Can Alfred North Whiteheadโs process philosophy offer a new way of understanding how magic works?
Join me live on Saturday, 1 August 2026, at 12 pm EST for a fascinating conversation with Dr Darren Iammarino of the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of San Diego.
We will explore the philosophy of magic between 1875 and 1975, beginning with Spiritualism, Theosophy, William James, and the emergence of spirit and energy models. Our central focus will be Whiteheadโs process philosophy and its potential to explain magic through an informational and relational model of reality, in which events, consciousness, agency, and influence are interconnected processes rather than isolated substances.
We will also consider how yoga, Tantra, and the Yoga Sลซtras conceptualise siddhis, or supernormal powers, alongside the influence of perennialism on modern Western interpretations of magic.
Can process thought help us move beyond the familiar opposition between supernatural and psychological explanations? Could magic be understood as participation in a dynamic and interconnected cosmos? Join us live and bring your questions for the discussion.
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00:00:00 Introduction to Process Philosophy & Magic
00:02:50 Meet Dr. Darren Iammarino: Background & Research
00:12:45 Actual Entities, Prehension, & Subconscious Experience
00:14:17 What is Process Philosophy? (Alfred North Whitehead Explained)
00:14:43 Meaningful Coincidence vs. Causal Magical Influence
00:17:38 How Magic Operates in a Whiteheadian Universe
00:24:17 The Information Model of Magic vs. Magical Energy
00:29:52 Action at a Distance & Non-Locality in Magic
00:33:33 Naturalizing Magic: Do Stones & Objects Have Consciousness?
00:38:25 Atheistic Magic, Panentheism, & Process Theology
00:42:58 Sigil Magic, Chaos Magic, & Altered States of Consciousness
00:51:43 Perennial Philosophy vs. Religious Pluralism
01:01:19 Why Esoteric Practitioners Should Study Process Philosophy
00:05:04 Technomancy, Prediction Markets, & AI Digital Magic
01:07:27 Defining Magic from an Academic Perspective
01:12:29 Join Dr Pucaโs growing team of scholars and practitioners
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