Aeonography – Part 1
Now the great Demon began to make aeons in the likeness of the real eternal realms, except that he produced them out of his own power. Some years ago I wrote a post series called archonology. Although...
View ArticleThe Coven Project: Aeonography – Part 2
What even is a coven? Firstly, let me tell you what it is not. It is not spending Saturday morning in the suburban front room of a part-time DMV employee's house while she "draws down the moon". I...
View ArticleTalking How To Be Awesome in 2017 with Conner Habib
This week we welcome back author, lecturer, rights advocate and renegade Anthroposophist, Conner Habib. For our first show of 2017, we talk about how you can make it your year, the best mindset for...
View ArticleChaeconomica: Label-Free Edition
Generals are ever fighting the last war. And it seems that pundits are ever looking to spend other people's money on the last worldview. The old economic models haven’t worked for decades, at least...
View ArticleTalking Thai Animism and Sorcery with Jenx
This week, all the way from the land of smiles, we welcome Peter Jenks. Jenx is the author of the recently published The Thai Occult and so we shall, inevitably, be speaking about the fascinating...
View ArticleIn The Underworld
The next couple of weeks will be pretty quiet around here as I am heading into the underworld for a while. Week one will be diving on a Japanese ghost fleet in Chuuk, then week two is back to Pohnpei...
View ArticleTalking Pandemonium With Jake Stratton-Kent
This week we welcome back to the show none other than Jake Stratton-Kent to talk about his latest book, Pandemonium: A Discordant Concordance of Diverse Spirit Catalogues. We also talk implicit and...
View ArticleTalking Anthropology, Magic and Tibet with Ben Joffe
This week we speak to cultural anthropologist, researcher and practitioner, Ben Joffe. Ben’s particular areas of expertise include the anthropology of magic, the Tibet diaspora, ritual and esotericism....
View ArticleBenign Sedition – Aeonography Part 3
2017 continues to unpack the expected and inevitable spools of horror, shock and outrage. But -this being an Aeonography post- let me remind you that Spring is on its way in the Northern Hemisphere. It...
View ArticleTalking Folk Saints & Black Madonnas with Mallorie Vaudoise
This week we speak to writer, practitioner (and most recently translator of Le Livre des Esperitz for Jake Stratton-Kent’s Pandemonium), Mallorie Vaudoise. We talk the origin of the saints, the Italian...
View ArticleGordon on Gnostic Warrior
A quick one today to point out an interview I did on the Gnostic Warrior podcast which you can find here. The chat ended up being more about magic and magical worldviews, though we still stray into...
View ArticleTalking Magical Realism, Curanderismo & Empire with Jesse Hathaway Diaz
This week we welcome back Jesse Hathaway Diaz to talk Curanderismo, magical realism, Orisha traditions, and Aztec calendars and astrology. So good! Download the episode directly here or listen along on...
View ArticleSabbatical Interrupted
I see that Charlotte is in housesitting town as well, but it appears to be going slightly better for her. MMTP is off to Myanmar touring temples for a month and was in the market for a dog sitter....
View ArticleTalking Taoist Sigil Magic with Benebell Wen
This week we speak to writer and metaphysician, Benebell Wen. Benebell is the author of Holistic Tarot and The Tao of Craft. It's a great chat, covering the history of Taoism and Taoist magic,...
View ArticleTalking Australian Folk Magic With Dr Ian Evans
This week, we welcome Dr Ian Evans, architectural historian, author and conservationist. Dr Evans’ 2010 thesis, ‘Touching Magic’, was the first ever academic examination of the historic use of witches...
View ArticleDancing With Myself: Weekend Videos
I shudder to think what I would become were I ever to find myself single again. Forced isolation as a result of a giant workload isn't quite the same thing, sure, but I must doff my hat to those who...
View ArticleChaeconomica: Rise of the Robots
Morris Berman observes that one of things that hastens the end of Empires is that the ruling powers -and indeed the wider culture- does everything wrong. Not necessarily morally wrong, just wrong....
View ArticleTalking Worldviews, Culture and Comparison with Dr Jeff Kripal
This week we welcome back one of our most popular guests, Dr Jeff Kripal. Dr Kripal last joined us to talk about his book, The Super Natural. Today we are speaking on the value of comparison, the role...
View ArticleGordon On The Hermit’s Lamp
Andrew and I spend an hour or so talking meaning both intrinsic and extrinsic. It's good stuff. More uplifting than you'll commonly find in 2017 for some fairly self-evident reasons. We should probably...
View ArticleGraham Hancock Author of the Month
A quick one to say that I'm Graham Hancock's author of the month over on his forum. So if you fancy a chat or a Q&A on Star.Ships related topics, then head over to the forum and jump on in. And...
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