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Talking Pagan Beingness | Rhyd Wildermuth Mar 02, 2022

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Everyone's favourite expat druid and substacker, Rhyd Wildermuth, returns to the show this week.

His latest book, Being Pagan: A Guide To Re-Enchant Your Life, forms the through-line of a wide ranging discussion on beingness, paganism, embodiment and the general state of the world.

Electrifying stuff, as ever. Enjoy!

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Talking Anton LaVey | Carl Abrahamsson Feb 25, 2022

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Everyone's favourite Swedish polymath returns to the show for a discussion about the Black Pope, Anton LaVey, himself.

This is on the occasion of the release of Carl's latest book, Anton LaVey and the Church of Satan. It's the biography LaVey boths needs and deserves. So we talk a little bit about his life but mostly we examine his legacy, what he might think of today's cancel culture and whether or not the ol' devil has got his dues yet.

It's a great chat and had both Carl and I reminiscing about our own wayward youths.

Enjoy!

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We Are the Witchcraft | Peter Grey - Protection and Malefica Module 3 (Free) Feb 24, 2022

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Here is the next of the free or publicly available modules of the latest premium member course, Protection and Malefica. It is a discussion on morality frameworks and how, when and we we might magically intervene.

The one and only Peter Grey of Scarlet Imprint joins us for a deep dive on one of Jack Parsons's most important texts, We Are The Witchcraft.

This is a video discussion with slides and such, but if you would prefer to listen to it like a normal podcast, this audio version is eminently followable.

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Talking Astro Gnosticism | Chris Knowles and Miguel Conner Feb 20, 2022

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The one(s) and only(s) Miguel Conner of Aeon Byte Gnostic Radio and Chris Knowles of The Secret Sun join the show this week for a discussion of all things astro-gnostic.

We discuss the true antiquity and use of star lore, stars in the Bible, gnostics in history as well as a gnostic study of history as well as which components of gnosticism may or may not be universal.

This chat was arranged in honour of a conference that Miguel is arranging that Chris and I will both be speaking at next month (March 20 - 22) in Playa del Carmen called the Astro Gnostic Conference. We discuss the event during the show and you can find out more, including details on tickets, accommodation and excursions in the show notes.

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Talking The Shamanic Origins of Astrology | Michael Ofek Feb 12, 2022

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This week, we welcome to the show astrologer, philosopher and shamanic practitioner, Michael Ofek.

Michael and I have a great chat about topics very near and dear to our hearts: star lore, star magic, and the true antiquity of what we can broadly call astrology, or perhaps coming into relation with Sky Country.

Along the way, we also talk about the metaphysics of light, the shamanic origins of Greek and European civilisation, hag attacks and spontaneous OBEs.

Good times!

(Note: This is a repost as there was an error with the file. This is another live video episode so if you would prefer to watch it rather than listen, jump over to YouTube or Odysee.)

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Revisiting Apocalypse Pharmaka | Solo Show Jan 26, 2022

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This week we complete our revisitation of classic blog post series from back in the day. And we have saved my favourite for last: Apocalypse Pharmaka.

It's my favourite for a bunch of reasons that I explain in the episode. But, basically, the contested landscape of medicine and power and the body is where the witch and the cunning person has always lived. (Not that you'd know it from looking around in the past couple of years, although the shrillness is mercifully receding.) So if you want to say you are a participant in the 'western' understanding of magic or witchcraft in any capacity and have the people around you keep a straight face, one way or the other you need to 'come to terms' -in the animist sense- with this contested landscape that is our homeland. It really is as simple as that.

Of course -and this is pretty much the whole point- we have all been pushed off these homelands over the past two years and into both literal and metaphoric quarantine camps. Which is to say these discussions are even more fraught than at the time I wrote the series. So you won't find this episode on YouTube. You can listen to the audio version as per usual, or you can watch along on Odysee or Rumble.

Enjoy!

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The Apocalypse Pharmaka series.

Talking Energy Medicine and the Field with Peter Mark Adams Jan 20, 2022

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Researcher, energy healer and fellow Scarlet Imprint author, Peter Mark Adams, returns to the show this week. We discuss his book, The Power of the Healing Field.

We also have a fantastic chat about what the field even am, and why it is an idea and framework whose time has come. We explore various energy-based healing modalities and pause to consider that we should not even be using the word 'alternative' for such disciplines, as the majority of the population of the planet incorporates them into standard medical practice. It is us in the west who are the 'alternative'.

Excellent stuff, and a great discussion to for the first month of the year!

(Note: This episode was first livestreamed on YouTube, should you wish to watch it instead.)

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Blood, Prophecy and Forgiveness: New Year Special with Conner Habib Jan 03, 2022

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We begin the new year with the traditional podcast catch-up with Conner Habib.

This time around we explore the full cosmic significance of the heart, the metaphysics of blood and blood sacrifice and then spend a lot of time with the notion of prophecy: What it is, what it isn't, which medicines it holds, what it says about time and what it can say about our moment.

Then we turn to 2022 and thrash out some frameworks for sin, trauma and forgiveness. A splendid start to the year!

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H1 2022 Astrological Forecast with Austin Coppock Dec 19, 2021

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Austinmas comes but twice a year!

Yes, it's the traditional half-yearly forecast with the one and only Austin Coppock.

Join us as we explore the space weather for the next six months, as well as a discussion on how to be with said space weather. (And stick around for the amusing tech fails on both sides of the call.)

Enjoy!

Talking Depictions of Shamanism | Niles Heckman Dec 09, 2021

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This week, we are joined by essayist and filmmaker, Niles Heckman. Among other things, Niles is the co-creator of the Shamans of the Global Village series. So we talk about that, obviously.

And we also talk about creativity, filmmaking, the power of the essay format, as well as how -or if it's possible- to participate in cross-cultural learning in non-extractive ways.

Great chat. Enjoy!

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