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Strap on those Proton packs and prepare to cross the streams because this week we discuss the supernatural-blockbuster hit Ghostbusters and the cross-pollination of real-life and fictional worlds which informed its creation. In the extended show we discuss the history of paranormal investigation, the scientific basis for ghosts and an in depth look at each ghost-hunting tool both traditional and modern.

Join as we discuss:
The History of the Akroyds
Ghostbusters in the Lovecraft universe
John Beluschi and Slimer
A Satire of Thelema?
The Origins of Gozer
Bill Murray and Director Ivan Reitman

On the extended episode (www.Patreon.com/TheWholeRabbit) we discuss:
The Society for Psychical Research
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Electromagnetic Radiation
Recording EVPs
Ionizing and trapping ghosts
Conditions that create hauntings and UFOs
Dowsing Rods
Cold Spots
EMP
Spirit Boxes

Sources:

Ivan Reitman:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Reitman

Ghostbusters:
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2014/06/ghostbusters-making-of
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/56140/20-things-you-might-not-know-about-ghostbusters

Society for Psychical Research:
http://www.aspr.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_of_Psychic_Studies#History

Dan Akroyd:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Aykroyd#Early_life

Zool:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enfield_poltergeist

Miskatonic University:
https://lovecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Miskatonic_University
https://lovecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Unaussprechlichen_Kulten

Ghost Hunting:
https://hauntedwalk.com/news/how-to-be-a-vintage-ghost-hunter/

Crystals causing paranormal activity:
https://spookygeology.com/strange-lights-and-levitating-rocks-at-arkansas-crystal-mine/

Spirit Box:
https://www.amazon.com/Spirit-Ghost-Hunting-Equipment-Radio/dp/B00NABGFSM

EVP:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_voice_phenomenon

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This week’s show features Frater R.C., a wizened, and respected teacher of the Hermetic arts and longtime student of the Golden Dawn initiatory system of magick. We met serendipitously during my outwardly embarrassing yet inwardly divine break with reality following the fulfillment of Nuit’s promise to embrace the initiate if called earnestly. This time, as was true last, we ventured into territory that felt a little too sincere and taboo for my comfort zone but felt important to discuss nonetheless. Frater R.C. of “Magick Without Fears podcast” may be found at MagickWithoutFears.com and if you’re interested in learning even more visit HermeticMysterySchool.com where the fountains of wisdom flow continuously for those who would seek them.

Interview Guest:

“The eXXXening” with Frater R.C.
www.MagickWithoutFears.com
www.HermeticMysterySchool.com

On this week’s show we discuss:
-Thelema versus Golden Dawn
-Aleister Crowley’s portfolio
-Aiwass, Aeons and the Book of the Law
-Make God a Woman Again
-Star Wars and Kathleen Kennedy
-magickal polarity
-politically incorrect hot water
-free Ghislane
-The Grove of Bohemia
-secret human abilities and AKIRA 2020
-socialism
-the nature of ghosts
-exorcism technicalities
-magick spies
-doing dailies and testing psychics

On the extended show (www.Patreon.com/TheWholeRabbit) we discuss:
-WTF is going on in 2020?
-occultism versus collectivism
-censorship
-privacy
-race issues
-gun violence
-the Spirit of America
-the left versus the right
-Mari unleashed
-free speech
-cancel culture
-basic human rights
-why jazz and blues is best and we should be proud of it
-everything you shouldn’t talk about on the radio, basically

Sources:
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/religion/maps/primary/thunder.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nag_Hammadi_library

https://www.ordoastri.org/unicursal-hexagram-ritual-stella-sophia/

https://www.sacred-texts.com/oto/engccxx.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kagura

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On this week’s show we snuggle in for an overly caffeinated discussion about the rich, mythological heritage of Baba Yaga, the quixotic, multivalent witch-woman of Slavic-Russian origin whose character is both enchanting and frightening. More than just the Russian archetypal bogeywoman, Baba Yaga can do just about ANYTHING and frequently does as her personification of perennial wisdom in its naturally raw and ferocious feminine aspect. We discuss how deeply the themes in “John Wick” and “Hal’s Moving Castle” snugly fit the traditional descriptions and stories of Baba Yaga’s various cultural mythologies. At one point we stop everything and settle in for a reading of “Vasilissa the Beautiful” in its entirety.

Topics Include:

-Baba Yaga’s origin story
-The Chicken Footed Hut
-Reasons to visit
-Dos and don'ts with Baba Yaga!
-The Wooden Doll
-The Magickal Formulae of Baba Yaga redemption
-Vasalissa the Beautiful in its entirety
-Baba Yaga’s various magick powers
-What it all has to do with John Wick (seriously)

On the Extended Show:
-The historical origins of Baba Yaga
-Hal’s Moving Castle is a masterful Baba Yaga story of epic proportions.

Sources:
Baba Yaga:
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Baba-Yaga
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baba_Yaga
https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Baba_Yaga

Vasalissa Story:
http://www.arvindguptatoys.com/arvindgupta/65r.pdf

Mikhail Lomonosov:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Lomonosov


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Grab your Baku embroidered pillows, a warm glass of milk and snuggle your bunnies because this week we dive down behind the walls of sleep- exploring the backboards of consciousness as we trounce through its four stages and make careful notation of any glitches we discover along the way.

Topics this week include:
-Brainwaves
-Stages of Sleep
-Memory and Dreaming
-Do rats dream of cheese?
-How to remember dreams
-Sleep Paralysis
-Prophetic Dreams
-Exploding Head Syndrome
-The Astral
-Hypnagogic jerks
-Being stuck in a dream

On the extended show (www.Patreon.com/TheWholeRabbit) we discuss:

-GossamerLights personal experiences with sleep paralysis...
-Childhood dreams
-Mari’s dream world
-Reddit stories of sleep paralysis
-How to die from lack of sleep

Sources:
Randy Gardener:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Gardner_(record_holder)

Maya:
https://www.britannica.com/topic/maya-Indian-philosophy

Sleep Cycles:
https://www.ninds.nih.gov/Disorders/Patient-Caregiver-Education/Understanding-Sleep

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6165862/

EEG and brain frequencies:
http://pressbooks-dev.oer.hawaii.edu/psychology/chapter/stages-of-sleep/

Biochemistry of Sleep:
https://poweronpoweroff.com/blogs/longform/the-neurochemistry-of-sleep

Dream and memory:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC534695/

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Seriously, grab your pokeballs and spirit candy because this week you might actually need it. On this week’s show we explore the wilds of Japanese mythology, revealing the venerable bestiary of spirits and demons that roam the land. We talk about as many as we can, even how to trap and enslave one for yourself. So if you’re like me and confused by Pokemon that resemble inanimate objects, well, we’re finally going to find out why they make sense as we tame the weird and wild Youkai!

On this week’s Yokai infested episode we discuss:
-how to defeat a kappa
-the origin of Super Mario demons
-the history of the Yokai
-The Night Parade of 100 Demons
-how to become a Yokai
-weasel danger
-Anakin Skywalker’s lightsaber
-fox fire
-The Tanuki

In the extended episode (www.Patreon.com/TheWholeRabbit) we discuss:
-the Rokurokubi
-prostitute Yokai
-Buddhists monks self-immolating
-The King of the Yokai
-The Ubibozu
-The Kirin unicorn
-Tatsu and Hoo

Sources:

Night Parade of 100 Demons
https://www.amazon.com/Night-Parade-One-Hundred-Demons/dp/0985218428

Kagura:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kagura

Chinkon:
https://japanese-wiki-corpus.github.io/Shinto/Repose%20of%20souls.html
https://japanesemythology.wordpress.com/tag/chinkonsai/

Roots of Yokai:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpLZ2_6PrT0&t=1791s

Muramasa:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muramasa

Tama:
https://www.britannica.com/topic/tama-Japanese-spirit

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Fashion your shuriken and don your ninja mask because this episode we dive into the millennia-old art of espionage and how the art of deception, assassination and dark sorcery evolved as it traveled across Asia finding its penultimate form embodied in the Japanese Shinobi warrior. In the free show we discuss the five elements sacred to the Ninja and how they might be used spiritually and in combat. During the extended show we discuss the strengths and weaknesses of each Zodiac sign and how each element can be used as a weapon or a defense.

Topics this week:
-what is espionage
-the Godai or The Five Elements
-the Arthashastra
-conspiracy and the occult
-the femme fatal
-spy networks
-gunslingers and the ninja
-Tengu demons
-organized crime
-MIND MANIPULATION!

In the extended episode we discuss:
-how Luke escaped a mind prison w/ source book
-The Nine Halls
-Weaponry of the Ninja
-Shinobi Psychology and Tricks
-Ninja astrology of the Twelve Beasts
-The Five Elements and their interactions

SOURCES:

The Shoninki
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dninki 

Arthashastra
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthashastra#On_spying,_propaganda_and_information

Ninja Mind Manipulation by Haha Lung
https://www.amazon.com/Mind-Manipulation-Ancient-Modern-Techniques/dp/0806523832 

Tengu
https://www.tofugu.com/japan/tengu/ 

Thugees
https://www.ancient-origins.net/myths-legends-asia/thuggees-cult-assassins-india-002145 

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Prepare your eyes and ears for a hope-filled mainline of Thelemic visionary libertarianism as we are joined by author of the recently published ‘Utopia Psychonautica,’ Keaton Hudema as we discuss his work in depth and explore the political ramifications of a Thelemic theocratic, anarchist, libertarian government.

Utopia Psychonatica: https://www.utopiapsychonautica.com/

On the first half of the episode we discuss:
-Radical Libertarianism as a curative to society's ills
-How to not be a “death-cuck”
-Hope as fundamental to life itself
-Following your True Will
-What does Thelemic anarchy look like??
-Correlatives to “The Book of the Law”
-Political prophecies!
-A world without violence
-Politicians on prescribed psychedelics

On the extended episode we discuss:
-We definitely don't talk about drugs
-A practical look at cults
-English as a nonsense language
-”Utopia Psychonautica” versus “The Bible”
-Luke talks about his Sophia experienceAGAIN
-Totalitarianism, Communism and Thelemic Libertarianism
-Blockchain Government
-Putting Ra-Hoor-Khuit in Mari’s butt

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Is magick confusing? Are you unsure where to begin? We are too! Join us on the bunny slopes as we dig into the 9 (we said 11, but whatever)  things you should MAYBE consider when starting your journey to becoming a Double-Crowley.

Some of the topics we discuss include:
-Keeping a magickal journal
-When to use your intuition
-The big secrets of meditation
-Praying to Doctor Who
-Don’t let them put crystals in ur butt
-Staring at candles
-Things to avoid

On the extended show we discuss:
-paying to your food
-REIKI CRYSTAL ALTARS
-talking to God
-synchronicity walking
-suicide and grief

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Grab Charon’s abdol, keep your arms and legs inside the cabin at all times and for Christ’s sake DON’T EAT ANYTHING because this week we are traversing the River of Styx, saying “hi” to thrice-headed Kerberus and discussing ancient pagan rites hidden carefully in folk Catholicism that any average joe can perform to begin gaining favor with the dead!

On this episode you will hear:
-All about Hades, Lord of the Underworld!
-Why you shouldn’t eat the pomegranates.
-The Rape of Persephone
-The Fields of Elysium and the Rivers of Lethe
-A ritual to work with Saint Nicholas the necromancer
-Saint Christopher and Hermanubis
-Luke’s experience of the Sophia
-Kenneth Grant’s Sun in Amenti
-The Subconscious Mind

On the Extended Episode we discuss:
-How to become an artist by Austin Osman Spare
-Analysis of “The Moon” Major Arcana of the Tarot
-Tapping into the subconscious mind for fun and profit!
-The Science of Sleep

Sources:
Gordon White, Chaos Protocols

https://www.amazon.com/Chaos-Protocols-Techniques-Navigating-Economic/dp/0738744719

Automatic Drawing by Austin Osman Spare:
https://hermetic.com/spare/auto_drawing

Kenneth Grant, Magical Revival
https://www.amazon.com/Magical-Revival-Kenneth-Grant/dp/1906073031

Hades:

https://www.ancient.eu/Hades/

https://www.greekmythology.com/Olympians/Hades/hades.html

Persephone:

https://www.greekmythology.com/Other_Gods/Persephone/persephone.html

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Fashion your mask, grab a jack-o-lantern and let's get spoopy as we discuss everybody’s favorite Irish-Scottish tradition, Halloween. Join us as we trick-or-treat our way through each of Halloween’s most time-honored tropes and trace them back to the fae haunted hills of Olde World.

Join us as we discuss:
-How to pronounce Halloween like a fancy smart person.
-Christmas stole everything from Halloween
-What a Banshee does
-Where the cat got nine lives.
-Why black cats get a bad rap in Halloween
-Hellhounds and Faery Dogs
-The Revenge of the Sith
-Why Crowley and Mathers took Scottish last names
-Origin of the Jack-O-Lantern
-Why we trick-or-treat
-How to stop a cat from stealing souls

To hear the extended version of this show visit www.Patreon.com/TheWholeRabbit where we discuss:
-Irish bat folklore and “The Book of the Law”
-The Accursed Hare
-The Best Halloween Candy

SOURCES:

Irish animal folklore:
http://irishhedgerows.weebly.com/folklore.html

Bat Folklore:
https://livinglibraryblog.com/the-bat-of-celtic-folklore/#:~:text=In%20Ireland%2C%20it's%20still%20said,will%20soon%20follow%5Bii%5D.

Hair of the Dog:
https://britishfairies.wordpress.com/2019/12/01/the-hair-of-the-dog-fairies-dogs/

Scottish Fairy Cat:
https://www.scotclans.com/cat-sith-celtic-mythology/

Soul Cake:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul_cake

Pronunciation of Sidhe (sounds like ‘Shea’):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gpyEhRciXQ

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