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Carroll “Poke” Runyon describes himself as “A Gentleman of The Old School” which he defines as, “One who recites classical poetry to heartless beauties while wrestling alligators.” He has lived out his Neo-Romantic philosophy as a Captain in the Green Berets, a student of Ninjutsu, a blue-water sailor, a scuba-diver, an internationally published novelist and author of adventure stories in the legendary Argosy magazine.
For more than fifty years he has been a leading figure in the revival of ceremonial magick as Western civilization’s spiritual counterpart to Eastern mysticism and native American shamanism.
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His background in occult study and practice is extensive: in 1970 he became the founder-magister of the Ordo Templi Astartes, which is now America’s oldest continually operating ritual magick lodge.
In 1980 Runyon received his Master’s Degree in cultural anthropology from California State University at Northridge, specializing in magick.
After graduate school he took al