In the Borderlands

Occult thinker and practitioner David Beth once made a vow to wait at least a decade before writing another book. "The Black Pilgrimage“ is the result of that promise.

With the release of this tome as a springboard, we dive together with David into the dark, beautiful abyss. We touch upon themes of identity, integrity, and the dangerous desire to stay unaffected by the world. Can we embrace the world with all its imperfections, horrors and loss and stay porous in relation to it? Can we allow it to remain a mystery?

DAVID BETH LINKS
https://theionpublishing.com/
https://kosmicgnosis.com/

Soundscape for intro and outro by Lee Berwick.
https://www.leeberwick.com/

PODCAST LINKS

https://www.intheborderlands.com/

https://www.patreon.com/IntheBorderlands

https://www.facebook.com/intheborderlands

https://www.instagram.com/intheborderlands_podcast/

EMAIL

contact@intheborderlands.com

TORGRIM LINKS

https://www.brittle.one/

https://www.facebook.com/kloverknekten

https://www.instagram.com/kloverknekten/

MIKAEL LINKS

https://smarturl.it/inanna

https://www.facebook.com/mikael.oberg.performance.storyteller

https://www.instagram.com/mikaelobergstoryteller/

REFERENCES
Thelema
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelema
Michael Bertiaux
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bertiaux
https://www.instagram.com/michaelbertiauxart/
Voudon Gnosis by David Beth
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6850109-voudon-gnosis
Muses
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muses
Orpheus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orpheus
Odin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odin
Martin Heidegger
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Heidegger
Lwa
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lwa
Gnosticism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnosticism
Friedrich Nietzsche
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Nietzsche
Zorba the Greek
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zorba_the_Greek_(film)
Anselm Kiefer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anselm_Kiefer
Hellblazer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellblazer

We’re starting a new thread in our podcast weave! "Epic Small Talk“ is basically conversations between performance storytellers and other myth workers on different mythological subjects. A deep dive into the nitty gritty of myth, if you will. And to bless any new project, we have to start by invoking and inviting trickster to open the landscape for us.

Join performance storytellers Jo Blake and Dominic Kelly (UK) as well as your eternal hosts Mikael Öberg (SE) and Torgrim Mellum Stene (NO) in a delightful caper on the edge between right and wrong, the cracks, the openings, the thresholds, the grey areas of neither/nor where trickster resides and spins its dynamic dance. The image of trickster is seen from a wide range of perspectives, including in relation to the current state of the world.

We invite you to the beginning. A beginning.

JO BLAKE LINK
https://jo-blake.co.uk/

DOMINIC KELLY LINK
https://dominickelly.net/

PODCAST LINKS

https://www.intheborderlands.com/

https://www.patreon.com/IntheBorderlands

https://www.facebook.com/intheborderlands

https://www.instagram.com/intheborderlands_podcast/

EMAIL

contact@intheborderlands.com

TORGRIM LINKS

https://www.brittle.one/

https://www.facebook.com/kloverknekten

https://www.instagram.com/kloverknekten/

MIKAEL LINKS

https://smarturl.it/inanna

https://www.facebook.com/mikael.oberg.performance.storyteller

https://www.instagram.com/mikaelobergstoryteller/

REFERENCES
Trickster
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trickster
Blodeuwedd
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blodeuwedd
Mabinogion
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mabinogion
Raven
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravens_in_Native_American_mythology
Coyote
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coyote_(mythology)
Trickster Makes This World by Lewis Hyde
https://lewishyde.com/trickster/
Hermes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermes
Medb
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medb
The Ulcster Cycle
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulster_Cycle
The Trickster Aesthetic by Jeanne Rosier Smith
https://books.google.se/books/about/The_Trickster_Aesthetic.html?id=jgpSNwAACAAJ&redir_esc=y
Maui
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C4%81ui
The Gallic Wars by Julius Caesar
https://classics.mit.edu/Caesar/gallic.6.6.html
Peer Gynt
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peer_Gynt
Kalevala
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalevala
Lemminkäinen
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemmink%C3%A4inen
Frank Abagnale
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Abagnale
Catch Me If You Can
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catch_Me_If_You_Can
Loki
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loki
Vodou
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_Vodou
Candomblé
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candombl%C3%A9
Santería
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santer%C3%ADa
Cynthia Bourgeault
https://www.cynthiabourgeault.org/
Epic of Gilgamesh
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_of_Gilgamesh
Ishtar/Inanna
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inanna
Uruk
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruk
Baldr
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldr
Frigg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frigg
Ezra Pound
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezra_Pound
Lleu
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lleu_Llaw_Gyffes
Hod
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%B6%C3%B0r
Ragnarök
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ragnar%C3%B6k
Kachina
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kachina

Our second episode on the Odinic path takes us to Rune Hjarnø Rasmussen, founder of Nordic Animism and initiate to Odin in the Candomblé tradition. We speak to him about his initiation to a Norse god in an Afro-Brazilian syncretistic context, about the nature of initation in general, and how the Odinic qualities of speaking something into being and insisting on the right story are crucial counterweights to our hypermodernistic and overly representational times.
What is a right story? What is a wrong story? Can you destroy the sacred by making it too seen? Too available? Join us as we explore these themes guided by the guardian of knowledge.

RUNE HJARNØ RASMUSSEN LINK
https://nordicanimism.com/

PODCAST LINKS

https://www.intheborderlands.com/

https://www.patreon.com/IntheBorderlands

https://www.facebook.com/intheborderlands

https://www.instagram.com/intheborderlands_podcast/

EMAIL

contact@intheborderlands.com

TORGRIM LINKS

https://www.brittle.one/

https://www.facebook.com/kloverknekten

https://www.instagram.com/kloverknekten/

MIKAEL LINKS

https://smarturl.it/inanna

https://www.facebook.com/mikael.oberg.performance.storyteller

https://www.instagram.com/mikaelobergstoryteller/

REFERENCES
Candomblé
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candombl%C3%A9
Vodou
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_Vodou
Santería
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santer%C3%ADa
Oshoshi
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oshosi
Ullr
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ullr
Yoruba
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoruba_religion
Hávamál
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A1vam%C3%A1l
Donna Haraway
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Haraway
Tyson Yunkaporta
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Kb7EWX80Fo
Right Story, Wrong Story by Tyson Yunkaporta
https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/199122606-right-story-wrong-story
Atlantis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantis
Gotland
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotland
The Matrix
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix
Black Panther
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Panther_(film)
Gangs of New York
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gangs_of_New_York
Dune
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dune_(franchise)
Jötunn
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B6tunn
Kalevala
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalevala
Ragnarök
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ragnar%C3%B6k
Ragnarok tv series
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ragnarok_(TV_series)
Sophie Strand
https://sophiestrand.com/
Wendigo
https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendigo

Maria Kvilhaug, one of our favourite guests, has returned to "In the Borderlands“. She herself inhabits the liminal space between the scholar and the mystic and her deep delve analysis of ancient Norse poetry is always a delight to listen to. This time we have asked her to reflect on the fascinating figure of Odin, his polyvalent nature and his many, many names. Saddle your eight-legged steed and join us for the ride!

MARIA KVILHAUG LINKS
https://www.patreon.com/MariaKvilhaug
https://www.instagram.com/mariakvilhaug/
https://www.facebook.com/ladyofthe.labyrinth/
https://bsky.app/profile/mariakvilhaug.bsky.social
https://shop.the3littlesisters.com/collections/the-maria-kvilhaug-collection

PODCAST LINKS

https://www.intheborderlands.com/

https://www.patreon.com/IntheBorderlands

https://www.facebook.com/intheborderlands

https://www.instagram.com/intheborderlands_podcast/

EMAIL

contact@intheborderlands.com

TORGRIM LINKS

https://www.brittle.one/

https://www.facebook.com/kloverknekten

https://www.instagram.com/kloverknekten/

MIKAEL LINKS

https://smarturl.it/inanna

https://www.facebook.com/mikael.oberg.performance.storyteller

https://www.instagram.com/mikaelobergstoryteller/

REFERENCES
Odin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odin
Freyja
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freyja
Idunn
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%C3%B0unn
Rune Hjarnø Rasmussen
https://nordicanimism.com/
Candomblé
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candombl%C3%A9
The Poetic Edda
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poetic_Edda
Hel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hel_(mythological_being)
The Norns
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norns
Plato
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plato
Jo Blake
https://jo-blake.co.uk/
Book by Walter Ong: Orality and Literacy
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/164515.Orality_and_Literacy
Snorri Sturlusson
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snorri_Sturluson
Hávamál
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A1vam%C3%A1l
Vafþrúðnismál
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaf%C3%BEr%C3%BA%C3%B0nism%C3%A1l
Sif
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sif
Valkyrie
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valkyrie
Útgarðar
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9Atgar%C3%B0ar
Hárbarðsljóð
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A1rbar%C3%B0slj%C3%B3%C3%B0
Grímnismál
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gr%C3%ADmnism%C3%A1l
Jörmungandr
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B6rmungandr
Alvíssmál
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alv%C3%ADssm%C3%A1l
Haustlǫng
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haustl%C3%B6ng
Hyndluljóð
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyndlulj%C3%B3%C3%B0
Lokasenna
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lokasenna
Höðr
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%B6%C3%B0r
Ragnarök
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ragnar%C3%B6k
Hœnir
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C5%93nir

From the vibrant wilderness of Big Sur in California, we are joined by multidisciplinary artist Fletcher Tucker.

Through the music label Gnome Life Records and the organisation Wildtender his work is deeply related to the re-enchantment of the world and establishing relation and dialogue with the land, with other awarenesses, with the more-than-human.

We speak of the importance of ceremony and of the restoration of an ancient contact between human and landscape. Through practice. Through awareness. Through art.

The land misses us.

FLECHER TUCKER LINK
https://www.fletchertucker.com/

PODCAST LINKS

https://www.intheborderlands.com/

https://www.patreon.com/IntheBorderlands

https://www.facebook.com/intheborderlands

https://www.instagram.com/intheborderlands_podcast/

EMAIL

contact@intheborderlands.com

TORGRIM'S LINKS

https://www.brittle.one/

https://www.facebook.com/kloverknekten

https://www.instagram.com/kloverknekten/

MIKAEL'S LINKS

https://smarturl.it/inanna

https://www.facebook.com/mikael.oberg.performance.storyteller

https://www.instagram.com/mikaelobergstoryteller/

REFERENCES
Esselen
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esselen
Sōtō zen
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C5%8Dt%C5%8D
Alan Watts
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Watts
Wendell Berry
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendell_Berry
Kumano kodō pilgrimage routes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumano_Kod%C5%8D
Æsir-Vanir
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86sir%E2%80%93Vanir_War
Ramayana
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramayana
Ramlila
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramlila
Shinto
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinto
Kami
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kami
Tomten
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nisse_(folklore)
Thulite
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thulite
Rune Hjarnø Rasmussen
https://nordicanimism.com/