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In this episode, we delve into the rich traditions of Samhain in Contemporary Paganism. Often referred to as the "Witches' New Year," Samhain is celebrated as a time when the veil between the worlds of the living and the dead is thinnest, making it ideal for communicating with ancestors and performing powerful rituals of transformation. We explore how Gerald Gardner, the founder of modern Wicca, revived Samhain within the Pagan Wheel of the Year, blending folklore, ceremonial magic, and the seasonal cycles to craft a new esoteric meaning for this ancient festival.

We cover the significance of ancestor veneration, divination practices, shadow work during Samhain, and how Pagans set up their altars with symbols of death and renewal. We also look closer at public and private Samhain celebrations, the roles of death deities like Hecate, the Morrigan, and Anubis, and unique rituals such as the Dumb Supper.

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Berger, H. A. (Ed.). (2005). Witchcraft and magic in contemporary North America. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.

Butler, J. (2008). Treat or trick? Halloween in a globalising world. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Drury, N. (2009). The handbook of contemporary paganism. Leiden: Brill.

Hutton, R. (2001). The stations of the sun: A history of the ritual year in Britain. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Larrington, C. (1996). The Poetic Edda. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Urban, H. B. (2006). Magia sexualis: Sex, magic, and liberation in modern Western esotericism. Berkeley: University of California Press.

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Let's explore the historical development and cultural significance of blood magic. Blood has been used in magical rituals across civilizations, from Mesopotamian and Egyptian rites to Greco-Roman traditions, carrying powerful symbolism tied to life, death, and transformation. We explore the dual nature of blood as a source of vitality and renewal while also representing violence, sacrifice, and mortality. Drawing on key scholarly sources such as the works of Victor Turner, René Girard, and Walter Burkert, this episode examines blood's profound role in ancient and modern magical traditions, including Thelema, Satanic rituals, and chaos magic.

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- Defining blood magic and its ritual uses

- Blood symbolism in Mesopotamian, Egyptian, and Greco-Roman traditions

- Blood’s duality in ancient and modern magical contexts

- Medieval witchcraft, blood pacts, and the witch trials

- Contemporary practices and ethical considerations

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REFERENCES 📚

Bailey, M. D. (2003). Battling demons: Witchcraft, heresy, and reform in the late Middle Ages. University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press.

Beard, M., North, J., & Price, S. (1998). Religions of Rome: Volume 1, A history. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Betz, H. D. (1996). The Greek magical papyri in translation. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Burkert, W. (1983). Homo necans: The anthropology of ancient Greek sacrificial ritual and myth. Berkeley: University of California Press.

Carroll, P. J. (1987). Liber null & psychonaut. York Beach, ME: Samuel Weiser.

Churton, T. (2011). Aleister Crowley: The biography. London: Watkins Publishing.

Crowley, A. (1929). Magick in theory and practice. Paris: Lecram Press.

Crowley, A. (1954). Magick without tears. Tempe, AZ: New Falcon Publications.

Davies, O. (2009). Grimoires: A history of magic books. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Girard, R. (1977). Violence and the Sacred. John Hopkins University Press.

Hine, P. (1995). Condensed chaos: An introduction to chaos magic. Tempe, AZ: New Falcon Publications.

Hutton, R. (1999). The triumph of the moon: A history of modern pagan witchcraft. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Kieckhefer, R., 1989. Magic in the Middle Ages. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Langdon, E. J., & Baer, G. (1992). Portals of power: Shamanism in South America. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press.

LaVey, A. S. (1972). The Satanic rituals. New York: Avon Books.

Lévi-Strauss, C. (1966). The savage mind. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Petersen, J. A., & Faxneld, P. (2012). The devil's party: Satanism in modernity. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Pinch, G., 1994. Magic in Ancient Egypt. London: British Museum Press.

Principe, L. M. (2013). The secrets of alchemy. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Rider, C. (2006). Magic and impotence in the Middle Ages. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Roper, L. (2004). Witch craze: Terror and fantasy in Baroque Germany. New Haven: Yale University Press.

Scurlock, J. (2006). Magico-medical means of treating ghost-induced illnesses in ancient Mesopotamia. Leiden: Brill.

Shaw, M. (1994). Passionate enlightenment: Women in Tantric Buddhism. Princeton: Princeton University Press.

Starhawk. (1979). The spiral dance: A rebirth of the ancient religion of the great goddess. San Francisco: Harper & Row.

Taussig, M. (1987). Shamanism, colonialism, and the wild man. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Turner, V., 1969. The Ritual Process: Structure and Anti-Structure. Chicago: Aldine Publishing Company.

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Let's dive into the life and work of Allan Kardec, the founder of Spiritism, exploring the philosophy, history, and impact of this 19th-century movement. Kardec, a French educator, sought to bridge the gap between spirituality and science by codifying Spiritism—a system based on communication with spirits, reincarnation, and moral evolution. We examine his key works, including The Spirits' Book and The Mediums' Book, and discuss Spiritism’s influence on French intellectual circles and its rapid growth in Brazil, where it evolved into a major religious movement.

Join me as we explore how Kardec’s Spiritism offers answers to profound existential questions, the nature of the spirit world, and the ethical framework it provides for understanding human suffering and inequality. The episode also touches on Spiritism’s connections to broader esoteric traditions and modern occult movements.

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Aubrée, M., & Laplantine, F. (1990). La Table, le Livre et les Esprits: Naissance, évolution et actualité du mouvement social spirite entre France et Darwin, C. (1859). On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. John Murray.

Greenfield, S. M. (2008). Spirits with scalpels: The cultural biology of religious healing in Brazil. Left Coast Press.

Hanegraaff, W. J. (2006). Dictionary of Gnosis & Western Esotericism. Brill.

Hause, S., & Kenney, A. (1984). Women's suffrage and social politics in the French Third Republic. Princeton University Press.

Hess, D. J. (1991). Spirits and scientists: Ideology, Spiritism, and Brazilian culture. Pennsylvania State University Press.

Kardec, A. (n.d.). Biografia de Allan Kardec. Federação Espírita Brasileira. https://www.febnet.org.br/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Biografia-de-Allan-Kardec.pdf

Kardec, A. (1857/2008). The Spirits' Book (A. Blackwell, Trans.). Federação Espírita Brasileira.

Kardec, A. (1858/1999). What is Spiritism? (H. Wood, Trans.). International Spiritist Council.

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Kardec, A. (1864/2004). The Gospel According to Spiritism (J. Duncan, Trans.). International Spiritist Council.

Kardec, A. (1864/2009). The Gospel according to Spiritism (J. Duncan, Trans.). Spiritist Alliance for Books.

Lachapelle, S. (2011). Investigating the supernatural: From Spiritism and occultism to psychical research and metapsychics in France, 1853–1931. Johns Hopkins University Press.

Lewgoy, B. (2008). A transnacionalização do Espiritismo Kardecista brasileiro: Uma discussão inicial [The transnationalization of Brazilian Kardecist Spiritism: An initial discussion]. Religião & Sociedade, 28(1), 151-177.

Monroe, J. W. (2008). Laboratories of faith: Mesmerism, Spiritism, and occultism in modern France. Cornell University Press.

Moreira-Almeida, A. (2008). Allan Kardec and the development of a research program in psychic experiences. In C. M. Moreman (Ed.), The spiritualist movement: Speaking with the dead in America and around the world (Vol. 2, pp. 231-244). Praeger.

Oppenheim, J. (1985). The other world: Spiritualism and psychical research in England, 1850-1914. Cambridge University Press.

Sharp, L. L. (2006). Secular spirituality: Reincarnation and spiritism in nineteenth-century France. Lexington Books.

Stoll, S. J. (2016). Spiritism and the discourse of unity: Otherness, syncretism, and the aesthetics of locality in the Brazilian religion of the spirits. Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology, 21(1), 80-101.

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In this episode, we dive deep into the fascinating origins and esoteric

Learn about the fascinating connection between François Rabelais' Gargantua and Aleister Crowley's Thelema. In Gargantua, Rabelais introduces the Abbey of Thélème, a utopian society governed by the motto 'Fay ce que vouldras' ('Do what you will'). This principle would later inspire Crowley's central Thelemic tenet, 'Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.' Learn how Rabelais' Renaissance humanism, satire, and vision of personal freedom profoundly influenced Crowley's esoteric philosophy, bridging the gap between literature and occult spirituality.

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Bowen, Barbara C., 1966. Rabelais and the Abbey of Thélème. Studies in Philology, 63(2), pp.136-150.

Churton, Tobias, 2011. Aleister Crowley: The Biography. London: Watkins Publishing.

Crowley, Aleister, 1929. Magick in Theory and Practice. New York: Castle Books.

Crowley, Aleister, 1938. Liber AL vel Legis (The Book of the Law). California: Ordo Templi Orientis.

Crowley, Aleister, 1989. The Confessions of Aleister Crowley: An Autohagiography. Edited by John Symonds and Kenneth Grant. London: Arkana.

Crowley, Aleister, 1991. Magick Without Tears. Edited by Israel Regardie. Arizona: New Falcon Publications.

Crowley, Aleister, 1996. The Law Is for All: The Authorized Popular Commentary on Liber AL vel Legis sub figura CCXX, The Book of the Law. Edited by Louis Wilkinson and Hymenaeus Beta. Arizona: New Falcon Publications.

Duval, Edwin M., 1992. Rabelais's Utopian Thélème and the 'Scientia Divina' of Evangelical Humanists. Renaissance Quarterly, 45(4), pp.774-795.

King, M.M., 2024. Aleister Crowley's Egypt: The Stele of Revealing. In: B.J.L. van den Bercken, ed. Alternative Egyptology. London: Allard Pierson, pp.43-55.

Kinser, Samuel, 1989. The Utopian Social Imagery of Rabelais's Abbey of Thélème. Pacific Coast Philology, 24(1/2), pp.51-58.

Marrache-Gouraud, Myriam, 2019. 'Fay ce que vouldras': On Freedom in Rabelais' Work. Renaissance and Reformation, 42(4), pp.91-110.

Orpheus, Rodney, 2005. Abrahadabra: Understanding Aleister Crowley's Thelemic Magick. San Francisco: Weiser Books.

Rabelais, François, 2006. Gargantua and Pantagruel. Translated by M. A. Screech. London: Penguin Classics.

Schwartz, Jerome, 1977. Scatology and Eschatology in Gargantua's Androgyne Device. Études Rabelaisiennes, 14, pp.265-275.

Urban, Hugh B., 2003. Unleashing the Beast: Aleister Crowley, Tantra, and Sex Magic in Late Victorian England. Esoterica, 5, pp.138-192. 

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This episode explores the concept of the Qliphoth, tracing its evolution

This episode offers an exploration of the life, works, and esoteric system of Franz Bardon (1909-1958), a Czech occultist who significantly influenced 20th-century Western esotericism. Bardon's seminal trilogy—"Initiation Into Hermetics" (1956), "The Practice of Magical Evocation" (1956), and "The Key to the True Quabbalah" (1957)—provides a comprehensive guide to his unique approach to Hermetic magic, which emphasizes self-mastery, elemental equilibrium, and spiritual transformation.

The episode analyzes Bardon's step-by-step methodology for developing the practitioner's mental, astral, and physical faculties, as well as his innovative interpretation of the Hermetic principles of correspondence and analogy. It also examines Bardon's syncretic integration of Eastern and Western spiritual practices, such as yoga, alchemy, and Kabbalah, into a universal system adaptable to various esoteric paths.

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Primary Sources: 

Bardon, F. (2001). Initiation Into Hermetics. Merkur Publishing. 

Bardon, F. (2001). The Key to the True Quabbalah. Merkur Publishing. 

Bardon, F. (2001). The Practice of Magical Evocation. Merkur Publishing.

Secondary Sources (Academic): 

Asprem, E. (2017). Occult Trajectories: Altered States, Drugs, and Magical Practices. Altered States and the Study of Religion, AAR Annual Meeting, Boston, MA. 

Asprem E. & K. Granholm (Eds.), Contemporary Esotericism (pp. 309-329). Routledge. Asprem, E. (2021). The Problem of Disenchantment: Scientific Naturalism and Esoteric Discourse, 1900-1939. State University of New York Press. 

Drury, N. (2011). Stealing Fire from Heaven: The Rise of Modern Western Magic. Oxford University Press. 

Dukes, R. (2020). Forbidden Rites: Perspectives on Demonic Evocation in the Internet Age. Correspondences, 8(2), 463-471. 

Faivre, A. (1994). Access to Western Esotericism. State University of New York Press.

Granholm, K. (2013). The Secular, the Post-Secular, and the Esoteric in the Public Sphere. In 

Hanegraaff, W. J. (2013). Western Esotericism: A Guide for the Perplexed. Bloomsbury Academic. 

Introvigne, M. (2018). Satanism: A Social History. Brill. Pasi, M. (2014). Varieties of Magical Experience: Aleister Crowley's Views on Occult Practice. Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft, 9(2), 123-162.

Secondary Sources (Non-Academic): 

Cavendish, R. (1970). The Black Arts. Putnam. 

Cicero, C., & Cicero, S. T. (2003). The Essential Golden Dawn: An Introduction to High Magic. Llewellyn Publications. 

Clark, N. (2010). Franz Bardon: The Magician of Opava. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. 

Knight, G. (2019). Franz Bardon: Questions & Answers and The Great Arcanum. Kerubim Press. 

Regardie, I. (1994). The Golden Dawn: The Original Account of the Teachings, Rites, and Ceremonies of the Hermetic Order. Llewellyn Publications.

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00:00 Introduction: Support Angela’s Symposium

02:27 Franz Bardon Early Life

04:07 Bardon’s Death

04:46 The System of Correspondences in Bardon's Magic

06:36 Correspondence Fire  (Tejas Tattwa)

07:13 Correspondence Water (Apas Tattwa)

07:57 Correspondence Air (Vayu Tattwa)

08:21 Correspondence Earth (Prithivi Tattwa)

09:10 Universal Law of Analogy

11:36 Kabbalah, Qabbalah, Quabbalah

11:53 Differences from the Golden Dawn etc.

14:23 The Quadripolar Magnet

16:24 Hermetic Principles

17:27 Core Principles 

19:02 Book: Initiation Into Hermetics

21:08 Special Magus Lecture on Bardon

22:02 Book "The Practice of Magical Evocation"

23:35 Book "The Key to the True Quabbalah"

25:05 Bardon’s Step-by-Step Approach

27:27 Theoretical Knowledge and Practical Exercises 

28:24 Self Mastery vs External Power 

30:46 Bardon’s Eclecticism

31:20 Perennialism

32:46 Criticisms and Challenges

37:42 Bardon’s Continued Influence

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We focus on George Ivanovich Gurdjieff's seminal work, Beelzebub’s Tales to His Grandson, a part of his trilogy All and Everything. This text provides deep insights into Gurdjieff’s understanding of spiritual progress and offers a unique perspective on self-identity within the context of self-spirituality and Western esotericism. Through the narrative, Gurdjieff presents a cosmological model known as the "Ray of Creation" and introduces the concept of the "Kundabuffer", a unique organ implanted in humans to distort their perception of reality.

Furthermore, the episode explores how Gurdjieff's ideas on the necessity of conscious effort for spiritual development contrast starkly with modern passive existences, where individuals react automatically to external stimuli. His teachings emphasize the transformative potential of embracing rigorous self-examination and disciplined spiritual practices.

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Maltabarova, M. (2019) 'The Concept of Human Self: George Gurdjieff’s Beelzebub’s Tales to His Grandson', Correspondences, 7(2), pp. 441-464.

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 Let's talk about the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. Was their magic truly a break from the past, or did it have roots in much older traditions? Let’s find out.

In the late 19th century, the Golden Dawn emerged as a beacon of the Western esoteric tradition, introducing what many considered novel magical practices. But a closer look reveals a different story. Today, we base our discussion on a critical examination of Alison Butler's influential thesis, positing that the Golden Dawn was a modern innovator using active visualization techniques and unmediated invocation methods. However, recent scholarship, particularly a study by Christopher A. Plaisance, challenges this view, suggesting these practices might not be as novel as once thought.

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Plaisance, C.A. (2014) 'Magic Made Modern? Re-evaluating the Novelty of the Golden Dawn’s Magic', Correspondences, 2(2), pp. 159-187.

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Dr Chris Cotter is Lecturer in Sociology and Religious Studies at The Open University. Chris specializes in all things ‘non-religious’, co-edits the journal Secularism & Nonreligion and co-founded The Religious Studies Project podcast. He is author of The Critical Study of Nonreligion, and co-edited After World Religions: Reconstructing Religious Studies.

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