#171 - The Ordo Templi Astartes & American Magick with Poke Runyon, Max Paul, & Johnny Royal
Glitch Bottle PodcastShow Notes
Carroll "Poke" Runyon founded the Ordo Templi Astartes in 1970, which is now America’s oldest continually operating ritual magick lodge. Poke is joined by OTA senior member Maximilian Raphael Paul, and film director (and composer) Johnny Royal, to talk about ‘American Magick’ a four-part television miniseries directed by Royal that unveils the OTA and Church of the Hermetic Sciences, following modern members through a powerful journey toward enlightenment. ⇓ ⇓ ⇓
►⚡Watch ‘American Magick’ on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/show/SC6WUMl-fpVsT1vz-xmD1Knw?season=1&sbp=CgEx
►⚡Watch ‘American Magick’ on Apple TV - https://tv.apple.com/us/show/american-magick/umc.cmc.v9tc6yrvc48losngtqfs66k7
►✅Poke’s Website - https://www.pokerunyon.com/
►✅Johnny Royal - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3198724/
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