Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
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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?
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
youtube.com/watch?v=7IXrlUVQbFk
Alan Moore's Moon and Serpent Bumper Book of Magic
youtube.com/watch?v=KyduQCcRbFs
🔼🔼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=remember-when-magic-used-to-be-safe
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?
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
youtube.com/watch?v=7IXrlUVQbFk
Alan Moore's Moon and Serpent Bumper Book of Magic
youtube.com/watch?v=KyduQCcRbFs
🔼🔼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.
