In the opening episode of Season 3, Sara & Adithya discuss the brief history of how Astrology came to be, among other things.

Sources:

Battistini, M. (2007). Astrology, Magic, and Alchemy in Art. United States: J. Paul Getty Museum.

Campion, N. (2008). A history of western astrology volume I: The ancient and classical worlds. Bloomsbury Publishing.Campion, Nicholas and Gale Dreyer, Ronnie, ‘Indian Astrology’, in David Kim (ed.), Modern History of Asian Religions, Leiden: Brill, 2015, pp 163-191

Holden, J. H. (2006). A History of Horoscopic Astrology. United States: American Federation of Astrologers.

In the final episode of the saga of Tarot, Adithya and Sara discuss readings, their types, along with a live reading of Adithya's and Sara's day(s).

Sources:

Dr.Semetsky's website- https://innasense.org/

Gilbert, J., & Greer, J. M. (2023). Beginning Tarot Readings. In The Doors of Tarot. Aeon Books Ltd.

Continuing the exploration of Tarot , Adithya and Sara discuss the Major and Minor Arcanas.

Sources:

Semetsky, I. (01 Jan. 2013). The Edusemiotics of Images. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-055-2

In the opening of Season 2, Adi and Sara untangle the history of Tarot.

Sources:

Auger, E.E. (2016). Cartomancy and Tarot in Film: 1940-2010 (1st ed.). Intellect.

Fortune Telling by Tarot Cards : A Beginner's Guide to Understanding the Tarot - Sasha Fenton

Aphek, E., & Tobin, Y. (1990). Semiotics of fortune-telling. John Benjamins Publishing Company.

The Edusemiotics of Images - Inna Semetsky (https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-055-2)

Who is La Llorona and why is she crying? Why does La Patasola have only one leg? Who are the Duendes with their penchant for stealing cups? Listen to all this and personal stories from Pareekh, Adithya, and the wonderful Sara Echeverri (Instagram:@saraecheverriduque)

Sources:

La Llorona:

From the Munochwa of the UP to Naale baa of Karnataka, Pareekh and Adithya discuss Indian ghosts.

Sources: 

Korrivu

https://www.reddit.com/r/india/comments/1vdzp3/what_are_your_favourite_ghost_stories_or_urban/

Village deities:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Village_deities_of_South_India

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aiyanar

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karuppu_Sami

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariamman

Munochwa

https://www.scoopwhoop.com/culture/the-chilling-tale-of-the-muhnochwa/

Kuchisake onna

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuchisake-onna

De monte

https://theculturetrip.com/asia/india/articles/why-de-monte-colony-is-chennais-most-haunted-neighborhood/

In this episode Pareekh, Adithya and Vijayalakshmi Mohan discuss cults, from Heaven's gate to the Fall river cult. 

Sources:

Etymology of cult

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cult

Cult religion difference

https://www.wheelercentre.com/notes/what-s-the-difference-between-a-religion-and-a-cult

Flying spaghetti monster

https://www.spaghettimonster.org/

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Flying-Spaghetti-Monster

Heaven's gate cult

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Applewhite#Mass_suicide

https://www.heavensgate.com/

Fall river cult

https://cvltnation.com/sex-satanism-sacrificial-slaughter-fall-river-cult-murders-1979-80/

Paper that we referred for cult behaviour

M. Rousselet, O. Duretete, J.B. Hardouin, M. Grall-Bronnec,

Cult membership: What factors contribute to joining or leaving?,

Psychiatry Research,

Volume 257,

2017,

Pages 27-33,

ISSN 0165-1781,

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2017.07.018.

(https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165178116319941)

Baphomet

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baphomet

Song by porcupine tree

Last chance to evacuate planet earth before it is recycled

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqPDiF6N99A

In this episode, Pareekh and Adithya try to explore monsters and entities pertaining to sea/ocean lore. Who is cursed Dahul? What method of killing is common to the Icelandic Nykur and La siguanaba from El Salvador? Listen to this episode to find out!

Source:

Sailor superstitions

https://blackthornandstone.com/2020/05/21/here-be-monsters-sailor-stories-nautical-folklore/

Jolly roger

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/anthropology-in-practice/why-did-pirates-fly-the-jolly-roger/

Popeye and spinach

https://www.neatorama.com/2015/10/01/Popeye-and-the-Great-Spinach-Myth/

Sihuanaba

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sihuanaba

Baba Yaga

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baba_Yaga

Draugen

https://izi.travel/en/b530-creatures-of-norwegian-mythology/en

Nacken

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixie_(folklore)

Skogsra

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skogsr%C3%A5

Nykur

http://www.orkneyjar.com/folklore/nokk2.htm

Kraken

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kraken

Mermaid

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mermaid

Siren

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siren_(mythology)

What is your level of preparedness against a Zombie according to the CDC? This episode Pareekh and Adithya discuss Zombies. From a famous game franchise to real zombie ants, and even their choice of weapons for a zombie apocalypse. 

Sources:

CDC Blog:

https://blogs.cdc.gov/publichealthmatters/2011/05/preparedness-101-zombie-apocalypse/

Zombie ants:

Lin, WJ., Lee, YI., Liu, SL. et al. Evaluating the tradeoffs of a generalist parasitoid fungus, Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, on different sympatric ant hosts. Sci Rep 10, 6428 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-63400-1

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/cordyceps-zombie-fungus-takes-over-ants

Last of us:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_of_Us

Leicester study:

https://www2.le.ac.uk/offices/press/press-releases/2017/january/zombie-apocalypse-would-wipe-out-humankind-in-just-100-days-students-calculate

Zombie etymology

https://www.history.com/topics/folklore/history-of-zombies

https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/10/how-america-erased-the-tragic-history-of-the-zombie/412264/

Cotard’s syndrome:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4271387/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotard_delusion