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In this long-awaited conversation, I’m joined by magician, author, and teacher Alan Chapman, co-founder of The Baptist’s Head and author of Advanced Magick for Beginners. Together, we explore some of the biggest questions in modern occultism: What is magic actually for? What did the Western magical tradition originally aim to achieve? And why does the pursuit of power so often overshadow the pursuit of wisdom?

Alan discusses his journey through chaos magic, his work with Duncan Barford, the concept of the Great Work, awakening, and the role of direct experience in magical practice. We also dive into the culture of contemporary occultism, from gatekeeping and social media personalities to the importance of recording results rather than simply discussing theory.

Topics discussed:

• The Great Work and awakening
• Chaos magic and The Baptist’s Head
• The Holy Guardian Angel
• Recording magical results vs. occult theory
• Gatekeeping in modern occultism
• Social media and “occult influencers”
• Magical power versus wisdom
• Trauma, initiation, and spiritual abuse
• Lovecraft, Kenneth Grant, and occult culture
• Finding authenticity in magical practice

🔗 People, books, and concepts mentioned:

Alan Chapman – Magician, author, and founder of Magia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Ch...

Duncan Barford – Occult author and Chapman’s longtime collaborator

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The Baptist's Head Compendium – Collected writings of Chapman and Barford

https://www.aeonbooks.co.uk/product/t...

Advanced Magick for Beginners – Alan Chapman’s influential book on practical magic

/ advanced-magick-for-beginners

Aleister Crowley – Founder of Thelema and major influence on modern occultism

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleiste...

Thelema

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelema

Chaos Magic

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos_m...

Illuminates of Thanateros (IOT) – International Chaos Magic organisation

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illumin...

Greek Magical Papyri (PGM) – Foundational texts of the Western magical tradition

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_M...

Holy Guardian Angel

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Gu...

Ramana Maharshi – Indian sage discussed in relation to awakening and self-realisation

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramana_...

Austin Osman Spare – Artist, occultist, and pioneer of sigil magic

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_...

Kenneth Grant – Founder of the Typhonian Tradition

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth...

John Dee – Elizabethan magician and occult philosopher

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dee

Carl Jung – Psychology, the shadow, and occult influence

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Jung

H.P. Lovecraft & the Cthulhu Mythos

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._P._L...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cthulhu...

Philip K. Dick – Mysticism, hidden realities, and esoteric fiction

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_...

Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram (LBRP)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesser_...

Ken sits down with Angel Millar — author, esoteric researcher, and former member of the Illuminates of Thanateros — to discuss his latest book, Supernatural Women and the Male Initiate: Bonded Through Dreams. Drawing on mythology, folklore, mysticism, psychology, and his own personal experiences, Angel explores a fascinating and often overlooked phenomenon: the appearance of mysterious feminine figures throughout history, dreams, literature, religion, and the occult. From the Norse fylgja and Valkyries to muses, nymphs, saints, and Jung's anima, these supernatural women appear as guides, inspirers, initiators, and sometimes harbingers of transformation and death. This week:

• The inspiration behind Supernatural Women and the Male Initiate
• The Norse fylgja and the supernatural feminine
• Muses, nymphs, Valkyries, and dream women
• Jung, the anima, and the limits of psychology
• Creativity, genius, and divine inspiration
• Dreams, hypnosis, and altered states of consciousness
• Sacred sexuality and erotic mysticism
• Initiation, transformation, and encounters with the unknown
• Why modern culture struggles with mystery
• The relationship between art, magic, and inspiration
• Ecstasy, transcendence, and spiritual experience
• Whether the supernatural feminine is psychological or something more

Main theme by Simon Smerdon (Mothboy)

Music bed by chriszabriskie.com

🔗 People, Books & Concepts Mentioned

Angel Millar https://angelmillar.com

Supernatural Women and the Male Initiate: Bonded Through Dreams https://www.innertraditions.com/super...

Carl Jung https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Jung

Emma Jung https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Jung

Anima (Jungian Psychology) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anima_a...

Fylgja https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fylgja

Valkyrie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valkyrie

Nymph https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nymph

Daemon (Classical Concept) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daemon_...)

Hypnosis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypnosis

Sacred Sexuality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_...

Tantra https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tantra

Aleister Crowley https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleiste...

Austin Osman Spare https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_...

Illuminates of Thanateros (IOT) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illumin...

Gurdjieff https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_...

🔗 Angel Millar

Website https://angelmillar.com

Books https://www.amazon.com/stores/Angel-M...

Supernatural Women and the Male Initiate: Bonded Through Dreams https://www.innertraditions.com/super...

Ken sits down with returning guest Tobias Churton — historian of Western esotericism, Gnostic scholar, and one of the most wide-ranging thinkers in the field — to explore his latest book Celestial Realms, an ambitious attempt to map humanity’s ideas of heaven across cultures, religions, and time.

Beginning with Tobias’s own early spiritual experience, the conversation expands outward into a global survey of how different civilisations have imagined the afterlife — from ancient burial rites and Mesopotamian pessimism to Egyptian moral judgment, Eastern philosophies, and the evolution of heaven as both a metaphysical reality and a psychological projection.

What emerges is a sweeping and often provocative exploration of heaven not as a fixed destination, but as a mirror of human consciousness, culture, and desire. Along the way, the discussion touches on psychedelic interpretations, near-death experiences, religious power structures, and the uncomfortable possibility that our visions of the afterlife reveal more about us than any ultimate truth.

This week:

Tobias Churton’s new book Celestial Realms
The first global history of heaven across cultures
Ancient burial practices and early afterlife beliefs
Mesopotamian pessimism vs Egyptian moral judgment
Heaven as projection: “as below, so above”
Near-death experiences and personal encounters with the divine
Psychedelics and the idea of a “backdoor to heaven”
Eastern perspectives: Hinduism, Buddhism, and liberation beyond heaven
Chinese cosmology and the bureaucratic heavens
The role of power, hierarchy, and politics in shaping heaven
Why most early cultures believed heaven was not for humans
The evolution of moral reward and spiritual aspiration
Imagination, culture, and the limits of describing the infinite
Heaven as hope, illusion, or something more

People, books, and concepts mentioned:

Tobias Churton – Celestial Realms

Aleister Crowley – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleister_Crowley

Plato – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plato

Carl Jung – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Jung

Jacob Boehme – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakob_B%C3%B6hme

Nisargadatta Maharaj – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nisargadatta_Maharaj

George Harrison – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Harrison

John Lennon – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lennon

Gautama Buddha – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gautama_Buddha

Vajrayana Buddhism – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vajrayana

Tantra – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tantra

Nirvana – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirvana

Moksha – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moksha

Near-death experience – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near-death_experience

DMT – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N,N-Dimethyltryptamine

Ancient Egyptian religion – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_religion

Mesopotamian religion – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Mesopotamian_religion

Chinese mythology – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_mythology

Comparative religion – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparative_religion

Afterlife – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afterlife

Heaven (concept) – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven

Hell (concept) – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell

Collective unconscious – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_unconscious

Tobias Churton

Official Website
https://tobiaschurton.com/

Books
https://www.amazon.com/stores/Tobias-Churton/author

Ken sits down with Greg Kaminsky — host of the Occult of Personality podcast, author, and long-time explorer of Western esotericism turned Vajrayana practitioner — for a deep and uncompromising conversation on the limits of occultism, the demands of genuine spiritual practice, and the often misunderstood path toward enlightenment.

Beginning with Greg’s early immersion in Western magical traditions and podcasting, the discussion traces his journey through alchemy, Kabbalah, and ceremonial magic, before confronting their limitations and turning toward the disciplined, teacher-led path of Vajrayana Buddhism.

What emerges is a stark contrast between Western “talking schools” and Eastern traditions rooted in rigorous practice, direct transmission, and the transformation of the practitioner themselves. Along the way, the conversation explores tantra, the left-hand path, taboo as method, the role of the guru, and the uncomfortable reality that the greatest obstacle on the path may be the practitioner themselves.

This week:

• Greg Kaminsky’s background in Western esotericism
• The transition from occult practice to Vajrayana Buddhism
• Western “talking schools” vs disciplined spiritual traditions
• The role of the guru and transmission
• Tantra and the left-hand path re-examined
• Taboo, ritual, and transformation
• The Great Work across East and West
• The Grail quest and getting lost on the path
• Ego, identity, and the idea that “you are the problem”
• Meditation as submission rather than control
• Nothingness, reality, and the limits of experience

People, books, and concepts mentioned:

Greg Kaminsky – Host of Occult of Personality

Vajrayana Buddhism – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vajrayana

Tantra – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tantra

Left-Hand Path – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left-hand_path_and_right-hand_path

Nisargadatta Maharaj / I Am That – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_That

Aleister Crowley – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleister_Crowley

Kabbalah – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabbalah

Alchemy – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alchemy

Gurdjieff – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Gurdjieff

Greg Kaminsky

Occult of Personality Podcast
https://occultofpersonality.net/

Books and Writing
https://www.amazon.com/stores/Greg-Kaminsky/author

Ken and Ulysses sit down with Duncan Barford — ritual magician, psychodynamic counsellor, and longtime collaborator with Alan Chapman — for a deep exploration of chaos magic, mystical experience, and the strange territory where occult practice, psychology, and awakening intersect. Beginning with the early days of The Baptist’s Head and the revival of mystical aims within chaos magic, the conversation traces Barford’s journey from teenage encounters with spirit phenomena through intensive magical practice, encounters with entities, and the gradual movement from postmodern magic toward a more direct exploration of awakening and consciousness.

This week:

-Duncan Barford’s background in chaos magic and the IOT

-The Baptist’s Head project and mystical approaches within chaos magic

-Ritual experimentation and magical practice in the early 2000s

-The Holy Guardian Angel as a paradigm for non-dual experience

-Mystical awakening and Daniel Ingram’s stages of insight

-The overlap between mystical experience and psychosis

-Encounters with spirits, entities, and magical phenomena

-Abramelin magic and the psychology of ritual practice

-The occult realism of A Dark Song and ritual in film

-Angels, demons, and the nature of spiritual entities

-Chaos magic, postmodernism, and the search for truth beyond belief

🔗 People, books, and concepts mentioned:

Duncan Barford – Occult writer, magician, and psychodynamic counselor

Alan Chapman – Magician and co-creator of The Baptist’s Head

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Chapman_(magician)

The Baptist’s Head – Early chaos magic blog and body of work exploring awakening

The Abramelin Ritual – Traditional operation to attain the Holy Guardian Angel

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_of_Abramelin

Holy Guardian Angel – Central concept in Western ceremonial magic

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Guardian_Angel

Peter J. Carroll – Founder of modern chaos magic

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_J._Carroll

Liber Null & Psychonaut – Foundational chaos magic texts

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liber_Null

Daniel Ingram – Buddhist teacher and author of Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha

https://www.mctb.org/

Stages of Insight – Theravada Buddhist map of meditative awakening

The Red Book – Carl Jung’s visionary exploration of the unconscious

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Red_Book_(Jung)

A Dark Song – Occult horror film depicting an Abramelin-inspired ritual

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Dark_Song

Aleister Crowley – Occultist and proponent of the Holy Guardian Angel working

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleister_Crowley

Chaos Magic – Postmodern magical practice focused on belief as a tool

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos_magic

The Abramelin Operation – Ritual process of devotion and invocation leading to contact with the angel

Entities and spirits in magic – Angels, demons, elementals, and spiritual relationships

🔗 Duncan Barford

Occult Experiments in the Home

https://oeith.co.uk/

Duncan Barford’s main site featuring essays, podcasts, and writing exploring magic, mysticism, psychology, and spiritual experience.

Counselling / Professional Site

https://www.duncanbarford.uk/

Information about Duncan’s work as a psychodynamic psychotherapeutic counsellor.

🔗 Ulysses Black

The World of Ulysses Black

https://www.ulyssesblack.com/

Ulysses Black’s main site — an archive of his work as a ritual researcher, writer, artist, and performance practitioner.

The Ritualist (Substack)

https://theritualist.substack.com/

Ulysses’ Substack newsletter exploring ritual practice, symbolism, mythology, and esoteric research.

Ken sits down with Shira Chess, cultural scholar and author of The Unseen Internet, for a wide-ranging exploration of magic, myth, and belief in digital culture, examining how the internet has become an esoteric system in its own right — a space where technology, occult practice, conspiracy, and spiritual anxiety collapse into one another. Framed from the perspective of chapel perilous, the conversation traces how memes, algorithms, simulation theory, AI discourse, and techno-paganism function not metaphorically, but as active forces shaping belief, agency, and reality itself.

This episode moves through the haunted edges of online life, from meme magic and technognosticism to AI demons, digital egregores, and the slow erosion of consensus reality — asking what responsibility, belief, and magic mean when nothing is true, and everything is permitted.

This week:

The internet as an esoteric and magical system, Chapel perilous as a method for studying belief online, Meme magic, chaos magic, and the Cult of Kek, The destruction of consensus reality and its consequences, Techno-paganism and the occult roots of internet culture, Simulation theory as modern Gnosticism, Algorithms, platforms, and digital spaces as egregores, AI, demons, and the mystification of technology, Belief, practice, and agency in online magical systems, and “Nothing is true, everything is permitted” as an internet condition

🔗 People, books, and concepts mentioned:

Shira Chess – Cultural scholar and author

https://shirachess.com/

The Unseen Internet – Technology, magic, and belief online

https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=3…

High Weirdness – Erik Davis on esotericism and modern culture

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_We…

Technosis – Myth, magic, and mysticism in the age of information

https://erikdavis.com/technosis

Chaos Magic – Postmodern magical practice

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos_m…

Meme Magic / Cult of Kek – Internet irony and belief systems

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kek_(my…)

Grant Morrison – Hypersigils and pop-culture magic

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grant_M…

Simulation Theory – Digital Gnosticism and modern myth

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulat…

Gnosticism – Secret knowledge and false reality

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnosticism

AI and Demons – Non-corporeal entities in technological discourse

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artific…

Egregores – Collective thought-forms and group entities

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egregore

Ken sits down with Dayal Patterson, founder of Cult Never Dies and author of Black Metal: Evolution of the Cult. Together, they delve into the dark and fascinating world of Black Metal — from its chaotic origins and occult undercurrents to its modern evolution as one of music’s most misunderstood yet enduring subcultures.

Dayal discusses his years documenting the scene, the complex relationship between Black Metal and spirituality, and why physical media, authenticity, and seriousness of intent remain vital in an increasingly digital and disposable age.

This week:

• The origins of Cult Never Dies and the evolution of Dayal’s landmark book
• Black Metal’s strange blend of rebellion, mysticism, and artistic purity
• How Venom, Bathory, and punk shaped the genre’s DNA
• From the 90s underground to global festivals — the scene’s surprising resilience
• Why Satanism in Black Metal is both literal and symbolic
• Ritual performance and the blurred line between theatre and devotion
• The tension between elitism, accessibility, and authenticity
• Black Metal’s apocalyptic vision and fascination with the occult
• Industrial influences, Dissection’s “grimoire,” and the rise of esoteric bands
• Why physical books and records still matter to true believers

📖 Get Black Metal: Evolution of the Cult and other titles from Cult Never Dies:
https://cultneverdies.com

🧾 Show Notes

🔗 People, bands, and concepts mentioned:

• Dayal Patterson – Author and founder of Cult Never Dies
https://cultneverdies.com
• Black Metal: Evolution of the Cult – Revised 2023 edition
• Venom – The band that coined “Black Metal”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venom_(band)
• Bathory – Pioneering Scandinavian Black Metal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathory_(band)
• Dissection – Reinkaos as occult grimoire
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissection_(band)
• Watain – Ritual performance and theistic Satanism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watain
• Gorgoroth – Theatrical and metaphysical extremes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorgoroth
• Mysticum – Industrial Black Metal innovators
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mysticum
• Thelema – Occult system influencing many Black Metal bands
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelema

💻 Follow & Support

Follow Cult Never Dies:
https://cultneverdies.com

https://www.instagram.com/cultneverdies

https://www.facebook.com/CultNeverDies

Support Right Where You Are Sitting Now on Patreon:
https://patreon.com/sittingnow

Visit SittingNow for more episodes, articles, and extras:
https://sittingnow.co.uk/

This week, Ken and Ulysses Black talk to sorcerer and author Lili (Idlu Lili Regulus) about her remarkable book She of the Night(Theion Publishing). We explore the enigmatic figure of Lilith across Mesopotamian myth, Jewish mysticism, folklore, and modern magical practice. Lili shares how Lilith first revealed Herself to her, the challenges of writing about such a fluid and multifaceted being, and how one might carefully approach Lilith in ritual and devotion.

This week:

• Lili’s first encounters with Lilith in the 1990s
• Why Lilith is not an archetype, but a distinct and demanding goddess
• Mesopotamian “seeds” of Lilith: Lamashtu, Ardat-Lili, Ninlil, and more
• Lilith’s journey through Jewish mysticism, Arabic folklore, and European charms
• The Queen of the Night plaque and its mysterious resonance
• Lilith’s symbols: owls, serpents, night winds, blood, and husks
• How to approach Lilith in ritual — offerings, timing, and necessary precautions
• Why Lilith remains a powerful presence for modern magicians and mystics

Show Notes

Get She of the Night from Theion Publishing:
https://theionpublishing.com/catalogue/she-of-the-night/

🔗 People, places, concepts mentioned

Lili (Idlu Lili Regulus) – Author of She of the Night
https://theionpublishing.com

Lilith – Wikipedia (overview of the mythological figure)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilith

Lamashtu – Wikipedia (Mesopotamian demoness, precursor figure)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamashtu

Ardat-Lili – Wikipedia (Spirit connected with Lilith traditions)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardat-lili

Ninlil – Wikipedia (Sumerian goddess linked with air, winds, and Lilith traditions)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninlil

Tiamat – Wikipedia (Mesopotamian chaos goddess, sometimes connected to Lilith)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiamat

Ereshkigal – Wikipedia (Goddess of the underworld)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ereshkigal

Queen of the Night plaque – British Museum page
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/W_2003-0703-1

Kabbalah – Wikipedia (context for Lilith as Queen of the Qliphothic husks)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabbalah

Theion Publishing – Publisher of She of the Night
https://theionpublishing.com

💻 Follow & Support

Follow Lili’s work at Theion Publishing:
https://theionpublishing.com

Follow Ulysses Black’s Substack:
https://theritualist.substack.com/

Support Right Where You Are Sitting Now on Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/sittingnow

Visit SittingNow for more episodes, articles, and extras:
https://sittingnow.co.uk/

This week, Ken talks to author and cultural provocateur Stewart Home about his explosive new book Fascist Yoga: Grifters, Occultists, White Supremacists and the New Order in Wellness (Pluto Press). They dive into the strange, hidden history of yoga in the West, its unexpected ties to fascism, and how those shadows still linger in the modern wellness industry.

This week:

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The carnival-barker roots of yoga in the West and the con artistry of Pierre Bernard

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How racial myth-making turned yoga into an “Aryan science” for early fascists

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Guido Keller, the Rijeka YOGA group, and the bizarre avant-garde politics of proto-fascism

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Major J. F. C. Fuller: from Crowleyan yogi to architect of modern warfare

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Francis Yeats-Brown, Hitler fandom, and yoga propaganda

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How fascist mysticism evolved into post-war yoga evangelism and daytime TV gurus

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Why the modern wellness industry still carries the DNA of its darker past

Show Notes

Get Stewart’s book at Pluto Press:
https://www.plutobooks.com/

Pierre Bernard – Wikipedia (The “Great Oom,” early yoga grifter)
https://twitter.com/stewarthomesoc

Support Right Where You Are Sitting Now on Patreon:
https://sittingnow.co.uk/

This week Ken talks to author and esoteric scholar Peter Mark Adams about his new book Ritual and Epiphany in the Mysteries of Mithras (Theion Publishing). They explore the deep mysteries of Mithraic initiation, why caves matter, Mithras as cosmic hero, connections to Saturn, and the relevance of true initiatory experiences today.

💡 This week: Origins and roots of Mithras in Indo-European traditions, The bull-slaying scene (Tauroctony) and its deeper meaning, Mystery cult initiations and purification by water and fire, Why Mithraism appealed to Roman soldiers and elites, Connections to Saturn, Orphism, and the non-dual AI in reconstructing ritual processes, Freemasonry, Thelema, and modern echoes of Mithras

📚 Get Peter’s book at Theion Publishing: https://theionpublishing.com/shop/pma-ritualepiphany/

🔗 People, places, concepts mentioned

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Peter Mark Adams – Official website
https://petermarkadams.com/

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Peter Mark Adams – Scarlet Imprint profile
https://scarletimprint.com/collections/peter-mark-adams

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Theion Publishing
https://theionpublishing.com/

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David Beth – Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Beth

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Helena Blavatsky – Wikipedia (briefly referenced re: esoteric currents)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helena_Blavatsky

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Epic of Gilgamesh – Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_of_Gilgamesh

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Tiridates I of Armenia – Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiridates_I_of_Armenia

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Nero – Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nero

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Pleiades (star cluster) – Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleiades

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Plato’s Phaedrus – Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phaedrus_(dialogue)

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Porphyry – Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porphyry_(philosopher)

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Orphism (religion) – Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orphism_(religion)

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Saturn (mythology) – Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_(mythology)

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Cronus – Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cronus

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Demiurge – Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demiurge

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Vajrayana Buddhism – Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vajrayana

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Freemasonry – Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freemasonry

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Thelema – Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelema

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Mystery cult – Wikipedia (general concept)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery_religion

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Tauroctony – Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tauroctony

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Pater (Mithraism priest grade) – Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithraic_mysteries#Grades_of_initiation

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Join us as we come crashing down from the transcendental realm and deep into the Cthonic realm with our new friend author, publisher and magician David Beth

This week: Why boredom is a powerful magickal tool, how the modern world is removing us from the spiritual Kosmos. and how to find Aleister Crowley books in an Indian bookshop in Africa (no, really!).

Joining me in co-host duties this week is Ulysses Black

Main theme by Simon Smerdon

Music bed by http://chriszabriskie.com/

David Beth Bio:

David Beth was born in Luanda, Angola, South-West Africa in May, 1974, into a family of the (West) German Diplomatic Corps. He was educated in Europe and in Los Angeles, California, USA. David began his career as a teacher of occultism by leading small classes and conducting seminars in Denmark and Germany, where he was able to initiate a new style of ‘dialogue’ with the various levels of psychic experience. In 2002, after more than a decade of occult and spiritual studies, David began the intensive study of German philosophy and psychology, as internal experience and as evolution of the person, paying attention to those areas where the age of systems (Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche, Lotze) had failed to communicate with their respective age and with contemporary consciousness, especially ‘youth-culture’.

At that time, David experienced an epiphany when he was led to discover the evolutionary theogony of eros, as found in the writings of Ludwig Klages, the Graf Hermann von Keyserling, and Max Scheler (philosophers highly read during the Weimar years, 1919-1933), as well as in the work of recent ‘character analysis’. By a careful exploration of his own inner-consciousness, David was able to enter upon a voyage into his own gnostic being. David realised that he had been initiated into this primal awareness by a high-priestess of an ancient Afro-Totemic tradition-history, when he was a very young man, still living in Africa. In a profound sense, she was the archetypal influence discovered by Klages in 1922, when he wrote his book Vom kosmogonischen Eros. In this work, the role of the eternal feminine in evolution was delineated as the faces of Isis, Yenus, Freya, Shakti, Tanith, Sophia-Maria. David realised that this was the answer to the needs of contemporary consciousness, particularly the disenchant­ment of the youth-awareness movement, which was found world-wide.

In his first book, Voudon Gnosis, David began to teach for publication his interpretation of the modern mind which becomes gradually suffused with the polar-mysticism of his deeply personal encounter with god-archetypes and forms. These force-fields, which awakened as powers in David’s lectures and class-talks, now came to appear in his desire to hear the new sound-energy and see the light from the north, yet coming from the voice of a youth, a youth fed-up with static traditions, fed-up with traditions that had lost their vital-roots.

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David Metcalfe, Darragh Mason, Willow Truman, and Ken Eakins send you transmissions from the Mauve Zone.

Check Darragh's amazing podcast @SpiritBox

Check Willow's podcast archive @thenonsensebazaar7273

Music by Simon Smerdon

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Enter the Chapel Perilous with us and bite from the apple of Eris as we explore the life and thought crimes of Robert Anton Wilson with author Gabriel Kennedy (Prop Anon).

This week: RAW’s Aleister Crowley influences explored, why did the Chicago Police have a file on the Wilsons, RAWs relationship with Timothy Leary, and much more.

Main theme by Simon Smerdon

Music bed by http://chriszabriskie.com/

Pick up Gabriel’s book:

Amazon UK

Amazon US

Lulu

Gabriel Kennedy Bio:

Gabriel Kennedy, aka Prop Anon, is an actor, musician, and writer whose work has been featured in https://boingboing.net/, https://realitysandwich.com/, https://mondo2000.com/, and his own website, http://chapelperilous.us/. Chapel Perilous: The Life and Thought Crimes of Robert Anton Wilson is his first book. Source: Google Books

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Joseph Matheny, David Metcalfe, and Ken Eakins send you transmissions from the Mauve Zone.

It's a Drone-O-Rama in the US and UK, The Orange Man is back in power, and Ken's Mantoid encounter.

Music by Simon Smerdon

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Egyptian deities, Thelemic Cabals and New Orleans Voodoo is our destination this week. Our shamanic spirit guide is the lovely Louie Martinié of Black Moon Publishing.

This week: Who is Nema and what was the Bate Cabal?, what’s Ma’at (got to do) got to do with it?, Letters to Kenneth Grant, New Orleans Voodoo and much more.

Main theme by Simon Smerdon

Music bed by http://chriszabriskie.com/

Show notes:

The Horus Ma’at Lodge – Bate Cabal related

Black Moon Publishing – Louis and Co’s publishing company

Black Moon Publishing Facebook

Voodoo Spiritual Temple – Louie’s Temple

Starfire Publishing– Kenneth Grant’s books

Ma’at Magick – Amazon Links UK/US/EU

The Adena Mounds

Louis Martinié Bio:

Louis Martinié is an author, “internationally known” percussionist, practitioner of a multitude of religions among them being New Orleans style Voodoo, and co-author of the book New Orleans VooDoo Tarot (1992), with Sallie Ann Glassman. He is a priest and drummer with the New Orleans Voodoo Spiritual Temple, and a primary drummer for the rituals of Priestess Miriam Chamani He is a leader of the band of drummers known as the Krewe of Nutria, who have drummed for the ritual shows of the New Orleans Historic Voodoo Museum. He is also the editor and a founder of Black Moon Publishing.

Travel with us down the 26th path to encounter the Crawling Chaos of the Faceless God Nyarlathotep. This week, our shamanic guide is scholar and author Tomas Vincente.

This week: Kenneth Grant and the dream lore of H.P. Lovecraft, the connection between Nyarlathotep and Anubis, Why occultists need to loosen up their frameworks, the ordeal of the Abyss, and much more.

Main theme by Simon Smerdon (Mothboy)

Music bed by chriszabriskie.com

Tomas Vincente Bio:

Dr. Tomas Vincente is a scholar of ancient religion, magic and esotericism. His past work explores the emergence of Christian monotheism and the resulting decline of the chthonic cults of the ancient Mediterranean and Near East. He is dedicated to recovering the integrity of this archaic spirituality of blood and fire, which has been demonized by the Abrahamic religions for two millennia.

Ken and Brian get front-row tickets to the Magick Show, our master magician is the legendary countercultural master Therion, Richard Metzger.

This week: How did the right-wing utilise magick, the sneaky occult tricks of Steve Bannon, Richard’s new show The Magick Show, and much more.

Go help fund The Magick Show at http://magickshow.net

Main theme by Simon Smerdon (Mothboy)

Music bed by chriszabriskie.com

Richard Metzger Bio:

Richard Metzger is an American writer, journalist, and media personality best known for his work on Disinformation, a television show that aired on the Independent Film Channel in the early 2000s. The show explored unconventional topics like conspiracy theories, secret societies, and the paranormal, earning Metzger a reputation as a charismatic and thoughtful figure in alternative media.

In addition to his TV career, Metzger is an influential writer and editor, contributing to publications and anthologies that challenge mainstream narratives. He is a key figure behind the Disinformation publishing company, which released books on countercultural and conspiracy topics, including The Disinformation Guide to Conspiracies.

Metzger also runs Dangerous Minds, a website that continues to explore fringe culture, mysticism, and hidden histories. With his blend of curiosity, humor, and skepticism, Metzger has shaped the conversation around alternative thought and remains a prominent figure in the world of independent media.

(source: ChatGPT)

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Joseph Matheny, Viking Brian, and Ken Eakins send you transmissions from the Mauve Zone.

Did the Internet ruin the Backrooms? The Conspirituality grift, The Christian New Age, and The Black Lodge

For the youth new to the scene, Brian was part of a podcast that inspired SittingNow called 'The Viking Youth Power Hour', so give him some love.

Check out Brian's Brewery here - https://www.ibw-chicago.com/6-6-6/

Music by Simon Smerdon

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We travel through the hidden mythologies of Eurasia to discover Daemons lurking in the shadows, capturing children, and seeing off evil sorcerers. Our Daemonolgist this week is the author of ‘Daemons are Forever’ David Gordon White.

This week: Daemons made from faeces, Tantra’s place in India, Dangerous Pools, Changelings, and much more.

Main theme by Simon Smerdon (Mothboy)

Music bed by http://chriszabriskie.com/

Get David’s book here:

UK – https://amzn.to/4brXJFL

US – https://amzn.to/3zb3gTt

David Gordon White Bio:

Since being named the J. F. Rowny Professor of Comparative Religion in 2011, I have returned to the focus of my PhD dissertation and first book, Myths of the Dog-Man (Chicago: 1991). While that project focused on the spread of the mytheme of a particular monstrous race across ancient and medieval Asia and Europe, my current interest concerns contacts and exchanges in matters of demonology. Unbound as they are by exclusivist doctrinal and institutional strictures,, demons have traveled more lightly than gods, and so it is that one finds the names of Buddhist demons in medieval Manichean spell texts, charms against Iranian demons in Lithuanian and Chinese sources, an amulet of an Indian demoness at an archeological site in Turkmenistan, and so on. Elsewhere, the yoginis and dakinis of South and East Asian Hinduism and Buddhism are found to be related to the striga of ancient Rome and the vampires of early modern eastern Europe; the tenth-century BCE Homeric myth of Odysseus and Circe reappears, only slightly altered, in the Mahavamsa, a fifth-century CE chronicle of the island of Ceylon; and the nightmares of European lore find their homologues in the maras of South Asia and the Chinese “devil-kings” called mo-wang. It is the “connected histories” of these beings and the humans who trafficked in them that have become my area of focus. Both the Silk Road and ancient and medieval maritime trade routes were information superhighways, and a portion of that information was demonological. It is easy to imagine soldiers, sailors, merchants, diviners, monks, and priests swapping amulets and spells at Silk Road halting points and ports. Demons and the techniques to control them were as much a commodity in the ancient and medieval world as germs, guns, and steel.

Source – https://www.religion.ucsb.edu/people/faculty/david-white/