Glitch Bottle Podcast
The Glitch Bottle Podcast explores Western magic, grimoires, and esoteric traditions. Hosted by Alexander Eth, it delves into mysticism and topics that are often misunderstood or overlooked. Each episode aims to uncork uncommon ideas and practices from the magical world.
Episodes
📚#179 - The Canterbury Pentacles with David Rankine | Glitch Bottle
What is the oldest known grimoire pentacle manuscript from 800-years-ago? How do these Christian-infused protective devices blossom our understanding of pentacles found hundreds of years later in grimoires like the Key of Solomon? David Rankine - author, esoteric researcher and practicing magician - shares about his upcoming tome from Hadean Press - The Canterbury Pentacles - which is the first E
🧙♀️#178 - Sealing Cracks as Priest-Magician with Josephine McCarthy | Glitch Bottle
How can magicians embrace the destructive tides of change? What is true magical service to others? How can we seal the cracks, the fissures in our own selves and embody the role of priest-magician? Josephine McCarthy - author, occultist, magical teacher, and director of the Quareia magical training course - goes deep and answers your Patreon listener questions.⇓ ⇓ ⇓✅►Get Josephine's Mystagogus d
#177 - Astrological Nigromancy of Cecco d’Ascoli with Mat Hadfield & Brian Johnson
What is astrological fatalism? Why did the Inquisition burn alive a university lecturer in Italy in 1327? What was the role of the four Kings of the four Cardinal directions and their connection to the cardinal signs of the Zodiac? Mat Hadfield and Brian Johnson discuss their latest tome from Hadean Press - An Exposition upon The Sphere of the Cosmos: The Astrological Nigromancy of Cecco d’Ascoli
#176 - Retribution Magic, Art & Boundaries with Calla Marie Rowan | Glitch Bottle
How are art and magic deeply entwined? What’s the relationship between Retribution Magic and Setting Boundaries? Why is the Lemegeton’s Goetia so misunderstood in some circles? Well our guest today is a great person to ask. Calla Marie Rowan is a folk magic practitioner at Contemporary Mystic. She utilizes her foundation in Catholic mysticism as an esoteric practitioner, and writes about her engag
#175 - What Is Esoteric Cartography with David Chaim Smith | Glitch Bottle
What is esoteric cartography? How can this path empower us to change directly with reality? Contemplative mystic, esoteric cartographer and author David Chaim Smith goes deep into ways to unravel the mind and so much more. ⇓ ⇓ ⇓► ✅David’s website - https://www.davidchaimsmith.com/ ✦🔮🔥Become a Glitch Bottle supporter - https://www.patreon.com/glitchbottle 🎵 Music by the artist Crowander (track name
#174 - Venetian Inquisition & Books of Magic with Dr. Federico Barbierato and Joseph H. Peterson
What was the relationship between the Inquisition, the Clavicula Salomonis, booksellers, and magical texts in early modern Venice? How did male and female practitioners make it (or not make it) to court. Why were punishments surprisingly light? Dr. Federico Barbierato shares about his latest research 'In the Room of the Circles: The Inquisition and Books of Magic in Early Modern Venice'. He’s join
#173 - Protecting Your Power & Spiritual Discernment with Frater Ashen Chassan | Glitch Bottle
How can you interrogate a spirit? Should A.I. be used in Solomonic conjure? How can we avoid ‘group-think’ and cults of personality? Frater Ashen Chassan - author, ceremonial magician and martial artist - returns to share about these issues, answers your Patron supporter questions and more!⇓ ⇓ ⇓✅►Check out Frater Chassan’s Magical Shop: https://www.facebook.com/Frater-Ashen-Chassans-Magical-Implem
#172 - Magic Older Than The Gods & Egyptian Coffin Texts with Jack Grayle | Glitch Bottle
What are the ancient Egyptian Coffin Texts from 4,000 years ago? How do they interweave with the Graeco-Egyptian Magical Papyri (or PGM) spells? How can we become vessels through which the conjuratory power of the Gods flows to prevail against the darkness? Jack Grayle - author, ceremonial magician, playwright, practitioner, and devotee of Hekate - shares about the Coffin Texts and how he employs
The Best (Anonymous) Poem in English, Ever.
400 years ago, a brazenly braggadocious begging ‘bedlamite’ possibly penned a poem so incantatorily-poignant, so wonder-woundedly-written, so symmetrically and cognitively bruising, that it demands to be memorized and chanted aloud. Let's dive into the song of Tom O'Bedlam. ⇓ ⇓ ⇓Tom O'Bedlam's SongI. From the hag and hungry goblinThat into rags would rend ye,The spirit that stands by the naked man
#171 - The Ordo Templi Astartes & American Magick with Poke Runyon, Max Paul, & Johnny Royal
Carroll "Poke" Runyon founded the Ordo Templi Astartes in 1970, which is now America’s oldest continually operating ritual magick lodge. Poke is joined by OTA senior member Maximilian Raphael Paul, and film director (and composer) Johnny Royal, to talk about ‘American Magick’ a four-part television miniseries directed by Royal that unveils the OTA and Church of the Hermetic Sciences, following mod
#170 - Shattering Fossils & Humanizing Agrippa with Dr. Justin Sledge
How is Kabbalah dynamic and fluid? Why should we STOP treating Agrippa’s writings like a pick-and-choose-magical-buffet, and instead as a system of spiritual illumination? What is Merkavah Mysticism? Dr. Justin Sledge - scholar, author, professor and proprietor of the ESOTERICA YouTube channel - shares about his latest research, insights into academic scholarship and answers your Glitch Bottle Pat
#169 - Ritual & Epiphany in the Mysteries of Mithras with Peter Mark Adams
Who is Mithras, and what were the Mythraic Mysteries practiced thousands of years ago? How was the cult organized? What role did Orphic metaphysics and architecture play in communicating its mysteries? Peter Mark Adams - author, poet and essayist specialising in the ethnography and visuality of ritual, sacred landscape, esotericism, consciousness and healing - shares about his latest tome: Ritual
#168 - Hygromanteia, Liber Bileth, & Solomonic Networks with Dr. Gal Sofer
Why should we challenge the assumption that the Greek magical text, the Hygromanteia, is really the source of the Key of Solomon? Why is Frankenstein’s Monster a better way to look at the collection of ‘Solomonic’ manuscripts? What is a ‘Solomonic network’ with ‘genes’, ‘nodes’ and ‘clusters’? Dr. Gal Sofer - scholar, medical doctor and translator - discusses his first book, Solomonic Magic: Metho
[Part 2] #167 - Grimoires, Demons & Catholic Theology with Jimmy Akin
What *actually* makes exorcisms effective? What are demons? What is the Catholic teaching on magic, grimoires and spirit summoning? Jimmy Akin - Catholic theologian, philosopher, author and host of ‘Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World’ - goes deep into magic, theology, testing spirits, near-death-experiences, answers questions from Patrons and more!⇓ ⇓ ⇓►⚡Support Jimmy’s on Patreon! - https://www.patreo
[Part 1] #167 - Grimoires, Demons & Catholic Theology with Jimmy Akin
What *actually* makes exorcisms effective? What are demons? What is the Catholic teaching on magic, grimoires and spirit summoning? Jimmy Akin - Catholic theologian, philosopher, author and host of ‘Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World’ - goes deep into magic, theology, testing spirits, near-death-experiences, answers questions from Patrons and more!⇓ ⇓ ⇓►⚡Support Jimmy’s on Patreon! - https://www.patreo
#166 - Shekinah, Winds & Claves Spirituum with David Rankine | Glitch Bottle
Why is invoking directional winds vital in ceremonial magic? Who is the Shekinah, and why is calling this powerful feminine presence actually encrypted in the Solomonic tradition? David Rankine - author, esoteric researcher and magician - shares about his upcoming tome from Hadean Press - Claves Spirituum: Expanding the Horizons of Grimoire Conjuration. ⇓ ⇓ ⇓► ✅Pre-order ‘Claves Spirituum’- https:
#165 - Occultism, Astrology & Shi‘i Hadiths with Dr. Amina Inloes | Glitch Bottle
What does the Twelver Shi‘i Hadith tradition say about jinn, astrology, angels and necromancy? Dr. Amina Inloes - scholar, researcher, educator, public speaker, and translator with a PhD in Islamic Studies from the University of Exeter - returns on the podcast to go deep into the Shi‘i hadith corpus! ⇓ ⇓ ⇓► ✅ Check out Dr. Inloes’ Articles - https://exeter.academia.edu/AminaInloes ► ✅Get your co
#164 - Tarot, Art & Reverse Divination with Amelia Passer | Glitch Bottle
What is reverse divination? How do minerals, oils, and pigments reflect the deep alchemical process encrypted in painting? Amelia Passer - multidisciplinary artist, astrologer, and practitioner - shares about her creation process and her unique tarot deck composed of talismanic oil paintings called the Astro Magician’s Tarot which is currently live via Kickstarter!⇓ ⇓ ⇓► ✅ Support ‘The Astro Magic
#163 - Song of the Dark Man with Darragh Mason | Glitch Bottle
What is the Dark Man, known by many names throughout the centuries like The Devil, Old Scratch, The Dark Rider, The Old One, The Master, the Father of Witches? Is the Dark Man really pure evil, as many religions say? Is he a catalyst of novelty, transformation and change? What happens when we resist his call? Darragh Mason - writer, researcher, and award-winning travel and documentary photographer
Step-By-Step Ritual Process & Full Heptameron in Latin | Glitch Bottle
What is the six-step ‘Solomonic Method’? How can understanding these ritual steps help us navigate almost any grimoire? We go step-by-step and recite the entire Heptameron in Latin from memory to illustrate the method. ⇓ ⇓ ⇓► ✅Full ‘Heptameron’ text via EsotericArchives.com - https://www.esotericarchives.com/solomon/heptamer.htm► ✅SUPPORT Joseph H. Peterson with a quick donation to EsotericArchi
#162 - Summoning Verse in Sigrun & The Mist with Jack Grayle & Klara Wolfe
How do you embody a fallen Valkyrie? Why is invoking poetry so similar to calling magical names and summoning spirits? Jack Grayle (magician, author and playwright) and Klara Wolfe (occult writer, professional embalmer and model) go deep into Jack’s new, fantastic verse-play set 1,200 years ago in heathen Norway, entitled Sigrun & The Mist. ⇓ ⇓ ⇓► ✅ Get your copy of Sigrun & The Mist - ht
#161 - Manuscript Hunting & Victorian Occultism with Daniel Clark
How do you track down hidden esoteric manuscripts? What is the Antipalus Maleficiorum? Who were the powerful noble families who owned books of magic throughout the centuries? Daniel Clark - manuscript detective & researcher, editor and collaborator with Dr. Stephen Skinner - goes deep into manuscript searching tips, Victorian Occultism and so much more! ⇓ ⇓ ⇓► ✅Order the Antipalus Maleficiorum
The City of Brass & Solomon’s Vessels | Glitch Bottle
Why did Solomon bind demons in brass vessels? What’s the connection between leather bags, necromancy and the winds? We explore the history of jinn, metals and spirit-containers, and how all these themes flower in the collection of medieval Islamic stories known as the Thousand and One Nights (Arabic: أَلْفُ لَيْلَةٍ وَلَيْلَةٌ, Alf Laylah wa-Laylah), by reading part of ‘The City of Brass’. ⇓ ⇓ ⇓✅►
#160 - Devotional Fire Of Contemplative Mysticism with David Chaim Smith | Glitch Bottle
What is contemplative mysticism? How does this differ from modern occultism? Contemplative mystic, esoteric cartographer and author David Chaim Smith goes deep into ways to unravel the mind and so much more. ⇓ ⇓ ⇓► ✅David’s excellent sharing on his esoteric cartography - https://www.thethirtytwokeys.com/testament ► ✅ David’s website - https://www.davidchaimsmith.com/ ✦🔮🔥Become a Glitch Bottle supp
#159 - Hollywood, Magic & Devotional Art with Ana Victoria Esquivel | Glitch Bottle
So, what does Hollywood and media in general get right about its portrayal of magic? Ana Victoria Esquivel is a Hollywood Make-up artist, writer and painter who is credited or involved with dozens of on-screen projects, including Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities and Rings of Power. She gives us a peek behind the veil of how media portrays magic, shares about her devotional practice, ans
#158 - Solomon, Shakespeare and Evocatory Drama with Dr. Rebekah King (Part 2)
What is ‘Solomonic exceptionalism’? How was grimoire magic set apart from witchcraft, fairy magic and prophecy in the time of Shakespeare? What grimoires were available when early modern dramatists like William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe, Ben Johnson and many others were portraying magicians, evocatory procedures and magical implements on stage? Dr. Rebekah King - scholar and award-winning
#158 - Solomon, Shakespeare and Evocatory Drama with Dr. Rebekah King (Part 1)
What is ‘Solomonic exceptionalism’? How was grimoire magic set apart from witchcraft, fairy magic and prophecy in the time of Shakespeare? What grimoires were available when early modern dramatists like William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe, Ben Johnson and many others were portraying magicians, evocatory procedures and magical implements on stage? Dr. Rebekah King - scholar and award-winning
Sailing Off the Edge of Your World with Ulysses and the Devil | Glitch Bottle
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
#157 - John Dee’s Mysteriorum Libri Quinque with Joseph H. Peterson | Glitch Bottle
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
A Formula for Calling Seasonal Spirits | Glitch Bottle
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
Making Solomonic Holy Water: My Step-By-Step Guide
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
#156 - The Evocation of Art & War with Nightgrowler | Glitch Bottle
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!⇓ ⇓ ⇓► ✅ Su
Of Cock & Conjure: The Durancing Resplendencies of Roaring Roosters | Glitch Bottle
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 Crowan
#155 - Santa Muerte Evolution & Radical Acceptance with Ed Calderon | Glitch Bottle
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
#154 – The Summa Sacre Magice with Dr. Stephen Skinner | Glitch Bottle
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
#153 - Planetary Intelligences & Destroying Hesitation with David Rankine | Glitch Bottle
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
#152 - Conjuring Astaroth, The Latin Mass & Popes with Fr. Robert Nixon
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
Not Just Magicians: Catholic Exorcists Called On Demons, Too
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
#151 - Jinn Doppelgangers & Akbarian Sufism with Dr. Dunja Rašić | Glitch Bottle
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
#150 - Scrying, Science & Radical Listening with Harper Feist | Glitch Bottle
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.harperfei
#149 - Decrypting the Steganographia with Dr. Stephen Skinner | Glitch Bottle
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
#148 - Turning Guns into Ink & Slime Alchemy with Thomas Little | Glitch Bottle
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
#147 - Hidden Paths, Foolish Fish & The Vast Mind with Denis Poisson | Glitch Bottle
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
#146 - IMBOLC & Founding a Magical Institute with Mstr. Agrippa & Frater Acher
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
#145 - Breaking Misconceptions of Santa Muerte with Ed Calderon | Glitch Bottle
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
#144 - The Egyptian Mystery Tradition with Peter Mark Adams | Glitch Bottle
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!⇓ ⇓ ⇓► ✅Nove
#143 - Cutting Into The Grimorium Verum with Joseph H. Peterson | Glitch Bottle
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
#142 - Smuggling Arabic Hermetica in Medieval Lapidaries with Vajra Regan
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.br
#141 - Witch Bottles: History, Culture, Magic with Dan Harms | Glitch Bottle
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’ - ht
Deep Dive: Planetary Conjurations of the Day (Patreon Request)
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 Esot
#140 - Familiar Spirits & Embracing the Nexus Point with BJ Swain | Glitch Bottle
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/3OgXq
#139 - The Eneatych & Lightning Flash of Alef with David Chaim Smith | Glitch Bottle
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
#138 - Thai Occult & Opening The Doors with Peter Jenx and Jack Grayle
What are the initiations, conjurations, astrology, spirits, and ghost-magic traditions in Thailand? What are the regional variations of Thai folk magic? Why is community and serving others with magic so vital? Author Peter Jenx goes deep sharing about his latest tome Thai Occult 2: Regions of Power. Peter is joined by author and magician Jack Grayle, who is publishing Thai Occult 2 through Araxes
#137 - Slavic Demonology & The Fire Fountain with Łukasz Grochocki | Glitch Bottle
How can you create your own esoteric system to engage with spirits, draw from the grimoires, write your own esoteric alphabets and ritualistic calendars? Poland-born esotericist, artist and magician, Łukasz Grochocki, shares about creating magical systems, his Order of the Fire Fountain, answers your Glitch Bottle Patreon listener questions and more! ⇓ ⇓ ⇓✅►Order ‘The Book of Niad-Zin’ - https://w
#136 - The Red Shepherd & God Dumuzid with Samuel David | Glitch Bottle
Who is the paradoxical and multi-faceted Mesopotamian god Dumuzid? What are the rituals, incantations, libations and offerings we can use to connect with this god of the sheepfold who is also a king, high priest, warrior and so much more? Samuel David - Mesopotamian polytheist, artist, writer, researcher, educator - shares about his latest tome from Anathema Publishing, ‘The Red Shepherd’ he answe
#135 - Goêtic Atavisms with Frater Acher and Craig Slee
What is true chthonic sorcery? What does it mean to develop an intimate and erotic relationship with spirits? How can we let go of being only focused on “repeatability” in magic and instead focus on cultivating deep connections with spirits? Experienced magicians and authors - Frater Acher and Craig Slee - share about their latest tome Goêtic Atavisms from Hadean Press, answer your Patreon listene
#134 - The Living Tarot with T. Susan Chang | Glitch Bottle
What are the biggest misconceptions about tarot? How is tarot a living language and how can we develop our fluency in deepening our wisdom and develop our own correspondences? T. Susan Chang - certified professional tarot reader, author, teacher and artist - shares about her latest tome “The Living Tarot”, answers your Glitch Bottle Patreon listener questions, and more!⇓ ⇓ ⇓BOOKS· The Living Tarot
#133 - Wizard Popes, Mary & Monastic Life with Fr. Robert Nixon | Glitch Bottle
What’s it like being a Catholic monk and Latin translator in Australia? Who were the Wizard Popes of the 11th Century? Why is the Blessed Virgin Mary so important? Fr. Robert Nixon, OSB, is a monk of the Abbey of the Most Holy Trinity, New Norcia in Western Australia. He talks about his wonderful Latin esoteric translations from Hadean Press, answers your Glitch Bottle Patreon listener questions a
#132 - Theurgia Goetia & Social Media Fasts with Frater Ashen Chassan | Glitch Bottle
What is the Theurgia Goetia, which evokes the aerial spirits as found in the second book of the Lemegeton? Why are ‘social media fasts’ vital in ceremonial operations? Frater Ashen Chassan - author, ceremonial magician and martial artist - returns to share about these issues, answers your Patron supporter questions and more! ⇓ ⇓ ⇓✅►Check out Frater Chassan’s Magical Shop: https://www.facebook.com/
Deep Dive: (Mis) Pronouncing Nomina Magica? Scholar updates!
What is one of the * actual * words on the Triangle of Arte and Ring of Solomon in the Lemegeton’s Goetia? Do you call yourself a “steward” or “administrator” in Greek when conjuring spirits? Let’s go deep on the history and pronunciation on four ‘nomina magica’ or magical words used in famous grimoires in the Goetia, the Heptameron and more! ⇓ ⇓ ⇓ ► EsotericArchives.com - http://www.esotericarchi
#131 - Mexican Sorcery: Brujeria de Rancho with Laura Davila | Glitch Bottle
What exactly in Mexican Sorcery? What does it mean to be a bruja de rancho “a witch of the ranch”? What is ‘hechiceria’ or sorcery? Laura Davila (a.k.a. Daphne La Hechicera) is a fifth-generation Mexican witch, a long-time practitioner of brujeria, Hechiceria and folk Catholicism. She goes deep into her tradition and her book from Red Wheel/Weiser Books called Mexican Sorcery: A Practical Guide to
#130 - Hagia Sophia, Sanctum of Kronos with Peter Mark Adams | Glitch Bottle
How are theurgistic and sacred mystery rites from Late Antiquity encrypted directly into the architecture of the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul? How did the School of Athens foster a performative theurgical spiritual tradition of reincarnation and ascent? Author, esoteric researcher and healer Peter Mark Adams goes deep into his latest tome from Scarlet Imprint: Hagia Sophia / Sanctum of Kronos: Spiritu
#129 - The Grimoire Encyclopaedia with David Rankine | Glitch Bottle
Why should *everything *be consecrated before stepping into the circle? Is the Armadel grimoire a forgery? Is Solomonic magic ‘holistic’? Why should we be prepared for hours of work when conjuring for the first time? David Rankine - author, esoteric researcher and magician - goes deep into the vast and rich Solomonic tradition, shares about his massive tome from Hadean Press - The Grimoire Encyclo
#128 - Divine Receptivity and Spirit Offerings with Josephine McCarthy
#128 - Divine Receptivity and Spirit Offerings with Josephine McCarthyHow can we ask spirits to guide us on our fate paths? How can we give offerings to land spirits without expecting anything in return (and why is honeycomb such a good offering)? What *really* is astral projection? Josephine McCarthy - author, occultist, magical teacher, and director of the Quareia magical training course - sha
#127 - Traditional Astrology with Eric Purdue | Glitch Bottle
What is pre-modern, or ‘traditional’, astrology? What are the differences between natal, horary, electional, medical and mundane astrological operations? Eric Purdue - translator, author, practitioner of medieval astrology - shares about the history of astrology, breaks misconceptions about this art, answers your Glitch Bottle Patreon questions and more! ⇓ ⇓ ⇓► ✅Eric Purdue’s website (blog and mag
#126 - Sigils, Spirit Feedback & Magical Property with Aaron & Carrie Leitch
What does “sigil” actually mean in the grimoires? How do you generate spiritual authority to engage with spirits? What does it take to maintain a magical property deep in the green of Florida? Carrie and Aaron Leitch - magicians, artists, teachers, members of the Golden Dawn and Solomonic Power Couple - go deep into these topics, answer your podcast supporter listener questions and so much more! ⇓
#125 - Geomancy & Pillars of Gladness with Dr. Al Cummins | Glitch Bottle
What are angelic calls? How do you ‘open’ and ‘close’ geomantic divination? What are angelical charms and some little discussed details of the Enochian language? Dr. Alexander Cummins - contemporary cunning man, author, historian and poet - goes deep with his latest tome from Hadean Press called ‘Nazarth: Pillars of Gladness or, A Geomancers' Angelical Psalter of Calls’. He also answers your Glit
#124 - Painting Decks & Magic in Tough Times with Josephine McCarthy | Glitch Bottle
How can magicians use times of stability and growth to prepare for the challenging times? How can we be directly engaged with our inner work in service of others? Josephine McCarthy - author, occultist, magical teacher, and director of the Quareia magical training course - shares about the importance of long-term magical growth and practice, and about a series of 79-detailed paintings for a new
#123 - Holy Heretics with Frater Acher | Glitch Bottle
What are the actual Olympic Spirits mentioned in the grimoires? How are certain techniques of mysticism a prerequisite for magical work? How can we discover our ‘inner firmament’ in esoteric practice? Frater Acher - experienced magician and author - shares about these themes and more in his latest tome “Holy Heretics”, he answers your wonderful Glitch Bottle Patreon listener questions, and so much
#122 - Naming the Heavens with Brian Johnson | Glitch Bottle
What are the occult names of the hours, days, months, Zodiacal signs and seasons of the year that magicians used in invocations nearly 700 years ago? Scholar and translator Brian Johnson returns to talk about his latest translation and commentary from Hadean Press, entitled ‘Naming the Heavens: Orations from the Summa Sacre Magice’, which presents a series of prayers and ritual inscriptions from t
#121 - Art, Tarot & Poetry with Coleman Stevenson | GlitchBottle
What is the role of an artist and esotericist? What does it mean to create poetry, and give shape to tarot decks? Coleman Stevenson - esoteric artist, poet, tarot deck creator and teacher - stops by to share about how art is magic, what creation really entails and the beauty of collaboration. She also answers your Glitch Bottle Patreon supporter questions and more! ⇓ ⇓ ⇓ ► ✅ Register for the upco
#120 - The Sun of Knowledge with Dr. Amina Inloes & J. M. Hamade | Glitch Bottle
What is ‘The Sun of Knowledge’ (in Arabic called the ‘Shams al-Ma‘arif), which is one of the most influential and revered historical grimoires of the Arabic esoteric corpus? Dr. Amina Inloes and J.M. Hamade share about their selected translation and analysis on the Shams al-Ma‘arif from Revelore press, they answer your excellent Glitch Bottle Patron listener questions and much more!⇓ ⇓ ⇓ ► ✅ Get y
#119 - The First Ghosts with Dr. Irving Finkel | Glitch Bottle
Who were the first ghosts ever written about from 4,000 years ago? How did Sumerian, Assyrian and Babylonian necromancers send departed spirits to the underworld gods…or bring them back from the depths? Internationally-acclaimed Assyriologist, Dr. Irving Finkel, shares about these topics in his book ‘The First Ghosts’ and answers your Patreon listener questions! (Note: Podcast supporters can see t
#118 - Servitors, Sigils & Thought Forms with Mademoiselle Vendredi | Glitch Bottle
What is a magical Servitor? What are the key ingredients to crafting a sigil? How do Servitors and Thoughtforms unlock pathways to achieve practical and pragmatic magical results? Practitioner and Chaos-informed magician Mademoiselle Vendredi shares about these powerful techniques and breaks the many mental misconceptions about what is possible in magic. She also answers your wonderful Glitch Bott
#117 - Consorting with Spirits with Jason Miller | Glitch Bottle
What does it mean to have a relationship with a spirit? What are the different ‘models’ of esoteric engagement? Why is ‘simple resonance’ so important? Practicing magician, author and strategic sorcerer, Jason Miller, returns on the podcast to share about his latest book from Weiser Books, ”Consorting with Spirits”. Jason also answers your wonderful Glitch Bottle Patreon listener questions and mor
#116 - Historiola & Narrative Charms with Carl Nordblom | Glitch Bottle
What is a charm? What are troll formulae? How are narrative charms used to hex and heal? Esotericist and practitioner Carl Nordblom goes deep and shares about this Scandinavian tradition recorded in his tome from Hadean Press entitled “Historiola: The Power of Narrative Charms.” Carl also answers questions from Glitch Bottle supporters on Patreon! Hope you enjoy Carl as much as I do!⇓ ⇓ ⇓ ► ✅ Get
#115 - The Power of the Healing Field with Peter Mark Adams | Glitch Bottle
What do the terms “energy”, “healing” and “intuition” even mean? How does tapping into different states of consciousness actually allow us to heal ourselves on various timelines and heal others? Peter Mark Adams - author, poet, essayist and professional energy worker - shares about his latest tome, “The Power of the Healing Field”, which comes from years of his direct experience with healing, and
#114 - The Four Kings & Cyprian’s Mirror with Dr. Al Cummins | Glitch Bottle
Who are the Four Regents of the North, South, East and West, bestrewing themselves amongst the pages of grimoires? How can we create spirit thrones to invite these powerful rulers to witness our rituals? Dr. Alexander Cummins - contemporary cunning man, author, historian and poet - shares about his latest tome from Hadean Press, “The Art of Cyprian’s Mirror of Four Kings: An Early Modern Experimen
#113 - Immolating Reality & Black Aether with David Chaim Smith | Glitch Bottle
How is contemplative mysticism like a wild beast that consumes itself whole on the fires of its own life force? Why will we never understand reality if we hold ourselves as separate observers of reality? Contemplative mystic, esoteric cartographer and author David Chaim Smith shares about his latest tome Black Aether, and how the labyrinth of psychological impressions that constitute so-called “or
#112 - The War of Art Inside Ukraine with Artist Nightgrowler | Glitch Bottle
Since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, the Ukrainian people have demonstrated incredible courage, heart and inspiration to the world as they resist oppression and fight. That fight includes battling in the realms of art and magic. Ukrainian esoteric artist Nightgrowler joins us from inside Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital city. He shares about the power of making esoteric art, h
Recommended
Take Back Your Health®
CBS Radio Mystery Theater | Old Time Radio
Solved Murders - True Crime Stories
紐約鳥｜New York Aperture
The Swerve Podcast: Obscure Topics | Conspiracy Theories
The Bread and Banter Podcast
The Church of What's Happening Now: The New Testament
Busted Open
Deadline: White House
Crickets Corner
History of the Earthquake and Fire in San Francisco
Fox news
