Anarchy with Common Sense

Wed, 26 Aug 2026 14:24:00 GMT

"Anarchy with Common Sense," our first episode explores "work" -- as well as the material obsession with career, status, and money (or the lack of any of these) -- as the true opiate of the masses. We talk about the Great Work of magick as the true opportunity to grow what you care about without fighting shadows. Sometimes that opportunity comes to you through the sudden tragedy of illness; sometimes it comes to you in the only week you've had off work in years. Why is that? What is that about? The conversation explores the Great Work through the lenses of personal experience and spiritual practice, amidst the backdrop of late-stage capitalism in the West.

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Texts mentioned:

Magia by Alan Chapman

The Lost Soul by Olga Tokarczuk and Joanna Concego

Magick Without Tears by Aleister Crowley, edited by Alan Chapman and Duncan Barford

The Baptist's Head by Alan Chapman and Duncan Barford

The Last Night: Anti-work, Atheism, and Adventure by Federico Campagna

Be Creative by Angela McRobbie

The Red Book by CG Jung

The Introduction to the Black Books, by Sonu Shamdasani and CG Jung

The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage

tao te ching by Ko Hsüan (Aleister Crowley)

Cosmic Trigger by Robert Anton Wilson