Podcast appearances and mentions of aidan wachter

VYS0050 | One And The Same - Vayse to Face with Peter C Hine - Show Notes By some miracle Hine and Buckley have made it to episode 50 and to make the occasion they welcome to Vayse close collaborator and friend of the show, Peter C Hine. Peter is a podcaster, writer and musician from Manchester UK. Together with Stephen James Buckley he co-founded Vayse, a podcast about weird stuff, now celebrating it's 50th episode. The conversation flows from how Vayse was formed, how Peter first became interested in all things weird, why his magical practice is on pause, how deep disillusionment with the current occult scene runs, what does the future hold for Vayse and just how many time can he mention Six Ways, Hellier and Penny Royal in a single interview? (Recorded 22 May 2025) Thanks to all our guests over the last 50 episodes and to everyone who has listened. Thanks as always to Keith for sorting out the show notes - you can find him on Bluesky here: @peakflow.bsky.social Buckley's/Hine's Intro Elon Musk's 14 Children: All About the Tesla CEO's Sons and Daughters and the 4 Women He Shares Them With - People.com (https://people.com/all-about-elon-musk-children-11678749) If Amazon is serious about climate change, why is it ignoring tropical forests? - Forest500 (https://forest500.org/blog/2020/05/01/if-amazon-serious-about-climate-change-why-it-ignoring-tropical-forests/) Digital Doppelgangers: Instagram Tests Creator-Made AI Clones - Forbes.com (https://www.forbes.com/sites/ianshepherd/2024/07/08/digital-doppelgangers-instagram-tests-creator-made-ai-clones/) Vayse to Vayse with Peter C. Hine The AP Strange Show: Exploring the Afterlife with Peter C. Hine (3xtC) (https://theapstrangeshow.transistor.fm/episodes/exploring-the-afterlife-with-peter-c-hine-3xtc) VYS0009 | If There's Something Weird - Halloween 2022: Ghostbusters (https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0009) Ghostbusters (1984) - The Library Ghost Scene | Movieclips - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g01em4WGO7A) What Magic is This? Podcast (https://whatmagicisthis.com) Back from the dead: Usborne's World of the Unknown: All About Ghosts - Usborne.com (https://usborne.com/gb/blog/post/behind-the-scenes-at-usborne/back-from-the-dead-usbornes-world-of-the-unknown-ghosts) Is the Chinnery ‘Backseat Driver' Ghost Photo Real? - Spooky Isles (https://www.spookyisles.com/chinnery-backseat-driver-ghost/) Garstang - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garstang) Holy Ghostbuster: A Parson's Encounters With the Paranormal, by J. Aelwyn Roberts - Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2213867.Holy_Ghostbuster) Tulpa - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulpa) Great Corby - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Corby) The Lost Boys | Michael Joins the Vampires | Movie Scene (HD) | Warner Bros. Entertainment - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5y_WQRrmXs) VYS0007 | Too Much to Dream Last Night (incl. Hine's Dark Man and Pan encounters) (https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0007) Spirit Box: The 'Man in Black' in Irish folklore (https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/spirit-box/episodes/The-Man-in-Black-in-Irish-folklore-e14ddnj) VYS0028 | Psychic Jizz - Vayse to Face with Stephanie Quick (https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0028) Hellier (TV Series) - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellier_(TV_series)) Hellier Seasons 1 & 2 - Planet Weird (https://www.planetweird.tv/hellier-season-1) Pennyroyal podcast (https://www.pennyroyalpodcast.com/) Weird Studies podcast (https://www.weirdstudies.com/) The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories, by Ann VanderMeer (Editor), and Jeff VanderMeer (Editor) - Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12344319-the-weird) H. P. Lovecraft - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._P._Lovecraft) Weird Studies Episode 72: Morning of the Mutants: On the Castrati (https://www.weirdstudies.com/72) Twin Peaks - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin_Peaks) Twin Peaks Moments #1: Little Nicky - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9NtujJro20) Eraserhead (1977) Trailer #1 | Movieclips Classic Trailers - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WAzFWu2tVw) David Lynch - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Lynch) Nine Inch Nails: Hurt - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbHz9p7Z4OU) John Keel - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Keel) Jacques Vallée - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Vall%C3%A9e) Pendle Hill - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pendle_Hill) Sigil - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigil) Condensed Chaos: An Introduction to Chaos Magic, by Phil Hine - Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/371437.Condensed_Chaos) Six Ways: Approaches & Entries for Practical Magic, by Aidan Wachter - Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39028487-six-ways) VYS0042 | Grinding Out Some Low-End - Vayse to Face with Aidan Wachter (https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0042) Writing about music is like dancing about architecture - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Writing_about_music_is_like_dancing_about_architecture) VYS0003 | Welcome to Vayse, Population 2 (https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0003) Weaving Fate: Hypersigils, Changing the Past, & Telling True Lies, by Aidan Wachter - Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54753333-weaving-fate) Goetia - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goetia) Crowley's definition of Magick in The Book of Thoth - Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/4166-magick-is-the-science-and-art-of-causing-change-to) Gordon White - Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/15308329.Gordon_White) Jason Louv - Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/338353.Jason_Louv) Animism - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animism) Spirit Box S2 #18 / Peter Hine and Stephen Buckley: Dreams, Nightmares and Pan (https://www.podbean.com/media/share/dir-ewfdi-19ed1cde) Synchronicity - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchronicity) 23 enigma - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/23_enigma) Neurodiversity - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurodiversity) Ted & Coach Beard Say Goodbye (Ted Lasso) - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ncyIpz5qyg) Folie à deux - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folie_%C3%A0_deux) Trauma Bonding - Psychology Today (https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/trauma-bonding) VYS0047 | The Weird Review Of The Year 2024 (https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0047) 2022 United States Congress hearings on UFOs (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_United_States_Congress_hearings_on_UFOs) Jeremy Corbell - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Corbell) George Knapp (television journalist) - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Knapp_(television_journalist)) Compilation of all the Jellyfish UFOs 1999-2022 - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdCnyGqiBZ0) The Trickster and the Paranormal, by George P. Hansen - Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/669028.The_Trickster_and_the_Paranormal) Allen Greenfield's website (https://bishop171.wixsite.com/allen-greenfield) Joseph Matheny's website (https://josephmatheny.com/) Richard Doty - Wikipedia (https://en.ikwipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Doty) Mirage Men - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirage_Men) Luis Elizondo - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Elizondo) Steven M. Greer - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_M._Greer) CE-5 Protocol website (https://ce5-protocol.com/) Yes, and… - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yes,_and...) Live action role-playing game (LARP) - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_action_role-playing_game) UAP recovery video shows ‘egg-shaped' object |News Nation - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=009qMHiqsVs) VYS0010 | Amazing Stories - Vayse to Face with Dr Allen H Greenfield Pt.1 (https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0010) VYS0011 | Weird Tales - Vayse to Face with Dr Allen H Greenfield Pt.2 (https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0011) VYS0036 | Infinite Game - Vayse to Face with Joseph Matheny (https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0036) VYS0025 | Truth with a Capital "T" - Vayse to Face with Sequoyah Kennedy (https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0025) VYS0049 | Machines of Loving Vayse - Vayse to Face with Sequoyah Kennedy v2.0 (https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0049) Google's Veo 3 AI video generator is a slop monger's dream - The Verge (https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/673719/google-veo-3-ai-video-audio-sound-effects) Large language model - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_language_model) VYS0017 | Occult Detective - Vayse to Face with Bob Freeman (https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0017) VYS0037 | Elvis with a Flaming Sword - Vayse to Face with AP Strange (https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0037) VYS0026 | It's a Wand-erful Life - Vayse to Face with Douglas Batchelor Pt. 1 (https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0026) VYS0027 | Batchelor of Dark Arts - Vayse to Face with Douglas Batchelor Pt. 2 (https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0027) VYS0021 | Song of the Dark Man - Vayse to Face with Darragh Mason (https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0021) VYS0024 | Between Being Real and Not Real - Vayse to Face with Nathan Paul Isaac (https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0024) What is ADHD? - ADHD Foundation (https://www.adhdfoundation.org.uk/resources/what-is-adhd) ‘I'd keep them distracted': Woman asks ChatGPT how it would ‘destroy young minds' if it was the devil—its response leaves her stunned - Daily Dot (https://www.dailydot.com/culture/chatgpt-if-you-were-the-devil/) Black Mirror - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Mirror) Song of the Dark Man: Father of Witches, Lord of the Crossroads, by Darragh Mason - Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/199454362-song-of-the-dark-man) King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Gizzard_%26_the_Lizard_Wizard) Unmasking 101: Learning to Be Who You Are - Psychology Today (https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/wildly-neurodivergent/202503/unmasking-101-learning-to-be-who-you-are) Peter's recommendations (and music project) Ted Lasso Official Trailer | Apple TV+ - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3u7EIiohs6U) Reservation Dogs Season 1 Trailer | Rotten Tomatoes TV - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWYVTyhFAOU) Dead Pioneers - Bandcamp (https://deadpioneers.bandcamp.com/) Warfare | Official Trailer HD | A24 - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JER0Fkyy3tw) Crash, by J.G. Ballard - Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/70241.Crash) Canvas Bodies | Cuckoo - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0s_4H2Gkt1Y) Buckley's closing question ???!!! Vayse online Website (https://www.vayse.co.uk/) Twitter (https://twitter.com/vayseesyav) Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/vayseesyav.bsky.social) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/vayseesyav/) Bandcamp (Music From Vayse) (https://vayse.bandcamp.com/) Ko-Fi (https://ko-fi.com/vayse) Email: vayseinfo@gmail.com

In this episode I speak with author Aidan Wachter about animism, Magick, and our participation in the upcoming book "This Is Chaos" with Peter J. Carroll.============================================================Apply for an apprenticeship at The Order of Chaos:https://www.theorderofchaosmagick.com/apprenticeship --------------------------Book a private reading with me:https://www.theorderofchaosmagick.com/tarot --------------------------Pre Order This is Chaos:https://a.co/d/ewMingb-------------------------Website: Http://www.theorderofchaosmagick.com --------------------------Connect with Aidan's work:https://www.patreon.com/aidanwachterwww.aidanwachter.com https://bsky.app/profile/aidanwachter.bsky.socialhttps://www.instagram.com/aidan_wachter/===========================================================================#paranormal #ghosts #demons #trueparanormal #ghosthunting #ghosthunters #ChaosMagick #OccultBooks #LiberNull #TheSatanicBible #TheKybalion #QuantumMagick #Magick #Witchcraft #Hermeticism #Manifestation #EsotericWisdom #OrderOfChaos

Author and sculptor Via Hedera joined my to discuss Touch Blue by Lillian Morrison. Morrison compiled nursery rhymes, chants and charms, and more than a few spells in this book for children. Via and I discuss how this book came into her life, the impact it's had on her work and practice, and what we learned from the book and about Lillian Morrison along the way.You can read Via's excellent blog,  find out more about her work — including new articles in Llewellyn's datebook and calendar for 2025,  and find links to her various social media accounts on her website.In June, Aidan Wachter is joining me to discuss Aradia: The Gospel of the Witches by Charles Godfrey Leland. Aradiawas published in 1899 and is in the public domain. It is widely available online as an ebook and used and library copies are plentiful, if you'd like to read it before our discussion.Please support Black, Indigenous, queer, trans, and women-owned, local, independent bookstores and occult shops.Transcripts of all episodes are available at witchlitpod.com. You can follow us on BlueSky @witchlitpod.bsky.social.Support WitchLit by using our affiliate link to purchase books from Bookshop.org or buy us a coffee on Ko-fi. Please follow us on BlueSky for episode updates.You can also support WitchLit by purchasing books published by 1000Volt Press. Our latest release is Pagan Roots: Reclaiming Concepts of the Sacred by Yvonne Aburrow available wherever you buy books.Death in the Dry River, a crime novella set in 1930s colonial Trinidad, by Lisa Allen-Agostini is out now and available to order wherever you buy books or direct from 1000Volt Press.The award-winning books Changing Paths by Yvonne Aburrow and Conjuring the Commonplace by Laine Fuller & Cory Thomas Hutcheson are both available from 1000Volt Press or to order wherever you buy books.My book, Verona Green, is available in all the usual places. Autographed copies are also available from 1000Volt Press.

VYS0049 | Machines of Loving Vayse - Vayse to Face with Sequoyah Kennedy v2.0 - Show Notes Imagine, if you will, a world burning as society crumbles (is this stretching you?), in the perpetual, scorched twighlight of a dying planet, the determined foot of a tall figure crushes a skull on a landscape forged of human bones - that foot belongs to Sequoyah Kennedy and the human bones are the vestiges of the common myths and misunderstandings about artificial intelligence... apparently AI's are better than humans at devising effective metaphors in order to convey useful information - and we'll have to hope for their sake that's true. In this episode Hine and Buckley invite back to Vayse one of the most intelligent and articulate humans in the material world, Sequoyah Kennedy. Since the Nonsense Bazaar ended SK has gone deep down the rabbit hole of large language models and has returned to help Hine and Buckley get their heads round what artificial intelligence actually means in 2025 and dismisses some of the ubiquitous confusion which surrounds the topic: is the best use of AI as personal assistant and unpaid artists? Are there demons haunting cyberspace? Do androids dream of electric sheep? and he touches on one of the big questions of our time - are we all in very real danger from this soulless, characterless mockery of human ingenuity with no empathy, no conscience and no soul... or will Elon Musk just finally piss off so that we can live in glorious harmony with our wonderful, wise robot buddies? (recorded 11 March) Thanks to Sequoyah for his patenience in explaining these ocmplex ideas to two middle-aged luddites and thanks, as always to Special K - the man who makes sense of our ramblings, Keith who once again did a sterling job of the show notes. You can give him a follow on Blue Sky here: @peakflow.bsky.social Sequoyah Kennedy online Sequoyah's Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/sequoyahkennedy) - Find the links to SK's custom chatbots and other great content here Empyrean Dream Machines substack (https://empyreandreammachines.substack.com/) Sequoyah on Twitter/X (https://x.com/sequoyahkennedy) Sequoyah on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/birdbrains33/) The Nonsense Bazaar podcast - Podtail (https://podtail.com/podcast/the-nonsense-bazaar/) Hine's (?) Intro AI Voice Cloning: Is It the Future or a Cybersecurity Nightmare? - Neil Sahota (https://www.neilsahota.com/ai-voice-cloning-is-it-the-future-or-a-cybersecurity-nightmare/) Vayse to Face with Sequoyah Kennedy What is Late-Stage Capitalism? - The Balance (https://www.thebalancemoney.com/late-stage-capitalism-definition-why-it-s-trending-4172369) ArtificiaI Intelligence - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_intelligence) Battlestar Galactica | The Cylons Arrive on New Caprica - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Dzy_FiLd64) AI with personality — Prompting ChatGPT using Big Five Personality Model values - Medium (https://medium.com/@damsa.andrei/ai-with-personality-prompting-chatgpt-using-big-five-values-def7f050462a) Ong's Hat Compleat - JosephMatheny.com (https://josephmatheny.com/ongs-hat-compleat/) Ong's Hat: COMPLEAT, by Joseph Matheny, Sequoyah Kennedy - Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/223112896-ong-s-hat?) The Nonsense Bazaar 62 - Written By Artificial Intelligence - Podtail (https://podtail.com/podcast/the-nonsense-bazaar/62-written-by-artificial-intelligence/) Recommender system - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recommender_system) Relational database - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relational_database) Facial recognition system - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facial_recognition_system) Large language model - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_language_model) Are LLMs Just Fancy Autocomplete? Here's Why It Might Look That Way - Medium (https://generativeai.pub/ai-bites-are-llms-just-fancy-autocomplete-heres-why-it-might-look-that-way-17b952ae569e) Andrej Karpathy - Intro to Large Language Models - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjkBMFhNj_g) Attention mechanism - Geeks for Geeks (https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/ml-attention-mechanism/) Vector space - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vector_space) Generative pre-trained transformer (GPT) - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generative_pre-trained_transformer) Claude (language model) - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_(language_model)) ChatGPT - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ChatGPT) Llama website (open-source AI models) (https://www.llama.com/) Python (comp lang) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python_(programming_language)) Why Can't AI Count the Number of "R"s in the Word "Strawberry"? - HackerNoon (https://hackernoon.com/why-cant-ai-count-the-number-of-rs-in-the-word-strawberry) Gods in the machine? The rise of artificial intelligence may result in new religions - The Conversation (https://theconversation.com/gods-in-the-machine-the-rise-of-artificial-intelligence-may-result-in-new-religions-201068) Robert Anton Wilson - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Anton_Wilson) Hunter S. Thompson - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter_S._Thompson) From pixels to realism: the evolution of video game graphics - Mainleaf (https://mainleaf.com/the-evolution-of-video-game-graphics/) The Green Dilemma: Can AI Fulfil Its Potential Without Harming the Environment? - Earth.org (https://earth.org/the-green-dilemma-can-ai-fulfil-its-potential-without-harming-the-environment/) The Uneven Distribution of AI's Environmental Impacts - HBR.org (https://hbr.org/2024/07/the-uneven-distribution-of-ais-environmental-impacts) Almond Milk vs. Cow's Milk: Which Is More Environmentally Friendly? - Treehugger (https://www.treehugger.com/almond-milk-vs-cow-milk-5215833) Elon Musk warns AI could cause ‘civilization destruction' even as he invests in it - CNN Business (https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/17/tech/elon-musk-ai-warning-tucker-carlson/index.html) Grok-3 website (https://x.ai/news/grok-3) Elon Musk's AI assistant Grok roasts its creator - Mashable (https://mashable.com/article/grok-x-ai-assistant-roasts-elon-musk) Claude AI website (https://claude.ai/) Anthropic (company) - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropic) Amanda Askell's website (https://askell.io/) Genie from Aladdin (Robin Williams) - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFh2Aab-MVM) Pareidolia - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareidolia) Artificial consciousness - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_consciousness) Frankenstein's Monster, AI, and the Perils of Innovation - Medium (https://medium.com/the-procurement-paradox/frankensteins-monster-ai-and-the-perils-of-innovation-918064ab4638) David Lynch - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Lynch) Kundalini - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kundalini) William S. Burroughs: "Language is a virus from outer space" - FixQuotes (https://fixquotes.com/quotes/language-is-a-virus-from-outer-space-2449.htm) David Grusch UFO whistleblower claims - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Grusch_UFO_whistleblower_claims) Diana Walsh Pasulka - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Walsh_Pasulka) DARPA - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DARPA) UFO Twitter (https://twitter.com/hashtag/UFOTwitter) Psilocybin & OCD: Can psychedelics treat obsessive compulsive disorder? - New Atlas (https://newatlas.com/science/psilocybin-ocd-psychedelic-therapy-obsessive-compulsive-disorder/) Kabbalah - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabbalah) Taoism (Daoism) - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taoism) AI in 2024: Reaching the Point of Super-Persuasion - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSEzeHRwYGE) Cambridge Analytica - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge_Analytica) Quantum mysticism - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_mysticism) Google Gemini website (https://gemini.google.com/?hl=en-GB) VYS0047 | The Weird Review Of The Year 2024 (https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0047) Don't be evil (Google motto) - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_be_evil) Rhode Island - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhode_Island) UAP recovery video shows ‘egg-shaped' object - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=009qMHiqsVs) Tarot - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarot) I Ching - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Ching) Artificial Intelligence Could Finally Let Us Talk with Animals - Scientific American (https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/artificial-intelligence-could-finally-let-us-talk-with-animals/) Anthropic's Claude AI is playing Pokémon on Twitch…slowly - TechCrunch (https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/25/anthropics-claude-ai-is-playing-pokemon-on-twitch-slowly/) Reality tunnel - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality_tunnel) AI through the lens of neurodiversity - Medium (https://medium.com/digital-architecture-lab/ai-through-the-lens-of-neurodiversity-3134c7ec11a7) Neural network (machine learning) - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neural_network_(machine_learning)) Skynet (Terminator) - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skynet_(Terminator)) Data (Star Trek) - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_(Star_Trek)) The Shamanic Journey - Shaman Links (https://www.shamanlinks.net/shaman-info/about-shamanism/the-shamanic-journey/) Aidan Wachter's website (https://www.aidanwachter.com/) VYS0042 | Grinding Out Some Low-End - Vayse to Face with Aidan Wachter (https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0042) The Eagle River Incident (Joe Simonton and the Space Pancakes) (https://www.ufoinsight.com/aliens/encounters/eagle-river-incident) Co-Creation of Reality, Consciousness Evolution, and the Hierarchy of Consciousness in the Cosmic Synthesis Theory (CST) Model - Medium (https://medium.com/@nathandmiller1980/co-creation-of-reality-consciousness-evolution-and-the-hierarchy-of-consciousness-in-the-cosmic-c261a82491dd) Information space - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_space) The Imaginal Realm - Imaginal Journeying (https://imaginaljourneying.com/the-imaginal-realm/) The Secret Commonwealth: An Essay of the Nature and Actions of the Subterranean (and, for the Most Part) Invisible People, Heretofore Going under the Name of Elves, Fauns, and Fairies, by Robert Kirk - Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/572121.The_Secret_Commonwealth) Meme - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meme) The Power of Language: How Words Shape Our Reality - Medium (https://medium.com/@sergeianikin/the-power-of-language-how-words-shape-our-reality-59d8c7ac0f3b) AIs are becoming more self-aware. Here's why that matters - AI digest (https://theaidigest.org/self-awareness) Jinn - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jinn) Live action role-playing game (LARP) - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_action_role-playing_game) TechGnosis: Myth, Magic, and Mysticism in the Age of Information, by Erik Davis - Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1527805) Hermetic Qabalah - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermetic_Qabalah) Four Worlds (spiritual realms) - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Worlds) The Chicken Qabalah of Rabbi Lamed Ben Clifford: Dilettante's Guide to What You Do and Do Not Need to Know to Become a Qabalist, by Lon Milo DuQuette - Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/420549.The_Chicken_Qabalah_of_Rabbi_Lamed_Ben_Clifford) Twin Peaks - Red Room Full Scene HD - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDTxN4dbN3E) Morphine - Like a Mirror - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ft_bhOzU1g) A hilarious new Harry Potter chapter was written by a predictive keyboard, and it's perfect - Mashable (https://mashable.com/article/harry-potter-predictive-chapter) Great Filter - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Filter) This Wild, Believable Theory Suggests AI Is Blocking Us From Alien Contact - Inverse (https://www.inverse.com/science/this-wild-believable-theory-suggest-ai-is-blocking-us-from-alien-contact) VYS0048 | Chinese Sex Balloons - Vayse to Face with Edwina Quatermass-Palmer (https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0048) Adama's 'So Say We All' Speech - Battlestar Galactica - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bX3orumzB_8) Sequoyah's recommendations (and other stuff) ChatGPT website (https://chatgpt.com/) Sequoyah's Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/sequoyahkennedy) - You can find the links to SK's custom chatbots here Wind of Change podcast (https://podtail.com/podcast/wind-of-change/) Under the Silver Lake - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under_the_Silver_Lake) Under the Silver Lake | Official Trailer HD - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwgUesU1pz4) Robert Monroe (The Munroe Institute) - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Monroe) Songs in the Key of Vayse compilation - Bandcamp (https://vayse.bandcamp.com/album/songs-in-the-key-of-vayse) Buckley's closing question Data - Best Moments - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-v31fL_H14) The Best of Bender - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ln4rfYh7ng0) Short Circuit 1 and 2 - Best of Johnny 5 - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdLoz6UZcCo) Vayse online Website (https://www.vayse.co.uk/) Twitter (https://twitter.com/vayseesyav) Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/vayseesyav.bsky.social) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/vayseesyav/) Bandcamp (Music From Vayse) (https://vayse.bandcamp.com/) Ko-Fi (https://ko-fi.com/vayse) Email: vayseinfo@gmail.com Special Guest: Sequoyah Kennedy.

VYS0048 | Chinese Sex Balloons - Vayse to Face with Edwina Quatermass-Palmer - Show Notes Making her podcasting debut, Hine and Buckley welcome the weird, wonderful and wonderfully weird Edwina Quatermass-Palmer to Vayse. Worker of a job so secret that Hine and Buckley actually know what she does, possessor of the coolest name available to the English speaking world and wearer of a genuinely gravity defying hairstyle, EQP is an original and brilliant thinker, a valuable and treasured member of the Vayse discord community, a musician and rambler on the path less travelled. The conversation moves from early paranormal experiences in the, frankly incredibly named, Christmas Room of the Jacobean house that she grew up in, to her discovery of Crowley, root work and her dabbling in Chaos Magick. One of the most fascinating and unusual facets of EQP is her life-long relationship with the Great God Pan, and she talks in detail about how he appears to her, how he communicates with her and what this has meant to her over the years. The free ranging discussion also touches on the nature of creativity, retro-causality, the art and influence of the late, great David Lynch, and the question on everyone's lips... is EQP CIA?... (Recorded 3 February 2025) Thanks to EQP for being so candid and open with us on her first podcast and thanks, as always goes to the great Keith, working to make sure that these podcasts make some semblance of sense, one show note at a time. You can follow hom on Blue Sky: @peakflow.bsky.social EQP online Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/elqpalmer/) Twitter (https://x.com/elqpalmer/) Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/eqp.bsky.social) Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/edwina.quatermasspalmer.7/) Intro Missy Elliott - Work It (Official Music Video) - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjIvu7e6Wq8) Twin Peaks - Man From Another Place - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5PIeYcZG0g) VYS0047 | The Weird Review Of The Year 2024 (https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0047) Lost Season 1 DVD Trailer - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdUYjYRnFG4) Mad Max: Fury Road - Official Main Trailer - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEJnMQG9ev8&t=25s) Vayse to Face with Edwina Quatermass-Palmer The Fun Police - Urban Dictionary (https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=fun%20police) The Great “Drone” Flap of 2024 - NUFORC (https://nuforc.org/drone_flap/) Anonymous (hacker group) - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymous_(hacker_group)) Psychological operations (United States) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_operations_(United_States)) “How to cause local panic in your city” - @stuffthatlookslikestuff on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/p/DEULfnlxX1R/) How UFO Reports Change With the Technology of the Times - Smithsonian Magazine (https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-ufo-reports-change-with-technology-times-180968011/) Trump explanation for N.J. drones raises new questions - MSN (https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/trump-explanation-for-n-j-drones-raises-new-questions-i-m-not-buying-it-lawmaker-says/ar-AA1y4LPq) Egregore - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egregore) Trickster - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trickster) Psionics - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psionics) Neuralink - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuralink) The Unexplained (magazine) - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Unexplained_(magazine)) Winchester Mystery House website (https://winchestermysteryhouse.com/) Spontaneous human combustion - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spontaneous_human_combustion) The Green Ladies Enigma - The Witch, The Weird, and The Wonderful (https://winsham.blogspot.com/2015/08/wednesday-weirdness-green-ladies-enigma.html) Entropy and life - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entropy_and_life) Are we really all made of stars? - Live Science (https://www.livescience.com/32828-humans-really-made-stars.html) Operation Chastise (the Dambusters Raid) - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Chastise) A Beginners Guide To Hoodoo Rootwork - Original Botanica (https://originalbotanica.com/blog/a-beginners-guide-to-hoodoo-rootwork/) Aleister Crowley - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleister_Crowley) Pan (god) - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_(god)) Jacobean era - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacobean_era) Lego Duplo - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lego_Duplo) Meccano - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meccano) The Fisher-Price Action Garage - Medium (https://medium.com/@solidi/the-fisher-price-action-garage-15b6a9556e2a) You may have already run into a time-travelling version of yourself from the future - BBC Science Focus (https://www.sciencefocus.com/science/time-travel-meeting-self) Time Loops: Precognition, Retrocausation, and the Unconscious by Eric Wargo - Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41132463-time-loops) Uncanny podcast (https://podtail.com/podcast/uncanny/) Children and the Paranormal - Paranormal Research Forum (https://paranormalresearchforum.net/children-and-the-paranormal/) The Book of Lies, by Aleister Crowley - Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/123656.The_Book_of_Lies) Numerology - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numerology) A guide to Prince's musical inspiration - The Current (https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2017/04/20/a-guide-to-princes-musical-inspiration) George Michael - A Different Corner (Official Video) - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPWHkK-_a_A) Synchronicity - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchronicity) Why Some Scientists Believe the Universe Is Conscious - Mind Matters (https://mindmatters.ai/2019/08/why-some-scientists-believe-the-universe-is-conscious/) Frequency illusion (Baader–Meinhof phenomenon) - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency_illusion) Manitou - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manitou) Autism - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autism) Pheromone - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pheromone) Richard Dawkins - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Dawkins) Richard Dawson - ‘Scientist' - Live at Tor Fest 2022, Todmorden Unitarian Church - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fjo9JgI0xY) Working With Pan: Greek God of the Wild - Tea and Rosemary (https://teaandrosemary.com/greek-god-pan/) VYS0007 | Too Much to Dream Last Night (incl. Hine's Pan encounter) (https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0007) The Great God Pan in Art - John Kruse Blog (https://johnkruseblog.wordpress.com/2021/03/12/the-great-god-pan-in-art/) Arcadia - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcadia_(utopia)) Paganism - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paganism) Wicca - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicca) Chaos Magic - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos_magic) Homeopathy - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeopathy) The Good-Morrow (John Dunne) - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Good-Morrow) VYS0042 | Grinding Out Some Low-End - Vayse to Face with Aidan Wachter (https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0042) Ley line - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ley_line) Hecate: How To Work With The Goddess Of Magic & Necromancy - Tea and Rosemary (https://teaandrosemary.com/hecate-goddess/) Song of the Dark Man: Father of Witches, Lord of the Crossroads by Darragh Mason (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/199454362-song-of-the-dark-man) VYS0021 | Song of the Dark Man - Vayse to Face with Darragh Mason (https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0021) VYSXXXX | The Real Vayse: Halloween 2024 (https://www.vayse.co.uk/vysxxxx) Neoliberalism - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoliberalism) VYS0037 | Elvis with a Flaming Sword - Vayse to Face with AP Strange (https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0037) Maslow's hierarchy of needs - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow%27s_hierarchy_of_needs) Mandala - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandala) David Lynch - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Lynch) Mulholland Drive (film) - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulholland_Drive_(film)) Mulholland Drive - Official Trailer - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbZJ487oJlY) Eraserhead - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eraserhead) Eraserhead (1977) Trailer #1 - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WAzFWu2tVw) Inland Empire (film) - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inland_Empire_(film)) Inland Empire Official Trailer - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kS2v-icgBj4) Presque Vu - Learning Mind (https://www.learning-mind.com/presque-vu-mental-effect/) Twin Peaks - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin_Peaks) The Secret History of Twin Peaks by Mark Frost - Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29102955-the-secret-history-of-twin-peaks) Philip K. Dick - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_K._Dick) A Scanner Darkly - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Scanner_Darkly) Valis (novel) - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valis_(novel)) Ubik - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubik) The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_Stigmata_of_Palmer_Eldritch) Thinking Impossibly with Jeff Kripal - Daily Grail (https://www.dailygrail.com/2025/02/thinking-impossibly-with-jeff-kripal/) The Dreaming (Dreamtime) - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dreaming) Pareidolia - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareidolia) Twin Peaks season 3 (The Return) - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin_Peaks_season_3) The Straight Story - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Straight_Story) David Lynch on his lifelong devotion to artmaking - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPTQVXwCkbw) Crazy Clown Time - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crazy_Clown_Time) Boschbot on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/boschbot/) Hieronymous Bosch - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hieronymus_Bosch) Hidden meanings in The Garden of Earthly Delights - BBC Culture (https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20160809-hidden-meanings-in-the-garden-of-earthly-delights) How to Achieve the Flow State - Psychology Today (https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/clearer-thinking-today/202411/how-to-achieve-the-flow-state) David Lynch: The Art Life - Official Trailer - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_NYNSMxOro) David Lynch on routine and creativity - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rqai5OU5ZU) The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin - Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60965426-the-creative-act) Flaubert's “Be Regular and Ordinary” Quote - Another Panacea (https://www.anotherpanacea.com/2024/09/18/flauberts-be-regular-and-ordinary-quote/) Edwina's recommendations The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe - Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2831038-the-electric-kool-aid-acid-test) Grateful Dead - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grateful_Dead) Workingman's Dead - Grateful Dead (full album playlist) - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ko_3E6rJJE0FxW4Yh5wCBdbk_PVENlY7k) Buckley's closing question Fox Mulder So Damn Hot - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZij2Q6FD4k) This is why I'm HOT (Dana Scully) - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6oiKvEiu3A) Vayse online Website (https://www.vayse.co.uk/) Twitter (https://twitter.com/vayseesyav) Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/vayseesyav.bsky.social) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/vayseesyav/) Bandcamp (Music From Vayse) (https://vayse.bandcamp.com/) Ko-Fi (https://ko-fi.com/vayse) Email: vayseinfo@gmail.com Special Guest: Edwina Quatermass-Palmer.

This week's show is with Aidan Wachter, an animist, author, and healer. Aidan has been involved in practical magic since the 1980s.  He is an animist and is deeply concerned with the effects of modern Western life-ways on the human animal, on both physical and spiritual levels.  Aidan views a living magical practice as a path to heal many of the problems we face today and a way of being that is intrinsic to the creatures we are. He is the author of Six Ways: Approaches & Entries to Practical Magic and Weaving Fate: Hypersigils, Changing the Past & Telling True Lies, and Changeling: A Book Of Qualities. In this episode, Lian and Aidan dive deep into the essence of teaching and learning, weaving together themes of projections, archetypes, and the transformative power of experiential education. They explore how modern conditioning distances us from innate learning processes and highlight the profound connection between learning and remembrance. Lian and Aidan challenge conventional views of teaching, advocating for an approach that honours individual journeys and the unique keys each of us carries to unlock deeper truths. Ultimately, this episode invites listeners to remember their inherent knowledge, embrace the beauty of being both teacher and student, and rediscover their place in a conscious, living world. We'd love to know what YOU think about this week's show. Let's carry on the conversation… please leave a comment wherever you are listening or in any of our other spaces to engage. What you'll learn from this episode: Teaching as a Vessel of Discovery Teaching is not about having all the answers; it is about creating a space for others to access their own wisdom. Through teaching, we often uncover truths about ourselves, fostering a mutual journey of growth and understanding. Learning as Remembrance Rather than acquiring new information, true learning is a process of remembering what is already within us. This remembrance connects us to ancestral knowledge, past lives, and the communal nature of existence, offering a profound sense of interconnectedness. Rewilding Education Experiential learning rekindles our natural ability to trust our own experiences, breaking free from the conditioning of traditional education. By rewilding our approach to knowledge, we reconnect with animism and the wisdom of a conscious, interconnected universe. Resources and stuff spoken about: Visit Aidan's Website Join Aidan on Patreon Join UNIO, the Academy of Sacred Union. This is for the old souls in this new world… Discover your kin & unite with your soul's calling to truly live your myth. Be Mythical Join our mailing list for soul stirring goodness: https://www.bemythical.com/moonly Discover your kin & unite with your soul's calling to truly live your myth: https://www.bemythical.com/unio Go Deeper: https://www.bemythical.com/godeeper Follow us: Facebook Instagram TikTok YouTube Thank you for listening! There's a fresh episode released each week here and on most podcast platforms - and video too on YouTube. If you subscribe then you'll get each new episode delivered to your device every week automagically. (that way you'll never miss a show).  

Casey Zabala https://www.instagram.com/wandererstarot/?hl=en joins Luxa https://linktr.ee/LuxaStrata to discuss her grimoire oracle deck, Wyrd Sisters: A Deck of Spells and Rituals and about her process and rationale in crafting it. Also discussed are the Mushroom as a symbol, and how working with Saturn can teach us about forgiveness. We also talk about decolonizing witchcraft and Casey's educational offerings at Modern Witch.org. During the second act of the episode, Guérie https://www.instagram.com/meditationforscreenaddicts/ shares about his new e-book, Meditation for a Screen Addicts, which is aimed at helping those who feel they spend too much time looking at their phone turn that screen time towards more mindful purposes. Much Love! Thanks for listening to the Lux Occult Podcast! Support the show by helping Luxa buy books and curtail other costs, as well as taking a bibliomancy break by giving on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/luxoccult . Or, Buy Me a Coffee.com is an option for a one time donation: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/luxoccultpod?new=1 We would love to hear from you! Please send your thoughts, questions, suggestions or arcane revelations to luxoccultpod@gmail.com or message on Instagram @luxoccultpod https://www.instagram.com/luxoccultpod/ and on BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/luxastrata919.bsky.social Green Mushroom Project https://greenmushroomproject.com/ Ask for a link to our Discord server! Casey Zabala Website: https://www.wandererstarot.com/workwithcasey Substack: https://notesfromthehedge.substack.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wandererstarot/ Modern Witches: https://modernwitches.org/ Modern Witches Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/witchesconfluence/ Guérie's Mediation For Screen Addicts: https://a.co/d/2GwFtUI Full show notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vT_8nt9sBP4XlcK3befT9W9EBJA2nahrJ2lrUICu5rzNOSHeLE3TJjOvMa75Ey-fOlbqddUTvIdmfFO/pub CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS- Fuck Around and Find Out Pt. 3: Sorcerous Recipes for Resistance, Resilience, and More from The Green Mushroom Project https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSlzdwOAD04fb0SVTVnqLmoXU6Vj3fapeYa2w1ixiOQWJLEz8v5KrUU-P-aRfwgwhx6eqvGeCjO-IqT/pub Khaíre Enodia! A Hekatean Ceremony for Enchanting Items for Domestic Abuse Survivor Shelters https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSCbbSDiDsjhV0p12NVHN6DlMxDpjKpeSWfrEJr_3o42vuIx06v9E9-s0cuuyZukEihVatl7sgEv-lx/pub EYES OF YOUR EYES- Luxa Strata ft. Folds & Floods https://youtu.be/EfdQ-pJEBsgCheck out The Consent Academy https://www.consent.academy/ Find Luxa's work included in Serpents of Circe: A Manual to Magical Resilience edited by Laura Tempest Zakroff and Ron Padrón https://revelore.press/product/serpents-of-circe-a-manual-to-magical-resilience/ Companion Episodes of Lux Occult:56. Entering Hekate's Garden & The Poison That Heals: Keeping Her Keys Hybrid Special w/ Dr. Cyndi Brannen https://open.spotify.com/episode/6x8buKJSgp9sCvN47mrjKU?si=R1g48X8bQ9OZTJUIbBC9ZQ 43. The Green Mushroom Project Audio Grimoire Pt. 2: Connecting with the Astral Temple ft. Aidan Wachterhttps://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/luxa-strata/episodes/43--The-Green-Mushroom-Project-Audio-Grimoire-Pt--2-Connecting-with-the-Astral-Temple-ft--Aidan-Wachter-e1gjj3u77. The Fixed Gaze w/ Aidan Wachterhttps://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/luxa-strata/episodes/77--The-Fixed-Gaze-w-Aidan-Wachter-e2gfb42 81. Magic for the Resistance and the History of Tarot w/ Michael M. Hugheshttps://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/luxa-strata/episodes/81--Magic-for-the-Resistance-and-the-History-of-Tarot-w-Michael-M--Hughes-e2k15ok 88. Autonomy, Egregores, Magic & More w/ The Consent Academy https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/luxa-strata/episodes/88--Autonomy--Egregores--Magic--More-w-The-Consent-Academy-e2o0rp8

This week's show is with Aidan Wachter, an animist, author, and healer. Aidan has been involved in practical magic since the 1980s.  He is an animist and is deeply concerned with the effects of modern Western life-ways on the human animal, on both physical and spiritual levels.  Aidan views a living magical practice as a path to heal many of the problems we face today and a way of being that is intrinsic to the creatures we are. He is the author of Six Ways: Approaches & Entries to Practical Magic and Weaving Fate: Hypersigils, Changing the Past & Telling True Lies, and Changeling: A Book Of Qualities. In this episode, Aidan and Lian explore the concept of vessels in magic and witchcraft - and especially vessels for self-discovery and transformation. Aidan reveals lessons from a significant breakdown - which he sees now was catalysed by the very work of his book Changeling - which is about this notion of vessels. They discuss the fluid nature of identity, examine the qualities that define a witch, and consider the role of power in personal growth and the impact of reclaiming our energy from misaligned places. We'd love to know what YOU think about this week's show. Let's carry on the conversation… please leave a comment wherever you are listening or in any of our other spaces to engage. What you'll learn from this episode: A vessel isn't just a container—it's a channel that holds and directs energy, shaping the flow of our lives and the choices that define us. What we choose to hold within shapes our identity and anchors us in life. Power, often viewed as corrupting, becomes transformative when consciously claimed. For a witch, power is an inner resource to guide growth, create change, and hold responsibility. Honouring our ancestors roots us in a lineage that offers wisdom, invites healing across generations, and strengthens our connection to purpose. Resources and stuff spoken about: Visit Aidan's Website Join Aidan on Patreon Join UNIO, the Academy of Sacred Union. This is for the old souls in this new world… Discover your kin & unite with your soul's calling to truly live your myth. Be Mythical Join our mailing list for soul stirring goodness: https://www.bemythical.com/moonly Discover your kin & unite with your soul's calling to truly live your myth: https://www.bemythical.com/unio Go Deeper: https://www.bemythical.com/godeeper Follow us: Facebook Instagram TikTok YouTube Thank you for listening! There's a fresh episode released each week here and on most podcast platforms - and video too on YouTube. If you subscribe then you'll get each new episode delivered to your device every week automagically. (that way you'll never miss a show).  

Today's episode features author and eclectic animist Aidan Wachter. Join us as we talk living in magic, spirit allies, and finding your path. Aidan Wachter is an eclectic animist, magician, and witch. His work focuses on magical approaches that produce real change in the practitioner and their reality. Wachter believes that magic is an inherent aspect of the human animal that, when missing or neglected, can lead to pathological states in the individual. These states then ripple out into human society and beyond it. It is his belief that magic can be a tool to re-frame what is possible for a person and, from that position, create better possible futures for all beings. He is the author of Six Ways: Approaches & Entries For Practical Magic, Weaving Fate: Hypersigils, Changing The Past, & Telling True Lies, and Changeling: A Book Of Qualities. CONNECT WITH AIDAN: Instagram Patreon Website Make sure to LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, SHARE, and COMMENT to let us know what you thought of this episode! Craving a supportive, judgement-free community for mystical misfits? Join my exclusive membership group HOT MESS COVEN here This podcast is possible thanks to supporters like YOU! CONNECT WITH MANDI: Courses, Classes, Books, and Offerings Instagram Facebook TikTok

A recording of an event in which Luxa https://linktr.ee/LuxaStrata leads participants in a guided meditation about visiting The Green Mushroom Hyphosigil Project's https://greenmushroomproject.com/ Astral Temple to conduct egg and sigil magic; and the group discusses their experiences. There is also a call for submissions for collection of magical recipes: Fuck around and Find Out 3: Sorcerous Recipes for Resistance, Resilience, and More from The Green Mushroom Project. Much Love! Thanks for listening to the Lux Occult Podcast! Support the show by helping Luxa buy books and curtail other costs, as well as taking a bibliomancy break by giving on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/luxoccult or Buy Me a Coffee.com for a one time donation: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/luxoccultpod?new=1  We would love to hear from you! Please send your thoughts, questions, suggestions or arcane revelations to luxoccultpod@gmail.com or message on Instagram @luxoccultpod https://www.instagram.com/luxoccultpod/ Read the mediation script here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vRsNYl6nzr5NfOFiJjSf4uT_I07hgVERBed6uIrK-4VmgSPwp09lVr-B_U0lhDbv3v9QyfUyTLyyd8X/pub To conduct the exercise along with participants who attended the event you'll need: A safe and comfortable place to relax and close your eyes Paper and a writing utensil  CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS- Fuck Around and Find Out Pt. 3: Sorcerous Recipes for Resistance, Resilience, and More from The Green Mushroom Project https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSlzdwOAD04fb0SVTVnqLmoXU6Vj3fapeYa2w1ixiOQWJLEz8v5KrUU-P-aRfwgwhx6eqvGeCjO-IqT/pub Sex and Sigil Magic 101 w/ Luxa Strata and Damian Agony, Kinkschool 2024 (November 23rd, 2024) Use code LUXA10 to get 10% off tickets! https://www.kinkschool.ca/ Find Luxa's work published in Serpents of Circe: A Manual to Magical Resilience edited by Laura Tempest Zakroff and Ron Padrón https://revelore.press/product/serpents-of-circe-a-manual-to-magical-resilience/ Weird Web Radio Episode 101- Luxa Strata- Consent, Chaos Magic, Experiments and The Self https://open.spotify.com/episode/4t431wA9D1uNnM2SAUa2ci?si=rDyF_nAUR3qOYJ5LWhcB5A Check out The Consent Academy https://www.consent.academy/ 43. The Green Mushroom Project Audio Grimoire Pt. 2: Connecting with the Astral Temple ft. Aidan Wachter https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/luxa-strata/episodes/43--The-Green-Mushroom-Project-Audio-Grimoire-Pt--2-Connecting-with-the-Astral-Temple-ft--Aidan-Wachter-e1gjj3u

Aidan Wachter https://www.instagram.com/aidan_wachter joins Luxa https://linktr.ee/LuxaStrata to discuss Aidan's recent bicycle tour and the esoteric insights arrived at through such endeavors. Aidan also shares about the book he's working on now, and about his new essay in the compilation This Is Chaos: Embracing the Future of Magic, edited by Peter J. Carroll. Aidan explains why he doesn't consider himself to be a chaos magician, and discusses egregores, spirit ecology, sigils, Jung's shadow and more!  During an episode within the episode, Laura Tempest Zakroff and Ron Padrón share about the latest volume in the New Aradia series, Serpents of Circee: A Manual to Magical Resilience, available from Revalore Press. Laura, who wrote Sigil Witchery: A Witch's Guide to Crafting Magick Symbols, shares thoughts about sigil praxis and Ron shines a spotlight on queer ancestor, Mathew Shepard.  Luxa shares listener mail, a poisonous poetry snack, and an update about The Green Mushroom Project https://greenmushroomproject.com/ and Void House- creating a consent forward magical space for conducting group work both in person and online, investigating the magical and alchemical properties of consent and providing consent education to magically inclined people. There is also a call for submissions for a collection of magical recipes: Fuck around and Find Out 3: Sorcerous Recipes for Resistance, Resilience, and More from The Green Mushroom Project. Much Love! Thanks for listening to the Lux Occult Podcast! Support the show by helping Luxa buy books and curtail other costs, as well as taking a bibliomancy break by giving on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/luxoccult . Or, Buy Me a Coffee.com is an option for a one time donation: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/luxoccultpod?new=1  We'd love to hear from you! Send your thoughts, questions, suggestions or arcane revelations to luxoccultpod@gmail.com or message https://www.instagram.com/luxoccultpod/ Full show notes and companion episodes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSvuvyM4urWh_SlXsZFI-AQjv_aT_QNhYTsxRHQVpsQKjgS7f8o24mZefd4fiPDCZ0WvL4xiFMcuwCe/pub Aidan Wachter: Website: https://www.aidanwachter.com/ Patreon https://www.patreon.com/c/aidanwachter/posts Laura Tempest Zakroff IG:https://www.instagram.com/owlkeyme.arts website: http://www.lauratempestzakroff.com all the links: https://linktr.ee/owlkeyme Ron Padrón: IG: https://www.instagram.com/white.rose.witching/ ALTAR PUNK: https://www.whiterosewitching.com/altar-punk Sign up for Queer Ancestor Vigil: https://forms.gle/N8oKjNZZQ9N8URgy6 Sign up for my monthly newsletter: https://www.whiterosewitching.com/mailing-list-sign-up Ron also has a pre-recorded presentation, "A Lavender Path: Honoring Queer Ancestors" at the 2024 Ancestral Magic Summit (Oct 28th-Oct30th). Here is the link to register: https://wrwitching.krtra.com/t/evHZl6fjDqYf  Serpents of Circe: A Manual to Magical Resilience edited by Laura Tempest Zakroff and Ron Padrón https://revelore.press/product/serpents-of-circe-a-manual-to-magical-resilience/ Revelore Press: https://revelore.press/ Jenn's CAELi project: https://caeli.institute/ CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS- Fuck Around and Find Out Pt. 3: Sorcerous Recipes for Resistance, Resilience, and More from The Green Mushroom Project https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSlzdwOAD04fb0SVTVnqLmoXU6Vj3fapeYa2w1ixiOQWJLEz8v5KrUU-P-aRfwgwhx6eqvGeCjO-IqT/pub Sex and Sigil Magic 101 w/ Luxa Strata and Damian Agony, Kinkschool 2024 (November 23rd, 2024) Use code LUXA10 to get 10% off tickets! https://www.kinkschool.ca/ Artist David Sukulla https://www.instagram.com/yetipopst_art/?hl=en https://www.etsy.com/shop/yetipopstarprints/?etsrc=sdt Read Rocket's piece about the Soldier with No Name and more: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1164944657843752980/1297596352330600539/RART_027_01-02_012_s003_Izenson_proof-final_1.pdf?ex=6717d1c6&is=67168046&hm=bc0fe6b6fbb36d6414910994484336bb9b1f8808a203411a066b50e4dd8c5f95&

In this episode Maria and Robyn deep dive into their tips and tricks for communing with ghosts, spirits, and all things supernatural. We share our favorite ways to communicate, our protections, and more!  This week we also discuss the upcoming New Moon in Scorpio and the theme of Halloween in Tarot. Creators we are loving this week are: Robyn's choice: plusidhe Maria's choice: The Dark Goddess Oracle Deck | caitlinmccarthyart Listener Choice: familiarsad Don't forget to join us on October 26th 12pm PST for our guest lecture with Aidan Wachter, this can be found in the library tier and up on Patreon! To shoot us your submissions for Coffee Talks at submissions@coffeeandcauldrons.com or to our voicemail at (351) 207-0799‬ And thank you to all our Patreon Subscribers! Without you, none of this is possible. patreon.com/magickalbeginnings 

Lee Harrington http://www.PassionAndSoul.com joins Luxa https://linktr.ee/LuxaStrata to discuss ritual, psychonautic exploration, body magic, and more! Lee also shares about his personal magical practice, and his Patron deity, Bear. During a break, enjoy a stroll through history as we honor Claud Cahun, Marcel Moore, and the Soldier with No Name. Luxa also shares listener mail and an update about The Green Mushroom Project https://greenmushroomproject.com/ and Void House- creating a consent forward magical space for conducting group work both in person and online, investigating the magical and alchemical properties of consent and providing consent education to magically inclined people. This episode also includes a track from TheTomO'Bedlam. Much Love! Thanks for listening to the Lux Occult Podcast! Support the show by helping Luxa buy books and curtail other costs, as well as taking a bibliomancy break by giving on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/luxoccult . Or, Buy Me a Coffee.com is an option for a one time donation: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/luxoccultpod?new=1  We would love to hear from you! Please send your thoughts, questions, suggestions or arcane revelations to luxoccultpod@gmail.com or message on Instagram @luxoccultpod https://www.instagram.com/luxoccultpod/ Lee Harrington's  work: Join Lee's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/passionandsoul Visit Lee's Website: http://www.PassionAndSoul.com Upcoming events and newsletter: http://www.PassionAndSoul.com/events TheTomO'Bedlam: Soundcloud: https://on.soundcloud.com/qrwer  Bandcamp: https://thetomobedlam.bandcamp.com/ Check out The Consent Academy https://www.consent.academy/ The Green Mushroom Project https://greenmushroomproject.com/ Find Luxa's work published in Serpents of Circe: A Manual to Magical Resilience edited by Laura Tempest Zakroff and Ron Padrón https://revelore.press/product/serpents-of-circe-a-manual-to-magical-resilience/ Weird Web Radio Episode 101- Luxa Strata- Consent, Chaos Magic, Experiments and The Self https://open.spotify.com/episode/4t431wA9D1uNnM2SAUa2ci?si=rDyF_nAUR3qOYJ5LWhcB5A Sex and Sigil Magic 101 w/ Luxa Strata and Damian Agony, Kinkschool 2024 (November 23rd, 2024) Use code LUXA10 to get 10% off tickets! https://www.kinkschool.ca/ Curious about steel mace flow? Check out Fourth Dimension Fitness: https://www.fourthdimensionfitness.com/ Companion Episodes of Lux Occult: 70. Spinoza and the Sexy Dangers of Pantheism, Transdivinity & Agdistis w/ Rocket https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/luxa-strata/episodes/70--Spinoza-and-the-Sexy-Dangers-of-Pantheism--Transdivinity--Agdistis-w-Rocket-e2bnjsi 86. Learning the Language of Lenormand w/ Erika Robinson https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/luxa-strata/episodes/86--Learning-the-Language-of-Lenormand-w-Erika-Robinson-e2mvsb4 88. Autonomy, Egregores, Magic & More w/ The Consent Academy https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/luxa-strata/episodes/88--Autonomy--Egregores--Magic--More-w-The-Consent-Academy-e2o0rp8 48. The 5 Pillars of Consent w/ Zach Budd & Odin and Inclusive Heathenry w/ Lonnie Scott https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/luxa-strata/episodes/48--The-5-Pillars-of-Consent-w-Zach-Budd--Odin-and-Inclusive-Heathenry-w-Lonnie-Scott-e1m0qbr 77. The Fixed Gaze w/ Aidan Wachter https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/luxa-strata/episodes/77--The-Fixed-Gaze-w-Aidan-Wachter-e2gfb42 85. Demons, Playing Cards & Wreck This Deck w/ Becky Annison & Secrets of Greek Mysticism w/ George Lizos https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/luxa-strata/episodes/85--Demons--Playing-Cards--Wreck-This-Deck-w-Becky-Annison--Secrets-of-Greek-Mysticism-w-George-Lizos-e2mds6s

Luxa https://linktr.ee/LuxaStrata is joined by Cressida Stone https://www.instagram.com/secretsofsantamuerte/?hl=en, author of Secrets of Santa Muerte:  joins to discuss her book, Secrets of Santa Muerte: A Guide to the Prayers, Spells, Rituals, and Hexes, working with the folk saint, and her journey into becoming a devotee. Topics discussed include the colors of Santa Muerte, mythbusting and advice for practitioners who would like to form a relationship with Santa Muerte. During an episode within the episode, an anonymous listener will share a tale of caution about lessons he feels he learned the hard way in his magical practice.   Luxa also shares an audio edition of listener mail and an update about The Green Mushroom Project https://greenmushroomproject.com/ and Void House- creating a consent forward magical space for conducting group work both in person and online, investigating the magical and alchemical properties of consent and providing consent education to magically inclined people. This episode also includes a track from Fuck around and Find Out 2:The Green Mushroom Project and We the Hallowed Digital Mixtape https://wethehallowed.bandcamp.com/album/fuck-around-find-out-2-the-green-mushroom-project-and-we-the-hallowed-digital-mixtape?from=embed. Much Love! Cressida Stone's work: book: https://www.amazon.com/Secrets-Santa-Muerte-Prayers-Rituals/dp/1578637724/ instagram @secretsofsantamuerte tiktok @secretsofsantamuerte X @CressidaStone The shop Cressida mentioned: https://firmearteonline.com/ Full show notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vRlUJg5jRJHuY_hCzPtC72G12DLP4exEheT3zcKDtUtH9wg39oe5uuUrRok4STHJvDrnMS-Y27oYsSR/pub   Find Luxa's work published in Serpents of Circe: A Manual to Magical Resilience edited by Laura Tempest Zakroff and Ron Padrón https://revelore.press/product/serpents-of-circe-a-manual-to-magical-resilience/ Weird Web Radio Episode 101- Luxa Strata- Consent, Chaos Magic, Experiments and The Self https://open.spotify.com/episode/4t431wA9D1uNnM2SAUa2ci?si=rDyF_nAUR3qOYJ5LWhcB5A Curious about steel mace flow? Check out Fourth Dimension Fitness: https://www.fourthdimensionfitness.com/ Check out The Consent Academy https://www.consent.academy/ Companion Episodes of Lux Occult 77. The Fixed Gaze w/ Aidan Wachter https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/luxa-strata/episodes/77--The-Fixed-Gaze-w-Aidan-Wachter-e2gfb42 80. Icelandic Folk Magic w/ Albert Björn Shiell & Santa Muerte, Alchemy, and More w/ Omega Decay https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/luxa-strata/episodes/80--Icelandic-Folk-Magic-w-Albert-Bjrn-Shiell--Santa-Muerte--Alchemy--and-More-w-Omega-Decay-e2jf8q4 88. Autonomy, Egregores, Magic & More w/ The Consent Academy https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/luxa-strata/episodes/88--Autonomy--Egregores--Magic--More-w-The-Consent-Academy-e2o0rp8 EYES OF YOUR EYES- Luxa Strata ft. Folds & Floods https://youtu.be/EfdQ-pJEBsg The Train to Hartford - A Video Sigil produced by Luxa Strata https://youtu.be/7_uVjQhUnbw Check out the Lux Occult YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn8n4oQIH1uo08NhMvjjlB Find Lux Occult Hello Void T-shirts and more at Illumin Industries: https://www.etsy.com/shop/IlluminIndustries Check out VOID/Machine: Adjustment by Luxa Strata ft Sally Fourth https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vR1OOZ6M-lrYLMRxCzUjELrrh9QDrCwNBDKea9n75f07_oG8RXRctcJV3KOhjNBXuQG00fVZ0qGWq-j/pub An article in which Luxa was featured: What is chaos magic? A guide to the radical occult practice. Daze.com https://www.dazeddigital.com/beauty/article/61174/1/what-is-chaos-magick-a-guide-to-the-radical-occult-practice

VYS0042 | Grinding Out Some Low-End - Vayse to Face with Aidan Wachter - Show Notes Somehow stumbling into a third season knowing less than when they started, Hine and Buckley welcome a guest that has been top of the Vasye-most-wanted-list since the podcast's inception - witch, dirt sorcerer, magician, animist and author, Aidan Wachter. Aidan skilfully and eloquently answers questions on some big topics: are some people naturally more able to connect to magic than others? How do you tune into the more subtle communications when working with spirits? What separates Aidan's practice, beliefs and faith from those of a conventionally religious practice? How can a solitary magical practice serve the wider community? ...and whatever happened to the Black Squid Cult? (Recorded 22 August 2024) Aidan Wachter online Aidan's Website (https://www.aidanwachter.com/) Aidan on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/aidan_wachter/) Aidan's Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/aidanwachter) Spirit Box #31 / Aidan Wachter, dirt sorcery, Six Ways, Weaving Fate, & Doing what works for you (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvzVZzHKYQA) Spirit Box #62 / Aidan Wachter, on writing, the somnambulist self & the authentic self (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09i9XkIFTVI) Spirit Box #78 / Aidan Wachter, Changeling: A book of Qualities (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmNefBInfdg) What Magic Is This? - Spirits With Aidan Wachter (https://whatmagicisthis.com/2020/08/21/spirits-with-aidan-wachter/) Glitch Bottle #060 - Dirt Sorcery and Six Ways with Aidan Wachter (https://www.glitchbottle.com/podcast/2021/5/29/060-dirt-sorcery-and-six-ways-with-aidan-wachter) Glitch Bottle #061 - Sigils, Vessels and Doors with Aidan Wachter | Glitch Bottle (https://www.glitchbottle.com/podcast/2021/5/29/061-sigils-vessels-and-doors-with-aidan-wachter-glitch-bottle) Glitch Bottle #077 - Weaving Fate with Aidan Wachter (https://www.glitchbottle.com/podcast/2021/5/29/077-weaving-fate-with-aidan-wachter) Hine's Intro Nazca Mummies: Proof of Ancient Aliens or Modern-Day Hoax? - The Lineup (https://the-line-up.com/nazca-mummies) Ray Bradbury - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Bradbury) Ex-Air Force Law Enforcement Agent Says He Hoaxed Major UFO Mythologies (Richard Doty) - Huff Post (https://www.huffpost.com/entry/exair-force-law-enforceme_b_5312650) Polypores (Stephen James Buckley) - Bandcamp (https://polypores.bandcamp.com/) Ouija - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouija) Larvell Jones' Best Bits, Police Academy (Michael Winslow) - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4un2Fc1D3bw) Six Ways: Approaches & Entries for Practical Magic by Aidan Wachter - Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39028487-six-ways) Weaving Fate: Hypersigils, Changing the Past, & Telling True Lies by Aidan Wachter - Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54854252-weaving-fate) Changeling: A Book Of Qualities by Aidan Wachter - Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59717179-changeling) ZChronicles 1.1 - Z(Cluster) e-zine - Chaos Matrix (http://www.chaosmatrix.org/library/chaos/texts/zchron1.txt) ZChronicles 2.1 - Chaos Matrix (http://www.chaosmatrix.org/library/chaos/texts/zchron2.txt) Vayse to Face with Aidan Wachter List of Aidan's podcast appearances (https://www.aidanwachter.com/recordings) Animism - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animism) What is Aphantasia? - Aphantasia.com (https://aphantasia.com/what-is-aphantasia/) Models of Magic - Spiral Nature (https://www.spiralnature.com/magick/models/) The Shamanic Journey - Shaman Links (https://www.shamanlinks.net/shaman-info/about-shamanism/the-shamanic-journey/) Extrasensory perception (second sight) - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extrasensory_perception) Arnold - Official Trailer (Netflix) - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2AEI26LBpA) Stockholm syndrome - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_syndrome) Factitious disorder imposed on another (Munchausen syndrome by proxy) - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factitious_disorder_imposed_on_another) Hypervigilance - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypervigilance) Spirits of Land and Place - Learn Religions (https://www.learnreligions.com/spirits-of-land-and-place-2561604) Somatic experiencing - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somatic_experiencing) Divination - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divination) Tarot - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarot) I Ching - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Ching) Chaos magic - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos_magic) Polytheism - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polytheism) What Magic Is This? - Unverified Personal Gnosis with Aidan Wachter (https://whatmagicisthis.com/2024/08/15/unverified-personal-gnosis-with-aidan-wachter/) Unverified personal gnosis (UPG) - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unverified_personal_gnosis) VYS0021 | Song of the Dark Man - Vayse to Face with Darragh Mason (https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0021) Spirit Box podcast - Spotify (https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/spirit-box) VYS0040 | The Great Ping-Ping - Vayse to Face with OORYA (https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0040) OORYA's website (https://www.oorya.net/) VYS0037 | Elvis with a Flaming Sword - Vayse to Face with AP Strange (https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0037) AP Strange's Weird Writings (https://www.apstrange.com/) VYS0028 | Psychic Jizz - Vayse to Face with Stephanie Quick (https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0028) Ghost Dog is a Mystery Box (Steph Quick's blog) (https://stephaniequick.home.blog/) Anthropocene - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropocene) Agentic state - Psychology Tips (https://psychology.tips/agentic-state/) Houseplants for Wellbeing - RHS (https://www.rhs.org.uk/science/articles/houseplants-for-wellbeing) Erwan Le Corre - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwan_Le_Corre) Desmond Morris - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmond_Morris) Chakra Tones (vowel chanting) - The Energy Healing Site (https://www.the-energy-healing-site.com/chakra-tones.html) Panhandle (San Francisco) - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panhandle_(San_Francisco)) Pool of Enchantment, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco - Noehill (https://noehill.com/sf/landmarks/poi_pool_of_enchantment.asp) Servitor (chaos magic) - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Servitor_(chaos_magic)) How pop culture set the stage for the US Govt UFO report - NBC News (https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/movies/how-pop-culture-set-stage-coming-ufo-report-better-or-n1268673) Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin A. Abbott - Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/433567.Flatland) Dorzhi Banzarov: Black Faith, or, Shamanism with the Mongols - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorzhi_Banzarov#Black_Faith,_or,_Shamanism_with_the_Mongols) Aidan's Recommendations Standing and Not Falling by Lee Morgan - Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40005899-standing-and-not-falling) People of the Outside: Witchcraft, Cannibalism, and the Elder Folk by Lee Morgan - Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/213417620-people-of-the-outside) Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery by Brom - Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56179372-slewfoot) The Tooth Fairy by Graham Joyce - Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44601.The_Tooth_Fairy) Windhand - Levitation Sessions (FULL SET) - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0IlaKicYyw) Band-Maid / Full Show Live at Lollapalooza 2023 - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbX_MRHYkQA) The Warning - Full Concert Live at Teatro Metropólitan - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hbBa1-1p7M) Loom - Bandcamp (https://loommusic.bandcamp.com/) Buckley's Closing Question Chelsea Wolfe - 16 Psyche (Official Video) - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sb5TszDqYE) Vayse Online Vayse website (https://www.vayse.co.uk/) Vayse on Twitter/X (https://twitter.com/vayseesyav) Vayse on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/vayseesyav/) Vayse on Bandcamp (Music From Vayse Vols 1 & 2) (https://vayse.bandcamp.com/) Vayse on Ko-Fi (https://ko-fi.com/vayse) Vayse email: vayseinfo@gmail.com Special Guest: Aidan Wachter.

Co-directors of Consent Academy https://www.instagram.com/consentacademy/ Ariana and Ash, join Luxa https://linktr.ee/LuxaStrata to discuss how magical work with groups or solo (and activities or relationships of any kind) can be improved through learning about and using consent practices, and how the risk of consent incidents happening can be decreased through education, respect, and slowing down and taking one's time. Topics discussed include contextualizing consent in relationships with non-human entities, the will and desire, consent culture and egregores as well as The Consent Academy's 4 part model of consent. Ariana iis an ordained monk in the Tantric Shingon lineage of Buddhism who has a background in linguistics, education and violence prevention. Ash has a background in sex education and domestic violence prevention and is an abortion doula and adjunct faculty member at Antioch University. Luxa also shares listener mail and an update about The Green Mushroom Project https://greenmushroomproject.com/ and Void House- creating a consent forward magical space for conducting group work both in person and online, investigating the magical and alchemical properties of consent and providing consent education to magically inclined people. Much Love! Full Show Notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zrSqUef5dA65XwjwDrHnrR8WWkhQk1iR0GSLMQXocr8/pub Check out The Consent Academy https://www.consent.academy/ Thanks for listening to the Lux Occult Podcast! Support the show by helping Luxa buy books and curtail other costs, as well as taking a bibliomancy break by giving on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/luxoccult or Buy Me a Coffee.com for a one time donation: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/luxoccultpod?new=1  We would love to hear from you! Please send your thoughts, questions, suggestions or arcane revelations to luxoccultpod@gmail.com or message on Instagram @luxoccultpod https://www.instagram.com/luxoccultpod/ The Green Mushroom Project https://greenmushroomproject.com/ Find Luxa's work published in Serpents of Circe: A Manual to Magical Resilience edited by Laura Tempest Zakroff and Ron Padrón https://revelore.press/product/serpents-of-circe-a-manual-to-magical-resilience/ Weird Web Radio Episode 101- Luxa Strata- Consent, Chaos Magic, Experiments and The Self https://open.spotify.com/episode/4t431wA9D1uNnM2SAUa2ci?si=rDyF_nAUR3qOYJ5LWhcB5A Sex and Sigil Magic 101 w/ Luxa Strata and Damian Agony, Kinkschool 2024 (November 23rd, 2024) Use code LUXA10 to get 10% off tickets! https://www.kinkschool.ca/ Curious about steel mace flow? Check out Fourth Dimension Fitness: https://www.fourthdimensionfitness.com/ Companion Episodes of Lux Occult: 48. The 5 Pillars of Consent w/ Zach Budd & Odin and Inclusive Heathenry w/ Lonnie Scott https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/luxa-strata/episodes/48--The-5-Pillars-of-Consent-w-Zach-Budd--Odin-and-Inclusive-Heathenry-w-Lonnie-Scott-e1m0qbr 63. Becoming Undomesticated: In Praise of the Wild Spirit w/ Ramon Castellanos & A Very Paranormal Summer w/ Flood from Ex V Planis https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/luxa-strata/episodes/63--Becoming-Undomesticated-In-Praise-of-the-Wild-Spirit-w-Ramon-Castellanos--A-Very-Paranormal-Summer-w-Flood-from-Ex-V-Planis-e268vbe 77. The Fixed Gaze w/ Aidan Wachter https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/luxa-strata/episodes/77--The-Fixed-Gaze-w-Aidan-Wachter-e2gfb42 85. Demons, Playing Cards & Wreck This Deck w/ Becky Annison & Secrets of Greek Mysticism w/ George Lizos https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/luxa-strata/episodes/85--Demons--Playing-Cards--Wreck-This-Deck-w-Becky-Annison--Secrets-of-Greek-Mysticism-w-George-Lizos-e2mds6s

It's time to kick around an idea that gets brought up and used quite a bit these days. Unverified personal Gnosis are the terms used to describe a belief gained through personal subjective experience, not things which are confirmed by traditions or in groups. They usually inform the belief system of those that experience them. On this episode, we will be talking with someone whose entire practice is based around Unverified Personal Gnosis. That's right! It's the long-awaited return of author and animist sorcerer Aidan Wachter!

Today we continue on with our popular living the tarot series with another very special guest. Today we have the one and only Aidan Wachter! In this episode, we get into a very deep, very philosophical all about magic. If you are interested in the occult, as well as learning from a very experienced practitioner, this episode is for you. Guest bio: Aidan Wachter is an eclectic animist, magician, and witch. His work focuses on magical approaches that produce real change in the practitioner and their reality. Wachter believes that magic is an inherent aspect of the human animal that, when missing or neglected, can lead to pathological states in the individual. These states then ripple out into human society and beyond it. It is his belief that magic can be a tool to re-frame what is possible for a person and, from that position, create better possible futures for all beings. He is the author of Six Ways: Approaches & Entries For Practical Magic, Weaving Fate: Hypersigils, Changing The Past, & Telling True Lies, and Changeling: A Book Of Qualities.www.aidanwachter.comhttps://www.patreon.com/aidanwachterFind Aidan on Instagram. https://www.amazon.com/stores/Aidan%20Wachter/author/B07B4LVRTC 

Michael M Hughes https://www.michaelmhughes.com/ joins Luxa https://linktr.ee/LuxaStrata to share about experiences surrounding the ritual he created to bind the reality TV star the US elected as president in 2016 and which ended up being propelled to viral fame, becoming the largest magical working in history. There's some great stuff about the history of the Tarot and Micheal's courses in the subject, with some debunking of popular myths (spoiler alert, it's not from Ancient Egypt, but that doesn't make it any less cool or interesting). Also explored are the intersections of the Trickster, the and the Magician archetypes, and what this might have to do with the stage magician, the “sacred trap” and more.  During a break Luxa shares about The Green Sphere https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQsi-sqCg1RgxZWbePZ7-boZ1k0Xknnpgbzof31_KNtfegkMgLXcqGK1pZQfNm4m35xmOXKhNPm_S3t/pub, a protection and healing ritual you can take part in on June 8th, 2024; as well as a few books from The Green Mushroom Hyphosigil Project's 23:Bibliomancy scripture https://greenmushroomproject.com/category/23bibliomancy/, Mushroom updates, listener mail and more! Much Love.  Find Micheal M. Hughes Tarot courses at https://www.theartofmagicalliving.com/ For Full Show Notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQKXnALo5UAUxLjnvyIMNUrF0MYij3ZKNrk6XvRg7qcjVc2dpcW_vGla6TAMmlZRpnv5Xm2iuUZusLz/pub Thanks for listening to the Lux Occult Podcast! Support the show by helping Luxa buy books and curtail other costs, as well as taking a bibliomancy break by giving on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/luxoccult or Buy Me a Coffee.com for a one time donation: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/luxoccultpod?new=1  We would love to hear from you! Please send your thoughts, questions, suggestions or arcane revelations to luxoccultpod@gmail.com or message on Instagram @luxoccultpod https://www.instagram.com/luxoccultpod/ This episode features tracks from “Fuck Around and Find Out pt. 2”, the We the Hallowed and Green Mushroom Project digital mixtape. Big thanks to the following creators, and to everyone who contributed to the project. Check out the entire mix here! https://wethehallowed.bandcamp.com/album/fuck-around-find-out-2-the-green-mushroom-project-and-we-the-hallowed-digital-mixtape?from=embed Reality Tunnels: by GNYVE ⁠https://wethehallowed.bandcamp.com/track/reality-tunnels-by-gnyve Companion Episodes of Lux Occult:  10. Ritual, Performance and Theatre with Dr. Rob C. Thompson from Occult Confessions and The Dark Pool ⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/luxa-strata/episodes/10--Ritual--Performance-and-Theatre-with-Dr--Rob-C--Thompson-from-Occult-Confessions-and-The-Dark-Pool-embqem⁠ 12. Dirt Sorcery, Hypersigils, and Claiming Your Power with Aidan Wachter ⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/luxa-strata/episodes/12--Dirt-Sorcery--Hypersigils--and-Claiming-Your-Power-with-Aidan-Wachter-enavk0⁠ 27. Conspiracy Thought and the "Occult Conspiracy" with Dr. Rob C. Thompson ⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/luxa-strata/episodes/27--Conspiracy-Thought-and-the-Occult-Conspiracy-with-Dr--Rob-C--Thompson-e141qeb⁠ 75. Psychoanalysis and the Cut-up Technique w/ Dr. Vanessa Sinclair & Anonymous Agnostic Antichrists w/ Derek Hunter ⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/luxa-strata/episodes/75--Psychoanalysis-and-the-Cut-up-Technique-w-Dr--Vanessa-Sinclair--Anonymous-Agnostic-Antichrists-w-Derek-Hunter-e2erbui⁠

Neurodivergent perspectives & magic... Could they be two sides of the same coin? Aidan Wachter, an animist, author, and healer, has been involved in practical magic since the 1980s. He is an animist and is deeply concerned with the effects of modern Western life-ways on the human animal, on both physical and spiritual levels. In this show, Aidan and Lian explore the intersection of magic and neurodivergencence. They discuss how neurodivergence and magic appear to overlap, including the unique perspectives and experiences that neurodivergent individuals bring to the practice of magic. We'd love to know what YOU think about this week's show. Let's carry on the conversation… please leave a comment wherever you are listening or in any of our other spaces to engage. What you'll learn from this episode: Neurodivergent individuals often have a different worldview and experience of reality, which can lead them to seek out practices like magic to make sense of the world in a way that aligns more with their perspectives. Magic is not just a metaphor or psychological process, but a way of engaging with a different reality that neurodivergent individuals may be more attuned to. The intersection of neurodivergence and magic challenges societal norms and offers alternative ways of understanding and engaging with the world. Having allies and support is crucial in navigating the world as a neurodivergent person and is something we gain access to once we open to the reality of magic and the profound relationships that lie there. Resources and stuff spoken about: Visit Aidan's Website: www.aidanwachter.com Listen to Aidan's Podcast here : Six Ways Podcast Join UNIO, the Academy of Sacred Union: This is for the old souls in this new world… Discover your kin & unite with your soul's calling to truly live your myth. Be Mythical Join our mailing list for soul stirring goodness: https://www.bemythical.com/moonly Join us in UNIO: The Academy of Sacred Union Go Deeper: https://www.bemythical.com/godeeper Follow us: Facebook Instagram TikTok YouTube Thank you for listening! There's a fresh episode released each week here and on most podcast platforms - and video too on YouTube - if you subscribe then you'll get each new episode delivered to your device every week automagically (that way you'll never miss an episode).  

Angela Guyton https://www.angelaguyton.com/about/ (Nothing Rhymes w/ Rats, Paradoxical +) shares about the experience of being an accomplished comic book artist who would also like to be a comic book writer, and the sometimes uncomfortable journey of stretching one's wings in a creative practice. The concepts discussed could be applied to a new endeavor of any type! Merrily Duffy, host of the Casual Temple Podcast https://casualtemple.com/ shares about her journey into the magical paradigm in which she currently works, exploring a variety of topics such as  kundalini yoga, ceremonial magic and working with the planets, especially hoary old Saturn. Luxa https://linktr.ee/LuxaStrata conducts some magical work, provides a poetry snack and an update about The Green Mushroom Project as well as sharing a Void Journal entry about the intersections of ritual and kink; and makes an announcement about Void House- a new experiment to create a consent-forward magical space. Much Love! Thanks for listening to the Lux Occult Podcast! Support the show by helping Luxa buy books and curtail other costs, as well as taking a bibliomancy break by giving on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/luxoccult or Buy Me a Coffee.com for a one time donation: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/luxoccultpod?new=1  We would love to hear from you! Please send your thoughts, questions, suggestions or arcane revelations to luxoccultpod@gmail.com or message on Instagram @luxoccultpod https://www.instagram.com/luxoccultpod/ Angela Guyton:https://www.angelaguyton.com/about/ https://www.instagram.com/angieastronaut/ Merrily Duffy: https://www.instagram.com/merrilyduffy/ https://casualtemple.com/ Full show notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTy9Qnzczb-4YsOSSshAkpxLtOdQDc6dJ0ZaAzUgZSzsR_3PeRAnE7ofljFvCtQfVWBHwZ1F_OhKhtd/pub Find Nothing Rhymes with Rats available for purchase here: https://www.angelaguyton.com/store/ Casual Temple 22: Magical Musings: EXPLORING Art, Science, and Philosophy VIA Chaos Magick for Personal Growth w/ Luxa Strata https://casualtemple.com/episodes/ep-22/ Hear Luxa and Keats Ross on Rendering Unconscious podcast: https://www.renderingunconscious.org/art/ru287-luxa-strata-keats-ross-on-23rd-mind-magic-occulture-creativity-art-podcasting/ Find Lux Occult "Hello Void" T-shirts and more at Illumin Industries: https://www.etsy.com/shop/IlluminIndustries Companion Episodes of Lux Occult:  53. Nothing Rhymes with Rats w/ Ramsey Janini & Cryptids and Conspiracies w/ Chad from Unearthing Paranormalcy https://open.spotify.com/episode/5PzK98UP9PdGYub2D5MhN1?si=-BoYRZ6yRXaexxRxpCUeoQ 26. Metacognition, Neuroplasticity, and Healing from Trauma with Dave Neal https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/luxa-strata/episodes/26--Metacognition--Neuroplasticity--and-Healing-from-Trauma-with-Dave-Neal-e13b4fm 48. The 5 Pillars of Consent w/ Zach Budd & Odin and Inclusive Heathenry w/ Lonnie Scott https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/luxa-strata/episodes/48--The-5-Pillars-of-Consent-w-Zach-Budd--Odin-and-Inclusive-Heathenry-w-Lonnie-Scott-e1m0qbr 75. Psychoanalysis and the Cut-up Technique w/ Dr. Vanessa Sinclair & Anonymous Agnostic Antichrists w/ Derek Hunter https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/luxa-strata/episodes/75--Psychoanalysis-and-the-Cut-up-Technique-w-Dr--Vanessa-Sinclair--Anonymous-Agnostic-Antichrists-w-Derek-Hunter-e2erbui 74. The Magician and the Machine w/ Eric J. Millar & Mme. Vendredi https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/luxa-strata/episodes/74--The-Magician-and-the-Machine-w-Eric-J--Millar--Mme--Vendredi-e2eavuc 12. Dirt Sorcery, Hypersigils, and Claiming Your Power with Aidan Wachter https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/luxa-strata/episodes/12--Dirt-Sorcery--Hypersigils--and-Claiming-Your-Power-with-Aidan-Wachter-enavk0 Produced by Luxa Strata, 2024

Aidan Wachter https://www.patreon.com/aidanwachter, author of Changeling, Six Ways, and Weaving Fate, joins Luxa https://linktr.ee/LuxaStrata to discuss ways of cultivating resilience and focusing on the bigger picture by aligning one's attention with one's intention. Aidan shares about the somatic work he's been conducting to move through anxiety, some thoughts about his time away from the public eye and much more! There is also a teaser about a new project he is working on. Luxa shares Book 19 of The Green Mushroom Project 23:Bibliomancy scripture, a poetry snack in the form of a psalm to Praxidice, a sound magick track for cleansing and banishing, and some musings about forging a knife. Much Love! For Full Show Notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vS1nIESTr2AHuwF9EmAJcUb_L3SIKus6jO64yg39IPHikGAtpSTuv5aq7EgZi0KfsWXRwmlnCAtrRx6/pub Thanks for listening to the Lux Occult Podcast! To support the show by helping Luxa buy books and curtail other costs, as well as taking a bibliomancy break, consider giving on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/luxoccult or Buy Me a Coffee.com for a one time donation: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/luxoccultpod?new=1  We would love to hear from you! Please send your thoughts, questions, suggestions or arcane revelations to luxoccultpod@gmail.com or message on Instagram @luxoccultpod https://www.instagram.com/luxoccultpod/ Find Aidan Wachter at https://www.aidanwachter.com/ EYES OF YOUR EYES- Luxa Strata ft. Folds & Floods https://youtu.be/EfdQ-pJEBsg Casual Temple 22: Magical Musings: EXPLORING Art, Science, and Philosophy VIA Chaos Magick for Personal Growth w/ Luxa Strata https://casualtemple.com/episodes/ep-22/ Companion Episodes of Lux Occult:  12. Dirt Sorcery, Hypersigils, and Claiming Your Power with Aidan Wachter https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/luxa-strata/episodes/12--Dirt-Sorcery--Hypersigils--and-Claiming-Your-Power-with-Aidan-Wachter-enavk0 29. Visualization Demystified & Imagination Magick Re-imagined with Aidan Wachter https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/luxa-strata/episodes/29--Visualization-Demystified--Imagination-Magick-Re-imagined-with-Aidan-Wachter-e15lcqp 42. Changeling and Changing the Script w/ Aidan Wachter & Occulture Jammer w/ Joy https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/luxa-strata/episodes/42--Changeling-and-Changing-the-Script-w-Aidan-Wachter--Occulture-Jammer-w-Joy-e1fu1hn 26. Metacognition, Neuroplasticity, and Healing from Trauma with Dave Neal https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/luxa-strata/episodes/26--Metacognition--Neuroplasticity--and-Healing-from-Trauma-with-Dave-Neal-e13b4fm 48. The 5 Pillars of Consent w/ Zach Budd & Odin and Inclusive Heathenry w/ Lonnie Scotthttps://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/luxa-strata/episodes/48--The-5-Pillars-of-Consent-w-Zach-Budd--Odin-and-Inclusive-Heathenry-w-Lonnie-Scott-e1m0qbr 67. The Wiliest Chaotes w/ Chaos Magick News & Ghost Boxes and Gematria w/ Bobby Hale https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/luxa-strata/episodes/67--The-Wiliest-Chaotes-w-Chaos-Magick-News--Ghost-Boxes-and-Gematria-w-Bobby-Hale-e29k10v 75. Psychoanalysis and the Cut-up Technique w/ Dr. Vanessa Sinclair & Anonymous Agnostic Antichrists w/ Derek Hunter ⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/luxa-strata/episodes/75--Psychoanalysis-and-the-Cut-up-Technique-w-Dr--Vanessa-Sinclair--Anonymous-Agnostic-Antichrists-w-Derek-Hunter-e2erbui⁠ Check out all the awesome tools on the Chaos Tarot.com Trinary web app! https://www.chaostarot.com/app/

VYS0034 | The Weird Review of the Year 2023 Pt.1 - Show Notes 2023 was a weird year, a slightly frightening year, a year dominated by UAPs becoming ever more unidentified, AIs becoming ever more intelligent, the Military–industrial complex becoming ever more complex and human beings becoming ever more fucking stupid. In this first part of the second annual Weird Review of the Year, Hine takes Buckley on a fevered journey through the haunted forest of the memories of the year that was, stopping along the way to point out the many strange lights in the sky, the fierce black leopards in the long grass, and the spoon bending, sooth-saying light entertainer hiding in the dark shadows cast by the impenetrable canopy of misinformation onto the windy, uncertain and often deceptive desire-path of truth... (recorded 15 January 2024) Thanks to robo-Walken for his kind words and patience and as always to Keith for the show notes - give him a follow on bluesky: @peakflow.bsky.social Again, the news stories in this episode were sourced from the weird and wonderous website https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/ - bookmark it and check it daily. Hine's Intro They Live, “Chew Bubble Gum and Kick Ass” scene; Crazy Yak - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1TcnQxV4BE) They Live (film) - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/They_Live) Roddy Piper - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roddy_Piper) All About Dog Poop - Purina (https://www.purina.co.uk/articles/dogs/health/digestion/guide-to-dog-poop) Christopher Walken - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Walken) Imagination is a spectrum – and 1% of people can't mentally visualise things at all - The Conversation (https://theconversation.com/imagination-is-a-spectrum-and-1-of-people-cant-mentally-visualise-things-at-all-199794) Aphantasia - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphantasia) Mental image - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mental_image) Aidan Wachter's website (https://www.aidanwachter.com/) Jason Miller's website (https://strategicsorcery.net/) The Shamanic Journey - Shaman Links (https://www.shamanlinks.net/shaman-info/about-shamanism/the-shamanic-journey/) Does Everyone Have an Inner Monologue? - Very Well Mind (https://www.verywellmind.com/does-everyone-have-an-inner-monologue-6831748) Lev Vygotsky, Thinking and Speech - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lev_Vygotsky#Thinking_and_Speech) Subtitled speech: Phenomenology of tickertape synesthesia - Science Direct (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0010945222003203?via%3Dihub) Visual imagery vividness declines across the lifespan; Science Direct (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0010945222001897?via%3Dihub) January 2023 Russia ‘liquidates' UFO Russia Says It Shot Down a UFO - Newsweek (https://www.newsweek.com/russia-rostov-ufo-object-rostov-drone-1771582) Russia Says It Shot Down a UFO (includes video footage) - Cosmos News, YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPNCy5L2bgk) What are UAPs, and why do UFOs have a new name? - CBS News (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/what-are-uaps-unexplained-aerial-phenomenon-ufos-new-name/) Uri Geller blames aliens for outages Jan 11, 2023 Tweet by Uri Geller (https://x.com/theurigeller/status/1613142144599953413?s=20) Uri Geller - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uri_Geller) Software maintenance mistake at center of major FAA computer meltdown: Official - ABC News (https://abcnews.go.com/US/computer-failure-faa-impact-flights-nationwide/story?id=96358202) Meta's social media apps back up after brief outage, Downdetector says - Reuters (https://www.reuters.com/technology/metas-social-media-apps-down-thousands-users-downdetector-2023-01-26/) Microsoft cloud outage hits users around the world - CNN Business (https://edition.cnn.com/2023/01/25/tech/microsoft-cloud-outage-worldwide-trnd/index.html) Phenomena: The Secret History of the U.S. Government's Investigations into Extrasensory Perception and Psychokinesis, by Annie Jacobsen - Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30841980-phenomena) Andrija Puharich - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrija_Puharich) Remote viewing - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_viewing) Why Do Artists Lip Sync? Should It Be Acceptable? - Untapped Sound (https://untappedsound.com/why-do-artists-lip-sync-should-it-be-acceptable/) Secret CIA Tests Found TV Psychic Uri Geller Really Did Have Special Powers - The Daily Beast (https://www.thedailybeast.com/secret-cia-tests-found-tv-psychic-uri-geller-really-did-have-special-powers) Third Eye Spies, Official Trailer - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZvAd4TlUNY) Third Eye Spies (Full Documentary) - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WUaS_Ynd_M) Hellier Season 1 - Planet Weird TV (https://www.planetweird.tv/hellier-season-1) Study finds link between poor sleep and paranormal beliefs Poor Sleep Linked To Paranormal Beliefs Around Aliens, Ghosts, And Demons - IFL Science (https://www.iflscience.com/poor-sleep-linked-to-paranormal-beliefs-around-aliens-ghosts-and-demons-67190) The associations between paranormal beliefs and sleep variables - Journal of Sleep Research, Wiley Online Library (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jsr.13810) Insomnia - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insomnia) In Our Time (radio series) - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Our_Time_(radio_series)) In Our Time podcast episodes - BBC (https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qykl/episodes/player) Dana Scully - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dana_Scully) Sleep deprivation -- Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_deprivation) Sleep paralysis - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_paralysis) Exploding head syndrome - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploding_head_syndrome) Night hag - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_hag) Analysis paralysis - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analysis_paralysis) Consensus reality - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consensus_reality) Surf culture - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surf_culture) Scientists discover that the Sea Spider can regrow its anus Sea spiders can regrow their anuses, scientists discover - Live Science (https://www.livescience.com/sea-spiders-anus-regeneration) Pycnogonum litorale - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pycnogonum_litorale) Arthropod - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthropod) Arachnid - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arachnid) Uncovering the Mysteries of Sea Spider Anatomy - Spiders USA (https://spidersusa.com/uncovering-the-mysteries-of-sea-spider-anatomy/) Vayse episodes in January VYS0014 | The Weird Review of the Year 2022 (https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0014) VYS0015 | The Green Witch's Guide to the January Blues - Vayse to Face with Jennifer Lane (https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0015) The Wheel: A Witch's Path Back to the Ancient Self by Jennifer Lane - Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59126905-the-wheel) The Witch's Survival Guide: Spells for Healing from Stress and Burnout by Jennifer Lane - Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91301757-the-witch-s-survival-guide) The Black Air by Jennifer Lane - Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61350299-the-black-air) February 2023 The Great High-Altitude Object Flap US shoots down suspected Chinese spy balloon over east coast - The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/04/chinese-spy-balloon-shot-down-us) 2023 Chinese balloon incident - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Chinese_balloon_incident) Roswell incident - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roswell_incident) Unidentified object shot down over Alaska by US military, White House says - The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/10/alaska-us-military-unidentified-object-white-house) Why the Military Keeps Spotting so Many Unidentified Flying Objects—and Then Shooting Them Down - Time (https://time.com/6255261/us-shoots-down-unidentified-objects/) List of high-altitude object events in 2023 - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_high-altitude_object_events_in_2023) Body Snatchers in the Desert: The Horrible Truth at the Heart of the Roswell Story by Nick Redfern - Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/276887.Body_Snatchers_in_the_Desert) Nick Redfern's blog (https://nickredfernfortean.blogspot.com/) Progeria - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progeria) What Really Happened at Roswell? - Where Did The Road Go? podcast (https://wheredidtheroadgo.com/show-archive/2023/item/845-what-really-happened-at-roswell-march-11-2023) Nick Redfern: The Roswell UFO Conspiracy - Somewhere in the Skies podcast (https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/somewhere-in-the-skies/id1227858637?i=1000385909775) Mirage Men: An Adventure into Paranoia, Espionage, Psychological Warfare, and UFOs by Mark Pilkington - Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9045589-mirage-men) Encounters: Experiences with Nonhuman Intelligences by D.W. Pasulka - Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/65213521-encounters) Artificial intelligence - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_intelligence) Zeitgeist - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeitgeist) Man killed by chicken Man dies from ‘aggressive' chicken attack causes fatal puncture wounds; Yahoo (https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/man-dies-aggressive-chicken-attack-142956366.html) ‘Litres of blood': Daughter of man who died after chicken attack breaks silence - The Independent (https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/brahma-chicken-man-killed-jasper-kraus-b2284350.html) Man found dead in pool of blood after chicken attack, inquest hears - Irish Examiner (https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41070338.html) DARPA trials pilotless AI-powered fighter jets ACE Program's AI Agents Transition from Simulation to Live Flight - DARPA (https://www.darpa.mil/news-events/2023-02-13) The US Air Force Is Moving Fast on AI-Piloted Fighter Jets - Wired (https://www.wired.com/story/us-air-force-skyborg-vista-ai-fighter-jets/) Beyond Automation: How Artificial Intelligence Is Transforming Aviation - Future Flight (https://www.futureflight.aero/news-article/2023-07-13/beyond-automation-how-artificial-intelligence-transforming-aviation) Brace yourselves: AI could co-pilot planes, reveals Emirates Airline president - Interesting Engineering (https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/single-pilot-flights-with-ai) Vayse episodes in February VYS0016 | We Created It By Talking About It - Vayse to Face with Ken Eakins (https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0016) SideVayse: SVYS002 | Darkness, Darkness (https://www.vayse.co.uk/svys002) The Darkness (band) - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Darkness_(band)) March 2023 Colombian children hospitalised after playing with a Ouija board (again) 28 girls hospitalized with ‘anxiety' after playing with Ouija board - New York Post (https://nypost.com/2023/03/07/28-girls-hospitalized-for-anxiety-after-ouija-board-game/) 11 children found collapsed in school corridor after playing Ouija board game - Daily Mirror (2022) (https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/11-children-found-collapsed-school-28459270) Ouija - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouija) Virgin Mary statues - Lostpedia (https://lostpedia.fandom.com/wiki/Virgin_Mary_statues) Occam's razor - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam's_razor) The Exorcist (film), 1973 - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Exorcist) The Exorcist | 4K Ultra HD Official Trailer; Warner Bros. - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BU2eYAO31Cc) Cylindrical UFO sighted over Baghdad Cylindrical UFO detected by thermal imaging drone flying over Baghdad - Curious Cosmos (includes video) (https://curiosmos.com/cylindrical-ufo-detected-by-thermal-imaging-drone-flying-over-baghdad/) The "Jellyfish UAP" is just a smudge on the IR camera's casing - Reddit (includes arguments for and against) (https://www.reddit.com/r/UFOs/comments/192w8u1/the_jellyfish_uap_is_just_a_smudge_on_the_ir/) Floating "Jellyfish" UFO haunted US military base in Iraq for years, says former US Marine intelligence analyst - Daily Mail (includes videos) (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-12956423/Floating-Jellyfish-UFO-haunted-military-base-Iraq-years-says-former-Marine-intelligence-analyst-shown-infrared-video-colleagues.html) Optics, Human eye - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optics#Human_eye) Seeing "Jesus in toast" phenomenon perfectly normal, professor says - Science Daily (https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/05/140506115622.htm) Pareidolia - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareidolia) George Knapp - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Knapp_(television_journalist)) Jeremey Corbell - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Corbell) Calvine UFO photo solved? UFO investigator claims to have ‘solved' UK's biggest X-Files mystery in Scotland - MSN, Daily Record (https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/other/ufo-investigator-claims-to-have-solved-uk-s-biggest-x-files-mystery-in-scotland/ar-AA18iVpg) Secret UFO dossier into 1990 Scottish "spacecraft sighting" sealed for another 50 years - Daily Record (https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/secret-ufo-dossier-1990-scottish-22824456) BAE Systems Military Air & Information - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAE_Systems_Military_Air_%26_Information) Warton Aerodrome - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warton_Aerodrome) Woman has been eating toilet paper every day for 23 years "It's Like Crack": Chicago Woman Gets Addicted To Eating Toilet Paper Rolls - India Times (https://www.indiatimes.com/trending/wtf/woman-addicted-to-eating-toilet-rolls-594963.html) Woman has been eating toilet paper every day for 23 years - Unexplained Mysteries (https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/364593/woman-has-been-eating-toilet-paper-every-day-for-23-years) Pica (disorder) - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pica_(disorder)) Matter-Eater Lad - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matter-Eater_Lad) Magpie - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magpie) Michel Lotito - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Lotito) Harry Crews - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Crews) Car: A Novel by Harry Crews - Amazon (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Car-Novel-Harry-Crews/dp/068802145X/) Classic Crews: A Harry Crews Reader by Harry Crews - Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/24844) Penny Royal, Season Two, Episode Two: Mystery Machine (James Shelby Downard) (https://www.pennyroyalpodcast.com/) James Shelby Downard - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Shelby_Downard) Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Searching_for_the_Wrong-Eyed_Jesus) Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus (trailer); Dogwoof - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6p3yEqMeU64) Arena: Searching for the One Eyed Jesus - BBC iPlayer (https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0074qfn/arena-searching-for-the-wrongeyed-jesus) Kesha - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kesha) Gag Order (album) - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gag_Order_(album)) Gag Order by Kesha (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KOCqO0pNtc&list=PLxA687tYuMWjQSSU1zRr3N2-xg5X0-LUe) Kesha and the Creepies - Apple Podcast (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/kesha-and-the-creepies/id1534028155) Alice Cooper - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Cooper) St Vincent (musician) - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Vincent_(musician)) Kelly Osborne - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly_Osbourne) Mitch Horowitz - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch_Horowitz) Rick Rubin - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Rubin) Uri Geller posts more UFO stuff Uri Geller posts up footage of alleged UFO on Twitter - Unexplained Mysteries (https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/365560/uri-geller-posts-up-footage-of-alleged-ufo-on-twitter) March 29, 2023 Tweet by Uri Geller (https://x.com/theurigeller/status/1641148655615737884?s=20) Vayse episodes in March VYS0017 | Occult Detective - Vayse to Face with Bob Freeman (https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0017) VYS0018 | Ex Cabus Ad Astra - Vayse to Face with Kathryn J Preston (https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0018) April 2023 Elon Musk starts new AI company Elon Musk quietly starts X.AI, a new artificial intelligence company to challenge OpenAI - VentureBeat (https://venturebeat.com/ai/elon-musk-quietly-starts-x-ai-a-new-artificial-intelligence-company-to-challenge-openai/) US Senate Committee holds open hearings on the UFO issue UFO hearing in Senate: New videos but no hard evidence - EarthSky (https://earthsky.org/human-world/ufo-hearing-senate-uap-congress/) Pentagon has "no credible evidence" of aliens or UFOs that defy physics - Space (https://www.space.com/pentagon-aaro-ufo-hearing-april-2023) AARO website (https://www.aaro.mil/) Ontology - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontology) Spanish athlete spends 500 days alone in cave A Spanish athlete spent 500 days alone in a cave — for science - NPR (https://www.npr.org/2023/04/17/1170388759/500-days-cave-beatriz-flamini-spain) Woman spends 500 days alone in a cave – how extreme isolation can alter your sense of time - The Conversation (https://theconversation.com/woman-spends-500-days-alone-in-a-cave-how-extreme-isolation-can-alter-your-sense-of-time-204166) Circadian rhythm - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circadian_rhythm) Pop out cake - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_out_cake) Social isolation and dementia risk - Alzheimer's Society (https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/about-dementia/managing-the-risk-of-dementia/reduce-your-risk-of-dementia/social-isolation) Time anxiety: what it is and how you can deal with it - Clockify (https://clockify.me/blog/managing-time/time-anxiety/) Time out of Joint: Capitalism takes a dysrhythmic toll on nature's clocks and human lives - Sociological Review (https://thesociologicalreview.org/magazine/march-2022/time/time-out-of-joint/) Vayse episodes in April VYS0019 – It's a Very, Very Mad World: Donnie Darko (https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0019) VYS0020 | Messages of Deception - Vayse to Face with Mark Pilkington (https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0020) Mirage Men: An Adventure into Paranoia, Espionage, Psychological Warfare, and UFOs by Mark Pilkington - Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9045589-mirage-men) May 2023 Spherical object of unknown origin intercepted off Hawaii F-22s Intercepted “Spherical Object” Off Hawaii In Latest Balloon Chase - The Drive (https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/f-22s-intercepted-spherical-object-off-hawaii-in-latest-balloon-chase) ‘Definitive proof‘: Big cats prowl the British countryside New DNA evidence "confirms" presence of big cats in the UK - Discover Wildlife (https://www.discoverwildlife.com/news/new-dna-evidence-confirms-presence-of-big-cats-in-the-uk) British big cats - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_big_cats) Panthera Britannia Declassified (Official Trailer); Dragonfly Films - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQd87zpahpI) Panthera Britannia streaming: where to watch online? - Just Watch (https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/panthera-britannia) Joe Exotic (‘The Tiger King') - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Exotic) Stanford professor says aliens are ‘100 %' on earth Stanford professor says aliens are ‘100 per cent' on earth, US is ‘reverse-engineering downed UFOs' - News.com (https://www.news.com.au/technology/science/space/stanford-professor-says-aliens-are-100-per-cent-on-earth-us-is-reverseengineering-downed-ufos/news-story/041694ef5df4791fbdfa303a08f34a9c) This Stanford Professor With CIA Ties Says Aliens Are ‘100 Percent' Already Here - Popular Mechanics (https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/a43978705/stanford-professor-says-aliens-are-already-here/) Garry Nolan - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garry_Nolan) American Cosmic: UFOs, Religion, Technology by D.W. Pasulka - Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38819245-american-cosmic) Encounters: Experiences with Nonhuman Intelligences by D.W. Pasulka - Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/65213521-encounters) Sekret Machines: Gods - Volume 1 of Gods, Man, & War by Tom DeLonge and Peter Levenda -Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32505811-sekret-machines) Communion (1989) - Trailer; The SciFi Spot - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJ9SI7WShfU) Luis Elizondo - Wikipeida (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Elizondo) Immunology - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immunology) Erich von Däniken - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erich_von_D%C3%A4niken) Sinister Forces Book Three: The Manson Secret by Peter Levenda - Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19183915-sinister-forces-the-manson-secret) Whitley Strieber - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitley_Strieber) Operation Paperclip - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Paperclip) MKUltra - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MKUltra) Prisoner of Infinity: Social Engineering, UFOs, and the Psychology of Fragmentation by Jasun Horsley - Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39729748-prisoner-of-infinity) FDA approves Elon Musk's Neuralink chip for human trials The FDA finally approved Elon Musk's Neuralink chip for human trials. Have all the concerns been addressed? - The Conversation (https://theconversation.com/the-fda-finally-approved-elon-musks-neuralink-chip-for-human-trials-have-all-the-concerns-been-addressed-206610) The Gruesome Story of How Neuralink's Monkeys Actually Died - Wired (https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-pcrm-neuralink-monkey-deaths/) Elon Musk's claim that no monkey died as a result of Neuralink implants contradicts records that show how the animals experienced brain swelling, paralysis, seizures, and other health effects, letter to SEC alleges - Business Insider (https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-neuralink-monkeys-infections-paralysis-brain-swelling-implants-sec-2023-9?r=US&IR=T#:~:text=Musk%2C%20who%20co%2Dfounded%20the,connect%20to%20a%20device%20remotely) Musk's Neuralink faces federal inquiry after killing 1,500 animals in testing - The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/dec/05/neuralink-animal-testing-elon-musk-investigation) Neuralink website (https://neuralink.com/) Vayse episodes in May VYS0021 | Song of the Dark Man - Vayse to Face with Darragh Mason (https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0021) Spirit Box S2 #18 / Peter Hine and Stephen Buckley, Dreams, Nightmares and Pan - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mkrq25g2vWc) SideVayse: SVYS003 | Anglezarke (https://www.vayse.co.uk/svys003) Prague - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prague) John Dee - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dee) Enochian - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enochian) Allen Greenfield on Twitter (https://twitter.com/allengreenfield) Vayse online Vayse website (https://www.vayse.co.uk/) Vayse on Twitter (https://twitter.com/vayseesyav) Vayse on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/vayseesyav/) Music From Vayse - Volume 1 by Polypores (https://vayse.bandcamp.com/album/music-from-vayse-volume-1) Vayse on Ko-Fi (https://ko-fi.com/vayse) Vayse email: vayseinfo@gmail.com

Rejoice! The legendary Aidan Wachter is back on SB! Aidan is a magician and the author of three books, Six Ways,  Weaving Fate and Changeling. This show is called ‘it's solved buy walking after a phrase Aidan used in our conversation. We discuss the impact nature can have on us as we're working through the often challenging landscape of our lives. We discuss how our engagement and immersion into the landscape of our environment can nourish and bring healing to our internal world. And actually just how simple that process can be. We get into ones allies guiding writing, how it can be a collaborative process. What it's like to write three very successful books. In the plus show we discuss what it's like to be a vehicle for the current. The field as an organism and as magical practitioners we have a function. We also go through how it's unlikely one will remain the same as ‘you once were' if you develop a magical life and how that change will not always be pretty. It rarely is. We also go into how there is a sense that similar is happening on an international level and how to navigate things when confronted with difficult and the downright awful. It's good stuff.Enjoy Show notes:Aidan's Instagram https://www.instagram.com/aidan_wachter/ Althaea Sebastiani https://www.instagram.com/ladyalthaea/ Co-regulation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Co-regulation Birdsong frequency benefits https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-20841-0 Aidan Wachter https://www.aidanwachter.com/ Six ways https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39028487-six-ways Weaving fate https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54854252-weaving-fate Changeling https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59717179-changeling Aidan on Weird Web Radio https://www.patreon.com/weirdwebradio/posts --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/spirit-box/message

Welcome to Weird Web Radio! Guess who's back! Back Again! AIDAN WACHTER is back! Tell your friends!  Aidan's back! Aidan's back! Aidan's back! Any fan of this show knows by now that Aidan Wachter is not only a common guest on here, but more importantly, Aidan is among those rare friends I count as found family. When he warned me a long while ago that he was going to disappear for a while, I didn't realize it would be total silence for a long time. I know why. It's all good. It was needed. We dig into that for a while in this episode. In fact, we go deep into several subjects which were in part inspired by questions from Patreon members and a special Facebook group built around a community that explores Aidan's published works. This was not only a fun episode. It was also very good conversation with a friend. It was one we decided it was time to hit record. Aidan stuck around for about another hour in the Patreon Bonus Audio portion! We took a real deep dive into devotion vs magic vs religion and more!  Aidan's BIO: Aidan Wachter has been actively involved in magical practice for a really long time. His work reflects a wide-ranging eclectic and non-dogmatic approach with influences from many paths. He writes with a focus on the practice of the craft as a learnable set of skills that can be developed rather than as an innate set of talents that must be inherited or granted to the seeker. He is the author of Six Ways: Approaches & Entries For Practical Magic, Weaving Fate: Hypersigils, Changing the Past, & Telling True Lies, and Changeling: A Book Of Qualities. Aidan On The Web: Main Site: https://aidanwachter.com  Enjoy the show! Stay Weird! Want to know what Aidan and I Talk about in the bonus portion?! We go WAY DEEPER into Mysteries, religion, devotion and magic! All that and more in the members only bonus audio extended interview! Join here! It's time to sport a new look? Hell yes! Check out the Official Weird Web Radio Store for Shirts, Hoodies, Hats, and more! Real quick! Do you want a Tarot Reading from an international award winning professional? Look no more! I'm here! Go to my site http://tarotheathen.com to reserve your reading today! You can also come join the Facebook discussion group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/weirdwebradio/ New Instagram for Weird Web Radio! Follow for unique content and videos! https://www.instagram.com/weirdwebradio/ You can make a One-Time Donation to help support the show and show some love! Is this show worth a dollar to you? How about five dollars? Help support this podcast! That gets you into the Weird Web Radio membership where the extra goodies appear! Join the membership at patreon.com/weirdwebradio or at weirdwebradio.com and click Join the Membership! SHOW NOTES: SUBSCRIBE ON Apple Podcasts, Amazon Podcasts, and Spotify! Also streaming on mobile apps for podcasts! Intro voice over by Lothar Tuppan. Outro voice over by Lonnie Scott Intro & Outro Music by Nine Inch Nails on the album ‘7', song title ‘Ghost', under Creative Commons License.

VYS0026 | It's a Wand-erful Life - Vayse to Face with Douglas Batchelor Pt. 1 - Show Notes Hine and Buckley are back for the first episode of season 2 and they've brought Douglas Batchelor along with them! Doug is the host and creator of the incomparable What Magic is This? - a podcast about Magic, the Occult, the Esoteric, the Paranormal, the Supernatural and the Weird and surely the single most frequently mentioned magical resource throughout the first season of Vayse. In the first part of this two-part, slightly giddy interview, the roots of Doug's magical life are revealed as he talks about how he graduated from being a disillusioned materialist teenager to a punk-rock chaos magician to a self-styled-necromantic-performative-ritual-magician with an awesome occult podcast. The conversation bounces around: from synchronicities to Bob Ross, from how to start your own magical practice to Hot Wheels skating gear, from podcasting as a work of magic to the psychic influence of the Lost Boys soundtrack... and all whilst Hine and Buckley try their best to uncover and assimilate the source of Doug's seemingly inexhaustible enthusiasm and positivity... Recorded 3 August 2023 Big thanks go to Doug for being so generous with his time and enthusiastic with sharing his knowledge - we were not expecting for this to be a double episode!!! And thanks as always to Keith for the show notes! Give Keith a follow on Twitter @peak_flow for electronic music and weird stuff. Douglas Batchelor/What Magic is This? Links What Magic is This? website (https://whatmagicisthis.com/) Douglas/What Magic is This? On Twitter (https://twitter.com/DouglasWMiT) Douglas/What Magic is This? On Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/douglaswmit/) Douglas/What Magic is This? On YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@whatmagicisthis/videos) Douglas/What Magic is This? Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/WhatMagicIsThisPodcast/) Douglas/What Magic is This? Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/whatmagicisthis) Buckley and Hine's introductory stories - related links Carl Sagan's Cosmos - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmos%3A_A_Personal_Voyage) Bob Ross - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Ross) Surfskating - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surfskating) Hot Wheels - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Wheels) The Lost Boys Trailer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q786UsnOcsY) The Lost Boys (film) - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lost_Boys) The Lost Boys Soundtrack (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raI38f_xMZE) The Lost Boys Soundtrack (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lost_Boys#Music) VYS0003 | Welcome to Vayse: Population (first released episode) (https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0003) Selected topics and people featured on What Magic Is This? Links Chaos Magic, Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos_magic) Chaos Magic Part I - What Magic Is This? episode (https://whatmagicisthis.com/2020/07/20/chaos-magic-part-i/) Chaos Magic Part II - What Magic Is This? episode (https://whatmagicisthis.com/2020/07/31/chaos-magic-part-ii/) Sigil - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigil) Sigils - What Magic is This? episode (https://whatmagicisthis.com/2020/05/11/sigils/) The Lesser Key of Solomon on Sacred Texts (https://sacred-texts.com/grim/lks/index.htm) The Lesser Key of Solomon edited by Joseph H Peterson (https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30643630931&searchurl=an%3Dpeterson%2Bjoseph%26sortby%3D17%26tn%3Dlesser%2Bkey%2Bof%2Bsolomon%2Bthe%2Blemegeton%2Bclavicula%2Bsalomonis&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp1-_-title1) Lesser Key of Solomon/Ars Goetia - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lesser_Key_of_Solomon) Goetia - What Magic is This? Episode (https://whatmagicisthis.com/2021/08/30/goetia/) Greek Magical Papyri - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_Magical_Papyri) The Greek Magical Papyri In Translation on the Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/TheGreekMagicalPapyriInTranslation/mode/2up) The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation Volume I: Texts (https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=31601118429&ref_=ps_ggl_10939332144&cm_mmc=ggl-_-UK_Shopp_Textbookstandard-_-product_id=UK9780226044477USED-_-keyword=&gclid=Cj0KCQjw0vWnBhC6ARIsAJpJM6fpF9O5d0vYsBN1CSFiZXS-lSE_tWyW3qCaPJO563We-9XVSLsa1qIaAoK3EALw_wcB)by Hans Dieter Betz The Greek Magical Papyri - What Magic is This? episode (https://whatmagicisthis.com/2020/02/29/the-greek-magical-papyri/) I Ching, Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Ching) I Ching - Wilhelm/Baynes (http://www2.unipr.it/~deyoung/I_Ching_Wilhelm_Translation.html) I Ching or Book of Changes: Ancient Chinese wisdom to inspire and enlighten (https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/i-ching-or-book-of-changes-ancient-chinese-wisdom-to-inspire-and-enlighten-richard-wilhelm/14406?ean=9780140192070) - Wilhelm/Baynes Translation 3rd Edition The I Ching with Dan Lowe - What Magic is This? episode (https://whatmagicisthis.com/2022/07/30/the-i-ching-with-dan-lowe/) Ouija - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouija) Ouija - What Magic is This? episode (https://whatmagicisthis.com/2023/07/24/ouija/) Aidan Wachter's website (https://www.aidanwachter.com/) Spirits with Aiden Wachter - What Magic is This? episode (https://whatmagicisthis.com/2020/08/21/spirits-with-aidan-wachter/) Gary Lachman's website (https://www.gary-lachman.com/) The Ever-Evolving Consciousness of Gary Lachman - What Magic is This? episode (https://whatmagicisthis.com/2022/03/24/the-ever-evolving-consciousness-of-gary-lachman/) Jack Hunter's website (https://jack-hunter.yourwebsitespace.com/) Spiritualism & Spirit Mediumship with Jack Hunter - What Magic is This? episode (https://whatmagicisthis.com/2022/05/31/spiritualism-amp-spirit-mediumship-with-jack-hunter/) Joshua Cutchin's website (https://www.joshuacutchin.com/) Fairies, UFOs, Aliens with Joshua Cutchin - What Magic is This? episode (https://whatmagicisthis.com/2023/03/14/fairies-ufos-aliens-with-joshua-cutchin/) Alexander Cummins' website (http://www.alexandercummins.com/) Grimoires with Alexander Cummins, What Magic is This? episode (https://whatmagicisthis.com/2021/01/30/grimoires-with-alexander-cummins/) Jeffrey Kripal's website (https://jeffreyjkripal.com/) The Luminous Mind of Jeffrey Kripal - What Magic is This? episode (https://whatmagicisthis.com/2020/12/22/the-luminous-mind-of-jeffrey-kripal/) The Return Of Jeffrey Kripal – 100th Episode! - What Magic is This? episode (https://whatmagicisthis.com/2023/01/16/the-return-of-jeffrey-kripal-100th-episode/) What Magic is This? as tutorial/opinion - related links Aleister Crowley - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleister_Crowley) Aleister Crowley – His Life and Ideas with Richard Kaczynski - What Magic is This? episode (https://whatmagicisthis.com/2021/10/19/aleister-crowley-his-life-and-ideas-with-richard-kaczynski/) Aleister Crowley – The Myth and the New Aeon with Richard T. Cole - What Magic is This? episode (https://whatmagicisthis.com/2021/10/31/aleister-crowley-the-myth-and-the-new-aeon-with-richard-t-cole/) Aleister Crowley – My Beastly Thoughts - What Magic is This? episode (https://whatmagicisthis.com/2021/11/11/aleister-crowley-my-beastly-thoughts/) Charles Fort - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Fort) Charles Fort - What Magic is This? episode (https://whatmagicisthis.com/2020/11/11/charles-fort/) Fort's 'Measurement Of A Circle' - Forteana.org forum discussion (https://forums.forteana.org/index.php?threads/forts-measurement-of-a-circle.8783/) Occultism - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occult#Occultism) Occultism with Mitch Horowitz - What Magic is This? episode (https://whatmagicisthis.com/2023/08/31/occultism-with-mitch-horowitz/) The Art of Storytelling in Non-Fiction - Reedsy Live article (https://blog.reedsy.com/live/storytelling-in-nonfiction/) Colin Wilson - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Wilson) Colin Wilson - What Magic is This? episode (https://whatmagicisthis.com/2020/03/31/colin-wilson/) Carl Jung - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Jung) Carl Jung - What Magic is This? episode (https://whatmagicisthis.com/2019/07/02/carl-jung/) Consensus reality - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consensus_reality) Douglas' early interest in magic and weird stuff - related links Calgary, Alberta - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calgary) Indigenous peoples in Canada - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_peoples_in_Canada) Animism - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animism) Greek Mythology - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_mythology) J. R.R. Tolkien - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._R._R._Tolkien) Mysteries of the Unknown books - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mysteries_of_the_Unknown) The Search for the Lost Lemon Mine, CIM Magazine article (https://magazine.cim.org/en/in-search/the-search-for-the-lost-lemon-mine/) Robert W. Service (poet) - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_W._Service) John E Douglas - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_E._Douglas) Carl Jung - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Jung) Robertson Davies - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robertson_Davies) Herman Hesse - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Hesse) Siddhartha (novel) - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siddhartha_(novel)) Siddhartha (https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/siddhartha-hermann-hesse/7441227?ean=9781805330196) by Hermann Hesse Steppenwolf (novel) - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steppenwolf_(novel)) Steppenwolf (https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/steppenwolf-hermann-hesse/2094941?ean=9780141192093) by Hermann Hesse Disinformation TV series and related links Video rental shop - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_rental_shop) Disinformation (TV series) - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disinformation_(TV_series)) DisInfoTV - clips from the show (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5N_krU-BvSw-51dxHL1JJper_J28_4wv) Disinformation: The Complete Series, DVD review (https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/12123/disinformation-the-complete-series/) Book of Lies: The Disinformation Guide to Magick and the Occult (https://www.abebooks.co.uk/9781938875106/Book-Lies-New-Edition-Disinformation-1938875109/plp) - edited by Richard Metzger Richard Metzger's "DisinfoCon 2000" (feat. Robert Anton Wilson, Kenneth Anger, et al.) - video (3.5 hrs approx.) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0t_Uk2lzXIo) Richard Metzger - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Metzger) Disinformation (company) - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disinformation_(company)) Joe Coleman (painter) - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Coleman_(painter)) Kenneth Anger - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Anger) Douglas Rushkoff - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Rushkoff) Robert Anton Wilson - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Anton_Wilson) Genesis P-Orridge - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genesis_P-Orridge) Nevill Drury - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevill_Drury) Allen Greenfield on Twitter (https://twitter.com/allengreenfield) Grant Morrison and related links Grant Morrison - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grant_Morrison) Grant Morrison on Chaos Magic, the occult & Sigil creation (from DisInfoCon 2000) - video (45 mins approx.) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTMFBYXmvMk) Pop Magic (https://doctormcg.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/morrison-pop-magik-ocr.pdf) by Grant Morrison Chaos Magic - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos_magic) Sigil - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigil) The Magic Mind of Grant Morrison -What Magic is This? episode (https://whatmagicisthis.com/2021/12/27/the-magic-mind-of-grant-morrison/) Douglas' magical practice and related links Unforeseen Interlude: How I Started in Magic - What Magic is This? episode (https://whatmagicisthis.com/2019/09/03/unforseen-interlude-how-i-started-in-magic-and-qa/) Ceremonial Magic - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceremonial_magic) VYS0012 - Order Out of Chaos - Vayse to Face with Mark Vincent (https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0012) Treadwell's Books - website (https://www.treadwells-london.com/) Models of Magic - Spiral Nature article (https://www.spiralnature.com/magick/models/) Peter J Carroll - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_J._Carroll) Phil Hine - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Hine) Austin Osman Spare - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_Osman_Spare) Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermetic_Order_of_the_Golden_Dawn) Aleister Crowley - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleister_Crowley) Hermetic Qabala - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermetic_Qabalah) Egregore - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egregore) Servitor (chaos magic) - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Servitor_(chaos_magic)) Edmonton, Alberta - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmonton) Chaos Magick vs ceremonial and others - Reddit thread (https://www.reddit.com/r/magick/comments/zn7ag6/chaos_magick_vs_ceremonial_and_others/) Greek Magical Papyri - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_Magical_Papyri) Cunning folk - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cunning_folk) Cunning Folk with Aerinn Hodges - What Magic is This? Episode (https://whatmagicisthis.com/2021/04/28/cunning-folk-with-aerinn-hodges/) The Great Work - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Work_(Hermeticism)) Alan Moore and related links Alan Moore - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Moore) V for Vendetta (graphic novel) - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V_for_Vendetta) V for Vendetta (https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/v-for-vendetta-alan-moore/6301050?ean=9781779511195) by Alan Moore Watchmen (comic book series) - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watchmen) Watchmen (https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/watchmen-international-edition-alan-moore/2879987?ean=9781401248192) by Alan Moore Promethea (comic book series) - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Promethea) Promethea: The Deluxe Edition Book One (https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/promethea-the-deluxe-edition-book-one-alan-moore/3371192?ean=9781401288662) by Alan Moore Alan Moore interview - Mustard magazine (http://www.mustardweb.org/alanmoore/) The Marvellous Magical World of Alan Moore - What Magic is This? episode (https://whatmagicisthis.com/2020/04/30/the-marvellous-magical-world-of-alan-moore/) Starting a magical practice / Protection Magic / Dreams / Precognition and related links How to Start Doing Magic - What Magic is This? episode (https://whatmagicisthis.com/2022/01/12/how-to-start-doing-magic/) The Imagination - What Magic is This? episode (https://whatmagicisthis.com/2019/08/22/the-imagination/) What Magic is This? The Dirt episodes (https://www.patreon.com/whatmagicisthis/posts?filters[tag]=The%20Dirt) (some previews only, full access requires sign up to the Patreon) George Carlin - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Carlin) Protection Magic - Green Witch Farm article (https://greenwitchfarm.com/protection-magic/) Psi and Science - Psychology Today article (https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/out-the-darkness/202206/psi-and-science) Dreams - What Magic is This? episode (https://whatmagicisthis.com/2019/10/10/dreams/) Lucid Dreaming - What Magic is This? episode (https://whatmagicisthis.com/2021/02/27/lucid-dreaming/) Precognition - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precognition) Is Precognition Real? Cornell University Lab Releases Powerful New Evidence that the Human Mind can Perceive the Future - H Plus magazine article (2010-2011) (https://hplusmagazine.com/2010/11/04/precognition-real-cornell-university-lab-releases-powerful-new-evidence-human-mind-can/) Hildegard of Bingen - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hildegard_of_Bingen) Spiritual Cleansing: Your Guide to Cleansing Rituals and Methods, Otherworldly Oracle article (https://otherworldlyoracle.com/spiritual-cleansing-rituals/) Eric Wargo / Coincidence / Synchronicity and related links Eric Wargo's website (https://ericwargo.com/index.htm) Time Loops: Precognition, Retrocausation, and the Unconscious (https://www.abebooks.co.uk/9781938398926/Time-Loops-Precognition-Retrocausation-Unconscious-1938398920/plp) by Eric Wargo Precognitive Dreamwork and the Long Self: Interpreting Messages from Your Future (https://www.abebooks.co.uk/book-search/isbn/9781644112694/) by Eric Wargo Coincidence & Synchronicity - What Magic is This? episode (https://whatmagicisthis.com/2019/07/22/coincidence-synchronicity/) The Timely Ideas of Eric Wargo - What Magic is This? episode (https://whatmagicisthis.com/2020/12/12/the-timely-ideas-of-eric-wargo/) Maslow's hierarchy of needs - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow's_hierarchy_of_needs) Peak experience - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak_experience) Publication bias (aka file-drawer effect) - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publication_bias) Is Death an Illusion? Evidence Suggests Death Isn't the End, Psychology Today article (https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/biocentrism/201111/is-death-illusion-evidence-suggests-death-isn-t-the-end) Douglas asks Hine and Buckley why Vayse exists - related links Ultra-terrestrial hypothesis (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interdimensional_UFO_hypothesis) Ultra-terrestrial Models, by H.E. Puthoff, article from The Journal of Cosmology (https://thejournalofcosmology.com/Puthoff.pdf) Ghost hunting - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_hunting) VYS0021 - Song of the Dark Man - Vayse to Face with Darragh Mason (https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0021) Folie à deux - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folie_%C3%A0_deux) Mid-life crisis - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midlife_crisis) Pennyroyal podcast website (https://www.pennyroyalpodcast.com/) Hellier (TV Series) - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellier_(TV_series)) Hellier Season 1: Episode 1 | The Midnight Children (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1FwIuicx88) Spirit house - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_house) 2000AD (Comics) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_AD_(comics)) Boo Cook - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boo_Cook) Tweet by Vayse showing Boo's incredible Artwork (https://x.com/vayseesyav/status/1684921390044962818?s=46&t=q2-c9hjD5sIXynDdaJB8PQ) Meet the Void Runners - 2000AD article (https://2000ad.com/news/meet-the-void-runners-the-new-series-beginning-this-week-in-2000-ad/) Animism - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animism) Douglas' positivity and related links Thelema - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelema) Thoth Tarot - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thoth_Tarot) Aleister Crowley - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleister_Crowley) Carl Sagan - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Sagan) Cosmos: A Personal Voyage - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmos:_A_Personal_Voyage) James Burke (science historian) - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Burke_(science_historian)) Connections (British TV Series) - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connections_(British_TV_series)) Robert Anton Wilson - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Anton_Wilson) The Tools (https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-tools/phil-stutz/barry-michels/9781785044571) by Phil Stutz and Barry Michels Ed Sheeran - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Sheeran) Karma - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karma) Garth Ennis - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garth_Ennis) Preacher (comics) - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preacher_(comics)) Classic Frames from Preacher (https://chasemagnett.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/preacher-you-gotta-be-one-of-the-good-guys.jpg) - words by Garth Ennis, art by Steve Dillon Special Guest: Douglas Batchelor.

For our belated August cross-quarter episode we are continuing to explore different ways of doing “magic”. In this episode we discussed various means of creating and implementing your own spells.  There are several external resources referenced, especially an article by Jenya T. Beachy, originally published in the author's patheos blog “Dirt Hearth Witch” in 2015: Making It So: Seven Steps to Effective Spells. Other references include: The Witch's Path: Advancing your Craft at Every Level by Thorn Mooney Website: Astrology.com/tr Six Ways: Approaches & Entries for Practical Magic by Aidan Wachter

Darragh Mason is a podcasting hero to Hine and Buckley, he's the host of the truly excellent, award-nominated Spirit Box podcast but he's also an multi-award-winning photographer, a researcher specialising in the Djinn and the Aghori Hindu sect and the co-creator of the wonderful Sigil Engine. Darragh's latest project (one of many) is his up-coming book "Song of the Dark Man, Father of Witches" and this episode takes a deep and, at times, emotionally charged dive into the mysterious figure of the Dark Man, his prolific but largely unrecognised role in initiation into the world of witchcraft, his infrequent but significant appearances throughout folklore and his apparent ascent in the psychic aftermath of the pandemic... recorded 2 May 2023. VYS0021 | Song of the Dark Man - Vayse to Face with Darragh Mason - Show Notes Darragh Mason Links Spirit Box Podcast on Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/2zx3WMPaXomAIAVUj87wL9) Spirit Box Podcast on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe7wDjqjIVyFDS9bxm1esBA) Spirit Box on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/spiritbox) Darragh Mason Photography Portfolio (https://www.darraghmason.com/index/G000070kCmomV6sY) Darragh Mason on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/darragh_mf/?hl=en) The Sigil Engine (https://www.sigilengine.com/) Vice Article on the Sigil Engine (https://www.vice.com/en/article/qjp5v3/internet-occultists-are-trying-to-change-reality-with-a-magickal-algorithm) Other Links Darragh Mason on What Magic is This? (https://whatmagicisthis.com/2021/05/21/self-transformation-with-darragh-mason/) Darragh Mason on Weird Web Radio (https://weirdwebradio.libsyn.com/episode-48-darragh-mason-field-talking-dark-macabre-practices-of-the-aghori-hindus-the-djinn) Darragh Mason on Penny Royal (episodes 6, 9, 10 and 11) (https://www.pennyroyalpodcast.com/) Spirit Box #31 / Aidan Wachter, dirt sorcery, Six Ways, Weaving Fate, & Doing what works for you (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvzVZzHKYQA) Spirit Box #62 / Aidan Wachter, on writing, the somnambulist self & the authentic self (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09i9XkIFTVI) Spirit Box #78 / Aidan Wachter, Changeling: A book of Qualities (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmNefBInfdg) Spirit Box #14 / Phil Hine on possession, overshadowing, channelling, Kali and Baphomet (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXxZbBXPphw) Spirit Box #29 / Phil Hine: The life and times of T. Lobsang Rampa (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIlusrB4vWU) Spirit Box #47 / Phil Hine, The Cannibal Club: The British Empire and Erotica (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0X-mMEDC_fE) Spirit Box #50 / Mana Aelin, Spirit Portraits, Podcasting & Fae beings (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sGg3dGazJg) Spirit Box #60 / Douglas Batchelor, finding your way (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGFIJYRcThQ) Spirit Box #90 / Dr Al Cummins on The Art of Cyprian's Mirror of the Four Kings (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_fbrP4dzu4) Spirit Box S2 #06 / Jo Hickey-Hall, Modern Fairies, Daimons and Podcasts (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIeJ1mRj2gs) Wikipedia article for T Lobsang Rampa (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobsang_Rampa) Wikipedia Article on Arthur C. Clarke (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_C._Clarke) Operation Trojan Horse: The Classic Breakthrough Study of UFOs (https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/operation-trojan-horse-the-classic-breakthrough-study-of-ufos-john-a-keel/2915446?ean=9781938398032) by John Keel (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Keel) Wikipedia Article on The Aghori Sect (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aghori) City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi (https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30884063297&searchurl=an%3Dwilliam%2Bdalrymple%26sortby%3D17%26tn%3Dcity%2Bof%2Bdjinns&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp1-_-image1) by William Dalrymple (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Dalrymple_(historian)) Wikipedia Article on Daimons (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daimon) Wikipedia Article on Hecate (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hecate) Wikipedia Article on The Morrígan (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Morr%C3%ADgan) Wikipedia Article on Lilith (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilith) Spirit Box Podcast Photo (https://production.listennotes.com/podcasts/spirit-box-darragh-mason-ZILvjsnOy3p-3K7DhYrXPfc.1400x1400.jpg) The Invisible College: What a Group of Scientists Has Discovered about UFO Influence on the Human Race (https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-invisible-college-what-a-group-of-scientists-has-discovered-about-ufo-influence-on-the-human-race-jacques-vallee/2915455?ean=9781938398278) by Jacques Vallée (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Vall%C3%A9e) Wikipedia Article on the Fenian Cycle (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenian_Cycle) Wikipedia Article on Isobel Gowdie (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isobel_Gowdie) Passport to Magonia (https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/passport-to-magonia-jacques-vallee/4098973?ean=9780987422484) by Jacques Vallée Article Written By Lara Silva on the Miracle at Fatima (https://www.portugal.com/history-and-culture/what-happened-at-the-miracle-of-fatima/) How the ‘Hat Man' Went From Benadryl Joke to TikTok Horror Villain (https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/hat-man-benadryl-tiktok-monster-1234620397/) - Rolling Stone Article Hat Man T Shirt (https://www.redbubble.com/i/t-shirt/I-can-t-take-Benadryl-because-I-owe-the-hat-man-money-and-I-don-t-want-to-see-him-by-abderrazakShop1/139698512.IJ6L0?country_code=GB&gclid=Cj0KCQjwu-KiBhCsARIsAPztUF1PE8XIu2dzcIrfqYBExrGN0eZyMdqiikJB5v6azgnfl1CInmUOesAaAludEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds) The Nonsense Bazaar #71 - The Benadryl Episode: A Trip to Eiriel (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBfqREcIpfs) IMDb Article on The Hat Man: Documented Cases of Pure Evil (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8438388/) Wikipedia Article on Sleep Paralysis (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_paralysis) Ecology of Souls: A New Mythology of Death & the Paranormal - Volume One (https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=31273837278&searchurl=kn%3Decology%2Bof%2Bsouls%2Bjoshua%2Bcutchin%26sortby%3D17&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp1-_-title5) by Joshua Cutchin Ecology of Souls: A New Mythology of Death & the Paranormal - Volume Two (https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=31273748747&searchurl=kn%3Decology%2Bof%2Bsouls%2Bjoshua%2Bcutchin%26sortby%3D17&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp1-_-title4) by Joshua Cutchin The Ecology of Souls Companion (Ecology of Souls: A New Mythology of Death & the Paranormal) (https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=31413900744&searchurl=kn%3Decology%2Bof%2Bsouls%2Bjoshua%2Bcutchin%26sortby%3D17&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp1-_-title3) by Joshua Cutchin Support Vayse on Bandcamp (https://vayse.bandcamp.com/album/music-from-vayse-volume-1) Support Vayse on Ko-fi (https://ko-fi.com/vayse#checkoutModal) - monthly supporters get access to our Discord Server Far Out Article about the theory that Bob Dylan Sold his Soul (https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/bob-dylan-sold-soul-devil-conspiracy-theory/) Special Guest: Darragh Mason.

The Green Mushroom Project Audio Grimoire series returns! Luxa https://linktr.ee/LuxaStrata is joined by fellow Fungi, Miguel, Menw, Shane https://buildingthephilosophersstone.wordpress.com/, and Joy https://www.instagram.com/occulture_jammer for a foray into a new astral environment. During this group experiment, participants were led in a guided meditation to an area previously unexplored by the group. There is a discussion about the inception of The Green Mushroom Hyphosigil Project and philosophical musings about magic and esoteric strategy. Also included is a submission from Fuck Around and Find Out II. The Green Mushroom and We the Hallowed Digital Mixtape. Mush Love. For Full show Notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTcK4QbOUcHlh2-gFEo3pFN48SqHat9fI6BNZBHZ38AAikI_bLXqUXqrh3I4KErFj6pL4lLXMowENKG/pub Thanks to the band, GNYVE, for the use of the song, Fukuffino. Check out their work: https://linktr.ee/gnyve Calling for submissions for Fuck Around and Find Out II, The Green Mushroom Project & We the Hallowed Digital Mixtape. For guidelines: https://greenmushroomproject.com/2023/01/fafo-pt-ii-the-green-mushroom-project-and-we-the-hallowed-digital-mixtape/ Fuck Around and Find The Green Mushroom Project Zine now available for free digital download: https://greenmushroomproject.com/ Check out the work of Aidan Wachter: https://www.aidanwachter.com/ Thank you for listening to the Lux Occult Podcast! If you'd like to support the show by helping Luxa buy books and curtail other costs, as well as taking a bibliomancy break, consider giving on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/luxoccult or Buy Me a Coffee.com for a one time donation: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/luxoccultpod?new=1 We would love to hear from you! Please send your thoughts, questions, suggestions or arcane revelations to luxoccultpod@gmail.com or message on Instagram @luxoccultpod https://www.instagram.com/luxoccultpod/ Find Lux Occult Hello Void T-shirts and more: https://www.etsy.com/shop/IlluminIndustries Check out the Lux Occult YouTube Channel:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn8n4oQIH1uo08NhMvjjlB Check out all the awesome new projects the We the Hallowed folks have been putting out: https://wethehallowed.org/ Curious about steel mace flow? Check out Fourth Dimension Fitness:https://www.fourthdimensionfitness.com/

VYS0007 - Show Notes It's been less than 2 months since Buckley and Hine recorded VYS0003 but things are quickly getting weirder. Buckley talks about his recent dreamwork, his experiments with hypnogogia and a series of synchronicities at a London gig kickstarted by sigil magic. Hine, unexpectedly grounded from practical magic by the I Ching, recounts his experiences with the Dark Man and the Goat God Pan (one and the same?) dating from all the way back in his childhood to present day. Recorded 4 August 2022. Liminal Dreaming: Exploring Consciousness at the Edges of Sleep (https://uk.bookshop.org/books/liminal-dreaming-exploring-consciousness-at-the-edges-of-sleep/9781623173043) by Jennifer Dumpert Itsju Itsu (https://twitter.com/itsju_itsu) on Twitter What Magic Is This? – Dreams (https://whatmagicisthis.com/2019/10/10/dreams/), The I Ching with Dan Lowe (https://whatmagicisthis.com/2022/07/30/the-i-ching-with-dan-lowe/) and Spirits with Aidan Wachter (https://whatmagicisthis.com/2020/08/21/spirits-with-aidan-wachter/) Pop Magic! by Grant Morrison (https://doctormcg.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/morrison-pop-magik-ocr.pdf) The Disinformation Book of Lies edited by Richard Metzger - we normally wouldn't link directly to Amazon but the book itself is really expensive now, but you can get a kindle copy for a few quid (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Book-Lies-Disinformation-Magick-Occult-ebook/dp/B003P9X76C/ref=sr_1_1?crid=VT22QLV4GVB8&keywords=disinformation+book+of+lies&qid=1661889365&sprefix=disinformation+book+of+lies%2Caps%2C63&sr=8-1) Penny Royal (https://www.pennyroyalpodcast.com/) Hellier (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1FwIuicx88) The article written by E. Louis Lessieux that Hine read after his walk in the woods (https://spectatorworld.com/book-and-art/great-god-pan-all-things-men/) - a review of Pan: The Great God's Modern Return (https://uk.bookshop.org/books/pan-the-great-god-s-modern-return/9781789144765) by Paul Robichaud The Transcendence Orchestra (https://thetranscendenceorchestra.bandcamp.com/album/all-skies-have-sounded) Not if You Were the Last Junkie on Earth (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APrpB-i4d_E) by the Dandy Warhols Anemone (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StV9lElcvAY) by the Brian Jonestown Massacre Gnod (https://gnod.bandcamp.com/) Spirit Box podcast (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe7wDjqjIVyFDS9bxm1esBA) Spirit Box - #62 / Aidan Wachter, on writing, the somnambulist self & the authentic self (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09i9XkIFTVI) Spirit Box - The 'Man in Black' in Irish folklore (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKm5tLHWf4Y) Spirit Box - #91 / Jessica Mitchell; I saw the Dark Man on Glastonbury Tor (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vgzBk55eNQ) Spirit Box - #100 / Shullie H. Porter on working with the Dark Man (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSK5PPeZi2I) Communion by Whitley Strieber - the book (https://uk.bookshop.org/books/communion-a-true-story/9780285643543) and the movie (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsfJ9xLCSiY) House of Gucci (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGi3Bgn7U5U) - Talk about weird stuff...

Aidan Wachter has been actively involved in magical practice since the 1980's. His work reflects a wide ranging, eclectic, and non-dogmatic approach with influences from many paths including witchcraft, folk magic, and chaos magic. His books focus on the practice of the craft as a learnable set of skills that can be developed rather than innate talents that must be inherited or granted to the seeker. They are field guides rather than philosophy. In this episode, Aidan and Siri talk about using Black Books for working magic and changing your fate. If you loved this episode, you should consider attending Siri's talk at the Salem Witchcraft and Folklore Festival, which runs August 5-7 2022. You can register here. Take the Heathen's Journey Podcast listener survey to help Siri shape the future of this podcast! Purchase Aidan's books here Preorder Lessons from the Empress here! Support the podcast on Patreon! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/heathens-journey/support

In this episode, Margo and Amberle discuss their Daily Practices and ways they stay attuned to their spiritual paths on a daily basis.  Amberle pulls a card from the Roar Oracle, by M.J. Cullinane, and Margo shares a spell adapted from Six Ways: Approaches & Entries for Practical Magic by Aidan Wachter.  We also discuss the upcoming Anahata's Purpose mini retreat.     You can find us on Instagram and Facebook @thehearthandhedge, on our website www.thehearthandhedge.com, or you can email us at thehearthandhedge@gmail.com.   Support us and enjoy additional exclusive content on Patreon at www.patreon.com/thehearthandhedge    If you like what you hear, consider dropping a review wherever you get your podcasts!   We also have a PO Box where you can send us some super exciting snail mail:  The Hearth and Hedge  PO Box 397 Cherry Hill, NJ 08003   Special thanks to ksbrmusic on Fivver.com for our intro music, and to L12Graffix of www.l12graffix.com for our beautiful logos and graphic design needs.

For this second in an ongoing series about working with The Green Mushroom Hyphosigil project, Luxa is joined by Flood from Ex V Planis, Yaramarud from Faith Blind Council and Administrism, Miguel, The Rabbit, Josh (aka Junior C), and Shane for a lively panel discussion about working with the Green Mushroom Astral Temple. There is also a very special episode within the episode ft. author, magicacin and all-purpose badass Aidan Wachter to talk about working with the project as well as his new book, Changeling. Also included is a special musical interlude in which Adam Matlock, aka An Historic plays The Green Mushroom theme, written by Kue Varo. Come for the Astral Temple, stay for the Tentacles! Mush Love. For full show notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQ-k7aao6qVQiJyF4QsQQr7WBHnjYvYHonf3muZq0NrP9pJbyUeXMtyx6DXDMPQlJI9HHi68WiDfNzo/pub Thank you for listening to the Lux Occult Podcast! If you'd like to support the show by helping Luxa buy books and curtail other costs, as well as taking a bibliomancy break, consider giving on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/luxoccult We would love to hear from you! Please send your thoughts, questions, suggestions or arcane revelations to luxoccultpod@gmail.com or message on Instagram @luxoccultpod https://www.instagram.com/luxoccultpod/ Check out the Lux Occult YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn8n4oQIH1uo08NhMvjjlB Stuff from people featured on today's episode: Check out Aidan's Wachter's work at: http://www.aidanwachter.com/ Adam Matlock aka An Historic's bandcamp: https://adammatlock.bandcamp.com/ Winnett Food Forset: https://www.instagram.com/winnettfoodforest/ Kue Varo's bandcamp https://kuevaro.bandcamp.com/ The Rabbit recommends checking this movement out: https://www.sunrisemovement.org/ Josh urges folks to plug into solarpunk and help make a greener future Don't miss awesome content available from The Green Mushroom Podcast Network collaborators! Ad Hoc History: https://anchor.fm/adhochistory Administrism :https://www.welcometotarotdise.com/administrism/ Ex V Planis podcast: linktr.ee/Exvplanis Faith Blind Council Podcast https://www.faithblindpodcast.com/ Grognostics: https://grognostics.com/rss Primordia: https://campsite.bio/pr1mordia Smut's Up: https://anchor.fm/smutsup Unearling Paranormalcy Podcast https://www.unpnormalcy.com/

Writer, occultist and all-purpose badass, Aidan Wachter https://www.aidanwachter.com/, joins Luxa once again for a conversation about his new book, Changeling, and much more. He offers some great insight and perspectives about being a magically operant person in our modern context, as well as some helpful advice about doing the difficult Work. This episode also features a “snack sized” conversation with the always impressive Joy about her new memetic project, OccultureJammer https://www.instagram.com/occulture_jammer/. There is also an update about what The Green Mushroom project has coming down the line and some lunar lyric for the full moon. Much Love. For Full Show Notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQnQ8usIcHDvYR2VJ4m6jpE2gKER_WnevlgWj3mTYvMrKwUbqXmnce-Q29MgzkGSArLBznxY8Z3Pmt6/pub Thank you for listening to the Lux Occult Podcast! If you'd like to support the show by helping Luxa buy books and curtail other costs, as well as taking a bibliomancy break, consider giving on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/luxoccult We would love to hear from you! Please send your thoughts, questions, suggestions or arcane revelations to luxoccultpod@gmail.com or message on Instagram @luxoccultpod https://www.instagram.com/luxoccultpod/ Check out the Lux Occult YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn8n4oQIH1uo08NhMvjjlB The Woodlands Show https://www.intothewoodlands.net/ Don't miss the We the Hallowed spring equinox streaming event- Hauntquinox on March 20, 2022 at 4PM EST (or check out a recording after the fact) https://youtu.be/o_5RCqfqNO0

Welcome to Weird Web Radio! This episode features Aidan Wachter! Aidan is a regular guest around here. This casa is also his casa. Ya dig? Aidan and I had some chats about what to discuss for this show. He has the new book - Changeling - and you should get it, but this conversation goes deeper. As I say in the show, we manage to not talk about his new book while also talking quite a lot about his new book.  This one really is more like you get to sit back and listen to Aidan I do what we do privately. We riff off of each other and dig into the why of it all in our own minds and magic.  I hope you enjoy this one! Stay Weird! Aidan's Bio: Aidan Wachter is a self described Dirt Sorcerer and he is the author of Six Ways: Approaches & Entries For Practical Magic; Weaving Fate: Hypersigils, Changing the Past, and Telling True Lies; and Changeling: A Book of Qualities.  Aidan on the Web: Instagram Official Site Want to know what Aidan and I Talk about in the bonus portion?! We go WAY DEEPER into The Shallows and The Otherworld! All that and more in the members only bonus audio extended interview! Join here! It's time to sport a new look? Hell yes! Check out the Official Weird Web Radio Store for Shirts, Hoodies, Hats, and more! Real quick! Do you want a Tarot Reading from an international award winning professional? Look no more! I'm here! Go to my site http://tarotheathen.com to reserve your reading today! You can also come join the Facebook discussion group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/weirdwebradio/ New Instagram for Weird Web Radio! Follow for unique content and videos! https://www.instagram.com/weirdwebradio/ You can make a One-Time Donation to help support the show and show some love! Is this show worth a dollar to you? How about five dollars? Help support this podcast! That gets you into the Weird Web Radio membership where the extra goodies appear! Join the membership at patreon.com/weirdwebradio or at weirdwebradio.com and click Join the Membership! SHOW NOTES: SUBSCRIBE ON iTunes, Stitcher, and Spotify! Also streaming on mobile apps for podcasts! Intro voice over by Lothar Tuppan. Outro voice over by Lonnie Scott Intro & Outro Music by Nine Inch Nails on the album ‘7', song title ‘Ghost', under Creative Commons License.

Where do you turn after you've moved beyond introductory level magical texts? You have a good understanding of the basics, but NOW what? We tackle that question tonight with the book Six Ways: Approaches & Entries for Practical Magic by Aidan Wachter.   Six Ways: Approaches & Entries for Practical Magic by Aidan Wachter: https://tinyurl.com/yckvdybd   Theme music is courtesy of Sara Rudy and her band Hello June, and is used with their permission. The song “Fight, Don't Fight” can be downloaded at: https://tinyurl.com/y886ns56   If you want to hear more of their music, you can find them at https://www.wearehellojune.com/ or on Bandcamp at https://hellojune.bandcamp.com/   Esoteric Book Club can be found on: Facebook: @esotericbookclub Instagram: esotericbookclub Podchaser: https://tinyurl.com/kvkjybum Web: www.esotericbookclub.org Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Esotericbookclub Paypal: paypal.me/esotericbookclub    

For episode 78 we are joined once again by the great Aidan Wachter for a Spirit Box exclusive! This is his first interview on his new book, ‘Changeling: A book of Qualities'! "Changeling considers the craft as a vessel, a container for ideas and approaches that help clarify the path to sovereignty and effective practical magic. It looks at the qualities and practices that when integrated into a life can lead to a more beneficial understanding of self and the world. Changeling helps us to deftly navigate the complexities of having a meaningful praxis and seamlessly weave magic into the whole fabric of our life." In the show we go over his experience of writing the book, and how it affected Aidan more deeply than his previous outings. Aidan outlines how his previous books, 'Six Ways' and 'Weaving Fate' covered areas he had mastered, but this book has territories that he still is working on. We discuss how the process of transformation is constant, without end, and is not a linear journey... there are regressions and setbacks along the way. In the Plus show we discuss how power can be gentle but still produce cataclysmic changes, and the elemental qualities Aidan attributes to his collection of work. We also get into being in the moment, being present and having discernment in where you spend your time. Enjoy! Show notes: https://www.aidanwachter.com https://www.instagram.com/aidan.wachter/ Aidan's books on Amazon US Aidan's books on Amazon UK Keep in touch? https://linktr.ee/darraghmason Music by Obliqka https://soundcloud.com/obliqka --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spirit-box/message

Hey Gang! Welcome to Weird Web Radio! Happy Halloween & Blessed Samhain! This is my annual treat to my audience. A Halloween gift of bonus audio that only the Patreon membership gets to hear! This year I chose two to share. Both of them are from bonus content last season with Aidan Wachter and Morgan Daimler. These are extended interview portions that feature more fun than usual. I hope you enjoy! Aidan's Bio: My approach to all I do is both informed and driven by my magical practice and spirit contacts. I believe that magic, sorcery, shamanry, witchcraft and related practices are the root of human spiritual culture. As Western societies grow more fundamentalist (particularly in the USA), in their expressions of both religion and materialism, there has been strong pressure to move away from the magical approaches which are, I believe, the birthright of humans. If we humans are indeed in some way special, I would like to think that this is not all in our material progress as expressed in rampant industrialism (and it's co-mingled social, psychic, and planetary degradation), but in our ability to directly interface with the vast array of beings and experiences that make up the world we inhabit, both this material Earth we dwell upon as well as the Otherworlds of the spirits. My aim as author, sorcerer, and artist is to facilitate this communication between ourselves and these others. Aidan On The Web: Facebook Six Ways & Weaving Fate Discussion Group Instagram Official Site Morgan's Bio: Morgan Daimler is a witch who has been a polytheist since the early '90′s. Following a path inspired by the Fairy Faith blended with neopagan witchcraft, Morgan teaches classes on Irish myth and magical practices, fairies, and related subjects in the United States and internationally. Morgan has been published in multiple anthologies as well as in Witches & Pagans magazine and Pagan Dawn magazine. Morgan has over a dozen titles available through Moon Books which include Fairies: A Guide to the Celtic Fair Folk and A New Dictionary of Fairies and has also self-published Old and Middle Irish language translations, and has an urban fantasy/paranormal romance series called Between the Worlds. Morgan On The Web: Morgan's blog: http://lairbhan.blogspot.com/ Morgan on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Morgandaimler/ Morgan on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Morgan-Daimler/e/B0047QW0WY It's time to sport a new look? Hell yes! Check out the Official Weird Web Radio Store for Shirts, Hoodies, Hats, and more! Real quick! Do you want a Tarot Reading from an international award winning professional? Look no more! I'm here! Go to my site http://tarotheathen.com to reserve your reading today! You can also come join the Facebook discussion group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/weirdwebradio/ New Instagram for Weird Web Radio! Follow for unique content and videos! https://www.instagram.com/weirdwebradio/ You can make a One-Time Donation to help support the show and show some love! Is this show worth a dollar to you? How about five dollars? Help support this podcast! That gets you into the Weird Web Radio membership where the extra goodies appear! Join the membership at patreon.com/weirdwebradio or at weirdwebradio.com and click Join the Membership! SHOW NOTES: SUBSCRIBE ON iTunes, Stitcher, and Spotify! Also streaming on mobile apps for podcasts! Intro voice over by Lothar Tuppan. Outro voice over by Lonnie Scott Intro & Outro Music by Nine Inch Nails on the album ‘7', song title ‘Ghost', under Creative Commons License. Stay Weird, my friends!

 In this episode Devin sits down with author, podcaster, and chaos-magician gone rogue, Aiden Wachter. Join them as they discuss the evolution of his practice as well as his books and what's next. Everything Modern Witch can be found on our website, www.ModernWitch.comMore about Devin: http://www.devinhunter.net​​Sponsored by Modern Witch University: Modernwitchuniversity.comSponsored by: http://www.DaturaTrading.com Follow Devin on Twitter: @MrDevinHunterFollow Devin on Instagram: @Mr.DevinHunterAmazon Affiliate Links to my Books: The Witch's Book of Power: https://amzn.to/2Qifyjb​​The Witch's Book of Spirits: https://amzn.to/3aQrnGT​​The Witch's Book of Mysteries: https://amzn.to/32fss77​​Modern Witch | Spells, Recipes, & Workings: https://amzn.to/3j7wiWY​​ Where to find Aiden Wachter Twitter: @silfrsmithInstagram: @aidan.wachterLink Tree: https://linktr.ee/aidan.wachter 

  In this episode Devin sits down with author, podcaster, and chaos-magician gone rogue, Aiden Wachter. Join them as they discuss the evolution of his practice as well as his books and what's next.   Everything Modern Witch can be found on our website, www.ModernWitch.com More about Devin: http://www.devinhunter.net​​ Sponsored by Modern Witch University: Modernwitchuniversity.com Sponsored by: http://www.DaturaTrading.com   Follow Devin on Twitter: @MrDevinHunter Follow Devin on Instagram: @Mr.DevinHunter Amazon Affiliate Links to my Books: The Witch's Book of Power: https://amzn.to/2Qifyjb​​ The Witch's Book of Spirits: https://amzn.to/3aQrnGT​​ The Witch's Book of Mysteries: https://amzn.to/32fss77​​ Modern Witch | Spells, Recipes, & Workings: https://amzn.to/3j7wiWY​​   Where to find Aiden Wachter   Twitter: @silfrsmith Instagram: @aidan.wachter Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/aidan.wachter  

Welcome to Weird Web Radio! This is the Season 5 FINALE! How exciting?!? It's been a wonderful ride through the last five years to bring you all the entertainment and insight. I've learned a lot about myself, podcasting, audio production along with all the self growth as I learn new things from my guests. Thank you all for being along for the ride! This episode features Luxa Strata! I first heard Luxa on her own show as she was interviewing Aidan Wachter. I fell instantly in love with her style and approach. So why not ask Aidan for some help reaching out to have Luxa on the show only to realize Luxa was already following me on Instagram. My bad. How did I miss that for so long? Thank goodness it's finally remedied. I believe Luxa is an up and coming very important voice in the world of Magic and Chaos Magic specifically. It was an honor and pure joy to interview her. Luxa's Bio: Luxa Strata is a magician, creator, and host of the Lux Occult podcast, a show which focuses on the intersections between Magick, Art, Philosophy and Science as viewed through the context of a Chaos Magick practice, and co-host of Ad Hoc History and Smut's Up. Luxa is also the architect of The Green Mushroom hypho-sigil project, a large scale, ongoing group working focused on building connections, fostering creativity, and empowering individuals to become more agentic through the use of magick and esoteric technology; as well as to Resist through integrity, responsibility, respect, and reciprocity. In addition to her work with The Green Mushroom, Luxa's current focus in her personal practice is on self remediation and restoration as well as enriching everyday life with practices focused on food, trance, erotisism, sound and visual art. Luxa is also enthusiastic about her continuing devotional work with Goddess in several of Her iterative forms. Find Luxa and her Magical Projects on The Web: Listen to Lux Occult: Podcast https://anchor.fm/luxa-strata Lux Occult Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/luxoccultpod/ Luxa's ongoing sigil and art project, The Memetic Disease: https://www.instagram.com/the_memetic_disease/ Listen to Ad Hoc History, a podcast where Luxa and her brother, Asher, talk history and the personal motivations that might underlie it: https://open.spotify.com/show/0HLqy3W7LtnuMxRxl0ei0Q Here's a link to a document with a simple Breakfast Magic ritual protocol: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSaNJotjY8F8lV_0IiEtOm-Ju8mSVyFeROD-TNA_HSv9fgYlxJe27ovSgfTOU0_KZ75_bOE81cZssqc/pub The Green Mushroom Project: The Green Mushroom Link Bank (a bunch of links to stuff about the project, we're going to have a website soon, hopefully!): https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTqCfqVhRqALuqt_KpQi5mUk4p1DVztqLKc_rDyF0AyDhdaSaNcMZjTPZSIu7XBqPCiM6jO-jSjUwyY/pub Follow The Green Mushroom project on Instagram @hyphosigil https://www.instagram.com/hyphosigil/ Watch the informational video about The Green Mushroom Project on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn8n4oQIH1uo08NhMvjjlBQ Want to know what Luxa and I Talk about in the bonus portion?! We go WAY DEEPER into the Weird, Morbid, and Magical Adventures! All that and more in the members only bonus audio extended interview! Join here! It's time to sport a new look? Hell yes! Check out the Official Weird Web Radio Store for Shirts, Hoodies, Hats, and more! Real quick! Do you want a Tarot Reading from an international award winning professional? Look no more! I'm here! Go to my site http://tarotheathen.com to reserve your reading today! You can also come join the Facebook discussion group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/weirdwebradio/ New Instagram for Weird Web Radio! Follow for unique content and videos! https://www.instagram.com/weirdwebradio/ You can make a One-Time Donation to help support the show and show some love! Is this show worth a dollar to you? How about five dollars? Help support this podcast! That gets you into the Weird Web Radio membership where the extra goodies appear! Join the membership at patreon.com/weirdwebradio or at weirdwebradio.com and click Join the Membership! SHOW NOTES: SUBSCRIBE ON iTunes, Stitcher, YouTube and Spotify! Also streaming on mobile apps for podcasts! Intro voice over by Lothar Tuppan. Outro voice over by Lonnie Scott Intro & Outro Music by Nine Inch Nails on the album ‘7', song title ‘Ghost', under Creative Commons License.

In this episode we examine the pride, the pain, and the double-edged nature of identification, exploring along the way: a difference in attitudes towards work; the influence of a working-class upbringing; a working-class perspective on work, and its conflicts with a middle-class perspective; the struggle to identify with professional roles; Aidan Wachter on identification as a magical technique; the liberating potential of identification and identification as a trap; my continuing identification with being working class; the imposition of identification; against the (classist) argument that education changes social class; working-class alienation from power and privilege; professional identity as a means of exploitation of the middle class; middle-class discontent; varieties of identification; identification as the mother of all defence mechanisms; Jacques Lacan on identification and "the mirror stage"; identification and the birth of the ego as captivation in an image; identification and ignorance; Kazuo Ishiguro's novel, Never Let Me Go, about some unusual students; Ishiguro's genius for depicting the limited understanding of his characters; the horror of the students' surrender to their fate; Ishiguro's novel as an analogy for the creation of social class; education as a means of ensuring docility; the film The Island (2005) as a Hollywood variation on the same theme; the fantasy of breaking out of an oppressive reality into another one; an annoying feature of The Matrix (1999); the impossibility of self-transformation; Plato's allegory of the cave; how the prisoners are conditioned to imprison themselves; Russell Brand on the décor of power; the social sense of "belonging" for the working and middle class; the ruling class at home in and beyond the law; shame and guilt as instruments of social control; the shift into identity politics and away from social class; identity politics in "heroic" and "tragic" modes; enduring shame and guilt; the escape from Plato's cave and what this might signify; a hope for a spiritual, anti-materialism as a future, defining philosophy for the Left. Michael Bay, director (2005). The Island. DreamWorks Pictures. BBC Newsnight (2013). Paxman vs Russell Brand - full interview, https://tinyurl.com/yr36avaj (youtube.com). Mark Fisher (2014). For now, our desire is nameless, https://tinyurl.com/ezxx5k66 (theeuropean.de). Kazuo Ishiguro (2005). Never Let Me Go. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Jacques Lacan (1949). The mirror stage as formative of the “I” function as revealed in psychoanalytic experience. In: Écrits, translated by Bruce Fink, New York: Norton, 2006. Plato (1997). Republic, translated by G.M.A. Grube and C.D.C. Reeve, 514-517. In: Plato: Complete Works, edited by J.M. Cooper, Indianapolis, IN: Hackett. Luxa Strata (2021). Lux Occult Podcast #29: Visualization demystified and imagination magick re-imagined with Aidan Wachter, https://tinyurl.com/yj4nawzk (apple.com). Andy Wachowski & Lana Wachowski, directors (1999). The Matrix. Warner Bros.

Join Luxa as she speaks again with Aidan Wachter, magician, podcaster, talismanic jeweler, and author or Weaving Fate and Six Ways about how changing the way we think about the term “Visualization” as well as how we frame the practice of Imagination Magick can make it much more accessible. There's also a ton of other great, practical advice about framing our approach to the practice of magick, and life, in general, as well as some commentary on fine cinema. There's an update about a Sound Sigil track for The Green Mushroom's first birthday that you can contribute to, as well as a sample of what Luxa has mixed for the track thus far. Also, a bonus bibliomancy break featuring listener and supporter, Antoni! Thank you for listening to the Lux Occult Podcast! If you'd like to support the show by helping Luxa buy books and curtail other costs, consider giving on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/luxoccult FOR FULL EPISODE NOTES: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSXi-jt2fAJP3QgyXv_AnEjTLqjjIQGUMxeZg20neZL0bofuoYluxJY0-EQK5YtjSApFlVhFCKIm6-B/pub Check out the new Lux Occult YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn8n4oQIH1uo08NhMvjjlB We would love to hear from you! Please send your thoughts, questions, suggestions or arcane revelations to luxoccultpod@gmail.com or message on Instagram @luxoccultpod https://www.instagram.com/luxoccultpod/ Check out Luxa's ongoing sigil and art project, The Memetic Disease: https://www.instagram.com/the_memetic_disease/ Find alL of Aidan's Wachter's work at : http://www.aidanwachter.com/ If you would like to record a Statement of Intent for The Green Mushroom Zygospore Sound Sigil Track by mid September 2021, here are instructions: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQDdyWdjSBh0FiYYbD3y19P0E4UUZN58ab_U7dBlT7LNfA9i1p939dqZEX-MNWBvgIQhKmLbItH7xnB/pub

In our first interview of season two, we're joined by Aidan Wachter, author most recently of Weaving Fate: Hypersigils, Changing the Past, & Telling True Lies, for a powerful discussion on magical practice, the philosophy and application of hypersigils, chaos magic and the experience of living in a weird, animist reality. An outstanding interview to start off CU S2. Aidan Wachter https://www.aidanwachter.com/ Patreon https://www.patreon.com/consensusunreality Merch https://consensusunreality.bandcamp.com/ Music by Treatment https://treatmentforu.bandcamp.com/album/pond-life and Lxv upcoming album "Anxiety Euphoria" https://lxvlxv.bandcamp.com/  

This week's show is third with Aidan Wachter. Aidan Wachter has been involved in practical magic since the 1980s. He is an animist and is deeply concerned with the effects of modern Western life-ways on the human animal, on both physical and spiritual levels. Aidan views a living magical practice as a path to heal many of the problems we face today and a way of being that is intrinsic to the creatures we are. He is the author of Six Ways: Approaches & Entries to Practical Magic and Weaving Fate: Hypersigils, Changing the Past & Telling True Lies. ​In this show we explored creating your life with magic and specifically through the lens of shadow work and personal mythology. I'd love to know what YOU think about this week's show. Let's carry on the conversation… please leave a comment below. What you'll learn from this episode: We're all creating our lives through story, whether we're aware of it or not - for most of us, without doing work, that story will be an old, fear-based one Shadow work is about making conscious those parts of us that have been held outside of our awareness but have been running our lives A massive clue to where we have shadow is to notice when we are triggered - that is when an old story is alive and telling us that benign things are threatening Shadow work comes in many forms such as Jungian and shamanism - ultimately they're all about integrating the hidden parts of us back into the system Then comes the really fun part - creating our new myth... who is that, how do they live, how do they feel, what do they wear? And instilling that into our reality via archetypes, decrees/charms, hypersigils and more Finally I loved what Aidan said: "Magic is pulling real rabbits out of metaphorical hats" Resources and stuff that we spoke about:   Six Ways Podcast Thank you for listening! There's fresh episode each week, if you subscribe then you'll get each new episode delivered to your phone every Tuesday (that way you'll never miss an episode): Subscribe on Apple Podcasts/iTunes Subscribe on Android Thank you! Lian & Jonathan

Welcome to Weird Web Radio! This episode is the launch of a new special series called Road Spirits! This series will be all about magical people having magical adventures and what they discover along the way. Why? We all travel. We all go on vacations. Well, we try and hope. Maybe this will inspire you. Traveling as magical people takes on extra depth. We look for the mysteries, the spiritual places, and the history. We find ourselves in strange encounters too. This series is my way of making these conversations more important. First up is Aidan Wachter! Aidan has done a LOT of traveling. He insists it's moving - and he is pretty much a Nomad - but he doesn't stay anywhere long. He has some amazing stories from the road and the places he called home through out his life. I hope you enjoy the journey he takes us on! The New Road Spirits logo is available on swag in the shop too! Aidan's Bio: My approach to all I do is both informed and driven by my magical practice and spirit contacts. I believe that magic, sorcery, shamanry, witchcraft and related practices are the root of human spiritual culture. As Western societies grow more fundamentalist (particularly in the USA), in their expressions of both religion and materialism, there has been strong pressure to move away from the magical approaches which are, I believe, the birthright of humans. If we humans are indeed in some way special, I would like to think that this is not all in our material progress as expressed in rampant industrialism (and it's co-mingled social, psychic, and planetary degradation), but in our ability to directly interface with the vast array of beings and experiences that make up the world we inhabit, both this material Earth we dwell upon as well as the Otherworlds of the spirits. My aim as author, sorcerer, and artist is to facilitate this communication between ourselves and these others. Enjoy the show! Stay Weird, my friends! Find Aidan On The Web: Facebook Six Ways & Weaving Fate Discussion Group Instagram Official Site Want to know what Aidan and I Talk about in the bonus portion?! We go WAY DEEPER into Sorcery and Adventures playing a game of insights and answers based on the letter A! All that and more in the members only bonus audio extended interview! Join here! It's time to sport a new look? Hell yes! Check out the Official Weird Web Radio Store for Shirts, Hoodies, Hats, and more! Real quick! Do you want a Tarot Reading from an international award winning professional? Look no more! I'm here! Go to my site http://tarotheathen.com to reserve your reading today! You can also come join the Facebook discussion group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/weirdwebradio/ New Instagram for Weird Web Radio! Follow for unique content and videos! https://www.instagram.com/weirdwebradio/ You can make a One-Time Donation to help support the show and show some love! Is this show worth a dollar to you? How about five dollars? Help support this podcast! That gets you into the Weird Web Radio membership where the extra goodies appear! Join the membership at patreon.com/weirdwebradio or at weirdwebradio.com and click Join the Membership! SHOW NOTES: SUBSCRIBE ON iTunes, Stitcher, and Spotify! Also streaming on mobile apps for podcasts! Intro voice over by Lothar Tuppan. Outro voice over by Lonnie Scott Intro & Outro Music by Nine Inch Nails on the album ‘7', song title ‘Ghost', under Creative Commons License.

For episode 62 we welcome back author, magican and talismanic jeweller, Aidan Wachter. We discuss he last book Weaving Fate and Aidan's writing process, including the importance of flow and how his work is made up of broken pieces which makes sense at a later point. We talk magic as a tool for altering future probabilities and ones past through ritual and manipulation of the mind and the world. Magic and sorcery are ways of being in the world and Aidan's writing offers us his way without conditions or constraints. Aidan's work helps anchor us around the understanding that our lives are our own. That we can be our own real time biographers and we can write a better story. He also gives us a good toolkit for doing so in both of his books, Six Waysand Weaving Fate. In the Plus show we discuss ‘naming' and coming of age and the idea of ‘the feral self'. I also manage to go down a rabbit hole around my confusion with billionaire's obsession with Super Yachts. I'm not even sure how my brain got there... Show Notes: http://www.aidanwachter.com https://twitter.com/silfrsmith Support the show: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/spiritbox TWITTER - https://twitter.com/spiritbox3 SUPPORT - https://www.patreon.com/spiritbox PODCAST - https://anchor.fm/spirit-box Music by Obliqka --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spirit-box/message

Dirt sorcerer, author, and artist: Aidan Wachter is our guest this week! We talk visual abilities and spiritual sight, experiencing a shadow takeover, messages from the hypnogogic state, cultivating relationship with our Other Selves, food and spirit work, familiars, running into non-humans, and share a greater discussion on personal practice. Find Aidan: www.aidanwachter.com www.facebook.com/groups/817003871775078 Find Mana: www.mothmana.com instagram.com/mothmanatarot twitter.com/ManaAelin Support the podcast and join the hordes in my underworldian city on Patreon! www.patreon.com/mothmana. Intro Song is "1985 Night Rider" by Tiny Music Outro Song is "Starfighter" by Eldorado

Foundations of Magic Topics discussed: Ramsey Duke- The Little Book of Demons: The Positive Advantages of the Personification. Causal chains in Magick. Cauldron and cord work. Get in touch with Chaweon: https://www.instagram.com/hichaweon/ https://www.tiktok.com/@hichaweon https://www.facebook.com/witchesandwine/ Hey babe, hear the full-length "Director's Cut" of interviews (and other bonus content). Support Witches & Wine on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/witchesandwine

This week's show is with Aidan Wachter. Aidan Wachter has been involved in practical magic since the 1980s.  He is an animist and is deeply concerned with the effects of modern Western life-ways on the human animal, on both physical and spiritual levels. Aidan views a living magical practice as a path to heal many of the problems we face today and a way of being that is intrinsic to the creatures we are. He is the author of Six Ways: Approaches & Entries to Practical Magic and Weaving Fate: Hypersigils, Changing the Past & Telling True Lies. ​In this show we explored what magic is and how to begin your own magical practice. It's such a brilliant introduction to listeners who are new to real magic but also those who already have a practice will likely hear something fresh in this conversation because Aidan brings such a fresh approach. I'd love to know what YOU think about this week's show. Let's carry on the conversation… please leave a comment below. What you'll learn from this episode: I love Aidan's view that magic is the relationship we have with the field (manifest and unmanifest reality) Don't feel you have to adopt a whole magical tradition lock, stock and barrel... see what magic means to you and what you're drawn to Start with a few simple practices and then adjust and play with different intentions Start with a simple offering ritual: offer food, water, incense to your allies, speak out your intention, after you've created a relationship - ask for their help and see what happens. Resources and stuff that we spoke about: www.aidanwachter.com Six Ways Podcast Thank you for listening! There's fresh episode each week, if you subscribe then you'll get each new episode delivered to your phone every Tuesday (that way you'll never miss an episode): Subscribe on Apple Podcasts/iTunes Subscribe on Android Thank you! Lian & Jonathan

Aidan Wachter's newest book is about how to rewrite the past and to write your ideal future, via some very practical magical techniques. In this episode we cover techniques from the book like: - The Black Book - The corridor (recording over the tapes) Get in touch with Chaweon: https://www.instagram.com/hichaweon/ https://www.tiktok.com/@hichaweon https://www.facebook.com/witchesandwine/ Hey babe, hear the full-length "Director's Cut" of interviews (and other bonus content). Support Witches & Wine on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/witchesandwine

Thank you for joining us this week for a new episode of The Esoteric Negro. We've been taking a break getting ready for the next chapter of the show that we are excited to share soon! Today our guest author and eclectic practitioner Aidan Wachter. Wachter is well known in magical, pagan and occult circles as a highly respected talismanic jeweler. Wachter carries an deep wealth of experience having worked with various streams of witchcraft, chaos magic, ceremonial magic, folk magic, and freestyle sorcery. He is an animist, and his work is spirit-driven and results oriented. He counts among his spiritual forebears Austin Osman Spare, Rosaleen Norton, Dorji Banzarov, and Jan Fries. He lives in the mountains of New Mexico with his wife, cat, several dogs, goats, and a mixed flock of chickens and Muscovy ducks. We hope you enjoy this episode as much as we had learning and listening to Aidan. Much love and thanks for your continued support! Follow Aidan Visit aidenwachter.com Follow The Esoteric Negro Visit theesotericnegro.com Support The Esoteric Negro --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theesotericnegro/support

This week's show is with Aidan Wachter. Aidan has been involved in practical magic since the 1980s.  He is an animist and is deeply concerned with the effects of modern Western life-ways on the human animal, on both physical and spiritual levels. Aidan views a living magical practice as a path to heal many of the problems we face today and a way of being that is intrinsic to the creatures we are. He is the author of Six Ways: Approaches & Entries to Practical Magic and Weaving Fate: Hypersigils, Changing the Past & Telling True Lies. ​In this show we explored the intersection of rewilding and magic - or how they're actually two sides of the same coin, or "one stone" as Aidan says. Given the power of both rewilding and magic, bringing the understanding of them together in this way is such an important and helpful conversation for anyone who wants to reclaim their power. I absolutely loved it - I hope you do to. I'd love to know what YOU think about this week's show. Let's carry on the conversation… please leave a comment below. What you'll learn from this episode: Indigenous - ie wild - cultures across the world and throughout history evolved with magic being part of the worldview and way of relating to themselves and everything around them. Aidan actually says that he sees magic as the defining root of human culture. Typically modern magic hasn't included an understanding of the importance of rewilding - therefore unless someone has already been on the rewilding path, any magical practice will be  happening over the top of domesticated ways of thinking and being. If we were raised in wild ways we would have been guided to live in a way that was in alignment with our deepest self (which we could describe as the soul or True Will) but those of us who were raised in this modern culture will need to rewild to release the dreams, visions, ideas and fears that aren't native to us For those of us who are already on the rewilding path, the understanding and practice of magic provides us with the power to create positive change in the world that is in alignment with our deepest self

Our amazing guest this week is author, sorcerer, artist, and occultist Aidan Wachter! Aidan has published two remarkable books, Six Ways: Approaches & Entries for Practical Magic, and Weaving Fate: Hypersigils, Changing the Past, & Telling True Lies. Having read both, and loved both of them I was thrilled to have Aidan on the podcast. We talked about sorcery, chaos magic, animism, and “telling true lies.” See more about Aidan Wachter here: http://www.aidanwachter.com/

Aidan Wachter Aidan was a talismanic jeweller (now retired) & author, living in the mountains of New Mexico. His approach is both informed and driven by my magical practice and spirit contacts.  Aidan works from the viewpoint that magic, sorcery, shamanry, witchcraft and related practices are the root of human spiritual culture. As Western societies grow more fundamentalist (particularly in the USA), in their expressions of both religion and materialism, there has been strong pressure to move away from the magical approaches which are,  he believes, the birth right of humans. His aim as author, sorcerer, and artist is to facilitate this communication between ourselves and these others. In this episode we discuss this and the way that art and magic are the same and the information that Aidan shares I believe is fundamentally import for artists and musicians. I have found his books, Six Ways and Weaving Fate inspiring. Find out more by visiting http://www.aidanwachter.com To support the podcast and get access to features about guitar playing and song writing visit https://www.patreon.com/vichyland and also news for all the creative music that we do at Bluescamp UK and France visit www.bluescampuk.co.uk

This is a special bonus track I put together as I meditated on the Solstice and the Planetary Conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter that, as I write this, is set to take place just a few hours from now! To be honest, I sort of made it for myself- to solidify my intentions going forward, but I hope others will find it enjoyable. This track features some ambient textures and beats, as well as some vocals of people celebrating different traditions and of me conducting bibliomancy, and reading nonsense and poetry. Even if it is after the solstice when you hear this track, I'm hoping to encapsulate a bit of the aspirational energy of this time. I hope you like it! For full notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQ8fU2awMPZqFGessDbxoZlevvQx5remy5AlLaVpJouaTIwfrREKRp7vhMrXmAu3DKeBpwklUtblKtb/pub P. S. The amazing support I've been getting from all of you awesome listeners has been incredible! I feel a huge amount of gratitude for all of it. Much Love!

Join Luxa as she interviews Aidan Wachter, magician, author, podcaster and talismanic jeweler about framing our approach to the practice of magick (and life, in general!). Aidan's books, Weaving Fate: Hypersigils, Changing the Past and Telling True Lies and Six Ways: Approaches and Entries for Practical Magic are both highly recommended! Plus, an update on The Green Mushroom project and even more nonsense, this time with an element of Tarot! Works Cited and Notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vR4EjmXsAY2ZFOmxGhyodBhS96qbL5Y0STnPv0yNncquTb6Sqce_SOj7P0NhW7-aXAIq9O3chdOr5AI/pub To support the show, please consider giving on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/luxoccult Thank you so much for listening to the Lux Occult Podcast! Please send your thoughts, questions, suggestions or arcane revelations to luxoccultpod@gmail.com or message on Instagram @luxoccultpod https://www.instagram.com/luxoccultpod/ Check out Luxa's ongoing sigil and art project, The Memetic Disease: https://www.instagram.com/the_memetic_disease/ And try the technique for yourself! https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSLceg14KnJMbDNLOj0R_5851IPu5zt-s1FaCnEk1yB1_DkQs1lyK41Id2lrKAxI8DbyFC1Y_0f4Ivq/pub Here is a link to a slideshow about the Green Mushroom Project! https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vRfpKtb77aI5yU1uCnkfvHC4mnCOvmmdvOhB-39XDTWXBk3m_2rWr_3Pa8ahspM4ywDTLZdSdITFCxX/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000 And follow The Green Mushroom project on Instagram @hyphosigil https://www.instagram.com/hyphosigil/ Check out the Church ov Nothing and ANQ (Pseudo-Qabalah): The Church Ov Nothing — ANQ Listen to Ad Hoc History, a podcast where Luxa and her brother, Asher, talk history and the personal motivations that might underlie it: https://open.spotify.com/show/0HLqy3W7LtnuMxRxl0ei0Q Also check out Faith Blind Council https://www.faithblindpodcast.com/ And Unearling Paranormalcy Podcast https://www.unpnormalcy.com/

In this episode, I speak with Aidan one of Canada's top Tik Tokers We cover: - Starting on the app - Putting out consistent and good quilty content - How he gained his followers - Doing all this while still having a full-time job - Advice for someone wanting to put out content on Tik Tok - Future plans Tik Tok - https://www.tiktok.com/@chezaidan?lang=en Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/chezaidan/?hl=en

Sometimes we get so obsessed with the “fruits” of magic (i.e. material results) that we avoid working on the vital “roots” of our very consciousness. What are the esoteric tools and practices that can help us destroy time, heal the past, consecrate our present and live the future we want? Aidan Wachter (author, talismanic jeweler and dirt sorcerer) shares about all of these topics in his new book “Weaving Fate”, he answers your Glitch Bottle Patron questions and more!►Get your copy of “Weaving Fate” - http://www.aidanwachter.com/weaving-fate►Check out Aidan’s Podcast http://www.aidanwachter.com/six-ways-podcast

Sometimes we get so obsessed with the “fruits” of magic (i.e. material results) that we avoid working on the vital “roots” of our very consciousness. What are the esoteric tools and practices that can help us destroy time, heal the past, consecrate our present and live the future we want? Aidan Wachter (author, talismanic jeweler and dirt sorcerer) shares about all of these topics in his new book “Weaving Fate”, he answers your Glitch Bottle Patron questions and more!►Get your copy of “Weaving Fate” - http://www.aidanwachter.com/weaving-fate►Check out Aidan’s Podcast http://www.aidanwachter.com/six-ways-podcast

Episode 152 welcomes back author, artist, and all-around great guy Aidan Wachter as we celebrate the release of his second book Weaving Fate: Hypersigils, Changing the Past, & Telling True Lies. Aidan's independently published books have made him a well-respected, best-selling Pagan author without going through the traditional "Big 2" publishing route. We spend some time not only talking about the content of his book but about the nature of Pagan publishing and how scholarship will change in the coming years.    Find out more about Aidan, his books, and his new podcast here. Patreon supporters heard this show first! Consider giving a small donation to Patreon.com/IncitingProjects! You’ll get cool rewards like unedited video and audio podcasts from Inciting A Riot and Inciting A BrewHaHa, as well as bonus extras not published anywhere else, plus deals and coupons! Patrons are charged on a per-creation basis, so you only pay for the content you want!    Love and Lyte,   Fire Lyte   Blog: IncitingARiot.com FireLyte@IncitingARiot.com @IncitingARiot on Twitter / Instagram Facebook.com/IncitingARiotPodcast Subscribe/Rate/Comment on iTunes: http://bit.ly/iTunesRiot Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4qTYYhCLMdFc4PhQmSL1Yh

Andrew, Fabeku, and Aidan (aka Stacking Skulls) get together to talk about living during this ongoing pandemic. They talk about astrology, racism, colonialism, magic, getting by, and so much more.  Think about how much you've enjoyed the podcast and how many episodes you listened to, and consider if it is time to support the Patreon You can do so here. If you want more of this in your life you can subscribe by RSS , iTunes, Stitcher, or email. Aidan is here.  Fabeku is here.  Andrew is here. Thanks for joining the conversation. Please share the podcast to help us grow and change the world.  Andrew You can book time with Andrew through his site here.  Transcript is below.  Andrew: Hey, folks. Welcome to another episode of The Hermit's Lamp Podcast. At the time of this recording, it is, basically, the end of August, and been on a hiatus since the earth of spring from podcasting. Just too busy with dealing with all of the chaos of COVID and all of that chaos and everything else. But, I was thinking that the last episode that I did with Stacking Skulls was called WTF, and I think that the title for this one is probably WTF Still? Because, here we are so many months out from what's going on, and yet still life is chaotic and uncertain, and, really, especially for folks in America, way worse in some ways than it was back then. I don't think that we are still cruising around the idea that it might be, "Yeah, three weeks of lockdown, maybe a little bit longer," and now we're in the phase of, "Is there an end? When's the end? How does an end of this come together?" And, all that wear and tear that's kicked around. So, anyways, if you don't know Stacking Skulls, well, number one, you're in for a treat. There's a whole bunch of episodes of us clowning around together. But, I'm here with Fabeku and Aidan, and we're just going to check in as my fall relaunch of the podcast happens. So, yeah, who wants to go first, what's going on? How's the last five months been?  Aidan: The last five months have been ridiculous. Andrew: Yeah.  Aidan: It's been crazy busy, partially. We were pointed at doing... When I say we in this context, that's me and my wife... doing another class but with COVID and everybody being sent home, we realized that that didn't make any sense to try and put anything out that was a larger money thing. Because, it seemed like it was quite possible we weren't going to have much money and we didn't really feel great about trying to get 300 bucks or something out of people at that moment in time, because, really, we couldn't tell how things were going. So, we changed gears back to my second book, and so I've been rapidly finishing that and then learning InDesign to put it all together and get it printed. So, that's launched as an e-book now and in 10 days, 9 days, something like that, the print books start landing on people's doorsteps. Andrew: Nice. Aidan: It's overall just been weird. We're in one of the states that are... our governor has always taken this thing really seriously. So, we didn't get hit nearly as hard as most other places with the exception of some places on the reservation got hit really bad. So, we've been in lockdown way before a lot of places that didn't get hit as hard have been. We're now at the place that it's masks if you are outside of your home, period. So, I haven't really been on the bike for a while, because it is not fun to go riding around on that. We're super supportive of it. Because, it's just not being one of the people that is necessarily at as much risk as other people are, though... obviously, everybody can get it and can get messed up by it. You certainly don't want to be involved in spreading the shit.  Andrew: For sure.  Aidan: So, it's been crazy on that sense, but at the same time, we're homebodies anyway, and it's us at home with the animals. So, we've shifted a few things, but they've not been great. Not been huge for us. Then yeah, just doing book promo stuff and then launched the first episode of my podcast. But other than that, it's just been working on the book, working on getting the book out there, working on understanding InDesign. Andrew: It's not at all a small task to do a thing like that, right? Aidan: Yeah, it's interesting. I'm glad I know how to do it because it sets me up to do more. So, I'll be doing the e-book of Six Ways next and then I've already got part of the third book going. So, it's nice because it allows me to take the reins for that whole project now, but it is a lot of work. Keeping busy with that. Chickens, lots of chickens.  Andrew: Yum, yum. I mean, wonderful. Aidan: I don't eat them but I yum yum for their eggs. Andrew: How about you Fabeku? Fabeku: Yes, same. It's been crazy, like everybody. I think the last time I left the house was end of February, maybe first couple days of March. Have not been out of the house since then. Like Aidan, I don't go out of the house much anyway. But, this many months has been a strange thing. Yeah, I've been busy with a ton of stuff too. I just finished a book with some writing and art and some shit like that, that's going to be published by Revelore in October. [inaudible], so that's a cool thing. It was weird for a while. The first few months, I had a hell of a time doing art. I could do some stuff for clients or collectors or whatever but my own stuff is just, "What the fuck am I doing?" It was awhile that I didn't do any art which is weird for me. So, finally, back at that which is good. I feel like that was sanity preserving kind of things. Yeah, excited about the book, excited about the couple of books after that, that I'm finally back in motion after stalling out for a while and just busy with a ton of people stuff and trying to help people manage this fuckery that is 2020 at this point. Yeah, it's been a pretty high bandwidth task moment. Yeah, I don't know. It's a strange time in so many ways. In so many ways. Andrew: Yeah, I feel like this hit, probably around the time we were doing the last episode, things were slow-ish for me, and I was just trying to figure out what was going on and all that kind of stuff. Then, just things got super busy between the store and client work and suddenly having two kids that I'm solo parenting half the time. Not in school, all that kind of stuff. All of a sudden, it's just, wow, I'm just working as a parent or working as my regular job continuously and all the time. That was just an intense run all the way through until, really, maybe two weeks ago or three weeks ago, when I... here in Toronto, things went pretty good. We had a lot of stuff going on, but we're down to maybe 20 new cases a day, maybe less. We've had some single digits and restaurants are open and a lot of stuff. Gyms are open, with social distancing, of course, but it hasn't brought about a big spike in anything.  So, cautiously optimistic about it. Have been, and then, of course, the next big question is, school starts next month, and it's, what's going to go on with that and so on. Right? So, it's just trying to have a wrangle all that stuff with COVID. Then, I think, the other big thing that... this happened in this time since we last talked, right, was George Floyd's death. Right?  Aidan: Absolutely.  Andrew: The resurgence of what, really, should be a continuous thing of, how do we fix these racial divides and inequities and all this stuff. It's definitely a thing that's taken up a chunk of my attention as well in terms of trying to stay attentive to it, right. To not just drift back into day-to-day life, and whatever. Because, that's been the history of it, right? It erupts into the media and into our consciousness because there's some horrible thing that happens. Then, from a broader perspective, it dissipates, right? It doesn't build momentum. So, yeah, I would say I'm hopeful that it's going to change at this point. I have no idea, right. But, I think that there, definitely, felt like there's a different quality to what's been going on around that stuff, that I have some hope that it will make bigger changes. Yeah. Aidan: Yeah, that's been a huge thing too, obviously. And, it's interesting because it's even where you get stuff that's... I have folks in my family that still don't perceive what the issue is, you know? Which is weird to me on a personal level because I have, in my immediate, immediate-immediate family, people of color. So, you don't even want to take their word for what they're experiencing, even though they are technically your family, right? You're so set in your belief structure here that you can't see that or can't see the difference or the shifts between it. There's folks in my family that, again, have children that are children of color, that still don't see it. It's, really? How are you that unaware? How do you maintain that? That's what, I guess, I don't understand. I've never been able to maintain that. I didn't start with it, I think, and that's why. But, it's been good to see the attention. So, the reasons behind why it needs to be there are horrible, but yeah, I don't know.  Then, for us in the US, to me, there's like an almost psychotic nature to the United States right now. Where the whole discourse is so stratified and so divisive and so peculiar in where people can and will go. It's really, you don't see that in yourself or you don't see that in the people that you're supporting? How do you pull that off? I just don't get it. Fabeku: Its been interesting for me, my mother is in her 80s and grew up in a little teeny tiny, literally, a shack in the hills of Kentucky. After George Floyd was killed, every single time I've talked to her, that's almost all she's talked about, and how she realizes, at this stage of the game, that she's spent 80 something years oblivious to this shit, and not paying attention and not listening to people, and having the privilege to not pay attention to it because it didn't affect her. And, she's trying to have conversations with her sisters and her brothers, almost all of whom are completely oblivious to it and entirely entrenched in, what's the big fucking deal, kind of thing. I It's interesting to me, the way it's shaken things, loosened her in a way that I've never seen before, right? It's not that we didn't have conversations about it before but, I don't know, I don't think she got it. As opposed to her sisters and brothers, will actively push against it. It was never that so much, it was just, well, yeah, that's really bad. But now, I mean, we have hours and hours of conversations of just, how the fuck have I not paid attention to this? How the fuck if I lived my entire life not understanding how, and completely, fucked things are for people that aren't white in this country? It's been an interesting thing to see. I think she's hopeful that her sisters and brothers will wake up and get it. I don't think they will. They're about as deeply entrenched in that kind of bullshit as it gets. But, yeah, it's been interesting to listen to my mother, of all people, have long conversations about this. When John Lewis passed, she was talking about, how did I never really pay attention to who this man was? How did I not know his life and his legacy and his history? Yeah, it's been an interesting come to Jesus moment, in some ways for her. Andrew: Mm-hmm (affirmative). It's funny, when I started this podcast many years ago, the first thing I did was a series of interviews on why some people change and why some people don't, right. I talked to people [inaudible] they're right there, the early episodes still existent. Should be on iTunes, and whatever I talk to. That time I was mostly tarot focused so I've talked to a bunch of tarot readers about it. It's, nobody's got an answer for that, right. I think that it's such a significant question now, right. Can we understand how to make change in society? I think that we're seeing a lot of stuff around that, that the answer is, maybe it doesn't. Maybe it can't be polite, maybe it can't be quiet, maybe it can't be whatever, right? Because, I see the things that make change, and the quiet, polite route is predominantly a route of quiet and polite with money and power behind it, right? You know? Aidan: Oh, yeah. You get to be very quiet and polite if you have lots of privilege. Andrew: Right? But also, thinking about the people who follow Stalking Skulls. They're our groupies, right? They are those people who are part of our magical communities, right? I think that it's such a... number one, if we want to work magic, we have to try our best to see the world as it is, right? That means, from my point of view, seeing racism and sexism, and all the different things that are going on, right, and engaging with that, right. I think that it's not that you can't do magic without being aware of lots of things, but I think that the more aware we are, the more it gives us capacity to see and make change both in ourselves, and depending on what's going on in the world too, or see where change might be able to happen.  Aidan: Yeah, I think that it's very interesting on the magic side, because I agree with you totally. The more aware you are of how things are unfolding or how things can unfold or how things... for me, my own tendencies to, where will I not consider change? Because, there are places that I really don't want to do that, like quitting coffee, which I did. Andrew: What? Aidan: Because, my wife finally said, I don't think this is working well for you, even though you've been doing it for 40-something years so you should drop all of the caffeine. I, totally, entrenched for several hours and then went, Okay, I know that this is not good. I said, I need some space to go and think about this, and went, okay, let's examine myself and go, oh, yeah, this is typical junkie behavior. It's the same as any other addiction I've dealt with, so I'm not really down with that. So, something's got to change. But, if I didn't have the ability to go, okay, I'm being given information of everyone outside of me that I don't like. I've been given a suggestion that I don't like.  Yes, this is an entirely personal and minor one, but if I can't actually go, okay, this is also from somebody that I believe is serious and has intelligence. So maybe, I should take some time and figure out why I don't want to hear it, let alone consider it. It's an interesting thing. I think that's critical in magic. I think it's critical in life, but we can get away with it without doing it. It's just not necessarily the best way, I don't think. Andrew: Yeah, I don't even know what else to say about this. I'm just, "Fuck!" I think that's part of what's tough about the racial issue. It's like, "Man." I think that there are plenty of places to go look up what you could do, right? You know I mean? Fabeku: Absolutely.  Andrew: It's not that I [crosstalk] specific things or I'm not taking actions around it, right. But, I think that this moment where the scope of COVID, the scope of these issues is so big, so daunting, right? Yeah, it's [inaudible] this space where it's [inaudible], so big so much. It's, yeah, staring at that abyss, right, and know that it's staring back at you and then start walking into it, right. But, nonetheless, it's interesting. It's interesting times, for sure.  Fabeku: Yeah. I think, for me, a lot of the magic, personally, has been aimed at either expanding or maintaining that capacity, right? Because, I think that one of the things that's easy to do when we're looking at something daunting, whether it's the racial issues or the virus stuff or personal, whatever it is, you just shut down, numb out, turn off. Obviously, I think, for the people that have the privilege to be able to do that, that's the thing a lot of people do. The reality is, there's a ton of people that never have that option, right? Because, they're so fucked, they just can't say, "Well, this is too big. I'm going to watch Netflix for a few hours and not give a fuck."  I think that I've really been looking at that capacity thing. How do you expand the capacity enough to keep your eye on the abyss? To keep walking forward, to not tune out. To not say, well, somebody else will handle it, because, listen, we've done that shift for too long, and, obviously, it's failed in every possible fucking way. Yeah. Yeah, capacity seems to be a big thing right now.  Andrew: Mm-hmm (affirmative). Yeah, I think it's huge, right. I think that it's a piece that I learned mostly from you, right, actually. I had some very clumsy ideas around it, and your work clarified it. It gave me a real focus. It's, yeah, that's what I've been trying to get at, but I couldn't quite see it, right? I think that working to increase capacity, in whatever way you want to work on it, magically and otherwise, I think is crucial, right? I mean, in my parenting, there are definitely times when it's, all right, somebody, somewhere give me some more capacity right now because I am overwhelmed by this business. I think that working to call that in and expand that and stretch that and so on is super, super important, right? Aidan: It's interesting. I think, three days ago, we hit a place, my wife and I, where we went, Okay, we're not actually doing things the way that we know work well for us. So, how do we get that space back? Because, we lived in a cabin with no power or anything for a couple years, and we were really looking at that time, and going, there's a way that we were very well in that space. Anyway, as a result of this... this ties into your capacity thing for BQ, we decided that once we're both awake in the morning and ready to go, we turn on our cell phones, and we turn on the wifi, and we do, maybe, an hour of stuff that needs to happen through those tools. Then, we turn them all the way off, we turn off the wifi, we unplug the router, we turn off our cell phones all the way. We might have some stuff stored on our computer that we downloaded that we need to work on or whatever, but that's it for being connected.  Then, usually, we'll do that again in the afternoon and try and be done with that by about six. This is sharing not... primarily, because it's been incredible for us for just these last few days. So, it's not as much as suggestion as something to think about if people are super overwhelmed, because the 24-hour cycle has become just crushing in a way right now. But, we had a weird day. The first day was really weird. Like, okay, well, what do you do if we're not streaming Netflix for the last three hours of the day? Well, then I'm playing guitar for the last three hours of the day. One of these things is good for me, one of these things is at best neutral, right. The same thing during the day, that the amount of time that we're actually spending talking and working on our plans and thinking about how we do stuff together, is huge. It's probably an 80% increase in the last few days. Instead of the magical overt side of building capacity, which, I'm with you, I learned from Fabeku.  But, there's also the really base level of just going, can you step out of all of the noise and then check in to get what you need. It causes you to weed your sources out, figure out what do you need to see, what do you need to know, and if your time is limited to that and you're not going in and out of it all day, at least, for us, it's been an immense change that I don't see going back to that at all. It's, no, two hours of fucking net and cell phone access is more than planning for us. Everybody's going to be in a different situation. Fabeku: Yeah, this summer, my partner and I have been doing more leisure, and more, just, super-leisure. I've been lucky to be able to take a bit of time off and so on. So, we went to this place and it's a spa place and spent the second day there, literally, just either in the pool, on a lounger beside the pool or eating, having lunch or whatever. Yeah, no phone, no mess, no whatever. I didn't look at my phone, I think I looked at once through the, almost, two days that I was away. What actually needed to be responded to during that time? Not very much, right? I've been working on trying to institute more of this space, right? And, noticing, I like my movies and my TV, but also, I've been reminding myself that if I'm looking at my phone while I'm watching TV, something is wrong, right, for me?  People do whatever makes you happy, right? But its, either the show's not interesting enough, or I'm not looking at something that I need to address or, whatever, in order to be present with the thing that I'm doing. I think that if something's not engrossing me enough that it's holding my attention, well, then what's going on with that, right? I think about, I've been doing a lot of rock climbing again, and when I go by myself and do boulder, I will, sometimes, keep my phone around and read things on my phone while I'm resting in between climbs because I'm just sitting there by myself. But, last night, I went with my friend who I go with every week, and I left my phone in my locker, which is not a thing I would have done, at some point. I would have brought it with me, I would have checked in every now and then and whatever. But, it's, what am I doing, I've got a person to talk to, I've got an activity that I'm engrossed in. Yeah.  Aidan: Yeah, it's an interesting thing. Yeah, I had a place, I guess, it was about a month and a half ago which is interesting because, again, my life isn't that different, pandemic-wise than it is usually. But, I hit a place where I really couldn't get into any of the movies, any of the TV shows, anything. Even stuff that I like, wasn't happening. That moved me in that direction, and I shifted back towards reading more. Then, one of the weirdest things that we've had and I'm sure that there's lots of people that have studied things like EMF and all of that is, we live in a really quiet house because we're on a couple acres in a really quiet town. But, at the point that the phones are actually turned off and the computers are off and the wifi is off, it feels so quiet. In a way that even if the router is still on, it doesn't. Which makes sense, we know that these things are radiating stuff.  But yeah, it's a crazy difference to go, "That's noticeable. That is really different", and then balancing that out from, we're all old enough to have not had these things. So you go, "How interesting is that? This is really the first big chunk of my life, probably, felt like this, and what did I do? I played music, I read books, I talked to the people who around me, I engaged in a very different way." It's not to say I want to throw all that stuff away, but, definitely, it's opened my eyes to finding its place, rather than just letting it find its place in my life, I want to be the one that decides what its place is. Andrew: Yeah, I think it's a really good way to put it, right? Aidan: Mm-hmm (affirmative)- Andrew: So, now we all need to do a group working to break the internet's hold on us. It's an exorcism of sorts. Aidan: I don't if we're the ones who need it from what I see. Andrew: Wow. Did you do any magic around quitting coffee or did you just stop?  Aidan: No, my wife is our house apothecarist and herbalist so she treated it as a situation that could be dealt with herbs and using them in a homeopathic way. Not really using homeopathic medicines, but using some tinctures that she'd made. So, she's having me check-in with her every couple hours, "Tell me what's going on? How's your head? How's your... How's this, how's that?" Because, my tonsils were going off a little bit. I definitely detoxed like a crazy person for the first five days. That's always one of those signs. I had that same experience when we quit... when we went paleo, and we dropped all processed foods and all the grains and stuff. This is the total TMI, but you can absolutely tell how foul you are inside by how foul your poop is when you quit eating it. Your body goes, "Oh, you're not going to put more in, okay, well have this because we don't want it anymore."  Andrew: Get rid of all of it.  Aidan: Get rid of all of it, because oh, that's nasty. So, I think that now that my liver and all of that have had some time to back off away from the caffeine, things feel good, but I didn't have to do magic on this one.  Andrew: Mm-hmm (affirmative). [inaudible], Fabeku, is giving up coffee in your future? Fabeku: You know, actually, yeah, I haven't had any caffeine since early May, I think?  Andrew: Wow.  Fabeku: Yeah, for me, I reached a point to, between some body stuff and just the chaos and the anxiety of the moment, I'm, "What fuck am I doing? What the fuck am I doing?" Because, I really think up until then, I was drinking either coffee or yerba mate, then I'd throw in some caffeine pills. I'm, "What the fuck am I doing? This makes no sense."  Andrew: What are you, 16? Fabeku: Exactly. Acting like [inaudible] 7-Eleven to get [manodos] or whatever the fuck those things were. It was absurd. I think, for me... and this is what Aidan was talking about, about not doing things in a way that works. It was like, listen, if I'm structuring my life in a way that this makes sense, then something's wrong because this doesn't make any sense at all. If you're recreationally enjoying coffee, one thing. Chugging caffeine all day and then throwing a fistful of caffeine pills on top of it, it's, listen, something is sideways. So, yeah, for me, it's been, yeah, late April, early March, or early May, since I've had any caffeine at all. Aidan: Oh, very good.  Fabeku: Yeah. Aidan: So, I could blame you, it was you, reaching out through the ethers, right? Fabeku: I want decaffeinated company.  Andrew: Oh, boy. No, I feel so embarrassed about my coffee cup [inaudible]. Fabeku: [inaudible] on.  Andrew: I actually know that it's not great for me. Well, it's part of a bad cycle for me, right? For me, coffee and being too busy, just go hand in hand, right? When I stop being too busy, then I stop hitting the coffee. It's just it rolls back. I remember when I moved into the last location where the fire was, I had quit coffee, I quit sugar, and I was just eating food, right? Making my own food most of the time, and I felt great. Then, I spent a month building a new shop. So, getting up as early as I could, doing construction, going to my old space, seeing clients, going to the new space, working until I felt like I might be a danger to myself, stopping, and I was just doing that. I did that every day for a month, right?  Somewhere in there, one of the people who was helping was, "I've got to take a coffee break and go to Tim Hortons and get something." I was, "Yes, give me coffee." Right? Then, probably, a few days later it was, "Yeah, get me a donut, too." And, that it was that was it, right, because it was just an unreasonable time. Then, been sort of, on and off wrestling with it ever since, right? I think that this time actually... again, going into COVID, I was maybe drinking more coffee when I get up kind of thing, right? But now, I'm having three again and I'm, ah, it's not ideal, but also, this is hangover of the massive pace that I've been running on, and trying to... my life is slower, but I have that velocitization like I've been on the highway, right, where I feel like I've go faster than I do. So, I'm sure everybody's loving it right now, conversation about our caffeine habits.  All right, it's official, Stacking Skills is anti-coffee. Stop it, it's bad for you. Just kidding, do what you want. There's a show called Beastmaster. You guys know that show? It's a super obstacle course kind of thing, right? If you like watching people with ridiculous physical capacities, to ridiculous challenges and climbing over things and swing from stuff, go check it. But, either way, it doesn't matter so much. But, I was noticing that all the people who were on it were working on themselves to get better, physically, and working on themselves as a person and working whatever. You see a lot of that in a lot of places, right. Certainly, if you're on the socials, you'll see that stuff a lot, right. I was, "Maybe, I'm done working to evolve. Maybe this idea of self-improvement is one that I should just jettison." What happens if I don't try and self-improve, but instead, just live and navigate? Right?  Does that mean that I'm going to stop learning new things? Of course, it doesn't, right? Does it mean that I'm going to stop making changes in my life? No. But, if there's this narrative of improvement, or evolution or whatever around these kind of things, I feel like there's a real pitfall in that. I don't buy into too much, but a little every now and then I do. I'm, "It's okay to be done with that. Just be like, this is just my life. I'm just navigating my life now". Is it going to change? Yeah. Is it going to change radically over the next 10 years? Maybe. But, does it have to do with evolution or, that kind of stuff? The perpetual cycle of self-improvement and so on. I don't know that I want anything to do with that, in the way that I see it anyway. Aidan: I go off about this somewhere, recently, I think. It's probably in Weaving Fate, I don't know. Which is about the whole thing about optimal now, right? I think this is totally tied in there. It's optimal nutrition, optimal training, optimal study habits, optimal work habits. I think it doesn't serve anything. It's, well, that's great if you're already... if you're already on Beastmaster and you're trying to win, then yes, you need to be worried about optimization. But, if you're climbing rocks or lifting weights, because you enjoy it, or you think it makes you healthier, then optimization is probably not actually all that relevant to you. It's another marketed obsession.  Andrew: But I feel like I see it in magic, too, right? Aidan: Mm-hmm (affirmative)- Andrew: A little while back, I posted something being, "Hey, everybody, don't forget, astrology is completely optional, right? You actually don't need to do anything with astrology to do magic." This isn't a criticism of this direction, right. But, the swing into grimoire magic and the resurgence of astrology as a prominent influence in spiritual and occult communities over the last five years, or whatever it's been. It's always been there, but it's really been ramping up, right, to be a thing that you see on the internet all the time. I think that there's this notion towards optimal and less around magic too, right. Well, I better make sure that this is the most astrologically auspicious moment that I have summoned the angels and the four governors, and the four kings and the [inaudible], and on and on and on, towards stuff.  I think that there's a direct or indirect pressure from things moving in that direction that I think doesn't need to be a part of any of it, right. It's all really deeply optional. Yet, isn't presented as optional, right. There's a drive behind it. Because, one of the things that was really interesting in the comments on that post, right, was people... it's the internet, people want to share their opinions and stuff, which is great, and people jumping in and being, "Well, you're being influenced whether you know it or not. Whether, you're whatever." I'm, "But, are we? Are we really?" I don't know about that. I'm not sure that I believe that big, grand narrative behind all these different things, is universal. You know what I mean? Yeah. I've talked- Aidan: Yeah, I'm with you on that. It's an interesting one. Lonnie and I were talking about this a little bit. My take has been since I got what I thought was... I started getting respectable results from my magic, was to go really hard on those things. The things that are working, I want to get really good with. I think the term I used... it made Lonnie laugh because I said, "If sigils are your jam, be a savage sigil magician, right, and see if you need anything else. Because you may not." I think this is where I totally agree with that is, there's an amassing of classically, historically relevant information that is fabulous, if that's what you're into. But, there's some dude out in the bush somewhere in some country who is whatever, he's got the skull of some rodent, and a little fire made of twigs, and you don't want to fuck with that guy. He's never heard of any of this shit you're talking about?  It is totally my take. I also think that if we look at it historically, that's the history of magic, except for the last equivalent of 10 minutes. So, people want to go, "Well, this is the thing." Yeah, for the last few hundred years, and that's a blip. That's, of course, my take. Take whatever you want.  Fabeku: I was talking to somebody. I made some planetary magic talismans and turned out remarkably potent and effective. They were saying, "Oh, but, when you made them, this planet was doing this thing in the sky. So, the talismans should have been fucked. How did you make them and they worked?" I said, "Because, I don't give a fuck what the planets are doing in the sky. It doesn't matter." So, this idea that it's always an influence whether you know it or not, I'm with you, I don't know that that's true. At least, I don't know that it's a prominent enough influence to matter.  I think a lot about currents, right? I think that for people immersed in a particular current, the effects or the shaping influence of that current is going to be stronger because you're immersed in it. I'm not saying there's no effect, but it seems to be less of a factor than somebody who is super centered in whatever current is, whether it's astrology or anything else, I think it's the same shit. I think there's this idea that you have to be immersed in a billion different currents and have your eye on them and line them all up in some kind of perfect Venn diagram of magic. That doesn't make any sense to me. One, I don't know if it's doable. Two, I don't know that it is actually necessary for most people. I think it's a weird thing.  Going back to the self-improvement stuff, a conversation I had with a client last week, they showed up with all of the shit that they wanted to sort out this magical strategy for. As they were talking, my body started to tighten up. There was just this feeling of grinding and grinding and grinding and it was, "I don't know how to do this, and what to do about this." I said, "Listen, we can circle back to this in a second but"... It was all like, doing more. More money, more this, more that, which is, again, fine, there's nothing wrong with it. I've done a shitload of magic for more stuff, it's fine. But I said, "Have you considered doing magic for more joy, for more flow, for more peace, for more ease, for more creativity?" There was this long silence, and then they started to cry because they never considered that. They came with this To-Do List of, "Okay, help me figure out how to do these 10 things to do more, to optimize, to improve.? I said, "Cool, do that. But, what if you also had more joy in your life, and that was the focus? Especially now as fucked as everything is."  I agree, I think that's this weird trap that we get into with the self-improvement stuff. It's just another version of grinding. It's just another version of never being enough. Never having enough, not pushing hard enough. Again, I think in this global moment of all moments, fuck. Let's look at some shit that's not that, let's look at some shit that is ease and peace and coherence and whatever the fuck it is. Because again, I'm going back to the capacity stuff, at some point, you can't expand capacity infinitely enough to just keep grinding on every possible fucking front. It's just not doable. Yeah, I think it's super easy to fall into that shit with magic and everything else. But yeah, it's a mess.  Andrew: So I want to circle back to something you said, and then come back to this as well because I want to talk about both. But, I think that, I [inaudible] this way. There was this big push to go back to, is there a singular truth, right? We can't deny that influence of Greek thought and other thought on our culture, right? You know what I mean? If we can go back to those philosophers and see the origin of stuff and see the origin of Western magic, going back to some of that stuff, in certain ways, right? That's cool and dandy and all, right. I think that if we look at the astrologies or other systems, I think that they're holistic models of everything, right, which is amazing. I think that having, and participating in, a holistic model of the universe, magically speaking, is a powerful thing to be engaged with. I think that the thing is that in Kumi, right, Orisha tradition, it's a holistic model of the universe that has no relationship to planets at all.  So, if both are describing something, and they're both describing it accurately within their holistic model, it doesn't mean that anything crosses over from those, and whatever that actual experience of the universe or... whatever's going on that we're engaging through one of these models, it's all accounted for in one way or another, right? Aidan: Mm-hmm (affirmative)- Andrew: And, it's not necessarily to say that we could equate, well, Egon said you were having this problem right now, ancestors say you're having this problem right now through divination, astrology says you're having this problem because of whatever, this hard planetary placement in your family situation or whatever, but those things aren't the same. Right? They don't have the same meaning. They don't have the same lived experience. They certainly have very different solutions and approaches, right. I think that this notion, which to some extent goes back to the Greeks and people who are smarter than me about philosophy might trace it further, that there's this true universal core that we can participate in through our intellectual perception.  Then, you compound that with, basically, the Victorian era magicians, Golden Dawn, Crowley. All those people who are like, everything is interwoven. Right? Everything is the same and symbolically resonant with each other at some level. I think it's an extension of colonialism and of that Victorian worldview to continue that process. Somebody sent me a list of [inaudible] and how they line up on the tree of life and they're, "What do you think? I'm, "I think this is colonial crap. I think it's not helpful. I think it's completely meaningless and disrespectful to this other completely coherent and self-reliant worldview."  It's not to say that there aren't philosophical things or similarities that we could talk about the crossover those things, but I think that the minute that we start to say that one is inherently true, or that those bridges are inherently true, I think that we start to get into very dicey waters, and probably we're wrong. Does that make sense?  Aidan: Yeah, totally. This came up recently in the Six Ways group, that somebody was saying that their background is in Western magical Kabbalah.  Andrew: Yeah.  Aidan: They were, "I'm having trouble mapping this kind of elements, middle world, world above, world below to that map." It's, because they're not talking about same thing. You can find somebody, I'm sure, who can give you something that says that this is, but if we look at it, the model that I'm using is rooted on, what would now be considered, very primitive people's viewpoints of the world. This was not folks who were trying to work out mathematics of language in the written word, this is a totally different thing. They were just looking at, what do we see and what do we interact with, and what is that thing?  It's not a map of something that you fit everything into? It's not a tool to categorize. It's, these are places you can interact with, or beings you can interact with that dwell in those places. In that sense, it's, yes, it's a metaphorical model, but it's not trying to be a universal model. It's, if you want to know what the underworld is, go there and learn that thing. You're not going to be able to map enough information on top of that lack of experience to make up for that experience, right?  It's, again, it's nothing against any of the systems, it's just realizing that they are not all the same. Like you said, with the Orisha tradition and the tree of life, they're not the same thing. They're not intended to do the same things. They're not experiential tellings of the same event, however you want to view it. I think it's a very interesting thing. I wanted to also tap into what Fabeku said because I'm also a total current guy. So, I'm going to do the work when I need to do the work, and when the allies are on board with it. That may be related to what's going on in the heavens, I don't know, but I'm certainly not going to start work based on what I think that is according to what somebody tells me is going on astrologically if the allies aren't going, "This is a good time to do that." But, if they'll say, hey, it's a go, and everybody else is, it's total shit city, it's, I don't care what you're seeing because my people say, it's a go and maybe we need to do this thing in total shit city. Again, what does that have to do with optimal. Sometimes it's shit city and you've still got to work. Fabeku: It's the title of your third book, Shit City.  Aidan: Shit City. No, at least the subtitle.  Fabeku: I totally get what you're talking about, Andrew, with the colonialism kind of thing, right? Because, I remember having a conversation with somebody, I was talking about was Oshun, the Orisha, and they were saying, "Oh, yeah, I totally get it because I've worked with Venus for however long. I'm, "What the fuck does that have to do with what I just said? I'm not talking about Venus, I'm talking about Oshun." They said, "It's the same thing." I said, "It's not the same fucking thing. It's not the same thing. They're entirely different." Are there places that, like you said, might crossover or ping a little bit? Sure, But, it's not the same thing. It's weird to me that we apply it with shit like this, but we don't say, well, this river is the same as that river or that ocean is the same as that creek, or a rose is the same as an orchid. It's not the fucking same.  Sure, they both have roots, they grow in soil, they're flowers, so they're similar in that way. But beyond that, it's not the same shit, right. I think, at best, it's sloppy thinking, at worst, it's all sorts of other shit, when we start pretending that this is that, is that, is that, and it's all different names for the same shit. I don't think that's true. I think it's it's lazy thinking, right, because it's convenient to say, Oh, well, no, I know Oshun because I know Venus, so I know Aphrodite. So, but that's not real. I think then when we do that, we miss the nuance, we miss the capacity to build a relationship that's coherent with whatever we're building a relationship with. Because, that would be like me saying, well, Andrew and Aidan are the same. No, you're not.  Andrew: [inaudible] start with A. [crosstalk]- Fabeku: Exactly, right.  Aidan: We wear glasses and we have tattoos. All the evidence is there. Fabeku: For sure. We don't do that in this way, but we do it with magic. I think it's a total failure of perception, and logic and relationship and understanding and nuance, and I'm just unconvinced that it works.  Andrew: Well, I think, as animism has resurfaced as a world model in certain pockets of the occult communities, I think that people are starting to understand that all of these plants are people, right. All of these stones and places, that they are their own things. I think that we haven't extended that to spirits, right? To say that, does Oshun have their own concrete specific existence, right? Sure. Beyond that, even, Fabeku's Oshun has its own concrete, specific, singular, individual manifestation that's different than my Oshun. Right? Not just because, maybe, our paths are different, or maybe this or that or who it came from, no, it's own distinct, separate living entity that is not the same as all the rest of them and there are relationships and, within religion, there are those, well, they're all Oshuns. But you know, Eleggua versus [inaudible] versus whatever, they're all different. The priests who have those Orisha's, each of those Oshuns has their own character, right, because they're their own people. Right.  I think it's a place where the magical community... I'm going to be curious to see if there is a point at which people stop doing this and start really holding that devotion to Kali or to whoever without any sense of crossover, and, so on. I think it'll be very interesting to see what comes of it, if anything. Fabeku: I think even beyond spirits... spirits in the usual sense, if we go to plants as people, you and I can talk about our experiences with rose or with sunflower or with gardenia or with mandrake. I'm willing to bet that your experience with rose is different than mine. Maybe they overlap in places, but there's nuances, there's differences, right? Just like two different people that know you are going to experience you in different ways. It's the same thing, which is where I think the common logic of, okay, well, what does rose do, what does rose quartz do, what is amethyst? I don't know, what the fuck does it do for you? I can talk about what it does for me and that might have nothing at all to do with your relationship with it. that might have nothing to do with whether that stone person or plant person will work magic with you, the type of magic that it works, how well you get on with that particular spirit.  That's the thing. I was just talking about this yesterday when I was teaching, there's a worldview problem, right, because we think that what does rose do, is a real question. It's not really a real question. But, we keep answering it, and so we're perpetuating the idea that it's a real question, but I don't think in practice it is.  Andrew: Yeah, I think it's true, plants, in the same way it's true of Orisha, within the traditional context, within traditional context of their religion, we don't say, "Oh, you've got a problem with work, who's the Orisha of work who's going to fix this thing for you, right?" We say, "You have a problem with work, will anybody come forward to fix this for you?" Maybe, it's an Orisha that we associate with work, like Ogun. Or maybe, Obatala is, "I've got you, brother, don't worry. You're covered. Give me this and we'll be good." The answer's to those are super nuanced by divination, by Odu, by story, by knowledge of Ebo, like, offerings, and so many things that are impossible from the outside. Those kinds of ways of working, only, can exist within the traditional context, I think.  In the same way, burdock is a really close friend of mine. Me and burdock, we're tight. And, the things that burdock and I have had conversations and done, have nothing to do with traditional associations, but it is also a source of power that can be applied in many directions, if the spirit of the plant is amenable, right? It's, yeah, maybe spearmint would be better at getting you some luck right now. It's a more traditional association, right? "But, you know what, I'm going to work a little extra hard, because it's not my area of expertise, but I'm still going to make it happen for you." Problem solved, right.  Fabeku: Well, I think the other super relevant point of what you said is that, not only is that the way to do it, but it's an individual thing. So, all three of us could have problems with work, all three of us could sit in Divine and get entirely different solutions to how to fix the work shit, even if the works shit looks the same. Right? So, one of the things that happens a lot when I'll do some divination in a private space of mine, when I post them, I get the question... It's not a criticism of anybody that asked the question, but I'll answer somebody's question... usually I'll include some magical stuff to do, and, inevitably, people will say, "Oh"... Well, let's say somebody's asking about a relationship thing and then we talk about whatever the solution is, inevitably, somebody will come along and say, "Oh, is this a thing that anybody can do for relationship stuff?" No, it's not. Listen, I don't know, maybe it works. Maybe it doesn't. But, this was a specific solution given to a specific person with a specific problem based on these cards that were pulled. It's not, here's the cure-all for everybody with a relationship problem. It's one conversation, one relationship in this moment.  Again, to me, that's the way that this shit really works. But, if we try to turn that into, oh, well, this thing will do the same shit for everybody having a relationship thing. I don't think that's real. I think if it does work, I think we've gotten lucky. But, I don't think that's an indicator that it's some universal solution. I get it- Andrew: [crosstalk], you can be the same solution for the same person down the road- Fabeku: Exactly- Andrew: On the same spot, right? Fabeku: Right. It is a very specific solution to that person, with this thing, with me, in this conversation, in this moment. Aidan: Absolutely. Yeah. That's, I think, the thing that I hit on a lot with people, and even with people with Six Ways that have got that, we'll be trying to figure out, "I'm now working on this, but I haven't got here yet, and I feel bad that I haven't got here yet." I'm, "Don't do that. Just find a way in. That's the whole idea here, is find a way into anything that works for you, and see where you can go with it." Because, that's where you get that depth. Then, you go, "Oh, yeah." I've got people saying I need to talk to the goats or I need to talk to some deity and or I need to get right with... to do some stuff to remediate some astrological influences, but maybe you can do all of the things that you need to do with your allies that you don't even know their names, that you just make offerings to and that's your only relationship, and all that you might have to do, is to go in and go, "This is hard, I need help with this or I would like to more capacity for joy in this because I feel really just fucked up by what's going on", right.  For everybody that I know that figures this piece out, they're really good magicians, with the work that they do works for them, and that doesn't have anything to do. Some of them know everything about everything, and some of them know nothing, essentially, from that other person's point of view. So, it is, it's about current, it's about relationship, it's about that reality of context. So, that, yeah, you and I could both be having trouble getting our point of view across to our partners, and it could have, on the surface, in the way we describe it, in the way we describe that it feels, it can all seem exactly the same, and it could be totally not the same.  I think this is going on constantly. It has to, right? But, magic tends to go, here's the formula to fix this. I've not really ever seen that to be true. It was, realizing, oh, if I'm just playing within the structure of, what Jason called zone rights... So this was, for me, LBR star ruby-based stuff, just as the shape of the operation, not using those words forever, but I figured out I could do all of the various operations that I read about in the magical books using these, even without learning all the different pentagrams. I wasn't doing that, I was doing incredibly basic versions of it. It's, no, I can connect to the powers and the quarters and the above and below and then put forward that I want help healing this or help this person out in their relationship, right, because I was building relationship with my allies and with that current.  So, yeah, great. So, Hermanubis is the one who does that. I don't know that guy, why would I go there? I've people saying, "Yeah, we got it." It's, I don't know if they are the ones who do that. They say they are and I have faith in them, so I'll go that route.  Fabeku: Yeah, maybe it's time for faith to make a comeback. How about that? [crosstalk]. What would that look like in the magical world, right? Aidan: Man. What is faith if you don't have religion?  Fabeku: Good question. Aidan: What is your faith in? Fabeku: Uh-huh (affirmative)- Aidan: Or rather, what is your faith for, which might be the better question.  Andrew: Really, the only answer to that should be, everybody's face should be in Stacking Skulls. In Stacking Skulls we trust. Stack them 23 high, and you're good. Everything [crosstalk]. The world will unlock, [crosstalk] will open.  Aidan: Once the stack gets taller than you, while you're standing up, things get better.  Andrew: Right. Back to my mind, we went on this lovely detour into things and I'm still, all right, but, what the hell? What the hell, universe? What the hell, 2020? What the hell is going to go on? Does anybody find feel like they're doing stuff or needing to do stuff? Maybe this is just a reiteration of the capacity conversation, but to just manage themselves through this time. You know?  Aidan: I definitely have some of that. Again, we talked about that earlier for me, backing off of the internet and connectivity and just going, Oh, yeah, I really like fooling around on the guitar for hours. I like talking to my wife for hours. Then, being really aware. In our house, we have this saying that, that the end of the world is happening all the time. But, sometimes it's very obvious for the people that it's happening in because it's clearly catastrophic, right. But, it's happening. It's ending, it's reforming, it's changing. I think, right now, is a really interesting moment because it's so clear that it's changing in a really huge way for a lot of people.  I don't think, we, in America... using the US term of America, which is totally wrong, but I'm going to do it here, because that's the language that's most appropriate here in America... I don't think all of this stuff has piled in on each other simultaneously in such an obvious and unrelenting way. So, it is. It seems clear to me that we're in a really major crisis point, at least in North America, which is what I can see in the United States primarily. It is an interesting thing, because if I look forward or in backwards, I can see the roots of the moment we're in, I can see logical outcomes, I can see outcomes that I would prefer, I can see the potential backlashes to the outcomes that I would prefer, right.  That's, I think, what's really interesting to me, is, I see, because we're in this election cycle and because things have been so insane politically here... I hope that people aren't assuming that if we have a change in the presidency, that that will fix what's going on. Because, we've had a whole lot of changes in the presidencies and they have not fixed what's going on.  Andrew: Yeah.  Aidan: So, yes, I would think that that would be a step in the right direction, for sure, but then you got to step on the gas at that point, if you want to see a lasting and real change. That's step one. Andrew: Yeah, for sure, right. Because, if there's a change in the presidency, that's great. But, that doesn't automatically change the system, and that systemic piece of stuff. The piece that is [inaudible]. Yeah. I've been going back to an old mantra of mine, which I've adapted slightly for this situation. It goes like this, other people's urgency doesn't need to be my urgency. I think that because there's so much going on right now, there are a lot of people who have a lot of urgency around stuff, right.  I remember, when my first godfather always used to say... because he ran a store and was a really well-known psychic in the Detroit area, and he used to say, "Look, if it's an emergency, you call 911. Otherwise, you can make an appointment and come see me whenever you can come and see." I've been working to not act with urgency, because I think that when stuff is as wonky and strange as it is, consideration and pacing and time and respecting capacity, and all those kinds of things, is super helpful, super important, I think. So, it's really, well, that's cool and all, but I'm not going to run around for this, I'm not going to run around for whatever. With my kids too, it's, is there an actual emergency, or is there some discomfort that maybe I'ma let you sit with for a bit so you can learn how to sit with discomfort instead of jumping into things, right?  It's an imperfect science, for sure. Right? It's just a general approach. But, I think that, yeah, that, I can't run around on this. I can't make myself do whatever. I can just do what I can do and I'm going to own my own directive around that, right. Sometimes I might be looking at something like, yeah, that is really urgent, I should jump on that. I should push myself to do that, even though I know there'll be a falling for it someway. But, yeah, that's been my thing.  Fabeku: I think, for me, it's been, because the clients stuff has been super busy, I've had to figure out a way beyond what I did previous to this, too, to not absorb that high-level, constant anxiety, angst, panic, fear, whatever it is, because, after a few weeks of that shit when all this stuff really ramped up, I just felt like I'd been through the blender. It's, okay, well, this is not ending anytime soon, and I'm happy to support people, and this can't be the way it goes. This can't be the way it goes. I think that's probably been the biggest piece, for me, was figuring out how to keep how to keep that capacity, but also how to not end up, at the end of the day or the end of the week, feeling like I've just been taken apart with this stuff. So, part of that has been magical practice, part of that has been mundane stuff, part of it has just been, okay, realistically, given this intensity, this is how many times a week I can have conversations with people that are really difficult and adjusting accordingly. Like you said, in some ways, not giving in to that, okay, but there's more people. There's 10 spots and 30 people, so let me figure out how to get 30 spots. That's not the answer, because then we end up back with coffee all day, caffeine pills, nonsense shit, right.  So, it really is like, this is what I can do and do it well, do it effectively, and also not be dismantled at the end of this, and it is what it is. That's it. There's no more space, there's no more bandwidth. There's no more room to fuck around with a calendar. Andrew: Hmm, yeah.  Aidan: I think that that thing too, which is what you brought on, the realizing where you've got to back down, or ramp things down, is really important, because there is so much out there, just saying, no, just go harder. Grind. There's times for that, but all of them all of them are not that time. Andrew: For sure. By where I go climbing... it's probably not surprising, it's an industrial building and there's some CrossFit type stuff in there, right? One of them has something painted on their garage door to their space. I think it says, "Somebody with less time than you is working out right now." I'm, that's cool. Good, for fuckin' [inaudible].  You know what I mean? A couple years ago, I shifted my climbing goals to be, still be climbing at the end of the year. That's my climbing goal, right. I have some very loose... I'd like to be able to consistently climb 5.8, 5.9. I'd like to be able to cycle 40 kilometers, 50 kilometers anytime. There's some very loose things that are indicators to me that I'm spending enough time being active to be able to continue being active, and that I believe that those things are good for me. Not in and of themselves, because they're indicators of a broader attention to my health, right.  Am I ever going to climb super higher levels than I'm climbing right now, I have no idea. Maybe, probably not. Does it matter? It doesn't matter. Am I always going to be able to cycle as far as I can cycle today? I'm doing a lot of distance cycling. Nah, probably not. There'll be times where I'm, I can't cycle that far right now. It doesn't matter. You know? Just keep showing up. Keep showing up. Keep doing the stuff to rest and recharge to show up.  Aidan: Yep, absolutely. I've definitely had to make adaptations on all of that stuff just because I'm getting smart enough to go, oh, this isn't really doing what I want it to do. So, instead of more, what does less do? I'm working out about half as much as I used to, and it's working better because my body can recover from that better. Interesting, okay.  Andrew: It makes sense, right? It makes sense. Well, maybe, we'll wrap it up here. I assume everybody knows where everybody is, but just in case, Aidan, where do people find you?  Aidan: You can find me at aidanwachter.com and as Aidan Wachter on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook, whatever that other one is.  Andrew: What's the name of your podcast, that people search? Aidan: My podcast is called Aidan Wachter Six Ways. It's up on Google, Stitcher, Apple, and someone else... I can't think who the other one is right now, but it's generally out there in the main places.  Andrew: I hear it gets heavy rotation in the underworld, so you can just go there and listen to it. Aidan: Exactly, you can find it down there. Yeah, you can get my books at all the major retailers. Andrew: Fabeku? Fabeku: Fabeku.com, Facebook, and, yeah, the book will be out in October with Revelore. Andrew: It's exciting.  Aidan: I'm stoked about that.  Fabeku: Hmm, me too.  Andrew: Yeah, and, obviously, I'm the Hermit's Lamp everywhere. Podcast is the Hermit's Lamp Podcast everywhere. I didn't talk about it, really, in this, but I'll throw it out here at the end. I'm going to be launching a Kickstarter for my next Oracle deck, which has the title of the Bacon Wizard Breakfast Oracle. So, if you like food and you like divination, I can certainly... I was going to launch it, actually, back in March. My original timeline was end of March, Kickstarter, but obviously didn't do that. But, it's going to be end of September, early October, Kickstarter for that, and you can check it out on my website and other places as I'm building up to that. So, all right. Thanks, folks. Have a great rest of your day. Aidan: Thanks for having us.  Andrew: Oh, my pleasure. 

For Episode 31 we welcome the awesome Aidan Wachter. Aidan is the author of the wonderful Six Ways, which is a collection of approaches and entries for practical magic. It is not a system, grimoire, or belief system. The focus is on the development of healthy spirit ecologies with a decidedly animist bent. His next book Weaving Fate: Hypersigils, Changing the Past, & Telling True Lies is available at the end of August 2020 We talk spirits, dirt sorcery and rural life. Aiden takes us through a moving experience he had through his work in deep trance states. We discuss the influence of society on the self and how solid praxis and discernment can help insulate oneself against that which does not serve you. In the Plus show we discuss Aidan's encounters with the Man in Black, Luminous threads of attachment and practices to protect oneself from hungry spirits. We also chat about the occulture obsession with the lineage and authenticity of magical practices. To that end we discussed the consistent methods & tools that have allowed people to dip into the old currents throughout time. If you want to hear that bit, click the patreon link below and join the team! Show notes: Amazon page: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Aidan-Wachter/e/B07B4LVRTC/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/swordakeereon Website: http://www.aidanwachter.com Six Ways Podcast: http://www.aidanwachter.com/six-ways-podcast Keep in touch? TWITTER - https://twitter.com/spiritbox3 SUPPORT - https://www.patreon.com/spiritbox PODCAST - https://anchor.fm/spirit-box Music by Obliqka --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spirit-box/message

Many Magicians would say that one of the most important aspects of Magic is interacting with 'Spiritual Creatures.' The idea of Spirits being a part of this world and that there could be a 'Spirit World' has been with us far longer than it has not. Of course, the prevailing worldview of the last 300 years has done a fairly good job of attempting to demolish the idea that spirits have ever existed. Yet Spirits (or at least belief in them) has never gone away. In this Episode of WMiT? we are doing something a little bit different. To talk all things Spirit, we are joined by author and Dirt-Sorcerer Aidan Wachter.

Welcome to Weird Web Radio! This is the Season 4 FINALE!  Can you believe it? It's been four amazing years! The beautiful people I've met along the way and the friendships both created and deepened are forever cherished. This show has made so many things possible. I can't wait to see what else is in store for the years ahead. Who better to wrap this season up than Aidan Wachter?! Perfect timing! Aidan has a new book coming out just in time for all of you to go grab a copy. How do you follow up a roaring success like Six Ways? You crack heads wide open with a legit manual on Hypersigil magic! This one is called Weaving Fate. Available in digital and paperback form at Amazon. Check out my own review too. We have a great in depth conversation on this one. Aidan and I usually do when we get together. Magical insights and inspirations explode into our minds as we go! I hope this one just as great for you! I asked AIdan for his bio these days. Here's what he had to say: My approach to all I do is both informed and driven by my magical practice and spirit contacts. I believe that magic, sorcery, shamanry, witchcraft and related practices are the root of human spiritual culture. As Western societies grow more fundamentalist (particularly in the USA), in their expressions of both religion and materialism, there has been strong pressure to move away from the magical approaches which are, I believe, the birthright of humans. If we humans are indeed in some way special, I would like to think that this is not all in our material progress as expressed in rampant industrialism (and it’s co-mingled social, psychic, and planetary degradation), but in our ability to directly interface with the vast array of beings and experiences that make up the world we inhabit, both this material Earth we dwell upon as well as the Otherworlds of the spirits. My aim as author, sorcerer, and artist is to facilitate this communication between ourselves and these others. Find Aidan On The Web: Facebook Six Ways Discussion Group Instagram Official Site Want to know what Aidan and I Talk about in the bonus portion?! We go WAY DEEPER into Sorcery and Adventures! Almost another hour! All that and more in the members only bonus audio extended interview! Join here! It's time to sport a new look? Hell yes! Check out the Official Weird Web Radio Store for Shirts, Hoodies, Hats, and more! Real quick! Do you want a Tarot Reading from an international award winning professional? Look no more! I'm here! Go to my site http://tarotheathen.com to reserve your reading today! You can also come join the Facebook discussion group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/weirdwebradio/ New Instagram for Weird Web Radio! Follow for unique content and videos! https://www.instagram.com/weirdwebradio/ You can make a One-Time Donation to help support the show and show some love! Is this show worth a dollar to you? How about five dollars? Help support this podcast! That gets you into the Weird Web Radio membership where the extra goodies appear! Join the membership at patreon.com/weirdwebradio or at weirdwebradio.com and click Join the Membership! SHOW NOTES: SUBSCRIBE ON iTunes, Stitcher, and Spotify! Also streaming on mobile apps for podcasts! Intro voice over by Lothar Tuppan. Outro voice over by Lonnie Scott Intro & Outro Music by Nine Inch Nails on the album ‘7’, song title ‘Ghost’, under Creative Commons License.

On her website www.unseenseraph.com Scarlet Grace explains Curious about me, eh? Well let's get to it then!  Over 2 decades of experience in conscious, deliberate manifestation (with a brief interval in there where I dropped the “conscious” part and manifested some horror-movie-worthy kind of sh*it… ooops!) 12 years of studying magick & sorcery and working with spirits to create the life I want and helping others do the same (with a brief interval of….well, refer to the “ooops!” above). Thousands of hours spent trying to figure out why certain things suck for me, how to un-suck them and how to help others do the same in their lives. Currently, my focus is on teaching people (yep, that means you if you want!) how to use the teachings of Neville Goddard to manifest any desire they have, and ultimately, manifest a life they could only dream of until now!  This is one of my favorite interviews, I have been trying to interview Scarlet for a long time and I was so excited to interview her.  I was super nervous for this one, Scarlet has one of my favorite voices  Please subscribe and check out her youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7-td7z0rcr4uxKraBXn8fA/ We also talked about magic and Scarlet wanted to give some books to suggest for further reading:  My top favorite book in general (for beginners and advanced practitioners), especially people who are attracted to witchcraft and folk magic (working with roots, plants, dirt) and animism (working with the spirit of all living things) as well as chaos magick is "Six Ways" by Aidan Wachter. https://www.amazon.com/Six-Ways-Approaches-Entries-Practical/dp/0999356607/ For people interested in energy manipulation, constructs, chaos magick etc "Hands- On Chaos Magick" by Andrieh Vitimus: https://www.amazon.com/Hands-Chaos-Magic-Reality-Manipulation/dp/0738715085/ For practical (results-oriented) magick based on western traditions with a touch of buddhism, "The Sorcerer's Secrets" by Jason Miller https://www.amazon.com/Sorcerers-Secrets-Strategies-Practical-Magick-ebook/dp/B07CH2KR47/ For anyone who has some experience with magick already but hasn't had the best results and wants to optimize their approach for better practical results, "The Elements of Spellcrafting" by Jason Miller https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0794R6MVN/For coaching – https://www.advancedsuccessinstitute.com For all episodes of the Reality Revolution – https://www.therealityrevolution.com Like us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/RealityRevolutionPodcast/ Join our facebook group The Reality Revolution  https://www.facebook.com/groups/403122083826082/ Subscribe to my Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOgXHr5S3oF0qetPfqxJfSw Contact us at media@advancedsuccessinsitute.com #nevillegoddard #unseenseraph #lawofattraction 

Aidan Wachter, talismanic jeweler and author Six Ways: Approaches & Entries for Practical Magic, pops in to talk magical techniques, dirt magic, spiritual allies, magical jewelry, and more. There's also a Plague Magic Minute with what I think is marimba music? For more on Aidan go to: http://www.aidanwachter.com/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/817003871775078/ https://twitter.com/silfrsmith https://www.instagram.com/aidan.wachter/ Also I used on incipits but didn't mention is available here: https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-artifacts/artifacts-and-the-bible/ancient-amulets-with-incipits/ Our theme music is performed by Sebastian Bäverstam and recorded by Edvard Lee.

Andrew and Banger remember Genesis P-Orridge, then seque into the power of Positive Thinking, plummeting Retirement Funds, reading Aidan Wachter. And Tiger King, of course. Genesis Breyer P-Orridge - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genesis_P-OrridgeTransition - https://www.westword.com/music/genesis-breyer-p-orridge-had-a-special-denver-connection-11682468Industrial music - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_musicPandrogeny project - https://nymag.com/arts/art/profiles/58864/Sacred Intent Interviews https://www.amazon.com/Genesis-Breyer-P-Orridge-Conversations-Abrahamsson/dp/919845126XCarl Abrahamsson -https://www.carlabrahamsson.com/Cosi Tutti Fanni - http://www.coseyfannitutti.com/Art Sex Music - https://www.amazon.com/Art-Music-Cosey-Fanni-Tutti/dp/0571328520Garrison Keillor fired from NPR - https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/11/29/567241644/garrison-keillor-accused-of-inappropriate-behavior-minnesota-public-radio-saysS/HE IS STILL HER/E - http://www.nypress.com/news/she-is-still-here-memorial-for-lady-jaye-breyer-p-orridge-OENP1020080307303079997Colorado Public Radio (not NPR) Breaking Bread - https://www.cpr.org/show-segment/breaking-bread-can-coloradans-sit-down-and-figure-each-other-out/Pink Floyd Early Years box - https://www.amazon.com/Early-Years-Box-Set/dp/B01J2M5J70X-Files Hell Money episode - https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7bufpoShirley Jackson The Lottery - https://www.amazon.com/Lottery-Other-Stories-FSG-Classics/dp/0374529531/DC Covid closure - https://coronavirus.dc.gov/release/mayor-bowser-orders-closure-non-essential-businessesCost benefits of Covid quarantine - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/20/opinion/coronavirus-pandemic-social-distancing.htmlDay trading the 401k - https://www.forbes.com/sites/kensweet/2012/07/10/6-reasons-why-day-trading-your-401k-is-dangerous/#7aa5952b7adaStock market - https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/%5EDJI?p=^DJILinear vs. logaritmic charts https://scan.stockcharts.com/discussion/384/linear-or-logarithmic-chartsTrendline showing ominous inflation trendhttps://slopeofhope.com/socialtrade/dynamic/file/full/206

How can we avoid working at cross-purposes with magic? What are magical vessels, and how are they used to build magical pressure? How are magical sigils used as coded information? In this second part of a two part conversation, Aidan Wachter (author, talismanic jeweler and dirt sorcerer) shares about all these topics, answers your Glitch Bottle Patron questions and more!Get ‘Six Ways’ and learn more: http://www.aidanwachter.com/sixwaysCheck out Aidan’s talismanic jewelry: http://www.aidanwachter.com/storeCheck out Aidan’s music: https://aidanwachter.bandcamp.com/Become a Glitch Bottle Patron! ✅►https://www.patreon.com/glitchbottle

How can we avoid working at cross-purposes with magic? What are magical vessels, and how are they used to build magical pressure? How are magical sigils used as coded information? In this second part of a two part conversation, Aidan Wachter (author, talismanic jeweler and dirt sorcerer) shares about all these topics, answers your Glitch Bottle Patron questions and more!Get ‘Six Ways’ and learn more: http://www.aidanwachter.com/sixwaysCheck out Aidan’s talismanic jewelry: http://www.aidanwachter.com/storeCheck out Aidan’s music: https://aidanwachter.bandcamp.com/Become a Glitch Bottle Patron! ✅►https://www.patreon.com/glitchbottle

This long overdue episode was record back in the summer.  Andrew and Mal talk about the nature of magic, initiation, religious practice and more. They talk a lot about how to know if you are on the right track and the pitfalls of walking a magical path. The upsides and pitfalls of gnosis. How to become a bishop by chance and much more.  Think about how much you've enjoyed the podcast and how many episodes you listened to, and consider if it is time to support the Patreon You can do so here. If you want more of this in your life you can subscribe by RSS , iTunes, Stitcher, or email. To find more out about Mal check out Lux-Umbria or hang with him on Facebook here.  Thanks for joining the conversation. Please share the podcast to help us grow and change the world.  Andrew You can book time with Andrew through his site here.  Transcription ANDREW: [00:00:02] Welcome to another episode of The Hermit's Lamp podcast. I am joined today by Mal Strangefellow. And I've been following Mal online for quite a while. And recently, he's gotten into starting a church. And [00:00:17] a lot of the dialogue around that has been very fascinating to me. So I thought that inviting him on to talk about some of these things would be really entertaining because I think there's so many fascinating questions about legitimacy, legacy, [00:00:32] lineage, and all sorts of stuff that people are or ought to be thinking about as they're going about in various traditions right now, and at the birth of something new, seems like a great place to revisit those conversations. So, for people who [00:00:47] might not know you, Mal, give us, give us the introduction. Who are you? What are you about? MAL: [laughing] Oh, wow, um, you know, and I don't mean this to sound, sound like I'm bragging. It's mostly just because [00:01:02] I'm getting older and my memory is lagging, but when you, when you've done, I don't want to say so much, but when you've done enough, at some point, it starts to become difficult to figure out how to answer that question. [00:01:17] [laughing] ANDREW: Sure.  MAL: I got my start in esoterica during the mid-80s. I'm solidly in that, you know, Boomer cusp/early Gen X region. [00:01:34] Went into, went into the army right out of high school, and after that, got it into my head that I wanted to be a Buddhist monk.  ANDREW: Mm-hmm.  MAL: And ended up doing [00:01:49] that for a number of years. I was a Tibetan Buddhist monk, a novice and, and fully ordained getsu and gelong. After a few years, or early 90s, wanted to go and get a college degree, [00:02:04] went to the University of Oregon--go Ducks!--and you know, discovered that it's a lot harder to be a celibate monk in a university than it is in a monastery! ANDREW: [laughing] Uh huh. [00:02:19]  MAL: Go figure! ANDREW: I imagine. MAL: And ended up returning my vows, and, at that point, just kind of wandered back and forth among a number of different things, sort of exploring [00:02:35] alternate routes of spirituality, continuing to practice magic. Of course, the Internet was really just sort of starting to become popular at this time. You know, we were moving beyond the [00:02:50] text-based, green screen kind of stuff and actually getting a graphical interface to the Internet discussion boards. Alt magic, of course, was going like gangbusters. This is just at the cusp of the, the [00:03:05] infamous Golden Dawn Wars of the early, early to mid-90s, and ended up getting involved with the Golden Dawn. Was--actually, my neophyte initiation in the Golden Dawn was done [00:03:20] with Israel Regardie's handmade tools, and I believe a mutual friend of ours, Poke Runyan, was the keryx for that and gave me his flu.  ANDREW: [chuckles] MAL: So.  ANDREW: That's a magical blessing, indeed.  MAL: [00:03:35] Right? And kind of . . . There was some floundering, I would say towards the late 90s. Got involved in the Temple of Set, stayed there long enough to [00:03:50] be recognized to the third degree, their priesthood, at which, and this, I bring this up because it encompasses sort of a pivotal event for me. James Grabe was [00:04:05] also a member of the temple and a member of the OTO, and at the time, when I actually met him in person, there, he was on the outs with the current leadership. I [00:04:20] mean, he has made, I don't know if I'm saying that right, I've never done any OTO stuff. So. That guy. And I don't know what there was, so I don't know if they were, I think there was some sort of lawsuit or some-- Anyway, they were pissed [00:04:35] off. We were at a conclave, which is an annual temple gathering, and we were in the hotel bar, and just sort of chatting, and you know, I was a second degree adept at the time, and so I was star struck at his degree and [00:04:50] his history. And we were just talking and he was mostly talking. And he had mentioned that he had apostolic succession as a bishop, and one of the things, among other things, that the current leadership wanted from him was consecration [00:05:06] as a bishop for their EGC.  ANDREW: Mm. MAL: And he was basically just inviting them to peruse the fine example of the back of his middle finger on that. ANDREW: Mm-hmm. MAL: And you know, he said, "You know what, basically, [00:05:21] I'll consecrate, you know, anybody else, anybody but them. Right? Hell, you want to be consecrated?" and I was like, "Um, yeah, okay." He's like, "All right, cool." So we actually made a plan for the next night. He [00:05:36] had a suite in the hotel and I showed up and we went through deacon priest and I was consecrated a bishop that night. And it was like, "Here you go. Now, you're a bishop." I was like, "Well, awesome. Thank you." This is [00:05:51] 1998-99-ish and, which, oddly enough feels like, you know, maybe five or ten years ago for me, but . . .  ANDREW: Sure.  MAL: Yeah, I was like, you know, "So what do I do with this?" It was like fuck, [00:06:06] I don't care. Can I say fuck? I can say fuck, right?  ANDREW: You can say fuck. It's fine. Go ahead. MAL: All right, cool. Fuck, yeah. [laughing] He was like, "I don't care," you know, "here's some stuff," and I got like loose leaf print outs, you know, some ideas that he had had [00:06:21] about sort of a Johannite spirituality and you know, I got, you know, an old Xeroxed copy of his succession, apostolic succession, and stuff like that, and I just sort of filed it away and did nothing with it. [00:06:36]  ANDREW: Mm.  MAL: Until I resigned, after I resigned from the temple as a priest. It was, you know, interpersonal political stuff. ANDREW: Isn't it always, right? MAL: Right, you know, it's, there was a group that was up-and-coming [00:06:51] in the temple. They have since been, been purged out, but I was not in that group, and ended up just resigning rather than dealing with all of the, the people bullshit that comes with that, and [00:07:06] in trying to figure out, all right, what the hell do I want to do now? Said, you know, well, I've got these kind of things to fall back on. I wonder if I could do this? And so I pulled out all of James's stuff and decided [00:07:21] you know what, fuck it. I'm, I'm a start a church!  And that's how the Apostolic Johannite church was founded, [laughs] and I ended up posting on a couple of message boards online at the time: "Hey, are [00:07:36] you interested in an esoteric organization and an esoteric church?" And got a couple of hits. One of the very first ones was, of course, the current patriarch of the AJC, and you know, the rest there is history. [00:07:51] I ran the AJC for a couple of years, and at that time, kind of felt like I had some unfinished stuff that I wanted to do elsewhere. Plus, [00:08:06] I feel like, at least for me at that time, it took a different personality to run things than it did to start them, and I didn't know that I had the personality to keep that [00:08:21] thing going, and I feel justified in making this statement, you know, in hindsight 20/20, but just in looking at how well they've done, you know, since I, since I handed it over to Sean McCann, their current patriarch, you know, I think [00:08:36] it's the, like the largest, fastest growing international gnostic church on the planet right now, some crazy crap like that.  ANDREW: So. Let me ask you a question.  MAL: Yeah, yeah! ANDREW: Cause you've talked about so many things here and I want to . . . MAL:  I know, I'm sorry.  ANDREW: No. No, it's [00:08:51] why I had you on, I want to have these conversations and I love hearing you chat. What, what kind of personality does it take to run these things? Because you know, I've, you know, I've been in my share of, you know, I was in the OTO [00:09:06] in several different groups that all imploded or exploded. And I was in the Aurum Solace for a bunch of time, and change of leadership and it, you know, my local group was excommunicated. And you know, I [00:09:21] was in the AA for a while and there are various, you know, things with that, that just left me, you know, with nowhere to go. What is it, you know, and I've seen my share of that in the, in the Lukumi traditions as well, you know, different places. [00:09:36] What does it take to run a thing like that well? Because I feel like there's, you know, what I've seen is, there's, like, if there's a strong personality and they can kind of hold it together with their personality, [00:09:51] that works until it doesn't, until they leave or retire or whatever. What actually does work? What makes sense when it comes to sort of bigger organizations around that kind of stuff? MAL: You know, I think you [00:10:06] kind of hit on it with the, the big personality, not in that that's the answer. But in that, that's not the answer.  ANDREW: Mm. MAL: I think a strong personality, a willingness to get shit [00:10:21] done, to say, you know, what, screw it, we're going this way. We're doing it. Like that's the kind of personality you need to start something, to really get it going, to gather people in, to inspire other people, but to keep it going, [00:10:37] I think you need somebody a lot more conciliatory.  ANDREW: Mm. MAL: You know, somebody, somebody who is open to, willing to, desirous of working with other people and incorporating them into the, [00:10:52] the, the living, you know, the daily life of the organization, a strong personality. You know, again, I think it's absolutely necessary to get a thing started. ANDREW: Mm-hmm. MAL: [00:11:07] You know, there's just so much inertia there, at the beginning of anything that you need to build up a certain amount of momentum to, you know, to, to overcome initial obstacles and you know, nothing kills [00:11:22] momentum faster than a committee meeting.  ANDREW: [laughing] Especially if not much is already happening. Right?  MAL: Right. Right! You know? So you need that strong personality, but after you reach a certain point, I think that strong personality [00:11:37] becomes detrimental, you know? ANDREW: Mm-hmm. MAL: And if you don't have it within you to drop that and become more conciliatory, then you're just kind of a, you know, you're kind of a bully, you, you end up with, you know, strong personality clashes [00:11:52] with other people who, you know, who might be able to come in and do amazing things. Yeah, I think of . . . Okay. So, a perfect example of this going back to where I was and where Sean McCann was at the beginning of the AJC when I handed things over to [00:12:07] him . . . You know, he was, he'd only been a bishop for like a year.  ANDREW: Okay.  MAL: You know, I'd consecrated him and, to be fair, I had even gone, like right after his consecration, [00:12:22] I went on vacation!  ANDREW: Uh huh. MAL: Like six months! [laughing] And I was like, you know what, I just need a break from all of this. I'm tired. You run things. Call me if you need to, but I'm out for a while. So, you know, really, even that first six months, he [00:12:37] was kind of running things. Because of his age, and because of his natural temperament at the time, you know, sort of, you know, not really sure of himself, [00:12:52] not wanting to make a mistake. MAL: Okay. So the current primate of North America for the AJC, Mar Thoma, was a bishop with [00:14:07] another organization who came into the AJC. We had become friends while I was still there, but he officially joined the AJC after I left, and he is a very strong personality. But he's also [00:14:22] been, you know, has been just an amazing asset for the church and, you know, in looking back, I don't know, like, would I have given him the same opportunity? You know, when you've got those, the [00:14:37] two alpha dogs clashing, right? The, you know, the two strong personalities, would, would the same results have come about? And I'm not so sure that it would have, you know? I think by me stepping out and by Sean coming in [00:14:52] and having that, that natural conciliatory manner and welcoming him in, [coughs] excuse me, as a, another leader. I think that was a huge part of their success. And so, what does it take to run [00:15:07] an organization? I think it takes the ability to find, to find that in yourself, to realize that, you know, you know, it's not all about me.  ANDREW: Mm-hmm. MAL: If I care about this, if it's going to run, I need to, I need to be conciliatory. [00:15:22] Does that make sense? ANDREW: Yeah, I think so, for sure. MAL: Oh good, cool. ANDREW: Because you know, yeah, a lot of people just . . . A lot of what I've seen is, it gets to a point where people are just like, look, it's my way or the highway, and then you know, and then you just [00:15:37] have, you know, whatever, right? Like, like the thing around the apostolic succession, where they're like, will you please give this to us? And be like, absolutely never, you know, like you just end up in these things where it's so stuck that there's no, there's no movement possible, right? You know? MAL: Right, right. ANDREW: [00:15:52] Mm-hmm.  MAL: Yeah, and you know, when you lay down something, like it's my way or the highway, you end up with a ton of fantastic people choosing the highway. ANDREW: Yeah. MAL: And, and you're left with, you know, just the, the sycophants, [00:16:07] and what happens to your, the organization, then? I mean, you mentioned your experiences in the Aurum Solis, and I remember, you know, when Leon proclaimed it an all Christian organization [00:16:22] when he was still, you know, Grandmaster. And, you know, it was that, this is it, it's my way or the highway. This is what we're proclaiming.  ANDREW: Mm-hmm. MAL: A bunch of people chose the highway! [laughing] You know, and then he kind of pulled back from that a little bit and then [00:16:37] somebody else took over and then [garbled right before 16:43] Anyway. Yeah, I think that that's a perfect example of what you were talking about. When you have leadership like that, [00:16:52] things tend not to grow organically and even if they do survive that personality, that type of personality, they don't survive the end of that personality. ANDREW: Mm-hmm. For sure.  MAL: When that person dies or, you know, [00:17:07] converts to evangelical Christianity, and says, you know unicorns are bad or whatever. [laughing] ANDREW: Sure. Yeah, exactly. Yeah, I think it's interesting. You know? I also think it's, it's interesting how . . . I wonder how, [00:17:22] contrary to what people might think, that that sort of more conciliatory aspect actually works to sustain the teachings versus dissipate them? MAL: Mm-hmm. ANDREW: Because what I see where there, where there's no [00:17:37] or nominal flexibility, is then there's these sort of backlashes and waves that come back and forth, right? You know, the new group comes in and you know, they're, they're all, they're all into witchcraft, and that's it. And if you're a Christian, you're [00:17:52] out, right? In response to the Christians who are like, "Well we're Christian," you know. And especially in a group like the Aurum Solis that, at least sort of in its heyday was so founded on research, you know . . . I mean, I think that, you know, what's, what are you losing, [00:18:07] you know, by these massive sways, right? So, yeah. MAL: Right, right. You know and also you get, you know, you get buy-in from everybody when, you know, regardless of the kind of organization, right? Whether it's a business or a teaching [00:18:22] order or a church or . . . You get buy-in with conciliatory leadership. You know, people feel like they have ownership, you know, they have a stake in it, and so they care about it. Whereas if it's just: here it is, [00:18:37] it's my way or the highway and then you know, well, okay, it's your way. It's never my way at that point, no matter where I am in the organization. If I'm not on top, it's never my way. It's always, I'm doing their way and you know, we as people, we [00:18:52] tend to like our way . . . [laughing] ANDREW: Well, and especially more magically inclined people. Right?  MAL: Right. Yeah. ANDREW: You know, I think there's, there's a tendency towards ego, you know, not necessarily in a bad sense, but just ego, that [00:19:07] doesn't really, if it's not addressed in some capacity, you know? So, how did, how did you find the transition of, how did you sort of manage that transition from Tibetan Buddhist practice, which [00:19:22] is pretty, you know, which is very structured, you know, to, to kind of your other practices, which sound like there are through lines, but they weren't as rigid? If that's fair. [00:19:37]  MAL: Oh, yeah. Absolutely. [lost words--exception?] about that. Yeah, you know, actually, I think it was . . . Being on sort of those diametric poles was beneficial to me. ANDREW: Mm-hmm. MAL: You know, as structured and rigid as [00:19:52] Tibetan monastic life was, the Temple of Set, on the other hand, and I think why, why I enjoyed and sort of embraced what they were doing so much was because there's so much [00:20:07] more open, right? You know, you show up and one of their, their primary tenets from The Book of Coming Forth by Night is, you know, "the text of another is an affront to the self." You know, so, every, initiatory degrees, you know, [00:20:22] okay, it's time for you to be recognized as a second-degree adept. They don't confer initiations. They recognize after you've achieved something, and then they say, okay, well now, go write that initiation ritual, you know, go [00:20:37] do it. Go create it, you know, come up with your own, you know, have it, have it . . . You know, don't, don't just pull crap out of your ass, you know. There, there's, there's a very scholastic aspect to them. I think when I, when I [00:20:52] joined, I got a binder that was like, and I'm holding up my fingers. Nobody can see them. [laughing] It's like an inch and a half to two inches thick and the vast bulk of that was a reading list. ANDREW: Mm. MAL: You know, so, and part of recognition [00:21:07] is, their recognition process is, go out and read these books. ANDREW: Mm-hmm. MAL: Go out and study this material. Go find more and then come back and tell us what you think about it, you know. You know, so there's this, this, this scholarship and then this production [00:21:22] and it's really, you know, and I don't want to give the impression that it's this loosey-goosey kind of thing. But it, it is very different from the structure that I experienced in Tibetan Buddhism. Right?  ANDREW: Mm-hmm. MAL: And [00:21:37] I think I tried to incorporate some of that in in my later work and it's still something in my own personal practice and when I'm working with students, it's still something that even down to, you know, giving them offhand a reading [00:21:52] list. ANDREW: Mm-hmm. MAL: And saying, you know, pick, pick six books, or pick three books, or whatever. Read them all from different categories, and then come back and let's talk about how, you know, what [00:22:07] material from this book on this topic and this book from this incredibly different topic. How do they play together? ANDREW: Mm-hmm.  MAL: And what do you get from reading both of those back-to-back that you wouldn't have gotten from reading either one separately, [00:22:22] right? In isolation. What, what new comes out of that? And I think that's sort of been, that came out of that experience, of strict rigid practice with, with Tibetan Buddhism and then the [00:22:37] more open, but, but scholastically-informed Setianism, like, like this kind of was born out of that, and I think that has been, regardless of what I've done since, sort [00:22:52] of my, my entire method of, approach for things.  ANDREW: Mm. MAL: Does that make sense? I really feel like I'm just rambling on . . .  ANDREW: No, no, not at all. It totally makes sense. MAL: Okay cool.  ANDREW: I mean, for me I kind of went in the opposite direction. You know, I was doing ceremonial [00:23:07] stuff, you know, throwing some chaos magic, and you know, all that kind of . . . different things and then I'm, as I moved into Lukumi, and you know, the Orisha tradition that I got initiated in, it's, [00:23:22] there are just ways that things are done, you know. MAL: Mm-hmm. ANDREW: And so it's been a move away from, from that kind of structure and a stepping into that structure, and what I see is that so many people struggle with that axis. MAL: Yeah. ANDREW: You know? Like, you know, [00:23:37] for people to accept that there is a way that things are done, or, you know, in light of a tradition, the way that things are done, and that that part isn't [00:23:52] subject to conversation so much is very difficult for a lot of people, you know? MAL: But it's also a really important experience, I think. ANDREW: Mm-hmm. MAL: You know, I went from the founding of the AJC into East Asian esoteric [00:24:07] Buddhism, tendai [spelling?], and from their Korean Zen, you know, Seon Buddhism, and those are both, I mean, you don't get more rigid than the Japanese. ANDREW: Right.  MAL: And, but there's a purpose for that. You know, they, [00:24:23] there's this idea that when you take all of these people together and you force them to do this sort of thing, this sort of way, we kind of polish our rough edges off. ANDREW: Mm. MAL: You know, and if everybody was just allowed to go off and do their own thing, [00:24:38] you would never find your rough edges, you know, and so in practicing tendai [spelling?] Buddhism and then in going through, you know, the Zen Buddhist koan curriculum, that was, it was very rigid, there's a way [00:24:53] you do it. There's even an entire different language almost for going through koans that if you don't, if you don't know it and if you don't do it, you're not going to pass. You're not going to advance. You know, it's almost [00:25:08] like learning that language, which is both, you know, poetic and performative. You know, there's a physical aspect to it. But learning that language is what allows your brain to operate [00:25:23] in the way that it needs to operate in order to get the insight that you need to get.  ANDREW: Sure.  MAL: You know, there's no book that you could read that, that, that, you know, could tell you that. There's a story out of Daido Loori's [00:25:38] place, Zen Mountain Monastery, back when he was still alive. They had a book with all the answers to the koans in it, and somebody stole it. And one of the head monks was like, you know, ran up to Daido Roshi and was like, "Hey, you know, somebody stole the book. What are [00:25:53] we gonna do? What if they publish it?" And Loori Roshi was like, yeah, don't worry about it.  ANDREW: Mm-Hmm.  MAL: The answers aren't in the book. It doesn't matter what was written down. The answers aren't in the book.  ANDREW: Yeah.  MAL: The answers are what we see in front of us. It's like, you know, I live here in Cincinnati. [00:26:08] And, if you read a ton of books about Cincinnati, but had never been here, and then tried to pass it off, you know, in talking to somebody that was born and raised here, they'd know pretty quickly you're full of shit. ANDREW: Mm-hmm. MAL: You know? [00:26:23] Whereas if you've both, you know, if you've been there, if you've visited there, if you're talking about "oh, man, you know, did they finish the construction over on . . ." or you know, all of that sort of stuff that just, you know, then they're like, "oh, yeah, yeah, you've been there." So I think . . . [00:26:39] There's definitely value to "this is the way things are done" for a lot of traditional things, just because, if you don't do it that way, you don't get the experience or have the effect that it's supposed [00:26:54] to provide, you know?  ANDREW: Mm-hmm. For sure. Well, it's why, you know, my experience of memorizing tables of correspondences when I was doing ceremonial stuff, you know? MAL: [chuckles] ANDREW: I mean, on the one hand, it's like, well, why memorize [00:27:09] it, there are books, but on the other hand, it's, it preloads your cognition with a framework that stuff that wants to work within that framework can then work straight through . . .  MAL: Absolutely. ANDREW: As opposed [00:27:24] to, you know, having to attempt to bridge that gap without that extra framework there, you know? MAL: Yeah. Absolutely. ANDREW: It's possible, anybody can have a vision of, you know, take your pick, and that might be authentic and whatever, but It's [00:27:39] a lot rarer and it's really atypical, as opposed to sort of the, you know, that that more you've done the work, [lost words at 27:48? sounds like "you're fed up"?] and now they're going to show you a thing in this way.  MAL: Absolutely. Well, and you know, putting on my clinical [00:27:54] psych hat, in the middle of all of this I also went on and got various graduate degrees in psychology. We know that the thoughts that we think change the physical structure of our brains.  ANDREW: Mm-hmm. MAL: You know, and so, memorizing [00:28:09] tables of correspondences, it's not just putting information in your head so that you can have it at quick recall. It's literally making a physical change to your brain. ANDREW: Mm-hmm. MAL: Is that physical change necessary? Is that, [00:28:24] you know, an integral component to the experience that you're trying to have? I-- Maybe not, but maybe it is, and if that's the case, if it's not just about being able to have something on immediate recall, in which case, you know, why don't [00:28:39] I just load, preload 777 on my phone?  ANDREW: Sure.  MAL: And then if I, if I need to know a correspondence, I'll pick it up. But you know, if it's not just about having that piece of information, but if it's about the change that it's affecting in your brain that is allowing [00:28:54] you to maybe perceive or experience, you know, something, then, you know, by not doing it, you're either never going to get there, or, like you said, it's going to be really damn rare that you get the experience that, you know, that [00:29:09] you're hoping for. ANDREW: Yeah. I think the, the, you know, the real answer is, the magic is in many, many parts of it, right? MAL: Yeah. ANDREW: And not just in the quote unquote secret word that activates the ritual or what, right? [00:29:24] MAL: [laughing] Exactly! ANDREW: It's got so many parts of it that that are not, they're not necessarily glamorous. They're almost never talked about overtly in books or in other contexts, right? MAL: Yeah. ANDREW: You know, I almost never see anybody talk about [00:29:39] that when I read a book about magic. It's like "yeah," and then you just like, do this thing and it'll happen. It's like, oh, maybe, maybe so.  MAL: [laughing] Yeah. Sure. It's just the magic word. You just say the word, the word.  ANDREW: Well, the bird is the word, right? That's where we'll go with that? MAL: [laughing] [00:29:56] Yeah. Well, I was going to say, Aidan Wachter recently made a post that I think brilliantly comes to this point and it was a . . . Oh, how did [00:30:11] it go? [sighs] See, I brought it up. Now I should at least be able to remember it, but it was along the lines of you know, the vast majority of success comes from mastering the basics.  ANDREW: Yes. MAL: Not from some advanced, you know, rarefied thing, you know, [00:30:26] and he was coming from it from both an esoteric and a physical, you know, point of view. And I thought it was brilliant when I saw that. ANDREW: Yeah. I remember that post. He was basically sort of saying like, you know, sure, some super custom tailored [00:30:41] fancy technique might get you this extra increase, because--it was coming from a fitness training point of view, the article that he linked to--but the reality is, you know, showing up four days a week and you know doing the basic things, [00:30:56] that's going to get you almost everything and the other stuff is, you know, especially over the arc of time, right? So.  MAL: Right. And that applies to so much of what we do, right? Just showing up and doing the basic stuff. And . . . ANDREW: Mm-hmm. Yeah. Absolutely. [00:31:13]  MAL: Oh crap, there was, where was I going to go? There was . . . ? Eh, never mind. It'll come back to me if . . . [laughing] ANDREW: Let me ask you this question, then. So . . .  MAL: Yeah. ANDREW: We've popped out this term a couple times here and there: gnostic.  MAL: Okay. ANDREW: What is, [00:31:28] what does that mean to you? What does that mean? You know, like I hear it a lot. I've seen it a lot. You know, I mean, you know, Crowley talked about it a bunch, you know different people talk about it, you know, there's the knights cathars and you know, all that stuff or whatever. [00:31:43] But what does it mean to you? What does it actually . . . What's the relevance of it at this point in time? MAL: Sure. Well, so first off a caveat, I . . . Technically, I don't even really identify myself as gnostic any more, [00:31:59] which, I suppose is actually kind of peak gnosticism, itself. ANDREW: We live in a post gnostic era? MAL: Right. And I'm glad when you asked, you asked, you know, "What does gnosticism mean to you?" Because it is [00:32:14] a . . . I mean it's . . . We apply it retroactively to a lot of ideas, right? None of the ancient texts, like none of the Gnostic Gospels say, "And I am now writing this Gnostic Gospel."  ANDREW: Mm-hmm. MAL: Or, you know . . . [00:32:30] Gnosis, for me, the way, the way I learned it, the way I taught it, and the way I experienced it, gnosis is knowledge as opposed to [00:32:45] information. ANDREW: Mm-hmm. MAL: And specifically, it's that, it's that noetic apprehension that comes after the sort of die neue [spelling?]. [00:33:00] After the intellectual information gathering and crunching and . . . It's an apprehended knowing, you know, in the spiritual sense. More mundanely, it's just knowing [00:33:15] right? It's eating peanut butter rather than having somebody read off the ingredient list of peanut butter to you. ANDREW: Mm-hmm. Yeah. The experience of it.  MAL: Yeah, you can never tell somebody else what peanut butter tastes like. ANDREW: Mm-hmm.  MAL: You can taste it then and then from then on you will forever and always [00:33:30] know what peanut butter tastes like. And that is, you know, exponentially different from knowing what goes into it. ANDREW: Mm-hmm.  MAL: And, and so, in a spiritual and in a magical sense, then, gnosis is [00:33:45] that experience, just like we were talking about, that experience that comes from doing certain things.  ANDREW: Mm-hmm. MAL: You know, and, and it's specifically that experience that can only come from doing certain [00:34:00] things as opposed to just reading about them. Whether that's a, you know, an in esoterica or spiritual, religious, and, and oftentimes those are blended. You know, you can read about an experience [00:34:15] of the divine. Or you can have it. I think one of the most underappreciated esoteric texts out there is by St. John Chrysostom, in defense of the hesacasts. So hesacasts, heretic [00:34:30] Orthodox, not heretic but almost, near heretic Orthodox sect, who practiced hesachasm, this, this mystical combination of the Jesus prayer kind of a yoga position and breathing [00:34:45] technique that they said would allow you to experience the energies of the divine.  ANDREW: Hmm.  MAL: In fact, you know, advanced practitioners of this were said to literally physically glow, like they would just glow in the dark. And this got [00:35:00] a lot of bishops' panties in a twist and John Chrysostom wrote this brilliant defense of them, basically laying out theologically why this, this theosis, this knowing of [00:35:15] God is not heretical. You know, they're not saying they can know God, because you can't wrap a finite mind around an infinite thing, but you can experience, right? Can you hear that humming right now?  ANDREW: [00:35:30] No, from your side? No.  MAL: Yeah, so, my mic, I'm going to flick it real quick. [thump] I fixed it. Sorry, I've got a loose connector there. ANDREW: Uh huh. MAL: But, you can experience it. You can have an experience of it and he likened it to a number of different things. [00:35:45] One of them was, you know, sitting in a ray of sunshine: you know it, you can experience it. It's not all of it. Nobody's saying it is. But that, that's gnosis to me, [00:36:00] that experience.  ANDREW: So, let's, I'm gonna ask you a really unfair question. Okay? MAL: Okay. Sure.  ANDREW: So, how do people determine what is different [00:36:15] between an authentic gnosis with something, with a spirit, with god, with wherever, and a more [00:36:30] psychological, or, you know, even intellectualized engagement with it, you know? Because there's so many people who have experiences of different things, and you know, going back to your, your Zen stuff [00:36:45] and to your Tibetan stuff. There are very clear things that are markers, right? For what's an authentic experience, you know, and I even remember when I was in the Aurum Solis, I came to my teacher and I was like, I had this, I had this experience [00:37:00] with one of the archangels, and they showed up in this way. And he's like, "Great," and then he pulls out a piece of paper and shows like, pulls out a book from his notes about it and shows me what I saw. He's like, that's, that's [00:37:15] because you're, you've moved beyond your own cognitive stuff being in the way of that connection.  MAL: Yeah. ANDREW: You know? So, how do people know that, though? How do people even begin to work with that if this is a new idea for [00:37:30] them? MAL: You know, it's, the easiest way is having a teacher, right? ANDREW: Sure. MAL: There's the famous story of Gampopa and Milarepa, his, the yogi Milarepa, who was Gampopa's meditation [00:37:45] teacher and at that time, you know, the Tibetans generally don't meditate in groups. They don't do silent meditation. They get the instruction. They go away, they practice, then they come back. And Gampopa came to his, Milarepa after some time practicing, [00:38:00] and he's like, "I don't know what's going on, but I'm beset by devils constantly. This is what . . ." And Milarepa was like, "Just chill out, keep doing the practice, that that'll all go away." A few months later, Gampopa comes back again, and he was like, "Teacher, you're, you're so right. It's amazing. [00:38:15] All the devils were chased off. Now. I'm visited constantly by angels and dakinis and it's just wonderful and it's bliss." And Milarepa was like, "Uh huh, that's cool. Just keep practicing, that will go away."  ANDREW: Sure.  MAL: You know, having that that teacher that can that can guide you . . . [00:38:30] You know, in Buddhism, especially in Tibetan Buddhism, emptiness, shunyata, big deal, and having an experience of emptiness is a big deal. Like this is [00:38:45] one of the major mileposts and the literature is just scattered with warnings about, you know, don't intellectualize this, don't intellectualize this, because [00:39:00] when you do, when you get an idea in your head of what that experience is, you reify it and then you're stuck, right? You're stuck with that idea. And you think "Oh, I have had this experience and therefore . . ." You know, and without [00:39:15] sort of that external verification by somebody else who's been there, right? Without talking about Cincinnati with somebody who's also been there, you know and confirm: Yes. Absolutely. I know exactly the street corner you're talking about, or you know, whatever, you can easily [00:39:30] be led astray.  How, how does somebody working on their own do this? Well, that's tough, you know, at that point, I think you have to, [00:39:45] I think initially approach, you know, unverified personal gnosis, UPG, with skepticism. ANDREW: Yeah. MAL: You know, I think that has to be the default when you're on your own, no matter how amazingly lifelike and 3D [00:40:00] this apparition was, or like, initially approach it with some degree of skepticism, keeping in your mind, well, this could just be wishful thinking or this could be, you know, whatever, [00:40:15] and then give it time, right? If it was a teaching, if it was a practice, if it . . . Does it bear out? ANDREW: Yeah. MAL: Are there, are there, are there are external things that coincide with it? If you . . . You know, you're given a vision of this, you know, amazing new practice [00:40:30] and then the very next day somebody randomly starts talking to you about, you know, a symbol which is exactly like the linchpin for that practice or, you know, you know, somebody brings you something that you [00:40:45] specifically need in order to . . . You know, you look for confirmation still from outside, even if it's not from a specific like teacher in a lineage of a thing . . . ANDREW: Mm-hmm. MAL: You're still looking for that external confirmation. [00:41:00] And it may not be for years and years and years that all of a sudden something happens and then it clicks and you're like, oh my God, I had that dream, you know, three years ago about this and then here is this . . . [00:41:15] Holy crap. This is a, you know, okay, then you go with it. But no, if otherwise, if somebody shows up and just says, "hey, you're the chosen one," or you know, you're yet another incarnation of Alistair, or you know, whatever, [00:41:30] you know, maybe keep that in your back pocket. ANDREW: Yeah, for sure. Yeah. I think that that time will tell, right? MAL: Yeah. ANDREW: Time will tell. We'll see if this holds the test of time, for sure. MAL: Right, you know, and you can have, I think, amazing personal experiences that are meaningful [00:41:45] to you.  ANDREW: Mm-hmm. MAL: That you never say anything to anyone about or do anything with. And that's okay.  ANDREW: Mm-hmm. MAL: They don't have to be huge revelations. Or they don't have to be, you know, even if it was something that was just the product of your own mind, [00:42:01] maybe it's useful to you. But again, yeah, I think that in order to tell the difference between genuine, a genuine experience of gnosis, like that, yeah, it's external confirmation. ANDREW: And so, [00:42:16] that brings back sort of one of the other questions that I wanted to check in about: what role does lineage play, for you, in all of these things? I mean, I know in my Lukumi lineage, you know, lineage is everything. You know? I mean [00:42:31] you are, you are, in that, in my tradition, you are initiated into the lineage. MAL: Right. ANDREW: You know, lineage becomes your family, and, and that changes so many different dynamics because of it. You know, it's not just like, it's not just [00:42:46] about the information that was passed from person to person, but it's actually the license to practice certain things, the requirement to practice them in a certain way in accordance with lineage, and a connection to all of those spirits who carried that [00:43:01] lineage forward, you know? MAL: Right. ANDREW: So it's a, it's a very living dynamic thing. What role does lineage play for you? And, and what do you see as its sort of values and challenges? You know?  MAL: Wow. [00:43:17] I'm going to cheat and refer back to something that I wrote a while ago. ANDREW: Which is always welcome.  MAL: Okay, cool. I tend to think in terms of three different kinds of lineage for any organization.  ANDREW: Yeah. MAL: Physical lineage, [00:43:33] practice lineage, and, you know, ultimate or primordial lineage, right? Which, so, and what do I mean by these? The physical lineage is just the people, the stuff, right? The boots on the ground, the people doing the thing, the [00:43:48] buildings, the, you know, the institution. The practice lineage is the stuff they tell you to do. Right? These are the, these are the teachings that ideally have been, you know, tried, [00:44:03] tested, passed on, initiatory aspects of initiatory power, right? That are meant to facilitate things. Obeah or apostolic succession. These are all conferrals of a power [00:44:18] meant to facilitate something. Sorry. I'm going to thump the mic here again. ANDREW: I think you might be picking up on the, someone's running a shop vac or something downstairs. I'm also hearing that in the background.  MAL: [00:44:33] Then I'll trust it's on your end and not mine.  ANDREW: Yeah.  MAL: So, yeah, the practice lineage there. And then the primordial lineage is what you're ultimately connecting to via these three things, [00:44:48] right? So, the physical lineage exists primarily to transmit to the people it brings in. The practice lineage, which then facilitates connection to the [00:45:03] primordial lineage. And, you know, the first two exist ultimately . . . They function only to the point that they do those things, right? If at any point a physical institution loses its connection [00:45:18] to the primordial lineage, they're dead. Right? It's just a, it's a fossil. It's a club. It's a, it's, you know, it's cosplay or whatever. If the practices [00:45:34] no longer facilitate connecting you to that primordial lineage, then they're not doing their thing, right? They don't work anymore.  But then once that connection to the primordial lineage is made, at that [00:45:49] point, new practice lineages and new physical lineages can be instituted. Without that connection, they can't be. You know, this is, this is one of those things that, like in Buddhism, people, [00:46:04] there's this idea from people outside of it. For example, tons of sutra is attributed to the Buddha, but he, you know, we know historically he didn't say these things. The Buddha didn't write that. The Lotus Sutra isn't taught by the . . . But no, technically, yeah, he did, because [00:46:19] within . . . You know, the game rules of Buddhism state [chuckling] that there is only one Enlightenment, right? Buddha means awakened. Once you have had that experience, right, once you're connected [00:46:34] to that primordial lineage, there's no difference between you and Siddhartha Gautama, right? So, if you have legitimately had that experience within the game rules, you can write something today and [00:46:49] say this is a text by the Buddha.  ANDREW: Mmm. MAL: And that's, you know, 100% legit. There are institutions [00:47:06] where I think you can bypass some of this, but I find them to be so phenomenally rare. Right? The person that just [00:47:21] stumbles upon either a practice lineage that works to connect them to a primordial lineage, or, or, you know . . . Okay, a big example of this, you know, with what I'm doing now, apostolic [00:47:36] succession is a huge thing. Right? There is a conferral of authority and power with that, without which, none of the other sacraments will be there. Period. Full stop. Yet, [00:47:51] within broader Christianity, very few people question the legitimacy of Paul as an apostle. Because in the middle of his, you know, previous [00:48:06] life as a, and I don't know if you can hear the air quotes I put around that, [chuckles] as a, you know, assassin for hire, he had this vision, on, was it, the [00:48:21] the road to Emmaus? [He means Damascus. The road to Emmaus is where Jesus appeared after his resurrection.] I think. Anyway, he had this vision of Christ and he converted and now he's an apostle.  ANDREW: Mm-hmm. MAL: And I think most, most people in the broader Christian world: "Okay, we'll accept that." You won't find any apostolic lineages, [00:48:36] I believe, tracing themselves back to Paul. I'd be surprised if you did, but you know, nobody lists him as an apostle with an asterisk by his name, kind of thing. ANDREW: Right. MAL: But you also then don't hear about this happening [00:48:51] all the damn time.  ANDREW: Mm-hmm. MAL: You know, nobody spontaneously . . . Well, damn it, okay. The gnostic revival in France in the 19th century, [laughing] Jules Doinel. Yeah. Okay, he claimed it. But then, even [00:49:06] he went on to get actual apostolic succession. So. You know, I think it's rare. It's more rare than people think.  ANDREW: I think there's a big difference between a connection to spirit, [00:49:23] you know, and even a spirit that might have, you know, like, you know, I mean, I'm certainly not the reincarnation of Crowley, but perhaps, perhaps I could connect to his spirit in a way, and his, his Spirit could act as [00:49:38] a guide and an animating force in my work, you know?  MAL: Absolutely, yeah. ANDREW: I'm not saying that that happens per se, but, but that could happen. And that is not uncommon, you know. MAL: Right. ANDREW: [00:49:53] Like there, there are lots of things you know, where . . . MAL: But, when those things do happen . . .  ANDREW: Yeah.  MAL: But when that does happen, there's a lot that preceded that.  ANDREW: Yes. MAL: Right? It doesn't, it doesn't happen to, you know, the random grocery [00:50:08] store clerk who has, you know, never even picked up a copy of book four, or you know, whatever. Right? ANDREW: For sure. And, but that experience is also not necessarily the same as the experience of the [00:50:23] connection to that primordial, you know, energy or the current even though if I was connecting to Crowley, I'm connecting to you know, the prophet of Thelema, that doesn't mean that I'm actually connected [00:50:38] to that step behind that, you know? MAL: Right. Right. ANDREW: And I think that . . . I think that's also an interesting distinction, you know, and that's where lineage and traditional initiation facilitate that.  MAL: Mm-hmm. ANDREW: You know, because you may connect to that current, possibly, as you [00:50:53] say, there are examples, but I think there's a big difference between connecting to a spirit that engages your work and guides you and something sort of one step further beyond that into that lineage, that [00:51:08] deeper force, you know? MAL: Right. And, and access to one aspect of a lineage also doesn't necessarily confer access to another aspect of lineage. So, for, you know, I have [00:51:23] apostolic succession via the episcopi vagantes, you know, right, the wandering bishops. And we may trace our lineage, you know, even up into, you know popes in Rome, but that doesn't make me [00:51:38] a Roman Catholic bishop. Right, that's the physical institution, and even though I might have access to both primordial or, you know, both practice and primordial lineage there, that grants me absolutely no standing whatsoever in the physical, you [00:51:54] know, lineage kind of thing, which is something I think a lot of people tend to forget, especially in the independent sacramental movement. They tend to not get that these things are [00:52:09] . . . They're disparate. They're separate. They're discrete things. Yes. Generally they're connected and hopefully, you know, if you get involved in one, it is, but yeah, if you stumble across it, if you just happen to meet up with some guy in [00:52:24] a, you know, hotel bar in Ontario and get, this sounds so bad now that I'm saying it out loud, get invited back up to his hotel room to get consecrated as a bishop one night . . . [laughing] Great. [00:52:39] You know, that doesn't mean, you know, you can show up at the Vatican and be like, you know, where's my room?  ANDREW: Like, yeah, that dude. He initiated 50 people that week. Come on!  MAL: [laughing] Right? [00:52:54] Yeah. So. It's, you know, lineage is, lineage is important. And, you know, I'm sure you could make the case that even though I'm breaking it down into three different things that you could say, well, they're really all the different aspects of the same thing, [00:53:09] and you could probably break it down even, you know, you could break it into four different aspects or two or whatever. But you know, in general, I think, for those three reasons at least, lineage is important, especially [00:53:24] in religious, spiritual, and, and esoteric bodies wherein the point is connection with something higher, with that primordial aspect. If, you know, if the point is just [00:53:39] education, then, you know, lineage is, you know, by-the-book kind of. Like the modern grimoire revival. There's no living lineage, you know, Solomonic lineage that's [00:53:54] passing this kind of thing . . . No, it's: you find the book, you, as best you can, decipher what the hell they're talking about.  ANDREW: Uh-huh.  MAL: You do it as best you can and you hope like hell you have an experience similar to what they said you're going to have. And that's [00:54:09] kind of it. The book, at that point, is the lineage until, you know, you make that connection. The book then is the practice lineage. There is no physical institution, you know, physical aspect of it. And then, you know, hopefully you do the practice until [00:54:24] you get that that connection that then continues in your work. You know, I think a physical institution could happen, but it's not necessary. So I guess even in that [00:54:39] sense, there is a lineage or just accessing it through the information that's passed on through both having the right book, having the, the brains to figure out what the hell it's saying, and then having the guts to follow through and do what it's saying. [00:54:54]  ANDREW: Yeah, I mean I tend to look at some of that stuff as more, more technological, right?  MAL: Mm-hmm.  ANDREW: Like, I mean more in that second realm of the practice.  MAL: Yeah. ANDREW: Than the lineage, because I think [00:55:09] that you can, to some extent, plug some of that into whatever lineage you, you might have access to, right? Or whatever sort of primordial elements you would have access to, you know? MAL: Right. ANDREW: When I was very interested in those kinds of things, [00:55:25] you know, I was, I was not interested in the Golden Dawn. I was very interested in Thelema. And, so I would just go through and swap out all the words, you know, the words that weren't Thelemic for words that were Thelemic and do work in that direction, [00:55:40] and then use that, that sort of connection to that primordial juice and that piece of it to you know, you know, call up whomever and be like, hey, listen, by the power of Babylon you're going to do this, or whatever . . . MAL: [laughing] ANDREW: You know, and, and [00:55:55] I think that's possible, because it's, it becomes, the grimoire stuff can be more technological maybe than sort of lineage-based necessarily.  MAL In general, I tend to think tech is tech. [00:56:10] But you know, then again there are lineages where, without having the appropriate lineage, it doesn't matter what knowledge or information you have, it's not gonna work, or it's not going to work the way you want it to. You know, when you look at, [00:56:25] you know, Tibetan Buddhist magic, or just Tibetan Buddhist practice, you know, if, if you're, if you don't have the empowerment of a particular deity, the practice is at best ineffectual [00:56:40] and at worst dangerous, because you're in effect, you know, trying to contact these, these powerful personalities and they don't know who the hell you are.  ANDREW: Right. MAL: Right? It would be, it [00:56:55] would be like showing up at, I don't know, pick a, pick a powerful, a famous powerful person who could be dangerous to you. I immediately, I don't want to make this political, I immediately think Trump. [laughing] [00:57:10] Not that you can, anybody, I don't, you know what? I'm not even going to go there. Um, but yeah, you pick a person with temporal power. All right, prime minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau. He seems like a really nice guy. [00:57:25] Right? I mean everybody in Canada seems so super nice to us here in the hinterlands, but I bet as nice as he is, if I went to Canada, and I saw him on the street, if I came running up to [00:57:40] him at full tilt saying, hey Justin, let me . . . You know, trying to get . . . I'm thinking there's some people that would tackle me to the ground.  ANDREW: Exactly. Yeah. MAL: You know, and so, you know, the empowerment, that connection to that lineage at that point is the facilitation of that contact, right? It's somebody [00:57:55] coming in who has that connection, somebody who's saying, hey, you know what? Let me introduce you to my good friend, Mr. Trudeau. ANDREW: Mm-hmm.  MAL: And then, once they facilitated the introduction and we've shared a couple of drinks or whatever, at that point, you know, I can then, you know, wave from him [00:58:10] from across the street and maybe he'll remember me and then we bump into each other, you know, that sort of thing.  ANDREW: Sure.  MAL: And, and I'm absolutely convinced that Tibetan Buddhism can't be the only place where something like that is, is [00:58:25] required, where if you don't have the hook-up, if you don't have the official connection to that lineage through the prescribed means, you know, best of luck to you.  ANDREW: Yeah, yeah. Something might happen, but who's [00:58:40] to say what it is and yeah, how it's going to go.  MAL: Yeah. And whether or not you wanted it! [chuckling] ANDREW: Exactly, exactly, for sure. So, we've been, we've been chatting for a long time, because this has been really lovely, and I want to ask you one more question before we wrap it up though. [00:58:55]  MAL: Sure. ANDREW: Because there's one other thing we haven't gotten to, which I was delightfully enjoying on your Facebook, which is these various statements of gnostic belief, [00:59:10] you know, or the sort of, you know, where you're discussing how you believe in, you know, this, the fallen angel, and the energy that comes with that, and how you believe in Christ in this way, and how you believe [00:59:25] in, you know what I mean? If we think about the apostles' creed, we have a very clear example of a statement in that direction, but you know, all sorts of traditions have their own. But your seemingly contradictory, [00:59:41] from some people's perspective, ideas about the nature of the universe, really both sort of tickled my fancy . . . MAL: [chuckles] ANDREW:  And, [laughing] if that's, if that's not a weird thing to say and reflected [00:59:56] a bunch of my own kind of contradictory or apparently contradictory notions about it. So I'm curious what, what you were looking to do as you were expressing that and sort of what kinds of beliefs you have around, [01:00:11] you know, the nature of the universe in that kind of construct.  MAL: In general, I have a very dim view of belief. [laughing] I think they're very dangerous things, people ought to stop having them. ANDREW: Uh-huh. MAL: [01:00:27] And when I post that . . . I think one of the worst things that ever happened to the world was--and this is ironic, I think, coming from me--is Christianity and its emphasis on creeds. You know, Christianity was weird for any number of things, when it arrived on the [01:00:42] scene, but one of the things that it was most weird for was that it was a creedal religion. It was, you know, it pivoted around what people believe as opposed to what people did. It wasn't performative. And, you know, this idea of having right belief [01:00:57] then is something that came into play and, you know, I think history has shown us what a dangerous thing requiring right belief can be. ANDREW: Sure. MAL: And then determining that. When I post [01:01:12] shit like that, and I feel absolutely justified in calling it that, a lot of times it's just to kind of work out for myself what's been bouncing around in my head, what's going on at the time, [01:01:27] and also looking for a little bit of that sort of external verification, right? If everybody responded with a what are you on? or did you not sleep last night? or is that . . . You know, then I know, okay, this is maybe a little bit out there, but then when I get responses [01:01:42] like, you know, that really tickled my fancy, or you know, that's a sign that, okay, you know, maybe, maybe I might have figured a little bit of something out, or maybe I might have glimpsed a little bit of something here. And I think [01:01:57] having creeds that don't fit together nicely works together well for me. And by creed, you know, having beliefs that are paradoxical, that, that aren't, you know, that are sometimes juxtaposed [01:02:12] against each other, is beneficial. I mean, it goes back to, I think what I was talking about with my own sort of practice, where you know, you take these two disparate things, you take these two different books, two diametrically opposed . . . See what comes out of it. [01:02:27] See what, see what you make from it. And I think a lot of times, the thing that makes something paradoxical is really just a limitation of our language. ANDREW: Sure. MAL: You know, [01:02:43] I get a lot of, I think I get the most push back, for example, with the Church of Light and Shadow, which is, you know, my newest endeavor, because I talk about the morning star and people [01:02:58] are like, well, okay, you seem to be implying that this is both Jesus and Lucifer, which is it? And I'm kind of like well, yeah, you know, we have this tradition that Lucifer is the Fallen Angel. However, [01:03:14] there's only one figure in the Bible who ever identified themselves as the Morning Star.  ANDREW: Mmm.  MAL: That's Christ in the Book of Revelation. ANDREW: Sure. MAL: You know, and the more I sat with that and their specific [01:03:29] roles and functions, especially the. you know, not, not the, not the Satan of you know, the HaSatan or you know of, the opposer of . . . ANDREW: Or Anton LaVey.  MAL: Right. Yeah, but this . . . [01:03:44] more the Lucifer of Milton and Dante, and, you know, the very popular romantic Promethean myth of Lucifer that we have today. That is very much a Christ figure [01:03:59] when you look at the role that Christ played. Right? Christ did not show up and be like, "You know, what? All right, everybody just do what the temple priests say, and follow . . ." You know, he was very much an ego-driven [01:04:16] individual. I mean, we can consider the gospels as spurious as we would like as far as whether or not this figure, Jesus, actually said these things. But the [01:04:31] one thing that you know, like when you get to, like the Jesus scholars, that came together and try to figure out well, what's most likely that he said? One of the things that they had pinpointed as most likely coming from Jesus, based on what we know of the context, and what got passed . . . [01:04:47] His doing away with the old law and saying, "A new law I give to you," right? "Love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and love your neighbor as yourself." [01:05:03]  And what people gloss over here is, it's not saying, love your neighbor, which by that he means that everybody, right, love everybody else. He's not saying love them more than yourself. He's not saying debase yourself before . . . He's saying love them [01:05:19] as yourself. And if you don't love yourself a great deal, you're gonna be shitty at loving anybody else.  ANDREW: Mm-hmm. MAL: You know, how Luciferian is that? You know, he . . . [01:05:34] And so looking at these two figures in that way, looking at them both as, as light bringers . . . You know, in fact, it was really, it was not until I looked at [01:05:50] the gospels and teaching of, teachings of Jesus from a Luciferian perspective, that they really started to make sense to me. ANDREW: Mm-hmm. MAL: Does that make sense?  ANDREW: It does. It does, for sure.  MAL: And so, I think there's, [01:06:05] there's, there's definitely something there, and this, this perspective is not new. I did not make this up. ANDREW: Sure. MAL: This idea of having a, you know, a sacramental Christian Church practicing [01:06:20] folk magic is also not new, you know, magic and Christianity have been tied together for as long as they're . . .  ANDREW: Catholics everywhere. Right?  MAL: Right. Yeah. I mean, I think I commented recently on Facebook that you know, if you're not ready to accept that Christianity [01:06:35] is a weird necromantic cult, then you're not ready to study church history.  ANDREW: Yeah. MAL: But when looking around for this, you know, for something that really embodied and [01:06:50] embraced that, I couldn't find it. There's nothing, you know, like there's, there's, there's nothing out there. There are Catholic witches that are, you know, going to mass, and you know, practicing in private or in secret, [01:07:05] and there are Christian witches, but there's no organization that's embracing both of these things. And the more I kept looking for this, and the more I kept posting, you know, both things like, you know what? I believe this and I believe this and the more [01:07:20] feedback I kept getting from people saying, you know, yeah. Yeah, me too! Where's that from? This ought to be a thing! ANDREW: Mm-hmm. MAL: And you know, I'm a firm believer that we have enough independent apostolic [01:07:35] Christian churches running around. I don't know how familiar you are with the independent sacramental movement, but in general, you know, you end up with jurisdictions of one, somebody belongs to a church long enough to get consecrated a bishop. [01:07:50] And then they're out of there so they can go do things the right way. ANDREW: They had a great experience while they were in Vegas from somebody they met in the bar.  MAL: [chuckling] Right? Next thing, you know, then they're off.  ANDREW: Yeah. MAL: You know, and so, I get in trouble, I get [01:08:05] people in the independent sacramental movement angry with me when I tell them, you know, look, if it's really about the mission, like you say it is, you would stop what you're doing, find a larger church that's actually already doing this, and doing it a lot better because they've got the bodies [01:08:20] and the resources, and you'd join them, you're doing this just for the title. And so I was, I was loathe to start yet another church. ANDREW: Mm-hmm. MAL: You know.  ANDREW: Well, and I think just before [01:08:35] you move past that point, too . . . MAL: Yeah. ANDREW: And I think there's also value in doing a thing like becoming a bishop for yourself.  MAL: Oh, absolutely. Yeah. That's great too. ANDREW: You know, I mean, many many Orisha practitioners become priests for their own [01:08:50] well-being, you know, and that's fantastic, but be clear about that, and then go from there, you know.  MAL: Yeah. Yeah. Absolutely, you know, I went for years ordaining people and limiting their faculties. [01:09:05] So, when you're ordained a priest, you receive faculties or permissions from the bishop that tells you what you can and can't do, basically. And I would ordain esoteric practitioners who just [01:09:20] wanted that, that plug into apostolic succession for their own spiritual and magical practice. And I would, you know, I would tell them well, okay, great, but without any sort of pastoral education, I'm not going to license you [01:09:35] to do any sort of pastoral work. [laughs] You don't get to go start a church, you can say mass in your home privately, that sort of thing, that's fine. Just go be a private priest. And it took a lot to move me away from that [01:09:50] and, and decide, okay, you know what? I think I am. I think there's enough momentum around this to do something about it, to found it. I'm a firm believer in, if you have an idea for something great, and nobody else has done or is [01:10:05] doing it, maybe that's a sign it's supposed to be you. And after poking around and getting enough encouragement, I decided all right, screw it, we're going to do it. But if we're going to do it, this is how it's going to happen.  ANDREW: You'

What is ‘ur-sorcery’ or ‘dirt sorcery’? How can magicians practically work with visions, sigils, intentions and ritual to bring about effective magical change and access other realms to work with spirits and energies? Why is it important to never forget working with the body? The esoterically-awesome Aidan Wachter - author, talismanic jeweler and dirt sorcerer - stops by the podcast to share on all these issues, answer your Glitch Bottle Patron questions and more!Get ‘Six Ways’ and learn more: http://www.aidanwachter.com/sixwaysCheck out Aidan’s talismanic jewelery: http://www.aidanwachter.com/storeCHeck out Aidan’s music: https://aidanwachter.bandcamp.com/Become a Glitch Bottle Patron! ✅►https://www.patreon.com/glitchbottle

What is ‘ur-sorcery’ or ‘dirt sorcery’? How can magicians practically work with visions, sigils, intentions and ritual to bring about effective magical change and access other realms to work with spirits and energies? Why is it important to never forget working with the body? The esoterically-awesome Aidan Wachter - author, talismanic jeweler and dirt sorcerer - stops by the podcast to share on all these issues, answer your Glitch Bottle Patron questions and more!Get ‘Six Ways’ and learn more: http://www.aidanwachter.com/sixwaysCheck out Aidan’s talismanic jewelery: http://www.aidanwachter.com/storeCHeck out Aidan’s music: https://aidanwachter.bandcamp.com/Become a Glitch Bottle Patron! ✅►https://www.patreon.com/glitchbottle

Author Aidan Wachter is here today on the podcast to talk about his magical practices from his book Six Ways. We discuss many elements, such as meditation, sigils and candle magic in this interview.  Aidan's Website:http://www.aidanwachter.com/Aidan's Book: http://www.aidanwachter.com/sixways In part two, our Patreon exclusive interview, we discuss ancestral magic, dirt sorcery, hexes and karma. To get that exclusive interview you can become a patreon at https://www.patreon.com/secretdoorpodcast   PODCAST AVAILABLE ON THE FOLLOWING LINKS: YOUTUBE:https://youtu.be/SUBGtYTFZBc iTUNES https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/secret-door-podcast/id1381461766 Stitcher:https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/extrasensory-production/esp-drawing-out-the-spirits?refid=stpr Google Play:https://play.google.com/music/podcasts/portal/#p:id=playpodcast/series&a=521225174Visit http://www.secretdoorpodcast.com  FOLLOW ON TWITTER www.twitter.com/secretdoorpodFollow On FB: https://www.facebook.com/secretdoorpodcast/Follow On Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/secretdoorpodcast/ Theme song Psychosis By Equinox Alien Party by Angel Garcia  

The main issue with not achieving the results you desire is usually: Energy without action  or Action without energy   Other issues:  Neediness Watching the cauldron Shadow desires   Even more things you can consider: Magical timing Ritual space Opening & Closing a circle   Your experiment:  Create a spell or find a simple one online Align the energy Do the physical steps Forget about it Check in later on results—note everything you do in a book of shadows or journal of some type   Links From the show:   Two books that I mention:   1001 Spells: The Complete Book of Spells for Every Purpose by   Cassandra Eason –(paid Amazon Affiliate link): https://amzn.to/2q4L8r2 Six Ways: Approaches & Entries for Practical Magic by Aidan Wachter—(paid Amazon Affiliate link): https://amzn.to/2BUofsV   Lucky Mojo:  a place where you can search all kinds of spells and info and they also sell books and occult supplies. https://www.luckymojo.com   I am not an affiliate, it’s just a great resource.   Glitch Bottle: I mentioned this podcast in the episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/glitch-bottle-podcast/id1235137914   Charm the Water: I, also, mention this podcast in the episode. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/charm-the-water/id1112403494   Daily Alchemy links: Here’s the link to my Magickal Amazon Storefront with links to my favorite magick and alchemy books (https://www.amazon.com/shop/michelledobbins) As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.  You can find out more about that on my storefront.   Find me at https://dailyalchemy.com   Pre-order your Moon & Magick 2020 Planner: https://dailyalchemyemporium.com/products/moon-magick-planner-13-moons-of-2019   Find me on the socials: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MichelleDobbinsAuthor/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michellemartindobbins/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/MichelleDobbins

Episode 128 of Inciting A Riot: the Podcast is a riveting interview with author, artist, and jeweler Aidan Wachter. We discuss his phenomenal first book, Six Ways, as well as what it means to be a Pagan, Artist, Pagan Artist, and interacting professionally with the Pagan community.  Also, I discuss a bit about where I've been, why I took a hiatus, and the benefits of self-care. Support Pagan media! Consider giving a small donation to Patreon.com/IncitingProjects! You’ll get cool rewards like unedited video and audio podcasts from Inciting A Riot and Inciting A BrewHaHa, as well as bonus extras not published anywhere else, plus deals and coupons! Patrons are charged on a per-creation basis, so you only pay for the content you want! Love and Lyte, Fire Lyte Blog: IncitingARiot.com FireLyte@IncitingARiot.com @IncitingARiot on Twitter Facebook.com/IncitingARiotPodcast Subscribe/Rate/Comment on iTunes: http://bit.ly/iTunesRiot

Welcome to Weird Web Radio! This episode features Laura Tempest Zakroff! I found Laura by accident. I should've known her work, but somehow it flew under my radar. That was until I read a review of Weave the Liminal. That book hit me so hard and profound that it's now required reading for my own studnets. In fact, I titled my review of it on Amazon as "Excellece in Why Witchcraft." Here was my short review: "This book is all about mindset. Start with why and build.your craft. I loved this so much that it's now required reading for my students right next to Six Ways by Aidan Wachter." We cover everything from defining a Witch to creating events in this episode. You're guaranteed to get a method of sigil magic worth your time listening. Laura is funny, clever, brilliant, and a shining light for all in Witchcraft to find! Her official bio Laura Tempest Zakroff is a professional artist, author, dancer, designer, and Modern Traditional Witch. She is the author of the best-selling books Weave the Liminal and Sigil Witchery, as well as The Witch’s Cauldron, and the co-author of The Witch’s Altar. Laura blogs for Patheos and Witches & Pagans, contributes to The Witches’ Almanac, Ltd, and edited The New Aradia: A Witch's Handbook to Magical Resistance. Her first oracle deck, The Liminal Spirits Oracle, will be available in Spring 2020. Visit her at www.LauraTempestZakroff.com. Places you can find Laura: Author Site - www.lauratempestzakroff.com Owlkeyme Arts - Design & Fine Art -www.owlkeyme.com Mago Djinn - Modern Folk Wear - www.magodjinn.com Buy Her Books: Amazon Want to know what Laura thinks about the afterlife and even what she may or may not want to do with her own remains? You'll also hear how Laura dealt with living in an abusive relationship as a Witch. Powerful and personal story! You'll find that and more in the members only bonus audio extended interview! Join here! Real quick! Do you want a Tarot Reading from an international award winning professional? Look no more! I'm here! Go to my site http://tarotheathen.com to reserve your reading today! You can also come join the Facebook discussion group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/weirdwebradio/ New Instagram for Weird Web Radio! Follow for unique content and videos! https://www.instagram.com/weirdwebradio/ Is this show worth a dollar to you? How about five dollars? Help support this podcast! That gets you into the Weird Web Radio membership where the extra goodies appear! Join the membership at patreon.com/weirdwebradio or at weirdwebradio.com and click Join the Membership! SHOW NOTES:   SUBSCRIBE ON iTunes, Stitcher, and Spotify! Also streaming on mobile apps for podcasts! Intro voice over by Lothar Tuppan. Outro voice over by Lonnie Scott Intro & Outro Music by Nine Inch Nails on the album ‘7’, song title ‘Ghost’, under Creative Commons License.

Andrew and Chaweon talk about the art of using glamour as a form of magic. This isn't an episode just for those who like make up or feel beautiful. It is about how to use things like makeup, hair, fashion and more as acts of magic to help create the things you want in life. We also talk about charm and how to cultivate. Finally, we talk at about Andrew's moustache.  Think about how much you've enjoyed the podcast and how many episodes you listened to, and consider if it is time to support the Patreon You can do so here. If you want more of this in your life you can subscribe by RSS , iTunes, Stitcher, or email. You can follow Chaweon on their YouTube channel of search hichaweon everywhere else.  Thanks for joining the conversation. Please share the podcast to help us grow and change the world.  Andrew You can book time with Andrew through his site here.  Transcription ANDREW: [00:00:00] Welcome to another episode of The Hermit's Lamp podcast. I am here with Chaweon to talk about magic and to talk about glamour and all sorts of interesting things. I've been following their work for a while, [00:00:15] and a little while ago, they were discussing how they were working glamour to forward their podcast and some of the other stuff in their lives, and I thought, yes, this is this is a topic that I really have been looking for a chance to talk about and this is the person [00:00:30] that I'd love to talk about it with! So, for those who don't know you yet, why don't you introduce yourself? Chaweon? CHAWEON: Oh, well, thank you for having me on your show. So, my name is Chaweon and I am Korean American, [00:00:45] and I started off in life as a hardcore atheist skeptic. I've only been doing magic for about two and a half three years, but, unknowingly, I've been doing glamour magic my whole life, and about [00:01:00] two years ago, I started to get more into magic and then that was about the time I started my YouTube channel. So my YouTube channel started off first as like a mukbang, which is the Korean word for like people just eating a massive obscene amount of food, but [00:01:15] then it slowly evolved into me talking to other magic practitioners. I was extremely lucky that Jason Miller, he was an early supporter of mine, and thanks [00:01:30] to the interview that I had with him, I was able to get other guests on I've had: Aidan Walker who you've had on many times . . .  ANDREW: Sure. CHAWEON: Loved his book and throughout my journey-- You can see on my YouTube channel, just with [00:01:45] each person that I talk to, I'm learning as I'm interviewing them. I'm not at all a very experienced witch, but it's me talking to them, trying to get their expertise, and using my glamour magic or [00:02:00] trying to use glamour magic on each video. Like my goal in my YouTube channel is, every video I want to look like 1% cuter.  ANDREW: Uh-huh.  CHAWEON: I mean the thing about glamour magic, especially when it's visual, is that you can tell when it works and you can tell when it doesn't work, the feedback is instant, [00:02:15] it's obvious, because it's visual, so that's kind of how I practice my magic through something as quote unquote mundane as doing a YouTube channel. ANDREW: I think it's great though. I think that. . . . You know, a long [00:02:30] time ago, I used to work in advertising, and, you know, I realized that, when I started wanting to freelance, that I needed to be way more charming than I actually had been, you know, and, and, and so, I [00:02:45] set it as a thing to work on, you know? And I did a little bit of magic around it for sure, and I did a lot of like, all right, every time I went in in public, where's my opportunity to be to be [00:03:00] charming to somebody and how do I pursue that, you know? And just motion that comfort zone all the time, and then, after a while, you know, it didn't take, didn't even take as long as I thought, you know? It's just started to switch into this capacity to drop [00:03:15] into different social situations and sort of find the right way to sort of be, to be myself, but would be within those spaces as well, you know, so.  CHAWEON: I think you're very charming.  ANDREW: Well, thank you.  CHAWEON: No, I think that's what [00:03:30] a lot of people get wrong about glamour magic. They think that it's, you know, faking a persona. They think that-- And I call that faux glamour, F-A-U-X glamour, because, you know, it's almost like a pretending, [00:03:45] almost like you're on Instagram and you're pretending you're in Paris when you're not and pretending to have a great life when your life isn't that great. That's not glamour magic. That's faux glamour and I consider that actually a type of black magic the advertising world, the marketing world tries [00:04:00] to put on people to make them feel bad, but real glamour magic--you can tell when somebody has real glamour magic because in their presence, you feel warm, you feel accepted, you feel empowered, just by being around them. And [00:04:15] so that's how you know, when you go onto an Instagram account and you feel like “my life is shit” after seeing their Instagram account. That's faux glamour. When you go on somebody's Instagram account and you feel great after you see their pictures, even if they're super beautiful. They're living a super [00:04:30] amazing life. And you feel great about yourself. That's how you know, they're doing real glamour magic. ANDREW: How did you learn this stuff? Where did that-- I mean you talked about, you know, you've been doing it in one way your whole life, right? But where [00:04:45] did, where did the, not necessarily the transition from atheist to witch, but the transition from, you know, not being conscious of what you were doing as glamour magic to being conscious of it. How was that transition? How did that come about? CHAWEON: [00:05:02] That's a really good question. I think that all women and all people of color and people who are not on, you know, like the either/or spectrum all their life: They do have to practice some sort of glamour magic [00:05:17] because they're trying to make themselves more palatable to the mainstream so that they can survive. So I think as a woman, as a person of color, as somebody who considers myself gender-fluid, I always had to do glamour magic, but when [00:05:32] I became conscious of it, was literally when I did my YouTube channel and the feedback that I was getting, like when I was doing my YouTube channel, people were saying things to me that were very complimentary.  And I realized that this [00:05:47] wasn't like a natural talent that I had in terms of like, I'm not somebody who you can put in front of a camera and I like, no, you know, I'm not like this inborn actress. I don't have that going on, and yet I couldn't deny that when I looked at the video I was just like, [00:06:02] “Girl, you know, either the sun is like hitting you right or something like that, I don't know what's going on, but there's something there.”  And so that's when I started to study the YouTube videos and and I was just like, you know what? I think this [00:06:17] is glamour magic, I wasn't sure, but I was like, “I think that's what glamour magic is,” and then I started to experiment like, “What happens if when I look in the camera, I bring this like energy up?” And I don't know how else to describe it, but it's like what [00:06:32] happens if I bring this energy up to my eyes and then I looked at the videos, just like holy shit. I can see it. So I think it was literally like two years ago. I was like, “Oh, okay, I'm doing this.” ANDREW: Yeah, that piece about, you [00:06:48] know, sort of the way in which you manage your presence around it, I think that that's really profound. You know, when you find that, when you can figure out where that is, then people are super [00:07:04] receptive to that. You know, I used to officiate weddings at one point and it was one of the things that I always sort of did on the day of, right, you know, basically from the time I [00:07:19] showed up and was hanging out with a couple before the wedding to like the actual ceremony, you know? I wouldn't usually stick around afterwards, but even afterwards for a little bit, you know, just having that presence and sort of seeing everybody from [00:07:34] that place and providing that energy to it, you know? And on the days where, you know, for whatever reasons, maybe I didn't vibe with the couple as well, maybe I was just really tired, that was harder. You could see it, you know, everybody [00:07:49] could see it, right, and those were the ones where it felt more like a performance versus an actual connection and engagement. CHAWEON: Absolutely, and that's the reason why I consider glamour magic to be one of the most sophisticated types [00:08:04] of magic, because you have to be so self-aware, you have to do lots of shadow work. You have to be also kind of aware of yourself in the context of others. So you're working on so many different levels. You have to be authentic, but you also have to be, [00:08:19] you know, just aware of how you are with just society and the realistic aspects of, “Okay, this is what society is like right now: How far can I push it, further my agenda, without getting completely like killed?”  But [00:08:34] I think also that the thing about glamour magic too is that it's very democratic and it's a meritocracy. So the thing is, is that I think a lot of people, a lot of women especially, they tell me: "Oh, you know, I don't [00:08:49] know how to do makeup. I don't know how to do this. I don't know how to do that. So I can't do glamour magic." And I'm like, no, that's not glamour magic at all because glamour magic is something that you can develop, anybody can develop. So again, it's like you don't have to be [00:09:04] mainstream beautiful. All you really need to have is a willingness to be completely authentic and that is a type of bravery that I think most people don't have. So just the fact that you can even entertain just being yourself means that you're already one [00:09:19] foot into glamour magic.  ANDREW: Yeah, being open and being present with people.  CHAWEON: Yeah. ANDREW: Like, that is a profound thing and that's the thing that isn't about what any of us look like.  CHAWEON: Yeah. ANDREW: Or any of those kinds of things. It's [00:09:34] about, you know, that inner state and that kind of inner coherence that we might have, right, if we're able to show up in that way, you know? And I think of it-- the Uber drivers that I have, you know, I live in a big city and I take a lot of Ubers, and you [00:09:50] know, some of those people are just so open and accessible and that's really charming, you know? That pulls me in and then there's the other people, you know, like my ride today, where they just sit and stare at the front window and driving, you know, the music's really like loud, and it's obvious they [00:10:05] don't want to talk, that's a completely different thing, and you know, in those situations, it's random whoever you get, but but in life, it's not, right? And so, if you are more in that first category of people then people are interested in, drawn to that more, [00:10:20] right? CHAWEON: Absolutely, and think about it: The Uber driver who is more accessible and open and makes you feel comfortable just in their vibe, they're more likely to get a bigger tip, and that's just for everybody, just any aspect of life, where you [00:10:35] want to be successful instead of faking it when you're just being you and you're just brave and you're just loving like everything about this human experience. It's not even good. Look. It's almost like because you're being you and you're bringing that out in other people. Your glamour [00:10:50] magic brings out the best in others and it's just this domino effect. So this is why, for me, this, you know, faking faux glamour is so dangerous because in today's world, that's what we see so much of and that's also [00:11:05] something that I want to make sure that people realize that is not glamour magic whatsoever.  ANDREW: Yeah, for sure, you know, and there are definitely people who cultivate that a lot too, right? You know, I run into them in various places, at conferences and [00:11:20] on the street and wherever, and you know, it's-- You can see that, what they're looking for. I mean the, that ultimately it's all ego, right? You know, it's just all their ego trying [00:11:35] to become the center of attention to, you know, it's got a sort of a narcissistic feel to it. There's not space in the connection for anybody else, often. You know, those are the sides that I see as being problematic, kind of like you talked about earlier, right? Like, [00:11:50] how do you feel after you spend time with them? Do you feel like, “Oh my God, I just hung out with a fancy person?” Or do you feel like, “Wow, what a what a great and fulfilling connection I just had.”  CHAWEON: Exactly, and faux glamour is about [00:12:05] hierarchy. It's this very, like, I don't know, like toxic, even if it's a woman doing faux glamour, it's a toxic lead masculine way of like trying to make yourself higher than another person, making things very binary, [00:12:20] making things less fluid, and to me, glamour magic is the epitome of like what very empowered feminine magic is about, and when you think about what does feminine healthy energy feel like, it's fluid. There [00:12:35] isn't hierarchy, you know, there's this watery depth to it. And that's what we're going for, the sort of like wonderful kind of like permeable sort of energy. And in that energy there is no room for I'm better than you, I [00:12:50] know more people than you, have more followers than you. There's no room for that. ANDREW: Yeah, for sure. Yeah. I think that, you know, it being tied to toxic masculinity, being tied to sort of capitalism and all that kind of consumerist [00:13:05] stuff, right? You know, I think that, that all of those pieces can-- because we've, you know, predominantly all grown up in those kinds of elements or around those elements, right? That's part of that going in [00:13:20] and exercising, you know, removing those things, basically being like, “Huh, that feels off, that feels like, that makes me feel grabby or greedy or competitive or this or that or whatever,” looking at [00:13:35] those feelings when they emerge, and you know, and then sort of saying: “Okay, well, what is that about me and where did I get that from and how do I, how to release that so I don't need to carry that with me into this process?” CHAWEON: Totally, [00:13:51] and I think that you know, people think that men can't glamour magic, but, you know, men can often benefit the most from this feminine fluid non-hierarchical type of magic that is glamour magic.  ANDREW: Sure. CHAWEON: And when you're around a man who's doing glamour [00:14:06] magic, right, again, it's that same warm wonderful feeling, it's not this, like, “Whose dick is bigger than whose?” you know? So again, it's like the kind of magic that I do is very makeup-centric. So it's very femme-centric, but there's lots of different [00:14:21] types of glamour magic. It's a very diverse democratic thing.  ANDREW: Sure. Have you seen my moustache? Right? [laughing] The amount of people who comment on it and engage with it and whatever, it's like, you know, it's funny. I have [00:14:37] been going through all the stuff in my house, you know, getting rid of stuff and reorganizing and stuff over the last couple of months. And I just found this picture that I've been like looking for, for a little while, which is me at [00:14:52] high school graduation: my 12-inch Mohawk and my fish tie and my fabulous plaid jacket that I wish I still had and you know, all this stuff. And this conversation today reminds me of the [00:15:07] various ways in which, you know, that was glamour magic, right? Being like those kind of expressions. So clearly articulate, define directions for connection, right?  And, you know, the people who would just come [00:15:22] up to me and start talking about my hair or whatever. Back then, you know, it both tended to draw predominantly great kinds of attention my way, contrary to what many people would think, and, and then, [00:15:37] occasionally it would steer the other people away. You know, where people would be like, “Don't look at him, don't look at him,” I'd be like, “Okay, whatever,” right? That... come on, but, but either way, you know, it sort of sets an energy into the world right now, you know, it's the same, you [00:15:52] know, having a big handlebar moustache right before like, you see kids, they love it. Right? And I think that, yeah, I think the exactly who I think that you know, if you're not certain about these kinds of things, look at what the, what kids [00:16:07] are drawn to, right? What did kids, how do kids engage with you, you know? Because in-- With both of these things, you know, kids are like, “Oh my God, I love your moustache,” or they're like, “I love your big spiky hair blah blah blah,” like, they don't have that bias and they're such a great [00:16:22] indicator of that glamour, you know. I'm sure that you get that too or they're just like “Wow, look at how great your hair is,” or your, your eyes or whatever, right? CHAWEON: I definitely have, especially like, even little boys, they [00:16:37] like the sparkles that I have on my face--  ANDREW: Sure.  CHAWEON: Fun. So what I found is that glamour magic, if we're talking about visual glamour magic, there's many different kinds, but visual glamour magic, for me, is when you're wearing your heart on [00:16:52] your skin. So your outer matches your inner. And to have that congruence between inner and outer, that's a skill, when you can go out into the world and the way that you present, it matches how you feel on the inside. That [00:17:07] is something that most people, in their life, they feel like they can't do. They repress whatever it is. So when you're going out with your mohawk, with your handlebar moustache, you know, you're being you. And that's like an aspect of you that matches how you feel on the inside, that sort [00:17:22] of like, maybe, for the handlebar moustache, it's like more playful, like stylish aspect of you that's like, you know, showing on your skin. And so the way that people interact with you when you're being you, I would have to say, there's [00:17:37] probably lots of people who wish that they could have the handlebar moustache, but I don't know, they're worried about what other people might think or who knows? And so they're not able to just be themselves and be authentic, there's that block. So again, [00:17:52] it's like glamour magic, it requires this amazing amount of self-awareness and bravery. ANDREW: Hmm. Yeah. It's definitely true. And I also think it's-- It requires-- It seems to me that it requires a real [00:18:08] centeredness.  CHAWEON: Yes. ANDREW: Yourself, right? You know, I think about the, you know, like I was joking with, somebody was talking about clothing in there. Like, I'm sorry, we'll pause for one second while the phone rings here. That's the downside [00:18:24] to being at the shop. There's no off button on the ringer. It's like . . . CHAWEON: I feel like you should put like a photo of your handlebar moustache. Like-- ANDREW: I've totally got to, yeah, for sure. Yeah, just [00:18:39] there should be like a gif or GIF of me just being like . . . [laughing] CHAWEON: Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I have a friend who does like photos like, you know, professional portraits and stuff like that. And they're just in India right [00:18:54] now, but in, maybe, I think the back, next month when they're back, I'm going to do a photo shoot and stuff and just, yeah, the whole, like, have it super waxed, and yeah, I definitely do like a couple more of those, you know bad guy kind of . . . CHAWEON: That like Salvador [00:19:09] Dali sort of like-- ANDREW: Exactly, exactly. All right. I'm going to clap and we can get started again.  So, I think there's also that temptation, sometimes, to look at [00:19:24] what other people are into and what other people are doing, you know, or to kind of get pulled off track by that, you know? Somebody was asking me a little while ago, because I've been reorganizing my house or having conversations about the kinds of things I have, and they're asking me like, [00:19:39] a big fancy attire and I'm like, I own my kilt, and I think, I think I have a suit that probably doesn't fit me anymore that I don't, that I never want to wear again anyway, because my detour into that [00:19:54] stuff was just so incongruous with me and how I am, right? You know? I'm just, that's not my thing. And yet, because of the fashion industry, because of media, you know, I think it's so tempting [00:20:10] to kind of get drawn into those other areas, and you know? And we may find something exciting there. But we may also kind of come out the other side and be like, that's really just not me and I don't need to ever do that kind of thing. You know? CHAWEON: Yeah, [00:20:26] I think the thing about glamour magic too is that there is a danger also of maybe taking it too seriously. So for me, glamour magic is very playful because you're not taking the way that [00:20:41] you look or the way that you sound, you're not taking the five senses. So seriously, when people start to identify too much with whatever it is, they're too close or something and they stop experimenting. I mean, I'm glad that you went through, you know, your [00:20:56] little suit phase, you know, you had to go through it, see what it was like, you had to try it. The thing about all those people who haven't had the handlebar moustache, maybe they would love it. They haven't tried it. It's true, right? So, I mean, like looking [00:21:11] at your-- Right now I kind of wish that I could grow one as well, because I'm gonna be super awesome, just like when I'm thinking, just be like, you know, like kind of like playing with the ends of them, you know, and I'm gonna work, you know?  So the thing is, that people [00:21:26] who are really opposed to glamour magic, even if it's authentic, they say that it's superficial. I say, so what? Why is it that people put so much emphasis on whether it's too much about the superficiality or too much against [00:21:41] it. When you're too identified with the visuals and beauty, then you become a slave to it versus when you're distant from it, when you're just like, this is just the thing. This is my need to die. I'm going to die, whatever. I don't give a shit, then it's just fun, [00:21:56] then you can be like, I'm going to try this. I'm going to try gender to me. I'm gonna try, I'm a dude but I'm going to wear heels just because I've never worn heels and who knows, I might like it. Maybe I won't. Oh, I hate it. Okay, but I tried it, whatever. ANDREW: Yeah, for sure. I think, you [00:22:11] know, hopefully, we're all going to live to be old and super wrinkly, and you know, like, yeah, it's-- People used to ask me stuff about my hair back when I had my Mohawk and whatever, you know, and I remember like, at [00:22:26] some point, in one of those conversations, like looking at my dad whose hair was kind of thinning and knowing that my grandparents on the other side, you know, their hair was kind of thinning. I'm like, I just want to have fun with my hair while I still have it, because I like that I have it. Someday, you know [00:22:41] what it's like, like what are we going to worry about? It doesn't really matter, you know? CHAWEON: Exactly. Like right now, like, my tits are amazing. So of course, I'm going to just show them everywhere, because my tits, when I'm 80 years old, like I'm going to look back at all the [00:22:56] pictures where my tits are hanging out and I'm just gonna be like fuck. Yeah, you know what, so, but the thing is is that I can say that and think that without feeling like, “Oh my God, I'm going to die when I don't have these tits anymore,” because again, there's that distance. It's just, this is [00:23:11] just this, sister look, it's just your body, whatever, just have fun with it. ANDREW: Yeah, I think that this-- There can be so much seriousness around magic. Yeah, you know like, you know, see, [00:23:26] your piece about Instagram altars, see, you know, you know, like all sorts of stuff, right? We'll link to that one in the show notes for people, go and read it, but, but, you know, the-- And I remember being like [00:23:41] super serious about magic, you know, at one point in my life, right? Just like "This is such a serious topic; I must treat it with the most respect ever," and you know, it's not, it's not that I don't respect it any less at this point, but it's also, [00:23:57] like, life is, life is really to be enjoyed and reveled in, right? You know? We come down here to have this experience, you know, from wherever we are on the other side, and to, you know, to be in a body and to [00:24:12] enjoy that and to experience it and to be playful and enjoy the different things that life has to offer, you know? Maybe I'm just too much of a Sagittarius but I was like, why do we not just enjoy all these things? You know? And why do we not let magic aid [00:24:27] us in all of those things, you know?  CHAWEON: Exactly, and that's the wonderful thing about glamour magic for those who are just like, “Well, it sounds very self-centered and like you're not really caring about what society's doing,” and I totally beg to differ because [00:24:42] what glamour magic does is, it kind of positions you in a way that's palatable to the mainstream, so that you can actually push the boundaries better than somebody who's coming at it from a way that [00:24:57] society's just gonna be like, “Whoa, too much too soon,” you know? So it's kind of like, for example, you know, we all know of artists who, you know, we all say, “Oh, they were born 20 years too early,” you know, or they were just way ahead of their time versus [00:25:12] somebody who went in at the right time, you know? So the groundwork was already laid, like society, it moved a little bit too. Let's say the left, you know, a little bit, a little bit, a little bit, and that's what kind of magic is. It's putting yourself in the place [00:25:27] so that you can push this idea just a little bit to the left because you're not threatening. And I think Westerners, especially, are just like well, why should I pussyfoot? You know, why should I try to cater to or why should I try to be anything, but you know, there's [00:25:42] this thing we have where there's honor in being confrontational and being like that ass bitch, you know, like in your face, all that stuff. You can do that or you can do it with honey. It's your choice and glamour magic is for those of us who would rather do [00:25:57] it with honey.  ANDREW: Mmm. Yeah, I think that-- I think that it's interesting how people from different backgrounds have different approaches to this kind of stuff. Right? And I think that-- I think there's a time and place for both, depending [00:26:12] on which you're doing, but I think it's really, you know, really, it's really interesting. How, depending on what you do with stuff will depend on where it goes, you know? And [00:26:27] I think that there's a time to, you know, you know, hold protests and stand in the street and yell about stuff, and that is, that can be its own glamour as well, right?  CHAWEON: Totally. ANDREW: And there's time to, you know to [00:26:42] be in a different space. You know what, it's always like, you know, because I practice an Afro-Cuban religion, you know, it's my background, and you know, I mean, Santería, the more common name for it, [00:26:57] that stuff tends to freak people out a lot. But whenever they have conversations with me about it, because I don't have any, in part because I don't have any internal conflict around it and any real concern about it, and [00:27:12] they're like, “Oh, that actually sounds super reasonable.” I'm like, “I know, that's why I'm involved. It's super reasonable.” You know, it's not this, that, or the other projection that people have put on it and those kinds of things really open people's eyes to a different way [00:27:27] of looking at it, to a different way of experiencing it. So. CHAWEON: Right, there's all different types of glamour magic and one of the most successful types of glamour magic that anyone can do is becoming accessible. You know, I [00:27:42] call it kind of like the “girl next door/boy next door” sort of vibe. And that's when you have somebody who you can just see is pushing society in some way, whether in their lifestyle or their looks, and yet when you approach them they're so [00:27:57] warm and accessible and they take away that, scary, ooh, “too much, dude!” feel. And that's sort of, glamour magic is again, after you leave talking to them, you feel warm and you feel great. The next time you, your friend [00:28:12] says some shit about that sort of lifestyle, you're just like, “Well, but I met that dude and he was pretty cool.” Mmm. So, but that's very difficult to do and I think that to do it successfully, you yourself, you have to be so like into like [00:28:27] your self-awareness and self-development and that's hard work. So glamour magic is definitely not for those who want like an easy, easy way out or like easy way to become like I don't know, Mcmagicky, with all the Mcmagicky [00:28:42] people. . . . ANDREW: Magic, mcmagic, mcmagic. [laughing] CHAWEON: Exactly. ANDREW: Well, I think that you know, let's be honest, if you're, if you're looking for the easy way, don't go to magic, go do something else. It's not as straightforward as [00:28:57] that, usually. You know, I mean for simple things, yes, but for like sort of bigger life arc-altering work and stuff like that, you know, it's a lot of work and it requires work on many levels. So yeah, for sure, so [00:29:13] I want to, I have a different thing that I also wanted to talk to you about. So you basically said, “Fuck this, I'm going to Bali a while again,” and just laughed, and I'm super curious about [00:29:28] how that happens. How did you get to making that decision, you know, tell us the tale. CHAWEON: Okay. So, I'm Korean American. So I grew up all my life in America. [00:29:43] I'm an American citizen. But about three years ago, I went to Korea, and that's my motherland and that's actually when my magic came to be. So, coincidence that I started to [00:29:58] really get into my witchy stuff in, you know, like my ancestral homeland. I don't know, but after a while, I was just like, you know what, Korea, I've extracted everything I need to get from Korea, and the last eclipse-- You know, [00:30:13] when you're doing magic, you know, it's good to look at astrological transits. So the last eclipse, like last year, like in July or something, my work situation. It was just, you know, the rug was pulled out from under me, very typical eclipsey stuff, and [00:30:28] you know, when that happened, it was kind of like, you know, like in South Park, Cartman, where it's like, “lucky guys, I'm going home,” you know, like it was sort of like that seal and I was just like, “Yeah, bye,” you know. It was this idea that magic, it will help me through making [00:30:43] this very impulsive within three months after deciding. You know, fuck.  Yeah, Bali. I was in Bali and I didn't know why I exactly chose Bali but I was drawn to it and once I got to Bali, Bali [00:30:58] is hands down the most magical place I've ever been to, and there's magic going on literally on the streets like 24/7. Hmm, especially in Ubud, which is the cultural center of Bali. So, how did I end up in Bali of all places? Right? [00:31:13] How did I go from, you know, skeptic in America to going to my ancestral homeland, becoming a witch, and then going to hands down the most magical place I've ever been to, baby, I'll ever go to, I'm in Bali, and these things, these currents, [00:31:28] that magic, has brought into my life and steered me too without a doubt. I attribute it a hundred percent--well, you know, like 80 percent--to the magic that I was doing. ANDREW: Hmm. And [00:31:43] so, what kind of-- Like this is the glamour magic, was this other magic, like what kind of what kind of stuff where you up to at that point? CHAWEON: Well, definitely glamour magic. It's something that I practice every single day. But I was also working a lot with Hecate and [00:31:59] I was giving a lot of like just offering soul and spirit, you know, just like the basic stuff that Aidan Wachter talks about in Six Ways. So I love his book, and I think that all new bewitches should read that book and practices [00:32:14] that he lays out there, not difficult to do, and they have wonderful effects in your daily life. And so it was nothing even that huge except for, you know, like the sorcery packet in Jason Miller's course that I've been taking and the glamour magic that I do and Aidan [00:32:29] Wachter's Six Ways. ANDREW: Hmm. Yeah Aidan's book is fantastic. You know, I wish-- I wish many years ago and that that had been the book I got first, you know, instead of finding, I mean, Magic in Theory and Practice, which [00:32:44] is what I started with, which is, which is great, but also like, yeah perplexing and contradictory, and so. CHAWEON: You know, I kind of skipped over a lot of the books that a lot of magic people they started with [00:32:59] because, again, I've only been doing this for like consciously for the past two years.  ANDREW: Sure.  CHAWEON: So, like, it's only now, like I just interviewed Marco Visconti, Marco Visconti, and [00:33:14] he's like an Aleister Crowley expert. So it's only now that I'm just like, “Oh shit, oh, yeah, Crowley,” right?  ANDREW: Yeah, that dude.  CHAWEON: That guy. Yeah! So like, the way that I got into magic, it was just so, I don't [00:33:29] know, like, it's non-traditional. But again, it's like the magic that I was doing, I feel like anybody could have done it, and maybe they wouldn't have had the exact same results as me, but definitely their life would have shifted, and you know, like, life would have pulled them in the [00:33:44] way that they were supposed to be going. ANDREW: Yeah. Yeah. I think that when we start doing magic, then the world starts reciprocating, right?  CHAWEON: Oh, totally! ANDREW: And, and, you know, I mean, in your case, and [00:33:59] in many people's cases, maybe the ancestors start reciprocating, right? You know? And like pulling in a different direction, of helping you find those places where you feel so, something completely different, you know, and, [00:34:14] and that might be right around the corner from you, or it might be, you know, far far away, right? CHAWEON: Absolutely. Like, so, Korea is a very neo-Confucian culture. So Confucius, for those of you who have [00:34:29] never heard of him, he was a Chinese philosopher. And he was around when like China was going through a shit ton of wars and he was just like, “Oh, chaos, this sucks, hey, let's build like an ordered society, let's build hierarchy, and people on top, [00:34:44] old people, dudes on top, and everybody just kind of like obeys and order,” and then Koreans were like, “Love that system, and we're just going to take it even further. We're going to inject steroids into that system.” And so a lot of [00:34:59] neo-Confucianism it has to do with ancestor veneration. So it's like literally like in the DNA of like millions and millions of Koreans, like modern Koreans, like the ancestor veneration in Korea is like, there's two major holidays in Korea. [00:35:14] And on those days, the country should sound, this is like a first world country, right, like super modern, it shuts down, and people, millions of people are setting out a table filled with like food for their ancestors and worshiping ancestors. [00:35:29] They may not understand why, but it's happening across Korea on two days, specifically, millions of Koreans. And of course Americans, we don't really do that.  Yeah, and Christianity when it came into Korea tried to discourage [00:35:44] that, but when I went back to Korea, and Koreans are very good at kind of meshing a lot of the old confusing ways. Christianity, and Korean Americans a lot more hardcore with their Christianity, but that's totally different story. But when I went to Korea and I was in the presence [00:35:59] of the mountains, which are considered like ancestral, like, like holy places-- By the way, North and South Korea: It's like split in half, and there's this mountain range that's considered like the spine of the dragon that's been cut in half because the country was cut in [00:36:14] half and even Kim Jong, Kim Jong Hoon, Kim Jong-il. Anyways, those guys, the North Korean dictators, like all their propaganda, it involves like them being on the mountains, like mountains are a huge deal in pre-industrial anything. [00:36:29] So, being in the land of the mountains, and my ancestors, and just being part of this magical current like, without a doubt. Like I think that ancestor veneration is probably one of the easiest [00:36:44] ways to get into magic. ANDREW: Yeah, I think so. You know, in my tradition, everything starts there, right? Yes, but come with your ancestors, you know, sort of, it's tough with your ancestors. You know, it's the, it's the place where you can gain the most ground the quickest. [00:36:59] It's a place where people can do the most on their own, I think, and it's the place that if you don't sort it, that business, then like, you can work on your shadow all day long, but if you're doing a lot [00:37:14] of magic and your ancestors and your relationship to the ancestors isn't resolved, that's basically just a big piece of ancestral shadow. They can always come in and mess things up, if you haven't fixed it, you know. CHAWEON: Yeah, I totally [00:37:29] forget where I read this, but it was about how, what happened to your grandmother, like DNA, like whatever sort of life that she led. It's like in your DNA, as well as something about up to certain generations. So think about how [00:37:44] many people in the world, maybe the majority of the world's population, they have so much trauma in their DNA, because of war and and all that. I mean, especially in places like Asia, Korean war happened in my grandmother's [00:37:59] generation.  ANDREW: Sure.  CHAWEON: And if you're in Southeast Asia, we're talking the Vietnam War that happened after the Korean War, we're talking about massacres that happened in Cambodia. Yeah. There's a lot of trauma that's in our DNA and I didn't really believe in any of that to [00:38:14] be honest about the skeptic. But I remember there's this one doctor. I think his name is Dr. Bruce Lipton or something like that, and he's like a mainstream doctor, right? He's not, you know, like this woo guy. Then, he was talking about DNA and about [00:38:29] the effects of basically ancestral trauma on DNA, and that's when I was just like, oh, a little bit more open-minded about it. So if mainstream science is starting to sort of get into it more, I'm just like, oh well, magic was way ahead besides, I'm sure. ANDREW: Yeah, and [00:38:44] I think, if we, if we think about, you know, the past several generations, right, like we don't have to go back very far before there was probably difficulty, tragedy, poverty, [00:38:59] war, the Depression, you know, like all those wars and conflicts of the last century. And then also, just, you know, more random things, like violence, tragedy, you know, we go back a few generations. What was the infant mortality rate? [00:39:14] How many people watched their kids die? You know, I mean, so many of those things were just way of life, right? But that doesn't mean that they didn't come with trauma and they weren't difficult and it didn't mean that they're not still affecting us [00:39:29] now. So for sure, yeah. CHAWEON: Yeah, so I think that, clearing out the ancestral trauma. I interviewed Liv Wheeler, who's a contemporary voice diviner. And this was [00:39:44] an interview that was the first interview that I did in Bali and it was such a neat coincidence that I was able to talk to her, and she works a lot with ancestral spirits, and she was talking about how she, you know, and people are sensitive. They can see how-- I [00:40:00] don't want to say that there are ghosts but like there's ancestral residue that can stick to people.  ANDREW: Sure.  CHAWEON: So clearing it is, you know, like guys, like, that's for everybody's benefit, like it helps. The ancestors were [00:40:15] able to kind of like let go of their baggage, it helps you, so it's like a win-win for everybody, for sure, ancestral cleaning. ANDREW: Yeah, absolutely, or even just paying attention to them. Right? Like just, yeah, say [00:40:30] some prayers for them, you know. Let it go. For them, periodic knowledge that you know, like just, just that alone can make a huge, huge difference, right? You know, it doesn't, it doesn't need to be, you know, big shamanic this that or the other thing or elaborate ceremony [00:40:45] or whatever, you know, just be like, hey everybody. Hey, all you people that I came from, we're saying these prayers for you. These are the prayers that I think you would like, you know, because that's what you liked when you were alive, you know, or whatever, and it's so helpful, right? Can [00:41:00] move so many things and provide some of the possibilities. CHAWEON: Exactly and for the skeptics out there: When you do these rituals, okay, even if you don't believe in any of the ancestral residues or anything like that, and you're just like [00:41:15] well, you know, just doing it, just makes you feel better. It's a placebo effect. So what, it helps you, it brings peace to your life anyways, so I don't see any downside to it. That's how I've always operated. I'm still a skeptic in a lot of ways. So [00:41:30] for me, it's like, what do I say? In this mundane world that shows that it's working, but I just go on that, and every time I've done magic my life has become more authentic and it's moved in ways that feel better. So even [00:41:45] if I'm a skeptic, I'm okay with it. ANDREW: So how has your skepticism changed over time? CHAWEON: In a lot of ways, it's become more entrenched, because now, I'm just like “Oh shit, I'm starting to really believe in this stuff, can't [00:42:00] do that,” you know, got to stay like uber skeptical, especially now that I'm starting to be like, “Whoa, this is magic. Hmm.”  So there's that, and I think that's a very healthy way of moving through [00:42:15] magic because, okay, one of the things that I learned in Bali-- There was this amazing Balinese friend that I have. Well not was, but he still is, not-- Oh, and he was just a simple woodcarver, [00:42:30] and that's you know, he was just a master woodcarver, him and his dad, and he was talking about how at the age of 40, a lot of Balinese people decide they're going to retreat from public life and they're going to just study. And in Bali, they do like a-- It's [00:42:45] mainly a Hindu island, but they do kind of like their own tropical Hinduism, but he was-- Think how a lot of people, not a lot, but there's all these people who decide you know, “I'm just going to read the books, I'm smart, I can learn [00:43:00] what I need to learn, like from these books and stuff,” and they don't get a teacher. And you can tell, because these are people who become super ungrounded.  And he was like, “Oh, you know, you can tell that they didn't have a teacher, because they're going to go out and they're going to like, talk to trees, but like like crazy [00:43:15] person, and you know, their life is going to go to shit, versus when you have a teacher and you're grounded because you have somebody who can tell you, ‘Whoa, you're seeing visions, kind of ignore that, maybe that's just your imagination. Oh, you're having visions and it came with this. Maybe there's something to it.'” He [00:43:30] knows, having somebody to help guide you, so it's almost like an outside skeptic. That's very helpful. And that's when I realized the importance of having teachers, mentors, and like a community outside to kind of help steer you away from being [00:43:45] way too ungrounded. ANDREW: Yeah, I think, you know, as as a, I think godparent in my religion to people, you know, you could definitely sort of say that one of my [00:44:00] jobs is to be skeptical of some of that stuff for people, right? Good guy. Let's get-- “You had a dream. Let's go ask. Let's go actually ask the oracle that we use to speak with these spirits and see what they say.” Like, let's see, you know, or whatever, right? And you know, and sometimes we find out something [00:44:15] really profound when we notice things and sometimes we find out that it didn't mean anything, right?  I remember, I remember I was like doing this series of ceremonies and every [00:44:31] day I was doing this series of ceremonies for a while. And at the same point in the ritual, which was also kind of like the peak of the invocation parts, the sound would start happening in [00:44:46] my temple space. And I was like, “What is that? What is going on? What's manifesting?” Whatever, and you know, and I go around, and I'm like, trying to figure out if it's something, is it like the pipes, or is it this or that, nothing, [00:45:01] right? Like no obvious reason why that sound is there. So I went to my teacher and told him and he's like, “I don't know,” and I was like, “Oh I wanted to do something profound, but okay.” And, and [00:45:16] this went on for like, I forget how long I was doing this work, like maybe a month, maybe six weeks, and then right near the end, what I realized was that the oil lamp that I was using, it got hot enough, uh-huh, sounds right and it just [00:45:31] happened to coincide with that moment in the ritual. Right? So, you know, it's just like things, that the phenomenon of things aren't necessarily worth getting caught up in, they're worth noticing, but they're also worth saying, “Well, if that's significant, [00:45:46] I'll know that in time, but right now, I'm just going to notice it and carry on with what I'm doing,” right? CHAWEON: I think there's this thing where I just get very-- Okay, because before the magic thing, I was one of those women who saw other women get really [00:46:01] into new age stuff, and you know, they're like, so into crystals and like whatever and it was just kind of like, it was very annoying. I call it like the Gwyneth Paltrow effect, right? And it was very like, have you seen this YouTube video called like “Shit New Age Girls Say”? It's [00:46:16] like a parody. ANDREW: I've seen a bunch of those videos. I don't know if I've seen that specific one, but-- CHAWEON: Oh, it's so spot-on and I remember thinking, “Oh girl, you are so ungrounded. I can't be around you,” you know? Like everything is pleiadian and alien spaceships [00:46:31] are, you know, right above you, and you know, like you're going to wear purple skirt and shit because it's like bringing your energy somewhere, and I was just like, I can't deal.  ANDREW: Yeah. CHAWEON: And I was like, okay super ungrounded energy. I don't like that. And so, that's the reason why, [00:46:46] the more I get into magic, the more like, stringent and hardcore my skeptic has to become, because I'm just like, if it doesn't do that, then I'm afraid that, you know, like instead of being in this world and doing magic in this world, I'm just going to be like, often, [00:47:01] like I'm doing magic in like some abstract fourth, fifth, 20th dimension. ANDREW: Sure or nowhere at all. CHAWEON: Or nowhere at all. [laughs] And that's no fun because we're like, in this world, we're living in this world, you know, like let's have fun in this world. ANDREW: [00:47:16] Yeah. Absolutely. Well, I want to thank you for taking time to hang out and chat with me today. CHAWEON: Thank you. ANDREW: And I understand you have a thing coming up a course on some of this stuff that might be of interest to [00:47:31] people who are listening. CHAWEON: Yeah, so I'm actually putting on my very first magic class and it's going to be about, surprise, surprise: glamour magic. And it's called Fierce, like “ooh girl, you look fierce,” and it's just [00:47:46] basically a very accessible way of starting out in glamour magic, so, bringing in archetypes to start putting makeup on your face, to invoke, evoke, and conjure up these archetypes. And so, this [00:48:01] is just for anybody who may not be a hundred percent into magic, or maybe you are, but I see it more as like also a really great introduction into a little bit of astrological magic but also it's a whole lot of magic in terms of like makeup [00:48:16] magic. So I mean, makeup is like a huge part of like my identity. I used to be a makeup artist when I was in college. So it's how to transform yourself using mundane tools. Instead of using like a wand, you're using a [00:48:31] blush brush [laughing]; instead of drawing sigils on a piece of paper, you're drawing a crisp cat eye with an eyeliner brush, hmm with liquid liner. Same thing. So it's taking magic with makeup and transforming [00:48:46] yourself and doing it all with this like, real glamour, not faux glamour. ANDREW: Perfect. And where do people who want to come and bask in your glamour find you on the social media these days? CHAWEON: Oh, well, they can just Google Witches and Wine. [00:49:01] Usually my YouTube channel comes up like first thing, and on, on social media, it's, you can just look me up. It's hichaweon, but I think it's mainly through my YouTube channel, all my social media stuff is there.  ANDREW: Perfect. [00:49:16] Awesome. Well, thank you so much for making time to chat. It's been a real pleasure. CHAWEON: Thank you, Andrew. So good to talk to you.  

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The Stacking Skulls Crew (Aidan, Fabeku, and Andrew) are joined by Theresa Reed this week. In many ways this conversation circles around endings. They talk about Marie Kondo and letting go. The process of know when to change in life. And the ways our energy shifts what is going on depending on how we show up.  Think about how much you've enjoyed the podcast and how many episodes you listened to, and consider if it is time to support the Patreon You can do so here. If you want more of this in your life you can subscribe by RSS , iTunes, Stitcher, or email. Thanks for joining the conversation. Please share the podcast to help us grow and change the world.  Andrew You can book time with Andrew through his site here.  ANDREW: Welcome to the Hermit's Lamp podcast and another episode with Stacking Skulls. I'm here today with Aidan and Fabeku, and joining us is Theresa Reed. So, you know, everybody probably knows who we are, but, Theresa, for those who don't know who you are, who are you? What are you about? THERESA: Hey guys, for those of you who are not familiar with me, my name is Theresa Reed, but I'm better known as the Tarot Lady. I am a professional tarot reader and I've been working in my industry for close to 30 years. And that's me in a nutshell.  ANDREW: Awesome! So, the last episode dropped about three months or so ago. What's new? What's going on? What's changed?  AIDAN: Hmm. I actually reopened the shop ... ANDREW: Yeah! AIDAN: After many months off, and that's going very well. Under the new model. It seems to be working well. That's pretty much it for me. It's been winter. Not a lot goes on except the cold.  ANDREW: Right. And a lot of snow apparently this winter.  AIDAN: We did get the blizzard, which, thankfully all of our neighbors tell us happens every seven to 15 years, cause otherwise our 500-foot-long driveway would have been perhaps not the choice we would have made! [laughing] We were only trapped for like two weeks.  ANDREW: Yeah. That's fair. Well, you don't have to get your kettlebells off the mat, then. You can just shovel snow every day?  AIDAN: I really don't do that. That's why we were trapped for two weeks. We saw it coming and went shopping and stocked up the house, and said, "Fuck it. We'll leave when we're done, when it's done." [laughing] ANDREW: Excellent. Nice. That's awesome. Well, how about you, Fabeku? What's new in your world?  FABEKU: Yeah, what's new? Ran a few classes, finally wrapped the super long divination course that I've been doing since the summer, doing a thing now on some hyper sigil stuff which has been fun and kind of intense. Managed to survive the holidays, thank God. That was great! Yeah, writing like crazy, just writing like crazy, for some reason. I'm not sleeping a lot, which is fantastic! And so, I'm taking advantage of the long evenings and turning out piles and piles of words for a few book projects. So, it's fun. It's cool.  ANDREW: And how about you, Theresa? What's the start of your year brought you? What's going on with you these days?  THERESA: Just busy with work but also, I have two books coming out this year, and actually today, I just got the pdf version, and so they want me to go over everything and check everything and doublecheck it, and make sure every i is dotted and t is crossed, and recently I saw the cover of my third book, which is coming out in November. So I'm in the phase right now of handling all my regular work, and also with these two books coming out, starting to do all the proofreading to make sure things are right.  FABEKU: That's a lot.  THERESA: Yeah, it's exciting.  ANDREW: It's a lot of work, right?  THERESA: Oh my god. But I like the editing part better than the writing part.  FABEKU: Really?  THERESA: Isn't that sad?  FABEKU: Well, no, it's fascinating. I think it's ... THERESA: I love to read, write, and I love to spill out all my ideas, but I think it's because I have those three planets in Virgo. Going back and editing gives me a real special jolly.  FABEKU: Wow. That's cool. AIDAN: I kind of got that with Six Ways. I had a blast going, kind of taking in all the information I got from the various first readers and my folks to kind of dive in and tighten it up. That was a pleasure.  ANDREW: Yeah. I don't dig the editing at all. FABEKU: Yeah, me neither.  [laughing] FABEKU: Totally hate it! ANDREW: Yeah, it's interesting. When I did, I wrote the book for the Orisha Tarot, I sat down and just, I wrote the book just straight through, just piled it all out and whatever. And because there was some changes around the timeline and I had to deliver it a little bit earlier, I was like, all right, I'm just sending it, I'm not even going to reread it, I'm just going to send it to you this way. Cause it was already a contract, right? So it wasn't like I was trying to get the deal. I already had the deal, but I just didn't have the time to finish everything up for their timeline that they had moved it to, and still sort of like sit and really reedit it, and I was like, doesn't make sense to re-edit part of it or all of it or, you know. So I just sent it in. And, yeah, it was, most of ... The thing was, “please just go through and fix the typos.” [laughs] And I was like, "Sure!" [laughing] And then there were a couple other, very few comments, but then the editing was almost nonexistent for it, so.  FABEKU: That's great. THERESA: Wow. But they liked it, so you know, obviously you're a good writer. ANDREW: Yeah, it just kind of. By the time I get to writing something I usually have thought about it a ton. And then it mostly just kind of emerges pretty intact, you know? And sometimes I need to adjust stuff, mature things. Most of what they wanted me to change or edit goes back to, the biggest challenge for me around writing historically, which is: why write 50 words when 10 words will do? But the reality is, those 10 words do when you know what the subject is, but they don't actually do it for everybody else. So learning to sort of expand everything into sort of a more, yeah, a more thorough explanation, so you kind of use a lot more words for it, that's been one thing. And the edits that came back for it were kind of, "You might know what this is, and I might know what this is, but there are lots of people who are going to read this who don't, who won't understand. So add a couple of paragraphs explaining this and this and this, and stuff." So. FABEKU: I always think it's an interesting thing when you're communicating stuff to people--so, my version of that is, in this hyper sigil class that I'm doing now, there were things that to me were super obvious, and so I essentially said, "Hey, do this and do this, and go have at it," right? And then people were like, "Wait, fuck, what? What about this, and what about this, and what does that mean? and can I do this? should I do this? should I not do this?" And I was literally like, "What the fuck is happening? Just do it!" And when I realized it was like, oh, right, okay, so all of the shit that in my head was super obvious, apparently I need to circle back and kind of spell out in way more detail than I thought. So it was kind of an interesting experience for everyone involved.  Yeah. [laughing] ANDREW: Yeah. For sure. AIDAN: This is why the lifer magicians shouldn't probably be the bounce-offs on whether you're coherent for anybody else, right? [laughing] I was like, dude, got it, boom! [incoherent laughing] AIDAN: Fabeku comes back around like, "Why is everyone confused?" I'm like, “uh, oh, cause they haven't been doing this for 30 years? I don't know!” [laughing] ANDREW: Yeah. FABEKU: Yup. THERESA: And words have power, but that power doesn't always transmit to everyone the same way. You know years ago when I used to teach astrology, it all starts out fun. But then you start getting into the math, which you know is another interesting ... I think math is very magical. And everyone, all the tears came. All the tears came. People don't get it. And so, explaining astrology to laymen is actually, it's very artful, it's very hard to do.  FABEKU: Mm-hmm.  ANDREW: Yeah. I think teaching stuff is complicated. Right? And I think that, you know, when … A couple years ago I was in Portland and I taught this class on calling in the person-who-was-getting-the-readings' guardian angel, to feed into the reading process, right? And, you know, in teaching something like that, there's the words, right, which is one part of it. You know? It's like try this, do this, think about it this way, but then, like you say, it's also how is everyone receiving that, what's going on? And a whole bunch of people came up to me after the workshop and basically said, "I've never experienced anything like that before in my life, you know, and I've been doing my own practice," or whatever, and the secret was in that case that essentially I expanded my energy to encompass everybody in the room, and I was modulating everything that was going on, to some degree with everybody there, right? And like, seeing what felt wonky in the space so I need to go over and talk to that person, or maybe I just needed to like, put a little extra energy there for them, and you know, there's so many layers to transmitting something, right? That go well beyond book-learning and words and you know, straightforward things like into another level, right? So. FABEKU: You know, we just had this conversation in the hyper sigil space this week or last week or whatever it was. Somebody was talking about an experience that they have. So I call, instead of calls, I call them live transmissions, cause I do that, cause for me, that's what they are, it's not some marketing shtick, but you know, they were talking about experiences they had listening to the transmission, and I said, "listen, like, I call these transmissions for a reason." Like, the delivery of information is actually the smallest reason why we're on the phone at the same time doing this. There's a million other ways I could deliver information. I don't really give a shit so much how it happens, but it is that kind of energetic maintenance of the space, of creating currents that people wade into and then you navigate their experience with the current with them while delivering the information and for me that's 90 percent of it, the information, I mean, fuck, I could send out a pdf, I mean it's, you know, who cares about the delivery of the information? In some ways. I think, to me, the real key, and I think the thing that, like you said, give people that experience, is that current, and to create it, and kind of lead people skillfully into it and out of it and you know, yeah, that's the whole thing, for me.  THERESA: Do you guys feel when you teach that you're doing it from an altered space?  FABEKU: Yes.  AIDAN: Yeah, totally.  FABEKU: Almost every time. Like as soon as I kind of dial in, sit down, like I'll  start to sweat. As it goes on, by the time I'm done, like I feel like I ran a marathon. And that's not a thing that I do.  [laughter] ANDREW: Yeah, for sure. AIDAN: That's a definite thing, and it's interesting. I got an invite this morning to teach at 2020, and that was one of the really odd things, was remembering live teaching, cause I haven't done that since the 90s, and that's kind of a really strange concept to think about revisiting after 25 years. It's like, okay let's wander into a conference space, and do my thing. Cause to me it's always a super altered state, it's not subtle. And that's a, it's a very . . . It is an odd thing. ANDREW: And for me it's the same doing readings as well, you know. It's the reason I don't dig asynchronous reading processes that much, is I find that the energy's harder to manage . . . THERESA: Really?! ANDREW: Yeah. It's way easier for me to sit with somebody and just go anywhere, do anything, whatever needs to happen, but like, to do readings and ... You know, for a while I've been offering these channeled readings, where I channel one of my guides and stuff, and I'm actually going to stop, because channeling without the person being synced in somehow just wears me out. It's really kind of ... So like a 15-minute session of doing that like, and recording it and sending it to somebody, is like ten times more fatiguing than channeling for an hour with the person sitting here. So.  THERESA: See for me, when it comes to email readings, energy is energy. You know and I always like to say I'm an energy reader, so it's the same energy that I'm tapping into, it doesn't matter if the person's sitting there and with me. I prefer when I'm doing, I prefer the phone readings, because I really feel like we're directly connecting with each other. But the email readings work just as good, the only difference is I think sometimes when people send information via email, they're not completely tuned in.  ANDREW: Mm-hmm. THERESA: You know, and so you have to, maybe this is why you feel double the work, is you're having to like, you will have to do double the work, because maybe they'll just send a vague question or whatnot, so it's different.  ANDREW: Mm-hmm. Yeah, maybe it's so.  THERESA: Yeah, I don't know.  AIDAN: It's interesting. When I think about doing the, you know like in the Six Ways Facebook group, the best thing I did was I decided to start shooting video, just cause it seemed like it would be an easier way than writing everything? And what I find is that that's the  . . . it's way easier for me to be talking and transmit kind of clearly is writing. And, like we're doing this on Zoom, and I think if I get around to starting the online classes I'll do them on Zoom for the same reason. It's okay that not everybody will be present but if I've got a body of people present that I can be directly feeding with, it'll work better.  THERESA: My problem with the typing is, my arthritis. I mean that's the biggest problem. I find it's more like, it's labor intensive for my hands, it's not the transmission of the energy. You know when you're just talking and teaching like that, you're not using that same physical processes as you're doing with your hands . . . So I think that's where I find it to be harder. AIDAN: Right. I think that for me it's just that I can't type very well.  [laughing] ANDREW: That's fair. That's totally fair. I'm actually going back to writing, a series of blog posts and stuff. FABEKU: Oh, cool.  ANDREW: I feel like I haven't typed much for a long time. In terms of doing that kind of work. But I feel like--for two reasons, I like to make everything accessible, so I like to get transcriptions of stuff done, like this podcast will be transcribed, and that's a time-consuming process that comes with its own expense, and two, I feel like I'm planning on getting a book proposal in over the winter, and I sort of slide more into that writing space. And when I'm already in that writing space, then it's easy to like, you know, write for a couple of hours, grab a coffee, change gears, and then write something else for an hour, for me, so I can kind of just stay in that space, whereas the recording transmissions and stuff like that, you know, since the separation and divorce that happened in the fall and winter, with my new schedule with the kids and stuff like that, it's a lot harder for me to find a time that's actually quiet to sit down and record something, it's not nearly as simple as it used to--my schedule used to be a lot more flexible, so. Now it's like I can sit and write just fine, and they can be doing whatever in the house, it's not a big deal to me, but to record and then have them, you know, their shenanigans in the background, it gets a little complicated, so. FABEKU: Yeah, for sure.  ANDREW: Mm-hmm. And I guess that's been the big change for me, right? You know, my relationship of 21 years ended, I think we talked about it some in the fall podcast . . . AIDAN: Yeah, we did.  ANDREW: Yeah, and mid-December, my ex moved out, and so I've had sort of almost two months now, I guess, or a month and a half of settling into what it's like to be independent half the time and with the kids half the time and you know, kind of going through this process of going through everything that I own and reassessing it, and seeing what do I want to keep, what's important, what's not important, and, you know, kind of extending that further out into like lots of things, I'm kind of reevaluating where I'm putting my time on kind of every front right now and trying to see what feels like it makes sense to me or doesn't make sense to me, you know? I had a great time watching that Tidying Up show with Marie Kondo. You know? Me and the kids and one of my partners watched it, and you know, it's like, that notion of what's exciting and what's not has continued to kind of fuel a bunch of decisions in different directions. Like looking at my work life and thinking about what am I, what am I really really inspired by? And what feels either burdensome or kind of to make it even more to the point, if the thing that I want from it is not a thing that it can give me, you know, there's kind of like an incoherence of the agenda, you know? And where I'm recognizing those shifting agendas kind of going along, I'm not going to get that from this, so I really ought to reconsider my investment in this. If that's not going to happen, what's the value to me then, you know? or is there a value to me then? You know? So. Yeah. So it's a lot of pruning going on, a lot of throwing out stuff around the space and sifting back through a bunch of stuff. Yeah.  AIDAN: Yeah, that's definitely been going on over here too.  ANDREW: Yeah. AIDAN: That was what led to the change in the shop, cause that process just clipped a ton of the work that I didn't like around the shop, it's just gone now. And then that's kind of feeding in. Like the shop itself, which as y'all know  is a tiny space, is just way less busy. There's a lot less in here now. A lot of like, who are the helper spirits that are actually helpers? And who are the hangers on that are sometimes helpful but not really, not paying freight, and let's cut ties there and simplify it. It's definitely the season for it, I think.  ANDREW: Yeah. FABEKU: Yeah, that's been the same thing here. I mean on all fronts. The work front, you know, there's been stuff I've been contemplating for six months, nine months, longer. And kind of finally brought some of that together. Like this thing that I used to dig? I don't dig it as much anymore. So I'm not going to do it. And this thing that I still kind of dig, I'm going to change it, so I can dig it more than I do at the moment. AIDAN: Yeah! FABEKU: You know, on the personal front, there was a long relationship I was in that was kind of agonizing over longer than I needed to, and end of the year, it was like, yeah, no, this doesn't make any sense any more. Like you said, that--I like that language, Andrew--the incoherence of agenda, cause it was like, this is never going to fucking shake out the way I want it to shake out, no matter what the fuck I do, it just doesn't make any sense, and you know, at some point it was interesting and thinking, about the mundane stuff I could do, the magical stuff, and it's like, why? it's just, what the fuck, it doesn't make any sense, just pack it up and move on.  ANDREW: Mm-hmm. FABEKU: You know? I don't mean it just in the context of the relationship but with a lot of things, you know? And I think for me it feels like a time when it's kind of important to reduce, to pretty radically reduce the noise, to amp the signal even more than it has been. It seems like, I don't know, kind of midway through last year I started to realize there's--not even more noise--but there's just more shit in the field to manage. And I just don't want to do that.  SOMEBODY: Yeah. FABEKU: I just don't want to do it.  AIDAN: Yeah.  FABEKU: Let's get the few things that are solid signal and crystal clear and right fucking on and amp the shit out of that, and the rest of it? I'm just not interested in it. I'm just not into it at all at this point.  THERESA: I've been doing a major decluttering too, so I watched that same Tidying Up thing. And, you know, we have a real problem with clutter around here. My husband's an artist, first of all, and you know, I know how artists are, and you guys know how artists are.  [laughter] THERESA: Artists collect a lot of stuff, and we have a lot of things, and this is a really big house. So, it got filled. You know the more we took over the house, the more he found things to fill. So we went through stuff and we're still going through stuff, and you know, my big problem is my books issues.  ANDREW: [laughing] There are only about 30, right?  THERESA: Yeah well, that's not going to happen, guys! [helpless laughter] THERESA: Cause you know, most of the books are stuff that I use. The thing that I have to go through, though, you know, right now, the clothes are done, I'm not a big clothes person, I'm not a big shoe person, I'm not one of those chicks, I have very few shoes, I don't care about shoes. You know I used to have a lot of purses, I don't care about that. I was hoarding lipstick--you know, this is my new lipstick, guys! FABEKU: It looks fantastic!  THERESA: Thank you!  [chuckling] THERESA: But also, my books and, you know, cooking gadgets, so, slowly little by little we've gone through things and, you know, the biggest thing we have left to do is the books. And Terry right now is upstairs and tearing through the cooking things, which is kind of horrifying me, because he doesn't know exactly what I use to create that magic in the kitchen, but, I'm just like, you know what, I don't have the time to do all this decluttering, go declutter it. But it's also making us a lot more mindful about the reasons we keep on holding on to our clutter. So we've had long discussions about that, and we've come to the determination, it's because we both grew up poor. There's that tendency then to want to hold onto things because it's the fear that you're going to need it or you may not have it again. So that whole way of growing up, it really does then create that energy where you hold on for dear life and then nothing else can get in that's worthwhile. So why am I holding onto this stupid thing, this Hello Kitty spatula that's too small to even turn over an egg? Why? It's got to go! It's not serving the purpose. FABEKU: Yeah, and for me I get that probably the most with the books, right? Because, you know, in the past I managed to scrape together cash, get a couple books, and then when I was broke as fuck, had to sell the books, and now that I've got them again, it's like, "I'm never getting rid of these books," which of course isn't the smartest thing. But it's exactly that thing. Like I remember having to box up, you know, 12 boxes of books to take ‘em to Half Price Books and they give you ten fucking dollars, you know, you have grocery money . . . THERESA: Yep.  FABEKU: And it's like yeah, I'm never doing that again. So for me now, I've got thousands of books, which is madness, but, yeah, I think there is something to that, I think that that experience of either not being able to get it, or not knowing if you'd be able to get it again, I think for me anyway, it does, it creates a thing of wanting to hold onto shit way longer than makes sense. THERESA: Yep.  FABEKU: … is the case, for sure.  ANDREW: I really feel this intense impulse that I want to make things, versus own things.  FABEKU: Mm. ANDREW: If that makes sense? You know? Books have a way of creeping back in, you know, partly because people give me a lot of books, because of the store, because I'm friends with them, and my friends publish books and that's fantastic, and I love looking at what my friends are doing, and that kind of stuff, but like, even I'm looking at the books that are on the shelf in the reading room here. I don't even know like, other than maybe two or three of them, I don't even know the last time I opened any of them.  THERESA: Wow.  ANDREW: Like it's been a long time, right? And you know, somebody was ... having this conversation about having tarot books and being a tarot reader, and whatever, and I'm like ... I don't, I mean, I read my friends' books, cause they're my friends and they wrote them, but I don't really read books on tarot any more. You know? Not because they're not good and not because maybe I couldn't learn stuff, but you know, I was, I listen to this podcast called The Moment with this guy Brian Koppelman, he makes movies. And there's some really great ones. The ones with Seth Godin are really interesting. And he has one with Salmon Rushdie. Which is fascinating. But one of the things that he talks about is how, when he drops into a project, he doesn't want his ideas contaminated with other things. And because I'm sliding more and more into being creative, visually and with words and these things all the time, I don't really, I really want to express what I want to express, and that brings about this place where I don't really want to bring stuff in. Because it's easy to get in my head about it. It's easy to think too much. It's easy to be like, "oh, this person said this thing, what do I think about that, do I need to address it?" It's like, it just slows the process, it creates drag in the creative process for me, so I kind of move away from that. You know, most of what I learn about card reading I learn from, you know, just doing more and more readings all the time. Or sometimes hanging out and talking with people about card reading, more so than actually sitting and reading books about it and such, you know?  FABEKU: Yeah. I think one of the-- THERESA: [simultaneously] Sometimes I like-- Oh, sorry. FABEKU: No, go ahead, Theresa.  THERESA: I was just going to say, real briefly--sometimes though I do like looking at what other people write about tarot, because I 'll look at it and say, "well that's interesting." You know I'll probably discard it anyways, because I'm very stubborn about my methods . . . ANDREW: You?  THERESA: [laughs] But I do like-- But I do sometimes like, just like, you know, looking and saying, "well, that's very interesting.” It's still not going to change the way I'm doing things, because I've been doing things for so long, but it might at least give me a little different perspective. Okay, Fabeku, sorry about that! FABEKU: No, no, you're fine. I think for me, one of the best things I did in my business, maybe six or eight years ago, I just stopped looking at all the business shit. I didn't . . . I haven't read a business book in six or seven years. I haven't read business blogs, I unsubscribed to everything, and again, it's not that I didn't give a shit, really, but I kind of didn't give a shit. And it was mostly because of that, that noise thing.  You know, it's like I just, like you said, Andrew, I want to transmit my thing, like I don't want--not that there's anything wrong with anybody else's thing, I just don't want their signal mixed in with my signal. And I think the results of that, and the same has been true for me with magic, with divination, with everything--it feels like the more I reduce that noise, the clearer I can get to my signal and transmit it, and then I think, the better that is for everybody that's on the receiving end of it. You know, I think that--and people say, well, you know, do you miss, do you miss being up to date on what's going on? Not really. I mean and again, I'm sure there's brilliant stuff out there. it's not that I-- I'm not acting like it's all shit--I just--for me, I think it's the processing power that's required to read it and then still keep it isolated from what I'm doing. It's just too much. It just--I don't, I don't want to do it--I just would rather get down to whatever my thing is. Whatever that means.  THERESA: See, Fabeku, you need my way of doing things. I'm just so fucking stubborn . . . [laughter] THERESA: It doesn't matter how brilliant it is! I'm still going to do things exactly the way I'm going to do things, and I've always been that way, and it's ridiculous. But again, I'll get the little information, I'll get the feedback, I'll look at it, and I still do everything exactly the fucking way I'm going to do it.  FABEKU: Sounds familiar!  [laughter] AIDAN: Hear ye, hear ye! THERESA: That's the key! ANDREW: You know I remember talking to Enrique Enriquez, and we were discussing this in one of the podcast episodes that I did with him I think, and we were talking about how we'll be reading something, and we'll just get to a sentence and be like, "Huh, I just need to think about that for a month now." You know? And so like--there's a reason--I haven't finished Six Ways yet! Because, I get through to a certain point, and then I hit an idea, and I'm like, "Huh. Huh." I just put it down and just sit for a while, and just like chew it over for a while, you know, and maybe it gets misplaced for a little bit after that, and then I find it again, I'm like, "Oh, I should really finish that book," and you know, it's, when you told me that my name was in there somewhere, I was like, I haven't even gotten to that yet! And it's like, you know, kind of halfway through the book or so, right?  AIDAN: [laughing] ANDREW: And I'm just like, huh. And I'll get through it, but for me I like to digest things really thoroughly if I'm going to let them in, and I think that's part of it too, right? You know it's back to like my own thinking, and that kind of stuff and how much of that, not even willingness for that to be let in, but where there is stuff that's really thought-provoking, I only have so much space for that too, you know?  AIDAN: Yeah. I have, you know, it's interesting, once you put out your book--I imagine, you've all done this, I think, so you have had this experience. All of a sudden you become a book guy who has done this thing. And so, I get a fair amount of like, review copies now, pdfs of books that are due to come out to see if I could write for them, and most of them I just have to tell them I can't, cause it's just not, I wouldn't know, or want, to read your book on goetia [laughing]. I wouldn't know how to review it if I did, cause I have no interest in that kind of spirit interaction.  But like I've been really lucky to get two books, recently, one from Devin Hunter and one from Matt Auryn, that are really great, and part of the reason that they work for me is that their approach is really like a psychic clairvoyant take on witchcraft. So it's like witchcraft with the kind of traditional psychic components brought way to the forefront. Which are not my strong point. So it's one of those things that I can read and go like, “Oh, yeah, I can see how I could grab this practice here and use this to develop something that I don't have,” you know. And so they've both been really good for that. But in general, kind of reading within the field gets harder and harder for me as time goes on because I'm so stubborn that it's like, I'm reading and kind of just going, nah, nah, nah, or I've seen this so many times, it's an interesting balance. But ... THERESA: Can I just say this to you? It's not that . . . I know this sounds terrible, but I don't get my inspiration, you know, from reading tarot books. The inspiration that I get from life comes from way different sources. You know, I'm more likely not to get inspired by reading your tarot interpretations but by, you know, maybe listening to a Lil Wayne song. I get my inspiration from very very different places, so . . . AIDAN: Yep.  THERESA: And I think it's because too, I mean every day I'm in tarot. I'm like in tarot and in astrology every day of my life. And so I do still like to read the books, but my creative inspiration rarely comes from that. It rarely comes from reading someone's tarot or astrology book. It's going to come from a very very different source. Cooking is one of my main ways . . . And watching cooking shows and cookbooks, I actually get a lot more inspiration from that. And one of the things I love about cooking--Cooking is very magical. You know I'm very superstitious about food. I won't eat food prepared by somebody I don't like. Food has to be prepared with intention. And what I love about the whole process of cooking, because in another lifetime I should have been a chef, is I love to cook because you're creating and then you destroy it immediately! AIDAN: Yeah. THERESA: It's gone. Boom! It's done. I mean it was there. You know that the remnants are still there because it's showing up either in your waistline, or the indigestion, or the pleasure that you're feeling, but it's gone. It's all gone. I mean, food is magic. FABEKU: It is magic. It always reminds me--first of all, I agree about the source of inspiration. To me, art has been a bigger inspiration on my magic than magic stuff has.  AIDAN: Absolutely. FABEKU: Cooking has been a bigger inspiration on my business than business shit ever has. The ... all of that stuff. Cooking, and I remember there was one time I was eating this really fantastic meal at a restaurant that did amazing food. It was the place you and I ate at, Theresa.  THERESA: Mm-hmm. FABEKU: [00:33:33] When they, when they brought the food out, as I was eating it, I had that moment where it felt like, you know, when you see the mandalas that the Buddhists create, right? THERESA: Yes! FABEKU: They spend fucking forever making these things and they're amazing and they're beautiful and you see them and it's this experience of awe and they're gone-- THERESA: Yes! FABEKU: You know, they just they just wipe them out in a moment and it's like this is what this feels like. it was--and it felt like taking in all of that. Like you said, the creation of it, the attention to detail, the care, the creativity, the magic, and then making that a part of you, and literally it's gone in minutes. It's . . .  THERESA: Yeah! FABEKU: It, to me, that's the kind of thing that that just wows me every time and it does, it doesn't have . . . shit, I don't care whether it's an expensive meal, it doesn't matter about that at all. It's just that thing of something that's been amazingly created and you know that they spent all day in the kitchen prepping for that and literally in a matter of minutes the plate's empty.  THERESA: Uh-huh.  FABEKU: It's, it's phenomenal. AIDAN: Yeah. THERESA: That's like true magic. I mean when I go to when I go to Portland every year there's a restaurant called Castagna that I go to. They now know me because they know I'm nuts about their rolls. and they serve weird stuff. I mean, but it is meticulously prepared and it comes out and I mean I grew up Catholic, so when you eat it, it's like communion. You're taking it into your body, the soul of that chef, and their creativity, and there is nothing more magical than that. AIDAN: Well, I think that that also sinks into another kind of concept that ties into some of Fabeku and I's experiences recently, because we've both been playing [00:35:03] with hyper sigil work. Is that . . . that element of like, you're doing this for right now? And then you're going to do the next thing and the next thing and the next thing. I think is missing from a lot of people's approach to magical arts, that they're like, they're somehow want to use this kind of technology of radical change to produce a static state that will always work for them, is what comes to mind, thinking of that, which has really never been my take. It's like, no, I'm just walking, right? And I'm going to choose where I go. I'm going to . . . but I'm not walking down the street to then stop at that house and then live in that house forever. I'm just walking and sometimes it's easy and sometimes it's hard and sometimes it's snowing, right? but it's very much like that food concept that you bring up, Theresa, and I like that, because it is, it's like, there's not, it's not working to an . . . a permanent end point and I think that all the really cool stuff is like that. For a lot of it, you know. THERESA: Well, a lot of people think they're going to get a permanent result from magic. Same like from a tarot reading, that it's going to be a guarantee of your future and there's no guarantees. I mean, I always say you can have a perfectly great astrology chart and be a complete schmuck. You can get a great reading and you can decide to make different decisions that change and alter what's coming. And when it comes to magic, you can do all the magic in the world, but nothing's going to be permanent, nothing's guaranteed. [00:36:33] And, so again, it's very much like eating. You make something, you make a beautiful ... you put all of your intention and your energy into it, then you've got to like, destroy it and forget about it and see what happens and keep that kind of an attitude about it. AIDAN: Right, or you go on the three-week nothing but dark chocolate binge and you discover you don't feel great at the end of that. THERESA: Well, I do!  AIDAN: Right? THERESA: I have a dark chocolate emergency stash! [laughter] THERESA: We have dark chocolate every day and we always feel good. [laughter] ANDREW: For me, it reminds me-- FABEKU: Yeah, go ahead, Andrew. ANDREW: Go ahead, Fabeku. FABEKU: No, you're good. Go for it.  ANDREW: Okay. Reminds me, you know, one of my teachers when I was in the Aurum Solis, we had this big conversation about students and neophytes and people coming in and you know, how people, why people drop out, why people don't follow through, you know, and all this kind of stuff. and you know, I think that some of the reasons are for the reasons we talked about here. I think there's a variety of reasons, you know, people are, people are in the wrong place, people need something other than the actual longer term arc of it, you know, many reasons that aren't even to do with failure, for why people drop out or don't pursue or stick with these things over time, but I think that one of the things that I realized about myself in that conversation was that at some point along the way I had decided that I was I [00:38:03] ... I was committed to being ready to give up who I thought I was . . . FABEKU: Mm. ANDREW: In order to discover who I was now. THERESA: Mm. ANDREW: You know? And somewhere, and I don't even know where it started, this sort of notion of an anchored identity or an anchored sort of concrete sense of self or practice or other things. I just . . . you know, I just decided that that wasn't useful. And so I stopped thinking that way and started noticing those moments where that slip in the gears or that incongruousness emerged, you know? And then later on when I, you know, when my godmother was still alive, we'd have these conversations, you know, about something or about my reading for a year or whatever. You know, I just remember there were a number of times where she started laughing, she goes, “Well, it's a good thing you have a flexible ego, Andrew, because blah blah blah” whatever. I'm like, “Oh, yeah, all right, [38:59 or so: for change, for change?],” you know? But I think that that stuff is so important and so hard to come by and even at that, you know, I mean, I don't think that it's always easy, right? Like, you know, I mean, I went through a divorce last year. It went well as far as those things go, it went really well and I've changed my ideas around it or I have emerged sort of more clearly who I am on the other side of that. But the . . . all those things take time as well. Right? So even at that, there's no magic to something to be like, all [00:39:33] right, boom, you know, done, changed, whatever, right? Because really if I had that kind of magic, I would, I'd be summoning those goetic spirits and having them finish sorting all the stuff at the house that I'm still trying to sort through. You know? [laughter] AIDAN: Totally. ANDREW: How did Solomon make that happen? How did he get them all working? Right? That's my problem. AIDAN: [39:52 Reblendo? What?] ANDREW: I can get one of them working. But all of them at the same time? I never got that trick down!  [laughter] FABEKU: I think for me what . . . And what you said makes total sense to me, that, that, that fixed sense of identity to me feels really problematic as a human being, and it feels even more problematic as a magician. You know, I think that it feels like, in a lot of ways to me, at this point, magic is just kind of just perpetually riding a wave like Theresa said, there's no, there's a fixed point. There's no done. There's no finished static, got it, nailed down. It's . . . this is what the wave looks like now and now here's what the wave looks like and maybe it's fast or slow or big or it's crashing or whatever the fuck it's doing. But to me, it feels like the most effective thing I can do as a magician is learn how to ride the wave more skillfully and learn how to direct it in, you know, whatever ways that we can. And yeah, I think if you expect something fixed and static, whether that's an experience of yourself or an experience of the world, magic will kick you in the fucking teeth with that stuff. THERESA: And also, if you look at this from a scientific perspective, not that I'm some scientist, I'm not, but . . . ANDREW: Please [00:41:03] ignore the lab coat. [laughter] THERESA: But think about this, you know, everything is changing constantly. We get a new body every seven years. Our cells are constantly changing. So we're not looking the same as we did seven years ago. I mean, I wish I had the same body I had 20 years ago. I don't! Because every seven years your cells are completely regenerating. So when you think about that from a magical perspective, there is no way in hell, you're going to get like some kind of a permanent thing, because everything is always evolving. And my friend Joe one time said to me, and it really pissed me off when I was younger. He said, “You know, the only thing, kid, that's unchanging, is change.” And I'm like, “What the fuck kind of logic is that?” It took a while for that to sink in, but it makes sense. Nothing is going to be an absolute permanent thing. And so when you're doing magic, like you said, Fabeku, it's more about riding with that energy, working with the energy. You can still enact change, but you still have to find a way to move with it.  AIDAN: Right. FABEKU: Yeah, I think for me, my initial interest in magic felt like it was about control and fixing things. And fixing things, I don't mean as in fixing problems: creating a static state, right? And that was all based on my anxiety. THERESA: Yeah. FABEKU: If I can, if I can magic the shit out of this, I can get it solid enough, the way I need it to be, where I need it to be, where I'm going to be fine. And then at some point you realize: even if you can pull that off, tomorrow, it's a different thing. [00:42:33]  THERESA: Yes. FABEKU: Next week, it's an entirely different thing. And so I think for me I spent too much time figuring out: Okay, what's the magic that I can use to create the static state, which of course is bullshit. And now it's: what magic can I use to ride this fucker as effectively and as skillfully as I possibly can, and you know, hopefully keep my head above water in the process.  AIDAN: Yeah. THERESA: I think a lot of us come into magic though, around that whole notion of trying to fix things or control things. Because I know when I got my first introduction to magical things I was a little girl and I would see the ads for The Magic Power of Witchcraft with Gavin and Yvonne Frost in the back of the National Enquirer that my mother used to get. and I would pour over those ads and I thought, “You know, if I get this book,” which, I didn't have the money to get the book, but “If I only could get this book, we'd no longer be poor and then everything would be magically fixed.” Which as you guys know, that's a very childlike way of looking at things. We all know that, let's say we do the magic and get all the money. It's no guarantee that you're not still going to be a loser, you know? So but in my childlike mind, I would look at those ads and that was like, this is the answer I need, to do this witchcraft stuff. I need to get this magic, get rich so I can get out of this household and everything will be better. FABEKU: Yeah. AIDAN: Right, and it's funny because then I think, you know, I . . . It kind of sinks it all that [00:44:03] stuff. Whereas the reality is, like, well, when you get out of that household, it'll be different.  THERESA: Yeah.  AIDAN: And that will probably be better, just because it will be different, right?  SOMEONE: Mm-hmm. AIDAN: And I think that that's one of the games that people can get fucked up by, is not realizing like no, no, no, that's . . . You're looking at an end step that might really be step one. Like if your situation isn't working, it may not be that you need to do magic. It may be that you need a different situation. Which is often really hard and really uncomfortable but you can almost always have one.  THERESA: Yes! AIDAN: You're not incarcerated, you can walk out of your life right now and do something different. And everybody goes, well no, there's all these things. You go, no, those are all real things, but none of those is stopping you from walking out your front door and having a completely different life. ANDREW: Yeah, I think that . . . AIDAN: And it may be ugly as hell, but you can do it. FABEKU: Yeah. ANDREW: Yeah, I think that, you know, if you're, if you're caught between those things, right? You know, like between sort of starting a new life and not. You know, magic isn't necessarily the answer either, right? Because, like thinking back to sort of like this time last year, you know my ex and I decided to call it--in July right on one of the equinoxes--or, one of the eclipses [00:45:33]--that happened, right? So, you know and . . . but like, the first half of that year leading up to this was just sort of like, clear noticing on both sides that stuff wasn't right. And this notion of like, well, what if we do this, what about this? What about that? You know and then trying those things, and a lot of that stock is predominantly, in this case, you know, not in everybody's case, because there's many different experiences, right? But like a lot of that stuff was psychological, right? THERESA: Mm-hmm. ANDREW: And that kind of clarity, you know, comes from processing it, right? Not from, not from a magical act, be like. All right, give me clarity, you know, like not even from like, you know, I mean, I could have asked the Orishas, and be like, hey, should I, should I, should I get divorced, you know? And they would have given me an answer, you know? But, but even that, if we're not clear in ourselves and we're not ready to make a change, the question is not, the question needs to move away from do I stay or do I go, but how do I get clearer in myself about it? And how do I get organized and acknowledge what are my concerns, what are the real-world challenges? What are . . . you know, all that kind of stuff so we can actually get ourselves to a place of clarity and some of those smaller steps might be susceptible to magic. Like hey, you know what? Maybe if I, if I had more money, I [00:47:03] would make a different decision here. THERESA: Mm-hmm! ANDREW: Well, I could do some magic around that, but that's not the same as making a piece of magic to get to that clarity necessarily, or to carry us through this idyllic state on the other side, you know? Does that make any sense? FABEKU: Yeah, it makes . . . It makes total sense to me, because when . . . So I got divorced five years ago, five and a half years ago, whatever it was, and it was a long process for us. It wasn't . . . Nobody just woke up one day and said, “Oh shit, I'm done.” Like, it . . . little . . . years of it in some ways. And I've thought a lot about like, why did that take so long? Not in a bad way, but kind of in a curious way. And what I realized is that she and I were both, like you said, kind of inching our way toward that clarity because it wasn't clear: be done, stay, whatever. And so we would try this and then that didn't work. So that moved us a little, a little forward in terms of clarity. Okay? Well, let's try that. That didn't work. And then you kind of reach the end of those things and then you feel clear and it's shitty. It was for me. It was shitty, it was devastatingly sad for her as well. But I think that's the thing. There is a process to that clarity and like you said, how do you magic that? I don't, I don't know how to magic that shit. I mean there was, you know, we both did work around capacity to be open to, let's try this. Let's try that. And also, at some point I said, I think maybe we should also be open to the fact that this might not work in a way that we want it to, right? So not just capacity to fix it but capacity to say, I think that what we need to do is just move in different directions, you know, and that was, that was a process that took a couple fucking [00:48:33] years for us. I mean that was not a fast thing at all. THERESA: But sometimes magic can support things that we're going through, but you still have to do your work.  FABEKU: Yeah. THERESA: You don't ... And that's one of the things I think too, a lot of people, you know, when you first come to, like magic and stuff, we just think it's going to suddenly make our lives better, but it doesn't always work like that. Years ago, when I lived in New York, there used to be a shop called The Magical Child and it was run by a guy named Herman Slater and you can go in there and buy these little magical kits. So my roommate and I were both convinced we had bad luck. So I said, “Let's go ahead and get one of these kits.” And so we got the kit, we did the magic rituals together. I got to tell you, the whole energy in the room shifted. I mean it was weird. It was one of the most intense magical experiences I've ever had. And I looked at my roommate after that and I said, “Did you feel that?” And he said, “Yeah, I felt that too.”  Well, what's really interesting is after that experience, my life did start to change for the better. And a lot of it was me becoming more conscious about: How did I get in the, how did I get into the situation? How can I get out? Whereas even though my roommate and I did that ritual together, his life continued to spiral in terrible directions. And the thing is, you can do all the magic in the world. But if you're still making crappy decisions or not being conscious of the process of getting yourself into a better place that magic is going to be not very effective.  AIDAN: Right. One of the things that I've been ... I've got a piece that I think will be coming [00:50:03] out in the next collection. It has to do with that idea and it's a ... it's a talisman that's focused on the idea of effective power. Like, you know, you can have the stick, you can have the rock, and you can beat them against the other rock and not much happens. But if you know how to set it up as kind of a fulcrum and a lever and you do that on the right side so that once that thing breaks free, it doesn't roll down on you or something, you know, then that's what we would like to have happen more often in our lives. It's like where do we ... And so I think magic can absolutely help but it's, you have to have enough sense of clarity or use it to get enough sense of clarity or use divination to get enough sense of clarity. Whatever gets you there to go: Okay, I want this to change and here is a point that I could apply some pressure where that will happen. And then I'm going to have to probably do follow-up to keep that moving in the direction that I want to because again, nothing's static. It's not like that you pop that pop that spell and then everything is done.  THERESA: Wouldn't that be nice? AIDAN: It would be awesome! [laughter] AIDAN: But it might give you that that that initial push that gets over the inertia that allows you to then kind of keep working on a more, you know, easier level or a less stressful level to get where you want to go. FABEKU: I think one of the things that, that I'm always thinking about and talking about is this idea that magic forces coherence, you know, it's ... It sounds fine to sit down and [00:51:33] enchant for a partner. And then let's say that partner shows up and you've got all kinds of emotional baggage. You've got unresolved bullshit, you're not as available to being loved as you think you would be. So what the fuck happens right? This person shows up, if they show up and then you get to eat shit sorting out your stuff.  So, I mean the magic works right? You got the person, you had the money, you got the job, you got whatever the fuck it is. And then I think it also highlights all of the things that you need to shift in order to be coherent and that's usually not a magic. I mean, sometimes it's a magical thing, but sometimes it's just like “Oh, yeah, I just need to deal with my shit.” Like, “I've got a bunch of stuff. I need to deal with my shit.” Or “I've got money, but I'm really shitty at managing money. So I need to buy a book on managing money.” Like that's the thing. It's ... I like that idea of that fulcrum thing. It will move things in a certain direction and then you have to figure out what the fuck to do as it moves in that direction and if you're unskillful at that, magic's not going to fix that. It can't fix that. And I think that, in a lot of ways this goes back to what Andrew was saying about that fixed sense of identity, you know, so I think that magic in order to change things has to also change who we are and if that doesn't happen, I think we're either going to not have very effective results with magic or I don't think we're going to be able to sustain stuff over time, you know? And most of ... most of that forcing coherence shit fucking sucks. AIDAN: [chuckling] FABEKU: It's not great. You know? It's not a delightful thing. Nobody's like, “Oh great. My new person showed up, now I get to eat shit sorting my stuff.” Nobody wants to fucking do that. [00:53:03] It's a mess. It's a total mess.  THERESA: It's kind of like when people win the lottery. They often think that their problems going to resolve but the money actually brings out more of what they really are. And if they haven't resolved who they are, they end up either blowing it all or doing really awful things with the money.  FABEKU: Yeah. Yep.  THERESA: You've got to resolve who you are because all the magic or tarot cards or astrology or you know, whatever, none of it's going to work if you don't resolve who you are, you have to go there and do the work on you. AIDAN: Yeah, I have a ... I have a guy that I knew through a friend who won the lottery. And I've known a couple of people through friends that have had the usual win, a couple million dollars and just fucking crash and burn and end up in a much worse state than they started and he was like ... I think he was like 16 years into his military career and he was like the perfect guy to win the lottery because he kind of went like, “Oh, that's nice. I will now spend the next four years till I get my pension from the military figuring out what to do with this four million dollars.” He like didn't really do anything because he knew he was not the guy to figure that out, but he could become that guy and was disciplined enough that he actually ... He's doing fabulously as far as I know 25 years later because of that. And he was just set. And he was not carrying a ton of wreckage and he knew where his problems were and he applied himself intelligently [00:54:33] and I think that that's the game.  ANDREW: Yeah. The person who runs the pizza place near where I lived a long time ago. They won the lottery twice. I don't think like a million dollars but like hundreds of thousands of dollars several times and they just kept running the pizza business. Right, like they just kept showing up and making pies and you know, whatever. Like I don't know what they did with the money but like they just never stopped, you know, the place still runs now, you know, and it's like, yeah, life continues, right?  AIDAN: Totally. ANDREW: I think, I think it's actually, you know, I look at ... I look at different people in my profession. And there are some people that I see and based on conversations with them and based on how I see them approaching work, I see them like working to get out of it, you know, they're working to retire. They're working to get enough money or they don't even have a plan to retire maybe and they're hoping that they'll somehow hit it a certain way and get out of it and whatever and, and I think it's, it's really problematic, right? You know, it's like, it's fine if you know, that's what you're doing and you handled it really well, but I think that if you know, like if your buddy in the military had been like, “Ah, I can be late for roll call or whatever because I got a million bucks in the bank,” if ... that's not going to go well, right? you know?  And for me, like [00:56:03] people have asked me a number of times like, “Well, what would happen if you won all this money?” and whatever. I'm like, you know, well, I'd still run the shop and I'd still do readings and I'd still whatever. It would change a bunch of things and it would change how I went about it and maybe how much of it I did. but it's not going to change anything else, because, because I'm in this and I see myself being in this for, you know, indefinitely, you know, as opposed to an end, right? And just with a sort of periodic re-visioning of it to suit where I'm at that point, you know? You know, I'm sure in 10 years I'll have a different approach to being in the store and doing readings than I have now. In 20 years, I'll have a different approach again, but like the notion that I'm not going to be somehow doing what I'm doing in that amount of time just doesn't exist, you know? and I think that it's very, it's very interesting. Like the way in which people think about their future or think about, you know, like now, sort of, you know, not being ... well, I was always polyamorous anyway, but like looking at dating and stuff and it's a hundred percent find [not sure if I heard this right: find?] that people are on OkCupid or Tinder or whatever to meet their person and get off of there. But it's such a, such a complicated energy to bring to something to be there only so you could not be there anymore. You know? AIDAN: Totally. THERESA: I always think when I work that ... Oops. I always think: I get to work today. I [00:57:33] never look at it: “Oh, God, I got to work.” It's always: “Yay, I get to work today.” So I come from a long line of people who love to work and everyone in our family has a good work ethic and we love what we do. So I can't imagine a full retirement. Sorry Aidan. I didn't mean to jump in. AIDAN: Oh, no, I was basically going the same place. You know, I did 30 years of retail, which I didn't love. And so now that I'm able to do something that I do love, I have no intention of quitting. And yeah, it's like you said, if you give me a couple million dollars, I will probably get a warehouse nearby and have somebody build me a half pipe because I'll be able to afford the insurance and going to Panama for the stem cell treatments to repair my injuries instead of just being fucked up. And I will skate a lot more, you know. But yeah, I don't see it changing the whole thing, you know, it's not a ... It wouldn't be a ticket out. It would be like, okay now I can really just kind of chill and go crazy on: What is the best form of this thing that I do if I'm not as reliant on it being somewhat reasonable for people to be able to play with me? You know. ANDREW: For sure. And, you know, and obviously we're not talking about, you know, like I worked at 7-Eleven in high school. If I was still working at 7-Eleven... [laughter] AIDAN: Totally! ANDREW: You know, like, like, you know, we're all definitely in different positions than that, right? THERESA: Right. ANDREW: Like you know, you said you worked retail for [00:59:03] a long time. And that wasn't your jam, you know, and that's completely fair too, right? So like, you know, I don't want anybody feeling bad because they're like, “Oh, I have this job that sucks.” It's like some jobs suck, you know, I mean, you know, some jobs, you know, and whatever, but, and that's where, you know, maybe working some magic to start making some change and see what else you can do to kind of move in different directions, right? Like none of us got where we were and where we are and not that I'm hanging us up as role models either in that sense, but like all of us got where we are over a long period of time, right?  THERESA: Yeah  ANDREW: Lots of changes and lots of acts of magic and acts of dedication and practice and discipline and whatever, different things, luck maybe even, right? you know, like there are lots of ways in which we got where we are. So yeah. FABEKU: And you know, I think, I think a lot of that--going back to the identity thing. I... For me, the reason I keep going back to it is because it seems like such a critical piece, because if you have a fixed sense of identity and you're in a job you hate or you're in a relationship you hate or whatever it is, and you keep telling yourself: “This is who I am. This is what my life looks like. This is what I can do. This is kind of it.” How the fuck do you ever change that, right?  So I think that if you instead kind of look past, this is not the easiest thing to do, but if you, if you can stretch past that and look at the things, like what am I telling myself I can never do that's impossible? The shit I could never have. Why am I telling myself that? Where the fuck did that come from? Is that actually true? If it's not true, what could I do now, that's different, [01:00:33] to get a different job, a different person, a different amount of money, and start looking at those things? But I think it ... that for me, the identity piece and the possibility piece are so intimately connected, I don't think you can separate them.  And you know, if somebody that ... because I think about my dad, like he wanted to be an artist. He wasn't an artist. He spent his entire job in some high-level government corporate bullshit thing that he fucking hated. He was miserable, but that's who he told himself he was. That, that, that was his thing. He couldn't be an artist. He couldn't have a life he loved. He had to go to this place. And he died that way. It was fucking terrible, you know? And almost all of that came back to this identity stuff. And I wonder, you know, if he had, if one day he had said to himself: “Hmm. Is this really true, the bullshit I'm telling myself? It's probably not.” Like I wonder how things would have been different for him. So I mean, I think ... You know, I think those are just important things for people to think about when they find themselves with shit they don't dig.  THERESA: Mm-hmm. ANDREW: Yeah, I was you know, I live, I live on the edge of a really fancy neighborhood in Toronto. And there's, there's this design store that sells, you know, fancy designer stuff. They do interior design for all these like multimillion-dollar homes and stuff like that. And I was looking for, I've been looking for a chair for my bedroom, so I have a spot where I can go and read and be away from, like if my kids want to watch TV and have their friends over, I can be like, that's cool. I'm going to go to my room. You have the main space and I'm going to be comfortable [01:02:03] and relaxed and not feel like I'm like forced to like sit on my bed like that, you know, whatever, right? Because I don't want that resentment. Right?  And, and I was walking by this place and they had this beautiful armchair in the window and it had this amazing bird print fabric, like just these huge finches printed on it. And, you know, being a really fancy store, the fabric was cut perfectly, and the relationship of the birds, the shape of the chair, was amazing. I was just like, “Oh my God, that's such a beautiful chair.” And then I went and looked at it and it was like two and a half thousand dollars or something like that. And I was like, “Huh,” and I walked away. I'm like “Man, such a nice chair, I could never have a chair like that.”  And then I caught myself, because I had to walk past it over a while, and it's like, “Man, well like I can't afford it today obviously, like that's not

Aidan Wachter, Fabeku Fatunmise, and Andrew McGregor are joined by Braina Saussy for another instalment with Stacking Skulls. This epic 100 minute long episode talks about what is new in each of their lives and what they are up to magically before switching into answering a questions about the role gender plays in magic.  Links for things talked about in the show.  Sarah Anne Lawless - So long and thanks for all the abuse. A History of Sexual Trauma in the Pagan Community Jason Miller - Whole Magic Part 2: Research vs Revelation Amber Karnes Body Positive Yoga  Want to listen to Stacking Skulls Feminist playlist go support the Patreon at the $5 level.  You can do so here. If you want more of this in your life you can subscribe by RSS , iTunes, Stitcher, or email. Find us all online in our respective homes.  Aidan is here. Fabeku is here.  Andrew is here.  Briana is here.  Thanks for joining the conversation. Please share the podcast to help us grow and change the world.  Andrew You can book time with Andrew through his site here.    The transcription exceeds the amount of text allowed by Patreon. You can go read it here on my main webpage. Sorry for the inconvenience. 

Our guest this time around is Aidan Wachter, talismanic jewelry maker and author of the recently released “Six Ways: Approaches & Entries for Practical Magick”, which is the basis for our conversation here today. This book really struck me in some feel spots as I was reading through it, and you will hear a bit about why and how it did that. Six Ways is a handbook of practical sorcery and magic, as Aidan knows and works it. He says that, “Magic and sorcery have many definitions, and will have many more as we move as a species forward through time. The basic idea is that there are ways of being and interacting in the world that allow for certain kinds of communication, the production of change on both internal and external levels, and the development of what could be called 'special skills and talents'. These are psychic powers or arts, in the old usage of the word: meaning 'relative to the soul, spirit, mind'. These arts of soul, spirit, and mind come down to us in various ways. They come as full-blown systems of magic or witchcraft, as religious practices, as shamanry, as tales and ideas surviving via folklore, song, and literature.” And if you’ve been listening to the show here for a while, it should come as no surprise that that description, which comes directly from Aidan’s book, is firmly my jam, as the older kids like to say.   PATREON EXTENSION Listen at patreon.com/occulture How to get into a trance state Finding your magickal voice and magickal aesthetic The concept of sacred fear or holy fear Aidan’s advice on reclaiming yourself and your power Names for our punk band   RESOURCES “Six Ways” on IndieBound “Six Ways” on Amazon Aidan’s website Aidan on Facebook Aidan on Twitter Aidan on Instagram   DONATE If recurring monthly support via Patreon isn’t your thing, we do accept one time-donations via PayPal, Bitcoin, Ethereum and Ripple. Every little bit helps. Click here if you’re interested.   MERCH We recently released new merch! Check it out on our website or at our Etsy shop.   SOCIAL Twitter Instagram Facebook Tumblr   MUSIC Vestron Vulture - “I Want to Be a Robot (Tribute to Giorgio Moroder”   PRODUCTION & LICENSING This podcast is produced in the Kingdom of Ohio and is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International. Executive Producers: Mike K., Carter Y., Mauricio G., Alyssa S., Daniel R., Kelly C., Matt A., Kaleb H., Seisachtheia, Bruce H., David B., Corey T., David G., Jeremy V., Maginfinit, Dunzo, Laura L., Marcelo T., Cameron H., Christopher B., Colleen F., Leonidas, Timothy W., Caleb C., VH Frater RC’s Hermetic Study Group, James B.   REMINDER Love yourself. Think for yourself. Question authority.

Hello and thank you once again for joining us down at the crossroads for some music, magick, and Paganism. Where witches gather for the sabbath, offerings are made, pacts are signed for musical fame and we cross paths with today’s most influential Pagans, occultists, and deep thinkers. I am your bewitching, bald headed, host Chris Orapello and tonight Tara and I speak with talismanic jeweler, musician, and author Aidan Wachter about his work, music, and new book Six Ways: Approaches and Entries for Practical Magic. We learn about Aidan's origins, his beginnings with magick and jewelry making. Plus his relationship to groups and their nature and his music which not many people seem to know about. As we talk about his book -Six Ways- we learn about some of the stories behind the work and how it came to be. As well as explore his definition of magick, his approach to working with spirits, and what his current practice looks like. This was a friendly and fun discussion and we were extremely thankful to finally meet with Aidan on the show. Six Ways is a collection of approaches and entries for practical magic. It is not a system, grimoire, or belief system. The focus is on the development of healthy spirit ecologies with a decidedly animist bent. - Aidanwachter.com Featured Songs: "A Will of Its Own" by Wendy Rule "Salt" by Eivør "Two Hands" by Drova "4DC" by Aidan Wachter "Peace Tonight" by Elephant Revival "Hekate" by Faun "The Wicker Man" by Damh the Bard "Odal" by Wardruna Links: AidanWachter.com Six Ways by Aidan Wachter Aidan Wachter on Bandcamp ------------------------------------------------------ ***Support the show on Patreon!*** Receive special benefits, show swag, extra content, and more! -------------------------------------------------------