Archive for 2020

  • Media

    UFOs as Spiritual Objects

    The Lex Files #16

    The Lex Files #16

    I am really chuffed that I got to record a conversation with Earl Fontainelle, host of one of the most ambitious, focused, and engaging nerdcasts out there: the SHWEP, or Secret History of Western Esotericism Podcast. Earl, who has a dry wit and a capacious noggin, has committed to tracing the literally enchanting currents of esoteric thought and practice carefully and more or less chronologically. Over a hundred episodes in, and the SHWEP has only just reached late antiquity. Occasionally,...
  • Media

    The Future of Psychedelic Spirituality

    A Chacruna Community Forum gathering

    A Chacruna Community Forum gathering

    I am really chuffed that I got to record a conversation with Earl Fontainelle, host of one of the most ambitious, focused, and engaging nerdcasts out there: the SHWEP, or Secret History of Western Esotericism Podcast. Earl, who has a dry wit and a capacious noggin, has committed to tracing the literally enchanting currents of esoteric thought and practice carefully and more or less chronologically. Over a hundred episodes in, and the SHWEP has only just reached late antiquity. Occasionally,...
  • Media

    Born in the Kali Yuga

    Sounds for the Bardo

    Sounds for the Bardo

    I am really chuffed that I got to record a conversation with Earl Fontainelle, host of one of the most ambitious, focused, and engaging nerdcasts out there: the SHWEP, or Secret History of Western Esotericism Podcast. Earl, who has a dry wit and a capacious noggin, has committed to tracing the literally enchanting currents of esoteric thought and practice carefully and more or less chronologically. Over a hundred episodes in, and the SHWEP has only just reached late antiquity. Occasionally,...
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    The Chaos Path

    Escaping Samsara #18

    Escaping Samsara #18

    I am really chuffed that I got to record a conversation with Earl Fontainelle, host of one of the most ambitious, focused, and engaging nerdcasts out there: the SHWEP, or Secret History of Western Esotericism Podcast. Earl, who has a dry wit and a capacious noggin, has committed to tracing the literally enchanting currents of esoteric thought and practice carefully and more or less chronologically. Over a hundred episodes in, and the SHWEP has only just reached late antiquity. Occasionally,...
  • Media

    Magic and Ecology

    Riffing on Animism for the Insurrection Interviews Podcast

    Riffing on Animism for the Insurrection Interviews Podcast

    I am really chuffed that I got to record a conversation with Earl Fontainelle, host of one of the most ambitious, focused, and engaging nerdcasts out there: the SHWEP, or Secret History of Western Esotericism Podcast. Earl, who has a dry wit and a capacious noggin, has committed to tracing the literally enchanting currents of esoteric thought and practice carefully and more or less chronologically. Over a hundred episodes in, and the SHWEP has only just reached late antiquity. Occasionally,...
  • Media

    Paranoia, Conspiracy, and Covid

    The Deconstrucing Yourself podcast with Michael Taft

    The Deconstrucing Yourself podcast with Michael Taft

    I am really chuffed that I got to record a conversation with Earl Fontainelle, host of one of the most ambitious, focused, and engaging nerdcasts out there: the SHWEP, or Secret History of Western Esotericism Podcast. Earl, who has a dry wit and a capacious noggin, has committed to tracing the literally enchanting currents of esoteric thought and practice carefully and more or less chronologically. Over a hundred episodes in, and the SHWEP has only just reached late antiquity. Occasionally,...
  • Offline Archive

    Higher Planes

    The art of Patrick Turk

    The art of Patrick Turk

    I am really chuffed that I got to record a conversation with Earl Fontainelle, host of one of the most ambitious, focused, and engaging nerdcasts out there: the SHWEP, or Secret History of Western Esotericism Podcast. Earl, who has a dry wit and a capacious noggin, has committed to tracing the literally enchanting currents of esoteric thought and practice carefully and more or less chronologically. Over a hundred episodes in, and the SHWEP has only just reached late antiquity. Occasionally,...
  • Media

    Are We Trapped in Chapel Perilous?

    Conspirinormal podcast #342

    Conspirinormal podcast #342

    I am really chuffed that I got to record a conversation with Earl Fontainelle, host of one of the most ambitious, focused, and engaging nerdcasts out there: the SHWEP, or Secret History of Western Esotericism Podcast. Earl, who has a dry wit and a capacious noggin, has committed to tracing the literally enchanting currents of esoteric thought and practice carefully and more or less chronologically. Over a hundred episodes in, and the SHWEP has only just reached late antiquity. Occasionally,...
  • Media

    Our Pandemic Psychedelic Trip

    My latest Rebel Wisdom interview

    My latest Rebel Wisdom interview

    I am really chuffed that I got to record a conversation with Earl Fontainelle, host of one of the most ambitious, focused, and engaging nerdcasts out there: the SHWEP, or Secret History of Western Esotericism Podcast. Earl, who has a dry wit and a capacious noggin, has committed to tracing the literally enchanting currents of esoteric thought and practice carefully and more or less chronologically. Over a hundred episodes in, and the SHWEP has only just reached late antiquity. Occasionally,...
  • Quotes

    Quote 2

    There is a difference between psychedelic experiences and psychedelic people

    There is a difference between psychedelic experiences and psychedelic people

    I am really chuffed that I got to record a conversation with Earl Fontainelle, host of one of the most ambitious, focused, and engaging nerdcasts out there: the SHWEP, or Secret History of Western Esotericism Podcast. Earl, who has a dry wit and a capacious noggin, has committed to tracing the literally enchanting currents of esoteric thought and practice carefully and more or less chronologically. Over a hundred episodes in, and the SHWEP has only just reached late antiquity. Occasionally,...
  • Media

    Weird and Wondrous

    Mapping Minds #3

    Mapping Minds #3

    I am really chuffed that I got to record a conversation with Earl Fontainelle, host of one of the most ambitious, focused, and engaging nerdcasts out there: the SHWEP, or Secret History of Western Esotericism Podcast. Earl, who has a dry wit and a capacious noggin, has committed to tracing the literally enchanting currents of esoteric thought and practice carefully and more or less chronologically. Over a hundred episodes in, and the SHWEP has only just reached late antiquity. Occasionally,...
  • Media

    Acid Communism and the Cosmic Right

    The Microdose Podcast with Jeremy Gilbert

    The Microdose Podcast with Jeremy Gilbert

    I am really chuffed that I got to record a conversation with Earl Fontainelle, host of one of the most ambitious, focused, and engaging nerdcasts out there: the SHWEP, or Secret History of Western Esotericism Podcast. Earl, who has a dry wit and a capacious noggin, has committed to tracing the literally enchanting currents of esoteric thought and practice carefully and more or less chronologically. Over a hundred episodes in, and the SHWEP has only just reached late antiquity. Occasionally,...
  • Media

    High Weirdness in the ’70s

    More thoughts on Weirdness, the 70s, and Terence McKenna

    More thoughts on Weirdness, the 70s, and Terence McKenna

    I am really chuffed that I got to record a conversation with Earl Fontainelle, host of one of the most ambitious, focused, and engaging nerdcasts out there: the SHWEP, or Secret History of Western Esotericism Podcast. Earl, who has a dry wit and a capacious noggin, has committed to tracing the literally enchanting currents of esoteric thought and practice carefully and more or less chronologically. Over a hundred episodes in, and the SHWEP has only just reached late antiquity. Occasionally,...
  • Quotes

    Quote 5

    Terminal. What other journey, you might ask, begins at the end?

    Terminal. What other journey, you might ask, begins at the end?

    I am really chuffed that I got to record a conversation with Earl Fontainelle, host of one of the most ambitious, focused, and engaging nerdcasts out there: the SHWEP, or Secret History of Western Esotericism Podcast. Earl, who has a dry wit and a capacious noggin, has committed to tracing the literally enchanting currents of esoteric thought and practice carefully and more or less chronologically. Over a hundred episodes in, and the SHWEP has only just reached late antiquity. Occasionally,...
  • Media

    Talking Zion 2.0

    A fresh podcast chat

    A fresh podcast chat

    I am really chuffed that I got to record a conversation with Earl Fontainelle, host of one of the most ambitious, focused, and engaging nerdcasts out there: the SHWEP, or Secret History of Western Esotericism Podcast. Earl, who has a dry wit and a capacious noggin, has committed to tracing the literally enchanting currents of esoteric thought and practice carefully and more or less chronologically. Over a hundred episodes in, and the SHWEP has only just reached late antiquity. Occasionally,...
  • Media

    A Tribute to Terence McKenna

    Talking with Dennis McKenna

    Talking with Dennis McKenna

    I am really chuffed that I got to record a conversation with Earl Fontainelle, host of one of the most ambitious, focused, and engaging nerdcasts out there: the SHWEP, or Secret History of Western Esotericism Podcast. Earl, who has a dry wit and a capacious noggin, has committed to tracing the literally enchanting currents of esoteric thought and practice carefully and more or less chronologically. Over a hundred episodes in, and the SHWEP has only just reached late antiquity. Occasionally,...
  • Media

    Embracing Mortality

    Back on the Desert Oracle podcast

    Back on the Desert Oracle podcast

    I am really chuffed that I got to record a conversation with Earl Fontainelle, host of one of the most ambitious, focused, and engaging nerdcasts out there: the SHWEP, or Secret History of Western Esotericism Podcast. Earl, who has a dry wit and a capacious noggin, has committed to tracing the literally enchanting currents of esoteric thought and practice carefully and more or less chronologically. Over a hundred episodes in, and the SHWEP has only just reached late antiquity. Occasionally,...
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    RAW!

    The Secret History of Western Esotericism Oddcast

    The Secret History of Western Esotericism Oddcast

    I am really chuffed that I got to record a conversation with Earl Fontainelle, host of one of the most ambitious, focused, and engaging nerdcasts out there: the SHWEP, or Secret History of Western Esotericism Podcast. Earl, who has a dry wit and a capacious noggin, has committed to tracing the literally enchanting currents of esoteric thought and practice carefully and more or less chronologically. Over a hundred episodes in, and the SHWEP has only just reached late antiquity. Occasionally,...
  • Media

    Building a Better Self

    Demystifying Stoic Anthropotechnics

    Demystifying Stoic Anthropotechnics

    I am really chuffed that I got to record a conversation with Earl Fontainelle, host of one of the most ambitious, focused, and engaging nerdcasts out there: the SHWEP, or Secret History of Western Esotericism Podcast. Earl, who has a dry wit and a capacious noggin, has committed to tracing the literally enchanting currents of esoteric thought and practice carefully and more or less chronologically. Over a hundred episodes in, and the SHWEP has only just reached late antiquity. Occasionally,...
  • Quotes

    Quote 3

    “Messages from beyond” are forms of information, and information is a trickster

    “Messages from beyond” are forms of information, and information is a trickster

    I am really chuffed that I got to record a conversation with Earl Fontainelle, host of one of the most ambitious, focused, and engaging nerdcasts out there: the SHWEP, or Secret History of Western Esotericism Podcast. Earl, who has a dry wit and a capacious noggin, has committed to tracing the literally enchanting currents of esoteric thought and practice carefully and more or less chronologically. Over a hundred episodes in, and the SHWEP has only just reached late antiquity. Occasionally,...
  • Quotes

    Quote 1

    But what if the medium is the message?

    But what if the medium is the message?

    I am really chuffed that I got to record a conversation with Earl Fontainelle, host of one of the most ambitious, focused, and engaging nerdcasts out there: the SHWEP, or Secret History of Western Esotericism Podcast. Earl, who has a dry wit and a capacious noggin, has committed to tracing the literally enchanting currents of esoteric thought and practice carefully and more or less chronologically. Over a hundred episodes in, and the SHWEP has only just reached late antiquity. Occasionally,...
  • Media

    A Sonospheric Corpse

    Film Jive podcast #101

    Film Jive podcast #101

    I am really chuffed that I got to record a conversation with Earl Fontainelle, host of one of the most ambitious, focused, and engaging nerdcasts out there: the SHWEP, or Secret History of Western Esotericism Podcast. Earl, who has a dry wit and a capacious noggin, has committed to tracing the literally enchanting currents of esoteric thought and practice carefully and more or less chronologically. Over a hundred episodes in, and the SHWEP has only just reached late antiquity. Occasionally,...
  • Media

    Talking with PKD Talks…

    A recorded livestream on Phil Dick

    A recorded livestream on Phil Dick

    I am really chuffed that I got to record a conversation with Earl Fontainelle, host of one of the most ambitious, focused, and engaging nerdcasts out there: the SHWEP, or Secret History of Western Esotericism Podcast. Earl, who has a dry wit and a capacious noggin, has committed to tracing the literally enchanting currents of esoteric thought and practice carefully and more or less chronologically. Over a hundred episodes in, and the SHWEP has only just reached late antiquity. Occasionally,...
  • Media

    Curiouser and Curiouser…

    Chatting for a Curious Hour

    Chatting for a Curious Hour

    I am really chuffed that I got to record a conversation with Earl Fontainelle, host of one of the most ambitious, focused, and engaging nerdcasts out there: the SHWEP, or Secret History of Western Esotericism Podcast. Earl, who has a dry wit and a capacious noggin, has committed to tracing the literally enchanting currents of esoteric thought and practice carefully and more or less chronologically. Over a hundred episodes in, and the SHWEP has only just reached late antiquity. Occasionally,...
  • Media

    Nerd Immunity

    Boom Festival Liminal Podquest #3

    Boom Festival Liminal Podquest #3

    I am really chuffed that I got to record a conversation with Earl Fontainelle, host of one of the most ambitious, focused, and engaging nerdcasts out there: the SHWEP, or Secret History of Western Esotericism Podcast. Earl, who has a dry wit and a capacious noggin, has committed to tracing the literally enchanting currents of esoteric thought and practice carefully and more or less chronologically. Over a hundred episodes in, and the SHWEP has only just reached late antiquity. Occasionally,...
  • Esoterica, Psychedelics, Scholarship
    30 min

    Gnostic Psychedelia

    And the Archetype of the Archons

    And the Archetype of the Archons

    I am really chuffed that I got to record a conversation with Earl Fontainelle, host of one of the most ambitious, focused, and engaging nerdcasts out there: the SHWEP, or Secret History of Western Esotericism Podcast. Earl, who has a dry wit and a capacious noggin, has committed to tracing the literally enchanting currents of esoteric thought and practice carefully and more or less chronologically. Over a hundred episodes in, and the SHWEP has only just reached late antiquity. Occasionally,...
  • Media

    Surf(ac)ing Interstices

    War Machine podcast #8

    War Machine podcast #8

    I am really chuffed that I got to record a conversation with Earl Fontainelle, host of one of the most ambitious, focused, and engaging nerdcasts out there: the SHWEP, or Secret History of Western Esotericism Podcast. Earl, who has a dry wit and a capacious noggin, has committed to tracing the literally enchanting currents of esoteric thought and practice carefully and more or less chronologically. Over a hundred episodes in, and the SHWEP has only just reached late antiquity. Occasionally,...
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    Attics of My Life

    Deadcast #50

    Deadcast #50

    I am really chuffed that I got to record a conversation with Earl Fontainelle, host of one of the most ambitious, focused, and engaging nerdcasts out there: the SHWEP, or Secret History of Western Esotericism Podcast. Earl, who has a dry wit and a capacious noggin, has committed to tracing the literally enchanting currents of esoteric thought and practice carefully and more or less chronologically. Over a hundred episodes in, and the SHWEP has only just reached late antiquity. Occasionally,...