Douglas Batchelor runs "What Magic is This?" – an astute podcast "for those curious about Magic, the Occult, Witchcraft, the Esoteric, the Paranormal and the Supernatural". I was interviewed by Douglas for nearly 2 hours this month - an especial pleasure for me to speak with someone who has known my writings for so many years and has such an understanding and appreciation of all my books (though I did catch him out on my satire "The Hellgate Chronicles"!). Look too at the list of his other past episodes: a veritable college course on occulture.
He asked a lot about my thoughts on cycles, in particular the many ways we can cycle around Magic, Art, Religion, Science and back to Magic. I had not thought much about it for a long time, so I had to wrack my brain. I also had to add an addendum to fill in an afterthought.
The interview is structured mainly around my life story, how I discovered magic and what were my main influences. GV does something that every long podcaster should do, which is to list a timeline "contents" so you can jump ahead and choose bits that are of greatest interest.
Weird Studies did a wonderful episode all about my first published book SSOTBME - an Essay on Magic. It told me some things about the book that even I had not fully appreciated. www.weirdstudies.com/141?fbclid=IwAR2lv_7Lj-qK-qz2…
Mike Gathers has posted an interesting chat with me on the Hilaritas website. I learned more about Robert Anton Wilson's ideas and "reality tunnels" from him. www.hilaritaspress.com/podcasts/lionel-snell-on-ma…
In response to my last video "Is Reality Really Real?", one viewer drew my attention to a really fascinating interview at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dd6CQ.... Not only does it make a similar case to my one, it also uses similar examples - eg he talks of a "Graphical User Interface" where I suggest "Sensory User Interface", and the perceptions of a cat and the pressures of evolution. Where we differ is that he sees this as a route by which science might extend towards the spiritual, whereas I am more interested in the idea that science is just one of several alternative ways to address reality. Also interesting is the interviewer's observations about how vehemently some people oppose this VR approach. I have simplpy been censored, while it seems that Prof Hoffman has actually made people angry. Perhaps it is because I emphasised the fun of the quest, rather than a search for truth?
The Re-Enchantment of the World I was invited a couple of weeks ago to a discussion on this theme with Arthur Versluis and Christopher McIntosh (who set me on my publishing career long ago!) I really enjoyed the theme and the conversation is now posted on the Hieros Institute website at The Re-Enchantment of the World - hieros.institute/videos-conversations-lectures/the…
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Douglas Batchelor runs "What Magic is This?" – an astute podcast "for those curious about Magic, the Occult, Witchcraft, the Esoteric, the Paranormal and the Supernatural". I was interviewed by Douglas for nearly 2 hours this month - an especial pleasure for me to speak with someone who has known my writings for so many years and has such an understanding and appreciation of all my books (though I did catch him out on my satire "The Hellgate Chronicles"!).
Look too at the list of his other past episodes: a veritable college course on occulture.
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A second long interview with Guru Viking at www.guruviking.com/podcast/ep219-cycles-of-the-occ…
He asked a lot about my thoughts on cycles, in particular the many ways we can cycle around Magic, Art, Religion, Science and back to Magic. I had not thought much about it for a long time, so I had to wrack my brain. I also had to add an addendum to fill in an afterthought.
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Guru Viking has posted a long interview of me at www.guruviking.com/podcast/ep209-the-english-magic…
The interview is structured mainly around my life story, how I discovered magic and what were my main influences. GV does something that every long podcaster should do, which is to list a timeline "contents" so you can jump ahead and choose bits that are of greatest interest.
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Weird Studies did a wonderful episode all about my first published book SSOTBME - an Essay on Magic. It told me some things about the book that even I had not fully appreciated.
www.weirdstudies.com/141?fbclid=IwAR2lv_7Lj-qK-qz2…
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Mike Gathers has posted an interesting chat with me on the Hilaritas website. I learned more about Robert Anton Wilson's ideas and "reality tunnels" from him.
www.hilaritaspress.com/podcasts/lionel-snell-on-ma…
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Following my video about rumours and persuasion, this BBC article provides a very powerful example of manipulation.
www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-62225696?fbcl…
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In response to my last video "Is Reality Really Real?", one viewer drew my attention to a really fascinating interview at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dd6CQ.... Not only does it make a similar case to my one, it also uses similar examples - eg he talks of a "Graphical User Interface" where I suggest "Sensory User Interface", and the perceptions of a cat and the pressures of evolution. Where we differ is that he sees this as a route by which science might extend towards the spiritual, whereas I am more interested in the idea that science is just one of several alternative ways to address reality. Also interesting is the interviewer's observations about how vehemently some people oppose this VR approach. I have simplpy been censored, while it seems that Prof Hoffman has actually made people angry. Perhaps it is because I emphasised the fun of the quest, rather than a search for truth?
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Wide ranging discussion on magic, changing attitudes and trends with Jason Louv. One of many great interviews on his Ultraculture podcast: podcast.magick.me/ep-106-ramsey-dukes-patron-saint…
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This is a recording of a my interview published on the excellent Thoth Hermes Website: thothermes.com/episodes/s8-special-episode-1-happy…
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The Re-Enchantment of the World
I was invited a couple of weeks ago to a discussion on this theme with Arthur Versluis and Christopher McIntosh (who set me on my publishing career long ago!) I really enjoyed the theme and the conversation is now posted on the Hieros Institute website at The Re-Enchantment of the World - hieros.institute/videos-conversations-lectures/the…
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