AEWCH 206: PETER BEBERGAL & BARRY TAYLOR on THE USES OF FANTASY
Talking D&D, AA as mystery school, fantasy, curation, Lovecraft, conspiracy, and psychoanalysis with occult scholar Peter Bebergal and countercultural pastor Barry Taylor!

Talking D&D, AA as mystery school, fantasy, curation, Lovecraft, conspiracy, and psychoanalysis with occult scholar Peter Bebergal and countercultural pastor Barry Taylor!
Norwegian occultist/veterinarian/acupuncturist Are Thoresen returns to the show to go deep into the spiritual experience and challenge of our time.
I talk about UFOS with Diana Walsh Pasulka & Doug Rushkoff + ask whether or not spiritually enlightened tech is possible. The answer: Kinda? But it's not going to come from the people running it now.
Part two of my conversation about why magic may not be the best tool for us in developing a spiritual perspective in our time, featuring Phil Ford & JF Martel of the Weird Studies podcast!
I talk about why magic may not be the best tool for navigating the world we're in with the hosts of Weird Studies, Phil Ford & JF Martel. Part one in a two part conversation!
I talk about the occult significance and spiritual offerings of horror fiction and film (with lots of recommendations!)
The conclusion of my 3 part series celebrating 200 episodes of AEWCH, featuring mystic podcaster Duncan Trussell in conversation with occult teacher Lisa Romero on Spirit, and new age scholar Mitch Horowitz in conversation with anarchist organizer Dean Spade on hope.
Mark O'Connell and Peter Rollins talk with me about immortality and God + Sara Gran & Una Mullally talk with me about art and integrity on part two my 3 part series celebrating 200 episodes of AEWCH!
Mortician Caitlin Doughty talks with paranormal investigator John E.L. Tenney + therapist Chris Donaghue talks with religion critic and journalist Caelainn Hogan as I kick off my 3 part series celebrating 200 episodes of AEWCH 200!
I talk about the esoteric pathway of my hometown with powwow practitioner Robert Phoenix!
I talk with anarchist philosopher of magic, Federico Campagna, about recreating reality as our most urgent political project.
I talk about all things gay and queer with the hosts of the Bad Gays podcast and author of Bad Gays: A Homosexual History, Huw Lemmey and Ben Miller!
I talk with psychotherapist Charlotte Fox Weber (author of What We Want: A Journey through Twelve of Our Deepest Desires) about why therapy matters, and about what our desires/fantasies can and can't give us.
I talk with author of My Sister The Serial Killer, Oyinkan Braithwaite, about crime fiction and pursuing all your dreams at once.
I talk about horror, fiction, and transhumanism with Catilin Doughty and Mark O'Connell live in Dublin + Offer a contemplation on the podcast and the value of novels (including Hawk Mountain!)
I talk with Swedish journalist and author Marit Kapla about her chronicle of everyday life in Sweden.
I'm the guest on my own show to celebrate the publication of my debut novel, Hawk Mountain! Irish writer/artist/journalist Una Mullally interrogates me for what is one of the best interviews of my life.
Here's a re-offering: instructions on creating your own autobiography of ideas, and my own lifetime of engaging with ideas and art.
I talk with Memorial author Bryan Washington about process, identity curation, and intensity in fiction. Plus: My US book tour dates!
Author Sara Gran joins me again to discuss occultism, obscurity, and the unknown in fiction.
I'm joined by geomancer, legendary artist, and founder of the OHO Movement, Marko Pogačnik, to discuss lithopuncture and elemental beings. This is one of those episodes that gets strange in the best way possible.
In the second installment in a series on Irish magic, I talk to anthropologist Dennis Gaffin about the ever-present influence of fairies in Ireland.
Kicking of my series on Irish magic, I talk with witchcraft scholar Andrew Sneddon about Irish witches and belief!
In the final episode on my series on esoteric christianity, I talk with Seth Jordan about the healing potential of social threefolding - a cultural/political/economic approach that arose from christian occultism
In which I read from my novel, Hawk Mountain, out this summer from W.W.Norton (US) and Doubleday/Penguin. I also talk about a mind-blowing bit of praise I got, my obsession with horror from a young age, and how you can preorder the book now.
I talk esoteric christianity and friendship with historian Anne Weise, whose book on Holocaust victim Alfred Bergel - and his friendship with anthroposophist Karl König - is both deeply poignant and utterly relevant. This is the fourth episode in my series about esoteric christianity.
I talk with founder of the MysTech study group, author and teacher Andrew Linnell, about a truly spiritual approach to the challenges and benefits of tech. This is the third episode in my series on esoteric Christianity.
In the second episode in my esoteric and occult christianity series, I talk with writer and spiritual teacher Lisa Romero; and she offers a potent spiritual exercise.
In the first episode of a series on esoteric and occult Christianity, I speak with Rev. Patrick Kennedy of the Christian Community and cohost of the amazing podcast The Light In Everything.
I talk with Dr. Chris Donaghue about navigating relationships in the final installment of my How To Live in 2022 series of episodes!