Initially conducted by and shared by Bran of Sunnatru on his Youtube channel, I'm sharing our conversation here with his blessing-- paganism, fitness culture, and the shifting social tides as the West seeks a new path forward.

I’m honored to share this profound dialogue with depth psychologist, practitioner, academic, lifter and much more-- including author of today’s subject (among other works), “A Druid in Psychologist’s Clothing.” This conversation mainly stems from a discussion of that remarkable biography of forgotten psychologist and druid E. Graham Howe (Who?), and expands into a bardic flow delving into druidry broadly, philosophical concepts, the role of therapy, discipline and much more. Listen in for uncommon insights, and find Ian as @ianedwardsphd on Instagram and through his various publishers, including Anathema. Moving “backwards,” this interview begins by jumping right into the topics at hand and ends with introductions and hints at past and future writing projects— you’re invited to engage for yourself and share your thoughts below.

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This is a conversation between two friends walking overlapping paths of present-day druidry. Both of us having been formally involved in Ar nDraioch Fein for a similar amount of time, Susan is the official Southwest regional druid in Ar nDraioch Fein & scribe of Raven’s Cry Grove, ADF— and on this episode I have the pleasure of asking about her own thoughts & experiences on her druidic path while sharing some of my own. We chatted about ritual crafting, the distinction between group ritual & personal practice, different reasons for approaching religion, formal study within paganism and more. For those interested in a more personal conversation on a personal experience with druidry today especially through a formal organization, this is the episode for you! 

On today’s episode, I had a perhaps leviathan-length conversation with infamous piercer Nathan Peterson of Nathan’s Tattoos & Piercings! Our conversation started with the theme of the initiatic quality of pain especially as it relates to body modification, and branches out into tangents on our philosophies regarding mindfulness in our digitally-oversaturated present day life (“experiencing life head-on”), our respective faiths, mystical interests, Nathan’s history with piercing and much more— you’ll have to listen for yourself.

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In today’s episode of Occulture Wars, I go on an hour-long deeply fascinating tangent with Murtagh, who’s been called “Grandfather of Celtic Reconstruction,” an “American shaman,” a priest of the Morrigan— and I’m happy to call him my friend. In this conversation, we speak about some of Murtagh’s experience coming up in the early days of witchcraft and the modern pagan revival, some inside knowledge into how the Wheel of the Year model was actually created (not as mysterious as one might think), entering the realm of faery with and without acid and so much more. This episode will be a special treat for modern pagan history buffs, those of us who love knowing as much as we can about where this movement came from and how it evolved. I very much plan on having Tagh back for another talk when his schedule allows, so for now enjoy this one!

Find Tagh on Facebook with the Pagan History Project, as himself Murtagh AnDoile, and [email protected]. 

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Occulture Wars is back and fully loaded with not only audio but video (available on Youtube and my Patreon), the better to lay into Whoopi Goldberg's Wokified revisionist history (recorded before her suspension), theorize on the result of Amazon's support for the recent push for federally legalized marijuana, explain why I use the name American Druid and finish with some parting words. This episode is short and sweet but, it's free and I'm studying for midterms! Come back next week for more.