Rune Soup

Gordon

Rune Soup is a podcast channel that platforms the most important discussions at the cutting edge of magic, animism and spirit work.

Gordon is chaos magician, shamanic practitioner, podcaster, author and permaculture designer with a background in data and analytics gained at some of the world's largest media companies. He is the author of four books on magic, animism and star lore: Star.Ships: A Prehistory of the Spirits, The Chaos Protocols, Pieces of Eight and Ani.Mystic: Encounters With A Living Cosmos.

When not travelling, Gordon hosts his weekly show, Rune Soup, from a small permaculture farm in southern Tasmania.

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Nov 2, 2018 · 36 min
Season of the Witch | Solo Show
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.
Oct 23, 2018 · 1 hr 11 min
Halloween Special | Scarlet Imprint
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 Alkistis Dimech Scarlet Imprint on Twitter Alkistis on Twitter Scarlet Imprint on Instagram Alkistis on Instagram
Oct 17, 2018 · 1 hr 28 min
Talking The Healing Power of Light | Anadi Martel
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 more accurate 'modes of living and healing that do not emerge from a dysfunctional belief system'. And I'm especially interested in the ones that, whilst they are used for treatment, are better thought of as unavoidable universals. You don't have to use acupuncture, right? But you can't avoid having a relationship with light, and sunlight in particular. It is nowhere more obvious that we have a complete failure in the descriptive powers of the official version of reality than when it comes to accounting for the effects of sunlight, mindfulness meditation, forest bathing, and so on. Show Notes Light Therapies: A Complete Guide to the Healing Power of Light Website for the book, Light Therapies Sensora Light Noise Detector International Light Association
Oct 10, 2018 · 1 hr 16 min
Talking 'The Mirror of Magic' and Kurt Seligmann | Daniel Mack
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 Unconscious on the flow of history, early experiments in creative homesteading and the remarkable Seligmann himself. Show Notes The Mirror of Magic Daniel's site, The Casual Alchemist The Seligmann Center Seligmann Center Giftstore (for the zines) Weinstein Gallery exhibition catalogue Martica Sawin discussing the life and work of Kurt Seligmann Daniel introducing the life of Seligmann
Oct 3, 2018 · 1 hr 12 min
Talking Land Spirits and Pragmatic Enchantment | Jenx
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. The Thai Occult Books on Facebook.
Sep 26, 2018 · 1 hr 14 min
Talking 'Paranormal' Evidence and Skinwalkers | Joshua Cutchin
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 website. Josh's recent post on evidence and skepticism. Thieves In The Night: A Brief History of Supernatural Child Abductions Josh on Twitter.
Sep 19, 2018 · 1 hr 50 min
Talking Tarot and Off-Grid Living | Avalon Cameron
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: Melbourne astrological magic event Avalon's website and blog Avalon on Patreon Avalon on Instagram Avalon's YouTube Channel Avalon on Facebook Avalon on Twitter
Sep 12, 2018 · 1 hr 17 min
Talking The Lord of the Rings | Dr Becca Tarnas
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's The Lord of the Rings. Website of Dr Becca Tarnas. Becca Tarnas on Twitter.
Sep 6, 2018 · 1 hr 17 min
Talking Indigenous Wisdom, Psi and Decolonisation | Dr Amba J. Sepie
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 of thinking with the broadly paranormal and participating in indigenous modes in a non-appropriative way. Show Notes Dr Sepie's article, More than Stories, More than Myths. (pdf download.) Amba on Facebook.
Aug 30, 2018 · 38 min
The Invention of Walking in Parks | Solo Show
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 Miéville
Aug 22, 2018 · 20 min
Near and Far Places | Solo Show
The August solo show! In the lead-up to the Q3 premium member course on Magical Geography, this month we explore the notion of near and far places, cold places, and imaginal places. Colonial ghosts, Antarctica and Ursula Le Guin ahead. Enjoy.
Aug 15, 2018 · 1 hr 7 min
Talking Permaculture and Design Thinking | Dan Palmer
This week we welcome to the show permaculture designer and theorist, Dan Palmer. Dan is the host of the podcast, Making Permaculture Stronger, where he facilitates fascinating discussions on what's right and what's wrong with permaculture and where it might be headed next. And the tl;dr is that what's wrong with permaculture is, in the main, what's wrong with everything else. So we have a great discussion on the theory of design in general, the shortcomings of western categorisations and their dualist implications and, somewhat improbably, merging with a chicken. It's a truly fantastic chat. Enjoy. Show Notes Making Permaculture Stronger Living Design Process
Aug 9, 2018 · 1 hr 16 min
Talking Ursula K. Le Guin | James Sullivan
This week, we speak to James Sullivan. James is a fellow podcaster and -more importantly- a fellow fan of Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea series. So these books form the through-line for a wide ranging discussion on the state of modern philosophy, theories of mind, the role of fantasy fiction and what might be called subversive, anarcho-pacifist self-transformation. Great stuff. Show Notes James the Giant Podcast James on Twitter James on Facebook
Aug 2, 2018 · 1 hr 6 min
Talking AI and Personhood | Kenric McDowell
This week, we are speaking with Kenric McDowell. Kenric is a musician, public speaker, and AI curator for Google Research. We discuss AI, inevitably, but not from either a lurid 'the world is ending' way or from a 'techno-utopian jibber jabber' way. Instead we look at what the implications of AI are for personhood, a theory of technology and its appropriateness, and whether we're teaching AI to think or AI is teaching us to. Very, very good times. Show Notes Kenric's website Kenric on Twitter Google's Artists and Machine Intelligence Programme Kenric's Gray Area presentation
Jul 30, 2018 · 36 min
Everything Retrograde | Solo Show
As promised, and just in time, here's the July solo show. It was gonna be too annoying to have dropped a week for mere illness after 136 episodes delivered rain, hail, or shine in five countries, on boats, in hotel rooms, and so on. So! The broken run has been mended with a Mars Retrograde ghost story. Enjoy.
Jul 25, 2018 · 1 hr 16 min
Talking the Extraterrestrial Hypothesis | Richard Dolan
This week, we welcome the one and only Richard Dolan to the show. As you're very likely aware, Richard is the author and publisher of many books in the UFO field, as well as a radio host, trained historian and gifted public speaker. We actually met out in the central Australian desert in May of this year and had the opportunity to chat about what's right and what's wrong with the extraterrestrial hypothesis (ETH). For those of you who are unaware, ETH is the model for UFO phenomena that asserts that a majority or possibly all cases -credible ones, at least- are best explained as encounters with beings from other planets… rather than, say, extra dimensional, demonic, spiritual, earth-based or under-earth entities that predate mankind and all the other non-ETH hypotheses. Anyway, splendid stuff. Show Notes Richard Dolan Press Richard Dolan Members Richard on Youtube Richard on Twitter
Jul 12, 2018 · 41 min
Hobbits and Space Programmes | Solo Show
Another solo show this week, inspired in part by Douglas Rushkoff's recent article on the grimness of the billionaire future. We play around with notions of technology and personhood and agency and morality and AI. Also hobbits. Enjoy.
Jul 4, 2018 · 1 hr 43 min
Talking Cosmic Activism | Conner Habib
This week, we welcome back to the show my good friend, Conner Habib. Writer, sex worker, activist, Anthroposophist and host of Against Everyone with Conner Habib. And the topics under discussion are how desire destroys materialism and what a cosmic or fully haunted activism might look like. Show Notes Against Everyone with Conner Habib. AEWCH Episode exploring how desire destroys materialism. Conner on Twitter.
Jun 27, 2018 · 1 hr 2 min
Talking Saints, Psi and UFOs | Dr Diana Walsh Pasulka
This week we have one of my favourite discussions of the entire year. Joining us is Dr Diana Walsh Pasulka. Diana is a Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina, Wilmington and Chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religion. She is a specialist in Catholic history with a particular emphasis on the saints. Her current research sits in that really compelling intersection between psi, UFOs, technology and religion. We talk saintly powers, Marian apparitions, UFOs, Vatican archives, Jacques Vallée and all that top shelf stuff. So, so good. Show Notes Diana's website and Blog, American Cosmic American Cosmic on Facebook Diana's Academia Page Diana's interview with Jacques Vallée
Jun 20, 2018 · 1 hr 17 min
Talking Jack Parsons | Paul Weston
In honour of a very special anniversary and in light of a new biographical series, Paul Weston returns to the show to regale us with his strange angelic blend of history, synchromystic analysis and personal adventure. Rockets, redheads, dianetics, Beat poets and the Babalon Working. It's all in this week's episode. Show Notes Paul's website and blog Paul's Babalon Working presentation