In this very special show we talk with author Grant Wamack about Phil Tippett's total masterpiece Mad God, the importance of difficult material, censorship, weed, UFOs, fighting the good fight with storytelling, those magical moments when the trees talk back, and much more. Grant has two new books out this year, because he is a monster, and you should read them both immediately:

Black Gypsies: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0B6HPWNVW/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1

God's Leftovers: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1685100597/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i4

Matt is an author, artist, poet, and friend to all woodland creatures. His social feeds are among the most worthwhile posts on the internet, containing creatures he finds along his wanderings both in photograph and in paint. We talk about personhood, feeling out relationships with nonhuman mortals, grace in flow, radical joy, offering art, and more.

Matt's work: https://matthewstansberry.com/

I recommend this essay of his: http://zoomorphic.net/2017/05/after-the-bear/

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For our 20th episode we hang out with our sister show's host and talk childhood video games, writing letters, merit and kata, old stories, and everything else you can expect to hear when three best bros heat up the mics.

Follow Tim's show here and don't forget to donate to either or both of our shows if you appreciate them. We run on love.

http://www.nightbirdpodcast.com/

We talk about Prometheus, St. Cyprian, conspiracies, uberwyrd New England, Lovecraft & King, fear of death, where religion meets animism, and a bunch more stuff. This episode features some of Jacks very special stories of his experiences and subsequent research breakthroughs on the trail of the sorcerer saint. A true honor to host on this one.

Just a bonus blessing and uncrossing from the Rev in honor of his patron saint.

Listen with focus, throw around some smoke and holy water, light a candle and make the sign of the cross whenever there's a long pause.

May you have a very enchanted Cyprianmas.

We talk with diviner and somatic sex therapist in training Marissa Gamberutti about sex and intimacy; the psychology and metaphysics therein, how they can relate to preferences & kinks, the practice of being a-monogamous, the omniscience of Clippy, the strange male obsession with duration, being othered, being humanized, pedophiles and more.

As mentioned, we get neck deep in murky waters at points in this one, but we cope with dick jokes and shit.

One of the most magical movies. A cute horror film. The kinder hero's journey. Glitter. A densely embedded backstory. David Fucking Bowie. Unnecessary apologies. Fairy Kings & dangerous hot guys. Growing out of your parents. Raising magical children. New ancestral traditions. New lineage magics. Classic Doctor Who. The sad fate of the real Dobby. The obvious origins of Hogwarts. And much, much more. Ann is not a public person so this was a real treat to get to show off how great one of our best friends really is. You're welcome!

Buy Rev's two new chapbooks here (with cover art by Kurt!):

https://www.etsy.com/shop/Numinauts?ref=simple-shop-header-name&listing_id=1303828229

We were absolutely thrilled to hang out with our magical podfather from Spirit Box and talk about the first season of Fargo, the Dark Man, initiations, podcasting, photography, recognition, taking ourselves too seriously in the magic world, djinn tales, and so much more. Darragh really brought the feeling of sharing a pint with your wizard mates to this one, as he does to every episode of Spirit Box, and it was truly a blast. Do listen to his show if you somehow haven't:

https://www.podbean.com/podcast-detail/3zc8m-d2283/Spirit-Box-Podcast

Darragh's photography: https://www.darraghmason.com/index/G0000GfXkTgiFkjg/I0000mp4PPBpN8CA

Musician, composer, and Appalachian Trail hiker Tim Woody joins us to talk about trails and paths, his experiences hiking for long distances, solitude, agency, whether or not it matters if we even have any, his wonderful new project to hook up orchestral musicians with composers, and a bunch of other stuff. This was just before Tim headed back out on the trail and he was gracious enough to offer us a few of his original compositions and recordings to adorn this special engagement.

Enjoy.

https://m.facebook.com/Timmy-and-the-Draft-Dodgers-1910441675929802/

This is a deep dive into the nuance and difficulty involved in communicating effectively with the Other. Three fans of angels talk shop in reference to Arrival's masterful, if unintentional, depiction of what it be like talkin with flappy bois.

Take a shower, put on something white, and bust out the frankincense.

It's a good one.