Looping the Labyrinth with Awen

Initially conducted by and shared by Bran of Sunnatru on his Youtube channel, I'm sharing our conversation here with his blessing-- paganism, fitness culture, and the shifting social tides as the West seeks a new path forward.

I’m honored to share this profound dialogue with depth psychologist, practitioner, academic, lifter and much more-- including author of today’s subject (among other works), “A Druid in Psychologist’s Clothing.” This conversation mainly stems from a discussion of that remarkable biography of forgotten psychologist and druid E. Graham Howe (Who?), and expands into a bardic flow delving into druidry...

You know the deal. Find the small businesses I shouted out on this episode here: The Bone Monger on Etsy & Cowboy Sol on IG primaldruidry.com/primaldruidry everywhere

This is a conversation between two friends walking overlapping paths of present-day druidry. Both of us having been formally involved in Ar nDraioch Fein for a similar amount of time, Susan is the official Southwest regional druid in Ar nDraioch Fein & scribe of Raven’s Cry Grove, ADF— and on this episode I have the pleasure of asking about her own thoughts & experiences on her druidic pat...

On today’s episode, I had a perhaps leviathan-length conversation with infamous piercer Nathan Peterson of Nathan’s Tattoos & Piercings! Our conversation started with the theme of the initiatic quality of pain especially as it relates to body modification, and branches out into tangents on our philosophies regarding mindfulness in our digitally-oversaturated present day life (“experiencing lif...

Days into my extended Journey to 8 Winds road trip including the PNW, I exhaustedly rant at you from the interstate about my upcoming talk, how much I hate GRWM videos & more. The video I mentioned is: https://youtu.be/az8jUZj3Rw8?si=izUOtC8-wwmLP1-r

Recorded into my phone after a late-night workout

In today’s episode of Occulture Wars, I go on an hour-long deeply fascinating tangent with Murtagh, who’s been called “Grandfather of Celtic Reconstruction,” an “American shaman,” a priest of the Morrigan— and I’m happy to call him my friend. In this conversation, we speak about some of Murtagh’s experience coming up in the early days of witchcraft and the modern pagan revival, some inside knowled...

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Occulture Wars is back and fully loaded with not only audio but video (available on Youtube and my Patreon), the better to lay into Whoopi Goldberg's Wokified revisionist history (recorded before her suspension), theorize on the result of Amazon's support for the recent push for federally legalized marijuana, explain why I use the name American Druid and finish with some parting words. This episod...

Foiled by Edison, I was unable to post this on Thanksgiving proper-- so instead of a proper holiday episode, let it serve as a reflection and perhaps optimistic warning for holiday dinners and events to come. For those who do not wish to hear discussion of truly evil individuals in the academic world and at the Prostasia Foundation trying to normalize p*dophilia and other Ragnarok-world nonsense,...

On this episode, I am honored to speak with John Beckett -- an acclaimed author, blogger, educator and fellow druid. I love this conversation for its frankness-- we eschewed all pretense to have a blunt discussion on avoiding delusion & ego-stroking, the unglamorous reality of pagan priesthood and close deity relationships, how to engage with elders/advanced practitioners in a respectful capac...

Consummating the first episode under Occulture Wars, this lighthearted episode covers Marilyn Manson going the Milo route with Ye and Biebz, The Handmaid's Tale as political fetish fantasy for bored women, my two cents on a general code of conduct while posting on social media (particularly during #NNN), and the Girlboss community pushing women into the military draft-- among some other updates fr...

While I refer to this as an "aesthetics" episode on the show, that's not quite it. It's also not really about simps, I just have a horrible sense of humor. While I touch on aesthetic-related topics like the "depression aesthetic" (think tumblr) going too far, the fact that Timothee Chalamet strikes me more as an anemic teenager than a global sexpot and my thirstposting of Tom Hardy is not merely s...

Inspired by my own short-lived foray into online dating sites and the cataclysmic realization of how bad it actually is out here, I discuss the results of hardcore fetish practices and concepts being normalized into not just "normie" dating and hookups-- but the fetishization of natural human desires, emotions and qualities into pornified caricatures, but also female self-presentation vis a vis "s...

On this episode, I chat with Da'at Darling/Georgina Rose about various issues related to the occult, witchcraft and pagan related subcultures-- specifically, the current climate of seeking permission and validation in practices that are meant to be transgressive, heretical and expressly outside of conventional comfort zones by nature and by history. From politics in the Craft to "internet hall mon...

Sermon #8, in which Lilith has strep throat and still has the energy to sermonize on the issues with trying to “wokeify” and “queerify” Tolkien. Make yourself some pumpkin spice tea and buckle up.

An unusually personal state of the union address on the role of kink in my life, why I’m stepping away from associating with it too much online, and the value of living organically and offline… which will lead into next podcast’s focus on ego traps. Enjoy!

A chaotic solo sermon on what I see as current priorities in the Craft- consumerism, social media and identity politics.

Let them say everything is appropriation. Let them say everything is colonialism. Let them fearmonger and scare people away from the Craft. Make witchcraft uncool again.

Pat aka BikerVVitch and I had a blunt conversation where we discuss the cultivation of physical strength as a magickal/spiritual act, where we discuss exercise both as meditation and as a devotional act, as well as the social factors surrounding the perception of strength training/exercise in not only the "spiritual" communities but society at large. What's up with classifying working out as "righ...

The internet & subcultures are replete with “I’m your witchy dad,” “I’m your goth uncle,” “I’m your (unearned familial title geared towards emotionally vulnerable young person here)”— and while we desperately need more adults willing to step up for the younger generations, when much older adults are a little too eager to “validate” and get close to much younger people— I’m raising my eyebrow. We n...

This week I spoke with an actual expert in the field of Nordic mythology and history, Dr. Mathias Nordvig. Both a professor and an actual heathen, I’ve always admired Mathias’ perspective and felt he would be perfect to speak with on Outlaw Preaches. In the first half of the episode we discuss the mythology, history and their potential relationship to modern practice-- before diving in to the nuan...

Should we normalize kink? The conversation floats around online, usually from one side or the other— from the kinksters who want everyone else to “catch up,” to the anti-kinksters who want to shut it all down. Yet again, this is a conversation that needs some nuance— so that’s where I come in. We talk about the pros and cons of normalizing kink, the gravity of the idea that “the personal is the po...

In a world where the adult industry is being touted as empowering not just to grown adults, but to minors on social media-- I, a professional domme of three plus years, have some stark raving honesty about the reality of this industry that many people (on all sides) either won't expect or won't like. No punches pulled. Listener discretion advised.