Rune Soup

In this side quest from the Hospicing Modernity's Magic series, I make the case that
Synchromysticism is modernity's best available form of omen logic.
And that getting good at it is one of the more reliable ways to get good at magic.
We'll cover
Seneca's distinction between the candle and the comet
The rise and decline of synchromysticism as a subculture.
Jung on the I Ching and psychoid archetypes.
The Māori concept of wairua.
And the practical toolkit.
Show Notes
Chris Knowles on Cosmic Connections: Mystical Practices & Reality's Hidden Language.
Wearing Jung's Skin Like A Pelt.
Jake Kotze on The Higherside Chats.

Ayahuasca's peak cultural moment has been and gone.
So what does she do now? And what are the lessons for western magic in the complex journey of this incredible plant teacher?
I have some thoughts on all this mid-dieta, in the Upper Amazon.
As usual, this one is also a YouTube video. You can see it here.
Here's the link to the Santa Rosa centre. (The website is a little weird but this is the place!) 
Here's the piece I wrote after my first piñon blanco experience.

It's the anniversary of the reception of the Book of the Law. Joining me to explore the questions of
What to make of it?

How to think about it?

What, if anything, to do with it

Are two very special guests: Alan Chapman and Peter Grey. Now, like me, neither of them is a Thelemite. But what they do have is an encyclopedic knowledge of the era, the material, and the magic behind it. So if you've ever wondered whether the Book of the Law has anything to say to you if you're not already one of Crowley's followers, this is that conversation.
Alan's essay, Is A God To Live In A Dog? is referenced several times in the episode. You can download a copy here.
Show Notes
Peter Grey's Substack.

Alan Chapman's website.

Is magic just a less sophisticated form of psychology? That is probably the cornerstone claim of what I am calling 'Modernity's Magic'.
And in the next instalment of our series 'Hospicing Modernity's Magic', I want to look at:
How psychology diverged from magic and why.
Jung's role during his lifetime.
What the magicians of modernity did with the 'legitimacy umbrella' they received from Jungian thought.
Which parts of this journey do we take with us into the magic of today?
Chapters
00:00 Introduction
01:11 Wearing Jung's Skin Like a Pelt
01:57 The 19th Century & Roads Not Taken
07:56 The Red Book 10:50 Active Imagination
15:26 Jung & Astrology
17:59 Is Magic Just Psychology?
22:09 Synchronicity
29:17 The Yi Qing & Moments in Time
33:08 Synchromysticism as Omen Logic
35:26 Psychoid Archetypes & the Unus Mundus
43:00 The Post-Jung Pelt-Wearers
49:27 What to Hospice, What to Keep
52:32 Use Magic to Legitimise Jung

What continues to exist from the 'safe' and 'quirky' magic of the twentieth century that finally needs to die? And what has maybe been left behind that might even belong better in our current era of magic?
This is the beginning of a little project exploring what we should take with us through this fourth turning. You can, of course, watch this one on YouTube.
00:00 - Remember When Magic Was Safe?
01:50 - The Golden Age We Just Lived Through
05:19 - Eating the Wrapper, Throwing Away the Candy
06:34 - What Is Modernity?
09:54 - Why "Hospicing Modernity's Magic"
11:24 - The Hospicing Framework
13:00 - Nothing Is Going Wrong
14:54 - A Telling, Not a History
17:32 - The Series Roadmap
21:18 - What We Carry Forward
22:47 - Join the Conversation
Here are the videos I reference:
At Work In The Ruins | Dougald Hind 
Alan Moore's Moon and Serpent Bumper Book of Magic