Knights Templar and the Occult: What History Actually Reveals September 27, 2026Were the Knights Templar really an occult secret society, or did that story emerge centuries after their destruction?
The Magic of Mary MagdalenewithJoanna Kujawa September 18, 2026Joanna Kujawa, PhD, is a Polish-born author, scholar, and spiritual detective based in Australia. She is the author of The Other Goddess: Mary Magdalene and the Goddesses of Eros and Secret Knowledge, and Alien Goddess: UFOs, AI, and the Goddesses of Ascension. Her website is https://www.joannakujawa.com/
The Hermetic Tradition and Its Roots in Ancient EgyptwithMervat Nasser (4K Reboot) February 27, 2026Mervat Nasser, MD, MPhil, FRCPsych, is a graduate of Cairo Medical School and fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, London. She holds a Master’s degree in Philosophy and a doctorate in psychiatry from London University. She took an early retirement from her job as a consultant psychiatrist and senior lecturer at Kings College London [...]
MetaTheurgywithKevin Cann December 26, 2025Kevin Cann is a contributor to Jeffrey Kripal’s book How to Think Impossibly. He is a high-functioning autistic individual whose perspectives inform his philosophical work. Cann is the originator of a worldview he calls Platonic Surrealism.
UFOs/UAP, AI, and Esoteric Goddess TraditionswithJoanna Kujawa December 12, 2025Joanna Kujawa, PhD, is a Polish-born author, scholar, and spiritual detective based in Australia. She is the author of The Other Goddess: Mary Magdalene and the Goddesses of Eros and Secret Knowledge, and Alien Goddess: UFOs and the Goddesses of Ascension. Her website is https://www.joannakujawa.com/
Comparative MysticismwithJorge Ferrer December 4, 2024Jorge Ferrer, PhD, is former chair of the department of east-west psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies. He is currently a core faculty member there. He is author of Revisioning Transpersonal Theory: A Participatory Vision of Human Spirituality, and Participation and the Mystery: Transpersonal Essays in Psychology, Education, and Religion. He is the [...]
Fernando Pessoa’s Esotericism – Occult Poetry, Esoteric Poems November 3, 2024Let’s delve into the enigmatic world of Western esotericism through the lens of Fernando Pessoa, my favourite poet and a fascinating figure in both literature and esoteric thought. Pessoa’s unique approach to esotericism, embodied through his famous heteronyms, presents a multifaceted exploration that challenges traditional perspectives on spirituality, philosophy, and identity.
Andrew Paquette: Rigged! Mathematical Patterns Reveal Election Database Manipulation |646| November 1, 2024https://skeptiko.com/andrew-paquette-rigged-mathematical-patterns-reveal-election-database-manipulation-646/
Toby Walsh: AI Ethics and the Quest for Unbiased Truth |645| October 23, 2024https://skeptiko.com/toby-walsh-ai-ethics-and-the-quest-for-unbiased-truth-645/
Alex Gomez-Marin: Science Has Died, Can We Resurrect it? |644| October 16, 2024Dr. Alex Gomez-Marin is a world-class expert on consciousness who isn’t afraid shatter dogma. This brilliant physicist-turned-neuroscientist is challenging the status quo, pushing the boundaries of our understanding of consciousness by working with a subject who can see even though blind from birth. In this dialogue with Alex Tsakiris, host of Skeptiko, we explore the frontiers of post-materialistic science [...]
Skeptiko 643 Bernardo Kastrup on AI Consciousness October 9, 2024If we really are on the brink of creating sentient machines, we might want to have a logically consistent understanding of what a sentence is… and heck, we might even want to look at empirical evidence for an answer.