Podcast appearances and mentions of peter bebergal

We're excited to welcome back Peter Bebergal. This time we're talking about mysticism and dybbuks. Be sure and check out the links below including the upcoming talk Peter is giving April 14th for The Last Tuesday Society.Peter on Jewish Boston podcastAll the Haunts Be Ours (affiliate link) 15-Disk Horror CollectionThe Ibbur from Jewish mysticismPeter will be talking monster culture for The Last Tuesday Society on April 14th at 3 pm ET - check it outGrab all of Peter's Books at Amazon and support this show!Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/monstertalk--6267523/support.

Part 1 of a 2-part look at Boleskine House, the little house on the shores of Loch Ness that allegedly once hosted an infamous ceremony attempt by Mr. Aleister Crowley. Matt Baxter joins Karen and Blake to discuss.  Thanks to previous guests Peter Bebergal, Jerry Drake and Al Ridenour for their assistance on preparing this episode. Related Links - Part 1 News article chock full of the legends we discuss What happened to the kids from that Led Zeppelin album cover? Who was Kenneth Anger? Documentary on Crowley (sometimes explicit content - YouTube) The OTHER Loch Ness Monster - doc that Blake thinks influenced expansion of legend Documentarian seeking to capture the restoration and demystify site The Boleskine House Foundation - seeking to restore the site BBC article on restoration efforts Samuel MacGregor Mathers - Crowley's mentor and translator of Abramelin The Golden Dawn - English magical society (1887 - 1903) The English translation of the Abramelin Working by Mathers The Confessions of Aleister Crowley - Internet Archive Images for Part 1: The graveyard downhill from Boleskine YouTube compilation of photos from inside and outside the house Atlas Obscura info on the site Related Episodes: The Great Beast 666 - a look at Crowley Theosophy & Western Esotericism - pt1 Theosophy & Western Esotericism - pt2 Grimoires Part 1 Grimoires Part 2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Talking D&D, AA as mystery school, fantasy, curation, Lovecraft, conspiracy, and psychoanalysis with occult scholar Peter Bebergal and countercultural pastor Barry Taylor!

While researching his latest book on technology and the supernatural, Cambridge's Peter Bebergal set out to commune with the other side. What he discovered gave him chills.

This week Ryan sits down with Janaka Stucky, Peter Bebergal, and friend-of-the-show Max Moon, the creative team behind the Black God's Kiss RPG Box Set. Black God's Kiss is a perilous adventure setting playable as an RPG module, or as a standalone microgame for two players, based on the Sword and Sorcery fiction of the same name from prolific author C.L. Moore.

Where does American popular music come from, and what does the devil have to do with it? On Part One of a two-part series on music and the occult, Justin Farrar and I discuss Peter Bebergal's excellent history Season of the Witch: How the Occult Saved Rock and Roll, as we explore the eerie mythology that haunts the origins of blues and rock. Some of the musicians and other figures mentioned in this episode include Robert Johnson, Clarence Ashley, Big Mama Thornton, Elvis Presley, Led Zeppelin, David Bowie, Black Sabbath, Tommy Johnson, Skip James, Kurt Cobain, R.E.M., Harry Smith, The Geto Boys, and lots more.  For more episodes of Record Trap and access to the entire Nostalgia Trap universe, subscribe at patreon.com/nostalgiatrap. 

Author and historian Peter Bebergal joins Graham to talk about the history of paranormal investigation, the reality of what some researchers looking for proof of the paranormal use in their quest, and dive into the philosophical implications of the relationship between technology and the supernatural.

Peter Bebergal, an author of fringe cultures, summons for us the long shadows of Rock N' Roll's past with musicians like Black Sabbath and David Bowie to uncover the occult influences that still exist with us today.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Ian McGarty joins us to discuss Peter Bebergal's "Appendix N: The Eldritch Roots of Dungeons & Dragons”, games publishing, lifting magic items from fiction, the Swords Against Darkness anthologies, skeletal vampires, Tanith Lee's wild fiction, Elric and Moonglum, the old school D&D thief class, wanting to die a warrior's death, the Vivimancer class, necromancer PCs, crisp mountain air, and much more!

Staci and cohost Marco Mannone interview Peter Bebergal. He studied religion at Brandeis and Harvard Divinity School and is the author of Season of the Witch: How the Occult Saved Rock and Roll. From The Beatles to Black Sabbath, this fascinating book shows how the marriage between mysticism and music changed the world. Peter talks about the mysticism behind rock artists like David Bowie and Jimmy Page, plus lesser-known music/occult figures like Arthur Brown (“I am the god of hellfire!”). Staci and Marco discuss Marco's short story “Hell-A Woman” in Rock & Roll Nightmares: Along Comes Scary, the '60s Edition, and his brand-new novella, The Haunting of Nicolas Cage. Lastly, Staci reads from Rock & Roll Nightmares: True Stories, recounting one of Keith Moon's many misadventures.

The crew sits down with the author of “Strange Frequencies” and “Season of the Witch”, Peter Bebergal! We talk about the occult, rock and roll, and the magic of performance. There may even  be a moment where we all nerd out about tabletop RPG games. https://twitter.com/peterbebergal?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5EauthorFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NoctivagantPod https://mobile.twitter.com/mxrorywixhttps://twitter.com/midwestundeadhttps://mobile.twitter.com/bearishterrorTheme song by Matt Wixson Noctivagant Voice by Mike McGettiganArt by Nichelle Denzel  *The views and opinions expressed by guests/books that appear on this show belong to those guests and/or authors, and may not reflect the views and opinions of the Noctivagant crew.*

The crew sits down with the author of “Strange Frequencies” and “Season of the Witch”, Peter Bebergal! We talk about the occult, rock and roll, and the magic of performance. There may even  be a moment where we all nerd out about tabletop RPG games. https://twitter.com/peterbebergal?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5EauthorFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NoctivagantPod https://mobile.twitter.com/mxrorywixhttps://twitter.com/midwestundeadhttps://mobile.twitter.com/bearishterrorTheme song by Matt Wixson Noctivagant Voice by Mike McGettiganArt by Nichelle Denzel  *The views and opinions expressed by guests/books that appear on this show belong to those guests and/or authors, and may not reflect the views and opinions of the Noctivagant crew.*

Nick leads the crew on the most hard rock episode yet, as we dive into Peter Bebergal's "Season of the Witch: How the Occult saved Rock and Roll". The crew tackles some hard questions: from the nature of stage personas, to the the role drugs may play in a spiritual path. Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NoctivagantPod https://mobile.twitter.com/mxrorywixhttps://twitter.com/midwestundeadhttps://mobile.twitter.com/bearishterrorTheme song by Matt Wixson Noctivagant Voice by Mike McGettiganArt by Nichelle Denzel  *The views and opinions expressed by guests/books that appear on this show belong to those guests and/or authors, and may not reflect the views and opinions of the Noctivagant crew.*

Nick leads the crew on the most hard rock episode yet, as we dive into Peter Bebergal's "Season of the Witch: How the Occult saved Rock and Roll". The crew tackles some hard questions: from the nature of stage personas, to the the role drugs may play in a spiritual path. Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NoctivagantPod https://mobile.twitter.com/mxrorywixhttps://twitter.com/midwestundeadhttps://mobile.twitter.com/bearishterrorTheme song by Matt Wixson Noctivagant Voice by Mike McGettiganArt by Nichelle Denzel  *The views and opinions expressed by guests/books that appear on this show belong to those guests and/or authors, and may not reflect the views and opinions of the Noctivagant crew.*

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Spooky season is upon us, and that means it's time for The Vibe of the Tribe's annual Halloween episode with author and occult and sci-fi expert Peter Bebergal! This year, we've left our usual haunted graveyards and golem attics to explore the horror themes, Jewish parallels and otherworldly allure of science fiction for Jewish writers and creators. Tune in to this discussion of how the sci-fi genre has been influenced by Jewish hopes and fears by writers and artists like Isaac Asimov and Jack Kirby. We examine the assimilationist Borg of “Star Trek,” the immigrant story of Superman (a true “stranger in a strange land”) and graphic novel Jewish representation in characters like Magneto and Wanda Maximoff (“WandaVision”).  If you are also captivated by the horror of alternative histories, or are intrigued about aliens in Jewish scripture and wonder how you can practice Judaism in space, this episode is for you! In addition to being a four-time podcast guest (check out previous episodes below!), Bebergal is the author of “Strange Frequencies: The Extraordinary Story of the Technological Quest for the Supernatural,” “Season of the Witch: How the Occult Saved Rock and Roll” and “Too Much to Dream: A Psychedelic American Boyhood.” He's also the editor of the anthology “Appendix N: The Eldritch Roots of Dungeons and Dragons.” This episode is dedicated to Ilan Ramon (z”l), the first Israeli astronaut and a Jewish pioneer who sought answers to questions we asked during this episode. The son of a Holocaust survivor, Ramon was killed in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. Further reading:  ”6 Must-Read SFF Books by Jewish Authors From Around the World” by Carly Silver: https://www.tor.com/2020/10/14/6-must-read-sff-books-by-jewish-authors-from-around-the-world/ “Wandering Stars: An Anthology of Jewish Fantasy & Science Fiction” edited by Jack Dann: http://www.jewishlights.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=JL&Product_Code=978-1-58023-005-6&Category_Code= “Jews in Space: On the Unsung History of Jewish Writers and the Birth of Science Fiction” by Lavie Tidhar: https://lithub.com/jews-in-space-on-the-unsung-history-of-jewish-writers-and-the-birth-of-science-fiction/ To reach out to us, email podcast@jewishboston.com. Produced by Miriam Anzovin and edited by Jesse Ulrich, with music by Ryan J. Sullivan.

Peter Bebergal is the author of Season of the Witch: How the Occult Saved Rock and Roll, Strange Frequencies: The Extraordinary Story of the Technological Quest for the Supernatural and is the editor of the short fiction collection Appendix N: The Eldritch Roots of Dungeons and Dragons. In this episode we discuss a fear of heights so acute that it interferes with his life, the presence of symbols and superstitions in his childhood and the all-time classic horror movie, The Exorcist.

Medieval time-travel! Grab a copy of Appendix N: The Eldritch Roots of Dungeons & Dragons And Season of the Witch: How the Occult Saved Rock & Roll Follow Peter on Twitter Support the show and gain access to dozens of bonus episodes by becoming a patron on Patreon. Rate and review the show to help us reach more readers and listeners. Not enough science-fiction and fantasy in your life? Join us on The Gene Wolfe Literary Podcast! Love Star Trek? Come find us on the Lower Decks! Neil Gaiman fan? Love comics? Join us on Hanging Out With the Dream King: A Neil Gaiman Podcast. Check out Glenn's medieval history podcast Agnus! Find out how you can commission a special bonus episode here. Join the conversation on the Claytemple Forum. Follow Claytemple Media on Facebook and Twitter, and sign up for our newsletter. Follow Glenn on Facebook and Twitter. Check out Glenn's weird fiction story "Goodbye to All That" on the Tales to Terrify Podcast. Next time: The first of two episodes on The Furies by Roger Zelazny. Music: http://www.purple-planet.com

Paul & Dan are joined by Peter Bebergal, author of the amazing anthology Appendix N: the Eldritch Roots of Dungeons & Dragons! We loved this book, and we're looking forward to a deep dive into Peter's knowledge of the texts, why he picked the stories he did for inclusion, and why other ones got left out. Featuring short stories from fantasy writers like Lovecraft, Howard, Vance, Anderson, Carter, Smith, Moorcock, Campbell, and more. Discover some new stuff you didn't know you loved! Get Peter's Appendix N Anthology Wandering DMs Paul Siegel and Dan “Delta” Collins host thoughtful discussions on D&D and other TTRPGs every week. Comparing the pros and cons of every edition from the 1974 Original D&D little brown books to cutting-edge releases for 5E D&D today, we broadcast live on YouTube and Twitch so we can take viewer questions and comments on the topic of the day. Live every Sunday at 1 PM Eastern time. Subscribe to Wandering DMs for new episodes

Peter Bebergal joins us to discuss Michael Moorcock's "Elric of Melniboné", gaming stores, Gygax's love of pulp, meta-levels inside of dungeons, grimoires IRL, Elric's rotating sidekicks, the limits of idealism, the tragedy of addiction, Elric in art, the Eternal Champions, Elric as anime, and much more!

Aug Stone chats to author Peter Bebergal about his new book Appendix N: The Eldritch Roots Of Dungeons & Dragons, his own D&D games, psychogeography, music, and a whole lot more    Twitter: @peterbebergal  IG: @peter_bebergal  http://strangeattractor.co.uk/shoppe/appendix-n/  ​

Jake and Ron discuss the anthology The Big Book of Modern Fantasy edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer.The Big Book of Modern Fantasy edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeerPenguin Random House linkThe Big Book of Classic Fantasy edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeerPenguin Random House linkThe Big Book of Science Fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeerPenguin Random House linkThe Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeerMacmillan linkThe Earthsea Cycle by Ursula LeGuinSimon & Schuster linkThe Dark Is Rising Sequence by Susan CooperSimon & Schuster linkNecessary Reading: "The Anti-Tolkien" (on Michael Moorcock) by Peter Bebergal, The New Yorker (12/31/2014)What Else?The Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussBookshop.orgDebris (TV show on NBC)IMBD linkNew Exorcist sequel David Gordan Green to directLink to Dread CentralA History of What Comes Next by Sylvain Neuvelhttp://neuvel.net/books/a-history-of-what-comes-next/The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton JusterPenguin Random House linkLucky directed by Natasha KermaniIMBD linkBoston Lyric Opera: "The Fall of the House of Usher"--The Wrath of the iOtiansEmail: thewrathoftheiotians@gmail.comTwitter:  @OfiOtiansWebsite: https://thewrathoftheiotians.buzzsprout.com/MusicLand Of The Me-me by Aleksandar Dimitrijevic (TONO)Licensed under the NEO Sounds Music License Agreement--Interested in starting your own podcast? Use the following link to sign up https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=1397515. If you sign up for a paid plan you get a $20 Amazon gift card from Buzzsprout.

Dungeons and Dragons expert Jon Peterson (The Elusive Shift, Game Wizards) speaks with Peter Bebergal (Season of the Witch, Too Much to Dream) about his new book Appendix N; an anthology of writing which takes its name from the list of “inspirational reading” provided by Gary Gygax in the first Dungeon Master's Guide.    Produced by Sam Kelly Mixed by Samantha Doyle  Soundtrack by Kristen Gallerneaux

Peter Bebergal is the author of Season Of The Witch: How The occult Saved Rock'n'Roll, Too Much To Dream: A Psychedelic American Boyhood and Strange Frequencies:The Extraordinary Story Of The Technological Quest For The Supernatural. He writes mostly about music, books and fringe culture; his essays have appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times Literary Supplement, Slate, and many more publications. He came of age in Boston during the height of punk rock and studied culture and religion at Harvard Divinity School. In this episode, Peter and hostess Pleasant Gehman discuss everything from vinyl records with backwards masking to vintage horror movies and the use of psychedelics and various other intoxicants to expand the human mind. There are tales of the occult involving Ozzy Osborn, David Bowie, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin and their connection to Aleister Crowley, Jello Biafra plus Peter's own story about calling 911 on himself in the midst of a bad acid trip.Connect with Peter on Instagram: @peter_bebergaland on twitter @peterbebergalMore from Pleasant Gehmanwww.pleasantgehman.comInstagram: @princessofhollywoodwww.facebook.com/pleasant.gehmanwww.twitter.com/PleasantGehman1This show is part of Pantheon Podcasts

Peter Bebergal is the author of Season Of The Witch: How The occult Saved Rock'n'Roll,  Too Much To Dream: A Psychedelic American Boyhood and Strange Frequencies:The Extraordinary Story Of The Technological Quest For The Supernatural. He writes mostly about music, books and fringe culture; his essays have appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times Literary Supplement, Slate, and many more publications. He came of age in Boston during the height of punk rock and studied culture and religion at Harvard Divinity School. In this episode, Peter and hostess Pleasant Gehman discuss everything from  vinyl records with backwards masking to vintage horror movies and the use of psychedelics and various other intoxicants to expand the human mind. There are tales of the occult involving Ozzy Osborn, David Bowie, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin and their connection to Aleister Crowley, Jello Biafra plus Peter's own story about calling 911 on himself in the midst of a bad acid trip. Connect with Peter on Instagram: @peter_bebergal and on twitter @peterbebergal More from Pleasant Gehman www.pleasantgehman.com Instagram: @princessofhollywood www.facebook.com/pleasant.gehman www.twitter.com/PleasantGehman1 This show is part of Pantheon Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Peter Bebergal is the author of Season Of The Witch: How The occult Saved Rock'n'Roll,  Too Much To Dream: A Psychedelic American Boyhood and Strange Frequencies:The Extraordinary Story Of The Technological Quest For The Supernatural. He writes mostly about music, books and fringe culture; his essays have appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times Literary Supplement, Slate, and many more publications. He came of age in Boston during the height of punk rock and studied culture and religion at Harvard Divinity School. In this episode, Peter and hostess Pleasant Gehman discuss everything from  vinyl records with backwards masking to vintage horror movies and the use of psychedelics and various other intoxicants to expand the human mind. There are tales of the occult involving Ozzy Osborn, David Bowie, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin and their connection to Aleister Crowley, Jello Biafra plus Peter's own story about calling 911 on himself in the midst of a bad acid trip.Connect with Peter on Instagram: @peter_bebergaland on twitter @peterbebergalMore from Pleasant Gehmanwww.pleasantgehman.comInstagram: @princessofhollywoodwww.facebook.com/pleasant.gehmanwww.twitter.com/PleasantGehman1This show is part of Pantheon Podcasts

Peter Bebergal is the author of Season Of The Witch: How The occult Saved Rock’n’Roll, Too Much To Dream: A Psychedelic American Boyhood and Strange Frequencies:The Extraordinary Story Of The Technological Quest For The Supernatural. He writes mostly about music, books and fringe culture; his essays have appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times Literary Supplement, Slate, and many more publications. He came of age in Boston during the height of punk rock and studied culture and religion at Harvard Divinity School. In this episode, Peter and hostess Pleasant Gehman discuss everything from vinyl records with backwards masking to vintage horror movies and the use of psychedelics and various other intoxicants to expand the human mind. There are tales of the occult involving Ozzy Osborn, David Bowie, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin and their connection to Aleister Crowley, Jello Biafra plus Peter’s own story about calling 911 on himself in the midst of a bad acid trip. Connect with Peter on Instagram: @peter_bebergal and on twitter @peterbebergal More from Pleasant Gehman www.pleasantgehman.com Instagram: @princessofhollywood www.facebook.com/pleasant.gehman www.twitter.com/PleasantGehman1 This show is part of Pantheon Podcasts

In this episode my guest is author Peter Bebergal, who joined me to discuss his 2018 book Strange Frequencies: The Extraordinary Story of the Technological Quest for the Supernatural. In that work he explores the various ways people have tried to use technology to better understand and communicate with the supernatural along with the engineers, inventors and seers who were fascinated by those mysteries. Peter has written extensively on a range of fringe and Fortean subjects, with essays and reviews featuring in The New Yorker, The Times Literary Supplement, The Believer and The Quietus. He is also the author of Season of the Witch: How the Occult Saved Rock and Roll and has recently edited Appendix N: The Eldritch Roots of Dungeons and Dragons, due out early next year. This is a wide ranging chat, covering magic, technology, myth and science. Something for everyone, I hope! Peter can be found on Twitter as @peterbebergal and his books are available from all good book retailers. You can now donate to Some Other Sphere via Kofi. To buy the podcast a coffee, please go to https://ko-fi.com/someotherspherepodcast. Thank you! The Some Other Sphere intro music is from Purple Planet Music - 'Hubbub' by Geoff Harvey and Chris Martyn.  

This Halloween, get spooked by monsters of Jewish lore as occult expert Peter Bebergal returns to The Vibe of the Tribe, escorting Miriam, Dan and Ashley on their ongoing quest into the Jewish supernatural world. Discover your new favorite monster in Jewish tradition, what the Talmud recommends doing if you suspect you're infested by demons and how Solomon, King of Israel, and Ashmodai, King of Demons, became frenemies with the help of a magic worm. And, wait, does Lilith really sell cursed wedding dresses on Craigslist?! In addition to being our “Dante's Inferno” Virgil-esque guide to the underworld and a three-time podcast guest (check out previous episodes here and here), Bebergal is the author of “Strange Frequencies: The Extraordinary Story of the Technological Quest for the Supernatural,” “Season of the Witch: How the Occult Saved Rock and Roll” and “Too Much to Dream: A Psychedelic American Boyhood.” He's also the editor of the upcoming anthology “Appendix N: The Eldritch Roots of Dungeons and Dragons.”

Peter Bebergal returns (previously on episode #180 with his book Strange Frequencies)  to discuss magic, witchcraft, and the occult and how those things impacted the world of Rock & Roll music.  Check the attachment to this episode for a bunch of music links relevant to the show and Peter's book Season of the Witch.   Speaking of books - Karen has a new one and I made an easy to remember shortcut to it on Amazon:  http://bit.ly/OnTheOffensive (The lettering case in that link does matter.) Discussed in the episode: Image of David Bowie in "Diamond Dogs" album (MOMA) Made for TV Movie: Devil Dog - The Hound of Hell The George Harrison "documentary" Karen mentions - Paul McCartney Really Is Dead: The Last Testament of George Harrison (There is a lot of mixed messaging out there on whether this is a serious but wacky documentary or a silly but confusing mockumentary. It was originally released as a documentary but the filmmaker has since reclassified it as "mockumentary" - was this for legal reasons?) FYI: The narration is not by George Harrison. The UFO Club in London was a short-lived hub of early lights & sounds and psychedelic imagery. It only operated over a two-year span but had a tremendous impact on music culture - and on posters for bands. Peter's original SOTW Spotify List (link) Song/Album Notes Fire (The Crazy World of Arthur Brown) Starts with the iconic (and parent-frightening) "I AM THE GOD OF HELLFIRE..." Sacred Songs (Daryl Hall) Daryl Hall (!?) album inspired by the work of Aleister Crowley Cross Road Blues (Robert Johnson) While the legend of the blues musician at the crossroads is often applied to Robert Johnson, it has earlier roots with... Cool Drink of Water Blues (Tommy Johnson) Tommy Johnson, not related to Robert, was the focus of an earlier version of the crossroads legend Anthology of American Folk Music (via archive.org) A partial selection of the 6-album (3, 2-record ea) set of American Folk Music curated by Harry Smith. The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (Pink Floyd) The Syd Barrett-led Pink Floyd would change a lot after Barrett's descent into mental illness, but there are psychedelic and occult themes in this eclectic early Floyd album. Interstellar Overdrive is a good long instrumental track to read Bebergal's book to. My Sweet Lord (George Harrison) Perhaps the most public of the musician seekers, Harrison's ode to the search for a connection to the numinous was very successful - and also (accidentally?) directly copied He's So Fine by The Chiffons. Shankar: Dhun (Ravi Shankar) Sitar would meet Guitar when the Beatles went to India and met gurus and traditional Indian musicians, most famously Ravi Shankar. Lucifer Rising soundtrack (Bobby BeauSoleil) The soundtrack to occult filmmaker Kenneth Anger's movie Lucifer Rising was supposed to be done by Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page, but things happened. (This complicated story is covered in Bebergal's book.) War Pigs (Black Sabbath) The Ozzy Osborne led band would take its name from an Italian horror film, but like Alice Cooper, the "occult" aspects of Sabbath appear to be entirely performative. Consider Ozzy's paean to Aleister Crowley in which he fails to pronounce the old occultist's name right. (Crowley rhymes with holy.)  Sympathy for the Devil (The Rolling Stones) The Stones' "wicked" song - was it inspired by Baudelaire or Kenneth Anger? And how many times do the band sing "who? who?" in this 6-minute treat? Misty Mountain Hop (Led Zeppelin) Combining elements of Tolkien fantasy and drug-fueled psychedelic experiences, LZ music combined many elements of fictional and authentic occult imagery. Jimmy Page's interest in Aleister Crowley is legendary with him even buying Crowley's Loch Ness adjacent home Boleskin. Mephisto Waltz (Misfits) The punk band Misfits took their imagery and themes from horror movies and the occult as well. Jack Parsons (The Claypool Lennon Delirium) This came out after Bebergal's book, but this is an amazing modern throwback to the psychedelic era that also tells a weirdly surprisingly accurate story of Jack Parsons, occultist, and rocketeer. Hotter than Hell (KISS) KISS aligned itself with wild stage antics and imagery, but in the 1970s even having the word "hell" in your song titles could lead to allegations that your band's name really stood for "Knights in Satan's Service." (Narrator: It didn't.) Life on Mars? (David Bowie) Bowie's role in occult rock history is really quite peculiar and not what I expected. Often in drug-fueled paranoia of the occult, his off-stage behavior stands in stark contrast from the on-stage cool presence.  I wanted to include a song from him on this list and this peculiar antithesis to My Way is one I really like. After Cease to Exist (Throbbing Gristle) I'm not recommending this 20 min weird and disturbing soundscape - but if you're feeling a bit like Frank in Hellraiser and just wonder what the cenobites probably jam to?  Anyway, in Bebergal's book, there are some interesting tidbits about how Throbbing Gristle's members became involved with William S. Burroughs and the occult aspects of his life. Bela Lugosi's Dead (Bauhaus) The song that kicked off the goth scene. It doesn't take 9 mins to tell people that Bela Lugosi (the actor who played Dracula in the 1931 Universal horror film) is dead… but it does the Bauhaus way.  Hallowed Be Thy Name (Iron Maiden) Peter doesn't write about Iron Maiden in the book, but growing up in the 80s, Iron Maiden was one of the many reasons I refused to get a 96 Rock Card. I was so not into heavy metal and it was weird catching up on that stuff in my 40s instead of my teens. In Search Of Space (Hawkwind) Before Motorhead, Lemmy sang about UFOs. (Well, I think that's what he's singing about?) Door of the Cosmos (Sun Ra) Sun Ra's jazz music isn't really rock, but it's something. And I think magician Penn Jillette mentions Sun Ra about as often as he mentions James Randi. Witch Trial (Black Mass Lucifer) The pioneering electronic album Black Mass Lucifer - or is it Black Mass by Lucifer? - is an album by electronic music audio explorer Mort Garson. It's occult-themed but its weird MOOG tonal tapestries, without the context of title or lyrics, would be hard to classify as specifically "magic" themed.  The Tales of Topographic Oceans (Yes) A friend once described to me how that in the 1970s it was common to put on long, trippy albums and just stare at album artwork and go on imaginary journeys. With a cover by Roger Dean and just four songs, each about 20 mins in length, I think this is exactly what he was talking about. I once had an angry Navy training instructor basically spit at Yes's "Owner of a Lonely Heart" and shout to the class "It ain't Yes unless it takes 15 minutes to listen to and has a 5-minute guitar solo!" Apes**t (Beyonce and Jay-Z) Jay-Z has played around with the imagery of the illuminati and occult. Here's an article about the imagery use in the video for this song. Secular Haze (Ghost B.C.) Combines ghoulish occult imagery with monk garb and skeletal makeup. Swedish in origin, but not flat-packed. 

I talk with writer and rogue theologian Peter Bebergal about the urgent need to view tech from an occult persopective.

Peter Bebergal, author of such books as Season of the Witch: How the Occult Saved Rock and Roll and Strange Frequencies: The Extraordinary Story of the Technological Quest for the Supernatural, pops in to talk the occult, David Bowie, golems, and the time he tried to communicate with the ghost of his late father using electronic voice phenomena (EVP). Frank Sivilli also brings some astrological elections for the coming days and I talk about the use of audio in curses.

This Halloween, we're resurrecting the (Jewish) history of the undead: ghosts, vampires, zombies and demons. Occult expert Peter Bebergal returns to discuss hauntings, warding off spirits and practical advice for those in the midst of a demonic possession. Plus, Peter tells Miriam, Dan and Ashley a ghost story that will forever change the way you think about geese. If demons are interrupting your private cemetery conversations with ghosts, this episode is for you. Peter Bebergal is a graduate of Harvard Divinity School and the author of “Season of the Witch: How the Occult Saved Rock and Roll,” “Too Much to Dream: A Psychedelic American Boyhood” and “Strange Frequencies: The Extraordinary Story of the Technological Quest for the Supernatural.” Have comments or ideas for us? Email podcast@jewishboston.com. Edited by Jesse Ulrich, with music by Ryan J. Sullivan.

Spirituality, the esoteric and music. Chris offers a tribute to Lizzie Grey of the band London (R.I.P). We look at Rock and Roll of the 1960s and occult and mystical influences, Led Zeppelin and Aleister Crowley, The Beatles and Maharishi, Psychedelics and Jimmy Hendrix's mind expanding music. I talk about the Seattle "Grunge" music scene of the 90s, The Doors, Jim Morrison and Huxley's Doors of Perception as well as EDM and shamanic journeys and the magic of harmonics. Chris shares stories of spirituality and the Sunset Strip Rock scene, how meditation and Silva mind control are good for coming down from speed. He also talks about doing Tarot readings, and reading the Tao of Physics on the steps of The Cathouse. We chat about the Disney Donald Duck Mathmagic movie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_ZHsk0-eF0 and it's Esoteric and Occult symbolism, Sacred Geometry, The Golden Mean, Beauty, and Manly Hall's writing on Pythagoras. The book I mentioned but didn't know the title of in the show is called Season of the Witch and it's by Peter Bebergal. Hosted by Jason Napolitano, author of If You Can Worry, You Can Meditate (available on Amazon and at CosmicEye.org) and Co-Hosted by Chris Sheridan author of Spirit in the Sky (available now on ChrisSheridan.com.) The Cosmic Eye show is a weekly metaphysical podcast where each week we talk about important spiritual books and ideas to help listeners positively transform their lives. We investigate spiritual, esoteric, and occult wisdom on a wide variety of figures such as Manly Hall, C.G. Jung, Israel Regardie, Crowley, Jordan Peterson, Alan Watts, Marie Louise Von Franz, Pythagoras, Paul Foster Case, Vivekananda, Yogananda, and others. As well as subjects such as Meditation, Yoga, Psychology, Mythology, Magick, New Thought, Men's Studies, Poetry, Art, Initiation, Ritual, Shamanism, and Folk traditions. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cosmiceye/support

Peter Bebergal is the author of several books, including “Strange Frequencies: The Extraordinary Story of the Technological Quest for the Supernatural.” https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/…/strange-…/9780143111825 . https://www.facebook.com/peter.bebergal . We'll start the EUP program with Charleen and "Pet Talk" with dogs and cats for adoption from the Capital Humane Society of Lincoln, NE. The next opening segment is "The Seen and the Unseen" with Preston Dennett. The main guest segment with Peter Bebergal starts about 40 minutes into the broadcast.

Peter Bebergal drops by the show to chat about "sci-fi's difficult genius" Gene Wolfe in the wake of his death last month. We talk sci-fi, fantasy, religion in literature, literary tropes (including my favorite, the unreliable narrator), and Peter's thoughts on season 8 of Game of Thrones. Peter's 2015 article on Gene Wolfe for The New Yorker Peter on Twitter

Peter Bebergal is the author of several books about occulture and the paranormal including Season of the Witch: How the Occult Saved Rock and Roll, Too Much to Dream: A Psychedelic American Boyhood, and his newest book, Strange Frequencies: The Extraordinary Story of the Technological Quest for the Supernatural. He also writes about speculative music and literature for such places as The New Yorker online, Slate, The Times Literary Supplement, The Quietus, BoingBoing, and The Believer. On this episode, Peter discusses the importance of imagination, the “reality” of belief, the relationship between magicians and hackers, and the use of technology to access otherworldly realms.Pam also talks about art and the uncanny, and answers a question from a listener who wonders if she’s being called by a goddess.Our sponsors for this episode are The Conjured Saint, Blood Milk, and Mithras Candle.

Topics: Spiritual Technology, Moog, Science, Whole Earth, Consciousness Expansion, Amazon, Radionics, Meaning, Astounding Science Fiction, Magic, Crowley, Stage Magic, Rock and Roll, Ricky Jay, House Of Games, Golem, Shadow, Kurzweil, Politics, Meat Machine,...

Topics: Spiritual Technology, Moog, Science, Whole Earth, Consciousness Expansion, Amazon, Radionics, Meaning, Astounding Science Fiction, Magic, Crowley, Stage Magic, Rock and Roll, Ricky Jay, House Of Games, Golem, Shadow, Kurzweil, Politics, Meat Machine,...

42 Minutes 323: Peter Bebergal - Strange Frequencies - 12.10.2018 Today for 42 minutes we are going on an extraordinary technological quest for the supernatural with writer Peter Bebergal, author most recently of Strange Frequencies, published this past October by TarcherPerigee. Topics Include: Spiritual Technology, Moog, Science, Whole Earth, Consciousness Expansion, Amazon, Radionics, Meaning, Astounding Science Fiction, Magic, Crowley, Stage Magic, Rock and Roll, Ricky Jay, House Of Games, Golem, Shadow, Kurzweil, Politics, Meat Machine, EVP. 42minutes.com

Peter Bebergal writes widely on the speculative and slightly fringe. His essays and reviews have appeared in NewYorker.com, The Times Literary Supplement, Boing Boing, The Believer, and The Quietus. He is the author of Season of the Witch: How the Occult Saved Rock and Roll. His new book is Strange Frequencies: The Extraordinary Story of the Technological Quest for the Supernatural.   ****To support The Chauncey DeVega Show during this fundraising month you can make a donation via Paypal at chaunceydevega.com or at Patreon.****  During this Art Bell Coast to Coast AM inspired New Year's Eve special episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show, Peter explains how mystics, psychics, and other practitioners of the occult and magic used the early versions of the internet as a space to practice their dark arts, how the national trauma of the American Civil War fueled the practice known as "spirit photography", and how séances were a space for female empowerment through the "spiritual fluid" known as "ectoplasm". Peter also researches if yes, you can actually hear the voices of the dead speaking through radio waves and other manifestations of "electronic voice phenomena". On this week's New Year's Eve special episode Chauncey honors Alan Naiman, a hero who worked as a humble (and very frugal) social worker, and who at the time of his passing away gave 11 million dollars to charities which help babies and children. Chauncey also reflects on our shared trials and struggles in the Age of Trump during these last few weeks of 2018. And as we wind down 2018 and transition to 2019, Chauncey offers some critical appraisals about the progress of the podcast, his own personal successes and failures during the past year, and (hopefully) shares some wisdom about goal setting and personal progress in 2019.   SELECTED LINKS OF INTEREST FOR THIS EPISODE OF THE CHAUNCEY DEVEGA SHOW  What Will History Books Say About 2018? Social worker leaves behind $11m for children's charities A frugal social worker left $11 million to children's charities in his will In Memory of Alan Naiman: A Man Who Devoted His Life to Children Trump expresses no sympathy for dead migrant children or for furloughed American workers Democrats Slam President Trump for Saying His Administration Has No Responsibility for Migrant Child Deaths From Arizona to Yemen: The Journey of an American Bomb Child soldiers from Darfur fighting at front line of war in Yemen, returned soldiers say IF YOU ENJOYED THIS WEEK'S SHOW YOU MAY LIKE THESE EPISODES OF THE CHAUNCEY DEVEGA SHOW AS WELL Ep. 166: All Things "Star Wars" and "The Last Jedi" Ep. 142: Jason Aaron on Writing "Star Wars", "Southern Bastards", and Reflections on the South Ep. 130: Peter Bebergal Explains How the Occult Saved Rock and Roll/Jared Yates Sexton Previews Wrestlemania 33 Ep. 126: Colin Dickey Discusses Ghosts, Trauma and American Cultural Memory Ep. 26: Jason Colavito on Fringe History, UFOs, White Supremacists and Big Foot WHERE CAN YOU FIND ME? On Twitter: https://twitter.com/chaunceydevega On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chauncey.devega My email: chaunceydevega@gmail.com Leave a voicemail for The Chauncey DeVega Show: (262) 864-0154 HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT THE CHAUNCEY DEVEGA SHOW? Via Paypal at ChaunceyDeVega.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thechaunceydevegashow 

Peter Bebergal studied religion and culture at Harvard Divinity School, and is the author of the new book Strange Frequencies, which chronicles many of the ways people have sought to use technology to transcend the mundane to reach the numinous. We talk about the ways people have used (and continue to use) technology in fringe research, art, entertainment, and in pursuit of revelation. Listen to MonsterTalk via iTunes, Spotify, Google Play Music, TuneIn, and Stitcher. Get the MonsterTalk Podcast App for iOS, Android, and Windows. Read the episode notes

At the beginning of the Millennium, I used to visit the website tarot.com almost every single day. It was a good-looking page that had some really cool tarot cards and it was free to do a little reading everyday. You could pay for a full “Celtic Cross” elaborate kind of thing, or you could just … Continue reading 226 – Strange Frequencies: Technology and the Supernatural with Peter Bebergal → The post 226 – Strange Frequencies: Technology and the Supernatural with Peter Bebergal appeared first on See You On The Other Side.

At the beginning of the Millennium, I used to visit the website tarot.com almost every single day. It was a good-looking page that had some really cool tarot cards and it was free to do a little reading everyday. You could pay for a full “Celtic Cross” elaborate kind of thing, or you could just … Continue reading 226 – Strange Frequencies: Technology and the Supernatural with Peter Bebergal → The post 226 – Strange Frequencies: Technology and the Supernatural with Peter Bebergal appeared first on See You On The Other Side.

On this special Halloween episode of The Vibe of the Tribe, Miriam, Dan and Ashley welcome supernatural expert Peter Bebergal to initiate us into the Jewish occult. Peter, a graduate of Harvard Divinity School, is the author of “Season of the Witch: How the Occult Saved Rock and Roll,” “Too Much to Dream: A Psychedelic American Boyhood” and the new “Strange Frequencies: The Extraordinary Story of the Technological Quest for the Supernatural.” He even attempted to construct his very own golem here in Boston. Gather your protective amulets, check under your bed for Lilith and listen in as Peter guides us through the spooky Jewish supernatural underworld of demons, dybbuks, death curses and more. Find Peter on Twitter at https://twitter.com/peterbebergal.

Peter Bebergal, author of "Strange Frequencies: The Extraordinary Story of the Technological Quest for the Supernatural," stops by the show to discuss the liminal zones between mysticism and technology, and the odd and wonderful things he has found there.

Our guest this time is one of the first guests to share the airwaves with me. His name is Peter Bebergal, and he’s written maybe the coolest book you’ll read this year. Actually there’s no maybe about it. It’s the coolest. It’s called Strange Frequencies: The Extraordinary Story of the Technological Quest for the Supernatural, and it’s a journey through the attempts artists, scientists, and tinkerers have made to imagine and communicate with the otherworldly using various technologies, from cameras to radiowaves to maybe even something like this here podcast. Which makes sense, because technology has been used for centuries to bridge the gap between the material and the mystical, revealing that the workshop and the séance parlor have more in common than we might think. And if technology is the bridge between worlds, then I say we’re living in the most magical time in recorded human history. PATREON EXTENSION Listen at patreon.com/occulture Performance and it being the most potent form of magic The role of emotion in magic Stage magic,  technology and Harry Houdini Peter’s trip to a seance in New York Phantasmagoria and the television as the new phantasmagoria The dream reality, the subconscious and a contraption known as the Dreamachine Audio frequencies inducing out-of-body experiences Peter’s experiments with EVP for the book More about the analogy Peter made between magicians and hackers   RESOURCES Strange Frequencies on IndieBound Strange Frequencies on Amazon Peter on Twitter Peter’s previous appearance   DONATE If recurring monthly support via Patreon isn’t your thing, we do accept one time-donations via PayPal, Bitcoin, Ethereum and Ripple. Every little bit helps. Click here if you’re interested.   MERCH We recently released new merch! Check it out on our website or at our Etsy shop.   SOCIAL Twitter Instagram Facebook Tumblr   MUSIC Vestron Vulture - “I Want to Be a Robot (Tribute to Giorgio Moroder)”   PRODUCTION & LICENSING This podcast is produced in the Kingdom of Ohio and is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International. Executive Producers: Mike K., Carter Y., Mauricio G., Alyssa S., Daniel R., Kelly C., Kaleb H., Bruce H., David B., Corey T., David G., Jeremy V., Marcelo T., Christopher B., Colleen F., Leonidas, Timothy W., Caleb C., VH Frater RC’s Hermetic Study Group, Nick F., Michael Q., Jamaica J., Mute Ryan, John W., Paul S., Maginfinit, Andy E.   REMINDER Love yourself. Think for yourself. Question authority.

Our guest this week is Gareth Branwyn. Gareth has been writing about DIY technology, media and culture for over three decades. He's the former senior editor of "Boing Boing," a founding contributing editor to "Wired," and the former editorial director of "Make." He's the author of eight books, including his most recent, "Borg Like Me," a memoir and best-of collection. He's currently writing two books, a shop tip books for Make, and a book on magic and role-playing games, which he's co-authoring with author Peter Bebergal. For show notes visit: http://kk.org/cooltools/gareth-branwyn-diy-technology-author

Episode Two is the first "conversation" episode of Talk About the Passion. My guest is author Peter Bebergal (Season of the Witch, Too Much to Dream, The Faith Between Us) We talk about growing up in the suburbs of Boston discovering outsider music, hardcore music, punk rock music, playing Dungeons and Dragons, adventuring into the city and where we're at now with music.  There is a companion Spotify playlist I made with some of the artists we talk about on this episode here  You can buy Peter's books here

Peter Bebergal is the guest on this week's episode of The Chauncey DeVega Show. He is the author of the new book Season of the Witch: How the Occult Saved Rock and Roll.  During this week's show, Peter and Chauncey discuss the appeal of magic and the occult for musicians and artists, the moral panics about Satanism and heavy metal music during the 1980s in America, Led Zeppelin, David Bowie, as well as how African trickster figures and other cultural practices influenced black music in America and across the Black Atlantic. Peter and Chauncey also talk about digital versus analog culture and the history of pen and paper as well as tabletop role-playing games. Friend of the podcast Jared Yates Sexton, contributing writer for publications such as The New Republic as well as The New York Times, also stops by to make his predictions (and share some concerns) about this weekend's WWE Wrestlemania 33 event.   On this week's show, Chauncey also shares his thoughts about some new data from this year's General Social Survey which shows that Republicans still believe that black people are dumb, lazy, and stupid. During this week's podcast, Chauncey also reads the obituary of Bill Minor, a journalist and a great white brother in the Black Freedom Struggle who passed away several days ago.

INTERVIEW STARTS AT 8:12 - Author Peter Bebergal calls into the show to talk about his book “Season of the Witch: How the Occult Saved Rock and Roll”, a fascinating in-depth look at how ancient arcane symbols and teachings influenced the most popular genre of music in western culture. Peter is on Twitter @peterbebergal. Buy his books on Amazon or Barnes & Noble. Theme music: Vestron Vulture - “I Want to be a Robot (Tribute to Giorgio Moroder)” | Vestron Vulture online: Bandcamp | SoundCloud | YouTube Read the OCCULTURE blog. Follow OCCULTURE on social media: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Tumblr | Pinterest | Google+ | Snapchat OCCULTURE streaming options: iTunes | YouTube | Stitcher | TuneIn | Google Play Music | SoundCloud This podcast is produced in the Kingdom of Ohio and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International. Love Yourself | Think for Yourself | Question Authority

Joseph Arthur faced some of the same struggles as Marc even though he's a musician and artist, not a comedian. Joseph and Marc talk about the false starts, the friendships with heroes like Lou Reed and Peter Gabriel, and the challenge of feeling okay with how things turned out. Also, author Peter Bebergal talks about magic and music, as he details in his book Season of the Witch: How the Occult Saved Rock and Roll. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Sign up here for WTF+ to get the full show archives and weekly bonus material! https://plus.acast.com/s/wtf-with-marc-maron-podcast.

This week we delve into your intrepid host's longtime fascination with the occult and rock and roll by interviewing the guy who literally wrote the book about it. Peter Bebergal, author of Season of the Witch: How the Occult Saved Rock and Roll, comes on to talk about the history of occultism in popular music from the days of slavery up to modern heavy metal. Then Duane and Desmond review one of the best films from last year, Deathgasm. Devil Dinosaur Jr. gives us a brand new Stay Scary on Satan's Slave, while Rich the Monster Movie Kid continues his month-long look at the more obscure horror films from genre legends with Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee in Nothing but the Night. There are always songs, and this week would be a really stupid week to change that: "Season of the Witch" by Donovan, "The White Witch of Rose Hall" by Coven, "Bad for Good" by Skull Fist, "Satan Prayer" by Ghost, "Nothing but the Night" by Grave Cross, and "Deathgasm" by Bulletbelt. Send feedback to: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.278.5257. Follow @DevilDinosaurJr and @dreadmedia on Twitter! Join the Facebook group! Visit www.stayscary.wordpress.com and www.dreadmedia.bandcamp.com.

This week we delve into your intrepid host's longtime fascination with the occult and rock and roll by interviewing the guy who literally wrote the book about it. Peter Bebergal, author of Season of the Witch: How the Occult Saved Rock and Roll, comes on to talk about the history of occultism in popular music from the days of slavery up to modern heavy metal. Then Duane and Desmond review one of the best films from last year, Deathgasm. Devil Dinosaur Jr. gives us a brand new Stay Scary on Satan's Slave, while Rich the Monster Movie Kid continues his month-long look at the more obscure horror films from genre legends with Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee in Nothing but the Night. There are always songs, and this week would be a really stupid week to change that: "Season of the Witch" by Donovan, "The White Witch of Rose Hall" by Coven, "Bad for Good" by Skull Fist, "Satan Prayer" by Ghost, "Nothing but the Night" by Grave Cross, and "Deathgasm" by Bulletbelt. Send feedback to: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.278.5257. Follow @DevilDinosaurJr and @dreadmedia on Twitter! Join the Facebook group! Visit www.stayscary.wordpress.com and www.dreadmedia.bandcamp.com.

This week we delve into your intrepid host's longtime fascination with the occult and rock and roll by interviewing the guy who literally wrote the book about it. Peter Bebergal, author of Season of the Witch: How the Occult Saved Rock and Roll, comes on to talk about the history of occultism in popular music from the days of slavery up to modern heavy metal. Then Duane and Desmond review one of the best films from last year, Deathgasm. Devil Dinosaur Jr. gives us a brand new Stay Scary on Satan's Slave, while Rich the Monster Movie Kid continues his month-long look at the more obscure horror films from genre legends with Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee in Nothing but the Night. There are always songs, and this week would be a really stupid week to change that: "Season of the Witch" by Donovan, "The White Witch of Rose Hall" by Coven, "Bad for Good" by Skull Fist, "Satan Prayer" by Ghost, "Nothing but the Night" by Grave Cross, and "Deathgasm" by Bulletbelt. Send feedback to: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.278.5257. Follow @DevilDinosaurJr and @dreadmedia on Twitter! Join the Facebook group! Visit www.stayscary.wordpress.com and www.dreadmedia.bandcamp.com.

This week we delve into your intrepid host's longtime fascination with the occult and rock and roll by interviewing the guy who literally wrote the book about it. Peter Bebergal, author of Season of the Witch: How the Occult Saved Rock and Roll, comes on to talk about the history of occultism in popular music from the days of slavery up to modern heavy metal. Then Duane and Desmond review one of the best films from last year, Deathgasm. Devil Dinosaur Jr. gives us a brand new Stay Scary on Satan's Slave, while Rich the Monster Movie Kid continues his month-long look at the more obscure horror films from genre legends with Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee in Nothing but the Night. There are always songs, and this week would be a really stupid week to change that: "Season of the Witch" by Donovan, "The White Witch of Rose Hall" by Coven, "Bad for Good" by Skull Fist, "Satan Prayer" by Ghost, "Nothing but the Night" by Grave Cross, and "Deathgasm" by Bulletbelt. Send feedback to: feedback@dreadmedia.net, or 206.278.5257. Follow @DevilDinosaurJr and @dreadmedia on Twitter! Join the Facebook group! Visit www.stayscary.wordpress.com and www.dreadmedia.bandcamp.com.

Check out the Geeked Gods interview with Peter Bebergal, author of the book Season of the Witch: How the Occult saved Rock and Roll. If you liked to know more about Peter follow him on Twitter @Peterbebergal or click here         The post The Geeked God Interviews: Spotlight Author Peter Bebergal of the book, Season of the Witch how the occult saved rock and roll appeared first on The Geeked Gods.

Topics: The Occult, Led Of The Rings, Tolkien, Satan, Hawkwind, The Divine, All Things Shining, Too Much To Dream, LSD, 60s, UFO Club, Arthur Brown, Magic, Bowie, Valis, Prophets, Shabazz Palaces, Goat

42 Minutes 179: Peter Bebergal - Season Of The Witch: How The Occult Saved Rock And Roll - 04.07.15 After a month of music, the program reconnects with an investigation of meaning, this time, the meaning of music with the help of Peter Bebergal, author of Season Of The Witch. Topics Include: The Occult, Led Of The Rings, Tolkien, Satan, Hawkwind, The Divine, All Things Shining, Too Much To Dream, LSD, 60s, UFO Club, Arthur Brown, Magic, Bowie, Valis, Prophets, Shabazz Palaces, Goat. Purchase: Season Of The Witch at http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0399167668/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0399167668&linkCode=as2&tag=frthbeofthwh-20&linkId=RCP7DSEZM2W3MBAU Visit: http://mysterytheater.blogspot.com Play: The Keep On The Borderlands from Dungeons & Dragons http://gobbi.free.fr/scenarii/ADD/TSR%209034%20-%20B2%20-%20Keep%20on%20Borderlands.pdf

The Pagan Variety show welcomes author, Peter Bebergal to speak about his new book, The Season of the Witch : How the Occult Saved Rock and Roll  http://www.amazon.com/Season-Witch-Occult-Saved-Rock/dp/0399167668 Do you believe in rock and roll?  Can music save your mortal soul or will you burn in the presence of the God of Hell Fire? From the fateful meeting at the crossroads to the Super Bowl half time show.  From Nazi's to the Illuminati, to Crowley and Maharishi Mahesh Yogi the history of Rock and Roll is woven with threads of sex, drugs, and magick.  Is the force that drives the magick in Rock purely fiction, a well-meaning attempt to lift our consciousness, a conspiracy laden attempt to control us, or just plain charlatanism?  Peter Bebergal unravels the threads to investigate as someone versed in Magick.  His treatment of the subject of the occult and Rock and Roll shows his knowledge and respect of both.  If you love Rock and the myth and mysteries of our modern day bards and magicians, you need to read this book. Music for PTRN open and close provided by SJ Tucker,  For more music and information, please visit http://sjtucker.com/

8 pm CST-Variety Show- Pam Kelly welcomes co-hort Susan Harper and author, Lee Harrington to discuss BDSM and Paganism.  This is a replay of an earlier show. http://passionandsoul.com/ Author Peter Bebergal will be here to discuss Rock and Roll and the Occult at the end of December.  Peter's new book, Season of the Witch (How the Occult Saved Rock and Roll) is now available.   http://mysterytheater.blogspot.com/  Next week Author Deborah Blake on her non-fiction series about a modern dayBaba Yaga.

Author Peter Bebergal returns to discuss his new new book Season Of The Witch Witch: How the Occult Saved Rock & Roll. Mr. Bebergal and Dwyer explore when Rock took the turn towards the dark, the taboos associated with Occult imagery, the importance of album covers and Dungeons & Dragons as a midlife crisis. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Jim and Greg celebrate Halloween by dabbling in the dark arts with Peter Bebergal, author of "Season of the Witch: How the Occult Saved Rock and Roll." Later they review a new release from Fleetwood Mac frontwoman Stevie Nicks.

Dwyer sits down with Peter Bebergal to discuss his fascinating memoir Too Much To Dream: A Psychedelic American Boyhood. Matt and Peter talk like they are old pals going on conversational ride through tales of LSD fueled spiritual quests, suburban discontent and music. There is also a hilarious digression into boobs: then and now. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.