For this episode, performance storyteller Torgrim Mellum Stene takes center stage as we talk about two of his current performances that both revolve around myth, history and time.

Join us for a probing conversation on dreaming and waking, fact and vision, giving voice to the underdog, truth and that which is truer than truth – how layers of reality weave together to resonate in a way that reveals meaning and brings history into the here and now.

PODCAST LINKS

REFERENCES

Magnus the Lawmender

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_the_Lawmender

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helg%C3%B8ya_Church

Chakra

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chakra

Omphalos

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omphalos

National Library of Norway

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Library_of_Norway

Jerusalem by Alan Moore

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem_(Moore_novel)

The Great When by Alan Moore

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_When

Voice of the Fire by Alan Moore

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_of_the_Fire

Bohemian Rhapsody film

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohemian_Rhapsody_(film)

Walk the Line film

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walk_the_Line

The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber and David Wengrow

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dawn_of_Everything

Io Saturnalia! In celebration of the Roman holiday of role reversal, gift giving and letting go, we take a closer look at the chained god Saturn/Cronus/Chronos. Putting on our saturnine glasses, we discuss his presence in myth, folklore, Lovecraft and most recently, in the Hollywood blockbuster movie "The Fantastic Four: First Steps“. Spoilers abound.

Happy holidays!

PODCAST LINKS

REFERENCES

Saturnalia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturnalia

The Cult of the Black Cube: A Saturnian Grimoire by Arthur Moros

https://theionpublishing.com/shop/cbc-4thed/

Saturn

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_(mythology)

Cronus

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cronus

Chronos

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronos

The Fantastic Four: First Steps

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fantastic_Four:_First_Steps

Horus

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horus

Tartarus

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tartarus

David Beth

https://theionpublishing.com/authors/david-beth/

Planescape: Torment

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planescape:_Torment

Tarot card: The Tower

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tower_(tarot_card)

Rune Hjarnø Rasmussen

https://nordicanimism.com/home1

King Aun

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aun

Doctor Doom

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Doom

Superman

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superman_(2025_film)

H.P. Lovecraft

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._P._Lovecraft

Providence by Alan Moore and Jacen Burrows

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence_(Avatar_Press)

Faerie

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairyland

Dragon Age

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_Age

The Shadow over Innsmouth

https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/soi.aspx

Ymir

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ymir

Ginnungagap

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginnungagap

For our 60th episode, we weave words with DIY working class wizard Will Wright. Will is an occult artist, a narrative film maker and a magic practitioner. He finds himself at the intersection of many realms and subcultures and is the editor of acclaimed occult art zine Wyrd Zine, exploring contemporary shamanism, animism and visionary art.

Here, in the Borderlands, we delve into a variety of diverse, yet interconnected, themes. Our lost relationship with the Neanderthals. The Cosmic Tree of Yggdrasil as an image of the human nervous system. Meetings with the fae and machine elves. A call to anarcho-animism. Stories of magic and wonder.

WILL WRIGHT LINKS

https://www.instagram.com/wyrd.zine/

https://www.wyldheartandwright.co.uk/

PODCAST LINKS

REFERENCES

Alejandro Jodorowsky

https://www.instagram.com/alejandro.jodorowsky/

Mad Max

https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_Max_(franchise)

Alan Moore

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Moore

Stanley Kubrick

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Kubrick

Akira Kurosawa

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akira_Kurosawa

French New Wave

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_New_Wave

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Texas_Chain_Saw_Massacre

Jaws

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaws_(film)

Lars von Trier

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lars_von_Trier

Alfred Hitchcock

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Hitchcock

Panpsychism

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panpsychism

NLP

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuro-linguistic_programming

Chaos Magick

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos_magic

https://books.google.se/books/about/This_Is_Chaos_Embracing_the_Future_of_Ma.html?id=sOkZEQAAQBAJ&redir_esc=y

Robert Anton Wilson

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Anton_Wilson

Odin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odin

Terence McKenna

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terence_McKenna

Dennis McKenna

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_McKenna

Heroic dose

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGqFxjQI3is

Killing Joke

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_Joke

The KLF

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_KLF

Maria Kvilhaug

https://www.patreon.com/mariakvilhaug/about?

Brian Bates: The Way of Wyrd

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/767358.The_Way_Of_Wyrd

Kundalini

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kundalini

Vedas

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vedas

René Descartes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Descartes

Baruch Spinoza

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baruch_Spinoza

Midgard

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midgard

Psilocybin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psilocybin

Inclosure act

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inclosure_act

Mímir

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%ADmir

Titans

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titans

Nephilim

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nephilim

Jötunn

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B6tunn

Flood myth

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flood_myth

Fáfnir

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%A1fnir

Jörmungandr

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B6rmungandr

Fairy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairy

Highlander

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highlander_(film)

Herne the Hunter

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herne_the_Hunter

Robin of Sherwood

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_of_Sherwood

Valhalla Rising

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valhalla_Rising_(film)

Nicholas Winding Refn

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Winding_Refn

The Neon Demon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Neon_Demon

Dario Argento

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dario_Argento

Swamp Thing

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swamp_Thing_(comic_book)

Howl´s Moving Castle

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howl%27s_Moving_Castle_(film)

Blur

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blur_(band)

Göbekli Tepe

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6bekli_Tepe

Soma

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soma_(drink)

Paul Stamets

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Stamets

Sanxingdui Bronze Tree

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanxingdui

Archon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archon

The Last of Us

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_of_Us_(TV_series)

Nicole Kidman

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicole_Kidman

We are back after another hiatus! And this time we invite you to join us in a magical episode of Shakespearean trivia and artistic nerdgasms. We are joined by performing artist, storyteller and The Great Bard Afficionado Extraordinaire – Debs Newbold (UK/IR)!

Debs has worked extensively with retelling Shakespeare’s plays as storytelling shows, having reached international acclaim with her versions of King Lear, Macbeth and Romeo and Juliet. Lately, she has been wrangling the beast that is "The Tempest“ which is slowly entering its final form. With that play as a jumping off point we discuss what it means to be faithful in a process of artistic adaptation, and how revision can feel like a glorious act of rebellion that is yet somehow able to be encompassed and even welcomed by a canonical work of art.

DEBS NEWBOLD LINKS

https://www.debsnewboldplays.com/

https://www.instagram.com/debsnewboldplays/

https://x.com/debsnewbold

SXIP SHIREY LINKS

https://www.sxipshireymusic.com/

https://www.instagram.com/sxipshireyofficial/

PODCAST LINKS

REFERENCES

Words Festival (discontinued 2023)

https://www.facebook.com/wordsfestival

Shakespeare's Globe Theatre

https://www.shakespearesglobe.com/

Geoffrey of Monmouth

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_of_Monmouth

Ovid

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ovid

Grace O'Malley

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_O%27Malley

Hag-Seed by Margaret Atwood

https://margaretatwood.ca/books/hag-seed/

Arden Shakespeare

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arden_Shakespeare

Lewis Theobald

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Theobald

Pandora

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandora

Albion

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albion

David Beth has spent half a lifetime exploring the hidden aspects of consciousness, the malaise of the modern mind, the essences of divine archetypes and forms.

We speak of how the Western World is a world only in concept, because it is based on safety, predictability and preconceived notions of what it should be. A reality based on human imposition. How do we re-establish a true relation with the world based on openness, listening and allowing, a world of never-ending creation, constantly making kosmos from kaos?

DAVID BETH LINKS

https://theionpublishing.com/

https://kosmic-gnosis.org/

Intro text from the essay "Children of the Abyss"

https://theionpublishing.com/shop/tfg_2revexp/

PODCAST LINKS

REFERENCES

Conjuring Creativity

https://conjuringcreativity.org/

Aleister Crowley

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleister_Crowley

Thelema

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelema

Anthroposophy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthroposophy

Michael Bertiaux

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bertiaux

Haitian Vodou

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_Vodou

Ludwig Klages

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_Klages

Martin Heidegger

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Heidegger

Homer

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer

Georges Bataille

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Bataille

Sagas of Icelanders

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagas_of_Icelanders

Left-hand-path and right-hand-path

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left-hand_path_and_right-hand_path

Minotaur

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minotaur

Archon (Gnosticism)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archon_(Gnosticism)

Biocentrism

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biocentrism_(ethics)

Maya Deren

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_Deren

Candomblé

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candombl%C3%A9

Umbanda

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umbanda

Quimbanda

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quimbanda

Dionysus

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dionysus

Language of the birds

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_of_the_birds

Siegfried/Sigurd

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigurd

Sufism

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sufism

Mjölnir (Thor's hammer)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mj%C3%B6lnir

Geist

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geist

Veil of Isis

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veil_of_Isis

Klaus Kinski

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_Kinski

Alfred Schuler

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Schuler

Anselm Kiefer

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anselm_Kiefer

Vincent van Gogh

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_van_Gogh

Maui, the taboo-thrashing sun-subduing demigod of the Pacific islands, takes center stage in this episode, a force of erupting and disruptive nature that has been haunting podcast host and performance storyteller Mikael Öberg for decades, demanding with increased intensity the making of a performance, a show, a narrative string of pearls.

Mikael has finally relented, creating "Maui Trickster“, a storytelling show that just premiered in the UK. Come delve into the liminal space of culture hero cum trickster Maui. Together with us.

MAUI TRICKSTER AT FOLKLORE, HOXTON MAY 29th

https://crickcrackclub.com/crick-crack-events/fairytales-for-grown-ups-maui-trickster/

MAUI TRICKSTER AT STEALING THUNDER STORYTELLING FESTIVAL JUNE 21st

https://stealingthunder.co.uk/maui-trickster

PODCAST LINKS

REFERENCES

Polynesia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polynesia

Melanesia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanesia

Micronesia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micronesia

Tapu

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapu_(Polynesian_culture)

Samson

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samson

Thor

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thor

Loki

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loki

Zeus

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeus

Hermes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermes

Maui Of A Thousand Tricks – His Oceanic and European Biographers by Katharine Luomala

https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.78688

The traditions of the Yoruba people in modern day Nigeria transformed into the religions of Voodoo, Candomble and Santería in Haiti, Brazil and Cuba respectively. Valter Kinbom is an initiated omo aña (Son of the Drum Spirit), a ceremonial drummer in Santería rituals.

Together we explore the technology of rhythm and the archetypal energies of the Orishas. Constantly guided by Eleggua, the Orisha of the treshold, the trickster spirit of paradox, the liminal, of both both/and and either/or.

VALTER KINBOM'S LINKS

https://www.instagram.com/valterpercussion/

https://www.youtube.com/@valteriano

Batá drum

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat%C3%A1_drum

Yoruba people

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoruba_people

Orisha

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orisha

Polytheism

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polytheism

Babalawo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babalawo

Elegua

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elegua

Ogun

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogun

Oshosi

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oshosi

Oshun

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oshun

Orunmila

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%BB%8Crunmila

Asatru

https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asatru

Your Favorite Babalawo Youtube channel

https://www.youtube.com/@favbabalawo

Haitan Vodou

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_Vodou

Lwa

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lwa

Monotheism

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monotheism

Candomblé

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candombl%C3%A9

Yemoja

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yem%E1%BB%8Dja

Shango

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shango

Eshu

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eshu

Olorun/Olodomare

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%BB%8Cl%E1%BB%8Drun

Obatala

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%BB%8Cbatala

Olokun

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olokun

Oya

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%BB%8Cya

Hermit Songs by Samuel Barber

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermit_Songs

Saint Brigid

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigid_of_Kildare

Rabindranath Tagore

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabindranath_Tagore

Matías De Stefano

https://matiasdestefano.org/en/frontpage/

Rumi

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumi

Akashic records

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akashic_records

Octahedron

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octahedron

Ogbe Tua

https://en.oshaeifa.com/odu-ifa/ogbe/ogbe-tua/

Olofin

https://en.oshaeifa.com/orisha/olodumare-olorun-olofin/

Merci beaucoup Le Avenger Sonique!

"...set out again, with an oar on your shoulder, and travel to a country where people have never heard of the sea..."

Returning guest and deep friend of the podcast, interdisciplinary performer and storyteller Jo Blake, is back! This time to invite us to look at Odysseus, the classical epitome of heroic masculinity, with new eyes.

The story of Odysseus has always been a living companion story for Jo, though she is yet to tell it. We discuss how Odysseus' voyage goes beyond gender, teaches something profound about the nature of reality and relation, and can be seen as a valuable story of submission, humility and descension.

And last but not least, why most modern retellings of the Odyssey often choose to leave out the actual ending.

JO BLAKE LINK

Taiko drums

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiko

Pandvani 108

https://crickcrackclub.com/pandvani108/

The Iliad

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iliad

Ithaka

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer%27s_Ithaca

Penelope

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penelope

Telemachus

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telemachus

Shiva

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiva

Troy (film)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy_(film)

Kratos (god of war)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kratos_(God_of_War)

Athena

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athena

Circe

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circe

Tiresias

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiresias

Cronus

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cronus

Demeter

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demeter

Persephone

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persephone

Terence McKenna

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terence_McKenna

Mary Magdalene

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Magdalene

The Divine Comedy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divine_Comedy

How does a Swedish percussionist raised on Balkan music end up as a vodou queen in Ghana?

That is a question Kristina Aspeqvist is more than happy to answer, in a free-flowing way. Our enthralling conversation of her professional and spiritual journey felt sometimes like jazz, sometimes like folk, sometimes transcendent. Just like her music.

KRISTINA ASPEQVIST LINKS

https://www.musikcentrumost.se/artist/nioki-beats

Vodou

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_African_Vodún

Ewe people

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ewe_people?variant=zh-cn

Davul drum

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davul

Conga drum

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conga

Grammis Award

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammis

KVAST

https://kvast.org

Feirefiz

https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feirefiz

Parsifal/Percival

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percival

Ray Lema

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Lema

Ray Lema and the Bulgarian Voices

https://www.allmusic.com/album/bulgarian-voices-mw0001008398

Tom Sawyer

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Sawyer

Aurelia Dey

https://www.aureliadey.com

Keta

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keta

Bengt Berger

https://www.instagram.com/bengtberger/

Brekete drum

http://www.rythmworks.se/Produkt-filer/brekete.html

Lise-Lotte Norelius

https://www.lise-lottenorelius.se

Animism

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animism

Haitian revolution

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_Revolution

Tibetan Buddhism

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibetan_Buddhism

Odin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odin

Frigg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frigg

Kakelugn/Masonry heater

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masonry_heater

Santería

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santería

Fowl

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fowl

Balafon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balafon

The White Goddess by Robert Graves

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_White_Goddess

The Pig episode of In the Borderlands

https://www.intheborderlands.com/2021/12/21/christmas-yuletide-special-the-pig-4/

Asante people

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asante_people

Tiamat

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiamat

Kunda people

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunda_people

Ifá

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ifá

Diakon/Deacon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deacon

Mami Wata

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mami_Wata

UNESCO Intangible cultural heritage

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNESCO_Intangible_Cultural_Heritage_Lists

I Ching

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Ching

Cowrie-shell divination

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowrie-shell_divination

Accra

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accra

Greta Lindholm

https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greta_Lindholm

Birgit Åkesson

https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birgit_Åkesson

Sufism

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sufism