A psychedelic exploration into the subconscious mind of a creative weirdo! Yes, that's what most paranormal experiences actually are... but also the plot of this episode.

I present you a recycled compilation of very introspective psychedelic scenes I created for my old show, culminating in more ranting from our buddy Aaron!

Why am I recycling my own content? I dunno, isn't that what experiencers do each time they bring up their stories? Maybe these narratives are produced so we may constantly go back to them, trying to piece together the puzzle of our own minds, and in doing so start noticing the archetypal symbology which connects us all!

WARNING: This episode is full of juvenile toilet humor! This is to be expected if we are exploring the imaginal innerspace of my own psyche!

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Can A.I. become a tool for psychonauting the dreamscape? Is the internet an external database of our collective unconscious?

For the past month I have been playing around with an art-generating A.I., realizing it already has the capability to recognize what a cryptid is, and determine the most minimal contours required to convey the idea of a cryptid!

Can A.I. actually redefine what a cryptid means to us? Are they truly undiscovered animals, frightening monsters, or are they archetypal outlines we have been sharing and ingraining into our shared psyche for decades?

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If you wish to generate your own Archetypal Imagery, seek out WOMBO Dreeam on your preferred app store!

NOTE: I am NOT an artist. I  appropriate an A.I. tool to generate bizarre imagery. This is not art, rather it is inspiration and a projection of the collective unconsciousness. It is not mine, rather it is ours. Anybody can make this, but only true artists can produce art.

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Christina joins an unintentional creative channeling, as we unify the concepts of fairies and cryptids to reach an epiphany: The Fae realm is an invisible microcosmos continuously regulating the ethereal ecology of souls! Sounds familiar, hopefully we are not bastardizing a recently released book...much 😏

Attempting to explain cryptids as members of the fairy folk, we inadvertently realize they may act as elementals, land spirits or even psychopomps!

The rest of the episode we spend breaking down the creative process, pondering whether artistic expression is purely from within, or rather from without: the artist co-creating alongside the collective unconscious and The Other.

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Huge THANK YOU!!! to The Crescent Hare, a.k.a. Christina (actually a barn owl in "human" disguise) for sharing the experience of us being fairy-led into the imaginal stream by her amazing cryptid art!!!

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If you wish to proudly display the Seal with a Wheel, or the very... "handsome" face of Indrid Cold, or even a newly fae-rified Braxxie, all of Christina's art can be found at www.thecrescenthare.com

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Episode artwork by The Crescent Hare @thecrescenthare

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Intro sampled from "Something strange lurks in the shadows" by Francisco Sánchez (@fanchisanchez)

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I discuss and narrate the Serbian epic poem "The Walling of Skadar", the first documented folkloric account of the Legend of Rozafa Castle, in which a woman was walled into the castle as a sacrifice to appease a mischievous fairy.

Yup, Serbian folklore is pretty disturbing. Nonetheless, the poem is regarded as one of the most touching pieces of Serbian epic literature and has even been adapted by the Brothers Grimm!

Thankfully, we have since then mastered our architectural skills and are no longer plagued by building-demolishing fairies. The objectification of our women is yet to be demolished though.

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Intro sampled from "Something strange lurks in the shadows" by Francisco Sánchez (@fanchisanchez)

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FURTHER READING:

The Building of Skadar | Translated poem

The Building of Skadar | Wikipedia

The Legend of Rozafa Castle in Albania | Culture Trip

Rozafa Castle | Wikipedia

Rozafa: The Wife & Mother Half Buried Within The Citadel’s Foundation

Ballad of The Walled-Up Wife | Archiwik

The "Walled-Up Wife" and Other Construction Legends

Ancient ballad about a woman sacrificed at a construction site is subject of new book by UC Berkeley professor

I go off on a rant expressing the fortean community's desperate need to be taken seriously, despite their efforts to study and document an absurdist trickster phenomenon which actively eludes and defies the scientific method.

Maybe it is about time we start opening to the artistic expression of the universe, acknowledge its inherent absurdity... and embrace the fuckuppery!

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The episode's main character is a cholesterol-infused blobby mess that never gets enough exercise. It rather prefers to eat scraps off of the floor and leave butt impressions on the filthy bacteria-infested bed it calls home. It also tries to talk about an interesting prehistoric species, but without doing its homework :)

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Intro/outro sampled from "Sequence (Mystery and Terror)  3" by Francisco Sánchez (@fanchisanchez) at pixabay.com

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SOURCES: Wikipedia....and all references it already states...the usual

Is scientific discovery demystifying the universe? Is our mere perception of the cosmos transforming it into material reality? Are we actually draining the paranormal out of our surroundings to manifest the world around us?

I explore these huge existential questions after giving them only 2 days of thought! ...and try to formulate a new hypothesis (while also utilizing a mythological female name) in hopes it will at least inspire people to also ponder the nature of reality for a few days.

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The episode's main character is a cholesterol-infused blobby mess that never gets enough exercise. It rather prefers to eat scraps off of the floor and leave butt impressions on the filthy bacteria-infested bed it calls home. It also tries to talk about an interesting prehistoric species, but without doing its homework :)

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Intro/outro sampled from "Sequence (Mystery and Terror)  3" by Francisco Sánchez (@fanchisanchez) at pixabay.com

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SOURCES: Wikipedia....and all references it already states...the usual

Trichobatrachus robustus, a.k.a the Hairy/Horror/Wolverine frog. Described somewhere after the late 1880s. Short and hairy, it prefers to inadvertently stab everyone who hugs it. Powers & Abilities include enhanced senses, animal-like attributes, a regenerative healing factor, retractable bone claws, an indestructible skeleton (it will destroy it itself before ever giving you a chance) and is a master foot-to-foot combatant. Its whole life, it felt like an animal. Nature made it a freak, we made it into an episode...but we also made it last too long :)

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SOURCES:

Squeakers: Frogs with Claws, Frogs with "Hair"

About the Horror Frog

'Horror frog' breaks own bones to produce claws

Blackburn et al. Concealed weapons: erectile claws in African frogs. Biology Letters, 2008; 1 (-1): -1 DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2008.0219

BAREJ, M.F., BÖHME, W., PERRY, S.F., WAGNER, P., SCHMITZ, A. (2010) The  hairy frog, a curly fighter? – A novel hypothesis on the function of  hairs and claw-like terminal phalanges, including their biological and  systematic significance (Anura: Arthroleptidae: Trichobatrachus). Revue  Suisse de Zoologie 117(2): 243-263.

PLEASE SKIP THIS EPISODE!!!...unless you want to experience cringe so bad it will make YOU crawl out of your own skin! But really....this episode is NOT an accurate representation of what the rest of my podcast is like...the only thing it accurately depicts...is how dishonest portrayal of politeness, decency and what you perceive as "mass appeal" (and using Audacity for the first time EVER) are a recipe for failure! This episode exists just to be mocked by my future self...cuuz at least I cannot sue myself for slander and harassment! :D

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ORIGINAL LOSER EPISODE DESCRIPTION:

Yay, the very first episode :) Geckolepis megalepis are sneaky little guys that are not afraid to show some skin. Actually, their survival depends on it! Join us as we delve into the life of a relatively new lizard species that loooves to pull a fast one on scientists. We also mix in a small dose of self-mutilation jokes and socialist ideology!

SIDENOTE: Apologies for the lower sound quality and.....politeness I guess :P Just like this gecko, I eventually shed my own skin and grew a new, more amazing and confident layer :)

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SOURCES:

Geckolepis megalepis: New Gecko Species Has Exceptionally Large, Fish-Like Scales

A new species of gecko with massive scales and tear-away skin

New Species of Fish-Scaled Gecko Can (Literally) Jump Out of Its Skin

Scherz, Mark D.; Daza, Juan D.; Köhler, Jörn; Vences, Miguel; Glaw, Frank (2017). "Off the scale: a new species of fish-scale gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Geckolepis) with exceptionally large scales"