Rune Soup

This week, we welcome back to the show my good friend, Conner Habib. Writer, sex worker, activist, Anthroposophist and host of Against Everyone with Conner Habib. And the topics under discussion are how desire destroys materialism and what a cosmic or fully haunted activism might look like. Show Notes Against Everyone with Conner Habib. AEWCH Episode exploring how desire destroys materialism. Conner on Twitter.

This week we have one of my favourite discussions of the entire year. Joining us is Dr Diana Walsh Pasulka. Diana is a Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina, Wilmington and Chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religion. She is a specialist in Catholic history with a particular emphasis on the saints. Her current research sits in that really compelling intersection between psi, UFOs, technology and religion. We talk saintly powers, Marian apparitions, UFOs, Vatican archives, Jacques Vallée and all that top shelf stuff. So, so good. Show Notes Diana's website and Blog, American Cosmic American Cosmic on Facebook Diana's Academia Page Diana's interview with Jacques Vallée

In honour of a very special anniversary and in light of a new biographical series, Paul Weston returns to the show to regale us with his strange angelic blend of history, synchromystic analysis and personal adventure. Rockets, redheads, dianetics, Beat poets and the Babalon Working. It's all in this week's episode. Show Notes Paul's website and blog Paul's Babalon Working presentation

This week sees the return of one of the show's most popular and only recurring episodes, our half-yearly catch-up with Austin Coppock. Yes, we are halfway through 2018 but is the dumpster halfway through burning or is it just about to hit some highly flammable medical waste? Let's find out. SHOW NOTES Austin's website. Austin's latest book, The Celestial Art. Austin on Twitter. Austin on Facebook.

This week we welcome to the show Sinéad Spearing. Sinéad is the author of the recently released Old English Medical Remedies. She joins us to talk about extracting ravens' eyes, the myriad uses of gall, hag attacks, the Nine Herbs Charm and many more of our favourite things. Great stuff. Show Notes Old English Medical Remedies. (US.) (UK.) Sinéad's website. Sinéad on Twitter.

This week, Gary Lachman returns to the show to discuss his two latest books, Lost Knowledge of the Imagination and Dark Star Rising. In this wide-ranging chat we cover the Socratic Turn, how the west abandoned the imagination, how we might recover it and what happens in world politics if we pretend it isn't there. Very good stuff. Show Notes Lost Knowledge of the Imagination Dark Star Rising Gary's website Gary on Twitter Gary on Facebook

This week it is my extra special pleasure to be speaking with one of the co-originators of permaculture itself, David Holmgren. David is an author, educator, designer, activist and permaculturalist (obviously) with many decades experience. He joins us today to talk about his fantastic new project and accompanying book, Retrosuburbia, the details for which you will find in the show notes. Extremely good times. Show Notes Retrosuburbia website. Buy the Book: US, UK, AU Retrosuburbia on Facebook: Page, Group. Holmgren Design on Twitter. Note: There is extra material for this episode at the post page on runesoup.com

This month's solo show is my impressions and observations from spending last week out in the desert with a group of amazing people. It covers Aboriginal star lore, Songlines, the Dreaming and how we can think with and derive inspiration from indigenous lifeways. There are a bunch of photos from the trip on the post page at runesoup.com. Enjoy! Show Notes Photo Gallery of APY Lands The Tale of the Seven Sisters

This week, Dr Jack Hunter makes his return to the show. Jack is the author and/or editor of Talking With The Spirits, Strange Dimensions, Why People Believe in Spirits, Gods and Magic, Damned Facts and the recently published Engaging The Anomalous. He joins us for a fascinating chat about spirits, anthropology, ecology, animism, the limits of our modern frames in coming to terms with all these notions and a surprising detour into the state of permaculture. Enjoy. Show Notes Jack's latest book, Engaging the Anomalous. US. UK. Jack's website. One School, One Planet. Paranthropology Journal.

Something of a special episode this week. Julio Ody returns to the show for a vigorous discussion of the best depictions of spirits and the spirit world from a practitioner perspective on film and television. We spent the past week throwing titles back and forth to each other, compiling the list, striking some names and adding others. I had to break out my old DVD collection from storage and then find some way to actually play them. (There is at least one good thing about the modern world: the demise of DVDs with their auto-playing trailers, copyright warnings and animated menus.) Some of the category winners may surprise you almost as much as the exclusions. Great fun. Enjoy. Show Notes Announcement for Julio's new book, Magister Officiorum. Julio's Blog, Crossing Sun. Julio on Twitter.