Professional witch, psychic medium, and founder of Olde Ways, Michael Cardenas joins me for a candid conversation. We talk about the defining childhood moments that revealed his gifts, the ways ancestry, lineage, and brujería shape his work, and what it means to grow a genuine magical practice with integrity over time.

We explore the challenges that come with awakening, and how spirit communication stabilizes as your senses sharpen. Michael shares the intricacies of his custom spellwork and group services, and the potency of his namesake, Archangel Michael.

It’s a grounded, free-flowing exchange: two practitioners comparing notes on magic, life, and the lifelong arc of becoming. One of my favorite episodes yet.

The Aether: giving form to the formless.

More of Michael's work: linktr.ee/oldeways

Episode Art by Lex Lee

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Solo Episode. A recalibration.

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Psychic medium Heidi Jaffe joins The Aether to share the story behind her work and the evolution of her retreats in psychic and mediumship development.

In this conversation, we explore her transition from working one-on-one with clients to leading immersive group experiences designed to help others awaken, refine, and trust their own intuitive abilities.

Heidi opens up about the nature of psychic perception, the process of attunement, and what it means to hold space for deep transformation. This episode sets the stage for Part 2—host Nicole’s personal integration and firsthand account of Heidi’s mediumship retreat in Mexico.

If you’re drawn to topics like psychic development, energy healing, intuition, grief as initiation, or the modern mystic path, this episode offers grounded insight into the real-world practice behind intuitive mastery.

Part 2 Recounting my profound experience & my own confirmation event drops next week.

Heidi's work:

nissaretreats.com

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Author and researcher Mike Clelland returns to The Aether to share with me the story of his “confirmation event,” a night sleeping out under the desert stars that set in motion a phenomenal chain of deeply anomalous experiences, marking the moments when his life changed forever.

This is a multi-layered account that left me fascinated. What begins in quiet awe, with what could be UFO contact and a psychic flash of a map marked by three precise points, unfolds into a pattern of synchronicities, each later aligning with a distinct, reality-altering event.

The map, the owls (of course), a foreign stranger turned friend who would not only bear witness but share with Mike an unforgettable experience, a set of hypnotic regression sessions, and the unseen intelligence weaving through it all converge here in one of the most extraordinary accounts of synchronicity, alien intelligence, and modern high strangeness I’ve encountered.

Someone asked me what has changed in my life after all my research and writing. I thought for a moment and said, "I now live in a magical universe."

-Mike Clelland

More of Mike's work:

https://mikeclelland.com

Hidden Experience Podcast:

https://open.spotify.com/show/389xS095h0og3tr80pst7c

The Messengers:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1733980814

The Unseen (Novel):

https://www.amazon.com/Unseen-Mike-Clelland/dp/B0C5G9NGWZ/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

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In this deep dive episode of The Aether, author, illustrator, and researcher Mike Clelland joins Nicole to explore the enduring mystery of owls, synchronicity, and UFO contact experiences. Drawing from his influential book The Messengers, the conversation moves through questions of symbolism, archetype, memory, and transformation, as well as Nick’s own encounters—owl sightings, hypnagogic visions, and strange timing that blurs the line between coincidence and communication.

It’s a deep, expansive exchange on how meaning forms in the margins of the unexplained—and what happens when myth, psyche, and the paranormal overlap.

Topics: owls, synchronicity, UFOs, contact phenomena, archetypes, dream states, screen memories, death symbolism, spiritual transformation

Guest: Mike Clelland — author of The Messengers: Owls, Synchronicity, and the UFO Abductee

Part Two drops October 30th

More of Mike's work:

https://mikeclelland.com

Hidden Experience Podcast:

https://open.spotify.com/show/389xS095h0og3tr80pst7c

The Messengers:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1733980814

The Unseen (Novel):

https://www.amazon.com/Unseen-Mike-Clelland/dp/B0C5G9NGWZ/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

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In this follow-up conversation, filmmaker Ivan Nevesenko returns to The Aether to discuss the evolution of his upcoming feature film, inspired by the mythic descent into the underworld. 

Together we discuss art as an alchemical process, what it means to choose the descent consciously, to hold faith in the process of becoming, and to move forward through the unknown with trust.

More of Ivan's work:

katascopefilms.com

Episode Art by Lex Lee

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In this episode of The Aether, I sit down with The Death Alchemist, a death doula who works as a transitional usher between our world and the departed. Adriana enlightens us about her Indigenous Chicana ancestry and provides a humble introduction to one of her most personal and reverential guides: Santa Muerte.

Her work invites us to consider continuity — how ritual restores coherence to what grief can fracture. Through her story, we learn to tend to life’s endings and refine the unseen art of returning the soul to wholeness.

The Aether: giving form to the formless.

Episode art by Lex Lee

Connect with The Death Alchemist:

https://tidycal.com/thedeathalchemist?fbclid=PAVERFWANUPMNleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABp2Z0mH0iNesO33Ac6xY3c-MlsZzshD4Xflk9pNAE1ALr3JZjXvDQAtrFrdvO_aem_KTKg-urTiq8I7_ivnFV00Q

https://tidycal.com/thedeathalchemist/reimagining-relational-grief-workshop-ritual?fbclid=PARlRTSANUPQpleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABp4MMGISmQeSF5xALe2bJW42-JLo5RFcGQWCqpcUioEDTVai5AtYffAK5eQ0h_aem_vnIQid7aoi6l7S5pkJggrQ

Podcast:

https://open.spotify.com/show/2Ho6I7pBjmhlMLR14TYGiG?si=dA8Bd9j1RhuXVkLZoEA2eQ

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In this episode of The Aether, I sit down with psychic practitioner Madison Lang (@liminalpsychic) to explore the mechanics of subtle perception. We discuss clairsentience, psychic anatomy, and how focused energy work can deepen our awareness of unseen dimensions. Madison shares how their training at the Boulder Psychic Institute helped them move from overwhelm into discernment and clarity, and why treating psychic sensitivity as a system rather than an abstraction transforms it into a tool for healing and integration.

This conversation is for anyone interested in psychic development, intuitive healing, subtle body work, or the intersection of spirituality and nervous system regulation.

Welcome to The Aether: giving form to the formless.

More of Madison's work:

liminalpsychic.com

Boulder Psychic Institute

boulderpsychicinstitute.com

Episode Art by Lex Lee

SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring creativity, the esoteric, and the unknown. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests and persistent passions.

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In this deep-dive episode of The Aether, nick welcomes Jo’el Adifon, a spiritual practitioner with Beninese heritage whose unique work bridges spirit work, animism, and mediumship. Born in San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy, Jo’el’s practice is deeply rooted in his heritage and unfolds through a modern form of thaumaturgy — the art of miracle-working — which he’s coined as Catholicostal Folk Magic. With humor, insight, and depth, Jo’el shares how this path has shaped his life and how his practice continues to evolve. 

Links, contact information & resources:

For session work email:

[email protected] 

Resources:

https://strategicsorcery.net/courses/the-sorcery-of-cyprian-a-5-month-course/

https://www.amazon.com/Man-Who-Could-Fly-Levitation/dp/1442256729

Episode Art by Lex Lee

SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring creativity, the esoteric, and the unknown. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests and persistent passions.

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In the first installment of Transmissions — our listener-submitted storytelling series — nick welcomes Ivory, a recording artist raised in a devout Christian household and shaped by a lifetime of unusual experiences. From an angel’s embrace to a haunted house to hearing her name called by unseen voices, Ivory reflects on how these moments continue to guide her sense of reality and connection to spirit.

Find more of Ivory's work here: https://bio.site/poisonivory

Episode art by Lex Lee

SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring creativity, the esoteric, and the unknown. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests and persistent passions.

spectrevisionradio.com

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