Formulas Against the False Self: Mitch Horowitz on Left-Hand Path Magic

Formulas Against the False Self: Mitch Horowitz on Left-Hand Path Magic

From Team Human with Douglas Rushkoff by Douglas Rushkoff

June 24, 2026 · 1h 21m

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Mitch Horowitz joins Douglas Rushkoff to discuss his book on challenging conventional mindfulness and reclaiming personal agency.

Mitch Horowitz returns to Team Human for a fiery, provocative exploration of his new book, Esoterika: Formulas Against the False Self. Rushkoff and Horowitz grapple over one of the most foundational concepts in modern mindfulness: The Serenity Prayer. While Rushkoff shares his recent journeys into radical porousness, learning how to surrender, accept grace, and metabolize the world’s heavy energies, Horowitz brings a hammer to premature consolation. Is the dictate to accept the things you cannot change keeping you trapped in a mechanical, flattened existence? Horowitz argues we possess more agency over our realities than therapeutic culture wants us to believe. By exploring applied Nietzscheanism, the true mechanics of Left-Hand Path magic, and the urgent necessity of cutting cruel people out of our lives, this conversation challenges you to strip away performative love and light and reclaim your childhood wishes. Order Esoterika: https://www.amazon.com/Esoterika-Formulas-Against-False-Self/dp/1722507624/ 🌍 Your support keeps Team Human alive! Support the show to receive ad-free access to videos, livestream Q&As with Rushkoff, access to the community Discord and more…

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Host: Douglas Rushkoff

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Books & works: Esoterika: Formulas Against the False Self

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