The Hieros Institute Podcast

Phoenix and Ashes (Part 1): A Conversation with Dr. Glenn Magee

Author and editor of a number of books, including Hegel and the Hermetic Tradition and The Cambridge Handbook of Western Mysticism and Esotericism, in this conversation Dr. Magee discusses some of his intellectual journey and academic experiences. Topics discussed include the contemporary academy and its decline as well as the dominance of reductive materialism.

Future Alchemy: A Conversation with Joseph Wagner

Joseph Wagner is a founder of Future Alchemy and Siddhi Energetics, websites devoted to making available rare alchemical preparations primarily originating in Asia, especially Tibet and Nepal, but also from Burma and beyond. He is a longtime Vajrayana Buddhist practitioner, and in this conversation with Dr. Arthur Versluis, he discusses his Buddhist life journey, why he founded Chönyi Ling, the Denver Dzogchen Center, and how he came to make available these unique alchemical medicines.

Holy Europe: A Conversation with Aki Cederberg

Aki Cederberg talks with Christopher McIntosh and Arthur Versluis about his books Journeys in the Kali Yuga and Holy Europe. They discuss traveling to Asia, studying Tantra, returning to ancestral traditions, recognizing land spirits, the multifaceted aspects of haltia in the Finnish tradition, Asatru and other forms of Paganism, and much else.

Conversations on the Mystical Path 16 (Eros 2)

A final conversation in the series on the mystical path and erosion.

Retribalization and the Future: A Conversation with Stephen Flowers

In this wide-ranging conversation, Dr. Stephen Flowers discusses topics with Dr. Arthur Versluis and Dr. Christopher McIntosh, including retribalization in contemporary and historical European and European-diaspora contexts, as well as the occult history of Bolshevism, the Woodharrow Institute project, and much else. 

Conversations on the Mystical Path - 15 (Communitas)

In this conversation, Robert Faas and Arthur Versluis discuss spiritual community and union beyond the limitations of space and time, and how spiritual communion is inherent in the higher stages of a spiritual path.

Pagan Traditionalism in Russia: A Conversation with Askr Svarte

Dr. Christopher McIntosh and Dr. Arthur Versluis discuss pagan traditionalism with Askr Svarte, Russian author of numerous books on pagan traditionalism, and Jafe Arnold from Prav Publishing.

Conversation on the Mystical Path, 14

In this conversation, Robert Faas and Arthur Versluis discuss the path of higher eros, the mutual spiritual transformative path of a man and a woman as a couple, and their movement through the alchemical stages of the black, the white, and the red. 

Spiritual Significances of the Northern Lights

In this podcast, Dr. Kingsley Dennis, Dr. Christopher McIntosh, and Dr. Arthur Versluis discuss some of the spiritual significances of the Northern Lights (aurora borealis), and related topics.

How We Got Here, Part One: A Conversation with Prof. Paul Bishop

Prof. Paul Bishop is William Jacks Chair of Modern Languages at the University of Glasgow. His books examine the history of ideas, with particular emphasis on Nietzsche, C.G. Jung, and Ludwig Klages. He has published numerous books, including The Archaic: The Past in the Present, The Ecstatic and the Archaic, The Descent of the Soul and the Archaic, as well as Ludwig Klages and the Philosophy of Life: A Vitalist Toolkit. Here, in conversation with Prof. Arthur Versluis, Prof. Bishop discusses the archaic, the nature of modernity, the absence and presence of values, and many related themes to explore the underlying theme of how we got here.