bargain with a mysterious Bedouin named Belqassim. Utilizing a subterranean wormhole that links the deserts of North Africa with the plains of Arizona along the occult axis of the 33rd parallel, Belqassim arrives with sixteen camel-riding laborers—armed with antique jezail rifles to guard their cosmic transit.

But when the Great Depression strikes, the capital dries up. Unpaid and betrayed, the Bedouin workers stage a violent, armed revolt, seizing the castle walls in a desperate strike for survival.

As the castle falls into siege, an even darker shadow creeps from the east. In the haunted expanse of the Superstition Mountains—a place of unexplained disappearances and shifting portals to alternate dimensions—a prolific serial killer abducts Miriam, dragging her into the labyrinthine wilderness.

To save his wife, Leo Bergen must broker a fragile peace with the very men who overthrew him. Together, the architect and the desert nomads must mount an extraordinary camel caravan into the supernatural abyss of the mountains to wage war against an earthly evil and cosmic madness.

With Blackened Wings Like These is a hypnotic fusion of historical fiction, occult geometry, and mythic Western fantasy. It is an exploration of ambition, sacrifice, and the terrifying portals that open when human desire fractures the boundaries of time and space.

• Look for it in Hardcover, Paperback, and Kindle in Spring/Summer 2027.