
Arnemancy
Explore esotericism, magic, and the occult with Reverend Erik. All of your favorite occultists, astrologers, magicians, and historians of esotericism sit down for casual and informative chats about the bizarre, unusual, and meaningful.
Latest episodes

Jan 8, 2020 • 52min
Esoteric Dune with Alexx Bollen
Alexx Bollen of The Alexxcast and John and Alexx Hate Stuff joins me to test out my new recording equipment. I recently created a sort of recording studio with some new equipment that promises to change the way I'm doing podcasting. This new setup centers around the RØDECaster Pro, and that means I had to learn some new tricks. This is kind of a practice episode, and y'all are learning with me!
Alexx brought over some Dune trading cards from the 1980s, and we use those as a jumping off point to discuss esoteric and occult themes in Frank Herbert's Dune books. Our conversation gets pretty deep in spite of neither of us having read the Dune books in a number of years. We discuss many topics, from clairvoyance to genetic memory to prophecy. Also I probably threw in some sound effects because the RØDECaster Pro can do that and apparently that's a thing now. Sorry!
Links
The Alexxcast
John and Alexx Hate Stuff (a podcast about movies!)
Follow @TheAlexxcast on Twitter!
The RØDECaster Pro
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Jan 1, 2020 • 18min
Happy New Year 2020
Happy New Year, listeners! In this episode I do a recap of 2019 and talk about what's in store for 2020. It is a brief episode but I think after listening you'll be stoked to see what's coming.
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Dec 31, 2019 • 1h 28min
Guest Appearance: A Very Nintendo Christmas with The Alexxcast
I was recently on the Alexxcast to talk about Christmas, protection magic, psychic attack, and magic defenses. Then Alexx surprised me with something amazing that I really don't want to give away! Check out episode 332 of the Alexxcast for a very special treat.

Dec 4, 2019 • 55min
Mussar and Ethics with Greg Marcus
Mussar is the practice of increasing ethics and morality, and joining me to discuss this topic is Greg Marcus. Mussar is a thousand year-old Jewish spiritual practice. Greg is a recovering workaholic and the creator of American Mussar. He offers guidance on living a life of mindful harmony and spiritual integrity, drawing upon Jewish teachings and contemporary wisdom alike. Today he is a writer, speaker, coach, workshop facilitator, stay at home father, and full-time rabbi in training. He's the author of
The Spiritual Practice of Good Actions: Finding Balance Through the Soul Traits of Mussar
Links
The American Mussar website
Greg is @americanmussar on Twitter
American Mussar on Facebook
Greg Marcus on LinkedIn
Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/arnemancy
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Nov 20, 2019 • 38min
The Dracxiodos Tarot with Greg Traw
Join me as I sit down for coffee with Greg Traw, a local Portland artist and musician who has created an incredible Tarot deck: the Dracxiodos Tarot. We talk about Greg's history with the Western esoteric tradition, Eastern religions, artwork, Tarot, and how it all comes together in his work. We also dive into the connections between Tarot and Kabbalah.
Check out the Dracxiodos Tarot on Kickstarter!
Links
Greg Traw's website
Greg is @nohheechul on Instagram
Greg's band Kvasir
"Dracxiodos comes from another planet!"
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Nov 13, 2019 • 1h 20min
Wizards of the Future with Andrew Watt
Andrew B. Watt discusses visions of the future and how magicians and wizards can prepare. They explore competing ideas of John Michael Greer and Gordon White, as well as Jupiter-Saturn astrological cycles. They emphasize human agency, positive change, and cyclic history. The podcast also covers Western business suits, astrology predictions, studying various subjects for magic, limitations of methodologies, herbal medicine, and the importance of building a network and community in witchcraft and magic.

Oct 31, 2019 • 59min
Guest Appearance: Summoning a Cartoon Demon on The Alexxcast
Keeping it spooky for Halloween, I once more teamed up with Alexx Bollen to summon a cartoon demon! Here's his description:
Hey ghouls, it’s me AHHHHHHlexx! Welcome to the Alexxcast Halloween episode. This year Erik Arneson joins us to try and summon a cartoon demon… a different one this time! Enjoy!
Click here to visit the original, or listen on this page!
And if you want to listen to our first Halloween special:
Part 1 on the Alexxcast
Part 2 on My Alchemical Bromance

Oct 30, 2019 • 60min
S01E11 Live Ouija Session with Montana Jordan
In this spooktacular podcast episode, Montana Jordan joins me for a live Ouija board session. I really don't want to give anything away about our session -- let's just say that we make contact, and it's an interesting contact. Even more interesting is that we set up the Ouija board in my ritual space, and Montana has some stuff to say about that, too! Montana also shares some very special news about an upcoming project.
Listen to our special Samhain-Halloween Spooktacular, my friends, and enjoy!! By the way, the intro is remixed with some piano by me.
"It Feels Evil" on the Travel Channel
Montana Jordan's Website
@kmontanajordan on Instagram
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Oct 16, 2019 • 1h 7min
S01E10 Ingrid Kincaid the Rune Woman
I first met Ingrid Kincaid in 2017 when she visited my Masonic lodge to give a lecture on Yule and ancient Northern European traditions. Her name kept coming up in conversation after that as many of my friends and associates told me I should talk to her about runes. I finally reached out to her and we met in her home to record this podcast episode in the shadow of her giant mounted caribou head.
Ingrid Kincaid has been studying the runes for 40 years. She has published two books on the subject. Her expertise is held in such high regard that she is known as the Rune Woman. In this episode, Ingrid and I discuss her unique approach to the runes and to ancestral knowledge. We talk about how she discovered the runes, what wisdom they have brought her, and how her ongoing work with them has changed and influenced the world around her.
Ingrid Kincaid's website
Lost Teachings of the Runes: Northern Mysteries and the Wheel of Life (Ingrid's latest book, released October 1st!)
The Runes Revealed (Ingrid's first book on runes)
@therunewoman on Instagram
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Oct 2, 2019 • 1h 47min
S01E09 The Dark Exact LIVE at Rose City Book Pub
Coleman Stevenson of the Dark Exact joined me at the Rose City Book Pub for a live podcast recording, and it was great! We filled up the venue and more than forty people were in the audience. We talk about Tarot, art, the process of creation, creativity, cats, and all kinds of great stuff. The Q&A session with the audience was particularly invigorating.
Recording and sound was done by my very talented brother, Nick Arneson. Go check out his music!
Links
Coleman Stevenson's website
The Dark Exact Tarot
The Dark Exact's Etsy Page
@darkexact on Instagram
The Dark Exact on Facebook
Rose City Book Pub
This was our first live recording and we didn't always do a great job getting the microphones to some of the questioners! However, overall this was a great event and I look forward to doing another one.
Make sure you check out A Small Collection of Specialized Spreads, edited by Coleman and featuring a Tarot spread by me!
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