The Gnostalgia Podcast
Episodes
Mysteries Of The Divine Wisdom w/ Michael Martin
09 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Brian and Sebastian sit down with poet-farmer Michael Martin for a wide ranging conversation on the renewal of metaphysical imagination. The discussio...
Enter Purgatory w/ Jason Baxter
11 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Jason Baxter returns to discuss his newly released translation of the second part of Dante's Divine Comedy the Purgatorio.https://jasonmbaxt...
On The Stars w/ Michal Paszkiewicz
26 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Brian and return guest Michal discuss the meaning of the stars and the history of cosmic narratives.
Talking to Animals
19 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Brian Scarffe and Sebastian Morello wander off the paved roads of modern piety and into the wild of the Christian imagination, where animals are fello...
On Holy Wells w/ Theo Howard
01 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Brian Scarffe and Theo Howard meet to explore the strange and venerable world of the holy well. Their conversation moves through stories of healing, d...
The Cosmic Role of St. Michael
07 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this conversation, Brian and Sebastian explore the significance of St. Michael within angelic cosmology, the historical importance of the Feast of ...
Viriditas: Nothing Can Grow Without Roots w/ Ross Arlen Tieken
23 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Viriditas – that greening force extolled by Hildegard of Bingen, signifying life’s inexhaustible power to heal, to renew, and to bind together hea...
Servants of the Secret Fire w/ Nina Power
29 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Philosopher Nina Power joins Sebastian Morello and Brian Scarffe for a roaming conversation on fire: its ancient sanctity, its capacity to protect and...
Astrology and the Renaissance w/ Michal Paszkiewicz
19 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Brian and Sebastian speak with Michal Paszkiewicz about the life and times of one of astronomy’s earliest historians.
On Sacred Healing
02 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sebastian and Brian discuss the sacred history of healing, from its roots in pre-Christian rites of anointing and balance to its transfiguration in th...
Sede Vacante
05 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On what has ended and what may come.
The Areopagite & First Century Christian Platonism w/ Evangelos Nikitopoulos
21 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Brian Scarffe sits down with Evangelos Nikitopoulos to reconsider one of the most contested figures in Christian history: Saint Diony...
Liturgy as Sacred Magic w/ Dr Joseph Shaw
24 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Gnostalgia pod is joined by Dr Joseph Shaw to discuss the theurgical mysteries of the Christian liturgy.
Nietzsche & the Christian Knight w/ Raw Egg Nationalist
10 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We are joined by the Raw Egg Nationalist to discuss whether Christianity has a place for the masculine virtues in today’s Church and how it relates ...
Saint Death & The Wizard Popes W/ Fr Robert Nixon OSB
03 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Fr Robert Nixon OSB returns to discuss the folk Catholic cult of Santa Muerte and the 'wizard' papacy of the 11th century.
The Black Virgin
20 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Brian and Sebastian discuss the mysteries of the Black Virgin.
Imperium
13 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Brian and Sebastian discuss empire and nation.
Cosmic Toryism w/ Esme Partridge
06 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You’ve heard of High Tories, Low Tories, Tory scum, and Tori Amos, but have you heard of Cosmic Toryism?
Deep Magic - The Highest Mariology? W/ Fr Robert Nixon OSB
23 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
An exploration of the stranger forgotten parts of the Catholic tradition with the great scholar and monk Fr Robert Nixon OSB.
Angels & Demons w/ Rod Dreher
16 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sebastian Morello and Brian Scarffe sit down with Rod Dreher to discuss the insights and themes of his new book, Living in Wonder.
Sacred Royalty w/ Charles Coulombe
09 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sebastian Morello, Brian Scarffe, and Charles Coulombe on monarchy as a divine vocation.
Are We 'Paganising' Christianity?
25 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In defence of the role of natural wisdom in reestablishing Christendom.
Against Paul Kingsnorth
18 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sebastian and Brian criticise the high priest of “rewilding Christianity”, Paul Kingsnorth, in the light of his Erasmus Lecture, delivered at the ...
Nostalgia as Gnosis
11 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On cultivating deep nostalgic wisdom, connecting with ancestors, and overcoming uprootedness.
The Gift of a Burning Heart: Dante w/ Jason Baxter
04 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jason Baxter, the translator of a wonderful new edition of Dante’s Inferno, joins The Gnostalgia Podcast to discuss with Sebastian Morello and Brian...
Reclaiming Halloween
30 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this Halloween special, recorded at the request of one of The Gnostalgia Podcast’s regular listeners, Sebastian Morello and Brian Scarffe defend ...
Sacred Ecology II
28 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Continuing their Sacred Ecology discussion, Sebastian Morello and Brian Scarffe sing the praises of the nascent rewilding movement, discuss how to bre...
Sacred Ecology I
21 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Sebastian Morello and Brian Scarffe discuss Neoplatonism as a foundation for a Christian approach to ecology, arguing that participat...
The Maledict Option
14 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Sebastian Morello and Brian Scarffe discuss the forgotten practice of Christian cursing, arguing that placing curses on one’s enemi...
The gods on their knees
07 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Sebastian Morello and Brian Scarffe discuss the role of the gods in Christianity, and why, as Psalm 136 puts it, we worship the God o...
Arimathean Spirituality
30 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On how a hawthorn bush in Glastonbury is a portal to the mysteries and the depths of the English soul.