Glitch Bottle Podcast

Amid the chaos, the anxiety and the worry, now is the perfect time for magicians to delve their esoteric spades deep in ritual practice, healing and hope, with spirits and William Blake guiding the way. Become a Glitch Bottle Patron! ✅► https://www.patreon.com/glitchbottle

#067 - ‘An Excellent Booke of the Arte of Magicke’ with Dr. Al Cummins | Glitch Bottle Dr. Alexander Cummins - author, historian, poet and practicing magician - shares about the incredible records of a magician-scryer duo who used forceful methods and stripped down Protestant ritual to work with spirits during the spring of 1567. These records are found in one of the latest releases from Scarlet I...

Aaron Leitch - author, practitioner, and teacher of Western Hermeticism and the Solomonic grimoire tradition - returns on the podcast to talk about the history, cosmology, tools and devotions that undergird Solomonic ceremonial magic. He also shares about the Abramelin rite and his online classes that cover both areas, and shares wisdom on how to dialogue with others who disagree with you. Plus, A...

What makes a book of magic forbidden? Dr. Sophie Page is Associate Professor in History at UCL (University College London), and a lecturer in medieval history. In 2013, Dr. Page published Magic in the Cloister: Pious Motives, Illicit Interests, and Occult Approaches to the Medieval Universe. Dr. Page shares so much on how a group of monks dealt with illicit texts, she answers your Glitch Bottle Pa...

How does someone journey from a skepticism of magical practice and engagement with spirits to working powerful rituals? How does the dynamic work between two magical practitioners along this journey? Ceremonial magician and author Bryan Chassan and his wife Charity Chassan both stop by the podcast to share about their respective journeys and magical dynamics! Such a pleasure to find out more about...

Author and scholar, Rabbi Yosef M. Cohen, has been sharing his studies and research of the practical side of Kabbalah - which is Jewish magic -for several years. He is the author of “Magnus Liber Sigillorum” which explores magical alphabets and recipes culled from ancient and medieval Jewish manuscripts of magic and practical Kabbalah. His latest book, “Behold with this Ring”, details 21 magical r...

How can we avoid working at cross-purposes with magic? What are magical vessels, and how are they used to build magical pressure? How are magical sigils used as coded information? In this second part of a two part conversation, Aidan Wachter (author, talismanic jeweler and dirt sorcerer) shares about all these topics, answers your Glitch Bottle Patron questions and more! Get ‘Six Ways’ and learn m...

What is ‘ur-sorcery’ or ‘dirt sorcery’? How can magicians practically work with visions, sigils, intentions and ritual to bring about effective magical change and access other realms to work with spirits and energies? Why is it important to never forget working with the body? The esoterically-awesome Aidan Wachter - author, talismanic jeweler and dirt sorcerer - stops by the podcast to share on al...

How come no one has written a novel based on Solomonic magic, that neither romanticizes magic nor treats it as a game, but shows fidelity to the grimoires? Ah, not so fast - your wish was granted back in 1968 when James Blish’s novel Black Easter was published! Here’s a quick review with some quotes. Much thanks to Dr. Stephen Skinner for sharing about Black Easter in his books and in conversation...

How can magicians practically and effectively work with spirits in the land, the sea and the air? How often do magicians examine their own patterns of thought and action to make lasting magical results in their spheres? The excellent Josephine McCarthy - author, occultist, magical teacher, and esoteric badass - returns on the podcast to share on all these issues, answer your Glitch Bottle Patron q...

What can go wrong for a magician if the operation isn’t executed properly? Of the five senses, which ones do spirits appear stronger in versus others? How do ritual offerings factor in, both before and after an operation? Internationally acclaimed author, practicing magician and scholar, Dr. Stephen Skinner, chats about these topics and answers other Glitch Bottle Patron questions in this latest e...

What is the Ars Notoria, and how did it help people in the Middle Ages work with angels to rapidly learn complex subjects? Where did these incredibly mysterious “notae” or illustrations, come from? What’s the relationship between the Ars Notoria and the Lemegeton? Internationally acclaimed author, practicing magician and scholar, Dr. Stephen Skinner, returns to talk about a wonderful tome he relea...

In this second part of our two-part discussion, author and magician BJ Swain stops by to continue discussing his tome “Living Spirits: A Guide to Magic in a World of Spirits”. We discuss the importance of the Olympic Spirits in the Arbatel, necromancy, the context and controversy surrounding ‘spirit possession’, and so much more. Support Glitch Bottle as a patron! ✅► https://www.patreon.com/glitc...

What did ‘magic’, ‘science’ and ‘religion’ mean in the Middle Ages? Were the Dark Ages really that void of wisdom and investigation? Dr. Joanne Edge is here to help. Dr. Edge specializes in late-medieval and early modern European social and cultural history, with an emphasis on medicine and the ‘occult’ sciences: divination, magic and astrology. She is currently Latin Manuscripts Cataloger at the...

In this first part of our discussion, author and magician BJ Swaine stops by to discuss his tome “Living Spirits: A Guide to Magic in a World of Spirits”, which is a comprehensive journey through the practical and historical topography of the Solomonic grimoire tradition, scrying, working with ancestors, the Four Kings, elemental spirits, the Holy Guardian Angel, and so much more. BJ has been prac...

What’s the relationship between ‘Solomonic’ magical practice and the ‘Faustian’ tradition? Nikolas Alvarez, founder and owner of Enodia Press, stops by to discuss the mythical Doctor Faust, the treatment of angels and cthonic entities in the Faustian tradition, the concept of ‘sigil stepping’ and other physical involvement in Faustian operations, and he dispels common misconceptions as well. Such...

Mark Stavish is the Director of Studies for the Institute for Hermetic Studies and a life-long student of esotericism with more than 35 years of experience in comparative religion, philosophy, psychology, and mysticism with emphasis on Western spiritual traditions He is also the author of the excellent blog VOXHERMES. In this episode, Mark shares about his tome entitled “Egregores: The Occult Enti...

Daniel Harms is an author, scholar and a true master of library science. He discusses the seminal “Book of Oberon, A Sourcebook of Elizabethan Magic”, presented along with Joseph H. Peterson and the illustrator James R. Clark. Daniel shares about working through and presenting The Book of Oberon, we discuss its relation to Shakespeare, fairy magic and Catholicism. Daniel also shares about his ques...

Become a Glitch Bottle patron!: ✅► https://www.patreon.com/glitchbottle Dr. Alexander Cummins returns on the podcast to talk about his combination of divination with ceremonial magic, an in-depth look at the Heptameron, his unique approach to geomancy, questioning what we mean when we say “Solomonic magic”, and so much more. Dr. Cummins is an author, historian, poet and practicing magician. *Dr....

Dr. Liana Saif is an author, scholar and critical translator of esoteric and occult manuscripts. She received a British Academy postdoctoral fellowship at the Oriental Institute in the University of Oxford (St. Cross College), and is interested in Western and Islamic occult thought and the exchange of esoteric ideas between the two worlds. Dr. Saif is preparing an English translation of the Arabic...

Josephine McCarthy is an esoteric author, occultist and magical teacher based in the UK. She has been active in magic for more than 35 years, and is also the director of Quareia, a free online magical training course that takes participants from apprentice to adept. In this episode Josephine shares about how imagination is the cornerstone of magic, how to pay attention to subtle changes around you...

Sam Block is a Geomancer, Hermetic Magician, Lukumí priest and founder of The Digital Ambler online blog. Sam shares about the connection between magic and technology, the basics of geomancy, how the Tarot and Geomancy are similar and also very different, the ability to harness your willpower, and so much more. Hope you enjoy this chat with Sam as much as I did! (Glitch Bottle Patrons on Patreon c...

Salutations, Solomonic fellow travelers - in today’s world of hashtags ## and shortcuts and life hacks and videos of kittens riding Roombas, our attention is coveted after and sliced finer than a lion skin belt. It takes will of epic proportions to cultivate consistent, in-depth practice. To illustrate this, I’d like to invoke the hidden devilish drive of will in two of the most famous English poe...

Mihai Vârtejaru is an independent magical scholar and traditional book binder, based in Romania. He shares about his blog, “Studies on Magic” where he delves into esoteric and magical manuscripts, connecting dots that haven’t been connected before. Mihai also discusses the importance of comparing manuscripts, the seals of the seven Kings of the Air, The Book of Bileth (translated from Hebrew), and...

Salutations listeners and esoteric adventurers! I wanted to share the exciting news that Glitch Bottle is now on Patreon, and you can support the podcast as it continues to grow in new and interesting ways! Supporters can get exclusive perks, however I want to share that the Glitch Bottle podcast will ALWAYS remain free, accessible and shareable exactly as it is now. If you would like to consider...