Into the Dark

Into the Dark dies all fiery with a glorious bang. Medium, diviner, and witch Dakota Hendrix talks about growing up a witch in a Christian cult, making it to New York and becoming a top makeup artist, becoming a professional reader, ancestor worship, and much much more. You can learn more about them on facebook (https://www.facebook.com/genderterrorism/) and instagram (https://www.instagram.com/azraea/) Also check out https://www.facebook.com/swcurios/ ; and Witch and the Wolf ; and Black Hand Conjure . Some new tracks from Arcana Machine are also out: https://damagesmusic.bandcamp.com/album/sonic-spells And I have a book out: http://copingmechanisms.net/portfolio/dumbheart-stupidface-by-cooper-wilhelm/ For all future listener questions for our research department, send them to cooper dot wilhelm at gmail dot com. Expect answers. Expect delays.

Occultist, artist, and performer Mani C. Price (manitheuncanny.com) talks about her magical journey, altars, ritual, spirit paintings, and more. Into the Dark also makes a solid stab at tackling the relationship between magic and mental health and wellness. Resources for mental health treatment include: https://therapysafetynet.org/resources/additional-resources-uninsured/ https://www.mentalhealth.gov/ https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/find-help/index.shtml National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Treatment Referral Helpline at 1-800-662-HELP (4357)

Occult scholar and practitioner Fred Jennings pops by for a randomized (in honor of Chaos Magic) interview. We talk about magic and the law, magic and activism, alchemy, chaos magic, ritual, and a chrome extension Fred made having to do with indigo children. ALSO: If you are in or near the great city of New York, consider going to Psychedelic Horror Show, an art exhibition with performances and featuring Mani C. Price, who I interviewed for a future episode. October 27th, with ticket proceeds donated to charity. Details here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/psychedelic-horror-show-tickets-37266769912

It's a two-interview kind of day at Into the Dark. 1st: Scholar and Occultist Ivo Dominguez Jr. talks about the New Alexandrian Library, an occult repository of books, pamphlets, and correspondence from magical and occult figures. Ivo also talks about the Assembly of the Sacred Wheel and his new books on astrology and developing your psychic abilities. You can learn more about Ivo and these organizations here: http://www.newalexandrianlibrary.com/ http://www.sacredwheel.org/ http://www.ivodominguezjr.com/ 2nd: Shaman and healer Domonique Echeverria joins Into the Dark to discuss Universal Mother, a resource for self-healing and spiritual exploration. Domonique also talks about holistic medicine and her spiritual journey and path to becoming a medicine woman and healer. You can learn more about Domonique and Universal Mother at http://www.universalmother.love/healersseers/ https://www.instagram.com/domonique_echeverria/?hl=en IMPORTANT NOTES: Domonique is doing a group healing session October 11th at Dream House. You get tickets email Domonique domonique@universalmother.love Also we get cut off at the end, so to give to relief efforts in Puerto Rico go to www.losambulantes.com/help-puerto-rico

Writer, editor, and witch Lisa Marie Basile comes to talk about the magazine she founded, witchcraft, writing, her new novel, death, ritual, and feminism. The time William S. Burroughs tried to curse a coffee shop also comes up. You can learn more about Lisa Marie Basile and her magazine Luna Luna: http://www.lunalunamagazine.com/ https://twitter.com/lisamariebasile http://www.lisambasile.com/ Lisa Marie Basile is an editor, writer and poet living in NYC. She is the founding editor-in-chief of Luna Luna Magazine and the author of APOCRYPHAL (Noctuary Press, 2014), as well as a few chapbooks. Her book, NYMPHOLEPSY (co-authored with poet Alyssa Morhardt-Goldstein), was a finalist in the 2017 Tarpaulin Sky Book Awards and will be published in 2018. She is working on her first novel, due out with CLASH Books in 2019. Her poetry and other work can be or will be seen in PANK, Spork, The Atlas Review, Queen Mobs Teahouse, Grimoire, the Tin House blog, PEN American Center, and more.

Sorcerer–Scholar Alexander Cummins comes on to talk about Saint Cyprian (the patron saint of witchcraft), necromancy, divination, geomancy, his time as a sorcerer for music festivals, the ethics of love spells, and his current research on a grimoire from 1567 and the magicians' notes on which spirits and ghosts they summoned to write it. You can learn more about Alexander Cummins at his site: www.alexandercummins.com get a reading or consultation from him at http://alexander-cummins.squarespace.com/consultations You should also check out: grimoiresontape.tumblr.com and his podcast: radio-free-golgotha.squarespace.com/ You can also check out his book: https://www.amazon.com/Starry-Rubric-Seventeenth-Century-English-Astrology/dp/1907881212 And check out the publisher for the books on Saint Cyprian mentioned in the episode: https://www.amazon.com/Cypriana-Old-World-Alexander-Cummins/dp/1943710090

Into the Dark talks to Lucina Stone (winner of two International Latino Book Awards for Best Sci/Fi novel and Best New Author) about Brujas, Mexican witchcraft, her novel Santa Muerte, and her spiritual journey. Cooper also describes how to curse someone using a mirror box. You should check out Lucina's essay about Mexican witchcraft at Luna Luna (http://www.lunalunamagazine.com/dark/mexican-white-magic) and her novel Santa Muerta (https://www.amazon.com/Santa-Muerte-Daniela-Story-Book-ebook/dp/B01AHIS2CC), and you can follow her on twitter here https://twitter.com/LucinaStone9123 and find her on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/LucinaStone9123/ For more on a mirror box spell and a freezing/binding spell, check out: http://conjuredoctor.blogspot.com/2009/09/hoodoo-mirror-box-spell-to-reverse.html?m=1 http://www.luckymojo.com/freezer.html As always, submit questions to our research department to IntoTheDarkRFB@gmail.com or on twitter @CooperWilhelm. #LucinaStone #witchcraft #crystals #altars #Bruja #SantaMuerta #RadioFreeBrooklyn #magik #mirrorboxspell #curses #hexes #hoodoo #conjuring

Susan Hwang, founder of the Bushwick Book Club (http://bushwickbookclub.com/) Brooklyn musician extraoridinaire talks to Into the Dark about vortex healing and her journey as someone who didn't really go in for magic and the like until she saw it work. She also does a ritual to cleanse the studio. Learn more about Susan and her work here: http://bushwickbookclub.com/ https://lusterlit.bandcamp.com/ http://www.emellemd.com/team/ and contact her on facebook to learn more about BushWitch. You can also learn more about Vortex Healing here: https://www.vortexhealing.org. As always, submit questions about magic to our research department at IntoTheDarkRF@gmail.com or by contacting Cooper on twitter at @cooperwilhelm #SusanHwang #DivineMagik #VortexHealing #BuswickBookClub #Witchcraft #Radiofreebrooklyn #RicWeinman

Into the Dark talks to Callum Hutchings about the occult practices of Thailand, which include occult tattoos, amulets, dead children, and much much more. Occult tattoos are discussed more generally. A listener question about the St. Louis Arch (Is it a Stargate?) is also addressed. Learn more about the occult practices of Thailand at: https://amuletforums.com/ https://www.thethaioccult.com/ http://www.buddhamagic.net/ Also check out Callum's article on Kuman Thong (Golden Child) at https://thaioccultforbegginers.wordpress.com/2017/07/07/kuman-thong-golden-child/ You can find Callum on facebook. As always, send questions about the occult and witchcraft to IntoTheDarkRFB@gmail.com or to me directly at @CooperWilhelm on twitter. #Witchcraft #thailand #St.Louis #StLouis #Sakyant #Alchemy #Constantine #Magic #Tattoos #OccultTattoos #amulets #murder

Into the Dark sits down with writer, editor, and bruja Leza Cantoral to talk Chaos Magick, sex magick, growing up in Mexico, evolutionary biology, Aleister Crowley, Carl Jung, and times she's hexed people. You can listen to Leza's podcast Get Lit with Leza at getlitwithleza.podbean.com and get her book Cartoons in the Suicide Forest on amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Leza-Cantoral/e/B01MQUS269). You should also check out Clash Media at yesclash.com and find Leza on facebook, twitter, instagram, and tumblr @lezacantoral as always, if you have any questions for our research department, send them to IntoTheDarkRFB@gmail.com.

On this episode, Into the Dark talks using magic in politics with Michael M. Hughes who led a mass ritual to bind Donald Trump. We then talk with Douglas Lucas about his record label Arcana Machine which features releases from two occult-inspired musical acts, Kenneth Anger and Brian Butler's Technicolor Skull and Vanessa Sinclair and Carl Abrahamsson's Cut to Fit the Mouth. Douglas also talks about his magical journey, chaos magic, sonic sigils, ritual magic, and more. You can learn more about what Michael M. Hughes is doing here: http://michaelmhughes.com/ And learn more about Arcana Machine here: http://arcanamachine.tumblr.com/releases and contact Douglas at Douglasglucas@Gmail.com Resources to check out include: Liber Null by Peter J. Caroll http://www.philhine.org.uk/ As always, send questions to IntoTheDarkRFB@gmail.com #Trump #Witchcraft #KennethAnger #Brian Butler #VanessaSinclair #CarlAbrahamsson #ChaosMagic #SigilMagic

Into the Dark gets into a pagan precursor to Easter and talks banishing spells including one to get rid of a rat or mouse. Hope Diamond also joins us to talk about her magical practice and spiritual journey. Listener Question: Is there a magic way to get rid of rat or mouse? You can learn more about Hope Diamond on her site (cultofhope.com) and on her instagram (https://www.instagram.com/cultofhope/). Books she mentioned during the interview included: The Satanic Witch — Anton LaVey The Art of Seduction — Robert Greene The 48 Laws of Power — Robert Greene As always, send questions to IntoTheDarkRFB@gmail.com Tim Maroney's rundown of the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram (http://www.sacred-texts.com/bos/bos026.htm)

Filmmaker and producer Jonathan Phelps talks with Into the Dark about his meditation and ritual practices. We also get into the relationship between occult practice and creative pursuits, as well as tools for occult practice (e.g. Jonathan's crystal helmet). You can learn more about Jonathan and his projects at http://muckfilm.com/ http://www.ravacon.com/ https://www.youtube.com/user/MuckrakerProductions https://vimeo.com/jonathanphelps http://www.ursidaeparade.com/ and as always, send your questions for our research department to IntoTheDarkRFB@gmail.com #occult #meditation #witchcraft #crystals #muckraker #ravacon

This episode features two anonymous interviews about magic using emojis and shape-shifting Navajo witches called skinwalkers. We also get into how to make sigils for your own purposes. For more information on skinwalkers, check out these two interviews I didn't do: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWOQuf02J3w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wG5yRQCowwA Send your questions to IntoTheDarkRFB@gmail.com #magic #skinwalkers #emoji #emojimagic #tumblrmagic #sigil #chaosmagic

Halsey Snow (Acktarian) of the Vywamus Foundation joins us to discuss channeling and the guide he channels, Vywamus. Different groups thought to worship The Devil are also discussed, as is some NYC Witchcraft News. Listener Questions: Is there a difference between Satanism and Devil Worship? Is there a legal way to nullify pacts with The Devil? You can learn more about Halsey Snow, Vywamus, and the Vywamus Foundation at http://www.vywamusfoundation.com/ As always, send questions to IntoTheDarkRFB@gmail.com Follow Cooper on twitter at @CooperWilhelm #witch #witchcraft #satanism #DevilWorship #SatanicTemple #Vywamus #VywamusFoundation #AntonLevey #TempleofSet #MichaelAquino #NSA #Faust #SwedishLaw

Since there wasn't enough time to talk about pacts with The Devil during the normal broadcast, here is a podcast-only extrasode. You can see an image of Urbain Grandier's alleged pact with The Devil (and others) here: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/UrbainPact2.jpg/224px-UrbainPact2.jpg and another supposed infernal pact here:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deal_with_the_Devil#/media/File:Haitzmann_pakt.jpg Send questions to IntoTheDarkRFB@gmail.com Note: Emeril Lagasse does not appear in this episode of Into The Dark. #Faust #RobertJohnson #Satan #TheDevil #PactsWithTheDevil #SellingYourSoul #SwedishLaw #PlayingWithTheDevil

Astrologer Frederick Steinmann stops by to talk about astrology, the role it can play in relationships and job matters, the role it has played in his life, and its relationship with Tarot and mainstream Christianity. He also explains what this whole Mercury in Retrograde thing is. Listener Questions Discussed: House Spirits: What are those? Resources: The Tradition of Household Spirits: Ancestral Lore and Practices: Claude Lecouteux History, Prophecy, and the Stars: The Christian Astrology of Pierre D'Ailly - Laura Ackerman Smoller Complete Astrology: A Modern Guide to Astrological Awareness - Alan Oken The Works of Alan Leo The Works of Michel Gauquelin https://www.astro.com Send questions to IntoTheDarkRFB@gmail.com Find Frederick Steinmann at: SteinmannAstrology.com (coming in January) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/frederick.steinmann.5 Instagram: @FKAFR Email: fredxrok@gmail.com Frederick says: Rates for Consulatations [60$ - 30 min Astro-Tarot-logy consultation - Walk in astrology or tarot consultation $100 - 60 min Astro-Tarot-logy consultation - Walk in astrology or tarot consultation $150 - Natal chart reading - Thorough examination of natal chart $200 - Year ahead Transits and forecast - Thorough examination of natal chart in conjunction with the next year of planetary transits Email me to schedule or any inquiry fredxrok@gmail.com Astro-Taro-lygy lecture available for Sale inquire via email.] #Astrology #magic #catholicism #DonaldTrump #AlanLeo #MichelGauquelin #HouseSpirits #ToothFairy #PierreDAilley #Tarot #Divination

Walter Stephens, currently a visiting professor at Yale, talks about renaissance witch trials and theories of witchcraft, including sex with demons, riding brooms, and succubi and incubi. Into the Dark can't recommend his book, Demon Lovers, enough for anyone interested in the history of witchcraft and witch trials. It is detailed, accessible, and relevant to our times. Laws related to ghosts, how to cleanse a home of spirits, and a healing spell are also discussed. Into the Dark also delves into recent witchcraft news, including a call for spells and rituals against Donald Trump. (For more about Witches Against Trump, go to https://www.instagram.com/p/BM_4GJXDI_3/) Listener Questions: What is the relationship between ghosts and the law? Books Discussed: Demon Lovers: Witchcraft, Sex, and the Crisis of Belief (https://www.amazon.com/Demon-Lovers-Witchcraft-Crisis-Belief/dp/0226772624) #witchcraft #witchtrials #succubus #incubus #ghosts #realestate #incubus #sex #malleusmaleficarum #DonaldTrump #WitchesAgainstDonaldTrump #Trump #SexWithDemons #WalterStephens #Yale #YaleUniversity

Medium Karyn Crisis joins us and talks mediumship, talking to the dead, Italy's history of witchery, and shape shifting. Eric Newman also pops in to talk about his new show, Pull Request, which joins Radio Free Brooklyn November 20th. Into the Dark also faces an array of technical difficulties, some of which have survived the editing process. You can learn more about Karyn Crisis at http://www.karyncrisisheals.com/ You should also check out cyber wizard Joshua Madara's work at http://hyperritual.com/2016/ Listener Questions: What role can technology play in magic? Books Discussed: "You Are Psychic, the Free Soul Method" by Pete A. Sanders, Jr. "Opening to Channel: How to Connect with your Guide" by Sanaya Roman and Duane Packer. Il Triangolo Stregato: Il Mistero di Noce di Benevento" by Carlo Napolitano Le Streghe di Benevento: la Grande Bugia" by Fabio Garuti As always, send your questions about witchcraft to IntoTheDarkRFB@gmail.com and follow us on twitter @IntoTheDarkRFB #witchcraft #streghe #nona #mediumship #KarynCrisis #technology #sigils #radiofreebrooklyn

Melissa Madara, co-owner of Catland and magical consultant, stops by. Catland is a store and event space serving practitioners from all magical traditions and anyone seeking to improve their spiritual life. We talk chaos magic, running a magic shop and event space, Croatian Gypsy magic, scrying with champagne, altars, hauntings, house spirits, witches' familiars, magical work–life balance, the manticore, cats, Jung, dream work, and Stephen King. Take-home point: If you're creeping yourself out, you're going in the right direction. Listener Questions Include: Will adopting a black cat get me into trouble? If there are white witches, are there white warlocks? Is there a magical equivalent of 'pray the gay away' Learn more about Melissa Madara and Catland (and check out their calendar of events) at www.catlandbooks.com. Also check out their tumblr: http://catlandbooks.tumblr.com/ twitter: @CatlandBooks imgur: @Catlandbooks Submit questions to IntoTheDarkRFB@gmail.com #Catland #Catlandbooks #CroationHexerei #magic #poetry #burlesque #Cujo #cats #familiars #butterflies #sexuality #gender #Scrying #luciddreaming #Santeria #dreamwork #Jung #StephenKing #sigils #GrayWitchcraft #wicca #chaosmagic #magick