Solomonic Magic: Addendum

The interest in the history of magic, witchcraft and the occult has seen a discernible rise in the last 25 years. In many cases, our picture of its story through the ages has been made much clearer. This is certainly true for Solomonic Magic, a form of magic in which the magician takes their rituals […]

And Another Guest Appearance on Spirit Box Podcast!

Lo! My first guest appearance since becoming a Dad on another Podcast was of course going to be a no-brainer. Darragh from Spirit Box asked me to hop aboard and seeing as how he too came to fatherhood later on in life, I absolutely had to have a chat. Despite being one of the most […]

Runes with Siri Vincent Plouff

Not unlike the Celts, if you head to your local New Age Occult store you will notice that there is an overabundance of Runes. From necklace pendants, to books, to divination stones and more- Runes are seemingly overrepresented. But much of what makes Runes so special has been lost in the mix. Here to help […]

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 […]

Blue Grimoires with Aaman Lamba

For over 200 years, France was inundated with small cheaply produced books, bound with blue covers, filled with some of the most amazing things. These were the Bibliothèque bleue. Lots of these books would be about food, or fairy-tales, or astrology. Yet the most notorious of the Bibliothèque bleue, were the books on Magic, charms […]