#171 - The Ordo Templi Astartes & American Magick with Poke Runyon, Max Paul, & Johnny Royal

#171 - The Ordo Templi Astartes & American Magick with Poke Runyon, Max Paul, & Johnny Royal

From Glitch Bottle Podcast by Glitch Bottle (Alexander Eth)

January 21, 2026 · 2h 46m

About this episode

The episode features a discussion on the Ordo Templi Astartes and the television miniseries 'American Magick' with its creators.

Carroll "Poke" Runyon founded the Ordo Templi Astartes in 1970, which is now America’s oldest continually operating ritual magick lodge. Poke is joined by OTA senior member Maximilian Raphael Paul, and film director (and composer) Johnny Royal, to talk about ‘American Magick’ a four-part television miniseries directed by Royal that unveils the OTA and Church of the Hermetic Sciences, following modern members through a powerful journey toward enlightenment. ⇓ ⇓ ⇓ ►⚡Watch ‘American Magick’ on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/show/SC6WUMl-fpVsT1vz-xmD1Knw?season=1&sbp=CgEx ►⚡Watch ‘American Magick’ on Apple TV - https://tv.apple.com/us/show/american-magick/umc.cmc.v9tc6yrvc48losngtqfs66k7 ►✅Poke’s Website - https://www.pokerunyon.com/ ►✅Johnny Royal - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3198724/ ✦🔮Support my work with exclusive benefits and posts! 🔮► https://www.patreon.com/glitchbottle ♫ Music by the artist Crowander (track name: “Tornado”)- https://soundcloud.com/crowander - https://crowander.bandcamp.com/ - https://soundcloud.com/crowander/tornado

People in this episode

Host: Alexander Eth

Guests: Carroll "Poke" Runyon, Maximilian Raphael Paul, Johnny Royal

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Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ordo Templi Astartes, Church of the Hermetic Sciences

Books & works: American Magick

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