In the Borderlands

Occult thinker and practitioner David Beth once made a vow to wait at least a decade before writing another book. "The Black Pilgrimage“ is the result of that promise.

DAVID BETH LINKS

https://theionpublishing.com/

https://kosmicgnosis.com/

Soundscape for intro and outro by Lee Berwick.

https://www.leeberwick.com/

PODCAST LINKS

REFERENCES

Thelema

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

Michael Bertiaux

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

https://www.instagram.com/michaelbertiauxart/

Voudon Gnosis by David Beth

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6850109-voudon-gnosis

Muses

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

Orpheus

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

Odin

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

Martin Heidegger

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

Lwa

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

Gnosticism

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

Friedrich Nietzsche

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

Zorba the Greek

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

Anselm Kiefer

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

Hellblazer

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

We’re starting a new thread in our podcast weave! "Epic Small Talk“ is basically conversations between performance storytellers and other myth workers on different mythological subjects. A deep dive into the nitty gritty of myth, if you will. And to bless any new project, we have to start by invoking and inviting trickster to open the landscape for us.

JO BLAKE LINK

https://jo-blake.co.uk/

DOMINIC KELLY LINK

https://dominickelly.net/

PODCAST LINKS

REFERENCES

Trickster

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

Blodeuwedd

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

Mabinogion

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

Raven

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

Coyote

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

Trickster Makes This World by Lewis Hyde

https://lewishyde.com/trickster/

Hermes

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

Medb

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

The Ulcster Cycle

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

The Trickster Aesthetic by Jeanne Rosier Smith

https://books.google.se/books/about/The_Trickster_Aesthetic.html?id=jgpSNwAACAAJ&redir_esc=y

Maui

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C4%81ui

The Gallic Wars by Julius Caesar

https://classics.mit.edu/Caesar/gallic.6.6.html

Peer Gynt

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

Kalevala

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

Lemminkäinen

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemmink%C3%A4inen

Frank Abagnale

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

Catch Me If You Can

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

Loki

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

Vodou

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

Candomblé

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

Santería

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santer%C3%ADa

Cynthia Bourgeault

https://www.cynthiabourgeault.org/

Epic of Gilgamesh

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

Ishtar/Inanna

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

Uruk

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

Baldr

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

Frigg

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

Ezra Pound

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

Lleu

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

Hod

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%B6%C3%B0r

Ragnarök

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ragnar%C3%B6k

Kachina

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

Our second episode on the Odinic path takes us to Rune Hjarnø Rasmussen, founder of Nordic Animism and initiate to Odin in the Candomblé tradition. We speak to him about his initiation to a Norse god in an Afro-Brazilian syncretistic context, about the nature of initation in general, and how the Odinic qualities of speaking something into being and insisting on the right story are crucial counterweights to our hypermodernistic and overly representational times.

What is a right story? What is a wrong story? Can you destroy the sacred by making it too seen? Too available? Join us as we explore these themes guided by the guardian of knowledge.

RUNE HJARNØ RASMUSSEN LINK

https://nordicanimism.com/

PODCAST LINKS

REFERENCES

Candomblé

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

Vodou

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

Santería

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santer%C3%ADa

Oshoshi

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

Ullr

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

Yoruba

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

Hávamál

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A1vam%C3%A1l

Donna Haraway

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

Tyson Yunkaporta

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Kb7EWX80Fo

Right Story, Wrong Story by Tyson Yunkaporta

https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/199122606-right-story-wrong-story

Atlantis

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

Gotland

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

The Matrix

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

Black Panther

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

Gangs of New York

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

Dune

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dune_(franchise)

Jötunn

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

Kalevala

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

Ragnarök

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ragnar%C3%B6k

Ragnarok tv series

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

Sophie Strand

https://sophiestrand.com/

Wendigo

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

Maria Kvilhaug, one of our favourite guests, has returned to "In the Borderlands“. She herself inhabits the liminal space between the scholar and the mystic and her deep delve analysis of ancient Norse poetry is always a delight to listen to. This time we have asked her to reflect on the fascinating figure of Odin, his polyvalent nature and his many, many names. Saddle your eight-legged steed and join us for the ride!

MARIA KVILHAUG LINKS

https://www.patreon.com/MariaKvilhaug

https://www.instagram.com/mariakvilhaug/

https://www.facebook.com/ladyofthe.labyrinth/

https://bsky.app/profile/mariakvilhaug.bsky.social

https://shop.the3littlesisters.com/collections/the-maria-kvilhaug-collection

PODCAST LINKS

REFERENCES

Odin

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

Freyja

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

Idunn

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%C3%B0unn

Rune Hjarnø Rasmussen

https://nordicanimism.com/

Candomblé

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

The Poetic Edda

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

Hel

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hel_(mythological_being)

The Norns

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

Plato

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

Jo Blake

https://jo-blake.co.uk/

Book by Walter Ong: Orality and Literacy

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/164515.Orality_and_Literacy

Snorri Sturlusson

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

Hávamál

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A1vam%C3%A1l

Vafþrúðnismál

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaf%C3%BEr%C3%BA%C3%B0nism%C3%A1l

Sif

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

Valkyrie

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

Útgarðar

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9Atgar%C3%B0ar

Hárbarðsljóð

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A1rbar%C3%B0slj%C3%B3%C3%B0

Grímnismál

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gr%C3%ADmnism%C3%A1l

Jörmungandr

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

Alvíssmál

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alv%C3%ADssm%C3%A1l

Haustlǫng

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haustl%C3%B6ng

Hyndluljóð

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyndlulj%C3%B3%C3%B0

Lokasenna

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

Höðr

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%B6%C3%B0r

Ragnarök

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ragnar%C3%B6k

Hœnir

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C5%93nir

From the vibrant wilderness of Big Sur in California, we are joined by multidisciplinary artist Fletcher Tucker.

FLECHER TUCKER LINK

https://www.fletchertucker.com/

PODCAST LINKS

REFERENCES

Esselen

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

Sōtō zen

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C5%8Dt%C5%8D

Alan Watts

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

Wendell Berry

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

Kumano kodō pilgrimage routes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumano_Kod%C5%8D

Æsir-Vanir

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86sir%E2%80%93Vanir_War

Ramayana

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

Ramlila

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

Shinto

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

Kami

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

Tomten

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nisse_(folklore)

Thulite

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

Rune Hjarnø Rasmussen

https://nordicanimism.com/

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