Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
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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:
Permissioning, attending, a home archetypal language, an oracle built for this work, cultivated non-reactivity, and Knowles' criteria to keep pareidolia in check.
00:00 Seneca, the candle, and the comet
02:26 Why synchromysticism makes you better at magic
03:26 What synchromysticism actually is
04:16 The Millennium Hilton and 9/11
07:01 A brief history of synchromysticism
10:52 Caveat: yes, spells really are cast on populations
13:35 Synchronicity, the I Ching, and the quality of the moment
17:40 Psychoid archetypes: Van Gogh and Kubrick
20:20 Omen logic: wairua, Babylon, and the jungle
28:13 How to get good at it: permissioning, attending, and the tools
34:12 Knowles' criteria and pareidolia
35:04 Side quest complete
🔼🔼ABOUT RUNE SOUP🔼🔼
Rune Soup is a magical training community, podcast and YouTube channel that platforms the most important discussions at the cutting edge of magic, animism and spirit work.
Gordon is a 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 or his apartment in Paraguay.
JOIN the world's leading magical training community HERE
runesoup.com/join?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video_description&utm_content=get-better-at-synchromysticism
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:
Permissioning, attending, a home archetypal language, an oracle built for this work, cultivated non-reactivity, and Knowles' criteria to keep pareidolia in check.
00:00 Seneca, the candle, and the comet
02:26 Why synchromysticism makes you better at magic
03:26 What synchromysticism actually is
04:16 The Millennium Hilton and 9/11
07:01 A brief history of synchromysticism
10:52 Caveat: yes, spells really are cast on populations
13:35 Synchronicity, the I Ching, and the quality of the moment
17:40 Psychoid archetypes: Van Gogh and Kubrick
20:20 Omen logic: wairua, Babylon, and the jungle
28:13 How to get good at it: permissioning, attending, and the tools
34:12 Knowles' criteria and pareidolia
35:04 Side quest complete
🔼🔼ABOUT RUNE SOUP🔼🔼
Rune Soup is a magical training community, podcast and YouTube channel that platforms the most important discussions at the cutting edge of magic, animism and spirit work.
Gordon is a 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 or his apartment in Paraguay.
