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I keep being accused of using AI. I've even been accused, more than once, of being AI-generated. So I owe you something better than irritation: an act...

What does it mean to practise Wicca as an initiatory tradition today, and how does the legacy of figures such as Doreen Valiente continue to shape mod...

Lucid dreaming is often presented as a modern discovery, but traditions across the world have explored conscious dreaming for centuries. In this episo...

What is an Esbat, and is it really an ancient full moon ritual? In this video, I trace the surprising history of the word Esbat, from its Old French ...

What if everything you think you know about the Witches' Sabbath is wrong? The broomsticks, the Devil, the midnight orgies on remote mountaintops: th...

Join me for a livestream interview with Cherry Parra, author of The Left Hand Path of Tarot, as we explore shadow, divination, witchcraft, and the tra...

Join me for a livestream interview with Dr Gal Sofer on the complex histories of Solomonic magic, learned magical literature, and the transmission of ...

The Green Man was invented in 1939. Not the carvings. Those are real, they are medieval, and they have a fascinating Christian history. But the god, ...

Alchemy is far more than the myth of turning lead into gold. In this video, I explore how alchemy developed across Hellenistic Egypt, China, India, th...

What happens when magic moves through podcasts, digital media, and contemporary American culture? In this livestream, I’ll be joined by Heather Freema...

What if everything you thought you knew about Solomonic magic was wrong? In this video, I explore Gal Sofer’s groundbreaking study of Solomonic magic ...

What happens when you discover that the spiritual tradition you trusted may not be as ancient, authentic, or historically grounded as you were led to ...

Join me for a live conversation with Professor Wouter J. Hanegraaff on his recent book Esotericism in Western Culture: Counter-Normativity and Rejecte...

This lecture explores what religious cults are, how scholars study them, and the techniques high-control groups use to shape belief and behaviour. Dra...

What if the world you experience is not reality itself, but a biologically constructed interface designed for survival rather than truth? In this epis...

What is shadow work, really? Is it therapy, initiation, political reclamation, or a commodified self-help trend? In this video, we trace the concept ...

Join us live for a conversation with Dr Shira Chess on the hidden entanglements between digital culture and the occult, inspired by her new book The U...

This episode offers a critical examination of the question of “the most ancient forms of magic” by interrogating the category of magic itself as a his...

Do Gods exist? Why is magic more effective when Gods and spirits are involved? What makes magic effective? How to influence people and political event...

It's my Birthday! Join the celebration, ask your questions in the chat and watch me perform a Tantric Ritual! Surprise, surprise! What is it going to ...

In this episode, I critically examine the widespread claim that quantum physics provides scientific proof for magic, esotericism, and spiritual practi...

We examine the critical exchange between Ben Whitmore’s Trials of the Moon and Ronald Hutton’s responses to it, using the debate as a lens through whi...

This episode offers a critical, historically grounded examination of Aphrodite as a trans-cultural religious phenomenon rather than a stable mythologi...

Join Maevius Lynn and me on Sunday, 28 December at 6 pm GMT and 1 pm EST for a fascinating conversation on all things Thelema. ABOUT OUR GUEST Maevi...

Join me live on Sunday 21 December at 6 pm GMT, 1 pm EST, for a festive and thought provoking deep dive into the Winter Solstice. In the first half of...

This livestream brings together Manon Hedenborg White and Henrik Bogdan to discuss their newly co-edited volume The Magical Diaries of Leah Hirsig, 19...

Have you ever lit a candle, whispered an incantation, and watched something uncannily fitting happen days later? Was it magic, or just a well-timed co...

This lecture explores the provocative question: Can magic stop wars? Drawing on historical and cross-cultural sources, we examine how rituals and spel...

In this episode, Dr Angela Puca unpacks one of the most fascinating questions in the study and practice of magic: how does magic actually work? Drawin...

For over thirty years, Richard Kaczynski has been a scholar, speaker and writer on Western esotericism, particularly the life and work of British occu...