The one and only Alex Tzakiris joins us this week for an extended and challenging discussion on the nature of evil. Alex is in the process of writing a book on the subject, pulling together the testimony and opinions of multiple guests on his excellent podcast, Skeptiko. What does psi data tell us about the possible existence of evil? What about cross-cultural comparisons? We have a frank and challenging discussion. This is a firecracker of an episode. Or maybe I just smell brimstone? Show Notes...
Jun 12, 2020•1 hr 39 min
This week, we welcome to the show Brandt Stickley. Brandt is, among other things, Assistant Professor in the College of Classical Chinese Medicine, Visiting Professor at Dragon rises College of Oriental Medicine, acupuncturist, herbalist and a Classical Chinese Medical practitioner working in the Portland area. He joins us today to talk about Classical Chinese medicine, of course, but in the particular context of what insights it might provide for more holistic, spirit-inclusive healing modaliti...
May 28, 2020•1 hr 15 min
Writer, musician and researcher Joshua Cutchin returns to the show along with first-time guest and host of the excellent Strange Familiars podcast, Timothy Renner. Joshua and Timothy are co-authors of the recently released Where The Footprints End: High Strangeness and the Bigfoot Phenomenon volume 1. And so they join us today to talk about the book's elusive and enigmatic subject, Bigfoot. Enjoy. Show Notes Where The Footprints End: High Strangeness and the Bigfoot Phenomenon volume 1 . Joshua'...
May 22, 2020•1 hr 8 min
Glastonbury's best bard and psychogeographer, Paul Weston, returns to the show to update us on his synchromystic adventures. This episode is a bit of a special one as it serves as the isolation-era launch of his latest book, History and Myth: Boris Johnson, Henry VIIIth, Extinction Rebellion, Plague & The Return of the Middle Ages . And even more special than that, the book owes its existence in many respects to his last appearance on the podcast and the feedback it generated among the liste...
May 16, 2020•1 hr 12 min
Artist, ritualist and clothing designer, Katie Martin joins us this week for a bumper episode. Katie accompanied me on an ayahuasca dieta in the jungle last year, so the story weaves in and around spirit-based healing methods; the difference between costume and ritual garments; the function and power of performance, how you can use ritual thinking with your own clothing; as a thorough look at how magically operant people can respond to serious health diagnoses. Super, super fun. Show Notes Katie...
May 08, 2020•2 hr 2 min
Super fun video chat with the legendary Miguel Conner of Aeon Byte Gnostic Radio. We discuss what constitutes cyberpunk, it's origins, influences and many gnostic parallels. Then we run through a top 10 cyberpunk films -carefully selected for our current apocalypse- and then we field some questions from the premium members and patrons who followed along live. This is the audio of a video conversation you can find on YouTube or at Rune Soup, should you wish for some visual. Enjoy! Show Notes Aeon...
Apr 22, 2020•1 hr 38 min
Professional photographer and author, Darragh Mason Field, joins us this week to talk about travel, adventure and creativity. Along the way we discussion Göbekli Tepe, the Djinn, Harran and seeing your own familiar places with new eyes. Visit runesoup.com for further examples of Darragh's work discussed in this episode. Show Notes Darragh's website . Darragh on Twitter . Darragh on Instagram . Spirit Box Podcast . City of Djinn presentation. The Aghori presentation....
Apr 18, 2020•1 hr 22 min
This week we are speaking to the co-host of one of my very favourite podcasts, Bad Gays . Author, Huw Lemmey, joins us to talk about the importance of history, what it tells us, what it doesn't tell us, and how notions such as homosexuality change over time. Very cool stuff. Check it out. Show Notes Bad Gays Podcast . Bad Gays Podcast Patreon . Huw on Substack . Huw on Twitter ....
Apr 10, 2020•55 min
In the last of the in-person London recordings, we welcome the one and only Gary Lachman back to the show. This time, we deep dive on Jung as a person and then attempt to parse his most important ideas. In many respects, today's show turned out to be extra-timely. Now, more than ever, we require an urgent inward turn. Enjoy! (You will also find just the video discussion at runesoup.com.) Show Notes Gary's website . Gary on Twitter ....
Apr 05, 2020•1 hr 29 min
The one and only Peter Jenkins returns to the show on the occasion of the release of the third and final book in his Thai occultism saga, The Thai Occult Appendix. In this episode we talk more about spirit houses and why you should think twice about installing them, angels in Thai occultism, Thai astrology, cave spirits and the Thai animist version of the story of a wacky billionaire and some trapped school boys. Very good stuff. Enjoy! Show Notes The Thai Occult website . The Thai Occult Books ...
Mar 24, 2020•1 hr 7 min
This week, we sit down in-person with medieval historian, author and public speaker, Christina Oakley Harrington. Christina is the proprietor of the world-famous Treadwell's Books in London so, of course, we talk about magic books and the role of the bookstore in the twenty first century. We also talk about growing up amongst African and Southeast Asian spirit customs, mystic medieval women, Gardnerian witchcraft and a lot more. Enjoy! Show Notes Treadwell's Books . Treadwell's on Twitter . Trea...
Mar 20, 2020•1 hr 5 min
A very special solo show this week, talking about pattern logic and cycle models. Not much to share in terms of show notes, but the post page at Rune Soup has some additional images.
Feb 28, 2020•58 min
This week, we welcome to the show philosopher and public intellectual, Charles Eisenstein. Charles is the author of a number of important books including Sacred Economics and The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know is Possible . He joins us today to talk about his most recent book, Climate: A New Story . Along the way we tackle many challenging and thorny topics, such as solutionism, polarisation, despair and how to best think with our ecological crisis so that we may return to flourishing. Exc...
Feb 19, 2020•1 hr 5 min
This week we welcome to the show speaker, educator, lawyer, anthropologist, activist and Bardi woman, Munya Andrews. Munya joins us for an exploration of the concepts in her book, Journey into Dreamtime, as well as related notions in ecology, politics and philosophy. Excellent stuff! Show Notes Munya's website, Evolve Communities . Munya's book, Journey into Dreamtime . Munya's webinar on The Dreamtime ....
Feb 13, 2020•1 hr 1 min
Dr Al Cummins returns to the show to talk about his upcoming publication, An Excellent Booke of the Arte of Magick -a 16th century English grimoire written by colonial explorers and navigators, Sir Humphrey Gilbert and John Davis. Along the way we talk necromancy, spirits and Empire, and scrying. A superb chat. Show Notes Preorder page for An Excellent Booke . Al's website . Al's Instagram ....
Jan 30, 2020•1 hr 35 min
Cognitive science researcher, Vince Polito, joins us this week to speak about microdosing, psychedelics in a clinical setting, and the direction and implications of this sort of work for our understanding of the human mind. School is in! Except this time I am paying attention. Show Notes Vince's website . Vince on Twitter . Vince's microdosing study . Classic psychedelics: An integrative review of epidemiology, therapeutics, mystical experience, and brain network function . And finally, Gordon's...
Jan 24, 2020•1 hr 17 min
The one and only Conner Habib returns for our traditional New Years discussion. Necromancy, witchcraft and whiteness, manufactured outrage, dialectical materialism and how to free yourself from the clutches of neoliberalism. Just what the time of year called for! Show Notes Conner on Patreon . Conner on Twitter . Lynn Margulis episode of Against Everyone ....
Jan 01, 2020•1 hr 54 min
For our Christmastide special, José Leitão returns to the show. He joins us to talk about the imminent release of his latest book, Opuscula Cypriani , folk magic and witchcraft in Portugal, and all things St Cyprian. Splendid stuff. Show Notes Preorder Opuscula Cypriani . José on Patreon . José on Academia . José's presentation in Kiev ....
Dec 22, 2019•1 hr 19 min
This week, we have a very special (emergency?) edition of Storytime with Paul. Glastonbury psychogeographer extraordinaire, Paul Weston, returns to the show to talk through some of the mythic, archetypal and historic resonances to the recent British election and the looming inevitability of Brexit. Great stuff, as ever. Show Notes Paul's website and tours . Paul's YouTube channel . Paul on Twitter ....
Dec 19, 2019•1 hr 5 min
It's that time of half-year again! This is the audio-only version of the H1 2020 live video forecast. You can also watch the replay and/or donate to the Christmas fundraiser here . Enjoy!
Dec 12, 2019•2 hr 45 min
The one and only Phil Hine joins us this week for a wide-ranging discussion on tantra, magical experimentation, the history and proper understanding of chakras, the benefits of terrorising yourself and what he has learned over a metaphysical career spanning more than 35 years. Enjoy! Show Notes Phil's latest book, Hine's Varieties: Chaos and Beyond . Phil's website, Enfolding.org . Phil on Twitter . Phil's recommendations for Tantric poetry books: Singing to the Goddess: Poems to Kali and Uma fr...
Dec 05, 2019•1 hr 33 min
Return of the Queen! The one and only Becca Tarnas joins us again as we dive deeper than ever before into Tolkien's notion of Faërie, Middle Earth's Creation story, and how the man himself understood creative acts. And, because we are almost at the end of the year, we take what we have learned from this journey into Middle Earth and transform it into some guidelines and inspiration for facing 2020 with our minds on hope and mutual flourishing. Show Notes Journey to the Imaginal Realm: A Reader's...
Nov 21, 2019•1 hr 22 min
This week, the one and only Christopher Knowles returns to the show for amazing mega-discussion around the macro subject of writing about magic, how writing is magic and generally 'magic and this thing we call fiction'. The principal texts we use to frame this chat are Grant Morrison's legendary series, The Invisibles , and Alan Moore's Providence . Both of these you can read in their entirety for free by following the links in the Show Notes. Super fun stuff. Show Notes Chris's website, The Sec...
Oct 27, 2019•2 hr 43 min
Season of the Mitch! This week, we are very excited to welcome back author, speaker and historian, Mitch Horowitz to the show. Being Halloween, we explore why this occult revival might be different, we look at the history of Spiritualism, we swap adolescent Ouija board stories and finish off with a little, light Satanism. Excellent stuff. Happy Halloween, all! Show Notes Mitch's website . Mitch on Twitter . Mitch's most recent book, The Miracle Club ....
Oct 25, 2019•1 hr 13 min
The reverend Danny Nemu returns to the show for a fiery and important chat about neocolonialism, plant spirits, modern medicine, ancient medicine, spirit logic and all that very good stuff. Be sure to check out the show notes for the presentation that inspired our discussion. Enjoy! Show Notes Danny's presentation, Prejudice and Neo-colonialism in the Academic study of Ayahuasca . Danny's website . Danny's book, Neuro-Apocalypse . Danny on Twitter ....
Oct 23, 2019•1 hr 20 min
Author and researcher, Peter Mark Adams, returns to the show this week to discuss his latest book, Mystai . Along the way we talk orphism, mystery traditions, visuality and the shortcomings of materialist archaeology. Show Notes Get Mystai: Dancing Out The Mysteries of Dionysus . Attend the launch of Mystai at Treadwell's in London on October 19th. Peter's website . Peter on Twitter ....
Oct 16, 2019•1 hr 9 min
This month's solo show returns to the notion of utopia and our imaginal-relational opportunities. Stay with that trouble, kids. Show Notes The Donna Haraway documentary, Story Telling For Earthly Survival . David Graeber's essay, Hope in Common .
Oct 09, 2019•49 min
Camelia Elias makes a very welcome return to the show this week, on the occasion of the launch of two new books, What is Not: Marseille Tarot à La Carte and Divination with Cards: A Short History . We also talk about meaning versus function, meaning in astrology and new ways to approach all the interpretive arts. An absolutely fantastic show. It's good to be back! Show Notes Get What is Not: Marseille Tarot à La Carte here. Get Divination with Cards: A Short History here. Join the Lenormand Foun...
Oct 02, 2019•1 hr 17 min
This week, novelist, non-ficition author and professor of art and film, Stephe Barber, joins us to talk about about Heliogabalus or The Crowned Anarchist . Fully translated into English for the first time, this remarkable little book was written by avant garde theatre visionary, Antonin Artaud, and is ostensibly based on the two year reign of a teenage emperor that history records as little more than an orgy of sex and violence. However it is also Artaud exploring power, and magic, and spectacle...
Aug 15, 2019•1 hr 13 min
In the July solo show, we look at the possibly bright future of the novel and what thriving independent expression might look like in an era of endless reboots and comic book films. The only show notes this week is a short film from the featured musician at the end .
Jul 31, 2019•32 min
