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The god of wisdom holds many books with his great library. Unfurl the papyrus, and breathe in the ancient scent. Come with us as we explore the stories contained within The Books of Thoth. The Books of Thoth is an audio drama anthology podcast. You will explore tales of the past, the future, and even alternate realities. Every book in Thoth’s library has a story to tell. Let’s go find some, shall we?
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Pansophers Episode 4 – Mark Stavish-Preserving Esoteric Tradition
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S11-E3 Remember the Future-Eric Wargo
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You can also see this episode as a video on YouTube at https://youtu.be/BoFy2Q_o6GI Welcome to Season 11 Episode 4 of Thoth-Hermes Podcast…. Though with our guest in this dialogue, who can be quite sure of linear time? Rudolf and Karin are in conversation with author Dr. Eric Wargo. Academically an anthropologist, Eric has extended his spirit of sc…
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Pansophers Episode 3 – Travis Trinca-Stories of Initation
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Pansophers Episode 2 – Christopher McIntosh-Germany, Russia and the others
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Pansophers Episode 2 – Christopher McIntosh-Germany, Russia and the others
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For those devoted to the Rosicrucian tradition, Christopher McIntosh needs no introduction. In this conversation, Rudolf brings us closer to the man behind the foundational works that have shaped our understanding of Rosicrucianism. His books—The Rosicrucians, The Rose Cross and the Age of Reason, and his recent Rosicrucian Trilogy containing new t…
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Citizen 123192-A lives in The PostState. It is a dark and grim dystopian society. A boot in the face forever. But he doesn’t let it get him down. In fact, Citizen 123192-A is about to tell us how much he loves life in the PostState. He’ll burn books, rat out his fellow Citizens to the authorities, and maybe even eat a ration bar or two. It’s sure t…
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S11-E2 Thinking impossibly-Jeffrey Kripal
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Pansophers Episode 1 – Tobias Churton-Invisibles
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Welcome to Episode 1 of The Pansophers’ Podcast! Today, Rudolf talks with esteemed UK author and academic, Tobias Churton. In a wide-ranging conversation, the men discuss the Search for Self as well as Wisdom in the context of history. Particular focus is brought to aspects of Freemasonic and Rosicrucian history. Tobias defines his experience of “P…
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Pansophers Episode 1 – Tobias Churton-Invisibles
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Pansophers Podcast – Episode 0
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Greetings and welcome to the Pansophers Podcast! We are excited to announce the launch of our new podcast, expanding on the content found on the popular pansophers.com website and blog. Our goal is to explore the Universal in the Underlying and apply it to modern Mystery traditions. From now on, on this website you will not only find an extended bl…
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S11-E1 – AI and the Occult-Karin Valis
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You can also see this episode as a video on YouTube at https://youtu.be/y8xE8bT-Oog Access Karin Valis' Blog https://mercurialminutes.github.io/ And this is her Substack https://mercurialminutes.substack.com/ Glitched Encounters with the visual examples https://mercurialminutes.substack.com/p/glitched-encounters Tarot of The Latent Spaces https://m…
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Double Feature: Rituals & Teleporter
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A two-for-one episode! We start with a tragicomedy of errors. A gentle reminder to always perform your bedtime rituals. You never know when they might save your life. Next, we travel to a war-torn planet. A doctor must make a hard medical decision. Will she and her patient be killed in a massive storm? Or will they take their chances with the telep…
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Special Episode – Modern Alchemy – ARCANUM AND THOTH HERMES
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A fleet of alien space probes enter the night sky. But this is not our sky, and the probes are from Earth. A scientist from Alpha Centauri studies the probes aboard a space station. What will the scientist discover about their place in the universe? Performed by Angela Yih Listen to Angela’s audio drama Residents of Proserpina Park: https://residen…
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The god of wisdom holds many scrolls with his great library. Unfurl the papyrus and breathe in its ancient scent. Chronicles of our world as it was, as it might be, and how it could have been. Come with us as we explore the stories within. The Books of Thoth is an audio drama anthology from Sam McDonald.…
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S10-E12 – The Art of the Matter-Brian Cotnoir
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Welcome to Season 10, Episode 12 of the Thoth-Hermes Podcast. This afternoon’s dialogue finds Rudolf and Brian Cotnoir in circulatio on the experience of alchemy. Distilled in the process, Brian shares on his life as an author, filmmaker, and practicing physical alchemist of over 50 years. Please, listen for dispersion. Then consider his titles, On…
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100 million years in the future. Humans are long extinct. Squids rule the Earth. They only know us from the fossils we leave behind. What will they make of us? What assumption will they draw? Written and produced by Sam McDonald Transcripts: https://thothtranscripts.carrd.co/ Marnie Warner as The Professor Members of the audience: Amy Young, Faye H…
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S10-E11 – Healing the Haunted House-Peter Levenda
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This is a warm November welcome to Season 10 Episode 11 of Thoth-Hermes Podcast. Today’s show brings us into conversation with American writer Peter Levenda. Peter has authored a range of titles on histories of American occultism, Nazi occultism, and the dynamics of conspiracy theory. After successfully pursuing an international business career Inf…
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S10-E10 – AI and Technology of the Imagination-Robert Gordon
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Greetings for Season 10, Episode 10 of Thoth-Hermes Podcast. In a calendrical resonance, Rudolf meets up with Robert Gordon- exactly one year after their last episode together! A gregarious Australian, Robert holds an M.A. in Museum Studies from University College London. In 2022, Lewis Masonic publishing released his book 21st Century Rosicruciani…
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S10-E9 – More than just Grimoires-David Rankine
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"What is clear is that there are three main themes running parallel through the grimoires, with greater or less importance in individual works. These themes are spirit conjuration, divination, and simple charms/spells for dealing with the hardships of daily life and seeking to improve it." (David Rankine) Welcome to Season 10, Episode 9 of Thoth-He…
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S10-E8 – Masonic Rosicrucians-CR Dunning Jr
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Today marks Season 10, Episode 8 of Thoth-Hermes Podcast. For this conversation, Rudolf reconvenes with Chuck “CR” Dunning. The conversation submerges into esoteric freemasonry, then transcends into the union of ritual and exoteric religion. Far from limited to the interests of masonry, this is a multi-layered dialogue about the timeless moebius be…
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S10-E7 – Occult Publishing-Jon Graham
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Autumnal greetings as we converge for Season 10, Episode 7 of Thoth-Hermes Podcast. Today, Rudolf is joined by Jon E. Graham, of Inner Traditions Bear and Company, to explore the current state of occult publishing. Jon joins us from the northeastern United States, in historic Vermont. Jon is a translator, author, and acquisitions editor at Inner Tr…
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S10-E6 – Oldies but Goodies-John Michael Greer
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It’s the return of a good friend! Today we are joined by John Michael Greer, on Season 10 Episode 6 of Thoth-Hermes podcast. Please see earlier episodes with John Michael to learn more of his prolific background. In this episode, we explore three historic Esoteric minds: Dion Fortune, John Gilbert, and Mouni Sadhu (the “silent monk”). We also hear …
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S10-E5 – GRS Mead and CG Jung-Paulina Gruffman
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Welcome to Episode Five, Season Ten of the Thoth-Hermes podcast. This brings us the opportunity to join Rudolf in conversation with Paulina Gruffman, on the subject of GRS Mead. Paulina is a nascent luminary in occult scholarship, currently at PhD candidate at Sweden’s Lund University. Paulina’s academic rooting began with reading CG Jung in her mi…
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S10-E4 – Silver Age Russian Rosicrucians-Charlotte Cowell
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Welcome to Episode Four, Season Ten of the Thoth-Hermes podcast. Today, Rudolf meets with Charlotte Cowell, translator of The Solar Way (Silver Age Russian Occult Rosicrucian Schools) and author of multiple other titles. Charlotte is the founder, owner and editor of Shin Publications. Charlotte is a delightful guest, simultaneously a fierce, warm a…
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S10-E3 – Anthroposophy, Elementals and more-Thomas Mayer
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Episode Three, Season Ten of the Thoth-Hermes podcast explores facets of Higher Worlds and the Anthroposophical traditiom. Today, Rudolf meets with Thomas Mayer, Anthroposophical teacher, author and direct democracy activist. In Thomas’s words, “you will meet the people you want to meet” which is an ongoing theme in this conversation. Thomas “met” …
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S10-E2 – Thelema in the 21st century-Marco Visconti
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Welcome to Episode Two of Season Ten with the Thoth-Hermes podcast. Today, Rudolf dialogues with Marco Visconti, author of “The Aleister Crowley Manual: Thelemic Magic for Modern Times” (2023), published through Watkins Press. An Italian freemason living in London, Marco openly enumerates roadblocks and supports he has encountered in his personal m…
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S10-E1 – Italic Occultism-David Pantano
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Welcome to Season 10 of the Thoth-Hermes Podcast, dedicated to scholarly exploration of the Western Mystery Tradition. In this opening episode, Rudolf re-engages with Italian-American author David Pantano. David provides a dizzying timeline of occult development in the landscape that has become modern Italy. In the spirit of the Golden Bough (Frase…
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S9-E9 – Scholarship for Hermes-Wouter J. Hanegraaff
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This week’s interview is with the definitively pre-eminent hermetic scholar, Wouter J. Hanegraaff. Wouter outlines his pioneering path to Department Chair of History of Hermetic Philosophy and Related Currents at the University of Amsterdam. The interview explores the 1990s milestones towards academic recognition of esoteric history and practice. W…
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S9-E8 – A new Fellowship-John Michael Greer
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In this week’s episode of the show the one and only John Michael Greer returns for his now 4th time on the Thoth Hermes Podcast. You are probably familiar with his blog www.ecosophia.net and I’m sure you’ll be enjoying our conversation on John’s latest work, the initiation system ‘The Fellowship of the Hermetic Rose’ or FHR which at the time of air…
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S9-E7 – Rosicrucian Utopia-Robert Gordon
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“The Rose starts to Unfold… following the Still Voice within…” This week, Rudolf meets up with initiate Robert Gordon. An Australian by birth and upbringing, Robert holds an M.A. in Museum Studies from University College London. Robert is a contemporary forty-something, with a career, family and devotion to a centuries-old esoteric tradition. This …
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S9-E6 – Seven’s Spheres-Marlene Seven Bremner
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This week we have a refreshing interview with Marlene Seven Bremner, an American artist and writer presently residing in New Mexico. While a student of polarity therapy, Seven initiated into Jungian alchemical teaching, which in turn flowed into her personal study and distillation of the Hermetica. This discovery process included visual art, textua…
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S9-E5 – Dual, Non-Dual, Perennial-Mark Stavish
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Mark Stavish is back on the Thoth Hermes Podcast! And when you have someone like him to talk to, you choose subjects that need clarification, a structured mind and above all, a great knowledge of the field we all like: occultism, hermetism and the Western Traditions. Dualism and especially Non-Dualism have been terms that have found a lot of attent…
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S9-E4 – Kremmerz, before and after-David Pantano
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For many Giuliano Kremmerz is still quite unknown. Well, today's guest David Pantano has set out to change this, and today we want to do a step together in that direction. And the topic is worth it! Kremmerz tried to create a Hermetic School that is much less arcane that some of his contemporary occultists wanted it to be. Naples and Egypt, includi…
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S9-E3 – Pagan Resistance-Rhyd Wildermuth
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Welcome to this interesting talk on our new episode. It is rather rare that we talk politics here, or rather ideology, or... ? Well, with my guest Rhyd Wildermuth Occultism, or rather Esotericism, as he prefers to name it, and ideology are inseparable. Why? Well, he will explain you. Who is Rhyd? A publisher, a writer ... well, let him tell us by h…
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S9-E2 – Quietist Occultism-Steve Dee
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When I discovered (well, I was actually made aware of it through a friend) Steve Dee's latest book "Chaos Monk", I was immediately taken in by the title. That combination seemed so intriguing: How would Chaos magic and monasticism be part of the same narrative? But when you listen to Steve you will soon find out that his own life experience shows u…
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S9-E1 – Gaia Alchemy-Stephan Harding
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Welcome back to the Thoth Hermes Podcast and the beginning of a new season, Season 9 it is already. It is a huge pleasure – I’m sure not only to me – to start a new season with scientific ecologist, teacher at Schumacher College and author of ‘Gaia Alchemy: The Reuniting of Science, Psyche and Soul’, Stephan Harding. In this episode of our show, we…
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S8-E24 – Once in five years…-Rudolf M Berger
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S8-E23 – The Keys to the Temple-Ian Rees
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S8-E22 – Nondual Shamanism-Matthew T Baker
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S8-E21 – Nocturnal Art-Richard Gavin
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S8-E20 – Finnish Occultism-Vesa Iitti
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