Welcome back Nightbirds! On this episode I'm rejoined by Lindsay Starke, David Payne, and Luis Galindo as we talk about the third month of our ongoing rune walk. Here we discuss the runes Raido and Kenaz and our experience spending two weeks of our lives with each of these runes. We talk about some traditional meanings of these runes, as well as our personal interpretations both before and after spending time with them on this walk. We also dive into our experiences with the Valkyrie called Skeg...
Jul 17, 2025•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 73
Welcome back Nightbirds! On this episode I'm rejoined by Lindsay Starke, David Payne, and Luis Galindo as we talk about the second month of our ongoing rune walk. Here we discuss the runes Thurisaz and Ansuz and our experience spending two weeks of our lives with each of these runes. We talk about some traditional meanings of these runes, as well as our personal interpretations both before and after spending time with them on this walk. We also dive into our experiences with the Valkyrie called ...
Jun 19, 2025•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 72
Welcome back Nightbirds! On this episode I am lucky to be joined by Lindsay Starke, David Payne, and Luis Galindo as we discuss our insights, gnosis, and personal experience of the first month of the Rune Walk. In Part 1, we discuss the runes Fehu and Uruz, as well as the first month's Valkyrie - Hrist the Quaking One. This was a great discussion and it's been amazing sharing this experience and seeing it unfold day by day on the Discord. If you'd like to experience this magic with us, become a ...
May 29, 2025•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 71
Welcome back Nightbirds! On this episode we were joined by Angela, who is a breath work practitioner and esoteric enthusiast with a PhD in statistics. We talked about the breath as the language of the nervous system and how it helps us return to balance. We delved deeper into the benefits of breathwork, the magic of respiration, and how breath connects us to other beings. We talked about activating different parts of the nervous system to reach altered states. And of course, we also discussed ho...
May 15, 2025•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 70
Welcome back Nightbirds! On this episode I'm joined by co-hosts Lindsay Starke and David Payne to discuss a year long ritual in which we will be calling on the Norns, the thirteen Valkyries of the Grimnismal, and each of the twenty-four runes of the Elder Futhark. We are taking this walk along with other Nightbirds on the Nightbird Radio Discord channel - accessible by becoming a patron at Patreon. You can join at any time, and we invite you to do so whether this episode finds you on the day of ...
Apr 01, 2025•50 min•Ep. 69
Welcome back Nightbirds! One this episode, I'm joined by co-host Lindsay Starke to discuss the importance of grounding our practice in the reality and importance of our material experience, We talk about this important medicine for the age of air in the context of doomsayers, magical grifters, pessimistic thinkers, and more. We discussed aligning oneself with one's goals in the way we think, and the magic we participate in. We talked about practical applications for what this looks like in our l...
Feb 27, 2025•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 68
Welcome back Nightbirds! On this episode I was joined by Lindsay Starke and David Payne for a roundtable discussion about runes. We talked working with the runes through dreaming, journeying, runic magic, and more. We talked about the differences between divination with runes and other forms of divination. We gave some rune book recommendations, and talked about our own relationships to these powerful symbols in our own work. Finally, we each pulled a rune and discussed each one separately, as w...
Nov 08, 2024•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 67
Welcome back Nightbirds. This week I was joined by Devibaba. Devi is a hypnotist and magical practitioner who creates magical games. We talked about hypnosis, gameification, the perils of mirrors, chaos magic, manifestation and new thought, overcoming fear, and so much more. Devi also told me about the magical game that he has created as an operating system to run his life goals and magical development. This was such a great conversation! I had a great time talking to Devibaba and I know you wil...
Oct 18, 2024•1 hr 44 min•Ep. 66
Welcome back Nightbirds! This week I was rejoined by Lindsay Starke. Lindsay and I decided that, since we always end up talking about working out anyway, we'd do a whole episode about it. And it's great timing, since Lindsay is also embarking on the journey of becoming a personal trainer integrating techniques of astrology, magical timing, as well as an understanding of the energetic and ancestral currents in which we exist as bodies in order to optimize physical and spiritual gains. If this is ...
Oct 10, 2024•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 65
Welcome back Nightbirds! This week I was joined by Nick Newell. Nick is a professional tarot reader and instructor with a masters in Religious Studies. Nick and I had a great conversation which will serve as a crash course in the tarot, with great information for the beginner and the experienced diviner. We talked the Tarot de Marseille, and compared it with other popular decks. We covered the major and minor arcana, the suits and their respective symbolism, the court cards, the history of the t...
Oct 02, 2024•1 hr 38 min•Ep. 64
Welcome back Nightbirds! This week I was joined by Seth Peribsen. Seth is an independent researcher studying invasive fungal diseases and anti-microbial resistance. We discussed a wide range of topics centering around human fungal infections, the extraterrestrial origins of these invasive fungi, the use of these strains as control mechanisms to diminish the populace at large, and the connections that these fungi have to the events referenced in the mythology of cultures around the world. We also...
Sep 25, 2024•2 hr 14 min•Ep. 63
Welcome back nightbirds! This week I was joined by returning guest Dr. Joanna Kujawa, author of The Other Goddess: Mary Magdalene and the Goddesses of Eros and Secret Knowledge. We talked Marian apparitions, UAPs, experiencer reports, aliens as extra-dimensional beings, and the nature and future of our relationship with AI, and the spiritual and esoteric nature of "alien" phenomena. We also discussed the work of researchers such as Jacques Vallée and Diana Pasulka. These topics led us to a discu...
Sep 18, 2024•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 62
Welcome back Nightbirds. On this episode I'm rejoined by returning guest and resident star-seer Mel Priestley. Mel is a professional astrologer and a great friend of the show. We talked upcoming eclipses, Pluto's last blast in Capricorn before twenty years of corrupting Aquarius, Mars retrograde in Leo and Cancer, mercury retrograde in Sagittarius, and old men fighting at the Christmas eve gathering with Jupiter squaring Saturn. We also peered through the vale at the impending chaos of 2025. Goo...
Sep 11, 2024•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 61
Welcome back Nightbirds! This week I am joined by Candi Howard. Candi is a sorceress, a paranormal investigator, a registered nurse, apothecary, raised in the liminal realm between Christianity and indigenous culture. She is COO of the Spirit Realm Network with an upcoming show entitled Supernatural Sirens that can be found on the Spirit Realm Network. She is truly a multidisciplinary practitioner. We talked about Hekate, paranormal investigation, haunted objects, restoring relation to the spiri...
Sep 04, 2024•1 hr 45 min•Ep. 60
Welcome back Nightbirds! I was excited to be rejoined by Tina Maria. Tina and I had so much to share that has gone down since the first episode we did together. I share about some wild past life revelations that occurred as a result of us speaking, and we go into some of the Tap In and Tune in session that Tina did for me - which she is also available to do for you! We also talked about the various energies Tina has been encountering while tuning into spirit for her clients the past two months o...
Aug 28, 2024•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 59
Welcome back Nightbirds! This week I was joined by Janie Roberts. Janie is an educator, an equine assisted learning facilitator, and a student of various folk magic currents. Living in Colorado the past six years, she has devoted herself to creating awareness around the wild horse situation in the US. She advocates for the rescue and adoption of BLM Mustangs from government holding facilities. She shared with me about Wild Horse Circle, which is an ongoing and ever changing project centering aro...
Aug 21, 2024•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 58
Welcome back Nightbirds! This week I was joined by Lindsey Scharmyn. Lindsey is a spiritual teacher and healer, as well as host of the Rogue Ways podcast. We talked about the hero's journey on a cosmic scale, power sites as access points for ancestral wisdom, the power of redemption, the gifts of Saturn and how integrating Saturnian energies can bring those into our lives, we talked about living a spirit-guided life, dancing with the divine, and so much more. This was a blast and I'm excited to ...
Aug 14, 2024•1 hr 45 min•Ep. 57
Welcome back Nightbirds! This week is sort of a lost tape, as it's a conversation I recorded with Mark Steeves from the My Family Thinks I'm Crazy podcast more than a year ago. I'm excited to finally release it. It's a great conversation that is still relevant today. We talked about conspiracy thinking, frequency based intuition, navigating rabbit holes and standing in multiple worlds, the medical industrial complex, the eerie similarity between hospitals and alien abduction experiences, nonline...
Aug 07, 2024•1 hr 49 min•Ep. 56
Welcome back Nightbirds! This week I was joined by David Payne. Dave is a chaos heathen combining Norse magic with rituals and techniques from the Greek Magical Papyri. He, like me, has some wild stories and experiences from his life of working with Odin, along with other Norse gods, He tells his story of how he went from ghost hunting to beginning to work with Odin, and where that fruitful relationship has brought him. We also talked about working the runes, the PGM, Gnostic Voudon, and so much...
Jul 31, 2024•1 hr 50 min•Ep. 55
Welcome back Nightbirds! This week I was fortunate to be joined by Luis Galindo and Jack Grayle. We had a great conversation about fearlessly inhabiting the other, magic as art and art as magic, creation as as the essence of life, calling upon unseen powers, the spirit of play and ritual, and so much more! They also shared some great stories from the stage. I had a blast talking to them, and I just know you are going to enjoy listening. Find Jack's courses at https://www.theblackthorneschool.com...
Jul 24, 2024•1 hr 49 min•Ep. 54
Welcome back Nightbirds! This week I had the pleasure of speaking with Lance Baker. Lance is a hypnotherapist and energy healer based out of Australia. We had an amazing conversation. This one is not to be missed, Not only did Lance share his amazing story of how he discovered Reiki healing, but we also talked about past lives, simulation theory, and hypnosis. We talked about how to have two-way conversations with parts of ourselves who may be out of alignment, and aspects of the other that we'd...
Jul 17, 2024•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 53
Welcome back Nightbirds! On this episode I was joined by Joshua Barber. Josh is a seeker, a searcherm, a bastard Daoist, a gnostic, a compiler of maps, and a nightbird. We talked about initiation, the reality of metaphor, obtaining knowledge and conversation, the perfect nature, hemisync RMV, and so much more. It was a great conversation, and I hope you enjoy it, Thanks for listening! Reach out to Josh at SVBVRSV@proton.me Support the show at https://nightbirdpodcast.com/ Nightbird Art by Matt B...
Jul 11, 2024•1 hr 42 min•Ep. 52
Welcome back nightbirds! On this episode I am joined by Tina Maria. Tina is a channel, a psychic medium, and a quantum healer. Tina shared her amazing story of going from working in corporate America to becoming a psychic medium, and all the difficulties that come when we don't follow our true calling. We also talked about a the knights templar, ancestral healing, the lost land of Lemuria, spirit guides, releasing negativity, the gnosis that comes from within, and so much more! Thanks for listen...
Jul 05, 2024•1 hr 41 min•Ep. 51
Welcome back Nightbirds! On this episode I was joined by returning guest Marissa Gamberutti. Marissa is a self suspension rigger, a somatic sex educator, a sexological body worker, and a divinatrix. We had a great conversation about the false binary of life and death, spirits of false narrative and banishing intrusive thoughts, somatic sex education, and working with the ancestors of sex and pleasure. It's always a great time when Marissa comes on the show. Her practice is now up and running! So...
Jul 02, 2024•1 hr 38 min•Ep. 50
Welcome back Nightbirds! On this episode I was joined by returning guest Lindsay Starke. We discussed the divine feminine, and becoming a warrior for the goddess, We discussed the shadow complex, overcoming binary thinking, and perfect timing as a barrier to action, the power of intention, and so so much more, Of course, we also talked supplements and had a good chat about bringing magical thinking to your workout routine. Thanks for listening, and enjoy the show! Support the show at https://nig...
Jun 29, 2024•2 hr 4 min•Ep. 49
Welcome back Nightbirds! On this episode I am joined by Amanda Mariamne Radcliffe. Amanda is is an artist, writer, mystic, muse, high priestess, and Bishop Sophia Episocopa in the French Gnostic Church. She was also the official 'Occult, Ritual and Witchcraft Advisor' for the 2019 film adaptation of HP Lovecraft's 'Color Out of Space'. We had a great conversation, discussing the Cathars, the Knights Templar, the holy grail, Mary Magdalene, gnosticism, the white lady, the black madonna, and so mu...
Jun 25, 2024•2 hr 17 min•Ep. 48
On this episode I was joined by Tim Woody. Tim is a van vagabond, a big band composer, an ultra distance backpacker, a mobile recording engineer (who helped me out with the sound for this podcast), and a fortune teller. We at had a great conversation about road life, spirits of place, spirits of the road, itinerant magic, the difference between a road and a trail, and so much more. Thanks for listening! Book a session with Tim at https://www.cgfortunetelling.com Support the show at https://night...
Jun 21, 2024•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 47
On this episode, I was joined by returning guest Shariyf Clark. We discussed grimoire magic, spirit work, channeling the higher self, apprehending the results of magic, and so much more. We hiy a wide range of topics, all swirling around the ritual of the Perfect Nature from book three chapter six of the Picatrix, This was a great conversation, and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Thanks for listening! Support the show at https://nightbirdpodcast.com/ Episode Art image by Stefan Keller @ Pi...
Jun 18, 2024•1 hr 47 min•Ep. 46
On this episode I was joined by Luis Galindo. Luis is a teacher, a poet, an actor, a recovering addict, and a magical practitioner. Luis shared his story of addiction and recovery, and the spiritual experiences - harrowing and heart warming - that accompany such an initiation. He also shared a story of La Llorona, and some tales of Curanderismo from his childhood. We touched a lot of topics, and hit all the Nightbird classics on this episode. Thanks for listening, and enjoy! Full text of "Sycora...
Jun 14, 2024•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 45
On this episode, I was joined by returning guest Matt Boisvert. Matt isn't just an artist, musician, sonic and energy healer, he also contributes a lot of time, talent, and treasure to this podcast, He did the rooster art (the last two iterations), he composed the soundscape for the Secret Name journey, and he composed the current opening theme. He also donates to the show. We talked about the power of resonance, the efficacy of introducing merit to a magical practice, how to deal with limiting ...
Jun 11, 2024•1 hr 41 min•Ep. 44
