The World of Western Esotericism and the Academic world have approached each other quite a bit in the last 20 years. Our guest today, Prof. Henrik Bogdan from Gothenburg University in Sweden is a living example. And in his talk with Rudolf, through his insight, clear language and extremely broad knowledge he proves how important…

He is one of those people – like others, who have already been here on the Thoth Hermes Podcast – who shaped the history and evolution of magic in the late 20th century – Peter J. Carroll, co-founder of the Illuminates of Thanateros, one of the key figures of the Chaos Magic movement. In this…

Charlotte Rodgers is Rudolf’s guest in this episode. Charlotte is a New-Zealand born animist, artist and author who works with remnants of the dead and the discarded to create talismanic and totemic art. “I welcome the insight and stimulus that comes with the unexpected, the strange and the challenging. This doesn’t make my life easier,…

Dr. Dean Radin, who is Rudolf’s guest today in this show, is Chief Scientist at the Institute of Noetic Sciences and Distinguished Professor at the California Institute of Integral Studies. The IONS, founded by Apollo 14 astronaut Dr. Edgar Mitchell, uses science to explain phenomena not previously understood in the mysteries of the natural world….

A great start into the new Season! – After his first interview with Rudolf two-and-a-half years ago, Frater Acher returns to the show at the occasion of the immediate release of his new book, second in a trilogy he publishes at Scarlet Imprint: Black Abbott, White Magic. This book is at the center of Acher’s…

In this “Season Finale” there is not only a finale, but also a premiere! This is the first time that Dr. Tomas Vincente, author of the book “The Faceless God”, has agreed to appear on a podcast, and we are very happy to have him! And he will also explain why so far he was…

It was about time to have Gary Lachman on this show! The immediate occation is the release of his book “The Return of Holy Russia” and it is of course part of this talk between Rudolf and Gary, but we also talk about his background, his studies of Philosophy, his becoming part of the Rock’n…

In this episode, Rudolf talks to British occultist, researcher and author Phil Hine. A former editor of Chaos International, he was the co-creator and editor (with Rodney Orpheus) of the UK monthly Pagan ‘zine, Pagan News. He is best known for his three books on Chaos Magic – Condensed Chaos, Prime Chaos and the Pseudonomicon…

This episode concludes a kind of “mini-series” about the Arts and the Occult. Laurence Caruana is a visual artist, in whose life and work Esotericism and the Occult, but especially Gnostisicm has played an important role and whose art is an integral part of thie World of the Western Esoteric Tradition. And also music plays…