The Aether

When YeahBoiii, his nonhuman collaborators and I had our initial session, I was given 70 days to be free of my 405 negative attachments. I calculated that date to be May 18th. As fate would have it, amid the many signs & synchronicities, I was invited to Spain to facilitate sound at a yoga retreat, reuniting me with my Bali family. Meaning my “healed date” was spent jumping into the Mediterranean...

Amanda Paulson is a paranormal investigator and psychic medium with over 17 years of experience. She is also the creator of the Paranormal Emotive Touchpoint Theory: a framework for understanding spirit communication through what she calls “odd emotions.” Her work has reached tens of millions and has been featured in Ghost Files, Surrounded by Spirits, and The Lady of The Lake. Her debut book Odd...

Gabriela Herstik is an author, sex witch and my former neighbor during a time when magic & synchronicity in my life began to accelerate. Actually, If it wasn’t for our connection back in 2022 I might not have found 22 Teachings School of Hermetic Science & Magical Arts where I would go on to deepen my study of Tarot, Ritual & High Magic. Her work explores the intersection of the erotic and the eso...

Siddharth Ramakrishnan, author of The Neuroscience of Tarot and creator of The Neuro Tarot Deck, is a neuroscientist, educator, and Chair of Neuroscience at the University of Puget Sound. With over 20 years of research and teaching experience, his work bridges cutting-edge science with the ancient symbolic system of Tarot. In this conversation, Siddharth explores intuition, perception, and how sym...

Ekram Ibrahim is a Journalist, and Harvard Kennedy School graduate whose work spans global affairs, human rights, and ancient wisdom. As the host of the podcast Courage Codes, she explores mythology, spirituality, and inherited belief systems as tools for awakening inner sovereignty. In this conversation, we explore Egypt, its symbolism, mysticism, and enduring spiritual legacy, moving toward a de...

Pioneer, trailblazer, and friend Bri Luna is the creator of The Hoodwitch, an occult platform and lifestyle brand dedicated to empowering and educating through ritual and everyday magic. Her work has been featured in Vogue, i-D, and The New York Times, and she is the author of Blood, Sex, Magic, published by HarperCollins in 2023. In this conversation, Bri shares her journey from a rebellious teen...

In this solo episode, I reflect on where I am post-interstellar healing, and the experiences that have led me into a deeper relationship with intuition, parallel lives, and personal transformation.  Returning to Reality Transurfing by Vadim Zeland, I explore what it means to align with a new version of self and what happens as the body begins to catch up. Reality Transurfing via Audible: https://w...

When I decided to take a 10-week hiatus to recalibrate, my dear friend Yea Boiii was one of my final guests and a more recent addition to this season. I’ve since begun to recognize this work with him & his alien team as an anchor point in my continuously unfolding story. Part two of Interstellar Healing is an edited 40-minute segment from our 2-hour session. A process that has genuinely begun to c...

“You know it because you know it.” This week, I’m joined by author Marco Visconti, whose work includes The Aleister Crowley Manual and Aleister Crowley’s Mysticism. This discussion gets into the reality of working within Thelema, what that means and what it actually asks of us. We talk about why Crowley’s work is so often misunderstood and misinterpreted, and the difference between building a prac...

It's My SpectreVersary! A year ago today, I met Daniel Noah & Elijah Wood when I stepped on stage to share my experiences with Sleep Paralysis on the SVR Live Panel at The Philosophical Research Society. I hesitated for days, not sure if I was ready to speak publicly for the first time about my relationship to the unknown. At this point, a podcast was nowhere near top of mind for me. I remember be...

“Believe in the way of the new reality that is coming every day. We have seen what will happen, and it is whatever you want.”  I first met YeahBoiii back around 2012, when we were both in very different vehicles. This conversation was a timely reconnection. One that became imperative to my growth and evolution.  For the past three years, I’d been moving through inexplicable full-body pain, chronic...

Dear The Aether listeners, I’ll be pausing weekly broadcasts to bank episodes, line up some exciting new guests, and build the foundation of the show more intentionally, subrosa & under the cover of winter. The Aether returns in conjunction with the Wheel, just before the Spring Equinox on Thursday, March 19, with all-new episodes, bonus content, elevated production, and a host who has properly re...

🥂✨ Happy New Year to all The Aether listeners & thank you for an incredible 2025 January 1 marks a turning point In this episode, I reflect on the movement from the inward work of the Hermit year into the embodied sovereignty of the Magician. We began with Ep. 0 | The Spirit of Aether: zero, breath, potential held. We leapt with The Fool’s energy & moved through silence, incubation, and the slow...

While this week's episode uploads, here's the full video of my Testimonial from my Psychic & Mediumship confirmation event. Happy New Year | 1/1/1 | The Year of The Magician ✨ nissaretreats.com SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring creativity, the esoteric, and the unknown. We’re a community f...

Content warning: This episode includes discussion of depression and suicide. Please take care while listening, and give yourself some extra grace this holiday season. In this episode, I mark a significant chapter of The Aether. Punta Monterrey, Mexico | November 4, 2025 My most potent & undeniable psychic confirmation event. Included is my emotional, real-time testimonial as I reflect on the three...

Professional witch, psychic medium, and founder of Olde Ways, Michael Cardenas joins me for a candid conversation. We talk about the defining childhood moments that revealed his gifts, the ways ancestry, lineage, and brujería shape his work, and what it means to grow a genuine magical practice with integrity over time. We explore the challenges that come with awakening, and how spirit communicatio...

Solo Episode. A recalibration. Episode Art By: Lex Lee SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring creativity, the esoteric, and the unknown. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests and persistent passions. spectrevisionradio.com linktr.ee/spectre...

Psychic medium Heidi Jaffe joins The Aether to share the story behind her work and the evolution of her retreats in psychic and mediumship development. In this conversation, we explore her transition from working one-on-one with clients to leading immersive group experiences designed to help others awaken, refine, and trust their own intuitive abilities. Heidi opens up about the nature of psychic...

Author and researcher Mike Clelland returns to The Aether to share with me the story of his “confirmation event,” a night sleeping out under the desert stars that set in motion a phenomenal chain of deeply anomalous experiences, marking the moments when his life changed forever. This is a multi-layered account that left me fascinated. What begins in quiet awe, with what could be UFO contact and a...

In this deep dive episode of The Aether, author, illustrator, and researcher Mike Clelland joins Nicole to explore the enduring mystery of owls, synchronicity, and UFO contact experiences. Drawing from his influential book The Messengers, the conversation moves through questions of symbolism, archetype, memory, and transformation, as well as Nick’s own encounters—owl sightings, hypnagogic visions,...

In this follow-up conversation, filmmaker Ivan Nevesenko returns to The Aether to discuss the evolution of his upcoming feature film, inspired by the mythic descent into the underworld.  Together we discuss art as an alchemical process, what it means to choose the descent consciously, to hold faith in the process of becoming, and to move forward through the unknown with trust. More of Ivan's work:...

In this episode of The Aether, I sit down with The Death Alchemist, a death doula who works as a transitional usher between our world and the departed. Adriana enlightens us about her Indigenous Chicana ancestry and provides a humble introduction to one of her most personal and reverential guides: Santa Muerte. Her work invites us to consider continuity — how ritual restores coherence to what grie...

In this episode of The Aether, I sit down with psychic practitioner Madison Lang (@liminalpsychic) to explore the mechanics of subtle perception. We discuss clairsentience, psychic anatomy, and how focused energy work can deepen our awareness of unseen dimensions. Madison shares how their training at the Boulder Psychic Institute helped them move from overwhelm into discernment and clarity, and wh...

In this deep-dive episode of The Aether, nick welcomes Jo’el Adifon, a spiritual practitioner with Beninese heritage whose unique work bridges spirit work, animism, and mediumship. Born in San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy, Jo’el’s practice is deeply rooted in his heritage and unfolds through a modern form of thaumaturgy — the art of miracle-working — which he’s coined as Catholicostal Folk Magic. With...

In the first installment of Transmissions — our listener-submitted storytelling series — nick welcomes Ivory, a recording artist raised in a devout Christian household and shaped by a lifetime of unusual experiences. From an angel’s embrace to a haunted house to hearing her name called by unseen voices, Ivory reflects on how these moments continue to guide her sense of reality and connection to sp...