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“The Magic Circle: Swedenborgian PTK” - a new joint investigation from The Return of the Repressed and ParaPower Mapping.Subscribe to the PPM & The Return of the Repressed Patreons to support our work: patreon.com/ParaPowerMappingpatreon.com/TheReturnOfTheRepressedA multipart series investigating a Swedish ritual murder ring unlike anything you've ever previously encountered. A tale of…Abwehr secret agents, séances clouded with the Witches Sabbath drug henbane, hypnotism, Nazi paramilitaries, Tantric Luciferians, Danish dark ascended masters, Swedish electrical utility giants, American gangster ethos, Dr. Caligari, Dr. Mabuse, Babelsberg movie industry, Prohibition & Depression-era American cultural exports, Swedish bootleggers, astral projection, the OTO, Erik Jan Hanussen, opium, the Hindu goddess of destruction Kali, yoni emblems, Nitzchean “Übermenschen” killers, psych hospitals, military-supplying haberdashers, the British SIS, the Swedish C-byrån (C Bureau Intelligence Service), Swedenborg, telepathy, Hypnotic Breakfast Clubs, Christmas homunculi, anarcho-syndicalists, turncoat Communists, stakeouts, verdant Swedish forest, “From Hell”-esque murder geometry, Theosophy, Baron von Reichenbach and the Od Force, the “specialness” of the bloody fluids, Kumārila Bhatta, kundalini, Hatha Yoga, Tantrism & Advaita Vedanta, Beelzebub, the Theosophical Society, Blavatsky, bucolic visions of psykopomps from Asatron by the lake, farsighted Grandmothers, valkyrior, weapons tests, stakeouts, murder by “Midsommar”-esque carbon dioxide poisoning, heists, car chases, and much more. Tracks & Clips:| Atrium Carceri & Cities Last Broadcast - A Deeper DreamUgasanie - In Antarctic NightAtrium Carceri & Herbst9 - Sov Ej Hos Kvinna, Som Är Kunnig I TrolldomSKÁLD Huldufólk - Herr ManneligBaby Grandmothers - Opus 1： Ascending (1967, Sweden)Ted Gärdestad - Himlen är oskyldigt blå (slowed+reverb)Aki - DynamitDead Melodies - Lonesome Halls of RuinKid cudi - trapped in my mind (slowed + reverb)

This Day in Legal History: Jack Ruby ConvictedOn March 14, 1964, Jack Ruby was convicted of murdering Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin of President John F. Kennedy. Ruby, a Dallas nightclub owner, had shot Oswald on live television two days after Kennedy's assassination, as police were transferring Oswald from the city jail. The highly publicized trial concluded with a guilty verdict, and Ruby was sentenced to death. However, in 1966, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals overturned the conviction, ruling that improper testimony had been admitted and that the trial should not have taken place in Dallas, where impartiality was questionable. A retrial was ordered, but before it could proceed, Ruby died of lung cancer on January 3, 1967. His actions and their legal consequences remain a topic of debate, with some believing he was motivated by grief and others suspecting a broader conspiracy.Ruby testified before the Warren Commission in July 1964, providing a rambling account of his mental state and possible connections to figures of interest. Arlen Specter, a future U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania, was among those questioning him. The case highlighted due process concerns, particularly regarding venue changes in high-profile trials, and underscored the legal system's challenges in handling emotionally charged cases with national significance.Two federal judges, one in Maryland and another in California, have ordered the Trump administration to reinstate thousands of probationary federal workers who were fired as part of a sweeping effort to shrink the government. The rulings represent the most significant legal challenge yet to Trump and adviser Elon Musk's aggressive push to cut federal jobs. The Maryland case, led by 20 Democratic-led states, targeted 18 agencies accused of unlawfully dismissing workers without following required procedures. Judge James Bredar ruled that the firings amounted to mass layoffs requiring prior notice to state governments.In California, Judge William Alsup reached a similar conclusion, ordering reinstatement for workers at six agencies, including the Department of Defense. He criticized the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) for directing agencies to fire workers en masse without legal authority. The Trump administration argues that probationary employees have few job protections and can be terminated for nearly any reason. However, Democratic-led states claim the firings violated regulations requiring agencies to provide 60 days' notice before mass layoffs.At least 24,000 probationary workers have been fired since Trump returned to office, affecting agencies such as the EPA, Department of Education, and Homeland Security. The Merit Systems Protection Board has also intervened, recently ordering the Agriculture Department to temporarily reinstate nearly 6,000 workers. Meanwhile, unions and advocacy groups continue legal efforts to block further terminations, with the American Federation of Government Employees calling the rulings a victory against an administration aiming to cripple federal agencies. The Trump administration has vowed to fight back against the court orders, arguing they undermine presidential authority.Fired Workers at 18 Agencies Reinstated in Court Blow to TrumpUS judges order Trump administration to reinstate thousands of fired workersColumbia University has issued severe punishments to students involved in a pro-Palestinian protest that occupied a campus building last spring, including expulsions and temporary degree revocations. The announcement follows the Trump administration's decision to cancel $400 million in federal funding to the university, citing an inadequate response to antisemitism. Interim President Katrina Armstrong acknowledged the government's concerns and pledged cooperation. However, the university has not disclosed the number of students disciplined, nor their identities, citing privacy laws.Critics argue the crackdown is politically motivated, particularly since the expelled student union president, Grant Miner, was removed just before contract negotiations with the university. The Trump administration has escalated its efforts against what it labels "pro-Hamas" protests, detaining Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil, a protest leader, for deportation—though a federal judge has temporarily blocked the move. These actions raise serious concerns about the suppression of campus activism and whether the university's response was driven by financial and political pressure rather than an impartial disciplinary process.Columbia's handling of the protests appears to be shaped more by government pressure than by a genuine commitment to campus safety or free speech. The timing of expulsions, particularly targeting a union leader, suggests a broader effort to stifle dissent rather than uphold academic integrity. The federal crackdown on protesters further complicates the situation, blurring the line between addressing antisemitism and suppressing legitimate political expression.Columbia University punishes pro-Palestinian protesters who occupied building | ReutersNewsmax has paid $40 million to settle a defamation lawsuit filed by Smartmatic over false claims that the company helped rig the 2020 U.S. election for Joe Biden. The settlement was reached privately last year, but the amount was disclosed in a recent investor filing. Smartmatic sued Newsmax in 2021, alleging the network knowingly spread misinformation, falsely stating that its machines were hacked and that it was backed by corrupt regimes. Newsmax defended its reporting as protected by the First Amendment but later clarified its coverage and invited Smartmatic to respond on air, an offer Smartmatic declined.Smartmatic had initially sought between $400 million and $600 million in damages. Meanwhile, the company continues its $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News, following a historic $787.5 million settlement Fox paid to Dominion Voting Systems. The Newsmax case underscores the financial and legal consequences media outlets face for amplifying election misinformation, particularly when it leads to measurable reputational and financial harm.Newsmax paid $40 million to settle defamation suit over US 2020 election claims | ReutersThis week's closing theme is by Hector BerliozOn this day in 1869, French composer Hector Berlioz passed away, leaving behind a legacy of bold orchestration, vivid storytelling, and groundbreaking compositions that pushed Romantic music to new heights. Born in 1803, Berlioz defied his family's wishes for him to become a doctor, instead immersing himself in the world of music, where his dramatic flair and innovative techniques set him apart. He was a master of programmatic music, crafting works that told intense, almost cinematic stories through sound.His most famous composition, Symphonie Fantastique, is a perfect example of this. Written in 1830, the symphony follows a tormented artist haunted by unrequited love, spiraling into madness and hallucination. The final movement, “Dreams of a Witches' Sabbath,” is a feverish nightmare of swirling strings, eerie bells, and grotesque dance rhythms, as the protagonist imagines his own funeral turned into a macabre celebration. The piece is filled with dark energy, blending horror and exhilaration in a way that was revolutionary for its time.Berlioz's influence stretched far beyond his own era, inspiring composers like Wagner, Mahler, and even film composers of the 20th century. Though he struggled for recognition during his lifetime, often facing resistance from conservative critics, his music eventually gained the admiration it deserved. His orchestral mastery and fearless storytelling continue to captivate listeners today.To close this week, we leave you with the chilling and electrifying "Dream of a Witches' Sabbath" from Symphonie Fantastique, a piece that perfectly embodies Berlioz's genius for the dramatic and the surreal.Without further ado, Hector Berlioz's “Dreams of a Witches Sabbath” from his Symphonie Fantastique. Enjoy!  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.minimumcomp.com/subscribe

“The Magic Circle: Swedenborgian PTK” - a new joint investigation from The Return of the Repressed and ParaPower Mapping.Subscribe to the PPM & The Return of the Repressed Patreons to support our work: patreon.com/ParaPowerMappingpatreon.com/TheReturnOfTheRepressedA multipart series investigating a Swedish ritual murder ring unlike anything you've ever previously encountered. A tale of…Abwehr secret agents, séances clouded with the Witches Sabbath drug henbane, hypnotism, Nazi paramilitaries, Tantric Luciferians, Danish dark ascended masters, Swedish electrical utility giants, American gangster ethos, Dr. Caligari, Dr. Mabuse, Babelsberg movie industry, Prohibition & Depression-era American cultural exports, Swedish bootleggers, astral projection, the OTO, Erik Jan Hanussen, opium, the Hindu goddess of destruction Kali, yoni emblems, Nitzchean “Übermenschen” killers, psych hospitals, military-supplying haberdashers, the British SIS, the Swedish C-byrån (C Bureau Intelligence Service), Swedenborg, telepathy, Hypnotic Breakfast Clubs, Christmas homunculi, anarcho-syndicalists, turncoat Communists, stakeouts, verdant Swedish forest, “From Hell”-esque murder geometry, Theosophy, Baron von Reichenbach and the Od Force, the “specialness” of the bloody fluids, Kumārila Bhatta, kundalini, Hatha Yoga, Tantrism & Advaita Vedanta, Beelzebub, the Theosophical Society, Blavatsky, bucolic visions of psykopomps from Asatron by the lake, farsighted Grandmothers, valkyrior, weapons tests, stakeouts, murder by “Midsommar”-esque carbon dioxide poisoning, heists, car chases, and much more.  Tracks & Clips:| "From Hell" Excerpts (Read by Marcus) || Pugh Rogefeldt - “Haru Sett Mej Va” | | Hypnosmord - “B: Världen sover" (The Thurneman Improvisations) | | Bob Lawrence with Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - “Annanina” |

“The Magic Circle: Swedenborgian PTK” - a new joint investigation from The Return of the Repressed and ParaPower Mapping.Subscribe to the PPM & The Return of the Repressed Patreons to support our work: patreon.com/ParaPowerMappingpatreon.com/TheReturnOfTheRepressedA multipart series investigating a Swedish ritual murder ring unlike anything you've ever previously encountered. A tale of…Abwehr secret agents, séances clouded with the Witches Sabbath drug henbane, hypnotism, Nazi paramilitaries, Tantric Luciferians, Danish dark ascended masters, Swedish electrical utility giants, American gangster ethos, Dr. Caligari, Dr. Mabuse, Babelsberg movie industry, Prohibition & Depression-era American cultural exports, Swedish bootleggers, astral projection, the OTO, Erik Jan Hanussen, opium, the Hindu goddess of destruction Kali, yoni emblems, Nitzchean “Übermenschen” killers, psych hospitals, military-supplying haberdashers, the British SIS, the Swedish C-byrån (C Bureau Intelligence Service), Swedenborg, telepathy, Hypnotic Breakfast Clubs, Christmas homunculi, anarcho-syndicalists, turncoat Communists, stakeouts, verdant Swedish forest, “From Hell”-esque murder geometry, Theosophy, Baron von Reichenbach and the Od Force, the “specialness” of the bloody fluids, Kumārila Bhatta, kundalini, Hatha Yoga, Tantrism & Advaita Vedanta, Beelzebub, the Theosophical Society, Blavatsky, bucolic visions of psykopomps from Asatron by the lake, farsighted Grandmothers, valkyrior, weapons tests, stakeouts, murder by “Midsommar”-esque carbon dioxide poisoning, heists, car chases, and much more. Tracks & Clips:| Pugh Rogefeldt - “Haru Sett Mej Va” | | Hypnosmord - “B: Världen sover" (The Thurneman Improvisations) | | Bob Lawrence with Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - “Annanina” |

“The Magic Circle: Swedenborgian PTK” - a new joint investigation from The Return of the Repressed and ParaPower Mapping. Subscribe to the PPM & The Return of the Repressed Patreons to support our work:  patreon.com/ParaPowerMapping patreon.com/TheReturnOfTheRepressed A multipart series investigating a Swedish ritual murder ring unlike anything you've ever previously encountered. A tale of… Abwehr secret agents, séances clouded with the Witches Sabbath drug henbane, hypnotism, Nazi paramilitaries, Tantric Luciferians, Danish dark ascended masters, Swedish electrical utility giants, American gangster ethos, Dr. Caligari, Dr. Mabuse, Babelsberg movie industry, Prohibition & Depression-era American cultural exports, Swedish bootleggers, astral projection, the OTO, Erik Jan Hanussen, opium, the Hindu goddess of destruction Kali, yoni emblems, Nitzchean “Übermenschen” killers, psych hospitals, military-supplying haberdashers, the British SIS, the Swedish C-byrån (C Bureau Intelligence Service), Swedenborg, telepathy, Hypnotic Breakfast Clubs, Christmas homunculi, anarcho-syndicalists, turncoat Communists, stakeouts, verdant Swedish forest, “From Hell”-esque murder geometry, Theosophy, Baron von Reichenbach and the Od Force, the “specialness” of the bloody fluids, Kumārila Bhatta, kundalini, Hatha Yoga, Tantrism & Advaita Vedanta, Beelzebub, the Theosophical Society, Blavatsky, bucolic visions of psykopomps from Asatron by the lake, farsighted Grandmothers, valkyrior, weapons tests, stakeouts, murder by “Midsommar”-esque carbon dioxide poisoning, heists, car chases, and much more.  Tracks & Clips: | Babylon Berlin - S1 EP 1 opening scene |  | Pugh - “Här Kommer Natten” |  | Hypnosmord - “Pianofingrar (The Thurneman Improvisations)” |  | Artie Shaw Orchestra - “Moonray” |

“The Magic Circle: Swedenborgian PTK” - a new joint investigation from The Return of the Repressed and ParaPower Mapping. Subscribe to the PPM & The Return of the Repressed Patreons to support our work:patreon.com/TheReturnOfTheRepressed  patreon.com/ParaPowerMapping A multipart series investigating a Swedish ritual murder ring unlike anything you've ever previously encountered. A tale of… Abwehr secret agents, séances clouded with the Witches Sabbath drug henbane, hypnotism, Nazi paramilitaries, Tantric Luciferians, Danish dark ascended masters, Swedish electrical utility giants, American gangster ethos, Dr. Caligari, Dr. Mabuse, Babelsberg movie industry, Prohibition & Depression-era American cultural exports, Swedish bootleggers, astral projection, the OTO, Erik Jan Hanussen, opium, the Hindu goddess of destruction Kali, yoni emblems, Nitzchean “Übermenschen” killers, psych hospitals, military-supplying haberdashers, the British SIS, the Swedish C-byrån (C Bureau Intelligence Service), Swedenborg, telepathy, Hypnotic Breakfast Clubs, Christmas homunculi, anarcho-syndicalists, turncoat Communists, stakeouts, verdant Swedish forest, “From Hell”-esque murder geometry, Theosophy, Baron von Reichenbach and the Od Force, the “specialness” of the bloody fluids, Kumārila Bhatta, kundalini, Hatha Yoga, Tantrism & Advaita Vedanta, Beelzebub, the Theosophical Society, Blavatsky, bucolic visions of psykopomps from Asatron by the lake, farsighted Grandmothers, valkyrior, weapons tests, stakeouts, murder by “Midsommar”-esque carbon dioxide poisoning, heists, car chases, and much more. Tracks & Clips: | Babylon Berlin - S1 EP 1 opening scene | | Pugh - “Här Kommer Natten” | | Hypnosmord - “Pianofingrar (The Thurneman Improvisations)” | | Artie Shaw Orchestra - “Moonray” |

This month's Nightmare Short Shots episode features "Painted Surfaces" by Guan Un (© 2024 by Guan Un), narrated by Arthur Morey and "Witches Sabbath" by Lisa M. Bradley (© 2024 by Lisa M. Bradley), narrated by Nan McNamara. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We welcome back our good friend Shane Bugbee for the third time!! Always love catching up with this amazing human. We talk about his latest book, Satanism, being nice, being old and of course his big upcoming event The Witches Sabbath in Los Angeles on April 30th/May 1. Always an incredible time when Shane is on, not only is he one of our most popular guest he is always so open and honest. We always have some laughs but also tackle some serious issues, then have some more laughs. So sit back and enjoy 3 of your favourite and friendly Satanists have a lovely chat. Oh and Pepper praises the new band Maggot Pizza!!! HAIL SATAN! HAIL BUGBEE! Go follow Shane on IG @michael_hunt_publishing . Check out his links and grab yourself a book and a tickets to the Witches Sabbath!!!!! You can find us on IG @sweetpepperklopek , @the_great_orbax and @monstersofschlock . And go follow Maggot Pizza on IG @maggot.pizza Don't forget our sponsors Hella Hot Hot Sauce! Follow them on IG @hella_hot_hot_sauce and the Hearty Hooligan! Go follow the best vegan restaurant ever on IG @theheartyhooligan !!  Stay safe out there everyone and don't forget, Daddy don't jam bro. BYYYYYYEEE!!!

On this episode of Think Theory Radio we are joined by artist, counter culture historian, author, & Satanist Shane Bugbee discussing his new book & upcoming event! What is the Satanic Temple, how was it founded, & is it what people think it is? How did the counter culture movement in Chicago change with gentrification & commodification? Plus, the Witches Sabbath event & so much more!!!

There are lots of bonkers classics on Criterion Channel right now and we wanted to pair pot with them before they show up on that "Leaving Criterion Channel" list in an episode we call "WHAT THE FUCK CRITERION." First up is THE DEVILS (1971), Ken Russell's masterpiece of blasphemy, demonic possession and religious persecution in 17th Century France. Oliver Reed is Urbain Grandier, an impossibly hot Jesuit priest, and Vanessa Redgrave is Sister Jeanne des Anges, a delusional nun who claims that she is possessed by the devil, and that devil works with Grandier. It's a gut-wrenching work that may be Russell's best. Continuing with the theme, our second feature is THE UNKNOWN (1927), a bizarre circus tale from FREAKS director Tod Browning. Lon Chaney, Sr. is Alonso, an armless knife-thrower who longs for Nanon, his fetching assistant played by a very young Joan Crawford. Nanon can't bear to be held in men's arms, so she should be perfect for Alonso, right? Well, all is not what it seems in this carnie world of deception, which motivates Alonso to go to sadistic and even masochistic extremes. What the fuck Criterion??? Man, we could've added a third feature here because PEEPING TOM is on the channel as well. Hopefully we'll get to that one soon. In the opener, Cory asks if it's even possible to create a cult movie these days where streaming has flattened everything out. Greg, Bob, and Philena all hold out hope. Hosts: Philena Franklin, Bob Calhoun, Cory Sklar and Greg Franklin Music: OMFYS Theme Song by Chaki the Funk Wizard "Black as the West" by "The Kiss and Crash Collective, courtesy of Kiss and Crash Collective and Sean Heskett "A Witches Sabbath" from Hector Berlioz's "Symphonie Fantastique" performed by the United States Marine Band, courtesy of Archive.org "Minor Lament for Solo Bass" by John Ptitucci courtesy of YouTube Audio Library BIRDEMIC trailer audio courtesy of archive.org. Web: www.oldmoviesforyoungstoners.com Instagram/Facebook (Meta): oldmoviesforyoungstoners Bluesky: @oldmoviesystoners.bsky.social Twitter (X): OM4YStoners Contact: oldmoviesforyoungstoners AT gmail DOT com Coming soon: Matt Zoller Seitz joins us again for Crazy for Kaiju with SON OF GODZILLA. Subscribe so you don't miss it.

Colin's got to get to the Witches Sabbath in City of the Dead (aka Horror Hotel, 1960), in which an intrepid college student goes to a spooky coastal village where a witch was burned in the 17th Century, and discovers witchcraft may still be afoot in the 20th. Listen as we discuss 60s shapewear, accidental summonings, and possessed digital devices on this week's exciting episode! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It will soon be Halloween. In the imagination of some, it's a time of witches, warlocks and things that go bump in the night. For others, it's a time when children go guising in the streets offering (to use the American expression) tricks or treats. But it's also the time when a new production starts its tour around Scotland. It's called Tales from the Witches Sabbath and you can see it at Bellfield next Saturday. You can buy tickets by clicking here: https://tinyurl.com/vkca9zy8

In this episode we discuss accusations made by Ann Armstrong against numerous people in Northumberland in 1673. Ann's testimony is famous for her detailed account of a Witches Sabbath involving local men and women from local villages.

When Heinrich Kramer comes to town you have three days to admit your sins. This is the inquisition and Frater Kramer has a book he's written called Malleus Maleficarum: The Hammer of Witches. Inside this book is detailed all the ways you will be inevitably proven guilty of witchraft, the spells and magick you used, what tortures you deserve and, most absurdly, how everything that is about to be done to you is legal. Welcome to The Burning Times.  What happens next is up to Kramer.This week we discuss:-Gendered and Racial “Otherness”-Ancient Witchcraft-Code of Hamurabi-Fake Canadian Witch Laws-Old Testament Witches-Jesus Accused of Witchcraft-Burning of the Cathars-Papal Bull of 1258-Heinrich Kramer-The Malleus Malifcarum-Joan of Arc-How Succubi and Incubi use SemenIn the FULL EPISODE available at www.patreon.com/TheWholeRabbit we go even further to discuss:-Medieval Demonology-Making Penises Dissapear!-Witch Powers-How the Devil Initiates a Witch-Torture Methods Used-Witch Repellant-African Witch HuntsWhere to find The Whole Rabbit:YouTube: https://youtu.be/z4DL6BFdzfMMerch: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/thewholerabbit/Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0AnJZhmPzaby04afmEWOAVInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_whole_rabbitMusic By:Spirit Travel Plazahttps://open.spotify.com/artist/30dW3WB1sYofnow7y3V0YoSources:Malleus Maleficarum:https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.12657/35002/341393.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=yhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMbGf1HGaSg&t=2076shttps://www.sacred-texts.com/pag/mm/mm02a04a.htmCathars:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4883611/#:~:text=The%20Cathars%20are%20among%20the,the%20stake%20on%20huge%20pyres.Torture Devices and Methods During the European Witch Trials:https://books.google.bj/books?id=9IQ-AAAAcAAJ&hl=fr&lr=and:https://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/11823268African Witch Hunts in Modern Times:https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-19437130Canadian Fake Witches:https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/c-46/section-365-20030101.htmland :https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/witchcraft-criminal-code-charge-1.4951071Support the show

This week, we discuss the witchy aesthetic. What is it? Is it important? What in history has happened to create it? We talk about art, media, and the zeitgeist that is the iconic visage of the witch. Books discussed: All Them Witches, and The Witches Sabbath by Kekdon, and The Witches Devil by Roger J Horne.

Welcome, Dear Guest! Please find your favorite spot in The Reading Room as we gather to gaze upon what some have considered to be forbidden subjects for artists and the human eye: WITCHES IN ART! See for yourself what several artists have dared cast onto their canvases as your host describes for you the rich, enchanting, and other-worldly life of witches captured in these magical paintings! If you would like to look the paintings up in advance, which is highly recommended, the paintings discussed will be: "The Magic Circle" by John William Waterhouse, "Witches Sabbath" by Francisco Goya, "Witches Going to Their Sabbath" by Luis Falero, and "The Garden of Earthly Delights" by Hieronymus Bosch. We promise you will be delighted by all of these unusual paintings that are the subject of tonight's unusual reading. Special Thanks to Sounds Like an Earful Music Supply for the amazing music AND sound design during this episode.

SittingNow sets foot into alternate realms and discovers a secret meeting of Occult forces. Join us around the fire as we sit down with author Kelden to explore the mysterious Witches Sabbath. This week we discuss: The tangled roots of the Witches Sabbath, The unlikely victims of the Witchcraft myth, myopic stalky nymphs, and much more. Joining me in the Otherworld is Marck Satyr Main theme by Simon Smerdon (Mothboy) Music bed by chriszabriskie.com Kelden's book is available now. Kelden Biography: Hello, my name is Kelden. I am a therapist, writer, Youtuber, and Witch (among many other things). My personal practice, as well as my writing, is largely influenced by both historical and folkloric Witchcraft. This blog is intended to be an ongoing account of my Craft, in terms of my personal experiences, what I've learned, and what I am still learning. Topics of particular interests of mine include Scottish Witchlore, Familiar Spirits, Wortcunning, and Hedge-Crossing. I currently live in Northern Minnesota. I hold a graduate degree in Marriage and Family Therapy as well as two undergraduate degrees in Human Services and Psychology. Besides writing my other hobbies include reading, painting, hiking, gardening, and playing ukulele. You can contact me at keldenmercury@gmail.com Instagram: keldenmercury YouTube channel: youtube.com/KeldenMercury Source: https://www.patheos.com/blogs/byathameandstang/  

In this episode we welcome author and Traditional Witch Kelden Mercury to talk about his new book and Trad Craft.

Why should Fridays have all the fun? Go crazy on Mondays with Laura Gonzalez on 'Lunatic Mondays'..... Anything can happen!!! On this episode Kelden will be chatting with Laura Gonzalez about his book “The Witches Sabbath. An Exploration of History, Folklore & Modern Practice”

Author of "The Witches Sabbath: An Exploration of History, Folklore & Modern Practice " - Kelden joins me for the hour to discuss his latest book release. From Amazon: Kelden (Minnesota) has been practicing Traditional Witchcraft for more than a decade. His writing has appeared in The Witch's Altar, The New Aradia: A Witch's Handbook to Magical Resistance, and Modern Witch magazine. Additionally, Kelden is the cocreator of The Traditional Witch's Deck and he authors a blog on the Patheos Pagan channel called By Athame and Stang. Follow Kelden on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/keldenmercury/?hl=en

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In this episode of Southern Bramble, Austin & Marshall welcome Kelden as an extra special guest host. Kelden is the author of The Crooked Path and soon to be released book, the Witches Sabbath, out January 8, 2022. What is the Witches Sabbath? What is its history? What's flying ointment? Tune in to listen as they discuss all this and more! You can find Kelden on Instagram at @keldenmercury.

Join me for a visit with Kelden, author of The Crooked Path, as we discuss his upcoming book, The Witches' Sabbath: An Exploration of History, Folklore, and Modern Practice For more about Kelden, please visit: https://www.llewellyn.com/author.php?author_id=6386

Join us today for a roundtable conversation with three leading medieval scholars about the phenomenon of conspiracy theories in history.  Michael T. Bailey, professor of history at Iowa State University is one of the world’s leading scholars on the development of the idea of the Witches’ Sabbath, the verifiable hysterical historical panic about a gathering of diabolical witches joined together to dance with the devil himself in order to spread evil power, a nocturnal festival capable of destroying flora and fauna.  Miri Rubin, professor of history at Queen Mary University of London, and translator of the first Blood Libel accusation in England, speaks on her historical forte: the dangerous, long-lived, and utterly spurious assertion that Jews ritually murder a Christian child to celebrate Passover. Emerging in medieval England and flourishing throughout the whole of the premodern era, the Blood Libel was responsible for another form or murderous hysteria. Sean Field, a specialist on religious life in medieval France, speaks about the creation of mystery around the Templars. This is a different kind of conspiracy theory, that develops later around a specific and very real event. King Philip IV of France accused the Templars of a laundry list of spiritual and corporeal crimes; almost all the accused were entirely innocent. Though there was much furor contemporaneously, there was no belief that the Templars were involved in some sort of international secret financial skullduggery. Instead that modern balderdash developed much later and sticks with us. Our conversation covers the appeal of conspiracy theories, how they gain traction, and how they might be handled. Though our discussion is based in history it has strong repercussions for the current political and cultural situation. Jana Byars is the Academic Director of Netherlands: International Perspectives on Sexuality and Gender. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/christian-studies

Join us today for a roundtable conversation with three leading medieval scholars about the phenomenon of conspiracy theories in history.  Michael T. Bailey, professor of history at Iowa State University is one of the world’s leading scholars on the development of the idea of the Witches’ Sabbath, the verifiable hysterical historical panic about a gathering of diabolical witches joined together to dance with the devil himself in order to spread evil power, a nocturnal festival capable of destroying flora and fauna.  Miri Rubin, professor of history at Queen Mary University of London, and translator of the first Blood Libel accusation in England, speaks on her historical forte: the dangerous, long-lived, and utterly spurious assertion that Jews ritually murder a Christian child to celebrate Passover. Emerging in medieval England and flourishing throughout the whole of the premodern era, the Blood Libel was responsible for another form or murderous hysteria. Sean Field, a specialist on religious life in medieval France, speaks about the creation of mystery around the Templars. This is a different kind of conspiracy theory, that develops later around a specific and very real event. King Philip IV of France accused the Templars of a laundry list of spiritual and corporeal crimes; almost all the accused were entirely innocent. Though there was much furor contemporaneously, there was no belief that the Templars were involved in some sort of international secret financial skullduggery. Instead that modern balderdash developed much later and sticks with us. Our conversation covers the appeal of conspiracy theories, how they gain traction, and how they might be handled. Though our discussion is based in history it has strong repercussions for the current political and cultural situation. Jana Byars is the Academic Director of Netherlands: International Perspectives on Sexuality and Gender. Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/italian-studies

Join us today for a roundtable conversation with three leading medieval scholars about the phenomenon of conspiracy theories in history.  Michael T. Bailey, professor of history at Iowa State University is one of the world’s leading scholars on the development of the idea of the Witches’ Sabbath, the verifiable hysterical historical panic about a gathering of diabolical witches joined together to dance with the devil himself in order to spread evil power, a nocturnal festival capable of destroying flora and fauna.  Miri Rubin, professor of history at Queen Mary University of London, and translator of the first Blood Libel accusation in England, speaks on her historical forte: the dangerous, long-lived, and utterly spurious assertion that Jews ritually murder a Christian child to celebrate Passover. Emerging in medieval England and flourishing throughout the whole of the premodern era, the Blood Libel was responsible for another form or murderous hysteria. Sean Field, a specialist on religious life in medieval France, speaks about the creation of mystery around the Templars. This is a different kind of conspiracy theory, that develops later around a specific and very real event. King Philip IV of France accused the Templars of a laundry list of spiritual and corporeal crimes; almost all the accused were entirely innocent. Though there was much furor contemporaneously, there was no belief that the Templars were involved in some sort of international secret financial skullduggery. Instead that modern balderdash developed much later and sticks with us. Our conversation covers the appeal of conspiracy theories, how they gain traction, and how they might be handled. Though our discussion is based in history it has strong repercussions for the current political and cultural situation. Jana Byars is the Academic Director of Netherlands: International Perspectives on Sexuality and Gender. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/french-studies

Join us today for a roundtable conversation with three leading medieval scholars about the phenomenon of conspiracy theories in history.  Michael T. Bailey, professor of history at Iowa State University is one of the world’s leading scholars on the development of the idea of the Witches’ Sabbath, the verifiable hysterical historical panic about a gathering of diabolical witches joined together to dance with the devil himself in order to spread evil power, a nocturnal festival capable of destroying flora and fauna.  Miri Rubin, professor of history at Queen Mary University of London, and translator of the first Blood Libel accusation in England, speaks on her historical forte: the dangerous, long-lived, and utterly spurious assertion that Jews ritually murder a Christian child to celebrate Passover. Emerging in medieval England and flourishing throughout the whole of the premodern era, the Blood Libel was responsible for another form or murderous hysteria. Sean Field, a specialist on religious life in medieval France, speaks about the creation of mystery around the Templars. This is a different kind of conspiracy theory, that develops later around a specific and very real event. King Philip IV of France accused the Templars of a laundry list of spiritual and corporeal crimes; almost all the accused were entirely innocent. Though there was much furor contemporaneously, there was no belief that the Templars were involved in some sort of international secret financial skullduggery. Instead that modern balderdash developed much later and sticks with us. Our conversation covers the appeal of conspiracy theories, how they gain traction, and how they might be handled. Though our discussion is based in history it has strong repercussions for the current political and cultural situation. Jana Byars is the Academic Director of Netherlands: International Perspectives on Sexuality and Gender. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/eastern-european-studies

Join us today for a roundtable conversation with three leading medieval scholars about the phenomenon of conspiracy theories in history.  Michael T. Bailey, professor of history at Iowa State University is one of the world’s leading scholars on the development of the idea of the Witches’ Sabbath, the verifiable hysterical historical panic about a gathering of diabolical witches joined together to dance with the devil himself in order to spread evil power, a nocturnal festival capable of destroying flora and fauna.  Miri Rubin, professor of history at Queen Mary University of London, and translator of the first Blood Libel accusation in England, speaks on her historical forte: the dangerous, long-lived, and utterly spurious assertion that Jews ritually murder a Christian child to celebrate Passover. Emerging in medieval England and flourishing throughout the whole of the premodern era, the Blood Libel was responsible for another form or murderous hysteria. Sean Field, a specialist on religious life in medieval France, speaks about the creation of mystery around the Templars. This is a different kind of conspiracy theory, that develops later around a specific and very real event. King Philip IV of France accused the Templars of a laundry list of spiritual and corporeal crimes; almost all the accused were entirely innocent. Though there was much furor contemporaneously, there was no belief that the Templars were involved in some sort of international secret financial skullduggery. Instead that modern balderdash developed much later and sticks with us. Our conversation covers the appeal of conspiracy theories, how they gain traction, and how they might be handled. Though our discussion is based in history it has strong repercussions for the current political and cultural situation. Jana Byars is the Academic Director of Netherlands: International Perspectives on Sexuality and Gender. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/british-studies

Join us today for a roundtable conversation with three leading medieval scholars about the phenomenon of conspiracy theories in history.  Michael T. Bailey, professor of history at Iowa State University is one of the world’s leading scholars on the development of the idea of the Witches’ Sabbath, the verifiable hysterical historical panic about a gathering of diabolical witches joined together to dance with the devil himself in order to spread evil power, a nocturnal festival capable of destroying flora and fauna.  Miri Rubin, professor of history at Queen Mary University of London, and translator of the first Blood Libel accusation in England, speaks on her historical forte: the dangerous, long-lived, and utterly spurious assertion that Jews ritually murder a Christian child to celebrate Passover. Emerging in medieval England and flourishing throughout the whole of the premodern era, the Blood Libel was responsible for another form or murderous hysteria. Sean Field, a specialist on religious life in medieval France, speaks about the creation of mystery around the Templars. This is a different kind of conspiracy theory, that develops later around a specific and very real event. King Philip IV of France accused the Templars of a laundry list of spiritual and corporeal crimes; almost all the accused were entirely innocent. Though there was much furor contemporaneously, there was no belief that the Templars were involved in some sort of international secret financial skullduggery. Instead that modern balderdash developed much later and sticks with us. Our conversation covers the appeal of conspiracy theories, how they gain traction, and how they might be handled. Though our discussion is based in history it has strong repercussions for the current political and cultural situation. Jana Byars is the Academic Director of Netherlands: International Perspectives on Sexuality and Gender. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/european-studies

Join us today for a roundtable conversation with three leading medieval scholars about the phenomenon of conspiracy theories in history.  Michael T. Bailey, professor of history at Iowa State University is one of the world’s leading scholars on the development of the idea of the Witches’ Sabbath, the verifiable hysterical historical panic about a gathering of diabolical witches joined together to dance with the devil himself in order to spread evil power, a nocturnal festival capable of destroying flora and fauna.  Miri Rubin, professor of history at Queen Mary University of London, and translator of the first Blood Libel accusation in England, speaks on her historical forte: the dangerous, long-lived, and utterly spurious assertion that Jews ritually murder a Christian child to celebrate Passover. Emerging in medieval England and flourishing throughout the whole of the premodern era, the Blood Libel was responsible for another form or murderous hysteria. Sean Field, a specialist on religious life in medieval France, speaks about the creation of mystery around the Templars. This is a different kind of conspiracy theory, that develops later around a specific and very real event. King Philip IV of France accused the Templars of a laundry list of spiritual and corporeal crimes; almost all the accused were entirely innocent. Though there was much furor contemporaneously, there was no belief that the Templars were involved in some sort of international secret financial skullduggery. Instead that modern balderdash developed much later and sticks with us. Our conversation covers the appeal of conspiracy theories, how they gain traction, and how they might be handled. Though our discussion is based in history it has strong repercussions for the current political and cultural situation. Jana Byars is the Academic Director of Netherlands: International Perspectives on Sexuality and Gender. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

Join us today for a roundtable conversation with three leading medieval scholars about the phenomenon of conspiracy theories in history.  Michael T. Bailey, professor of history at Iowa State University is one of the world’s leading scholars on the development of the idea of the Witches’ Sabbath, the verifiable hysterical historical panic about a gathering of diabolical witches joined together to dance with the devil himself in order to spread evil power, a nocturnal festival capable of destroying flora and fauna.  Miri Rubin, professor of history at Queen Mary University of London, and translator of the first Blood Libel accusation in England, speaks on her historical forte: the dangerous, long-lived, and utterly spurious assertion that Jews ritually murder a Christian child to celebrate Passover. Emerging in medieval England and flourishing throughout the whole of the premodern era, the Blood Libel was responsible for another form or murderous hysteria. Sean Field, a specialist on religious life in medieval France, speaks about the creation of mystery around the Templars. This is a different kind of conspiracy theory, that develops later around a specific and very real event. King Philip IV of France accused the Templars of a laundry list of spiritual and corporeal crimes; almost all the accused were entirely innocent. Though there was much furor contemporaneously, there was no belief that the Templars were involved in some sort of international secret financial skullduggery. Instead that modern balderdash developed much later and sticks with us. Our conversation covers the appeal of conspiracy theories, how they gain traction, and how they might be handled. Though our discussion is based in history it has strong repercussions for the current political and cultural situation. Jana Byars is the Academic Director of Netherlands: International Perspectives on Sexuality and Gender. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/jewish-studies

Join us today for a roundtable conversation with three leading medieval scholars about the phenomenon of conspiracy theories in history.  Michael T. Bailey, professor of history at Iowa State University is one of the world’s leading scholars on the development of the idea of the Witches’ Sabbath, the verifiable hysterical historical panic about a gathering of diabolical witches joined together to dance with the devil himself in order to spread evil power, a nocturnal festival capable of destroying flora and fauna.  Miri Rubin, professor of history at Queen Mary University of London, and translator of the first Blood Libel accusation in England, speaks on her historical forte: the dangerous, long-lived, and utterly spurious assertion that Jews ritually murder a Christian child to celebrate Passover. Emerging in medieval England and flourishing throughout the whole of the premodern era, the Blood Libel was responsible for another form or murderous hysteria. Sean Field, a specialist on religious life in medieval France, speaks about the creation of mystery around the Templars. This is a different kind of conspiracy theory, that develops later around a specific and very real event. King Philip IV of France accused the Templars of a laundry list of spiritual and corporeal crimes; almost all the accused were entirely innocent. Though there was much furor contemporaneously, there was no belief that the Templars were involved in some sort of international secret financial skullduggery. Instead that modern balderdash developed much later and sticks with us. Our conversation covers the appeal of conspiracy theories, how they gain traction, and how they might be handled. Though our discussion is based in history it has strong repercussions for the current political and cultural situation. Jana Byars is the Academic Director of Netherlands: International Perspectives on Sexuality and Gender. 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

Join us today for a roundtable conversation with three leading medieval scholars about the phenomenon of conspiracy theories in history.  Michael T. Bailey, professor of history at Iowa State University is one of the world’s leading scholars on the development of the idea of the Witches’ Sabbath, the verifiable hysterical historical panic about a gathering of diabolical witches joined together to dance with the devil himself in order to spread evil power, a nocturnal festival capable of destroying flora and fauna.  Miri Rubin, professor of history at Queen Mary University of London, and translator of the first Blood Libel accusation in England, speaks on her historical forte: the dangerous, long-lived, and utterly spurious assertion that Jews ritually murder a Christian child to celebrate Passover. Emerging in medieval England and flourishing throughout the whole of the premodern era, the Blood Libel was responsible for another form or murderous hysteria. Sean Field, a specialist on religious life in medieval France, speaks about the creation of mystery around the Templars. This is a different kind of conspiracy theory, that develops later around a specific and very real event. King Philip IV of France accused the Templars of a laundry list of spiritual and corporeal crimes; almost all the accused were entirely innocent. Though there was much furor contemporaneously, there was no belief that the Templars were involved in some sort of international secret financial skullduggery. Instead that modern balderdash developed much later and sticks with us. Our conversation covers the appeal of conspiracy theories, how they gain traction, and how they might be handled. Though our discussion is based in history it has strong repercussions for the current political and cultural situation. Jana Byars is the Academic Director of Netherlands: International Perspectives on Sexuality and Gender. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/german-studies

Join us today for a roundtable conversation with three leading medieval scholars about the phenomenon of conspiracy theories in history.  Michael T. Bailey, professor of history at Iowa State University is one of the world’s leading scholars on the development of the idea of the Witches’ Sabbath, the verifiable hysterical historical panic about a gathering of diabolical witches joined together to dance with the devil himself in order to spread evil power, a nocturnal festival capable of destroying flora and fauna.  Miri Rubin, professor of history at Queen Mary University of London, and translator of the first Blood Libel accusation in England, speaks on her historical forte: the dangerous, long-lived, and utterly spurious assertion that Jews ritually murder a Christian child to celebrate Passover. Emerging in medieval England and flourishing throughout the whole of the premodern era, the Blood Libel was responsible for another form or murderous hysteria. Sean Field, a specialist on religious life in medieval France, speaks about the creation of mystery around the Templars. This is a different kind of conspiracy theory, that develops later around a specific and very real event. King Philip IV of France accused the Templars of a laundry list of spiritual and corporeal crimes; almost all the accused were entirely innocent. Though there was much furor contemporaneously, there was no belief that the Templars were involved in some sort of international secret financial skullduggery. Instead that modern balderdash developed much later and sticks with us. Our conversation covers the appeal of conspiracy theories, how they gain traction, and how they might be handled. Though our discussion is based in history it has strong repercussions for the current political and cultural situation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

Eminent medievalist Michael D. Bailey, Professor of History at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa, talks about his upcoming book, Origin of the Witches’ Sabbath. The book contains nimble and enjoyable translations of five medieval treatises as well as the two witchcraft trials, as well as a critical introduction. While the perception of magic as harmful is age-old, the notion of witches gathering together in large numbers, overtly worshiping demons, and receiving instruction in how to work harmful magic as part of a conspiratorial plot against Christian society was an innovation of the early fifteenth century. The sources collected in this book reveal this concept in its formative stages. The idea that witches were members of organized heretical sects or part of a vast diabolical conspiracy crystalized most clearly in a handful of texts written in the 1430s and clustered geographically around the arc of the western Alps. Michael D. Bailey presents accessible English translations of the five oldest surviving texts describing the witches’ sabbath and of two witch trials from the period. These sources, some of which were previously unavailable in English or available only in incomplete or out-of-date translations, show how perceptions of witchcraft shifted from a general belief in harmful magic practiced by individuals to a conspiratorial and organized threat that led to the witch hunts that shook northern Europe and went on to influence conceptions of diabolical witchcraft for centuries to come. Origins of the Witches’ Sabbath makes freshly available a profoundly important group of texts that are key to understanding the cultural context of this dark chapter in Europe’s history. It will be especially valuable to those studying the history of witchcraft, medieval and early modern legal history, religion and theology, magic, and esotericism. Jana Byars is the Academic Director of Netherlands: International Perspectives on Sexuality and Gender. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Eminent medievalist Michael D. Bailey, Professor of History at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa, talks about his upcoming book, Origin of the Witches’ Sabbath. The book contains nimble and enjoyable translations of five medieval treatises as well as the two witchcraft trials, as well as a critical introduction. While the perception of magic as harmful is age-old, the notion of witches gathering together in large numbers, overtly worshiping demons, and receiving instruction in how to work harmful magic as part of a conspiratorial plot against Christian society was an innovation of the early fifteenth century. The sources collected in this book reveal this concept in its formative stages. The idea that witches were members of organized heretical sects or part of a vast diabolical conspiracy crystalized most clearly in a handful of texts written in the 1430s and clustered geographically around the arc of the western Alps. Michael D. Bailey presents accessible English translations of the five oldest surviving texts describing the witches’ sabbath and of two witch trials from the period. These sources, some of which were previously unavailable in English or available only in incomplete or out-of-date translations, show how perceptions of witchcraft shifted from a general belief in harmful magic practiced by individuals to a conspiratorial and organized threat that led to the witch hunts that shook northern Europe and went on to influence conceptions of diabolical witchcraft for centuries to come. Origins of the Witches’ Sabbath makes freshly available a profoundly important group of texts that are key to understanding the cultural context of this dark chapter in Europe’s history. It will be especially valuable to those studying the history of witchcraft, medieval and early modern legal history, religion and theology, magic, and esotericism. Jana Byars is the Academic Director of Netherlands: International Perspectives on Sexuality and Gender. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Eminent medievalist Michael D. Bailey, Professor of History at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa, talks about his upcoming book, Origin of the Witches’ Sabbath. The book contains nimble and enjoyable translations of five medieval treatises as well as the two witchcraft trials, as well as a critical introduction. While the perception of magic as harmful is age-old, the notion of witches gathering together in large numbers, overtly worshiping demons, and receiving instruction in how to work harmful magic as part of a conspiratorial plot against Christian society was an innovation of the early fifteenth century. The sources collected in this book reveal this concept in its formative stages. The idea that witches were members of organized heretical sects or part of a vast diabolical conspiracy crystalized most clearly in a handful of texts written in the 1430s and clustered geographically around the arc of the western Alps. Michael D. Bailey presents accessible English translations of the five oldest surviving texts describing the witches’ sabbath and of two witch trials from the period. These sources, some of which were previously unavailable in English or available only in incomplete or out-of-date translations, show how perceptions of witchcraft shifted from a general belief in harmful magic practiced by individuals to a conspiratorial and organized threat that led to the witch hunts that shook northern Europe and went on to influence conceptions of diabolical witchcraft for centuries to come. Origins of the Witches’ Sabbath makes freshly available a profoundly important group of texts that are key to understanding the cultural context of this dark chapter in Europe’s history. It will be especially valuable to those studying the history of witchcraft, medieval and early modern legal history, religion and theology, magic, and esotericism. Jana Byars is the Academic Director of Netherlands: International Perspectives on Sexuality and Gender. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Eminent medievalist Michael D. Bailey, Professor of History at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa, talks about his upcoming book, Origin of the Witches’ Sabbath. The book contains nimble and enjoyable translations of five medieval treatises as well as the two witchcraft trials, as well as a critical introduction. While the perception of magic as harmful is age-old, the notion of witches gathering together in large numbers, overtly worshiping demons, and receiving instruction in how to work harmful magic as part of a conspiratorial plot against Christian society was an innovation of the early fifteenth century. The sources collected in this book reveal this concept in its formative stages. The idea that witches were members of organized heretical sects or part of a vast diabolical conspiracy crystalized most clearly in a handful of texts written in the 1430s and clustered geographically around the arc of the western Alps. Michael D. Bailey presents accessible English translations of the five oldest surviving texts describing the witches’ sabbath and of two witch trials from the period. These sources, some of which were previously unavailable in English or available only in incomplete or out-of-date translations, show how perceptions of witchcraft shifted from a general belief in harmful magic practiced by individuals to a conspiratorial and organized threat that led to the witch hunts that shook northern Europe and went on to influence conceptions of diabolical witchcraft for centuries to come. Origins of the Witches’ Sabbath makes freshly available a profoundly important group of texts that are key to understanding the cultural context of this dark chapter in Europe’s history. It will be especially valuable to those studying the history of witchcraft, medieval and early modern legal history, religion and theology, magic, and esotericism. Jana Byars is the Academic Director of Netherlands: International Perspectives on Sexuality and Gender. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Eminent medievalist Michael D. Bailey, Professor of History at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa, talks about his upcoming book, Origin of the Witches' Sabbath. The book contains nimble and enjoyable translations of five medieval treatises as well as the two witchcraft trials, as well as a critical introduction. While the perception of magic as harmful is age-old, the notion of witches gathering together in large numbers, overtly worshiping demons, and receiving instruction in how to work harmful magic as part of a conspiratorial plot against Christian society was an innovation of the early fifteenth century. The sources collected in this book reveal this concept in its formative stages. The idea that witches were members of organized heretical sects or part of a vast diabolical conspiracy crystalized most clearly in a handful of texts written in the 1430s and clustered geographically around the arc of the western Alps. Michael D. Bailey presents accessible English translations of the five oldest surviving texts describing the witches' sabbath and of two witch trials from the period. These sources, some of which were previously unavailable in English or available only in incomplete or out-of-date translations, show how perceptions of witchcraft shifted from a general belief in harmful magic practiced by individuals to a conspiratorial and organized threat that led to the witch hunts that shook northern Europe and went on to influence conceptions of diabolical witchcraft for centuries to come. Origins of the Witches' Sabbath makes freshly available a profoundly important group of texts that are key to understanding the cultural context of this dark chapter in Europe's history. It will be especially valuable to those studying the history of witchcraft, medieval and early modern legal history, religion and theology, magic, and esotericism. Jana Byars is the Academic Director of Netherlands: International Perspectives on Sexuality and Gender. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/book-of-the-day

Eminent medievalist Michael D. Bailey, Professor of History at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa, talks about his upcoming book, Origin of the Witches’ Sabbath. The book contains nimble and enjoyable translations of five medieval treatises as well as the two witchcraft trials, as well as a critical introduction. While the perception of magic as harmful is age-old, the notion of witches gathering together in large numbers, overtly worshiping demons, and receiving instruction in how to work harmful magic as part of a conspiratorial plot against Christian society was an innovation of the early fifteenth century. The sources collected in this book reveal this concept in its formative stages. The idea that witches were members of organized heretical sects or part of a vast diabolical conspiracy crystalized most clearly in a handful of texts written in the 1430s and clustered geographically around the arc of the western Alps. Michael D. Bailey presents accessible English translations of the five oldest surviving texts describing the witches’ sabbath and of two witch trials from the period. These sources, some of which were previously unavailable in English or available only in incomplete or out-of-date translations, show how perceptions of witchcraft shifted from a general belief in harmful magic practiced by individuals to a conspiratorial and organized threat that led to the witch hunts that shook northern Europe and went on to influence conceptions of diabolical witchcraft for centuries to come. Origins of the Witches’ Sabbath makes freshly available a profoundly important group of texts that are key to understanding the cultural context of this dark chapter in Europe’s history. It will be especially valuable to those studying the history of witchcraft, medieval and early modern legal history, religion and theology, magic, and esotericism. Jana Byars is the Academic Director of Netherlands: International Perspectives on Sexuality and Gender. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Eminent medievalist Michael D. Bailey, Professor of History at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa, talks about his upcoming book, Origin of the Witches’ Sabbath. The book contains nimble and enjoyable translations of five medieval treatises as well as the two witchcraft trials, as well as a critical introduction. While the perception of magic as harmful is age-old, the notion of witches gathering together in large numbers, overtly worshiping demons, and receiving instruction in how to work harmful magic as part of a conspiratorial plot against Christian society was an innovation of the early fifteenth century. The sources collected in this book reveal this concept in its formative stages. The idea that witches were members of organized heretical sects or part of a vast diabolical conspiracy crystalized most clearly in a handful of texts written in the 1430s and clustered geographically around the arc of the western Alps. Michael D. Bailey presents accessible English translations of the five oldest surviving texts describing the witches’ sabbath and of two witch trials from the period. These sources, some of which were previously unavailable in English or available only in incomplete or out-of-date translations, show how perceptions of witchcraft shifted from a general belief in harmful magic practiced by individuals to a conspiratorial and organized threat that led to the witch hunts that shook northern Europe and went on to influence conceptions of diabolical witchcraft for centuries to come. Origins of the Witches’ Sabbath makes freshly available a profoundly important group of texts that are key to understanding the cultural context of this dark chapter in Europe’s history. It will be especially valuable to those studying the history of witchcraft, medieval and early modern legal history, religion and theology, magic, and esotericism. Jana Byars is the Academic Director of Netherlands: International Perspectives on Sexuality and Gender. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm

A literal witch gave me an apple. I bit a large piece off and swallowed. A razor blade inserted in the apple then lodged in my Adam's Apple. Irony!

                      BOO! Well now that we've got your attention, welcome to an extra special episode celebrating the darker things in life. Sadly, there's no chocolate, but there's plenty of witches, death, magic and more - all to celebrate Halloween! Although we've talked a lot about the beauty of art and music, for this episode we're going to add a little more by discussing how the Macabre has inspired artists and composers alike. Grab your most sinfully delicious brews and join us as we venture into a Macabre landscape of art and music!   Art: Hans Holbein the Younger (1497-1543): The Nobleman (1538) Francisco Goya (1746-1828): Witches Sabbath (1797-1798) Hieronymous Bosch (ca. 1450-1516): Death and the Miser (1485/1490)   Music: Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904): "Čury Mury Fuk" from Rusalka (1900) Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921): Danse Macabre (1874) Hector Berlioz (1803-69): Songe d'une nuit du sabbat from Symphonie Fantastique (1830)

Grab your daggers by the hilt, clutch your moon crystals close and prepare to imbibe the glorious ambrosia of the mingling of sacred energies because this week we are discussing “The Wine of the Sabbath,” “The Blood of the Saints” and what to do once you have some in your pimp cup.On this shorter-but-denser-than-usual episode we discuss:-Aleister Crowley's legacy-The Rise of Kenneth Grant-The Witches Sabbath-The Blood of the Saints-Babalon and the Beast-The glyph of the Sun-The Bavarian Illuminati-The worship of Satan-Gnosticism-Robert Anton Wilson's “fifth circuit”-The Annunaki-The Ritual of the Bornless One-The Book of the Law-What it all has to do with space..Visit https://www.patreon.com/thewholerabbit to hear the extended show: -How Aleister Crowley got introduced to drugs-What drugs Aleister Crowley liked the best-The dog days of summer-SothisSources:The Magick Revival:https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/664306.The_Magical_RevivalHidden Lore:https://www.scribd.com/document/400273407/Kenneth-Grant-Hidden-Lore-pdfAbout Kenneth Granthttp://www.starfirepublishing.co.uk/Downloads/Scintillations_in_Mauve.pdfNinhursaghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninhursag#:~:text=also%20known%20as%20Damgalnuna%20or,is%20principally%20a%20fertility%20goddess.Where to find The Whole Rabbit:iTunes:https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-whole-rabbit/id1457163771Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/0AnJZhmPzaby04afmEWOAVInstagram:https://www.instagram.com/the_whole_rabbit_/Twitter:https://twitter.com/h4ckrabbit  Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/thewholerabbit)

2 great episodes from the classic 1970s radio series CBSRMT. Witches & murder take the focus of this weeks podcast.

Matt paints Jon Millstein as They talk about Knowing when it's time to execute an idea, whether Raffi was a good fighter or not, and they also discuss Fransisco Goya's 'A Witches Sabbath'Music by Amos VernonLogo by Kori McKreary 

CBS Radio Mystery Theater 76-10-30 (0544) Witches Sabbath

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DOOM AROUND THE WORLD ~Season 1, Episode 2~ This is the second episode in a new series devoted solely to doom metal in all its variations of gray. Lacie Bishop makes a return to curate her second playlist for Doomed & Stoned. Like the wildly popular first, this is a smartly assembled selection of sweet 'n' sour songs -- this time by Windand, Thou, Cough, Fister, Noothgrush, Graves At Sea, Unearthly Trance, even Kadavar (yes, Kadavar can doom with the best of them!)...and that's just the tip of this 18-track iceberg for doomers to get their doom on. Yes, we want to introduce doomers to real doom, so share with someone you know who has taken the black pill and is bummed out beyond recourse! PLAYLIST INTRO (00:00) 1. Windhand - "Diablerie" (00:56) 2. Suma - "Disorder Of Things" (06:17) 3. Ramesses - "The Weakening" (10:36) 4. Noothgrush - "Erode The Person" (14:30) 5. GHOLD - "Saw The Falling" (25:14) 6. Asbestosdeath - "The Suffering" (33:46) 7. Cough - "A Year In Suffering" (38:31) 8. Wallowing - "Earthless" (50:40) 9. Fister - "We All Die Tonight" (58:49) 10. Kadavar - "Rough Times" (1:05:17) 11. Firebreather - "We Bleed" (1:08:55) 12. Big Business - "Doomsday, Today!" (1:15:43) 13. Thou - "The Song of Illuminate Darkness" (1:19:52) 14. Unearthly Trance - "Permanent Ice" (1:31:54) 15. Graves At Sea - "Minimum Slave" (1:36:43) 16. Doomriders - "We Live In The Shadows" (1:51:03) 17. Weedeater - "Long Gone" (1:55:45) 18. Lungs - "Never The Sun" (1:59:41) OUTRO (2:04:04) *If you dig the music, please remember to show the bands some love! You can follow the heavy underground in more depth at www.DoomedandStoned.com. (thumbnail: Witches' Sabbath by Francisco Goya)

The Cover of Tomas Vincente's book THE FACELESS GOD (Theion Publishing) In this "Season Finale" there is not only a finale, but also a premiere! This is the first time that Dr. Tomas Vincente, author of the book "The Faceless God", has agreed to appear on a podcast, and we are very happy to have him! And he will also explain why so far he was reluctant to do so.   In his highly acclaimed work Dr. Vincente establishes hitherto unexplored connections between the European lore of the Witches’ Sabbath and the archaic fertility cult of the ram-headed Banebdjedet, a totemistic representation of Osiris in his netherworld aspect – Osiris as the Black Sun. It is the daemon of the depths, the Faceless God, who serves as the bridge between these two esoteric currents. If you want to by his book, please click HERE Tomas Vincente (the faceless Tomas...) visiting the Egyptian collection of the "Kunsthistorisches Museum" (Museum of the History of Art) in Vienna, Austria Music played in this episode Once again, one of our listeners has offered us some of his creations to accompany this episode: Richmond, Virginia’s Timothy Hawks performs as ambient instrumentalist ZDJ. Hawks originally began making music in various punk and metal bands, and continues to do so in the gothic-punk band Horse Culture. His lifelong interest in meditative drone and ambient music led him to experiment with the creation of guitar-based soundscapes early in his writing processes. Hawks began seeking solo shows and releasing drone-sketches to his personal SoundCloud in 2015. In mid-2018, limited run tape label, Furious Hooves, approached Hawks about releasing an album of solo material. Recording sessions from March to August 2019 in the mountains of Southwest Virginia led to this release, 'Heliopause'. 'Heliopause' is Hawks’ first release as ZDJ. It explores sounds and textures ideal for grounded contemplation. The album is as much influenced by stories of and experiments with occult rituals as it is by ambient and experimental artists Dedekind Cut, Chihei Hatakeyama, Kelly Moran, and William Basinski – as impacted by space exploration as it is by meditation and internal knowledge – 'Heliopause' is a fractal representing the magnificently grandiose infinity of the tangible and the spiritual. These tracks with the contemplative music are too long to be presented in full length during the podcast. But I thought it would be really good to introduce you to this music and therefore play six minutes each of three tracks of that first release "Heliopause"  1) AUGUST 25, 2012 2) AETHYR CRY 3) BIRD PAINTED WITH BLUESTONE Find the full album on Bandcamp or listen to it on Spotify   Intro and Outro Music especially written and recorded for the Thoth-Hermes Podcast by Chris Roberts

Today, the episode stars some dark pieces (Saint Saëns's Danse Macabre, Mussorgsky's A Night At The Bare Mountain and Berlioz's Dream Of A Witches' Sabbath) to reflect the dark times we're living.

For episode 666, a collection of evil music., including: Sinful Blues, Hard Time Killing Floor, Oh I'm Evil, Witches' Sabbath, Pretty Polly, Me and the Devil and It Ain't Necessarily So. Performers include: Maxine Sullivan, Robert Johnson, Skip James, Ella Fitzgerald, Una Mae Carlise, Pierre Monteux, Dock Boggs, Bessie Smith and Count Basie.

Introducing Scotland's war on witches and witchcraft with Susan Morrison and Louise Yeoman talking to a team of top historians about the role of King James in witch trials.

THE DOOMED & STONED SHOW -Season 5, Episode 17- Here we go, headlong into another countdown of the Top 25 albums on the monthly Doom Charts from www.DoomCharts.com! Billy Goate of Doomed & Stoned and co-host Bucky Brown of the Ripple Effect discuss the bands and albums on the list, while counting down their favorite tracks from the April edition of the Doom Charts! PLAYLIST INTRO (00:00) Albez Duz - "Emperor is Blind" (00:25) Eyes Fly - "The Dead, Living" (10:24) HOST SEGMENT I (15:44) Pesta (no. 25) - "Witches' Sabbath" (26:29) Pyramidal (no. 24) - "Visions of an Astral Journey" (34:45) Druids (no. 23) - "New Breath" (43:49) HOST SEGMENT II (48:21) Crypt Trip (No. 22) - "Death After Life" (1:01:43) KOOK (No. 21) - "Left Behind" (1:06:21) Monocluster (No. 20) - "Ocean In Our Bones" (1:15:08) HOST SEGMENT III (1:25:15) Smoulder (No. 19) - "The Sword Woman" (1:32:58) No Man's Valley (No. 18) - "Outside The Dream" (1:38:15) Haze Mage (No. 17) - "Bong Witch" (1:41:49) HOST SEGMENT IV (1:46:38) Monkey3 (No. 16) - "Mass" (1:58:33) High Priest (No. 15) - "Offering" (2:05:04) Lord Vicar (No. 14) - "World Encircled" (2:12:04) HOST SEGMENT V (2:18:40) Big Business (No, 13) - "Heal the Weak" (2:30:35) Cities of Mars (No. 12) - "Hydrahead" (2:35:41) Hey Satan (No. 11) - "KO Computer" (2:40:36) HOST SEGMENT VI (2:44:22) Wizzerd (No. 10) - "Great Mother Gaia" (2:52:50) High Reeper (No. 9) - "Buried Alive" (2:58:49) Troll (No. 8) - "The Door" (3:02:34) HOST SEGMENT VII (3:15:09) The Devil and The Almighty Blues (No. 7) - "Time Ruins Everything" (3:25:15) SKUNK (No. 6) - "Blood Moon Rising" (3:33:26) Magic Circle (No. 5) - "I've Found My Way To Die" (3:38:23) HOST SEGMENT VIII (3:43:34) The Well (No. 4) - "Death Song" (3:52:19) Green Lung (No. 3) - "Let The Devil In" (3:57:07) Shotgun Sawyer (no. 2) - "Ain't Tryin' To Go Down Slow" (4:02:09) HOST SEGMENT IX (4:05:26) Clouds Taste Satanic (No. 1) - "Pagan Worship" (4:12:00) *Information on how to purchase the albums featured in today's broadcast can be found at www.DoomCharts.com. If you dig the music, please show the band's some love! ------------------------- Thumbnail by John De Campos/Ghost Bat Illustration from 'Chronicle' by Haze Mage Incidental music: Dark is the Water, Sativa Breather, Gypsy Sun Revival, Sons of Alpha Centauri, Cleõphüzz, and Goat Bong ------------------------- Become a monthly supporter of The Doomed & Stoned Show and receive a bonus show with over 2 hours of brand new music and rare discoveries, made especially for patrons. Visit https://patreon.com/doomedandstoned to become a 'High On Fiver' supporter! ------------------------- Enjoy discovering new music? Check out Doomed & Stoned's scene-by-scene compilation series at doomedandstoned.bandcamp.com! Exclusive debuts, interviews, album reviews, concert footage, and festival photographs each week in our magazine-style blog: www.DoomedandStoned.com Daily updates at https://facebook.com/doomedstoned and https://twitter.com/doomedandstoned Live concert footage at https://youtube.com/user/crazispeedemon and https://youtube.com/doomedandstoned -------------------------

Who or what is this Devil, adored by the witches? The term itself, “Witches Sabbath”, is archaic and bound up with many false trails. A Catholic clergyman dreamed up ‘Witchcraft’ in the 15th century – and all the trappings of frogs, black cats and women riding upon broomsticks. It was the same notion that sent thousands of women and men to the stake. The Witches Sabbath is an example of confusion confounded with error, as the Sabbath is the Jewish name for the seventh day on which the Lord was said to have rested after creating the universe, as according to the book of Genesis. That day is Saturday, Shabbathai, which is also the Hebrew name for the sphere of Saturn – the astrological ruling planet of Capricorn, the Goat-footed God. Capricorn corresponds to the Hebrew letter Ayin, “an eye”. Every-thing is in the eye of the beholder, and those who truly ‘see’ the Witches Sabbath, so-called, are specially chosen. Is there any magical sense or meaning in the Witches Sabbath? It takes someone with a peculiar genius to find one. And that person was the extraordinary writer on the occult, Kenneth Grant.© Oliver St. John 2015Visit Ordo Astri, Thelemic Magical Collegium: www.ordoastri.org

A 1922 Swedish-Danish silent film in the form of a semi-dramatised lecture, we had absolutely no idea what to expect of Häxan, written and directed by Benjamin Christensen. And what a great surprise it was, as we discover an extraordinary, perceptive, original, bold, witty piece of work that details the history of witchcraft, visualises medieval beliefs in wild set-pieces, and draws interesting parallels with modern-day institutionalisation of "hysterical" women. The projection was out of this world, a 2K 2007 restoration by the Swedish Film Institute with unimaginable clarity, sharpness and contrast. It was unbelievable to look at. (Thanks to Holly Cooper for finding the technical details out for us.) And the film is full of images that benefit from the restoration; Bosch-esque dramatisations of Satanic seductions, a Witches' Sabbath, and unholy births of demonic creatures. It was the most expensive silent film to ever emerge from Scandinavia, and it shows. Though neither Mike nor José is an expert on horror, and indeed despite Häxan's fundamental differences from horror, in its imagery its possibly foundational influences on several subgenres of horror is palpable. There's a remarkably sceptical, anti-clerical theme that runs throughout the film. While not strictly atheist, Häxan says clearly from the start it will discuss what folks in the Middle Ages believed without asking us to buy into it. Indeed, there's a frankly dismissive tone: "Of course, this is all nonsense", the film effectively says, "but let's learn about it anyway, shall we?" This set-up, while unexpected, arguably creates a lack of direction and drive until the final chapter, in which we are brought into the modern day (of 1921) and Christensen draws direct links between the superstitions of old and what real-life events, phenomena and afflictions they may have been responding to. And that would be interesting, but the film goes further, talking about this all as not just a difference in the understanding of the physical world between people of different eras, but as a continuum of oppression and abuse of women. Burning at the stake, Christensen says, has been replaced by the mild shower of the mental institution, but how much progress does that really represent? Women are now considered to be ill or troubled rather than in league with the Devil, but is the difference between murdering and imprisoning them really so great? Not only does it pose these insightful and powerful questions, it even proposes things as specific as institutional sexual abuse keeping women in an inescapable cycle of incarceration and continued abuse; assaulted by the very men charged with running the system that's supposed to protect them, they are left permanent victims, unable to plead their cases, for anything they say will be considered symptomatic of their hysteria, just as women on trial for witchcraft had no escape from torture and murder in a system that was ostensibly just. We could go on. And in the podcast, we do. The 2007 SFI restoration we saw is available through Criterion, and you owe it to yourself to see it - it's available on DVD and digitally on Amazon and iTunes, though the Blu-Ray appears to be available only in North America, unfortunately. Brilliant film. (P.S. José would like to apologise for saying silent films ran at 8 frames per second, when they actually had frame rates that varied from 16-24 fps and often changed due to being hand-cranked.) Recorded on 17th January 2019.

The villains lose the path. Kate Enge as Agnoment, Heather Lore as Desdemonia Malice, Cody Bushee as Dr. Hughbert, Paul Vonasek as Erick Idylvain andTimothy J. Meyer as the Dungeon Master. If you like the show, please consider backing us on Patreon. MUSIC USED: We claim no rights over any music featured in the episode. "A Night on Bald Mountain" by Modest Mussorgsky (performed by the Skidmore College Orchestra), "String Quartet No. 8" by Dmitri Shostakovich (performed by the Lawreen Street String Quartet), "Dante Symphony" by Franz Liszt (performed by the Berlin Philharmonic) and "Dream of a Witches Sabbath" by Herman Berlioz (performed by the Concertgebouw Orchestra).

Because there are no rules and everything is chaos, this episode is a grab bag! Amanda talks about the real-life strength ministry Power Team and scarecrow lore. Sarah gets behind osculum infame (or the Kiss of Shame), a supposed ritual where people greeted the Devil by kissing his butt. Other subjects covered include justifiably blaming stuff on your period, a funny spousal dream, and dirty fighting with Amazon purchases. Recommendations: Sarah recommends the very academic but very rewarding book "Caliban and the Witch: Women, The Body And Primitive Accumulation" by Silvia Federici and "The Kiss in History" by Karen Harvey. Amanda does not recommend watching the new Netflix film, Hold the Dark.  Sources: Vice (The Power Team Was the Bloody, Evangelical Freakshow That Ruled the 80s) ThoughtCo (Scarecrow Folklore and Magic) This tweet from @LoreCurious "Caliban and the Witch: Women, The Body And Primitive Accumulation" by Silvia Federici "The Osculum Infame: Heresy, Secular Culture and the Image of the Witches’ Sabbath" by Jonathan Durrant "The Kiss in History" by Karen Harvey

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Steve Howe from Outlaws of the Sun (founder of The Sludgelord) joins Billy Goate (founder of Doomed & Stoned) for their second annual 'Best of the Year' show, each sharing 13 of their favorite records in the doom metal and stoner rock subgenres from the year 2016. Playlist: Intro 1. Woodsplitter – “Inflamed” (00:53) Steve Howe’s Top Picks: #13, #12, #11 (04:45) 2. Comacozer – “The Mind That Feeds The Eye” (10:32) 3. House of Lightning – “James Brown” (18:21) 4. Holy Serpent – “Bury Me Standing” (26:29) Steve Howe’s Top Picks: #10, #9, #8 (32:27) 5. Kvelertak – “Nekrodamus” (36:55) 6. Slabdragger – “Mercenary Blues” (41:43) 7. Slow Green Thing – “It Speaks The Journey” (52:27) Steve Howe’s Top Picks: #7, #6, #5 (58:57) 8. Slomatics – “Electric Breath” (1:02:30) 9. Haast’s Eagled – “The Uncle” (1:07:58) 10. Brant Bjork – “Dave’s War” (1:16:06) Steve Howe’s Top Picks: #4, #3, #2 (1:25:32) 11. Elephant Tree – “Echoes” (1:31:09) 12. Truckfighters – “The Contract” (1:37:15) 13. Cough – “Still They Pray” (1:44:30) Steve Howe’s Top Picks: #1 (1:48:36) 14. Geezer – “Sun Gods” (1:50:30) Billy Goate’s Top Picks: #13, #12, #11 (1:59:36) 15. Troll – “An Eternal Haunting” (2:07:08) 16. Ape Cave – “Road to Ladakh” (2:15:42) 17. Vokonis – “Shroomblade” (2:19:51) Billy Goate’s Top Picks: #10, #9, #8 (2:28:24) 18. Beastmaker – “Eyes Are Watching” (2:31:44) 19. Ice Princess – “Hour of Revenge” (2:34:43) 20. The Doomsday Kingdom – “Never Machine” (2:37:59) Billy Goate’s Top Picks: #7, #6, #5 (2:44:16) 21. The Temple – “Mirror of Souls” (2:48:20) 22. Slomatics – “Estronomicon” (2:54:22) 23. HeavyDeath – “As We Foretold” (2:58:54) Billy Goate’s Top Picks: #4, #3, #2 (3:06:42) 24. Moon Coven – “New Season” (3:12:48) 25. Witchthroat Serpent – “A Caw Rises From My Guts” (3:18:21) 26. Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard – “Y Proffwyd Dwyll” (3:24:21) Billy Goate’s Top Picks: #1 (3:33:07) 28. Cough – “Possession” (3:35:02) Billy & Steve: Most Anticipated Records of 2017 (3:35:25) Outro 29. Ghost Witch – “Lunar Hymn” (4:00:52) Read reviews of the records featured in today's broadcast (along with info on how to purchase them)at: http://OutlawsOfTheSun.blogspot.com http://DoomedandStoned.com Dig deeper into the music of the doom-stoner scene with Doomed & Stoned's scene-by-scene compilation series: http://doomedandstoned.bandcamp.com Get a Doomed & Stoned t-shirt: http://doomedstoned.bigcartel.com Illustration: "Witches Sabbath" by Johfra Bosschart

Greetings gashlycrumbs! Enjoy this spooktacular free Halloween segment of the Ancient Art Podcast episode 59, "A Witches' Sabbath!" Meet the wicked witches, devilish denizens, and things that go bump in the night in the Art Institute of Chicago's painting "A Witches' Sabbath" by Dutch artist Cornelis Saftleven. Grab the complete episode at http://ancientartpodcast.org/curious. The complete episode explores the peculiar fascination Dutch and Flemish artists had with the proverbial "fire and brimstone," including the famous pioneer of the genre Hieronymus Bosch. A detailed examination of "A Witches' Sabbath" reveals various influences and motivations. We discuss the cultural context of Christian puritanism, the twisted history and legacy of the Witches' Sabbath a.k.a. Walpurgisnacht, and its relationship with legend of Faust. For detailed image credits and more, visit http://ancientartpodcast.org/59. Connect at http://facebook.com/ancientartpodcast and http://twitter.com/lucaslivingston. Photography © The Art Institute of Chicago. Cornelis Saftleven, Dutch, 1607-1681, A Witches' Sabbath, c. 1650, Oil on panel, 21 3/8 x 30 3/4 in. (54.3 x 78.2 cm), George F. Porter Collection, 1945.290, The Art Institute of Chicago. http://www.artic.edu/aic

This week’s program celebrates Halloween with 8 spooky selections, including 3 from Rachel Barton Pine’s classic Instrument of the Devil album.   Playlist for October 30, 2013 Halloween CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS (1835–1921) Danse Macabre, Op. 40 (7:07) From Instrument of the Devil Cedille Records CDR 90000 041 (Track 1) Rachel Barton Pine, violin Patrick Sinozich, piano CESAR FRANCK (1822–1890) Pièce Héroïque (7:00) From Organ Masterpieces by Franck & Dupré Cedille Records CDR 90000 015 (Track 4) David Schrader, organ EASLEY BLACKWOOD (b. 1933) Twelve Microtonal Etudes for Electronic Music Media, Op. 28 15 notes. Lento (3:35) From Easley Blackwood: Microtonal Cedille Records CDR 90000 018 (Track 7) Easley Blackwood, polyfusion synthesizer JAAKKO MANTYJARVI (b. 1963) Double, Double, Toil and Trouble (2:57) from Four Shakespeare Songs From Shall I Compare Thee? — Choral Songs on Shakespeare Texts Cedille Records CDR 90000 085 (Track 5) Chicago a cappella ROBERT APPLEBAUM (b. 1941) Witches’ Blues (4:53) From Shall I Compare Thee? — Choral Songs on Shakespeare Texts Cedille Records CDR 90000 085 (Track 22) Chicago a cappella HECTOR BERLIOZ (1803–1869) / tr. PINE-SINOZICH Dream of a Witches Sabbath from Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14 (10:51) From Instrument of the Devil Cedille Records CDR 90000 041 (Track 7) Rachel Barton Pine, violin Patrick Sinozich, piano FRANZ LISZT (1811–1886) Mephisto Waltz for Two Pianos (11:18) From Liszt for Two Cedille Records CDR 90000 052 (Track 7) Georgia & Louise Mangos, duo-pianists MANUEL DE FALLA (1876–1946) / tr. KOCHANSKI Dance of Terror from El Amor Brujo (2:11) From Instrument of the Devil Cedille Records CDR 90000 041 (Track 8) Rachel Barton Pine, violin Patrick Sinozich, piano

Can you guess this piece? Here’s a hint: Double, double, toil and trouble!

A special, short podcast featuring the Witches' Sabbath movement from the Symphonie Fantastique by Hector Berlioz played by the Cleveland Orchestra conducted by Arthur Rodinsky.