Today we are joined by Mark Steeves, the host of the My Family Thinks I'm Crazy and Esoteric America Podcasts, joins us to talk about the research he's done into the strangeness of his hometown of New Haven and the greater New England area. We get into Skull and Bones, Geronimo, Saturnian and Egyptian architecture, ancient America, hidden history, and so much more. In the Plus show we go to a lot of places including giants in native folklore. Enjoy! Show notes: https://www.patreon.com/MFTIC?fan_...
Sep 14, 2024•50 min•Season 2Ep. 45
Today we welcome Ivy Bromius. Ivy combines skillsets in a unique way that serves her clients to make the most of their lives and create the future they want. Drawing on her professional career Ivy has worked through how Project Management and magic can work together for better outcomes in ones practice. She has christened this practice as PMPM (Practical Magic Project Management). We also get into Ivy's work on The Cancer Grimoire. Which is the product of how Ivy approached her cancer diagnosis ...
Aug 31, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Season 2Ep. 44
Today we are joined by author and publisher Mark Nemglan to discuss his new title from Scarlet Imprint, Avalon Working. Avalon Working is equal parts grimoire and devotional, gazeteer and visionary journey. The work passionately argues for Glastonbury as centre of emergence and initiation, a latter-day Eleusis. Through essay and ritual, the author invites readers to actively participate in the Holy Island’s unfolding destiny, in partnership with its spirits and powers, to co-create its mythopoei...
Aug 12, 2024•56 min•Season 2Ep. 43
Alexander Moore is a practising esotericist with over two decades of active experience in several occult systems including Solomonic Magic, Conjure and other folk practices and Traditional Witchcraft. He is proud to provide coaching, mentorship and divination for occultists who are interested in taking their magic and their lives to the next level in a changing world. In a fascinating conversation Alex takes us through the process and methods of scrying and explains why he sees scrying as 'spiri...
Jul 29, 2024•57 min•Season 2Ep. 42
Today, we welcome astrologer Elsa, who has been exploring the astrology of people who have had Dark Man experiences. A few months ago, Elsa asked the community on the Spirit Box Discord for volunteers to have their astrological charts analyzed to see if any patterns could be identified. The work surfaced some very interesting results. Elsa starts the show by explaining how charts break down for the first 12 minutes, so if you're already well-versed in that area, you may want to skip ahead. We de...
Jul 17, 2024•1 hr 13 min•Season 2Ep. 41
Today we welcome Phil Hine back to the show to discuss his new book; Wheels within wheels. Phil has been a practising Occultist for over forty-five years, with a career spanning Wicca, Ritual Magic, Chaos Magic and nondual Tantra. Together with Rodney Orpheus he co-created and edited the UK’s first monthly Pagan magazine, Pagan News (1988-92). His books include: Condensed Chaos, Prime Chaos, The Pseudonomicon, Hine’s Varieties: Chaos & Beyond, Acts of Magical Resistance and Queerying Occultu...
Apr 04, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Season 2Ep. 40
Today we are joined by returning guest Michael Lichens on the newly translated Amorth book, Get Behind Me Satan . This new book dives into the daily life and work of Rome's chief exorcist, shedding light on a misunderstood vocation. In the show we get into: How an exorcist “diagnoses” a demonic attack. The six types of demonic disturbances and how often they occur in the life of an exorcist. The strange (and sometimes occult) causes of demonic attacks. Why there is still a great need for exorcis...
Mar 28, 2024•39 min•Season 2Ep. 39
Colby Sammons is a practicing sorcerer, occultist, and Buddhist specializing in Tibetan tantric sorcery. He specializes in teaching occult meditations and techniques but also offers ritual work and divination via his Instagram page. A proponent of Vajrayana Buddhism and Tantra Colby takes us through how practices within these areas have improved his life in almost every way. We explore Vajrakilaya and the use of the Phurba. We chat about the mysterious Indian province of Nagaland and the indigen...
Mar 22, 2024•50 min•Season 2Ep. 38
Today we welcome Briar of The Greene Chapel to the Spirit Box. Briar is a traditional witch, cunning woman, and fairy doctor. Her work is invested in the sorcerous duality of healing and harming and in furthering her relationship with the hidden by cultivating and deepening meaningful bonds with gods and ungods alike and exploring one’s own soul and psyche as Other. With a scholarly background in comparative art and literature (PhD), Briar is a French native born and raised in the mountains and ...
Mar 18, 2024•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 37
Today we are joined by author Anon Omous who takes us through his extraordinary mystical experiences which changed his life and his understanding of the world. Diagnosed with schizophenia these experiences were challenging and brutal at times culminating in an waking vision of what he believes to be the entity Yaldabaoth. It really is a fascinating account and one that will no doubt resonate deeply with Spirit Box listeners. The presentation Anon talks us through is on the YouTube version of the...
Mar 07, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 36
Celeste Mott is a poet, a writer, a witch and a practicing catholic. Back on SB for a second stint Celeste takes us through her journey into practising Magic and Catholicism and regales us with the brilliant story of how she summoned her boyfriend. In the plus show we get into how magick working can trigger your shadow. Dealing with your magick being successful and Duel practice around the Virgin Mary. To close out the show we get into Marian apparitions and working with saints. Enjoy! Show note...
Feb 29, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Season 2Ep. 35
Austin Fuller is a Folk Witch living in the pine Flats of west-Central Florida, amongst the sea, swamp, and forest. A perfumer, conjuror, diviner, and artist, Austin traffics with spirits at the crossroads, intersecting witchcraft and art. They are the sole operator of BanxBramble on Instagram and banexbramble.com and a cohost on Southern Bramble: A Podcast of Crooked Ways. Austin explores magic and witchcraft through traditional, anthropological, ontological, epistemological, folkloric, and pra...
Feb 16, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Season 2Ep. 34
Teila Verch Dywenys is a traditional witch and founder of The Cleaner Clootie Campaign, set up in 2018 in response to the growing proliferation of plastic objects left as offerings at her nearest Henge at Knowlton Grange in Dorset. Witnessing first hand how this trend has proliferated widely outside the Pagan Community (fuelled by social media and a disconnection from the original practice of clootie hanging) her aim is to realign the ancient tradition once more within its environmentally revere...
Feb 02, 2024•59 min•Season 2Ep. 33
Beginning in her early childhood, the world-famous trance medium and grande dame of parapsychology Eileen J. Garrett had numerous encounters with an entity she called the "Noble Stranger." When she asked his identity one day, this mysterious figure responded, "You may call me Lucifer." Call me Lucifer: Dialogues with a Noble Stranger , features Garrett's writings about her encounters with this Noble Stranger, and reflections on her intellectual "duels with her Devil." The book includes extensive...
Jan 23, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Season 2Ep. 32
Hailing from Carlow, Ireland, David Halpin is a writer with a deep knowledge of Ireland’s fairy lore and pagan heritage. On his facebook blog, Circle Stories, he explores these themes in great depth. David is also the creative force behind Occult Book Review on Twitter and YouTube. What I really love about David’s work is he is an active participant in preserving the lore and mythology of Ireland. He goes out and sees the stones and raths and teases their stories from them. Which provides us wit...
Jan 09, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Season 2Ep. 31
Nathaniel Gillis, an author and religious demonologist, with over two decades work under his belt following his experience in a haunted house. He has actively redefined the understanding of haunting phenomena, ghosts, and high strangeness and is frequently cited for his unique perspective on the demonic, emphasizing "The reason they are playing by different rules is because they are playing a different game,". Nathaniel brings a unique twist to his exploration of the Devil, demons, and unclean s...
Dec 29, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Season 2Ep. 30
Rejoice! The legendary Aidan Wachter is back on SB! Aidan is a magician and the author of three books, Six Ways, Weaving Fate and Changeling. This show is called ‘it’s solved buy walking after a phrase Aidan used in our conversation. We discuss the impact nature can have on us as we’re working through the often challenging landscape of our lives. We discuss how our engagement and immersion into the landscape of our environment can nourish and bring healing to our internal world. And actually jus...
Dec 04, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 29
For episode 28 of season 2 we welcome back the noble and scholarly Douglas Batchelor of the What Magic is This? A podcast for those curious about Magic, the Occult, Witchcraft, the Esoteric, the Paranormal and the Supernatural. Douglas has been doing sorcery and magic for close to 20 years. And has a wealth of knowledge and experience. Today we focus on how his practice and areas of interest have changed since his recent move to the west coast of Canada. And we discuss his recent patreon show on...
Nov 21, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Season 2Ep. 28
Alexander Moore is a practising esotericist with over two decades of active experience in several occult systems including Solomonic Magic, Conjure and other folk practices and Traditional Witchcraft. He is proud to provide coaching, mentorship and divination for occultists who are interested in taking their magic and their lives to the next level in a changing world. From a magical family has been practising magic from an early age. In a candid discourse Alexander outlines his view on the core ...
Nov 14, 2023•59 min•Season 2Ep. 27
Born in Angola, Africa, David Beth is the co-owner of Theion Publishing and the founder of the Pandaemonic Current and Hierophant of its associated initiatic groups. University educated in Germany and the USA, he has received various Western esoteric transmissions and is well known for his past work as the former head of Michael Bertiaux’ Voudon Gnostic orders. For the past decade he has focused most of his attention on advanced work with a small group of dedicated esoteric students. David is al...
Nov 07, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Season 2Ep. 26
Event details https://www.houseofzophiel.net/ The venue is Unstone Grange which is between Sheffield and Chesterfield. Hope to see you there!
Oct 27, 2023•6 min
Robert Peter is a chaos magician with an interest in all things Occult. His practice of Deity communication and veneration has found its home in the framework of Catholic belief, specifically the Saints. Robert takes us through how he developed his practice and details some of the successes he’s had with clients through the intercession of the Saints. In the Plus show we get into more detail on how this style of practice work and how to approach the saints. Enjoy Show notes: Instagram https://in...
Oct 17, 2023•50 min•Season 2Ep. 25
Dr Christina Oakley-Harrington is Treadwell’s founder and presiding spirit. She was voraciously interested in spirituality and magic since childhood, and grew up in West Africa, Burma, and Chile, only moving to the West at the age of fifteen. In her early twenties, she was heartened to discover Europe’s own native religious traditions and has been a pagan ever since. A former academic, she left university life in 2001 to establish Treadwell’s. These days she serves as a consultant for programs a...
Oct 05, 2023•54 min•Season 2Ep. 24
Dr Andrew Manns is a historian and the creator behind The Thinker’s Garden, a blog specialising in overlooked history. As editor, he has written and published a variety of historiettes on little-known Bohemians, occultists, and mystics, such as the “Los Angeles Noah” (Reverend J.E. Lewis), Lady Walburga Paget, and Baron Seymour Kirkup. Today takes us through his research into the little known folklore and occult history of the Auvergne a little-known historic province in central France. Which he...
Sep 27, 2023•55 min•Season 2Ep. 23
Today we welcome Indiana Stones himself, the one and only David Keohan. Hailing from Ireland, David is a Stone lifter, a kettlebell world champion, an artist and a musician. He’s been on a mission to recover Ireland's lost stone lifting culture and has done so through our literature and folklore. We spoke all about his stone lifting journey from his lifting of the fianna stone in Scotland which inspired his own search in Ireland. Culminating in the rediscovery of the stone described by the famou...
Sep 14, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Season 2Ep. 22
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 demonised by the Abrahamic religions for two millennia. In the show we discuss his work The Faceless God. The book has a triple focus—Lovecraftian, Egyptian and Sab...
Aug 31, 2023•54 min•Season 2Ep. 21
Today we welcome back the multi talented Tommie Kelly to the show. Tommie is an Irish artist and writer who has had a lifelong interest in all things Occult and Spirituality. He makes comics, videos, music, podcasts and very occasional blog posts, and is probably best known for his oracle deck The Forty Servants. In the show Tommie recounts having had a hard year and figuring out that he was packaging his magick badly. We go over the elemental nature of success and how things collapsing can in f...
Aug 17, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Wetiko is an Algonquin word for a cannibalistic spirit that is driven by greed, excess, and selfish consumption. It is a virus of the mind that underlies much evil and destruction n the world. Author and researcher Paul Levy joins us today to discuss his work on the concept of Yet, and reveals that, encoded within wetiko itself lies the very medicine needed to combat the mind-virus and heal both ourselves and our world. A pioneer in the field of spiritual emergence, Paul is a wounded healer in p...
Aug 07, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 19
Today we welcome Peter Hine and Stephen Buckley of the Vayse podcast Peter C Hine is a lawyer, a writer and a dirt worshiping heathen. Stephen James Buckley is an electronic musician and audio producer. Their podcast was born out of their experiences and exploration into the world of the weird and the mystic. In the show we get into their experiences with the subconscious and dreaming in particular. Peter takes us through an extraordinary experience he attributes to the great God Pan and details...
Jul 30, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Season 2Ep. 18
I thought listeners might enjoy this sample of the Djinn lecture series on the Spirit Box patron. In this lecture I get into Hybridism and the forms djinn appear in. This involves the folkloric view on djinn hybridism and how it correlates with fairy lore and the types of forms the djinn are said to take. If this is of interest come and check out the rest of the lectures https://www.patreon.com/spiritbox Quick correction I call Gef the Mongoose 'Jed' in error towards the end of the video. Show n...
Jul 26, 2023•19 min
