Rune Soup

This week we welcome Jason Louv to the show. Jason is an occultist, author and journalist. He joins us today to talk about his latest book, John Dee and the Empire of Angels. Along the way we cover the prevalence of magic in Elizabethan England, the influence of Enochian on the story of western ritual magic and the role of the extradimensional in world politics. Great stuff. Show Notes John Dee and the Empire of Angels Jason's website Jason on Twitter Magick.me

Another solo show this week, and -fair warning- an intense one. But we need to talk about antiwar strategies as the war cycle continues its uptrend. Open up those liquor cabinets.

Dr Dean Radin joins us once again this week to talk about a topic near and dear to all our hearts, which also happens to be the title of his latest book: Real Magic. We cover NDE evidence, how one might conduct experiments to demonstrate the reality of spirits, strengths and shortcomings of scientific epistemology, tea, chocolate and goats. Great stuff. Do yourself a favour and check out the book. Show Notes Real Magic (US) (UK) (Au) Dr Radin's website Dr Radin on Twitter

The X-Files is, once again, over for good probably. Who better to unpack -and possibly redeem- the significance of the final series and stitch the whole corpus together than the syncosphere's x-iest polymath, Chris Knowles of The Secret Sun? Note: If you've not finished season 11, this show is pretty much 90 minutes of spoilers. If you have, it is 90 minutes of redeemers. Adjust accordingly.

This week we are speaking with Corinne Boyer. Based in the particularly green Pacific Northwest, Corinne is an writer, teacher and all around expert in folk herbalism and traditional plant lore. She joins us today to talk about her latest book, Plants of the Devil. We also chat poisons, edibles, science, naturopathy and the long term impact of fairy tales on kids. Nice one! Show Notes Corinne's website, Maple Mist Wood Plants of the Devil (US) (UK)

Another solo show this week, and not for reasons of plague cancellations. It is past time to think with and through some challenging thoughts around Classical Liberalism, pleasure, and the pros and cons of tidying your room. Mentioning no names, bucko. No show notes this week, apart from a link to a recent blog post.

This week, we welcome back Marcus Matawhero Lloyd. You may remember Marcus from an episode last year where he talked us through his experiences at Standing Rock, as well as parts of his journey rebuilding an ancestral Pa site on the east coast of New Zealand's north island. Since we last spoke, Marcus has kept adventuring, and he joins us today to discuss his recent hikoi for water. We also talk about ancestral spirits, rivers-as-persons, forest encounters with angry entities and old/new roads to a better ecology. Splendid, splendid stuff. Show Notes You'll find a collection of images from Marcus's hikoi on the post page at Rune Soup.

This week we welcome back the one and only Dr Jeffrey Kripal to talk about his latest book, Secret Body. Dr Kripal's work is regularly namechecked on the show, on the blog and in my own books. We can only expect that to continue given the topics covered in Secret Body. Along the way, we also discuss the new comparativism, 'the human as two', taboos and the transmoral, and homoeroticism in Christianity. Splendid, splendid stuff. Show Notes Secret Body (US) Secret Body (UK)

This week we welcome back Mr Glastonbury himself, Paul Weston. Paul was on the show late last year talking us through the high strange journey of how his latest book came about. Said book is now out in the world, so we pick the story back up and run it to its conclusion. Along the way, we talk synchronicity, developing one's personal magical calendar, astrotheology, understanding extradimensional contact and at least one Celtic saint. Show Notes Paul's latest book, Atargatis (US, UK) Paul's website The Occult Conference 2019 website

This week, we are speaking to visionary artist and tarot historian Robert M Place. Robert is an author and the creator of several of the most exciting decks in recent times, including a personal favourite of mine, The Alchemical Tarot. We talk dreams, symbolism, Neoplatonism, and the story of these funny little pieces of paper and their impact on the world. Show Notes Robert's website Robert's latest book Robert on Facebook