Rune Soup

A solo show this week. Just me, talking about history and how we think with the past when it no longer matches up to our expectations of the present. Big shout out to all our American cousins doing exactly this under the challenging conditions of a competitive eating environment.

Paul Weston on the mic this week. Paul is an author and lecturer based in Glastonbury, and one that I’ve had the pleasure of speaking with in the flesh multiple times. Today he joins us to talk about synchromystic creative journeys, psychogeography, mermaid goddesses, ancient Egyptian spirits and the works of Kenneth Grant. Story time! Show Notes Paul's website Paul's blog Paul's YouTube channel Paul's presentation: Southend Glastonbury Cremation Ground Mandala Find The Others: Paul Weston

This week we welcome Dr Richard Miller. Dr Miller is a radio host, former advisor on the Presidents Commission on Mental Health and founding board member of the Gestalt Institute. He has been a clinical psychologist for over fifty years and has been on faculty at the University of Michigan and at Stanford University. He joins us today to talk about the history and status of psychedelic medicine. Show Notes Dr Miller's website Dr Miller's latest book, Psychedelic Medicine

This week, Peter and Alkistis of Scarlet Imprint return for their now-traditional 'state of the magical world' address. We talk trends in occultism and culture, the impact of Sola Busca and the looming return of the Djinn. Good times. Show Notes Scarlet Imprint Peter on Twitter Sabbatic Dance Alkistis on Twitter

This week we are joined by master herbalist, ritual artist and educator, Catamara Rosarium. Catamara is the proprietor of Rosarium Blends and the co-founder of the Viridis Genii conference. We talk plant magic, astrological timing, weeds, psychedelics and growing a poison garden. Great stuff.   Show Notes Catamara’s store, Rosarium Blends Rosarium Blends on Facebook Verdant Gnosis vol 3 Viridis Genii Conference

This week the amazing José Leitão returns to the show to update us on his Ninth-Gate-style Cyprian quest across Portugal and to talk to us about his latest book, Bibliotheca Valencia, out from Hadean Press. We chat about perpetual almanacs, magical bestiaries and the impact of culture and context on praxis. Great stuff.   Show Notes José’s Patreon José on Academia Bibliotheca Valenciana The Immaterial Book of St Cyprian  

This week we are speaking to Ivy Bromius. Ivy is a magician, tarot reader and writer with a specialism in project management. She writes about the how and why of where these topics blend at Circle Thrice and that is also what she joins us today to discuss. Along the way we also talk haunted mirrors, UFO sightings, desert fairies and where magic and careers overlap. Great stuff. Show Notes Ivy's website Ivy's reworking of the Agile Manifesto The original Agile Manifesto Ivy on Twitter

This week, we are speaking with Danny Nemu. Danny is a writer, presenter  and researcher in the fields of psychedelics and the history of science. We cover ayahuasca, the shortcomings of double-blind experiments, drugs in the Bible and flesh-eating bacteria. Also other things, obviously. Great stuff! Show Notes Danny’s Site and Blog Psychedelic Press, including Danny’s books  Tickets for Danny’s presentation in Berlin on November 3rd and 4th Tickets for Danny’s presentation in London on November 9th Getting High with the Most High Taboos from the Jungle to the Lab (Part 1 and 2): https://vimeo.com/131074831 https://vimeo.com/131159303 Ritual Poetics, Ayahuasca and Goetia

Another double-talking episode this week. Sarah and Juniper talk us through plant allies, entheogens, journeying and just generally interacting with the non-human world in a neighbourly fashion. There's also some great ritual advice for solo and group praxis. Fantastic stuff. Show Notes Sarah's website and blog Sarah's store Sarah on Twitter Juniper's website and blog Witches Sabbat event site Juniper on Twitter

This week we are speaking with the luminously bright Sam Block. Sam is a blogger, magician and geomancer. We talk divination, spirits, Greek Magical Papyri and -as you might expect- geomancy. Very good times. Show Notes Sam on Twitter The Digital Ambler on Facebook Digital Ambler: Helios Consecration Digital Ambler: Selaphiel Chaplet Digital Ambler: Da Geomanteia post series  

This week we are speaking to my good friend and the internet’s master of conspiramonies, Greg Carlwood. As you are no doubt aware, Greg is the prolific and thoughtful host of The Higherside Chats. In a thematic follow up to last week’s show on Gnosticism, it seems useful to explore how we map and respond to the known and unknown in our world. And so that’s what we are going to do. Enjoy. Show Notes The Higherside Chats The Higherside Chats Plus Greg on Twitter

This week we are taking the new format out for another spin by welcoming back two popular previous guests, Miguel Conner and Chris Knowles, to double talk the most contemporary of ancient philosophies -Gnosticism- and whether or not we live in the most gnostic of times. So. Good. Show Notes Miguel's site and podcast, The God Above God Miguel on Twitter Chris's blog, The Secret Sun

This week we are speaking with Dr Francis Young. Dr Young is an historian, author and translator, hailing from and with a particular interest in East Anglia. He joins us today to speak principally about the history of exorcism and his book, A History of Exorcism in Catholic Christianity. Good stuff. Show Notes Dr Young's website Francis on Twitter A History of Exorcism in Catholic Christianity The Cambridge Book of Magic

This week we are debuting a sporadic new show format. For the 'Double Talking' episodes we bring back two prior guests for a three headed discussion about various shared topics. First cabs off the rank are Dr Al Cummins and Julio Ody and the topic is all things practically grimoiric. Right here. This is my jam. Show Notes Dr Al's website and blog Al on Twitter Julio's blog Julio on Twitter  

This week sees the return of one of the show's most popular guests, Lionel Snell aka Ramsey Dukes. Lionel joins us to discuss his most recent book, My Year of Magical Thinking, as well as various magical ways of being in the world and their benefits. Amazing stuff. Show Notes My Year of Magical Thinking Lionel's Website Lionel's YouTube Channel

This week we are speaking with my good friend, Deborah Castellano. Deb is a fiction writer, blogger, witch, weaver and author of Glamour Magic which -if you’re listening to the show on podcast Thursday- was released yesterday. We talk ritual, death customs, learning magic by doing magic and -of course- glamour in the twenty first century. Show Notes Deb's brand new book, Glamour Magic Deb site and blog Deb on Twitter.

This week we are speaking to Dr Camelia Elias. Originally from Romania and based in Denmark, Camelia is a firebrand fortune teller, tarot teacher and author of several books. She is the writer behind the popular Tarotflexions blog and joins us today from a mountain in Norway. We discuss growing up around cartomancers, the best headspace for divination and how to read like the Devil. Show Notes Taroflexions Camelia's YouTube channel Camelia's website The Oracle Travels Light The Power of the Trumps Marseille Tarot: Towards the Art of Reading

This week we are speaking with the one and only Dave Lee. Dave is an author, novelist, breath working and personal development coach based in the UK. He is also one of the formational influences on the rise of chaos magic. Dave has himself been a practising magic for over thirty five years. His latest book is Life Force and it arrived just in time to line up with our sporadic series of energy model discussions. We also talk LSD, meta-models, chaos magic history and personal metaphysics. Show Notes Dave's website Dave's blog Dave's newsletter Dave on twitter

This week we will begin something of a sporadic miniseries on energy. A number of premium members have remarked that I’m typically pretty down on energy models. And I suppose I am, but with the qualification that I am pretty down on the prevailing energy models we have inherited from the 19th century with very little subsequent criticism. Freed from these unexamined assumptions, 'energy' in the broadest sense is an inarguable component of worldwide magical systems. In many ways, this may be the final shoe to drop in this current magical revival. Restoration of context is well on its away. The decolonising turn is a bit behind that but also on its way.  So to kick it all off, we are speaking with Phil Watt. Phil is a writer, podcaster, self-described neoshaman working exclusively with an energy model and -living my actual dream- a market gardener in the delightful New South Wales town of Bellingen. Show Notes Phil's podcast series, Redesigning Society Phil's coaching and guidance services Phil's YouTube chann

This week, we're trying something new. I'm dancing talking with myself about discourse, analogue networks and the whole point of speaking and listening on magical and psi topics. The show is also my meandering post-analysis of Chaotic Good -the event I participated in with Conner Habib and Caitlin Doughty in Los Angeles last week.