The Ancient Wisdom Salvage Yard

Saoirse and Scudder discuss the Cyberwild's 'Mythic Ethics Codex'.

Artemis Stranger • What's in Store for '24 Part 1      Artemis Stranger reports back for her analysis of what the stars and planets predict for the first half of 2024.  She will return mid-year to discuss what we can expect for the second half of the year.  

Our guest this episode is Seriah Azkath, host of the  Where Did the Road Go podcast and the Last Exit for the Lost radio show. This was quite a long discussion, so I've split it into two parts.  In this episode, Seriah talks a little about himself and what led him to an interest in the Occult and paranormal, and we segue into a multitude of topics including magick, Kundalini, UFOs, lost civilizati...

   Lock the doors, light a candle, and settle in for the Ancient Wisdom Salvage Yard's first ever All Hallows special!  You'll hear tales of true encounters with the supernatural told by the people who experienced them.  We've got cryptids, we've got ghosts, we've got extraterrestrials, and we've got multidimensional entities from beyond the veil.  Nightgaunt throws in a few of his own stories thr...

Artemis Stranger is back, discussing the USA's first Pluto Return, slated for February 22nd, 2022. After a recap of the last Astrology Update, Artemis plunged headlong into an analysis of the Taurus/Scorpio "Dark Side of Finance" we're experiencing, followed by a look at older nations that have experienced multiple Pluto Returns: Rome, England, and Russia. she touched on the Closing Square in 1982...

     Our guest this episode is Johnny Khaos, a multidisciplinary occultist, astrologer, fine artist, and fellow Detroiter. We covered quite a bit of ground in this discussion, from Hellenic Astrology to Symbolism to art to cults. Johnny also spoke extensively on his early experiences with Occultism, including Shamanism, Wicca, and Hermetic magick.      Johnny can be found at JohnnyKhaos.com and on...

     Tonight's interview went a little differently than most.  It was less an interview than a sort of rambling conversation looping back on itself and picking up loose threads.   Our guest is Jason Kero...oneironaut, visual artist, musician, and seeker after truth.  The conversation touches on several topics, from music to lost civilizations to altered states of consciousness to...well, a lot mor...

     Before the interview, Nightgaunt told the sad tale of the passing from this world of his water heater Pauline and of the injuries he sustained therefrom.  Based on some social media comments, he spoke a little on the nature of the DKMU and about some of the erroneous rumors about it.       Our guest this episode was Ian Jaydid, author of the fictional Tripping the Field and the non-fiction Mi...

Join Ryan Loyd, Sorcerer Tal, and your Friendly Neighborhood Nightgaunt as we devour a mouthwatering smorgasbord of Occult topics...and some not-so-Occult topics! The impetus of our meeting this night was to compare and contrast the Linking Sigil and S1 Sigil, which we did at length and the discussion moved on from there. In response to some questions from Ryan, Sorcerer Tal talked about the natur...

Tonight, we're talking with  Rich Kiska  and go on a captivating journey through the world of an occultist on the cutting edge. From Rich's fascinating "origin story" through her manifold projects and experiments, I guarantee you'll find new ideas and perspectives to play with in your own practice.    First we explore Rich's massive yet elegant viral servitor projects involving mass-scale emotiona...

Tonight, we hear from Yavhe Alexander and Cristian Velasco, two of the movers and shakers behind DKMU Latin America and the Hexorian Movement, a movement that was born of a DKMU operation and a mysterious dream. Hexorius is a godform whose sphere of influence is the unique magick of cities and the "shadow cities" that exist in a sort of mirror realm. Hidden spaces, city spirits, and urban mages al...

   Artemis Stranger has once again graced us with her presence to discuss the election aftermath, the upcoming Jupiter-Saturn Conjunction, and shed some light on Astrological Ages and specifically, the Age of Aquarius.    Before Artemis popped in, I spoke a bit about "the Hexorian Movement", a growing network of magicians that started in Latin America and has begun to spread into the U.S. and Euro...

In this episode, we get to know Witchdoctor Utu, founder of the award-winning and world renowned pagan drum troupe, the Dragon Ritual Drummers, member of the New Orleans Voodoo Spiritual Temple, founder of the Niagara Pagan Men's Circle and the Niagara Voodoo Shrine, dedicated to Harriet Tubman and the spirits of the Underground Railroad. For over twenty years, he has been active in the Canadian a...

Artemis is back with her analysis of the coming U.S. Election! She breaks down the charts of DJ and Uncle Joe, analyzing how the current and upcoming astrological conditions will likely interplay with each candidate leading up to and including the election. Perhaps more importantly, Artemis talked about how the upcoming few weeks are going to affect all of US. How will some people react to a Trump...

SJ Tucker (All links active in the show notes at ancientwisdomsalvageyard.com) This episode, the incomparable SJ Tucker joined us for an in-depth discussion about music and magick. Sooj described her early years and chronicled her magickal and musical journey from childhood to the pixie pirate mythpunk rock star we've come to know and love. Sooj went on to speak about the magick she weaves into he...

Mars, the planet of anger, war, assertion, passion, and separation is about to loom large in all of our lives and Artemis explained what that's going to mean for us as the Red Planet interacts with other celestial bodies over the next couple of months.    It's going to be a tug-of-war between the tidal forces of Oppression and Liberty. The State will be using every weapon in its arsenal to guide t...

In this episode, Sorcerer Tal, Master of the Sorcerer's Guild, joins us for a compelling and thoroughly fascinating look at his personal magickal journey and the framework within which he works. To start, Tal talked about what set him upon his magickal path and also about the Sorcerer's Guild, the forum he began to give practitioners of all stripes a place to learn and teach each other. The S-1 Si...

   In this episode we talk with Jason Luxon on a variety of scientific and occult subjects through the lens of what it's going to take to for Humanity to make the leap from a Type 0 to a Type 1 civilization.  As always, Jason presents complicated concepts in concise layman's terms and adeptly dovetails science and magick.     Among the subjects covered are the recent SpaceX launch, cold fusion, qu...

In this episode, we're looking at the COVID-19 pandemic through an occult lens. Join Roni Jean Neal, Artemis, and I in peering at the psychospiritual underpinnings of our reactions to the crisis to the celestial events influencing our world. There's a lot going on just under the skin of consensus reality, and we've uncovered a bit of that.

PHOENIX DAY    At long last, the Ancient Wisdom Salvage Yard has risen from the ashes! In this episode, I talk a bit about what's gone down since Episode 26 and ramble on about a few other things. Interspersed throughout the narrative are tiny little micro-interviews from ConVocation 2019, as well as a 2019 talk with Roni Jean Neal at a late-night diner. At the 11th Hour, Roni called in for a more...

   Our guests this week are Richard Althide and Teri Gall, an unlikely duo that have proved that we can turn our differences into strengths and become stronger in unity than we can achieve separately.  Richard and Teri both talked about what has brought them to their current paths: psychic vampire and witch/ceremonial magician.  They went on to discuss how they've learned to merge their respective...

Taylor Ellwood is an occultist, consultant, and author with over 20 books to his credit.  Taylor discussed his new book, Pop Culture Magic Systems and provided some basic outlines for developing an entire paradigm and system of magick based on pop culture.  In the extended Salvage League interview, Taylor went much further in-depth concerning both the theory and practicalities of developing a pop...

Satyros Phil Brucato is our guest this week: pagan, musician, game designer, and creator of some of the best known roleplaying games in history. Phil discussed his early influences and sometimes rocky road of creative expression. He talked about his various roles at White Wolf, developing Werewolf: the Apocalypse and Mage: the Ascension, as well as his creation Deliria: Faerie Tales for a New Mill...

This week, we talk with Reverend Melissa Hill, an ordained priest in the Árn Draíocht Féin druidic tradition, an educator, a spiritual artist, and author of the DandelionLady blog. Melissa covered quite a bit of ground in this interview, starting with a discussion of modern druidism and pan-cultural symbol systems. She spoke about her role as a priest and discussed the different roles of the pries...