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Talking The End of The X-Files |Christopher Knowles Apr 04, 2018

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The X-Files is, once again, over for good probably.

Who better to unpack -and possibly redeem- the significance of the final series and stitch the whole corpus together than the syncosphere's x-iest polymath, Chris Knowles of The Secret Sun?

Note: If you've not finished season 11, this show is pretty much 90 minutes of spoilers. If you have, it is 90 minutes of redeemers. Adjust accordingly.

Talking Plants of the Devil | Corinne Boyer Mar 28, 2018

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This week we are speaking with Corinne Boyer. Based in the particularly green Pacific Northwest, Corinne is an writer, teacher and all around expert in folk herbalism and traditional plant lore. She joins us today to talk about her latest book, Plants of the Devil.

We also chat poisons, edibles, science, naturopathy and the long term impact of fairy tales on kids. Nice one!

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Corinne's website, Maple Mist Wood
Plants of the Devil (US) (UK)

Kingdom of the Blind | Solo Show Mar 21, 2018

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Another solo show this week, and not for reasons of plague cancellations.

It is past time to think with and through some challenging thoughts around Classical Liberalism, pleasure, and the pros and cons of tidying your room.

Mentioning no names, bucko.

No show notes this week, apart from a link to a recent blog post.

Talking River Spirits and Pilgrimage | Marcus Matawhero Lloyd Mar 14, 2018

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This week, we welcome back Marcus Matawhero Lloyd.

You may remember Marcus from an episode last year where he talked us through his experiences at Standing Rock, as well as parts of his journey rebuilding an ancestral Pa site on the east coast of New Zealand's north island.

Since we last spoke, Marcus has kept adventuring, and he joins us today to discuss his recent hikoi for water.

We also talk about ancestral spirits, rivers-as-persons, forest encounters with angry entities and old/new roads to a better ecology. Splendid, splendid stuff.

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You'll find a collection of images from Marcus's hikoi on the post page at Rune Soup.

Talking Secret Body | Dr Jeffrey Kripal Mar 07, 2018

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This week we welcome back the one and only Dr Jeffrey Kripal to talk about his latest book, Secret Body. Dr Kripal's work is regularly namechecked on the show, on the blog and in my own books. We can only expect that to continue given the topics covered in Secret Body.

Along the way, we also discuss the new comparativism, 'the human as two', taboos and the transmoral, and homoeroticism in Christianity.

Splendid, splendid stuff.

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Talking Magical Timing and Personal Synchronicity | Paul Weston Feb 28, 2018

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This week we welcome back Mr Glastonbury himself, Paul Weston.

Paul was on the show late last year talking us through the high strange journey of how his latest book came about. Said book is now out in the world, so we pick the story back up and run it to its conclusion.

Along the way, we talk synchronicity, developing one's personal magical calendar, astrotheology, understanding extradimensional contact and at least one Celtic saint.

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Paul's latest book, Atargatis (US, UK)
Paul's website
The Occult Conference 2019 website

Talking Tarot and Dreams | Robert M. Place Feb 21, 2018

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This week, we are speaking to visionary artist and tarot historian Robert M Place. Robert is an author and the creator of several of the most exciting decks in recent times, including a personal favourite of mine, The Alchemical Tarot.

We talk dreams, symbolism, Neoplatonism, and the story of these funny little pieces of paper and their impact on the world.

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Talking Wetiko and Mediumship with Chiron Armand Feb 14, 2018

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This week we welcome back to the show Chiron Armand.

Khi is a currently travelling shamanic practitioner usually based out of New York.

He joins us today for a wide ranging chat covering Wetiko and how to get our heads around it, matching meaning and experience, soul retrieval and mediumship.

Good times.

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Talking Alternate Research | Al Borealis Feb 07, 2018

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This week we are stretching the tin can telephone cable as far as it can stretch, from southern Tasmania all the way to Svalbard in the Arctic circle. Our guest is Al Borealis, creator and host of Forum Borealis and our topic is the state of alternate research in 2018.

We discuss Antarctica, breakaway civilisations, the secret space programme, disinformation, missing money and the Nazi International.

Good times.

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Talking Panspermia | Dr Chandra Wickramasinghe Jan 31, 2018

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This week, we are joined from Sri Lanka by Dr Chandra Wickramasinghe. Dr Wickramasinge's astronomy and astrobiology career stretching over many decades has taken him all over the world.

He has worked with, published with and befriended some of the twentieth century's leading space thinkers including the legendary Sir Fred Hoyle and Arthur C. Clarke.

He joins us today to talk about panspermia, evolution and the origins of life on earth.

Extremely good times.

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