Khimaira

Being the sign that occupies my 6h, Scorpio season tends to be a time in which I begin thinking about how we are of service, to our communities, to our spirits, and sometimes even to ourselves. With that in mind, today I am welcoming back to the podcast Brother Moses to chat about his new community space and the Kickstarter campaign for the Holy Mountain Temple. Moses' plan involves the combination of maker space ideology with a cunning man's sense of value, which creates a synthesis that mimics the alchemist's ability to dissolve and then combine to create a work of art. We chat about the project, what services it will ideally bring to the Occult community, and how we can provide service back into it so as to maintain a fluid recycling of energy and value. We also talk a bit about the benefits of de-textualization, and a community's ability to share stories in a way that allows the text to re-conceptualize itself as a living body of praxis. All this and more, in today's episode of SaturnVox!

You can find out more on Moses, check out his linktree here, and check out the Kickstarter directly here

To find more on SaturnVox, check out their instagram and twitter @saturnvox, or, visit their website saturnvox.com.  If you want to support the show towards goals of better equipment, merch, and bonus material, please check out the Patreon at www.patreon.com/saturnvox.

Original music by Jules M. Dooley, traditional astrologer and sound artist. Follow his experiments with astrology + sound + ai visuals on IG: @glitches_in_the_night_sky

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The One-Straw Revolution by Masanobu Fukuoka

Today we are welcoming Brian Wilkins, magician, poet, and taijiquan teacher in the Hudson Valley, onto the podcast to chat about his recent poetry book, A Wheel of Small Gods, published through Revelore Press with art by Brennen Reece. This interview is chock full of praxis wisdom listeners won’t want to miss. How do we take our rituals and turn them into art? In what ways does inviting the spirits of the decans into our lives change the way we process pain and disease in the body? How does healing in the body affect emotional healing in the heart and mind? Where does the concept of Time fit into all this anyway? All these answers plus some laughs and poetry readings by Brian himself in today’s episode of SaturnVox.

You can find out more on Brian, check out his his work at www.wilkinsbrian.com or on Instagram @wilkinsbrian1

To find more on SaturnVox, check out their instagram and twitter @saturnvox, or, visit their website saturnvox.com.  If you want to support the show towards goals of better equipment, merch, and bonus material, please check out the Patreon at www.patreon.com/saturnvox.

Original music by Jules M. Dooley, traditional astrologer and sound artist. Follow his experiments with astrology + sound + ai visuals on IG: @glitches_in_the_night_sky

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Today we are celebrating the season two premiere of SaturnVox with a very special guest, author, magician, simple country metaphysician, and the man who wrote the book I first started learning tarot from, Lon Milo DuQuette! Lon and I were introduced by my friend and former podcast guest, CR Sanders, and I was very lucky to get a chance to talk with him back in July. It's a cozy, comfortable episode, jam packed with lots of wisdom and metaphysical nuggets of insight. We laugh, we joke, we chat angels and demons with a bit of erotic mysticism on the side! What is sex magic really all about? Can we evoke archangels? Where does the Will fit into it all, and what's the deal with that John Dee guy anyway? All this and more, on today’s episode of SaturnVox.

To find more on Lon Milo, please check out his website http://www.londuquette.com/, or follow him on Facebook here. You can also check out all the various books he has authored and published here.

To find more on SaturnVox, check out their instagram and twitter @saturnvox, or, visit their website saturnvox.com.  If you want to support the show towards goals of better equipment, merch, and bonus material, please check out the Patreon at www.patreon.com/saturnvox where one can join in on our book club and discord communities.

Original music by Jules M. Dooley, traditional astrologer and sound artist. Follow his experiments with astrology + sound + ai visuals on IG: @glitches_in_the_night_sky

Today we are celebrating the Season One finale of the podcast with a special guest and a beautiful conversation weaving fiction, cunning, and ethics all into one pot and serving it up to you all as a hearty stew to warm the soul. This week I am welcoming Dr. Alexander Cummins, contemporary cunning man and historian, onto the podcast where we chat a bit about what one can learn about magic and ethics from reading the outstanding work of fiction Johnathan Strange and Mr. Norell by Susanna Clarke. Al provides great insight and wisdom to the unpacking of this tale, by bringing his knowledge and understanding of the dead (folk necromancy), geomancy, and grimoire traditions to the table. This conversation does a lovely job on talking about so many things, like ravens, angelic language, melancholia, and doorways, but still centers on building an underlying awareness of respect, responsibility, and mutual understanding with ourselves and the world we all share. What can we learn about Kingship from the study of ravens? What does the history of treasure hunting teach us about magicians and cunning people of yore? How can a study of the four humors inform a more holistic approach to the care of self and others? All this and more, on today’s episode of SaturnVox.

To find more from Dr. Alexander Cummins, please check out and follow him on Instagram here. His published works and contributions to collections by Three Hands Press, Revelore Press, Hadean Press and Scarlet Imprint. He is a frequent speaker on the international circuit, co-hosts the podcast Radio Free Golgotha, and is a founding editor of Revelore Press’ Folk Necromancy in Transmission series. Dr Cummins’ work, classes, and services – such as divination, consultation, and coaching – can be found at www.alexandercummins.com. Folks can sign up for his Friends of English Magic mailinglist here: http://eepurl.com/dCQvOj. With respect to some of the things we discussed within the episode, Dr. Cummins also has a whole class-bundle (lecture recording + primary source scans and resources such as bibliography, etc) on necromantic dream incubation (including the onyx ring!): www.alexandercummins.com/talks/cousinofdeath

To find more on SaturnVox, check out their instagram and twitter @saturnvox, or, visit their website saturnvox.com.  If you want to support the show towards goals of better equipment, merch, and bonus material, please check out the Patreon at www.patreon.com/saturnvox.

Original Music by Jules M Dooley, traditional astrologer and sound artist. Follow his experiments with astrology + sound + ai visuals on IG: @glitches_in_the_night_sky

Show Notes 

Dr. Cummin’s interlinked blog series on JS&MrN and historical magic: The Rain Shall Make A Door

This week I am welcoming artist, diviner, and fellow podcast host, J M Hamade, on the air to do something new and fun, wherein we have recorded two interviews as offerings to the public by means of a little episode exchange. In this particular SaturnVox conversation, Jay and I discuss magic and astrology as seen through an aesthetic lens, as well as the ontological implications of mythos building and the ways in which we structure our Wellspring of Imagination. What makes the artist and the magician such similar company? What is significant about studying planetary myths where the traditional western style of mythos is challenged? In what ways might our ability as magicians to effect change in the world transform if we allow the imaginal to proceed and thereby inform the material? How does environment influence mythos and in what ways does it affect change onto our perspective of things otherwise assumed to maintain a fixed quality? All this and more, wordsmithed with intelligence and elegance by my new friend Jay, on this week’s episode of SaturnVox. Once you have finished listening to the episode, don’t forget to head over to Jay’s podcast @starnightdwell for more conversations on star lore, divination, aesthetics, and much more from myself as well as Jay’s other awe inspiring guests.

To follow Jay and his work, please check out his podcast on any popular podcasting platforms. You can find the book they helped translate and illustrate with Dr. Amina Inloes, the Shams al-Ma’arif, through Revelore Press here. Finally, don’t forget to check out all their class offerings and previous publications by visiting their website, here.

To find more on SaturnVox, check out their instagram and twitter @saturnvox, or, visit their website saturnvox.com.  If you want to support the show towards goals of better equipment, merch, and bonus material, please check out the Patreon at www.patreon.com/saturnvox.

Original music by Jules M. Dooley, traditional astrologer and sound artist. Follow his experiments with astrology + sound + ai visuals on IG: @glitches_in_the_night_sky

SHOW NOTES

Stalker directed by Andrey Tarkovsky

Weird Studies Podcast Episode 74 - A Luminous Parasite: Jung on Art, Part Two

This week I am welcoming folk witch and devotee to Babalon, Cooper Kaminsky. I have been dying to have a chat about Queerness in Kabbalah for some time now, and there really was no better person to ask than a non-binary Jewish witch if you ask me! Cooper gives us their insight into the intersection between the queer and Jewish experience, wisdom on both Babalon and the Shekinah, and we even find time to discuss what it means to embody the Middle Pillar along the Tree of Life. In true Mercurial fashion, Cooper's work as a Jewish practitioner and as a Babalon devotee has given them a perspective concerning issues between Jewish Mysticism and Thelema which might bridge the gaps left to rot between the two, founded in a message on the importance of remembering the roots of the practices we have changed and carried forward into the New Age of Western Esotericism. This episode touched on so many things that are immensely dear to my heart, and Cooper has such a wealth of wisdom both lived and gathered. The content of this episode is so important for Occulture at large in my opinion, and I am beyond delighted to share it with you now. It is truly an episode not to be missed.  

To follow Cooper and their work, please check out their website www.cooperkaminsky.com, where you can book intuitive readings and find information on all of Cooper’s other content. Please also check out their instagram @cooperkaminsky, and their December class on Jewish Folk Magic here.

To find more on SaturnVox, check out their instagram and twitter @saturnvox, or, visit their website saturnvox.com.  If you want to support the show towards goals of better equipment, merch, and bonus material, please check out the Patreon at www.patreon.com/saturnvox.

Original music by Jules M. Dooley, traditional astrologer and sound artist. Follow his experiments with astrology + sound + ai visuals on IG: @glitches_in_the_night_sky

SHOW NOTES

The Eloquent Blood by Dr. Manon White

Justin Sledge’s Esoterica Youtube Channel and his series on Jewish Mysticism

A Return to Eros: The Radical Experience of Being Fully Alive by Marc Gafni and Kristina Kincaid

Song of Myself, 51 by Walt Whitman 

This week I am welcoming Bishop Orlee Stewart, artist and witch, to talk about the magic of the internet, evoking sub-lunar spirits, and the benefits, as well as, dangers of using magic to embrace High Strangeness. Within this episode, we chat about other worlds, extra dimensions, and the joys of leaning into one’s True Will, along with the synchronicities that follow. We spend some time discussing the existence of aliens, the Ars Goetia, and Cthullian mythos, showcasing the wonders and horrors of embracing the unknown, the devilish, and the path of the Other. What does it mean to follow the Devil Current? Why is it important for magicians and witches of all types to begin accepting the existence of High Strangeness? How can working with demons actually be helpful? All this and more, in today’s episode of SaturnVox.

To follow Orlee and her work, please check out her youtube channel /orleestewart  and her website motherofabominations.com, where you can hear more of Orlee’s stories of strangeness and paranormal encounters, as well as check out all her etheric art.

To find more on SaturnVox, check out their instagram and twitter @saturnvox, or, visit their website saturnvox.com.  If you want to support the show towards goals of better equipment, merch, and bonus material, please check out the Patreon at www.patreon.com/saturnvox.

Original music by Jules M. Dooley, traditional astrologer and sound artist. Follow his experiments with astrology + sound + ai visuals on IG: @glitches_in_the_night_sky

SHOW NOTES

The Typhonian Trilogies by Kenneth Grant

Maat Magick: A Guide to Self-Initiation by Nema

Jerusalem by Alan Moore

Lesser Key of Solomon, Ars Goetia 

Hellier Documentary

Pseudomonarchia Daemonum: The False Monarchy of Demons by Johan Weyer

Secret Cipher of the Ufonauts by Dr. Allen Greenfield

Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin A. Abbott

Grimorium Verum

This week, I have with me Tamaryn, musician, witch, perpetual student of the cosmos, and owner of the store 'Major Arcana' in Half Moon Bay, California. This episode is a powerful expression of creativity, passion, and shadow work. As Saturnine witches, we tackle these subjects as they must be truly seen, beyond masks of virtue and bound instead by an intentional acknowledgment of the All-Being as paradoxical in nature. Tamaryn and I discuss all of this and more through a Thelemic, psychoanalytical, and astrological lens. From Jacques Lacan to Kenneth Grant. From Nico symbolically consuming Marc Almond's soul through song, to the groundbreaking work of Amodali. Above all, with a particular reverence for all of the publicly unknown priestesses and magicians on their own personal esoteric path toward embodiment of these currents that collectively act as the rising tide of a new aeon. What does it mean to follow one's True Will? How might we consume our demons to integrate shadow and flesh? How might we best become channels of communion between Heaven and Earth. I adored this conversation with a dear friend, and I hope you all find it as inspiring and enlightening as I did.

As a bonus for this episode, and to support the show, Tamaryn personally created a mix of songs meant to carry the emotions of her message, complete with a discussion on why each song was chosen. To hear the mix, along with Tamaryn's commentary, please consider signing up for the Patreon at www.patreon.com/saturnvox,

To follow Tamaryn and her work, please check out her instagram @tamarynmusic and her music page here. To view her store Major Arcana, and purchase her homemade magical wears, please visit the shop's website, www.shopmajorarcana.com

To find more on SaturnVox, check out their instagram and twitter @saturnvox or visit their website www.saturnvox.com.

Original music by Jules M. Dooley, traditional astrologer and sound artist. Follow his experiments with astrology + sound + ai visuals on IG: @glitches_in_the_night_sky

SHOW NOTES

When God Had a Wife by by Lynn Picknett and Clive Prince

Grant Morrison Disinfo Con Lecture

The Typhonian Trilogies by Kenneth Grant

Undertorah: An Earth-Based Kabbalah of Dreams by Jill Hammer

Amodali and Mother Destruction

Seeing Symbols Tarot Class with McCalla Ann of SaturnVox through the Cauldron Black

The Orphic Hymn to Hekatê, Annotated Translation by Adam Forrest

Andrew Chumbley’s Invocation of I, performed by Zane Lazos

Every DnD player knows that all parties are more fun when they include a good Bard. Mythos building and story-telling are one of the most basic skills that makes human consciousness so interesting. All social customs are built from myth, but as Mercury in their guise of Trickster will teach you, creating new myths is one of the best ways to subvert and redirect customs and social order. With that consideration in mind, I invited CR Sandars, otherwise known as Chris, onto the podcast to discuss the book he is currently writing, a memoir on magic and misadventure. Chris has been the Hollywood go to guy for production of esoteric and paranormal content, he is a seasoned and devoted magickal practitioner for over two decades with past affiliations and leadership roles in multiple occult orders and societies. Over the past decade, Chris has tracked patterns of progress and echoes of divine voices through various times and spaces. Now, in true Mercurial fashion, he is sharing his adventures and misadventures with us, demonstrating and imparting the wisdom of folly and the joy of Mercurial magic and bravery.

To follow Chris and his work, please check out his instagram @misterxofer and his IMDB page here. Chris can also be contacted directly via instagram DMs for astrological and tarot readings.

To find more on SaturnVox, check out their instagram and twitter @saturnvox or visit their website www.saturnvox.com. To support the show, please consider signing up for the Patreon at www.patreon.com/saturnvox, where behind the scenes content and videos are posted monthly.

Original music by Jules M. Dooley, traditional astrologer and sound artist. Follow his experiments with astrology + sound + ai visuals on IG: @glitches_in_the_night_sky

SHOW NOTES

Sphere & Sundry

Austin Coppock

Low Magick by Lon Milo DuQuette