Thoth-hermes Podcast

Paul Joseph Rovelli has been a student of the Western Mystery Tradition his whole life.  A journey from his youth led him to meetings with interesting people that helped him cobble together that which was almost lost in the White School of Magick.   Starting out, as a child with a voracious appetite for the literature and contemplations of the West, he grew into a man and began to develop what he refers to as his vision of beauty.  In college, the Western Mystery Tradition seemed to have its only expression in art and indulgences of sex and psychedelics in the counter-culture of the 60s and 70s.  And he wanted more to match the sophistication of what he was also studying about the East. Modern physics and genome studies would eventually pique his interest in the reunion of science and religion in the West.  He saw in this the possibility for a sophistication that he had found in his Eastern studies with its science and its philosophical depth.  It was only the foreign culture in Hinduism that gave he held at

Michael Schiavello was born in Melbourne, Australia in 1975. He is a best-selling author, award-winning feature writer and an international television sports broadcaster. Known as ‘The Voice’ he has commentated sports events in more than 20 countries, including the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. He is the host of ‘The Voice Versus’ interview show on AXS TV where his guests have included Steven Seagal, Sugar Ray Leonard, Hulk Hogan, George Foreman, Stone Cold Steve Austin and Dana White. His feature writing has appeared in more than 50 publications worldwide. Michael was initiated into Freemasonry in 2009 and raised to Master Mason in 2010 in Deepdene-Balwyn Lodge No. 275, in Melbourne, Australia. In 2011 Michael relocated to Las Vegas for his television career. There he became a 32nd Degree Mason of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, and a member of the Royal Arch, Cryptic Council and Knights Templar of the York Rite of Freemasonry. Michael is Past Master of Daylite Lodge No. 44 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Thomas Karlsson, Ph. D. is the founder of the esoteric order Dragon Rouge and Head of Ordo Draconias. Dr. Karlsson is author of several articles and books published in more than ten languages. His most famous works are Uthark: Nightside of the Runes (2002), and Qabalah, Qliphoth and Goetic Magic (2007), which have both become classics in their genre. Amongst Mystics and Magicians in Stockholm (21012), Adul Runa and the Gothic Cabala (forthcoming in English), Astral Travels Out of Body (forthcoming in English). Thomas Karlsson teaches Western Esotericism at Stockholm University, Sweden, and holds lectures, seminars and workshops on a regular basis in many countries all over the world. He is Senior Lecturer in History, Religion and Philosophy in Stockholm, and also Fellow Researcher at Yale University, USA. He is also the Director of The Esoteric Crossroads Conferences on the island of Capri, Italy. Thomas is also lyric writer for music bands and involved in art projects.

William Mistele, who now lives in Hawaii, is one of North America's great esotericists. He calls himself a spiritual anthropologist and a "professional contemplator". In everything he has to say about the different traditions and his own life it becomes clear that for William Mistele there exists no possibility to separate esoteric experience and life from our day-to-day mundane experience, it is obvious to him that science and spirituality are just two faces of the same coin. Being also a renowned teacher, he says: “I want my students to take advantage of the uniqueness of the spiritual potential of this planet!” He  encourages all practitioners and students to adopt a system as a base, but develop it in the individual way that is adapted to each one of them. Bill tells us a lot about his youth, the very special family he grew up in, how women have always played an important role in his life by introducing him to new paths. He also talks about the differences between the Western and the Eastern tradition and

Vancouver-based Canadian author, born and raised in Montreal, esotericist and transpersonal psychologist PT Mistlberger is Rudolf's guest on this new episode. Phil first introduces the listeners to his esoteric background, when as a young man he came across the teachings of Gurdijeff, Ouspensky and Osho. From there he developed a great interest in Eastern and Western teachings, which in the end brought him to his profession as a transpersonal psychologist. In this very deep and personal talk he tells us interesting points about the psychology of Alchemy and the Kabbalah, about the Left Hand Path, about the problem of disconnection between the Esoteric world and psychology, about the risk of ego-inflation and antinomination. Then he gives us an insight in his books, in the history and his personal work in men's groups, and he even tells us what the 4th and the 6th chakras have to do with the porn industry. A really captivating hour. Also check out his three websites (links below), which contain a treasure of i

Alan Richardson is a modest man, very modest for someone with his background and number of books he has written. He talks to  us about the advantages of having a pen-name (which he hasn't) and why it is that he just has to write, even though the reality of an author of occult books is different from what many might imagine. He shows us his humour which sounds very British to me, and we learn about the man and his deep connection with the esoteric world which led him to that very special relationship he seems to have with Violet Mary Firth, better know to us under the name of Dion Fortune. But he also gives us his critical view of both the occult world of our time and of the big names of his youth. Did you know the real origin of many of those grand sounding magical names of the early members of the Golden Dawn? Alan will tell you! And then there are his contacts with Kenneth Grant, William E. Butler... spend this hour with us and appreciate yourself! His best known books are Aleister Crowley and Dion Fortune