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Thoughts on the passing of Peter J Carroll
May 1, 2026
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Synchromysticism and Magic: How To Get Better At Both
Apr 20, 2026
35m 34s
What happens to ayahuasca now? Lessons for modern magic
Apr 11, 2026
54m 40s
What are we to make of the Book of the Law?
Mar 30, 2026
1h 33m 00s
Wearing Jung's skin like a pelt
Mar 24, 2026
54m 15s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 5/1/26 |  Thoughts on the passing of Peter J Carroll | 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. You can also watch this one. | — | ||||||
| 4/20/26 |  Synchromysticism and Magic: How To Get Better At Both✨ | SynchromysticismMagic+4 | — | — | Māori | SynchromysticismMagic+6 | — | 35m 34s | |
| 4/11/26 |  What happens to ayahuasca now? Lessons for modern magic✨ | ayahuascamodern magic+3 | — | Santa Rosa centrepiñon blanco | Upper Amazon | ayahuascamagic+3 | — | 54m 40s | |
| 3/30/26 |  What are we to make of the Book of the Law?✨ | Thelemaoccult+3 | Alan ChapmanPeter Grey | Peter Grey's SubstackAlan Chapman's website+2 | — | Book of the LawThelema+4 | — | 1h 33m 00s | |
| 3/24/26 |  Wearing Jung's skin like a pelt✨ | psychologymagic+4 | — | The Red BookYi Qing | — | magicpsychology+5 | — | 54m 15s | |
| 2/25/26 |  Hospicing Modernity's Magic✨ | modernitymagic+3 | — | At Work In The RuinsAlan Moore's Moon and Serpent Bumper Book of Magic | — | modernitymagic+5 | — | 23m 23s | |
| 2/12/26 |  This is all in the model (Epstein files)✨ | collapse of Western civilizationstorytelling+3 | — | — | — | collapseWestern civilization+5 | — | 24m 05s | |
| 1/3/26 |  Do It For The Plot (Is Good Advice)✨ | risk-takingsynchronicity+3 | — | — | — | do it for the plotsynchronicity+3 | — | 34m 48s | |
| 12/22/25 |  The Purpose of Ghosts✨ | ghostsspirituality+4 | — | — | Port Arthur | ghostsPort Arthur+5 | — | 47m 56s | |
| 12/18/25 |  2026 Astrology Forecast (H1) | Austin Coppock✨ | astrology2026 forecast+4 | Austin Coppock | — | RussiaGemini+1 | astrology2026+7 | — | 1h 21m 08s | |
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| 10/31/25 |  Lucifer: Praxis | Peter Grey✨ | Luciferwestern magic+3 | Peter Grey | Lucifer: Praxis | — | LuciferPeter Grey+5 | — | 1h 08m 07s | |
| 10/6/25 |  Discovering the Sacred Through The X-Files | Christopher Knowles | Synchromystic raconteur, author, and pattern seeker Christopher Knowles returns to the show, as well as the wheelhouse, for this one. Not that we would ever need one, but the flimsy excuse for Chris coming back this time is so that we can discuss his amazing new book, XF-ULTRA: The X-Files, Conspiracy Culture, and the National Security State. Can a 90s genre TV-show both explore AND generate high strangeness What happened to our ancient mythology? Who is called to tend the flame of our culture's sacred stories through the chaos all around us? Even if, almost ESPECIALLY if, you've never seen The X-Files before, this journey down to the underworld and back up through the trash stratum of popular culture has wider metaphysical implications that make it essential listening. Show Notes The Secret Sun on Substack. Get XF-ULTRA: The X-Files, Conspiracy Culture, and the National Security State. | — | ||||||
| 9/24/25 |  Travelling Ghosts Bent Spoons and the Science of Magic | Dean Radin | 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 trillion-to-one odds. Hotel poltergeists that target specific researchers. Spoons that bend without force. Sigils. Always, always sigils. Radin explains why materialist skeptics have run out of arguments, how belief literally structures the universe, and why your unconscious mind might be doing magic right now. If you liked Real Magic, this one takes the conversation even further. The dominant of wider inclusions has surely arrived. Show Notes Pre-order the new book Dr Radin's website | — | ||||||
| 9/16/25 |  Otto Rahn, Nazi Grail Hunter | Richard Stanley | Filmmaker Richard Stanley joins us to unpack his incredible book "Otto Rahn: Grail Hunter" - the true story of a gay Jewish medievalist who became the SS's chief grail hunter in Nazi Germany. We explore Stanley's own supernatural experiences on Montségur (getting trapped by lightning), the brutal genocide of the Cathars, and why this whole story feels disturbingly relevant right now. From Lucifer's emerald diadem to disappearing treasures to Stanley's decades-long quest through the most mysterious corners of southern France. Good times! Show Notes Get the book here. Previous documentary trailer mentioned in the episode. | — | ||||||
| 9/4/25 |  How Spirit Entities Shape Human Affairs | Vanese McNeill | Vanese McNeill, co-producer of the Magical Egypt series, returns to the show. In this episode, we explore the hows and possible whys of spirit involvement in history, from the super-elite level down to the everyday. And also across to some of the sillier claims about AI floating in the air like so many plasma entities. And all of this was inspired by a post Vanese wrote on the Magical Egypt substack about ontozoology back in June. So that's where we begin, and this is where we go after: 1. The Ontozoology Framework What invisible beings actually exist in the ecosystem Moving beyond Christian binary (demons vs. angels) to animist complexity The difference between malevolent, benevolent, and simply non-human agendas 2. Catherine Austin Fitts & Demonic Capital The exact quote about interdimensional intelligences controlling capital Why this is being discussed now by credible people The problem with oversimplifying complex entities as "Satan" 3. Conscious vs. Unconscious Elite Collaboration How much is deliberate ritual worship vs. unconscious possession The decline of magical literacy among modern elites Why materialist worldviews make people more vulnerable to influence 4. Historical Magic & Modern Mind Control Ancient Egyptian spirit relationships as information exchange How modern "operations" are rituals without the practitioners knowing it Predictive programming as contemporary magic 5. The AI & Slop Demon Problem Why "The Architect" and similar AIs aren't sentient but are dangerous How AI creates mental conditions ripe for spiritual colonisation The difference between AI hosting demons vs. AI making minds available for possession 6. UFOs, Aliens, and Interdimensional Beings The reframing of UFO phenomena as spiritual rather than extraterrestrial Catherine's invitation to meet "aliens in human bodies" Distinguishing between visiting organisms and native invisible ecology | — | ||||||
| 8/21/25 |  What Would You Do If Certainty Never Returned? | 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, I want to give you my thoughts. There's some frosty farm pics over on my Substack. Enjoy! | — | ||||||
| 8/4/25 |  Zombie Co-Creation | 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 exist with our ever-enhorribling media landscape. Show Notes End The Day With Ceremony, Not Distraction. Two things to watch or listen to with your lunch (of brains)? Gordon on THC. Kelly Brogan on THC. | — | ||||||
| 7/22/25 |  The Kali Yuga, Astrology & The Power Of Long Cycles | Dan Waites | 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 perspective out to millennia-long cycles and epochal shifts. We explore: The Kali Yuga and why it may have ended THIS year. The Age of Aquarius and how it turns out to be both real and totally fashionable. (You heard me.) The long cycles of outer planets and their role in birthing new religions. UFO Disclosure, Mayan Apocalypses and the 'true' astrology of Atlantis. Show Notes Find Dan at: On Youtube. At World Astrology Report. On Substack. | — | ||||||
| 7/16/25 |  Why You Came To Earth | Alberto Villoldo | 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 think you might be interested, move quickly. If you know me, you'll know this is a pretty big deal for me. The one and only Dr Alberto Villoldo joins the show this week. We discuss Why you came to earth in the first place. What healing is and how to achieve it. How the academy and culture's understanding of shamanism has changed in the five decades he has been working in the field. Bio Dr. Alberto Villoldo is a medical anthropologist, psychologist, and shamanic teacher who has spent decades studying the healing practices of the Amazon and Andean shamans. He founded The Four Winds Society to bring ancient energy medicine into dialogue with modern neuroscience. His work bridges worlds—science and spirit, biology and ceremony—to help people remember who they truly are. Show Notes This is the interview with Andre Duqum I reference at the end. The Shaman's Devil. | — | ||||||
| 6/21/25 |  Astrology Forecast | Austin Coppock | H2 2025 | I spent way too much time trying to shoehorn a Warhammer 40K reference into this episode title, and it devolved into something that would make a Chaos Marine blush. So we're keeping it professional (kinda) and diving straight into the space weather for 2025's back 9. Watch along on YouTube here, if you like. This is what we cover. Space Baby Update & Good Enough Goals Austin's 30-pound toddler is harder to carry than heavy deadlifts, and "good enough" is our 2025 achievement mindset Failed 40K References & First Half Lookback From the eternal Mars season to the Carnival of Chaos that delivered perfect tariff confusion Iran & Playing for All the Marbles Why this could mark the start of World War III and how it connects to the Jupiter-Saturn square Uranus Enters Gemini: The Pilot Episode The seven-year transit that historically reshapes America, plus the flying wedge formation of outer planets The Bow and Arrow Configuration Peak craziness in August with Mars-Saturn tension creating a cosmic weapon aimed at change The Pause That Does Not Refresh September's retreat into swampy Pisces energy—like WWI trenches where your feet rot in gross water Pisces-Virgo Eclipse Season The tail of the dragon's Buddhist letting go vs. the head's overwhelming hunger for the dream Neptune in Aries & Individual Glory From woke-era uniformity to the pursuit of personalised excellence and looking combat-ready Jupiter in Cancer Magic Learning what you really need and how to ask the divine for surgical beneficence Personal Updates & H2 Plans Austin's book progress, Gordon's Peru trip for the Festival of the Sun, and preparing for a louder 2026 | — | ||||||
| 6/13/25 |  They Broke Upon This Fortress Like Waves Upon Rock | I've been revisiting Ursula K. Le Guin's brilliant essay "The Child and the Shadow". Le Guin was defending fantasy against the sterile modernism of her era—but what happens when that defence needs to evolve? We're no longer fighting a battle between "good" and "bad" fantasy. Instead, we're caught in something potentially more insidious: the tension between authentic imagination and the ersatz. From the disaster of Rings of Power to the destruction of Star Wars, from AI-generated Jung content flooding YouTube to the Soviet-style creative orthodoxy dominating our cultural institutions—we're witnessing the systematic neutering of the imaginal. But here's the thing: they can't actually touch the real. They break upon authentic creativity like waves upon rock. Through Le Guin's profound analysis of Hans Christian Andersen's "The Shadow" and Jung's psychology, I explore why confronting our shadow isn't just personal development—it's the key to understanding why authentic fantasy endures while corporate imitations crumble. Plus, I reveal how Bulgakov got there first in The Master and Margarita, showing us exactly what happens when the vital imaginal meets bureaucratic control. This isn't just about books or movies. It's about the difference between surface-level engagement and the depths where real creativity lives. Chapter Timestamps: 0:00 - Opening: The Shift from Good vs. Bad to Ersatz vs. Genuine 3:45 - Le Guin's Defence of Fantasy in the Modern Era 8:20 - The Rings of Power Problem: When Creators Think They're Fans 12:15 - AI Jung Slop and the Corruption of the Imaginal 16:30 - Bulgakov's Prophecy: The Master and Margarita's Cultural Critique 22:10 - Reading "The Child and the Shadow": Andersen's Dark Fairy Tale 28:45 - Jung's Psychology: Ego, Shadow, and the Collective Unconscious 35:20 - The Ethics of Fairy Tales: Why Gretel Can Push the Witch 42:15 - Tolkien's True Complexity: Frodo, Sam, and Gollum as Psychic Journey 48:30 - Why Fantasy is the Language of Moral Truth 52:40 - The Problem with "Realistic" Children's Literature 57:25 - Luke in the Cave: Star Wars as Genuine Imaginal Work 60:10 - Closing Thoughts and Shadow Project Tease | — | ||||||
| 5/16/25 |  LinkedIn For Ghosts | 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 Disintegrator podcast. When I went to link to it, it suddenly dawned on me I had only shared it on the Rune Soup Premium Members Mighty Network. (Join below.) So here it is! We recorded this soon after my arrival in Paraguay, so I think it was early February. It's an excellent discussion, so I'm pulling an Alex Hormozi and sharing it with my own listeners. (Sub to Disintegrator, too.) Here is why AI thinks you should listen: In this high-energy episode I sit down with Marek and Roberto to talk about why barrels are meant for rolling and why reality is much bigger than the academic cubicles that try to contain it. We start with the ancient tale of the Watchers (the OG tech-bros from the Book of Enoch) and use it to kick open a door marked Technology, Magic & the Human Experiment. From there we dive straight into animism, the "community-of-beings" cosmos, and why a living universe renders most hand-wringing over "anthropocentrism" moot unless you're prepared to vault clean out of the academy's marble-floored worldview. What you'll hear me unpack Barrel-Rolling Out of Academia – how to exit the cathedral politely, become "invincible," and treat academic credentials like LinkedIn endorsements in a living cosmos. Markets, Magic & Capitalism – capitalism viewed as a resonant tool of a larger Ahrimanic being; why the market is archetypal, but turning it up to 120 % comes with karmic interest. Mineral Intelligence & AI – awakening the silica, ayahuasca visions of stones teaching in a galactic lecture hall, and why "artificial" intelligence might be a mis-nomer in an ensouled universe. Comparative ≠ Colonial – embracing perspectivism (à la Viveiros de Castro) as the clean way to decolonise knowledge without the usual Protestant guilt trip. Astrology & World Politics – the U.S. Pluto/Uranus returns, fourth-turning turbulence, and the astrological case for an amicable national "divorce" over a civil war redux. Practical Magic – why Ouija boards, jungle dieta, and good old-fashioned ghost stories still outperform peer-reviewed PDFs when it comes to proving the universe is alive. Join the world's leading online magical training community, Rune Soup, here. | — | ||||||
| 5/7/25 |  I See That Strange Tales Are Woven About You | 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, the crystal touched by a world-mountain, the wand bought in a witch town that still summons fairy queens. What gives an object its power? Sometimes it's planetary timing and whispered invocations—but sometimes it's stranger tales than that. This is a medium salsa reflection on self-initiation, storycraft, and the agency of objects that choose you. Note: Here's a link to the YouTube video about self-initiation I mention in this episode. Chapters Who Chose Whom? Opening questions on agency, destiny, and magical initiation. What Makes an Object Magical? Beyond grimoires—why backstories matter as much as consecrations. Salsa Scale and Self-Initiation How this podcast fits into your current content taxonomy. Denethor, Pippin, and the Agentic Object Tolkien's Anglo-Saxon worldview and the power of mythic artifacts. Crystals in the Andes Live tale-weaving on sacred mountains and magical stones. The Library Angel & YouTube Algorithms Synchronicity, digital spellwork, and unexpected transmissions. Strange Tales and Warped Realities How magical items—and magical people—bend the world around them. Grimoires vs. Found Objects Cutting Hawthorn at dawn vs. fairy queen summoning from a witch-town wand. Your Life Already Has Strange Tales Suburban magic, Red Cross births, and the imperative to gather and weave. | — | ||||||
| 4/14/25 |  Huáscar Rising | 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, the last true Sapa Inca, who willingly took sacred knowledge into the underworld until the time was right for its return. What if the strange convergence we're witnessing - the grimoire revival, the sudden value of grandmother's recipes, and yes, even the rise of what I'm calling "orthodank" online - are all manifestations of the same archetypal energy? Things coming up from below, returning from the shadows at this precise moment in time. The question is: which returns will we embrace? Chapters The Temple City of Cusco - Exploring the ancient capital and how authentic experience lurks just beneath tourist traps The Tale of Two Brothers - The story of Waskar and Atahualpa, the civil war that weakened the Inca Empire, and how Waskar preserved sacred knowledge Three Stories of Waskar's Fate - Drowning, beheading, or escape: tracing the different narratives through history and oral tradition The Return of Waskar in the 90s - Alberto Violdo's observations and the rising indigenous pride in Peru The Fortean Dominant - How things pushed into the underworld are returning in our time Conservative Returns - The relationship between rising conservatism and the return of things worth conserving Grandmother's Foods - How millennials became the generation that values heritage foods and traditional ways Magic's Return - The grimoire revival and the return of ancestral magical knowledge Shadow and Integration - How to navigate the darker aspects of what returns from the underworld | — | ||||||
| 4/8/25 |  Tolkien's Shire Anarchy and the Mandate of Heaven | This week, I'm welcoming fellow substacker and Tolkien nerd, Charles McBride, whose essay 'Shire Anarchy' caught my eye in the cultural curiosity that is the substack notes app. We're diving into the political imagination behind Middle-Earth – a world where having a king is perfectly fine, as long as he's quite far away or, better yet, long dead. From childhood obsessions with Tolkien to the strange bedfellows his work creates in modern fandom, Charles and I explore what it means when the villain of the story isn't a particular people, but the very desire for total control. How did this Franco-supporting Catholic writer end up crafting one of the most compelling visions of localism and self-governance in modern literature? And what might the hobbits teach us about freedom in an age of empire? "I think Shire anarchy is best described in a sentence I wrote in the piece, where I said that all the affairs of hobbits are organized under the assumption that having a king was basically a good idea, so long as he was quite far away, or better yet, long dead. And I think that that kind of cuts to the heart of what this concept of Shire anarchy is. You have a society that holds a reverence for the past. And they believe that their system of political and social organization is derived from something authoritative in their deep, distant past." Show Notes Charles's amazing essay, Shire Anarchy. Charles on Instagram. Timestamps 02:00 - Charles' essay "Shire Anarchy" and initial connection 04:00 - Childhood experiences with Tolkien and homeschooling background 08:30 - Gordon's similar Tolkien childhood experiences 11:00 - Discussion of Substack platform and media evolution 14:00 - Tolkien's political views and introduction to "quiet radicalism" 15:30 - Explanation of Tolkien as an "anarcho-monarchist" 18:30 - Monarchy, pragmatism, and Tolkien's support for Franco 22:30 - The Ring as metaphor for power, greed, and capital 25:00 - Lord of the Rings' resilience against political appropriation 27:30 - Peter Jackson's film adaptation achievement 29:00 - Charles' viral thread about polarized Tolkien fandom 32:00 - CS Lewis vs. Tolkien on moral clarity and writing 35:30 - Lewis as a potential universalist and perennial philosophy 38:30 - Religious conversion, cultural identity, and belonging 42:30 - Modern politics, monarchy, and fascism as shadow kingship 45:00 - Definition and explanation of "Shire anarchy" concept 50:30 - Charles' personal political journey toward anarchism 54:00 - Political polarization and contemporary discourse 57:00 - Defining philosophical anarchism and attitudes toward hierarchy 59:30 - Religion as natural human function and political movements 63:00 - Discussion of The Hobbit movies and fan edits 69:00 - Concluding thoughts and where to find Charles online | — | ||||||
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