Ringing in the new year with a banger! John Michael Greer returns to the show to explore Whether we can say if 'western' magic has a discernable metaphysics. What those might be. Seeing as AI did such a good job of giving us a definition of metaphysics (which you will get in the show), here's what she thinks the episode is about: "The dialogue emphasizes the importance of directionality, the existence of intelligent non-human beings, and the overarching themes that unify magical practices across...
Jan 08, 2025•1 hr 23 min
Austin Coppock returns to the show for our traditional six-monthly astrological forecast, this time for the first half of 2025. We are calling this one Just The Tip (Of The Chainsword)! 00:00 Introduction to 2025 Astrology Predictions 02:56 The Significance of Warhammer 40K in 2025 05:45 Astrological Context: The Transition from 2024 to 2025 09:00 Civil Unrest and Mars Retrograde 11:53 Neptune and Saturn's Influence in 2025 15:00 The Impact of Neptune's Ingress into Aries 18:00 The Role of Heroi...
Dec 24, 2024•2 hr 29 min
In this episode, Gordon discusses the evolution of his podcast, the connections between magical individuals, and the themes presented in Grant Morrison's comic series, The Invisibles. He explores The loneliness epidemic in modern society. The role of digital connectivity. The concept of the invisible college as a metaphor for shared vision and belonging among like-minded individuals. We also look at the intersections of various spiritual practices, the disintegration of civilisational fields, an...
Dec 14, 2024•1 hr 5 min
Gabriel Kennedy joins the show to discuss Chapel Perilous: The Life and Thought Crimes of Robert Anton Wilson , the first-ever book-length biography of ol' RAW. We explore Wilson's life, philosophy, and literary contributions. Kennedy shares his personal journey of discovering Wilson's work, the process of writing the biography, and the significance of concepts like Chapel Perilous and general semantics. The discussion also touches on the relevance of Wilson's ideas in today's world and the last...
Dec 07, 2024•1 hr 40 min
The show returns with some actionable findings from almost a year of regular sigil work. We look at The ways you mess up your own magical results by not admitting what you want. The ways you mess up your own magical results by not admitting where you are at. What to do about it. And toward the end, I lay out the plans for the premium member glow-up over Q4 and Q1, including completely re-recording and remastering all the existing member courses....
Nov 08, 2024•50 min
We're trialling a new format this week, as I am in the Bay of Fires for work. A visit to a beer-drinking pig inspired some ruminations on how and why we connect as this idiotic, digital hellscape builds itself around us. The episode discusses the manipulation and sanitization of reality through digital currencies, IDs, and the evolving media landscape, including the shift to 'private' or enclosed digital engagement opportunities like Mighty Networks and Substack, aiming for authenticity in an in...
Sep 14, 2024•48 min
This week, we welcome to the show Mexican-Bolivian-Chilean healer, Red Path shaman and teacher Julián Katari. Fun fact about Julián: He was my translator for my recent trip up to stay with the Kallawaya in the Bolivian High Andes. So we talk about that, of course. We also talk about his own remarkable journey of spirit: ⭐ Vision quests ⭐ Aztec dance ceremonies ⭐ Peyote ⭐ Andean shamanism We then discuss the sacred Mayan calendar and what it teaches us about the structure of the universe. Super c...
Aug 27, 2024•2 hr 1 min
Witch, author, biochemist and oriental medicine specialist, Maja D'Aoust, joins us to discuss Time Magic and the I Ching. We explore: The impact childhood illness can have on the practice of magic. The difference between ancient Chinese and more 'Western' experiences of time. The origin of the I Ching as a gift from serpent spirits. The sort of answers you can get with the I Ching. What sort of coins to use. Great stuff! Enjoy! Show Notes Maja's website . Maja's latest book: Astrology of the Sha...
Aug 19, 2024•1 hr 9 min
The dynamic duo behind Weird Studies, Phil Ford and J F Martel, join the show to explore the ways in which art is a form of evocation. We look at: Orson Welles as divine shamanic faker. Hollywood's vaudeville origins. What is a trick and what is a lie and can you even use those words if they show you the 'truth'? 'Western' and non-'Western' understandings of the imaginal and the artist. Where 'inspiration' and even 'thoughts' come from and what that might mean. An amazing chat. Enjoy! Show Notes...
Aug 09, 2024•1 hr 15 min
Media theorist and internet legend Douglas Rushkoff joins the show this week. We explore: Is there even such a thing as 'media' anymore? The promises and (many) failings of the tech world. UBIs, digital utopias and dystopias. Where we look for hope and optimism now. Where magic sits in our shared realities. An amazing chat with one of the greats! Enjoy! Show Notes Rushkoff.com Team Human...
Jul 26, 2024•53 min
Two contemporary deck creators, Balthazar Blacke and Natalia Lee, join the show this week for a round table on fortune telling and the role oracle cards specifically should have in your cartomantic practice. We explore: The things oracle cards can do that tarot cannot. (And vice versa!) Which situations call for which type of deck. Some historic resistance to using oracle cards among western practitioners. Some advice on different spreads and the role of significators. A super fun chat with some...
Jul 25, 2024•1 hr 21 min
Legendary cultural curator, media theorist and provocateur Richard Metzger joins the show this week. Richard, of course, co-founded The Disinformation Company, founded Dangerous Minds and has spent decades observing and participating in the changing media landscape. He is with us now to talk about his latest project, Magick Show, an extended documentary project featuring discussions with Grant Morrison Douglas Rushkoff Mitch Horowitz Gary Lachman Bri Luna Geraldine Beskine And many more -includi...
Jul 19, 2024•1 hr 41 min
This week's solo show forms part of a collection of observations lining us up for the beginning of the five-month, gargantuan Time Magic course we're starting in August. Here, we explore the quiet politics of magical thinking: The origin of the term. How it sort of is and sort of isn't like magical realism. Examples of it in the history of western esotericism. How you can make that inward turn toward magical thinking, and what any blocks in that process might be telling you. Enjoy!...
Jul 12, 2024•1 hr 56 min
Chance Gardner and Vanese McNeil, producers of the legendary documentary series Magical Egypt , join the show this week. We discuss Getting history right and wrong. The legacy of John Anthony West and R. A. Schwaller de Lubicz. Materialism and its impact on studying history. The latest series of Magical Egypt -which Gordon is in! I mention at the outset that this episode was actually recorded six months ago. The plan was to release it at the same time as a video on hermeticism that I was going t...
Jul 02, 2024•1 hr 46 min
Six moons have passed and so the Council of the Wise was summoned once again. Also I was there. Austin Coppock returns to the show for the traditional half-yearly forecast. Join us as we talk about Mars retrogrades, eclipses, elections and proxy wars. Stick around till the end for some TV recommendations, because why not? Enjoy!
Jun 27, 2024•1 hr 50 min
The legendary Christopher Knowles of the Secret Sun joins us this week to explain how to be a synchromystic. We learn ✅ What is synchronicity? ✅ What role synchronicity plays in modern mysticism. ✅ The importance of symbol sets in this pursuit. ✅ How this modern practice is really an ancient one described. Whilst it's always a pleasure to have Chris back on the show, this particular episode happens on the occasion of the release of his latest book. The Secret Sun Synchromystic Handbook! Get it h...
Jun 20, 2024•2 hr 2 min
Gregory Shaw, Professor of Religious Studies at Stonehill College, joins the show to discuss, theurgy, the work of Iamblichus, and how we have probably got the Neoplatonists' attitude to the body quite wrong. We discuss The DESCENT of rather than ASCENT TO the gods. The theurgic imagination and how it relates to the spirit world. The role of divination in the development of the soul. How Imablichus can teach us a better way to compare between cultures. The necessity for ceremony. Professor Shaws...
Jun 12, 2024•1 hr 12 min
Let's make the most of my jet lag and jump right back into regular live streams the morning after I arrive back on the farm! In this episode, we discuss How and why Wade Davis is my hero. The definition of adventure and why that matters for magicians. How adventuring creates reality. Sacred travel, how it is and isn't different from adventure. Tips and advice for your own adventures. Then I also share some stories from the High Andes, from Lake Titicaca, from the steamy cities of Paraguay and th...
May 17, 2024•1 hr 33 min
Hadean Press's Erzebet Barthold returns to the show this week, on the occasion of the release of Cyprian's Offices of the Spirits -the posthumously published final volume in Jake Stratton-Kent's Night School . We talk about goetia, we talk about the sublunar, we talk about English Qaballa -all the Jake hits, really. And, inevitably, we reminisce about the man himself: His main ideas and contributions. Who influenced him and who he influenced. What future generations will make of his work. Who he...
May 08, 2024•1 hr 17 min
Coming to you from the shores of Lake Titicaca! Some lessons on how to get good at magic, specifically sigil magic, learned on the road in Bolivia. The short answer is your first hundred sigils will teach you more about magic than any book ever will. The long answer is.... this podcast. Here I share my notes and observations from spending time in mountaintop villages with lineaged shamans descending directly from the Incas, San Pedro ceremonies in the mountains and client encounters in the Witch...
Apr 25, 2024•41 min
Aeon Byte Gnostic Radio's Miguel Conner returns to the show this week for an in-depth unpacking of claims made by Jordan Peterson, James Lindsay and others in the online Right that Marxism is actually Gnosticism. We look at The origins of these claims. Exactly WHERE and HOW they are wrong. The origins of Gnosticism. The 'true' origins of 'woke' thought. We also explore some possible points of consent with the analysis Jordan Peterson presents regarding Lucifer and the archetypal significance of ...
Mar 27, 2024•1 hr 36 min
This week's episode is an installment in the long-running World Without Sin series, examining how we respond to monolithic media and how not every outsider is a plucky freedom fighter. We also look at how and why it might be that all forms of expression are collapsing into a meme singularity and what this might have to do with the jester archetype. After that there is a life update and a travel magic story. And then -on the video version only- we have a Q&A where we speculate on the whereabo...
Mar 18, 2024•2 hr 7 min
Hello from the road! Just wanted to get out a little solo show of what I have been up to, which also morphed into how to deal with foreseen rather than unforeseen dramas. We also cover some updates on the Sigil A Day project, and speculate on the development of media and podcasts in our post-Putin-interview World Without Sin. Enjoy! Chat soon!
Feb 14, 2024•38 min
You may recall that Angie from Angie Speaks guested on the podcast last year. Well, she graciously invited me on a show she co-hosts, Mystic and the Machine , where we have a good ol' chat about UFOs, Jung, the looming apocalypse and how all of these things are interrelated. It was such a good chat, I'm releasing it as a main podcast episode this week. Should you wish to watch it instead, catch the interview at the Mystic and the Machine YouTube channel ....
Jan 12, 2024•1 hr 22 min
Here we are in 2024, eh? And it's off to a bang for people starting on the #SigilADay2024 Project and, to a lesser extent, Japan Airlines. In this solo show, we cover: Locating your intentions and goals for 2024. Turning them into enchantment topic areas. How to create sigils from scratch. The initial sigil activation I am offering for those embarking on this project and why. (Hint: It needs to be quick but not as quick as some of you ejaculate. That's right, I made a sigil joke.) NOTE: the audi...
Jan 04, 2024•58 min
You know the festive season has begun when Austinmas rolls around! Join Gordon White and Austin Coppock for a look into the first half of 2024 and how to navigate it. We look at Risk of war. What we can and can't learn from 2024. The best time of year to GTD. The Year of the Dragon. Mars, Mars and also some Mars to go with your Mars. Plus there's this whole subplot about fish. Enjoy!
Dec 22, 2023•2 hr 13 min
After tabling the possibility in the last live stream and thrashing out some of the details with the Rune Soup Premium Member brain trust, we'll be moving forward with the goal of launching one sigil a day for every day of next year. The audio version of the announcement -ie this one- is a bit more involved than the video one. That's because 58% of YouTube watchers aren't subscribed, so I had to pitch it a bit more as 'beginner'. But if you're subscribed to the podcast I wanted to speak more at ...
Dec 16, 2023•23 min
We come at last to the final in the AI For Magicians series of solo shows. This time we explore how we co-create with non-human beings and what that AI co-creation looks like for magicians. As is traditional, there is a video slide presentation that goes along with this episode , which you absolutely do not need to watch if you're vibing more with the audio. Show Notes Ursula K. LeGuin and Donna Haraway discuss technology . James Bridle discussing Ecological Technology on the Emergence Magazine ...
Dec 09, 2023•1 hr
This weekend was the livestream of my year in review, as well as a suggested shape for How to conduct your own. Why you should do it now as a separate act to your new year intention setting. As is now traditional, we did a Q&A on YouTube at the end which is only available on the video version, starting around 1:40. Two things came up that have already sparked some discussions regarding next year's plans. We're spinning up teams for: Launching one sigil a day for a whole year. A new year's de...
Nov 26, 2023•1 hr 39 min
Who says you can't teach an old (27) dog new tricks? For something a bit different, I'm sharing the audio version of, not my podcast, but I podcast I was on . Specifically The Coffee and Divination Podcast with JoAnna Farrer . One of my goals for next year is to push the boat a bit more with the format of the podcast. This year we brought in more regular solo shows, more livestreams, and so on. I want to start throwing in some shorter episodes in addition to the main ones, and I want to start sh...
Nov 22, 2023•1 hr 41 min
