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VYS0037 | Elvis with a Flaming Sword - Vayse to Face with AP Strange - Show Notes

In this episode Vayse welcomes AP Strange, a writer, researcher and blogger with a near encyclopaedic knowledge of all things weird and a wicked sense of humour to go with it. Hine and Buckley shake down AP's voluminous brain on a wide range of bizarre topics and greedily feast on the nuggets of information that fall out, including the answers to such questions as: What were the entities that revealed the future to AP as a child and why did he liken them to Mikey Mouse's gloves? Did AP take a ghost for a spin in his Mustang and what was revealed when he got a tarot reading from this suspected phantom? Why is a sense of humour essential to an open mind and what happens if you don't embrace that? How can we learn to receive messages from the cosmos and allow a little more Strange into our lives? How and why do people so often ignore their own experiences of High Strangeness and should more of us be open to accepting the King of Rock 'n' Roll's Flaming Sword...? (Recorded 18 February 2024)

Thanks to AP for generously giving us time from his busy Sunday morning and thanks as always to Keith for his valiant and tireless work on the ever increasing show notes, give the man a follow: @peakflow.bsky.social

AP Strange online

Website/blog

AP’s blog posts referenced in the episode

My Personal Experience with the Phenomenon, Which I've told on Podcasts Too Many Times

Hine’s Intro

Ultraviolet (radiation) - Wikipedia

AP’s personal experience with the phenomenon, which he’s told on podcasts too many times

Mickey Mouse - Wikipedia

Sam, The Sandown Ghost Clown

The Isle of Wight Entity Case: AFU Special Case Report Number One - Goodreads

What is high strangeness?

High Strangeness And Understanding It - Global Bizarre

Liminality, anti-structure, and reckless wizards

VYS0036 | Infinite Game - Vayse to Face with Joseph Matheny

Shamans among us, and the disappearing tarot reader

Shamans as Healers, Counsellors, and Psychotherapists - Research Gate

Parallel universes, alternative lives, and the simulation hypothesis

In a Parallel Universe, Another You - New York Times

Messages from the Cosmos

Western esotericism - Wikipedia

Humour in occultism, forgetting weird experiences, and generating synchronicities

From Brooklyn to Neptune: The Bugs Bunny / UFO Connection! - AP Strange

AP’s spiritual beliefs

Ontology - Wikipedia

AP’s take on the whole disclosure thing

David Grusch UFO whistleblower claims - Wikipedia

Return of the Sandown Ghost Clown

Wight Magic and the Sandown Ghost Clown - AP Strange

Finding weirdness in the mundane

Star-cross'd Lovers - AP Strange

AP’s recommendations

The Mixed-Up Masters of Early Animation - The New Yorker

Buckley’s closing story

Hartlepool - Wikipedia

Vayse Online

Vayse website

Special Guest: AP Strange.

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VYS0036 | Infinite Game - Vayse to Face with Joseph Matheny - Show Notes

Some rare art transcends reality, some even rarer art seems to create a new reality altogether - the work of Joseph Matheny does both of these things while embracing the trickster spirit inherent in the magickal traditions in which his work has its roots.

Joseph talks to Hine and Buckley about Ong's Hat, his "living book" project, widely recognised as the first Alternate Reality Game, and how it took on a life of it's own, not only for the people who were playing it but also for the people who created it. The conversation also turns to synchronicity and how his recent work, the Liminal Cycle, seems to generate synchronicity in the lives of those who engage with it, how his work connects so closely to magick, nature and theatre, his experiences in the North Pole and how they affected his writing, the use of magic in political systems and how the internet we know and love (to hate) today retains the legacy of the ritual magicians and DnD enthusiasts who created it... (recorded 7 February 2024)

Thanks to Joseph for his time and thanks, as always, to Keith for the excellent show notes, you can hit him up on on bluesky: @peakflow.bsky.social

Joseph Matheny online

Website

Hine and Buckley’s Intro

Neuralink - Wikipedia

Joseph’s early background in tech

Early Personal Computers, 1970s-1980s - Museums Victoria

Joseph’s epiphany

High Frontiers magazine - Anarchivism

Joseph’s ‘living book’ art project

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Wikipedia

Magic is theatre; theatre is magic

Live action role-playing gamer (LARP) - Wikipedia

Would there be magic without humans?

Jacques Vallée - Wikipedia

Joseph’s thoughts on, and experiences of, synchronicity

Synchronicity - Wikipedia

We are nature

Big Sur - Wikipedia

Is the Internet a failed experiment in freedom of expression?

How the Internet Has Changed Everyday Life - Open Mind BBVA

Art becoming someone else’s reality

Rorschach test - Wikipedia

Psychoactive texts

Paul Weston’s website

Are ideas living things?

Animism - Wikipedia

Are there magicians in politics?

Group Magickal Workings in Politics - Reddit

Joseph’s recommendations (with suggestions from Buckley and Hine)

Under the Silver Lake - Wikipedia

Vayse online

Vayse website

Buckley’s Closing Question(s)

Central Intelligence Agency - Wikipedia

Special Guest: Joseph Matheny.

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VYS0035 | The Weird Review of the Year 2023 Pt.2 - Show Notes

Concluding their post-mortem of the bloated carcass of 2023 looking for any residual traces of weirdness Hine and Buckley witness it hurtling from June to December like a reckless driver, drunk on curiosity, swerving to avoid a shadowy figure that was never there, crashing through the windshield of wanton deception to land face down and muttering incoherently on the cold, hard tarmac of truth.

As they accompany this moribund year through the bardo they encounter David Grusch and Ryan Graves giving dubious, testimony about their UAP encounters, an unexplained encounter at the bottom of a well, a Russian man drilling into his own skull to try to control his dreams, a couple of dry little guys being dragged out before the Mexican Congress and the threat of desecration to a 30-year-old Vayse sacred text... (recorded 15 January 2024)

Thanks as always to Keith for the show notes - give him a follow on bluesky: @peakflow.bsky.social

Again, most of the news stories in this episode were sourced from the strange and unusal website: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/ - bookmark it and check it for your daily does of weird.

Walken’s Intro

Christopher Walken - Wikipedia

June 2023

Grusch blows his whistle

Intelligence Officials Say U.S. Has Retrieved Craft of Non-Human Origin - The Debrief

Scientists create synthetic human embryos

Synthetic human embryos created in ground-breaking advance - The Guardian

Trail cam catches half-naked ‘witches’ in deer carcass ‘eating ritual’

Woman's horror as wildlife cam catches "naked witches hosting carcass-eating ritual" - The Mirror

Vayse episodes in June

VYS0022 | This Phenomena Draws You In - Vayse to Face with Steve Mera

July 2023

Grusch and Graves give testimony at Congressional Hearing on UFOs

UFO hearings: whistle-blower David Grusch says ‘non-human biologics’ found at alleged crash sites - The Guardian

Man claims to have performed brain surgery on himself

Researcher claims to have implanted chip into his brain which he hopes can control his dreams - Lad Bible

Our bears are not humans in suits, says Chinese zoo

Chinese zoo denies its bears are humans in costume - Sky News

Vayse episodes in July

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

August 2023

Loch Ness Monster mega-hunt takes place

Record-breaking hunt for the Loch Ness Monster is now underway - Unexplained Mysteries

Nibiru fails to destroy Earth

Conspiracy Theorist Has An "Explanation" After Nibiru Failed To Destroy Earth Last Week - IFL Science

Tourists…in space!

Virgin Galactic takes first tourists to edge of space - Sky News

Uri Geller shares image of ‘probably real’ naked pregnant female alien

Uri Geller unveils photo of naked alien - Jerusalem Post

Vayse episodes in August

On hiatus (allegedly).

September 2023

Maussan unveils ‘alien mummies’ in Mexico

"Alien corpses" unveiled in Mexico linked to 5-year-old "hoax" - Indy100

NASA releases 33-page UAP report after year-long study

NASA says more science and less stigma are needed to understand UFOs - AP News

Hacker McKinnon criticises NASA’s stance on aliens

Scot who hacked top US agencies looking for evidence of UFOs slams NASA’s claim that they don’t exist - The Scottish Sun

AI could detect alien life

Scientists created AI that could detect alien life — and they're not entirely sure how it works - Live Science

Mystery of ‘Juanita’ trapped in a well

Fire crew attempts to rescue vanishing "ghost" woman from bottom of well - Unexplained Mysteries

Vayse episodes in September

VYSTS2 - Vayse Season 2 Trailer

October 2023

Simulated universe hypothesis proven?

Could a new law of physics support the idea we're living in a computer simulation? - Phys.org

Results of British paranormal survey revealed

One in Twenty Brits Believe their Office is Haunted - Spooky Mrs Green

Robo-dogs now capable of speech

Boston Dynamics teaches robo-dog to recognise speech, respond using ChatGPT - The Register

Vayse episodes in October

VYS0028 | Psychic Jizz - Vayse to Face with Stephanie Quick

November 2023

Virgin Mary statue weeps in Mexico church

‘Miracle’ Virgin Mary statue is ‘weeping’ at Mexico church -The Independent

Lucid dreams on demand

Scientists Are Researching a Device That Can Induce Lucid Dreams On Demand - Slashdot

Head of Pentagon UFO office resigns

Head of Pentagon's UFO office is stepping down after just 18 months - Unexplained Mysteries

Return of the ‘alien mummies’

Mexican Congress holds second UFO session featuring Peruvian mummies - Yahoo News

Patrolman confirms ‘red square’ UFO sighting

Air Force officer goes public with terrifying UFO encounter – ‘It’s coming right for us’ - Metro

David Grusch is interviewed by Joe Rogan

Ex-US Intelligence Officer Claims US Is Hiding 'Variety' Of Alien Bodies From The World - Mashable India

Vayse episodes in November

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

December 2023

Tesla unveils egg-handling humanoid robot

Tesla unveils its latest humanoid robot, Optimus Gen 2, in demo video - Ars Technica

Scientists create AI death predictor

New AI can predict people’s time of death with high degree of accuracy, study finds - The Independent

X-Files reboot confirmed

Disney’s New X-Files Series Confirmed to Be in Development, Ryan Coogler Will Produce - MSN

Film milestone anniversaries in 2023

Jurassic Park (film) - Wikipedia

TV and film milestone anniversaries in 2024

The Sopranos - Wikipedia

Vayse episodes in December

VYS0032 | O Buddha, Where Art Thou? - Vayse to Face with Roger Jayamanne

Vayse online

Vayse website

Buckley’s Closing Question

“Modern Men Like Brevity Above All Things” - Facsimile Finder

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VYS0034 | The Weird Review of the Year 2023 Pt.1 - Show Notes

2023 was a weird year, a slightly frightening year, a year dominated by UAPs becoming ever more unidentified, AIs becoming ever more intelligent, the Military–industrial complex becoming ever more complex and human beings becoming ever more fucking stupid. In this first part of the second annual Weird Review of the Year, Hine takes Buckley on a fevered journey through the haunted forest of the memories of the year that was, stopping along the way to point out the many strange lights in the sky, the fierce black leopards in the long grass, and the spoon bending, sooth-saying light entertainer hiding in the dark shadows cast by the impenetrable canopy of misinformation onto the windy, uncertain and often deceptive desire-path of truth... (recorded 15 January 2024)

Thanks to robo-Walken for his kind words and patience and as always to Keith for the show notes - give him a follow on bluesky: @peakflow.bsky.social

Again, the news stories in this episode were sourced from the weird and wonderous website https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/ - bookmark it and check it daily.

Hine’s Intro

They Live, “Chew Bubble Gum and Kick Ass” scene; Crazy Yak - YouTube

January 2023

Russia ‘liquidates’ UFO

Russia Says It Shot Down a UFO - Newsweek

Uri Geller blames aliens for outages

Jan 11, 2023 Tweet by Uri Geller

Study finds link between poor sleep and paranormal beliefs

Poor Sleep Linked To Paranormal Beliefs Around Aliens, Ghosts, And Demons - IFL Science

Scientists discover that the Sea Spider can regrow its anus

Sea spiders can regrow their anuses, scientists discover - Live Science

Vayse episodes in January

VYS0014 | The Weird Review of the Year 2022

February 2023

The Great High-Altitude Object Flap

US shoots down suspected Chinese spy balloon over east coast - The Guardian

Man killed by chicken

Man dies from ‘aggressive’ chicken attack causes fatal puncture wounds; Yahoo

DARPA trials pilotless AI-powered fighter jets

ACE Program’s AI Agents Transition from Simulation to Live Flight - DARPA

Vayse episodes in February

VYS0016 | We Created It By Talking About It - Vayse to Face with Ken Eakins

March 2023

Colombian children hospitalised after playing with a Ouija board (again)

28 girls hospitalized with ‘anxiety’ after playing with Ouija board - New York Post

Cylindrical UFO sighted over Baghdad

Cylindrical UFO detected by thermal imaging drone flying over Baghdad - Curious Cosmos (includes video)

Calvine UFO photo solved?

UFO investigator claims to have ‘solved’ UK’s biggest X-Files mystery in Scotland - MSN, Daily Record

Woman has been eating toilet paper every day for 23 years

"It's Like Crack": Chicago Woman Gets Addicted To Eating Toilet Paper Rolls - India Times

Uri Geller posts more UFO stuff

Uri Geller posts up footage of alleged UFO on Twitter - Unexplained Mysteries

Vayse episodes in March

VYS0017 | Occult Detective - Vayse to Face with Bob Freeman

April 2023

Elon Musk starts new AI company

Elon Musk quietly starts X.AI, a new artificial intelligence company to challenge OpenAI - VentureBeat

US Senate Committee holds open hearings on the UFO issue

UFO hearing in Senate: New videos but no hard evidence - EarthSky

Spanish athlete spends 500 days alone in cave

A Spanish athlete spent 500 days alone in a cave — for science - NPR

Vayse episodes in April

VYS0019 – It’s a Very, Very Mad World: Donnie Darko

May 2023

Spherical object of unknown origin intercepted off Hawaii

F-22s Intercepted “Spherical Object” Off Hawaii In Latest Balloon Chase - The Drive

‘Definitive proof‘: Big cats prowl the British countryside

New DNA evidence "confirms" presence of big cats in the UK - Discover Wildlife

Stanford professor says aliens are ‘100 %’ on earth

Stanford professor says aliens are ‘100 per cent’ on earth, US is ‘reverse-engineering downed UFOs’ - News.com

FDA approves Elon Musk’s Neuralink chip for human trials

The FDA finally approved Elon Musk’s Neuralink chip for human trials. Have all the concerns been addressed? - The Conversation

Vayse episodes in May

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

Vayse online

Vayse website

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VYS0033 | Battle-Owl vs Sci-fi Centipede - Vayse to Face with Loren Fetterman - Show Notes

In this episode artist, illustrator, esoteric free-thinker and Hine's tattoo-artist of choice, Loren Fetterman, completely blows Hine and Buckley's minds in a mushroom cloud of psychedelics, synchro-mysticism and inner astrology. Loren gives Hine and Buckley a whirlwind tour of his unique, self-styled brand of magick, detailing how he brings back and integrates life-changing ideas from this trips, how he invented a mirror point calendar system and bone watch to track his own personal symmetry, how he uses insight meditation to understand the recurring fractal cycles and patterns which form his life and wider reality and how he summoned a Battle-Owl to defeat an attacking Sci-fi Centipede formed entirely from his baby photos... (recorded 13 December 2023)

Thanks to Loren for being so generous with his time and insights and thanks, as always to Keith for impressive work on the show notes - give Keith a follow on bluesky: @peakflow.bsky.social

Loren Fetterman online

Loren’s website

Hine’s Intro

Goth subculture - Wikipedia

Where is Loren from, and what was the point at which he realised that there was more to life, and reality, and consciousness, than is described in consensus reality?

Berlin - Wikipedia

What is the link between imagination, creativity, and reality, and can imagination and creativity be used to manipulate reality?

Western esotericism - Wikipedia

How have Loren’s first-hand experiences influenced the way in which his personal practice has developed?

First principle - Wikipedia

How to develop a practice in Loren’s self-guided style

How to Keep a Dream Journal – Benefits, Apps and Examples - Find-a-Therapist.com

What are the patterns of life and time, and where do they come from?

Golden ratio - Wikipedia

Loren’s devices: The Timepiece and the Calendar

Planetary Archetypes, PandoraAstrology.com

Time travel, timeloops, and Loren’s day-to-day relationship with time

Time travel - Wikipedia

Loren’s initiatory mega-trip

Psilocybe cubensis - Wikipedia

What is insight meditation, and how can someone start their own practice?

Clarification: Insight Meditation vs. Concentration, Reddit

Loren’s recommendations

Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha by Daniel Ingram - Goodreads

Buckley’s closing question

Rudolf Steiner - Wikipedia

Vayse online

Vayse website

Special Guest: Loren Fetterman.

Support Vayse

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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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