The Bottom Turtle Podcast
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Baptism, Satan, and Lacan
Welcome back to the Bottom Turtle Podcast! In this episode, Dr. Ray talks with Dario Valese about his recent baptism, Satan, and Lacanian psychoanalysis.
Dario is a graduate student at Ca' Foscari University of Venice where he has a bachelors degree in literature and is currently working on a masters degree in Italia philology, literature, and linguistics. Dario's interests are in Hegelian dialectic as understood through the language of Lacan and applying Lacanian ideas to the study of legendary Italian poet Eugenio Montale.
The conversation begins with Dr. Ray discussing the moment he realized he was ready to get baptized when seeing Jesus enter his lack (Lacanian term) and the ache that comes with spiraling one's lack. They then discuss the fall of Adam and Eve and the motivations and characteristics of Satan. They also discuss the nature of God as seen through Satan, the difference between Satan and Jesus when faced with the truth of suffering, Jesus as God's redemption in the eyes of humanity, God's potential unconscious and his lack of awareness in how he does harm as understood through discussing the book of Job, and the foundations of ethics.
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