Yes, I was back on the Hermitix podcast a little while back, and as usual had a great time. This show, as usual, we covered a lot of ground, but most of it circled (or rather oozed rugosely) around
The Weird of Hali, my seven-volume epic fantasy with tentacles, and the considerable interfaces between that set of linked tales and the occult traditions that I study and practice. If you're shuddering in horror at the thought of having to put up with one more round of plastic holiday cheer, it may be just the incantation you're looking for. Check it out
here. In the meantime, a carol to warm your hearts:
"It's the most tentacled time of the year,
There'll be cultists invoking
With howling and croaking
That fills you with fear --
It's the most tentacled time of the year."
(Still working on the other verses..)
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Yes, I'm back on the Hermitix Podcast with host James Ellis. The subject? The Cabala/Qabalah/Kabbalah. (The Semitic languages have sounds that don't transliterate well into Indo-European languages, which is why this word has so many spellings, and also why no two media outlets in Europe or American spelled the last name of Muammar Khaddafi the same way.) As always with Hermitix, it was a good lively conversation that covered a lot of ground. Interested? Check it out here on Podcasters and here on YouTube. 
Two more podcasts have gone live for your listening pleasure. The first was kind of a special experience for me -- a conversation with Arthur Versluis and Christopher Macintosh. If you know your way around the last quarter century or so of writing on the Western esoteric traditions, you know both names; they're among the writers I studied closely when I was in the process of clawing my way up out of the mosh pit of practical occultism into the more refined balcony of occult philosophy. Our conversation was on paths forward into the future, and what the Western esoteric traditions have to offer along those lines; my book 
The second was equally pleasant but a little less unexpected, at least for me. I was back on the Hermitix podcast with host James Ellis, and the theme of the discussion was much the same: cycles of history, the writings of Oswald Spengler and Arnold Toynbee, and what we can expect as the United States and the modern world stumble blindly forward into a future for which very few people have made any preparations at all. You can take this one in on Spotify 
The last month or so has been a little busier than usual on the podcast front, and I have two more podcasts for your listening pleasure. 
Second is another appearance on the Hermitix podcast with the ever-entertaining James Ellis. The theme for this episode was John Gilbert's book The Doors of Tarot, which I edited, and more generally the tarot, divination, and my experiences with John Gilbert and the occult traditions he passed on. As always, a good time was had by all,. You can check it out on Spotify 
This week my latest two podcasts went up. The first is with Peter Koronios of the Arcanvm Podcast; we had a lively and enjoyable hour of conversation covering quite a bit of ground -- Druidry, the magical side of environmentalism, and occult fiction, for starters. You can listen in on YouTube 
Yes, I've been on several more podcasts of late, and two of them have been released. First up is a second interview with futurist and tech evangelist Tim Ventura on the subject of catabolic collapse, following on 
Second up is another lively conversation on Hermitix with host James Ellis. This time the subject is Druidry, in response to the publication of my recent intro to Druid spirituality, 
Second, I was delighted to be on a new (for me) podcast, Stargazer, with host Rachel. She's a practicing astrologer with a fine grasp of the technical and spiritual sides of the science of the stars,. and we had a great conversation about Pluto's waning influence and the broader realm of mundane astrology. You can listen to it 
Once again I'm on the Hermitix podcast with host James Ellis, but this time we're talking about something a little different: the economic ideas in my book The Wealth of Nature: Economics as if Survival Mattered, which is currently out of print but will be reprinted sometime soon (fingers crossed!) in a new edition from Founders House. 
Just when you thought it was safe to go back on the internet...
I know a lot of people are having to struggle to keep afloat in the current crisis. Among them is James, the host of the Hermitix podcast on which I've appeared fairly regularly. The joinery company that provided him with his day job has gone out of business, and he's hoping to make lemonade out of that particular lemon by making the transition to full-time podcasting. If you enjoy offbeat podcasts featuring thoughtful one-on-one interviews with figures on the fringes, and have a little spare change each month, consider becoming a patron of his via his Patreon account at 
