The Philosophical Cafe

C. G. Jung on Alchemy

September 2025 •English

Explore Carl Gustav Jung's private collection of rare books. Uncover the secrets of alchemy and psychology. Fathom the knowledge of the transmutation of the soul, Jung's excerpts, the hidden story behind the Red Book, Septem sermones and Gnostic wisdom, Aurora consurgens, the Secret of the Golden Flower, the Individuation process, Synchronicity and archetypes, Goethe - the alchemist and Paracelsus. The project has been realized in association with the Foundation of the Works of C. G. Jung. Filmed at paradigmatic locations like the House of C. G. Jung in Zurich, Eranos and other mystic places in Switzerland.

The Great Ideas of Philosophy, 2nd Edition

September 2025 •English

These lectures offer a coherent and beautifully articulated introduction to the great philosophic conversation of the ages. They cover an enormous range of seminal thinkers and perspectives, but always from the vantage point of the enduring questions: What can we know? How ought we to act? How should we order our life together?

From Aristotle to Hawking

September 2025 •English

The Power of Myth

September 2025 •English

The Power of Myth is a television series originally broadcast on PBS in 1988 as Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth. The documentary comprises six one-hour conversations between mythologist Joseph Campbell and journalist Bill Moyers.

Die Geschichte der Fantasy

September 2025 •German

2Doc

September 2025 •Dutch

Documentaries are broadcast every week on Dutch TV Channel NPO 2 under the name 2Doc: inspiring stories of the here and now.

Life, Death and Reincarnation

September 2025 •English

An epic adventure that aims to unravel the mystery at the heart of our existence: the questions of our identity and our destiny.  The series features some of the world’s most baffling real life stories and exciting findings in the fields of consciousness studies, near-death experiences and past-life memories. Adventurous researchers following the evidence where it leads them have discovered that the lines of evidence converge to a conclusion that is refreshingly new – yet perennially known. 

Terenci: La fabulación infinita

September 2025 •Spanish

The definitive documentary on one of the most relevant and popular figures of literature and television in Spain in the second half of the 20th century: Terenci Moix.

Autoren erzählen

September 2025 •German

The Owl's Legacy

September 2025 •French

THE OWL’S LEGACY is an intellectually agile, engaging, and sometimes biting look at ancient Greece, its influences on Western culture—and how many eras have reinterpreted the Greek legacy to reflect their own needs. Each of the 13 episodes is centered on a potent Greek word: from “democracy” and “philosophy” to “mythology” and “misogyny.” Marker convenes and films symposia—meals featuring wine and thoughtful conversation—in locales including Paris, Tokyo, Tbilisi, Berkeley, and an olive grove on Athens’ outskirts. Footage from these banquets is interspersed with archival materials and interviews (often featuring a stylized or distorted owl image looming in the background). Marker’s diverse group of informants includes composers, politicians, classicists, historians, scientists, writers, filmmakers, and actors. Together their contributions form a compelling (and sometimes contradictory) cultural and historical exploration for each theme.

Čtenářský deník

September 2025 •Czech

Emoce a my

September 2025 •Czech

Emprise(s)

September 2025 •French

Do you have a library? And may I see it?

September 2025 •Czech

Personalities of Czech society, culture and art offer a glimpse into their libraries.

Wonderland: From JM Barrie to JRR Tolkien

September 2025 •English

An extraordinary variety of writers, who often suffered terrible adversity throughout their lives, created wonderful places full of happiness in which children lived far from the sorrows of adult life.

Sunset in the Golden State

September 2025 •English

Stefan Molyneux, host of Freedomain Radio, travels to California to explore all of the political, economic, moral and demographic complexities of the Golden State. What he learned astounded him—what he shows you will shock you…

Testing God

September 2025 •English

David Malone’s 3-part series takes a fresh look at how the universe was formed, from a scientific and theological point of view. TESTING GOD re-examines the relationship between science and religion and asks: is science’s claim to victory premature?

The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization

September 2025 •English

In the fourth and fifth centuries, B.C., the Greeks built an empire that stretched across the Mediterranean from Asia to Spain. They laid the foundation of modern science, politics, warfare and philosophy, and produced some of the most breathtaking art and architecture the world has ever seen. It was perhaps the most spectacular flourishing of imagination and achievement in recorded history.

Amour, haine et propagande

September 2025 •French

Philosophy: A Guide to Happiness

September 2025 •English

Alain de Botton's psychobabble-free self-help course for the philosophically minded.