Nightbird Radio

Welcome back Nightbirds! On this episode of our ongoing Rune Walk series, we discuss the runes Tiwaz and Birkano, and begin our journey through the final eight runes. We of course discussed the traditional and esoteric meanings of each rune. We also discussed our own personal experiences with the runes through shamanic journeying techniques. We riffed on topics of souls, destiny, and sexuality. We...

On this episode we continue our coverage of the Rune Walk with Algiz, Sowilo, and Valkyrie Herfjötur. Before we dive into the runes themselves, we discuss what it means to embody a spirit, or be a part of a spirit lineage or oversoul. We continue with the traditional meanings of the runes, the rune poems, what they meant for us and the gnosis we gained about these runes over the course of the mont...

On this episode we are joined by returning guest and friend of the show Marissa Gamberutti. Marissa is a certified somatic sex educator and a magical practitioner. We talked about her new offering: Living Desire, a three month intensive of daily practice, prayer, and connection focused on pleasure. We talked about the ancestors of pleasure, somatics for spirit contact and apprehension, listening t...

Welcome back Nightbirds! This is another one that I expect we might get some flack for but, again, I think it's an important conversation especially with the current astrology going into the foreseeable future. I've been grifted before, and it caused me to make some unwise decisions that led to a lot of material difficulty. Is it good magic to be hoodwinked? Let's dive into this topic! What is a g...

Welcome back Nightbirds! On this episode we continue our Rune Walk Saga, covering the runes Eihwaz, Perthro, and Valkyrie Hlökk. Lindsay and I are rejoined by Luis Galindo and Matt Hughes. With these mysterious runes, we enter into some of the divisive discussions about interpretation. What is the true meaning of Perthro - dice cup or cosmic womb? Is Yggdrasil a Yew tree? We discuss these question...

ᚫ Unlocked from Patreon ᚫ Welcome back Nightbirds! On this episode, we discuss the mythopoetics of conspiracy. When is this type of thinking best suited? When is it less skillful? When to wax poetic, and when to take action. Can we do both? How can we navigate the post-truth madness of Time Wave Zero with our sanity (and our material conditions) not only intact, but flourishing? This is another to...

Welcome back Nightbirds, This week, we continue our series on our Rune Walk. I’m rejoined by Lindsay Starke, Luis Galindo, and Matthew Hughes. On this episode, we discuss not only the traditional meanings of the runes, but also the esoteric nature of Isa and Jera. Of course, we also discuss our experiences calling upon Valkyrie Thruthr. We discuss time travel, empire magic, frost giants, retrocaus...

Welcome back Nightbirds! On this episode I was rejoined by Jack Grayle along with first time guest Klara Wolfe. Lindsay Starke and Luis Galindo rejoined as cohosts. This was a fantastic conversation. We talked about Jack's play Sigrun and the Mis and the beautiful photographs from the book in which Klara embodies Sigrun. We talked about the Northern mysteries, necromancy, the PGM, understanding th...

Welcome back nightbirds! On this episode, I'm rejoined by Lindsay Starke and Luis Galindo as we discuss the next two runes in our Rune Walk series. Join us in this year long ritual of initiation into the Elder Futhark runes and the thirteen Valkyries of the Grimnismal at www.patreon.com/nightbirdradio On this episode, we discussed the first two runes of the second group of eight - or aett. These r...

Welcome back nightbirds! In this episode I'm rejoined by David Payne and Lindsay Starke as we continue our coverage of the year-long Rune Walk, where we are spending twelve months with the twenty-four runes of the Elder Futhark and the thirteen valkyries of the Grimnismal. On this episode, we discussed the runes Gebo (Gift) and Wunjo (Joy) and recounted our experiences with fierce, spear-wielding...

Welcome back Nightbirds! On this episode I'm rejoined by Lindsay Starke, David Payne, and Luis Galindo as we talk about the third month of our ongoing rune walk. Here we discuss the runes Raido and Kenaz and our experience spending two weeks of our lives with each of these runes. We talk about some traditional meanings of these runes, as well as our personal interpretations both before and after s...

Welcome back Nightbirds! On this episode I'm rejoined by Lindsay Starke, David Payne, and Luis Galindo as we talk about the second month of our ongoing rune walk. Here we discuss the runes Thurisaz and Ansuz and our experience spending two weeks of our lives with each of these runes. We talk about some traditional meanings of these runes, as well as our personal interpretations both before and aft...

Welcome back Nightbirds! On this episode I am lucky to be joined by Lindsay Starke, David Payne, and Luis Galindo as we discuss our insights, gnosis, and personal experience of the first month of the Rune Walk. In Part 1, we discuss the runes Fehu and Uruz, as well as the first month's Valkyrie - Hrist the Quaking One. This was a great discussion and it's been amazing sharing this experience and s...

Welcome back Nightbirds! On this episode we were joined by Angela, who is a breath work practitioner and esoteric enthusiast with a PhD in statistics. We talked about the breath as the language of the nervous system and how it helps us return to balance. We delved deeper into the benefits of breathwork, the magic of respiration, and how breath connects us to other beings. We talked about activatin...

Welcome back Nightbirds! On this episode I'm joined by co-hosts Lindsay Starke and David Payne to discuss a year long ritual in which we will be calling on the Norns, the thirteen Valkyries of the Grimnismal, and each of the twenty-four runes of the Elder Futhark. We are taking this walk along with other Nightbirds on the Nightbird Radio Discord channel - accessible by becoming a patron at Patreon...

Welcome back Nightbirds! One this episode, I'm joined by co-host Lindsay Starke to discuss the importance of grounding our practice in the reality and importance of our material experience, We talk about this important medicine for the age of air in the context of doomsayers, magical grifters, pessimistic thinkers, and more. We discussed aligning oneself with one's goals in the way we think, and t...

Welcome back Nightbirds! On this episode I was joined by Lindsay Starke and David Payne for a roundtable discussion about runes. We talked working with the runes through dreaming, journeying, runic magic, and more. We talked about the differences between divination with runes and other forms of divination. We gave some rune book recommendations, and talked about our own relationships to these powe...

Welcome back Nightbirds. This week I was joined by Devibaba. Devi is a hypnotist and magical practitioner who creates magical games. We talked about hypnosis, gameification, the perils of mirrors, chaos magic, manifestation and new thought, overcoming fear, and so much more. Devi also told me about the magical game that he has created as an operating system to run his life goals and magical develo...

Welcome back Nightbirds! This week I was rejoined by Lindsay Starke. Lindsay and I decided that, since we always end up talking about working out anyway, we'd do a whole episode about it. And it's great timing, since Lindsay is also embarking on the journey of becoming a personal trainer integrating techniques of astrology, magical timing, as well as an understanding of the energetic and ancestral...

Welcome back Nightbirds! This week I was joined by Nick Newell. Nick is a professional tarot reader and instructor with a masters in Religious Studies. Nick and I had a great conversation which will serve as a crash course in the tarot, with great information for the beginner and the experienced diviner. We talked the Tarot de Marseille, and compared it with other popular decks. We covered the maj...

Welcome back Nightbirds! This week I was joined by Seth Peribsen. Seth is an independent researcher studying invasive fungal diseases and anti-microbial resistance. We discussed a wide range of topics centering around human fungal infections, the extraterrestrial origins of these invasive fungi, the use of these strains as control mechanisms to diminish the populace at large, and the connections t...

Welcome back nightbirds! This week I was joined by returning guest Dr. Joanna Kujawa, author of The Other Goddess: Mary Magdalene and the Goddesses of Eros and Secret Knowledge. We talked Marian apparitions, UAPs, experiencer reports, aliens as extra-dimensional beings, and the nature and future of our relationship with AI, and the spiritual and esoteric nature of "alien" phenomena. We also discus...

Welcome back Nightbirds. On this episode I'm rejoined by returning guest and resident star-seer Mel Priestley. Mel is a professional astrologer and a great friend of the show. We talked upcoming eclipses, Pluto's last blast in Capricorn before twenty years of corrupting Aquarius, Mars retrograde in Leo and Cancer, mercury retrograde in Sagittarius, and old men fighting at the Christmas eve gatheri...

Welcome back Nightbirds! This week I am joined by Candi Howard. Candi is a sorceress, a paranormal investigator, a registered nurse, apothecary, raised in the liminal realm between Christianity and indigenous culture. She is COO of the Spirit Realm Network with an upcoming show entitled Supernatural Sirens that can be found on the Spirit Realm Network. She is truly a multidisciplinary practitioner...

Welcome back Nightbirds! I was excited to be rejoined by Tina Maria. Tina and I had so much to share that has gone down since the first episode we did together. I share about some wild past life revelations that occurred as a result of us speaking, and we go into some of the Tap In and Tune in session that Tina did for me - which she is also available to do for you! We also talked about the variou...