The Frightful Howls You May Hear

Ceremonial magician, writer, teacher, and philosopher Kadmus joins us to share some of his insights into working with the spirits of the dead. Drawing on his extensive research on Hellenic attitudes towards necromancy as well as tomb cults, he discusses some of the ways legendary figures—especially those without graves, let alone bodies—may be contacted through the aid of an assistant spirit. We also discuss the political power structures that shape how the dead are remembered, categorized, and conjured, including in cases where spirits resist the very means by which we describe them.Check out Kadmus' work here:https://hadean.press/products/learning-from-legendary-practitioners?https://sulbooks.com/bookstore/p/true-to-the-earth-by-kadmus-re-release-print https://sulbooks.com/bookstore/p/the-elucidations-of-drake-by-bill-koch www.starandsystem.com http://instagram.com/kadmus_truetotheearthSupport us on http://patreon.com/TheFrightfulHowls .

It's our first ever round table! Going live in the Venus Cazimi of October 23, 2026, just a few days ahead of our usual Sunday upload, here is a true feast of Venusian wares and philosophies to sample. Our Tata Jesse joins us again alongside dear friends Jackson Walker of Haus of Ophidious and the good Dr. Al Cummins to consider all the different facets of Venus, as well as the goddess Aphrodite, across times, cultures, astrological understandings, and within the landscapes of neopagan and traditional witchcraft themselves. We discuss our Venus-Aphrodite collaboration and the ideals behind it, as well as our personal devotions (and contestations!) with the Lady of Desire.Check out Al's work here:https://www.alexandercummins.com/https://www.patreon.com/DrAlexanderCumminshttp://instagram.com/grimoiresontape See Jackson's here: https://hausofophidious.com/ http://signthepact.com/ And of course, Tata's here:http://instagram.com/darknessoftheninthhour https://patreon.com/Basilika http://jessehathawaydiaz.com/Support us on http://patreon.com/TheFrightfulHowls .

Poet, wizard, and necromancer Vincent V. Saint-Roch delights the podcast with an incredibly thoughtful and lucid discussion on how to divine with books. From religious texts all the way to the DSM-5-TR, we chat the mediums, methods, spirit patrons, and techhniques behind how we have interpreted all manner of textual auguries.Check out Vincent's work here:https://www.instagram.com/lrondilbert/ https://www.corvustarot.com/https://www.instagram.com/witchhassle/https://soundcloud.com/witchhassleSupport us on patreon.com/TheFrightfulHowls .

Writer, stellar witch, and dear friend Sasha Ravitch joins us to explore a true cornocopia of somatic witch-expressions. From cosmic horror and post-humanist and post-Lacanian critical theory, the process of writing fiction as a witch, abjection and the thanatological impulse, bodily integrations of spirit-initiations, and more, we cover a truly wide breadth of topics—starting, of course, with some important musings on moles and mole people!Check out Sasha's work here:https://sasharavitch.squarespace.com/ https://www.patreon.com/sasharavitch http://www.instagram.com/sasha.ravitch   http://www.oursublimebeasts.substack.com/ https://www.acidhorizonpodcast.com/ahrc-courses/p/aesthetics-of-offalSupport us on patreon.com/TheFrightfulHowls .

Witch, folklorist, artist, performer, and independent scholar—as well as priest in the Lucumí Orisha and Quimbanda de Angola traditions—Jesse Hathaway Diaz (Tata Apokan) returns to the show to discuss performance theory, possession via spirits, consciousness, emotions, and desires, and the various ways in which we perform competence, friendship, community, and integration within ourselves and in external spaces. Who needs a cold open and intro when you can break the performed habits of podcast-making?  Check out Tata's work here:https://www.kitula-kia-njila.com/ https://www.the-pact.store/ https://www.jessehathawaydiaz.com/ https://www.radiofreegolgotha.com/http://dziecitheatre.org/ https://www.instagram.com/sign_the_pact/ https://www.instagram.com/darknessoftheninthhour/Support us on patreon.com/TheFrightfulHowls .