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The Great Journey Podcast

By Luke Keish

To dive into topics related to the strange, paranormal, creepy and bizarre things that happen in this world.
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The Great Journey PodcastFeb 12, 2021

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Goatman and Satyrs
Feb 12, 202102:00:50
The Amazing James Randi

The Amazing James Randi

On this trail I will be doing a Tribute to The Amazing Randi or James Randi, a former magician and skeptic investigator of the paranormal. With this trial there will be 8 campfires to go over, to start with is the life and career of James Randi, then one over the JREF and what they did. Followed by teaching modules the Randi created and then go over the book Randi wrote, and media, podcast he was apart of. Also to finish the campfires with awards Randi got in his life and the award the he made as well, then I’ll give my thoughts on James Randi, then in the Mythological Minute I go into a Greek Titan that is appropriate for Randi, so would you kindly grab your thermos and fill them up and we’ll set out on this trail.

The Great Journey Podcast

Host: Luke Keish

Sources: James Randi: JamesRandiFoundation - YouTube, JREF - Home (randi.org), Educational Videos & Podcasts - JREF (randi.org), Educational Modules - JREF (randi.org), JREF13edmod_fairies_teacher.indd (randi.org), JREF - Swift (randi.org), Randi $1,000,000 paranormal challenge - The Skeptic's Dictionary - Skepdic.com, James Randi, Magician Who Debunked Paranormal Claims, Dies at 92 - The New York Times (nytimes.com), http://anhonestliar.com/wp/, Amazon.com: An Honest Liar: Randi, James, Weinstein, Justin, Measom, Tyler: Movies & TV

James Randi video clips: James Randi Cottingley Fairies, James Randi busts psychics in TV show. "Exploring Psychic Powers Live", James Randi debunking on Tonight Show, Psychic Cringe Fails 2 - The Best of James Randi, Penn and Teller on James Randi, James Randi talk with SkepticsGuide podcast, James Randi Ted Talk

Mythological Minute: Coeus - Wikipedia, Coeus (greekmythology.com), COEUS (Koios) - Greek Titan God of Intellect & the Axis of Heaven (theoi.com)

Mythological minute & Undertakers fee: Barbara by U.S. Army Blues is licensed under a Public Domain Mark 1.0 License.

Intro/outro music: Thunder and Lightning by Brown Bird is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License.

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Feb 05, 202102:19:05
Mythological Minute Collection Vol. 1
Jan 29, 202101:11:27
 Megachurches and Televangelist

Megachurches and Televangelist

On this trail we will be taking a look at the Megachurches of Christianity in the US and the Televangelist pastors. With campfires of a general view of Megachurches, then look at the top Televangelist pastors by net worth with a close look at Kenneth Copeland and Creflo Dollar, next I will go over three fraudulent pastors Kent Hovind, Jim Bakker, and Peter Popoff, and the last campfire will be over my thoughts on the Megachurches and the pastors I brought up. Then in the Mythological Minute I talk about a Native American trickster , so would you kindly grab your thermos and fill them up and we’ll set out on this trail.

The Great Journey Podcast With Host: Luke Keish

Video clips to watch: 1-Kenneth Copeland interview 2-Amazing Randi video 3-Televangelists: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Mega Churches: Kenneth Copeland, preacher, defends lavish spending in tense interview: 'I'm a very wealthy man' - Washington Times

Televangelist Jim Bakker sued for selling fake coronavirus cure - CBS News

JIM BAKKER'S SENTENCE OVERTURNED - The Washington Post

Ex-Television Evangelist Bakker Ends Prison Sentence for Fraud - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

Peter Popoff proved fake on 39-17-Mhz (bible.ca)

Peter Popoff - Back To His Old Tricks (deceptioninthechurch.com)

Mythological Minute:Iktomi's Blanket - A Lakota Legend. (firstpeople.us)      Iktomi - A Lakota Legend. (firstpeople.us)

Mythological minute & Undertakers fee: Barbara by U.S. Army Blues is licensed under a Public Domain Mark 1.0 License.

Intro/outro music: Thunder and Lightning by Brown Bird is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License.

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Jan 22, 202102:15:33
Christmas Around The World
Dec 25, 202001:31:59
Winter Solstice and Yule

Winter Solstice and Yule

On this trail I will be looking at the Winter Solstice and ancient festivals celebrated around this time of year. Then take a more detailed look into the Roman festival Saturnalia and the Scandinavian and Icelandic tradition of Yule or Yuletide. With Yule I will go over both ancient and modern practice, even some recipes of yule treats. Then in the Mythological Minute I stay in the Yule tradition with a family of Trolls or sometimes Giants, so would you kindly grab your thermos and fill them up and we will set out on this trail.

The Great Journey Podcast 

Host: Luke Keish


Sources

Winter Solstice: https://www.crystalinks.com/wintersolstice.html

http://www.planetquest.org/learn/sundagger.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_solstice

https://silverlotus.net/wicca/rites/wheel-of-the-year/winter-solstice-lore-and-ritual/


Ancient Festivals: https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-ancient-traditions/harking-back-ancient-pagan-festivities-our-christmas-rituals-007237

https://mythology.net/roman/roman-gods/sol-invictus/


Saturnalia: https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-ancient-traditions/busy-romans-needed-mid-winter-break-too-and-it-lasted-24-days-007233

https://astrologyexplored.net/home/?p=3014


Yule: https://www.goddessandgreenman.co.uk/yule

https://www.sacredearthjourneys.ca/blog/traditions-and-symbols-of-yule/

https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-ancient-traditions/christmas-traditions-0011166

https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-ancient-traditions/mistletoe-holly-and-yuletide-cheer-weaving-natural-elements-ancient-021772


Mythological Minute: https://www.ancientpages.com/2019/12/11/gryla-cannibalistic-evil-troll-and-her-sons-yule-lads-in-icelandic-folklore/

https://guidetoiceland.is/history-culture/the-icelandic-yule-lads-and-gryla


Mythological minute & Undertakers fee: Barbara by U.S. Army Blues is licensed under a Public Domain Mark 1.0 License.


Intro/outro music: 

Thunder and Lightning by Brown Bird is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License.


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https://www.facebook.com/The-Great-Journey-Podcast-104682304769225 


Dec 18, 202001:22:37
Madeleine McCann

Madeleine McCann

On this trail we will be taking a look at the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, with that Ill go over the area this happened in, then discuss those involved with this case. Then I will go thought the statement of those involved, and also look at some of the suspects in the case as well. To finish I will also present theories people have come up with and give my thoughts of this case. Then in the Mythological Minute I go to the Caribbean isles for a mythical creature, so would you kindly grab your thermos and fill them up and we’ll set out on this trail.

The Great Journey Podcast

Host: Luke Keish

Sources

Madeleine McCann Case:

https://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/

https://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/TRANSLATIONS.htm

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/8653012/madeleine-mccann-parents-kate-gerry-still-together/

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-52910472

https://themaddiecasefiles.com/

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/madeleine-mccann-christian-b-rape-case-germany-b1759039.html

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/madeleine-mccann-suspect-injured-during-incident-german-court-n1247967

https://heavy.com/news/2019/03/what-happened-to-madeleine-mccann-theories/

Mythological minute:

https://lifeintrinidadandtobago.com/folklore/#:~:text=A%20soucouyant%20is%20a%20version%20of%20a%20succubi%2C,wizened%20old%20woman%20who%20typically%20lives%20by%20herself.

http://www.akashicbooks.com/the-tale-of-the-soucouyants-by-crystal-medina/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soucouyant

Mythological minute & Undertakers fee: Barbara by U.S. Army Blues is licensed under a Public Domain Mark 1.0 License.

Intro/outro music:

Thunder and Lightning by Brown Bird is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License.

Dec 11, 202001:18:07
The Myrtles Plantation

The Myrtles Plantation

On this trail we will be taking a look into the Myrtle’s Plantation in Louisiana to investigate the paranormal activity claimed on there. First campfire will be over the property itself then go into the history around the Myrtles. Then ill go over some of the ghost stories and myth told by the owner and tour guides at the Myrtles and some of the media that covered the Myrtles in the past and recently. Then I’ll end the trail over my thoughts on the property and in the Mythological Minute I stay in Louisiana the discuss this week’s creature, so grab your thermos and fill her up and we’ll set out on this trail.

Host: Luke Keish

The Great Journey Podcast Copyright 2020

Sources

Myrtles Plantation’s website

https://www.myrtlesplantation.com/history-and-hauntings

Myrtles Plantation:

https://www.americanhauntingsink.com/myrtles

https://ghostaugustine.com/blog/my-investigation-at-the-myrtles-plantation/

http://www.hauntedamericatours.com/ghostphotos/myrtlesghostphotos/

http://www.dark-stories.com/eng/the_myrtles_plantation.htm

https://www.legendsofamerica.com/la-myrtlesplantation/

https://archive.archaeology.org/online/features/lamounds/

https://www.themoonlitroad.com/slave-girl-myrtles-plantation-louisiana-ghost-story/

https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/louisiana/myr.htm

https://www.thegypsythread.org/myths-murders-mayhem-myrtles-plantation/

Mythological minute: https://occult-world.com/loogaroo/

https://mythologian.net/loup-garou-rougarou-cajun-legend/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rougarou

Intro/outro music: Thunder and Lighting, artist: Brown Bird, album: Live @ The WFMU On The Shunken Planet, Feb. 4, 2012

Undertakers fee/ad music: Nights, Artist: Dee Yan-Kee, album: Vacation Days 2018

Mythological Minute music: Black Cat White Cat, Artist: Bubamara Brass Band, Album: Bubamarija / Kashtabizma EP

Anchor.fm

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Facebook page link

https://www.facebook.com/The-Great-Journey-Podcast-104682304769225

Dec 04, 202001:22:56
LSD and its Shadow Part 2

LSD and its Shadow Part 2

On this trail I will be taking a look at the connection between Counterculture figures and the CIA, and some information on CIA officials in the 60’s and 70’s. Then ill go over the covert projects the CIA set up in correlation with psychedelics and human behavioral modification experiments. Then in the Mythological Minute I go to the mountains of China for a mythical creatures, so would you kindly grab your thermos and fill her up and we’ll set out on this trail on LSD and its Shadow Part @

A Poem from Dr. Osmond

To Fathom Hell

Or Soar Angelic

Just Take a Pinch 

Of Psychedelics.

Host: Luke Keish

The Great Journey Podcast Copyright 2020

Sources

Bio’s/CIA projects:

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Allen-W-Dulles

https://spartacus-educational.com/USAdullesA.htm

https://spartacus-educational.com/JFKgottlieb.htm

https://www.senate.gov/about/powers-procedures/investigations/church-committee.htm

https://www.alternet.org/2015/09/cloak-dropper-twisted-history-cia-lsd/

https://ahrp.org/artichoke-1951-1973-a-major-multi-faceted-military-cia-project/

https://publicintelligence.net/cia-bluebird/

https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP83-01042R000800010003-1.pdf

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/nov/29/cia-lawsuit-scientist-1950s-death

https://belhistory.weebly.com/ronald-stark.html

Mythological minute:

The Classic of Mountains and Seas (Penguin Classics) Paperback – January 1, 2000

by Anne Birrell (Editor, Translator, Introduction)

Chinese Bestiary Paperback – Illustrated, November 4, 2008

by Strassberg (Author)

Intro/outro music: Thunder and Lighting, artist: Brown Bird, album: Live @ The WFMU On The Shunken Planet, Feb. 4, 2012

Undertakers fee/ad music: Nights, Artist: Dee Yan-Kee, album: Vacation Days 2018

Mythological Minute music: Black Cat White Cat, Artist: Bubamara Brass Band, Album: Bubamarija / Kashtabizma EP

Anchor.fm

https://anchor.fm/thegreatjourneypodcast

Facebook page link

https://www.facebook.com/The-Great-Journey-Podcast-104682304769225

Nov 27, 202002:02:09
LSD and its Shadow Part 1

LSD and its Shadow Part 1

On this trail’s part 1 we will be taking a look at the Psychedelic drug of the counterculture seen in last weeks trail. The first part of LSD to look at on this trail is a timeline to show how it even came to be and what happened to LSD since its creation. Then I’ll take a look at the technical aspects of LSD and the effects it has on the body and look at common traits of a trip. As well as a look at the most important figures tied to LSD. Then next week will I talk about LSD’s shadow, the CIA and the people connected to them. Then in the Mythological Minute this trail I go to South American mythology, so grab your thermos and fill her up and we’ll set out on this trail.

Host: Luke Keish

The Great Journey Podcast Copyright 2020

Sources

LSD: https://thethirdwave.co/lsd-history/

https://thethirdwave.co/lsdstories/

https://thethirdwave.co/psychedelics/

https://www.salon.com/2013/12/14/timothy_learys_liberation_and_the_cias_experiments_lsds_amazing_psychedelic_history/

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2012/5/21/harvard-lsd-project-leary/

https://thethirdwave.co/psychedelics/lsd/

https://psychology.fas.harvard.edu/people/timothy-leary

https://www.britannica.com/science/LSD

https://science.howstuffworks.com/lsd7.htm

https://www.drugfreeworld.org/drugfacts/lsd/a-short-history.html

https://www.recovery.org/lsd-addiction/history/

Mythological minute: https://www.cuco.com.ar/aho_aho.htm

https://www.staff.uni-mainz.de/lustig/guarani/ao_ao.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ao_Ao

Intro/outro music: Thunder and Lighting, artist: Brown Bird, album: Live @ The WFMU On The Shunken Planet, Feb. 4, 2012

Undertakers fee/ad music: Nights, Artist: Dee Yan-Kee, album: Vacation Days 2018

Mythological Minute music: Black Cat White Cat, Artist: Bubamara Brass Band, Album: Bubamarija / Kashtabizma EP

Anchor.fm

https://anchor.fm/thegreatjourneypodcast

Facebook page link

https://www.facebook.com/The-Great-Journey-Podcast-104682304769225

Nov 20, 202001:25:34
The Brotherhood Of Eternal Love

The Brotherhood Of Eternal Love

On this trail we will be taking a look at The Brother Hood of Eternal Love a psychedelic hippie cult using LSD to get spiritual enlightenment. Lead by a man named John ‘The Farmer’ Griggs and the achieve their goals they become the ‘Hippie Mafia’ Smuggle and dealing drugs during the late 1960s and 1970s. They created a famous LSD called Orange Sunshine and supplied the 60’s counter culture need for psychedelic’s. Then in the Mythological Minute we go to Kashmir and India and learn of ancient serpents, so grab your thermos and fill her up and we’ll set out on this trail.

Host: Luke Keish

The Great Journey Podcast Copyright 2020

Sources

Brotherhood Of Eternal Love:

https://belhistory.weebly.com/

https://archive.org/stream/hashishsmuggling00unit/hashishsmuggling00unit_djvu.txt

https://the-brotherhood-of-eternal-love.org/a-beautiful-vision-brotherhood-founder-john-griggs/

https://www.drugtimes.org/history-of-lsd/the-great-lsd-conspiracy.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1972/08/06/archives/joint-force-raids-coast-drug-cult-57-seized-in-a-group-linked-to.html

http://www.lagunabeachmagazine.com/drugs-and-debauchery/

Mythological minute:

https://www.britannica.com/topic/naga-Hindu-mythology

https://www.learnreligions.com/naga-449846

Intro/outro music: Thunder and Lighting, artist: Brown Bird, album: Live @ The WFMU On The Shunken Planet, Feb. 4, 2012

Undertakers fee/ad music: Nights, Artist: Dee Yan-Kee, album: Vacation Days 2018

Mythological Minute music: Black Cat White Cat, Artist: Bubamara Brass Band, Album: Bubamarija / Kashtabizma EP

Anchor.fm

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Facebook page link

https://www.facebook.com/The-Great-Journey-Podcast-104682304769225

Nov 13, 202001:20:36
Finn Mac Cool Part 1

Finn Mac Cool Part 1

On this trail we will be taking a look into Irish Mythology and the cycles that make up the overall mythology. Then I will be telling four tales of a Irish Hero Fionn Mac Cumhaill or Finn Mac Cool. The Stories about Finn will be the ‘The Boyhood Deeds of Finn’, ‘The Salmon of Knowledge’, ‘Aillen Mac Midgna’, and finally ‘Finn and Sadbh’.

Then in the Mythological Minute I go into Native American Mythology, so grab your themos and fill her up and we’ll set out on this trail.

Host: Luke Keish

The Great Journey Podcast Copyright 2020

Sources

Irish mythology Campfire: http://www.celticnetwork.com/culture/mythology/irish-mythology.html

https://www.worldspirituality.org/irish-mythological.html

https://www.britannica.com/print/article/291632

https://www.yourirish.com/folklore/four-cycles-of-irish-mythology

Finn Mac Cool or Fionn Mac Cumhaill: https://www.claddaghdesign.com/history/the-story-of-fionn-maccumhaill/

https://sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/gafm/index.htm\

Mythological minute:

https://www.godchecker.com/native-american-mythology/UNCEGILA/

http://knowledgemasti.com/myth-about-native-american-creatures/#:~:text=Otherwise%20called%20Unk%20Cekula%20or%20Unktehi%2C%20this%20animal,settled%20inside%20the%20mountains%20of%20the%20Black%20Hills.

Intro/outro music: Thunder and Lighting, artist: Brown Bird, album: Live @ The WFMU On The Shunken Planet, Feb. 4, 2012

Undertakers fee/ad music: Nights, Artist: Dee Yan-Kee, album: Vacation Days 2018

Mythological Minute music: Black Cat White Cat, Artist: Bubamara Brass Band, Album: Bubamarija / Kashtabizma EP

Anchor.fm

https://anchor.fm/thegreatjourneypodcast

Facebook page link

https://www.facebook.com/The-Great-Journey-Podcast-104682304769225

Nov 06, 202001:06:18
Halloween 2020

Halloween 2020

On this trail tonight we go though the ports to the Celtic otherworld and discover the practices and customs of the ancient festival of Samhain. Then go thought the history and what happened to Samhain, then I go over the Fae being of Celtic mythology that might walk in our realm, lastly we tie in the Halloween celebrations we have now to what was practiced on that Samhain night. So grab a jack-o-lanturn and costume as we go to the otherworld on this trail. and Happy Halloween.

Host: Luke Keish

The Great Journey Podcast Copyright 2020

Samhain research:

https://www.claddaghdesign.com/history/the-story-of-fionn-maccumhaill/

https://www.history.com/topics/holidays/samhain

https://www.history.com/topics/halloween/history-of-halloween

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2018/10/101029-halloween-costumes-ideas-history-science-nation/

https://www.yourirish.com/traditions/ancient-samhain-traditions-ireland

https://www.ancient.eu/Samhain/

https://celticanamcara.blogspot.com/2010/03/aos-si-kings-and-queens-of-fairies.html

https://specifipedia.com/the-legends-of-samhain-the-strange-adventure-of-nera/

https://occult-world.com/caer-ibormeith/

Mythological Minute

http://emeraldisle.ie/changelings

Intro/outro music: Thunder and Lighting, artist: Brown Bird, album: Live @ The WFMU On The Shunken Planet, Feb. 4, 2012

Undertakers fee/ad music: Nights, Artist: Dee Yan-Kee, album: Vacation Days 2018

Mythological Minute music: Black Cat White Cat, Artist: Bubamara Brass Band, Album: Bubamarija / Kashtabizma EP

Anchor.fm

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Facebook page link

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Oct 31, 202001:30:38
Dyatlov Pass
Oct 23, 202002:25:58
Intro to the Podcast
Oct 23, 202035:56