Rune Soup

This week we are debuting a sporadic new show format. For the 'Double Talking' episodes we bring back two prior guests for a three headed discussion about various shared topics. First cabs off the rank are Dr Al Cummins and Julio Ody and the topic is all things practically grimoiric. Right here. This is my jam. Show Notes Dr Al's website and blog Al on Twitter Julio's blog Julio on Twitter  

This week sees the return of one of the show's most popular guests, Lionel Snell aka Ramsey Dukes. Lionel joins us to discuss his most recent book, My Year of Magical Thinking, as well as various magical ways of being in the world and their benefits. Amazing stuff. Show Notes My Year of Magical Thinking Lionel's Website Lionel's YouTube Channel

This week we are speaking with my good friend, Deborah Castellano. Deb is a fiction writer, blogger, witch, weaver and author of Glamour Magic which -if you’re listening to the show on podcast Thursday- was released yesterday. We talk ritual, death customs, learning magic by doing magic and -of course- glamour in the twenty first century. Show Notes Deb's brand new book, Glamour Magic Deb site and blog Deb on Twitter.

This week we are speaking to Dr Camelia Elias. Originally from Romania and based in Denmark, Camelia is a firebrand fortune teller, tarot teacher and author of several books. She is the writer behind the popular Tarotflexions blog and joins us today from a mountain in Norway. We discuss growing up around cartomancers, the best headspace for divination and how to read like the Devil. Show Notes Taroflexions Camelia's YouTube channel Camelia's website The Oracle Travels Light The Power of the Trumps Marseille Tarot: Towards the Art of Reading

This week we are speaking with the one and only Dave Lee. Dave is an author, novelist, breath working and personal development coach based in the UK. He is also one of the formational influences on the rise of chaos magic. Dave has himself been a practising magic for over thirty five years. His latest book is Life Force and it arrived just in time to line up with our sporadic series of energy model discussions. We also talk LSD, meta-models, chaos magic history and personal metaphysics. Show Notes Dave's website Dave's blog Dave's newsletter Dave on twitter

This week we will begin something of a sporadic miniseries on energy. A number of premium members have remarked that I’m typically pretty down on energy models. And I suppose I am, but with the qualification that I am pretty down on the prevailing energy models we have inherited from the 19th century with very little subsequent criticism. Freed from these unexamined assumptions, 'energy' in the broadest sense is an inarguable component of worldwide magical systems. In many ways, this may be the final shoe to drop in this current magical revival. Restoration of context is well on its away. The decolonising turn is a bit behind that but also on its way.  So to kick it all off, we are speaking with Phil Watt. Phil is a writer, podcaster, self-described neoshaman working exclusively with an energy model and -living my actual dream- a market gardener in the delightful New South Wales town of Bellingen. Show Notes Phil's podcast series, Redesigning Society Phil's coaching and guidance services Phil's YouTube channel, The Conscious Society

This week, we're trying something new. I'm dancing talking with myself about discourse, analogue networks and the whole point of speaking and listening on magical and psi topics. The show is also my meandering post-analysis of Chaotic Good -the event I participated in with Conner Habib and Caitlin Doughty in Los Angeles last week.  

This week, our man in Thailand returns to talk us through the world of Sak Yant. Now, today’s episode is going to be a little different. In between recording it and releasing it, Jenx has had to pulp every remaining copy of the book we’re discussing. There’s no real point in talking about the why but it has nothing to do with what’s between its covers, so to speak. As a result, Jenx is keen to have the content come out in other formats, which includes this  podcast. Some of it will be showing up in the next book that we talk about at the end of the episode. And over the next couple of months, I’ll also be publishing some of the interviews with the adjarns as well as various images from the now forbidden book on the blog. Be sure to jump over to ‘The Thai Occult Book’ Facebook page and follow for further material. Show Notes The Thai Occult Book Facebook Page The Thai Occult: Sak Yant (Gold Edition) The Thai Occult: Sak Yant (Silver Edition)

This week we are speaking to the one and only George P Hansen. As most of you probably know, George is a parapsychologist, researcher and author of the much admired psi classic, The Trickster and the Paranormal. Great stuff. Show Notes George's Trickster website George on Academia George on Twitter

This week we are speaking to Dr Beatriz Labate. Bia is an anthropologist and author or editor of dozens of books and academic papers on psychedelics. She is one of the world’s leading experts on ayahuasca culture and indigeneity. I have been trying to get our calendars to line up for most of this year so I was very much looking forward to our conversation. Enjoy! Show Notes Bia's website Bia on Twitter Chacruna Kahpi