Rune Soup

I'm excited to announce that -beginning in 2017- Rune Soup will offer a Premium Membership option. Listen along -or watch the driving video on YouTube- and find out more about the membership and why it exists. What a Rune Soup Premium Membership will do for you: 1. Make you better at practical enchantment (and thus possibly life) Ongoing Rolling Courses A minimum of one complete, multi-week course per quarter Ad hoc courses or long form presentations as needed or requested Largely anonymised participation and interaction to enable us all to learn from each other’s successes and failures Premium Members will get to vote on subsequent course topics from Q2 2017 onwards The first course, Q1 2017, will be the most comprehensive sigil magic course ever presented 2. Make you more knowledgeable Premium Membership gives you access to a growing video library Access to dozens of hours of Q&As, indexed by topics such as: History of magic The Deep State UFOs Global geopolitics and finance Psi research Animis

This week we have our regular six-monthly chat with the one and only Austin Coppock about the astrological trends to note in the coming year. We also talk cycle models, finding the right attitude, long range trends, eclipses and what could be in store for Trump. Love it. Show Notes Austin's website Austin on Facebook Austin on Twitter

This week we speak to podcaster and gnosis nerd, Miguel Conner, of Aeon Byte Gnostic Radio. Topics covered include Simon Magus, heresy, developments in Gnostic research, competing Christianities and sacred window areas. An absolute pleasure as always. Show Notes Miguel's blog and podcast Miguel's latest book, Other Voices of Gnosticism Miguel's first book, Voices of Gnosticism Miguel on twitter

This week we speak to author John Higgs about the singular oddness that was the twentieth century -the century that gave us space travel, nuclear weapons, the internet, existentialism, quantum theory, chaos mathematics, some fairly impressive genocide events and the greatest material lift in quality of life for the most people ever. Along the way we talk about Timothy Leary and the counterculture, meeting Robert Anton Wilson, Alan Moore's Fossil Angels and the shortcomings of transhumanism. Very good times. Show Notes John's blog and website John on Twitter Stranger Than We Can Imagine: Making Sense of the Twentieth Century John talking to Alan Moore about the twentieth century

Episode 52! That means the podcast has been running -without interruption- for a whole year. If you've never done it before, you may be unaware of why I am quietly quite proud of this achievement. If you have done it before -but not in a year where you secretly moved across the world and lived first in a house with no furniture, then an AirBnB, then lived without a fixed address for two months- well... look into it. It's not that bad. (Ha! Definitely do not do this. Fishing around in several suitcases for a microphone to setup on a bedside dresser in your brother's apartment while keeping Peter Levenda waiting. Yeesh.) To celebrate, the obvious guest choice is guest number one, Peter Grey -this time dramatically improved with the addition of Alkistis to the discussion. And given that the show is about milestones, it seems the best thing to talk about is the year that was, as well as where magic is going in 2017. Thank you all so much for listening. Roll on, Year 2! Show Notes Scarlet Imprint Scarlet Imprint

This week we welcome back the one and only Peter Levenda to talk all things Lovecraft. I've been looking forward to this one!   Show Notes The Lovecraft Code - Peter Levenda The Dark Lord: H.P Lovecraft, Kenneth Grant, and the Typhonian Tradition in Magic - Peter Levenda Peter's website Peter on Twitter

This week we have a very timely discussion with writer, teacher and activist, Lasara Firefox Allen about identity, justice, culture and self-limitation. Also biodomes, growing up weird in California and feminist spirituality. Good times. Good discussion. Enjoy! Show Notes Lasara's website The book, Jailbreaking the Goddess Lasara on Twitter Lasara on Facebook

This week we speak to hoodoo and shamanic practitioner, speaker, teacher and activist, Khi Armand. Naturally, we discuss the evolution of hoodoo, the impact of place and context on spirit work, the culture that is America, the role that shamanism and the spirits can play in uncovering your life's purpose and a whole lot more. A splendid chat! Show Notes Impact Shamanism Impact Shamanism Facebook Page Greenwood Conjure Greenwood Conjure Facebook Page

This week we speak to Julio Cesar Ody. Julio is a native of Brazil and has many years experience with spirit work. He is also a writer and a blogger and, conveniently for me, happens to also live on the east coast of Australia. No time zones for once! We talk spiritism, grimoires, childhood séances, magical Brazil, and the general state of the magical Internet. Good chat. Good times. Enjoy! Show notes Julio’s blog Julio’s other blog (you may have heard of it) Julio on twitter Julio on Facebook

This week we chat to novelist and Fortean researcher, Michael M. Hughes, about one of my absolute favourite subjects -the tarot. We also chat about a few other favourite topics, too -including UFO encounters and quality weird fiction. It's a splendid, splendid chat. Show Notes Michael's website and blog Michael on twitter Michael's book and deck recommendations: This week's guest has been gracious enough to share some suggestions and pointers for the listeners, which you can find below:   The Way of Tarot: The Spiritual Teacher in the Cards 
 by Alejandro Jodorowsky One of the best books about Tarot ever written. Deep, philosophical, yet incredibly practical teachings from a true visionary. Jodo’s “rebuilt” deck that he produced with Phillipe Camoin includes details that are iffy (the Papesse’s “egg” being a prime example), but those are minor points in an otherwise essential text. Jodo’s numerology system is brilliant and the one I use for working with the minor arcana. Favorite quote: “To comprehend the A

This week the one and only Gary Lachman returns to the show to talk about Colin Wilson, existentialism, phenomenology and the twentieth century counter-culture. A fantastic chat. Enjoy! Show Notes Gary's latest book, Beyond The Robot: The Life and Work of Colin Wilson Gary's website and blog

For Uncle Al's birthday week, we speak to Cath Thompson about her recently released The Magickal Language of the Book of the Law: An English Qaballa Primer. EQ is an alphanumeric system derived from Liber Al that allows for the examination of any other text or concept within the context of a Book of the Law worldview. We also talk art, magical misadventures and school séances. Good times. Show Notes The Magickal Language of the Book of the Law: An English Qaballa Primer Cath's blog, and some details on the EQ system

This week we speak to the one and only Nicholaj de Mattos Frisvold about his latest book, Ifá: Forest of Mystery. We also discuss troll mountains, Quimbanda, fallen angels, spirits of the left hand and loads more. Excellent times. Show Notes Nicholaj's blog The book itself Nicholaj on Facebook A primer video on Ifá 

This week we speak to the editors of Rubedo Press's latest publication, Cypriana: Old World, about all things Cyprian and Justina. Specifically that is Dr Al Cummins, Jesse Hathaway Diaz and Dr Jenn Zahrt. We discuss St Cyprian's hagiography, the differences between his Northern expression and his Iberian one, Cyprianic grimoire magic, his cross-cultural and gender implications and a boatload more (including actual boats). A splendid, splendid chat. Show Notes Get the book The Rubedo Press blog Jesse’s Store Jesse’s Blog Dr Al’s site Dr Al’s grimoire tumblr    

This week we speak to one of my very favourite UFO researchers, Dr Ardy Sixkiller-Clarke. Ardy has been collating contemporary UFO encounters within an indigenous American context for many years, as well as experiencing a few of her own along the way. These adventures are written up in three books (so far!) that you will find linked up in the show notes. Enjoy! Show Notes Ardy Sixkiller-Clarke's website Encounters with Star People: Untold Stories of American Indians Sky People: Untold Stories of Alien Encounters in Mesoamerica More Encounters With Star People: Urban American Indians Tell Their Stories

This week we speak to Senior Reseach Fellow of the Ngai Tahu Researcher Centre at Canterbury University, Dr John Reid. Dr Reid is a specialist in economic and social development within an indigenous context with a particular emphasis on New Zealand and Polynesian experiences. Topics covered include the origins of animism as a term, why it is still useful today, how a river can be your ancestor, what animism looks like today and what it might look like tomorrow. Show Notes Dr Reid's TEDx talk on the Power of Animism Dr Reid's recommendations for further study: Tim Ingold An interview with Tim Ingold Rane Willerslev An article by Rane Willerslev

This week we are joined by fellow podcaster Scott Gosnell to talk about one of my very favourite topics; Giordano Bruno! We also discuss fantasy novels, Bruno the character, Bruno the spy, Dame Francis Yates and the Art of Memory, Bruno’s cosmic schema and the construction of Brunoesque Memory Palaces. Brunissimo! Show Notes Scott's podcast and blog De Umbris Idearum On the Infinite, the Universe and the Worlds: Five Cosmological Dialogues (Giordano Bruno Collected Works) Four Works On Llull: On the Compendious Architecture of Ramon Lull, Lullian Lamps, Scrutiny of the Subjects, Animadversions (Collected Works of Giordano Bruno) Scott on Twitter

This week we speak to Dr Penny Sartori about her research into Near Death Experiences: their prevalence, their implications for modern medicine, the impact they have in the lives of NDErs -and loads more to boot.   Fantastic stuff.   Show Notes Dr Sartori's Website Dr Sartori's Blog The Wisdom of Near Death Experiences What Is A Near Death Experience?

This week we speak to the one and only Jake Stratton-Kent. Author, researcher, grimoire specialist, raconteur... a man of many hats. (He also has some nice hats.) Topics of discussion include the state of the world, the benefits of an apocalypse, itinerant magic, the origins of Goetia and the personalities of the grimoirists.   Show Notes Jake's Encyclopaedia Goetica is comprised of The True Grimoire Geosophia: The Argo of Magic The Testament of Cyprian The Mage  

This week we speak to the dynamic duo behind Hadean Press, one of the leading lights of this occult publishing renaissance. We discuss haunted dolls, ultraterrestrials, boiling pins to curse your neighbours. Jason Miller’s parties, doing battle in the french countryside, getting vigorously Cyprianed and a whole lot more. Show Notes Hadean Press Cyprianic Cartomancy Hadean Press on Facebook