Who is the half-human, half-devil, contradictory and enigmatic character known as Merlin? What was his genesis in Arthurian legend? What is the account of Merlin’s sexual encounter with the enchantress Viviane, also known as the Lady of the Lake? What are the biggest misconceptions about this mercurial wizard?  Dr. Laura Campbell - Assistant Professor of Translation Studies and French in The School of Modern Languages and Cultures at Durham University - shares about an 800-year-old Merlin fragment found in a Bristol archive, answers your Glitch Bottle Patreon listener questions, and more! ⇓ ⇓ ⇓ ► ✅ Dr. Campbell’s co-authored book, “The Bristol Merlin” - https://www.amazon.com/Bristol-Merlin-Revealing-Medieval-Fragment/dp/1641894148 ► ✅Follow Dr. Campbell on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cambiechoo ► ✅Read about the 800-year-old Merlin Bristol fragment - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/sep/06/fragments-of-medieval-merlin-manuscript-found-in-bristol-library-reveal-chaster-story 

#109 - Merlin, Myth & Manuscripts with Dr. Laura Campbell | Glitch Bottle

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What is the Steganographia, the most notorious work of German Benedictine abbot and polymath Johannes Trithemius? Written in the year 1500, Is the Steganographia a text about the evocation of spirits, a system of cryptography where information is secretly encoded, or both? Internationally acclaimed author, practicing magician and scholar, Dr. Stephen Skinner, shares about his collaboration with Daniel Clark where all four books of the Steganographia are being published in English for the first time with extensive explanations. Dr. Skinner also answers your Patreon listener questions and so much more! ⇓ ⇓ ⇓►

#149 - Decrypting the Steganographia with Dr. Stephen Skinner | Glitch Bottle

What is the magic behind ink making? What does it mean to alchemically dissolve and transmute guns into a liquid solution used by magicians and artists to make marks on parchment and paper? How are slime amoeba and the intricate patterns they produce a living ink in-and-of themselves? Artist, esotericist and ink historian Thomas Little shares about the transformative power of metals and slime, answers your Patreon listener questions and so much more!⇓ ⇓ ⇓► ✅Subscribe to A.Rural.Pen. on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/a.rural.pen/ ►

#148 - Turning Guns into Ink & Slime Alchemy with Thomas Little | Glitch Bottle

Why is magic a relationship instead of only repetitive formulas found in a book? Why should we engage with spirits in our actual, physical areas where we live? Why is magic about encouraging the unlikely, not conjuring the impossible? Denis Poisson - practitioner, author and host of the esoteric YouTube channel Foolish Fish - stops by the podcast to talk about the foundations of magic in his new book ‘Hidden Paths’, gleaned from his years of direct esoteric experience.⇓ ⇓ ⇓►

#147 - Hidden Paths, Foolish Fish & The Vast Mind with Denis Poisson | Glitch Bottle

What does it take to found a magical institute? Why is in-depth learning so important, especially in an age of short attention spans? In a first-ever interview, the founder of IMBOLC (the independent Western magic distance learning training institute) Mstr. Agrippa, stops by the podcast. He’s joined by experienced magician and author Frater Acher, who is Agrippa’s former student when he was at IMBOLC. ⇓ ⇓ ⇓► ✅IMBOLC website - https://imbolc.com/ ► ✅Theomagica (Frater’s excellent blog): https://theomagica.com/ ✦

#146 - IMBOLC & Founding a Magical Institute with Mstr. Agrippa & Frater Acher

How is the veneration of Santa Muerte evolving? In Mexico City’s Tepito barrio, what wisdom does the first public altar dedicated to Santa Muerte reveal to us? Ed Calderon shares the latest trends and deep lessons learned in going public with his veneration of La Santa. Ed has worked in the fields of counter-narcotics, organized crime investigation, and public safety in the northern border region of Mexico for more than a decade. His study into the indigenous Méxican criminal culture, from occult practices to endemic modus operandi have led him to be recognized as one of the world’s preeminent researchers and trainers in the field of personal security that has come out of Mexico. He also answers your Glitch Bottle Patreon listener questions and more! ⇓ ⇓ ⇓► ✅Ed Calderon’s website: https://www.edsmanifesto.com/ ► 

#109 - Merlin, Myth & Manuscripts with Dr. Laura Campbell | Glitch Bottle

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