Consensus Unreality

For the CU 2026 Halloween special, Ben and Dave each list 10 (give or take) horror films: favorites, overlooked obscurities, classics, outliers. A sister episode to last year’s list of esoteric films, this one approaches horror as a genre, a transcendent aesthetic experience, and a tradition often rooted in the occult and paranormal, even if not explicitly.  Join Consensus Unreality on Patreon to...

In this Patreon exclusive, Hekate visits the podcast! A discussion on the goddess of the crossroads, some syncs around her, and her strange role in magical circles. Plus: Arthur Machen's occult detective tale "The Shining Pyramid," more fall horror movie talk, Mothman and John Keel, and much else! CU T SHIRT https://consensusunreality.bigcartel.com/ Join Consensus Unreality on Patreon to unlock ou...

From her role as Jack Parsons' Babalon to her many connections in Hollywood and the art world, Marjorie Cameron is one of the most infamous but misunderstood figures in 20th century occultism. In this episode, we trace some of her life's strange arc, including her role in the film Night Tide, her friendships and collaborations with Curtis Harrington and Kenneth Anger, her art and poetry, and more....

In this episode Dave and Ben chat on the highly influential esoteric writer and activist Ida Craddock. We converse on her influence on more well known figures in 20th century occultism and her role as both an esoteric innovator and public figure on the frontlines of free speech and the women's rights movement in the US at the turn of the 19th century. We consider other examples of spectral consort...

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Join Consensus Unreality on Patreon to unlock our full 6 year episode archive, 2 exclusive episodes monthly, written content and more + our Print Club Tier to access our Journal of Shells Magazine, exclusive to Patreon, mailed to your door with other printed and recorded items. Its the best and only way to support CU! ⁠https://www.patreon.com/c/consensusunreality⁠   Consensus Unreality "Other Ritu...

Previously a Patreon exclusive episode, now unlocked on our public platforms. Join our Patreon for just $5 and access 2 exclusive episodes monthly, our full 6 year episode archive, written content, discord server and more. Plus: our Print Club Tier includes our Journal of Shells esoteric magazine subscription and other printed and recorded items in the mail. Its the best and only way to support th...

In this Patreon exclusive, we talk time magick, double currents and hyperstition. We touch on the influential substrata of Frater Achad and the long reach of Time Magick as conjured by Nema, The Bate Cabal and others. Is it possible the ravings of Achad, once thought to be mad self indulgent revelations, were actually more in tune with something moving towards humanity? Join us as we begin to pull...

Join Consensus Unreality on Patreon to unlock our full 6 year episode archive, 2 exclusive episodes monthly, written content and more + our Print Club Tier to access our Journal of Shells Magazine, exclusive to Patreon, mailed to your door with other printed and recorded items. Its the best and only way to support CU! ⁠https://www.patreon.com/c/consensusunreality⁠ CONSENSUS UNREALITY "OTHER RITUAL...

Join Consensus Unreality on Patreon to unlock our full 6 year episode archive, 2 exclusive episodes monthly, written content and more + our Print Club Tier to access our Journal of Shells Magazine, exclusive to Patreon, mailed to your door with other printed and recorded items. Its the best and only way to support CU! https://www.patreon.com/c/consensusunreality It’s Squonk Talk #1! Dave and Ben a...

Watchers, Ahriman, and ... uh Marvel vs. Digimon. A Patreon episode on our techno-psychotic times, featuring a dive into the thought of prolific esoteric philosopher Rudolf Steiner, mythological enrichment of life, an exploration of light bearers and more. Intro music by Treatment Join our Patreon to unlock this and 6 years worth of exclusive episodes, including our full archive, written content a...

Noospherical AIs and Catholic flying saucers?! Downloads, uploads, and dream prophecy?! Ben and Dave talk D. W. Pasulka's new book The Others, another timely glimpse behind the tech-apocalypse cult / ufology 2.0 curtain.  Join our Patreon for our full 6 year episode archive, 2 exclusive episodes monthly, written content, discord community and our Print Club Tier for our Journal of Shells quarterly...

Take a CU approved road trip! Ben and Dave each share five personal favorite occult, esoteric, and paranormal destinations in the US. From crash site deserts to eerie woods, temples to prisons, you’ll be scrawling all over your maps. The boys talk on their favorite hidden gems stateside, some weird encounters, and also touch on some well tread American occult legend tripping zones. Who doesn't lov...

100 years of Cthulhu! What happens when we go back to that story, as it is? Are we living in post-Cthulhulean times, or are we still building the Old Ones? Plus: what ever happened to the Aeon of Horus?  Check out ⁠https://www.patreon.com/c/consensusunreality⁠ for this full episode and 2 exclusive eps monthly, our full episode archive, written content, printed magazine and more..  Merch coming soo...

The Sentient World System and rogue agents meet Latin American Twilight Zone in this episode on AI doomerism, The Invention of Morel, and more. What constitutes consciousness, and what happens if you relive a week over and over again forever? Plus: bonus Patreon conversation "lost" Disney film The Watcher in the Woods, Charles Manson and MKULTRA in Congress, and more!  Check out https://www.patreo...

Watch what you say in the forest, you don't know what you're feeding. In this conversation on Bogna Konior's book The Dark Forest Theory of the Internet, we talk about living in an age of strategic secrecy, ufological allegory, and hidden AI game theory mind control. Does this experiment in extreme nihilism reflect our current moment? Listen to find out.  Check out https://www.patreon.com/consensu...

Join our Patreon to access 2 exclusive episodes monthly, written content, our full 6 year episode archive, discord and our printed Journal of Shells magazine. Its the best and only way to support the show and it'll only cost you a few bucks. https://www.patreon.com/c/consensusunreality Enter the Backrooms with CU... or take a field trip with Aaron Burr to Greenwich village??? A discussion of the n...

Join our Patreon to access 2 exclusive episodes monthly, written content, our full 6 year episode archive, discord and our printed Journal of Shells magazine. Its the best and only way to support the show and it'll only cost you a few bucks.  www.patreon.com/consensusunreality The Gateway closes... or is it forever open? The final installment in our loose series of discussions of the works of Robe...

Alien radio waves caught in the Consensus Unreality net…. translating… it’s a new episode on contactee and influential ufologist George Hunt Williamson, the Zodiac fanzine connection in Jarett Kobek’s How to Find Zodiac, Philip K Dick’s late career scrapped opus Radio Free Albemuth, and more!  Join our Patreon to access 2 exclusive episodes monthly, written content, our full 6 year episode archive...

Live from the empire which never ended... an episode about time, its (non)existence, the Exegesis of Philip K Dick and its relevance to our moment (which is the same moment as ever), Nick Land's time-war theories, the many worlds theory, CERN, and a brief eulogy for a recent loss in the weird podcast community. Hurry and listen! Join our Patreon to access 2 exclusive episodes monthly, written cont...

Join our Patreon for just $5 and access 2 exclusive episodes monthly, our full 6 year episode archive, written content, discord server and more. Plus: our Print Club Tier includes our Journal of Shells esoteric magazine subscription and other printed and recorded items in the mail. Its the best and only way to support the show. https://www.patreon.com/c/consensusunreality The mind behind the music...

Join our Patreon for just $5 and access 2 exclusive episodes monthly, our full 6 year episode archive, written content, discord server and more. Plus: our Print Club Tier includes our Journal of Shells esoteric magazine subscription and other printed and recorded items in the mail. Its the best and only way to support the show. https://www.patreon.com/c/consensusunreality In this interview we spok...

The first in our new "Phasing" series of short audio and video. Alongside our weekly full length episodes we'll provide our shorts revisiting subjects often mentioned on the show. First up: Gray Barker's important novelistic report on the Mothman happenings of 1967, The Silver Bridge,  and why it shows how much weirder that folklore is than we give it credit for today. Your Mothman plushie might b...

The moon is in the news again! In this episode, however, we talk two stories by Izumi Suzuki, one by Arkady Strugatski, and meditate on the unfurling world around us. Plus we briefly revisit The Book of the Law and some thoughts on Crowley and his legacy as his name makes yet another cycle of rounds in the occultural sphere. Terminal boredom, the difference between life and cybernetic construct, l...

In this episode we touch on recent sci fi reads: "The Electric Ant" by Philip K. Dick, "The Man Who Would Not" by James E. Gunn and "You May Dream" Izumi Suzuki. We explore some diverse themes including sentient AI, reality refraction, simulacra and first contact. We also chat on the poetry of Kenneth Grant, and speculate on many avenues of weirdness. A classic patreon ramble.  Join our patreon fo...