Rune Soup

In this episode, we talk to author and astrologer, Austin Coppock about how astrology works, what to do during retrogrades and whether or not Donald Trump is the next President.

In this bumper episode, we talk to The Secret Sun’s Christopher Knowles about the Nine, Esalen, elite belief systems, alien cargo cults, Star Trek, tarot, psychogeography and what may or may not be coming down the pipe in 2016.   Show notes:   Chris’s blog: http://secretsun.blogspot.co.uk/   ‘Burn Witch Burn’, the film Chris references: https://youtu.be/g7emkorevvo   Also, the presentation from Dr LaViolette I reference actually talks about the B2 using electrogravitics. Got the wrong plane. As an apology, watch the whole presentation:   https://youtu.be/F4lhGDYCUTs

We talk to noted Fortean journalist and former professional combat magician, Cat Vincent about his life and adventures.   Topics include urban magic, sci fi fandom, Forteana, comics, Neil Gaiman, Slenderman, Colin Wilson, polyamory and all the Bob Wilson you could want.   Show notes: https://youtu.be/RBD06b1trAY https://youtu.be/0EXXMZLBELo catvincent.com http://tinyletter.com/CatVincent @catvincent

Dr Cummins, occult historian extraordinaire, talks grimoires and the story of the western magical tradition. We also discuss living in New York, studying under Professor Hutton and magic's relationship to the rise of modern science and medicine. Follow Dr Al on twitter. Get his first book here.

As a special holiday treat, I sit down with my mother to talk about saints, the Dead, Aboriginal women's magic, haunted houses, sacred travel, energy healing and a whole lot more.

On this episode we talk to Sarah Lawless about witchcraft, herbalism, animism, working with your ancestors, working with plant spirits and a whole lot more.... including when and how to drop the C bomb! Find out more about Sarah at sarahannelawless.com Fine out more about the show at runesoup.com

Scarlet Imprint's Peter Grey joins us to talk about his latest book, Lucifer: Princeps. We use this as a jumping off point to talk about the western magical tradition, grimoires, the role of the Dead and the impact of the rise of digital on the experience of magic.