How is Kabbalah dynamic and fluid? Why should we STOP treating Agrippa’s writings like a pick-and-choose-magical-buffet, and instead as a system of spiritual illumination? What is Merkavah Mysticism? Dr. Justin Sledge - scholar, author, professor and proprietor of the ESOTERICA YouTube channel - shares about his latest research, insights into academic scholarship and answers your Glitch Bottle Patreon questions!
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___Episodes referenced from ‘ESOTERICA’___

*Introduction to Merkavah Mysticism - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaQt5fIjKGw
 
*Seminar on the Occult Philosophy of Agrippa - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsu7HW0ouVA&list=PLZ__PGORcBKxTXb5m5WBu4rAppTmvPVwe&index=16 
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00:00 Intro
4:23 Early interest in Occult studies
15:31 Letting texts speak for themselves!
20:36 Destroying the  “Fossils are Safe” mentality
29:22 Kabbalistic ‘Tree of Life’
49:29 Hermetic view of afterlife
59:40 Amulet protection in Judaism
1:08:31 Top book recommendations
1:14:47 Dr. Dan Attrell collab: Invisibilia Dei by Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa
1:21:07 Breaking Agrippa Misconceptions
1:32:04 Merkavah Mysticism
1:38:21 Being Famous
1:46:18 Bridging the ‘gap’: scholars vs. practitioners
1:57:13 Upcoming work & projects

Who is Mithras, and what were the Mythraic Mysteries practiced thousands of years ago? How was the cult organized? What role did Orphic metaphysics and architecture play in communicating its mysteries? Peter Mark Adams - author, poet and essayist specialising in the ethnography and visuality of ritual, sacred landscape, esotericism, consciousness and healing - shares about his latest tome: Ritual & Epiphany in the Mysteries of Mithras. The Secret Cult of Saturn in Imperial Rome, answers your Patreon supporter questions and more!
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Why should we challenge the assumption that the Greek magical text, the Hygromanteia, is really the source of the Key of Solomon? Why is Frankenstein’s Monster a better way to look at the collection of ‘Solomonic’ manuscripts? What is a ‘Solomonic network’ with ‘genes’, ‘nodes’ and ‘clusters’? Dr. Gal Sofer - scholar, medical doctor and translator - discusses his first book, Solomonic Magic: Methodology, Texts, and Histories (Brill 2025), answers your Patreon supporter questions and more!
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►⚡Dr. Sofer’s ‘Solomonic Magic’ tome - https://brill.com/display/title/64906

►✅Dr. Sofer’s Academia page: - https://bgu.academia.edu/GalSofer 
►▶️Dr. Sofer Lecture: Wisdom and Command | The Magical Seals of Solomon - https://youtu.be/iu5lPccZLyw?si=XdTw7iZwA2bUV9UP 
►▶️Dr. Sofer Lecture: From Seals to Pentacles| The Magical Seals of Solomon - https://youtu.be/zgjeysr5OK0?si=SLSiY04YxDt5U2mm 
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00:00 Intro
2:52 Esoteric + Medical interests
8:52 Deep Manuscript Interest
12:23 Genes, Nodes and Clusters
27:46 SSM and Manuscript Evolution
35:36 Role of Scribes in Narrative!
46:54 Liber Bileth Analysis
1:13:44 Key of Solomon Analysis
1:40:36 Ḥover Ḥaver and Babylonian Talmud
2:06:15 Hygromanteia Analysis
2:58:59 Future Work and Projects

What *actually* makes exorcisms effective? What are demons? What is the Catholic teaching on magic, grimoires and spirit summoning? Jimmy Akin - Catholic theologian, philosopher, author and host of ‘Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World’ - goes deep into magic, theology, testing spirits, near-death-experiences, answers questions from Patrons and more!
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►🌟Subscribe to Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World - https://sqpn.com/podcasts/jimmy-akins-mysterious-world/

___Episodes referenced from ‘Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World’___

*Old and New Rites of Exorcism - https://sqpn.com/2024/12/exorcism-the-old-and-new-rites-of-exorcism/ 
*St. Thomas Aquinas and the Occult - https://sqpn.com/2020/06/st-thomas-aquinas-and-the-occult/ 
*Near Death Experiences - https://sqpn.com/2019/02/mys027-the-mystery-of-near-death-experiences/
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What *actually* makes exorcisms effective? What are demons? What is the Catholic teaching on magic, grimoires and spirit summoning? Jimmy Akin - Catholic theologian, philosopher, author and host of ‘Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World’ - goes deep into magic, theology, testing spirits, near-death-experiences, answers questions from Patrons and more!
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►🌟Subscribe to Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World - https://sqpn.com/podcasts/jimmy-akins-mysterious-world/

___Episodes referenced from ‘Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World’___

*Old and New Rites of Exorcism - https://sqpn.com/2024/12/exorcism-the-old-and-new-rites-of-exorcism/ 
*St. Thomas Aquinas and the Occult - https://sqpn.com/2020/06/st-thomas-aquinas-and-the-occult/ 
*Near Death Experiences - https://sqpn.com/2019/02/mys027-the-mystery-of-near-death-experiences/
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00:00 Intro
4:08 What are demons?
16:13 What is possession?
20:37 What is an exorcist?
25:25 Different schools of exorcism
40:18 Imprecatory vs Deprecatory prayers
43:04 Thinking systematically about magic
47:53 Ancient, Medieval Magical Practices
53:30 Spell for a Good Singing Voice!
1:03:11 The Wise Men and Following a Star
1:22:51 Catechism on Magic
1:27:58 Curiosity vs Studiousness?
1:35:24 'Clerical Underworld' 
1:52:58 Thoughts on the Supernatural

Why is invoking directional winds vital in ceremonial magic? Who is the Shekinah, and why is calling this powerful feminine presence actually encrypted in the Solomonic tradition? David Rankine - author, esoteric researcher and magician - shares about his upcoming tome from Hadean Press - Claves Spirituum: Expanding the Horizons of Grimoire Conjuration. 
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00:00 Intro and Inspiration
22:18 Calling Wind Spirits
33:18 The Shekinah in Solomonic Magic
54:03 Updated Magical Circles
1:04:44 The Seat of Shamayim
1:16:17 Problems with ‘Back-loading Rituals’
1:36:24 Demon Bishops1:43:15 Pentacle Updates!1:57:57 Landscape Respect2:08:35 Accessibility and Mobility2:16:01 Pact and Contract Tips!2:33:52 Expanded Conjuration Sequence + New Prayers3:22:02 Future Projects

What does the Twelver Shi‘i Hadith tradition say about jinn, astrology, angels and necromancy? Dr. Amina Inloes -  scholar, researcher, educator, public speaker, and translator with a PhD in Islamic Studies from the University of Exeter - returns on the podcast to go deep into the Shi‘i hadith corpus!
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What is reverse divination? How do minerals, oils, and pigments reflect the deep alchemical process encrypted in painting? Amelia Passer - multidisciplinary artist, astrologer, and practitioner - shares about her creation process and her unique tarot deck composed of talismanic oil paintings called the Astro Magician’s Tarot which is currently live via Kickstarter!
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What is the Dark Man, known by many names throughout the centuries like The Devil, Old Scratch, The Dark Rider, The Old One, The Master, the Father of Witches? Is the Dark Man really pure evil, as many religions say? Is he a catalyst of novelty, transformation and change? What happens when we resist his call? Darragh Mason - writer, researcher, and award-winning travel and documentary photographer. Mason hosts the award-nominated podcast Spirit Box - goes deep into his excellent tome Song of the Dark Man. 
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What is the six-step ‘Solomonic Method’? How can understanding these ritual steps help us navigate almost any grimoire? We go step-by-step and recite the entire Heptameron in Latin from memory to illustrate the method.   
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► ✅Full ‘Heptameron’ text via EsotericArchives.com - https://www.esotericarchives.com/solomon/heptamer.htm

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► ✅David Rankine’s excellent post ‘Return of the Winds’ - https://www.davidrankine.com/post/return-of-the-winds

► ✅David Rankine’s website - https://davidrankine.com/

►📚’The Goetia of Dr. Rudd’ by Dr. Stephen Skinner and David Rankine - https://www.amazon.com/Goetia-Dr-Rudd-Sourceworks-Ceremonial/dp/0954763920

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00:00 Intro
4:05 Step 0 - License to Remain
7:37 Step I. Consecratio Dei
11:30 Step II. Invocatio
14:42 Step III. Evocatio
18:55 Step IV. Constrictio
23:32 Step V. Ligatio
28:16 Step VI. License to Depart
32:58 After Ritual Keys
34:50 FULL Heptameron in Latin (start)
1:01:14 Arabic Option
1:05:36 Vinculum
1:13:50 Infernal Thrones
1:20:00 Welcome & Binding
1:22:35 License