Stirring the Cauldron

Stirring the Cauldron

By Marla BrooksReligion & Spirituality
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Stirring the Cauldron episodes

  • Episode 768: Jane Doherty-Aqakening the Mystiic Gift

    The word, 'psychic', has been shrouded in mystery for a long time. Now, finally, along comes a book that explores the power, explains it, reveals its purpose, and unravels the mystery of what it means to be psychic. In this groundbreaking memoir, the author invites the readers to look into her mind for the most up-close and intimate look into the 'gift', as she chronicles the developmental process of her own psychic ability from the earliest days of her spellbinding journey. Along with an inspiring and titillating story, Jane offers new spiritual revelations and gently encourages the readers to believe they, too, can be psychic. She includes a basic plan and a hypno-meditation in the appendix for those readers eager to start their own awakening process.

    57 min
  • Episode 767: Mike Steen-Funeral Director and Mortician To The Stars

    Mike has been a funeral service provider and mortician for 58 years, and in his capacity as a funeral director at Westwood Memorial Park in Los Angeles, he worked with the families of some of the biggest names in Hollywood when it became their times came to  rest in peace, and there are lots of stories to tell.  He is also the author of a 3 book series,  Celebrity Death Certificates.  Literally the last word for Hollywood trivia buffs, a celebrity death certificate is also strangely compelling.  It's matter-of-fact reportage makes the famous ordinary , illuminating previously well-lit the unfiltered light of the everyday. 

    59 min
  • Episode 766: Sara Mastros-The Big Book of Magical Incense

    The Big Book of Magical Incense is an invaluable hands-on guide to the vast world of magical incense. It provides tried-and-true recipes, advice on how to create your own formulas, and instructions on how to use incense in all sorts of magical practice.

    While the book requires no prerequisite knowledge, it is also appropriate for experienced magicians and learned pagans. The chapters are scaffolded, teaching about basic ingredients and skills, both practical and magical, in early chapters, and gently leading the reader to develop their own recipes, spells, and ritual practices as they move through the book.

    1 hr
  • Episode 765: Dinah Roseberry Animal Spells and Magic

    When Dinah Roseberry and I were presenters at WitchCon 2024 last week, our topic was Animal Spells and Magic, which came from my book of the same name.  There was so much to cover in the time we were given,  lots of information got left out, so we decided that we would pick up where we left off this week on the show.   

    59 min
  • Episode 764: Nick Redfern=Diary of Secrets

    Cold-hearted murders made to look like suicides and accidents. Classified government documents fallen into the wrong hands. Explosive diaries. Powerful people with dangerous agendas. Government people prowling around. Hollywood conspiracies. Frightened people with disturbing secrets to hide. Wild sex. Drugs. Crazy parties and flowing booze. At the very heart of it all, an amazing story of UFOs, aliens, Roswell, Area 51, and the life and death of a beautiful, but scarred, icon: none other than one of the most famous and loved actors of the 20th century: Marilyn Monroe.

    58 min
  • Episode 763: Dana Driscoll-Land Healing
    Your hands can help to heal the earth. This comprehensive guide to land healing for neopagans and Earth-based spiritual practitioners allows those who have a desire to regenerate and heal human-caused damage throughout our world to make a difference. The book provides tools and information to take up the path of the land healer with care, reverence, and respect to all beings. It uses a flexible framework that allows one to address any land-healing situation. A framework that includes physical land healing, such as gardening, permaculture practices, creating refugia, and wild tending, as well as metaphysical healing techniques such as rituals, prayers, ceremonies, energetic healing, palliative care, meditations, psychopomp work, and much more. It also teaches the process of witnessing and deep listening and spiritual self-care, as well as how to create an earth healer's crane bag. Address the challenges of the present age and learn ways to heal the earth to bring forth a brighter tomorrow. The book will available March 28th and you can pre-order right now.
    59 min
  • Episode 762: Lawren Leo-Loves Shadows-Nine Crooked Paths
    Leo's collection offers nine crooked paths hidden in perpetual shadow. Each is dark, yet alluring. Which will you take? Which story have you lived? Which story will you live next?Modern-day Fifth Avenue becomes the scene of a murder stretching back in time to the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79AD.A diva confronts long lost love and stolen gold during her final performance at the New York Metropolitan Opera House.A jet-set crowd gathers for Halloween as witchcraft, love, and celebrities collide on Fire Island.In the manner of Edgar Allen Poe and The Grimm Brothers, these love stories are wonderfully alarming and seductively tragic.A galaxy of engaging stories about the ultimate price of love. Enter the world of Love's Shadow: Nine Crooked Paths.
    59 min
  • Episode 761: Denise Alvarado-Marie Leveau Voodoo Grimoire
    The Marie Laveau Voodoo Grimoire is a practical guide to New Orleans-style magic inspired by the life and traditions of Marie Laveau—the eternal and enduring Queen of New Orleans Voodoo. This is a working grimoire, or spell book, created for the modern witch and Conjure worker that provides formulas and recipes for solving the problems of daily living and enhancing quality of life using the Laveau Voodoo tradition.More than just a collection of spells, The Marie Laveau Voodoo Grimoirecontains tips and recommendations for improving one’s spell-crafting skills and living a magical, spiritual life. The author draws upon her own Creole heritage to bring this unique and regional style of magic to the greater public in a clear and accessible way. 
    59 min
  • Episode 760: JD Walker-Magical Ink
    The last time that JD paid us a visit, we were talking about her latest book, A Witch's Book To Wildcraft and at some point, she mentioned working with magical ink. That subject peaked my curiosity and  invited her back to talk about it and here it is.
    59 min
  • Episode 759: Bill Randall-The Haunted USS Edson
    The USS Edson is a National Historic Landmark and only one of the two surviving Forrest Sherman-class destroyers.  Since 2012, the USS Edson DD-946 has been docked along the Saginaw River as the Saginaq Valley Naval Ship Museum. It earned it's nickname, The Grey Ghost of The Vietnamese Coast not because it had ghosts aboard and the story is a wonderful one, but these days, there are real ghosts aboard this haunted ship and Bill Randall, a volunteer who has thousands of tours of the ship for many years, can certainly vouch for that and has lots of stories about happenings to him, and others on the ship during paranormal investigations. Listen in and hear about the sailor who took is own life on the ship, and  manysightings of Paul Spampanato, who died of a heart attack suffered aboard the vessel on Thanksgiving in 1999. The USS Edson has lots of stories to tell and Bill Randall is the go-to guy to tell them.
    45 min

About Stirring the Cauldron

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Host Marla Brooks stirs the cauldron every Thursday night at 9:00 PM ET on Para X with interesting guests from both the Pagan and Paranormal realms.

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