How can you create your own esoteric system to engage with spirits, draw from the grimoires, write your own esoteric alphabets and ritualistic calendars? Poland-born esotericist, artist and magician, Łukasz Grochocki, shares about creating magical systems, his Order of the Fire Fountain, answers your Glitch Bottle Patreon listener questions and more!
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Who is the paradoxical and multi-faceted Mesopotamian god Dumuzid? What are the rituals, incantations, libations and offerings we can use to connect with this god of the sheepfold who is also a king, high priest, warrior and so much more? Samuel David - Mesopotamian polytheist, artist, writer, researcher, educator - shares about his latest tome from Anathema Publishing, ‘The Red Shepherd’ he answers your Glitch Bottle Patreon listener questions and much more!
Read More#135 - Goêtic Atavisms with Frater Acher and Craig Slee
What is true chthonic sorcery? What does it mean to develop an intimate and erotic relationship with spirits? How can we let go of being only focused on “repeatability” in magic and instead focus on cultivating deep connections with spirits? Experienced magicians and authors - Frater Acher and Craig Slee - share about their latest tome Goêtic Atavisms from Hadean Press, answer your Patreon listener questions and more!
Read More#134 - The Living Tarot with T. Susan Chang
What are the biggest misconceptions about tarot? How is tarot a living language and how can we develop our fluency in deepening our wisdom and develop our own correspondences? T. Susan Chang - certified professional tarot reader, author, teacher and artist - shares about her latest tome “The Living Tarot”, answers your Glitch Bottle Patreon listener questions, and more!
Read More#133 - Wizard Popes, Mary & Monastic Life with Fr. Robert Nixon
What’s it like being a Catholic monk and Latin translator in Australia? Who were the Wizard Popes of the 11th Century? Why is the Blessed Virgin Mary so important? Fr. Robert Nixon, OSB, is a monk of the Abbey of the Most Holy Trinity, New Norcia in Western Australia. He talks about his wonderful Latin esoteric translations from Hadean Press, answers your Glitch Bottle Patreon listener questions and more!
Read More#132 - Theurgia Goetia & Social Media Fasts with Frater Ashen Chassan
What is the Theurgia Goetia, which evokes the aerial spirits as found in the second book of the Lemegeton? Why are ‘social media fasts’ vital in ceremonial operations? Frater Ashen Chassan - author, ceremonial magician and martial artist - returns to share about these issues, answers your Patron supporter questions and more!
Read More#131 - Mexican Sorcery: Brujeria de Rancho with Laura Davila
What exactly in Mexican Sorcery? What does it mean to be a bruja de rancho “a witch of the ranch”? What is ‘hechiceria’ or sorcery? Laura Davila (a.k.a. Daphne La Hechicera) is a fifth-generation Mexican witch, a long-time practitioner of brujeria, Hechiceria and folk Catholicism. She goes deep into her tradition and her book from Red Wheel/Weiser Books called Mexican Sorcery: A Practical Guide to Brujeria de Rancho.
Read More#130 - Hagia Sophia, Sanctum of Kronos with Peter Mark Adams
How are theurgistic and sacred mystery rites from Late Antiquity encrypted directly into the architecture of the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul? How did the School of Athens foster a performative theurgical spiritual tradition of reincarnation and ascent? Author, esoteric researcher and healer Peter Mark Adams goes deep into his latest tome from Scarlet Imprint: Hagia Sophia / Sanctum of Kronos: Spiritual Dissent in an Age of Tyranny, answers your Patreon listener questions, and more
Read More#129 - The Grimoire Encyclopaedia with David Rankine
Is Solomonic magic ‘holistic’? Why should *everything *be consecrated before stepping into the circle? Is the Armadel grimoire a forgery? Why should we be prepared for hours of work when conjuring for the first time? David Rankine - author, esoteric researcher and magician - goes deep into the vast and rich Solomonic tradition, shares about his massive tome from Hadean Press - The Grimoire Encyclopaedia, and answers your Patreon listener questions and much more!
Read More#128 - Divine Receptivity and Spirit Offerings with Josephine McCarthy
How can we ask spirits to guide us on our fate paths? How can we give offerings to land spirits without expecting anything in return (and why is honeycomb such a good offering)? What really is astral projection? Josephine McCarthy - author, occultist, magical teacher, and director of the Quareia magical training course - shares about the importance of staying receptive, humble and balanced, she answers your Patreon listener questions and much more!
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