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Radical Elphame

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by Chad Andro

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New ideas about Old Gods. A podcast about The Otherworld, and the people who engage it. A journey through conversations with a wide array of thinkers, practitioners, and writers. Join us as we delve into folklore, consciousness, witchcraft, and all the perennial mysteries that haunt and inspire us.

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May 13, 2026

Magical Camaraderie with CR Sanders and Robert Peter

The inner experience of magic – the knowledge and gnosis gleaned from somatic responses and inner-eye eruptions – is a feature, not a bug, of engaging with these practices. When magic can be experienced fully, without doubt, it tends to draw us in and lead us to seek even deeper. The mystical applications of magic are a large part of what drew me to it in the first place. The utility of practical magic is important, sometimes even vital, but once your roads are open, your luck is drawn, and your boundaries are set, then these tools can help us ask the bigger questions. Sometimes, this inner exploration can draw practitioners into the hermitage or wizard's tower, and even lead them to retreat from life. Once you've plowed the depths of your shadow or returned from your katabsis or grounded from your celestial ascent, what are you to do with the boons of this experience? Hopefully, lead a richer and more fulfilling life. Today's show is a little different than usual. Rather than an interview with a magical expert or a deep dive into a tradition or technique, today, I enjoy the chance to catch up with some friends and let them regale us with all the ways magic can be used to have fun, to seek out some adventure, and foster new friendships. CR and Robert tell us about their chance encounter in the UK, the magical shenanigans they got up to, and CR describes how those same magical currents and spiritual support systems can also guide us through the trials of loss and grief. I thought it would be fun to share this chat with you all. It's very casual, but also heartening, and at times truly poignant. SHOW NOTES: C.R.'s Website: <a href= "https://lalanomicon.com/">https://lalanomicon.com/</a> Alien Encounters: Fact or Fiction: <a href= "https://www.max.com/shows/alien-encounters-fact-or-fiction/02a4c33f-c7f1-44b9-a7f1-ae52282b2588"> HBO MAX</a> IG: <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/misterxofer/reels/">@misterxofer</a> No Hand Path: <a href= "https://substack.com/@robertpetermagi">Robert's Substack</a> IG: <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/robertpeterservices?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ=="> @robertpeterservices</a>

April 30, 2026

Reflection and Inversion in the Faery Courts with Morgan Daimler

If you had to guess the political persuasion in the land of Faery, what's the first thought that comes to mind? I think for most, it would be hard to separate our preconceived notion of faeries from their titular tales, replete with Queens, Kings, and courts. Although there is no lack of allusions to a Faery adherence to some form of Otherworldly monarchy (or monarchies), there are just as many instances of clear inversions of the etiquette and mores of our human royal courts, in their Faery reflections. In the Early Modern period, we also see a number of social rebellions on the part of the human working classes against the tyrannical excesses of their own monarchs, carried out in the name of faeries. How much of this mirroring of our own realm, that we see askew in Faery, is an expression of their inherent nature, and how much is it actually a form of theatrics or co-creation? When is Faery an interface? In the US today, are there still Faerie Queens, or have they decided to try out the popular mode of democratically elected authoritarian? In Morgan Daimler's latest book on The Fairy Courts, they challenge many of the pre-conceived notions we have about the social structures of these beings, and the relative morality at play in their pledged loyalties, from the "Seelie" and "Unseelie" Courts in Early Modern Scotland, to their modern adaptations in fiction and pop culture. In our conversation, Morgan unpacks all the nuances of this complex topic and fells some sacred cows along the way. And while I have you here, I just want to mention that we have a lively Patreon page you can check out if you want to pledge support for the show. We offer extended bonus interviews for every episode, and I've been offering a Patreon-exclusive deep dive into my approach to seership over there as well. I also have a free Substack called The Foliate Head, where I'm about to post my fifth entry into an essay series on the vast array of theories about the fundamental nature of faeries, and why they might not all be mutually exclusive. And if you haven't yet, go forth and rate and review the show. It actually goes a long way in getting us into more ears. All that said, I hope you enjoy my chat with the great Morgan Daimler. SHOW NOTES: Morgan's Books: <a href= "https://www.collectiveinkbooks.com/moon-books/authors/morgan-daimler"> Author Page</a> The Fairy Courts: <a href= "https://www.collectiveinkbooks.com/moon-books/our-books/fairy-courts"> Moon Books</a> Feed the Fairies Podcast: <a href= "https://open.spotify.com/show/6t5ydHE4lXok84s5IAnJwT?si=c317baab52094ce0"> Spotify Link</a> Morgan's Patheos Blog: <a href= "https://www.patheos.com/blogs/agora/author/mdaimler/">Patheos Pagan</a> Morgan's Classes: <a href= "https://irishpagan.school/morgan-daimler/">Irish Pagan School</a> Morgan's Instagram: <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/morgandaimler/?hl=en">@morgandaimler</a>

April 15, 2026

The Cunning Farmer with Todd Elliott

If I go to my rural grocery store today, amongst the tabloids, gossip rags, and boomer nostalgia slop in the magazine section, a strange artifact awaits. There, as it likely has been since the place was built in the fifties, is a row of Old Farmer's Almanacs. Ostensibly a relic of homespun wisdom and a tangible reminder of an agrarian lifestyle that a few generations ago would have been intrinsic to survival, but is now merely a hobby. The Farmer's Almanac can seem like an object of tradition more than function, like Coke in a glass bottle or cowboy boots: a tool to embody and experience the past. Less remarked on, though, is how the Old Farmer's Almanac is essentially a grimoire of agricultural folk magic that is somehow as ubiquitous as the TV Guide. In the Old Farmer's Almanac, you'll essentially find half the categories of the New Age section in the bookstore: weather predictions, astrological timing, home remedies, and a lunar cycle planting guide, and somehow it still manages to feel as kitschy as a Norman Rockwell painting. What this apparent dichotomy between content and presentation reveals to me is just how old most of what gets called "new age" actually is. Interestingly, by going back to the land as a form of self-care or hobby, a vocation, or an intentional lifestyle, a hermetic dialectic opens up between that most rooted and embodied experience of growing food in dirt and all the seen and unseen cosmic influences that make it possible. When we remove the barriers between our human lives and the processes and activities that support them–such as agriculture, energy generation, and cooking–we start to realize how much modern life has become almost a simulacrum of living. When we allow ourselves to reconnect with the actions that foster our lives and turn down the distractions and toils of modernity, the "big questions" feel closer at hand. What can feel like interests of fantasy or eccentricity to the modern world–those subjects beyond the scope of what we can quantify, dissect, and extract from–in this more embodied life, take precedence. This is why I think some form of engagement with the "natural" world is fundamental to what we now call magic, and in the past, we probably experienced as just part of being alive. I think something unlocks when we see ourselves through the lens of the earth, and the ways in which we are grown by it and governed by the same forces that influence it. Magic removed from this gnosis is always going to be handicapped, and any life not guided by it will be stunted. Although I don't think the Old Farmer's Almanac at my local grocery store is a sacred text, the persistence of its metaphysical approach to the most practical of tasks is something I find heartening. But what would an even Older Farmer's Almanac look like? What if it were written by Agrippa instead of Garrison Keillor? What if it could explain the hermetic principles it was emulating? What if it traced these practices to their ancient sources and explored the perennial wisdom of agrarian magic found across the globe? It might look like Todd Elliott's new book, The Cunning Farmer. SHOW NOTES: Todd's Book: <a href= "https://www.innertraditions.com/the-cunning-farmer">The Cunning Farmer</a> Todd's Substack: <a href= "https://substack.com/@thecunningfarmer">The Cunning Farmer</a>

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What is Radical Elphame?: New ideas about Old Gods. A podcast about The Otherworld, and the people who engage it. A journey through conversations with a wide array of thinkers, practitioners, and writers. Join us as we delve into folklore, consciousness, witchcraft, and all the perennial mysteries that haunt and inspire us.
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