Alexx Bollen returns to the podcast to talk about Wyrm's Addition, a new comic book project he's working on with Eric Millar of Outlet Press . The story takes place in an eponymous fictional Portland neighborhood based on a real neighborhood called Ladd's Addition, which those familiar with Portland will undoubtedly recognize as that weird 45°-tilted neighborhood in inner Southeast. What's up with that place? Well, Alexx and Reverend Erik discuss the weirdness of Ladd's Addition and how it influ...
Apr 08, 2020•47 min•Season 1Ep. 24
Travis Lawrence is an artist, printmaker, explorer of symbolism, meddler in metaphor, and allegorical adventurer. In this episode, guest co-host Coleman Stevenson of the Dark Exact joins me to dive into Travis's history with art, the method behind his creative vision, and some of the mysteries behind his amazing work. We explore Jungian psychology and esoteric influences including Hermetic Qabalah, Alchemy, and Freemasonry. Travis reveals the meaning behind a mysterious phrase that shows up in s...
Mar 25, 2020•52 min•Season 1Ep. 23
Earlier this month, I was a guest on The Word Witch Podcast , where I discussed The Chariot, The Tower, and the Sevens of the Tarot with amazing host Claire Burgess. Here's what they had to say about the episode: In this tarot lesson episode, Claire is joined by Reverend Erik of the Arnemancy podcast to guide you through The Chariot, The Tower, and the Sevens! This deep and meaty conversation contains lightbulb moments for both Claire and Erik, and it also offers the most laughs you’ll probably ...
Mar 18, 2020•1 hr 16 min
Abigail Atkins of Discordian Astrology joins me in this episode to discuss various aspects of modern and Kabbalistic astrology. Abigail has studied ritual magic and methods of esoteric spiritual development for nearly a decade, and implements astrology as a means of discovering the Holy Guardian Angel and the soul's destiny in this lifetime. Unlike other episodes on astrology , this episode focuses on modern astrology. We discuss synastry, or the comparison of two charts, alongside integration o...
Mar 11, 2020•55 min•Season 1Ep. 22
My guest in this episode is Douglas Batchelor, host of the What Magic Is This? Podcast and veteran occultist. This is a continuation of my guest appearance on his podcast , where we started with a broad view of Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa's work and and life. In this sequel, we do a deep dive into Agrippa's Fourth Book of Occult Philosophy, a fascinating work which contains such occult classics as the Heptameron and the Arbatel. It's the grimoire episode you've been waiting for! Links What Magic ...
Feb 26, 2020•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 21
This was a really fun one. I was on What Magic is This? with host Douglas Batchelor to talk about occult legend, super wizard, and proto-feminist Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa! Douglas did an incredible job on the show notes for this, so make sure to check out the episode page on his website . From his notes: Occultist. Theologian. Mercenary. Soldier. Physician. Spy. Scholar. Legal Expert. Peripatetic Polymath. Prisoner. Heretic. Certainly someone who lived a full life, Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa l...
Feb 19, 2020•1 hr 12 min
Montana Jordan joins me to talk about spirits, demons, and ghosts -- or energies, as she calls them. In addition to being a recurring guest, Montana appears on the Travel Channel show "It Feels Evil," in which "a team of demon hunters investigate the darkest hauntings across America." But this is where I had questions: most paranormal investigation shows approach their topic from a Christian worldview, where pretty much everything is considered evil and scary. Montana helps clear up her views on...
Feb 12, 2020•55 min•Season 1Ep. 20
I was really honored to be a guest on Andrew B. Watt's new Wanderings in the Labrynth podcast ! We talked about the Art of Memory, imagination, astrology, and how all of it fits together. Here's what Andrew wrote and you can visit the original episode here . Our wide-ranging conversation covers both “memory of image” and “memory of place”, although Erik demonstrates the value of both the “chain” and the “field” or “table” seals from Thirty Seals and the Seal of Seals, one of the expert-level man...
Feb 05, 2020•1 hr 4 min
This episode of the podcast is a solo show about practical spirituality. This category is one that I just made up, and covers spiritual, esoteric, or mystical practices that impact your external world by either making you a measurably better person, or by providing you with helpful life skills that positively impact your life and the lives of others around you. I touched on this topic in the future-proofing episode with Andrew Watt and with my interview with Greg Marcus on Mussar . But I believe...
Jan 29, 2020•22 min•Season 1Ep. 19
In part 2 of our two-part forecasting series, Andrew B. Watt and I use astrology and Tarot to try to predict what 2020 will be like. We go through every month and produce both cards and an astrological chart. This second part covers July through December of 2020. You can hire Andrew for astrological consulting , and of course you can schedule a Tarot reading online with me ! We had a couple of spotty connection problems during this recording. I believe I caught them all and edited them out, but ...
Jan 15, 2020•52 min•Season 1Ep. 18
In part 1 of our two-part forecasting series, Andrew B. Watt and I use astrology and Tarot to try to predict what 2020 will be like. We go through every month and produce both cards and an astrological chart. This first part covers January through June of 2020. You can hire Andrew for astrological consulting , and of course you can schedule a Tarot reading online with me ! There's a weird background noise at the beginning of the podcast -- it took me a minute to figure out what it is, but it's m...
Jan 11, 2020•57 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Alexx Bollen of The Alexxcast and John and Alexx Hate Stuff joins me to test out my new recording equipment. I recently created a sort of recording studio with some new equipment that promises to change the way I'm doing podcasting. This new setup centers around the RØDECaster Pro , and that means I had to learn some new tricks. This is kind of a practice episode, and y'all are learning with me! Alexx brought over some Dune trading cards from the 1980s, and we use those as a jumping off point to...
Jan 08, 2020•52 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Happy New Year, listeners! In this episode I do a recap of 2019 and talk about what's in store for 2020. It is a brief episode but I think after listening you'll be stoked to see what's coming. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/arnemancy Listen on Podcrypt
Jan 01, 2020•18 min•Season 1Ep. 15
I was recently on the Alexxcast to talk about Christmas, protection magic, psychic attack, and magic defenses. Then Alexx surprised me with something amazing that I really don't want to give away! Check out episode 332 of the Alexxcast for a very special treat.
Dec 31, 2019•1 hr 28 min
Mussar is the practice of increasing ethics and morality, and joining me to discuss this topic is Greg Marcus. Mussar is a thousand year-old Jewish spiritual practice. Greg is a recovering workaholic and the creator of American Mussar. He offers guidance on living a life of mindful harmony and spiritual integrity, drawing upon Jewish teachings and contemporary wisdom alike. Today he is a writer, speaker, coach, workshop facilitator, stay at home father, and full-time rabbi in training. He's the ...
Dec 04, 2019•55 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Join me as I sit down for coffee with Greg Traw, a local Portland artist and musician who has created an incredible Tarot deck: the Dracxiodos Tarot . We talk about Greg's history with the Western esoteric tradition, Eastern religions, artwork, Tarot, and how it all comes together in his work. We also dive into the connections between Tarot and Kabbalah. Check out the Dracxiodos Tarot on Kickstarter! Links Greg Traw's website Greg is @nohheechul on Instagram Greg's band Kvasir "Dracxiodos comes ...
Nov 20, 2019•38 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Andrew B. Watt joins me on this podcast episode to discuss various visions of the future and how we as magicians, occultists, and wizards can prepare for the future -- any future! In particular, we discuss the competing ideas of John Michael Greer and Gordon White, futures both pessimistic and optimistic. We also take a look at the 200 and 800 year Jupiter-Saturn cycles proposed by noted astrologer Austin Coppock. How valid are any of these future predictions and what can we do to get ready? And...
Nov 13, 2019•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Keeping it spooky for Halloween, I once more teamed up with Alexx Bollen to summon a cartoon demon! Here's his description: Hey ghouls, it’s me AHHHHHHlexx! Welcome to the Alexxcast Halloween episode. This year Erik Arneson joins us to try and summon a cartoon demon… a different one this time! Enjoy! Click here to visit the original, or listen on this page! And if you want to listen to our first Halloween special: Part 1 on the Alexxcast Part 2 on My Alchemical Bromance...
Oct 31, 2019•59 min
In this spooktacular podcast episode, Montana Jordan joins me for a live Ouija board session. I really don't want to give anything away about our session -- let's just say that we make contact, and it's an interesting contact. Even more interesting is that we set up the Ouija board in my ritual space, and Montana has some stuff to say about that, too! Montana also shares some very special news about an upcoming project. Listen to our special Samhain-Halloween Spooktacular, my friends, and enjoy!...
Oct 30, 2019•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 11
I first met Ingrid Kincaid in 2017 when she visited my Masonic lodge to give a lecture on Yule and ancient Northern European traditions. Her name kept coming up in conversation after that as many of my friends and associates told me I should talk to her about runes. I finally reached out to her and we met in her home to record this podcast episode in the shadow of her giant mounted caribou head. Ingrid Kincaid has been studying the runes for 40 years. She has published two books on the subject. ...
Oct 16, 2019•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Coleman Stevenson of the Dark Exact joined me at the Rose City Book Pub for a live podcast recording , and it was great! We filled up the venue and more than forty people were in the audience. We talk about Tarot, art, the process of creation, creativity, cats, and all kinds of great stuff. The Q&A session with the audience was particularly invigorating. Recording and sound was done by my very talented brother, Nick Arneson. Go check out his music! Links Coleman Stevenson's website The Dark ...
Oct 02, 2019•1 hr 47 min•Season 1Ep. 9
This episode, I'm joined by Scott Stenwick. Scott has been practicing ritual and ceremonial magic for more than thirty years. He has published two books on the subject of Enochian magic and is a longtime Ordo Templi Orientis initiate. He has maintained a blog since 2006 on which he has published many of the so-called secrets of modern ceremonial magic in the interests of free and open inquiry. In addition to his Enochian series, he has written several works of paranormal fiction and contributed ...
Sep 18, 2019•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Scott Gosnell joins me for an amazing conversation about Giordano Bruno 's work, in particular On Magic and Thirty Statues , which he just finished translating and publishing. Our conversation dives into Bruno's art of binding and his suggestions on how to bind entire cities. We also get into the crazy world of the Florentine Renaissance and explore the stories of Savonarola and Machiavelli. Links Some background on Machiavelli -- this is good reading before listening to the podcast, or even aft...
Sep 04, 2019•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Welcome to the first Arnemancy Podcast solo show! In this episode, I talk about how to use Giordano Bruno's table method to memorize the Tarot's Minor Arcana pip cards. This mnemonic method can be a very effective method for not only recalling card meanings, but to understand the relationships between the cards. Here are some of my past blog posts about Tarot and the Art of Memory: The Tarot Memory Deck Learning Tarot with the Art of Memory Read More about Tarot and the Art of Memory Giordano Br...
Aug 21, 2019•23 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Vanessa invited me to be a guest on her podcast, Butterflies and Incantations ! We had a talk about magical practice, current projects, strange philosophies, and other fun stuff. Here's part of her show notes: Vanessa and Erik have a fun little conversation about magick, crafting, tech magic, astrological talismans and other such things. Plus we get interrupted by JESUS! Plus a surprise bigfoot! Be sure to check out the original here! Also, go back and check out my interview with Vanessa on My A...
Aug 14, 2019•1 hr 14 min
Astrologer Ryhan Butler joins me on the podcast for a discussion of raising cats aspects in astrology. Aspects are the angles that planets make across the sky, and they define the relationships between planets at any given moment. They have a long and fascinating history, so in our conversation Ryhan leads us through the story of aspects and how they came to be. Our discussion covers ancient Greek optical theories and looks at competing concepts around the doctrine of aspects before we come back...
Aug 07, 2019•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 5
I was a guest host on episode 324 of the Alexxcast, which was exciting because it was an announcement of the release of Alexx Bollen's new book, The Theravada Machine and Other Stories . Here's Alexx's description: Tonight Alexx has Erik Arneson in studio to keep him on topic. That topic? Alexx’s new book, “The Theravada Machine and Other Stories“. Available on Amazon! Enjoy! Follow this link to view this episode on the Alexxcast website....
Jul 24, 2019•38 min
There really is no Eric Conspiracy . It's always been a myth. But in this episode, Eric Millar and I (Erik Arneson) meet up at COFFEE BEER in Southeast Portland to discuss The Disruption Generator and Eric's other work. Eric is an author, writer, and publisher -- the brains and brawn behind Outlet Press . We use the Disruption Generator to read for the Arnemancy Podcast, and the results are ... well, troubling. Let's hope we don't actually end up where it predicts! Eric tries to spin it better! ...
Jul 21, 2019•59 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Teacher and independent scholar Ted Hand joins me in this episode for a deep dive into the angelology of Pico della Mirandola, followed by a crazy romp through the gnostic world of Philip K. Dick. It's a dense episode, and (hold on to your hat!) it's all connected! We follow Pico's adventures through the Florentine Renaissance as he encounters translating superhero Marsilio Ficino, the mad monk Savonarola, and tragically doomed king Charles VIII, but our journey doesn't stop there. In the late 2...
Jul 01, 2019•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 3
As the entire Internet already knows, T. Susan Chang has incredible oracular powers, so when I tell you that she's here on the second episode of the fledgling Arnemancy Podcast, it's probably a sign that we're building great things. Susan is co-host of the incredible Fortune's Wheelhouse podcast and the author of Tarot Correspondences: Ancient Secrets for Everyday Readers , released by Llewellyn at the end of 2018. She is a Tarot expert, and the kind of Tarot expert that an uncanny grasp on how ...
Jun 17, 2019•1 hr 29 min•Season 1Ep. 2
