Rune Soup

This week we welcome to the show fellow podcaster, Laura London. Laura has a background in neuroscience, astrology, kundalini yoga and Transcendental Meditation. She is the host of one of my favourite podcasts, Speaking of Jung and joins us today to have a wide-ranging chat about -what else?- but Carl Jung himself. Enjoy. Show Notes Laura's website and podcast, Speaking of Jung . Laura on Twitter...

Joining us this week for a chat about both one of my very favourite things and very favourite people is filmmaker Lance Mungia. Lance is the director of the recently released feature documentary, Third Eye Spies . So in this extended discussion, we explore remote viewing, the amazing Russell Targ, the experience of actually making the film and also speculate on the cosmic implications of the effic...

This week we welcome to the show author, teacher and animist, Daniel Foor. In addition to being an initiate in several global traditions, Daniel is also a doctor of psychology and licensed psychotherapist. He joins us to talk about ancestral healing, the positive and negative impact the dead can have in our lives, the difference between an ancestor and a dead person and what the ongoing opportunit...

A little later than usual, and timed to coincide with the Glastonbury Occult Conference launch of Paul Weston's latest book, The Occult Battle of Britain , I am pleased to present another patented episode of Storytime with Paul! Listen in as we discuss the book, its backstory and how it wove its way into Paul's life, what even was the Occult Battle of Britain, its antecedents, and what significanc...

In which we unpack the aftermath of the fire, the completely successful group enchantment that ended it, and ponder some ways of talking about and thinking with dragons.

I know I promised a solo show on my experiences so far with this 53,000 hectare fire encircling the farm but, a few hours ago, it occurred to me there might be a way of framing the tale so that it is more useful or at least magically interesting to you. So with very little notice and coming off another podcast recording, Austin agreed to pull a chart together for Tasmania and we use an analysis of...

This week, we welcome to the show the legendary Robyn Francis. Robyn is one of permaculture's leading teachers and proponents. We talk about the movement's early days, some reasons for optimism today, interconnectivity and building stone circles in the subtropics. Note: This episode was recorded on location. You can view the video version on YouTube . Show Notes Permaculture College Australia (Dja...

This week, we are joined by Dean of Religion at Vassar, Dr Christopher White. Christopher joins us to discuss his recent book,  Other Worlds: Spirituality and the Search for Invisible Dimensions . Along the way, we talk Flatland, Narnia, the role of dreams in one's life and the true merit of 'fantasy' fiction. Really good stuff. Show Notes Christopher's book,  Other Worlds Christopher's faculty pa...

Continuing our January series of guests here to get your head in the game for 2019, this week we speak to artist, author and art therapist, Angela Kirby. Angela takes us through her journey as an artist, what it's like living out in the Australian desert, and which techniques you can use at home to utilise artistic or creative capacities for either psychological growth or healing. Really good, use...

And we're back! Kicking off January's run of guests here to get you all setup for 2019, we welcome back to the show Conner Habib. Conner is a writer, teacher, sex worker, anthroposophist and activist. He joins us today to explore desire and whether we experience it in the most optimised way. We also chat about Wilhelm Reich, the Left's problem with witchcraft, anthropology and Christmas. Show Note...

For the final episode of the year, please enjoy this bumper edition forecast for the first half of 2019 with Austin Coppock. After we debrief on 2018 and talk about what's coming up, Austin and I also spend some time exploring some of the topic areas we touched on at 'So Below'. And then we take some questions from people who watched the live recording (which you can find on YouTube). Mandatory li...

What else would the November solo show be about but So Below -the astrological magic event Austin and I hosted in Melbourne last weekend? There's also a good deal of talk on the hows and the wheres of magic and astrology's general overlap, as well as why one might want to look at it from a specifically chaos magic perspective. Show Notes Images from So Below .

This week we speak with science writer and cultural anthropologist, Dr Eric Wargo. Eric is the man behind the nightshirt.com and the author of the recently released book, Time Loops . We talk retrocausation, precognition, and whether our capacity to 'feel the future' extends beyond the human world, what that might say about the structure of the universe and our role in it. Excellent stuff.    Show...

This week we return to one of our most popular topics of conversation... Tarot! Joining us to do so is author, professional card reader, podcaster and tarot teacher, T. Susan Chang. We cover fortune telling, journeying with tarot, using playing cards, how to get to know new decks and bravely attempt to work out quite where it is 'meaning' comes from. Enjoy! Show Notes Tarot Correspondences: Ancien...

This week, we welcome Mitch Horowitz back to the show to talk about his latest -and frankly fantastic- book, The Miracle Club . Mitch and I chat about the origins of New Thought, its shortcomings and areas of much-needed improvement, as well as some of the contemporary scientific data that suggests there really is something fundamentally true and important about your attitude and headspace and how...

In October's solo show, we discuss the eruption of the witch into so-called 'popular culture', with a particular emphasis on the reboot of Charmed , The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and American Horror Story: Apocalypse . And, for once, there aren't spoilers! Show Notes The Witchy Beauty Trend's Ancient, Sexist Roots .

It is once again time for our annual catch up with Alkistis and Peter of Scarlet Imprint! I always look forward to these discussions as -for one- I learn so much and -for two- it gives me those warm, 'find the others' feels. This week's episode has all of that in spades. We talk angels, landscape, tarot, books and, inevitably, witchcraft and the wider culture. Enjoy! Show Notes Scarlet Imprint Alk...

This week, we welcome to the show physicist, light therapist, researcher and author of  Light Therapies: A Complete Guide to the Healing Power of Light , Anadi Martel. Now, if you've read Pieces of Eight , or if you've seen some of the premium member bonus material, you'll know I've long been fascinated by what we stupidly still call 'alternative medicine' rather than the more clunky if not much m...

This week we speak with artist, teacher and maker, Daniel Mack . Daniel is also the chairman of the Seligmann Center Committee in upstate New York and joins us to talk about the life and work of the surrealist painter, Kurt Seligmann -in particular his book, The Mirror of Magic , first published in the late forties. In this wide ranging discussion, we talk art, irrationality, the impact of the Unc...

This week we welcome back to the show one of the most popular returning guests, Jenx. As you might expect, he's back in your ears talking us through Thai Occultism, to coincide with his recently released tour de force, The Thai Occult . Along the way, we cover land spirits, uses for specific ghosts, the universality of candle magic and the many nuances of love charms. Show Notes The Thai Occult. T...

This week, we welcome back to the show author and researcher, Joshua Cutchin. Josh's last three books -including his most recent, Thieves in the Night , explore under-examined categories of evidence for the range of phenomena uneasily labelled 'paranormal'. Who better, then, to pick over Skinwalkers, abductions and the thorny issue of what constitutes evidence in the first place? Show Notes Josh's...

This week, we welcome hereditary witch, tarot creator and new Huon Valley neighbour, Avalon Cameron, onto the actual farm for a face to face chat. Our wide-ranging discussion explores growing up both weird and Brazilian in regional Australia, the goods and the bads of living off-grid and what to do with over 3,000 tarot decks when downsizing into a tiny house. Very good times! Show Notes So Below...

This week, Dr Becca Tarnas returns to the show to discuss two of my very favourite things: Imaginal Journeying -including some really useful practical advice on Active Imagination- and The Lord of the Rings . Why it was written, how it was written, and what even am Middle Earth. Extremely good times. Enjoy! Show Notes Dr Tarnas's new course, Journey to the Imaginal Realm: Reading J. R. R. Tolkien'...

This week, in an ever so slightly delayed show, we have an ever so slightly brilliant guest, Dr Amba J Sepie. I first encountered Dr Sepie's work in Damned Facts , which is a Charles-Fort inspired collection of essays by academics who are exploring or confronting the broadly Fortean, edited by another previous guest, Dr Jack Hunter. We talk about navigating the academy's shortcomings, better ways...

Two solo shows in a row? Why, yes. This is technically the September one if you don't look at a calendar. But it is also a wild ramble through the politics, poetics and metaphysics of walking in public and private spaces. Dedicated with big love to the premium members who are officially embarking on the Q3 Course: Magical Geography and Spirits of Place . Show Notes Skewing the Picture - China Miév...