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  • ‘Reality Shifting’: shifting symptoms and scripting for a shift

    Continuing our discussion on the phenomenon of Reality Shifting by looking at some of the ‘symptoms’ that may indicate being close to, or achieving a shift, as well as a deeper look at ‘scripting’ for shifting. What are the kinds of thing people desire to ‘script’ for in their Desired Reality, ie: what kind of control do people wish to have over their new reality in order to hopefully shield themselves from trauma?

    53 min
  • ‘Reality Shifting’: the offered scientific proofs for the TikTok phenomenon
    We are beginning a new series today on the topic of ‘reality shifting’, RS or simply ‘shifting’. It is a method of transferring one’s consciousness to a desired reality in the multiverse. This is a method used by mostly teens to try to transport themselves to fictional universes to spend time there and have a form of escape. Today we are going to look as some of the scientific proofs offered by the community to support the claims on the methods efficacy and why they know it to work…
    36 min
  • History of Witchcraft: the New England witch craze of Salem, Massachusetts
    Continuing our discussion on the witch and witch hunt throughout time by exploring the witch in colonial New England. What was crucial to Salem, Massachusetts that resulted in one of the most ferocious witch hunts in modern history? We will be looking at the use of spectral evidence in law and the belief in the convicted witches’ accusations to implicate others… We will round out the series with one more episode next week, looking at the modern witch.
    46 min
  • History of Witchcraft: the New England witch craze before Salem
    Continuing our discussion on the witch and witch hunt throughout time by exploring the witch in colonial New England. What transformed the satanic witch as it existed in Europe into demonic witch conspiracy of Salem? What influences fanned the flame of a fire which had largely burnt itself out in Europe? Looking at Puritan theologian William Perkins on witchcraft, as well as the debate around spectral evidence as cause for conviction. This is part 1 of 2, 2 will be coming in the next week. :-)
    33 min
  • History of Witchcraft: the European witch trials

    Deeping our discussion on the satanic witch panic by exploring a few influential European witch trials. Witch trials from their inception have a startling level of uniformity, aspects of even the earliest organised trials would be echoed in later ones, across Europe and beyond. At the same time, responses to the trials, both good and bad influenced the shape of them as they were happening...

    We will be continuing next week with the case of the American witch trials, before moving to some modern approaches to the witch and looking at some of the achievements of modern witches, retaking this potent symbol for good.

    45 min
  • History of Witchcraft: the 'persecuting society' and the creation of the satanic witch

    Continuing our series on witchcraft by exploring the transformation which took the idea of the 'witch', a magical practitioner with varying cultural contexts and qualities, and turned it into an archetype of a person capable of being hunted...

    Where the Witch Trials inevitable, or part of a process by which a demographic is intentionally marginalised and demonised? Let's find out...

    Next week we will be exploring the trials themselves in more detail, so we hope you'll stick around for that. 

    37 min
  • History of Witchcraft: the creation of the 'witch' archetype

    Continuing our series on witchcraft, by taking a deeper look at what social and literary ideas merged to form the idea of the 'witch'. 

    We also begin to answer the question of why the idea of the witch came into being at this time, if, as some believe, it is a reflection of an innate archetype or a reaction to Christianity in general. 

    Next we will be exploring what specific legal and political forces combined to create not only the idea of the 'witch', but the urgent need to eradicate them...

    32 min
  • History of Witchcraft: a brief overview
    Back with a new season, we are beginning a new series exploring the history of witchcraft, with a particular focus on the vulnerable women whose treatment by society at large informed the kinds of magic they were often accused of. We will be covering the topic in more depth in coming weeks, but this week serves as a foundational knowledge from which to build up. Glad to be back and excited for the topics lined up for the spookiest month, and beyond.
    39 min

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