What does “sigil” actually mean in the grimoires? How do you generate spiritual authority to engage with spirits? What does it take to maintain a magical property deep in the green of Florida? Carrie and Aaron Leitch - magicians, artists, teachers, members of the Golden Dawn and Solomonic Power Couple - go deep into these topics, answer your podcast supporter listener questions and so much more! ⇓ ⇓ ⇓ ✅►Doc Solomon’s Occult Curios Shop: http://docsolomons.com/wp/ ✅►Support Aaron and Carrie on Pa...
Nov 13, 2022•1 hr 57 min
What are angelic calls? How do you ‘open’ and ‘close’ geomantic divination? What are angelical charms and some little discussed details of the Enochian language? Dr. Alexander Cummins - contemporary cunning man, author, historian and poet - goes deep with his latest tome from Hadean Press called ‘Nazarth: Pillars of Gladness or, A Geomancers' Angelical Psalter of Calls’. He also answers your Glitch Bottle Patreon listener questions and much more! ⇓ ⇓ ⇓ ► ✅ Get your copy of ‘Pillars of Gladness’ ...
Nov 07, 2022•1 hr
How can magicians use times of stability and growth to prepare for the challenging times? How can we be directly engaged with our inner work in service of others? Josephine McCarthy - author, occultist, magical teacher, and director of the Quareia magical training course - shares about the importance of long-term magical growth and practice, and about a series of 79-detailed paintings for a new deck she’s been working on over the last few years, and more! ⇓ ⇓ ⇓ ✅►Josephine’s Quareia course: http...
Oct 31, 2022•1 hr 17 min
What are the actual Olympic Spirits mentioned in the grimoires? How are certain techniques of mysticism a prerequisite for magical work? How can we discover our ‘inner firmament’ in esoteric practice? Frater Acher - experienced magician and author - shares about these themes and more in his latest tome “Holy Heretics”, he answers your wonderful Glitch Bottle Patreon listener questions, and so much more! ⇓ ⇓ ⇓ ► ✅Pre-Order “Holy Heretics” - https://scarletimprint.com/publications/p/holy-heretics ...
Oct 23, 2022•1 hr 28 min
What are the occult names of the hours, days, months, Zodiacal signs and seasons of the year that magicians used in invocations nearly 700 years ago? Scholar and translator Brian Johnson returns to talk about his latest translation and commentary from Hadean Press, entitled ‘Naming the Heavens: Orations from the Summa Sacre Magice’, which presents a series of prayers and ritual inscriptions from the mid -1300s, addressed to the spirits of the heavenly bodies and facilitated via the invocation of...
Aug 28, 2022•41 min
What is the role of an artist and esotericist? What does it mean to create poetry, and give shape to tarot decks? Coleman Stevenson - esoteric artist, poet, tarot deck creator and teacher - stops by to share about how art is magic, what creation really entails and the beauty of collaboration. She also answers your Glitch Bottle Patreon supporter questions and more! ⇓ ⇓ ⇓ ► ✅ Register for the upcoming ‘Morbid Anatomy’ class - https://www.morbidanatomy.org/classes/personal-oracle-cards-making-the-...
Aug 08, 2022•2 hr 5 min
What is ‘The Sun of Knowledge’ (in Arabic called the ‘Shams al-Ma‘arif), which is one of the most influential and revered historical grimoires of the Arabic esoteric corpus? Dr. Amina Inloes and J.M. Hamade share about their selected translation and analysis on the Shams al-Ma‘arif from Revelore press, they answer your excellent Glitch Bottle Patron listener questions and much more! ⇓ ⇓ ⇓ ► ✅ Get your copy of Shams al-Ma‘arif - https://revelore.press/product/shams-al-maarif-the-sun-of-knowledge/...
Aug 01, 2022•2 hr 48 min
Who were the first ghosts ever written about from 4,000 years ago? How did Sumerian, Assyrian and Babylonian necromancers send departed spirits to the underworld gods…or bring them back from the depths? Internationally-acclaimed Assyriologist, Dr. Irving Finkel, shares about these topics in his book ‘The First Ghosts’ and answers your Patreon listener questions! (Note: Podcast supporters can see the full video podcast of Dr. Finkel on Patreon!) ⇓ ⇓ ⇓ ► ✅ Get your copy of ‘The First Ghosts’ - htt...
Jul 18, 2022•1 hr 50 min
What is a magical Servitor? What are the key ingredients to crafting a sigil? How do Servitors and Thoughtforms unlock pathways to achieve practical and pragmatic magical results? Practitioner and Chaos-informed magician Mademoiselle Vendredi shares about these powerful techniques and breaks the many mental misconceptions about what is possible in magic. She also answers your wonderful Glitch Bottle Patreon listener questions and so much more! ⇓ ⇓ ⇓ ► ✅ Follow Mme Vendredi on Instagram - https:/...
Jun 27, 2022•1 hr 36 min
What does it mean to have a relationship with a spirit? What are the different ‘models’ of esoteric engagement? Why is ‘simple resonance’ so important? Practicing magician, author and strategic sorcerer, Jason Miller, returns on the podcast to share about his latest book from Weiser Books, ”Consorting with Spirits”. Jason also answers your wonderful Glitch Bottle Patreon listener questions and more! ⇓ ⇓ ⇓ ► ✅ “Consorting with Spirits”(Weiser Books) - https://redwheelweiser.com/detail.html?id=978...
Jun 12, 2022•1 hr 56 min
What is a charm? What are troll formulae? How are narrative charms used to hex and heal? Esotericist and practitioner Carl Nordblom goes deep and shares about this Scandinavian tradition recorded in his tome from Hadean Press entitled “Historiola: The Power of Narrative Charms.” Carl also answers questions from Glitch Bottle supporters on Patreon! Hope you enjoy Carl as much as I do! ⇓ ⇓ ⇓ ► ✅ Get your copy of Carl’s book “Historiola: The Power of Narrative Charms” - https://www.hadeanpress.com/...
May 18, 2022•1 hr 11 min
What do the terms “energy”, “healing” and “intuition” even mean? How does tapping into different states of consciousness actually allow us to heal ourselves on various timelines and heal others? Peter Mark Adams - author, poet, essayist and professional energy worker - shares about his latest tome, “The Power of the Healing Field”, which comes from years of his direct experience with healing, and the experiences of his wife, life partner and healer, Kenzie. ⇓ ⇓ ⇓ ► ✅ ATTENTION: Kenzie is offerin...
Apr 18, 2022•1 hr 45 min
Who are the Four Regents of the North, South, East and West, bestrewing themselves amongst the pages of grimoires? How can we create spirit thrones to invite these powerful rulers to witness our rituals? Dr. Alexander Cummins - contemporary cunning man, author, historian and poet - shares about his latest tome from Hadean Press, “The Art of Cyprian’s Mirror of Four Kings: An Early Modern Experiment of Cyprianic Conjuration”, answers your Patreon listener questions and more! ⇓ ⇓ ⇓ ► ✅ Order ‘The ...
Mar 20, 2022•1 hr 42 min
How is contemplative mysticism like a wild beast that consumes itself whole on the fires of its own life force? Why will we never understand reality if we hold ourselves as separate observers of reality? Contemplative mystic, esoteric cartographer and author David Chaim Smith shares about his latest tome Black Aether, and how the labyrinth of psychological impressions that constitute so-called “ordinary” reality are swallowed as a single sacrificial offering as the mind directly confronts its co...
Mar 11, 2022•1 hr 27 min
Since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, the Ukrainian people have demonstrated incredible courage, heart and inspiration to the world as they resist oppression and fight. That fight includes battling in the realms of art and magic. Ukrainian esoteric artist Nightgrowler joins us from inside Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital city. He shares about the power of making esoteric art, how art is magic, how art can help resist oppression, and what other artists, and us listeners can do...
Mar 08, 2022•41 min
What is ‘Ecclesiastical Latin’ also known as ‘Church Latin’? How is the pronunciation different from ‘classical’ Latin? Did the singer/songwriter Sisqó write a lyric about ‘Diphthongs’ or am I just confused? Get ready as we explore the basics of ‘Church Latin’! ⇓ ⇓ ⇓ ► ✅In Defense of the Ecclesiastical Pronunciation of Latin | Ecclesiastical vs Classical Pronunciation - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zq3FJNibKHk ► ✅ Guide to the Pronunciation of Ecclesiastical Latin - https://www.preces-latinae...
Feb 13, 2022•18 min
What is Hoodoo, and where did the roots of this distinctly American spiritual practice come from? What is a ‘mojo hand’? How can we develop a relationship with herbs and plants and learn from them in our practice? Rev. Dr. Aaron Davis - Hoodoo practitioner, conjuror, rootworker, and teacher - shares about the power of resistance, community and spirit work of Hoodoo, answers your Patreon listener questions, shares about his new course through The Black Thorne School: ‘Working The Roots, an Introd...
Feb 03, 2022•2 hr 8 min
What is the cult of Santa Muerte that venerates the personification of death itself? How do people in marginalized communities (and also police and drug cartel members) beseech Santa Muerte for protection, healing and help? Ed Calderon has worked in the fields of counter-narcotics, organized crime investigation, and public safety in the northern border region of Mexico for more than a decade. His study into the indigenous Méxican criminal culture, from occult practices to endemic modus operandi ...
Jan 18, 2022•2 hr 45 min
Who is the half-human, half-devil, contradictory and enigmatic character known as Merlin? What was his genesis in Arthurian legend? What is the account of Merlin’s sexual encounter with the enchantress Viviane, also known as the Lady of the Lake? What are the biggest misconceptions about this mercurial wizard? Dr. Laura Campbell - Assistant Professor of Translation Studies and French in The School of Modern Languages and Cultures at Durham University - shares about an 800-year-old Merlin fragmen...
Jan 12, 2022•1 hr 3 min
What does it mean to truly mentor someone as they seek to bring an esoteric project into the Malkuthian realm? Why is collaboration so important? How can we overcome doubt in magical or ritualistic engagement? Meredith Graves - witch, magician, Director of Music (and Magick) for Kickstarter, and open-sourceress - returns on the podcast to talk about the exciting new launch of Kickstarter.com/Magic, answers your wonderful Glitch Bottle Patreon listener questions, shares her esoteric book recommen...
Jan 02, 2022•1 hr 53 min
How is the well-known Heptameron grimoire based on an earlier text with key elements, known as the Elucidation of Necromancy (Lucidarium artis Nigromantice)? In the first major update to our understanding of the Heptameron in more than 500 years, scholar, author and translator Joseph H. Peterson shares about his translation and contextualization of three “Lucidarium” manuscripts, which he brings together in his new book from Ibis Press entitled “Elucidation of Necromancy”, answers your Patreon l...
Dec 20, 2021•55 min
In this special video podcast, esoteric cartographer and contemplative mystic David Chaim Smith discusses how his style of contemplative mysticism careens directly into the toxins that obscure phenomena. From the heart of reality the divine nectar can be sipped like a bee draws nectar from a flower from within the most virulent and poisonous klipot (shells of superficiality). The key is devotion to En Sof (The Infinite) which continually overflows through whatever appears ... if we have eyes to ...
Dec 12, 2021•2 hr 7 min
Why do some grimoires have us confessing to sins or transgressions we never even committed? How does confession restore our balance and harmony with nature and the spirits? What does redemption, and moving forward even mean? Join me as we take a deep dive into confession in the grimoires! Glitch Bottle only depends on listener support. There are no ads or sponsors. If you would consider becoming a Patron of Glitch Bottle, you would be keeping the show’s esoteric engines running while enjoying ex...
Dec 07, 2021•28 min
What is esoteric aromachology? What does it mean to “distill” an elixir? Why is frankincense so special? How do ritual oils, perfumes and elixirs connect our consciousness to deep spiritual undercurrents? Helena M. Alcaide - aromachologist, perfumer and founder of Blazing Torch Alchemy - shares about these topics, answers your Glitch Bottle Patreon listener questions and more! ⇓ ⇓ ⇓ ► ✅ Visit Blazing Torch Alchemy’s shop - https://www.etsy.com/shop/BlazingTorch/ ► ✅ Blazing Torch’s Instagram - h...
Nov 29, 2021•1 hr 18 min
"What is God?" (Quid est Deus?) For centuries, ancient and medieval philosophers have wrestled among themselves with all manner of questions regarding the first cause of all things, the nature of divinity, and our role in the created cosmos. For the first time in English, scholars and translators Dan Attrell (the Modern Hermeticist) and Dr. David Porreca are bringing theoretical hermetic texts to light from the original Latin. ⇓ ⇓ ⇓ ► ✅ Dan’s website - https://themodernhermeticist.com/encycloped...
Nov 23, 2021•1 hr 21 min
Can you burn incense or use tarot in prison? How do you acquire crossroads dirt as an inmate? What happens when someone serving time for murder walks down an esoterically-charged labyrinth? Jacqui Winn - witch, magical teacher and pagan prison chaplain in the U.K. - shares about teaching inmates magic, why intention is the most important element of ritual, challenges for inmates when they rejoin society and the boundary-shattering power of meandering in labyrinths. ⇓ ⇓ ⇓ ► ✅ Support the Pagan Ch...
Nov 01, 2021•2 hr 35 min
What were the first manuals of Catholic exorcism procedures from more than 1,000 years ago? When did magical technique merge with these rituals, and what are the similarities between grimoiric magic and Catholic exorcism procedures? Former Traditional Roman Catholic bishop and author Father Jason Spadafore shares about his latest tome “Medieval Rituals of Catholic Exorcism”, answers your Glitch Bottle Patreon supporter questions and much more! ⇓ ⇓ ⇓ ► ✅Full blog post: Mass of the Holy Ghost - ht...
Oct 27, 2021•1 hr 5 min
Why is the reputation of occultist, magician and philosopher Aleister Crowley so notorious? What are the ‘Four Books of Magick’ and their relationship to Thelema? What are Crowley’s flaws and what is his important, impactful legacy? Internationally acclaimed author, practicing magician and scholar, Dr. Stephen Skinner, shares about his edition of Aleister Crowley's "Four Books of Magick". He also shares key points on grimoiric ritual magic, ‘magical pressure’ versus ‘psychological pressure’, ans...
Oct 12, 2021•1 hr 4 min
What does it mean to forge an authentic, idiosyncratic magical practice from the myriad of new grimoiric research and publications dotting the landscape in the last 20 years? What are the key elements that make magical ritual work? Magician, author, scholar and grimoiric firebrand, Jake Stratton Kent, discusses these themes in his newest book from Hadean Press, “The Sworn and Secret Grimoire.” ⇓ ⇓ ⇓ ► ✅Order “The Sworn and Secret Grimoire” - https://www.hadeanpress.com/shop/the-sworn-and-secret-...
Sep 29, 2021•1 hr 20 min
What does integrity mean in magic? How can we get out of our own way and embrace connections to spirits both in formal ritual and in everyday moments? Frater Acher - experienced magician and author - shares about his latest tome “Rosicrucian Magic: Becoming Alike to the Angelic Mind”, he answers your wonderful Glitch Bottle Patreon listener questions, and so much more! ⇓ ⇓ ⇓ ► ✅Order “Rosicrucian Magic” - https://www.amazon.com/Rosicrucian-Magic-Reader-Becoming-Angelic/dp/1911134574 ► ✅Theomagic...
Sep 02, 2021•1 hr 22 min
