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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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-91738950The Visions of Isobel Gowdie: Magic, Witchcraft and Dark Shamanism in Seventeenth-Century Scotland https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1734638.Visions_of_Isobel_GowdieApocalyptic Witchcraft https://scarletimprint.com/publications/p/apocalyptic-witchcraftThe Brazen Vessel https://scarletimprint.com/publications/p/the-brazen-vesselThe Two Antichrists https://scarletimprint.com/publications/p/the-two-antichristsThe Battle of Auldearn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_AuldearnJames 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-soulsJoshua Cutchin’s Thieves in the night https://www.joshuacutchin.com/thievesinthenightThem old ways never die https://www.joshuacutchin.com/them-old-ways-never-diedThe Super Natural: A New Vision of the Unexplained https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/25489537Cave of the Trois-Frères https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave_of_the_Trois-Fr%C3%A8resGraham Hancock - Supernatural https://grahamhancock.com/supernatural/Neil Gaiman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_GaimanKeep in touch?https://linktr.ee/darraghmasonMusic by Obliqka https://soundcloud.com/obliqka

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  • 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

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  • 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.

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    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

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  • Event details https://www.houseofzophiel.net/

    The venue is Unstone Grange which is between Sheffield and Chesterfield.

    Hope to see you there!

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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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/enLiam O'Flaherty https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liam_O%...David’s article on the Stone of Inishmore THE QUEST FOR THE STONE OF INISHMORE - IrelandThe Stone by Liam O’Flaherty https://archive.org/.../shortstorieso...The Aran Islands https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aran_IslandsThe Aran Islands drone footage • THE ARAN ISLANDS BY DRONE (IRELAND)- ... Caher Island https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caher_I...Pre famine Irish tallest in Europehttps://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 bookhttps://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/darraghmasonMusic by Obliqka https://soundcloud.com/obliqka

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