Radical Elphame Chad Andro

Today on the show I'm so excited to bring you my conversation with Amaya Rourke. Amaya is a practicing Animist and Folk Witch offering consultations around coming into relation with the fixed stars, as well as shepherding magical folks down the crooked path of cultivating their own personal practices. In the show we explore Amaya's own crooked journey to her primary Spirit Patron: the Irish God and Faery King Manannon Mac Lir, as well as what she's learned over the years helping individuals cultivate sovereignty in their personal practices and develop discernment in their spiritual relationships. I also can't resist getting Amaya's take on the nature of deity, and we hear about Amaya's upcoming retirement (or sabbatical) from the public facing side of her spiritual and consulting practice. I've been a big fan of Amaya's work for years now, and was truly honored to get the chance to have this conversation. There was some fun transcontinental audio shenanigans afoot, but I don't thnk it distracts too much from all the great wisdom Amaya imparts here. 
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SHOW NOTES:
-Consult with Amaya: https://www.amayarourke.com/writings/coming-into-relation-with-the-fixed-stars-where-to-learn
-MUSIC: "Stormy Point / Back of Beyond / The Seamstress" by Andrew Marlin off the ablum Fable & Fire. https://www.andrewmarlin.com/

On today's show we have Robert Peter of Sacred Heart Occult. Robert is a practitioner with a foundation in Chaos Magic, that has evolved into an eclectic and animistic adoption of deity work and Saint magic. In the show, we explore how different magical currents can exist side-by-side and be engaged in all at once, the nature of diety and the role sychretization might play in their evolution, and for good measure we concur up friend of the show: Dionysus. Robert was really gracious in humoring some of my more wonky lines of questioning on somewhat unknowable subjects, and brought a generous amount of knowledge and personal experience to the converation. 
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SHOW NOTES:
-Book a reading with Robert: https://calendly.com/rhreadings
-MUSIC: "Stormy Point / Back of Beyond / The Seamstress" by Andrew Marlin off the ablum Fable & Fire. https://www.andrewmarlin.com/

Today we welcome on the show writer, astrologer, and herbalist Maeg Keane of Third Sister. Maeg has a really beautiful and almost alchemical perspective on the role that plants and the stars play in our lives, and how we can engage them for personal growth, exploration, and evolution. Maeg originally caught my attention through her writing and astrological services around Dionysus and the 5th house of the birth chart. The mythopoetics of Dionysus has played a pivotal role in my life and practice and it was a blast talking with someone with such an eloquent take on a shared passion. Maeg and I also can't contain ourselves in dedicating most of the show to another shared interest, and a being Maeg is planning on exploring more deeply in the coming months: Ariadne. We discuss the notion of Dionysus and Ariadne through the lens of Faery King and Queen. The way deity can speak through mythologies that might even be written to subvert their role and power in society, and how these beings speak to us through the stars. I hope this is the first of many chat's with Maeg on these subjects.
SHOW NOTES:
Maeg's Website: https://www.third-sister.com
MUSIC:"Stormy Point / Back of Beyond / The Seamstress" off the album Fable & Fire by Andrew Marlin - https://www.andrewmarlin.com

Daniel Yates is a theologian, artist, and folklorist with an uncanny eye behind the camera. Today we pull no punches focusing on the stated goal of this show and explore Daniel's radical ideas about "Elphame." We talk about Daniel's upcoming book, Mysteria, which is a grimoiric treatise on what he calls "Elphamic Witchcraft," and as he says: "a work that will challenge many people's assumptions regarding what Elphame is and how we interact with it." Furthermore we delve into the double edged sword of understanding the past through its folklore, the theological underpinnings of Sabbatic Witchcraft, and hot takes about the hidden nature of Elphame and those who dwell there. This was a really interesting and exploratory conversation, the kind of which I hope to have many more of here. I hope you enjoy it.
SHOW NOTES:
Daniel's Website: https://www.photophrenic.com
Mysteria & Elphamic Witchcraft: https://www.photophrenic.com/elphamicwitchcraft
The Occult Library: https://www.occultlibrary.org
MUSIC:"Stormy Point / Back of Beyond / The Seamstress" off the album Fable & Fire by Andrew Marlin - https://www.andrewmarlin.com
ART: "Chesed" Photo by Daniel Yates
 

I'm thrilled to welcome on the show Darragh Mason of The Spirit Box Podcast and the upcoming book The Song of the Dark Man. In the show, Darragh talks about recording his spiritual evolution (albeit accidentally) through the medium of a podcast, and delves into his truly inspired journey exploring the "The Dark Man of the Witches Sabbat" in his new book. We talk about the peculiar occurance of being led to a Witchcraft practice as an established adult, and how to integrate something so powerful into normal life. We also explore the origin of Darragh's lecture series "Djinn and Tonic" and what inspires an Irishman from a land haunted by Faeries, to become so fascinated with the Djinn.
SHOW NOTES:
Darragh's Website: https://www.darraghmason.com/index
The Song of the Dark Man: https://www.innertraditions.com/author/darragh-mason
Spirit Box Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/spirit-box/id1504757824
The Sigil Engine: https://www.sigilengine.com
MUSIC:
"Stormy Point / Back of Beyond / The Seamstress" off the album Fable & Fire by Andrew Marlin - https://www.andrewmarlin.com
ART:
"Aghori Skulls" Photo by Darragh Mason - https://www.darraghmason.com/index

Joshua Cutchin joins us to talk about his groundbreaking non-fiction book The Ecology of Souls, and in particular his unusually personal epilogue to the book. We spend a lot of time exploring how Josh is able to integrate some of the radical conclusions he comes to in Ecology of Souls into his religious practice as a Christian. We also talk about Faery as an interface, and the cyclical nature of how we understand and encounter the phenomena over time. Finally, we explore what role emerging AI technology might play in how we think about The Otherworld. 
SHOW NOTES:
Josh's Website: https://www.joshuacutchin.com
Sign Up for Josh's Upcoming NDE Class: https://www.kosmosinstitute.org/near-death-experience
MUSIC:
"Stormy Point / Back of Beyond / The Seamstress" off the album Fable & Fire by Andrew Marlin - https://www.andrewmarlin.com
ART:
Art by Johnny Decker Miller - http://johnnydeckermiller.com/johnnydeckermiller.com/JM_2.0_Home.html