Glitch Bottle Podcast

In today’s world of #hashtags, shortcuts and life hacks, our attention is sliced finer than the vellum folios of a 900-year-old grimoire. It takes will to cultivate consistent, in-depth practice. To illustrate this, I’d like to invoke the hidden devilish drive of determination in two of among the most famous English poems of all time (and a bonus poem), and why I always read and re-read them when...

Why is the Mysteriorum Libri Quinque (the Five Books of Mysteries), written by John Dee in the 16th century, one of the most important core texts of occult literature? How were these secret writings about angel magic discovered long after John Dee’s death and remarkably spared from destruction? Scholar and author Joseph H. Peterson shares about his updated edition of Dee’s five books, reflecting 2...

Before any magician summons a spirit listed in a grimoire it’s very important to understand ritual timing. Let’s explore how spirits of the hour, day and season all should be invoked before the aforementioned target beings, whether celestial, terrestrial, sublunar, airy, elemental, gnomish or of the more infernal variety. Thank you to my Glitch Bottle Patreon supporters for making posts like this...

Holy water is *the* most foundational element in the Solomonic magician’s repertoire: without it, you can’t consecrate any of the ritual implements (or yourself) before or during a ritual. But how do you make it? Here is my own step-by-step method. ______________STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE______________ 1.)     Gather water at sunrise on the day and hour of Mercury (Wednesday) or on the day and hour of Sol...

How does an artist confront and transmute the elements of war, death and destruction they encounter in their daily life? How does an artist ‘evoke’ a spiritual entity into their work? Is all art spiritual, or is there a separation? Ukrainian esoteric artist Nightgrowler returns on the podcast from inside Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital city, answers your Patreon listener questions and more! ⇓ ⇓ ⇓ ► ✅...

Are spirits conjured by cock, or rather, sealed by cockish potencies? Let's explore the hard truths of these vital roosterian resplendencies in the grimoires and Shakespeare: are these just charming suppositions, a bundle of poppycock, or a powerful tool in conjuring spirits? ✦🔮Shhhhhh….become a super secret Glitch Bottle supporter! 🔮 ►https://www.patreon.com/glitchbottle ♫ Music by the artist C...

How did a silver mining town in Mexico play a vital role in the growth of Santa Muerte veneration? How do Catholics and Luciferians venerate Santa Muerte? Ed Calderon returns on the podcast to share about his exciting historical discoveries and connections surrounding La Santa and answers you Patreon listener questions! Ed has worked in the fields of counter-narcotics, organized crime investigatio...

After nearly 700 years, one of the most important Western magical compendiums in history has been fully translated into English for the first time. The Summa Sacre Magice (SSM) is a 200,000 word Latin manuscript written in 1346 by Catalan magician Berengarii Gannellii, and is considered the most in-depth overview of Latin medieval magic ever. In a stunning achievement, scholar, author and Solomoni...

You’ve heard of the License to Depart in ritual magic. What about the License to Remain? How do you conjure the Planetary Intelligences? Do you need permission to do a conjuration? David Rankine - author, esoteric researcher and magician - shares about his upcoming from Hadean Press - Claves Intelligentiarum: A Complete Practical Manual of Conjuration of the Planetary Intelligences, answers your P...

How was the Traditional Latin Mass a focal point of a grimoire (attributed to a Pope) to summon the demon Astaroth? Why did another Pope from the 1200s write a fascinating collection of ‘home remedies’ and secret cures for a wide variety of physical ailments? Fr. Robert Nixon, OSB, is a monk of the Abbey of the Most Holy Trinity, New Norcia in Western Australia. He returns on the podcast to discus...

Roman Catholic exorcists in the Middle Ages called on the authority of Lucifer, Beelzebub and Satan to remove lower demons from the body of a possessed person. Magicians also call on these demons, but for very different reasons. This deep dive explores what modern exorcists say about demonic hierarchies, the medieval manuscripts from Catholic exorcists, the grimoire traditions, the Gospel of Matth...

What are Jinn in the Islamic tradition? What is a Jinnic doppelganger, those much-feared beings who were believed to be assigned to each human being throughout their lives? How did one of the greatest minds in Islamic thought from the 12th and 13th centuries, Ibn Arabi, conceptualize about Jinn? Scholar and author Dr. Dunja Rasic goes deep, sharing about her latest (and wonderfully lucid) tome ‘Be...

What *actually* is scrying in magic and divination? What are the pitfalls and key tips to interact with spirits? What *is* a spirit? Harper Feist - scryer, esotericist, a scientist, author and historian- goes deep into the relationship between magic and science, shares her vast scrying wisdom, answers your Patreon listener questions and so much more!  ⇓ ⇓ ⇓ ►🤝Harper’s Website - https://www.harper...

What is the Steganographia, the most notorious work of German Benedictine abbot and polymath Johannes Trithemius? Written in the year 1500, Is the Steganographia a text about the evocation of spirits, a system of cryptography where information is secretly encoded, or both? Internationally acclaimed author, practicing magician and scholar, Dr. Stephen Skinner, shares about his collaboration with Da...

What is the magic behind ink making? What does it mean to alchemically dissolve and transmute guns into a liquid solution used by magicians and artists to make marks on parchment and paper? How are slime amoeba and the intricate patterns they produce a living ink in-and-of themselves? Artist, esotericist and ink historian Thomas Little shares about the transformative power of metals and slime, ans...

Why is magic a relationship instead of only repetitive formulas found in a book? Why should we engage with spirits in our actual, physical areas where we live? Why is magic about encouraging the unlikely, not conjuring the impossible? Denis Poisson - practitioner, author and host of the esoteric YouTube channel Foolish Fish - stops by the podcast to talk about the foundations of magic in his new b...

What does it take to found a magical institute? Why is in-depth learning so important, especially in an age of short attention spans? In a first-ever interview, the founder of IMBOLC (the independent Western magic distance learning training institute) Mstr. Agrippa, stops by the podcast. He’s joined by experienced magician and author Frater Acher, who is Agrippa’s former student when he was at IMB...

How is the veneration of Santa Muerte evolving? In Mexico City’s Tepito barrio, what wisdom does the first public altar dedicated to Santa Muerte reveal to us? Ed Calderon shares the latest trends and deep lessons learned in going public with his veneration of La Santa. Ed has worked in the fields of counter-narcotics, organized crime investigation, and public safety in the northern border region...

What are mystery cults and what do they do? What are the Egyptian Mysteries and how were they practiced? How do Western esoteric conceptions of the Egyptian mysteries map onto their history? Author, esoteric researcher and healer Peter Mark Adams unravels the mystery of mystery cults, shares about his upcoming mystery tradition course in 2024 and answers your Patron listener questions! ⇓ ⇓ ⇓ ► ✅N...

What is the Grimorium Verum, also known as The True Grimoire? Why is it considered one of the most notorious handbooks of black magic -- dealing openly with spirits of darkness? Scholar and author Joseph H. Peterson shares about his updated edition of this grimoire, reflecting 15 years of additional research, including material from newly identified manuscript and printed sources. He also answers...

How did medieval lapidaries smuggle Arabic esoteric knowledge into Europe? What was the Arabic Hermetica corpus found in Europe 100 years before the Picatrix (Ghayat al-Hakim)? Vajra Regan - medieval scholar, author and researcher - shares about his latest research and new article published in The Journal of Medieval Latin earlier this year. ⇓ ⇓ ⇓ ✅►Get your copy of Vajra’s article - https://www....

Why is a Witch Bottle a powerful magical counter-offensive against maleficent magic? What’s in a Witch Bottle, and how do you use it? Dan Harms is an author, scholar and a true master of library science. He stops by and uncorks the mystery in his latest tome “Witch Bottles: History, Culture, Magic”, answers your Patreon listener questions and much more! ⇓ ⇓ ⇓ ✅►Get your copy of ‘Witch Bottles’ -...

Podcast supporters on Patreon voted to go deep into the Heptameron Conjurations for each day of the week. Who are the powerful “Overseers” in each conjuration? We cover history, practical tips, and Solomonic magicians Aaron Leitch, Frater Ashen Chassan and Adley Nichols also stop by to also share their conjuration wisdom! Cheers and thanks to every podcast patron! ⇓ ⇓ ⇓ ►Joseph H. Peterson’s Esote...

What is a familiar spirit? What’s the difference between familiar spirits and other spirits listed in the grimoires? What is positive spirit possession? Author and magician BJ Swain returns to share about his tome “Familiar Unto Me: Witches Sorcerers and Their Spirit Companions”, answers your Glitch Bottle Patron questions and more! ⇓ ⇓ ⇓ ✅►Get your copy of ‘Familiar Unto Me’ - https://amzn.to/3O...

Why is a contemplative mystic more concerned about pure essentiality versus concern with spirits, gods, realms, times/energies, and ideas? How can a mystic work with formlessness to achieve true gnosis? Contemplative mystic, esoteric cartographer and author David Chaim Smith shares about his latest tome The Eneatych, which is the seventh and culminating book in David’s seminal Lightning Flash of A...