Stirring the Cauldron

When Miss Aida was on my show last August, we talked about her book, Hoodoo Cleansing and Protection Magic. With this visit, we've switched over to some of those things we need Protection Magic for. This book is a unique collection of spells features serious, hard-hitting, fast-paced, hot, and STRONG works of revenge and justice. Not for the lady-hearted or faint of spirit, the book includes full instructions for making and torturing doll-babies, imprisoning your enemies in coffin boxes, and freezing unwanted people out of your life. Using pins, needles, nails, feces, candles, oils, powders, and graveyard dirt, Miss Aida teaches you exactly how to torment, jinx, and mess up your adversaries and foes. Now you too can benefit from the malevolent secrets of cursing and crossing, passed down through the generations, and brought to your fingertips in one handy spell-packed book.

Bring traditional methods of healing and magic into the modern world with this impressive book on Ozark folk magic. Providing lore, verbal charms, healing plants, herbal recipes, magical tools and alignments, and more, folk healer Brandon Weston sheds light on the region's secretive culture and shows you how to heal both yourself and others. Ozark Folk Magic invites you to experience the hillfolk's magic through the eyes of an authentic practitioner. Learn how to optimize your healing work and spells according to the moon cycles, zodiac signs, and numerology. Explore medicinal uses for native Ozark plants, instructions for healing magical illnesses, and how modern witches can feel at home with Ozark traditions. Combining personal stories and down-to-earth advice, this book makes it easy to incorporate Ozark folk magic into your practice.

Erich von Däniken's monumental Chariots of the Gods changed the way generations have looked at mythology, ancient history, and the possibility of advanced beings from other worlds visiting Earth. Now he tackles the history of Greece and again challenges our beliefs about how our civilization arose. Using painstaking archaeological research and evidence from the writings of Plato and Aristotle, he suggests that the Greek "myths" were, in fact, very much a reality, that the Greek "gods" were actually extraterrestrial beings who arrived on Earth many thousands of years ago. Philip Coppens was not only a good friend of von Daniken, he was also a colleague and the editor of Odyssey of the Gods. Many who have read the book may find von Däniken's conclusions astounding, but they are argued with such vigor and clarity that you'll be forced to consider the implications of his findings for mankind.

I always knew that my Grandmother Grace had practiced automatic writing and she told me about some of what messages that were sent to her, but I never spoke to her in depth about it. When she passed, she left a legacy of those writing sessions, and I was recently given those precious papers. I generally knew about what automatic writing was about, but after reading through some of Gram's pages, more and more questions about the process kept popping up in my head, so I called upon Tim Shaw, my go-to guy for all my metaphysical quandaries. He not only answered my specific questions, but also added lots of general information, so at that point, we decided that since neither of us had really done shows on automatic writing before, it was high time to do so. Having Grandma Grace's writing sessions to refer to and talk about, that personal touch made a generally informational show much more compelling.

In his wonderfully informative book, readers will explore the realm of the ancestors with the late author and Pagan scholar Raven Grimassi. In his fascinating and far-ranging guide, you will learn practices and rituals both ancient and new for communing with the ancestors, including How to build shrines and altars and make offerings,Where to find and work with sacred sites, power places, and special portals to the ancients,Guided imagery that will take you into the "Cavern of the Ancestors," the spiritual corridor where the ancestors can be directly approached,How to access the Spirit-Rider, an ancestor that can travel between the realms of mortals and ancient,How to see and understand the restless dead who remain bound to the Earth realms,The role of reincarnation in the soul's relationship to ancestral lineage, plus some of the extraordinary folklore, legend, and superstition surrounding the topic.

American Brujeria is about the fascinating blend of American and Mexican folk magic currently practiced by those living in the US but whose roots are steeped in Mexican culture. The author, who has named this tradition “American brujeria,” explores this magical system, while also offering practical advice on using it. American brujeria is a living, vital tradition that -- while it shares things in common with other folk magic traditions, such as American Conjure—also features its own unique traditions, as well as familiar ones, such as the veneration of saints, both canonized, such as Guadalupe, and folk saints like Santa Muerte.

American Brujeria includes stories from Mexico (folk saints, the story of Guadalupe), the influence of Catholicism, the art of limpias (spiritual cleansings), spell casting, oil crafting, praying the rosary (in English and Spanish), making an altar to Guadalupe, using novena candle magic, crafting protective charms from saints’ medals, and more.

The sabbat of Beltane and the release of Damh's new album were happening at the same time, so it was only logical that I have him on the show to talk about both Sabbat's. And because Beltane is not far off I thought this was a good choice of archive to post this week. As always, when Damh is my guest it's a fun, interesting and musical show.

Every now and then somebody reports stepping out of normal time and space. It doesn’t seem to matter where they live or their background--the veil of ordinary reality drops and they suddenly slip into the past or future, usually seamlessly and unknowingly, experiencing a temporary and accidental form of time travel.Sharing detailed accounts from people who have experienced time slips and shifts between realities, including his own experiences, Von examines what their stories have in common to establish the pattern behind how these sudden slips in time occur. He examines criticisms of and scientific support for this phenomenon, debunking claims that time slips are delusions, implanted memories, or remembrances of past lives and showing that they may be related to energy vortices, tears in the fabric of our reality, black holes, astral travel, or light body movements. Exploring the work of Einstein and other physicists, the author also examines the different speed with which time passes in ordinary reality and during time shifts--people will find that only a few minutes has elapsed for a time-shift experience that appeared to take hours. Offering step-by-step exercises to prepare you to experience time shifts, to help set them up, and to enhance the experience when you have slipped through time, the author provides a road map allowing anyone to explore shifts in time and space and expand their awareness beyond ordinary reality.

Edith teaches courses on Psychic Development, Mediumship, Tarot and Gypsy cards, Akashik Records and Past life Readings. She says these modalities offer healing and new perspectives on life, and when your perspective changes, everything changes. Tonight we focused on Psychic Development and Mediumship. We talked about how to recognize, develop and successfully use with those abilities within ourselves, recognizing and working with our spirit guides and different types of spirit entities that may come thru to us from time to time. Edith answered some very interesting questions that came in from the chat room, and also explained how to use and control our abilities in the metaphysical world.

As if hearing about some of the world's scariest places can cause nightmares alone, my guest, author E.R. Vernor, aka Corvis Nocturnum gave us a double whammy of scary things to ponder with some spooky tales from his book Haunted Asylums as well. The book goes behind the barbed wire and explores the many sanitariums or asylums that were intended to help the mentally ill but only contributed to their afflictions. The book covers the history behind the infamous Riverside patient Mary Mallon, also known as Typhoid Mary, the gothic and foreboding buildings at Danvers State Hospital in Danvers, Massachusetts, which became both the inspiration and the filming location for the movie Session 9, and Oregon State Hospital, where Jack Nicholson's famous One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest was filmed. Today, these abandoned state institutions have been converted into other uses or remain in shambles, but the ghosts of their pasts linger. The author explores these reputedly haunted asylums and others all the world over. Join us...if you dare.