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Send us a textHi there! I'm traveling this week, so I thought it was the perfect moment to re-share with you one of my favorite episodes. I hope you love rediscovering the information Derek shares, and my gosh, doesn't my voice sound different? I've also added a link to my latest interview of Derek below.Made and offered in love.Derek Condit of Mystical Wares: Intuition & Magic of Unconditional Love, Curious CatHave you tried the GoodPods app yet? It's free and a fun way to share podcasts with friends and family! Curious Cat Podcast is there, and is sitting pretty in the Top 5 of Angels and other categories! Be one of the first to share and recommend podcasts to your friends. Curious Cat Crew on Socials:Curious Cat on Twitter (X)Curious Cat on InstagramCurious Cat on TikTokArt Director, Nora, has a handmade, ethically-sourced jewelry company!

Send us a textHave you ever seen a ghost? Curious to experience a sighting, but hasn't happened for you yet? Or are you one of roughly half of the population that that flat out doesn't believe? I had a spirit call Mama! in an old London hotel one night. I woke up fully to see the ghost of a little girl in a white dress standing beside my spot on the bed. In a cab ride to Heathrow days later, my kids said a white orb had followed me around the room the entire stay. Ghosts and spirit contact goes back thousands of years. Have we gotten any better at it? Let's get into it!What to Read/Listen/Watch NEXTMajority of Americans believe in ghosts, aliens, the devil: Survey, The Hill's Tara SuterAre ghosts real? A psychologist examines the evidence, Barry Markovsky, University of South CarolinaExperts explain our love of fear and fascination with the supernatural, Andy Ober, University of ArizonaInside the World's Spookiest Hotesls, TripadvisorHave you tried the GoodPods app yet? It's free and a fun way to share podcasts with friends and family! Curious Cat Podcast is there, and is sitting pretty in the Top 5 of Angels and other categories! Be one of the first to share and recommend podcasts to your friends. Curious Cat Crew on Socials:Curious Cat on Twitter (X)Curious Cat on InstagramCurious Cat on TikTokArt Director, Nora, has a handmade, ethically-sourced jewelry company!

Send us a textShould we attempt to make contact with aliens? Dead ancestors? Go with pals to a haunted locale and channel our inner Zak Bagans? And what to make of the new trend to play a certain strain of music/sound that people are calling an alien dog whistle?Where is the most likely place to have a Bigfoot run in? And should you bring gifts? In the weeks to come, we will be crossing the bridge to the supernatural. We will look at how long humans have sought connections, the methods we've used, and perfected, the trends, the risks and how to mitigate them, and the hot spots across the globe. This week we look to the skies and oceans in search of aliens.Let's get into it!What to Read/Listen/Watch NEXTYouTube Video on the Strange Hole in Mount Adams - is it a UFO Hangar?The Higherside Chats Interview with Diana PasulkaThe Higherside Chats Interview with Ryan BledsoeStates with the most UFO sightings, NY PostHave you tried the GoodPods app yet? It's free and a fun way to share podcasts with friends and family! Curious Cat Podcast is there, and is sitting pretty in the Top 5 of Angels and other categories! Be one of the first to share and recommend podcasts to your friends. Curious Cat Crew on Socials:Curious Cat on Twitter (X)Curious Cat on InstagramCurious Cat on TikTokArt Director, Nora, has a handmade, ethically-sourced jewelry company!

Send us a textHave you ever stepped on a mountain path and felt called by the burbling waters of a river? Felt a breeze blow through a thick stand of aspen, and looked up to see a column of sunlight that felt important? Peaked a mountain and witnessed a cobble of huge stones, struck by a gap in the middle of them that seemed to widen when you looked closer? Walked into an old house and felt dizzy, disoriented? Caught a glimpse of the past as you swam in the waters of a Mexican cenote? Daydreamed about what might lie at the end of a rainbow?  There are places on Earth where people report seeing other dimensions, secret worlds, and in some cases, witnessed mythical creatures. Purgatory. Crossroads. Vortexes. Caves. Mines. Portals. Laylines. Cenotes. The wide open star lit sky. This week we are venturing across the bridge from the solid ground beneath us to other worlds, and reexamining the myths and legends with the mindset, what if they are all factual?Let's get into it.What to Read/Watch/Listen to NEXTCASCADIA: Mount Adams – Is it the most overlooked Cascade peak? Curious CatTrunyan Village, Bali, BBC articleMexico's Sacred Cenotes, Much Better Adventure (and their list of the top cenotes in the country!)Kickass dot com's list of 8 Best Other World PortalsThe DEMONOLOGY of Mr. Toad's Wild Ride, Offhand Disney, YouTube  Have you tried the GoodPods app yet? It's free and a fun way to share podcasts with friends and family! Curious Cat Podcast is there, and is sitting pretty in the Top 5 of Angels and other categories! Be one of the first to share and recommend podcasts to your friends. Curious Cat Crew on Socials:Curious Cat on Twitter (X)Curious Cat on InstagramCurious Cat on TikTokArt Director, Nora, has a handmade, ethically-sourced jewelry company!

Send us a textHiking is my happy place. And recently I've fallen in love with South Table Mountain in Golden, Colorado. It's sister, North Table Mountain in my estimation gets five times the foot and bicycle traffic. A month ago, I found a trailhead for South Table that has only a few parking spaces, which guaranteed a peaceful hike! I've done it four times since. My favorite path takes me along an historic ditch, which no longer carries water, and then I take a right and follow the erosion up the side of the mountain. It's a popular place for mountain biking. I watch them plummet the steep elevations and soar over the natural berms. What a thrill.The first time I climbed out of that notch I was exhausted. Surrounded by fog, I drank water and looked ahead on the trail, seeing the silhouette of a man. I was startled. I'd had the trail to myself all morning. I continued toward the man, and soon made out antlers and the long, lean, limbs of a man. It looked like something out of a sci-fi movie. Heart pounding, I kept going, snapping a picture with my phone camera. Finally, feet away, I saw that it was a sculpture of a Native American! He had a deer with antlers draped around his neck, carrying his successful hunt's prize to share with his community. I laid a rock on the base of the sculpture and went up the rest of the trail.That next stretch of the trail? Check out my Instagram feed, because it is a skinny path that leads up an ancient sand dune, I'm talking 200-plus million years old! Hundreds of millions of years ago Colorado was underwater, the floor of a landlocked sea. This took no imagining as I stood on this dried out ocean floor. There were even white shell bits among the petrified dunes.This haunting experience brought me back again and again. At night, I'd fall asleep studying maps as I searched for a new, fresh route up and around South Table Mountain.But after my most recent visit, something happened to me that felt like a scene straight out of a horror movie. And it led me to research the history of South Table Mountain. Soon, I found myself hiking to Castle Rock on weary legs and praying for peace and love to heal the land.Two days later, I'd be back on the slopes to offer a flower to a murder victim.But I'm getting ahead of myself.What to Buy/Read/Listen/Watch NEXTRead about the woman of South Table Mountain, and other meticulously researched books by Carol Turner's on AmazonRecent Trouble at South Table Mountain (2024)Woman's remains found on South Table Mountain - blogpostHave you tried the GoodPods app yet? It's free and a fun way to share podcasts with friends and family! Curious Cat Podcast is there, and is sitting pretty in the Top 5 of Angels and other categories! Be one of the first to share and recommend podcasts to your friends. Curious Cat Crew on Socials:Curious Cat on Twitter (X)Curious Cat on InstagramCurious Cat on TikTokArt Director, Nora, has a handmade, ethically-sourced jewelry company!

Send us a textWhen I stop and look at the state of gender - I, and all that identify as women - have LOTS to get mad about. Inequality in general, inability to drive a car in some countries, inability to own or inherit land in others, the paycheck gap in the US, being invisible when it comes to drug trials and the user experience in general up until recently (which is why airplane seats hurt our necks) etc, etc.But, today is not about gender - it is a journey into the intersection between divine feminine and divine masculine. It involves undoing old programming, parenting, teachings, that left no space for the two sets of being, not to mention the place where they intersect, collide, comingle. Let's get into it.Divine Fem and Divine Masc 101Divine Feminine and Divine Masculine were explained to me this way and I hope it resonates with  you as well.Think of the Divine Feminine as the waters of a grand river; flowing; life-giving; dynamic; creating its own motion and course. Now think of the Divine Masculine as the riverbank; the steep sides and bottom that give the river structure, dimension, directing the flow, it holds in this precious resource, protecting the vibrant waters. Yin and yang symbols embody dualism - and that includes the divine feminine and divine masculine. Think of that black and white symbol for a second. The black swoop has a dash of white in its center, and the white swoop contains a bit of black. Together they bring balance, harmony, respect. They are sound, together a perfect whole. What to Read/Listen/Watch Next!What is Masculine - Feminine Balance? from Kawtar El Alaoui, Brainz Magazine dot comShe Healed Her Gut by Balancing Masculine and Feminine Energies!, Pause Meditation dot com, Rena Satre Meloy The Revolution of Rest, Balancing Divine Masculine and Feminine in the World, Matthew S. Goodman, Medium dot comHave you tried the GoodPods app yet? It's free and a fun way to share podcasts with friends and family! Curious Cat Podcast is there, and is sitting pretty in the Top 5 of Angels and other categories! Be one of the first to share and recommend podcasts to your friends. Curious Cat Crew on Socials:Curious Cat on Twitter (X)Curious Cat on InstagramCurious Cat on TikTokArt Director, Nora, has a handmade, ethically-sourced jewelry company!

Send us a textWe've been exploring bridges, these last weeks, intersections, spaces where dark meets light, sleep meets awake, East meets West, the physical meets the spiritual, science meets art, and this week, that bridge takes us across the River Styx.This week, I'd like to share a little continuing education class I created for someone I love dearly. Her language as a lifelong educator is continuing education; coursework to keep credentials current, so I echoed that familiar language, using the same methods, including worksheets. The course, which is a conversation, meant to build a bridge from this life to what happens after that last breath.Why? The fear of death can keep us from living a full life.  If we can overcome our initial aversion, I'm not saying becoming full-on comfortable with our imminent death, but familiar with the process, examine (and call out) at our preconceived notions and ideas, clear away old programming, and then use our imaginations to picture what we want to experience after death? Well, at worst, it is a thought experiment that makes our final days more peaceful; at best, we impact the death experience, creating a less jarring transition from life to afterlife. I don't see a downside to recognizing that one day all of us will expire.Overcoming fears of death leads to a full-spectrum life experience. Let death control our every thought? It's the equivalent of wearing a dog cone - those clumsy plastic haloes we put on our beloved pets so they won't gnaw on a hot spot or pull out fresh stitches. Bulky, awkward, they impede vision, movement, the path forward. And the sad truth is, we've put those cones on ourselves to avoid thinking about, worrying, wondering or planning for what happens after we die. I worked in pediatric hospice as a volunteer fundraiser for nearly a decade. Hospice means the last 90 days of life, give or take, depending on the jurisdiction. And the pediatric part? Yep. Heartbreaking. I said yes to this work to pay it forward after our child had sepsis, and lived. I felt compelled to help others. What I learned is that there is medicine in living intentionally, and there is much to learn from end of life care.Country songs beg us to live like we are dying, philosophers recognize the power of staying in the present moment; social media and therapists alike ask us to live out loud, to stretch past our comfort zones, say the things to loved ones now, and make plans to do the trips or visits now, not to put off living until all the planets align. All of that is huge. I produced an entire show  about conquering the fear of death in season one. It's worth a listen.But, today we are on the edge of the River Styx. I'm holding your hand. We will be okay, better than okay for having dwelled here. Let's talk about our last exhales.What to Listen/Watch/Read NEXTConquering (or at least coHave you tried the GoodPods app yet? It's free and a fun way to share podcasts with friends and family! Curious Cat Podcast is there, and is sitting pretty in the Top 5 of Angels and other categories! Be one of the first to share and recommend podcasts to your friends. Curious Cat Crew on Socials:Curious Cat on Twitter (X)Curious Cat on InstagramCurious Cat on TikTokArt Director, Nora, has a handmade, ethically-sourced jewelry company!

Send us a textOn a recent episode of a podcast, guest Amarillo Valle (pronounced Vi-yah) said, "We say, happiness is an inside job. Well, peace is an inside job, too!" His statement shook me. It woke me up from some deep slumber, a type of recurring dream where I kept putting others in charge of my experience, my joy, my happiness, my peace. Why did I give away my power? When did it happen? And how do I endeavor to take back the reins? I think Season Five of Curious Cat is that journey. Finding the bridge between what culture had said are two opposite forces, then harvesting the magic there.This week's exploration of the bridge is via music. A melody can move me to tears. Singing snaps me out of a funk. Humming makes my brain work better. Music is the way the dead reach out to me most often, maybe because it's the channel I'm open to receiving information on best.My first hint to the power of music was as a young mother. Once a week, I ventured out of the house to the local hospital and joined the moms class with my newborn. There were babies of many ages there, including some in the six to nine month range. I learned from the first class by observing, that age could get antsy, squirmy and the parent would stand up, hold the baby with two arms out front, and with the baby's back to them, the parent would rock forward and backward on their heels. That worked to calm the antsy babies. But if one baby began to cry, soon out of empathy, all the babies would join in. That's when we were instructed to sing, Twinkle, Twinkle, which the entire class did. And within seconds, all the babies quieted, eyes watching, calm. It was pure magic.Some of my most potent memories of my daughters as babies involved music, playing songs on a speaker or radio and dancing with them in my arms. I'm smiling ear to ear as I share this. Is there a song that makes you feel calm? Sad? Brings up a funny memory? Or annoys the heck out of you?Mine is Twelve Days of Christmas. If I'm preparing a meal for the family and that song comes on? Oh my gosh. It sends my anxiety through the roof. Music can help us fall asleep, a certain song can give us more energy than a cup of coffee,  enough to stay alert behind the wheel on a long drive, and impacts how we heal, recover, learn and rest. I've pulled the latest research from the internet and can't wait to share. Let's get into it.Show Sources & What to Watch/Listen/Read NEXTSound Heals, the movie, Thomas Durant (on Amazon for rental)The Healing Power of Sound as Meditation, Psychology TodayHave you tried the GoodPods app yet? It's free and a fun way to share podcasts with friends and family! Curious Cat Podcast is there, and is sitting pretty in the Top 5 of Angels and other categories! Be one of the first to share and recommend podcasts to your friends. Curious Cat Crew on Socials:Curious Cat on Twitter (X)Curious Cat on InstagramCurious Cat on TikTokArt Director, Nora, has a handmade, ethically-sourced jewelry company!

Send us a textHow are you this week? Have you been seeing more places, spaces, where two opposing forces or states of being intersect? Have you witnessed the magic in those juicy spaces? If you're nodding yes, has the supernatural winked at you? Given you more overt breadcrumbs? This morning as I ran, I watched the clouds move across the sky, one in particular was shaped like a pyramid. It then morphed into a shark. Is cloud scrying a thing? Certain shapes, designs, patterns, images evoke a deep knowing in me, remind me of my connection to everything else. A spiral, for example. It calls to mind a whirlpool, a vortex of energy, a portal. Spirals, pyramids, waves, checkerboard patterns, art on a cave wall, the handprint of another human created thousands of years ago that we can picture placing a hand over, a mental link to ancient ones that stretches the bounds of time and space. Art is a magical bridge, both from us to other civilizations, or cultures, or individuals. It's also an internal bridge between sides of our brain, logic and creativity, math and mental health. Our self-expression is potent medicine.Let's get into it. What to Read/Listen/Watch NEXTWhat Art Does to Your Brain, Berkeley.eduYour Brain on Art, Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross, Amazon.comArt and the Brain, The Healing Power of ArtHow to Integrate Art into Your Daily Life, The Roanoke Star dot comWhat Your Favorite Color Says about You, According to an Expert, The Pioneer Woman Have you tried the GoodPods app yet? It's free and a fun way to share podcasts with friends and family! Curious Cat Podcast is there, and is sitting pretty in the Top 5 of Angels and other categories! Be one of the first to share and recommend podcasts to your friends. Curious Cat Crew on Socials:Curious Cat on Twitter (X)Curious Cat on InstagramCurious Cat on TikTokArt Director, Nora, has a handmade, ethically-sourced jewelry company!

Send us a textBefore we dive into uncovering the language of the Universe, I'd love for you to pause, take a deep breath. Exhale. And remember. Thich Nhat Hanh wrote, "Our breath is the bridge connecting our body and our mind. Returning to our breathing, and following it all the way through from the beginning to the end with awareness, brings body and mind back together, and reminds us of the miracle of the present moment."When was the last time that, while the outside world hollered for your precious attention and energy - distracting - annoying, that you caught an inkling, felt a deep knowing that if you didn't shut all that crap out and pay attention you were going to miss something important?Maybe what you would've missed was a message from a loved one that passed on years prior. Or it was a whisper not to enter an intersection on that yellow light, or it was a song on the canned music at the grocery store or mall that has always held deep meaning for you, or it was a reminder that you didn't lock your home; or that you haven't heard from your daughter in too long, or a reminder to schedule that vet appointment for your dog.What came to your mind? In that moment you witnessed the Bridge; a message was sent, seen and understood. STILL through all that outside noise, you heard the message! Acknowledging that helps it to happen again. And again. In less subtle ways, too.That juicy in-between space is not just on display at times when a set of supernatural conditions are met, like, say, a full moon, Halloween, summer solstice, sunrise, the passing of a loved one, etc. The Bridge (or the veil as some prefer to call it) is always there. What's different about those woo-sanctioned moments is we go into those times EXPECTING a message, anticipating the delivery of some deeper knowing, divine guidance, or communication with an ancestor. We are pre-primed to witness the supernatural. It's the energetic equivalent of setting our radio dial to a clear station. Well, bring that open mind to each fresh day! Give it a try, and see if you experience more of it. I wonder if that's the importance of morning minutes? Making a daily practice of sitting in silence to hear direction? Confirmation? That feels true. I'll check in with you on this next week, and let's see if we can normalize hearing from the Universe. This week, we turn to the familiar across the globe - the symbols, stories, and signs that seem to resonate across time and geography. These hints to the language of the Universe even come in the form of melody. Ever heard a song that felt like an old friend you lost track of for a bit? Seen a bunch of references to rabbits, that spotted one out on a walk and wondered if the animal represented some deep knowledge?What to read/listen/watch NEXT!The Present, Curious Cat Episode on BuzzsproutHave you tried the GoodPods app yet? It's free and a fun way to share podcasts with friends and family! Curious Cat Podcast is there, and is sitting pretty in the Top 5 of Angels and other categories! Be one of the first to share and recommend podcasts to your friends. Curious Cat Crew on Socials:Curious Cat on Twitter (X)Curious Cat on InstagramCurious Cat on TikTokArt Director, Nora, has a handmade, ethically-sourced jewelry company!

Send us a textToday, our search for the Bridge turns outward to the stars, the Sun and Moon, and how they reveal the Bridge that lies within each and every one of us, breadcrumbs sprinkled on our birth charts that carry over into our lives on Earth.Is there anything quite like the feeling of looking up into a clear night sky? Staring into the indigo helps put our human, day-to-day troubles into perspective fast. Our troubles shrink, and that shift helps what we face to feel manageable.Staring into the stars comes with a sense of deep grounding, too, humility, an easing of weight we carry - not quite full-on anti-gravity, but a lightness. There's another feeling star gazing brings that's bittersweet, it's a sense of longing, forgetting something important, not like where we put our car keys, but like missing the love of a vast community in heaven, forgetting the stories that are as old as time. Longing to be rejoined to the all because we were once stardust, too.There's a deep knowing in the span between Earth and outer space. The stars are set in a design we knew before we were born. The stories Ancients told of animals, Gods and Goddesses, heroes, villains, cautionary tales, love, banishment, revenge, retribution, healing, and more, they are tattooed on our souls.What to read/watch/enjoy NEXT: Talking Astrology with Some Kind of Fae! on Curious CatThe Sun Was Eaten: 6 Ways Cultures Have Explained Eclipses, Britannica.com, Melissa PetruzzelloFamous Constellations and Their StoriesThe Science of Rainbows, Optic WeatherFive Ancient Artifacts Made of Meteorites, SciencingThe Night Sky, Nigel HenbestRasa Lila Healing (evolutionary astrology at its BEST!)Have you tried the GoodPods app yet? It's free and a fun way to share podcasts with friends and family! Curious Cat Podcast is there, and is sitting pretty in the Top 20 in Supernatural! Curious Cat Crew on Socials:Curious Cat on Twitter (X)Curious Cat on InstagramCurious Cat on TikTokArt Director, Nora, has a handmade, ethically-sourced jewelry company!

Send us a textEach year I treat myself to a tarot reading from my friend, Karen Rontowski as a birthday present to myself. It's the perfect way to look back, be present, and look to the year ahead. This year was no different, because as the months have unfolded, her insights continue to resonate.One key bit explained my sense of never fitting in with anything my entire life, is when the cards, and Karen said, "You are a bridge." She explained, I am a bridge between all things. Life and death. Political parties. Between elements. Light and dark. Day and night.She that I can see all sides, literally feel them all, and yet I stand apart and create a bridge of understanding between the two factions or things or ways of being. NO wonder I've never felt like I fit in.The last months of 2024 an into 2025, I am understanding that being a bridge is to lead with empathy, it's to feel into the place where two extremes intersect, and now more than ever, the collective needs to harness the magic in that in between space, lean on that healing, that peace, and let that love power factory jet us to a better tomorrow.This isn't fake toxic positivity I'm speaking of here. This is finding common ground and reminding us that we have more in common than we don't when the outlets with the widest reach scream at us that we don't.The Bridge is something I speak of in my show intro, it's the soul of this podcast - to look at where science and supernatural collide, to stare into the space where a soul and a human form join together to create something greater than one plus one is two. So, for the coming weeks, I'm diving headfirst into those spaces. From life and death, good and bad, angels and demons, earth, air, fire and water, and every other duality, they are coming under the microscope so we can all understand the magic.Let's get into it!Want to learn more? Read/watch/listen to this NEXT!The Story of the Four Elements, Moonletter, Ben BelinskyEmpedocles and the Four Classic Elements, OwlcationA World History of Classical Elementals and Their Correspondences (or relationships with one another), Cassie Uhl's BlogRelated EpisodesWater MagickNature IS Medicine   Have you tried the GoodPods app yet? It's free and a fun way to share podcasts with friends and family! Curious Cat Podcast is there, and is sitting pretty in the Top 20 in Supernatural! Curious Cat Crew on Socials:Curious Cat on Twitter (X)Curious Cat on InstagramCurious Cat on TikTokArt Director, Nora, has a handmade, ethically-sourced jewelry company!

Send us a textThe most valuable commodity on Earth isn't gold or uranium or fresh air and clean water, it's Free Will. In the last month or so I've gone deep into the angelic realms with some celestial guides. One common thread between all angels, guides, Spirit, God, Jesus, Israfil, Buddha, ancestors and any other being is that each human has Free Will. In order to be of assistance, or charm our dang lives, we have to ask. In split second, life or death instances, our Higher Self gives an immediate response to forces that wish to intercede on our behalf, knowing this version of us most likely will take too long to respond and be saved. But those dramatic instances aside, I've noticed in different ways from a myriad of groups as well as individuals, including some in the woo community, we are being lulled into giving away. From the jokey, "Jesus take the wheel," to the Meteor 2024 bumper stickers, to sessions with shady shamen that involve hallucinogens, to Super Bowl ads, some meditations, alien ideation, and more, the messages were unrelenting and unsettling, and I feel called to highlight this valuable commodity. There's a professor at Stanford who believes none of us has Free Will.  If we receive breadcrumbs from the Universe through dreams or synchronicities and choose to follow them, is that still using Free Will?Add to the mix the mystical week I've had that led me to drive back to the pet grooming business to deliver a message, and I'm certain this will be a juicy episode.Let's get into it.Show Sources and Next Reads/Watches/Listens:A Stanford Neuroscientist that Believes Free Will Does Not Exist, YouTube, BigThink interview with Robert SapolskySynchronicities from the Library of Thoth, YouTubeSuch an intriguing conversation about myths and free willDetermined: A Science of Life without Free Will, Robert Sapolsky, Amazon.comSynchronicity: What is it, does it exist, and if so — how can you recognize it in your life?, Sylvia Clare, Medium.com Have you tried the GoodPods app yet? It's free and a fun way to share podcasts with friends and family! Curious Cat Podcast is there, and is sitting pretty in the Top 20 in Supernatural! Curious Cat Crew on Socials:Curious Cat on Twitter (X)Curious Cat on InstagramCurious Cat on TikTokArt Director, Nora, has a handmade, ethically-sourced jewelry company!

Send us a textLast week as I researched Archangel Raguel, the angel of justice, I came across another angel I'd never heard of and got curious. He's best known as Azrael's coworker, as they are bookends of the dying and transition to the Beyond process. But, my he's not solely (okay no pun intended there) in charge of that aspect of the human experience. He's much more. And like the other angels, he came forward with a second half of an episode that isn't what I would've chosen. I thought he'd maybe want me to dive into psychopomps or death doulas or hospice care, but no. Archangel Jeremiel (Jera-meal) has another focus.Let's get into it!Archangel Jeremiel 101Are you familiar with Archangel Jeremiel? He's also known in Jewish tradition as Ramiel, and his name has a few meanings, either "God uplifts," or "the Thunder of God." Wow. Both speak to his strength and his positive vibes, right? K Pearson Bradley on Medium offers a perfect introduction to Archangel Jeremiel, writing, "One of the less talked-about archangels is Jeremiel, whose name means “God uplifts” in Hebrew. He is mentioned in various iterations of the Bible, and he has been described as a loving and sweet energy, even funny. I read a post by Jodie Helm, one of my favorite Medium writers, who wrote that she feels his loving presence and calls him “Jerry.”Episode Resources and Read/Watch/Listen NEXT ListWho is Archangel Jeremiel? Andcross.EUArchangel Jeremiel and Life Review, K. Pearson Bradley, Medium.comMeet Archangel Jeremiel, Ask Angels dot comMeet Archangel Jeremiel (and a channeled message), Flowing with AngelsArchangel Jeremiel (and a MEDITATION to connect with him!) Black Feather IntuitiveAngels and Archangels' Crystals, Crystal HeavenHave you tried the GoodPods app yet? It's free and a fun way to share podcasts with friends and family! Curious Cat Podcast is there, and is sitting pretty in the Top 20 in Supernatural! Curious Cat Crew on Socials:Curious Cat on Twitter (X)Curious Cat on InstagramCurious Cat on TikTokArt Director, Nora, has a handmade, ethically-sourced jewelry company!

Send us a textThe title of this episode - Raguel and the Wounds - sounds like a sad boy band name, doesn't it?But, this episode, and the messages specific to YOU are anything but sad. They are joy and freedom and support and comfort and love. Let's get into it! Raguel 101Archangel Raguel is new to me, as of the making of last week's episode, when I spoke of the shadow traps of angelic work. I love that I never knew his name, but what I've uncovered as I prepared this outline, is he's been in the front row of my life all my days. I'll explain more about that in a bit.But first, a little Raguel 101 to give us all the juicy details on this angel.Episode Read/Watch/Listen NEXT list! Who is Archangel Raguel from The Black Feather IntuitivePossible Signs of the Angel Raguel's Presence, Learn Religions dot com Angels and Awakening, Julie JanciusDoing the WORK to Forgive (with special guest Leslie Fear), Curious Cat PodcastHave you tried the GoodPods app yet? It's free and a fun way to share podcasts with friends and family! Curious Cat Podcast is there, and is sitting pretty in the Top 20 in Supernatural! Curious Cat Crew on Socials:Curious Cat on Twitter (X)Curious Cat on InstagramCurious Cat on TikTokArt Director, Nora, has a handmade, ethically-sourced jewelry company!

Send us a textThis week's episode came as fast and fierce as water from a firehose. Archangel Chamuel turned the mountains and sky pink one morning, which set the stage for me to research this unfamiliar angel.He made it clear as I was gathering information, that there was much more to this episode in the making than just info about him. Well, boy was he right!I've got a list of the ways that working with angels can result in pitfalls, or tarpits or shadow traps if we aren't aware. And that list includes ideas to get us out of those predicaments, too! Let's get into it. Show Read/Watch/Listen Next ListArchangel Chamuel, the bridge to unconditional love, Curious Cat PodcastArchangel Chamuel, Angel Wings Art dot co, Jayne TunneyMeet Archangel Chamuel, Learn Religions dot comA FANTASTIC post from Martha's Tarot on how Chamuel helped her through a client and then a dream experience! Angels and Awakenings, Julie Jancius, Amazon.comHave you tried the GoodPods app yet? It's free and a fun way to share podcasts with friends and family! Curious Cat Podcast is there, and is sitting pretty in the Top 20 in Supernatural! Curious Cat Crew on Socials:Curious Cat on Twitter (X)Curious Cat on InstagramCurious Cat on TikTokArt Director, Nora, has a handmade, ethically-sourced jewelry company!

Send us a text*** This episode is all about the magic messages waiting in times of quiet. When I've felt down and alone this last year, one major form of 'company' has come from watching Desert Drifter on YouTube. His wife, Evelyn, posted that he was in a car accident on Friday, January 31st. He underwent lifesaving brain surgery and is fighting for his life. Below is the link to his YT channel. If you feel compelled, join his Patreon, to give their family some monthly stability during this trying time. If money is short for you, play his videos and he will receive earnings from YouTube. He's one of the good guys, going out and hiking to sites that hold ancient art, creation, history, and knowledge, all the while teaching his viewers how to be a good steward of such sites.I dedicate this episode to Andrew and his wife, Evelyn, and am sending prayers for his full recovery. The Quiet to Hear the Divine(how getting quiet & pushing past discomfort can result in golden gifts)Last week you and I took a long look at the spectrum of emotions, many of which have been stigmatized or suppressed by Western Culture. What struck me is that boredom deserved its own conversation. Complicated, positive, negative, a mix of both, and at its heart, uncomfortable in this overstimulated time.Boredom is one of the most misunderstood feelings. What if moments of boredom are golden opportunities to imagine? Create? Problem solve? Learn? Grow? And more!How did boredom lead me to be introduced to two angels? I'll explain!Let's get into it.Sources & Reading/Watch/Meditations! Magic of Boredom from Break Free from the Internet, SubstackWho Is Archangel Haniel? An overview from Learn Religions dot com A Message from Archangel Haniel: Signs You Need to Slow Down & Embrace Divine Guidance, Christina Aroche, YouTubeA soothing message from Archangel Haniel, YouTube (I want to play this audio!)Information about Archangel Jophiel from The Black Feather Intuitive***MEDITATION*** - Archangel Jophiel Transmission: Invoking the Citrine-Gold Ray of Beauty, Creativity and Joy, Steve Nobel, YouTube Have you tried the GoodPods app yet? It's free and a fun way to share podcasts with friends and family! Curious Cat Podcast is there, and is sitting pretty in the Top 20 in Supernatural! Curious Cat Crew on Socials:Curious Cat on Twitter (X)Curious Cat on InstagramCurious Cat on TikTokArt Director, Nora, has a handmade, ethically-sourced jewelry company!

Send us a textEpisode IntroIn a recent conversation with a beautiful mage in a far off mountain range that will remain nameless, we stumbled into a topic I'd been thinking about lately, how anger has been the emotion that's popped me out of periods of malaise. It's also helped snap my focus to something not okay happening in a sea of noise. It's been the kindling in my belly that's burned a path to action. But in western culture, anger is stigmatized. So is anxiety, and even fear. I did a whole show on Gavin De Becker's book, The Gift of Fear, which is still a fantastic useful read after all these years. And yes, fear can be a gift.After that conversation on the mountain, I went on a deep dive into research about emotions and their silver linings. Let's get into it!Show Read/Watch ListAnger and A Call to Preserve Ancient Sacred Site in Florida - Link to Old World Florida video here, YouTube6 Emotions that Differ Between Cultures, Lingoda dot com, Adriana SteinEmotions and Culture, Maricopa Community CollegesAnger, Sadness, Boredom, Anxiety: Emotions That Feel Bad Can Be Useful, Texas A & MThe Positives of Negative Emotion, Psychology Today, Dr. Aditi SubramaniamRepressed Emotions: How to Stop Suppressing Emotions, Positive Psychology dot com, Dr. Angelica AttardThe Real Purpose Behind Your Negative Emotions, The Happiness Doctor, Dr. Sophia GodkinHave you tried the GoodPods app yet? It's free and a fun way to share podcasts with friends and family! Curious Cat Podcast is there, and is sitting pretty in the Top 20 in Supernatural! Curious Cat Crew on Socials:Curious Cat on Twitter (X)Curious Cat on InstagramCurious Cat on TikTokArt Director, Nora, has a handmade, ethically-sourced jewelry company!

Send us a textWhat a week it's been. And January has felt like a year in and of itself, hasn't it? I don't want you to do what I almost did, get lost in the sauce!Here's the astrological forecast for the year from the very best in the business of evolutionary astrology, Timothy of Rasa Lila Healing. Rasa Lila Healing - Mid January thru beginning of February, YouTube Have you tried the GoodPods app yet? It's free and a fun way to share podcasts with friends and family! Curious Cat Podcast is there, and is sitting pretty in the Top 20 in Supernatural! Curious Cat Crew on Socials:Curious Cat on Twitter (X)Curious Cat on InstagramCurious Cat on TikTokArt Director, Nora, has a handmade, ethically-sourced jewelry company!

Send us a textThis is an unusual episode. I share two stories from observing my little patch of Colorado this last year, share life hacks to help smooth out the edges of life, and have an announcement to share with you in love.Show Reading List49 Life Hacks You'll Wish You Knew Sooner, Family Handyman https://www.buzzfeed.com/fabianabuontempo/it-literally-changed-my-life-people-are-sharing-small-lifeJennifer Hotes' Substack - Thoughts Scribbled in a NotebookHave you tried the GoodPods app yet? It's free and a fun way to share podcasts with friends and family! Curious Cat Podcast is there, and is sitting pretty in the Top 20 in Supernatural! Curious Cat Crew on Socials:Curious Cat on Twitter (X)Curious Cat on InstagramCurious Cat on TikTokArt Director, Nora, has a handmade, ethically-sourced jewelry company!

Send us a textI've been reading from a book titled, What an Owl Knows by Jennifer Ackerman. It was gifted to me by my husband because of my growing love for owls. I don't take it for granted that owls live in our neighborhood. In fact, each evening as the sun sets, I step outside and say, "Hello, owls! I love you," then stay still and listen for their calls back and forth between mates. Sometimes I'm blessed with a silent swoop and fly over. Okay, now imagine my shock when one day in early November an owl spoke back, "Hello!" it said, which caused me to question my sanity. Then it happened again. And once more. Then a flock of noisy Canadian geese flew overhead and broke the trance. But the voice in the tree I'd heard? It mimicked the sounds of the geese, took flight from a nearby tree. It was an owl!Well, I texted my precious soul sisters, Kate and Molly, then the next day, got busy researching owls and mimicry. I found my answer. It was an adolescent eastern screech owl, known at that age to be highly experimental with their vocalizations - learning how to lure in potential prey by sounding like kin - and this one was practicing. The event made me fall even deeper in love with these awesome birds.They deserve this dedicated episode. If you're still not certain...while researching, I found this passage from The Owl Pages online and couldn't fashion a better introduction to this subject than what writer, Deane Lewis wrote;"Throughout history and across many cultures, people have regarded Owls with fascination and awe. Few other creatures have so many different and contradictory beliefs about them. Owls have been both feared and venerated, despised and admired, considered wise and foolish, and associated with witchcraft and medicine, the weather, birth and death. Speculation about Owls began in earliest folklore, too long ago to date, but passed down by word of mouth over generations."I have the good luck to have regular visits from a few different species of owls, and they have delighted, surprised and mystified me this last year. I'll share one story at the close. Let's get into it!Show Reading/Viewing List:What an Owl Knows, Jennifer Ackerman on Amazon.comParliament of Owls - Myths of Owls in the Southwest, CHave you tried the GoodPods app yet? It's free and a fun way to share podcasts with friends and family! Curious Cat Podcast is there, and is sitting pretty in the Top 20 in Supernatural! Curious Cat Crew on Socials:Curious Cat on Twitter (X)Curious Cat on InstagramCurious Cat on TikTokArt Director, Nora, has a handmade, ethically-sourced jewelry company!

Send us a textHey! We made it! We weathered the storms of 2024 together. I am grateful for that, but also mindful of the spiritual and physical muscles we've built together over the course of the last 365 days. These make us stronger, and more able to face whatever 2025 has to offer. I was humbled to be among a huge group of mediums and psychics that were on Paranormal Karen's 2025 predictions episode and share what my guides gave me here, as well as a sort of update they offered in two parts after that was recorded. I'm not some great seer, just a person that wants us all to thrive this coming year. Take what resonates, and let the rest go.Much love,JennOh! And here's the link to the full episode of Paranormal Karen (follow the people that resonate with you!)Have you tried the GoodPods app yet? It's free and a fun way to share podcasts with friends and family! Curious Cat Podcast is there, and is sitting pretty in the Top 20 in Supernatural! Curious Cat Crew on Socials:Curious Cat on Twitter (X)Curious Cat on InstagramCurious Cat on TikTokArt Director, Nora, has a handmade, ethically-sourced jewelry company!

Send us a textIf you find yourself with an out-of-the-blue stomachache or headache, it may be one of grief's many disguises. As the holidays near, it's important to have a straight conversation about grief, hear a first-hand story of when I abjectly FAILED at it, and plan a graceful exit for any social event you RSVP yes to, but then a grief moment hits you while there. Offered in love.Have you tried the GoodPods app yet? It's free and a fun way to share podcasts with friends and family! Curious Cat Podcast is there, and is sitting pretty in the Top 20 in Supernatural! Curious Cat Crew on Socials:Curious Cat on Twitter (X)Curious Cat on InstagramCurious Cat on TikTokArt Director, Nora, has a handmade, ethically-sourced jewelry company!

Send us a textEpisode IntroThis episode is a little different. You'll know it's for you if you've thought of writing a memoir, or starting a Substack or blog that tells YOUR story. Maybe right after the idea whispered in your mind, a mental mean girl asked why is your story worth telling? Who'd read it anyways? And on and on. Then you turned your attention to something else that felt safe, that you know like the back of your hand, but the idea of writing down your story tickles your imagination every time you read something that makes you smile, or feel something deep in your chest. You are the reason I am doing this episode. YOUR story is worth telling, even if don't choose to share it widely.Let's get into it.Show Links/MaterialsFind more examples of my writing on Substack - Thoughts Scribbled in a Notebook, Jennifer HotesLiked THIS Episode? Here's what to listen to NEXT!Drafting An Obituary, Novel Backstories & Curious QueueThree (Seemingly) Unrelated EssaysHave you tried the GoodPods app yet? It's free and a fun way to share podcasts with friends and family! Curious Cat Podcast is there, and is sitting pretty in the Top 20 in Supernatural! Curious Cat Crew on Socials:Curious Cat on Twitter (X)Curious Cat on InstagramCurious Cat on TikTokArt Director, Nora, has a handmade, ethically-sourced jewelry company!

Send us a textArchangel Rafael OR Raphael, depending on how you prefer to spell it, is waiting to help us as often as we ask. He may even be knocking health books off your shelves to get you to take a better path.Only recently healing up from a nasty virus, I found myself asking for the help of both Archangel Michael and Archangel Raphael to help evict the illness from my body and heal once and for all. From Season Four's first episode, you may recall that I'd been timid when it came to asking any angel for help, but especially so when it came to Archangel Michael. Put simply, I didn't feel good enough to be assisted. Then he came to me in a dream, as a regular Joe in jeans and a t-shirt in a crowd of people to prove he'd been with me all along, and he doesn't need anyone to be anything but honest and grateful to be worthy of receiving help.Archangel Raphael, though? I've only recently dusted off my connection to him. I'm not one to dwell on darkness, but this is a time when we have to make connecting with love and light, ground ourselves, and ask for help from angels as part of our daily routines. Think of it as spiritual toothbrushing. I hope after this deep dive into Raphael, you'll feel comfortable reaching out.  And often. Let's get into it.Show Sources and Further Reading/ViewingArchangel Raphael, WikipediaArchangel Raphael and the mystery of healing books that fall off of bookshelves, Learn Religions dot comWeirdly Effective Meditation with Raphael, YouTubeArchangel Raphael, Cristina Aroche dot com (and his work on our hearts - physical and spiritual)A Strange Story of Archangel Raphael from the National Gallery in LondonHave you tried the GoodPods app yet? It's free and a fun way to share podcasts with friends and family! Curious Cat Podcast is there, and is sitting pretty in the Top 20 in Supernatural! Curious Cat Crew on Socials:Curious Cat on Twitter (X)Curious Cat on InstagramCurious Cat on TikTokArt Director, Nora, has a handmade, ethically-sourced jewelry company!

Send us a textAs I listened to a recent episode of The Higherside Chat with guest Gordon White, White mentioned the I Ching and, almost to himself, he said something about the knowledge contained in the book being a gift from dragons.I hit the 15 second reverse button and listened again. If you follow my Curious Cat feed on Insta, then you've seen that my pens, pencils, and watercolor paints have been completely co-opted by dragons over the last two months. In the past when my  friend, Monique Pliakos spoke to me about dragons, and her relationship to them, I was thrilled and also envious. I wanted dragons in my life. Well, months later, after working with a group on Earth gridwork, they spoke of dragons like Monique did. I went with it, immersing myself in the meditations and I sent out my gratitude to these powerful, mystical, and when they want, invisible creatures. I told them they could rest on the land where I live and I'd help them heal up. That very night, a warm, breeze-less one, the house shook, as though something heavy had landed on the roof. I went outside to make sure no birds had flown into the side of the house, and saw my first dragon. Not on the roof, but lying across Table Mountain. He considered me with one pearly eye and I was in love.Back to that podcast episode, though, what was the I Ching? And did dragons have a hand, or a claw in bringing it to humanity? Let's get into it.Sources and Further Reading/WatchingThe Kong Foundation on I-Ching: (and the role of dragons)Clip I made of Eckhart Tolle - I have a bit more yin than yang!From the Descendants of the Dragon to Heirs of GodWhy Dragons Fight in Hexagram 2, Online Clarity dot UK with links to both booksNumismatic News, Year of the Dragon article and minted coins from across the globe (I want all of these! Do you have a favorite?)Have you tried the GoodPods app yet? It's free and a fun way to share podcasts with friends and family! Curious Cat Podcast is there, and is sitting pretty in the Top 20 in Supernatural! Curious Cat Crew on Socials:Curious Cat on Twitter (X)Curious Cat on InstagramCurious Cat on TikTokArt Director, Nora, has a handmade, ethically-sourced jewelry company!

Send us a textGuest Links :Pete's PatreonLINKS TO HIS PODCAST - Spiritual Graffiti on SpotifyReach Pete to take a class here: https://bluecollarspiritualist.comHe's on TikTok and Instagram as BlueColorSpiritualistPete's first appearance on Curious Cat Podcast Curious Queue Read/Watch List: The Strange Stuff in Walls, Newspapers.com's blog, Fish WrapHave you tried the GoodPods app yet? It's free and a fun way to share podcasts with friends and family! Curious Cat Podcast is there, and is sitting pretty in the Top 20 in Supernatural! Curious Cat Crew on Socials:Curious Cat on Twitter (X)Curious Cat on InstagramCurious Cat on TikTokArt Director, Nora, has a handmade, ethically-sourced jewelry company!

Send us a textWeather Modification - Is it real or a conspiracy?Off the top, we need to address the elephant in the room. Is weather modification real or is it a grand conspiracy? Well, the following article will help us discern the truth. The article titled, 'Despite past failures, weather modification endures,' from American Association for the Advancement of Science states;" For centuries there have been attempts to manipulate the weather, from ancient rituals designed to bring rain, to modern day cloud seeding. But where some past attempts were pseudo-scientific at best, weather modification continues to gain ground in an effort to solve some of the world's most devastating weather-related problems.Weather modification includes attempts to create more rain, prevent rain, reduce hail, prevent fog, make snow, or reduce the severity of a hurricane. Although often used to create more precipitation in drought-prone regions, in some cases, weather modification has been a matter of convenience more than necessity. The Chinese government credited weather modification for assuring good weather for the 2008 Olympics. Rockets were used to induce rain by cloud seeding other areas in an attempt to keep the rain away from Beijing, specifically during the opening and closing ceremonies. In fact, the Beijing Meteorological Bureau has a Beijing Weather Modification Office dedicated to controlling the weather in the city and surrounding areas.Cloud seeding was discovered by accident in July 1946 by scientist Vincent Schaefer, who was conducting a laboratory experiment at General Electric Research labs in New York. He was trying to produce a cloud in a chest freezer but it wasn't cold enough, so he put slabs of dry ice (solid carbon dioxide) in the freezer to cool it. To his surprise he found that when he breathed into the air, it created snow crystals.Show Sources and MaterialsHurricane Magick - Human Ash, NOAA, & HAARP, Old World Florida, YouTubeDespite past failures, weather modification endures, American Association for the Advancement of ScienceGovernment of Colorado's website on the state's weather modification program - and links to get your own permit to seed the clouds for rain or snowHAARP to begin largest set of experiments at its new observatory, University of Alaska, FairbanksRussia's concerns about HAARP and their formal report on this, Moscow InterfaxYale article about pulse instruments that might be impacting, increasing whale deaths, Yale.edu Have you tried the GoodPods app yet? It's free and a fun way to share podcasts with friends and family! Curious Cat Podcast is there, and is sitting pretty in the Top 20 in Supernatural! Curious Cat Crew on Socials:Curious Cat on Twitter (X)Curious Cat on InstagramCurious Cat on TikTokArt Director, Nora, has a handmade, ethically-sourced jewelry company!

Send us a textI'm fresh off the heels of a magical visit with my eldest. Did our love and joy open up a rainbow portal? Not sure.What I know is I come away from our meaty conversations a better person. They brought up something I'd never known the term for, but feels more important than ever to revitalize NOW.I'll explain, I promise.Let's get into it.Show Sources and MaterialsDefinition and History of Third Places, WikipediaThe unfortunate, ongoing disappearance of 'third places,' The WeekHidden barrier to third places and how to overcome it, We Should Get Together, Kat Vello Curious Queue Links and Watch ListThat Strange Doorway in Antarctica Spotted on Google Earth!Redditor posts photo of doorway on AntarcticaMysterious gooey blobs washed up on Canada beaches baffle experts, The Guardian Have you tried the GoodPods app yet? It's free and a fun way to share podcasts with friends and family! Curious Cat Podcast is there, and is sitting pretty in the Top 20 in Supernatural! Curious Cat Crew on Socials:Curious Cat on Twitter (X)Curious Cat on InstagramCurious Cat on TikTokArt Director, Nora, has a handmade, ethically-sourced jewelry company!

Send us a textThere's a very special guest sharing the mic with me this week, Derek Condit. He and his wife Julissa own the best store I've ever been to, Mystical Wares, in Mount Vernon, Washington. Derek has many gifts, from his work with shungite, to bridging the physical world and spiritual realm. His energy work, intuition, and imagination are creating new ways to tap into, heal, interface, and live in balance with the all. After the conversation, please check out the links to him and his store in the show notes. I'm honored to have him back on Curious Cat. Welcome, Derek. How are you?Guest LinksMystical Wares online shopFREE Scalar Wave Sessions Each WeekConnect with your guides on Mystical Wares' YouTube channel FREE     Have you tried the GoodPods app yet? It's free and a fun way to share podcasts with friends and family! Curious Cat Podcast is there, and is sitting pretty in the Top 20 in Supernatural! Curious Cat Crew on Socials:Curious Cat on Twitter (X)Curious Cat on InstagramCurious Cat on TikTokArt Director, Nora, has a handmade, ethically-sourced jewelry company!

Send us a textShe goes back to season one of Curious Cat. I'm grateful every time the planets align and she's able to stop by for a visit. Her skill set has continued to grow. And if you want to cleanse your TikTok algorithm, be sure to follow Miss Molly Knows. She finds lost things, creates two-handed spirit drawings, and occasionally a fairy pops by to shine on livefeeds. Guest Links:Email to ask Miss Molly Knows to find you lost item - FinderofLostItems@yahoo.comBook a tarot reading or check out all of her links!Have you tried the GoodPods app yet? It's free and a fun way to share podcasts with friends and family! Curious Cat Podcast is there, and is sitting pretty in the Top 20 in Supernatural! Curious Cat Crew on Socials:Curious Cat on Twitter (X)Curious Cat on InstagramCurious Cat on TikTokArt Director, Nora, has a handmade, ethically-sourced jewelry company!

Send us a textThis entire episode comes with a trigger warning. It is not for the faint of heart. Be warned. For those that are still with me, have you ever heard of spontaneous human combustion? I'd argue one of the most mysterious ways to die, if true, then why does this phenomenon stop and start over the course of a century and a half and then...just...disappear? Let's get into it. Spontaneous Human Combustion 101Let's begin at the beginning. Spontaneous human combustion (SHC) is the idea that a person's body can catch fire without an apparent external source of ignition. The term was coined in the 19th century, and the phenomenon has been debated for centuries. How to Explain Spontaneous Human Combustion, from PS Mag dot comKatie Heaney writes, " While there's no proof that any human being has ever suddenly burst into flames and died, there's also no proof that it hasn't happened."Heaney continues, " At some point in the 15 hours or so prior to the evening of March 26, 1986, a 58-year-old former firefighter named George Mott apparently burst into flames and died. When he was found that night, what remained of him were mostly the ashes on the floor beneath his mattress, which his body had apparently burned through. There was more, but reports vary a little as to what; Wikipedia says they found “an implausibly shrunken skull” (as opposed to the plausible level of shrunkenness, I guess) and a piece of rib cage. Others say it was a shrunken skull and the lower half of his right leg. Either way, the scene found in Mott's Crown Point, New York, apartment was pretty grim.Show Sources and MaterialsSpontaneous human combustion in the 21st Century, PubMedAblaze! by Larry E. Arnold on AmazonSpontaneous Human Combustion, ViceHow to Explain Spontaneous Human Combustion, PS Mag dot comHave you tried the GoodPods app yet? It's free and a fun way to share podcasts with friends and family! Curious Cat Podcast is there, and is sitting pretty in the Top 20 in Supernatural! Curious Cat Crew on Socials:Curious Cat on Twitter (X)Curious Cat on InstagramCurious Cat on TikTokArt Director, Nora, has a handmade, ethically-sourced jewelry company!

Send us a textHave you watched any of the Missing 411 movies? Former police officer, David Paulides, is the guy behind them. He has been collecting records for countless strange missing persons cases across the United States for years, then compiling the ones that have the same fact patterns into books and movies. I've learned much from Paulides, and the disappearances, from staying safe outdoors to always telling someone where you are going, and where you expect to return, as well as place names.What do I mean? He's noticed that place names with Ape or Devil or Spirit in them; like Devil's Lake, Devil's Pass, Ape Canyon, Ape Lake, Spirit Lake, etc, there's an unusual amount of paranormal sightings in those areas, whether it be of Bigfoot, Dogman, Screaming Banshees or the like, the place names give away ancient secrets of the land.That's what led me to this topic. I'll share about some of those pyramids, and one strange pink pyramid that never came to fruition in Colorado!Let's get into it.Show Sources and Further ReadingRock Lake, Wisconsin, WikipediaAncient Aztalan Village, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesWisconsin Frights - Rock Lake Pyramids StoryPyramid Lake, Nevada - Curse of the Water Babies (Part 1)Pyramid Lake, Paiute Tribe Reservation, NevadaPyramid Lake and Stone Mother InformationCahokia: The forgotten pyramid of Illinois, Sailingstone TravelCahokia, Monks Mound and the Largest Pyramid in North America, Pyramidomania dot comThe Pink Pyramid of Colorado that Never Was, Colorado Central Magazine Curious Queue Reading List:Alleged Soul-Eating Photographer, Fox NewsTop UFO Hotspots in the US and Where to Watch the Skies, BET USAlaska Pyramid Revealed by China's Nuclear Explosion?Did you know you can text the show directly? Yeah! Look for the hyper button on the top of every episode. Send me fan mail, a comment, a topic you'd like me to cover, or a ghost story. Curious Cat Crew on Socials:Curious Cat on Twitter (X)Curious Cat on InstagramCurious Cat on TikTokArt Director, Nora, has a handmade, ethically-sourced jewelry company!

Send us a textDo you believe in ghosts?  Have you ever seen one? Known someone who has? Would you like to? I'll have tips at the end of this episode that might increase your odds of seeing a ghost.The telling of a ghost story around a campfire or a candlelit room wakes a primal strand of our DNA. It transforms a power outage into a lifelong memory, and might lead us to snuggle closer to our partner.As the leaves quiver in the wind, and nightfall bleeds into daytime hours, the timing is right to examine the theory of ghosts. Let's get into it.Definition of a GhostMerriam-Webster defines a ghost as, "a disembodied soulespecially  the soul of a dead person believed to be an inhabitant of the unseen world or to appear to the living in bodily likeness; a spirit or demon." Synonyms for ghost include; apparition, bogey, haunt, phantasm, shade, spectre, sprite, wraith, phantom, shadow, poltergeist or (my favorite) visitant.Show Sources/Materials and Further ReadingDefinition of a ghost from Merriam-WebsterThe Ghost Who Lives with Us - by Forsyth Woman dot comStone Tape Theory, The Haunted WalkIncrease YOUR odds of seeing a ghost, Bump in the Night blogCreate a Ghost Image with National Park at Night's Instructive VideoDid you know you can text the show directly? Yeah! Look for the hyper button on the top of every episode. Send me fan mail, a comment, a topic you'd like me to cover, or a ghost story. Curious Cat Crew on Socials:Curious Cat on Twitter (X)Curious Cat on InstagramCurious Cat on TikTokArt Director, Nora, has a handmade, ethically-sourced jewelry company!

Send us a textEpisode IntroThis week we are talking about seeds. Not just the ones that get caught in your teeth after eating berries, or those you spit out while noshing on a wedge of watermelon, ALL seeds. What they are, how they disperse, the special vault of world seeds, and more. I hope as you sow seeds into your local pea patch or garden that you look at those little bits with a tad more reverence after the episode.Let's get into it.Show Sources and Further ReadingHow did the first seeds come to be? From, The Conversation's Curious KidsHow Do Seeds Disperse? Answer from NYBG Mertz Library ReferenceThe Crop Trust's recipe for vegan lentil and hemp seed meatballs in curryThe Crop Trust's recipe for Sunchoke Soup!The Oldest Viable Seed, Wikipedia Quest to find ancient seeds and bring them to life before they are lost to history, Ancient OriginsRomans Kept Poisonous Narcotic Seeds Concealed in Bone, LIVE Science I'd love to hear what you think of The Curious Queue - or share a story/subject you'd like me to cover. Click on the, "TEXT THE SHOW" button and share! :)Curious Cat Crew on Socials:Curious Cat on Twitter (X)Curious Cat on InstagramCurious Cat on TikTokArt Director, Nora, has a handmade, ethically-sourced jewelry company!

Send us a textEpisode IntroI'm writing a book. It's my first nonfiction work and is three stories braided into one. It got me thinking of other stories, world famous ones, that have their own interesting backstories. I promise I'll explain.Let's get into it. How It BeganIf you've been with me since the early days of The Curious Cat, first, thank you. In the days, weeks, weak moments, when I catch myself wondering if this podcast is worth the effort, it's you that keeps me going, listening to my guides, and creating episodes. But, second, you know about the passing of my other father, Mike, a little over a year ago. Two fathers. Both kidney failure. Double tragedies. Mike was my mother's partner of somewhere close to fifty years. In the days after he passed, and actually come to think of it, I need to correct myself. In the hours after he passed, my mother asked me if I could please write HER obituary. Yes, hers. My niece, Ceri, was pulling together Mike's, which she was kind enough to send out for input to some of the family. Mike's obit was in good hands. Mom, though, felt like her obituary was a loose end, needed to be drafted in the days to come to help her be at peace. The best I could tell, she had a mental checklist of items that needed to be planned for and resolved before her exit ramp loomed large. We were both still emotionally bruised from Mike's passing, and her request, though flattering because she said I am her favorite writer, which is why she was hiring me, hurt. I hadn't processed Mike's death, and even thinking of my mother's hurt. I nodded yes and escaped to a bathroom to cry in silence, then dab my eyes. I tasked my mother with sending me her resume, mostly to deflect my part of the work for a bit, even a day or two. She was glad and made a note. That's how the idea for a book began. Drafting an Obituary. It was as much about my mother's life, which I was soon to realize I'd only grasped from the limited viewpoint of being her daughter. It would take a year and a half of real conversations, questions, answers, to widen my perspective into something that could grasp that my mother had been a baby once, then a kid with dreams, then a teen who'd had those dreams squashed by adults, a young woman whose worst misstep was to believe for a moment in true love ever after, and a strong, feminist woman who used her experiences to serve as a guidepost to all that she would encounter in her life as a mother, grandmother, and educator. This process of learning who my mother is, really is and where she came from, her battles, her losses, her victories, her travels, passions, and heritage would lead the relationship between us being transformed. So her obit? It was as much about resolving ancestral wounds as it was about writing concise paragraphs that accurately encapsulated who Suzanne is.Sources and MaterialsMy Substack where you can read bits and pieces of my upcoming book, as well as other (hopefully) humorous and uplifting blog postsI'd love to hear what you think of The Curious Queue - or share a story/subject you'd like me to cover. Click on the, "TEXT THE SHOW" button and share! :)Curious Cat Crew on Socials:Curious Cat on Twitter (X)Curious Cat on InstagramCurious Cat on TikTokArt Director, Nora, has a handmade, ethically-sourced jewelry company!

Send us a textWhen pondering, debating, writing or planning our focus tends fall to the extremes; this or that, which means we ignore the stuff in-between. It probably traces back to some survival mechanism our ancestors developed to determine what foods were safe to eat, what passages were too risky to travel, where we might be safe to sleep at night, and what hours of the day to do which behaviors. But like the ego, which we've discussed in past episodes, maybe it's time for a human upgrade. In fact, maybe the biggest breakthroughs in humanity lie in that juicy in-between space.On a recent trip to Chicago with my mom, our in between time was where the magic happened. Forgotten stories from her childhood and young adulthood were shared. As we rode in the back seat of an Uber to the ballpark, or home from a museum, or on our way to a river boat tour, well, that's when, with the city scrolling past the windows, my mother's deep memories came forward. I want YOU to benefit from the magic of in between, too.Not just by taking advantage of the time and space between Points A and B, but also by paying attention during all the moments.Let's get into it!Show Sources and MaterialsDennis Ritchie's blog, The Art of Standing, blog post titled, The Magic in BetweenDennis Ritchie's Blog, The Art of Standing, blog post titled, The Road to Bell BuckleThe In-Between, Brizo Magazine dot com, M. GoikhbergShould We Fear Death? An Honest Conversation with a Hospice Nurse (Julie McFadden)Intuition vs. Imagination from The Psychic TeachersThe Curious Queue LinksWhy will Saturn's rings be disappearing soon? New York PostMinnesota Fair's Fried City, Fox NewsHalf a house for half a million near LA, California, AP NewsI'd love to hear what you think of The Curious Queue - or share a story/subject you'd like me to cover. Click on the, "TEXT THE SHOW" button and share! :)Curious Cat Crew on Socials:Curious Cat on Twitter (X)Curious Cat on InstagramCurious Cat on TikTokArt Director, Nora, has a handmade, ethically-sourced jewelry company!

Send us a textI've pestered my husband to write a book on the legends, myths and rumors of small people around the world for decades. Every culture on the planet holds dear stories of a group of small people that have unrivaled engineering skills that work during the night and live underground or in caves to stay safe from larger humans. These legendary people, If treated with reverence and respect, are known to give away treasures, or point the way to veins of gold, or build vital infrastructure overnight. Maybe it's because I've always been on the short side, measuring about five foot two standing on my tippy toes, but I've always felt a connection to this lore and these mystical people. Let's get into it.A Great Article Is the PERFECT Place to StartI found a great article that feels like the perfect place to begin. From Eagle's Rest Park dot org, Don and Diane Wells write;"The Folklore and Legends of many Native American Tribes and indigenous people from other countries include the stories of the Little People. The Little People live in the woods and are often thought to be hairy-faced dwarfs. Some are no higher than your knee; others are smaller. They build houses in the rock structures under the trees, along streams and sometimes in the trees. They hide from anyone coming into the forest. In the legends of the old countries, they are called Fairies, Brownies, Gnomes, Goblins, Leprechauns, and Pixies to name just a few. Each Native American Tribe has their own name for them. To the Iroquois, they are called Jogahoh; to the Comanche, they are called Nunnupi and to the Cherokee, they are the Yunwi Tsundi."Show Sources and MaterialsDwarves and Gnomes and More, by Don and Diane Wells, for Eagle's Rest ParkLegend of the Tennessee Pygmies (and their tiny stone gravesStrange Tales of Captured Fairies, Gnomes, and Other Mysterious Little People, Mysterious Universe, B. Swancer Beware of the Tommyknockers (an ancient legend as told by Annette Bromley of ABC Tales dot comTommyknockers, from Astonishing Legends dot comAlaska Village to Village: Alaska Myths: The Little PeopleHawaii's Menehune, Astonishing Legends dot comHuldufolk - The Hidden People of Iceland and their adorable housesThe Curious Queue LinksI'd love to hear what you think of The Curious Queue - or share a story/subject you'd like me to cover. Click on the, "TEXT THE SHOW" button and share! :)Curious Cat Crew on Socials:Curious Cat on Twitter (X)Curious Cat on InstagramCurious Cat on TikTokArt Director, Nora, has a handmade, ethically-sourced jewelry company!

Send us a textEpisode Intro:Did you queue up this episode and wonder, why the heck the emphasis on cults? Well, I'll tell you. With the run up to the November election in full swing - saddled between the RNC and DNC national conventions, I thought it was a great moment in history to check our collective guts. To remind us to question everything. And to question what we are being force fed. In fact, if a message or news story comes into your feed or life over and over and over, for fun's sake, take the opposite side and do your own deep dive into the subject. That is empowerment. That is exercising freedom. The antithesis is mindless scrolling, eating up everything the lecherous 24-hour news cycle spits out - and it is not a path to peace and happiness. I've found the techniques used by communist China and cults to be disturbing, not just because of their blatant use of fear and insecurity-inducing tactics, but because I see them used all the time in mainstream USA. So, that's why my focus is on cults. To keep me from buying what they're selling, and remind me to (when I have to know the current events) pluck sources from the extremes, left AND right AND center and see where the information intersects. Even with those grains of tested truth, I always weigh my gut heavier than their headlines.I'm diving into cults because of humanity's predilection to want to belong to a group, but at what cost?Show Sources and Materials5 Scariest Japanese Cults from Japan DailyAum Shinrikyo Cult Information on WikipediaThe Unification Church and Its Japanese Victims: The Need for "Religious Literacy" article from Nippon dot comShinzo Abe's Assassin and Japan's Complicated Spirituality, The New Yorker, H. Yoda The Curious Queue Links and MaterialsMeet Crush, the rare orange lobster diverted from dinner plate to aquarium by Denver Broncos fansDoomsday fish spotted near La JollaMysterious 'Hearbeat' Sound Detected by Hydrophone Deployed at Loch Ness, Coast-to-Coast, T. BinnallLoch Ness hunters pick up heartbeat deep under water and can't explain it, Daily Record, M. DaviesI'd love to hear what you think of The Curious Queue - or share a story/subject you'd like me to cover. Click on the, "TEXT THE SHOW" button and share! :)Curious Cat Crew on Socials:Curious Cat on Twitter (X)Curious Cat on InstagramCurious Cat on TikTokArt Director, Nora, has a handmade, ethically-sourced jewelry company!

Send us a Text Message.I can almost hear you right now. WHAT? Another cult episode? This one came to me via my eldest's partner, Josh. Thanks for sending me the video that spurred on this episode. And I wanted to shout out a listener, Grace, who I got to catch up with in person last week. I hope you have a FANTASTIC junior year. You are wonderful, Grace.Back to the episode, though. If you watched the Netflix series, Dancing for the Devil: the 7M Tik Tok Cult, then you'll be interested to learn they weren't the first dance cult. Not even close.Let's get into it!First, what is a cult? First, what is a cult? From a book titled, The Cult Files, authors Leo Moynihan and Sam Pilger say, "The word, 'cult,' stems from the Latin cultus, meaning 'care, cultivation, worship.'" And the authors remind us, "Cults don't have to mean danger, abuse, and death. Many have offered simpler, more innocent incentives." And they give an example, the Prince Philips movement in the South Pacific that worshipped the UK's Duke of Edinburgh, as an innocuous cult.Falun Gong - The Dance Cult You HAVE NOT Heard of, til nowToday's conversation centers around a cult that began just a few years after the tragedy at Tienanmen Square. I watched an excellent two-part YouTube series on their roots and where they are now, and I'd highly recommend you do the same, and give SPECTACLES a subscribe, too.In the first video he explains. It was early on the morning of April 25th, 1999 in China. A crowd had gathered in Beihai Park and then marched to a central government complex, Zhongnanhai. This group had no banners, no megaphones, still, though, the government saw it as a protest.Sources and MaterialsHuge shout out to Spectacles on YouTube's two-part documentary on this cult. PLEASE watch them and subscribe to his channel with this linkhttps://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-21/inside-falun-gong-master-li-hongzhi-the-mountain-dragon-springs/12442518Netflix series, Dancing for the Devil: the 7M Tik Tok CultShen Yun: Dance–with a cult message thrown in from Foundations with Janet dot orgStepping into the Uncanny, Unsettling World of Shen Yun by Jia Tolentino from The New YorkerGreat video about Shen Yun by Adam on YouTube and my clip - Here's the full videoThe Curious Queue Sources and Links for More Viewing/ReadingBrave enough to listen to Ghost Tape Number 10? Listen here!I'd love to hear what you think of The Curious Queue - or share a story/subject you'd like me to cover. Click on the, "TEXT THE SHOW" button and share! :)Curious Cat Crew on Socials:Curious Cat on Twitter (X)Curious Cat on InstagramCurious Cat on TikTokArt Director, Nora, has a handmade, ethically-sourced jewelry company!

Send us a Text Message.Aetherius Society is a worldwide group that some have called stranger than Scientology, without the marketing machine behind it. I've read all I can on the group online and I have to say, they seem like people that want to uplift humanity and heal the Earth. Their only gods are the mountains they visit to amplify their prayers of peace. But don't take my word for it, I'd like to share the basics about Aetherius and more from my days long search for information.Sources & Reading MaterialsWOW Presentations on YouTube, Jon Ronson's, For the Love of Aetherius Society (ten years old, but done panel-style with a group from the Society)Inside the Aetherius Society - a Religion Stranger than ScientologyFrom Atlas Obscura - Aetherius Society Headquarters in LAA five-minute documentary called Gods from Space AND short article titled, Talking to Angels Is Their Religion Op-Docs NY TimesThe FBI file on Aetherius SocietyTHE ATHERIUS SOCIETY: A CASE STUDYIN THE FORMATION OF A MYSTAGOGICCONGREGATION'Aetherius Podcast of Aetherius Radio Livehttps://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1467-954X.1974.tb00240.x?journalCode=sorahttps://www.huckmag.com/article/aetherius-societyThe Curious Queue Show Sources and Links for More Viewing/ReadingFrom Coast-to-Coast, Massive Swarm of Dragonflies Engulfs Beachgoers (Check out the video HERE)Rewards offered for leads to cemetery vandalsFrom Coast-to-Coast, Weird Cube-Shaped UFO Filmed in PragueAre the Men in Black Real? At Least One Was! by Jazz Shaw for Mysterious UniverseI'd love to hear what you think of The Curious Queue - or share a story/subject you'd like me to cover. Click on the, "TEXT THE SHOW" button and share! :)Curious Cat Crew on Socials:Curious Cat on Twitter (X)Curious Cat on InstagramCurious Cat on TikTokArt Director, Nora, has a handmade, ethically-sourced jewelry company!

Send us a Text Message.This week I'm on Cloud Nine. My eldest is here to share their thoughts on the dreaded dark night of the soul. We also delved into manifesting, and learn about empty-handed magic! You'll remember Nora from their Season One conversation, as well as the art they created for both Curious Cat Podcast AND Cascadia! They have their own ethically sourced, meticulously created handmade art company, Solstice Eve. Find the links and add your name to the mailing list!Hang on after the closing music for another segment of The Curious Queue! Find the links for those articles below!Episode Sources and LinksSolstice Eve Richard Simmons X (Twitter) feedArticles Featured in The Curious Queue! Truckers' Strange Encounters with the UnexplainedAn Odd Case of a Creepy Abandoned Notebook, Bizarre Disappearances, and Strange Mysteries in the Woods from Mysterious UniverseReport YOUR UFO/UAP sighting here!Bigfoot Sightings Reported by Month at BFRO dot netLISTEN TO ONE OF THESE NEXT!Talking Astrology with Nora!ForgivenessI'd love to hear what you think of The Curious Queue - or share a story/subject you'd like me to cover. Click on the, "TEXT THE SHOW" button and share! :)Curious Cat Crew on Socials:Curious Cat on Twitter (X)Curious Cat on InstagramCurious Cat on TikTokArt Director, Nora, has a handmade, ethically-sourced jewelry company!

Send us a Text Message.Looking backward, the theme for my July was, 'cord cutting.' And when I say cords–I'm talking thick titanium suckers! I've had to cut them, then RECUT them after they grew back starter roots. Again and again, this happened.It can be exhausting AND invigorating. I've confessed my old psychic vampire ways to you on a prior episode – which is why my daily routine NOW includes checking for voids and then reenforcing my vessel. It's a quick exercise that ensures I'm relying on my own light and the energy and light offered to me by guides and angels consensually!Well, as the Universe tends to do, it showed me this week that my path is always there, illuminated, waiting for me to notice, which led me to this moment where many things coalesced.YES! Welcome to Season 4 of Curious Cat! It was time to clear the decks, begin anew with an Episode One. Hooray!Second hooray? There's a new show feature I hope you'll love. And for weeks when life is heavy enough, then fast-forward to this new feature for a bit of fun, curious, light, and interesting stories that make you smile, think, and I hope, feel inspired by the mystery all around us just waiting to be noticed.This feature, called The Curious Queue, stands alone from the episode so the flow of both is not interrupted. You'll hear it today after the regular closing music. Let me know what you think of it by clicking the, 'Text the show,' button at the top of the show notes.Third? I've got a special episode next week. It's a conversation with my eldest daughter, which I can't wait for you to enjoy. With that in the bank, I wasn't even seeking another topic when I woke up from a dream about Archangel Michael.I texted my woo besties, Monique and Karen, and bam! I found out Michael is the king of cord cutting! Wow. The Universe lined it up, didn't it?Let's get into it!Show Sources and MaterialsArchangel Michael - from Brittanica dot comHow to Recognize Archangel Michael from Learn Religions dot comGods and Demons Fandom Wiki linkArchangel Michael article from Llewellyn dot com, written by author, Richard Webster6 Biblical Facts about Archangel MichaelArchangel Michael in Apocryphiahttps://www.thetablet.co.uk/blogs/1/1604/how-st-michael-the-psychopomp-swats-the-buzzing-demons-of-evil-with-his-mighty-sword-of-justice-The Curious Queue Sources and MaterialsReport YOUR UFO/UAP sighting here!I'd love to hear what you think of The Curious Queue - or share a story/subject you'd like me to cover. Click on the, "TEXT THE SHOW" button and share! :)Curious Cat Crew on Socials:Curious Cat on Twitter (X)Curious Cat on InstagramCurious Cat on TikTokArt Director, Nora, has a handmade, ethically-sourced jewelry company!

Send us a Text Message.Cascadia was born of fire and ice. A string of 19 volcanic peaks stretch from Canada to California. Sulfur, lava, ocean mist, evergreens, and fog commingle to create one of world's most haunting, mysterious realms. Venture with me into the Cascade Mountain range. Find ALL Cascadia episodes on your regular Curious Cat stream.Episode Intro:In the wee hours one summer morning while driving home from a concert held at the Gorge, an outdoor venue near the banks of the Columbia River Gorge, I was helping my friend, who was driving us back to Seattle, stay awake. I took my duty seriously and as the landscape passed out the windshield, I noticed a car's occupants as we passed them. The occupants all wore white sheets, not even their eyes or mouth exposed. To say it was odd is quite the understatement. It was downright chilling. As I told my friend about what I'd seen, we looked out at the road ahead with even more vigilant eyes and witnessed a bright object vault across the starry sky. And then I turned around to track the van with the strange occupants and it was gone. I'd forgotten about the incident, marked it down to both of us being exhausted. And we never spoke of it again.But as I prepped our episode today, the memory moved to the front of my brain files. It's all the more reason we need to take a good long look at the enigmatic Columbia Gorge.Let's get into it.Show Sources and MaterialsCCC News article titled, Is the Columbia River Gorge a Supernatural Hotbed?The Strange Disappearance of Alissa McCrann of Multnomah Falls (she still has not been found. Follow the link to find out more on NamUs - the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System)Listen to Coast-to-Coast episode about Columbia Gorge Strangeness Here!The Mysterious Disappearance of the Martin Family from WikipediaCCC News article titled, Is the Columbia River Gorge a Supernatural Hotbed?Curioucity (sic) dot com's article on Washington State's StonehengeOregon's extraterrestrial history: The 1950 Trent UFO sighting (McMinnville) CIA's Reading Room on UFOs Look for some fun new twists to the podcast format SOON. I'd love to hear what you think - or a story/subject you'd like me to cover. Click on the, "TEXT THE SHOW" button and share! :)Curious Cat Crew on Socials:Curious Cat on Twitter (X)Curious Cat on InstagramCurious Cat on TikTokArt Director, Nora, has a handmade, ethically-sourced jewelry company!

Send us a Text Message.Hello! Before I introduce this week's topic, I want to just extend my heart to you. It's been a hard week. And, you know I do not speak of politics on this podcast. I reject offers from political figures to appear. This is not my focus. But, I feel a hand on my shoulder to share something with you. When I say at the end of the podcast that I love you, it is straight from my heart chakra. And no matter who you vote for in November, I love you. I do not care how you cast your vote. This. This podcast. These conversations that hopefully I open the door to in your life? They transcend the tribalism, the villainization of one side or the other. I endeavor to tap into the space where we are all one, a singular organism that is experiencing itself in a myriad of ways. There is more that we all have in common, than we don't. And if we take the time to listen to one another in a loving, compassionate way, then you will see glimpses of yourself in another. And that? That is the true magic of being a soul in a meat suit.Okay, give me a sec as dismount from my apple crate. Ah, there we go. This week I'm diving into how to eat your chakras - not literally. Let me explain.  Show Sources:Feed Your Chakras (a cookbook and narrative!)https://www.parsnipsandpastries.com/chakra-food-pairing-balancing-healing-energy-centers-food/The Daily Dish article on Eating for Your Chakras The Higher Heart Chakra (I found this article to confirm what I'd received during my meditation about a chakra between our shoulders! :)Look for some fun new twists to the podcast format next week. I'd love to hear what you think - or a story/subject you'd like me to cover. Click on the, "TEXT THE SHOW" button and share! :)Curious Cat Crew on Socials:Curious Cat on Twitter (X)Curious Cat on InstagramCurious Cat on TikTokArt Director, Nora, has a handmade, ethically-sourced jewelry company!

Send us a Text Message.Show IntroThanks for tuning into Curious Cat, Cascadia! Cascadia was born of fire and ice. A string of 19 volcanic peaks stretch from Canada to California. Sulfur, lava, ocean mist, evergreens, and fog commingle to create one of world's most haunting, mysterious realms. Venture with me into the Cascade Mountain range. Find ALL Cascadia episodes on your regular Curious Cat stream.Episode IntroMy father, Mike completed his student teaching in the shadows of Mount Adams, in Packwood, Washington. I wish I'd thought to ask him before he passed if he'd ever seen something strange in the skies above that area of Western Washington. God knows, enough people have. The rumors that swirl around Mount Adams are only rivaled by those of her southern sister, Mount Shasta.Top off your hydroflask, double knot those boots, and let's get into it!Sources and Materials:The Mysterious Aetherius Society and the 19 Holy Mountains (including Adams!)From Gathering the Stories: A Story of Mount Adams Amazing Article from Armchair Mountaineer about Mount Adams Mount Adams' Own Reddit Thread Find a Cascade Trail and Search for Cryptids with this Great Guide from Washington Trails Association Mount Adams Has It's Own B-Film! Read about it here! And watch Mount Adams using the IMDB link here. (or search for it on Amazon Prime) Whitley Strieber's Unknown Country dot com - article titled, Journey to the Field of Dreams: A Visit to eCETI RanchYouTube Video on the Strange Hole in Mount Adams - is it a UFO Hangar?https://www.eceti.org/about-eceti.htmlhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JLLqUPZYVwhttps://www.reddit.com/r/remoteviewing/comments/a3rd1u/remote_viewing_the_ancient_aliens_of_eceti_ranch/https://www.thrillist.com/travel/nation/eceti-ranch-trout-lake-washington-ufosBrowniDid you hear the good news? Curious Cat Podcast is in the TOP TEN of Supernatural podcasts. Hooray! That's ALL thanks to you. I am ever grateful.Curious Cat Crew on Socials:Curious Cat on Twitter (X)Curious Cat on InstagramCurious Cat on TikTokArt Director, Nora, has a handmade, ethically-sourced jewelry company!

Send us a Text Message.It's a quickie, but I have to hold myself accountable and offer in hopes that it lifts YOU and lightens YOUR load, too. Next week we will be strapping on our hiking boots and summiting Mount Adams together. In the interim, check out this movie set on and around the epic Cascade peak that's often overlooked. A true story, a love story at its core, it tells of one man's journey through grief. I love you.p.s. Here's the link to The Psychic Teacher's podcast episode with hosts Samantha and Deb that teaches how to cut cords.Did you hear the good news? Curious Cat Podcast is in the TOP TEN of Supernatural podcasts. Hooray! That's ALL thanks to you. I am ever grateful.Curious Cat Crew on Socials:Curious Cat on Twitter (X)Curious Cat on InstagramCurious Cat on TikTokArt Director, Nora, has a handmade, ethically-sourced jewelry company!

Last night a white cow followed me around in my dreams. It was a milking cow that was snowy white and it nipped at my right wrist a couple of times.When I woke up and journaled the dream in its entirety, I texted my daughters, because both had been in the dream. They're used to weird, trippy texts from me, and my desire to pass along any messages intended for them.My eldest said that the cow might've been a message for me.And that's how I got to this place, where I am teaching myself to be comfortable with a new phrase, Unconditional Abundance. Let's get into it.Oh, wait. First one final note, a trigger warning of sorts. Abundance is not money alone, but it touches the subject of money and income, which is by its very nature, tethered to survival, is emotionally charged. As I unravel the subject and you find anxiety gripping your guts, or constricting your airflow, then pause, and tap back into your breath. I'll be here on the other side of the break, I promise.Alright, NOW let's get into it.Show Sources and Materials:Solstice Eve - Handcrafted Art & Meticulously Ethical Jewelry - by Nora Hotes (the designer behind Curious Cat Podcast art)Unconditional Abundance Meditation - Super quick, but only try if you are in a safe location, and not walking or steering any mode of transportation!Jessa Reed's Abundance/Lack Episodes!Episode 1: The Program of LackEpisode 2: Eat Your Vision BoardDid you hear the good news? Curious Cat Podcast is in the TOP TEN of Supernatural podcasts. Hooray! That's ALL thanks to you. I am ever grateful.Curious Cat Crew on Socials:Curious Cat on Twitter (X)Curious Cat on InstagramCurious Cat on TikTokArt Director, Nora, has a handmade, ethically-sourced jewelry company!

This is a bonus meditation that helps us become comfortable with the idea of unconditional abundance so that it may become a part of your present and future. As always, do not do this meditation behind the wheel of any vehicle or ambulatory. Only meditate when you are in a safe place where you will not be disturbed.Did you hear the good news? Curious Cat Podcast is in the TOP TEN of Supernatural podcasts. Hooray! That's ALL thanks to you. I am ever grateful.Curious Cat Crew on Socials:Curious Cat on Twitter (X)Curious Cat on InstagramCurious Cat on TikTokArt Director, Nora, has a handmade, ethically-sourced jewelry company!

Episode IntroLast week I shared stories of my recent trip to Japan. There's one story, though, that's taken on a life of its own since being stateside once again. It all began with a visit to Tokyo National Museum in Uedo Park, seeing objects that have become icons in the UFO/UAP communities. If that wasn't enough, those odd clay figures led me to seek out some of the burial pyramids where they were found. And because I can't let sleeping dogs lie, I dug into the theories about the dogu figures, which I can't wait to share with you. So enough build up, let's get into it!High Strangeness at Tokyo National MuseumIf you listen to Curious Cat in order, first, thank you so much. But, second, I'm sorry you've heard this part of the story before, apologies. Next, we entered a building of archeological finds. Many came from the Kofun period, the 3rd to 6th century, and were buried beneath family dwellings or in burial tombs. The energy was reverent, whispering, hallowed, still, as objects made for the dead sat exposed for the living, the light was soft, but was never meant to touch these. I was keenly aware and took few photos, even though they were allowed. It felt wrong.This area held the dogu. They are unusual sculptures in a variety of forms. Many, most actually, were broken in half intentionally, and buried beneath the floors of family dwellings. And then I saw the figure I'd seen countless times as I watched Ancient Aliens. A goggle-eyed figure, one leg broken clean off, supported by a block of stone. It did look alien, like a person in a space suit. I looked at the backside, the side they never showed in all those episodes. I took photos and my ghost app came on, words lighting up my phone screen, "Dust, Within, Low." That was it.These figures are strange, and I found two more examples of the goggled-eyed ones that I'd never seen before and shot photos. Many have speculated on dogu, saying they are fertility symbols, akin to Venus of Willendorf, or ritualistic. These figures are OLD. And much of the information about them on the internet is stale, clearly repeated from other sources, but there are very few fresh takes. It's frustrating.  Some of the information though is verified. Take this from Google, "dogū, abstract clay figurines, generally of pregnant females, made in Japan during the Jōmon period (c. 10,500 to c. 300 bce). Dogū are reminiscent of the rigidly frontal fertility figures produced by other prehistoric cultures."Sources and MaterialsDogu figures: https://www.wasshoimagazine.org/blog/discovering-japan/doguAnother great article about the strange mystery of dogu figurines. https://artscape.jp/artscape/eng/ht/1212.htmlhttps://artrkl.com/blogs/news/the-mystery-of-japans-dog-figuresBest images of dogu with lots of links for further readingAncient Origins of Dogu article to check out! Tokyo National Museum Information/SemDid you hear the good news? Curious Cat Podcast is in the TOP TEN of Supernatural podcasts. Hooray! That's ALL thanks to you. I am ever grateful.Curious Cat Crew on Socials:Curious Cat on Twitter (X)Curious Cat on InstagramCurious Cat on TikTokArt Director, Nora, has a handmade, ethically-sourced jewelry company!

I'm just off the heels of a phenomenal trip to Japan. It was precious time, two weeks with the whole family. And though I did not pack my podcaster hat, I couldn't help but immerse myself in the country, the culture, and sought off the beaten trail places where ancient history was kept alive right next to mega-modern skyscrapers. I had to share some of my favorite stories, and moments, with you, and am doing a deep dive into the clay figurines I saw first hand at the Tokyo National Museum that are fixtures on History Channel's Ancient Aliens, dedicating an entire episode to dogus and the connection I feel they have with an ancient spiritual creature from Japan.Let's get into it! Stories from Japan 2024!General comments about the gift of travelWe travel for a myriad of reasons, to reconnect with people; to stretch out of our comfort zones, to shift or expand our perspectives; and at least temporarily to suspend the bellybutton-close vision we have of reality, yes zooming out on that miopic point of view.My recent trip did just that. 6000 miles by plane, Japan is a country that spent most of its history isolated from the western world. Tokyo is a city that is as large as New York City and London COMBINED, which is hard to wrap my mind around. Japanese culture is calcitrant in its manners, formalities, customs, and timeliness. Yes, even in the midst of modern times where everyone is plugged into social media; their culture remains intact. Though I did catch a few moments, slips of some pushing for this steadfast culture to change, subtle glimpses from the youth. Teeny tiny acts of rebellion; anarchy in a sense, but in order to spot them my vision had to become microscopic. And part of my vision came from being confronted by an officer at a baseball game.But more on that later.Sources and MaterialsAsakusa's Sensoji TempleIf you wish to see the objects found in the burial mound I climbed click hereGreat blog post about the place I went on my solo adventure - Todoroki ValleySetagaya - a place of art and literature - guideDid you hear the good news? Curious Cat Podcast is in the TOP TEN of Supernatural podcasts. Hooray! That's ALL thanks to you. I am ever grateful.Curious Cat Crew on Socials:Curious Cat on Twitter (X)Curious Cat on InstagramCurious Cat on TikTokArt Director, Nora, has a handmade, ethically-sourced jewelry company!