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Friends,
DUNCAN BARFORD and I met in London at legendary occult bookstore Treadwells to have a conversation in front of an audience about my debut novel, Hawk Mountain. It was a magical moment; as we went into the basement where the event was, the news that the Queen had died was spreading through the city and the world. And there we were, surrounded by magickal artifacts, talking about fiction.
Duncan is perhaps best known for his collaborative projects with Alan Chapman, including the Baptist’s Head – a (currently out of print) series of books detailing their path to enlightenment – and the podcast WORP FM. He’s is also the creator of the podcast Hierophany; on which he discusses a different spiritual theme on each episode. author of many other books, including Occult Experiments in the Home: Personal Explorations of Magick and the Paranormal and The Magick of A Dark Song: The Abramelin Ritual in Fiction and Reality.
This is a wide-ranging but very deep episode about the occult, drugs, magick, and enlightenment, a sort of how-and-why (and why-not-to) do certain practices on the way to spiritual development.
I’m so happy to share it with you.
SHOW NOTES
WHAT BOOK SHOULD I READ?
A book that does not directly relate, but is productively adjacent, to this conversation, is Rudolf Steiner’s The Spiritual Foundation of Morality: Francis of Assisi and the Christ Impulse. A small book filled with depths of wisdom.
WHAT EPISODE SHOULD I LISTEN TO?
The episode is probably most resonant with my conversation with Lisa Romero on AEWCH 209 about going beyond sorcery and psychedelics.
MORE ON DUNCAN
Duncan’s patreon features plenty of posts to explore. He’s also appeared on Weird Studies for a great conversation about magick. Duncan’s other books are available via his site, as well as a substantial blog. Duncan is also a counselor; here’s one of his therapy-related articles, on narcissism, in Therapy Today.
Conner Habib 