Stirring the Cauldron

Richard Carradine is the President and Founder of GHOULA. In almost two decades of researching, he has visited haunted sites from all over the world, and throughout the United States. In California alone, he has investigated over 200 haunted locations, but, his favorite haunted hunting grounds is the "City of Angels." His approach to each case is academic. Proving or disproving the spiritual activity of a certain spot isn’t what motivates this ghost hunter. Instead, he is more interested in collecting the stories and eyewitness accounts, and archiving them, as a means of recording them for future studies into these unusual phenomena that clearly affect so many seemingly unconnected people, and tonight he tells some great stories on this week's show.

It was a great night to conjure up a little magick, and who better than our favorite Wizard, Nicholas Kingsley. When he was my guest a few months ago, he spoke about Wizardry, and this week we tossed spells and magick into the cauldron as well. We also talked about The Grey School of Magick and about two free courses that they are currently offering that are available to one and all at the school's website. these courses are dealing with healing and helping us get through this pandemic we are experiencing these days and you needn't be a witch or wizard to benefit from them. There were lots of really good questions from the chat room as well, and we covered a lot of ground. So sit back and enjoy the episode.

Ray Jorden is a week known presenter and prolific paranormal investigator in the UK, with a huge array of TV, Radio, and Media credits to his name. Investigating the paranormal in his own unique style of an old school super sleuth is his passion, and when he visited Stirring The Cauldron, he was on the new TV show Haunting: Australia, where he and the team took audiences to wonderfully haunted locations and giving American audiences a peek at what it’s like to investigate Down Under.

There was a last-minute change in plans on the live show this week and I needed to dig out an oldie but a goodie to fill in. This is an archive that goes way back to 2012. I don't think the people in the chat room who were listening live minded too much. I could sense virtual toe tapping going on throughout the show.

The legendary figure Merlin is known throughout the world as the wizard of Camelot who was counselor to King Arthur and helped that monarch create the Round Table. Through the course of a 20-year investigation Graham Phillips has uncovered evidence that this famous story was based on the life of an actual historical figure: the son of a Roman consul who became the last of the Romans to rule Britain in the fifth century A.D. Furthermore, the evidence reveals that he died and was buried in what is now the United States.

During his research Phillips discovered that a site believed to be Merlin’s grave was found by the first British settlers in North America: a secret location said to have been preserved in the works of William Shakespeare and the coded writings of the Freemasons. Phillips follows a trail of historical clues that leads ultimately to a mysterious New England tomb. Here a final encrypted message not only reveals the whereabouts of Merlin’s grave but contains evidence that Merlin’s descendants still survive and, through a merger with the Spencer family of Princess Diana, may once again ascend the British throne.

Lon's latest book is an insider's guide to the occult and esoteric worlds from a beloved author and scholar. For over 30 years Lon has written incisively about the tarot, magick, Qabalah, and divination and provided introductory material for the most renowned authors on these topics, such as Aleister Crowley, Israel Regardie, John Dee, Frater Achad, Rodney Orpheus, H. P. Lovecraft, Phyllis Seckler, John Michael Greer, Susan Montag, Donald Michael Kraig, and many others.

Considered as a whole this collection of writings provides an invaluable introduction to many aspects and personalities of the occult and esoteric worlds by one of the foremost authorities on such arcane subjects. Collected in his book are Lon’s best writings, each crafted with an eye toward the importance and immortality of the work with his studied insight and scholarship, along with his renowned sense of humor which made this interview so much the better. You're going to enjoy this show.

Animals and plants are in constant communication with the world around them. To join the conversation, we need only to connect with our primal mind and recognize that we, too, are Nature. Then we can communicate with animals as effortlessly as talking with friends. Immersed in Nature, we are no longer intruders, but fellow beings moving in symphony with the Dance of Life. In his guide to becoming one with Nature, Tamarack provides step-by-step instructions for reawakening the innate sensory and intuitive abilities that our hunter-gatherer ancestors relied upon­--abilities imprinted in our DNA yet long forgotten. Through exercises and experiential stories, he guides us to immerse ourselves in Nature at the deepest levels of perception, which allows us to sense the surrounding world and the living beings in it as extensions of our own awareness. He details how to open our minds and hearts to listen and communicate in the wordless language of wild animals and plants. The practices in this book strip away everything that separates us from the animals. enable us to restore our kinship with the natural world, strengthen our spiritual relationships with the animals and discover the true essence of the wild within us.

Did you know that we are all literally made of crystals? Do you know that crystals can heal and protect us both spiritually and physically? There is so much about the mineral world that we don't know about and in his in-depth yet easy-to-follow guide, crystal healing teacher Nicholas Pearson offers a full-color compendium of 200 crystals and gemstones as well as a hands-on practical handbook on crystal healing, perfect for those just beginning their crystal journey as well as long-time stone lovers seeking an all-in-one reference. It includes rocks, minerals, gemstones, and crystal formations, organized alphabetically and featuring full-color photographs. Each entry includes geological information and the physical, psychological, and spiritual healing qualities for every stone. This accessible, comprehensive guide offers the essentials of crystal energy healing paired with a highly illustrated stone directory to give you everything you need to know about crystal basics in one handy volume. Do you want to know how to cut the cords, comb your aura or extract negative thoughtforms? Listen in. It was an amazingly interesting show.

Henry is the host of The Paranormal View, and one of the longest running show hosts on the Para X Radio Network. He also is a paranormal investigator. We talked about how he became interested in the paranormal, how that lead to him being asked to host The Paranormal View, some of his experiences during paranormal investigations over the years, his first real investigation, what it's like being a radio show host and how he and the show are still going strong after nearly a decade.

In the book, you will learn about some of the author's very compelling past lives, how they have affected her in this life and how to do the same yourself. The book was written to let people realize that we all have the ability to remember, and move on. She says that we remember and forgive when given the chance, and just because we do look back and find out who we once were in the past doesn't mean that we have to live in the past. Past lives matter, and by finding out which past life may be interfering with this current life can, in many cases help work through problems that were unsolvable before. With this realization, you can start a new path, cut old ties, cut cords and start anew.