Alex Kazemi, author of 'Pop Magick: A Simple Guide To Bending Your Reality', is on the show to talk about using magick and magickal rituals to bend reality, but also how magick has both helped and harmed him on his path into, and through, substance addiction and early fame. We also talk about learning to free ourselves from the simulation of mainstream consumer reality, why the dogmas of the occult world are holding magickal practitioners back, drug-induced psychosis, and even NoFap as a powerful practice of inner alchemy.

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• What is Magick
• The theatre of modern culture
• What about occam's razor? Why do we need a higher power to understand Magick
• What is reality; what is freedom?
• Magical perspective vs magical practice
• Accessing desire deeper than material
• Being selfish and self-centred with your magical power
• Pop magick and the dogma of the occult
• Magick as a non-discriminatory spiritual option
• The value of tradition vs the cage of dogma
• Spirits and how we create entities
• The value of accessing a higher power
• Magick as a frame of reference for psychotherapy
• Healing trauma and addiction with magic
• How Magick both helped and harmed Alex's journey through addiction
• The anatomy of a magical ritual
• Accessing natural energy, within and without
• An important risk with doing Pop Magick
• Using magic to feed our addictions
• Abstract outcome vs specific outcome
• How questing for our own desires can hurt others
• James' journey into addiction and drug-induced psychosis
• Sigil Magick and candle Magick
• Charging your Magickal symbols
• Suspending Disbelief; Just give it a go
• Drug Magick
• Why Alex avoids drug Magick
• Sex Magick
• Nofap, porn, and inner alchemy
• The dangers of porn for young minds
• Pornography addiction

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