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A weekly podcast about magic, culture and the paranormal. Coming to you from the foothills of Australia's Blue Mountains.

The one and only Peter J Carroll has completed his incarnation. I wanted to get down some thoughts about what he and his work meant to me. Y...

In this side quest from the Hospicing Modernity's Magic series, I make the case that Synchromysticism is modernity's best available form of...

Ayahuasca's peak cultural moment has been and gone. So what does she do now? And what are the lessons for western magic in the complex journ...

It's the anniversary of the reception of the Book of the Law. Joining me to explore the questions of What to make of it? How to think about...

Is magic just a less sophisticated form of psychology? That is probably the cornerstone claim of what I am calling 'Modernity's Magic'. And...

What continues to exist from the 'safe' and 'quirky' magic of the twentieth century that finally needs to die? And what has maybe been left...

What is ours to do during the putrefactory collapse of Western civilisation? Let's find out! At the very least, it is choosing the right sto...

There's a meme that's been evolving since 2021, and in its current chaotic incarnation, it's become accidentally magical—even if the people...

At this time of year, when many of us are rudely awoken from our hard-earned slumber by multiple ghosts wanting us to support their gofundme...

Austinmas 2025! Can you even believe it? Legendary astrologer, Austin Coppock, returns to the show for a look at what 2026 has in store for...

Lucifer: Praxis! Peter Grey joins the show once again to talk about his explosive new book. We explore who the being of Lucifer is, his rela...

Synchromystic raconteur, author, and pattern seeker Christopher Knowles returns to the show, as well as the wheelhouse, for this one. Not th...

In this episode, Dr Radin returns to the show to talk to us about his amazing new book, The Science of Magic . We look at Meta-analyses with...

Filmmaker Richard Stanley joins us to unpack his incredible book "Otto Rahn: Grail Hunter" - the true story of a gay Jewish medievalist who...

Vanese McNeill, co-producer of the Magical Egypt series, returns to the show. In this episode, we explore the hows and possible whys of spir...

Back on the farm, jetlagged and hustling. I've been sitting with this question since I decided not to renew my lease in Asunción. So today,...

Or why our horrible internet is good, actually. Sick in an AirBnb in Paraguay, I make the case for co-creation still being the best way to e...

Dan Waites joins us to discuss the literal long view, which is to say the things we can see and the frameworks we can find when we widen our...

Note: Before we begin, my six-week Shadow Work Intensive, The Shaman's Devil , Is Now Live. There are only a few spaces left, so if you thin...

I spent way too much time trying to shoehorn a Warhammer 40K reference into this episode title, and it devolved into something that would ma...

I've been revisiting Ursula K. Le Guin's brilliant essay "The Child and the Shadow". Le Guin was defending fantasy against the sterile moder...

Last night I got halfway through a Substack post on a related issue to some of the subjects that came up on my appearance on the Disintegrat...

Magical objects aren't just forged—they're found. In this solo episode, I explore the secret life of enchanted tools: the knife with a story...

Hello from Cusco, where the streets are laid out like a puma and hawkers offer massages on every corner. I've been thinking about Huáscar, t...

This week, I'm welcoming fellow substacker and Tolkien nerd, Charles McBride, whose essay 'Shire Anarchy' caught my eye in the cultural curi...

Everyone's favourite gnostic raconteur, Miguel Conner, returns to the show this week to discuss his latest book, The Occult Elvis . The book...

In this episode, I explore the shifting landscape of conspiracy culture and what I've been noticing about an emerging "conspiracy canon." Re...

Hi from the Amazon jungle. Honestly, if I'd known that AI would do such a good job of describing this podcast, I would have left it in charg...

A solo show from Asunción, Paraguay. I wanted to share some thoughts that I have been sitting with while remastering all the premium member...

A solo show from Asunción, Paraguay. I wanted to share some thoughts that I have been sitting with while remastering all the premium member...

Ringing in the new year with a banger! John Michael Greer returns to the show to explore Whether we can say if 'western' magic has a discern...

Austin Coppock returns to the show for our traditional six-monthly astrological forecast, this time for the first half of 2025. We are calli...

In this episode, Gordon discusses the evolution of his podcast, the connections between magical individuals, and the themes presented in Gra...

Gabriel Kennedy joins the show to discuss Chapel Perilous: The Life and Thought Crimes of Robert Anton Wilson , the first-ever book-length b...

The show returns with some actionable findings from almost a year of regular sigil work. We look at The ways you mess up your own magical re...

We're trialling a new format this week, as I am in the Bay of Fires for work. A visit to a beer-drinking pig inspired some ruminations on ho...

This week, we welcome to the show Mexican-Bolivian-Chilean healer, Red Path shaman and teacher Julián Katari. Fun fact about Julián: He was...

Witch, author, biochemist and oriental medicine specialist, Maja D'Aoust, joins us to discuss Time Magic and the I Ching. We explore: The im...

The dynamic duo behind Weird Studies, Phil Ford and J F Martel, join the show to explore the ways in which art is a form of evocation. We lo...

Media theorist and internet legend Douglas Rushkoff joins the show this week. We explore: Is there even such a thing as 'media' anymore? The...

Two contemporary deck creators, Balthazar Blacke and Natalia Lee, join the show this week for a round table on fortune telling and the role...

Legendary cultural curator, media theorist and provocateur Richard Metzger joins the show this week. Richard, of course, co-founded The Disi...

This week's solo show forms part of a collection of observations lining us up for the beginning of the five-month, gargantuan Time Magic cou...

Chance Gardner and Vanese McNeil, producers of the legendary documentary series Magical Egypt , join the show this week. We discuss Getting...

Six moons have passed and so the Council of the Wise was summoned once again. Also I was there. Austin Coppock returns to the show for the t...

The legendary Christopher Knowles of the Secret Sun joins us this week to explain how to be a synchromystic. We learn ✅ What is synchronicit...

Gregory Shaw, Professor of Religious Studies at Stonehill College, joins the show to discuss, theurgy, the work of Iamblichus, and how we ha...

Let's make the most of my jet lag and jump right back into regular live streams the morning after I arrive back on the farm! In this episode...

Hadean Press's Erzebet Barthold returns to the show this week, on the occasion of the release of Cyprian's Offices of the Spirits -the posth...

Coming to you from the shores of Lake Titicaca! Some lessons on how to get good at magic, specifically sigil magic, learned on the road in B...