All Season 4 Episodes (January-June 2020)
S4-E24 – The Conquering Twin-Tomas Vincente
The Cover of Tomas Vincente's book THE FACELESS GOD (Theion Publishing)In this "Season Finale" there is not only a finale, but also a premiere! This is the first time that Dr. Tomas Vincente, author of the book "The Faceless God", has agreed to appear on a podcast,...
S4-E23 – Living Philosophy-Gary Lachman
Even though GARY LACHMAN has already appeared in three episodes on our podcast, we never did that full interview with him (He spoke to us about Colin Wilson in that Episode 10 in our first season in August 2017, and twice on presentations of conferences he took part...
S4-E22 – Tantra and Chaos-Phil Hine
Portrait of PHIL HINE by Asa MedhurstRudolf's guest in this new episode is PHIL HINE. Get ready for a nice Northern English accent Phil is an independent researcher and author. A former editor of Chaos International, he was the co-creator and editor (with Rodney...
S4-E21 – Gnosticism and Visionary Art-Laurence Caruana
Rudolf welcomes in this episode artist, author and lecturer, LAURENCE CARUANA. His highly-symbolic works explore the interplay of myth, visions and dreams while integrating views from different sacred traditions. Born in Toronto. Canada, of Maltese descent, he is a...
S4-E20 – Arts and the Occult-Hagen von Tulien
In Episode 20, Rudolf welcomes German artist and occultist Hagen von Tulien Hagen is working in a variety of media including pen and ink, paper cut, collage and digital formats. With about forty years of intense magical theory and practice, he has specialized in...
Q&A with David Beth
A very special edition: no intro talk, no music, just David Beth and I in a Q&A session!David's interview in Episode 11 has brought many questions that you were asking, thanks for this. And thanks to David for coming back just to answer the most important ones.He...
S4-E19 – Imagining Tarot-Rachel Pollack
In this episode, Rudolf is talking to RACHEL POLLACK, American science fiction author, comic book writer, and expert on divinatory tarot. She is also involved in the women's spirituality movement. Rachel Pollack is the author of 40 books, most recently The Fissure...
S4-E18 – Crowley’s India-Tobias Churton
Tobias Churton is Britain’s leading scholar of Western Esotericism, a world authority on Gnosticism, Hermeticism, and Rosicrucianism. He is a filmmaker and the founding editor of the magazine Freemasonry Today. An Honorary Fellow of Exeter University, where he is...
S4-E17 – O.T.O. and more-Richard Kaczynski
One of the major personalities of North American Occultism is Rudolf's guest on this upcoming episode: RICHARD KACZYNKSI He is the author of Perdurabo: The Life of Aleister Crowley (2010), which the Times Literary Supplement deemed “the major biography to date” of the...
S4-E16 – Ex Libris-April 2020
CHAPTER 1 First published in French in 1911, this practical guide to the art of spagyrics also outlines the ancient yet forgotten Hermetic foundations of herbalism. The author provides botanical and medicinal classifications for over 600 plant species and detailed...
S4-E15- Occulture Philosophy-Patricia MacCormack
Rudolf is excited to welcome Professor PATRICIA MACCORMACK as his guest on Episode 15! Australian-born Patricia is a researcher and Professor of Continental Philosophy at Anglia Ruskin University Cambridge. She has published extensively on philosophy, feminism, queer...
S4-E14 – Rosicrucians and Pagans-Christopher McIntosh
Our guest in this episode is CHRISTOPHER MCINTOSH. Christopher was born in England in 1943 and grew up in Edinburgh, Scotland. He holds a doctorate in history from Oxford University, a degree in German from London University and a diploma in Russian from the United...
S4-E13 – On Consciousness-Anthony Peake
ANTHONY PEAKE was a curious child. While his friends were reading Batman and Superman comics Anthony was immersing himself in learning of the most arcane nature (whilst still keeping an eye on the X-Men and Dr. Strange). It was in 1966, at the age of twelve that he,...
S4-E12 – Models of Magic-Frater U.:D.:
FRATER U∴D∴ is a writer, poet and magician. A German diplomat's child, he grew up in Africa and Asia. He holds a master's degree from the University of Bonn in Comparative Literature, English Literature and Portuguese Studies. Co-founder of the Bonn Workshop for...
S4-E11 – Kosmic Gnosis-David Beth
DAVID BETH was born to German parents in Angola, Africa. University educated in medieval and modern history, he has lived all over the world from Nigeria to Brazil and Los Angeles to London in answer to his spiritual calling. David carries the transmissions of various...
S4-E10 – Sacred Sleep-Sarah Janes
Lucid dreaming, Hypnagogia, Astral Travel, Sleep Temples, Dream diary... all terms related to sleep and dream which play an important role in the World of the Western Esoteric Tradition. And our guest in today's interview, Sarah Janes, knows all about them. ...
S4-E9 – Ex Libris March 2020
CHAPTER 1 One of the last true Renaissance men, physician, alchemist, and inventor Robert Fludd (1574-1637) wrote a series of books, filled with hundreds of detailed engravings, now recognized as the first fully illustrated encyclopedia. In this hardcover, highly...
S4-E8 – Transpersonal Magic-PT Mistlberger
It is the month of the "returners" on Thoth Hermes! P.T. MISTLBERGER was my guest on the second Thoth Hermes episode ever, back in May 2017! We had a lovely talk then and I know he was at the time a discovery for many of my listeners here. One who listened to his...
S4-E7 – Initiation-Angel Millar
ANGEL MILLAR was already my guest on this podcast back in November 2017 (click HERE to go to this episode). He returns to this show at the occasion of the release of his new book "The Three Stages of Initiatic Spirituality", released on Feb 11, 2019. INITIATION...
S4-E6 – The Magic of Books-Alkistis Dimech and Peter Grey
PETER GREY is a writer, and the co-founder of Scarlet Imprint. He is the author of The Red Goddess (2007), Apocalyptic Witchcraft (2013) and Lucifer: Princeps (2015). An extensive selection of his essays on magic and witchcraft is collected in The Brazen Vessel...
S4-E5 – Sorcery, Strategy, Spirituality-Jason Miller
Jason Miller has devoted 30 years to studying practical magic in its many forms. He is the author of the now classic Protection and Reversal Magick as well as several other books. His most recent work is The Elements of Spellcrafting: 21 Keys to Successful...
S4-E4 – EX LIBRIS January 2020
CHAPTER 1 Guiliano KREMMERZ has been one of the most important representatives of the Italian and European Hermeticist movements in the early 20th century. But unfortunately he is today mostly known only to specialists. The first available Englist tradition of this...
S4-E3 – The Entire Magical World -Judika Illes
The Entire Magical World On this episode Rudolf is talking to JUDIKA ILLES, an independent scholar, educator, and author of numerous books. Judika Illes fell in love with the magical arts as a child and has been studying them ever since. An independent scholar, her...
S4-E2 – Secrets of Masonic History: David Harrison
Masonic Wisdom and History Dr. David Harrison is Rudolf's interview guest in this episode. Dr David Harrison is a UK based Masonic historian archaeologist who has written six books on the history of Freemasonry, and contributed many papers and articles...
S4-E1 – From Russia with Magic: Natasha Helvin
In the first episode of this new season, we welcome Natasha Helvin for an exciting talk about her personal background and her two new exciting books "Slavic Witchcraft" and "Russian Black Magic". Mostly for historical reasons we know little about Magic and Witchcraft...