On Thursday November 10th, 2016 the Hermetic Hour with host Poke Runyon

will review the career of Steve Ditko's Dr. Stephen Strange, "Master of

the Mystic Arts" from his Marvel Comics' debut in 1963 to the 2016

Disney/Marvel film released this month. We will discuss Doc's ancestor

the 1930's Radio sorcerer "Chandu the Magician" and give a synopsis of

Strange's early comic book adventures and the live action films. Both

the1978 and 2016 films emphasize Hermetic symbolism and method drawing

on Eastern yoga for power and technique; resulting in a system that is a

sort of astral Kung-Fu. In both films the Master Teacher is European,

whereas in the original comic book version he was a Tibetan Lama called

"The Ancient One." In the recent film there have been some changes in

the service of political correctness that are difficult to understand.

Why change Baron Mordo the original Euoropean villian into Doc's black

side-kick and then create a new villian to play Mordo's traditional role

played by a European actor. So, if you want to explore this and other

deep mysteries of Dr. Strange's magical universe, tune in and we'll

consult the Orb of Agamodo.