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AI and magic, his time in the Italian horror punk band, Rival Skulls, working with the Norse Goddess, Hel and more. Come for the punk rock and safety pins, stay for the enchanted beer and lip balm!

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Referenced in today’s episode:

Serpents of Circe: A Manual to Magical Resilience edited by Laura Tempest Zakroff and Ron Padrón https://revelore.press/product/serpents-of-circe-a-manual-to-magical-resilience/

Lip balm protection magick https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/qpwl4je9dsj8oggriq55o/Lip-Balm-Protection-Magick_v2.pdf?rlkey=yey8tpd8a9jfkjr3ppxls69zj&st=4q1p6jt4&dl=0

Rest, recharge, transform (beer recharge magick) https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/cm0btzmy1c0ndajplerbw/Rest_Recharge_Benetti.pdf?rlkey=29luz9ljbqtr0kxtx6pjwto6o&st=fva0295g&dl=0

The Witch's Shield: Protection Magick and Psychic Self-Defense by Christopher Penczak https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/649077.The_Witch_s_Shield

Walking Through Loss and Mystery: How Grief and Magick Shaped My Path by Vittorio Benetti. Medium.com https://medium.com/@vittoriobenettihp/walking-through-loss-and-mystery-how-grief-and-magick-shaped-my-path-1e005721b6d2

Void House Presents: Trauma Informed Practices or “Just the TIPs” https://youtu.be/gCrTpfsAAHc

Behind the Curve doc about Flat Earth “theory” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behind_the_Curve

Lux Occult 100.5 Satanism and the Far Right w/ Spencer Sunshine

https://youtu.be/FQOTlzmuZMA

Lux Occult 94.5. Secrets of the Real Black Lodge Revealed w Allen Greenfield & Rendlesham's 44th https://youtu.be/lpKzAXtGdqE

Music:

EYES OF YOUR EYES- Luxa Strata ft. Folds & Floods https://youtu.be/EfdQ-pJEBsg

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