How does the tradition of St. Cyprian operate in the gray area between heaven and hell? Why does this current neither accept nor reject the outer religious expressions that St. Cyprian comes from? Jason Miller - practicing magician, author and strategic sorcerer - returns to share about Cyprian in his course, “The Black School”. He also answers your Glitch Bottle Patreon listener questions, and much more! ⇓ ⇓ ⇓ ►Sign up for “The Black School” - https://www.strategicsorcery.net/courses/the-sorcer...
Aug 10, 2021•1 hr 48 min
How do magicians pay attention to esoteric shifts and tides? What are obstacles to magical development? How do we work with setbacks and ‘failures’ in magic? The great Josephine McCarthy - author, occultist, magical teacher, and director of the Quareia magical training course - shares about these topics, answers your Patreon listener questions and much more! ⇓ ⇓ ⇓ ►Josephine’s Quareia course: https://www.quareia.com/ ►Josephine’s blog: https://josephinemccarthy.com/ ►Josephine’s Tarot book on Am...
Aug 01, 2021•4 hr 18 min
What are the connections between Western esotericism and Vajrayana Buddhism? How can we initiate ourselves into this powerful tributary and transform our fundamental engagement with reality? Greg Kaminsky - a close student of Traktung Rinpoche and a practitioner in an initiated, longstanding lineage of Vajrayana Buddhism, and host of the Occult of Personality Podcast - shares about his book “PRONAOS: Reflections on the Preliminary Practices of Buddhist Tantra from a Western Perspective”. He also...
Jul 27, 2021•1 hr 22 min
What are the big misconceptions about Jinn, Angels and the cosmology in the Islamic esoteric tradition? What is the deep influence and wealth of wisdom that the Islamic esoteric tradition has imbued onto the European grimoiric tradition and other tributaries? Professor Ali. A. Olomi - historian of Islam and the Middle East with a specialized focus on esotericism, magic, folklore and astrology - stops by to share about the key elements of Islamic esotericism, how to break down barriers between tr...
Jun 28, 2021•2 hr 16 min
What is the deep esoteric and poetic force encrypted in Homer’s The Iliad and Odyssey, and how can we claim that power and integrate it into our magic and lives? T. Susan Chang (certified professional tarot reader, author, and co-host of the Fortune’s Wheelhouse podcast) and Jack Grayle (ceremonial magician, practitioner of the PGM and longtime devotee of Hekate) deeply explore these themes in new online course being offered called "GODSONG: 365 Days of Homer: A devotional reading of Iliad and O...
Jun 22, 2021•1 hr 30 min
What are the keys to unlocking a more balanced magical approach in the underworld? Who are the untold magicians from hundreds of years ago who walked this path? How can we engage with spirits in skull divination? Frater Acher - experienced magician and author - shares about his latest tome “Clavis Goêtica: Keys to Chthonic Sorcery” from Hadean Press, he answers your wonderful Patreon listener questions, and so much more! ► ✅Order “Clavis Goêtica” - https://www.hadeanpress.com/shop/clavis-gotica-...
May 31, 2021•1 hr 29 min
What are the significant insights, corrections and restorations to Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa’s classic, The Three Books of Occult Philosophy? Eric Purdue - translator, author, practitioner of medieval astrology, and a santero (olorisha) in Lucumí/Santeria - shares about his upcoming 896-page translation of The Three Books of Occult Philosophy. It’s the first new and complete English translation of Agrippa’s classic masterwork in more than 350 years which restores all of the original illustratio...
May 25, 2021•2 hr 9 min
What are practical methods that unlock using ‘The Ars Notoria’ grimoire for the rapid acquisition of knowledge? What specific steps are needed in the operation, and what parts could be left out? Internationally acclaimed author, practicing magician and scholar, Dr. Stephen Skinner, shares about his upcoming tome entitled “Ars Notoria: The Method”, now available for pre-order. In this podcast, Dr. Skinner shares on these topics, answers you Glitch Bottle Patreon listener questions and more! ►Pre-...
Apr 30, 2021•39 min
Who are the powerful gods and goddesses worshiped by the people of the first civilization on earth - the Sumerians? How can one approach these deities and become an initiate into their magical currents? Samuel David - Mesopotamian polytheist, artist, writer, researcher, and educator - shares about his upcoming book “Rod & Ring: An Initiation Into a Mesopotamian Mystery Tradition”, answers your Glitch Bottle Patreon listener questions and more! ►Order your copy of “Rod & Ring”: https://ww...
Apr 19, 2021•1 hr 35 min
Do spirit registers really matter that much? What about merging science and magic? Why is it so important to re-establish and maintain covenants with the Divine to successfully do the work? What is the deeper meaning of the 72 spirits of the Lemegeton’s Goetia? Why should more attention be paid to the role of the magician? John R. King IV - author, artist, jeweler, goldsmith and experienced ceremonial magician - stops by to share about these themes in his latest book “The Faculty of Abrac”, answ...
Apr 12, 2021•2 hr 39 min
What are the Pentacles from the Key of Solomon, and how are they crafted, cared for and used with spiritual engagements? Also, how can teachers of the occult maintain healthy discussions with members, avoid toxic behavior and appreciate disagreement? Alison Chicosky - practitioner and scholar of the PGM, professional pentacle crafter and proprietor of the Practical Occult online shop - shares about these topics, answers your Glitch Bottle Patreon listener questions and so much more! ►Check out P...
Mar 26, 2021•46 min
Carrie and Aaron Leitch are both practitioners of Solomonic magic, are involved in the Golden Dawn and co-founded the online Solomonic materia magica shop, Doc Solomon’s Occult Curios. In this episode, we discuss their magical property in Florida called Solomon Springs, how magical evocations are less common than people think, magical endurance during COVID-19, Carrie’s tips on making magical circles and writing on parchment, they answer your Glitch Bottle Patreon listeners question, and more! ►...
Mar 13, 2021•2 hr 37 min
The 13th century text ‘The Fountain of Wisdom’ is one of the most challenging works of the Kabbalistic tradition. In an upcoming book with the full text translated into English by renowned scholar-translator Dr. Mark Verman, David Chaim Smith (esoteric cartographer and contemplative mystic) presents a passage-by-passage commentary on the 800-year-old text, designed to address the working issues of the spiritual practitioner. The Fountain of Wisdom presents a labyrinth of psycho-aetheric symbols ...
Mar 09, 2021•1 hr 10 min
How should you deal with fear during a ritual? Why is it important to slow down and take your time in preparing magical materials? What does it mean to have “exchange” with the spirits? What is “limited astrology” in Solomonic magic? Frater Ashen Chassan (author, practicing occultist, and ceremonial magician) shares on these topics, answers your excellent Glitch Bottle Patreon listener questions and so much more! ►Check out Frater Chassan’s Magical Shop: https://www.facebook.com/Frater-Ashen-Cha...
Feb 28, 2021•2 hr 42 min
What are the biggest misconceptions about scrying? What does ancient druidic wisdom teach us about perceiving spirits and listening to the silence of our hearts? Benn Mac Stiofán is a master spirit scryer and druid. He is the founder of the Dún Mór Druid Order based in Colorado Springs, and is the scrying partner for ceremonial magician Frater Ashen Chassan. Benn shares about the key elements of druidry, tips to improve scrying, answers your Glitch Bottle Patreon listener questions and so much m...
Jan 26, 2021•1 hr 55 min
What demonic and necromantic experiments were circulating in Italy in the 1490s? What connection does this have to the powerful Medici family, the shores of England the demonic hierarchies of other grimoires? Humanities scholar and translator Brian Johnson shares about his latest tome from Hadean Press: “Necromancy in the Medici Library: An Edition and Translation of Excerpts from Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, MS Plut. 89 sup. 38.” Brian answers your Glitch Bottle Patreon listener questions an...
Jan 05, 2021•1 hr 27 min
Why is it so important to approach magic on its own terms? How can we combat superstition in magic? What does “add the usual” mean in many Graeco-Egyptian Magical Papyri (PGM) spells? Alison Chicosky - practitioner and scholar of the PGM, professional pentacle crafter and proprietor of the Practical Occult online shop - shares about these topics, answers your Glitch Bottle Patreon listener questions and so much more. Check out Practical Occult ✅► https://practicaloccult.com/ Check out the PGM St...
Jan 03, 2021•1 hr 7 min
How does other people thinking create a kind of negative pressure for spirits during a magical ritual? Why is it important to conduct an operation away from heavily-populated areas? How can you recite “practice” conjurations as you memorize, without bringing undue attention upon yourself? internationally acclaimed author, practicing magician and scholar, Dr. Stephen Skinner, shares on these topics and answers you Glitch Bottle Patreon listener questions and more! Check out the latest Golden Hoar...
Dec 29, 2020•1 hr
What are the dark, chthonic roots of the Heptameron? What necromantic text was Trithemius abbot of Sponheim, condemning in 1508, and how does it relate to a sanitizing process evident in the “angelic” Heptameron grimoire of 1559? Ceremonial magician Adley Nichols is a practitioner of the Elucidarium Necromantiae, a 15th century grimoire with roots dating before the 12th century. This is the original work which the now famous "Heptameron" in 1559 was originally based on. Adley shares about this f...
Dec 05, 2020•2 hr 36 min
Who is Thoth-Djehuty, and how can we harness the power of chaos to craft rituals of devotion to this Great God? Author, devotee to Thoth-Djehuty and founder of the Church of Flesh and Feather, Reverend Zemaemidjehuty Setepentoth, shares about his deeply personal praxis to Thoth-Djehuty in his tome, ‘The Book of Flesh and Feather’. Reverend Zemmi shares about the key elements of ritual, the importance of individual approach to deity devotion, the real meaning of art, he answers your Glitch Bottle...
Nov 23, 2020•1 hr 11 min
How are the names of Allah (SWT) used in Islamic theurgy? What is the Divine Essence in Islam, and its relation to the breath? How can you summon your “Jinnic twin”? Author and scholar on Islamic Studies and Quranic Esotericism, Professor Saiyad Ahmad, shares about these subjects and answers your Glitch Bottle Patreon listener questions and more! ►Become Professor Ahmad's Patron! - https://www.patreon.com/SaiyadNizamuddinAhmad ►Professor Ahmad’s YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/...
Nov 21, 2020•2 hr 33 min
Sometimes we get so obsessed with the “fruits” of magic (i.e. material results) that we avoid working on the vital “roots” of our very consciousness. What are the esoteric tools and practices that can help us destroy time, heal the past, consecrate our present and live the future we want? Aidan Wachter (author, talismanic jeweler and dirt sorcerer) shares about all of these topics in his new book “Weaving Fate”, he answers your Glitch Bottle Patron questions and more! ►Get your copy of “Weaving ...
Oct 30, 2020•3 hr 21 min
Meredith Graves - witch, magician, Director of Music for Kickstarter, and open-sourceress - returns on the podcast to talk about the intersection of technology and magic, working with patterns in magical ways for specific outcomes, combating the armchair magician mentality, the incredible importance of sewing and seamstressing, answering your Glitch Bottle Patreon listener questions and so much more! ►Follow Meredith on Twitter: https://twitter.com/gravesmeredith ►Follow Meredith on Instagram: h...
Sep 05, 2020•2 hr 47 min
What is tarot, at it’s divinatory core? What are the lesser-known pitfalls to avoid? How can parasites affect tarot decks? Author, occultist, magical teacher, and tarot expert, Josephine McCarthy, shares about her new book “Tarot Skills for the 21st Century: Mundane and Magical Divination”. She also answers your awesome Patreon listener questions, shares wisdom about core magical practice, touches on COVID-19 and so much more! ►Get Josephine’s Tarot book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Tarot-S...
Aug 23, 2020•3 hr 19 min
Jack Grayle is an author, ceremonial magician, practitioner (including of the Heptameron), enthusiast of the PGM and longtime devotee of Hekate. In his work with Hekate, Jack has led workshops and rituals throughout the US, and has taught at the Woolston-Steen Theological Seminary. His book, The Hekataeon, is a 368-page grimoire filled with hymns, songs, spells, chants, invocation, incantations, and a complete self-initiation in the mysteries of the eternal and ineffable Hekate. He also has wond...
Jun 29, 2020•2 hr 37 min
Peter Mark Adams - author, poet, professional energy worker and esotericist specialising in the ethnography and visuality of ritual - shares about his incredible tome from Scarlet Imprint, “The Game of Saturn”, which examines the enigmatic Renaissance esoteric masterwork, the Sola-Busca tarocchi. Peter’s tome reveals the existence of a pagan liturgical and ritual tradition active amongst members of the Renaissance elite and encoded within the deck, demonstrating that the presiding deity of this ...
Jun 24, 2020•2 hr 11 min
Nika Danilova - also known as Zola Jesus - is a classically-trained opera-singer, musician, producer, artist and practitioner of magic. In the last decade, she has released five albums with a unique, powerful voice and composition. A few years ago, Nika moved back onto family land in Wisconsin and built a cabin in the woods. Nika shares about growing up in nature, battling materialistic reductionism, the vulnerability of being an artist, how to resist art as a commodity, using active imagination...
May 30, 2020•1 hr 58 min
Dan Attrell - Canadian-born intellectual historian, classicist and philosopher, also known as ‘The Modern Hermeticist’ - shares about the Latin Polemical Tradition, how converts from Judaism to Christianity debated Talmudic esotericism and theology, and how these debates and anti-Jewish sentiments shaped the thought of Renaissance humanist philosophers Marsilio Ficino and Pico della Mirandola. Dan examines the streaming ribbons of thought how throughout medieval European history, Petrus Alfonsi'...
May 16, 2020•1 hr 35 min
Ioannis Marathakis - scholar, translator and academic with an extensive knowledge of ceremonial magic - shares about The Magical Treatise of Solomon, or Hygromanteia, which he translated from Greek into English. He discusses the vital importance of this grimoire and its influence on the Latin Key of Solomon and other books of magic. He also shares about his latest book called, "The Book of Wisdom of Apollonius of Tyana: Apotelesmata Apollonii", which fills in the gaps with excellent and useful i...
Apr 30, 2020•50 min
Meredith Graves - witch, magician, Director of Music for Kickstarter, and open-sourceress - shares about how magicians, artists and creators can overcome obstacles, thrive and conquer both during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Meredith talks about how to actually define magic in the first place, avoid common pitfalls for magicians and creators, how COVID-19 is changing esoteric and musical topography, how to Hermetically-seal magic so it’s safe, working magically with dogs and pets and so much...
Apr 17, 2020•1 hr 56 min
