Ancient Technopagans
Magicians, Witches, and Neopagans of the Early Internet.
Episode 2 of the Magic in the United States podcast, hosted by Magic in the United States, titled "Ancient Technopagans" was published on October 31, 2023 and runs 28 minutes.
October 31, 2023 ·28m · Magic in the United States
Summary
It’s the late 1980s. With a computer, modem, and phone line, you can log into PODSnet – the Pagan and Occult Distribution System network. It’s an early BBS, or Bulletin Board System, and for the first time, users could communicate with like-minded individuals all over the country within hours. This ancient digitech was asynchronous and expensive, but practitioners shared their spells and experimented with rituals on what was the ancestor of today’s social media
Episode Description
It’s the late 1980s. With a computer, modem, and phone line, you can log into PODSnet – the Pagan and Occult Distribution System network. It’s an early BBS, or Bulletin Board System, and for the first time, users could communicate with like-minded individuals all over the country within hours. This ancient digitech was asynchronous and expensive, but practitioners shared their spells and experimented with rituals on what was the ancestor of today’s social media
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