The Story of Rune Soup | Solo Show
A long-overdue solo show this week, telling the story of Rune Soup from its beginnings as a blog in Bristol, through the books, through the development of the podcast, and the membership and the events...
View ArticleLife Finds A Way
It is hard not to feel optimistic in Spring. Your sails catch the etheric currents of life and vitality roaring through the more than human world around you. The daffodils have been and mostly gone....
View ArticleNight is a Sharkskin Drum
Night is a sharkskin drumsounding our bodies blackand gold. All is aflamethe uplands a shushof wind. From Halema’uma’uour fiery Akua comes: E, Pele e E, Pele e E, Pele e This is a poem from Haunani-Kay...
View ArticleTalking Animist Herbalism with Seán Pádraig O’Donoghue
This week, we welcome to the show author, teacher and herbalist, Seán Pádraig O’Donoghue. Seán joins us today to talk about his journey to animist herbalism, how he defines it, and what constitutes...
View ArticleAre You In A Healing Profession? Upskill With Psychedelic Therapies Now
Part of my goals around slowing down this quarter include reading for pleasure. The only rule -which I frequently break- is at least one ‘fiction’ book must be included. In the non-fiction category is...
View ArticleHalloween Special: Curses From Outer Space (Necro-Astrology) with Sasha Ravitch
It’s that time of year again! And for the traditional Halloween special, we are joined from New Orleans by astrologer, witch and counsellor, Sasha Ravitch. Sasha joins us to talk about star spirits,...
View ArticleRevisiting The Whisky Rant: The Pros and Cons of ‘Alternate’ History
In what is a particularly apt metaphor, I’m dragging The Whisky Rant up from the depths. This impromptu little reminiscence is inspired by the recent solo show on the story of Rune Soup. Somebody...
View ArticleRobert Anton Wilson: Right Wing Anarchist
Somewhere on my e-travels this past month I found a scan of an article Robert Anton Wilson wrote for a magazine called rogerSPARK in 1969, titled Why I Am A Right-Wing Anarchist. (Mistakenly attributed...
View ArticleRevisiting The World Without Sin – Reframing Censorship and Propaganda
Continuing our whistle-stop tour of classic blog series, this time we revisit a term I lifted from the (pre-cancelled) Joss Whedon film, Serenity. It’s the term I use to better frame the totality of...
View ArticleTalking Deck Creation and Fortune Telling | Colin Alexander
A bumper episode this week and a veritable romp through the Fortune’s Fools project as the finish line appears over the horizon. I was told going into a project like this that it would show up in your...
View ArticleHow To Be
Last week and over the weekend was the Mind Medicine Australia International Summit on Psychedelic Therapies. I took a couple of days to integrate a lot of what I’d learned (about integration, funnily...
View ArticleRevisiting Archonology: Understanding Power and Conspiracy
Continuing our revisitations this week, we turn to the archonology series -a long running exploration of power and conspiracy. And you know what? A lot of these have held up pretty well. I especially...
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