Rune Soup

I have been looking forward to today's episode for a long time. As you know, José's work has featured in two of my own books and his The Book of St Cyprian: The Sorcerer's Treasure really kicked my o…

This week we talk to author and musician, Joshua Cutchin, about the role of food in spirit and UFO phenomena.

We also talk Jazz, the South, alien pancakes, faery food taboos, plant spirits, offerings…

This week we talk to author, translator and Lucumi priest, Eric Purdue about astrology, synchronicity, accuracy in divination, hurricanes destroying your library and all things Agrippa.

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This week we get to talk about a few of my favourite things: hermeticism, Egypt... even New Zealand. Guiding us through these waters is author, editor and scholar, Dr Aaron Cheak. 

Enjoy!

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Among the most-requested guests, if not the most requested, is none other than Peter Levenda.

Peter has written some pretty astounding books over the years and I relished the opportunity to chat to h…

This week we speak to author and magical teacher, Josephine McCarthy. Our chat covers visionary magic, growing up weird, timing and ritual and a whole host of reflections from the teaching life. 

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The one and only Austin Coppock returns to Rune Soup to talk us through the second half of this largely-unlovely 2016.

We also

• Do a walk-through of 2016 H1
• Talk about timing in astrological magic
• Ex…

In this week's episode we talk to Langston Kahn about the lack of initiation in western cultures, differences and similarities in shamanism across time, emotional clearing, the important of journeyin…

This week we speak to artist, animist and author, Charlotte Rodgers about bones, art, the restless dead, non-verbal magic, international adventures, luck and what it is like growing up in New Zealand…

Mitch Horowitz joins us this week to talk

• Practical spirituality
• The Burned Over District, spiritualism
• The original formulation of the Law of Attraction
• The accidental ritual nature of the founding…

In this episode we talk to Alkistis and Peter from the one and only Scarlet Imprint about the goddess who began it all, Babalon.

We cover John Dee and the Daughter of Fortitude, Jack Parsons and Libe…

This week we talk to anthropologist, editor, religious studies lecturer and brand new father (like, brand new), Jack Hunter.

In this wide-ranging and fascinating conversation, we talk Colin Wilson, B…

This week we talk to writer, adult film actor, academic and all around sexpert, Conner Habib. 

We cover books, Anthroposophy, gay modalities in culture and occulture, D&D misadventures and the challe…

This is a fun one, folks. Ali and I cover:

• Magical childhoods
• The misadventure of adolescent cursing
• Djinn
• Kale
• The magical benefits of travel
• Geomancy
• St Cyprian
• Spirits on a mission

The show note…

In this week's episode, we talk to author and philosopher Mark Booth about the impact of the spirit world in human history, the experience of the supernatural, LSD and philosophy, what thinking about…

Joining me from California is writer, artist, astrologer, editor of Archai: The Journal of Archetypal Cosmology and doctoral student, Becca Tarnas. Becca’s current research is an examination of the c…

This week we talk to Aeon Byte Gnostic Radio's Miguel Conner about all things gnosticism:

- The origins of the gnostics - The main gnostic groups - How gnosticism relates to western magic - How gnos…

This week we are joined by Llewellyn Worldwide's senior acquisitions editor, and the editor of my own book, The Chaos Protocols, Elysia Gallo.

We talk love spells, magical writing, magical reading, W…

The one and only Jason Miller! Talking love spells, adventurism, the ritual use of circles, occult publishing, appropriation and just This Magical Life in general. 

Show Notes

• Jason’s blog
• Jason’s…

For those of you who have already picked up a copy of my latest book, The Chaos Protocols, you’ll no doubt have detected Charles’s influence in a few of the chapters. He's among the cleverest indepen…