Catastrophilia

The poems in this collection explore how narratives of cataclysm, past and future, tap into “catastrophilia,” a term the poet coined to describe a love for, or fascination with apocalyptic catastrophe. Is this a kind of self-destructive madness, or are there spiritual or metaphysical insights to be discovered there? Inspired by mythology, archaeology, and esoteric literature, these poems give voice to mystics, heretics, alchemists and gods, figures both mythical and historical, from Hermes ...