Occult of Personality

Teacher and author Josephine McCarthy returns in podcast episode 116 to discuss her phenomenal books, including The Work of the Hierophant and the Magical Knowledge trilogy, published by Mandrake of Oxford...

Anthropologist, psychologist, and Palero, Nicholaj de Mattos Frisvold joins us in podcast episode 112 to discuss his wonderful book Palo Mayombe: The Garden of Blood and Bones published by Scarlet Imprint. In addition to studying Palo as an academic, Nicholaj is also an initiate and practitioner. Be...

Internationally renowned author, teacher, performer, psychic, and artist Freya Aswynn is our guest in podcast episode 109. Freya has been studying, practicing, and teaching the Nordic mysteries for almost three decades and her work with the Runes is particularly noteworthy...

In podcast episode 108, our guests are Paul Clark and Cindy Forbes, authors of The Dark Brotherhood, a novel of occult fiction written by two experienced practitioners. Paul has appeared previously in episodes 46, 66, and 84...

William Kiesel is our guest in podcast episode 107 to discuss the 2011 Esoteric Book Conference and the latest publications from Ouroboros Press. He appeared previously in podcast 69.



William begins the interview by discussing the 2011 Esoteric Book Conference taking place on September 10th and 11t...

Teacher and prolific author Christopher Penczak returns to the show in podcast episode 105 (he previously appeared in podcast 58). We begin the interview by talking about the books he's published in the past couple of years...

Josephine McCarthy, author of The Exorcist's Handbook, joins us for our 100th episode.

Josephine has been teaching and writing about the Western esoteric tradition, as well as working as a consecrator and exorcist, for the past two decades. The Exorcist's Handbook is a groundbreaking work that appro...

In podcast episode 95, internationally renowned magician, author, and teacher Lon Milo DuQuette returns to the show on the occasion of the publication of his recent book Low Magick: It's All in Your Head ... You Just Have No Idea How Big Your Head Is...

In podcast episode 84, Dr. Paul Clark, Steward of the Fraternity of the Hidden Light, returns to the show. He joined us previously in podcasts 46 and 66.

Dr. Clark begins the interview by explaining thaumaturgy, or "miracle-making," and theurgy, or "divine-working." From there we explore the Qabalis...

In podcast episode 83, we're joined by David Chaim Smith. A Kabbalist, mystic, and extraordinary artist, Smith's drawings are vibrant, esoteric, beautiful, and inspired diagrams that hearken back to the tradition of alchemical art of the seventeenth century. While invoking memories of such amazing d...