Rune Soup

Author: Gordon

Rune Soup is a podcast channel that platforms the most important discussions at the cutting edge of magic, animism and spirit work. Gordon is chaos magician, shamanic practitioner, podcaster, author and permaculture designer with a background in data and analytics gained at some of the world's largest media companies. He is the author of four books on magic, animism and star lore: Star.Ships: A Prehistory of the Spirits, The Chaos Protocols, Pieces of Eight and Ani.Mystic: Encounters With A Living Cosmos. When not travelling, Gordon hosts his weekly show, Rune Soup, from a small permaculture farm in southern Tasmania.
Be a guest on this podcast

Language: en

Genres: Philosophy, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, Spirituality

Contact email: Get it

Feed URL: Get it

iTunes ID: Get it

Trailer:

Get all podcast data

Listen Now...

Hospicing Modernity's Magic
Wednesday, 25 February, 2026

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