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Friends,
My guest this episode is writer, scholar, teacher, and astrologer, ⁠RONNIE PONTIAC⁠. I’ve been impressed and informed by Ronnie’s esoteric work for awhile now, and finally, we got to have our first conversation. And it’s a profound one…

We talk about the need for a spiritual path in our moment, and how the alternative is… well, quite grim. We talk about how spirituality can lead us into a path of hatred and personal gain. We talk about my suspicion about astrology, how I think it works, how I think it does’t work, why so much of it is wrong (and why Ronnie is so often right!). And there’s so much more on this episode (Including my extended intro on the esoteric aim of being a Friend To Humanity.)

Ronnie was a key figure at the ⁠Philosophical Research Society⁠ founded in 1934 by ⁠Manly Palmer Hall⁠. The PRS is still around, and promotes, teaches, and offers research opportunities into the esoteric & philosophical of all societies; with the values of freedom, community, objective study, and inclusiveness at its core. He’s the author most recently of ⁠American Metaphysical Religion: Esoteric and Mystical Traditions of the New World⁠. His forthcoming book, which can preorder now, is ⁠The Rosicrucian Counterculture: The Origins and Influence of the Invisible Society⁠.

I’m so excited to share this episode with you, and the wisdom that arose from the earnest conversation on it.

SHOW NOTES
I mention two episodes of AEWCH about what white magic is, featuring one episode exploring the life of someone connected to white magic, Saint Brendan (AEWCH 273) and one trying to express seven details or aspects of white magic (AEWCH 274).

I also mentioned a small spiritual group I knew well, The Order of Melchezedek, I talked with the head of that group, Diana Young-Peak, on AEWCH 97.

Finally, AEWCH 184 is the episode on Alfred Bergel, Nazi reality-replacement, and friendship in dark times, featuring scholar and write Anne Weise.