The Hermetic Hour

On Thursday December 24th, 2015 at 8:00 p.m. PT, the Hermetic Hour with host Poke Runyon will review and discuss the magical historical novel "Pythagoras the Mathemagician - by our friend and distinguished author Karim El Koussa. This is a very important book for Hermetic students because it makes the Pythagoras contributions to our Hermetic and Qabalistic systems come to life by by recreating the life and work of the man to whom we owe so much. And who better than a Phoenician scholar to give us a biographic novel of the greatest of the Phoenicians, the father of philosophy and the original Master of the mysteries. In this book you will learn about the Masters' Egyptian initiations (very much like our Crata Repoa), his mystic mathematics, sacred geometry, moral and ethical teachings, vegetarian (vegan) dietary regime and his cosmology The Music of the Spheres. So, if you want to find out how to painlessly acquire a knowledge of the greatest of ancient Magicians, tune in and we'll vist Crotona.

On Thursday December 17th, 2015 at 8:00 p.m. PT the Hermetic Hour with host Poke Runyon will have as our very special guest Dr. Paul Clark, Steward of the Fraternity of Hidden Light and author of the recent biography "Paul Foster Case" his life and works. Its Dr. Paul on Dr. Paul. Quite a fitting combination, as Paul Clark is certainly Paul Case's successor in his Great Work in the Western Tradition. Paul Case (1884-1954) was a Golden Dawn adept who specialized in a study of the Tarot. When the Golden Dawn deteriorated in America in the 1920s Case carried on the tradition in his own school The Builders of the Adytum (B.O.T.A.). After Case's passing in 1954 the B.O.T.A. was continued by Case's protege Ann Davies. Paul Clark joined the B.O.T.A. under her tutelege and in 1982, after Ann had passed on Paul Clark and two others founded The Fraternity of Hidden Light which carries on Paul Case's school in an G. D. style initiatory structure. Paul's biography of his Master is a labor of love and a must read for anyone interested in the history of occultism in America. You will learn more about the Golden Dawn in New York, Philly, Chicago and California than you ever expected to see in print. This book is a treasure of occult history and lore. And no one is better qualified to write it than Maestro Paul Clark, so tune in and spend an hour with Doctor Paul on Doctor Paul.

On Thursday December 10th, 2015 the Hermetic Hour with host Poke Runyon will present a discussion on the Valentinian Gnostic origins of the Dee-and-Kelley Enochian 30 Aethyr system. This ancient configuration indicates that John Dee had more to do with the actual construction than previously imagined. Apparently the Aethyrs did not spring full-armed from the brow of Kelley, like Athena from the brow of Zeus. Dee was the scholar and must have discovered the Valentinian model in research, thus directing Kelley's skrying. This has prompted us to add Valentinian angelic invoications to the Aethyrs, similar to the way the Shemehamphorash angels are used in Goetia.It acts as a spiritual safety on what is otherwise an entirely elemental process and makes Enochian visions more spiritually and psychologically digestable. So if you want to experience sactified Enochian, tune in and we will fire up the Tablets.

On Thursday December 3rd, 2015 the Hermetic Hour with host Poke Runyon will rebroadcast an interview of Merrick Rees Hamer by Ed Reib (V.H Fra. BT) the host of the esoterinerd podcast. Appropriately enough this is number 33 in that series. Merrick talks about his Masonic and Golden Dawn interests, but most importantly he presents a cycle of original Seasonal poems that are beautiful and inspiring. He also discusses his role as Master Phylos in our 2007 film Beyond Lemuria, so we invite you to spend an hour with the Master as he delivers a memorable performance in magical style.

On Thursday November 19th, 2015 the Hermetic Hour with host Poke Runyon will present the final discussion on the Tree of Life -- Kether and the Supernals. In our series on the Tree we have worked from the bottom up, and now we will have to shift into reverse and start down from above. We will outline the theory of four dimensions on the tree and how each dimension contains its own Tree. Kether of Malkuth being the heaven with God on his throne (if that's what you want) We will also deal with the two higher dimensions Atziluth and Briah and the Chokmah-Binah yin-yang effect, Our main text will be Dion Fortune's Mystical Qabalah which is the main source for both Gareth Knight and John Michael Greer's works on the the subject. There will be some surprises in store, so tune in and we will take heaven by storm.

On Thursday November 12th, 2015 the Hermetic Hour with host Poke Runyon, will present a discussion on our Astral Time travel method and its use in connection with Hermetic Yoga. We will explain our method of celestial consciousness projection in relation to stellar distances (light years) and our use of the Tesseract as a sighting and measuring device. We will also discuss the remarkable video The Star of Bethlehem which reveals, using the Starry Night program a conjunction of Jupiter, Venus and Regulus when the nativity was said to have taken place. We will mention our Soma Sophia magical celestial tabliture in relation to these phenomenon and cite the philosophy and the writings of Hermes to back up our methods. So if you want to learn about magical time and space travel tune in and we'll open the Star Gate.

On Thursday November 5th, 2015 the Hermetic Hour with host Poke Runyon will present a discussion on the mysterious hypothetical Sephira of Da'ath. The eleventh sphere of the Tree of Life which was an actual sphere in the so-called Tree before the Fall. This sphere is on the brink of the Abyss between the dimension of Briah and Yetzirah and was originally attributed to Saturn which is the most distant planet visable to the naked eye in ancient times, thus theorized as the beginning of the physical universe. Da'ath means knowledge and is related to the descent of the Fallen Angels. This sphere is vitally important to magick and to magical yoga. Our texts will be Dion Fortune, The Seventh Ray, Book Three, The Red Ray, Hermetic Yoga, and The Book of Enoch, so for Halloween let us journey to Mot's domain in the mountain of darkness at the edge of the abyss.

On Thursday October 29th the Hermetic Hour with host Poke Runyon will present a discussion on the Fourth Sphere of the Qabalistic Tree of Life Chesed or Gedulah the sphere attributed to Jupiter the King of the planets, and the physical locus of the Third Eye. We consider Chesed the home of Dagon, Capricorn, the amphibian god of ancient Canaan, who is related to Poseidon the patron deity of ancient Atlantis which we also place in the Jovian sphere. Once again our texts will be Dion Fortune, Gareth Knight, Michael Greer, and our own Hermetic Yoga, Volume One. So if you want to visit the sphere of prosperity (and we could all use some of that) join us for an eye opener (Third eye that is).And those of you here in Southern California don't forget our Halloween Party Saturday nigtht, with the infamous Mot Mass honoring the dead.

On Thursday October 22nd, 2015 the Hermetic Hour will air an interview of your host Poke Runyon (V.H. Frater D.a. L.) conducted by Ed Reib (V.H. Frater B.T.) on his own "Esoterinerd" podcast show. Ed is a Golden Dawn Inner Order member and the son of the late magician and college professor John Dan Reib, who was one of Poke's close friends and confidants. The interview is enlivened as they share memories of John's outrageous guerrilla radio broadcasts. Poke and John both studied Franz Bardon and were both fascinated by Richard Shaver. This interview will take you back to the days of "Simon King of the Witches" here in the Los Angeles area. It is both fun and informative, so if you want to return with us to the 1970s and 80s tune in and we will tell it like it was.

On Thursday October 15th, 2015 the Hermetic Hour with host Poke Runyon will present another discussion in our on-going series on the Spheres or Sephiroth of the Tree of Life. Sphere number five Geburah, the Sphere of Mars. We will cover different concepts and attributes of this sphere. It is traditionally ruled by Samael, the Hebrew counterpart of Satan, but the G.D. changed the angelic attribution to Kamael, connoting a less evil character to Geburah --or making it a "necessary evil" if you will. This is reflected in the planetary spirits. The intelligence of Mars is protective whereas the spirit is aggressive. We place the Canaanite War-Goddess Anath in Geburah. Again we will refer to our texts Dion Fortune, Gareth Knight, John Greer and our Hermetic Yoga. So, if you want to get tough with Hermetic Qabalah, tune in and find out how to sharpen your magical sword.