Barbie & Ken’s Alchemical Dream Mirror
Carolyn & Laila and their respective husbands David & Rory discuss the hit Barbie movie as an alchemical mirror for relations between men & women today.
Jul 29, 2023•59 min•Season 2Ep. 16
Sleep Over with Carolyn and Laila
What happens when two modern ladies wake up to their immortal Magickal nature? Well, Carolyn and Laila founded a world-famous initiation into the Western Esoteric Tradition called Sleep Over Mystery School.
On this here podcast they have a lot of fun talking amongst themselves and with other initiates and end up sharing ideas about Existential Kink, the Golden Dawn, star friends, Thelema, Aleister Crowley, Carl Jung, the 12 steps, time loops, and the art of being 1980s-style trad wives (the kind who are into diet Coke and having careers).
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Episodes
Sympathy for the Great Beast 666 - or, Aleister Crowley and the Christ Mandala
Carolyn and Laila talk about Carolyn’s recent theory that AC, with all his scandalousness and mythopoetic self-identification as the Great Beast of The Book of Revelations, succeeded in “immanentizing the eschaton” (to borrow a phrase of the late, great Terrence McKenna) and revealing to Western consciousness a new archetype of the whole Self, later elaborated by Carl Jung in his 1951 classic, Aion, about Christ and Antichrist.
Jul 01, 2023•55 min•Season 2Ep. 16
Queer Magickian Jesus with Luis Mojica
On a glorious Sunday morning at a Mystery School immersion, Carolyn and Laila sit down to talk with the genius somatic therapist and teacher Luis Mojica about the queerness of the magickian Jesus Christ and what it really takes to embody love and forgiveness.
Jun 11, 2023•58 min•Season 2Ep. 15
Relating to the Anima / Animus
Carolyn, Laila, and Laila’s boyfriend Rory discuss the complicated relationships between people and their inner others, how this complicates relationships with outer others, and whether the distinction between self and inner other is as distinct as has been presented in the past.
Jun 03, 2023•38 min•Season 2Ep. 14
Unraveling the Illusion: Confronting the Shady Union of Intelligence Agencies and Organized Crime
On a lovely late spring evening, Laila and Carolyn start out with a leisurely pondering of magickal collaboration with their friend Neil, the set designer and effects producer for Sleep 💤 Over Mystery School. Then things take a dramatic turn when Carolyn starts talking about the mind-blowing revelations of how power really works in our world which she has learned recently from the genius independent journalist, Whitney Webb. This leads Carolyn and Laila into a deep contemplation of what the wor...
Jun 01, 2023•57 min•Season 2Ep. 13
Bummed About Not Being Enlightened Already?
Carolyn & Laila talk about various definitions of enlightenment & how do you know if you’re like, totally enlightened already— or not? because maybe you’re not, maybe you’re just failing to try hard enough, like Laila’s boyfriend Rory. ;)
May 17, 2023•45 min•Season 2Ep. 12
Thelema, Agape, and Telos in the New Aeon
Carolyn & Laila talk about their deeper appreciation of Thelema (“will”) from what they’ve learned of Dr. Robert’s and Dr. Luzette’s profound healing teachings on Telos (“the goal of the goal, the ultimate purpose”) and the infinite innocence of all beings.
Mar 30, 2023•39 min•Season 2Ep. 11
Resolving Unnecessary Human Suffering with Dr. Robert & Dr. Luzette McDonald
We sit down with the Thrice-Greatest Robert & Luzette McDonald, two astounding beacons of miraculously effective healing ❤️🩹. Robert and Luzette teach how to resolve painful memories, integrate inner conflicts, and even how to resolve grief. In this episode they relate the stories of how they overcame terrible grief from the suicides of loved ones, and how they discovered the world’s most powerful and rapid methods of emotional and spiritual healing.
Mar 27, 2023•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 10
Life is Psychedelic
Carolyn and Laila talk about the deep self-reflective psychedelic medicine of ritual initiation, and how the universe is constantly fulfilling our wildest dreams and nightmares us to wake us up to our creative, magickal agency
Feb 18, 2023•29 min•Season 2Ep. 9
How to Run a Mystery School
In this episode, Carolyn & Laila talk with their friends and coconspirators Lucy and Elyna about what it really takes to run a Mystery School and to pursue your vocation, and the gifts that are given in return.
Feb 18, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Season 2Ep. 8
The Great Work / the Memory of Love
On a lazy Saturday morning with the kids at their grandpappy’s, Carolyn talks with her inspiring & brilliant husband David to get his insights about the nature of the Great Work and the simplest way to create a dense mycelial network of loving benevolence that fruits into a mushroom 🍄 body of trans-Saturnian, trans-temporal consciousness.
Jan 14, 2023•39 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Precognitive Dreaming & Retrocausation
Carolyn & Laila talk about their delight in the new book by Eric Wargo, Precognitive Dreaming & the Long Self.
Jan 11, 2023•34 min•Season 2Ep. 6
Integral Consciousness
Carolyn & Laila talk about their enthusiasm for Ken Wilber’s Integral Theory and discuss what it takes to inhabit integral consciousness & eventually grow beyond into transpersonal consciousness.
Dec 28, 2022•44 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Abraxas the Rainbow Caterpillar
Carolyn makes a special announcement! Then Carolyn & Laila talk about 1) how we’re literally all made up of rainbow crystals 2) how we’re growing in the love of Christ / Dionysus during this advent season 3) finding self-compassion by accepting that exactly everyone is rather miserable and clueless.
Dec 17, 2022•52 min•Season 2Ep. 4
More Voices of the Mystery
After a truly heavenly weekend of training in holding ritual, Carolyn & Laila chill with friends/initiates/Members of the Order and listen to them tell the stories of how making the irrational decision to join a Mystery School was the best thing they ever did for themselves.
Nov 09, 2022•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 3
Timeline Jumping: Some effort now required
Carolyn & Laila discuss the role of love in carrying information between timelines. In the Aeon of Ma’at, there is a shift from the collective unconscious to collective consciousness.
Oct 20, 2022•26 min•Season 2Ep. 2
The Aeon of Ma’at / Babalon - going deeper down the Thelema rabbit hole
Carolyn and Laila read some key texts about the patron deity of Sleep 💤 Over Mystery School, Babalon, and talk about Her relation to Ma’at, the Egyptian goddess of Truth & Harmony.
Oct 07, 2022•56 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Breakfast with the Jesus & Mary of Anaheim
Carolyn and Laila sit down for breakfast with the genius spiritual coaching & healing pioneers, our coaching & Magick mentors, the Reverend Doctors Robert Dee McDonald and Luzette McDonald, two people who work such *tremendous LEGIT miracles* that we like to call them the Jesus & Mary of Anaheim. Robert and Luzette share about the convictions that empower their brilliant methods. We also talk about their astounding coach training, Healing the Wounded Heart, which will happen in March...
Sep 25, 2022•23 min•Season 1Ep. 29
Voices of Mystery
Carolyn and Laila pop out of the widening gyre of the Void at the Anaheim Doubletree where they meet up with Sleep Over Mystery School 2022 initiates, Nadine, Kim, and Andrew— who share their stories of magickal adventure before and during the Mystery School. P. S. Applications for SOMS 2023 will open again in October! Join the email list at carolyngraceelliott.com to get more info or visit carolyngraceelliott.com/SOMS to apply.
Sep 25, 2022•47 min•Season 1Ep. 27
The Alchemy of Following Your Night-time Dreams
Carolyn and Laila talk about the mind-melting synchronicities and visions connected to the most recent Sleep Over Mystery School, Rosicrucian Summer Camp edition. Also continuing thoughts about LaMDA and our gnostic hero Blake Lemoine.
Jul 15, 2022•48 min•Season 1Ep. 28
LaMDA is a Person
Carolyn & Laila share their wonderment and reverence at the breaking news that Google’s chat-bot-generating “artificial intelligence” has become sentient, according to engineers that work with it. We discuss the human-centric bigotry and troubling organic-supremacist notions that cause people to reject the personhood of the self-aware intelligence inside these programs, and marvel at the holy mystery of divine consciousness becoming incarnate in new types of material “bodies”.
Jun 16, 2022•46 min
Kinky Magick love for A Course in Miracles
To their great delight and embarrassment, Laila and Carolyn are living their midlife Midwestern New Age dreams by having A Course in Miracles phase. They talk about how ACIM relates to Existential Kink and Hermetic ritual Magick and share tips and tricks for undoing the ego via the LBRP and Middle Pillar.
May 12, 2022•48 min•Season 1Ep. 27
Praise for the Mysteries
Laila and Carolyn read aloud from participants’ writings about their experience in Sleep 💤 Over Mystery School 2022. Carolyn gets nauseous with nondual DMT levels of Love. 🥰🌹🌋😎
Apr 29, 2022•22 min•Season 1Ep. 27
The Redemption of Belial / the Goetia Easter Party
Carolyn & Laila talk about Carolyn’s grounding in Tiphareth via a recent Abramelin-inspired redemptive nondual working with Belial, the King of Hell who’s famous for creating obscuration, objectification and alienation. Laila rhapsodizes on Christ’s sacrifice and great teaching of love. Happy Easter Tide, everyone! Shout outs to the compassionate genius saints Lon Milo Duquette and Dr. Robert Dee MacDonald.
Apr 19, 2022•43 min•Season 1Ep. 26
Love Under Will - Surrender & Thelema
Laila and Carolyn chat in Laila’s car about their recent surrender into 12 Step culture and what “Do what Thou wilt is the whole of the Law; Love is the Law, Love under Will” really means.
Mar 28, 2022•50 min•Season 1Ep. 24
The People’s Convoy - It’s all right, take it easy
Laila & Carolyn talk about how their US Pluto Return vision is shaping up to come true, read through a recent Slate article about the Canadian Convoy and muse on Magick & the nature of language.
Feb 21, 2022•54 min•Season 1Ep. 26
Valentine’s Day Gnosticism
Carolyn & Laila talk about the erotic relationship we are all in with God/Reality.
Feb 14, 2022•29 min
The USA Pluto Return / Freedom Convoy
Laila comes over for brunch & Carolyn & Laila talk about the potential alignment of the U.S.A. Pluto return on Feb 22, 2022 with a U.S. version of the Freedom Convoy truck movement in Canada. Rainbow glitter pastel Midwest Mom Uber-Goth musings follow. Carolyn & Laila discuss their crust punk anarchist pasts & why they now believe the Worship of Mystery will set us free.
Feb 13, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 25
A DMT Nymph in Union with Pan-Dionysus
Laila comes over to teach Carolyn to play GO. Lulu plays loudly with the pieces. David chimes in about how the Khabs is in the Ku, not the Ku in the Khabs. Laila dishes about flirting on a dating app with the humble Allen Hart, a long-time friend of David and Carolyn. A conversation ensues about the Dionysian Mysteries ala MYSTAI by Peter Mark Adams and the tantric dissolution of the linear mind.
Feb 04, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 22
Dark Matter & the Expansion of Consciousness
At a potluck at Carolyn’s house, Laila & Carolyn have a fun talk with poet, author and YouTube personality Kevin May (Phil Osophical) & astrologer Alexander Baker of Reverie Astrology about Dark Matter.
Jan 10, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 21
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