What makes a book of magic forbidden? Dr. Sophie Page is Associate Professor in History at UCL (University College London), and a lecturer in medieval history. In 2013, Dr. Page published Magic in the Cloister: Pious Motives, Illicit Interests, and Occult Approaches to the Medieval Universe. Dr. Page shares so much on how a group of monks dealt with illicit texts, she answers your Glitch Bottle Patron questions, and so much more!

►Get “Magic In The Cloister” - http://www.psupress.org/books/titles/978-0-271-06033-0.html
►Dr. Page’s works and background - https://www.ucl.ac.uk/history/people/academic-staff/dr-sophie-page

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How does someone journey from a skepticism of magical practice and engagement with spirits to working powerful rituals? How does the dynamic work between two magical practitioners along this journey? Ceremonial magician and author Bryan Chassan and his wife Charity Chassan both stop by the podcast to share about their respective journeys and magical dynamics! Such a pleasure to find out more about Charity’s story and workings, and to chat with Bryan again!

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Author and scholar, Rabbi Yosef M. Cohen, has been sharing his studies and research of the practical side of Kabbalah - which is Jewish magic -for several years. He is the author of “Magnus Liber Sigillorum” which explores magical alphabets and recipes culled from ancient and medieval Jewish manuscripts of magic and practical Kabbalah. His latest book, “Behold with this Ring”, details 21 magical rings in the Jewish tradition. Rabbi Cohen also talks about the use of swords and stones in the Jewish magical tradition, answers your Patreon listener questions, and more!

*Check out Rabbi Cohen’s Magical Blog - https://jewishmagic.blogspot.com/
*Check out “Behold With This Ring” - https://www.amazon.com/Behold-This-Michael-Yosef-Cohen-ebook/dp/B07ZPKPFGH
*Check out “Magnus Liber Sigillorum” - https://www.amazon.com/Magnus-Liber-Sigillorum-Michael-Yosef/dp/1981699783

How can we avoid working at cross-purposes with magic? What are magical vessels, and how are they used to build magical pressure? How are magical sigils used as coded information? In this second part of a two part conversation, Aidan Wachter (author, talismanic jeweler and dirt sorcerer) shares about all these topics, answers your Glitch Bottle Patron questions and more!

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Check out Aidan’s music: https://aidanwachter.bandcamp.com/

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What is ‘ur-sorcery’ or ‘dirt sorcery’? How can magicians practically work with visions, sigils, intentions and ritual to bring about effective magical change and access other realms to work with spirits and energies? Why is it important to never forget working with the body? The esoterically-awesome Aidan Wachter - author, talismanic jeweler and dirt sorcerer - stops by the podcast to share on all these issues, answer your Glitch Bottle Patron questions and more!

Get ‘Six Ways’ and learn more: http://www.aidanwachter.com/sixways
Check out Aidan’s talismanic jewelery: http://www.aidanwachter.com/store
CHeck out Aidan’s music: https://aidanwachter.bandcamp.com/

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How come no one has written a novel based on Solomonic magic, that neither romanticizes magic nor treats it as a game, but shows fidelity to the grimoires? Ah, not so fast - your wish was granted back in 1968 when James Blish’s novel Black Easter was published! Here’s a quick review with some quotes. Much thanks to Dr. Stephen Skinner for sharing about Black Easter in his books and in conversations.

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How can magicians practically and effectively work with spirits in the land, the sea and the air? How often do magicians examine their own patterns of thought and action to make lasting magical results in their spheres? The excellent Josephine McCarthy - author, occultist, magical teacher, and esoteric badass - returns on the podcast to share on all these issues, answer your Glitch Bottle Patron questions and more!

Check out Josephine’s Quareia course here: https://www.quareia.com/

What can go wrong for a magician if the operation isn’t executed properly? Of the five senses, which ones do spirits appear stronger in versus others? How do ritual offerings factor in, both before and after an operation? Internationally acclaimed author, practicing magician and scholar, Dr. Stephen Skinner, chats about these topics and answers other Glitch Bottle Patron questions in this latest episode!

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What is the Ars Notoria, and how did it help people in the Middle Ages work with angels to rapidly learn complex subjects? Where did these incredibly mysterious “notae” or illustrations, come from? What’s the relationship between the Ars Notoria and the Lemegeton? Internationally acclaimed author, practicing magician and scholar, Dr. Stephen Skinner, returns to talk about a wonderful tome he released with Daniel Clark “Ars Notoria: The Grimoire of Rapid Learning by Magic”. This is the first time an English text oriented to practitioners has ever been published along with manuscript images of full sets of notae.

Get “The Ars Notoria: The Grimoire of Rapid Learning by Magic” here: ►http://www.sskinner.com/books2.htm#arsnotoria
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In this second part of our two-part discussion, author and magician BJ Swain stops by to continue discussing his tome “Living Spirits: A Guide to Magic in a World of Spirits”. We discuss the importance of the Olympic Spirits in the Arbatel, necromancy, the context and controversy surrounding ‘spirit possession’, and so much more.

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►Check out BJ’s blog: http://blog.ararita418.com/