This January, having finally served the leftover carrots we’ve been dangling for six years, we are… refreshed. And so, we record our 24th episode under the patronage of the Philosopher Saint and Doctor of the Church, Thomas Aquinas. In our excitement, we invited the demon Ashtaroth to the conversation (forgetting that we have indeed partied before with Ashtaroth on Episode 17) and yet a lovely time was had by all.

We discuss the mighty Oak, the shapely Thunderstone (in its many permutations across Thunder-wondered cultures), the Major Arcana of the Empress, the magic of the Passions, the Geomantic Figure of Via, and that  dead magician and godfather of modern occultism, Alphonse Louis Constant, aka Eliphas Levi.

We will continue to update the website and our facebook page when footnotes become available. 

This episode is also available on Youtube and Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

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We recorded this episode on Jan 16th, 2023. In it we mention our friend Jake Stratton Kent. The next day we found out Jake had passed that morning of the 17th. We have kept in the mention as we often reference him on the show, indeed he was one our inspirations and a huge fan and promoter of the show. We will deeply, deeply miss you, Jake. Thank you for being you, for encouraging us, for your inkshed, for holding the Work as more important than any ego, for striving to build the occulture you wanted to see, for being a friend.

Give ‘em hell, Jake. This pint’s for you.