#171 - The Ordo Templi Astartes & American Magick with Poke Runyon, Max Paul, & Johnny Royal
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Summary
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.
Key takeaways
- 1Carroll 'Poke' Runyon founded the Ordo Templi Astartes (OTA) in 1970
- 2The OTA is described as America's oldest continually operating ritual magick lodge
- 3'American Magick' is a four-part television miniseries directed by Johnny Royal, who is also a composer
- 4The series covers both the OTA and the Church of the Hermetic Sciences
- 5Maximilian Raphael Paul, a senior OTA member, appears alongside Runyon
- 6The miniseries is available on YouTube and Apple TV
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Glitch Bottle, “#171 - The Ordo Templi Astartes & American Magick with Poke Runyon, Max Paul, & Johnny Royal,” Jan 21, 2026. Indexed by Fringe Index: https://fringeindex.com/item/171-the-ordo-templi-astartes-american-magick-with-poke-runyon-max-paul-johnny-royal. Original: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/171-the-ordo-templi-astartes-american-magick-with-poke-runyon-max-paul-johnny-royal--69535569