In Episode 8, Lola & The Poets returns after two years in the wilderness, with a solo show on enchantment and the cinema, titled The Alchemical Screen — where I finally pop my filmologist hat on, in proper. Actually, it is an audio I subsequently taped of my presentation at a media conference on 21st century magic and spirituality at Goldsmiths, University of London, this June. This seemed to me to be a worthy and lucky point to return to a podcast on individual and collective magical journeys, one that somehow lost its way — but which I loved to host. Despite the academic phrasing, I still think it's a fun listen. You might, perhaps, even find it en-lightening. I talk about 20th century cinema's fascination with haunted universes, celluloid wizardry, film's eerie qualities, our seemingly inherent desire for immersion in narratives, the strange new (in)toxicating 21st century world of augmented and virtual realities, and plenty else. SHOW NOTES:Symposium. 21st Century Magic and Spirituality in Media and Culture, Goldsmiths, University of London | The Alchemical Screen: Enchantment and the Cinema, by Milana Vujkov, 2023, Bibliography & Filmography | Film, the Alchemical Medium: Archetypal Enchantment and the Transformative Potential of the Moving Image, by Milana Vujkov, 2009 | CREDITS: © Samovar Party by Shane Ivers | See more info on episode & credits.AUTHOR: ©Milana Vujkov