Genesis In Their Own Words
“Comprehension by others is the least important aspect.” – Genesis Breyer P-Orridge. Change Itself. Swedish polymath Carl Abrahamsson (listen to our chat here) has recently released a documentary on...
View ArticleTalking Giordano Bruno with Scott Gosnell
This week we are joined by fellow podcaster Scott Gosnell to talk about one of my very favourite topics; Giordano Bruno! We also discuss fantasy novels, Bruno the character, Bruno the spy, Dame Francis...
View ArticleThe Fabric of Life
Goodness. London has truly fallen. The famed megaclub, Fabric, is to close and -as with all things left unattended in London long enough to attract a parking ticket- presumably be turned into luxury...
View ArticlePodcasting about Podcasting
The most recent guest on the podcast, Scott Gosnell, also had me on his podcast the other week. Inevitably we spoke about podcasting. I mean, we also spoke about Star.Ships, Idealism versus...
View ArticleGordon Back on THC Talking Pieces of Eight
The inimitable Greg Carlwood and I sat down recently to discuss Pieces of Eight, as well as Campfire’s Edge and -as usually happens- a whole range of other topics. (The title of the episode is Alien...
View ArticleTalking Animism Past and Future with Dr John Reid
This week we speak to Senior Reseach Fellow of the Ngai Tahu Researcher Centre at Canterbury University, Dr John Reid. Dr Reid is a specialist in economic and social development within an indigenous...
View ArticleBorg Cubism
It has been pleasing to see the resonance that the elevation of animism as a potential descriptive model of Reality-with-a-capital R has achieved. Some of the better comments and feedback around Pieces...
View ArticleHow To Talk To A Mourner Wearing Headphones
From the elliptical trainers at my new gym, you look out of the window at a nineteenth century graveyard at a crossroads. I was talking to Austin about it this morning and he found it as delightful as...
View ArticleTalking Indigenous UFO Encounters with Dr Ardy Sixkiller-Clarke
This week we speak to one of my very favourite UFO researchers, Dr Ardy Sixkiller-Clarke. Ardy has been collating contemporary UFO encounters within an indigenous American context for many years, as...
View ArticleWe Lost A Hero Today
The founder of Permaculture and a personal hero died in Tasmania this weekend. Bill Mollison -a true master- restored tens of thousands of hectares of declined land across the planet, educated...
View ArticleGordon on Aeon Byte Talking ‘Pieces of Eight’
The amazing Miguel and I caught up for a chat about Pieces of Eight. Great questions, good times. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Related posts: Gordon Back on Aeon Byte Episode 20 – Talking...
View ArticleTalking Cypriana: Old World with Dr Al Cummins, Jesse Hathaway Diaz, Dr Jenn...
This week we speak to the editors of Rubedo Press’s latest publication, Cypriana: Old World, about all things Cyprian and Justina. Specifically that is Dr Al Cummins, Jesse Hathaway Diaz and Dr Jenn...
View ArticleHow To Completely Miss An Alien Invasion
Those of you that have read Star.Ships or even just stuck around the blog for long enough will be aware that I consider the general AAT (ancient aliens theory) to be a dramatic oversimplification mired...
View ArticleTalking Ifá with Nicholaj De Mattos Frisvold
This week we speak to the one and only Nicholaj de Mattos Frisvold about his latest book, Ifá: Forest of Mystery. We also discuss troll mountains, Quimbanda, fallen angels, spirits of the left hand and...
View ArticleWhat We Talk About When We Talk About Harvest
Like the changing miracle of nature itself, it is interesting to watch pumpkin spice season arrive on Twitter. Pumpkin spice is not quite a thing in the UK outside London hipster circles because -and I...
View ArticleTalking English Qaballa With Cath Thompson
For Uncle Al’s birthday week, we speak to Cath Thompson about her recently released The Magickal Language of the Book of the Law: An English Qaballa Primer. EQ is an alphanumeric system derived from...
View ArticleChaeconomica: Trade Winds Edition
I want to return to the astrological metaphor that opened the finance chapter of The Chaos Protocols. You will recall that the slower moving outer planets were likened to the bond market, business...
View ArticleTalking Colin Wilson with Gary Lachman
This week the one and only Gary Lachman returns to the show to talk about Colin Wilson, existentialism, phenomenology and the twentieth century counter-culture. Download the episode directly here or...
View ArticleBlack Pearl of Great Price: The Magical Significance of Captain Jack Sparrow
The Pirates of the Caribbean films, in aggregate, are the best depictions of western magic ever committed to celluloid. Ever. Big call? Obviously, I am about to ‘spoil’ four films but actually, I think...
View ArticleTalking Tarot with Michael M. Hughes
This week we chat to novelist and Fortean researcher, Michael M. Hughes, about one of my absolute favourite subjects -the tarot. We also chat about a few other favourite topics, too -including UFO...
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