Spirit Box
By Darragh Mason
A podcast exploring folklore, esoterica and the mysteries of spirit world. From the secrets of the Jinn to the whisperings of demons and everything in between.
Spirit BoxApr 08, 2022
S2 #40 / Phil Hine on Chakras and western esotericism
Today we welcome Phil Hine back to the show to discuss his new book; Wheels within wheels.
Phil has been a practising Occultist for over forty-five years, with a career spanning Wicca, Ritual Magic, Chaos Magic and nondual Tantra. Together with Rodney Orpheus he co-created and edited the UK’s first monthly Pagan magazine, Pagan News (1988-92).
His books include: Condensed Chaos, Prime Chaos, The Pseudonomicon, Hine’s Varieties: Chaos & Beyond, Acts of Magical Resistance and Queerying Occultures. In 2019 he founded Twisted Trunk, a small press specializing in publishing translations of rare Tantric texts.”
Wheels within Wheels examines the passage of chakras into Western Esotericism. Beginning with an overview of how chakras were conceptualized in early tantric traditions, Phil Hine traces how chakras captured the imagination of both Indian and European Theosophists in the late 19th century. He explores their appearance in the early Western Esoteric imagination, from the Christian mysticism of James M. Pryse to the practical exercises of Aleister Crowley. He examines the influence of Sir John Woodroffe’s The Serpent Power and the writings of Charles Webster Leadbeater, and how chakras were psychologized in the work of Jung, to their role in contemporary therapy culture.
Show notes:
Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wheels-within-Chakras-Western-Esotericism/dp/1916236685/
Info on book: https://enfolding.org/new-for-2024-wheels-within-wheels-chakras-and-western-esotericism/
Newsletter: https://enfolding.org/unfoldings-a-substack-newsletter/
Book Launch: https://www.treadwells-london.com/events-1/phil-hine-chakra-book-launch-talk-and-party
Leadbeater Scandal: https://enfolding.org/tag/leadbeater/
Phil's blog: http://enfolding.org
Hands of Light: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18420.Hands_of_Light
Keep in touch? https://linktr.ee/darraghmason Music by Obliqka https://soundcloud.com/obliqka
S2 #39 / Michael Lichens on The Pope's Exorcist, Fr Amorth
Today we are joined by returning guest Michael Lichens on the newly translated Amorth book, Get Behind Me Satan.
This new book dives into the daily life and work of Rome's chief exorcist, shedding light on a misunderstood vocation. In the show we get into:
How an exorcist “diagnoses” a demonic attack.
The six types of demonic disturbances and how often they occur in the life of an exorcist.
The strange (and sometimes occult) causes of demonic attacks.
Why there is still a great need for exorcists today.
You will note this is a short show the reason why will be very clear when you hear my voice!
Show notes:
Get Behind Me Satan https://sophiainstitute.com/product/get-behind-me-satan/
Fr Amorth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriele_Amorth
The Devil and Fr Amorth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpjRQokeQNo
The Popes Exorcist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJXqvnT_rsk
Keep in touch? https://linktr.ee/darraghmason Music by Obliqka https://soundcloud.com/obliqka
S2 #38 / Colby Sammon on Vajrayana, Tantra and the Phurba
Colby Sammons is a practicing sorcerer, occultist, and Buddhist specializing in Tibetan tantric sorcery. He specializes in teaching occult meditations and techniques but also offers ritual work and divination via his Instagram page. A proponent of Vajrayana Buddhism and Tantra Colby takes us through how practices within these areas have improved his life in almost every way. We explore Vajrakilaya and the use of the Phurba.
We chat about the mysterious Indian province of Nagaland and the indigenous headhunters.
In the plus show Colby discusses how he mixes his hoodoo and Conjure practices with Tantra. What works and what doesn't. I go through some of my adventures in Nepal when I almost bought a human bone trumpet and we discuss Kapala's. Colby goes on to explain the fascinating practice of Chöd and the use of human bones in Tantra and discuss an astonishing tale about the tongue of a dead man being used as a Phurba. We Close out with Colby taking us through some of his work helping people with spirit and magic based problems.
Show notes:
Colby's website https://folksorcery.wordpress.com
Kurukullā https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurukullā
Veronica Rivas https://www.anathemapublishing.com/veronica-rivas
Veronica Rivas on Spirit Box https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2VpY1Hcgdg
Vajrayana https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vajrayana
Phurba https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phurba
Vajrakilaya https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vajrakilaya
Nagaland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagaland
Nagaraja (King of the Nagas) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagaraja
Nagaland headhunters https://thediplomat.com/2018/04/the-last-headhunters-of-nagaland
Big Trouble in Little China https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXsBBqPb5YE
The Golden Kid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikpJbsOyOMw
Kapala https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapala
Kangling or bone trumpet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangling
Chöd https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chöd
Aghori photo essay https://www.darraghmason.com/index/G0000qURq7lptH_8
Shava Sadhana https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shava_sadhana
Shout outs:
Mademoiselle Vendredi's Sex worker's workshop.
https://www.instagram.com/p/C4PYkuuNmGJhulnvKbvDO9Eo2NIbLjvmh6hY-A0/
Joshua Cutchin's course on NDE's https://www.joshuacutchin.com/single-post/teaching-spring-2024-in-the-kosmos-institute-s-mastery-series
Keep in touch? https://linktr.ee/darraghmason Music by Obliqka https://soundcloud.com/obliqka
S2 #37 / Briar of the Greene Chapel on Land, Lore and Language
Today we welcome Briar of The Greene Chapel to the Spirit Box. Briar is a traditional witch, cunning woman, and fairy doctor. Her work is invested in the sorcerous duality of healing and harming and in furthering her relationship with the hidden by cultivating and deepening meaningful bonds with gods and ungods alike and exploring one’s own soul and psyche as Other.
With a scholarly background in comparative art and literature (PhD), Briar is a French native born and raised in the mountains and now currently living and working in the UK, being taught by the land here.
In the show we discuss how geographical boundaries overlap or don't in the spirit world and how language itself can be a portal. Briar takes us through her initiation and her meeting with the Dark Man. Towards the tail end of the show Briar takes us through her thoughts on Joan of Arc and the overlap with fairy lore.
In the plus show we get into how the land where your magic happens may not be the land of your birth. We discuss Tor and the Green Chapel of Briars namesake. To close out we discuss the ordeal of initiation further and her relationship with the Goddess Bridget. A wonderful chat!
Show notes:
https://www.greenechapel.com
Joan of Arc https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Joan-of-Arc
Brigid https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigid
Briar's Instagram https://www.instagram.com/greene_chapel
Shout outs:
Merrily Duffy's Casual Temple https://www.youtube.com/@CasualTemple
S2 #36 / Anon Omous, Visions of Yaldabaoth
Today we are joined by author Anon Omous who takes us through his extraordinary mystical experiences which changed his life and his understanding of the world. Diagnosed with schizophenia these experiences were challenging and brutal at times culminating in an waking vision of what he believes to be the entity Yaldabaoth. It really is a fascinating account and one that will no doubt resonate deeply with Spirit Box listeners.
The presentation Anon talks us through is on the YouTube version of the show.
Enjoy
Show notes:
Website: https://www.asteroxrising.com/
Anon's book: https://www.asteroxrising.com/paperback-ebook
Chnoubis: https://earlywritings.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=11221
Yaldabaoth: https://gods-and-demons.fandom.com/wiki/Yaldabaoth
Demiurge: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demiurge
Nag Hammadi: http://gnosis.org/naghamm/nhl.html
Shout outs:
https://www.roseauroras.com
Keep in touch? https://linktr.ee/darraghmason Music by Obliqka https://soundcloud.com/obliqka
S2 #35 / Celeste Mott on Witchcraft and Catholicism
Celeste Mott is a poet, a writer, a witch and a practicing catholic. Back on SB for a second stint Celeste takes us through her journey into practising Magic and Catholicism and regales us with the brilliant story of how she summoned her boyfriend.
In the plus show we get into how magick working can trigger your shadow. Dealing with your magick being successful and Duel practice around the Virgin Mary. To close out the show we get into Marian apparitions and working with saints.
Enjoy!
Show notes:
Celeste's Instagram https://www.instagram.com/celestemott/?hl=en
Croagh Patrick https://www.mayo.ie/attractions/croagh-patrick
Croagh Patrick fertility rites https://sacredsites.com/europe/ireland/mt_croach_patrick.html
St Joseph's altars https://www.neworleans.com/events/holidays-seasonal/saint-josephs-day/#:~:text=Altars-,St.,%2C%20lush%2C%20and%20overflowing%20effect.
Folk Catholicism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk_Catholicism
Thomas the Rhymer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_the_Rhymer
Moving statues https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moving_statues
Knock https://www.knockshrine.ie
Magic lantern https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_lantern
Teresa of Ávila https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teresa_of_Ávila
St Jude https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jude_the_Apostle
St Dymphna https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dymphna
St Lucy https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Lucy
Padre Pio https://www.britannica.com/biography/Padre-Pio
Shout outs
Vic Hyland Music Magic and NLP
Peter Mark Adams Egypt tour
Sasha Ravitch limited edition zine https://sasharavitch.podia.com/hell-s-fish-monger-the-anti-matter-fountain
S2 #34 / Austin Fuller on Perfume, Roses and Ordeals.
Austin Fuller is a Folk Witch living in the pine Flats of west-Central Florida, amongst the sea, swamp, and forest. A perfumer, conjuror, diviner, and artist, Austin traffics with spirits at the crossroads, intersecting witchcraft and art.
They are the sole operator of BanxBramble on Instagram and banexbramble.com and a cohost on Southern Bramble: A Podcast of Crooked Ways. Austin explores magic and witchcraft through traditional, anthropological, ontological, epistemological, folkloric, and practical means.
In the show we get into the experience of being creative and how close it is to magic. We discuss the nature of using your own plants or materials in your practice and whether it makes a difference of not. We get into the experience of ordeals and how cultural artefacts can drive the currents of magic and witchcraft forward.
In the plus show we get into how the separation in witchtraits between Catholicism and Protestantism. We discuss trauma, pacts and ones fate. To close out Austin explains where the interest in perfume came from and how that forms part of their practice.
Enjoy!
Show notes:
https://www.banexbramble.com
https://www.instagram.com/banexbramble
https://www.banexbramble.com/visions-of-the-witches-rose
Southern Bramble podcast https://open.spotify.com/show/3Gjtt7Uoruuea5jkzXnNWz?si=932eb6d284e44ef9
Shout outs:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CV38K45P
https://www.radicalelphame.com
https://www.youtube.com/@almondtree
S2 #33 / Teila Verch Dywenys on Clooties, the Dark Man & Dark Mother
Teila Verch Dywenys is a traditional witch and founder of The Cleaner Clootie Campaign, set up in 2018 in response to the growing proliferation of plastic objects left as offerings at her nearest Henge at Knowlton Grange in Dorset. Witnessing first hand how this trend has proliferated widely outside the Pagan Community (fuelled by social media and a disconnection from the original practice of clootie hanging) her aim is to realign the ancient tradition once more within its environmentally reverent origins by educating and by example ~ through the physical clearing of clootie impacted sites and by offering practical sustainable alternatives to plastic or permanent clooties.
Teila takes us through her extraordinary experiences with the fae on the land where she lives and her work with the Dark Man and Dark Mother.
In the Plus show she explains how she experiences the Dark Man energy and we get into what its like to ridden by this energy. How we are pushed to the side sometimes for something else to come through be that art, music or something magical.
Enjoy!
Show notes:
Tesla's Instagram https://www.instagram.com/ditchwitchtarot/
The Clootie Campaign instagram https://www.instagram.com/cleanerclootiecampaign?igsh=MW84MG9wZnM5c3ZvaA%3D%3D
Clooties https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clootie_well
Keep in touch? https://linktr.ee/darraghmason Music by Obliqka https://soundcloud.com/obliqka
S2 #32 / Lisette Coly on Eileen J. Garrett & Lucifer
Beginning in her early childhood, the world-famous trance medium and grande dame of parapsychology Eileen J. Garrett had numerous encounters with an entity she called the "Noble Stranger." When she asked his identity one day, this mysterious figure responded, "You may call me Lucifer."
Call me Lucifer: Dialogues with a Noble Stranger, features Garrett's writings about her encounters with this Noble Stranger, and reflections on her intellectual "duels with her Devil." The book includes extensive verbatim transcripts of Lucifer's communication with Garrett, together with Lucifer's Compendium of Guidance.
Though prepared with great care over the course of her life, the book has lain dormant in Garrett's family archives for decades. Her granddaughter, Lisette Coly, current President of the Parapsychology Foundation, has now decided that it should be shared with the public as an aid to our spiritual evolution.
Eileen J. Garrett (1893-1970) was an Irish medium and one of the most important figures in parapsychology. Despite her apparent psychic abilities, which were subjected to numerous tests by the most prominent researchers of the era.
Garrett maintained a lifelong healthy skepticism, always questioning the nature and meaning of her own extraordinary experiences. Her dedication to the objective, scientific study of psychical phenomena resulted in her establishing the Parapsychology Foundation, which published many books on the subject as well as the International Journal of Parapsychology, and the popular Tomorrow magazine.
Garrett was also something of a bon vivant, rubbing shoulders with everyone from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to Cecil B. DeMille, Aldous Huxley, Salvador Dalí, Robert Graves, Anaïs Nin, and Carl Jung to name but a few. Garrett herself was a prolific author, writing a number of novels as well as books on psychical research and three autobiographies
SHOW NOTES:
Call me Lucifer https://whitecrowbooks.com/books/page/call_me_lucifer_dialogues_with_a_noble_stranger/
Eileen J. Garrett https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eileen_J._Garrett
Parapsychology Foundation https://parapsychology.org
Shannon Taggart https://www.shannontaggart.com
Nandor Frodor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nandor_Fodor
Keep in touch? https://linktr.ee/darraghmason Music by Obliqka https://soundcloud.com/obliqka
S2 #31 / David Halpin on Banshees, Cenobites and the Púca
Hailing from Carlow, Ireland, David Halpin is a writer with a deep knowledge of Ireland’s fairy lore and pagan heritage. On his facebook blog, Circle Stories, he explores these themes in great depth. David is also the creative force behind Occult Book Review on Twitter and YouTube.
What I really love about David’s work is he is an active participant in preserving the lore and mythology of Ireland. He goes out and sees the stones and raths and teases their stories from them. Which provides us with a vital link to our past.
In the show David talks how fairy spirits of alleged different forms can manifest in the same ways. He gives his thoughts on the parallels with UFOs and we get into the differences and similarities between cities and rural places with fairies and go down a bit of a rabbit hole after the Pooka.
In the plus show we get into the dangers of summoning the Good People and David regals us with a story of brushing up against the strange while on a trip to a remote stone circle. We also discuss fairy ointments and from there discuss the use of psychedelics in Irish mythology and folk practice and go off on interesting tangents on the Djinn, Our Lady of Fátima and consciousness.
Enjoy
Show notes:
Circle Stories https://www.facebook.com/CircleStoriesDavidHalpin/
Occult Book Reviewhttps://twitter.com/OccultReview
Wolf-Men and Water Hounds: The Myths, Monsters and Magic of Ireland https://www.waterstones.com/book/wolf-men-and-water-hounds/manch-n-magan/steve-doogan/9780717196111
The Duchas archives, home of the Irish folklore collections https://www.duchas.ie/en
Cillín, a burial ground for unbaptised children https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cill%C3%ADn
Corpse toothache cure https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4569057/4567629/4574604?HighlightText=corpse+hand&Route=stories&SearchLanguage=ga
The Spancel of Death https://youtu.be/6CstZ-0Lwxo?si=NdnJ6N_MofOAFNx4
Athgreany stone circle https://visitwicklow.ie/listing/pipers-stones/
The Amadán https://www.facebook.com/505240543157960/posts/904390903242920/
Biddy Early https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biddy_Early
Puck Fair https://puckfair.ie/
Púca https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%BAca
Krampus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krampus
St Knut’s day and Nuuttipukki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Knut%27s_Day
Poulaphouca https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poulaphouca
Living with Djinns https://www.abebooks.co.uk/9780863566950/Living-Djinns-Understanding-Dealing-Invisible-0863566952/plp
Fairy mist or ‘Ceo draíochta’ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%A9th_f%C3%ADada
David on WMiT https://whatmagicisthis.com/2023/02/27/fairies-ireland-with-david-halpin/
Cenobites https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cenobite_(Hellraiser)
Fairy ointment story https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairy_Ointment
The witches of Selwood https://www.hobnobpress.co.uk/books/p/the-witches-of-selwood-witchcraft-belief-and-accusation-in-seventeenth-century-somerset-by-andrew-pickering
Entopic phenomena https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entoptic_phenomena_(archaeology)
Irish slang of mushrooms is Pookies https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/fungi-folklore-and-fairyland/
Ploughing the Clouds, the search for Irish Soma https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/657241
Aos sí https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aos_S%C3%AD
Tuatha Dé Danann https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuatha_D%C3%A9_Danann
Gaoithe Sídhe https://beanfeasa9.wordpress.com/an-sluagh-sidhe/
Malak Taus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taw%C3%BBs%C3%AE_Melek
Our Lady of Fátima https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lady_of_F%C3%A1tima
Stalking the wild pendulum https://www.amazon.co.uk/Stalking-Wild-Pendulum-Mechanics-Consciousness/dp/0892812028
Eddie Lenihan Storyteller TV show https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATjJX7C6fiI
S2 #30 / Nathaniel Gillis on the parasitic phenomenon
Nathaniel Gillis, an author and religious demonologist, with over two decades work under his belt following his experience in a haunted house. He has actively redefined the understanding of haunting phenomena, ghosts, and high strangeness and is frequently cited for his unique perspective on the demonic, emphasizing "The reason they are playing by different rules is because they are playing a different game,".
Nathaniel brings a unique twist to his exploration of the Devil, demons, and unclean spirits. In his research, he suggests a potential connection between these supernatural entities and aliens. This unconventional perspective that expands the boundaries of traditional demonology and explores the intersections between different realms of the paranormal.
Nathaniel posits the notion that demons engage in a form of self-replication through a process involving hybridism. According to this concept, these supernatural entities are believed to create hybrid beings through interactions with humans, which are often depicted as seductive demons. This unconventional theory suggests a link between the demonic realm and the potential for a unique form of reproduction, involving the creation of hybrid entities that share characteristics from both demonic and human origins. It is a speculative and imaginative interpretation within certain mythological and paranormal narratives.
In the plus show we get into what these spirits might want? We get into some deep stuff on hybridism and how this self-replication happens. To quote Nathaniel, possession to us is pregnancy to them. To close out Nathaniel goes into some of the cases he’s investigated.
Enjoy
Show notes:
Nathaniel’s Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thenathanielj.gillis/
Nathaniel’s YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRD3sBZ0cvejvWAFBSPc5MgAwakening Expo 2024 https://awakeningexpo.com/LAM https://dannycarey.com/30032-2/Fr Sinistrari https://occult-world.com/sinistrari-lodovico-maria/
Ahriman https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/ahriman#:~:text=AHRIMAN%20(Avestan%3A%20Angra%2FA%C5%8Bra,be%20supplemented%20from%20later%20sources.
Ahriman (Steiner) https://www.holybooks.com/wp-content/uploads/Rudolf-Steiner-Lucifer-Ahriman-Asuras.pdfDybbuk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dybbuk
Yakshini https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakshini
Keep in touch? https://linktr.ee/darraghmason Music by Obliqka https://soundcloud.com/obliqka
S2 #29 / Aidan Wachter, it is solved by walking.
Rejoice! The legendary Aidan Wachter is back on SB! Aidan is a magician and the author of three books, Six Ways, Weaving Fate and Changeling. This show is called ‘it’s solved buy walking after a phrase Aidan used in our conversation. We discuss the impact nature can have on us as we’re working through the often challenging landscape of our lives. We discuss how our engagement and immersion into the landscape of our environment can nourish and bring healing to our internal world. And actually just how simple that process can be.
We get into ones allies guiding writing, how it can be a collaborative process. What it’s like to write three very successful books.
In the plus show we discuss what it's like to be a vehicle for the current. The field as an organism and as magical practitioners we have a function. We also go through how it's unlikely one will remain the same as ‘you once were’ if you develop a magical life and how that change will not always be pretty. It rarely is. We also go into how there is a sense that similar is happening on an international level and how to navigate things when confronted with difficult and the downright awful. It’s good stuff.
Enjoy
Show notes:
Aidan’s Instagram https://www.instagram.com/aidan_wachter/
Althaea Sebastiani https://www.instagram.com/ladyalthaea/
Co-regulation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Co-regulation
Birdsong frequency benefits https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-20841-0
Aidan Wachter https://www.aidanwachter.com/
Six ways https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39028487-six-ways
Weaving fate https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54854252-weaving-fate
Changeling https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59717179-changeling
Aidan on Weird Web Radio https://www.patreon.com/weirdwebradio/posts
S2 #28 / Douglas Batchelor 'Coming back into Wilderness'
For episode 28 of season 2 we welcome back the noble and scholarly Douglas Batchelor of the What Magic is This? A podcast for those curious about Magic, the Occult, Witchcraft, the Esoteric, the Paranormal and the Supernatural. Douglas has been doing sorcery and magic for close to 20 years. And has a wealth of knowledge and experience. Today we focus on how his practice and areas of interest have changed since his recent move to the west coast of Canada. And we discuss his recent patreon show on Isobel Gowdie, his remarkable memory and his ability to communicate complex ideas. The title for this show is a reference to a phrase used by John Moriarty in one of his many Irish radio interviews where he talked about not sitting well with the modern world and feeling its separation from nature acutely. Consequently he left his academic career and moved home to Ireland to Connemara in Co. Galway. The conversation with Douglas reminded me of Moriarty’s phrase not least because of their both moving to a rural location but in a topic that came up in the plus section of the show where we discuss the horror of poorly done TV and film adaptations. And how film becomes less story and more spectacle, that as a narrative form it is exhausted, the well has run dry. We discuss the need for new stories, new dreams and round out the conversation with hope and belief in the young generations and generation to be born will dream new stories and new art into being. The show notes are extensive for this one so do check them out there is a wealth of material to be explored there. Enjoy! Show notes: Website https://whatmagicisthis.com/ WMiT? Patreon show on Isobel Gowdie https://www.patreon.com/posts/waiting-in-wings-91738950 The Visions of Isobel Gowdie: Magic, Witchcraft and Dark Shamanism in Seventeenth-Century Scotland https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1734638.Visions_of_Isobel_Gowdie Apocalyptic Witchcraft https://scarletimprint.com/publications/p/apocalyptic-witchcraft The Brazen Vessel https://scarletimprint.com/publications/p/the-brazen-vessel The Two Antichrists https://scarletimprint.com/publications/p/the-two-antichrists The Battle of Auldearn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Auldearn James Burke Connections https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connections_(British_TV_series) Robin Artisson https://serpenthall.com/about/ Joshua Cutchin’s Ecology of Souls https://www.joshuacutchin.com/single-post/welcome-to-the-ecology-of-souls Joshua Cutchin’s Thieves in the night https://www.joshuacutchin.com/thievesinthenight Them old ways never die https://www.joshuacutchin.com/them-old-ways-never-died The Super Natural: A New Vision of the Unexplained https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/25489537 Cave of the Trois-Frères https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave_of_the_Trois-Fr%C3%A8res Graham Hancock - Supernatural https://grahamhancock.com/supernatural/ Neil Gaiman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Gaiman Keep in touch? https://linktr.ee/darraghmason Music by Obliqka https://soundcloud.com/obliqka
S2 #27 / Alexander Moore, The Hex Doctor
Alexander Moore is a practising esotericist with over two decades of active experience in several occult systems including Solomonic Magic, Conjure and other folk practices and Traditional Witchcraft. He is proud to provide coaching, mentorship and divination for occultists who are interested in taking their magic and their lives to the next level in a changing world.
From a magical family has been practising magic from an early age. In a candid discourse Alexander outlines his view on the core pillars of magic from a practical perspective and the necessity of being precise with your magic. And he begs the question, if you’re not using magic to make a better, more enjoyable life, whats the point?
In the Plus show we get into the need to do more magic and practice regularly. Alexander talks more about the type of techniques he uses. He discusses how cursing has changed in the last ten years and precautions people should be aware of. Then he takes us through his thoughts and experiences on gaining and working with familiar spirits. To close out Alexander gives his advice on going to the crossroads.
Enjoy
Show notes:
Alexander’s Instagram https://www.instagram.com/the_hexdoctor/
Alexanders Linktree https://linktr.ee/the_hexdoctor
Protection course https://practicaloccult.com/courses/protection/
The Silva Method https://silvamethod.com/
Psalm 51 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2051&version=NIV
Djinn and Tonic https://www.houseofzophiel.net
S2 #26 / David Beth on The Black Man and Night Consciousness
Born in Angola, Africa, David Beth is the co-owner of Theion Publishing and the founder of the Pandaemonic Current and Hierophant of its associated initiatic groups. University educated in Germany and the USA, he has received various Western esoteric transmissions and is well known for his past work as the former head of Michael Bertiaux’ Voudon Gnostic orders. For the past decade he has focused most of his attention on advanced work with a small group of dedicated esoteric students. David is also a Houngan Asogwe of Haitian Vodou and an initiate of Afro-centric secret societies. Having lived and travelled all over the world, David has now made his home in the South of Germany.
David takes us through how the Black Man of the Sabbath leads the initiate into a different type of consciousness with which to engage the world. This type of consciousness is called ‘Night Consciousness’. The path to this type of consciousness can often require one's worldview to be shattered, a difficult and often horrifying experience.
In the Plus show David takes us deeper into his teaching on death and good and evil. David outlines why every life is unique and sacred. There are some huge concepts discussed here and not to be missed.
Enjoy
Show notes:
Theion Publishing https://theionpublishing.com/Further reading https://kosmic-gnosis.org/beth-supreme-katabasis/
Jessica Grote https://www.jessicagrote.com/Master Leonard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_(demon)
Katabasis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KatabasisDjinn and Tonic event https://www.houseofzophiel.net
Djinn and Tonic. December 16-17th 2023
Event details https://www.houseofzophiel.net/
The venue is Unstone Grange which is between Sheffield and Chesterfield.
Hope to see you there!
S2 #25 / Robert Peter on working with Saints
Robert Peter is a chaos magician with an interest in all things Occult. His practice of Deity communication and veneration has found its home in the framework of Catholic belief, specifically the Saints. Robert takes us through how he developed his practice and details some of the successes he’s had with clients through the intercession of the Saints.
In the Plus show we get into more detail on how this style of practice work and how to approach the saints.
Enjoy
Show notes:
Instagram https://instagram.com/rhdeityspecialist?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
Patreon https://www.patreon.com/SacredHeartOccultSt Joan of Arc https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=295St Therese of Lisieux https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=105The Child of Prague https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infant_Jesus_of_Prague
Santa Muerte https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_MuerteSt Anthony https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=24St Cyprian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Saint_Cyprian40 Servants https://www.adventuresinwoowoo.com/thefortyservants/Grant Morrison Dis info con https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-cxBuRU09wOur Lady of Sorrows https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lady_of_SorrowsOur Lady of Guadalupe https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=456St Rita of Casica https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_of_CasciaEtsy https://www.etsy.com/shop/SacredHeartOccult?fbclid=PAAabNJkiZpXIwUKhdqIybSEuBs5YLbKMCKaPOk0nTTDiHMObuvQESxdDR3R4&load_webview=1&bid=9ngKe4hzm43GtVmHRfFblIaE7RZb
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S2 #24 / Dr Christina Oakley-Harrington, Dreams of Witches
Dr Christina Oakley-Harrington is Treadwell’s founder and presiding spirit. She was voraciously interested in spirituality and magic since childhood, and grew up in West Africa, Burma, and Chile, only moving to the West at the age of fifteen. In her early twenties, she was heartened to discover Europe’s own native religious traditions and has been a pagan ever since. A former academic, she left university life in 2001 to establish Treadwell’s. These days she serves as a consultant for programs and projects but is usually at the shop. She is the author of two books and numerous articles and was co-founder and literary editor of Abraxas: International Journal for Esoteric Studies.Today we discuss her new book from Black Letter Press - Dreams of Witches. Free, pagan, transgressive: worshippers of Pan, devotees of Diana. The men and women who meet under a full moon in the wild woods danced, sing, made music, and made love; in the home they make potions and mutter spells, be it to curse or cure.
The witch image infused the European imagination down the centuries, appearing in court records, prose, and poetry. The impulse the literature described finally became a practiced mystery religion in the twentieth century, in the form of Wicca as it coalesced in the New Forest in the 1930s and 30s. The poems and passages in this book illustrate the supportive imagination of the New Forest Coven and its most famous initiate, Gerald Gardner. They date from the late medieval period through the Edwardian age, and all were instrumental, influential - inspiring early pagans, and hopefully, too, readers today.
In the Plus show we get into cunning folk. The covens importance around doing no harm and acting with integrity. The body as the source of magical energy and more broadly the adoption of magic and part of ones agency. Christina then poses the question
Enjoy
Show notes:
Treadwells https://www.treadwells-london.com/Dreams of Witches https://www.blackletter-press.com/product-page/christina-oakley-harrington-dreams-of-witches
Kibbo kif - https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/nov/02/kindred-of-the-kibbo-kift-1920s-youth-movement
Margaret Murray https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Murray
Gerald Gardener https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Gardner
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Music by Obliqka https://soundcloud.com/obliqka
S2 #23 / Dr Andrew Manns, The Transylvania of France
Dr Andrew Manns is a historian and the creator behind The Thinker’s Garden, a blog specialising in overlooked history. As editor, he has written and published a variety of historiettes on little-known Bohemians, occultists, and mystics, such as the “Los Angeles Noah” (Reverend J.E. Lewis), Lady Walburga Paget, and Baron Seymour Kirkup. Today takes us through his research into the little known folklore and occult history of the Auvergne a little-known historic province in central
France. Which he has dubbed the ‘Transylvania of France’.
In the Plus show we get into the legends of Lake Pavin (the storm-raising lake). An interesting angle on the lost children plane crash from Colombia story from earlier in the year. And Andrew tells us about the unique healing tradition of the “Guerisseurs” which is absolutely fascinating. Andrew wraps up with an interesting note on the belief in the area that fairies can be seen at a certain high altitude.
Show notes:
Charles Godfrey Leland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Godfrey_LelandBrotherhood of the Wolf movie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIjDB31KfsMThe Beast of Gévaudan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beast_of_G%C3%A9vaudan
The "kind" werewolves story and a deeper explanation on why Auvergne is like Transylvania:
https://visitauvergne.org/occult-auvergne-5-spine-chilling-legends/
The 1588 werewolf tale:
https://visitauvergne.org/a-werewolf-in-auvergne-a-poem/
Skinwalkers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin-walker
The Wendigo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendigo
Reddit thread by a Navajo police officer on Skinwalkers https://www.reddit.com/r/skinwalkers/comments/db1fgy/skinwalker_info_from_a_navajo_policeman/
The story about the "Two Lovers" (the Clermont-Ferrand senator who rose from the dead to lie by his wife) can actually be found in Historia Francorum, a book by Gregory of Tours https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_of_Tours
The name of the vampire-like female spirits is: "fatsillères"
Puy de Dôme https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puy_de_D%C3%B4me
The 16th century witches' Sabbat on the summit of the puy de Dôme: https://visitauvergne.org/the-puy-de-dome-a-mystical-olympus-in-auvergne/
The Raelians https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra%C3%ABlism
The legends of Lake Pavin (the storm-raising lake):
https://visitauvergne.org/the-mysterious-lake-pavin/
The academic book on Pavin which Andrew contributed to: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-39961-4Colombian lost kids story https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12206055/Colombia-jungle-dad-says-hallucinogenic-drug-used-Prince-Harry-key-searchers-finding-children.html
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S2 #22 / David Keohan, Irish Stones of Strength
Today we welcome Indiana Stones himself, the one and only David Keohan. Hailing from Ireland, David is a Stone lifter, a kettlebell world champion, an artist and a musician. He’s been on a mission to recover Ireland's lost stone lifting culture and has done so through our literature and folklore. We spoke all about his stone lifting journey from his lifting of the fianna stone in Scotland which inspired his own search in Ireland. Culminating in the rediscovery of the stone described by the famous Galway writer Liam O'Flaherty in his short story ‘The Stone’. He has rediscovered 30 testing stones, a remarkable act of reclamation and celebration of this lost tradition. Through this act David has created a remarkable and unique magical act of healing of the multi-generational trauma of Ireland's colonisation. These great testing stones, now rediscovered form a chain back into our ancient past, before colonisation, before christianity and in lifting these stones once more the chain is renewed, in a feat of strength and deep ancestral healing. His work is a brilliant and inspiring intersection of folklore, magic, mythology, and strength. In the Plus show we get into ancestral work, and animism. We talk about Peig Sayers and Ghosts leading us to tell their stories. The death stone of Cú Chulainn, the Irish Hercules and to close out the show I read Liam O'Flaherty’s short story ‘The Stone’. Show notes: David’s Instagram https://www.instagram.com/_indiana_st... David’s YouTube / @davidindianakeohans3566 Duchas.ie https://www.duchas.ie/en Liam O'Flaherty https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liam_O%... David’s article on the Stone of Inishmore THE QUEST FOR THE STONE OF INISHMORE - Ireland The Stone by Liam O’Flaherty https://archive.org/.../shortstorieso... The Aran Islands https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aran_Islands The Aran Islands drone footage • THE ARAN ISLANDS BY DRONE (IRELAND)- ... Caher Island https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caher_I... Pre famine Irish tallest in Europe https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-s... Peig Sayers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peig_Sa... Cú Chulainn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%BA... Feature on my grandfathers book https://roaringwaterjournal.com/2023/... My grandfather's book https://www.abebooks.co.uk/book-searc... And here's the photos of the Kusthi wrestlers I mentioned. https://www.darraghmason.com/index/G0... Keep in touch? https://linktr.ee/darraghmason Music by Obliqka https://soundcloud.com/obliqka
S2 #21 / Dr Tomas Vincente on The Faceless God
Dr. Tomas Vincente is a scholar of ancient religion, magic and esotericism. His past work explores the emergence of Christian monotheism and the resulting decline of the chthonic cults of the ancient Mediterranean and Near East. He is dedicated to recovering the integrity of this archaic spirituality of blood and fire, which has been demonised by the Abrahamic religions for two millennia. In the show we discuss his work The Faceless God. The book has a triple focus—Lovecraftian, Egyptian and Sabbatic—which may seem bizarre at first glance. Through an initiated reading of Lovecraft’s fiction, relating especially to the figure of Nyarlathotep, certain hitherto unexplored connections are revealed between European witch lore and the Egyptian mysteries of Osiris and Anubis. The claim that there was a germ of truth beneath the diabolical stereotypes and accusations of European witchcraft was advanced long ago by Margaret Murray, who argued that witchcraft was an organised cult of pagan origin, which had somehow survived the processes of Christianization. Dr Vincente’s argument is much more subtle, and closer in spirit to the more recent research of Carlo Ginzburg. He would not speak of an organised witch cult, but rather of diverse and analogous survivals of shamanistic practice, which carried forward certain symbolic and ritual elements of archaic and pre-Christian origin. The most novel aspect of his argument lies in the unearthing of the deep symbolic resonances between the lore of witchcraft, relating to the black man and the Goat of Mendes, and the archaic fertility cult of the ram-headed Banebdjedet, who was a totemistic representation of Osiris—or more precisely Osiris in union with Ra in his netherworld aspect. In the Plus show we get into similarities between the Dark Man and the King of the Fairies. We discuss the importance of art and artists and what they bring back from the dark womb. We get into why this experience happens? What is the point of it? Dr Vincente goes on to describe the response to this summons is a radical openness to profound mystery not about the application of will. Big stuff. Show notes: https://theionpublishing.com/authors/tomas-vincente/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyarlathotephttps://www.facebook.com/people/Tomas-Vincente/pfbid0sXCvHBXuU7m5LHtDZs1CzYJUjGFLsPZ9ustA13tCXdqSD1ZGA5isNhLxu441MAgJl/?fref=ts
https://skepticaloccultist.com/post/159757289693/the-faceless-god
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azathoth Keep in touch? https://linktr.ee/darraghmason Music by Obliqka https://soundcloud.com/obliqka
S2 #20 / Tommie Kelly on the problem of your magick working
Today we welcome back the multi talented Tommie Kelly to the show. Tommie is an Irish artist and writer who has had a lifelong interest in all things Occult and Spirituality. He makes comics, videos, music, podcasts and very occasional blog posts, and is probably best known for his oracle deck The Forty Servants.
In the show Tommie recounts having had a hard year and figuring out that he was packaging his magick badly. We go over the elemental nature of success and how things collapsing can in fact be your magick working.
In the Plus show we get into speaking Irish, the Dark Man in Irish Folklore, the experience of shifting. Tommie’s remarkable experiences with the entity “Black” and saturnine synchronicities.
Show notes:
Tommie's website: http://AdventuresInWooWoo.com
Tommie's twitter: https://twitter.com/TommieKelly
Tommie's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tommiekelly
Tommie’s music: https://tommiekelly.bandcamp.com/
The Nidana cards: https://www.adventuresinwoowoo.com/nidanacards/
The Forty Servants: https://www.adventuresinwoowoo.com/thefortyservants/
Contacting BLACK, a member of The Secret Chiefs
March 3rd 2022 -
The Introduction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiLRdMhJqrQ
March 23rd 2022 - The Six Petals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thoeXx7h4V0
March 29th 2022 - The Dawn Ritual: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQ5M06fjfWA
April 14th 2022 - Spud's Inquiries: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiGmHYb9zRY
May 25th 2022 - The Ultraterrestrial Hunt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FS2j7_zi9jk
June 13th 2022 - Three Questions for Black: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrOMTjgffE0
Thoughts: https://www.adventuresinwoowoo.com/?na=view&id=49
August 7th 2023 - Return of The Black: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCji_u-jEts
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Music by Obliqka https://soundcloud.com/obliqka
S2 #19 / Paul Levy on Healing Wetiko
Wetiko is an Algonquin word for a cannibalistic spirit that is driven by greed, excess, and selfish consumption. It is a virus of the mind that underlies much evil and destruction n the world.
Author and researcher Paul Levy joins us today to discuss his work on the concept of Yet, and reveals that, encoded within wetiko itself lies the very medicine needed to combat the mind-virus and heal both ourselves and our world.
A pioneer in the field of spiritual emergence, Paul is a wounded healer in private practice, helping others who are also awakening to the dreamlike nature of reality. His work has gone through three phases: because of his intense interest in dreams (both night dreams and the dreamlike nature of reality), he was first known as "the dream guy." After writing DispellingWetiko, he became associated with the idea of wetiko. After the publication of The Quantum Revelation, he is now seen as connected with quantum physics. All three aspects - dreams, wetiko and quantum physics are interconnected and complementary facets of a deeper reality into which he is continually deepening his investigation.
He is the author of The Madness of George Bush: A Reflection of Our Collective Psychosis (2006), Dispelling Wetiko: Breaking the Curse of Evil (2013), Awakened by Darkness: When Evil Becomes Your Father (2015) and The Quantum Revelation: A Radical Synthesis of Science and Spirituality (2018). A Tibetan Buddhist practitioner for over 30 years, he has intimately studied with some of the greatest spiritual masters of Tibet and Burma. He was the coordinator of the Portland chapter of the PadmaSambhava Buddhist Center for over twenty years.
Show notes:
Paul's website https://www.awakeninthedream.com
Wetiko https://www.kosmosjournal.org/article/seeing-wetiko-on-capitalism-mind-viruses-and-antidotes-for-a-world-in-transition/
Philip K Dick https://www.britannica.com/biography/Philip-K-Dick
The Black Iron Prison https://discordia.fandom.com/wiki/Black_Iron_Prison
Valis https://bookshop.org/p/books/valis-philip-k-dick/8407714
Colin Wilson https://www.britannica.com/biography/Colin-Wilson
The Mind Parasites review https://realitystudio.org/texts/reviews/mind-parasites/
The Mind Parasites https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-mind-parasites-colin-wilson/12274723?ean=9780974935997
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S2 #18 / Peter Hine and Stephen Buckley, Dreams, Nightmares and Pan
Today we welcome Peter Hine and Stephen Buckley of the Vayse podcast Peter C Hine is a lawyer, a writer and a dirt worshiping heathen. Stephen James Buckley is an electronic musician and audio producer. Their podcast was born out of their experiences and exploration into the world of the weird and the mystic.
In the show we get into their experiences with the subconscious and dreaming in particular. Peter takes us through an extraordinary experience he attributes to the great God Pan and details how it changed their perception and interaction with nature.
We get into the resonance of childhood nightmares in adulthood and the connections between spirits, symbols and animals.
In the Plus show we get into the spiritual dynamics between the organic and inorganic, Rudolf Steiner’s work, experiencing animal consciousness, the magic of fungus, doing something good, the dark man’s PR drive and Peter’s Dark Man experiences and the synchronicities surrounding it and dealing with the fear generated from this kind of encounter.
Enjoy and be sure to check out the Vayse podcast!
Show notes:
Vayse website https://www.vayse.co.uk/Mugwort and herbs for dreaming https://commonwealthherbs.com/mugwort-for-dreaming/Steiner on Ahriman https://rsarchive.org/Lectures/AhrDec_index.htmlMycorrhizae Network https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWD_1Nq6iwQ
VYS0007 dream experiments https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0007?t=0
Djinn - human hybridism
I thought listeners might enjoy this sample of the Djinn lecture series on the Spirit Box patron. In this lecture I get into Hybridism and the forms djinn appear in.
This involves the folkloric view on djinn hybridism and how it correlates with fairy lore and the types of forms the djinn are said to take. If this is of interest come and check out the rest of the lectures https://www.patreon.com/spiritbox Quick correction I call Gef the Mongoose 'Jed' in error towards the end of the video. Show notes & further reading: Sargon of Akkad https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sargon Child mortality rate (under five years old) in the United Kingdom from 1800 to 2020* https://www.statista.com/statistics/1041714/united-kingdom-all-time-child-mortality-rate/ Aisha Qandisha https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aicha_Kandicha Andro Man http://witches.shca.ed.ac.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.caserecord&caseref=C%2FEGD%2F2172&search_type=searchaccused&search_string=lastname Get the mongoose https://medium.com/illumination/the-bizarre-case-of-gef-the-talking-mongoose-df4c69131755 Bridget Cleary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Bridget_Cleary
S2 #17 / Mme Vendredi on Djinn sorcery
Today we welcome back to the Spirit Box the wonderful Mademoiselle Vendredi. Mme Vendredi is a black magician who in her previous appearance on the show took us through her work with Sigils, Servitors and her own brand of seduction magick.
Today she’ll be taking us the reality of Djinn work, Abramelin square magick and working with the The Forbidden Grimoire of Harut and Marut Book by Egyptian Sorcerer Al-Toukh.
We will also go through a recent encounter with what Mme Vendredi believes was a djinn possessed person. Our guest recounts a trip to Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi, home to 10,000 djinns earlier this year and goes over the dangers of practicing magic in the Middle East sharing a recent case of magickians being imprisoned and executed.
In the Plus show we continue discussing the dangers of practicing sorcery in the middle east. And how this has led to memorising magickal work and the importance in servitor magick as camouflage. Finally she explains the difference between Demon and Djinn magic, specifically in how the spirits behave and how with the djinn there is waves of after effects.
It's good stuff, enjoy.
Show notes:
Mme Vendredi links https://www.buymeacoffee.com/MademoiselleV/membership?fbclid=PAAabBXIRKTIw4VN4GoyMSnZ2N85mNB-GZDtoN9Bxhk-0hRyEDbbhoYMOS-_Y
City of Djinns (Feroz Shah Kotla) https://www.darraghmason.com/index/G0000VFRBfQCfShI
S2 #16 / Michael Le Flem on Visions of Atlantis
oday we welcome Michael Le Flem to discuss his book Visions of Atlantis: Reclaiming our Lost Ancient Legacy.
Michael Le Flem, M.A. is a researcher, adjunct professor of history and philosophy, columnist for New Dawn Magazine, a scuba diver and guitarist. He grew up in South Florida, and attended Florida State University, where he studied Western intellectual history and U.S. foreign policy.
People the world over have grappled with the story of Atlantis for millennia. How much is fact? How much is fiction? How much is something else, filtered through the obscuring lens of time?
Using clairvoyant impressions from Edgar Cayce, Frederick Oliver, Rudolf Steiner, Barbara Hand Clow, Michael Le Flem builds a concerted scientific, philosophical and historical investigation of humanity's antediluvian achievements and Atlantis' tragic demise.
At the same time, readers will see just how the story of Atlantis has evolved from the seminal account passed down by Plato almost 2,400 years ago into those of the present day, as we engage with some of its strongest proponents and harshest critics alike. More than just a dry catalog of Atlantean footnotes, Visions of Atlantis strikes at the core of the great divide between materialist reductionism and the frontiers of metaphysics, enjoining readers to reconsider some of their most deeply held beliefs about ancient technology, psychic phenomena, reincarnation, the vast unknown past, and our uncertain future.
In the Plus show we get into Cuban Anomaly and Azores pyramid. We also discuss the Bosnian pyramid and the mysteries of the polar regions... and creativity and channelling.
Show notes:
Michael’s Patreon https://www.patreon.com/user?u=91690436
Visions of Atlantis https://a.co/d/0QR8vKJ
Michael’s website https://www.michaelleflem.com/
A dweller on two planets https://archive.org/details/adwellerontwoplanets_202002
Atlantis: the antediluvian world https://archive.org/details/atlantisantedilu00donnuoft
Bosnian Pyramids https://www.darraghmason.com/index/G0000sH9fSOZ4aHI
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S2 #15 / Gordon MacLellan on Sacred Animals
Today we welcome Gordon MacLellan to the Spirit Box to discuss his book Sacred Animals He is a writer, storyteller, animist pagan and environmentalist who has recognised that to really involve people with a renewed interest in, and commitment to, the world around us we may need more than traditional stories or religious parables and moral fables. The stories that grow from direct experience are powerful ways of building connections, building a sense of belonging and when we pare away the green-washing, the jargon, the endless blurbs, a lot of environmental urgency and anxiety just now can come down to connection: to renewing (or refreshing) that sense of really being part of the world. This connection forms a deeper purpose, one of rewilding the soul. His book Sacred Animals is not always animals to see or touch or run away from, but animals to see with the eyes of your mind, to encounter in the other ways. Animals to wonder over in the Otherworld and in this, the physical, world. The heart of this book is a spiritual adventure into contact and friendship with the animal world. It draws on ancient knowledge, surviving traditions, memories of other customs and the simple imagination that helps fill in the gaps. In the Plus show we discuss rewilding the soul. We discuss the human - nature divide and Gordon treats us to one of his wonderful Kelpie stories. Show notes: Ordering books: https://creepingtoad.blogspot.com/2023/05/sacred-animals-new-book.html Twitter: https://twitter.com/creepingtoad Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/creepingtoad Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/creepingtoad/ Website: https://creepingtoad.com/ Blog: https://creepingtoad.blogspot.com/ Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Creepingtoad Films on youtube mentioned in conversation: Trolls: https://youtu.be/S-XtWbAC3bQ Pond ripples: https://youtu.be/6xLPhiosBfg Keep in touch? https://linktr.ee/darraghmason Music by Obliqka https://soundcloud.com/obliqka
S2 #14 / Joshua Cutchin on Ecology of Souls
Today we welcome back the great Joshua Cutchin to discuss his masterwork of scholarship and research, Ecology of Souls This is a comprehensive dive into the overlaps between a huge range of mythological, paranormal and consciousness phenomena. We live our entire lives knowing that death awaits us. The hopeful believe—they insist—that some part of us endures after we make our final transition. Their convictions are corroborated by eyewitnesses who swear to have seen spirits of the dead haunting the living... and even appearing during alien abductions. Is the UFO mystery reaching out to us from beyond the stars... or from beyond the grave? This staggering implication demands not only scrutiny of the UFO phenomenon but nearly every unexplained mystery haunting us today. In the Plus show we get into why Ireland is such a hotspot. What causes a hotspot in the first place? Joshua’s favourite story from the collection. Which religion has the best take on death in his opinion? And his new book on fairies in film. Show notes: Joshua’s website https://www.joshuacutchin.com/ Ecology of Souls https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ecology-Soul... Keep in touch? https://linktr.ee/darraghmason Music by Obliqka https://soundcloud.com/obliqka
S2 #13 / Phil Hine on Queerying Occultures
Today we welcome back the great Phil Hine on his new book Queerying Occultures.
What is Queerying Occultures? 'Queerying' is a portmanteau word from 'Queer’ and 'Query'—classic Phil Hine word play. Occulture is another portmanteau word meaning 'Hidden Culture' (from ‘Occult’ and 'Culture').
The occult is Queer. Historically. Intrinsically. Radically. Wonderfully Queer. Yet at times this essential fact can feel unacknowledged in wider Occulture dialogues. Addressing this, Phil Hine’s Queerying Occultures is a collection of queer-themed essays exploring, questioning and reflecting on the diverse trajectories that might arise from applying queer questioning to occultural themes and practices. Drawing on perspectives from Queer Theory, history, Continental Philosophy, and shared experience, Hine explores subjects as diverse as Shamanism and gender-variance; the rise of the Queer Pagan approaches; the uncomfortable history of occult homophobia; Queer perspectives on Tantra, Pan, Sacred Spaces, and Crowley in Boy Bar Berlin. This far-reaching, necessary book is both a celebratory resistance text and indispensable investigation of the Queer in Occulture.
In the Plus show we get into the Aghori, ideas on the left hand path and the innate queerness of the left hand path. The Shivite story of the woman who became a ghoul. We get into the history of Masquerade balls, and discuss the relationship between the battle brothers Cuchullian & Ferdia and the curse of Macha of birth pain on the men of Ulster
If you want to hear the plus show, it’s very simple to do, simply join the patreon and get the entire Plus show back catalogue and all the bonus show extras. If you are watching this on YouTube or any other video platform remember to subscribe.
Show notes:
Signup for Phil’s substack newsletter
https://enfolding.org/unfoldings-a-substack-newsletter/
Queerying Occultures from Original Falcon Press
https://originalfalcon.com/queerying-occultures.php
Phil's Twitter - https://twitter.com/PhilH86835657
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S2 #12 / Salicrow on Spirit Speaker: A medium’s Guide to Death and Dying
Salicrow is a natural psychic medium who weaves the traditions of her Irish Traveler and Blackfoot heritage with modern magical techniques. For more than 30 years she has worked as a spirit channel, seer, and intuitive healer, offering readings and teaching workshops throughout the United States and internationally. She is the author of several books and today we are discussing her latest book, Spirit Speaker: A medium’s guide to Death and Dying/
In this compassionate and straightforward guide to the spiritual process of dying and what happens after death, psychic medium Salicrow answers the most common questions asked by her clients over her decades of work as a spirit speaker. Seeking to normalize the spiritual aspects of end-of-life care, she explains how active dying exists outside of normal reality, in a state in which the dying person and their caregivers often experience a heightened state of consciousness. Describing how the spirit is separate from the body and continues to exist after death, she shares thought-provoking stories of spirit contact and synchronicities that occurred for those actively involved in the dying process. She reveals how these encounters are common and act as guideposts along the journey into death, helping to ease the transition. She offers simple techniques for helping loved ones who are stuck or struggling to cross over and shares practices designed to help honour our beloved dead and develop living relationships with our ancestral spirits.
Presenting an outline of what may be experienced during the dying process and beyond, Salicrow explores the time when a soul is actively dying or recently departed. She explains the multiple ways spirits reach out to communicate with us and provides a deep understanding of the signs, symbols, and sensations that spirits use to contact us as well as ways to strengthen that connection. She also explores challenging situations such as suicide, murder, and healing unresolved issues with the dead.
Crafted through years of spirit communication sessions, this guide details how the spirit world works while revealing the beauty, healing, and love that exist in death.
In the Plus show we get into the subject of body locks which keep people stuck in their bodies when dying. Salicrow also takes us through the moving account of being with her close friend during their assisted suicide. We go through the importance of a practical approach to the spirit world and the state of mind that is most conducive to spirit communication. Salicrow takes us through the many ways in which the beloved dead communicate with us and visit us from time to time. We wrap up discussing how there has been a spike in people having psychic experiences and how Spirit Speaker came out of that as a way to address this and help people navigate these experiences.
Show notes:
Sali’s website https://www.salicrow.com/
Sali’s Instagram https://www.instagram.com/salicrow/
Sali’s Facebook https://www.facebook.com/salicrowpsychicmedium/
Spirit Speaker https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/spirit-speaker-a-medium-s-guide-to-death-and-dying-salicrow/7230037?ean=9781644117286
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S2 #11/ Andy Starkweather on adventures in mediumship
Today we welcome medium, occult practitioner and spiritual cleaner Andy Starkweather.
Andy has been a medium for over 20 years ago and has had ‘a wild ride’. Everything from being attacked by spirits to bizarre animal interactions to cleansing properties of trapped spirits and dealing more sinister entities.
Andy has a wealth of information derived from practical experience and regales us with many stories from his 20 years of work as a medium. One thing I really found useful was Andy’s view on boundaries and how he would employ discernment when working with spirits.
In the Plus show we get into some of Andy’s cases and strategies employed to deal with them, ranging from hauntings to poltergeists to demons. This is rich stuff. We also go through the challenges of shadow work and the occult… spoiler, it ain’t pretty. To close we discuss and compare our own past life regression experiences.
Enjoy!
Show notes:
https://instagram.com/starkweather_93?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
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S2 #10/ J.M. Hamade on Al-Khidr
Today we are joined by J.M. Hamade on the subject of Al- Khidr.
J.M. Hamade is an interdisciplinary artist, astrologer, writer, and educator residing in New York City. Focusing on the aesthetics of esoterica and the occult, they’re work bridges contemporary artistic practice with archaic forms of knowing. They have lectured, exhibited, and enacted live performances in the conjuration of phantom forms and ritual magic.
Al-Khidr is a figure described but not mentioned by name in the Quran as a righteous servant of God possessing great wisdom or mystic knowledge. In various Islamic and non-Islamic traditions, Khidr is described as a messenger, who guards the sea, teaches secret knowledge and aids those in distress. The meaning of the name has traditionally been taken to be "the Green One" or "the Verdant One". Which connects him to folkloric figures such as the green man and spirits of spring and of ‘greening’. We discuss Khidr’s liminal nature and his role as guide and get into the mysteries of the northern poles.
In the Plus show we discuss Khidr’s association with being two horned and Mose’s being depicted with two horns. We get into the ideas around the non-human language of nature and what Khidr as a spirit of creativity means to our guest. To close we get into the similarities between Khidr and Krishna.
Enjoy!
Show notes:
https://starnightdwell.com/
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S2 #09 / Reverend Janglebones & Kurt Huggins, Dharma & holding down the post
Today we welcome magicians and the hosts of the Soapbox podcast. Reverend Janglebones and Kurt Huggins. Reverend Janglebones is an animist practitioner, prayer writer, course facilitator, Buddhist dabbler, recovered addict, podcast host, musician, and accidental Diogenes channeler. Kurt is a New York times bestselling illustrator who has worked in comics, films, and television. A long time spelunker of the imagination and believer that all creative acts are acts of magic he does his best to stumble into profundity as a co-host of the soapbox podcast.
In the show we talk about the concept of ‘holding the post’ for the imagination meaning there’s more to what’s going around you than you might realise. We discuss in relation to one's Dharma. We also discuss my love of Mudlarkers on YouTube and Arthur Beale jumpers.
In the Plus show we discuss the influence of Angels in the creation of Soap Box and how podcasting has solidified magic for them. We talk to the initiation of addiction and get into Rev's courses, Thai amulets work and the use of Merit in magic and Rev’s astonishing approach to caving and visionary work.
Show notes:
Kurt’s website http://www.kurthuggins.com/
Rev Janglebones links https://linktr.ee/reverendjanglebones
Soap Box Podcast https://rss.com/podcasts/thesoapbox/
Mudlarker magical offerings https://youtu.be/eJeR1xQnSa8?t=2058
Darragh's favourite jumpers https://arthurbeale.co.uk
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S2 #08 / Sasha Ravitch on Stellar Witchcraft & Channelled Writing
The brilliant Sasha Ravitch is back on the Spirit Box! Sasha is a practitioner of Stellar Witchcraft, passionate Astrolater, and Devotional and Oracular Writer. She seeks out meaning, magic, patterns, connection, and intimate co-creation betwixt the Self and the Other in every golden meadow, ocean floor, and subway station available to her. Her desire to blur the line between the ensorceled forest of Elphame and the mundane road-more-traveled is a priority from the moment she wakes up, to the moment she falls asleep. In the show Sasha discusses her work in Stellar witchcraft and the experience of being the vessel for received writing. How you undergo changes in lifestyle in preparation of the work to come.
Now you may notice some clunky edits in the show, this is due to some pauses in the conversation to compare magical notes which are not for the airwaves. Sorry to be all secret squirrel about it but rules are rules. In the Plus show we discuss the process of finishing a book and our experiences with the Witchfather, the Darkman.
Enjoy!
Show notes:
Sasha’s website https://www.sasharavitch.com/
Sasha’s patreon https://www.patreon.com/sasharavitch
Sasha’s Insta https://www.instagram.com/sasha.ravitch/
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S2 #07 / Peter Mark Adams on Hagia Sophia / Sanctum of Kronos
Today we welcome back the one and only Peter Mark Adams! In his new book Hagia Sophia / Sanctum of Kronos, he presents a remarkable study of the esoteric beliefs and spiritual traditions contained within the architectural and decorative features of Istanbul’s iconic Hagia Sophia.
Hagia Sophia / Sanctum of Kronos tells the story of the building's hidden purpose: to conceal and preserve a sacred mystery in the face of rising Christian tyranny, right under the nose of Constantinople's Christian ascendancy. Represented in the sacred geometry, light, materials, and architecture of this astounding and powerful building, this sacred teaching is revealed by Adams’ in his remarkable thesis.
As with Adams’s previous books, this is a meticulously researched, captivating and illuminating piece of work. Punctuated with carefully selected, evocative photography and illustrations, it deconstructs the Hagia Sophia to reveal its esoteric heart.
Culturally, the structure acts as a repository for the metaphysical preoccupations of a Hellenistic culture that evolved from the great mystery cults of antiquity to become the metaphysical engine of subsequent European thought.In the Plus show we discussed why Saturn is a focal point of Peter’s research and how the other plays a part in his creative process. We get into his next project in this Saturnian current and the relationship with providence and fate. We wrap up the show on the subject of energy work and healing and how this is foundational to Peter’s work and indeed his life
Show notes:
Scarlet Imprint title information
Sanctum of Kronos pre-order
petermarkadams.com/
Icons of Sound - Total Sacred Immersion Hagia Sophia
Power of the Healing Field
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S2 #06 / Jo Hickey-Hall, Modern Fairies, Daimons and Podcasts
For episode 6, season 2 we welcome podcast host, folklorist, researcher and Lover of all things wyrd Jo Hickey-Hall.
Jo is the researcher behind The ‘Modern Fairy Sightings‘ Project which collects and preserves contemporary experiences and explores the resistant cultural taboo surrounding disclosure. It also provides a community for people to share their experiences with others who have experienced similar.
She is also the host and creator of The Modern Fairy Sightings Podcast which was launched in 2020 and features fairy encounters told first hand.
Jo goes through the incredible healing experience she had which lay the foundations for the sequence of events that would lead to the creation of the Modern Fairy Sightings Podcast and how diamonic activity seemed to be directly involved in the project. Pulling that thread we discuss how we, like many others, started a podcast on the subject of entities and spirits around the same time and how this seemed to be a compulsion.
In the Plus show we discuss the fairy teas Jo uses to help build a connection with the fae. We discuss listening to children in relation to their experiences with entities and spirits and letting them express themselves. Jo stresses the importance of not dismissing childrens accounts but helping them navigate the other.
To close out the plus show Jo recounts her favourite story from The Modern Fairy Sightings podcast… no spoilers but it's astonishing.
Show notes:
Jo’s website
The Modern Fairy Sightings Podcast
Jo’s Patreon
The Modern Fairy Sightings Facebook Group
Podcast Instagram
Podcast Twitter
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S2 #05 / Keanu Baxter on ancestors, plants & spirits
Today we are joined by Traditional witch and host of the Lavender Scare podcast, Keanu Baxter.
Keanu takes us through their journey into witchcraft, rootwork and ancestral magick and demonstrates the need for patience and consistency in practice. We discuss their relationship with Hecate and Lucifer respectively and how these two great spirits complement each other. We get into animism and witchcraft and the nature of transformation and how igniting the witch flame affects not just our magick but our creative endeavours and our communication.
Keanu takes us through the goal of their show and how they use their podcast as a creative outlet, with music and guests chatting the weird, wild places, occult and queerness of witchcraft. A place for folks to feel safe and seen and have fun.
In the Plus show Keanu explains how they magickally play with technology incorporating the planetary hertz sounds in their witchcraft. They discuss how their ancestors come to the fore when working with plant medicines and we get a remarkable account of their work with the spirit of the San Pedro cactus and the experience known as the ascent into the sun.
Show notes:
Keanu’s Instagram
Lavender Scare Podcast
Sound of Saturn and Saturn rings
Sound of Venus
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S2 #04 / Lucken Hare on Shapeshifting & The Dark Man
Today we are joined by Scottish witch Lucken Hare. Lucken is a traditional witch and has a relationship with The Dark Man. In the show we go through how that came about for Lucken, what the experience was like, and how it changed him.
Lucken takes us through his experiences with what he terms his ‘fetch’. This is is a form of possession during which he experiences an animal consciousness, a form of shapeshifting. It is a remarkable conversation and one I took a lot from.
In the Plus show we discuss how the Dark Man can be a tough teacher and how frightening encounters with him can be and we get into the importance of getting out of your own way to enable creative flow states.
Speaking of creativity and the Dark Man, Bob Dylan’s odd comments about the ‘Chief Commander of the world come up, the links to which are in the show notes. We go on to discuss spirit communication with the Dark Man, what it’s like and what comes through. Further to that we get into the physical impact of this current on the body.
Show notes:
Lucken Hare’s blog https://theluckenhare33.wordpress.com/
Lucken Hare's instagram https://instagram.com/luckenhare?igsh...
Bob Dylan interview https://youtu.be/m_wAZ02JUtM
Magic in Dylan’s song writing https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Fh3pAJ...
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S2 #03 / Emmet Louis on Gurdjieff, body training and spirit work.
For episode #3 of season 2 we are joined by magician and body training expert Emmet Louis. Emmet has spent a long time meandering through various systems of Western esotericism. A chance encounter with the system of G.I Gurdjieff radically altered his life and set him on his current path, His work currently is focused on the combination of body training with an emphasis on its interaction with spirit work and energy mechanics. For the last eight years he has studied under a lineage of Daoist Magick.
In the show we discuss the reality of martial arts and body training and Emmet recounts some interesting psychedelic adventures and spirit contact in rural Ireland. We also have a guest appearance from the Dark Man.
In the Plus show we discuss being pushed to live in rural areas, the wide variety of spirits that can be found there… specifically what it's like dealing with shadow people. We also discuss how specific physical exercises can be a gate to nonduality. Wonderful stuff.
In the Plus show we discuss being pushed to live in rural areas, the wide variety of spirits that can be found there… specifically what it's like dealing with shadow people. We also discuss how specific physical exercises can be a gate to non-duality.
Show notes:
https://ggurdjieff.com/
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S2 #02 / Mike Magee on Kali Magic
For episode #2 of season 2 we are joined by author and journalist Mike Magee.
Mike Magee is a well-known name to lovers and practitioners of Tantra to whom he has offered for decades the essential, condensed contents of many Tantras of the medieval period. This book is a fruit of his maturity and vast experience. Containing reliable translations and many Kālī Vidyàs, it is a valuable manual for practitioners and an important source for scholars.
Magee has written since the 1960s on matters related to occult and esoteric religions. In 1971 he started a small occult magazine called Azoth, and in 1973 in conjunction with David Hall, and his girlfriend Janet Bailey, started a more ambitious six monthly magazine called SOTHiS. In 1978, he went to India and met with an English tantrik guru (and former student of Aleister Crowley) called HH Shri Gurudev Mahendranath (1911–1992) who was a guru of the Uttarakaula Tantric Order of northern India. Mahendranath gave him the title of a guru and a charter to form a group of students. Magee took the tantrik name of Lokanath. Later this was to become a nucleus for the "Arcane Magical Order of the Knights of Shambhala" (AMOOKOS). This group was highly influential, particularly in the way it brought Tantrik teachings to the West.
Kali Magic brings together Mike Magee’s decades of experience in translating and elucidating tantrik texts. The first section—Sadhana—explores the ritual worship of Kali through mantra, her various aspects, and her yantras. The second section—Tantras—includes new English translations of the Matrkabheda, Todala, and Yoni tantras, plus two Kali Upaniṣads and abstracts of ten tantras related to the worship of the goddess. With a comprehensive bibliography and glossary of key terms, Kali Magic will be of great value to devotees and scholars of the goddess alike.
In the Plus show we discuss some of the rituals in Kali magic in relation to Western Ritual magic. We go through how Kali represents the killing of Ego. Tantra the similarity between sex and death. The importance of waking up. And how Mike sourced the materials found in the book.
Show notes:
https://shivashakti.com/
https://www.twistedtrunkbooks.com/
https://www.twistedtrunkbooks.com/items
https://enfolding.org/books/
https://www.amazon.com/stores/Mike-Magee/author/B0B86CGGR6
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S2 #01 / David Pantano Kremmerz and the fraternity of Myriam.
For episode #1 of season 2 we are joined by author and translator David Pantano to discuss the recent publication ‘The Hermetic Physican’ on Giuliano Kremmerz. Giuliano Kremmerz (1861–1930), born Ciro Formisano, was one of the most influential Italian occultists, alchemists, and hermetic masters of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, though he remains almost unknown to English readers.
In 1896, Kremmerz began writing about natural and divine magic, healing, and alchemy through the journal Il Mondo Secreto (The Secret World). At the same time, he founded a school known as the Schola Philosophica Hermetica Classica Italica as well as a magical group, the Therapeutic and Magical Fraternity of Myriam. Within the Myriam, he sought to use hermetic, magical, andPythagorean principles to harness the power of the psyche and convey collective energies for therapeutic purposes and distance healing. His initiatic order would become the principal esoteric society in Italy—comparable to its British counterpart, the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn—but forced to be a carefully guarded secret as Mussolini’s government rose to power.
In this unique compilation of essays, David presents an in-depth study of Kremmerz’s life and work by his student and initiate, Italian esotericist Marco Daffi. Throughout this collection, David Pantano provides extensive annotations, offering the English reader essential historical and mystical context for Daffi’s work. Connecting to untranslated Italian texts and elucidating Daffi’s poetic style, Pantano’s commentary reveals the unique tradition of Italian esoterism.
In the Plus show we discuss the Fraternity of Myriam today, and its current state. Further to that David talks about how the adepts of the order would work with the Aeon entities. And we unpack what the Aeon spirits are? We then go on to discuss he charms used in the order to engage with the Aeon spirits
Show notes:
https://www.innertraditions.com/author/david-pantano
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#101 / Alkistis Dimech on Butô, Body and Movement
For episode 101 we are joined by by the immensely talented Alkistis Dimech.
Alkistis is an artist, dancer-choreographer and writer exploring the occulted dimensions of the carnal body and its subtle anatomy. Her art and praxis is grounded in ankoku butô (dark dance), which she has practised since 2002.
With Peter Grey, Alkistis is the co-founder of Scarlet Imprint, the leading independent press which publishes practitioner-oriented works on magic, esotericism and the occult.
She has performed in the UK, Europe and the United States, solo and in collaboration with musicians and artists and spoken on her practice and given workshops at conferences and events in the UK, Europe and the United States.
In the show Alkistis explains Butô as a form of expression and goes through what it means to her in terms of the unfolding of consciousness in movement. She goes on to discuss the body in as a vehicle for mantic vision and magic. Alkistis also gives her thoughts on the witches dance.
In the Plus show we discuss the dangers of digital immersion of the self and how unplugging from digital is liberating and important for ones wellbeing. We also have a free flowing chat about the joys and struggles of having a relationship with one's garden. Naturally this is my fault as I tend to lose the run of myself when anyone mentions their garden in passing. We also go into recovery after the energetic drain one can experience after ritual work.
Enjoy!
Show notes:
https://www.alkistisdimech.com
https://scarletimprint.com
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#100 / Shullie H. Porter on working with the Dark Man
For episode 100 we are joined by hereditary witch, writer and creator Shullie H. Porter who takes through her extraordinary life working with the Dark Man. This is an intriguing conversation and one, those of you who have been listening for some time will know features a prominent topic on this show.
Shullie’s mother was a gifted Cunning woman from whom Shullie learned the nature of her gifts. Born dead, Shullie was brought back and death has featured in her life ever since from the ability to see the dead to multiple near death experiences. Through all the experiences she takes us through there Dark Man was never far from her.
In the Plus show we get deeper into the topic and discuss the nature of working with the Dark man and Shullie warns against the personification of deities, stressing the need for boundaries. She goes on to warn against making flippant deals with the Dark Man, he is the Devil after all. We also go into how proximity to nature and borders can facilitate working with the Dark Man.
Shullie is a gifted artist so do check out her Etsy store and instagram for some gothic delights in the links below
Show notes:
https://www.instagram.com/thedelightful_mrsp/
https://thedelightfulmrsp.com
https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/TheDelightfulMrsP
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#99 / Geoff Thompson on Shadow Work
For episode 99 we are joined once again by Geoff Thompson. A prolific author and teacher. He is a BAFTA award winning writer. He is a world renowned martial artist and has taught seminars for Chuck Norris. He has a 7th Degree Black belt in Shotokan Karate along with a 1st Degree Black Belt in Judo. He worked as a night-club doorman for about 10 years in various clubs. He became a doorman to face and overcome his fear of violent confrontation.
He has written fifty books, several multi-award-winning films, three stage plays and hundreds of articles, many published in national magazines and broadsheets.
In the show we discuss the shadow and how irrespective of what’s going on in the outside world no matter how crazy it is, all change starts within and in facing our shadow and our individual behaviour.
In the Plus show Geoff explains, how in looking to grow we can find happiness. How the divine finds the optimum route for us, we just need to listen. Geoff explains how perceptions become reality in an absolute sense. In that we create, we maintain and we dissolve our reality. Fundamentally we need to work on ourselves and be distracted by the outside world via what he terms as Radical ownership. In doing so challenges will arise in the form of our shadows, We must catch these shadows at the level of there provocation. He asks the question of us - who are you when you’re in the dark at night?
Enjoy
Show notes:
https://www.instagram.com/geoff_thompson_official/
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#98 / Andrew Collins on Origins of the Gods
For episode 98 we are joined by author Andrew Collins.
Andrew Collins is a science and history writer who has been investigating the origins of human civilization since 1995. He is the co-discoverer of a massive cave complex beneath the Giza plateau, now known as “Collins’ Cave.” The author of several books, including Gobekli Tepe: Genesis of the Gods, he lives in Essex, England.
In this show Andrew discusses his new book Origins of the Gods co-written with Gregory little.
It’s a remarkable study taking us from Göbekli Tepe in Turkey to the Egyptian pyramids, from the stone circles of Europe to the mound complexes of the Americas, Andrew Collins and Gregory L. Little show how, our ancestors built permanent sites of ceremonial activity where geomagnetic and gravitational anomalies have been recorded.
In the show Andrew goes into how the earliest forms of animism and shamanism began at sites like the Denisova Cave in the Altai Mountains of Siberia and in particular Qesem Cave in Israel more than 400,000 years ago. He explains how shamanic rituals and altered states of consciousness combine with the natural forces of the earth to create portals for contact with otherworldly realms—in other words, the gods of our ancestors were the result of an interaction between human consciousness and transdimensional intelligence.
Andrew discusses the science of quantum entanglement and David Bohm’s theory of Implicate order which support his own theories on what’s happening with these portals and the ultraterrestrial, possibly multidimensional intelligences that appear.
Show notes:
www.andrewcollins.com
Origins of the Gods
Implicate order https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Implicate_and_explicate_order
David Bohm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bohm
Qesem Cave https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qesem_cave
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#97 / Dr Simon Young on Wollaton Gnomes, the Fairy census & Boggarts
Dr Simon Young is a British folklore historian based in Italy. He has written extensively on the nineteenth-century supernatural. His book The Boggart (from Exeter University Press) and The Nail in the Skull and Other Victorian Urban Legends (from Mississippi University Press) are both out in 2022. He is the editor of Exeter New Approaches to Legends, Folklore and Popular Legends .
Dr. Young has undertaken the biggest folklore survey of its kind, on behalf of the Fairy Investigation Society. A Cambridge-educated historian Dr. Young, revived the society for a new fairy census - 60 years on from the last one. It gathered details of as many fairy sightings from the past century as possible and to measure contemporary attitudes to fairies, the details of which he shares with us in the show.
Simon briefly discusses his new title ‘The Boggart, Folklore, History, Place-names and Dialect. Detailing the little-studied and once much-feared boggart is a supernatural being from the north of England. .
We discuss the Wollaton Gnomes - a famous sighting that happened in 1979 in Nottingham, England. A small group of children were wandering the park early one evening when much to their surprise they were chased by gnomes in motor cars!
In the Plus section of the show we discuss how children's cultural trends and images can become folkloric figures in their own right and create moral panics. We discuss the nightmare and the interest fairies have in human sexuality. Simon goes into detail how fairy interactions have changed over the last 200 years from more intense, sometimes physical encounters to more sedate sightings. The subject of UFOs and the arguments for and against the fairy analogues come up and we explore some interesting ideas around the men in black and the wider thematic interrelations between the phenomenons. Simon goes on to describe the fairies as ‘social beings’ and how they represent a distorted mirror of our own society which provides a way we can think of ourselves outside the box.
Show notes:
Simon’s academia page: https://independent.academia.edu/SimonYoung43
Boggart & Banshee Podcast: http://www.strangehistory.net/podcast/
Simon’s new Boggart book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Boggart-Folklore-History-Placenames-Approaches/dp/1905816901/ref
More on Boggarts: https://folklorethursday.com/folktales/the-boggart-a-study-in-shadows/
The Fairy census: http://www.fairyist.com/survey/
The Wollaton Gnomes: https://faeryfolklorist.blogspot.com/2017/05/the-wollaton-park-gnomes.html
Press articles on Simon’s work:
https://metro.co.uk/2017/12/06/people-sex-outdoors-joined-sexy-fairies-magical-dogging-7136692/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5156475/Fairies-them.html
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/return-of-the-fairy-hunters
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#96 / Dr Scott Taylor on Near Death and Shared Death Experiences
Dr. Scott Taylor is the President of the Expanded Awareness Institute. EAI helps people curious about near-death experiences explore what that experience means to them and to our culture as a whole.
Dr Taylor has served as President and Executive Director of The Monroe Institute. He has been a trainer for The Monroe Institute since 1985. He is an expert in the use of binaural beat technology to achieve and hold expanded states of consciousness.
He is also the author and voice of six best-selling CDs of guided meditations on near-death experiences in his Into the Light series. He is a spiritual teacher, speaker and researcher on near-death experiences.
Dr Taylor is also an experiencer and in the show recounts his own moving ‘shared death experience’. We go on to discuss, what happens in NDE’s, what in fact is ‘the light’ and how NDE’s are malleable, participatory experiences.
In the Plus show we get into dimension sliding, folklore analogs for the NDA entity experience. We also discuss the strangest story he ever heard in this territory and finally the importance of meditation in order to be focused when in an expanded state of consciousness.
He reflects on how some of the frightening things people experience are metaphors designed to get our attention and how meditators tend to do better in these cases. Dr Taylor then goes into detail on how binaural beats can be used to induce the same state as experiences during NDEs.
Good stuff enjoy,
Show notes:
Website: https://neardeathmeditations.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCM62CGQRwgxnYbshkhjVMeQ
The Afterlife files: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw_bDDnpxi0RHiKVm9iwfMQ
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#95 / Jim Hunt on Psychic Mediumship, Contracts, Shapeshifters and Shadow People
For episode 95 we are joined by Psychic Medium Jim Hunt from the TV show "Knock Knock Ghost" (currently available on Amazon Prime). Jim is an acclaimed Psychic Medium who became aware of his sixth sense at the early age of five. Born in Montreal to a half Native Psychic mother, he was raised, nurtured and guided by both the living and the dead.
Over the years, Jim has helped thousands of people around the globe set and achieve goals both personally and professionally with his unconventional methods.
In the show we go through the experience of seeing spirits, what family spirits want, the nature of contracts, entities and attachments and a deeply interesting section on shapeshifters. In addition to that he starts to spontaneously read me!
In the Plus the show we discuss Elementals, Djinn, Fairies, well this is the Spirit Box after all! Anything else would be a disappointment. We also discuss the Afterlife and previous lives and Jim starts reading me again with remarkable accuracy!
Show notes:
https://www.jimhuntofficial.com
https://www.facebook.com/jimhuntofficial
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#94 / Charles Christian on Werewolves, Vampires and the Wold Newton Triangle
Charles Christian is an English barrister and Reuters correspondent turned writer, podcaster, award-winning tech journalist, and sometime werewolf hunter. He now writes, talks and makes videos mainly about folklore, urban myths, history, and the weird. He was born a ‘chime child’ with a caul so, according to legend, cannot drown at sea but can see and talk to ghosts and fairy folk without fear of coming to harm...
He is the author of "A travel guide to Yorkshire’s Weird Wolds: The Mysterious Wold Newton Triangle” and “Saints & Sinners in Dark Age England”. His latest book is “Shuckland: Weird tales, ghosts, folklore and legends from East Anglia’s Waveney valley” – volume one of a new haunted landscapes series – and he is currently writing an almanack of real witches and sorcerers, along with other practitioners of magic – black and white, from earliest times through until the modern era.
If you are fascinated by the weird, the unexplained and the bizarre, then you’ll enjoy this fascinating road trip around what he calls the Wold Newton Triangle, where rather odd events have occurred, unmatched anywhere else in Britain. We also talk about the aforementioned werewolf hunting, and a grisly discovery he made while investigating the Highgate vampire.
In the Plus show we discuss Charles’s upcoming book on Witchcraft and the legends of the Woodwose, England's analogue for the Bigfoot. And we wrap up discussing the nature of folklore.
Show notes:
https://www.urbanfantasist.com
https://twitter.com/urbanfantasist
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