Welcome to Roon Soup, a podcast about Magic, Culture and the Paranormal, coming to you from Sunny West London.

My name is Gordon and I shall be your host. Enjoy.

Today on Roon Soup.

Today on Roon Soup, I am very pleased to be speaking to author, alchemist and

parlo practitioner Christopher Bradford. If this is your first encounter with the

podcast you can always find the show notes and a whole lot more at

ruinsoop.com but now let's jump right on in Christopher how's tricks.

Oh man that's a fantastic term phrase I got to say out here in California tricks mean

something somewhat different I imagine that it does across the top now I like to have

two meanings in my intros. I like it.

Things are good.

I've got no complaints.

No, splendid.

I mean typically the show sort of starts with asking the guest if they were a weird kid but I'm

going to amend it slightly for you and say were you a weird island kid?

Yes yes I was weird and weird and probably will continue to be weird for the rest of my days.

And when did you first realize this?

I realized it. Oh, what was the moment I realized it? Oh, man, it's been that way since I was so young. You know what, I'll tell you when I realize it. I met a Magic the Gathering game, right?

And I don't know if you've heard of this card game, but it was quite popular when I was a kid and it's a kind of a sword and sorcery sort of thing.

And I minded my business at the table this is about seventh grade and I'm joining my third or fourth game and a bunch of the other fellows from my you know from from my squad my crew

came to you know see what I'm doing and they join me at the

table and they're looking at me and they're looking at me and like Chris you don't feel

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