A reading of my blog post entitled The Death of the Looby. Text VersionBy Butterflies and Incantations

A reading of my blog post entitled A Thelemic Diatribe on Magick. Text VersionBy Butterflies and Incantations

A reading of my blog entry entitled Wicca; The Oft Ungrateful Child of Thelema Text VersionBy Butterflies and Incantations

A reading of my blog entry entitled Concerning The Emerald Tablets of Thoth Text VersionBy Butterflies and Incantations

A reading of my blog post entitled A Christian Argument for Thelema Text VersionBy Butterflies and Incantations

This is a reading of my blog entry entitled The Tarot is Wrong on Purpose: Why the Ryder-Waite-Smith deck frustrates me Text VersionBy Butterflies and Incantations

An interview with Aisling to discuss her experience as a trans writer and magician. Aisling’s website: https://aislingfae.wordpress.com/ Aisling’s twitter: https://twitter.com/transfaerie Intro and Outro music are from my own music project, V~Nessy. Hungry for more? Become a Patreon supporter and support the podcast and blog here! And of course, pl…

Alexx and I talk about his new book The Theravada Machine and Other Stories. The Theravada Machine and Other Stories: https://www.amazon.com/Theravada-Machine-Other-Stories/dp/0578536358 The Alexxcast: http://www.alexxcast.com/ Periphery: https://www.amazon.com/Periphery-Alexx-M-Bollen-2013-06-18/dp/B01K91LF7G/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_1?keywords=Periphery+Al…

“You’re not going to find perfection in a universe that has not reached perfection itself.” Vanessa and Erik have a fun little conversation about magick, crafting, tech magic, astrological talismans and other such things. Plus we get interrupted by JESUS! Plus a surprise bigfoot! Erik’s Website and Podcast: https://arnemancy.com/ The Greek Magical …

Eric Millar and I talk about his new oracular book Disruption Generator and a few of his other works. Poison Trail: https://www.amazon.com/Poison-Trail-Eric-J-Millar/dp/1726388182/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1 Disruption Generator: http://www.disruptiongenerator.com/ Coyote, Dreaming: https://www.amazon.com/Coyote-Dreaming-Outlet-Illustrated-2/dp/1533098514/ref…

Friends, Erik will not be making updates to My Alchemical Bromance for the foreseeable future. Instead, he will be producing the new Arnemancy Podcast. It's been a great two-year run here, and we hope you join Erik over at his new podcast to see what crazy hijinx he's getting up to! Here are some links to get you started. Arnemancy on Spotify Arnem…

In this episode, Erik is joined by Keats Ross, musician, magician, mystic, and master of We The Hallowed. We The Hallowed is an art collective, and home of Keats' many projects such as the Pragmagick Podcast and his musical endeavors such as Dakota Slim. We talk about using music to create sigils, exploring consciousness, and the downfall of Disinf…

Erik was happy to be on the Alexxcast again! Here are Alexx's show notes: Listen to a live mystical rite as Alexx invites Erik Arneson back on to magically chant the podcast back into a proper numerical sequencing. That lasts like 3 minutes, then we answer listener questions and talk about all sorts of esoteric, occulty goodness. Enjoy! Head on ove…

Alexx and I shoot the breeze about occulty things and all kinds of other nonsense. The Alexxcast: http://www.alexxcast.com/ Periphery: https://www.amazon.com/Periphery-Alexx-M-Bollen-2013-06-18/dp/B01K91LF7G/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_1?keywords=Periphery+Alexx+Bolin&qid=1556062125&s=books&sr=1-1-fkmr1 The Void Sutras: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004QGY…

Join artist J Swofford and host Erik at Hopworks Urban Brewery for a discussion on the Picatrix Decans. J is the creator of the Picatrix Decans talisman deck. They discuss astrological magic, homebrewing, astrological brewing, and the Picatrix Decans. When we look at the Picatrix decans, we compare descriptions and notes from both the Warnock-Greer…

Bibi was born in Chicago. Attempts by her parents and teachers to turn her into a lady failed utterly. At a loss, her mother enrolled her in an acting class when she was six. She pursued this vocation until 2012. Along that road, she read every original spiritual text she could get her hands on, …By Butterflies and Incantations

I really enjoyed being on The Cosmic Keys Podcast with Dan and Scarlet! Here's how they described this episode. Dan and Scarlet open the episode with an astrology and Tarot forecast for the week of April 1, 2019 to April 7, 2019, followed by an interview with the host of My Alchemical Bromance, Erik Arneson. We talk about the formation of Erik's aw…

In this episode, Erik interviews the hosts of The Magician and the Fool Podcast, Janus and Dominic. They dive right into what it means to be a magician, but the conversation explores Renaissance magic, the Greek Magical Papyri, Norse mythology, and Pittsburgh. How do the Magician and the Fool relate to the Trickster? We explore cultural archetypes …

In this episode, Erik is joined by Andrew B. Watt of Wanderings in the Labrynth. They discuss textile arts, such as sewing and weaving, and how those intersect with ritual magic, enchantment, and the creation of talismans. Andrew also wrote the Neo-Orphic Hymns, a set of planetary prayers inspired by Thomas Taylor's translations of the Orphic hymns…

Nox Mente Tonight’s guest is Vanessa Kindell Vanessa is a witch, a musician, a dabbler and all around creative type from Ohio with a deep fascination with all things weird, magical, fortian, esoteric and occult. She is Wiccan but follows her own variant of Wicca based on the ancient Sumerian, the Kabbalah and a little ……

Vanessa Kindell joins us this episode. She is a writer and contributor to the Peacock Goat Review and a Sumerian witch. She talks to us about reconstructing Sumerian and Babylonian religious practices and integrating them into her modern magical work, but we really dig into the nature of Sumerian religion and the details of their mythology. This in…

My Alchemical Bromance Vanessa Kindell joins us this episode. She is a writer and contributor to the Peacock Goat Review and a Sumerian witch. She talks to us about reconstructing Sumerian and Babylonian religious practices and integrating them into her modern magical work, but we really dig into the nature of Sumerian religion and the ……

The Alexxcast In this occult-fueled episode, Alexx tries to get to 300 ‘real’ episodes by talking to Charm the Water’s Aaron David and Vanessa of The Peacock Goat Review. The conversation focused on Aaron and Vanessa’s journey into ritual magick, while touching on all sorts of other occult and esoteric goodness. Also! Alexx announces his ……

In this episode, Erik explores various interpretations and explanations of the soul in the wake of the death of his 19 year-old cat, Kublai Khan. This episode is personal, but hopefully it provides food for thought. Links The Immortal Body in Hermeticism Timaeus by Plato The Nine Parts of the Human Soul According to Ancient Egypt The Four Worlds in…

Erik was on episode 300K of the Alexxcast to discuss Stanley Kubrick's last film, "Eyes Wide Shut," released in 1999. The movie stars Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise in a bizarre, sex-fueled story through secret societies, mystery, and marital problems. Alexx Bollen interviews Erik about the movie — not because Erik was in the movie, but because he kn…

In this episode Erik interviews Taylor Bell, writer, occultist, Tarot creator, and contributor to Charm the Water's new occult periodical, The Peacock Goat Review. We discuss Taylor's experience writing and copyediting for the PGR and his work on his upcoming Tarot decks. We also discuss the group lunar initiation ritual that Erik and Taylor took p…

Erik was in a long-form interview (almost 4 hours!) on the Six of Swords podcast with OccultFan (AKA Nathan Lee). They talk about pretty much everything, including cartoons! Check out the extensive show notes!By My Alchemical Bromance

Dan Attrell joins Erik for a conversation about his paper, "For 1,260 Days They’ll Prophesy in Sackcloth: Joachim of Fiore’s Apocalypse, Temporalization, and Franciscan Spirituality." This is a complex topic, revolving around the ways in which Joachim of Fiore's understanding of apocalyptic visions changed the way we looked at history and time. The…

Finally, the latest MABCon episode! This year, back in October, Matt and Erik got together for MABCon. They visited breweries, visited conferences, and drank some beers. This is definitely a beer-heavy episode. Also we have questions about the Mikkeller Running Club. Most of this episode is a conversation between Matt and Erik over the brew kettle …

In this episode, Erik interviews Theresa Pridemore, creator of the Portland Tarot and The Sovereign Oracle, and the brains behind brand management company Sovereign Spirit. They discuss the creative process behind creation of a Tarot deck and dive into the rich Portland-based imagery in the Portland Tarot. We also talk about the difference between …

This is a repost of part 1 of the 2018 Halloween Podcast Crossover Event -- Summoning a Cartoon Demon with Alexx and Erik! You can listen to part 2 here. Head to the Alexxcast for full show notes!By My Alchemical Bromance

Welcome back, friends, and an extra special crossover episode featuring Alexx Bollen from The Alexxcast and (maybe) Hunson Abadeer from Adventure Time! This is part 2 of the Alexxcast/My Alchemical Bromance 2018 Halloween Crossover. Listen to part 1 in episode 300H of the Alexxcast! Locations This episode starts out with a special Halloween ritual …

Have you guys noticed how many amazing guests I've been getting lately? Ryhan Butler is the genius behind Medieval Astrology Guide, and I was overjoyed to welcome him as a guest to the podcast. If you're going into this expecting Linda Goodman's "Love Signs" then you're in for quite a ride! This is the real deal, the astrology bred from the worldvi…

Join us in welcoming Sam Block to the podcast! Sam is the author of the Digital Ambler website. He's a brilliant magician and as intelligent as he is entertaining. We discuss geomancy, the Greek Magical Papyri (or PGM), and lots of other topics relevant to modern ceremonial magicians, including Kabbalah. This is a long episode and it's a lot of fun…

Welcome back, Scott Gosnell! Scott was our guest way back in episode 18, where we mainly focused on his translations of Giordano Bruno's works. In this episode we touch on that material again, but we really get into a wide variety of topics revolving around free will, enlightenment, imagination, the default and executive networks, hallucinogens, Ka…