Occult Confessions

By The Alchemical Actors

Discover the secret history of cults, witches, magicians, conspiracies and the supernatural with occultism scholar Rob C. Thompson. His crew of Alchemical Actors explore life’s mysteries with a ble

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Number 1: 30.11: Nintendo Goddess
How did the early female heroes and princesses of the first decade of video games follow the paradigm of the goddess journey? In this episode, Rob talks about everyone from Ms. Pac-Man to the Dragon Quest heroes and Princess Peach.
September 04, 20261h 23min
Number 2: 3.1: The Soul, A Brief History
Our brief history of the soul includes African ancestor worship, the Mayan creation story, Aristotle and Plato's ancient philosophical visions, Jewish mythology, the Islamic rational soul, the spiritualist Summer Land, Blavatsky's tripartite soul, and the conscious elevation of the New Age.
July 13, 20181h 13min
Number 3: 30.12: The Mario Mythos
In the final episode of our Japan series and Rob's mini series on video games, Rob reads the first chapter of "The Mario Mythos" setting out his theory that game heroes have become the protagonists of postmodern mythic systems.
September 18, 20261h 5min
Number 4: 30.3: The Pure Land (Part One)
Pure Land Buddhism is the most popular religion in Japan and is often regarded as parallel to Christianity in many wyays. In this episode, we uncover the origins of the Pure Land Sutras in India and trace their journey to China where they grew into a set of rituals.
May 15, 202652min
Number 5: 30.2: Shingon or Japanese Esoteric Buddhism
The goal of estoteric Buddhism is to achieve a sudden spiritual awakening through the use of secret rituals which might include mantras, gestures, or the visualization of Buddhas, bodhisattvas, and other deities, in the case of Shingon using one or both of a pair of powerful and elaborate mandalas. These techniques are passed down through a guru or teacher which is what gives them their esoteric or secret nature. Vajrayana focuses on transcending dualistic thinking and discovering the point of intersection between the core Buddhist values of wisdom and compassion.
May 01, 202656min