The Rational Shaman

“Magic no longer seems anywhere near as extreme as it once did,” he says. “It’s become much more everyday for me. It has given me a kind of world-view that is complex and elegant enough to actually file the incredible amount of information that I and everybody else living in the 21st century take in as a matter of course during our everyday lives.

“Also, I really like the interior décor,” he jokes. “You’ve got to say that being into magic beats being into, say, football, you know. My house looks just lovely. There’s an Austin Osman Spare on a wall, there’s a set of Golden Dawn magic wands, I’ve got the John Dee Enochian tables all in color up on another wall. I think that’s probably better than pictures of Britney Spears.”