Spirits and Psychics

Our interview with Debbie Griggs offers a different take on connection to the spiritual realm. A self-described photo psychic who gets huge impressions and information from just a picture of someone. She also has rather accurate world predictions that has grown her following over the last ten years. A thought-provoking exploration of how things can make sense on the other side.

For more Debbie, check out her vibrant Youtube channel Photo Psychic Debbie , her podcast Psychic Debbie Griggs Spiritual Knowledge or her website Psychic Debbie.com.

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Morgan takes Norm into the second part of Edgar Cayce's story. This included the groundwork for what would become his legacy, his continued failures at capitalism and his mainstream recognition.

Sources & Further Reading:

• Kirkpatrick, Sidney D. Edgar Cayce: An American Prophet. Riverhead Books, 2001. 
• Sugrue, Thomas, and Mitch Horowitz. There Is a River: The Story of Edgar Cayce. A.R.E. Press, 2018. 

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Edgar Cayce is one of the most famous of the historical psychics due to the legacy his work left behind. Writings published after his death, informed New Age thought in the 20th Century. But that doesn't that he was shockingly uncurious about his abilities or the world. He illustrates that the course of true psychism never did run smooth. This episode, Morgan takes Norm into the first half of Cayce's life where he among many other things, seemed to fall for every get-rich-quick scheme he possibly could.

Sources & Further Reading:

• Kirkpatrick, Sidney D. Edgar Cayce: An American Prophet. Riverhead Books, 2001. 
• Sugrue, Thomas, and Mitch Horowitz. There Is a River: The Story of Edgar Cayce. A.R.E. Press, 2018. 

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Morgan and Norm sit down with well-known psychic Michael Bodine to talk about the realities of living with psychic abilities as well as the ups and downs of being a practicing psychic. Michael shares an intimate portrait of his growing up in a family taken over by psychic interest and his own reluctant embracing of his abilities. He shares his hot take that not everyone needs a psychic reading! What's the role of intention, intuition, free-will -- and can guides be from other planets? Listen and find out!

Further Reading:

• Bodine, Michael. A Psychic’s Life: What It’s Really Like. Llewellyn Publications, 2018. 
• Bodine, Michael. Growing up Psychic: From Skeptic to Believer. Llewellyn Publications, 2010. 

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What does seeing a psychic have to do with guys talking to angels in the 1500s? More than you'd think! Morgan takes Norm into psychism as a phenomenon, including best practices for engaging with psychics as well as a walk into the history of how we got here. From the Oracle at Delphi to Elizabethan Europe to daytime television in the '90s, Morgan and Norm get deeper into their namesake.

Sources & Further Reading:

• Ashe, Geoffrey. The Secret History of Hell-Fire Clubs: From Rabelais and John Dee to Anton LeVay and Timothy Leary. Bear & Company, 2019. 
• Lockett, Rachel. “The Oracle of Delphi: The Ancient Greek Fortuneteller.” History Cooperative, 13 Dec. 2023, historycooperative.org/the-oracle-of-delphi/. 
• Moye, David. “Dead Psychic’s Legacy Included Speaking for Dead People - Who Were Alive.” HuffPost, HuffPost, 22 Nov. 2013, www.huffpost.com/entry/sylvia-browne_n_4317470. 

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When our body hurts we see a doctor, but what do we do when our souls hurt? Morgan and Norm sit down with a Brazilian shamanic practitioner, Augusto Monteiro to discuss his work in the unseen world. From the cosmology of Jurema to the new magical frameworks of Archangelismo, they discuss what tools Augusto uses to provide real help to his clients as well as just what sorts of problems a shamanic practitioner can solve.

For more information on Augusto: https://www.augusto-monteiro.com/

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A book that is meaningful to one person can be... deeply annoying to another. Morgan and Norm discuss the book The Surrender Experiment! They break down the most useful take aways, Norm's gripes with the author's writing style and examine just what it means to walk the spiritual path.

No reading of the book is necessary! But if you're interested in learning more about the author, Michael Singer and his work, visit the Temple of the Universe store: https://tou.org/books-inspiration/

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What is a guru anyway? Are they enlightened teachers we search the world for or are they just what we would call a cult leader? Morgan and Norm discuss the useful aspects of the guru path as well as what makes surrendering to a teacher so difficult. They explore the idea of the crazy-wise guru Tim Leary dreamed of being and contrast it to the guru encounters of Ram Dass. Whether you have a guru, want one, or thing the entire set up is a scam, the relationship between student and teacher is more nuanced than it appears.

Sources & Further Reading:

• Feuerstein, Georg. The Holy Madness: Spirituality, Crazy-Wise Teachers, and Enlightenment. Hohm Press, 2006. 
• Tredwell, Gail. Holy Hell: A Memoir of Faith, Devotion, and Pure Madness. Wattle Tree Press, 2013. 
• Self Realization Fellowship Online Meditation Center, onlinemeditation.yogananda.org. 
• Siddha Yoga Shaktipat Initiation, siddhayoga.org.
• Harris, Lis. “O Guru, Guru, Guru.” The New Yorker, 7 Nov. 1994, www.newyorker.com/magazine/1994/11/14/o-guru-guru-guru. 

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While Ram Dass is finding his guru in India, Timothy Leary is a counter culture celebrity. Morgan takes Norm into Leary's prison escapes, misadventures in exile and losing all his credibility. They evaluate Leary as an archtype of a crazy-wise guru but not before dipping into the unexpected revolutionary environment of 1970s Algeria, Leary's similarities with Aleister Crowley and all the women who helped get him out of prison.

Sources & Further Reading:

• Higgs, John, and Winona Ryder. I Have America Surrounded: The Life of Timothy Leary. Thistle Publishing, 2013. 
• Davis, Steven L., and Bill Minutaglio. Most Dangerous Man in America: Timothy Leary, Richard Nixon and the Hunt for the Fugitive King of LSD. Hatchette Book Group, 2018. 
• Aman, Jacob. “Protecting the Living Earth.” Future Primitive Podcasts, 28 Mar. 2023, futureprimitive.org/. 
• Selby, John, and Paul Davids. Blowing America’s Mind: A True Story of Princeton, CIA Mind Control, LSD and Zen. Yellow Hat Productions, 2018. 
• Reynolds , Gareth, and Dave Anthony. “Timothy Leary Part 2.” The Dollop, episode 434. 
• James Penner, P.hD. “The Wonderful and Absurd Life of Rosemary Woodruff Leary: Fashion Icon, Fugitive, and Psychedelic Pioneer (Part Two: Freedom and Unfreedom).” Chacruna, 11 Aug. 2021, chacruna.net/rosemary-woodruff-leary-fashion-icon-fugitive-and-psychedelic-pioneer-part-two/. 
• Phillips, David F. Psychedelic Refugee: The League for Spiritual Discovery, the 1960s Cultural Revolution, and 23 Years on the Run. Park Street Press, 2021. 

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