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This is the latest episode of the reborn Order of the Sword and Staff podcast, wherein the Shadow Appalachia crew talk spiritual warfare, the delay in Shadow Appalachia, share individual strange encounters since standing on the head of the Logan County Serpent Mound a year ago, plans going forward and talk Southern Death Cult symbolism and mythology that seems to be reoccurring among each of us as a number of odd synchronicities.

We hadn't talked about many of these things prior as they were happening to each of us, and so connections are made in real-time as we're figuring it out and sharing experiences that will likely shape the direction of Shadow Appalachia, which resumes shooting in March of 24.

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Join us for this comeback edition of The Sword & Staff. For the first time in 9 months, Rev. Josh and Sketchy Ritchie sit down for a conversation to discuss Planet Weirds newest documentary titled "The Unbinding" and the weird state of the world.

The guys are joined by a panel of friends to discuss the resurrection of The Sword & Staff and Shadow Appalachia, which will resume filiming in just a few weeks. Thanks to our friends Ward Hiney from Dark Holler, Bo Kennedy from The Bump Podcast, and Travis Turner of New Haven Church for joining us!

Links

Ward Hiney

Dark Holler Film

The Shape of Shadows

Werewolves Unearthed: Facebook


Bo Kennedy

The BUMP Podcast


Josh Robinson

The Narnian by Josh Robinson | Substack

The Narnian - YouTube

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In this week's edition, Josh and Ritchie sit down and have a conversation with their friend Travis Turner. In this edition, they discuss myths and lore from deep beneath the earth in the WV coalmines. They talk about Blue Cap Elves, and the ghost of deceased miners. In the Uncut edition, they broaden out the reach and discuss general weirdness in Logan, WV. 



Please excuse the subpar audio in this episode. Ritchie and Travis were sharing a single microphone while Josh had his own. 



Let us know your thoughts on this weeks edition! 

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In this week's Spooky Month edition of S&S, the guys get together with Bo Kennedy from The Bump Podcast and have a discussion on the legendary cryptids of Appalachia and some of the folklore surrounding them. They also spend some time connecting their folklore into the folklore of other cultures that may be somewhat surprising to listeners, and towards the end they sum up their thoughts on them. Are they angels? Demons? Something in between? 

In the Uncut portion they talk for the first time about their new upcoming documentary called Shadow Appalachia with Ward Hiney, and the discuss a super secret lost serpent mound in their own back yard that they will be venturing to! 

Let us know what you think about this first spooky month edition! Also make sure to check out Bo Kennedy's The Bump Podcast and add it to your rotation! 



The Bump 

- Facebook: The BUMP Podcast | Facebook

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The Mothman Prophecies by John Keel - The Mothman Prophecies: A True Story: Keel, John A. + Free Shipping (amazon.com)The Silver Bridge by Gray Barker - Amazon.com: The Silver Bridge: 9781517692179: Barker, Gray, Moseley, James W., Greenfield, Allen: Books

Hellier Season One - (240) Hellier Season 1: Episode 1 | The Midnight Children - YouTube

Hellier Season Two - (240) Hellier Season 2: Episode 1 | Noise and Signal - YouTube

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In this week's edition, Rev. Josh and Sketchy Ritchie have a conversation with the guys at Appalachian Intelligence! The conversation is free-flowing and broad in scope, and they talk about everything from Shadow Appalachia to the Sons of God and Genesis 6, psychedelics, mythology, flood myths, treasure hunting, the nature of reality, epistemology, and synchronicity, and finally the Gospel.

This conversation is full of sketch, so we hope you guys enjoy this uncut version of the podcast! The edited version will go up Friday everywhere!

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Podcast: AI: Appalachian Intelligence on Apple Podcasts

Instagram: @appalachianintelligence

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In this week's edition of S&S, Josh and Ritchie are joined by one of their long time Patrons Coleman Barbour. 



In the episode, the guys discuss the secret history of Kansas that covers Native Americans, serpent effigies cut into the earth, Native Americans using limestones for pharmakia, various petroglyphs with mythic spiritual beings, and the cross planted by one of the first American missionaries that essentially stopped the spread of the serpent's reign in Kansas. This is the secret history of Kansas you never knew! 



The guy also continues the conversation for about a half an hour in the Uncut section. Also, there are some connection issues in the Uncut section, and we apologize for them!