The Influences & Influence of Robert Anton Wilson with Richard Metzger

It has been quite some time since What Magic is This? has had the chance to talk about one of the most important figures of High Strangeness in the last 100 years. Robert Anton Wilson was a phenomenon unlike any other, but he had a very particular mixture of influences all of which came through […]

The Dark Man with Darragh Mason

Throughout the centuries, one figure has flittered through both folkloric and fortean encounters. To some, this figure has simply been called the Devil, yet others aren’t so hasty to place such an epithet on him. When we look into the past, A Dark Man has made their presence known in many ways. Some within the […]

The Thoth Tarot with Lon Milo Duquette

Without a doubt, the second most recognizable and used Tarot deck in existence is the Thoth Tarot. While many are familiar with the originator of this deck, the Great Beast himself, Aleister Crowley, less is known about perhaps the most important person in this decks popularity- Lady Frieda Harris. In this episode, we are focussing […]

Jack Parsons

Considered by many Magicians and Occultists to be as close as we have to a Rockstar, John Whiteside Parsons lived perhaps one of the most interesting and captivating lives of any resident of the Fools Gallery. A gifted chemist, many have said that he is one of the most important figures in the history of […]

Occultism with Mitch Horowitz

The concept of what can be called “Occult” is fairly easy to pin down, but what can we say about “Occultism?” Ask seven Occultists and you will get seven wildly different answers. And yet it truly is a huge part of what has always seemingly bubbled below the surface of Western History for the last […]