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Talking Saint Cyprian and the Djinn with ConjureMan Ali – Episode 23
This is a fun one, folks. Ali and I cover: Magical childhoods The misadventure of adolescent cursing Djinn Kale The magical benefits of travel Geomancy St Cyprian Spirits on a mission Download the...
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The Spirits of Green Mountain
You already know my low opinions of much of what passes for conservationist thinking in the west. It is prissy and infantile, having absolutely nothing to do with an animist cultural view of the...
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Talking Books, Sex and Mysticism with Conner Habib – Episode 24
This week we talk to writer, adult film actor, academic and all around sexpert, Conner Habib. We cover books, Anthroposophy, gay modalities in culture and occulture, D&D misadventures and the...
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Filling Pails, Lighting Fires
“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” Those are the words of my neighbour in space, rather than time, William Butler Yeats. And they’re good. Certainly, they refer to...
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Talking Spirits in the Academy with Jack Hunter – Episode 25
This week we talk to anthropologist, editor, religious studies lecturer and brand new father (like, brand new), Jack Hunter. In this wide-ranging and fascinating conversation, we talk Colin Wilson,...
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Gordon Back on THC Talking Chaos Protocols
It’s always an absolute pleasure to shoot the breeze with the one and only Greg Carlwood. He definitely does his homework and so we end up exploring aspects of The Chaos Protocols that I am commonly...
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Talking Babalon with Scarlet Imprint – Episode 26
In this episode we talk to Alkistis and Peter from the one and only Scarlet Imprint about the goddess who began it all, Babalon. We cover John Dee and the Daughter of Fortitude, Jack Parsons and Liber...
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On Advice
When we were in early high school we had a tour of the local funeral home. I found out that, at the time, the most popular funeral song was I Did It My Way. Being a super cool teenager (don’t laugh) I...
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Talking America’s Contribution to Magic with Mitch Horowitz – Episode 27
Mitch Horowitz joins us this week to talk Practical spirituality The Burned Over District Spiritualism The original formulation of the Law of Attraction The accidental ritual nature of the founding of...
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The First World Without Sin
Before she set out in her carriage to St Paul’s for her Diamond Jubilee in 1897, Victoria sent a telegram from the Buckingham Palace cable room: Thank my beloved people. May God bless them. It was...
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Talking Animism and Place with Charlotte Rodgers – Episode 28
This week we speak to artist, animist and author, Charlotte Rodgers about bones, art, the restless dead, non-verbal magic, international adventures, luck and what it is like growing up in New Zealand...
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I Didn’t Write Two Books. I Wrote Three.
I need to tell you a personal story. After the German start-up I was working for was acquired by Yelp, I had a year that I describe as my year in an airport prison. The money was good, the people were...
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Small Bytes
Almost recovered from the London Occult Conference. The turn out was particularly impressive. At one point during the after-drinks I remarked that I felt like a grandmother at a wedding, benignly...
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“Jump!”
I suppose it was always going to end this way. Just me and James, walking quietly down the street we used to live on, past our old house –our first London house- and onto The Crown. When we arrived in...
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Talking Contemporary Shamanism with Langston Kahn – Episode 29
In this week’s episode we talk to Langston Kahn about the lack of initiation in western cultures, differences and similarities in shamanism across time, emotional clearing, the important of journeying...
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A Night To Remember
4:30am on my first birthday actually on my birth soil in almost fifteen years. The ritual continues to more than meet me halfway. Unsurprisingly, quite a few of you have asked after my Brexit opinions....
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London Occult Conference Presentation Now Live
The presentation from last weekend’s London Occult Conference, Campfire’s Edge, is now live in the Member’s Area. Login is located top right: You will also find, from the same conference: Peter’s...
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Talking 2016 Astrology: The Re-Up – With Austin Coppock
The one and only Austin Coppock returns to Rune Soup to talk us through the second half of this largely-unlovely 2016. We also Do a walk-through of 2016 H1 Talk about timing in astrological magic...
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Up Is Down
I had forgotten how enjoyable this is. There is something gamified about moving countries. You have very limited resources and a clock ticking loudly in the background while you attempt to MacGyver...
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Talking Visionary Magic with Josephine McCarthy
This week we speak to author and magical teacher, Josephine McCarthy. Our chat covers visionary magic, growing up weird, timing and ritual and a whole host of reflections from the teaching life....
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