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Join us as we come crashing down from the transcendental realm and deep into the Cthonic realm with our new friend author, publisher and magician David Beth This week: Why boredom is a powerful magickal tool, how the modern world is removing us from the spiritual Kosmos. and how to find Aleister Crowley books in an Indian bookshop in Africa (no, really!). Joining me in co-host duties this week is Ulysses Black Main theme by Simon Smerdon Music bed by chriszabriskie.com   David Beth Bio: David Beth was born in Luanda, Angola, South-West Africa in May, 1974, into a family of the (West) German Diplomatic Corps. He was educated in Europe and in Los Angeles, California, USA. David began his career as a teacher of occultism by leading small classes and conducting seminars in Denmark and Germany, where he was able to initiate a new style of ‘dialogue’ with the various levels of psychic experience. In 2002, after more than a decade of occult and spiritual studies, David began the intensive study of German philosophy and psychology, as internal experience and as evolution of the person, paying attention to those areas where the age of systems (Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche, Lotze) had failed to communicate with their respective age and with contemporary consciousness, especially ‘youth-culture’. At that time, David experienced an epiphany when he was led to discover the evolutionary theogony of eros, as found in the writings of Ludwig Klages, the Graf Hermann von Keyserling, and Max Scheler (philosophers highly read during the Weimar years, 1919-1933), as well as in the work of recent ‘character analysis’. By a careful exploration of his own inner-consciousness, David was able to enter upon a voyage into his own gnostic being. David realised that he had been initiated into this primal awareness by a high-priestess of an ancient Afro-Totemic tradition-history, when he was a very young man, still living in Africa. In a profound sense, she was the archetypal influence discovered by Klages in 1922, when he wrote his book Vom kosmogonischen Eros. In this work, the role of the eternal feminine in evolution was delineated as the faces of Isis, Yenus, Freya, Shakti, Tanith, Sophia-Maria. David realised that this was the answer to the needs of contemporary consciousness, particularly the disenchant­ment of the youth-awareness movement, which was found world-wide. In his first book, Voudon Gnosis, David began to teach for publication his interpretation of the modern mind which becomes gradually suffused with the polar-mysticism of his deeply personal encounter with god-archetypes and forms. These force-fields, which awakened as powers in David’s lectures and class-talks, now came to appear in his desire to hear the new sound-energy and see the light from the north, yet coming from the voice of a youth, a youth fed-up with static traditions, fed-up with traditions that had lost their vital-roots.    

  ***Begin transmission   David Metcalfe, Darragh Mason, Willow Truman, and Ken Eakins send you transmissions from the Mauve Zone. Check Darragh's amazing podcast @SpiritBox Check Willow's podcast archive @thenonsensebazaar7273   Music by Simon Smerdon   Transmission ends***

Enter the Chapel Perilous with us and bite from the apple of Eris as we explore the life and thought crimes of Robert Anton Wilson with author Gabriel Kennedy (Prop Anon). This week: RAW’s Aleister Crowley influences explored, why did the Chicago Police have a file on the Wilsons, RAWs relationship with Timothy Leary, and much more. Main theme by Simon Smerdon Music bed by chriszabriskie.com Pick up Gabriel’s book: Amazon UK Amazon US Lulu Gabriel Kennedy Bio: Gabriel Kennedy, aka Prop Anon, is an actor, musician, and writer whose work has been featured in BoingBoing.net, Realitysandwich.com, Mondo2000.com, and his own website, http://chapelperilous.us. Chapel Perilous: The Life and Thought Crimes of Robert Anton Wilson is his first book. Source: Google Books

***Begin transmission Joseph Matheny, Viking Brian, and Ken Eakins send you transmissions from the Mauve Zone. Did the Internet ruin the Backrooms? The Conspirituality grift, The Christian New Age, and The Black Lodge For the youth new to the scene, Brian was part of a podcast that inspired SittingNow called 'The Viking Youth Power Hour', so give him some love. Check out Brian's Brewery here - https://www.ibw-chicago.com/6-6-6/ Music by Simon Smerdon   Transmission ends***

We travel through the hidden mythologies of Eurasia to discover Daemons lurking in the shadows, capturing children, and seeing off evil sorcerers. Our Daemonolgist this week is the author of ‘Daemons are Forever’ David Gordon White. This week: Daemons made from faeces, Tantra’s place in India, Dangerous Pools, Changelings, and much more.   Main theme by Simon Smerdon (Mothboy) Music bed by chriszabriskie.com Get David’s book here:UK – https://amzn.to/4brXJFL US – https://amzn.to/3zb3gTt David Gordon White Bio: Since being named the J. F. Rowny Professor of Comparative Religion in 2011, I have returned to the focus of my PhD dissertation and first book, Myths of the Dog-Man (Chicago: 1991). While that project focused on the spread of the mytheme of a particular monstrous race across ancient and medieval Asia and Europe, my current interest concerns contacts and exchanges in matters of demonology. Unbound as they are by exclusivist doctrinal and institutional strictures,, demons have traveled more lightly than gods, and so it is that one finds the names of Buddhist demons in medieval Manichean spell texts, charms against Iranian demons in Lithuanian and Chinese sources, an amulet of an Indian demoness at an archeological site in Turkmenistan, and so on. Elsewhere, the yoginis and dakinis of South and East Asian Hinduism and Buddhism are found to be related to the striga of ancient Rome and the vampires of early modern eastern Europe; the tenth-century BCE Homeric myth of Odysseus and Circe reappears, only slightly altered, in the Mahavamsa, a fifth-century CE chronicle of the island of Ceylon; and the nightmares of European lore find their homologues in the maras of South Asia and the Chinese “devil-kings” called mo-wang. It is the “connected histories” of these beings and the humans who trafficked in them that have become my area of focus. Both the Silk Road and ancient and medieval maritime trade routes were information superhighways, and a portion of that information was demonological. It is easy to imagine soldiers, sailors, merchants, diviners, monks, and priests swapping amulets and spells at Silk Road halting points and ports. Demons and the techniques to control them were as much a commodity in the ancient and medieval world as germs, guns, and steel. Source – https://www.religion.ucsb.edu/people/faculty/david-white/

Ken and Marck drill into the cavernous tunnels of Mount Shasta searching for Lermurian secrets. Our flying submarine captain this week is Justin McHenry author of ‘Lemuria: A True Story of a Fake Place’. This week: The great Lemur mystery, Blavatsky and root races, The I AM Movement and the Minutemen, The Shaver Mysteries, and much more. Get Justin’s book: https://amzn.to/3vAafEa (UK) https://amzn.to/3VMsOzx (US) Justin McHenry Bio: I love a good story. And history holds an infinite number of stories just waiting to be rediscovered and brought back out into the present. History is a part of who I am. For over half my life, I have been studying and researching and writing and working with history. Working as an archivist and researcher and getting to physically interact with and study centuries old historical documents has created this very personal relationship with history for me. Discovering those stories held within, the lives of the people mentioned, the events coming to life is as exciting as anything can be. Being a part of the process of researching that history, finding those stories, and bringing them to life is what drives me as a writer and a historian. My interests are varied and my writing has matched my curiosity. Being from West Virginia and studying West Virginia history, I have written much about the state’s history from telling the story of the first person to die in the state from Spanish flu, who was an incarcerated black man, to how the first woman in the state to establish her own law practice sued the male hierarchy of her town for their sexist harassment of herself and her career. But I have also written about feuding Revolutionary War doctors, 19th century ghost hunting, and much more.

***Begin transmission   Joseph Matheny, David B Metcalfe, and Ken Eakins send you transmissions from the Mauve Zone.   Ken rages against the Hyper Reality, How the Hyper Reality is killing people, Roger Corman of the death of the 20th Century, The Catholic Church’s paranormal division, Project Blue beam, Starseed and Indigo children, Praterhuman Intelligences, and the story is everything   Check out David's course with Diana Pasulka here https://dwpasulka-courses.teachable.c...   Music by Simon Smerdon   http://patreon.com/burnthouse_lane     Transmission ends***

Ken and Marck scale the Externsteine to discover the secret chapel, wonder at alchemical delights, and search for hidden Rosicrucian adepts of Germany. Our Reiseführer this week is returning guest, author, and adept of the highest standing Christopher McIntosh. This week: Is Germany the true cradle of the Western Esoteric Tradition, Is the Golden Dawn origin story a lie, Just how Rosicrucian is Germany, and much more. Joining me in Exernsteine Chapel this week is Marck Satyr Main theme by Simon Smerdon (Mothboy) Music bed by chriszabriskie.com Buy Occult Germany (affiliate links) https://amzn.to/3U4Tri5 (UK) https://amzn.to/3U1MFcE (US) Christopher McIntosh Bio: Dr. Christopher McIntosh was born in England in 1943 and grew up in Edinburgh, Scotland. He studied philosophy, politics and economics at Oxford and German at London University, later returning to Oxford to take a doctorate in history with a dissertation on the Rosicrucian revival in the context of the German Enlightenment and Counter-Enlightenment. After working in London in journalism and publishing he spent four years in New York as an information officer with the United Nations Development Programme, then moved to Germany to work for UNESCO. In parallel he has pursued a career as a writer and researcher specialising in the esoteric traditions as well as nature-oriented belief systems. He has lectured widely and was on the faculty of the distance M.A. programme in Western Esotericism at the University of Exeter, England, now sadly discontinued. He is married to the scholar of religion Dr. Donate Pahnke-McIntosh. Their home is in Lower Saxony, North Germany. Contact via Facebook Messenger. Source – https://ozgard.net/

***Begin transmission Joseph Matheny, David B Metcalfe, and Ken Eakins send you transmissions from the Mauve Zone. Are the Royal family from Dimension B? How can we disrupt The Satanic Panic 2.0?, Did Conspiracy Theorists popularise Kenneth Grant? Jiddu Krishnamurti the coolest of gurus, Reality is What You Can Get Away With book release, Ye Olde New Age and the death of Patronage, Sherman Oaks New Age District, Accelerationism and the meal replacement cults. Music by Simon Smerdon https://www.instagram.com/burnthouse_lane/ Transmission ends***

This week we dig through the volcanic ruins of Pompeii and uncover the activities of the Dionysian mystery schools. Our initiatic guide through the villa of mysteries is wonderful Peter Mark Adams author of ‘Mystai: Dancing out the Mysteries of Dionysos’. This week: What does initiation into the mystery schools look like, Just who is Dionysos, The ecstatic rush of possession, where can we get those sweet Dionysian cult rings?, and much more   Get Peter’s book direct from Scarlet Imprint here – https://scarletimprint.com/publicatio… Peter’s author page at Scarlet Imprint – https://scarletimprint.com/peter-mark… Peter’s own site – https://petermarkadams.com/ Peter Mark Adams Bio: Peter Mark Adams is an author, poet, and essayist specialising in the ethnography and visuality of ritual, sacred landscape, esotericism, consciousness and healing. Peter has over twenty years experience with energy-based healing modalities including rebirthing breathwork, meridian therapies, and Reiki. As a professional author, Peter’s non-fiction is published by Scarlet Imprint and Inner Traditions; literary prose and poetry largely in Corbel Stone Press’ literary journal ‘Reliquiae: Journal of Nature, Landscape & Mythology’ and a range of essays examining other than human encounters in the peer-reviewed journals ‘Paranthropology: Journal of Anthropological Approaches to the Paranormal’ and ‘The Journal of Exceptional Experiences and Psychology’. With a background in Philosophy from the University of Liverpool; Peter pursues advanced studies with the Warburg Institute’s School of Advanced Studies in London covering iconology and iconographic theory; Renaissance art and material culture.

Ken and Marck explore the mysterious and esoteric kingdoms of Earth this week like tourists of the occulture. Our astral travel guide is returning guest Andy Sharp author of ‘Astral Geographic: The Watkins Guide to the Occult World’.    This week: The Lasting Legend of the Hellfire Club, Mysterious Monuments and towers, Aleister Crowley’s desert adventures, and much more.      Main theme by Simon Smerdon (Mothboy) Music bed by chriszabriskie.com   Buy the book using our affiliate links:  UK – https://amzn.to/485EaBd  US – https://amzn.to/3SxwVfw  EU – https://amzn.to/3ulpeRN   Andy Sharp Bio:   Andy Sharp is a writer and multimedia artist. Since 2003, he has worked on English Heretic, an autonomous creative research project. Pioneering the form of literary and aural aesthetics, he has released over a dozen albums and booklets. He has talked at academic conferences and counter-cultural events on a wide range of subjects drawn from his research. He has an MSc in Neuroscience from Kings College and lives in London.

Ken travels across the Iron Curtain to collect valuable data concerning paranormal and occult goings on in the Soviet Union. Our astral projector this week is academic and Mauve Zone co-host David B Metcalfe. This week: What are Russian Cosmists, Who the hell is Kozyrev and why does he like mirrors so much, The Gateway Experience, and much more. Main theme by Simon Smerdon (Mothboy) Music bed by chriszabriskie.com   David Metcalfe Bio: David Metcalfe is an independent researcher, writer, and multimedia artist focusing on the interstices of art, culture, and consciousness. He is a contributing editor for Reality Sandwich, The Revealer, the online journal of NYU’s Center for Religion and Media, and The Daily Grail. He writes regularly for Evolutionary Landscapes, Alarm Magazine, Modern Mythology, Disinfo.com, The Teeming Brain, and his own blog The Eyeless Owl. His writing has been featured in The Immanence of Myth (Weaponized 2011), Chromatic: The Crossroads of Color & Music (Alarm Press, 2011), and Exploring the Edge Realms of Consciousness (North Atlantic/Evolver Editions 2012). Metcalfe is an Associate with Phoenix Rising Digital Academy and is currently co-hosting The Art of Transformations study group with support from the International Alchemy Guild.

Egyptian deities, Thelemic Cabals and New Orleans Voodoo is our destination this week. Our shamanic spirit guide is the lovely Louie Martinié of Black Moon Publishing. This week: Who is Nema and what was the Bate Cabal?, what’s Ma’at (got to do) got to do with it?, Letters to Kenneth Grant, New Orleans Voodoo and much more.   Main theme by Simon Smerdon Music bed by chriszabriskie.com Show notes: The Horus Ma’at Lodge – Bate Cabal related Black Moon Publishing – Louis and Co’s publishing company Black Moon Publishing Facebook Voodoo Spiritual Temple – Louie’s Temple Starfire Publishing – Kenneth Grant’s books Ma’at Magick – Amazon Links UK/US/EU The Adena Mounds   Louis Martinié Bio: Louis Martinié is an author, “internationally known” percussionist, practitioner of a multitude of religions among them being New Orleans style Voodoo, and co-author of the book New Orleans VooDoo Tarot (1992), with Sallie Ann Glassman. He is a priest and drummer with the New Orleans Voodoo Spiritual Temple, and a primary drummer for the rituals of Priestess Miriam Chamani He is a leader of the band of drummers known as the Krewe of Nutria, who have drummed for the ritual shows of the New Orleans Historic Voodoo Museum. He is also the editor and a founder of Black Moon Publishing.

Travel with us down the 26th path to encounter the Crawling Chaos of the Faceless God Nyarlathotep. This week, our shamanic guide is scholar and author Tomas Vincente. This week: Kenneth Grant and the dream lore of H.P. Lovecraft, the connection between Nyarlathotep and Anubis, Why occultists need to loosen up their frameworks, the ordeal of the Abyss, and much more. Main theme by Simon Smerdon (Mothboy) Music bed by chriszabriskie.com Tomas Vincente Bio: Dr. Tomas Vincente is a scholar of ancient religion, magic and esotericism. His past work explores the emergence of Christian monotheism and the resulting decline of the chthonic cults of the ancient Mediterranean and Near East. He is dedicated to recovering the integrity of this archaic spirituality of blood and fire, which has been demonized by the Abrahamic religions for two millennia.

Ken and Brian get front-row tickets to the Magick Show, our master magician is the legendary countercultural master Therion, Richard Metzger. This week: How did the right-wing utilise magick, the sneaky occult tricks of Steve Bannon, Richard’s new show The Magick Show, and much more. Go help fund The Magick Show at http://magickshow.net   Main theme by Simon Smerdon (Mothboy) Music bed by chriszabriskie.com   Richard Metzger Bio: Richard Metzger is an American writer, journalist, and media personality best known for his work on Disinformation, a television show that aired on the Independent Film Channel in the early 2000s. The show explored unconventional topics like conspiracy theories, secret societies, and the paranormal, earning Metzger a reputation as a charismatic and thoughtful figure in alternative media. In addition to his TV career, Metzger is an influential writer and editor, contributing to publications and anthologies that challenge mainstream narratives. He is a key figure behind the Disinformation publishing company, which released books on countercultural and conspiracy topics, including The Disinformation Guide to Conspiracies. Metzger also runs Dangerous Minds, a website that continues to explore fringe culture, mysticism, and hidden histories. With his blend of curiosity, humor, and skepticism, Metzger has shaped the conversation around alternative thought and remains a prominent figure in the world of independent media. (source: ChatGPT)