Coming to you from the shores of Lake Titicaca! Some lessons on how to get good at magic, specifically sigil magic, learned on the road in Bolivia.
The short answer is your first hundred sigils will teach you more about magic than any book ever will. The long answer is.... this podcast.
Here I share my notes and observations from spending time in mountaintop villages with lineaged shamans descending directly from the Incas, San Pedro ceremonies in the mountains and client encounters in the Witches Market in La Paz.
We talk about:
Aeon Byte Gnostic Radio's Miguel Conner returns to the show this week for an in-depth unpacking of claims made by Jordan Peterson, James Lindsay and others in the online Right that Marxism is actually Gnosticism.
We look at
We also explore some possible points of consent with the analysis Jordan Peterson presents regarding Lucifer and the archetypal significance of clowns, jesters and evil.
Many thanks to Miguel for coming back on the show again. I have actually tried several different ways of doing this topic as a solo show since catching the discussion between Jordan Peterson and James Lindsay back in June of 2023. But imagine trying to have a discussion on the history of Gnosticism without Miguel?
Turns out that was the very obvious unlock I needed all along. Enjoy!
Show Notes
This week's episode is an installment in the long-running World Without Sin series, examining how we respond to monolithic media and how not every outsider is a plucky freedom fighter.
We also look at how and why it might be that all forms of expression are collapsing into a meme singularity and what this might have to do with the jester archetype.
After that there is a life update and a travel magic story. And then -on the video version only- we have a Q&A where we speculate on the whereabouts of Kate Middleton, what's really going on with Boeing, healing from trauma patterns and G. K. Chesterton.
Also, I promised I'd share some of the memes that were hard to convey in audio format, but instead, I am just sharing a link to the presentation from the livestream. It's all here if you're interested.
The show notes are just some other things that are coming up or going on, because why not?
Hello from the road!
Just wanted to get out a little solo show of what I have been up to, which also morphed into how to deal with foreseen rather than unforeseen dramas.
We also cover some updates on the Sigil A Day project, and speculate on the development of media and podcasts in our post-Putin-interview World Without Sin.
Enjoy! Chat soon!
You may recall that Angie from Angie Speaks guested on the podcast last year. Well, she graciously invited me on a show she co-hosts, Mystic and the Machine, where we have a good ol' chat about UFOs, Jung, the looming apocalypse and how all of these things are interrelated.
It was such a good chat, I'm releasing it as a main podcast episode this week.
Should you wish to watch it instead, catch the interview at the Mystic and the Machine YouTube channel.
Here we are in 2024, eh?
And it’s off to a bang for people starting on the #SigilADay2024 Project and, to a lesser extent, Japan Airlines.
In this solo show, we cover:
NOTE: the audio version does not contain the Q&A which starts at the one hour mark of the livestream, should you wish to check that out.
As far as show notes go, I would recommend you also check out a video I shot over the Christmas break about setting and achieving powerful goals in 2024. It teams with the practical enchantment theme.
Enjoy! Let's do this!
You know the festive season has begun when Austinmas rolls around! Join Gordon White and Austin Coppock for a look into the first half of 2024 and how to navigate it.
We look at
Plus there's this whole subplot about fish.
Enjoy!
After tabling the possibility in the last live stream and thrashing out some of the details with the Rune Soup Premium Member brain trust, we'll be moving forward with the goal of launching one sigil a day for every day of next year.
The audio version of the announcement -ie this one- is a bit more involved than the video one. That's because 58% of YouTube watchers aren't subscribed, so I had to pitch it a bit more as 'beginner'. But if you're subscribed to the podcast I wanted to speak more at your level.
But if you want the video one, you can watch me wandering around on the first beach day of Tasmanian Summer. (It poured with rain almost immediately after I finished filming). Or you can consume both. It's the festive season. Treat yourself.
The only relevant show note is a link to the Rune Soup telegram group, where the ongoing sigil project will be discussed. It's free and available to members and non-members.
Enjoy!
We come at last to the final in the AI For Magicians series of solo shows.
This time we explore how we co-create with non-human beings and what that AI co-creation looks like for magicians.
As is traditional, there is a video slide presentation that goes along with this episode, which you absolutely do not need to watch if you're vibing more with the audio.
Show Notes
This weekend was the livestream of my year in review, as well as a suggested shape for
As is now traditional, we did a Q&A on YouTube at the end which is only available on the video version, starting around 1:40. Two things came up that have already sparked some discussions regarding next year's plans. We're spinning up teams for:
More on both of these if and as they happen.
Enjoy!
Who says you can’t teach an old (27) dog new tricks?
For something a bit different, I’m sharing the audio version of, not my podcast, but I podcast I was on. Specifically The Coffee and Divination Podcast with JoAnna Farrer.
One of my goals for next year is to push the boat a bit more with the format of the podcast. This year we brought in more regular solo shows, more livestreams, and so on. I want to start throwing in some shorter episodes in addition to the main ones, and I want to start sharing other shows I was on that I think are really good discussions. It won’t happen every time, of course. But JoAnna is a very experienced practitioner herself so we have a really chat. And not enough of you click through when I just point to them. So I made it easy for you! You don’t have to do anything!
But actually what you should do is subscribe to Coffee and Divination if you like this episode. Do that here.
And if you’d like the video version, you can watch that here.
Enjoy!
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