Secrets surrounded our guest, Daniela Simina as she was growing up in Rumania. Secrets about magic, about fairies, about her family, about herself, and she wrote it all down in a memoir that not only teaches us the magic she grew up with and the ways of her ancestors (especially her Grandmother), but the secrets to surviving a totalitarian regime.

Steve Ward returns to the podcast and he and Barbara to talk about dogmen in the US and werewolves in the UK. The work of the late Linda Gregory--the researcher who brought the dogman into public awareness in the US--and the new documentary by Paul Sinclair--a great researcher in the UK are also discussed.

Deb Kauble, experiencer, investigator and author visits with Barbara and they talk about what is the meaning of paranormal and UFO experiences.

Micheal M. Hughes returns to the podcast to talk with Barbara about Ritual and Ceremonial Magick and how they are a very human method of connecting with our own and other consciousnesses throughout the Universe. And there are UFOs. Because.

Karly, the Village Tarot Witch, talks about her life, how she first was haunted by a house, and then, when she may have haunted that house herself. There's a little bit of adult language here, but it's a great story, fun and full of meaning.

Author, Witch, Teacher, Filmmaker and UFO Researcher, Cheryl Costa settles in for a long talk with Barbara, touching on Witchcraft, Magick, Buddhism, History, UFOs, UFOlogy and many other topics besides.

Mike Clelland returns to the podcast to talk about how he mined his own UFO related experiences to create his first novel, which is a project that took over a decade to finish. Lots of topics are covered: mystical owl and light experiences, synchronicity, shamanic initiation, the role the subconscious plays in creative endeavors and the mythos of the American West.

In light of the horrifying events in Israel, instead of a new episode this week I’m reposting the episode Morganna and I did on the medieval roots of antisemitism. Next week, look forward to hearing from Mike Clelland.