Podcasts about Aphrodite

Tracklist and more info: https://www.bestdrumandbass.com/podcast550/It's that time of year again — fireworks in the sky and absolute fire in your speakers. The North American Producer Showcase (NAPS) is back for 2025, and we're coming in heavy! This year's edition is mixed by the powerhouse himself, Spiralus, who's stitched together a blazing lineup of tracks from some of the best and brightest across the continent.Packed with unreleased bangers, deep cuts, and relentless energy, this mix is a celebration of everything that makes the North American DnB scene so unstoppable. Lock in, crank it loud, and prepare for a ride — Your weekend has begun!Subscribe to the podcast: bestdnb.com/podcast MoteXx ft Xyno & S.I.O.N - Amplifi / Breaking [OUT NOW on Abducted LTD]Download / Stream: bestdnb.com/altd124Supported by: Bytecode, Aphrodite, Diode, Jane Doe DNB, ABELYN, Manta, MV, Sindicate, FauxRealz, 9thwave, Stonerice, Scout 22, Nightstalker, DJ Mag, Inside Dnb, Nox, Lee UHF and more

Tracklist and more info: https://www.bestdrumandbass.com/podcast549/ ‎WOO BOY! This week we have one hell of an episode for you! Purple Rain makes their debut in the guest mix, and we are prepping for the incoming MOTEXX release in the resident seat. Red hot fire all the way through, lets get the weekend started! Subscribe to the podcast: bestdnb.com/podcast  Anizo - Bunka / Live Again [OUT NOW on Abducted LTD]Download / Stream: bestdnb.com/altd123Supported by: Chris.Su, Eatbrain Radio, Aphrodite, Nuvertal, Bad Ace, Psidream, Doc Scott, 2Whales,Bytecode, Stonx, Sindicate, Insom, Nightstalker, Diode, Jane Doe DNB, Drone, Nox and more!

In this episode of Innovation Discussed, Mark is once again joined by Goodfellow materials experts, Dr Aphrodite Tomou and Adam Sells, to have his eyes opened to the world of advanced materials. This week, they demystify the Polymer Pyramid, a simple but powerful framework for navigating the vast landscape of plastics. Aphrodite and Adam explain how this model organises polymers into three performance tiers, Commodity, Engineering, and High-Performance, and why understanding this structure is crucial for balancing cost and capability in any scientific application. From the everyday utility of Polypropylene to the extreme resilience of PEEK, discover how the Polymer Pyramid can help you make smarter material selections.More information: Hosts: Mark Daniels, Dr Aphrodite Tomou and Adam Sells. Goodfellow Cambridge Ltd: www.goodfellow.com Ask the panel a question: marketing@goodfellow.com

Today's guest is Kelly Balch—a queer, nonbinary artist, filmmaker, and intuitive storyteller whose work feels like both a mirror and a portal. With over 15 years behind the lens as a photographer and director, Kelly's creates mediums for us to be seen and celebrated. From their mythic fantasy book series Aphrodite's Sister, to their docuseries Beyond the Norms, Kelly weaves stories that celebrate identity and transformation.In this episode, we talk about their journey as a creator, how they channel emotion and authenticity into art, and what it means to live—and create—from a place of truth. So get comfy, stay open, and let's get into it.Follow Kelly Balch:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kellybalch/Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@kellybalchFollow She Comes With Baggage Podcast: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shecomeswithbaggage__Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@shecomeswithbaggage__Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@KirstiePike

Nous y sommes....C'est le clap de fin de cette 11ème saison de l'émission consacrée aux musiques orientées rock progressif de votre radio préférée ! Merci au Kid pour la co-animation en direct de ce numéro et de m'accueillir d'ailleurs pour ses éphémérides hebdomadaires ! Vous pouvez d'ailleurs retrouver également ce redoutable duo dans le replay du dernier épisode pour la saison de STACK avec une excellente playlist concoctée par le Kid ! Mais revenons à AMAROK avec (pour commencer dans le désordre) les ultimes pépites françaises 2024/2025 suivantes :  Commençons par les sorties in extremis, notamment celle d'ESTHESIS sous forme d'un single d'excellente facture : "The Frame", histoire de patienter jusqu'au 03 octobre pour la sortie du 3ème album du groupe. Les toulousains avaient enchanté les soirées amarokiennes avec ses précédentes productions (notamment la dernière en 2022).  Le prochain et tant attendu opus aura pour titre "Out Of Step" et se veut, selon son fondateur Aurélien Goude : "le plus ambitieux, sombre, puissant et paradoxalement ambient (...) cinématique et hypnotique". Voilà une belle promesse et j'ai envie de dire : vivement la rentrée ! Ce 1er extrait en tout cas correspond bien au descriptif et bénéficie d'une production remarquable, va falloir sortir vos meilleurs casques les amis ! Grand est mon plaisir de retrouver l'un de mes groupes hexagonaux préférés !! Similitude de temporalité avec une autre formation hexagonale : EDENYA. J'ai découvert plus tardivement ce groupe fondé par le multi-instrumentiste Marco qui à l'instar de ses collègues toulousains, publie un 3ème album et nous fait patienter avec un nouveau single (un premier était diffusé il y a quelques semaines) : "Foreign Ground". Marqué par l'arrivée d'Ingrid Denis au chant (que j'avais découverte dans une autre formation française talentueuse : OSCIL ), Edenya sortira son album le 17 août, évènement que vous pourrez fêter avec eux le même jour à 17h30 sur la scène  du festival CRESCENDO à St Palais (17) . Pour avoir eu la chance d'écouter en avant-première ce nouvel album qui portera pour titre "The Secret Destination You Are Looking For", je ne peux que vous engager à le précommander les oreilles fermées ! On reconnait la "patte edenyenne" dans les compositions mais le groupe a su évoluer vers d'autres paysages sonores plus "heavy" mais toujours mélodique, bref vous m'en direz des nouvelles à la rentrée, décidément on va être gâtés !! Enfin, toujours pour patienter avant les sorties à venir,  un extrait de l'album live "Entre Acte" de ANGE. Si vous devez vous plaindre de l'existence d'une telle émission sur une radio hertzienne, c'est à la bande de Christian Décamps qu'il faut envoyer vos messages de récriminations ! Ce groupe qui navigue depuis plus de 55 ans a en effet été l'élément déclencheur de ce programme dans la tête de votre serviteur en 2014  à l'issue d'un concert dans la région ! Mais revenons à l'actu. Maintes fois repoussé (le groupe était des mois durant en tournée pour les adieux à la scène de son Capitaine qui tient toutefois toujours bon la barre en studio !), cet EP live était sorti en début d'années avec quelques inédits joués devant le public et à paraître sur le prochain album. Cet opus sortira finalement le 19 septembre. "Cunégonde", c'est son nom de baptême, sera ensuite défendu en tournée ! L'extrait de ce "mini live" de ce soir était un classique magistral associant les voix de Christian et de son fils Tristan Décamps, passage de relais émouvant avant cette nouvelle tournée "Quitter La Meute" pour la première fois dans l'Histoire du groupe... sans le Père... Autres nouveautés, celles-ci déjà disponibles, comme ce 3ème volet de la trilogie consacrée à la Mythologie grecque par l'excellent claviériste britannique RICHARD ANTHONY BEAN : "The Beauty, The Strength & The Divine". Un extrait dédié à la divinité de l'Amour, "EROS"...On en a tellement besoin ces temps-ci, alors que certains puissant préfèrent répandre leur guerre, une bonne façon, à défaut de ne pas oublier celles et ceux qui souffrent des conséquences, de penser à autre chose que cette lourde actualité...C'est l'été et quoi de mieux que ce titre très....caliente !! Découverte juste à la toute fin de saison, le premier album d'un groupe australien prometteur, "Thinking Without Language" par THE ORPHANED BEE. A l'instar du musicien britannique, il s'agit de musique essentiellement instrumentale mais ici plus rock avec toujours cette ambiance cinématique, arrangée avec des voix synthétiques telles que le vocodeur, le tout sans jamais sonner froid, au contraire, à découvrir !          Et puis une "fausse nouveauté".... Je m'explique. L'auteur de science-fiction et poète JULIAN JAY SAVARIN avait dans les 70's (en plus de ses talents d'écriture), celui d'être capable de composer et de jouer des claviers. Âgé aujourd'hui de 75 ans, notre homme avait commis deux albums concepts autour de son genre de prédilection (la science-fiction donc) :  l'un "A Time Before" en 1970 avec son groupe Julian's Treatment et le second "Waiters On The Dance", sous son propre nom en 1971. Celui-ci a d'ailleurs fait quelques fois l'objet de diffusion dans cette émission. Et puis il y a quelques semaines, je découvre "Beyond The Outer Mirr", nouvel album de l'écrivain. A la première écoute, je me dis que l'ingé-son est très bon, il a réussi à sonner très "analogique", très "rock prog 70's". Et pour cause... Si l'album est bien sorti il y a quelques semaines, il s'agit en réalité d'une suite à "Waiters..." enregistrée... en 1975 ! Et là je demande des comptes Messieurs Dames : qui a empêché la sortie d'un tel trésor ? Qui a osé interférer ? Bon, je me calme, voyons le verre à moitié plein (parce que  je m'échauffe !), mieux vaut tard que jamais...Je ne sais pas comment cet enregistrement a refait surface mais croyez-moi il faut l'écouter, il est riche, inventif,  audacieux, la voix de Lady Jo Meek rappelle ces vocalistes de l'époque (Sandy Denny, Maddy prior). INDISPENSABLE ! Souvenez-vous l'année dernière, dans ce même contexte de fin de saison, j'étais enthousiasmé par la sortie imminente du nouvel album de DAVID GILMOUR.  Un premier extrait diffusé et depuis la rentrée l'album "Luck And Strange" du guitariste de PINK FLOYD aura accompagné cette saison...La boucle est bouclée avec cet ultime extrait dans lequel on retrouve avec nostalgie les notes aériennes du regretté Richard Wright sur le titre éponyme. "Luck And Strange, a en effet été  enregistré à partir des bandes d'une jam session avec le claviériste flodyien.  Et puisque nous en sommes aux hommages (avant d'attaquer le désert) , souvenons nous de Garry Brooker disparu il y a 3 ans déjà, avec un extrait du premier album de PROCOL HARUM, sorti en 1967. On ne parlait pas encore de rock progressif, mais à l'instar de tous ces aventureux musiciens britanniques dans des styles aussi variés qu'audacieux, des Beatles à Pink Floyd, avec la période psychédélique et insouciante de la fin des 60's, Proco Harum aura ouvert la voie à notre musique de prédilection !   Et comme c'est la dernière de la saison, un bonus pour se dire "goodbye" :  APHRODITE'S CHILD et le titre de clôture de l'album "666" pour entamer un "break" de deux mois... Quelques derniers mots de remerciement :  à  SUN,  pour sa confiance renouvelée et son audace d'accueillir une émission sommes toutes à l'opposé du "mainstream" voire parfois complètement décalée (pour preuve cette émission so british du 15 mai avec des titres longs et présentée en anglais pas Ella !!). Merci à LOUIS DE NY, musicologue, écrivain, spécialiste du rock progressif italien (que j'avais reçu avec plaisir l'année dernière) et grâce à qui j'ai découvert modestement la richesse de la musique transalpine que j'essaye modestement mais régulièrement de vous faire partager à mon tour. Merci à Anne Claire de BAD DOG PROMOTIONS car il n'est pour ainsi dire pas une semaine sans que vous n'entendiez au moins un extrait d'album que m'envoie cette excellente agent de presse spécialisée dans le rock progressif ...Un mine de pépites ! Enfin merci à vous, et même toutes mes félicitations si vous m'avez lu jusqu'ici !! Sans personne pour écouter cette musique qui me passionne, Amarok ne servirait à rien.  J'espère encore cette saison vous avoir fait découvrir des albums, des artistes que vous aurez à votre tour adoptés, comme certain.es d'entre vous m'ont fait découvrir des coups de cœur que j'aie souvent relayés à l'antenne.  La saison 12 démarre le JEUDI 4 SEPTEMBRE 20h00 ! D'ici là passez un bel été, écoutez beaucoup de musique et prenez bien soins de vous  !  Thierry Joigny  Page facebook de l'émission : AMAROK44

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June 22, 2025. Week 2 in our series, "The Big 3: Aphrodite." We Have An Enemy Who Wants To Distort. In the book of 1 Corinthians.

Welcome back to another episode of the Best Kept Secret podcast show with your host with the most-DJ Jon Lockley. The ole randomizer wheel did so well choosing last month's genre, that the Lockstar decided to give it another spin. This time around, she stopped on Drum and Bass. Now this is a first for Jon as he has never made a Drum and Bass mix before. Oh yes, back in the day he dabbled around with the Drum and Bass on vinyl, but he never even attempted to make a full on mix of it. So, here we go folks. It's the Lockstar's debut mix of some jump up, filthy, nasty beats and bass that will have you needing to take a seat when it's done.. The whole mix is mint, but the first 30 minutes is on another level. As always, if you dig what you're hearing, like, comment, and share with your friends. Enjoy the journey!Tracklist1.       NGHTMRE ft. Flowdan Sully-Up Top2.       Aphrodite-Style From the Darkside(Trippcore Mix)3.       Sub Focus-Rock It(Wilkinson Mix)4.       Subsonic-Hit The Breaks5.       1991 x Rova-Hijack6.       Aphrodite & Pablo Valencia-Strength in Acid(Dub Mix)7.       Dimension-DJ Turn It Up8.       Grafix-Don't Slow Down9.       T & sugah x Control Alt Delete ft. Kriss Kiss-The Formula10.   Marlon Hoffstadt AKA DJ Daddy Trance-It's That Time(Dimension Mix)11.   Kanine-Feel The Vibration12.   Sub Focus-Solar System13.   Sub Focus & Wilkinson-Illuminate14.   1991, Luciano, Dave Aude-Yeah Yeah15.   Audio-Don't Play16.   Aphrodite-King Of The Beats(Aphrodite Mix)17.   Aphrodite-King Of The Beats(Levela Mix)18.   Cleveland Lounge-Drowning(Aphrodite Mix of AK1200 Mix: 2006)19.   John Summit & Sub Focus ft. Julia Church-Go Back20.   Sub Focus & bbyclose-On & On

From goddess worship to womb magic, sacred sexuality to Sophia, this ideology isn't sacred - it's satanic. In this episode, I expose the ancient demonic spirits behind figures like Lilith, Isis, Aphrodite, Kali and more that represent the divine feminine embodiment. This is the lie the serpent whispered to Eve in the garden, now repackaged with filters and hashtags. ✨ If you've been drawn to the Divine Feminine, goddess energy, or feminine mysticism - I pray this is your wake-up call.

Tracklist and more info: https://www.bestdrumandbass.com/podcast548/ ‎We keep it moving! This week we welcome the debut of MagickTraxx with a wicked guest mix, and in the resident seat we are rocking out to celebrate the EPIC new Anizo release! Check the links below, and lets get this weekend started!ALSO - I mentioned in the podcast I would not be live next week, but I was incorrect, its the week following. We will be airing our annual NAPS mix that week!Subscribe to the podcast: bestdnb.com/podcast  Anizo - Bunka / Live Again [OUT NOW on Abducted LTD]Download / Stream: bestdnb.com/altd123Supported by: Chris.Su, Eatbrain Radio, Aphrodite, Nuvertal, Bad Ace, Psidream, Doc Scott, 2Whales,Bytecode, Stonx, Sindicate, Insom, Nightstalker, Diode, Jane Doe DNB, Drone, Nox and more!

Achilles. Agamemnon. Odysseus. Hector. The lives of these and many other men in the greatest epics of ancient Greece have been pored over endlessly in the past three millennia. But these are not just tales about heroic men. There are scores of women as well—complex, fascinating women whose stories have gone unexplored for far too long. In Penelope's Bones: A New History of Homer's World through the Women Written Out of It (University of Chicago Press, 2025), award-winning classicist and historian Dr. Emily Hauser pieces together compelling evidence from archaeological excavations and scientific discoveries to unearth the richly textured lives of women in Bronze Age Greece—the era of Homer's heroes. Here, for the first time, we come to understand the everyday lives and experiences of the real women who stand behind the legends of Helen, Briseis, Cassandra, Aphrodite, Circe, Athena, Hera, Calypso, Penelope, and more. In this captivating journey through Homer's world, Dr. Hauser explains era-defining discoveries, such as the excavation of Troy and the decipherment of Linear B tablets that reveal thousands of captive women and their children; more recent finds like the tomb of the Griffin Warrior at Pylos, whose tomb contents challenge traditional gender attributes; DNA evidence showing that groups of warriors buried near the Black Sea with their weapons and steeds were, in fact, Amazon-like female fighters; a prehistoric dye workshop on Crete that casts fresh light on “women's work” of dyeing, spinning, and weaving textiles; and a superbly preserved shipwreck off the coast of Turkey whose contents tell of the economic and diplomatic networks crisscrossing the Bronze Age Mediterranean. Essential reading for fans of Madeline Miller or Natalie Haynes, this riveting new history brings to life the women of the Bronze Age Aegean as never before, offering a groundbreaking reassessment of the ancient world. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. You can find Miranda's interviews on New Books with Miranda Melcher, wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Achilles. Agamemnon. Odysseus. Hector. The lives of these and many other men in the greatest epics of ancient Greece have been pored over endlessly in the past three millennia. But these are not just tales about heroic men. There are scores of women as well—complex, fascinating women whose stories have gone unexplored for far too long. In Penelope's Bones: A New History of Homer's World through the Women Written Out of It (University of Chicago Press, 2025), award-winning classicist and historian Dr. Emily Hauser pieces together compelling evidence from archaeological excavations and scientific discoveries to unearth the richly textured lives of women in Bronze Age Greece—the era of Homer's heroes. Here, for the first time, we come to understand the everyday lives and experiences of the real women who stand behind the legends of Helen, Briseis, Cassandra, Aphrodite, Circe, Athena, Hera, Calypso, Penelope, and more. In this captivating journey through Homer's world, Dr. Hauser explains era-defining discoveries, such as the excavation of Troy and the decipherment of Linear B tablets that reveal thousands of captive women and their children; more recent finds like the tomb of the Griffin Warrior at Pylos, whose tomb contents challenge traditional gender attributes; DNA evidence showing that groups of warriors buried near the Black Sea with their weapons and steeds were, in fact, Amazon-like female fighters; a prehistoric dye workshop on Crete that casts fresh light on “women's work” of dyeing, spinning, and weaving textiles; and a superbly preserved shipwreck off the coast of Turkey whose contents tell of the economic and diplomatic networks crisscrossing the Bronze Age Mediterranean. Essential reading for fans of Madeline Miller or Natalie Haynes, this riveting new history brings to life the women of the Bronze Age Aegean as never before, offering a groundbreaking reassessment of the ancient world. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. You can find Miranda's interviews on New Books with Miranda Melcher, wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literary-studies

Achilles. Agamemnon. Odysseus. Hector. The lives of these and many other men in the greatest epics of ancient Greece have been pored over endlessly in the past three millennia. But these are not just tales about heroic men. There are scores of women as well—complex, fascinating women whose stories have gone unexplored for far too long. In Penelope's Bones: A New History of Homer's World through the Women Written Out of It (University of Chicago Press, 2025), award-winning classicist and historian Dr. Emily Hauser pieces together compelling evidence from archaeological excavations and scientific discoveries to unearth the richly textured lives of women in Bronze Age Greece—the era of Homer's heroes. Here, for the first time, we come to understand the everyday lives and experiences of the real women who stand behind the legends of Helen, Briseis, Cassandra, Aphrodite, Circe, Athena, Hera, Calypso, Penelope, and more. In this captivating journey through Homer's world, Dr. Hauser explains era-defining discoveries, such as the excavation of Troy and the decipherment of Linear B tablets that reveal thousands of captive women and their children; more recent finds like the tomb of the Griffin Warrior at Pylos, whose tomb contents challenge traditional gender attributes; DNA evidence showing that groups of warriors buried near the Black Sea with their weapons and steeds were, in fact, Amazon-like female fighters; a prehistoric dye workshop on Crete that casts fresh light on “women's work” of dyeing, spinning, and weaving textiles; and a superbly preserved shipwreck off the coast of Turkey whose contents tell of the economic and diplomatic networks crisscrossing the Bronze Age Mediterranean. Essential reading for fans of Madeline Miller or Natalie Haynes, this riveting new history brings to life the women of the Bronze Age Aegean as never before, offering a groundbreaking reassessment of the ancient world. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. You can find Miranda's interviews on New Books with Miranda Melcher, wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/archaeology

Achilles. Agamemnon. Odysseus. Hector. The lives of these and many other men in the greatest epics of ancient Greece have been pored over endlessly in the past three millennia. But these are not just tales about heroic men. There are scores of women as well—complex, fascinating women whose stories have gone unexplored for far too long. In Penelope's Bones: A New History of Homer's World through the Women Written Out of It (University of Chicago Press, 2025), award-winning classicist and historian Dr. Emily Hauser pieces together compelling evidence from archaeological excavations and scientific discoveries to unearth the richly textured lives of women in Bronze Age Greece—the era of Homer's heroes. Here, for the first time, we come to understand the everyday lives and experiences of the real women who stand behind the legends of Helen, Briseis, Cassandra, Aphrodite, Circe, Athena, Hera, Calypso, Penelope, and more. In this captivating journey through Homer's world, Dr. Hauser explains era-defining discoveries, such as the excavation of Troy and the decipherment of Linear B tablets that reveal thousands of captive women and their children; more recent finds like the tomb of the Griffin Warrior at Pylos, whose tomb contents challenge traditional gender attributes; DNA evidence showing that groups of warriors buried near the Black Sea with their weapons and steeds were, in fact, Amazon-like female fighters; a prehistoric dye workshop on Crete that casts fresh light on “women's work” of dyeing, spinning, and weaving textiles; and a superbly preserved shipwreck off the coast of Turkey whose contents tell of the economic and diplomatic networks crisscrossing the Bronze Age Mediterranean. Essential reading for fans of Madeline Miller or Natalie Haynes, this riveting new history brings to life the women of the Bronze Age Aegean as never before, offering a groundbreaking reassessment of the ancient world. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. You can find Miranda's interviews on New Books with Miranda Melcher, wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Achilles. Agamemnon. Odysseus. Hector. The lives of these and many other men in the greatest epics of ancient Greece have been pored over endlessly in the past three millennia. But these are not just tales about heroic men. There are scores of women as well—complex, fascinating women whose stories have gone unexplored for far too long. In Penelope's Bones: A New History of Homer's World through the Women Written Out of It (University of Chicago Press, 2025), award-winning classicist and historian Dr. Emily Hauser pieces together compelling evidence from archaeological excavations and scientific discoveries to unearth the richly textured lives of women in Bronze Age Greece—the era of Homer's heroes. Here, for the first time, we come to understand the everyday lives and experiences of the real women who stand behind the legends of Helen, Briseis, Cassandra, Aphrodite, Circe, Athena, Hera, Calypso, Penelope, and more. In this captivating journey through Homer's world, Dr. Hauser explains era-defining discoveries, such as the excavation of Troy and the decipherment of Linear B tablets that reveal thousands of captive women and their children; more recent finds like the tomb of the Griffin Warrior at Pylos, whose tomb contents challenge traditional gender attributes; DNA evidence showing that groups of warriors buried near the Black Sea with their weapons and steeds were, in fact, Amazon-like female fighters; a prehistoric dye workshop on Crete that casts fresh light on “women's work” of dyeing, spinning, and weaving textiles; and a superbly preserved shipwreck off the coast of Turkey whose contents tell of the economic and diplomatic networks crisscrossing the Bronze Age Mediterranean. Essential reading for fans of Madeline Miller or Natalie Haynes, this riveting new history brings to life the women of the Bronze Age Aegean as never before, offering a groundbreaking reassessment of the ancient world. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. You can find Miranda's interviews on New Books with Miranda Melcher, wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hera bittet Thetis, die Nereide, den Argonauten zu helfen. Doch Thetis hat eine ...unschöne Vergangenheit mit einem von ihnen: Peleus. Mit: Jason, Medea, Hera, Thetis, Zeus, Peleus, Telamon, Phokos, Orpheus, Butes, Aphrodite, Achilles, Kirke, Glaukos, Nereiden, Skylla, Charybdis, Acheloos, Terpsichore, Persephone, Demeter, Eris, Aphrodite, Athene, Hephaistos, Zephyr, Proteus, Cheiron. Orte: Aiaia, Olymp, Ausonisches Meer, Skylla, Charybdis, Anthemoëssa, Sizilien, Kap Lilybaion, Phaiaken, Iolkos Sonstiges: Argonauten, Argo, Plankten, Sirenen, Styx, Hades, Elysische Felder, Kolcher. CHAOS-SHOP (geöffnet: 1.-10.07.25) https://chaoskind.myshopify.com STEADY https://steadyhq.com/de/chaoskinder/about WERBEFREIER FEED https://open.spotify.com/show/5yF7oCMeJ9VuXNOKGI91ZS?si=6c90144399804043 PAYPAL https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=VB2QKC88H9NYJ LITERATUR https://steadyhq.com/de/chaoskinder/posts/b59d1093-cdff-4158-8dca-bc0ac992d47c MUSIK https://youtu.be/zfnRMIFHHrE WEBSITE www.chaoskinderpodcast.wordpress.com MAIL chaoskinderkontakt@gmail.com INSTA https://www.instagram.com/chaos.kinder/ FRANZÖSISCH "Le Chaos et ses enfants" https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lechaosetsesenfants

At Styx and Bones, we don't just study the goddesses—we teach how we see ourselves reflected in them, speak their names, and develop archetypes based on their historical epithets to help us reflect, reconnect, and remember.In ancient Greek religion, goddesses weren't abstract. They were complex, multifaceted beings known through their epithets—names like Areia, Paphia, Enodia, or Soteira. These titles held real meaning in temples, rituals, and the lives of worshippers. Today, we research and reconstruct these forgotten threads—not just to recover history, but to reclaim our own stories through them.These archetypes, developed through our research at the temple. are more than categories—they're mirrors. They help us see ourselves reflected in the divine, and understand how each aspect of the goddess teaches us something about power, love, war, beauty, protection, and more.Intro: (0:00)Greek Goddess Archetypes Boxes, Readings and Myths:(4:00)Aphrodite, The Adonia and More on Extra Members: (5:55)Why We Developed Greek Goddess Archetypes: (10:09)Breaking Down the Greek Goddesses into Our Archetypes: (15:22)How We See Ourselves Reflected in the Greek Goddess Archetypes: (56:12)Check out our Patreon, Styx and Bones Temple's Store, Blogs and more! ⁠⁠https://beacons.ai/styxandbonessFOLLOW STYX AND BONES ON SOCIAL MEDIA⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/styxandbonespodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/styxandbonestemple⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@styxandbonestemple ⁠⁠FOLLOW HIGH PRIESTESS CHELSEA⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/highpriestesschelsea⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@highpriestesschelsea⁠⁠FOLLOW DR. K⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/dirtdiaries_⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@dirtdiaries_

Tracklist and more info: https://www.bestdrumandbass.com/podcast547/BIG WEEK INSIDE! We are celebrating the brand new Anizo release on Abducted LTD that dropped TODAY! We also have an exclusive guest mix from Beatphyle to round things out, so lock it in. Your weekend has begun!Subscribe to the podcast: bestdnb.com/podcast  Anizo - Bunka / Live Again [OUT NOW on Abducted LTD]Download / Stream: bestdnb.com/altd123Supported by: Chris.Su, Eatbrain Radio, Aphrodite, Nuvertal, Bad Ace, Psidream, Doc Scott, 2Whales,Bytecode, Stonx, Sindicate, Insom, Nightstalker, Diode, Jane Doe DNB, Drone, Nox and more!

In this episode, we go deeper into the ancient feminine power they tried to bury.Before patriarchy rewrote the narrative, women were seen as sacred. Goddesses like Inanna, Hathor, Lilith, Aphrodite, Oshun, and Shakti weren't just symbols, they represented fertility, sensuality, leadership, wisdom, and divine authority. But over time, their stories were distorted or erased altogether.This episode is a reminder that your power has ancient roots. We're not reclaiming anything new, we're remembering what they tried to make us forget.

In this episode of Producer Points, Justin sits down with producer and songwriter Joe Pepe — a creative force behind hits for mgk, Travis Barker, Kiana Lede, and more. Known for his hard-hitting drums and biting guitar tones, Joe breaks down the process behind his signature sound. From his East Coast roots to Los Angeles studios, he shares insights into his workflow, building trust in the studio, and how he captures the perfect day-of bounce.

DJ Глюк - Ragga Jungle 2 @ DJ Глюк 1. Da Fuchaman & General Levy - Welcome (Serial Killaz Remix) 2. Brian Brainstorm, XL Mad - Mic And Spliff 3. Sodl & Pish Posh feat. Jamalski - Dirty South 2 London 4. Danny Byrd, General Levy - Sexy Money 5. Aphrodite, Micky Finn & MC GQ - Dark Selector 6. 4am Kru - Mr. Wolf 7. Sigma, Stefflon Don & Yung Saber - JUNGLE 8. Marvellous Cain & DJ Choppah - Geno 9. Rua Tui & Kathika - Lighters Up 10. UB40 - (I Can't Help) Falling In Love With You (STP RMX) 11. UB40 - The Buzz Feeling (STP RMX) 12. Serial Killaz & Hollow Point - War 13. Da Fuchaman & General Levy - Welcome (Serial Killaz Jungle Mix) 14. Serial Killaz & Hollow Point - Soundbwoy Slaughter 15. General Levy - Badboy Sound (Re-Recorded) 16. Subtifuge, Jamie Bostron & Blackout JA - Bad From Creation (Vocal Mix)

This episode walks you through this week's astrology + practical and magical tactics to help you harness and navigate the energetics June 2nd - 8th 2025. Last week had sweetness. It required quiet and rest. Did you manage your energy and alone time to let the messaging and clarity in? Something very new began last week. Last week did you: Get on the mat 2 - 4xs? Listen to 1️⃣ NEW episode on The Magic Spark? Rejuvenate, rest & replenish? This week is slated as the best of 2025, in the astrology. June is considered the brightest, most benevolent month of 2025. Lean in. Do the things that raise your vibration and mood. Where attention goes, energy flows. This week: Get on the mat 2 - 4xs Listen to 1️⃣ NEW episode on The Magic Spark Hype yourself up. EXPECT THE BEST. Monday, June 2nd: - Happy Mo(o)nday. My loves, never has it been more important to embrace Where attention goes, energy flows. This week is packed with downright lucky energy. Get clear about what you want. TALK TO THE UNIVERSE! Pray, write...it doesn't need to be fancy, it needs to be clear. Then do all the things that put you in a higher vibe mood; mat, meditation, Aphrodite tapping or shaking, dancing, your favorite song, I'm playing Able Heart on repeat right now....I'll link it in the show notes What hypes you up? Do you know how to get yourself there? This is a week to practice good vibes. At the beginning of this week we're still seriously processing the energy that rolled through on Sunday with all the Venus and Chiron of it. There is ow and healing and softness and grace. There are messages from the Universe on what we are being called to heal RIGHT NOW. That's only going to continue through this week. We are alchemizing and stepping into abundance/new at the exact same time

Join our extra members for more content around ancient greek religion, mythology and more!⁠⁠ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPyP0MDL0O7tOBYrt0et_rxe6NPmczWZFDid Persephone and Aphrodite really hate each other—or is there more to the story?In this video, we dive deep into the myth of Adonis, the beautiful mortal man caught between the goddess of love and the queen of the underworld. But this isn't just about drama—we're going beyond the surface.We explore how Persephone and Aphrodite were both honored in ancient Greek religion as Despoina, the "Mistress of the House," a powerful title that speaks to their divine authority and queenship.We'll unpack how their worship overlapped, what their titles meant in ancient cult practices, and how modern interpretations often fall into the trap of pitting two powerful women against each other—a dynamic that reflects more about us than the ancient world.Intro: 0:00Aphrodite Month in Our Mystery Cult!: 1:53Aphrodite Restock + Statue Updates in the Temple: 5:20Do Aphrodite and Persephone Hate Each Other?: 7:57Why the Dark Divine Feminine Movement Appropriates our Religion: 23:19Despoina the Epithet of Queen: 27:40Check out our Patreon, Styx and Bones Temple's Store, Blogs and more! ⁠⁠https://beacons.ai/styxandbonessFOLLOW STYX AND BONES ON SOCIAL MEDIA⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/styxandbonespodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/styxandbonestemple⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@styxandbonestemple ⁠⁠FOLLOW HIGH PRIESTESS CHELSEA⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/highpriestesschelsea⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@highpriestesschelsea⁠⁠FOLLOW DR. K⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/dirtdiaries_⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@dirtdiaries_

Groove Radio's Official TOP 5 GROOVES Weekly Chart Hosted by Swedish Egil - Week of 06-01-25 01 Chris Lorenzo - Appetite (Extended Mix) - Catch & Release 02 Oliver Heldens & Julia Church - Ruins (Radio Edit) - Ministry of Sound 03 Vintage Culture & Layla Benitez - Nirvana (ft. Max Milner) (Extended Mix) - Knee Deep In Sound 04 Monolink - Powerful Play (andhim Remix) - Ultra Records 05 Aphrodite, Micky Finn & MC GQ - Dark Selector (Original Mix) - Urban Takeover Bonus tracks: 06 Aloboi & Radiohead - Want To Love x Everything in its Right Place - Promo -- About GROOVE RADIO Groove Radio is the Rhythm of the Future - always on in HQ audio with electronic dance music and DJ culture LIVE from Los Angeles. Curated by legendary radio programmer, Swedish Egil, Groove Radio celebrates 30+ years featuring iconic and emerging talent from the early classics of 90's techno and house music to the sounds of today's dance music festivals. -- For more info visit:  grooveradio.com c2025 Groove Radio. All rights reserved.

The Resort along the way to the SageBased on the work of BradentonLarry, in 6 parts.  Listen to the Podcast at Explicit Novels.After yet another trip to the showers and over breakfast, they discussed what to do next. They told Liu and Jimmy the abbreviated story of how they were trying to get up the mountain to the tower and how the gate wouldn't let them leave the resort until they really enjoyed themselves. Although they all admitted that they had thoroughly enjoyed themselves there in the Temple of Venus and Aphrodite, they suspected that the gate would not think they'd given the resort enough of a chance to impress them. It was Nicole who set the gears in motion for the day when she asked Liu, "What's that Clockwork Club like?""Well, there are fun games and sexbots..." Liu began."Wait," Toshia said cut in. "Did you just say 'sexbots'?"So, if only to satisfy Toshia, Nicole and Don's curiosity, they agreed to try the Clockwork Club next. They gathered their belongings from the Temple locker room. Jimmy, who preferred to spend the day by the pool, walked with them most of the way, and the remaining seven headed over to their next stop.The Clockwork Club was less imposing than the Temple, and had a much more complicated motif. Don thought the general structure looked as if someone had begun with a rather large, staid Victorian or Edwardian building, and then tried to make it some sort of steam punk. Strange weather-vane-ish instruments protruded at odd places, and there were quite a few smoke stacks poking up out of the roof all of which seemed to be producing steady quantities of steam and various colored smokes. There were many windows, all of them a deep emerald green.Stepping through the fancy, over-large wooden doors, they found themselves in what was at first glance an ordinary casino. There were flashing lights, row upon row of old-fashioned-looking slot machines with people cranking their levers, occasional ringing bells proclaiming winners, the happy sound of tokens spilling into waiting trays, and gleeful exclamations of delight. Of course, the people were all naked and seemed to be deriving some of their delight from sexual contact with their machines. And, then there was also the bulky gold robot trundling up to them; that was different."Hello ladies and gentlemen!" said the robot. "Welcome to the Clockwork Club!" The machine had a box-like head with a pair of "eyes" and a mesh-covered speaker mouth. It had two arms with crude hands at the ends, but no legs, only what seemed to be wheels at its base. Don was particularly amused by the top hat that was perched over its green-lensed camera eyes. "I'm George. Is this your first visit to our Club?""Not mine, George," Liu said with a smile and a wave for the robot."The rest of us are new," Don answered."I hope you enjoy our fine establishment. As a welcoming gift, please accept these complimentary tokens to get you started in our casino." There was a whirring sound, then the unmistakable sound of tokens cascading into a metal bucket, and a door opened in George's front. When a silvery bucket slid out, Don had to move quickly to keep it from spilling out on the floor. "If you would like more buckets, you may get those at the guest service desk over there." One of George's arms pointed in the general direction of a large wooden counter behind which were several other robots. "Most of our guests prefer to enjoy the Club without their clothing. We have convenient lockers available for your use, at a low, low cost of one token each. Would you like me to show you to the locker room?""I can do that, George," Liu offered."Thank you, sir or madam," George said cheerfully. "Would you like to purchase a tour of the Club for the low, low cost...""I'll do that too, George," Liu said."Thank you, sir or madam. If there is anything else you need please do not hesitate to ask myself or one of our many other servicebots. Have a great time everyone!" And, George promptly backed away from them.Although he was eager to explore this weird casino, Don knew this group, so he suggested, "Maybe we should visit that locker room first."Once they were all once again happily naked, Liu led the way back out to the main room. She pointed out that "The slot machines are divided into men's and women's." She led them over to one for a woman and showed them the saddle that sat in front of the machine. There was a thick dildo jutting up from the middle of the saddle. Liu explained, "Some of them don't have dildos, some have ones for asses, and some have both regular and ass dildos. You sit on them like this, put in a token, pull the lever down, and if the right combination of symbols comes up ... oh!"The strange symbols that clicked into place in the machine's display must have been a winning combination, because Liu trembled all over as the saddle and/or dildo did something obviously pleasurable to her. After a moment, she said, "Um, most of the time that doesn't happen; sometimes you just get a little tease, and sometimes you get much more. Oh, and sometimes you win a bunch of tokens, and there's the grand prize which is AMAZING and you get a lot of tokens too."Nicole said, "I think we're going to need our own buckets."As they went back to the customer service counter to get six more buckets and then divide up the tokens evenly, except for Liu who got one less, Don asked, "What are the tokens good for, besides more turns at the machines?""Oh, well, you can trade them in for sessions with the sexbots," she smiled."And those are good?" Toshia asked."Not everyone likes them, but I think they're a lot of fun. You know how sometimes they'll say 'he fucks like a machine'? Well, I've never met a man who can fuck like these machines.""Hmm," Toshia mused, to Don's great amusement."If you win really big, there's the orgasmatron, for women, and a special sexbot for the men," Liu went on. "I've never seen her, but they say she's incredible. There are other things to do here, too. Some people play games to exchange tokens between each other, and there are some rooms where people can use some of the Club's toys to play with each other."Don was more interested in the odd economics of this casino than actually using the machines to get off, but he cheerfully watched as everyone else moved to give the slot machines a try. At this point Don wasn't surprised to see that Toshia stopped by an automated lube dispenser and then selected a slot machine with a combination vaginal and anal set of dildos. He was too distracted watching Toshia, though, to see what the other girls selected. As it so happened, it was Toshia who had the first payout. On her fifth attempt, she got a small prize of eighteen tokens. Shortly after this, Amy won what seemed to be about ten seconds of stimulation that made her shriek in surprise and then carry on depositing tokens and pulling the handle with more determination. Then from the other side of the aisle, Victor said, "Oh wow! That's nice!"Don looked to see that the big man seemed to have found a machine with a sleeve for his cock, a cup for his balls, and a small dildo for up his butt. Apparently these mechanisms were able to give Victor the equivalent of what Amy's machine had done for her, because he continued to play with similar enthusiasm.Seeing that everyone, including the self-appointed tour guide Liu, was quite content to stay there and enjoy the slot machines for a while, Don decided to do a bit of exploring on his own. Taking his bucket and tokens, he moved off, down long aisles of flashing, vibrating machines and past many eager "gamblers". He paused to watch a lithe naked girl gasping and grinding as she won a minor jackpot, but then moved on. Toward the back of the main room on the ground floor Don came upon an area dominated by three large roulette tables. He expected to find everyone plugged into devices around the tables, but it seemed that everyone was actually just playing roulette. Well, there was at least one woman playing as she leaned forward over the edge of the table and a strapping young man screwed her from behind. For the most part, though, these tables just seemed to be a way for players to try to increase their number of tokens.At the very rear of the large room, there was a large, upright "wheel of fortune" device. Don stood by for several moments, trying to work out what was going on for himself. After depositing several tokens in a slot near a bright orange gate, which opened when the appropriate amount had been deposited, each player stepped up to the wheel and gave it an energetic spin. Naturally, there was a variety of spin results: several different token prize amounts, delivered with flashing lights and alarms via a chute to the side of the wheel; a couple of spin-agains; a few flat out losers; some wedges that Don couldn't make out, and didn't see demonstrated; and one result he thought was particularly interesting. If a player got that result he or she received only a colored ticket and proceeded off to a little lounge area off to the side. If anyone else was there with a matching-color ticket, the two people commenced playing together. If not, the ticket bearer was apparently obliged to wait there until someone turned up with the right ticket. Don wondered if anyone wound up spending hours just sitting there.Don decided to give the wheel a spin. He found that he had to deposit five tokens, which he did. The orange gate swung up and Don stepped up to the wheel. Setting his little silver bucket on a conveniently placed pedestal, he took a firm hold of two of the little handles and gave the wheel a mighty spin. It seemed to take a very long time to begin to slow down, and Don noticed that he was caught up in the excitement of the game. The wheel came to a stop on a wedge that was simply yellow, and a yellow ticket promptly popped out of the little slot next to the prize-token chute.As he took his ticket, Don thought this was a very clever device. Although he had not won anything; was, in fact, five tokens down; Don still felt like he'd won something and was still actively involved in the game, all for the price of a paper-ticket, if such things had a price here.Picking up his bucket and turning to the lounge/play area, he saw that another person was already there with a yellow ticket; a rather young looking, thin East Asian guy with long hair. Don wasn't particularly interested in playing with this young man, and he sensed a bit of reluctance on the other side of the handshake they shared. "I'm Don," he smiled calmly."Steve," was the apparently nervous reply."Steve?" Don repeated, a bit surprised at the very non-Asian name, but got nothing but a blank nod from Steve."Are we allowed to wait until a woman wins a yellow ticket?" Don asked with a smile."Oh," Steve grinned, "I suppose we could. Good idea."Don chuckled to himself, and looked around the lounge. There was an attractive woman holding a red ticket sitting nearby, watching the wheel spinners, and a male-female couple who had matched blue tickets a bit before Don had gotten his ticket. The man was lying back along a couch, while the woman knelt in front of him and gave him what looked like a quite satisfactory blowjob from where Don was sitting.The next person to join them was a woman, but she scored a blue ticket, and promptly took a seat next to the woman who had the red one. Don thought he and Steve ought to suggest ditching this game to the two un-partnered women, but realized this was hardly in the spirit of the Clockwork Club. They didn't have to wait long, though, before someone else won a ticket. This time it was a woman with a red ticket who obviously had no compunction about a bit of same-sex play. Soon the two women were engaged in an enthusiastic 69 within arm's reach of Steve, who was extremely distracted, and visibly excited, by watching them. The first couple; with the blue tickets; had finished and wandered off to the rest of the casino, before another player joined them: a very pretty young woman with another red ticket. Finally, after a string of out-right loser spins on the wheel, a cute little woman with long, straight, brown hair, small breasts and long legs won herself a yellow ticket.She grinned as she saw that there were two men waiting for her in the lounge area. She stuck out her hand and said, "Hi, I'm Emily! Were you boys waiting for little ol' me?""We certainly were," Don smiled back, and Steve nodded enthusiastically."Well, that was sweet of you," Emily continued to grin. "Let's go back over here and see how I can thank you for waiting so patiently."Before they could make it to the couch, though, Emily stopped them, dropped to her knees and was soon taking turns sucking on first Steve and then Don. As she went down on them, she looked up at them with her cheerful brown eyes, which Don thought was the sexiest thing he'd seen all day. Soon lovely Emily was on her hands and knees between Don and Steve, sucking the former and fucking the latter. Steve, who had been getting riled up for a while, didn't take too long to come, shoving forward into Emily and groaning loudly. As soon as he was done, he smiled at Don and headed back into the casino.Kids, Don thought to himself as he coaxed Emily up and over to the couch. She pushed him down on his back, and immediately climbed up over him, planting her feet on the firm couch by his hips. He smiled back up at her as she lowered herself down onto his straining cock. As Don felt her tight, wet embrace taking hold of his shaft, Emily leaned forward to rest her hands on his shoulders. Don reached under to support her butt in his hands as she began to ride up and down. Her hair was hanging down around her face and she never stopped looking him in the eye or smiling as she fucked him."Damn, that feels so good," Emily said. "You're going so deep!" They continued on in this position for quite a while, but as she began to get tired, Don suggested they change things up a bit. She lay on top of him as he twisted around and then sat up with her still mounted on him. Then, holding her up on him, Don stood up. Emily put her feet down on the couch behind Don and held onto his shoulders. He bent his knees, pistoning his cock up into her as she flexed herself in front of him. This position was easy to maintain, provided lots of clitoral stimulus, and put them face to face. Soon he was watching her cheerful face scrunching up as she gasped and shuddered with an intense orgasm. Before she was done, she leaned in and kissed him; hard and long! This was the final straw for Don and he felt himself boiling over up inside her, filling her with his hot cum.Emily thanked him for their mutual "winnings", as she laughingly called it, kissed him again, and headed off into the casino. Watching her petite frame walk away, Don decided it was time to head back and check up on the rest of the group. He was unsurprised to see that everyone was still there. Both Toshia and Liu noticed Don's return and gave him brief waves from their adjoining machines.Although he'd been gone for almost an hour, Don was back in time to see the first really big win. Naturally enough, the first one to win more than a brief titillation or a small pot of tokens was Toshia. As soon as the last symbol clicked into place, she said, "Ha! I won!" Then she stopped and her mouth just gaped open for a moment. "Oh my God!" she gasped. "That's ... oh fuck! Oh fuck!!"Don watched as she held on to the front of her machine and shook as the saddle and both the dildos did a combination of vibrating, pulsing and thrusting things that transported Toshia into a shaking trembling orgasm like nothing he'd ever seen. She cried out inarticulately as the machine carried her into another orgasm and then another.As she came down, she leaned forward on the machine and breathed, "Oh wow."Liu came over with a broad grin and said, "That's what the sexbots do for you, only more.""More would kill me," Toshia said weakly. Then, after a moment, she looked up at Don and said, "I want to try one!"Don laughed and said, "OK. How many tokens do we need?""One thousand," Liu answered quickly."And how many do we get with a jackpot on one of these machines?" Don asked as he crossed the aisle to an unoccupied unit."It varies, but you hardly ever win a jackpot."Don deposited a token, but did not mount the machine's saddle. As he pulled the handle down, Don looked over his shoulder to Liu and Toshia and said, "You mean 'hardly anyone ever wins a jackpot', not that I hardly ever do."Don held his bucket under the prize bin expectantly, even before the second symbol clicked into place. Sure enough, Don hit the jackpot. Flashing lights, a siren and a truly deafening barrage of ringing bells accompanied a flood of tokens pouring into the bin, Don's bucket and onto the floor. The display on the front of the machine indicated that he had just won 750 tokens."That's amazing!" Liu gaped from over his shoulder. She had abandoned her own machine. "You just played one token.""I'm just lucky, I guess," Don shrugged. He knew however that he had merely applied his technique of focused expectation that he had used so successfully here in Eros, in finding the Manor's exit and in fighting the Sisterhood. He expected to get a jackpot, so he got a jackpot.He passed his now heavy bucket of tokens to Toshia, who had joined him and Liu. Don took Toshia's bucket, dumped her pile into the nearly full bucket of his that she was holding and moved to another machine. In a few moments, there was another blaring claxon, another barrage of bright, flashing lights, and another cascade of tokens."How do you do that?" Liu asked amazed."Magic," Don smiled smugly at her. "You promised to give us a tour of the club, Liu. Can you do that and show us to the sexbots?""Sure," the pretty young woman said. "Anyone else want to come along?""I want to get one of those jackpots!" Amy said.Victor, Shelonda and Nicole all seemed to agree with Amy. So, Liu led just Toshia and Don off toward the back of the main room, where she showed them the roulette tables and the "Wheel of Chance.""It's fun," Don assured Toshia, briefly telling her what he'd been doing while she played the slots."We should come back and give it a spin," Toshia smiled, "if I survive the sexbot, that is."Liu led them up a circular staircase to the second floor, where they passed a number of small rooms which she said were, "Remote play rooms." As they went down the long corridor lined with doors, Liu explained: "You go into a room and get into the chair, and then you wait. On the third floor, someone deposits some tokens and they get to control a dildo, or two, or an artificial pussy that moves into you, or on you, Don. They get to watch you on a screen, but you don't get to see them. You can talk to each other, though. Oh, and the room you get when you go upstairs is random, so you never know who you're going to be playing with.""That sounds very interesting," Toshia mused."Another thing to try out, eh?" Don winked at her.Following Liu's delectable backside up two more flights of stairs, they came to the fourth floor, where they were greeted by a robot that looked just like George downstairs, except that it was silver and had no top hat. This one addressed them with a woman's voice and said, "Welcome, sir or madam. My name is Dolores and I am your hostess here in the sexbot rooms. Please deposit your ... one thousand ... tokens in the bin to my left."This project took several minutes, because Toshia didn't want to give up any extra of "her" tokens. Once they had deposited exactly one thousand tokens into the bin, Dolores said, "Thank you. Please follow me, sir or madam."The hostess robot trundled down the hallway, turned a corner, and led them to a door, which clicked open as she approached. Dolores gestured vaguely at the now open room, and said, "Here you go. Please enjoy yourself thoroughly.""We'll wait out here," Don suggested."Oh no you don't!" Toshia said with feeling. "I'm not letting a robot have its way with me without someone there to pull its plug, or whatever, if necessary.""Oh, it will respond to your commands," Liu assured her."Yeah, sure," Toshia said."OK," Don laughed. "We'll come watch. You don't have to twist my arm."The softly lit room they entered had warm carpeting and wood-paneled walls. In the center of the room was something that looked like a modified old-fashioned dentist's chair. A number of attachments, including a pair of stirrups that Don presumed looked like those found in a gynecologist's office, piqued Don's curiosity. In the corner of the room, was a barrel-bodied robot straight out of a 1950s B-movie. It seemed to have a soft black rubber or latex coating covering almost all of its body."You get up on the chair," Liu was saying, as if Toshia and Don wouldn't be preoccupied with the robot. "It will adjust for you, and you can push it into any position you want."Toshia looked over the chair and the stirrups skeptically, but then shrugged and hopped up onto the small seat. It was shallow so that she was already scooted forward. As soon as her butt hit the padding, the sexbot in the corner clicked to life. Lights blinked on its dome covered head and it took several steps forward toward the chair. There was a whirring sound followed by a series of clacks.

Clubbing & SwingingBased on the work of BradentonLarry, in 6 parts.  Listen to the Podcast at Explicit Novels.Shelonda was next and explained that she had been Toshia's counterpart, picking up discarded towels from a different part of the Temple. "I was bending over all the time, and people kept squeezing my butt and playing with me. I liked it at first, but I got really horny very quickly. Fortunately, a guy stopped and started fucking me. I was really getting into it, and soon a bunch of guys and a woman were all over me." Shelonda provided all the details requested, but by now it was clear that everyone was getting frisky enough that they would need to go find a room to enjoy or start playing right there in the banquet room.Fortunately, Nicole didn't have anything much different to report than the others. She had been assigned the job of masseuse's assistant: fetching miscellaneous supplies, helping guests off the table after they were thoroughly relaxed, assisting with making sure everyone had a happy ending, etc. Of course, she'd had a wonderful time, and seemed to have actually done less work than anyone else.Then they had to decide where to start their free exploration of the Temple of Venus and Aphrodite. "I have to admit," Toshia volunteered, "that I'd like to see what an orgy that's been going on for seven years looks like.""And I'd like to check out that 'dark room' whatever that is," Don added."A bit of an orgy sounds good to me," Amy said with a grin.Toshia took Don's hand as they headed for the door, and said, "Then we'll check out the dark room."The main orgy room was easy to find. It took up almost the entire fourth floor. There were copious cushions scattered all over the floor, which had soft, luxurious carpeting anyway. Chairs, couches, loveseats, chaise lounges, day beds, and ottomans were abundantly available. Here and there steps led up or down to slightly different levels. Everywhere, though, there were naked bodies pleasuring each other."Fun!" Amy declared. Everyone agreed with her and immediately started looking for places to join in. Amy took Victor by the big hand and led him into the orgy. From where she was Toshia saw Amy dropping to her knees in front of Victor, eagerly taking his big cock into her mouth.Toshia grabbed Don by the arm, pulled him in the direction of Amy and Victor, and pulled him with her down to the floor. The knelt facing each other as they kissed. Don's hands moved greedily over her back, finding their way down to her ass and squeezing it tightly. Toshia laughed happily as Don's mouth descended on her neck and her hand wrapped around his already stiff cock. Then Shelonda and Nicole joined them, one on either side, Shelonda on Toshia's right, and Nicole on her left. The two black girls proceeded to kiss and caress Don and Toshia everywhere they could reach. Shelonda's right hand slipped in between Toshia and Don and found its way down to Toshia's crotch. Soon Toshia felt fingers slipping up inside her and brushing over her clit. Don was still kissing, sucking and biting at her neck, Nicole was pinching her nipple, Don was squeezing her ass, and Shelonda was fucking her fingers in and out, pressing her hand against Toshia's clit, and Toshia... Then Toshia was coming hard, gasping, shaking and moaning between her friends.Those friends gently laid her down on the floor, and then Don was between her legs, slipping his hard cock up inside her ready pussy. Toshia smiled up at him and pulled him deeper into her best embrace. "Fuck me, love," she said. "Fill me up with your cum."Don leaned down and kissed her. It was just a peck at first, but became a long, passionate, fiery kiss as he moved in and out of her there among the other naked bodies. For a while it was just the two of them, alone on the edge of a sea of writhing, gasping, grunting people. They were part of the orgy that had gone on for seven years, but for now it was just the two of them making quiet intense love. Don gave her another sweet, slow orgasm before she felt him pressing more urgently into her. Then he was thrusting hard as he pumped and pumped his cum into her pussy just as she'd asked. He trembled in her arms and buried his face in her shoulder. Toshia held him close to her and caressed his back and held his head to her. They lay like that for several long, sweet moments sharing their loving intimacy.Then, they became aware of their surroundings. First there were the now familiar sounds of Shelonda and Nicole enjoying themselves fully, and then there were the hands that were moving over their bodies. Toshia felt a hand slipping up along the length of her leg and another that brushed against her hand where it lay on Don's back.Don raised his head to look around, only to have a young woman with straight brown hair and startling white teeth pull his head back so she could lean over his shoulder and give him a long, passionate kiss. When she finally let him go, Don laughed and said, "Well, it's nice to meet you too.""Hi, I'm Brandi," the woman grinned back at Don and then down at Toshia. "Mind if I cut in?"Neither Toshia nor Don were sure who she was asking, but when they didn't object, Brandi assumed they didn't mind, and said, "Great!" She then wormed her way in front of Don to lower her mouth to Toshia's. Suddenly Toshia was kissing this beautiful, aggressive new woman, whose hand was already moving across to cup Toshia's tit firmly. Toshia found herself reaching up to hold Brandi's head in place so she would keep kissing her. As Don pulled away, Toshia murmured her disappointment but continued to kiss Brandi. She was happy to feel Brandi's fingers moving down over her belly and then slipping between Toshia's legs where they found Don and Toshia's mingled juices spilling out. Without hesitating, Brandi pushed her fingers and a healthy helping of those juices up into Toshia, who arched her back and moaned into her new lover's mouth.Toshia was still lying on her back, with Brandi kneeling over her almost perpendicularly to Toshia's left, kissing her Toshia and reaching down to finger Toshia's pussy. This left Toshia's right breast exposed, and someone got his or her mouth in there and fastened upon Toshia's erect nipple. As this mysterious new mouth sucked and pulled on Toshia's tit, Toshia felt this person, who she was now sure was a woman, caressing her ass, and then sliding her hand around to join Brandi's in playing with her. Two more fingers pushed up into Toshia's pussy, and Toshia began to moan around Brandi's tongue. When those second two fingers pulled out of her Brandi worked a third of her fingers into Toshia, and then the mystery woman pushed her slippery two fingers slowly up Toshia's ass. This pushed Toshia over the edge, and she began to shake and cry out with an intense, long orgasm.Brandi finally broke their kiss and Toshia realized from the gentle swaying of the girl over her that Brandi had been getting fucked from behind almost all the time she had been fingering Toshia. Toshia smiled back up at the pretty woman's face and noticed that she also had beautiful full breasts, and Toshia couldn't resist reaching out with her left hand to catch one of Brandi's tits in her hand. Then, she looked down to see the lovely, dusky hued woman or Iranian or Indian descent who was still fingering Toshia's ass. Toshia grinned at this woman, who smiled back. Toshia began to work her body around clockwise, taking a moment to carefully throw her right leg over the dark-eyed beauty, and being careful not to dislodge those probing fingers, until she was able to scoot under Brandi's body to play with those beautiful firm tits of hers. The beautiful brown woman fingering her ass moved in between Toshia's legs and began to lick and suck at her pussy and clit, while Brandi lowered herself so Toshia could get her mouth on Brandi's nipples, one at a time. All while someone steadily fucked Brandi.Toshia could tell from the way Brandi was moving over her that the man behind her was fucking her harder and harder, and then knew he was coming inside her. When Brandi began to shift and threatened to pull away, Toshia reached up to grab her waist and pulled her closer. Brandi got the hint, smiled down at Toshia and carefully moved into position with her pussy over Toshia's mouth. With her hands still on Brandi's hips, Toshia pulled the pretty woman down until she could get her tongue up inside Brandi's cum-filled pussy. Toshia drank down the thick, sweet jizz and promptly began to lick at Brandi's clit. Meanwhile, the woman licking Toshia's clit and fingering her ass had pushed her thumb up into Toshia's pussy, and was flexing her wrist so that Toshia's pussy and ass were being steadily fucked by her digits. Soon Toshia's back was arching up off the carpet as she came long and hard between the two women. She didn't stop licking at Brandi, though, and was soon also rewarded with feeling the pretty woman sitting on her face trembling and shaking as Toshia brought her off.This seemed to be the signal for their little threesome to dissolve. As soon as she caught her breath, Brandi carefully got off Toshia's face and without another word moved off to find fun elsewhere. Toshia also felt the woman between her legs pulling away, but Toshia sat up and caught the woman's head in her hands and pulled her up toward her. They met with a long, playful kiss, mingling the tastes of Toshia's and Brandi's pussies as well as traces of Don's cum and that of whoever had fucked Brandi."I'm Toshia," she said as she leaned back, pulling the other woman back and over her."I'm Nadja," said the other woman with a smile. Her fingers and thumb slipped out of Toshia's ass and pussy, but she immediately pushed her fingers up into Toshia's wet and grasping pussy, pressing the heel of her hand against Toshia's clit, as she lay down on top of Toshia and continued to kiss her.Toshia moved her hands over Nadja's petite frame, over her back and down to her tight little ass. She was unsurprised to feel a man's hands also exploring Nadja's backside. Then, whoever the man was, his hands moved up to Nadja's narrow waist and pulled her up a bit. Nadja stopped kissing long enough to say, "I believe I'm about to be violated.""Mind if I watch?" Toshia grinned."As long as you do it while you kiss me," Nadja said, lowering her mouth to Toshia's again.Sure enough, Nadja's motions on top of Toshia indicated that she was being slowly and steadily fucked. Toshia worked her left hand up between them until she could feel the hard cock sliding in and out of Nadja's pussy, and then began to stroke Nadja's clit with her fingers. Nadja kept working her fingers in and out of Toshia pussy while kissing Toshia and being fucked from behind. Toshia found the whole scene incredibly erotic, particularly as Nadja began to come without taking her mouth off Toshia's. The tiny woman moaned and trembled between Toshia and the man behind her without pausing in her passionate kissing and fingering.Toshia thought she might come again, but the man fucking Nadja beat her to it. Nadja murmured approval into Toshia's mouth, and Toshia felt warm cum on her fingers. As the man pulled out of Nadja, spilling more cum over Toshia's hand, Nadja looked down at Toshia and said, "Now that was delightful."Toshia grinned and said, "I'm not done with you, yet. Sit on my face.""If you insist," Nadja laughed. With almost startling enthusiasm, she pulled her fingers from Toshia and crawled up until she was kneeling over Toshia's face.Holding the tiny girl's ass in her hands, Toshia pulled her down to her mouth, where she began to lick up the man's cum and then to lavish her oral attention on Nadja's hard clit. Nadja pressed down on Toshia's mouth, and leaned back a bit, squeezing her small tits tightly. As Toshia sucked on Nadja's clit and then went back to tonguing it firmly, she thought, This must be what people really mean when they talk about Heaven.As Don pulled away to let the new girl, Brandi, get acquainted with Toshia, he decided to have a look around to see what everyone else was up to. He carefully stood up and took a couple of steps to get out of the actual orgy.He spotted Amy on her back, her head on a good-sized pillow. Straddling her chest with his hands on her head and his cock sliding in and out of her mouth and throat was a trim East Asian guy with his black hair buzzed almost down to his scalp. Amy's legs were parted and ready for someone to get between them. Nearby, Victor was standing over an athletic white guy with short, curly reddish hair, who was sitting facing the same way as Victor and who was sucking on Victor's big cock and fondling his balls, all while Victor flexed his knees, pushing that schlong of his in and out of the other fellow's mouth.Don noticed that an adorable woman was now joining in on Brandi and Toshia's little session, and that a man had begun to fuck Brandi from behind. Near this scene, Shelonda had secured the services of a tall, fit black guy with short hair, who seemed as young as the Nymphets to Don. The young man was sitting on the floor, leaning back on his arms and with his knees slightly bent. Shelonda was sitting on his cock, leaning back, supporting herself with her arms and riding up and down on the cock inside her. Meanwhile, an athletic woman, with large tits, long legs, a tight ass and long straight black hair, had her mouth on one of Shelonda's tits and seemed to have a hand down playing with Shelonda's clit.Before he could locate Nicole, Don felt a warm hand slide up his arm and then squeeze his shoulder. He turned to look into the face of a very pretty woman, who he would guess to be Chinese. She had short black hair, an impishly coy expression and surprisingly blue eyes. Before Don could ask her name or even properly appreciate her slender frame and long legs, this beauty smiled and sank to her knees in front of him. She stroked his cock with her long fingers and kissed the head before sucking it into her mouth. Don gently reached down to caress her hair and watched as she began to bob her head up and down on his quickly hardening shaft.Looking up from this perfect vision for a moment, Don spotted Nicole. The petite young woman was on her back, basically in a missionary position, a muscular white guy with long, curly, brown hair fucking her steadily. However, Nicole's legs were extended out straight, in a V aimed at the ceiling, and there was a tall, caramel skinned woman with a spectacular ass and long, wavy black hair with a bit of gray in it sitting on Nicole's face. In front of this second woman, making out with her, was an athletic Polynesian-looking woman with large breasts and long, wild hair who was in turn sitting on someone's face.By now the mysterious woman in front of him was sucking Don's cock with enthusiasm, and he was again rock hard. He noticed that Toshia was moving around to get under Brandi's body, while the other woman kept her hand between Toshia's legs. Don realized there was too much going on in this huge sex-filled room, and he would simply have to focus his attention. He didn't have to deliberate long to decide where to direct that focus first.Pushing her gently back from his sex, Don bent down, took the Asian woman's face in his hands and kissed her. She responded warmly. After taking the time to really enjoy the sensations of kissing a new and very friendly woman, he said, "I'm Don.""And I'm Liu," she smiled."I'm very pleased to meet you, Liu," Don smiled. "Now, why don't we lie down so I can give as good as I'm getting?""That sounds wonderful," Liu grinned and backed away a bit to let Don lie down on his back. She wasted no time then in getting into position over him. Don felt her mouth on his prick again, as he reached up to pull Liu down so he could get his mouth and tongue on her moist, delicious sex. He ran his tongue from her clit up along between her lips, tasting her sweet pussy. She was short enough that his arms were behind her legs, so Don had to lean up a bit to get his mouth on her, but it also meant that he could easily use his hands to caress her ass and spread her cheeks a bit as he pushed his long, strong tongue up inside her. He was aware of her mouth and hands on his cock and balls, but Don concentrated on what he was doing. When he began to focus on her clit, sucking and licking on it, he pushed two fingers up into her pussy. Apparently Liu loved this because she promptly pushed back on Don. He obliged her by pushing his fingers deeper, and then adding a third finger, fucking them in and out of her as he continued to tongue her clit. Soon Don was working his fingers in and out of Liu vigorously and she was shaking and gasping on top of him as a long orgasm wracked her slender body.As she came down, Don slipped his fingers out of her vagina and gave her clit and pussy lips tender kisses. He felt Liu sighing happily, and then she decided to change positions. She pushed herself up so that she was kneeling over him, and quickly moved down, so that she was straddling his pelvis. Don basically lay back and watched as Liu took his rigid cock, wet with her saliva, in her hand, raised it until it was pointing straight up, and then pushed the fat head into her tiny pussy. He reached up and held on to her hips as she slowly sank down on him. Don found himself admiring the muscles of her back as Liu began to move on him. He caressed her lovely ass as she rode slowly up and down on his cock. Once she was comfortable with him in her, Liu began, very slowly, to lean forward, pushing Don's cock "down" further than it was used to. It was uncomfortable at first, and a bit painful for a moment at times, but Liu eventually worked herself down so that her feet were up by Don's shoulders, she was supporting herself with her hands between his legs, and she was leaning low while she worked her body back and forth getting Don's hard shaft to move inside her pussy in an unusual and delightful way. Don was able to squeeze and caress her ass as she rode him. He slowly pushed his thumb into her exposed asshole which made Liu cry out happily.Don was so intent on fucking Liu that he was actually surprised when Amy's face appeared over his. He barely had time to notice that the pretty blonde's face was, as was so often the case, covered with pearly cum before she was kissing him deeply. Don found himself laughing as he returned Amy's enthusiastic, playful, and rather sloppy kiss. When she finally pulled away, Amy said, "Who's your friend, Professor?""Liu," he grinned as he wiped his face with his forearm. "Why don't you introduce yourself?""Good idea!"Looking down over Liu's backside as she continued to writhe back on his cock and thumb, Don watched Amy kneel down in front of Liu and just lean forward and kiss the pretty Chinese girl.Then, as if he'd followed Amy, or been carried along in her sexual wake, Victor came over and knelt down by Amy, who noticed him right away. Don could tell there were introductions made and a brief discussion, but since it all took place down near his feet he couldn't make out any of the details. He later found out that what happened next was all Amy's idea. With Amy's help, Liu pushed herself up, relieving the interesting downward pressure on Don's cock. With a brief, luminous smile over her slender shoulder at him, Liu slowly pushed herself up off Don's thick shaft. Amy's hand wrapped around Don and kept him pointing straight up for Liu. The two girls quickly positioned woman and cock so that Liu could lower herself slowly so that Don pushed up into her exquisitely tight, hot ass."Oh, that feels so good!" Don heard Liu say."It sure does!" he agreed as he slipped his hands around her thin waist.Liu leaned back then, and Amy coaxed Don to bring his legs together. Don helped support Liu as Victor straddled Don's legs and pushed his big cock down so the fat head could press against Liu's waiting pussy. Don felt Liu tense as Victor slowly eased his thick organ into her.Amy leaned over Victor's shoulder with a grin and said, "How's that feel, Liu?""So good!" was the answer.Don felt Liu shuddering as Victor kept filling her with that large prick of his. Liu wrapped her long legs around Victor's hips and her arms around his neck, while Don supported her from below and Victor began to fuck in and out of her, simultaneously working her up and down on Don's cock.It was now Shelonda's turn to make an appearance. She crawled up next to Don, kissed him on the cheek and said, "That looks like fun.""It is!" he grinned. "I hope you've been having a good time.""Of course I have," she smiled. "I can't help but notice you're not really doing any work here, Don."He laughed and said, "What did you have in mind?"She gave him another quick kiss, this time on the lips, and then promptly moved around to back in and kneel over his face. With practiced ease, Shelonda lowered her pussy down to Don's face. He happily and greedily began to lap at her sweet pussy and clit, careless of the fact that at least one man had obviously come inside her before now. Don focused on giving Shelonda the tongue lashing she so richly deserved while also enjoying the sensations of having his cock inside the tight embrace of Liu's ass while Victor gave her pussy a vigorous fucking. The first one to come was Liu; Don felt her ass clenching on him as she shook and trembled in his grasp. Victor was next; feeling the big cock inside Liu swelling and pumping cum into her pussy was an interesting feeling for Don. By this time, a man had come up in front of Shelonda as she knelt over Don and she was giving him a nice, deep blowjob, but this didn't keep her from having a long, loud orgasm as Don turned his head a bit from side to side and tongued her clit firmly.Shelonda was still squatting over Don's mouth and well on her way to another orgasm, when Victor slowly pulled out of Liu's pussy. A small flood of warm fluid ran down over Don's balls. Don couldn't see what was going on down there, but in only a moment his legs were nudged apart and he felt an undeniably feminine tongue licking and sucking the cum from him and Liu. After several delicious moments, the mouth shifted from Don to Liu.Don was vaguely aware that Shelonda had managed to coax an orgasm from the man in front of her, and then Don succeeded in making her come again with his tongue. As Shelonda carefully extricated herself from the little foursome that had Don and Liu as the nucleus, Liu began to come again, crying out and shaking. Don let her fall back on him as she whimpered with delight.Don had assumed that the woman who had been licking Liu was Amy, so he was surprised to see a new woman kneeling between their legs. This was a beautiful, middle aged black woman with gray eyes and a lovely bald head. She smiled at both Liu and Don and then started to stand up, but Liu stopped her."Don't go. I need a little break and I can tell Don here isn't ready to stop playing just yet," Liu said."Well, OK then," said the other woman with a warm smile and the barest hint of a Southern accent.Liu managed to gently pull herself off Don's hard cock and then twisted around to kiss him goodbye before crawling out of the action.Soon Don was looking down into the beautiful bald woman's smiling face as he steadily fucked in and out of her pussy. Her pelvis was rolled back and her legs were up, resting on Don's thighs which were spread out. One of her hands squeezed and pinched at her breast while the other reached down to stroke her clit. Don was leaning forward on his outstretched arms."I really should get your name," Don said."I don't see why," she laughed. "Now shush; I'm about to come."Don kept going without coming through three more encounters. Liu caught up with him as a cute little blonde, who had just rode him to three intense orgasms as he knelt holding her in his arms, kissed him goodbye and crawled off to find another lover or two. Liu bent down and kissed him, saying, "You don't ever stop, do you?""Why stop?" he grinned back. "Are you ready for more?""Uh-hum," she said. "Do you want me all to yourself or find some more playmates?"As Don pondered this dilemma, he caught sight of Toshia for the first time in about an hour. Off to the side of the orgy, a tall, fit white guy with short brown hair was laying on his back and his head on a thick pillow. His legs were spread so Toshia could lie on her belly between them and, supporting herself on his thighs, give him what looked like an intense blowjob. Her feet were up in the air, which Don thought was just adorable. Don stood up and said, "I definitely want to get you to myself, but let's go play with those two for now."Hand-in-hand, they crossed to Toshia and the object of her oral attentions. Don gestured Liu to the man on his back, and he knelt down by Toshia and the man's legs. He ran his hand over Toshia's back, and, as he reached her ass, he leaned down and whispered in her ear, "There you are. I hope you've been a very naughty girl."She took her mouth off what Don now realized was a surprisingly long cock, swallowed, took a breath and said, "I certainly have. We weren't supposed to be keeping count were we?"

Today's episode walks you through this week's astrology + practical and magical tactics to help you harness and navigate the energetics May 26th - June 1st 2025. Last week was big and mixed. The sun and Saturn both moved to new signs. Did you stay alert? Did you lean into your practices? What can you revamp, rewrite, rework, or do new in order to empower and grow? Last week did you: Get on the mat 2 - 4xs? Listen to 1 NEW episode on The Magic Spark? Do the Kali tapping? This week has sweetness. It requires quiet and rest in any way you can; toddler bedtimes, naps, meditation, less humaning, do less, refuel more, drink tea, minimize caffeine, pull cards, spend time outdoors, do your tapping or shaking offerings. There is something very new beginning this week. This week: Get on the mat 2 - 4xs Listen to 1️ NEW episode on The Magic Spark Rejuvenate, rest, replenish. But seriously. Monday, May 26th: - Happy Mo(o)nday. The new moon in Gemini happens today. Dark of the moon. Hekate and Kali's lunation. Considered the witchiest time of the lunar cycle, with the highest probability of messaging, ah-ha or light bulb moments making their way through and to you. Honor it by carving space out today for something quiet, soft, cosmic, or woo; meditation, nap, pulling tarot, checking your chart for where Gemini sits, or simply taking a walk outside with no other stimuli. Clarity and messaging will come when we make them welcome. Turn down external input today through Thursday....whatever this lunation is offering us...we want. There are blessings, healings, understanding, and soul truths IF we heed the call of replenishing our vessels...a.k.a. resting. We've had some placements shift and the elemental count is now: ▪ 5 planets in

Book 3 in a 4-volume library.The Resort along the way to the SageBased on the work of BradentonLarry, in 6 parts.  Listen to the Podcast at Explicit Novels.Toshia found riding on the Wizard's flying carpet strangely arousing. She had heard or read somewhere that dreams about flying were supposed to be about sex, and pretty much everything in Eros made pretty much everyone, and some things, aroused. Still, there was something particularly wonderful about sailing over the countryside with the wind whipping through her hair and over her bare skin that Toshia was finding extremely stimulating. She looked out and down at the forest beneath her as she reclined on one side, half leaning back against Victor who sat closer to the center of the carpet. Nicole, still very much uncomfortable with flying on this open vehicle, huddled up next to the big, muscular man's other side. Amy and Don were up at the front of carpet piloting and looking for a tower at the head of a river, respectively. On the back part of the carpet, Shelonda seemed to be napping. Toshia was coming to think of this merry little band as something of a family – a happily incestuous family, of course, with Don and her as the patriarch and matriarch, naturally.Watching the landscape floating past below, thinking warmly about her companions, and feeling the delicious tingling in her loins signaling the inevitable return of her lust, Toshia rested her head on one hand, while letting the other hand move slowly down the front of her body. She caressed the curve of her breast through the thin fabric of the short dress she had gotten from the Wizard. Toshia thought back to how she had met the Wizard and his beautiful wife, Madeleine for the first time. True to Don's word, they had left the Sisterhood the morning after the big orgy in their honor. Daphne had agreed to "give them" Victor and Nina, but the little serving girl protested that she wanted to stay with the sisters. Victor, however, was quite happy to join Toshia and Don's little band. Then, the sextet.That's perfect! Toshia thought to herself with a smile as she gave her breast a squeeze. The sextet then climbed aboard the flying carpet and flew back to the Wizard's spacious estate. After they were bathed, in wonderfully warm water, and clothed, the Wizard and Madeleine fed them and made them welcome. At first, as something of an odd formality that made the other's chuckle and grin, the Wizard fucked Toshia with surprising vigor while his wife enjoyed Victor's hard cock. Don and the girls actually managed to wait until Toshia had her first shuddering orgasm and Victor filled Madeleine's pussy with his cum (after she had at least two orgasms of her own) before they joined in the party. That evening was a wonderful blur of sex. Toshia pinched her nipple through her dress as she thought back to the moment when she had mounted the Wizard as he lay on the floor, Victor pushed his wonderful cock into her ass, and she had taken Don into her mouth and throat. With each of her orifices truly and delightfully filled, Toshia had let the boys use her body as she rode a long series of orgasms to near oblivion.Toshia smiled to herself, as her hand slipped lower, pressing against her belly, as she thought of the easy, happy atmosphere of the Wizard's home – so comfortable after her days with the satyrs and the sisters. She thought of the strategy meeting, at which the Wizard offered them the continued use of the magic carpet as well as more clothes. It was at that meeting that Madeleine noticed that they had made an unwarranted assumption about what the Crone had told Don. They had all assumed that when she had said, "Go down into the valley and follow the river there to its source..." she meant the valley they were currently in, or at the top of. In fact, though, she might have meant only the valley of the river she was talking about. Of course, this meant that they probably had much more searching to do than they had expected, and they were now on their third day of flying along rivers looking for towers. Madeleine's observation naturally enough cast a pall on the group's mood. Seeing this reaction, Madeleine had quickly added, "Since this might take some time, and you've already been through so much, why don't you come with my husband and me?" She explained that the couple was planning a little trip to visit the Manor for the first time. Toshia found herself eagerly agreeing to take a couple of days' vacation from the quest to get home.As her hand caressed the skin of her thigh, just below the hem of her short dress, Toshia remembered how happy she had been to return to the Manor again. Making the Wizard and his wife the guests of honor, though Victor had never been to the Manor either, Toshia and the others made a point of showing them a good time. Toshia was surprised at how comfortable she was in the Manor. In spite of everything that had happened, it was actually Toshia who suggested that they split up for the first night, into girls and guys. Toshia pushed the hem of her skirt up and raised her leg as she moved her fingers up along her thigh as she thought of the fun the girls had shown Madeleine that night. It had been party night in the disco again, and Madeleine threw herself into the revelry with abandon. At some point, it became a competition to see how many men each of the women could make cum. Toshia's fingers traced lightly over her moist lips as she remembered the playful frenzy of that night. As before, things started out in the foggy pit, and all five of the women began to fuck and suck in the smoke and pulsing music. Toshia parted her lips and ran a finger up between them, spreading her juices over her eager little clit, as she remembered being on her hands and knees in the "slow dance" room pushing back on her seventeenth cock of the evening. Only a little bit in front of her Madeleine was sprawled on her back getting fucked vigorously by one guy as three others stroked their cocks over her, spraying cum all over her beautiful face and tits.Toshia was now playing with herself in earnest, her fingers stroking against her clit and occasionally pushing into her pussy. All the while, she remembered the wild, playful events in the Manor. She thought of how Don and the other guys had found her and Madeleine cuddled sleepily in the black light room covered in cum. Don had kissed her lovingly, took her in his arms, and proceeded to make love to her passionately, while the Wizard did the same with his slutty wife. Toshia shuddered a little as she thought about how she had later lived up to her promise to herself and managed to take on both the Player and Igor – a double-teaming that had left her spent and adrift in a delirious sea of ecstasy.Toshia's memories were interrupted then as Victor's big hand reached around to cup her breast and squeeze it. She sighed and rolled back a bit more to look up into his smiling face. She felt Shelonda's hand moving up along the inside of her leg and parted her thighs further to let the girl have access. Shelonda rested her head on Toshia's lower inner thigh and promptly sucked Toshia's clit into her mouth. Toshia gasped and began to work her arm around so she could get her hand on Victor's cock. Unlike the rest of the group, Victor remained naked so Toshia was easily able to take hold of his stiffening member. Victor bent down to kiss Toshia's yearning mouth. Toshia was twisted there on the flying carpet, making sure she didn't keep Shelonda from her pussy and clit, but hungrily sucking and biting at Victor's tongue as his strong hand squeezed her tit. Soon she was shaking and moaning as her first airborne orgasm swept through her body.Without letting go of Victor's thick shaft, Toshia caught her breath and managed to gently push Shelonda away from her pussy. She smiled down at the other woman's impish face, and then twisted around to face Victor, who also turned so that he was kneeling on the carpet facing Toshia. Nicole was alarmed by all of this sudden commotion, and grabbed at Victor's bicep as she took in what the others were up to. She opened her mouth to object, but immediately realized any protestation would be futile. Instead, she peered around Victor's shoulder to watch as Toshia pulled herself up into Victor's lap and got her mouth on his cock.Toshia eagerly began sucking on the thick, dark shaft, savoring the feeling of the hard, warm flesh sliding past her lips and over her tongue. She was delighted to feel Shelonda's persistent hands moving up between her legs again. Soon Toshia had two of Shelonda's fingers pushing up into her as she sucked on Victor. After only a minute or two of this, though, Toshia knew that she wanted more. She gently pulled away from Shelonda again, and clambered up so that she was straddling Victor's lap. Shelonda saw what Toshia was doing at once and quickly reached into Victor's lap to take hold of his straining cock. Holding onto his broad shoulders, Toshia lowered herself down onto the organ Shelonda aimed into her pussy. Toshia threw her head back and sighed as she felt herself wonderfully filled. She sat there, impaled, with her head back and eyes closed for a few moments, just enjoying the feeling of that cock inside her. Then she slowly began to grind and ride up and down on Victor. The big man's hands held her waist snugly, and she leaned down to kiss him. She gave herself up to the sensations her body was sending her way: the wind in her hair and on her naked arms and legs, the strong chest pressing the fabric of her dress against her breasts, the strong thighs underneath her, the mouth on her own, the tongue against hers, and most of all the thick penis sliding in and out of her grasping, wet pussy. Then she felt Shelonda's hand on her butt, squeezing and caressing it. Toshia turned to smile at the adorable young woman, who leaned in to give Toshia a quick kiss.Then Toshia watched as Shelonda turned her attention to Nicole, who obviously thought that these in-flight shenanigans were madness. Looking to the front of the carpet, Toshia saw that Don was watching her riding Victor. He smiled encouragingly and she responded by grinning back at him and increasing the tempo of her fucking. She decided that she wanted to make Victor's big cock fill her up with its cum, and then that she would have Don add his. She slid up and down on Victor's shaft, squeezing her pussy around him, and looked out to see the countryside flying by beneath them.Toshia saw that Shelonda had managed to distract Nicole enough that the two women were lying down behind Victor making out. Shelonda had her hand up under Nicole's skirt, and Nicole had one hand on one of Shelonda's perfect tits and the other squeezing Shelonda's no-less-perfect ass. Toshia heard Amy say, "Oh, now this isn't fair at all!" Don said something in response, but Toshia was preoccupied with working herself toward a second orgasm and her determination to make Victor come.She felt the thick phallus inside her swell and then Victor was shaking and shoving up into her as he pumped his thick cum into her pussy. This pushed Toshia over the edge and she threw her head back and cried out as she trembled and came, clenching and milking Victor's cock as they climaxed. When the trembling subsided and she could think again, Toshia sagged forward on Victor.Smiling, Toshia kissed Victor's forehead and turned to Don, saying, "Your turn love."Don didn't respond but kept looking ahead, in frantic conversation with Amy. Looking beyond the two of them, Toshia saw what seemed to be a walled town or something spread out on a shelf on the side of a mountain. Then, high up the mountainside by a large lake Toshia saw a pinkish tower. While she had been fucking, Don and Amy had found the tower! Then she noticed that although Don and Amy were obvious excited, they seemed more panicked than enthusiastic. Without taking the time to get off Victor's still-hard cock, Toshia called forward, "What's wrong?""We're losing altitude," Don said brusquely."Fly higher?" she offered weakly."I'm trying!" Amy said with obvious exasperation."We're going to hit the mountain!" Nicole gasped."No, we're not going to make it that far," Shelonda said. "It looks like we're going to hit that wall.""No we're not!" Amy said with more determination than confidence.Toshia had a moment to look beyond the wall in question, and saw the town she'd noticed a moment earlier consisted of several rather large buildings of multiple stories, and a bunch of smaller structures. In the center of "town" was what looked like a very large pool or fountain, and it now looked like that was where they were headed – rather too quickly, Toshia thought.They were over and past the wall then, and people in the town noticed them and there were outcries from below."Can't we just stop?" Nicole asked in a panic."I've been trying to do that!" Amy shouted.Toshia realized they were about to crash and she was still kneeling there with Victor's prick up her. She laughed and said "Damn!" at the same moment, and then they hit the water.Victor held her in his arms as they went tumbling forward and under. Toshia felt her back brushing the hard stone bottom of the pool and then Victor let go of her. She pushed away and opened her eyes, which had been closed tightly since the moment before impact. There were arms and legs everywhere in the water, all flaying about wildly. Trying to keep her wits, she pushed up from the bottom and quickly broke the surface of the water; it was only a little over chin deep. She wiped the water out of her eyes and looked around. She saw the others bob to the surface, and noticed that their few packs were floating around. Don found her and asked, "Are you all right?"She smiled at his concern and said, "Yes, I think so. Are you?""Yeah," he nodded. Then he was hugging her tightly. "It's all fun and games until your flying carpet runs out of gas, eh?"Toshia laughed and said, "Let's check on the others."They quickly found that everyone was fine, if very wet. They were scattered in a swath from the point where they had hit the water, with poor Nicole having travelled the furthest. They saw that they were in a truly humongous swimming pool, which was fortunately not too terribly crowded. No by-swimmers had been hit by the carpet or its riders. The sextet gathered up their belongings, and Victor, who had none of his own, took up the slack by hauling the sodden, heavy carpet out of the water. As they made their way to the closest side of the pool, naked people began to swim out to them with concern and curiosity. The bottom of the pool rose as they went, until they were able to wade on out. A large crowd of onlookers gathered around. Toshia, Don and the others looked back at them, trying to sort out which questions to ask first.Before anyone could make any progress, though, a tall blonde woman with cowboy boots, cowboy hat, a pleated skirt, and a light denim vest complete with a six-pointed star badge. The only thing she was missing was a six-gun at her hip. Instead she carried what seemed to be a heavy baton, which naturally enough looked a bit like sex toy to Toshia. Of course, she was pretty, though she had a stern expression on her freckled face. This fully-clothed woman fixed a coldly serious blue eye on the bedraggled newcomers, and said, "What's the meaning of this?"Don stepped forward and said, "Well, we crashed, ma'am.""Crashing into the pool is not allowed," the woman said."Is it specifically against the rules?" Don asked."As a matter of fact, it is," the woman said crossly. "The pool is to be used for swimming and sex only. I'll have to arrest you all for breaking that rule as well as reckless operation of a vehicle and careless endangerment of resort guests.""Resort?" Toshia asked, as she looked around at the large buildings she could see over the heads of the crowd. They did look a bit like hotels or casinos."Look, ma'am..." Don began."Sheriff," she asserted."Sheriff," Don smiled, "I assure you this was a terrible accident. If we come with you peacefully, will you give us a chance to explain the situation?"The Sheriff scowled at Don and the others and then nodded curtly. "Come this way. Mike, make sure they didn't leave anything in the pool. Bring anything you find to me."Mike was apparently a young woman with short, bright red hair, who nodded and promptly waded into the pool.As the curious crowd parted and then began to disperse, and the party of resort crashers followed the Sheriff, Toshia looked around more carefully. Sure enough, the poolside was lined with chaise lounges and umbrellas. Scattered about were little tent houses. Further from the pool were little bungalows and about half a dozen much larger buildings. The Sheriff led them between two of them, each with a bold sign out front. The one on the left was called "The Jungle Room", even though there must surely be many more than one room in the building. A grinning ape with a raging hard on swung from sign's "g". On the right was the "Clockwork Club", whose sign showed off gears and pistons. Not surprisingly, along the way, they passed a number of people who were busy with a variety of sexual activities. Toshia also noticed, here and there, a man or woman moving about in what seemed to be uniforms, carrying towels or beverages.The Sheriff led them to a smallish building in the shadow of the Clockwork Club. Pushing a wooden door open, she admitted them to an outer office straight out of a typical western. There was a single desk, a perfunctory wall to screen the office from the two cells in the back, a chair for the Sheriff and that was about it. After hanging her hat on a peg by the door, the constable sat on the edge of her desk, crossed her long legs in front of her, and said, "OK, let's hear your explanation."If Don was distracted by the woman's obvious physical charms, Toshia couldn't tell. He simply smiled and said, "Thank you, Sheriff. You see we were trying to reach the tower in the mountains above your ... resort.""The monastery tower?" the Sheriff asked."I don't know about the monastery," Don shrugged. "We're trying to find the Sage, and were told to look for him in a tower at the source of a river.""I believe there is a sage of some sort up there," the Sheriff nodded."Well, we were trying to get there when all of a sudden our ... vehicle just stopped working.""It 'just stopped working' right over the resort?""Well, not exactly," Amy offered. "It started losing power some distance downriver. I didn't notice at first, but then I couldn't get it to cooperate. It just kept going in the same direction, but lower and lower."The Sheriff looked at Amy carefully, and then said, "Well, you seem to be telling the truth, and nobody was hurt, so I suppose we can let this one incident pass. I'll be keeping an eye on you, though. Don't cause any more trouble or you'll end up in one of my cells.""Thank you, Sheriff," Don bowed a little."Excuse me, Sheriff," Toshia interrupted. "Can you tell us the best way to get to the tower?""There's a road up the mountain. You'll want to go out the East gate." When it became clear that they had no idea where the East gate might be, the Sheriff stepped back outside, pointed them in the right direction and gave a few basic instructions.As they continued on their soggy way, Victor made the slightly surprising announcement that the carpet was already dry, and proceeded to roll it up for easier carrying."What do you think happened?" Nicole asked."I have no idea," Amy shrugged."I do," Don said. "Remember that candle the first day we were here, Toshia? The one that went out in the secret passage?""Yeah," she nodded."And the Wizard said his power was centered on his house, or something like that. I think we finally flew the carpet too far from the Wizard, or his house, so it ran out of mojo.""Why didn't we just crash, then?" Toshia asked."What?" Nicole gasped.Don shrugged, and said, "I really don't know. Maybe it's just the kind of thing that fades out, like sound or light; it's not like you hear someone in the distance until you go one step too far – they fade out. And maybe the thing that uses up the most power is steering, then altitude and finally forward motion. I don't know; I'm just guessing here, but it does seem to make some kind of sense."Toshia and the others puzzled this over, but only for a short time, because they now came to the high wall that surrounded the resort and the very large metal gate that was set into the wall. They could look through the heavy bars and see the rocky terrain and a path outside the resort. In the center of the gate was a large impassive metallic face; it was quite out of character with the rest of the resort as they had seen it.Don stepped forward to look for a handle. Finding none, he took hold of one of the vertical bars and tugged, and then pushed. The gate didn't budge."Excuse me," said a deep voice. "Do you always walk up to people and grab them without so much as a 'good afternoon'?"They all looked around in confusion, until Shelonda pointed up at the face on the gate. It was now obviously looking at them with a deep frown."Oh, uh," Don stammered. Toshia chuckled. Even after everything they'd been through Don kept expecting things to be more mundane than they were here."We're terribly sorry," Toshia said to the metal face. "We're not from around here.""Yes, I know," said the face with an exasperated expression. "You're the folks who crashed into the pool.""Ah, you heard about that?" Toshia smiled."Heard about it? No. I experienced it.""Hello," Don blurted. "How's that?""I experience things like that," the face explained with apparent strained patience. "Things that happen to the resort happen to me.""Fascinating," Don mused."Well, we're terribly sorry about crashing into the pool... or into you, if that's more accurate," Toshia pressed. "We were just going to continue on our way up the mountain path through there, er, you.""But you just got here," the face frowned."Well yes, but we weren't trying to get here, but to the tower," Toshia explained.

01. Nautika - Believe 02. Tom Finster - Bad Thoughts 03. Phace, RUINNA - APPLE DRIVER 04. SMG - Pond Affair (ATMOS Remix) 05. KS Vasina & Trempid - Moi Okean 06. Canis x Sirius - Nitty 07. Andromedik & Ragdoll - Calling 08. Phaze One - Late Reply 09. Substainless, Duplex - Your Faith 10. Alesso, Becky Hill - Surrender (Skepsis Extended Remix) 11. LEVELA - LOST 12. More Plastic - The Intro 13. Dub Elements - Paranoid 14. Mykool - Signal 15. Natty Lou & Lateral - Knock Knock 16. Sub Focus, bbyclose - On & On (Kanine Remix) 17. Bea - Have You Ever? 18. Lee Mvtthews & Cammie Robinson - Surround Me 19. Transcend - Coming Back 20. QO & Prdk - Propaganda (Skaleta Remix) 21. Project Zeus - Put Em Up 22. Acid Purrr - Disciple 23. Audio Don't Play 24. Skrimor - Do Not Follow 25. Aznok - Nebula 26. The Smell of Males - Opera 27. Swixx - Runnit 28. Neonlight - Triple B 29. Gydra - Nailsbucket 30. Current Value - Triple 31. Qmare - Time to Die 32. Hector - Era of Resistance 33. 2Whales - Troubadour 34. Hector - Citadel 35. Phenom & Discharge f/ PRDK - Left Behind 36. Paranoiac Del - Fiction 37. Jade Cicada - Frame Shift (Machinedrum Remix) 38. Machinecode & Cooh - Mahar Loka 39. Reonoj - Untitled Acid Rhythm 40. Ryukken & Exis - Ritual 41. Simple Technique - Broken Record 42. Scotty, Objectiv - Diss 43. Rizzle - Control 44. Molecular - How Did It Come To This 45. Foes & PVC - The Curse 46. Fireworks Factory - Can't Stand The Rain 47. Mark Tailor - Tatra 48. Jayline & Dutta - Do You Like Rollers? 49. APOM, Gengs - Nightfall 50. Scrufizzer, CONTROL ALT DžLžTž - Head Banger (Extended Mix) 51. Marvellous Cain, DJ Choppah - Geno 52. Niterider - On Crud 53. LEVELA - READY SET BEGIN (feat JFB) 54. Pruf - World 2025 55. R3IDY - Spindle 56. Pruf - Bizon 57. Midst - Strangers Now 58. Mid Nite Life & Kleu - What You Know About: After Mid Nite 59. Isaac Maya - Soccer 60. Mikkim feat. SPEE - Warrior 61. Veak - Police 62. Aphrodite, Micky Finn & MC GQ - Dark Selector 63. Vibena - Euphoric Rush (Skywalker Remix) 64. Danny Byrd & General Levy - Sexy Money 65. Traumatize, Fatman D - Body Riddim 66. DJ Hybrid - Hold On One Second 67. Mr Quest & Jayline - New Junglism 68. Caspian - Insomnia 69. Amen Sage - Quick Dance 70. Forbidden Society - Crashpoint 71. Seba & Paradox - Orlean 72. Bush Doctor, JUMPIN JACK FROST & Origin One feat. Aziza Jaye - Touch Road 73. Sl8r, Fox - Love What I Do 74. Chris Inperspective - New Year 75. Big Balth & Speaker Louis - Opaque 76. Jamie Rodigan, Tyke & JODIAN NATTY - You Are Real 77. Weynorx- Morning Dawn 78. pyxis, Hiraeth - Lucky Charm 79. Jaybee & Pixel - It's Me 80. Parhelia - Last Blue Sattva 81. Dynamic Stab - Urban Perfume

01. Nautika - Believe 02. Tom Finster - Bad Thoughts 03. Phace, RUINNA - APPLE DRIVER 04. SMG - Pond Affair (ATMOS Remix) 05. KS Vasina & Trempid - Moi Okean 06. Canis x Sirius - Nitty 07. Andromedik & Ragdoll - Calling 08. Phaze One - Late Reply 09. Substainless, Duplex - Your Faith 10. Alesso, Becky Hill - Surrender (Skepsis Extended Remix) 11. LEVELA - LOST 12. More Plastic - The Intro 13. Dub Elements - Paranoid 14. Mykool - Signal 15. Natty Lou & Lateral - Knock Knock 16. Sub Focus, bbyclose - On & On (Kanine Remix) 17. Bea - Have You Ever? 18. Lee Mvtthews & Cammie Robinson - Surround Me 19. Transcend - Coming Back 20. QO & Prdk - Propaganda (Skaleta Remix) 21. Project Zeus - Put Em Up 22. Acid Purrr - Disciple 23. Audio Don't Play 24. Skrimor - Do Not Follow 25. Aznok - Nebula 26. The Smell of Males - Opera 27. Swixx - Runnit 28. Neonlight - Triple B 29. Gydra - Nailsbucket 30. Current Value - Triple 31. Qmare - Time to Die 32. Hector - Era of Resistance 33. 2Whales - Troubadour 34. Hector - Citadel 35. Phenom & Discharge f/ PRDK - Left Behind 36. Paranoiac Del - Fiction 37. Jade Cicada - Frame Shift (Machinedrum Remix) 38. Machinecode & Cooh - Mahar Loka 39. Reonoj - Untitled Acid Rhythm 40. Ryukken & Exis - Ritual 41. Simple Technique - Broken Record 42. Scotty, Objectiv - Diss 43. Rizzle - Control 44. Molecular - How Did It Come To This 45. Foes & PVC - The Curse 46. Fireworks Factory - Can't Stand The Rain 47. Mark Tailor - Tatra 48. Jayline & Dutta - Do You Like Rollers? 49. APOM, Gengs - Nightfall 50. Scrufizzer, CONTROL ALT DžLžTž - Head Banger (Extended Mix) 51. Marvellous Cain, DJ Choppah - Geno 52. Niterider - On Crud 53. LEVELA - READY SET BEGIN (feat JFB) 54. Pruf - World 2025 55. R3IDY - Spindle 56. Pruf - Bizon 57. Midst - Strangers Now 58. Mid Nite Life & Kleu - What You Know About: After Mid Nite 59. Isaac Maya - Soccer 60. Mikkim feat. SPEE - Warrior 61. Veak - Police 62. Aphrodite, Micky Finn & MC GQ - Dark Selector 63. Vibena - Euphoric Rush (Skywalker Remix) 64. Danny Byrd & General Levy - Sexy Money 65. Traumatize, Fatman D - Body Riddim 66. DJ Hybrid - Hold On One Second 67. Mr Quest & Jayline - New Junglism 68. Caspian - Insomnia 69. Amen Sage - Quick Dance 70. Forbidden Society - Crashpoint 71. Seba & Paradox - Orlean 72. Bush Doctor, JUMPIN JACK FROST & Origin One feat. Aziza Jaye - Touch Road 73. Sl8r, Fox - Love What I Do 74. Chris Inperspective - New Year 75. Big Balth & Speaker Louis - Opaque 76. Jamie Rodigan, Tyke & JODIAN NATTY - You Are Real 77. Weynorx- Morning Dawn 78. pyxis, Hiraeth - Lucky Charm 79. Jaybee & Pixel - It's Me 80. Parhelia - Last Blue Sattva 81. Dynamic Stab - Urban Perfume

Пиратская Станция продолжает бороздить просторы drumandbass на волнах радио Рекорд. Мы часто следуем танцевальному курсу, но не забываем и о культуре с традициями этого саунда. В этом выпуске встречаются, как добрые знакомые, новые вещицы из подполья и главной сцены, качающие бэнгеры и отзывающиеся в душе мелодии...Оставайтесь настроенными! GVOZD vibez: 1.Nautika- Believe 2.Tom Finster - Bad Thoughts 3.Phace, RUINNA - APPLE DRIVER 4.SMG - Pond Affair (ATMOS Remix) 5.KS Vasina & Trempid - Moi Okean 6.Canis x Sirius - Nitty 7.Andromedik & Ragdoll - Calling 8.Phaze One - Late Reply 9.Substainless, Duplex - Your Faith 10.Alesso, Becky Hill - Surrender (Skepsis Extended Remix) 11.LEVELA - LOST 12.More Plastic - The Intro 13.Dub Elements - Paranoid 14.Mykool - Signal 15.Natty Lou & Lateral - Knock Knock 16.Sub Focus, bbyclose - On & On (Kanine Remix) 17.Bea - Have You Ever? 18.Lee Mvtthews & Cammie Robinson - Surround Me 19.Transcend - Coming Back 20.QO & Prdk - Propaganda (Skaleta Remix) 21.Project Zeus - Put Em Up 22.Acid Purrr - Disciple 23.AudioDon't Play 24.Skrimor - Do Not Follow 25.Aznok - Nebula 26.The Smell of Males - Opera 27.Swixx - Runnit 28.Neonlight - Triple B 29.Gydra - Nailsbucket 30.Current Value - Triple 31.Qmare - Time to Die 32.Hector - Era of Resistance 33.2Whales - Troubadour 34.Hector - Citadel 35.Phenom & Discharge f/ PRDK - Left Behind 36.Paranoiac Del - Fiction 37.Jade Cicada - Frame Shift (Machinedrum Remix) 38.Machinecode & Cooh - Mahar Loka 39.Reonoj - Untitled Acid Rhythm 40.Ryukken & Exis - Ritual 41.Simple Technique - Broken Record 42.Scotty, Objectiv - Diss 43.Rizzle- Control 44.Molecular - How Did It Come To This 45.Foes & PVC - The Curse 46.Fireworks Factory - Can't Stand The Rain 47.Mark Tailor - Tatra 48.Jayline & Dutta - Do You Like Rollers? 49.APOM, Gengs - Nightfall 50.Scrufizzer, CONTROL ALT DžLžTž- Head Banger (Extended Mix) 51.Marvellous Cain, DJ Choppah - Geno 52.Niterider - On Crud 53.LEVELA - READY SET BEGIN (feat JFB) 54.Pruf - World 2025 55.R3IDY - Spindle 56.Pruf - Bizon 57.Midst - Strangers Now 58.Mid Nite Life & Kleu - What You Know About: After Mid Nite 59.Isaac Maya - Soccer 60.Mikkim feat. SPEE - Warrior 61.Veak - Police 62.Aphrodite, Micky Finn & MC GQ - Dark Selector 63.Vibena - Euphoric Rush (Skywalker Remix) 64.Danny Byrd & General Levy - Sexy Money 65.Traumatize, Fatman D - Body Riddim 66.DJ Hybrid - Hold On One Second 67.Mr Quest & Jayline - New Junglism 68.Caspian - Insomnia 69.Amen Sage - Quick Dance 70.Forbidden Society - Crashpoint 71.Seba & Paradox - Orlean 72.Bush Doctor, JUMPIN JACK FROST & Origin One feat. Aziza Jaye - Touch Road 73.Sl8r, Fox - Love What I Do 74.Chris Inperspective - New Year 75.Big Balth & Speaker Louis - Opaque 76.Jamie Rodigan, Tyke & JODIAN NATTY - You Are Real 77.Weynorx- Morning Dawn 78.pyxis, Hiraeth - Lucky Charm 79.Jaybee & Pixel - It's Me 80.Parhelia - Last Blue Sattva 81.Dynamic Stab - Urban Perfume

Today's episode walks you through this week's astrology + practical and magical tactics to help you harness and navigate the energetics May 19th - 25th 2025. Last week was a layer cake of deep feels and healing. A reveal, loaded with spiritual topics, it was sensitive and we may have cried. Multiple times. Did you let it out? Did you allow the shower from your eyes to refresh the way you see things moving forward? The reveal under the Scorpio Full Moon was something we clearly need to let go of. If it's a relationship, that's the easier version, but it also could have been our most subconscious shadow of how we think about ourselves. It's time to let the sub-par, diminished, shamed, judged, or imposter narratives GO! Last week did you: Get on the mat 2 - 4xs? Listen to 2️⃣ NEW episode on The Magic Spark ? Have a good cry? This week is big and mixed. Again. Of course. It's 2025. The sun and saturn both shift and that's simply enough to have things feeling different and weird....yet again. Stay alert. Stay or get in practice. It's the only way out. Stay present. Pivot when needed. Witness the feelings but try to get really curious as to their reality. What can you revamp, rewrite, rework, or do new in order to empower and grow? This week: Get on the mat 2 - 4xs

We're still pinching ourselves after winning the Jasmine Awards New Media Award for the second year running, for our Halloween Scented Story project! And huge congrats to Suzy @fragrantmaven for her Judges Special Recognition Award for her Substack feature on Rivals characters and their signature scents. We spill a few behind-the-scenes secrets from the ceremony (and those legendary goody bags) in last weekend's Patreon extra episode – available for subscribers to our patreon.com page. @marcantoinebarrois were double-winners too, for the magnificent happiness-bottled fragrance, Tilia.Nicola discovered @parfums_d_inza, a Cotswolds-based house, and loved trying Reine de la Nuit (which she's sure Suzy will adore) & Eclat Rouge.Suzy is obsessed with waking up to the glorious new @matierepremierparfums Neroli Oranger Body Wash & Body Lotion – orange blossom, neroli, bergamot, ylang - ylang and musks make every morning a scented sanctuary.Nicola can't be without @neomwellbeing Real Luxury Cocooning Shower Cream – her new shower must-have.Suzy tuned in to the online launch of two new @amouage fragrances: Decision & Existence by Quentin Bish and Renaud Salmon. Decision is electric juniper, scarred wood and vanilla – her new Amouage favourite. Existence is a luminous blend of frankincense and lily of the valley, evoking white feathers and bright light.Nicola's go-to is @kilianparis Midnight in Heaven – luscious mango, rice pudding, suncream and pure holiday bliss.Suzy insists Nicola tries @thomasdemonaco Sol Salgado – all gilded warmth and holiday skin vibes.We got to try @grove_england Anemone eau de parfum / Hand Cream, founded by Laura Butler - Madden. Chamomile, jasmine, neroli and cedarwood create a fragrance that's both nostalgic and modern, inspired by the myth of Aphrodite and Adonis.Suzy is also hugely excited for the new @adidasoriginals @adidasuk Vibes fragrances – fusing neuroscience and scent, created by top perfumers and brilliantly affordable. Huge congrats to @cotyinc and @cotyukpr for doing such a great job on this collection and championing the noses behind the scents. Six mood-boosting fragrances:Chill Zone – lavender and vanilla (Perfumer: Ilias Ermenidis)Full Recharge – cedar leaf and clary sage (Perfumer: Emilie Coppermann)Energy Drive – cardamom and pink pepper (Perfumer: Fabrice Pellegrin)Spark Up – pink pepper, orange, geranium, lemon (Perfumer: Frank Voelkl)Get Comfy – mandarin and vanilla (Perfumer: Gabriela Chelariu)Happy Feels – jasmine and grapefruit (Perfumer: Marypierre Julien)

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Today's episode walks you through this week's astrology + practical and magical tactics to help you harness and navigate the energetics May 12th - 18th 2025. Last week was a quiet and interesting swim towards our full moon today. Did you use the space to ground, to float, think, meditate, ponder, or allow feelings through? Last week did you: Get on the mat 2 - 4xs? Listen to 2 NEW episode on The Magic Spark Watch your Full Moon Tarot Reading on UWS This week is a layer cake of deep feels and healing. A reveal, loaded with spiritual topics, our literal dreams as well as our nightly astral travel, plus the Pisces of it all just says we're sensitive and we may cry. It's ok. Tears are a toxin release. They purge us of cortisol. LET IT OUT. Allow the mini shower from your eyes to refresh the way you see things. This week: Get on the mat 2 - 4xs Listen to 3 NEW episode on The Magic Spark Have a good cry Monday, May 12th: - Happy Mo(o)nday. Today is our micro full moon in Scorpio. Based on our community reading she's a pretty one, offering more softness than you'd expect. The energy continues to build through Thursday. It will either fuel you to finish up, launch, or complete something or...it'll drain you with its high frequency. As always, listen to your vessel. Hydrate. Spend some time outside. Get on the mat. Carve time alone to listen to your own heartbeat. Something wants to be heard. Something needs to be held. Something is being called up to be surrendered on the altar of the goddesses. They want you to let go of something. You don't need it any more. Carve space for quiet. Create time to feel, to cry, to witness. Scorpio always goes deep. Go with it. A mini underworld walk, a tiny baptism for new life minus some of the old skins, old narratives, and old wounds. Release, release, release. Flow with the energy that rolls thru. You may be called to hermit more. Do so. Tuesday, May 13th: - Day 1 of Stable Full Moon #2 -No props needed for this movement series! We do deep work today. You'll see all fours, plank, down dog, dolphin, dolphin push ups, serratus push ups, rolling plank, baby bird, swan, side kick series, side plank, knees off and camel. The full menagerie is here for strength and challenge. - Watch our Full Moon Tarot Reading. Something will be revealed and have you approaching something very differently, because you understand more. It's a delightful reading for this cycle. Don't skip it. Find it in the astrology monthly meditation and tarot section of your Unicorn Wellness Studio member library. Wednesday, May 14th: EP 135 on The Magic Spark Is our Gemini season tarot forecast. One card for the spirit in which to move through things with a mini dive into The Lovers card. Thursday, May 15th: - EP 136 on The Magic Spark Is our Gemini season deep dive and astro forecast. It may publish late...like next week, because I'm traveling but it's coming! The season is just around the corner. - Magical Mentoring 1:1 calls begin. Mentees that opted into either 1:1 this session or chose additional calls to Group Mentoring and I have 75 minutes together in the next 4 days to sift, sort, and empower their growth and healing. These calls are deep and require a lot of energy AND they're always such a gift that takes us on a magical mystery tour that helps in ways we didn't know possible or accessible. Friday, May 16th: - Day 1 of Stable Legs - You'll need a set of yoga blocks for this workout. We start with shoulder smudges, hip wipers, hip presses, modified hundreds, mermaid crunches, classical spine stretch series, crab walks and reaches, push ups on blocks, block presses (for the hamstrings), X stretch and block squeezes. Your lower body will be so happy after this video! - Aphrodite's Day. It's time to ask: What does my inner goddess need in order to remember she is sacred, divine, and designed to receive? Make the effort today to release, relax, indulge, heal, shine, glow, thrive, or rest. Saturday, May 17th: - Mercury Conjunct Neptune. Wild card day! Mercury and Neptune share the same spot in the sky today , but this energy can and will be felt up to 5 days prior and post. They squish past each other in a tight corridor and it could be a blessing or a lesson. Themes will center around thinking and or talking about spiritual themes. Mercury the great communicator wants to chat it up about the higher octaves of the watery expanse of Neptune. Dreams vs. delusions and what really matters; spirit, soul, healing. Tarot and astrology tools will serve you well this week or may simply take up more attention, space, or curiosity. Sunday, May 18th: - Jupiter Square the North Node (in Pisces). This is an interesting one. We don't usually talk about squares (they create tension) but it's Jupiter who expands things and often brings a gift with it. Jupiter will literally square off with the North Node in Pisces. It will offer us tension in terms of how we're moving forward with our healing, spirituality, and psychic gifts. If it feels like a lesson, lean in. If it's crunchy, the square is the tension of the pull back on a bow and arrow - it preps for flight and forward motion but will first take you back in order to prepare for forward momentum. It's Pisces, so mind your feelings, meaning pay attention. They aren't all facts but they are valid data points. Take note of the data that rolls through with this week and next. What are you thinking about your dreams, and spiritual connections? There is growth here and maybe a little karmic work. Past life healing, anyone? - North Node (in Pisces) semi-sextile Chiron. This aspect offers us more guidance to be mindful of your feelings and your vessel. A semi sextile is always some good flow, however it's Pisces which is the ocean of emotion, every kind of sensitivity you can name, and Chiron the wounded healer. Crying is on deck. The sads may be present. AND, it's healing and will move us forward. Hydrate yourself. Stay away from whatever our body registers as a toxin (keep your food clean and alkalize thyself!). And potentially make some space and have some grace on deck for yourself this week and next. It could be soft and tender or raw. It's ok. It'll pass but please prepare and learn something from it if you can. - Your weekly mantra: My emotions are vital and sacred...but they are not always or forever facts. I learn more deeply every day, to stay curious with where they are coming from and how I can allow them to shift or release, for healing, strength, and expansion. Additional Resources: Activate 30 - days Guest Access on UnicornWellnessStudio.com Offering 30-min classical Pilates workouts in alignment to the astrological season and lunar cycles and Tandy's 41-day food reset at this link here in preparation of the astrological new year. Subscribe to Tandy's weekly newsletter for the astrology insights in your inbox Follow and DM on Instagram @tandy_gutierrez Additional Episodes You Might Enjoy: EP 131: The Uranian Current: Awakening to Revolutionary Change EP 128: Taurus Season Tarot Forecast EP 127: Taurus Season Deep Dive and Astrology Forecast EP 77: Goddess Kali Divine Mother, Fierce Protector, Ultimate Transformer Master Class

Tracklist and more: https://www.bestdrumandbass.com/podcast542/Another week, another absolute belter session! I am absolutely excited about our guest this week, Joro Dudovski is in the guest mix with an absolutely wicked mix! Of course we are still celebrating the 11 years on Earth album with Bad Syntax to kick things off, available in stores everywhere now! Lock it in, and lets get the weekend started!Subscribe to the podcast: bestdnb.com/podcast  11 Years on Earth (16 Track V/A) [OUT NOW on Abducted LTD]Buy / Stream: bestdrumandbass.com/altd121/Featuring music from: 9thWave / Anizo / Bad Syntax / Binary / Croo / Dialective / Direct Shift / Divora / H_Man / Hkay / It's Tricky / Korax / Krak'n / Motexx / Skorpion / Subfuze / The Smell of Males / Wintour / XaetisSupported by: Black Sun Empire, Gydra, Eatbrain, MNDSCP, Aphrodite, Chris.SU, Liveon, Bytecode, Stonx, DJ Mag, Mind:freqnz, Transforma, Diode, Sindicate, Nuvertal, Psidream, Bad Ace, Fury, X.Morph, MV, ESKR, Noisesmith and more!

Narrator: Thomas Jones

Today's episode walks you through this week's astrology + practical and magical tactics to help you harness and navigate the energetics May 5th - 11th 2025. Last week was full of goodies...with heat. Did you do the things to help cool you down? Did you hydrate? Drink peppermint tea? Eat green or white foods? Did you make time alone sacred? Last week did you: Get on the mat 2 - 4xs? Listen to 2 NEW episodes on The Magic Spark? Cast a spell for your career or money by EOD Wednesday? This week is an interesting swim as we head towards a full moon next Monday. Use the space to ground. It will serve illumination next week. This week: Get on the mat 2 - 4xs Listen to 2 NEW episode on The Magic Spark Watch your Full Moon Tarot Reading on UWS Monday, May 5th: - Happy Mo(o)nday. Pluto just stationed retrograde yesterday so we're juuuust beginning to feel this shift. And though Pluto is our farthest known planet, this community will feel the pull. Subtle as it may be, it seeks cathartic change. It bears repeating that Pluto is god of the Underworld and asks for shadow work. It will call us to process our thoughts and feelings from deep unconscious places. It's quite a week for a full moon in Scorpio...since Pluto rules Scorpio...Scorpio is the underworld. There is important healing here. What are you willing to let die within you for your next rebirth? Think May - October 2025. Pluto's retrograde is in Aquarius asks for the non conventional path that puts emotions aside and says "What will move me/us into the future? I have no emotional attachment to the solve...but I am deeply attached to solving." You might just ask these direct questions of the Tarot. Pull two cards. Let them lead you. This healing is soft and subtle but has incredible depth. The small shift this week adjusts our elemental count in the cosmos and it's a helpful thing. Here's the breakdown of where the primary celestial bodies are sitting this week: Earth - 2 Fire - 4 (3 of which are in Aries. This takes down some of the heat! But it's still high territory for anger and frustration, impatience, burnout, or an increase in creativity and fuel to begin or continue). Water - 1 (+ the North Node. Both in Pisces). Air - 2 (holding at the same place). The shift is subtle this week but helpful with Mercury finally scooting out of Aries. Grounding is far more accessible but still needed because the fire is high and the water is intense with our North Node in Pisces. Stick to your practices. They will serve you in 2025 like never before. This week is more calm by 2025 standards, so again, utilize it and give gratitude for it as it aims to heal, uplift, strengthen, and boost our wisdom. Tuesday, May 6th: - Watch our Full Moon Tarot Reading. Something will be revealed and will have you approaching something very differently, because you understand more. It's a delightful reading for this cycle. Don't skip it. find it in the monthly meditation and tarot reading section of your Unicorn Wellness Studio member library. - Watch Zodiac Basics: Scorpio if you're seeking more understanding for next week's full moon in Scorpio. You'll find it in the astrology section of your Unicorn Wellness Studio member library. Wednesday, May 7th: -EP 133 on The Magic Spark This audio is from an offering created for Magical Mentees in 2024. This is a question expansion about the multiple levels of the Mother Wound. This is an offering for support and healing as in U.S. this weekend we experience Mother's Day and it isn't Hallmark perfection for many. We all come from a womb, therefore this is for everyone. - Day 1 of Stable Foundation - No props needed for this movement series! We start on all fours for stability and core focus. This whole video is core heavy so enjoy the signature magic of Pilates. We've got peaks to planks, classical series of five, plus mermaid crunches, side leg series and spinal articulation. We're detoxing energetics and priming our manifestation capacity through our solar plexus energetic center. Thursday, May 8th: - Unicorn Wellness Studio Member Private Community It's been a little quiet over here lately. But fair is fair, I'm your host and I've been a little inconsistent on the dailies. But I am there and I would love to hear how your practices and energy are going. Community is the literal heartbeat of everything here. I love you and miss you. Click directly through from your member library or use the Kajabi Communities app on iOS or Android. Friday, May 9th: - Full Moon Energy Begins. Our micro full moon in Scorpio energy begins today. Based on our community reading she's a pretty one, offering more softness than you'd expect. The energy builds like a dimmer switch today through May 15th. It will either fuel you to finish up, launch, or complete something or...it'll drain you with its high frequency. As always, listen to your vessel. - Aphrodite's Day. It's time to ask: What does my inner goddess need in order to remember she is sacred, divine, and designed to receive? Make the effort today to release, relax, indulge, heal, shine, glow, thrive, or rest. Goddess Bath is always top of my list. Saturday, May 10th: - Day 1 of Stable Full Moon #1 - You'll need a set of yoga blocks for this workout. This is our first of two full moon workouts. They push us past our comfort zone in order for growth. We use one of my favorite 'tricks' of placing a yoga block between the inner thighs to activate them and the pelvic floor plus release the low back. It's a huge low back healer that helps the helper muscles kick on. We've got kneeling hundreds, gallbladder meridian stretch, dead bug reverse plank, camel, mountain climbers, triangle, and serving. This video is so fun! - Mercury Moves into Taurus. Mercury is finally out of Aires. Welcome grounded, problem solving communications. Taurus' stubborn quality can be so gorgeous of knowing where the line of integrity is and knowing when not to abandon ourselves, goals, or principals. Lean into this one. Sunday, May 11th: - Your weekly mantra: I trust the unconscious. I have faith in the unseen. I pray to the goddesses. I prescribe to my higher self. I am in co-creatorship with my benevolent ancestors. I invoke all my good karma. I allow deeper understanding for healing, growth, expansion, and rebirth. I am willing to be bolstered, healed, empowered, confident, and strong. I am willing to be the highest unfoldment of my soul in this lifetime. Now. Additional Resources: Activate 30 - days Guest Access on UnicornWellnessStudio.com Offering 30-min classical Pilates workouts in alignment to the astrological season and lunar cycles and Tandy's 41-day food reset at this link here in preparation of the astrological new year. Subscribe to Tandy's weekly newsletter for the astrology insights in your inbox Follow and DM on Instagram @tandy_gutierrez Additional Episodes You Might Enjoy: EP 130 : Weekly Astrology and Energy Forecast April 28th - May 4th EP 131: The Uranian Current: Awakening to Revolutionary Change EP 128: Taurus Season Tarot Forecast EP 127: Taurus Season Deep Dive and Astrology Forecast EP 77: Goddess Kali Divine Mother, Fierce Protector, Ultimate Transformer Master Class

Living Set Apart as God's Covenant People Please turn in your Bibles to 2 Corinthains 6. We'll be looking at verses 14 through chapter 7, verse 1. You can find that on page 1148. In the first half of chapter 6, the apostle Paul called the church in Corinth to return to him and Christ. He pleaded with them to open their hearts - to turn their affections back to the true Gospel – salvation in Jesus Christ. The question that remains is “what does that mean?” What needed to happen in the church for them to be restored? And that question is answered in our verses this morning. Reading of 2 Corinthians 6:14 to 7:1 Prayer #1: Be not unequally yoked (6:14) Do not be unequally yoked. You've likely heard that phrase in verse 14 before. But what does it actually mean? And how does it apply? Those are the two critical questions in this text. Being yoked is not used much in our common vernacular today. And that's because the term is a farming term used back when animals powered the farm equipment. If you go to a modern farm today, you will likely find massive tractors. They have air conditioning. They are driven by GPS. The farmer can be working on other business in the cab while his combine is harvesting the crop. But of course, that is not how it used to be. No, before the tractor, animals like oxen, or horses, or mules would be hitched together. A wood harness was carved with neck shaped holes that would fit over two animals. That wood harness was called a yoke. The yoke would have ropes or cables that would attach to other devices, which would either pull a wagon or a plow or some other farming implement. The whole purpose of the yoke was to balance the load so both animals would equally pull the load behind them. However, if a farmer tried to put a horse and an ox together, or a horse and donkey or a mule and ox, those animals would be unequally yoked. That's where the phrase comes from. And it didn't work well. The farmer would have a big problem. Even if a horse and an ox had similar strength, they have different gates, different heights, different temperaments, and different speeds. It would be difficult to plow in a straight line. The yoke itself would dig into the necks of both animals. It often caused them to be restless and could result in chaos, especially if one of the animals started bucking or kicking or biting. So to be unequally yoked is to be mismatched in a way that is untenable. It's unworkable. It ought not be done. In verse 14, the apostle writes, “Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers.” Now, I'm guessing that many of you have heard this verse before. And likely you've heard it applied to marriage. Right? However, there's nothing in the entire book of 2 Corinthians about marriage. There's only one reference to a husband and that is in chapter 11. But that reference is explicitly about Christ as our husband, betrothed to us, his bride, the church. In other words, when Paul wrote verse 14, he was not explicitly writing about marriage. Now, to be sure, a second or third layer of application could be about marriage. After all, marriage is the most intimate partnership between a man and a woman. So, verse 14 would certainly have relevance. And we do learn elsewhere in the Bible that we should only marry “in the Lord.” My point is that the context of verse 14 is not about marriage. You ask, then, what was the apostle Paul referring to in verse 14? Well, think about this. We've been studying 2 Corinthians now for 4 full months. What has been the big issue in the church in Corinth? The big issue has been false teachers. There was a group who claimed to be apostles, but who were teaching “a different gospel” (as Paul put it) and whose lives did not display godliness. So, with whom should the church in Corinth not be yoked? They should not be yoked with this group. And in verse 14, how does Paul refer to them? He calls them “unbelievers.” They had been received into the church… at least by some… but they should not have been. And Paul calls on the church to separate themselves from partnering with them. Let me make one more contextual comment. In our 2 Corinthians study, we've also considered the city of Corinth. Corinth, if you remember, was very religious in a pagan sort of way, and also culturally diverse. The temple of Aphrodite overlooked the city – she was the so-called goddess of love. Corinth had a big prostitution problem and had many idols. In Paul's first letter to the church there, he addresses many of these sins. In fact, the language in our text this morning shares many parallels to 1 Corinthians chapter 10 … especially in regard to idols and partnering with demons. The Corinthian church was not be unequally yoked with either the false teachers or the broader secular and pagan community. Furthermore, we're not just told “to be not unequally yoked,” but we're also given some explanation. Look again at verses 14-16, again. You'll notice 5 questions. The next 5 sentences are 5 rhetorical questions. These are very helpful.. They not only answer why, but they also explain what being “unequally yoked” involves. Look at the 5 questions. Every single one begins with  the word “what?” And immediately following the word “what” is a description of the kind of relationship to which Paul refers. He says, “what partnership.” Then next, “what fellowship” and then third “what accord” and then “what portion” and finally “what agreement.” That's very helpful, isn't it? Each of those words implies an intentional alignment between two parties. It insinuates a purposeful agreement. The word “partnership” and “fellowship” are particularly helpful words. The Greek word partnership involves a shared purpose. And the word fellowship is even deeper. It's the word koinonia. It's a purpose-driven alignment when working together. In other words, the emphasis is on the ministry of the church in coordination and partnership with others. The emphasis is not relationships that we have with our friends and neighbors and co-workers. The Holy Spirit is not saying through Paul that Christians should separate themselves from the world. Not at all. Christians are called to love their neighbors. In our communities, we should seek to be friends with those whom God places in our lives. We are to be a light in the world. We are called to serve and show mercy and also to receive help from others in our times of need, no matter who is seeking to help. Even in our worship, we welcome anyone and everyone to worship with us. As you know, we do have membership vows that confirm what we believe, but the invitation to join us for our public worship is for all. Do you see the difference? These verses are about a purposeful partnership with others in matters of belief and ministry. Several years ago, there were a few churches in our denomination who learned this the hard way. They partnered with a weight loss ministry called Weigh Down. Their intention was good – the church wanted to help its members be healthy. It appeared on the outside that this partner ministry was an orthodox ministry. However, over time, it was revealed that the ministry founders did not believe in the Trinity! They didn't believe in what the Bible teaches about God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. These churches didn't initially realize that, but to their credit, they quickly put an end to the ministry partnership. What was happening in Corinth was worse. The church had in part received people that were explicitly teaching things contrary to God's revealed Word. We also learned these people cared more about outward appearances and worldly standards than godliness. So, they shunned God's standards and they taught false doctrine, which basically meant they were not true believers in Christ. That helps to explain the contrasts in these rhetorical questions. Look at them one more time. ·       First, righteousness compared with lawlessness. That's in the first question. The difference is pursuing what God reveals in his word as good and right and pure and rejecting those things which go against his word. Lawlessness is essentially coming up with and living out your own standard contrary to God's revealed law. The two cannot be yoked together. ·       The second contrast is light with darkness. This is about truth verses error. A couple of chapters ago, remember “God who said, ‘let light shine out of darkness, has shone in our hearts to give us the light (of what?)… the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.” Light is knowledge about what is true. What is true cannot be partnered with what is false. ·       Next, I think the most striking comparison is there in verse 15 – Christ is contrasted with Belial. Beliel, by the way, is another name for Satan. It specifically refers to the personification of the antichrist – of Satan. For God's people who have been united to Christ, there is no place to have an earthly partnership with those whose doctrine and practice are diametrically opposed to the ministry and mission that God gives for his church. The last rhetorical question is there in the beginning of verse 16. “What agreement has the temple of God with idols?” Idolatry is replacing the worship of God with something else. Or in this case, worshiping something that is not God alongside of the true God. Idols were everywhere in Corinth. That was the way of the Roman and Greek culture of the time. They believed in little gods. They would make physical idols of wood and stone. They would ask these false gods to bring rain or fertility or to defeat their enemies. I remember someone telling me about a small village in southeast Asia. This community had a lake and at one point the lake needed to be drained. One of the side berms needed repair. Well, when the engineers drained the lake, they found hundreds of idols. People had thrown their small idols into the lake. When these little “g” gods did not fulfill their desires, they wanted to get rid of them in protest. Sadly, their idolatry either blinded them from seeing and believing in the true God, or it took their heart away from worshiping the true God in Christ. For us, our idols look very different. They're not usually made of wood and stone, but rather we fashion them in our hearts. For example, idols of materialism or money or success or pleasure… or sports …or politics …or technology. There are others. When the people of God unequally yoke themselves with idols or idol worshipers, they pollute the very temple of God. They pollute the church. Let me summarize: lawlessness undermines the righteousness of God, darkness supplants the truth of God, and idolatry pollutes the worship of God. All of that is introduced into the church through the yoke of unholy partnerships. I don't know if you've been following along with the sermon outline. If so, that wraps up point #1, Be not unequally yoked. 2. Live as temples of the living God That now brings us to #2: Live as temples of the living God You can think about it this way. Verses 14 up to the beginning of 16 are like the negative argument. They answer the question what should we avoid in order to not be unequally yoked. We should avoid partnering with lawlessness and darkness and idolatry. All of those are signs of unbelief and need to be avoided. And when we get to the second half of verse 16, there's a switch to the positive argument. Why should the church seek to be pure? And the answer is because we are temples of the living God! That statement was a radical and transformational teaching for first century Christians. For the Corinthians, this was not the first time they heard it. Three times in Paul's first letter to them, he tells them that they are temples of God. God's Holy Spirit dwells in them. God's very presence is in them. You see, until Jesus Christ came, the presence of God was centered in the tabernacle and then the temple. A big portion of the Old Testament ceremonies happened there. It emphasized two things: (1) the holiness of God and (2) the presence of God. ·       First, sacrifices were performed to symbolically cleanse the people – to make them holy. Ultimately that was fulfilled in Christ. ·       Second, the temple contained the holy of holies. It was behind a vary large and very thick curtain. Only the high priest could enter the holy of holies once a year. That's where God's presence and glory was found. But when Jesus died on the cross, the temple curtain was torn in two. The temple of God was no longer relevant. That's because believers in Christ are now temples of the living God. So, if you are a believer in Christ, God has made you holy and has given you his presence. You are united to him through the Holy Spirit by faith. To be sure, that does not mean you do not sin. Rather it means that God sees you as holy because of the holiness of Christ in you. Through the union that you have with Christ, you are holy and have the very presence of God in you. In that way, you are temples of the living God. And because of the status you have as being holy, you are called to live out that holiness by pursuing the righteousness in God. I want you to jump down to chapter 7 verse 1. Notice how it concludes this section, “Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God” Again, “bringing holiness to completion.” It means that Christians should pursue holiness in our lives because God now sees us as holy. This directly relates to chapter 6:14 – “do not be unequally yoked.” 7:1 is the positive statement. Instead of being unequally yoked, cleanse yourselves from every defilement of body and spirit. In other words, since you are a holy people called by God, pursue holiness. God's will and desire for his church is that we be pure. Why? Well, that was point 1 – there's no place for lawlessness, darkness, or idolatry in those who are temples of the living Lord. Ok, let's go back up to the long quote. Do you see that there in verses 16-18? This is a very interesting Old Testament quote. That's because it doesn't just come from one place. It's a compilation of quotes from Exodus, Leviticus, Ezekiel, Isaiah, 2 Samuel, Jeremiah, and others. It displays an amazing cross section of God's redemptive plan and promises in the Old Testament. These 2 and 1/2 verses take us from God's law to his prophecies to the history of redemption… and to God's covenant promises. In fact, that's the thing that ties it all together. God's covenant with his people. You can see that in every phrase here. Let's look at them. ·       In the middle of 16, it begins with the covenant promise found in Exodus and Leviticus. The promise is that God would dwell with his people. That certainly ties to being temples of the living God… does it not? ·       And then next, another covenant promise that God would be our God and we would be his people. Do you see that there at the end of 16? That quote is actually found in multiple places... Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Ezekiel, and Jeremiah, as we read earlier in the service. ·       Then verse 17 is from the prophet Isaiah. The covenant people of God should separate themselves from uncleanness. That's the outworking of being a people called out by God for his glory and honor. ·       And finally verse 18 comes from 2 Samuel chapter 7. That's when the prophet Nathan gave King David God's covenant promise. Part of the promise is that God would be the Father of one of his sons in his line. Also included there is that many will be called sons and daughters through this promised son. And of course, those promises are ultimately fulfilled in Christ.   I know that is a lot to take in. But the point is that God has called a covenant people to himself. And part of that calling is to be a set apart and holy people. So, to tie this all together… the command to be not unequally yoked (verse 14) and instead to bring holiness to completion (chapter 7 verse 1) HAS BEEN God's plan and purpose from the very beginning. God wants his church to be pure. He wants us to pursue righteousness and to faithfully teach and believe in the truths found in his Word. Any diversions from that corrupts the temple of the living Lord. About 100 years ago, a crisis was happening in the church here in the United States. This affected multiple denominations. Ministers were no longer required to believe in basic truths about the Christian faith. There were 5 fundamental beliefs that a pastor did not have to believe: (1) they didn't have to believe in Jesus's divine nature. (2) or the virgin birth of Christ (3) or Jesus physical resurrection. (4) or the substitutionary atonement of Christ – meaning that Jeus died to pay the penalty for sinners. Or (5) the inspiration and inerrancy of the Bible – that one really leads to all the rest. In several denominations, you could be ordained as a pastor without believing in one or more of those things. But each of those things is core to the Christian faith. To not believe in them is to violate the truths found in 2 Corinthians 6:14 to 7:1. You see, sadly, a cancer had infiltrated the church. That cancer began to spread. It slowly multiplied until it metastasized… it reached the very heart of the true Gospel of Jesus Christ. Now, not all denominations were affected. And to be sure, some true believers remained in those churches and sought to steer them back to faith in Christ. But it was an uphill battle. To use the language of the book of Revelation chapters 2 and 3… If a church abandons its first love, that is Christ, God will snuff out their lampstand. It has been 100 years, but the broader church in the United States is still suffering from the unbelief. And it all started by being unequally yoked with unbelievers. There are, of course, many examples recent times that violate these verses in 2 Corinthians. And we should not believe that we are immune from this. We should always be evaluating whether we are being faithful to teach what God has spoken. And we should always be evaluating whether we are living as temples of the living… God seeking to bring holiness to fulfillment. May we, here at Tucker Pres, seek to honor God in our words and actions…both individually and as a church. May we be not unequally yoked, but rather may we seek to be temples of the living Lord… bringing holiness to completion in the fear and worship of our God.

Tracklist and more info: https://www.bestdrumandbass.com/podcast541/Well, we have kicked off the new album with an AMAZING start! Just out of the top 10 (for now) releases, and I know we can keep it climbing! To celebrate, we have the legend DIALECTIVE in the guest mix with an absolutely killer mix, and as always your resident mix by Bad Syntax. Lock it in, rock it out, and please go support the new LP!Subscribe to the podcast: bestdnb.com/podcast  11 Years on Earth (16 Track V/A) [OUT NOW on Abducted LTD]Buy / Stream: bestdrumandbass.com/altd121/Featuring music from: 9thWave / Anizo / Bad Syntax / Binary / Croo / Dialective / Direct Shift / Divora / H_Man / Hkay / It's Tricky / Korax / Krak'n / Motexx / Skorpion / Subfuze / The Smell of Males / Wintour / XaetisSupported by: Black Sun Empire, Gydra, Eatbrain, MNDSCP, Aphrodite, Chris.SU, Liveon, Bytecode, Stonx, DJ Mag, Mind:freqnz, Transforma, Diode, Sindicate, Nuvertal, Psidream, Bad Ace, Fury, X.Morph, MV, ESKR, Noisesmith and more!

Full Episode List: www.HermeticPodcast.comFrater O.D. is an independent scholar, poet, and author specializing in Western Esotericism, with particular expertise in Graeco-Egyptian Theurgy and Orphic traditions. His research explores the intricate relationships between ancient mythological systems and their practical applications in ritual contexts, examining how these systems function as transformative frameworks for consciousness.As the creator of the "On the Mysteries" YouTube channel, Frater O.D. offers rigorous intellectual explorations into occult philosophy, mythological hermeneutics, and the phenomenology of mystical practice. His work bridges the methodological approaches of academic scholarship with the experiential dimensions of esoteric traditions, creating a synthesis that illuminates both the historical context and contemporary relevance of these ancient wisdom traditions.Current scholarly projects include comparative analyses of Orphic Rhapsodic Theogonies, translations and commentaries on the Chaldean Oracles, and original research on theurgic practices associated with Aphrodite. His poetic works, including "The Ourania Epic," demonstrate his commitment to revitalizing ancient forms through contemporary expression.Frater O.D. describes his intellectual journey as "a meandering mission to re-enchant the world" through deep engagement with historical texts and practices. His work is available through his Substack publication and the "On the Mysteries" YouTube channel, where he continues to develop original research at the intersection of mythology, ritual practice, and consciousness studies.https://www.youtube.com/@OnTheMysterieshttps://fraterod.substack.com/*EDITED. Check out the unedited livestream: https://youtube.com/live/hHX7lBj00jkSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/magick-without-fears-frater-r-c-hermetic-podcast/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Today's episode walks you through this week's astrology + practical and magical tactics to help you harness and navigate the energetics April 28th - May 4th 2025. Last week was a quiet mixed bag. It asked for calm, grounding and spiritual hygiene...while it had free reign to serve up simple pleasures or call outs. Did you prioritize your self care? Last week did you: Get on the mat 2 - 4xs Listen to 1 NEW episode on The Magic Spark Watch the New Moon Tarot Reading in the UWS member Library This week is full of goodies...with heat. This week: Get on the mat 2 - 4xs Listen to 2 NEW episode on The Magic Spark Cast a spell for your career or money by EOD Wednesday Monday, April 28th: - Happy Mo(o)nday. All planets are direct this week till Sunday. Please, my loves, make it count. It won't happen again this year. This is our last 'all direct' moment. Whatever to-do list you have (without freaking out and overly stressing) get as much done as you can. Within this window of the New Moon in Taurus it is massively to the benefit of your resources (time, money, energy, body, mind, and soul) to do so. This week our elemental count shifts. The Fire of it all bumps up to 5, with a whopping 4 in Aries. Tempers could flare or your personal fire could finally blaze and have your heart, energy, and creativity coming back online! Venus is also doing a lot this week, so continue to give her focus on your altar and in your Energy Healings (tapping & shaking). We want her blessing us, not pressing us. - Day 1 of Stable New Moon #2 -You'll need a yoga strap and a set of yoga blocks for this constructive rest series. We're still in constructive rest under this new moon. Mobility and flexibility is the vibe. You'll see a focus on shoulders (new stressors in your life), spinal rotations for detox, psoas openers (emotional storage units of the body), and A juicy constructive rest to close. Tuesday, April 29th: - Watch Zodiac Basics: Taurus if you're craving a deeper dive into Taurus energies. Tis the season. It's the moon, the season, and we all have it in our chart somewhere. You'll find it in the astrology section of your Unicorn Wellness Studio member library. Wednesday, April 30th: -EP 131 on The Magic Spark Uranus is doing something of note this week and the Uranian energy will become more distinct as we move towards August. It's a big energy, it's disruptive, and can be magical. So I'm sharing a piece of content I created for Magical Mentees in the fall session. You're going to want to explore this. And it just might take a couple of listens to prep for the amplification of Uranian energy in August. It's a mini master class. - Last day of New Moon Energy. Continue to lean into the quiet of it all. Rest, replenish, cast a spell because what you plant in a Taurus new moon has got roots to provide for the long haul. It's especially good for career and money magick. - Venus enters Aries. We like her here. We do. She's blunt and quick and ok to burn something down to get to what she really desires. There's no mincing words in this phase. There is clarity and no b.s. It may feel like somehow if you're not used to receiving a fem vibe with clear boundaries and no room for negotiations. Thursday, May 1st: - Uranus Sextile True Node. A sextile in astrology is always considered a benefit. This collective transit offers us lessons that have us breaking up with tradition in any and all ways. Think internalized patriarchy be gone, binaries AWAY! Proper path, boxes, and 'right ways' to do things are banished and simply will no longer work. - Day 1 of Stable Classic - No props needed for this workout. We're brewing magic in our pelvic bowl with sufi rolls, full deep core, corkscrew, reverse plank, side plank...strength and stability training...swan, rolling plank, and puppy. This is a well crafted tiny & mighty series. Friday, May 2nd: - Venus conjunct Neptune. This one is going to call in themes of romantic relationships. Either a rebirth of romanticism, a new love of some kind, or an obsession with the love you don't currently have access to. We simply have to witness how it plays out and work with what roles through...but please remember Venus is not just amorous love, it's finances and general pleasure, and Neptune is dreams and delusions. This could be work or finance related. - Aphrodite's Day. It's time to ask: What does my inner goddess need in order to remember she is sacred, divine, and designed to receive? Take the rest. Eat the chocolate. Put your hand on your heart, breathe deeply, wear red lipstick. Demand attention from yourself. Light yourself on fire today. Saturday, May 3rd: Breathe, meditate, drink water, eat vegetables, get on the mat. Sunday, May 4th: - Pluto stations Retrograde. This little guy was all the topic not so long ago. Pluto finally moved into Aquarius after being in Capricorn 16 years. Pluto will station today and be retrograde through October 13th. This will pull us all in again in terms of cathartic change. Emotionally it might feel like it in its capacity to affect positive change/growth. "What will move me/us into the future? I have no emotional attachment to the solve...but I am deeply attached to solving." - Day 1 of Stable Building Blocks - You'll need a set of yoga blocks (cork preferred) for this workout. We're back to giving attention to shoulder health and stability (new daily stressors), classical pilates mat with a splash of weird. - Your weekly mantra: Venus, Venus, Aphrodite, goddess of love and finances I clear a place for you at the table. In fact I clear the entire table for you. The table is yours. It belongs to you. Eat and serve My appetite is big and I am ready to feed. Venus, Venus, Aphrodite, goddess of love and finances I AM OPEN TO RECEIVE. Additional Resources: Activate 30 - days Guest Access on UnicornWellnessStudio.com Offering 30-min classical Pilates workouts in alignment to the astrological season and lunar cycles and Tandy's 41-day food reset at this link here in preparation of the astrological new year. Subscribe to Tandy's weekly newsletter for the astrology insights in your inbox Follow and DM on Instagram @tandy_gutierrez Buy an Aphrodite candle from Persephone's Sanctuary. Use code UWSMAGIC for 15% off any purchase. Additional Episodes You Might Enjoy: EP 128: Taurus Season Tarot Forecast EP 127: Taurus Season Deep Dive and Astrology Forecast EP 95: Nodes of Fate: Stepping into the Pisces Dream & Leaving Perfectionism Behind EP 73: The Doula of Liminal Spaces : Hekate Unveiled Master Class

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Tracklist and more info: https://www.bestdrumandbass.com/podcast540/ ‎ITS A BIG DAY MY FRIENDS! Today we celebrate Abducted LTD's 11 year anniversary with a MASSIVE 16 track LP that is one of our strongest offerings to date. This weeks special mix features every track played, in order, to help showcase the story we hope the LP portrays to the world. We also have Uproot the Fiasco in the guest mix bringing you a super smooth mix to wrap things up and get the weekend started proper. So buckle up, this week is an extra special offering!Subscribe to the podcast: bestdnb.com/podcast  11 Years on Earth (16 Track V/A) [OUT NOW on Abducted LTD]Buy / Stream: bestdrumandbass.com/altd121/Featuring music from: 9thWave / Anizo / Bad Syntax / Binary / Croo / Dialective / Direct Shift / Divora / H_Man / Hkay / It's Tricky / Korax / Krak'n / Motexx / Skorpion / Subfuze / The Smell of Males / Wintour / XaetisSupported by: Black Sun Empire, Gydra, Eatbrain, MNDSCP, Aphrodite, Chris.SU, Liveon, Bytecode, Stonx, DJ Mag, Mind:freqnz, Transforma, Diode, Sindicate, Nuvertal, Psidream, Bad Ace, Fury, X.Morph, MV, ESKR, Noisesmith and more!

Earlier this week, I posted this on Facebook and Instagram and received quite a strong response - so I'm publishing here as well to hear from my readers. In my recent interview with Tyson Adams, we explored the phenomenon of pornography and its deep, often hidden, effects on men.You might think it's not so different from what previous generations faced—but after listening to our conversation, you'll see we're living in an era unlike any before.Once upon a time, a young boy's access to pornography required either cunning effort—like sneaking into his dad's hidden stash—or sheer luck, like Tyson stumbling across a Playboy in a field.Today, that mediation is all but gone.Youth can now access an unending stream of pornographic imagery and videos—24/7, in any variation imaginable.And the impact has been nothing short of catastrophic.Martin Shaw, mythteller and rites-of-passage guide, speaks to the mythic loss pornography has inflicted on the male psyche:“There used to be shadowy areas in the imagination that contained passageways for Aphrodite, Dionysus, and lusty Pan to emerge through and ignite the sexual experience. However, that requires an imaginal flow, not the oddly passive imprint of negotiated image, downloaded into the mind by a jaded computer techie in Silicon Valley. […] Porn provides the picture—a very limited one—that short-circuits the entrance of ‘the mind's eye' to the erotic imagination. […] In other words, we fail to develop our own erotic imagery.”And now, with the advent of AI, we are entering exponential territory.The involvement of a human woman is no longer required.Busty, “perfect” AI-generated women now have hundreds of thousands of followers on Instagram, with legions of adoring men. AI porn platforms allow users to conjure whatever woman or scenario they desire—on demand.It's a godlike power, exercised within the confines of a false, synthetic reality.I can't help but return to a common thread in many indigenous traditions: that everything has a spirit.When that spirit is extracted, manipulated, and concentrated, it becomes addictive. Think: sugar cane versus refined sugar. Sacred tobacco versus commercial cigarettes. The same for alcohol, coffee, the list goes on.Pornography, in this light, makes a promise: connection to the Feminine.But it cannot deliver.Instead, it offers a ghost.A distorted, addictive shadow of the feminine.So how does a man break free?The path is not linear—and it involves multiple layers.One is rewiring the nervous system: learning to seek self-regulation not through porn, but through practices like breathwork, meditation, movement, and creative expression.Another is healing the shame that clings to so many men's sexual histories. This is the heart of my work in Stealing the Key: Men, Sex, and the Mother Complex.And finally, a man must expand his relationship to sexuality itself—reclaiming it as a doorway into eros, the primal force of life.He comes to realize that sex is just one channel of this vast current, and that when he stops seeking it solely through women—or through substances—he opens to a cosmos teeming with beauty and inherent purpose.If you're a man who wants to begin this journey, send me a DM. ___ I'd also love to hear your comments on this below! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit themythicmasculine.substack.com/subscribe

Hey Fearless Friends - Send me a text and let me know what you are fearlessly facing as you age. You might get a shoutout on the show.And the F WORD IS: FATIGUEFearlessly Facing our sleep as we age. Sleep is a fundamental component of our health that dramatically impacts longevity, cognitive function and disease risk.As the "Sleep Goddess," Dr. Matsumura brings her double-board certification and deep expertise to explain why sleep is particularly challenging for women navigating perimenopause and menopause. The hormonal roller coaster of this life stage directly impacts how melatonin functions in our brains, creating the perfect storm for sleep disturbances that many women mistakenly accept as an inevitable part of aging. She is a sought-after expert on women and sleep. She is the founder and CEO of Sleep Goddess MD offering individual consultations, public speaking, and workshops for practitioners. She also offers business consulting to improve team health and productivity for better sleep.In this episode you will discover:• Women who don't get enough sleep have up to 69% higher risk for cancer compared to men• Hormonal changes during perimenopause and menopause significantly impact sleep quality through melatonin disruption• Sleep archetypes are determined by our genetic "clock genes" - Artemis (early birds), Aphrodite (night owls), and Athena (societal norm)• The DREAM formula addresses Daytime activities, Resting environment, Emotions, Archetype, and Medical conditions• Nine out of ten women who are postmenopausal don't know they have sleep apnea because symptoms present differently than in men• Going to bed and waking at consistent times trains your brain for better sleep• Electronic devices should be turned off at least one hour before bedtime• Commercial melatonin supplements are sold in doses millions of times higher than what our bodies naturally produce• Quality sleep requires proper preparation - create an optimal sleep environment that's dark, cool and quiet• Napping should complement good nighttime sleep, not compensate for poor sleep habitsVisit www.sleepgoddessmd.com to take Dr. Matsumura's quiz and discover your sleep archetype.Ready to FEARLESSLY FACE all the F WORDS – be inspired and encouraged? Get a copy of Amy's Best selling book: CANNONBALL! FEARLESSLY Facing Midlife and Beyond here Fearlessly Facing Fifty and Beyond has over 200 episodes with inspiration and stories to age fearlessly and connect confidently to others thriving at midlife and beyond. Make sure to share with friends and family and would love if you could leave a review. There are so many shows out there floating around and if you are finding value in the Fearlessly Facing Fifty podcast share it with the world – a review means so much. And don't forget to follow along on all the socials: http://instagram.com/theamy.schmidt https://www.instagram.com/fearlesslyfacingfifty_fwords/ https://www.facebook.com/fearlesslyfacingfifty/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/amy-schmidt-a5684412/

Today's episode walks you through this week's astrology + practical and magical tactics to help you harness and navigate the energetics April 21st -27th 2025. Last week moved us forward. Did you embrace it and go with it? This week is a quiet mixed bag. It asks for calm, grounded space and spiritual hygiene...while it may be serving up simple pleasures or annoying call outs for better foundations. Keep the calendar as clear as you can. Prioritize your self care. Monday, April 21st: - Happy Mo(o)nday. Today Mercury is officially in the all clear! With all planets moving forward. Let's focus on this combo as Saturn conjuncts the North Node in Pisces today. Our dreams and spiritual hygiene are getting a highlight. The North Node in Pisces calls us to healing, spirituality, and our psychic capabilities. Saturn always takes us to task with our adulting; self discipline, timelines, and time limitations. Today's meet up of these two cosmic energies will bring into focus the importance of consistent meditation (self discipline + spirituality) or light up where we're a little too delulu about how to get to our dreams (perhaps needing more doing and less dreaming). No matter how this conjunction rolls through, after all it's a 50/50 wildcard as to how it plays out...prioritize an energetic healing or meditation today. It's as much insurance as we can have with this happening. Anytime Saturn is involved, it's trying to grow us up and teach us to do the boring, uncomfortable things. Adulting pays it forward for our manifestations. Basically, today through May 4th, get the to-do list out. Pray, meditate about it, then go check things off. Tuesday, April 22nd: - Day 1 of Flow Ease #2 - No props needed for this workout. You'll see a standing warrior series with a moon flow. Detoxing rotations, strong planks, glute medius, and hip health round out this magic movement series. Wednesday, April 23rd: -Watch our New moon Tarot Reading. Something new has died in us and something new is being born. Venus has completed her retrograde and one of her seasons is here (Taurus). What's the new seed that got planted in your heart? Watch our new moon tarot reading in your UWS member library. This new moon has us focusing on sacred sensual pleasure. Thursday, April 24th: -

Tracklist and full info at: bestdrumandbass.com/podcast539/Another week of absolute killer material! This week we have Nox in for a high energy guest mix for all the Neurofunk lovers out there, as well as your resident Bad Syntax mix prepping for the 11 Years on Earth LP dropping next week. Lock it in, and lets get the weekend started! Subscribe to the podcast: bestdnb.com/podcast  Diode - BVCK / Bad Syntax - Wildfire (Diode Remix) [OUT NOW on Abducted LTD]Buy / Stream: bestdrumandbass.com/altd120/Supported by: Aphrodite, Transforma, 5ah5h / Eatbrain Radio, Bad Ace, Bytecode, X.Morph, Stonx, Sindicate, Jane Doe, Nightstalker, Close 2 Death, ESKR, Korax, Guddah, MYGR and More!

Melanie Wood is our guest this week. She hiked SOBO last year, running into the devastation of Helene with about 700 miles to go, having to prematurely end her hike. She is still recognized as a thru-hiker because, quite rightly, she hiked the trail that was available. Melanie went on to write about her experiences on the trail, giving a positive outlook with her perspectives. You can check out more about the book at her website at Home - Melanie A. Wood, Author. If you'd like to order the book on Amazon, click this link. https://www.amazon.com/Shalt-Other-Lessons-Learned-Appalachian/dp/B0F31KM49R/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1EVH84JSUJGIR&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.goq_nMXT8NQbdqwN77wovGAMvgnQKgrBNnM_PcHRQ2dT0xBBuTY2qKs-cqBBVqhMdoo5nLoUuqWJ70a09XNHM2cHtpKar0q1-pSzdxZWl82TZZ5iwx7HaXGiyywr1mazWoGTnXhv_SbMxzFY_WmlwMcoASSPL_r4eysnq19zx6Dxwd9Vt6GTrAUFM6j79pc1AAe2KBchv1pyI8uO3uXiUfDAarZIyyPk9UKnYmemjgs.JrTtuXdB8AJIUrQKl2dCvTTwdwQVNESpQ-YMGYOkt8Q&dib_tag=se&keywords=melanie+wood&qid=1744148444&sprefix=melanie+wood%2Caps%2C272&sr=8-1  You can also learn more about Melanie on Facebook at Melanie A. Wood - Author , and on Instagram at Instagram (@melanieawoodauthor) . Beth (and Andrew) and Dave return with another progress report on their own journeys. Dave has passed Roan Mountain, finding the balds sadly socked out by the weather. Beth and Andrew are in Hiawassee, zeroing on a wet day. I used my hike last year on the South West Coast Path in the UK to help raise money for my absolute favorite charity, Parenting Matters, on whose board I've been privileged to serve for over a decade. You can learn more about the hike and the organization–and donate–by visiting Hike with Steve - Empowering Parents, One Step at a Time | Parenting Matters %. I hope you want to support this critical mission. Don't forget. Our entire series of videos from our Woods Hole Weekend in 2022 is now FREE and available at my YouTube page at Woods Hole Weekend - Trailer There, you'll find all sorts of tips and tricks that our guests took away from the weekend that helped them with their own hikes this year. Check it out. I often ask listeners for ideas on who to interview, and I'm sure several of you say, “I could do that. I've got an awesome story to tell.” You're the person we need to hear from. If you'd like to be interviewed on the podcast, just register as a guest on the link below, and I'll be in touch. Come on the show! If you like what we're doing on the Hiking Radio Network, and want to see our shows continue, please consider supporting us with either a one-off or monthly donation. You'll find the donate button on each Hiking Radio Network page at Hiking Radio Network . If you prefer NOT to use PayPal, you can now support us via check by mailing it to Mighty Blue Publishing, PO Box 6161, Sun City Center, FL 35751. Any support is gratefully received. Additionally, you can “Zelle” me a donation to steve@hikingradionetwork.com. Or “Venmo“ me at @‌Steve-Adams-105. They both work! If you'd like to take advantage of my book offer (all three of my printed hiking books–with a personal message and signed by me–for $31, including postage to the United States) send a check payable to Mighty Blue Publishing at the address just above