Bringing a much needed calming zen influence to the Vayse Institute of Over Thinking and Catastrophic Worry, Hine and Buckley welcome therapist and former Tibetan Buddhist monk, Roger Jayamanne to the podcast. Roger leads Hine and Buckley through a quest which is thousands of years and many life cycles old as they discuss his life within the tradition of Tibetan Buddhism and what it actually teaches: was the Buddha a real person? Is life just sorrow and suffering? What is the Tao?... and he divulges some of the weirder, reality-defying experiences he has had on his travels including mind reading, a monk's arm stretching to six feet long and a lama summoning a parliament of owls as a spiritual escort to Edinburgh Airport... (recorded 13 November 2023)

Thanks to Roger for putting up with our frenzied anxiety and thanks as always to Keith for the show notes.

Roger Jayamanne Online

Jaya counselling website

Introduction

Dharma - Wikipedia

Roger’s early exposure to Buddhism

History of Buddhism in the UK - Wikipedia

What is Buddhism?

Buddhism - Wikipedia

Who is the Buddha?

The Buddha - Wikipedia

Eastern spirituality in the West

Buddhist meditation - Wikipedia

What are dreams?

Dreams in Buddhism - Wikipedia

Is it true that "life is suffering"?

Four Noble Truths - Wikipedia

What is the Dao?

Tao (Dao) - Wikipedia

Buddhism and the simulation hypothesis

Reality in Buddhism - Wikipedia

How to start with Buddhism and meditation

How to practice Buddhism - OneMindDharma.com

Roger’s (and Hine’s) recommendations

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind - Wikipedia

Buckley’s closing question

Dalai Lama - Wikipedia

Vayse Online

Vayse website

Special Guest: Roger Jayamanne.

VYS0030 | To Believe or Not to Believe - Vayse to Face with Emily Louise - Show Notes

Possibly the weirdest thing that Vayse could do at this point is to interview someone who doesn't believe in any of this phenomena at all, someone whose no-nonsense approach to searching for the actual facts behind well-known events in fringe history and UFOlogy has earned her Youtube channel tens of thousands of subscribers - it's British documentary maker and researcher Emily Louise.

Hine and Buckley find an unexpected amount of common ground with Emily as they discuss her journey from wide-eyed belief to pragmatic scepticism, what it is that makes human beings sometimes believe ideas that are provably untrue, which famous conspiracy theories Emily thinks probably do have truth to them and Vayse finally tackles (with the help of a hardened sceptic) the recent David Grusch revelations... (Recorded 17 August 2023)

Thanks to Emily for putting up with our weird shit and thanks as always to Keith for the show notes.

Emily Louise - Links

Emily on Twitter

Introduction - links

Lovecraftian horror - Wikipedia page

Luiz Elizondo and Related Links

Luiz Elizondo - Wikipedia page

The Montauk Project and related links

Montauk Project - Wikipedia page

MKUltra - links

MKUltra - Wikipedia page

Alternative 3 - Links

Alternative 3 - Wikipedia page

Emily’s background - related links

Screenwriter - Wikipedia page

Emily’s switch from believer to sceptic - Links

Mirage Men (documentary film) - Wikipedia page

US congressional hearings on UFOs - Links

UFO hearing key takeaways: cover-up claims and Pentagon denials - Guardian article

Why are conspiracy theory topics so popular? - Related Links

Dulce Base - Wikipedia page

Emily’s weird experiences - related links

Unidentified flying object - Wikipedia page

The Human Element - Related Links

Psychology - Wikipedia page

Consequences, empathy, and changing minds - related links

Corey Goode - website

Rabbit holes - related links

Women in the Paranormal - Unexplained Mysteries article

Emily’s recommendations - links

Mirage Men: A Journey into Disinformation, Paranoia and UFOs by Mark Pilkington

Vayse - Links

Vayse website

Special Guest: Emily Louise.

VYS0029 | If There's Something Strange In Your Neighbourhood - Vayse to Face to Face with Field Lines Cartographer and Bob Freeman: Halloween 2023 - Show Notes

Four middle-aged men bravely join forces to confront ancient evils, spooks, spectres and ghosts - ok, so, Vayse did Ghostbusters last Halloween but instead, this year, Hine and Buckley welcome back master of the liminal soundscape, Field Lines Cartographer and the Occult Detective himself, Bob Freeman to sit around the virtual camp fire as they each tell a ghost story from their home towns.

FLC tells a tale of Warwickshire plague pits and feelings of stalking dread in the dark, Hine recounts a gruesome murder in Preston which led to bloody revenge from beyond the grave, Bob spins a classic American yarn of haunted houses in the deep, dark woods of rural Indiana and Buckley tells of the spirit of a young boy who haunts the picturesque town of Great Corby bringing those who encounter him great fortune followed by certain death.

The conversation also turns to whether ghosts are actually, really all that scary, the differences between ghost stories in the UK and the US, the nature of reality itself (of course, this is Vayse)... and digitally transported flies... (Recorded 10 October 2023)

Thanks again to Keith for the show notes and thanks to everyone for listening - please tell a friend (or benignly neutral acquaintance) and ask them to do the same!

Mark Burford/Field Lines Cartographer (FLC) - Links

FLC on Bandcamp

Bob Freeman/Occult Detective - Links

Occult Detective website

Vayse - Links

Vayse website

Introduction - Links

The Addams Family (1964 TV series) Intro

Mark’s Spooky Story: Encounter on Bush Heath Lane - Links

Harbury - Wikipedia page

Hine’s spooky story: The Bannister Doll - Links

Preston, Lancashire - Wikipedia page

Bob’s story: A Spectral Entity in Peoria - Links

Mississinewa Lake Dam - Wikipedia page

Buckley’s story: The Radiant Boy - Links

Cumbria - Wikipedia page

Differences between US and UK ghost stories, experiences, and landscape - Links

Stonehenge - Wikipedia page

Are weird stories more believable if they’re non-coherent? - Links

The Social, Personal, and Spiritual Dynamics of Ghost Stories in Early Modern England - Cambridge.org article

Buckley’s recommendations for Halloween - Links

Something Wicked This Way Comes (novel) - Wikipedia page

Hine’s recommendations for Halloween - Links

Richard Thompson - Season of the Witch

Mark’s recommendations for Halloween - Links

Legion (Blatty novel) - Wikipedia page

Bob’s recommendations for Halloween - Links

The Willows (story) - Wikipedia page

Special Guests: Bob Freeman and Field Lines Cartographer.

VYS0028 | Psychic Jizz - Vayse to Face with Stephanie Quick - Show Notes

Handing on a plate to Hine and Buckley the most potently inspired episode title in Vayse history is teacher, researcher, blogger and "the Julia Child of Sex Magic", Stephanie Quick. In an intense and varied conversation Stephanie takes Vayse through her near death experience, complete with a fall through the starlit sky, disembodied consciousnesses and sky-scraper sized entities, she talks about how to start off your own run of synchronicities and the conversation weaves itself around Carlos Castaneda, Gurdjieff, how to not lose yourself in your spiritual practice or join a cult... and, speaking of cults, enter the glowing orange 16-bit pineapple... Recorded 10 August 2023

Stephanie Quick Links

Steph’s blog, Ghost Dog is a Mystery Box

Steph on Bluesky

Steph on Instagram

Steph on Twitter

Steph on Facebook

Steph’s YouTube channel

Introduction Links

Lovecraftian horror - Wikipedia page

Julia Child - Wikipedia page

Sex magic - Wikipedia page

Cheese Board Collective - Wikipedia page

Chez Panisse, Wikipedia page

Alice Waters - Wikipedia page

An Introduction to Western Sexual Mysticism, New Dawn Magazine article

Refuge in Buddhism - Wikipedia page

Ordo Templi Orientis (OTO) - Wikipedia page

Coven - Wikipedia page

Steph, the West Coast, and the ‘Spiritual Marketplace’ Links

Fresno, California - Wikipedia page

Bigfoot, Chupacabra, and…Fresno Nightcrawler? Walking pants bring Fresno freaky fame - Fresno Bee article

The Fresno Nightcrawlers - sceptical, humorous

North Fork, California - Wikipedia page

The Chukchansi People - Coarsegold Historical Society article

Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians - Wikipedia page

East Bay - Wikipedia page

Oakland, California - Wikipedia page

Berkeley, California - Wikipedia page

University of California, Santa Cruz - Wikipedia page

Napa, California - Wikipedia page

Tibetan Buddhism - Wikipedia page

Zen (Buddhism) - Wikipedia page

Understanding the Spiritual Marketplace - From Monopoly to Open Access - Patheos article

Spiritual Marketplace: Baby Boomers and the Remaking of American Religion by Wade Clark Roof

Lupus Psychosis and Brain Inflammation - Lupus Corner article

Aphasia - Wikipedia page

Yoga - Wikipedia page

Archangel Michael (channelled messages) - Sanada website

Pick‘n’mix: the 21st Century approach to religious affiliation, Walls Come Tumbling Down blog article

How did Steph find her way into weird stuff? Links

Strangely Enough by C.B. Colby - Goodreads page

C.B. Colby - Wikipedia page

Jersey Devil - Wikipedia page

Near death experience - Wikipedia page

Lidocaine - Wikipedia page

Bardo (liminal state between death and rebirth) - Wikipedia page

Keith's Excellent Detective Work (gods bless you, Keith) - Based on SQ’s mentions of her age now (61) and at later events, I reckon the exhibition she must have gone to was ‘Wisdom and Compassion: The Sacred Art of Tibet’, held at the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, in 1991. There is an exhibition catalogue available. Not sure if it’s worth including, but there’s a link to it here on Abe Books

I couldn’t find anything else specific to that exhibition that wasn’t behind a pay-wall or on a subscription site, but here’s a short video trailer for that museum’s similar exhibitions:

San Francisco Asian Art Museum, Tibetan Buddhist exhibitions

Tanka - Wikipedia Page

Sand mandala - Wikipedia page

Tibetan Sand Mandala (construction and destruction)

Synchronicity - Wikipedia page

Steph’s Near Death Experience Links

Coma - Wikipedia page

Meningitis - Wikipedia page

Meningitis Research Foundation - Excellent charity

Near death, seeing dead people may be neither rare nor eerie - AP News article

PMH Atwater website

Psychopomp - Wikipedia page

Last rites - Wikipedia page

Anointing of the Sick in the Catholic Church (Extreme Unction) - Wikipedia page

Auto-immune disease - wikipedia page

Bronchoscopy - Wikipedia page

Robert Monroe - Wikipedia page

Mindfulness - Wikipedia page

Whitley Strieber - Wikipedia page

A Wild and Wonderful Dialogue between Whitley and UFO Master Greg Bishop...and Gru!

George Gurdjieff - Wikipedia page

Fourth Way (Gurdjieff) - Wikipedia page

Gurdjieff sensing exercises

Alien abduction - Wikipedia page

Biocentrism Posits That Death Is Merely Transport into Another Universe - Big Think article

Heaven - Wikipedia page

Jung, Flying Saucers, and the Anxieties of Our Time (UFOs as mandala symbols) - Psychology Today article

VYS0024: Between Being Real and Not Real - Vayse to Face with Nathan Paul Isaac

Is Consciousness a Fundamental Quality of the Universe? - Sci News article and video

Are we really made of 'star stuff' and what does that even mean? - Space article and video

Steph’s encounter with skyscraper-sized entities and its impact on her spiritual practice - Links

Rinpoche - Wikipedia page

Kensington, California - Wikipedia page

Ewam Choden Tibetan Buddhist Centre, Kensington website

24 years on retreat (Judith Skinner) - The New Fillmore article and ‘On Retreat’ documentary trailer

Tathāgata (Buddhism) - Wikipedia page

The X Files - Wikipedia page

The X-Files

Allen Greenfield on Twitter

Secrets of the Real Black Lodge Revealed! by Allen Greenfield and Olav Phillips

Black and White Lodges, Twin Peaks - Wikipedia page section

Empire State Building - Wikipedia page

Grey alien - Wikipedia page

Marian apparition - Wikipedia page

Emergency medical technician (EMT) - Wikipedia page

Plaid Moon Rising - The Flannel Man - Birdy Magazine article

Ontological security - Wikipedia page

Meditation for awareness - Headspace article

Shavasana (Yoga) - Wikipedia page

Sacred Space: How to Make an Altar in Your Home - Chopra article

Leslie Temple Thurston - website

Native American religions - Britannica.com

Sweat lodge - Wikipedia page

Astrology - Wikipedia page

Acupuncture - Wikipedia page

Acupressure - Wikiepdia page

Wuxing (Chinese Philosophy, Five Element System) - Wikipedia Page

New Thought - Wikipedia page

Synchronicity, the Sandown Clown, and Psychic Jizz - Links

Anthony Nine on Twitter

Synchronicity - Wikipedia page

AP Strange - website

AP Strange on Twitter

The Sandown Clown: Exploring Sam, the Isle of Wight’s surreal 1973 encounter, On the Wight article and videos

Our Strange Skies podcast, 151: Clowning Around with Stephanie Quick & AP Strange (Sam, the Sandown Clown)

How To Induce Synchronicities, Stephanie Quick blog post

Radio Misterioso - Greg Bishop bio

Quick and Ray – A Psychic Influencing Experiment - Radio Mysterioso post

(Lama) Kunga Rinpoche - Wikipedia page

Buddhist Symbols - Faith Inspires article

Synchronicity and symbols as the base level of magic and entity encounters - Links

VYS0026 | It's a Wand-erful Life - Vayse to Face with Douglas Batchelor Pt. 1

VYS0027 | Batchelor of Dark Arts - Vayse to Face with Douglas Batchelor Pt. 2

Birdwatching - Wikipedia page

Bird symbolism - World Birds article

Bird vocalisation - Wikipedia page

Paramecium - Wikipedia page

Robert Monroe - Wikipedia page

Dodechahedron - Wikipedia page

Chakra - Wikipedia page

Spreading the weird word, sweeping statements, and the teacher-trickster - Links

Julia Child - Wikipedia page

What Magic is This? website

VYS0024 | Between Being Real and Not Real - Vayse to Face with Nathan Paul Isaac

VYS0025 | Truth with a Capital "T" - Vayse to Face with Sequoyah Kennedy

VYS0010 | Amazing Stories - Vayse to Face with Dr Allen H Greenfield Pt.1

VYS0011 | Weird Tales - Vayse to Face with Dr Allen H Greenfield Pt.2

AP Strange - website

George Gurdjieff - Wikipedia page

Teacher as trickster on the learner’s journey - Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning article

Whitley Strieber - Wikipedia page

Communion (book) - Wikipedia page

Project Archivist podcast

Sex Magic with Allen Greenfield - SQ blog post and link to podcast audio

Carlos Castaneda, Amy Wallace, and Steph’s Rules for Sex Magic with Others - Links

Carlos Castaneda - Wikipedia page

Trickster: The Many Lives of Carlos Castaneda, podcast

Destructive cults - Wikipedia page section

Amy Wallace - Wikipedia page

Sorcerer's Apprentice: My Life with Carlos Castaneda by Amy Wallace - Goodreads page

Sorcerer's Apprentice : My Life with Carlos Castaneda by Amy Wallace

Irving Wallace - Wikipedia page

Rodeo Drive - Wikipedia page

Florinda Donner - Wikipedia page

John Lennon - Wikipedia page

George Lucas - Wikipedia page

Aleister Crowley - Wikipedia page

My Rules for Sex Magic with Others - Stephanie Quick blog post

Steph’s recommendations - Links

Women of the Paranormal Vol I by Alex Matsuo

The Spooky Stuff podcast with Alex Matsuo

The Spooky Stuff with Alex Matsuo on YouTube

Personal Pans podcast with Vanessa Walilko

Pan Paracon/Personal Pans on YouTube

Vanessa Walilko’s Jewellery and Wearable Art

Necronomicast podcast

Some Other Sphere podcast

Church of Mabus Radio on YouTube

John E.L. Tenney’s website

Eric Wargo’s website

*Vayse *

Vayse website

Vayse on Twitter

Vayse on Instagram

Music From Vayse - Volume 1 by Polypores

Vayse on Ko-Fi

Special Guest: Stephanie Quick.

VYS0027 | Batchelor of Dark Arts - Vayse to Face with Douglas Batchelor Pt. 2 - Show Notes

This is the second part of a two part interview - if you haven't yet listened to the first part, give it a listen before you dive into part two.

*You can find part one here: *

VYS0026 | It's a Wand-erful Life - Vayse to Face with Douglas Batchelor Pt. 1

Thanks to Doug for making it through 3 hours of Vayse interrogation and thanks as always to Keith for the show notes!

In the second part of Hine and Buckley's interview with the indefatigable Douglas Batchelor, creator and host of the luminous What Magic is This? podcast, the dark side is calling. Having explored his guiding principle of positivity and kindness in the previous episode he now explains how his thoughts, philosophies and understanding of magic play out when applied to the spookier side: Hexes, curses, love spells, necromancy, black magic and the left-hand path. Doug also answers some weird questions about ancestor veneration, synchronicity, what books are currently inspiring him and which deadly non-human-entity may be the one that eventually ends each and every one of us... (Recorded 3 August 2023)

Douglas Batchelor/What Magic is This? Links

What Magic is This? website

Douglas/What Magic is This? On Twitter

Douglas/What Magic is This? On Instagram

Douglas/What Magic is This? On YouTube

Douglas/What Magic is This? Facebook

Douglas/What Magic is This? Patreon

VYS0026 | It's a Wand-erful Life - Vayse to Face with Douglas Batchelor Pt. 1

The darker side of magic, and related links

Transubstantiation - Wikipedia page

Curse - Wikipedia page

Curse tablet (tabella defixionis, defixio) - Wikipedia page

Jinx - Wikipedia page

Introduction to Hexes, Jinxes, Curses, Evil Eyes, and Black Magic - what are the differences? - WiccanBrew article

Left hand path and right hand path - Wikipedia page

VYS0021 | Song of the Dark Man - Vayse to Face with Darragh Mason

Spirit Box S2 #18 / Peter Hine and Stephen Buckley, Dreams, Nightmares and Pan - this is actually where we discuss magic being self regulating

Love magic - Wikipedia page

When William Shatner told Star Trek fans to ‘get a life’ - UCR article

Sex magic - Wikipedia page

Six Ways: Approaches & Entries for Practical Magic by Aiden Wachter

Chaos Magic - Wikipedia page

Sigil - Wikipedia page

Skin-walker - Wikipedia page

Apollo - Wikipedia page

The Chimp Paradox: The Acclaimed Mind Management Programme to Help You Achieve Success, Confidence and Happiness by Prof Steve Peters

The Chimp Paradox Explained - Student Aspect article

Cyprian and Justina - Wikipedia page

Animism - Wikipedia page

Animism with Gordon White - What Magic is This? episode

Spirits with Aidan Wachter - What Magic is This? episode

Necromancy, Nigromancy, Black Magic, and related links

Necromancy - Wikipedia page

Necromancy - What Magic is This? episode

Lucifer - Wikipedia page

The Devil - What Magic is This? episode

Hecate - Wikipedia page

Sorcery (goetia) - Wikipedia page

Goetia - What Magic is This? episode

Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa - Wikipedia page

Nigromancy in the Later Middle Ages - Inquiries Journal article

Black magic - Wikipedia page

Bone Magick: Using Bones, Fangs, Feathers, Claws, and Shells in Animal Magick and Ancestor Workby Radiana Pit - The Old Craft article

Graveyard magick: A Witch’s guide, Grove and Grotto article

Key of Solomon, Wikipedia page

An Introduction to Solomonic Magic with Alexander Eth of Glitch Bottle Podcast - What Magic is This? episode

Evocation - Wikipedia page

Grimoire - Wikipedia page

Grimoires with Alexander Cummins - What Magic is This? episode

How To Read Grimoires - What Magic is This? episode

Divination - Wikipedia page

Ars Goetia - Wikipedia page

History of Chinese immigration to Canada - Wikipedia page

Jake Stratton-Kent - Goodreads page

Eulogy for a Necromancer (Jake Stratton-Kent) - Scarlet Imprint article

Eschatology - Wikipedia page

Gary from accounting (short film)

Asking advice from ancestor spirits, magical thinking, and related links

Veneration of the dead - Wikipedia page

Tao Te Ching (Dao De Jing) - Wikipedia page

Kenneth Grant - Wikipedia page

The Magical Revival by Kenneth Grant

Paul Weston's Website

VYS0023 | Mercurial, Mutable, Mysterious Something - Vayse to Face with Paul Weston

Glastonbury - Wikipedia page

Aldous Huxley - Wikipedia page

The Doors of Perception - Wikipedia page

Robert Anton Wilson - Wikipedia page

John Keel, Wikipedia page

Synchronicity - Wikipedia page

A Brief Introduction to Indigenous Epistemology and Unconscious Learning - The Pub article

Shamanism - Wikipedia page

Douglas’ recommendations and related links

Cosmic Trigger Vol. I: Final Secret of the Illuminati by Robert Anton Wilson

Will Storr Vs the Supernatural: One Man's Search for the Truth About Ghosts by Will Storr

Edith Hamilton - Wikipedia page

Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes by Edith Hamilton

Science and Psychic Phenomena: The Fall of the House of Skeptics by Chris Carter

Jeffrey Kripal - Wikipedia page

The Luminous Mind of Jeffrey Kripal - What Magic is This? episode

The Return of Jeffrey Kripal - 100th episode - What Magic is This? episode

Jack Hunter’s website

Spiritualism & Spirit Mediumship with Jack Hunter - What Magic is This? episode

Joshua Cutchin’s Website

Fairies, UFOs & Aliens with Joshua Cutchin, What Magic is This? episode

VYS0020 | Messages of Deception - Vayse to Face with Mark Pilkington

Mirage Men: A Journey into Disinformation, Paranoia and UFO by Mark Pilkington

Mirage Men Documentary

Of all the magicians and wizards ever, fictional and non-fictional, who would Douglas most like to have on What Magic is This? - related links

Gandalf - Wikipedia page

Yoda - Wikipedia page

John Dee - Wikipedia page

Dr John Dee's Spiritual Diary 1583-1608 : Second Edition by Dr Stephen Skinner

John Dee's Five Books of Mystery: Original Sourcebook of Enochian Magic by Joe Peterson

Tom Bombadil - Wikipedia page

Genius loci - Wikipedia page

J. R. R. Tolkien - Wikipedia page

A Tolkien Bestiary by David Day

The Tolkien Trail - Website

Special Section: Killer cows and related links

How Many People Are Killed by Cows Each Year - World Animal Foundation article

Cows officially the most deadly large animals in Britain - Independent article from 2015

The 13 Most Dangerous Animals in the UK: Statistics to Know In 2023 - Pet Keen article

When cows attack - Killer Cows article

Tabanidae (Horseflies) - Wikipedia page - Absolute Bastards

Special Guest: Douglas Batchelor.

VYS0026 | It's a Wand-erful Life - Vayse to Face with Douglas Batchelor Pt. 1 - Show Notes

Hine and Buckley are back for the first episode of season 2 and they've brought Douglas Batchelor along with them! Doug is the host and creator of the incomparable What Magic is This? - a podcast about Magic, the Occult, the Esoteric, the Paranormal, the Supernatural and the Weird and surely the single most frequently mentioned magical resource throughout the first season of Vayse. In the first part of this two-part, slightly giddy interview, the roots of Doug's magical life are revealed as he talks about how he graduated from being a disillusioned materialist teenager to a punk-rock chaos magician to a self-styled-necromantic-performative-ritual-magician with an awesome occult podcast. The conversation bounces around: from synchronicities to Bob Ross, from how to start your own magical practice to Hot Wheels skating gear, from podcasting as a work of magic to the psychic influence of the Lost Boys soundtrack... and all whilst Hine and Buckley try their best to uncover and assimilate the source of Doug's seemingly inexhaustible enthusiasm and positivity... Recorded 3 August 2023

Big thanks go to Doug for being so generous with his time and enthusiastic with sharing his knowledge - we were not expecting for this to be a double episode!!! And thanks as always to Keith for the show notes! Give Keith a follow on Twitter @peak_flow for electronic music and weird stuff.

Douglas Batchelor/What Magic is This? Links

What Magic is This? website

Douglas/What Magic is This? On Twitter

Douglas/What Magic is This? On Instagram

Douglas/What Magic is This? On YouTube

Douglas/What Magic is This? Facebook

Douglas/What Magic is This? Patreon

Buckley and Hine’s introductory stories - related links

Carl Sagan’s Cosmos - Wikipedia page

Bob Ross - Wikipedia page

Surfskating - Wikipedia page

Hot Wheels - Wikipedia page

The Lost Boys Trailer

The Lost Boys (film) - Wikipedia page

The Lost Boys Soundtrack

The Lost Boys Soundtrack

VYS0003 | Welcome to Vayse: Population (first released episode)

Selected topics and people featured on What Magic Is This? Links

Chaos Magic, Wikipedia page

Chaos Magic Part I - What Magic Is This? episode

Chaos Magic Part II - What Magic Is This? episode

Sigil - Wikipedia page

Sigils - What Magic is This? episode

The Lesser Key of Solomon on Sacred Texts

The Lesser Key of Solomon edited by Joseph H Peterson

Lesser Key of Solomon/Ars Goetia - Wikipedia page

Goetia - What Magic is This? Episode

Greek Magical Papyri - Wikipedia page

The Greek Magical Papyri In Translation on the Internet Archive

The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation Volume I: Texts by Hans Dieter Betz

The Greek Magical Papyri - What Magic is This? episode

I Ching, Wikipedia page

I Ching - Wilhelm/Baynes

I Ching or Book of Changes: Ancient Chinese wisdom to inspire and enlighten - Wilhelm/Baynes Translation 3rd Edition

The I Ching with Dan Lowe - What Magic is This? episode

Ouija - Wikipedia page

Ouija - What Magic is This? episode

Aidan Wachter's website

Spirits with Aiden Wachter - What Magic is This? episode

Gary Lachman's website

The Ever-Evolving Consciousness of Gary Lachman - What Magic is This? episode

Jack Hunter's website

Spiritualism & Spirit Mediumship with Jack Hunter - What Magic is This? episode

Joshua Cutchin's website

Fairies, UFOs, Aliens with Joshua Cutchin - What Magic is This? episode

Alexander Cummins' website

Grimoires with Alexander Cummins, What Magic is This? episode

Jeffrey Kripal's website

The Luminous Mind of Jeffrey Kripal - What Magic is This? episode

The Return Of Jeffrey Kripal – 100th Episode! - What Magic is This? episode

What Magic is This? as tutorial/opinion - related links

Aleister Crowley - Wikipedia page

Aleister Crowley – His Life and Ideas with Richard Kaczynski - What Magic is This? episode

Aleister Crowley – The Myth and the New Aeon with Richard T. Cole - What Magic is This? episode

Aleister Crowley – My Beastly Thoughts - What Magic is This? episode

Charles Fort - Wikipedia page

Charles Fort - What Magic is This? episode

Fort's 'Measurement Of A Circle' - Forteana.org forum discussion

Occultism - Wikipedia page

Occultism with Mitch Horowitz - What Magic is This? episode

The Art of Storytelling in Non-Fiction - Reedsy Live article

Colin Wilson - Wikipedia page

Colin Wilson - What Magic is This? episode

Carl Jung - Wikipedia page

Carl Jung - What Magic is This? episode

Consensus reality - Wikipedia page

Douglas’ early interest in magic and weird stuff - related links

Calgary, Alberta - Wikipedia page

Indigenous peoples in Canada - Wikipedia page

Animism - Wikipedia page

Greek Mythology - Wikipedia page

J. R.R. Tolkien - Wikipedia page

Mysteries of the Unknown books - Wikipedia page

The Search for the Lost Lemon Mine, CIM Magazine article

Robert W. Service (poet) - Wikipedia page

John E Douglas - Wikipedia page

Carl Jung - Wikipedia page

Robertson Davies - Wikipedia page

Herman Hesse - Wikipedia page

Siddhartha (novel) - Wikipedia page

Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse

Steppenwolf (novel) - Wikipedia page

Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse

Disinformation TV series and related links

Video rental shop - Wikipedia page

Disinformation (TV series) - Wikipedia page

DisInfoTV - clips from the show

Disinformation: The Complete Series, DVD review

Book of Lies: The Disinformation Guide to Magick and the Occult - edited by Richard Metzger

Richard Metzger's "DisinfoCon 2000" (feat. Robert Anton Wilson, Kenneth Anger, et al.) - video (3.5 hrs approx.)

Richard Metzger - Wikipedia page

Disinformation (company) - Wikipedia page

Joe Coleman (painter) - Wikipedia page

Kenneth Anger - Wikipedia page

Douglas Rushkoff - Wikipedia page

Robert Anton Wilson - Wikipedia page

Genesis P-Orridge - Wikipedia page

Nevill Drury - Wikipedia page

Allen Greenfield on Twitter

Grant Morrison and related links

Grant Morrison - Wikipedia page

Grant Morrison on Chaos Magic, the occult & Sigil creation (from DisInfoCon 2000) - video (45 mins approx.)

Pop Magic by Grant Morrison

Chaos Magic - Wikipedia page

Sigil - Wikipedia page

The Magic Mind of Grant Morrison -What Magic is This? episode

Douglas’ magical practice and related links

Unforeseen Interlude: How I Started in Magic - What Magic is This? episode

Ceremonial Magic - Wikipedia page

VYS0012 - Order Out of Chaos - Vayse to Face with Mark Vincent

Treadwell’s Books - website

Models of Magic - Spiral Nature article

Peter J Carroll - Wikipedia page

Phil Hine - Wikipedia page

Austin Osman Spare - Wikipedia page

Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn - Wikipedia page

Aleister Crowley - Wikipedia page

Hermetic Qabala - Wikipedia page

Egregore - Wikipedia page

Servitor (chaos magic) - Wikipedia page

Edmonton, Alberta - Wikipedia page

Chaos Magick vs ceremonial and others - Reddit thread

Greek Magical Papyri - Wikipedia page

Cunning folk - Wikipedia page

Cunning Folk with Aerinn Hodges - What Magic is This? Episode

The Great Work - Wikipedia page

Alan Moore and related links

Alan Moore - Wikipedia page

V for Vendetta (graphic novel) - Wikipedia page

V for Vendetta by Alan Moore

Watchmen (comic book series) - Wikipedia page

Watchmen by Alan Moore

Promethea (comic book series) - Wikipedia page

Promethea: The Deluxe Edition Book One by Alan Moore

Alan Moore interview - Mustard magazine

The Marvellous Magical World of Alan Moore - What Magic is This? episode

Starting a magical practice / Protection Magic / Dreams / Precognition and related links

How to Start Doing Magic - What Magic is This? episode

The Imagination - What Magic is This? episode

What Magic is This? The Dirt episodes (some previews only, full access requires sign up to the Patreon)

George Carlin - Wikipedia page

Protection Magic - Green Witch Farm article

Psi and Science - Psychology Today article

Dreams - What Magic is This? episode

Lucid Dreaming - What Magic is This? episode

Precognition - Wikipedia page

Is Precognition Real? Cornell University Lab Releases Powerful New Evidence that the Human Mind can Perceive the Future - H Plus magazine article (2010-2011)

Hildegard of Bingen - Wikipedia page

Spiritual Cleansing: Your Guide to Cleansing Rituals and Methods, Otherworldly Oracle article

Eric Wargo / Coincidence / Synchronicity and related links

Eric Wargo's website

Time Loops: Precognition, Retrocausation, and the Unconscious by Eric Wargo

Precognitive Dreamwork and the Long Self: Interpreting Messages from Your Future by Eric Wargo

Coincidence & Synchronicity - What Magic is This? episode

The Timely Ideas of Eric Wargo - What Magic is This? episode

Maslow’s hierarchy of needs - Wikipedia page

Peak experience - Wikipedia page

Publication bias (aka file-drawer effect) - Wikipedia page

Is Death an Illusion? Evidence Suggests Death Isn’t the End, Psychology Today article

Douglas asks Hine and Buckley why Vayse exists - related links

Ultra-terrestrial hypothesis

Ultra-terrestrial Models, by H.E. Puthoff, article from The Journal of Cosmology

Ghost hunting - Wikipedia page

VYS0021 - Song of the Dark Man - Vayse to Face with Darragh Mason

Folie à deux - Wikipedia page

Mid-life crisis - Wikipedia page

Pennyroyal podcast website

Hellier (TV Series) - Wikipedia page

Hellier Season 1: Episode 1 | The Midnight Children

Spirit house - Wikipedia page

2000AD (Comics)

Boo Cook - Wikipedia page

Tweet by Vayse showing Boo's incredible Artwork

Meet the Void Runners - 2000AD article

Animism - Wikipedia page

Douglas’ positivity and related links

Thelema - Wikipedia page

Thoth Tarot - Wikipedia page

Aleister Crowley - Wikipedia page

Carl Sagan - Wikipedia page

Cosmos: A Personal Voyage - Wikipedia page

James Burke (science historian) - Wikipedia page

Connections (British TV Series) - Wikipedia page

Robert Anton Wilson - Wikipedia page

The Tools by Phil Stutz and Barry Michels

Ed Sheeran - Wikipedia page

Karma - Wikipedia page

Garth Ennis - Wikipedia page

Preacher (comics) - Wikipedia page

Classic Frames from Preacher - words by Garth Ennis, art by Steve Dillon

Special Guest: Douglas Batchelor.

Vayse returns for Season 2 on 13 September 2023. Until then, guess the guest.

In a triumphant finale to season 1 of Vayse, Hine and Buckley talk to one of their favourite mega-brains of the paraweirdpodosphere, Sequoyah Kennedy of the Nonsense Bazaar podcast. The conversation wanders into some favourite topics of the Nonsense Bazaar including Saint Germaine, To the Stars and the Lavenda agenda and then deep into more personal matters such as Sequoyah's self-guided magical practice, his encounters with supernatural beings and his love of freaky modular synths... (recorded 19 July 2023)

Thanks to Keith for the show notes which have, again, gone above and beyond the call of duty!

VYS0025 | Truth with a Capital "T" - Vayse to Face with Sequoyah Kennedy

Sequoyah Kennedy/Nonsense Bazaar/Willow Truman links

Sequoyah Kennedy’s Twitter

Biosphere 2 links

Wikipedia Article on Biosphere 2

Jack Parsons links

Wikipedia Article on Jack Parsons

Oneida Community links

Wikipedia Article on Oneida Community

Harry Horse/Drowned God links

Wikipedia Article on Harry Horse (Richard Horne)

“I AM” Activity Movement and related links

Wikipedia Article on “I AM” Activity

Other Selected Nonsense Bazaar Episodes links

The Nonsense Bazaar Episode 94: The Tin Man

Twin Peaks links

Wikipedia Article on Twin Peaks

Other book links

Time Loops: Precognition, Retrocausation, and the Unconscious by Erik Wargo

Taoism (Daoism) links

Wikipedia Article on Taoism (Daoism)

OCD link

MKUltra/Stargate Project/Psychic Spies links

Wikipedia Article on MKUltra

Human Potential Movement links

Wikipedia Article on the Human Potential Movement

Robert Anton Wilson/Cosmic Trigger/Reality tunnels/Guerrilla ontology links

Wikipedia Article on Robert Anton Wilson

Magic / Psychology / Schizophrenia / Psychosis and related links

Wikipedia Article on Psychological theories of magic

Initiation in Shamanism and Western Mystery Traditions links

Ancient Shamanism: Looking at Illness as Initiation, Wellcord article

Penny Royal/Oakwood NHIs link

Penny Royal Season One, Episode Seven: The Game (includes Dan Dutton relating his possible encounter with non-human intelligences at Oakwood Hospital, Kentucky, in the 1970s)

Israel Regardie/Therapy and Magick links

Wikipedia Article on Israel Regardie

Hat Man/Dark Man/Shadow People/Sleep Paralysis links

The Hatman Project website

Lost objects and pendulum dowsing link

Find lost objects with pendulum dowsing, Friendly Specter article

To The Stars Academy/Tom DeLonge/Hal Puthoff/Jim Semivan links

Wikipedia Article on To The Stars (company)

Peter Levenda and related links

Wikipedia Article on Peter Levenda

Hellier/Allen Greenfield links

Wikipedia Article on Hellier

UFO/UAP / Disclosure / Project Blue Beam and related links

Wikipedia Article on The X-Files

‘That person is not real’ plane rant / Exo-Biospheric-Organisms Reddit thread links

"That Person Is Not Real"; Plane Woman, Know Your Meme summary

Truth, belief and related links

The Nonsense Bazaar Episode 104: Lies in the Sky! The Balloon Hoaxes of 1844 and 2009

H.P. Lovecraft/Rhode Island links

Wikipedia Article on H.P. Lovecraft

Vayse VYS007 link

Vayse VYS0007 - Too Much to Dream Last Night (in which Hine relates his weird experience in the woods on the Solstice)

Lyra 8 synthesizer link

Lyra 8 description, Soma Laboratory website

Tarot and related links

Wikipedia Article on Tarot

Count of St Germain and related links

Wikipedia Article on Count of St Germain

Wikipedia Article on Enoch (Patriarch)

Orbs/OBOLs/Pukwudgie and related links

Sequoyah’s recommendations links

Wikipedia Article on Dune (novel)

Kelly Bear's Youtube Channel

Special Guest: Sequoyah Kennedy.

VYS0024 | Between Being Real and Not Real - Vayse to Face with Nathan Paul Isaac - Show Notes

Barely able to contain their excitement, Hine and Buckley welcome to Vayse the one and only Nathan Paul Isaac, creator of the essential chronicle of high strangeness in Somerset, Kentucky, the Penny Royal podcast. Penny Royal has been a huge influence on Vayse, and Hine and Buckley geek out as the conversation goes deep, wide and weird - from discussion of Penny-Royal-favourite topics such as cybernetics and synchronicity to pondering Hansen's trickster and theories on the nature of elementals and non-human intelligence by way of terrifying stories of faceless dream entities and a firm consensus on the importance of maintaining a healthy hatred of Nazis... and to sweeten the deal even more, Nathan drops a few breadcrumbs as to what kind of weird stuff to expect from Penny Royal season 3... Recorded 6 July 2023

Thanks again to Keith for the show notes - again, we couldn't have have got this episode out on time without his help. We appreciate it!

Nathan Paul Isaac / Penny Royal podcast links

Penny Royal podcast homepage

Kentucky / Kentucky Anomaly links

Wikipedia Article on Somerset, Kentucky

Appalachia links

Wikipedia Article on Appalachia

QAnon and related links

Wikipedia Article on QAnon

Gregory Bateson / Heinz von Foerster / Cybernetics links

Wikipedia Article on Gregory Bateson (anthropologist)

John C Lilly / E.C.C.O. / Dolphin experiments / The Order of the Dolphin links

John C Lilly website

Claude Shannon / Information theory links

Wikipedia Article on Claude Shannon

Dr Jack Hunter / Deep Weird links

Jack Hunter website

Deleuze / Guattari / Schizophrenia links

Wikipedia Article on Anti-Oedipus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia (book)

Paul Devereux links

Paul Devereux website

Marshall McLuhan links

Wikipedia Article on “The medium is the message”

Charles ‘Chuck’ Hayes / Danny Casolaro / PROMIS software links

Is the FBI Railroading Charles Hayes? (1997) - article by Dick Russell

Carl Jung / Synchronicity / Collective Unconscious / UFOs links

Wikipedia Article on Carl Jung

David Bowie UFO experiences links

Bowie’s 1967 UFO sighting

Other links

Wikipedia Page on The Mothman Prophecies (book), by John Keel

Special Guest: Nathan Paul Isaac.

VYS0023 | Mercurial, Mutable, Mysterious Something - Vayse to Face with Paul Weston - Show Notes

It's episode 23 and joining Hine and Buckley to pull that cosmic trigger is none other than author, researcher, lecturer and master of synchro-mysticism, Paul Weston. In the way that only Paul knows how, he spins a wonderful, breath-taking web of strange events, synchronicities and bizarre connections which all emerged in a single extremely powerful month in his home town of Glastonbury - How did he end up scattering Courtney Love's father's ashes in the centre of the Glastonbury Zodiac? How does that relate to a series of macabre and grisly murders? And how did the discovery of a swastika on the threshold of Dion Fortune's former residence trigger a waking-dream-proximity-alert? Paul also talks about how Cosmic Trigger is a psycho-active book (a trip he's taken 29 times!), how you can encourage synchronicities in your own life and how to deal with Chapel Perilous when your time comes... recorded 26 March 2023

Thanks to Keith for compiling the show notes!!! Paul's interview is so reference-dense that we've broken down the links into subject headings to help you find your way around:

Paul Weston Links

Paul Weston’s website

Robert Anton Wilson/Timothy Leary Links

The official Robert Anton Wilson Website

Hank Harrison Links

Wikibin article on Hank Harrison (not up-to-date!)

Twin Peaks Links

Wikipedia Article on Twin Peaks

Katherine Maltwood/Glastonbury Zodiac Links

Wikipedia Article on Katherine Maltwood

John Cowper Powys Links

Wikipedia Article on John Cowper Powys

Ken Campbell/Daisy Campbell Links

Wikipedia Article on Ken Campbell

John Constable aka John Crow/Cross Bones Burial Ground/The Southwark Mysteries Links

Wikipedia Article on John Constable aka John Crow

James Joyce Links

Wikipedia Article on James Joyce

Glastonbury Murders Links

ITV News - Glastonbury 2023 murder

Dion Fortune/Alice Buckton/Glastonbury Royal Jubilee Links

Wikipedia Article on Dion Fortune

Nicholas Roerich Links

Wikipedia Article on Nicholas Roerich (painter, writer, archaeologist, theosophist, philosopher)

Cadbury Castle Links

Wikipedia Article on Cadbury Castle, Somerset

Frederick Bligh Bond/Edward the Martyr Links

Wikipedia Article on Frederick Bligh Bond

Other links

Andrew Collins’ website

Special Guest: Paul Weston.