Church of the Hermetic Sciences

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Definition

A religious organization closely tied to the Ordo Templi Astartes. It provides a church framework for the OTA's Hermetic and ceremonial magic practices.

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#171 - The Ordo Templi Astartes & American Magick with Poke Runyon, Max Paul, & Johnny Royal

Glitch BottleJan 21, 2026

Carroll 'Poke' Runyon, who founded the Ordo Templi Astartes in 1970, joins the show to discuss what is now America's oldest continually operating ritual magick lodge. He is accompanied by senior OTA member Maximilian Raphael Paul and filmmaker and composer Johnny Royal, director of the four-part miniseries 'American Magick'. The series takes viewers inside the OTA and the Church of the Hermetic Sciences, following modern practitioners on a ritual journey toward enlightenment.

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