What is pre-modern, or ‘traditional’, astrology? What are the differences between natal, horary, electional, medical and mundane astrological operations? Eric Purdue - translator, author, practitioner of medieval astrology - shares about the history of astrology, breaks misconceptions about this art, answers your Glitch Bottle Patreon questions and more!

What does “sigil” actually mean in the grimoires? How do you generate spiritual authority to engage with spirits? What does it take to maintain a magical property deep in the green of Florida? Carrie and Aaron Leitch - magicians, artists, teachers, members of the Golden Dawn and Solomonic Power Couple - go deep into these topics, answer your podcast supporter listener questions and so much more!

What are angelic calls? How do you ‘open’ and ‘close’ geomantic divination? What are angelical charms and some little discussed details of the Enochian language? Dr. Alexander Cummins - contemporary cunning man, author, historian and poet - goes deep with his latest tome from Hadean Press called ‘Nazarth: Pillars of Gladness or, A Geomancers' Angelical Psalter of Calls’. He also answers your Glitch Bottle Patreon listener questions and much more!

How can magicians use times of stability and growth to prepare for the challenging times? How can we be directly engaged with our inner work in service of others? Josephine McCarthy - author, occultist, magical teacher, and director of the Quareia magical training course - shares about the importance of long-term magical growth and practice, and about a series of 79-detailed paintings for a new deck she’s been working on over the last few years, and more!

What are the actual Olympic Spirits mentioned in the grimoires? How are certain techniques of mysticism a prerequisite for magical work? How can we discover our ‘inner firmament’ in esoteric practice? Frater Acher - experienced magician and author - shares about these themes and more in his latest tome “Holy Heretics”, he answers your wonderful Glitch Bottle Patreon listener questions, and so much more!

What are the occult names of the hours, days, months, Zodiacal signs and seasons of the year that magicians used in invocations nearly 700 years ago? Scholar and translator Brian Johnson returns to talk about his latest translation and commentary from Hadean Press, entitled ‘Naming the Heavens: Orations from the Summa Sacre Magice’, which presents a series of prayers and ritual inscriptions from the mid 1300s, addressed to the spirits of the heavenly bodies and facilitated via the invocation of secret names intended to secure general protection and good fortune. Brian also answers your Glitch Bottle Patreon listener questions and much more!

What is the role of an artist and esotericist? What does it mean to create poetry, and give shape to tarot decks? Coleman Stevenson - esoteric artist, poet, tarot deck creator and teacher - stops by to share about how art is magic, what creation really entails and the beauty of collaboration. She also answers your Glitch Bottle Patreon supporter questions and more!

What is ‘The Sun of Knowledge’ (in Arabic called the ‘Shams al-Ma‘arif), which is one of the most influential and revered historical grimoires of the Arabic esoteric corpus? Dr. Amina Inloes and J.M. Hamade share about their selected translation and analysis on the Shams al-Ma‘arif from Revelore press, they answer your excellent Glitch Bottle Patron listener questions and much more!

Who were the first ghosts ever written about in Mesopotamia from 4,000 years ago? How did Sumerian, Assyrian and Babylonian necromancers send departed spirits to the underworld gods…or bring them back from the depths? Internationally-acclaimed Assyriologist, Dr. Irving Finkel, shares about these topics in his book ‘The First Ghosts’ and answers your Patreon listener questions! (*Podcast supporters can see the full video podcast of Dr. Finkel on Patreon!)

What is a magical Servitor? What are the key ingredients to crafting a sigil? How do Servitors and Thoughtforms unlock pathways to achieve practical and pragmatic magical results? Practitioner and Chaos-informed magician Mademoiselle Vendredi shares about these powerful techniques and breaks the many mental misconceptions about what is possible in magic. She also answers your wonderful Glitch Bottle Patreon listener questions and so much more!