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The Mystic SistersEp. 16: Fasting from Christ?! Our Mental Health Crisis and Victim Culture, with Joshua HornerFasting from Christ?! Our Mental Health Crisis and Victim Culture with Joshua HornerThey may have the world at their fingertips, but young people are more depressed than ever. A "yes" culture of affirmation has created a nation of socially atomized, anxious victims. Identical twin sisters Amy and Julie interview Joshua Horner, a speaker, certified personal trainer, and peer support specialist, about why youth are struggling so much today and what God has to do with it. Plus, why fasting can help regenerate us from trauma.Follow Joshua on...2024-04-261h 02
The Mystic SistersEp. 15: Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, & the Decline & Revitalization of Pop Culture, with Kay ClarityKay Clarity is a singer and writer living in LA. She joins twins Amy and Julie to discuss how modern-day pop culture got so degenerate and the opportunity for revitalization. Plus, she shares her thoughts on what Taylor Swift's explosive rise is really about, and whether she should be emblematic of "Swiftian normality."Support Kay's electro-pop project, Pax Paloma, and upcoming album Songs for the Apocalypse: Electro-pop anthems of hope, mid-dystopia: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/songs-for-the-apocalypse/reft/37056618/mysticFollow The Mystic Sisters on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themysticsisters_Subscribe to our...2024-04-191h 02
The Mystic SistersEp. 14: Polyamorous Circus Community, or the Eastern Orthodox ChurchJulie appeared on YearZero podcast with Tommy Salmons to discuss how the right community is crucial for one's well-being and decision to dedicate oneself to a purpose. Find out what Julie learned being part of a polyamorous circus community in San Francisco versus being part of the Eastern Orthodox Church today. (We bet you can guess which one is more edifying.)Follow YearZero on X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/TDSalmonsFollow YearZero on Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/YearZeroSubscribe to our Substack for writing, art, and more:https://mysticsisters.substack.com2024-04-021h 34
The Mystic SistersEp. 13: Is It Wrong to "Follow Your Heart"Some Christians say “following your heart” is bad advice embraced by our broken modern culture — but is it? The twins talk about intuition, gut feelings, and the wisdom within.Subscribe to our Substack for writing, art, and more:https://mysticsisters.substack.comFollow us on Twitter:Amy: @amytheartistJulie: @juliewritesSupport Amy’s art: https://amy-the-artist.comSupport Julie's art: https://www.etsy.com/shop/JulieCreating2024-03-2027 min
Woke UpAmy Mastrine Woke Up | The Mysticism, Beauty, And Truth Of Orthodoxy Rescued Me From The Spirituality Of Wokeism.Amy Mastrine, AKA Amy the Artist, discusses her seduction into Critical Social Justice and Feminism. She was also led into atheism, new-age spirituality, and feminism. There was no objective truth in her friend groups and she felt surrounded by deep darkness. Amy sought relief through psychedelics, social justice activism, and her friend relationships that were never wholly satisfying. Amy embraced the dark spirituality of Woke Ideology, which led her to hopelessness and an ideation of self-harm. Barely hanging on, she would repeat to herself, " It is more complex than this," referring to the reductionist social justice lens wo...2024-03-171h 03
Woke UpJulie Woke Up | In The Name Of Freedom I Found Polyamory | Feminism Leaves Women VulnerableJulie Mastrine grew up in a small Pennsylvania town and in college she was transformed through feminist ideology. Being Progressive she moved to San Francisco and was employed as an activist. Submerged into a leftist city all of her friends and colleagues were also leftists. She lived in real time the ideologies she had learned and their consequences.Julie entered into the world of Polyamory which has grown significantly amongst the Woke Urban Left. Because of the feminist mindset that prevailed men were not protective leaving her vulnerable and the city unsafe. Both frust...2024-03-171h 09
The Mystic SistersEp. 12: Viral Dance Videos, Sperm Donor Ethics, Atomization, & SocializationAre viral dance videos harmless fun or a sign of a decaying culture?Identical twins Amy and Julie discuss the online conservative freak-out over a viral video, why parties are social infrastructure, how to make friends, plus how a sperm donor with 97 kids points to the need for fathers and the atomization that comes with being divorced from your lineage.Subscribe to our Substack for writing, art, and more:https://mysticsisters.substack.comFollow us on Twitter:Amy: @amytheartistJulie: @juliewritesSupport Amy’s art: https://amy-the-artist.com2024-02-2945 min
The Mystic SistersEp. 11: What Witchcraft Offers to WomenIt's October — and that means witches are out in full force! Why are so many young women drawn to witchcraft?Identical twins Amy and Julie discuss why witchcraft and paganism are so popular among young women today and how the mysticism of Orthodox Christianity might satisfy some of the spiritual things they are looking for.Subscribe to our Substack for writing, art, and more:https://mysticsisters.substack.comFollow us on Twitter:Amy: @amytheartistJulie: @juliewritesSupport Amy’s art: https://amy-the-artist.comSupport Julie's art: https://www...2023-10-0543 min
Counterflow with Buck JohnsonEp. 274: Discerning Through the Propaganda, with Julie MastrineJulie Mastrine is back on the show today for her 5th appearance. Julie is one half of the Mystic Sisters podcast, and she is the director of media bias at Allsides.com. Today we are breaking down several examples of media bias and propaganda and the code words and methods that media outlets use to propagandize their readers and viewers. I thought I was good at doing this, but Julie is like a Jedi Master at this. This was really fun and very enlightening, and I think you'll find it to be just that and more. To learn more about...2023-08-1659 min
The Mystic SistersEp. 10: The Degeneracy of the Online RightIdentical twins Amy and Julie discuss why the online right is so darn mean. Highlighting viral tweets and memes, they show how the worst of the online right drags us further into degeneracy rather than inspiring, elevating, and attracting new people.What started out as necessary conservative ideas promoting family formation and pushing back against lawless left-wing cities has devolved into needless bullying, cruelty, and shame.Subscribe to our Substack for writing, art, and more:https://mysticsisters.substack.comFollow us on Twitter:Amy: @amytheartistJulie: @juliewritesSupport...2023-08-1438 min
The Mystic SistersEp. 9: Barbie Movie Review: Hero's Journey, Archetypes, & FeminismIdentical twins Amy and Julie talk about everything wrong with the Barbie movie — and a few things they liked, too. Mostly they thought it was a hot mess. The twins discuss Barbie's poor character development, the disjointed plot, woke jargon, and why Life Size (2000) was way better.Subscribe to our Substack for writing, art, and more:https://mysticsisters.substack.comFollow us on Twitter:Amy: @amytheartistJulie: @juliewritesSupport Amy’s art: https://amy-the-artist.com2023-07-2340 min
Counterflow with Buck JohnsonEp. 257: The Libertarian to Orthodox Christianity Pipeline, with Matt Erickson and Julie MastrineMy guests this week, like myself, both considered themselves libertarians at one point. They now, like myself, are Orthodox Christians. They are Matt Erickson, of the Kingpilled podcast, and Julie Mastrine. My guests and myself are not the only ones to journey on this path. Why is this a thing? What is it about Orthodoxy that attracts some libertarians. Is libertarianism compatible with Orthodox Christianity? Are we still using political labels at this point? Is libertarian thought rooted in a post-enlightenment worldview? Matt and Amy take us on their journey and discuss what they've learned along the way and how...2023-04-191h 34
Counterflow with Buck JohnsonEp. 253: Myths of the Manosphere, with Julie and Amy MastrineThis week, Julie Mastrine is back on the show, and she has her twin sister, Amy, with her. They are here to discuss the toxic pendulum swing that some men have taken away from the evils of the progressive feminist left and right into the evils of toxic fake masculinity. In Orthodoxy, we are taught to not fall into the trap of the Devil's Dialectic where we have to choose one evil or the other. They're both demonic, and that's exactly how it's planned. We are to follow the Royal Path rather than falling to the left or right (spiritually...2023-03-2257 min
The Mystic SistersEp. 8: The Trouble with TradsThe twins talk Twitter trads, natural birth, raw milk, farm LARPing, and finding the middle way. Find out if the twins will end up as miserable old cat ladies or live in the cottage-core paradise of their dreams.Subscribe to our Substack for writing, art, and more:https://mysticsisters.substack.comFollow us on Twitter:Amy: @amytheartistJulie: @juliewrites2022-10-1926 min
The Mystic SistersEp. 7: Beauty, Religion, & the Salvation of Culture, with Tyler James BurgerAre modern spiritual practices sufficient to replace traditional religions? If they are, then why does our culture seem so nihilistic, with plummeting birth rates and lowering standards of behavior and beauty? How have modern views of spirituality led to things like ugly modern architecture and confusion about men and women?Identical twins Amy and Julie welcome Tyler James Burger to discuss beauty, religion, and the salvation of culture.———Tyler James Burger is a parkour athlete & podcaster who explores the connection between art, religion, evolution & the mystical experience. Follow Tyler on Instagram @TylerJamesBurger and on You...2022-07-291h 02
The Mystic SistersEp. 6: Identical Twins Discuss Marriage & DatingWhat's it like for identical twins to get married? The transition from being an identical twin to being married carries very different challenges for identical twins than it does for singletons. For most people, marriage is the first time they have a constant companion and teammate in life. Not so for twins! From birth, identical twins already have a #1 relationship in life. They don't really experience truly being single. Twins share a close relationship from the moment of birth, go through life together, and always have a teammate — someone who fully understands them. In a way, twins ar...2022-07-061h 41
The Mystic SistersEp. 5: Abortion, Hookup Culture, & Population CollapseIdentical twins Amy and Julie talk about how the availability of abortion encourages hookup culture, harms women psychologically and spiritually, and contributes to ongoing population collapse.Subscribe to our Substack for writing, art, and more:https://mysticsisters.substack.comFollow us on Twitter:Amy: @amytheartistJulie: @juliewritesWe both write for Evie Magazine, a women's publication that encourages women to seek truth and find beauty. Amy is a seasoned oil painter (amy-the-artist.com), and Julie is writer and media bias expert for AllSides.com. Outside of the digital realm, we...2022-05-1941 min
A Devotional HeartEp30 Julie Mastrine - From New Age to Orthodoxy - Spiritual Discernment: Relativism, Feminism, Polyamory, Media Bias, PornWelcome to EPISODE 30 of my channel and podcast: The Devotional Hearts Show! My guest is Julie Mastrine. This interview aired on my YT Channel in January of 2022.Julie is an Orthodox woman whose life has been transformed by Eastern Orthodox Christianity in many ways! She shares her journey with us in this interview and gives us insight into so many topics including the need for discernment when looking at the normalization of things like: New Age Culture, Relativism, Toxic Feminism, Polyamory, Media Bias, and Porn. We also talk about the importance of objective mor...2022-03-011h 13
The Mystic SistersEp. 4: Loving & Leaving San FranciscoOn location in sunny Austin, TX, twins Amy and Julie talk about their time in San Francisco--how the city treats women and crime, and how it embodies the dark side of libertarianism.0:00 - Personal History and Beauty of the City9:45 - San Francisco's Treatment of Women16:32 - Crime, Drugs, and Public Safety22:25 - The Dark Side of Libertarianism29:11 - SF Nostalgia 33:09 - Public Safety Again 35:34 - Exporting San Francisco Culture39:28 - Spiritual Battleground42:48 - Favorite Places in SFSubscribe to our Substack for writing, art, and more:2022-02-1847 minA Devotional HeartEp27 "Amy The Artist" - From New Age to Orthodoxy: Art, Icons, Psychedelics, Sacraments, Feminism/Femininity, & Humility.Welcome to EPISODE 27 of my channel and podcast: The Devotional Hearts Show! This episode originally aired on my Youtube Channel in December of 2021.My guest is "Amy the Artist". Amy is an Orthodox woman whose life has been transformed by Eastern Orthodox Christianity in many ways ! She shares her journey with us in this interview and gives us insight into so many topics including Art, Icons, Psychedelics, The Sacraments, Feminism/Femininity, & Humility. And more!"Amy the Artist", is an oil painter and writer. Amy was raised in a big, happy Italian-Catholic f...2022-02-111h 13
The Mystic SistersEp. 3: Twins Talk: Lady Gaga & Feminist CelebritiesIdentical twins Amy and Julie talk with Jacob about how pop stars' choices — such as Lady Gaga and Marina Diamandis — reflect the dominant feminist messaging that tells us to put careerist independence first, which can hurt when trying to form a family. We also discuss the perils of Peter Pan syndrome, Americans' "virtue" of independence above all else, the intersection of feminism and hyper-capitalism, and the aging of Western societies.Subscribe to our Substack for writing, art, and more:https://mysticsisters.substack.comFollow us on Twitter:Amy: @amytheartistJulie: @juliewritesWe...2022-01-2944 min
The Mystic SistersEp. 2: Twins Talk: Dating AppsIdentical twins Amy and Julie sit down with Jacob to discuss how people position themselves on dating apps and what that says about how our culture views gender norms.Subscribe to our Substack for writing, art, and more:https://mysticsisters.substack.comFollow us on Twitter:Amy: @amytheartistJulie: @juliewritesWe both write for Evie Magazine, a women's publication that encourages women to seek truth and find beauty. Amy is a seasoned oil painter (amy-the-artist.com), and Julie is writer and media bias expert for AllSides.com. Outside of the...2022-01-0841 min
The Mystic SistersEp. 1: Twins Talk: What Happened, Brittany Murphy?Identical twins Amy and Julie sit down with Jacob to discuss the new HBO documentary, "What Happened, Brittany Murphy?," which investigates the abusive marriage and untimely death of the actress. We discuss what lessons we can draw from the documentary about the deficiencies of modern dating, masculinity, and feminist messaging.Subscribe to our Substack for writing, art, and more:https://mysticsisters.substack.comFollow us on Twitter:Amy: @amytheartistJulie: @juliewritesWe both write for Evie Magazine, a women's publication that encourages women to seek truth and find beauty. Amy...2022-01-0822 min
Conversation of Our Generation216. Confronting Feminism and Media Bias with Traditional ValuesI sat down with Julie Mastrine to discuss feminism, media bias, culture, and traditional values. She's a writer at @evie_magazine and director of marketing at @allsidesnow, as well as sister of Amy Mastrine, who I interviewed last year. Listen below to hear a great discussion about our culture today. You can find out more about Julie here.
Feminism in our culture
Feminist movements today are often very anti-woman. Many of the basic ideas of feminism try to make women into men, rather than celebrating women for being women. The history of feminism is very diff...2021-04-271h 03