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Mystic Syndicate

This is the final two-hander episode featuring the brilliant and sorely missed Terry Robinson, recorded with Pooka before Terry’s passing. In this deeply personal and intellectually rich conversation, Terry and Pooka dive headfirst into the mystic heart of the Syndicate , exploring its layered portrayal across Mage: The Ascension editions—from Mafia caricature to modern myth-makers of the market.

  • Revised & M20 era implications:Syndicate in charge—but how and when did that happen?
  • Bourdieu’s Capital Theory: Economic, social, cultural, and linguistic capital in Mage terms
  • Roland Barthes & Jean Baudrillard: Semiotics, simulation, and consumer ritual as hyper-sigil work
  • Pierre Lévy’s Anthropological Spaces: Syndicate mages as avatars of the Commodity Space
  • Control, Blindsight & Data Visualization: Facial recognition as magical parsing; the uncanny art of market faces
  • Tate Modern installation: A stock ticker + Greek lament = sublime Syndicate paradox realm?
  • The Syndicate as potential chaos magicians of the Technocracy
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