About this episode
The episode features a discussion with musician Stevan about Eugene Vodolazkin's novel Laurus, exploring themes of spirituality, time, and Eastern Orthodoxy.
To celebrate Easter, we have unlocked our paid episode on Eugene Vodolazkin's Laurus. To access the full archive of episodes and special Back Matter aftershows, got to patreon.com/GettingLit . This week, we're joined by Brisbane musician and composer, Stevan, to talk about Eugene Vodolazkin's novel Laurus. A strange, luminous novel that follows a 15th-century Russian healer whose life unfolds as a kind of spiritual journey through time, grief, and redemption. This was a fantastic, wide-ranging discussion on everything from music to holy fools, to our concept of time, as well as icons in Eastern Orthodoxy, and much more. Follow Stevan on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/c.t.e.b.a.h/ Check out Stevan's label here: https://aktuelan-label.bandcamp.com/album/172?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio Music: "fugue (shedding)" by sone This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit newmythologies.substack.com/subscribe
People in this episode
Host: Getting Lit
Guest: Stevan
Topics covered
- Eugene Vodolazkin
- Laurus
- 15th-century Russian healer
- spiritual journey
- Eastern Orthodoxy
- music
- time
Keywords
- Laurus
- Eugene Vodolazkin
- Stevan
- spiritual journey
- Eastern Orthodoxy
- 15th-century
- music
- time
- healer
- redemption
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: patreon.com, Instagram, aktuelan-label, newmythologies.substack.com
Books & works: Laurus
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