Consensus Unreality

Consensus Unreality episodes:

• 04.16.2024

  Willow Trueman on Channeling Strangeness, Synchronicity, Hypnosis and Much More..

  In this long conversation with Willow Trueman of the Nonsense Bazaar podcast, we discuss the shifting nature of a paranormally- tinged life. The paths of synchronicity; talismanic use of embarrassment and narrative; hypnotic and sleep-walking experiences; the language of Flying Saucer...

  
• 03.31.2024

  PREVIEW Patreon 65: Uncertain Places, Strange Occurrences, Slips in the Veil

  A brief missive from the upturned tortoise shell wherein a soup of syncs bubbles over. Audiobook vortices, the on-high writer writing the writer, and more reckless cosmic speculation.  Join at patreon.com/consensusunreality to access tons of exclusive episodes, full episode archive, written...

  
• 03.23.2024

  UNLOCKED: Saucers of Despair III: The Saturnal Current, Dark Gods, Astrotheology (10/13/2022)

  UNLOCKED This was originally a patreon exclusive episode released on 10/13/2022 as part of our Saucers of Despair Series. We continue to release regular exclusive episodes on patreon as well as a printed journal, written content and more. Join up at...

  
• 02.22.2024

  Orgonomy, Cloudbusting and Wilhelm Reich with Sarah Chait

  In this interview with artist and recent Orgonon resident Sarah Chait,  we discuss the life, work, and legacy of the great Wilhelm Reich, from  his early involvement with Freud and leftist organizations in Europe to  his landing in rural Maine...

  
• 02.22.2024

  Orgonomy, Cloudbusting and Wilhelm Reich with Sarah Chait

  In this interview with artist and recent Orgonon resident Sarah Chait,  we discuss the life, work, and legacy of the great Wilhelm Reich, from  his early involvement with Freud and leftist organizations in Europe to  his landing in rural Maine...

  
• 02.06.2024

  Astral Inhabitants, Fairy Faith, Mahatma Letters, Contact with Non-Human Intelligence

  Testing connections along the fairy and astral-Theosophical to UFO pipeline... Yep,  still fully operational. NJ’s own W. Y. Evans-Wentz and his fairy faith research,  The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett, C W.  Leadbeater’s astral scenery and non-human inhabitants, plus...

  
• 01.22.2024

  Unseen Resonances: John Keel, Jadoo, Lyre-led Synchs, Exquisite Corpse 2 and More..

  Unseen resonances, John Keel’s early work, nefarious tendencies in the UFO subculture, and more in this conversation. Susan Lepselter’s poetic-ethnographic book and John Keel’s classics Jadoo and Operation Trojan Horse are consulted. Hermes fashions his lyre from a turtle. What’s that...

  
• 01.12.2024

  Psychoidal Ufologicks: Outer Gateways; Operation Trojan Horse: UFO as Apport

  In a classic wide-ranging CU discussion, we cover Kenneth Grant’s  bizarre ufological synthesis in his book ”Outer Gateways”, new MK Jessup  weirdness, Jung’s dense concept of the ”psychoid” and how it relates to ufological events and the victims of artifact....

  
• 01.02.2024

  Apophenic Realism with Carmelo Pampillonio: Fringe Culture and Artistic Practice

  In this in depth conversation with artist and researcher Carmelo Pampillonio we talked conspiracy culture and the allure and line of synchronistic and paranoid thinking in the artistic process and otherwise. We spoke in length about the nature of banned...

  
• 12.12.2023

  Andy Sharp on The English Heretic; Astral Geographic; Ritual Histories and More..

  In this episode, we interview writer, musician, psycho-geographer, and English Heretic Andy Sharp. We discuss his two books, the immediate classic The English Heretic Collection and the recent mystic travelogue The Astral Geographic, diving into subjects and figures as wide ranging...

  
• 12.05.2023

  Non-human Intelligences: Allegory and the UFO Reality

  A long, thoughtful saunter through some new and some familiar terrains.  We dive headfirst into D. W. Pasulka’s new book Encounters, with its of-the-moment diagnosis of the UFO culture, its odd Rosicrucian connections, new angles on the same old flying discs, and...

  
• 10.24.2023

  Shannon Taggart on Séance, Spiritualism, Spectral Photography and More...

  In this interview with photographer and Spiritualism archivist Shannon Taggart, we discuss her incredible book, SÉANCE and the long, buried history of America’s innovative Spiritualist tradition. Topics covered include the intertwined histories of photography and Spiritualism, the Burned-Over District of...

  
• 10.13.2023

  PATREON 55 PREVIEW: Season of the Witch

  It’s the witching hour! In this long-form Patreon exclusive, and a companion to our previous episode on the vampire, we discuss some of the many forms the witch has taken over the centuries. From shamanic to persecuted to modern Wiccan,...

  
• 09.28.2023

  PATREON 54 PREVIEW: Vampiric Realism: Into Dracula’s Vortex

  Bwah! In this episode we chat about the folklore, fiction, and cultural power of the figure of the vampire. Hammer horror, the Romantic era shift to a gentlemanly vampire, magical energy vampires, the navigation of death and the cost of...

  
• 09.21.2023

  Christopher Forgues (C.F.) on Comics, Noise, Airwaves and Ritual

  In this interview with comics artist and musician Christopher Forgues (C.F., Kites, Universal Cell Unlock, Daily Life etc.), we talk the cross-media creative process, music as ritual, the 00s noise scene, CB radio culture, occult theories of electronics and perfomance,...

  
• 09.12.2023

  Brad Abrahams on Documentary Filmmaking, Fringe Culture, Love and Saucers, Parapsychology and More

  We’re back in the interview game! A great conversation with documentary filmmaker Brad Abrahams, known for Love and Saucers, Do You See What I See,  and others, leads us down some of the many corridors of contemporary  fringe culture.  We talk...

  
• 08.31.2023

  Dan Dutton: Cherries All the Way Across; Magic and Artistic Practice

  Here is our recent long-form interview with Dan Dutton. Originally presented on https://www.patreon.com/consensusunreality where consistent episodes are regularly posted these days. If you enjoyed this interview check us out there... Dark Dan cometh! In this interview with repeat guest, composer,...

  
• 08.02.2022

  Joshua Cutchin On Ecology of Souls: A New Mythology of Death and the Paranormal

  In this interview with Fortean author (and returning guest!) Joshua Cutchin, we discuss his new two volume book on the connection between death and the paranormal, Ecology of Souls. From the initiating Anne Strieber remark — “This has something to...

  
• 07.27.2022

  PATREON 33: PREVIEW Talk Show Alien Messaging, Leech Woman and Simon, Randosynch Madness, Sorcery and More..

  To listen to this episode in full and experience many more exclusive episodes and features of Consensus Unreality subscribe to our Patreon for just 5$ a month at https://www.patreon.com/consensusunreality Patreon exclusive 33!  Turtle 23 synchs, Kelpius, Baphomet, a comedic alien  messiah psyop,...

  
• 07.21.2022

  Robert Guffey On Operation Mindfuck and Chameleo; Conspiracy Culture; Top Secret Gangstalking, Espionage, Skinwalker Ranch and More..

  Invisibility suits, gangstalking, government surveillance, Freemasonic secret tech, psychological warfare, Philip K. Dick’s continued relevance, QAnon’s mining and flipping of antifascist conspiracy subculture, Q’s rise/fall/metastasis, the political influence of conspiracy theory, Timothy Leary and Robert Anton Wilson... In this conversation with author...

  
• 07.13.2022

  PATREON 32: PREVIEW Green Man Encounters, Guidestones Tumble, Disembodied Voices and More Summer Madness

  Summer 2022 erupts. The Georgia Guidestones tumble and with them the mystery held therein, or not. The myth of a Quaalude cache evaporates, a prince’s phone is hacked by the WEF? or more MK Ultra infused chaos. A Discussion about...

  
• 07.01.2022

  PATREON 31: PREVIEW Sentient World Simulation, Cryptoterrestrials and More Technoparanoid Ravings

  Is there a real Matrix already established around us? Made of us? In  this Patreon exclusive episode, we investigate this question, with some  synchro-generated detours. As always, apparently random choices of  research topics end up converging in shocking and eerie...

  
• 06.28.2022

  Allen Greenfield On The Secret Cipher of the UFONauts, Occult UFO Entaglement and Much More..

  The ufonaut cipherer is here! In this lively interview with legendary ufologist and occultist Allen Greenfield, we discuss: that strange grey area between the paranormal and the occult that we love so much on CU; Allen’s time in the OTO;...

  
• 06.27.2022

  PATREON PREVIEW Stranger Things, Vortex Media, Project Monarch and More..

  In this Patreon exclusive post-episode on Stranger Things connections and symbols, Project Monarch, the occult influence of The Wizard of Oz, the event horizon of nostalgia, and more! Join on patreon.com/consensusunreality for only 5$ a month and access exclusive episodes, written...

  
• 06.21.2022

  Steven Snider On Kenneth Grant In America, Social Programming, Satanism and More...

  In this interview with return guest Steven Snider (AKA Recluse) of The  Farm podcast and Visupview blog, we cover a wide range of occult and  para-political topics, centering around Kenneth Grant’s influence on  American occult circles in the Midwest. We...

  
• 06.07.2022

  Nicole Cushing On Synchronicity, the Vortex of Narrative, Mothwoman and More

  In this interview with Nicole Cushing,  Bram Stoker Award-winning author of A Sick Gray Laugh, Mr. Suicide, and the forthcoming Mothwoman, we talk horror fiction’s relationship with  the paranormal, the Shaver Mystery, synchronicity-driven belief system shifts, the weird Midwest, meta-fiction,...

  
• 05.24.2022

  Disclosure Is Here and It Sucks; UFOs, UAPs, Kenneth Grant and More..

  SPECIAL episode alert! We discuss the recent ”UAP” hearings, continuing our unofficial state of the ufological union series. Defense industry  limited hang-outs, the theater of politics encroaching on the imaginal,  UFOs as malleable psyop tool, and the question of where...

  
• 05.10.2022

  Cosmic Hoaxing, UFO Disclosure and Channeling Aliens

  In this episode, we dive into the present day popular imaginary of the UFO— tic tacs, Tom Delonge, military-industrial madness and the Disclosure Movement— through the lens of a recent Steven Greer joint, The Cosmic Hoax. Is Greer himself to...

  
• 04.15.2022

  Saucer Love; On David Huggins and More

  In this episode we continue our recent re-engagement of the alien abduction phenomenon by discussing the life and art of the fascinating David Huggins, his impact on the contemporary image of the alien in the popular imagination and the excellent...

  
• 04.02.2022

  Alchemy, Ecstasy and Alien Abductions; The Andreasson Affair and More..

  In this return to the comfort of the alien abduction phenomenon, we trace the alchemical, mystical, and conspiratorial webwork of the legendary Andreasson Affair and excavate strange connections beneath the surface of seemingly unconnected events and subjects. In a bonus Patreon...

  
• 03.21.2022

  Jack Parson’s Babalon Working: A Modern Occult Mythology

  In this episode, we dive into the modern myth of the Babalon Working.  With a cast of characters including Jack Parsons, L. Ron Hubbard,  Aleister Crowley, and Marjorie Cameron, it’s one of the major confluences of 20th century occultism. But...

  
• 02.23.2022

  Mysticism, Limit Experiences, Georges Bataille and More with Emmalea Russo

  In this interview with writer Emmalea Russo, we talk Georges Bataille, limit experiences, mysticism and inspiration, the Acephale Society, and end up in the land of cinema. This conversation went it a lot of directions and touched on many topics...

  
• 02.11.2022

  A Hoax Made In Hollywood- Carlos Castaneda, Mythmaking In America and Living the Hoax

  In this episode we reengage the false-but-true world of the metaphysical hoaxer. This time, we focus on the life and works of anthropologist turned shaman Carlos Castaneda and the many weird scenes and threads which make up his quintessentially American...

  
• 02.03.2022

  PREVIEW Patreon 23: Virtual Deception, the Congress and ARE WE CURSED!?

  In this Patreon-exclusive episode, we discuss the 2013 film The Congress, why it was just several years ahead of its time, and how it relates to our current historical moment. We also talk about weaponized nostalgia, Media culture, our animated...

  
• 01.21.2022

  HOW TO MAKE A GHOST- The Philip Experiment, Egregores, Channelers and more..

  In this long overdue discussion of the para-psychological touchstone  known as the Philip Experiment, we bridge the ghostly gaps between  psychokinesis, thought-forms, egregores, internet avatars, and renewable  energy (?!). Bonus episode at https://www.patreon.com/consensusunreality PLUS-- a Patreon exclusive bonus  discussion on channeling, the...

  
• 01.11.2022

  Energy Vampires

  In this episode, inspired by reading Don Webb’s new book: Energy Magick of the Vampyre, we chat on the nature of such a practice and on the vampire as a  mythical symbol more broadly and as a strategy to the...

  
• 12.17.2021

  Artificial Intelligence and Simulations with Alex Kiefer

  In this interview with philosopher, artist, and machine learning/ AI theorist Alex Kiefer, we dig deep into the current state of artificial intelligence, with a particular focus on its more troubling implications. Lots of the threads we‘ve been following lately...

  
• 12.06.2021

  GOHAR X GRAIL with Yasmina Hashemi and M. E. Scott

  On this episode we were joined by Yasmina Hashemi and M. Elizabeth Scott to discuss their ongoing project GOHAR X GRAIL. In their words GOHAR X GRAIL is a vessel for reflection uncovering the hidden influence of Iranian culture on...

  
• 11.18.2021

  Shades of William Cooper, the Shaver Mystery and More!

  In this episode, we chat the lives and works of three subtly (and sometimes not so subtly) influential weirdos: William Cooper, Richard S. Shaver, and Ray Palmer. Behold a hollow earth! Check out Patreon.com/consensusunreality for Bonus Episodes, Written Content and Paranormal...

  
• 11.04.2021

  Roerich and the Stone of Destiny

  In this Origininally Patreon exclusive episode, now unlocked for our free-cast, we chat all things Nicholas Roerich, a  fascinating figure in 20th century politics, art, and esoteric and theosophical circles,  and supposed caretaker of the fabled Lapis Exillis or Stone...

  
• 10.14.2021

  Dan Dutton on Real Magic, the Neverending Dream and Much More..

  In this interview with the singular artist Dan Dutton, we explore the realms of lucid dreams and magic, discuss Dutton‘s life with the entity known as Pan, meditate on the sacrifices necessary to live a life of art, and tons...

  
• 10.05.2021

  Disembodied Voices from Under the Lake

  In this double episode, we talk two unrelated pieces of media: Tim Marczenko‘s groundbreaking paranormal study Disembodied Voices and a contemporary classic of conspiracy-noir cinema we‘ve been meaning to discuss for a while now, Under the Silver Lake. Do we find...

  
• 09.26.2021

  The Dragon and the Disc

  Joined by Consensus Unreality regular Mike Bruno, we delve into the murky waters of sea monster lore, the mystery of Loch Ness and The Dragon and the Disc by FW Holiday. The serpent grins!  Bonus companion episode, Ouija session and more...

  
• 08.31.2021

  Paul Weston on Secret Lives and High Strangeness

  In this interview with esoteric researcher and writer Paul Weston, we discuss the magical and occult dimension of aliens and UFOs through the Strieber mythos, Weston’s personal experiences with high-strange and magical encounters, the mysteries of his home of Glastonbury,...

  
• 08.17.2021

  The Grays and Whitley’s Cabin

  In this long-awaited (?) return to the weird world of UFOs, we talk the Strieber corpus through the lens of Horsley’s Prisoner of Infinity, and from a few other angles  as well. We cannot figure the guy out! Bonus follow up...

  
• 07.26.2021

  Mysterium Baphomet and Tracy Twyman

  In  this episode, we discuss the Baphomet and Templar research of the late  Tracy R. Twyman. With detours through Twyman’s vast field of study, we find a unifying theme in this occult mystery, and in her singular  approach to the...

  
• 07.14.2021

  Aidan Wachter on Hypersigils and Everything Else

  In our first interview of season two, we’re joined by Aidan Wachter, author most recently of Weaving Fate: Hypersigils, Changing the Past, & Telling True Lies, for a powerful discussion on magical practice, the philosophy and application of hypersigils, chaos...

  
• 06.23.2021

  Between Seasons Interlude and Simon King of The Witches

  Hello again! In this between-seasons catch-up episode, we talk Kenneth Grant, chaos magic, and Baphomet, and break down a CU favorite film, Simon King of the Witches. More interviews and episodes soon! #kennethgrant #baphomet #chaosmagic #magick #simonkingofthewitches #mauvezone Exclusive bonus episodes,...

  
• 06.17.2021

  PREVIEW Patreon 12: Chaos at The Silver Bridge

  In this Patreon exclusive episode, we chat about recent reading and research, including Gray Barker’s classic Mothman chronicle The Silver Bridge, as well as  Grant’s Typhonian works, Carroll’s Liber Null, and more.  For this exclusive episode and much more check out https://www.patreon.com/consensusunreality Merch https://consensusunreality.bandcamp.com/merch/mystic-tote-bag For...

  
• 05.25.2021

  PREVIEW Patreon 11: Generating Narrative

  In this Patreon exclusive, we discuss the recent UFO discourse, chat briefly about cult classic sci-fi horror film The Visitor, then continue our in-progress open-ended ritual with a  bizarre Ouija session.  We encourage our listeners to help us make sense...