No Hand Path with Robert Peter
Episode description
Magic is weird. The more it becomes a part of your life, the constructs you once held dearly as fundamental pillars of reality begin to break down, and in their place, new constructs start to emerge. As someone with a practice founded in Witchcraft and Druidry, I’ve replaced many of my preconceived notions of reality with a somewhat animist, and ancestral, and even gnostic (at times) interface with the world. This is completely idiosyncratic, but it’s true for me, and it allows me to tap into a live wire of personal gnosis that reverberates through my spells and ceremonies in a way that would feel hollow in any other way.
I don’t personally identify with the Christian current – Catholic, protestant, or Orthodox, respectively. I was raised in what I like to call “suburban Christianity,” which was a shallow form of spirituality that was either a victim or beneficiary (depending on your take) of Reaganomics and the prosperity gospel. That said, for many guests I’ve had on this show over the past year, there is a very live wire of power to be tapped into within the Christian current, which cuts through the artifice and limitations of my own experience with this religion.
Robert Peter is a perfect example of this. His “current shifting” and Chaos Magic approach to Christianity both subverts the preconceived notions of how the practice operates and opens paths to unlocking syncretism with a diverse arsenal of magic.
I’m excited to welcome Robert back to the show, as we explore his unique perspective on incorporating a wide range of influences into his “plug and play” approach to Christian magic.
SHOW NOTES:
No Hand Path: Robert's Substack
Art: Christ in the Desert by Nicholas Roerich, 1933.