Spirit Box

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Robert Peter is a chaos magician with an interest in all things Occult. His practice of Deity communication and veneration has found its home in the framework of Catholic belief, specifically the Saints. Robert takes us through how he developed his practice and details some of the successes he’s had with clients through the intercession of the Saints. In the Plus show we get into more detail on ho...

Dr Christina Oakley-Harrington is Treadwell’s founder and presiding spirit. She was voraciously interested in spirituality and magic since childhood, and grew up in West Africa, Burma, and Chile, only moving to the West at the age of fifteen. In her early twenties, she was heartened to discover Europe’s own native religious traditions and has been a pagan ever since. A former academic, she left un...

Dr Andrew Manns is a historian and the creator behind The Thinker’s Garden, a blog specialising in overlooked history. As editor, he has written and published a variety of historiettes on little-known Bohemians, occultists, and mystics, such as the “Los Angeles Noah” (Reverend J.E. Lewis), Lady Walburga Paget, and Baron Seymour Kirkup. Today takes us through his research into the little known folk...

Today we welcome Indiana Stones himself, the one and only David Keohan. Hailing from Ireland, David is a Stone lifter, a kettlebell world champion, an artist and a musician. He’s been on a mission to recover Ireland's lost stone lifting culture and has done so through our literature and folklore. We spoke all about his stone lifting journey from his lifting of the fianna stone in Scotland whic...

Dr. Tomas Vincente is a scholar of ancient religion, magic and esotericism. His past work explores the emergence of Christian monotheism and the resulting decline of the chthonic cults of the ancient Mediterranean and Near East. He is dedicated to recovering the integrity of this archaic spirituality of blood and fire, which has been demonised by the Abrahamic religions for two millennia. In the s...

Today we welcome back the multi talented Tommie Kelly to the show. Tommie is an Irish artist and writer who has had a lifelong interest in all things Occult and Spirituality. He makes comics, videos, music, podcasts and very occasional blog posts, and is probably best known for his oracle deck The Forty Servants. In the show Tommie recounts having had a hard year and figuring out that he was packa...

Wetiko is an Algonquin word for a cannibalistic spirit that is driven by greed, excess, and selfish consumption. It is a virus of the mind that underlies much evil and destruction n the world. Author and researcher Paul Levy joins us today to discuss his work on the concept of Yet, and reveals that, encoded within wetiko itself lies the very medicine needed to combat the mind-virus and heal both o...

Today we welcome Peter Hine and Stephen Buckley of the Vayse podcast Peter C Hine is a lawyer, a writer and a dirt worshiping heathen. Stephen James Buckley is an electronic musician and audio producer. Their podcast was born out of their experiences and exploration into the world of the weird and the mystic. In the show we get into their experiences with the subconscious and dreaming in particula...

I thought listeners might enjoy this sample of the Djinn lecture series on the Spirit Box patron. In this lecture I get into Hybridism and the forms djinn appear in. This involves the folkloric view on djinn hybridism and how it correlates with fairy lore and the types of forms the djinn are said to take. If this is of interest come and check out the rest of the lectures https://www.patreon.com/sp...

Today we welcome back to the Spirit Box the wonderful Mademoiselle Vendredi. Mme Vendredi is a black magician who in her previous appearance on the show took us through her work with Sigils, Servitors and her own brand of seduction magick. Today she’ll be taking us the reality of Djinn work, Abramelin square magick and working with the The Forbidden Grimoire of Harut and Marut Book by Egyptian Sor...

oday we welcome Michael Le Flem to discuss his book V isions of Atlantis: Reclaiming our Lost Ancient Legacy. Michael Le Flem, M.A. is a researcher, adjunct professor of history and philosophy, columnist for New Dawn Magazine, a scuba diver and guitarist. He grew up in South Florida, and attended Florida State University, where he studied Western intellectual history and U.S. foreign policy. Peopl...

Today we welcome Gordon MacLellan to the Spirit Box to discuss his book Sacred Animals He is a writer, storyteller, animist pagan and environmentalist who has recognised that to really involve people with a renewed interest in, and commitment to, the world around us we may need more than traditional stories or religious parables and moral fables. The stories that grow from direct experience are po...

Today we welcome back the great Joshua Cutchin to discuss his masterwork of scholarship and research, Ecology of Souls This is a comprehensive dive into the overlaps between a huge range of mythological, paranormal and consciousness phenomena. We live our entire lives knowing that death awaits us. The hopeful believe—they insist—that some part of us endures after we make our final transition. Thei...

Today we welcome back the great Phil Hine on his new book Queerying Occultures. What is Queerying Occultures? 'Queerying' is a portmanteau word from 'Queer’ and 'Query'—classic Phil Hine word play. Occulture is another portmanteau word meaning 'Hidden Culture' (from ‘Occult’ and 'Culture'). The occult is Queer. Historically. Intrinsically. Radically. Wonderfully...

Salicrow is a natural psychic medium who weaves the traditions of her Irish Traveler and Blackfoot heritage with modern magical techniques. For more than 30 years she has worked as a spirit channel, seer, and intuitive healer, offering readings and teaching workshops throughout the United States and internationally. She is the author of several books and today we are discussing her latest book, Sp...

Today we welcome medium, occult practitioner and spiritual cleaner Andy Starkweather. Andy has been a medium for over 20 years ago and has had ‘a wild ride’. Everything from being attacked by spirits to bizarre animal interactions to cleansing properties of trapped spirits and dealing more sinister entities. Andy has a wealth of information derived from practical experience and regales us with man...

Today we are joined by J.M. Hamade on the subject of Al- Khidr. J.M. Hamade is an interdisciplinary artist, astrologer, writer, and educator residing in New York City. Focusing on the aesthetics of esoterica and the occult, they’re work bridges contemporary artistic practice with archaic forms of knowing. They have lectured, exhibited, and enacted live performances in the conjuration of phantom fo...

Today we welcome magicians and the hosts of the Soapbox podcast. Reverend Janglebones and Kurt Huggins. Reverend Janglebones is an animist practitioner, prayer writer, course facilitator, Buddhist dabbler, recovered addict, podcast host, musician, and accidental Diogenes channeler. Kurt is a New York times bestselling illustrator who has worked in comics, films, and television. A long time spelunk...

The brilliant Sasha Ravitch is back on the Spirit Box!  Sasha is a practitioner of Stellar Witchcraft, passionate Astrolater, and Devotional and Oracular Writer. She seeks out meaning, magic, patterns, connection, and intimate co-creation betwixt the Self and the Other in every golden meadow, ocean floor, and subway station available to her. Her desire to blur the line between the ensorceled...

Today we welcome back the one and only Peter Mark Adams! In his new book Hagia Sophia / Sanctum of Kronos, he presents a remarkable study of the esoteric beliefs and spiritual traditions contained within the architectural and decorative features of Istanbul’s iconic Hagia Sophia . Hagia Sophia / Sanctum of Kronos tells the story of the building's hidden purpose: to conceal and preserve a sacred my...

For episode 6, season 2 we welcome podcast host, folklorist, researcher and Lover of all things wyrd Jo Hickey-Hall. Jo is the researcher behind The ‘ Modern Fairy Sightings ‘ Project which collects and preserves contemporary experiences and explores the resistant cultural taboo surrounding disclosure. It also provides a community for people to share their experiences with others who have experien...

Today we are joined by Traditional witch and host of the Lavender Scare podcast, Keanu Baxter.   Keanu takes us through their journey into witchcraft, rootwork and ancestral magick and demonstrates the need for patience and consistency in practice. We discuss their relationship with Hecate and Lucifer respectively and how these two great spirits complement each other. We get into animism and...

Today we are joined by Scottish witch Lucken Hare. Lucken is a traditional witch and has a relationship with The Dark Man. In the show we go through how that came about for Lucken, what the experience was like, and how it changed him.   Lucken takes us through his experiences with what he terms his ‘fetch’. This is is a form of possession during which he experiences an animal consciousness, a...

For episode #3 of season 2 we are joined by magician and body training expert Emmet Louis. Emmet has spent a long time meandering through various systems of Western esotericism. A chance encounter with the system of G.I Gurdjieff radically altered his life and set him on his current path,  His work currently is focused on the combination of body training with an emphasis on its interaction wi...