Rune Soup

In this week's episode, we talk to author and philosopher Mark Booth about the impact of the spirit world in human history, the experience of the supernatural, LSD and philosophy, what thinking about science in a mature way can tell us about reality, New Atheism, the sophistication of ancient cultures, the misinterpretation of ancient wisdom and the ins and outs of a working definition on magic.   Show Notes Mark's website Mark on Twitter A neat animation explaining the thesis of the Sacred History  

Joining me from California is writer, artist, astrologer, editor of Archai: The Journal of Archetypal Cosmology and doctoral student, Becca Tarnas. Becca’s current research is an examination of the convergence of images between Tolkien’s work and Jung’s work in his Red Book… as well as an exploration of the implications of such a convergence. This is an absolutely fantastic discussion (literally). We cover the origins of Middle Earth, the composition of the Red Book, syncs and coincidences, the role of the imaginal and the mythic in ecology and the rise of diverse voices. Love. It.   Show Notes Becca's website Becca's presentation; The Red Book and The Red Book

This week we talk to Aeon Byte Gnostic Radio's Miguel Conner about all things gnosticism: - The origins of the gnostics - The main gnostic groups - How gnosticism relates to western magic - How gnosticism relates to the wider pagan world - UFOs and gnosticism And ultimately, the 'shape' of the gnostic journey and how it has lasted into the modern era. Show Notes - Miguel's site - Miguel's new YouTube channel - Miguel's archival YouTube channel

This week we are joined by Llewellyn Worldwide's senior acquisitions editor, and the editor of my own book, The Chaos Protocols, Elysia Gallo. We talk love spells, magical writing, magical reading, Wyrd Minnesota, the role of magic and synchronicity in one’s career, and even cats. Enjoy! Show Notes Elysia's Llewellyn Blog The Chaos Protocols

The one and only Jason Miller! Talking love spells, adventurism, the ritual use of circles, occult publishing, appropriation and just This Magical Life in general.    Show Notes Jason’s blog Jason’s Strategic Sorcery Course  

For those of you who have already picked up a copy of my latest book, The Chaos Protocols, you’ll no doubt have detected Charles’s influence in a few of the chapters. He's among the cleverest independent financial minds out there today. We don't just talk the Benjamins, however. We also talk gardening, nutrition, philosophy, what to study at college, digital currencies, and how talking about money is really talking about meaning, and the return of the real. Show notes Charles's excellent blog. You should subscribe. Charles's latest book: A Radically Beneficial World: Automation, Technology and Creating Jobs for All: The Future Belongs to Work That Is Meaningful Charles's previous book, also excellent, particularly if you are in or contemplating college: Get a Job, Build a Real Career and Defy a Bewildering Economy  

This week we talk to the wondrous Geraldine Beskin of the world famous Atlantis Bookshop. Our freewheeling chat, conducted in the Gerald Gardner room of the shop, covers magical London, the Victorian occult revival, Austin Osman Spare and just a whole boatload of life advice for the magically inclined. Do not miss it.

Oh, but I was looking forward to this one. I've read a lot of Dr Kripal's previous work and the Super Natural seems perfectly timed to coincide with Star.Ships... other hands on the same elephant and all that. Anyway, it's a good ol' chat. We conducted it via the Skype/phone octoparrot, which you may notice in the audio. Topics included  Animism Phenomenology Materialism in the academy Challenges in parapsychology The origin of the term numinous as well as how it is experienced Show Notes Jeff's academic page The Super Natural (Amazon US) Authors of the Impossible (Amazon US)

Raj and I have a good ol' chat about narrative, psychology, spirit contact, London, the role of art and plenty move. Plus I got to nerd out about the X-Files with someone far more knowledgeable than me. Show Notes Raj's website Excerpts from the two X-files episodes we discuss Paper Hearts Jose Chung's From Outer Space The Rune Soup piece about consciousness and art we reference One of Raj's video mash-ups  

In this week's episode we talk to the queen of encyclopedias herself, Judika Illes. Naturally the conversation roams across spells, magical advice, writing careers and tarot... so very much tarot. This is not one to miss!   Show Notes Judika's website Encyclopedia of 5,000 Spells

We talk to the one and only Ramsey Dukes (Lionel Snell) about his magical career, publishing, Austin Spare, the British magical renaissance, the rise of chaos magic and just life in general. Do not miss this one!   Show Notes Ramsey's Facebook page Ramsey's excellent YouTube channel. (Subscribe!) Ramsey's author page  

On this episode we are joined by author, speaker and researcher, Chris Aubeck, to talk about his new book 'Return to Magonia', as well as Ufology and mythology in general. Good times.   Show notes Chris's website: http://www.chrisaubeck.com/ Chris’s latest book: http://www.anomalistbooks.com/book.cfm?id=85 The Magnolia Exchange: https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/magonia_exchange/info Chris’s Madrid UFO event: https://vimeo.com/129520716

This week I speak to the one and only Alex Tsakiris from the powerhouse podcast, Skeptiko. The show has been regularly namechecked at Rune Soup for years so it was a real personal pleasure to get some of Alex's time. Time that I may or may not have monopolised slightly thanks to about a hundred Skeptiko episodes of pent-up opinion I foolishly thought would fit in a single episode. This one really is more of a conversation then, and I'm quite pleased with how it turned out. We talk through the limits of materialism (naturally), consciousness science, podcasting and having an authentic voice, money, the role of academia, UFOs and consciousness phenomena, the implications of after death communication and a whole lot more.

In this episode we talk to author, alchemist and Palero, Chris Bradford. We cover Hawaii, island spirits and ghost stories, chaos magic in the 90s, spirit kingship, palo, spirit medicine, the interplay between African diaspora magic and the European tradition… even Magic: The Gathering! Show notes: Chris's blog  Chris's Palo Mayombe tumblr Chris on twitter

In this week’s episode we talk to esoteric author and Rock N Roll Hall of Fame musician, Gary Lachman about his excellent new book, Secret Teachers of the Western World. We also cover Hermeticism, Neoplatonism, the 1970s New York occult scene, Colin Wilson. Something for everyone!   Show notes Gary’s Website: http://garylachman.co.uk/ Gary’s latest book: http://www.amazon.com/The-Secret-Teachers-Western-World/dp/0399166807 The David Bowie story we mentioned: http://garylachman.co.uk/2016/01/11/the-david-bowie-colin-wilson-story/

In this episode, we talk to author and astrologer, Austin Coppock about how astrology works, what to do during retrogrades and whether or not Donald Trump is the next President.

In this bumper episode, we talk to The Secret Sun’s Christopher Knowles about the Nine, Esalen, elite belief systems, alien cargo cults, Star Trek, tarot, psychogeography and what may or may not be coming down the pipe in 2016.   Show notes:   Chris’s blog: http://secretsun.blogspot.co.uk/   ‘Burn Witch Burn’, the film Chris references: https://youtu.be/g7emkorevvo   Also, the presentation from Dr LaViolette I reference actually talks about the B2 using electrogravitics. Got the wrong plane. As an apology, watch the whole presentation:   https://youtu.be/F4lhGDYCUTs

We talk to noted Fortean journalist and former professional combat magician, Cat Vincent about his life and adventures.   Topics include urban magic, sci fi fandom, Forteana, comics, Neil Gaiman, Slenderman, Colin Wilson, polyamory and all the Bob Wilson you could want.   Show notes: https://youtu.be/RBD06b1trAY https://youtu.be/0EXXMZLBELo catvincent.com http://tinyletter.com/CatVincent @catvincent

Dr Cummins, occult historian extraordinaire, talks grimoires and the story of the western magical tradition. We also discuss living in New York, studying under Professor Hutton and magic's relationship to the rise of modern science and medicine. Follow Dr Al on twitter. Get his first book here.

As a special holiday treat, I sit down with my mother to talk about saints, the Dead, Aboriginal women's magic, haunted houses, sacred travel, energy healing and a whole lot more.