Carrie and Aaron Leitch are both practitioners of Solomonic magic, are involved in the Golden Dawn and co-founded the online Solomonic materia magica shop, Doc Solomon’s Occult Curios. In this episode, we discuss their magical property in Florida called Solomon Springs, how magical evocations are less common than people think, magical endurance during COVID-19, Carrie’s tips on making magical circles and writing on parchment, they answer your Glitch Bottle Patreon listeners question, and more!
Read More#086 - The Fountain of Wisdom with David Chaim Smith
The 13th century text ‘The Fountain of Wisdom’ is one of the most challenging works of the Kabbalistic tradition. In an upcoming book with the full text translated into English by renowned scholar-translator Dr. Mark Verman, David Chaim Smith (esoteric cartographer and contemplative mystic) presents a passage-by-passage commentary on the 800-year-old text, designed to address the working issues of the spiritual practitioner.
Read More#085 - Banishing Comfort with Frater Ashen Chassan
How should you deal with fear during a ritual? Why is it important to slow down and take your time in preparing magical materials? What does it mean to have “exchange” with the spirits? What is “limited astrology” in Solomonic magic? Frater Ashen Chassan (author, practicing occultist, and ceremonial magician) shares on these topics, answers your excellent Glitch Bottle Patreon listener questions and so much more!
Read More#084 - Scrying, Druidry & Threshold with Benn Mac Stiofán
What are the biggest misconceptions about scrying? What does ancient druidic wisdom teach us about perceiving spirits and listening to the silence of our hearts? Benn Mac Stiofán is a master spirit scryer and druid. He is the founder of the Dún Mór Druid Order based in Colorado Springs, and is the scrying partner for ceremonial magician Frater Ashen Chassan. Benn shares about the key elements of druidry, tips to improve scrying, answers your Glitch Bottle Patreon listener questions and so much more!
Read More#083 - Necromancy in the Medici Library with Brian Johnson
What demonic and necromantic experiments were circulating in Italy in the 1490s? What connection does this have to the powerful Medici family, the shores of England the demonic hierarchies of other grimoires? Humanities scholar and translator Brian Johnson shares about his latest tome from Hadean Press: “Necromancy in the Medici Library: An Edition and Translation of Excerpts from Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, MS Plut. 89 sup. 38.”
Read More#082 - The PGM & Practical Occult with Alison Chicosky
Why is it so important to approach magic on its own terms? How can we combat superstition in magic? What does “add the usual” mean in many Graeco-Egyptian Magical Papyri (PGM) spells? Alison Chicosky - practitioner and scholar of the PGM, professional pentacle crafter and proprietor of the Practical Occult online shop - shares about these topics, answers your Glitch Bottle Patreon listener questions and so much more.
Read More#081 - Magical Pressure, Oaths & Location with Dr. Stephen Skinner
How does other people thinking create a kind of negative pressure for spirits during a magical ritual? Why is it important to conduct an operation away from heavily-populated areas? How can you recite “practice” conjurations as you memorize, without bringing undue attention upon yourself? Internationally acclaimed author, practicing magician and scholar, Dr. Stephen Skinner, shares on these topics and answers you Glitch Bottle Patreon listener questions and more!
Read More#080 - The Elucidarium Necromantiae with Adley Nichols
What are the dark, chthonic roots of the Heptameron? What necromantic text was Trithemius abbot of Sponheim, condemning in 1508, and how does it relate to a sanitizing process evident in the “angelic” Heptameron grimoire of 1559? Ceremonial magician Adley Nichols is a practitioner of the Elucidarium Necromantiae, a 15th century grimoire with roots dating before the 12th century. This is the original work which the now famous "Heptameron" in 1559 was originally based on.
Read More#079 - Thoth-Djehuty & The Book of Flesh and Feather with Reverend Zemmi
Who is Thoth-Djehuty, and how can we harness the power of chaos to craft rituals of devotion to this Great God? Author, devotee to Thoth-Djehuty and founder of the Church of Flesh and Feather, Reverend Zemaemidjehuty Setepentoth, shares about his deeply personal praxis to Thoth-Djehuty in his tome, ‘The Book of Flesh and Feather’. Reverend Zemmi shares about the key elements of ritual, the importance of individual approach to deity devotion, the real meaning of art, he answers your Glitch Bottle Patreon listener questions and more!
Read More#078 - The Divine Names of Allah (SWT), Kali and Jinnic Twins with Professor Saiyad Ahmad
How are the names of Allah (SWT) used in Islamic theurgy? What is the Divine Essence in Islam, and its relation to the breath? How can you summon your “Jinnic twin”? Author and scholar on Islamic Studies and Quranic Esotericism, Professor Saiyad Ahmad, shares about these subjects and answers your Glitch Bottle Patreon listener questions and more!
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