End of the Road Podcast (Immanence = Transcendence)
Immanence = Transcendence. Exploring Consciousness and the capacities of consciousness--the horizons we never touch, because we are already there....with Michael Kokal and Lynn Pardee, PhD.
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Episode 350: Quinn Jacobson: "Glass Bones: Art, Mortality, and the Human Mind"/Ernest Becker
07/15/2026
Episode 350: Quinn Jacobson: "Glass Bones: Art, Mortality, and the Human Mind"/Ernest Becker
Quinn Jacobson is an artist, author, and scholar working where creativity meets the fact of mortality. His practice draws from art, philosophy, psychology, anthropology, theology and history, not to stack disciplines but to probe a single stubborn question: how do humans live with the knowledge that everything they love will one day disappear? Through painting, historical photographic processes, and writing, he examines the subtle strategies--both deliberate and unconscious--that people use to soften, divert, or manage the anxiety that comes with being temporary. He has written and published nine books including: Glass Bones: Art Mortality and the Human Mind (2026) (the subject of this podcast); In the Shadow of Sun Mountain: The Psychology of Othering and the Origins of Evil (2026); Rupture: The Creative Response to Death Anxiety (Fall 2026); Chemical Pictures (2020) and others. Quinn also produces an ongoing video series: The Creative Mind & Mortality: Artists & Anxiety on his YouTube channel. The project examines how creatives metabolize their existential struggles through making, in contrast to what Otto Rank called the artiste manque--those who feel the same pressure of existence but lack a generative outlet. For his complete bio and website, please see: His blog: YouTube channel: This podcast is available on your favorite podcast platform, or here: Have a blessed week!
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Episode 349: Lisa Tahir: "The Chiron Effect: Healing our Core Wounds"/Wounded Healer Archetype
07/02/2026
Episode 349: Lisa Tahir: "The Chiron Effect: Healing our Core Wounds"/Wounded Healer Archetype
Lisa Tahir, LCSW, is a clinical social worker, intuitive psychotherapist, glass artist, and author of the book The Chiron Effect: Healing Our Core Wounds, which was endorsed by His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama and is the subject of this podcast. Practicing in New Orleans and Los Angeles, she blends traditional psychotherapy with spiritual practices like Reiki and Psychoastrology to help clients heal core wounds and end self-sabotage. For more information about Lisa and her many offerings, please see: Her professional website: Her website which includes her glass sculpture art: Her podcast: Social media: ; This podcast is available on your favorite podcast feed, or here: Cover art: "Abstraction" Resin Bonded sand red cast glass made by Lisa Tahir.
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Episode 348: Professor Jeremy Engels: "Living Namaste: A Practical Guide to Mindfulness, Yoga, and Building Community"
06/18/2026
Episode 348: Professor Jeremy Engels: "Living Namaste: A Practical Guide to Mindfulness, Yoga, and Building Community"
Jeremy David Engels, PhD, is a Liberal Arts Professor of Communications and Ethics at Pennsylvania State University. He is an author and longtime teacher of mindfulness, meditation, and yoga. A former student of Thich Nhat Hahn, he is dedicated to bringing the practice of mindfulness to democracy, and the practice of democracy to mindfulness. He is an award winning scholar, and has published numerous books and articles about democracy, community building, deliberation and peace including Living Namaste (2026, Inner Traditions--which is the subject of this podcast), On Mindful Democracy (Parallax 2026--the subject of EOTR episode 337); The Ethics of Oneness: Emerson, Whitman, and the Bhavagad Gita (UChicago 2021); and The Art of Gratitude (SUNY Press 2018) For more information about Professor Engels, please see his website: or reach out to him directly at IG: @jeremy_david_engels This podcast is available on your favorite podcast feed, or here: Have a blessed weekend and 🙏 Namaste🙏
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Episode 347: Tobias Churton: "Celestial Realms: A History of Heaven"
06/12/2026
Episode 347: Tobias Churton: "Celestial Realms: A History of Heaven"
A world authority on Gnostic spirituality, Tobias Churton is Britian's leading scholar in the field of Western Esotericism. Holding a Masters degree in Theology from Brasenose College, Oxford University, England, he was appointed Honorary Fellow and Faculty Lecturer in Western Esotericism at Exeter University in 2005. Michigan University professor Gabriele Boccaccini's invitation in 2019 to participate in The Enoch Seminar in Florence, was followed by Churton's The Lost Pillars of Enoch, published in 2020 and The Books of Enoch Revealed (2025). Tobias is also a filmmaker, poet, composer of songs and orchestral works, and author of acclaimed biographies of William Blake, Aleister Crowley, Elias Ashmole and G.I. Gurdjieff. His twenty-eight published titles include The Gnostics, The History of the Rosicrucians, Freemasonry: The Reality, The Spiritual Meaning of the Sixties, Occult Paris and Celestial Realms: A History of Heaven (which is the subject of this podcast). He has lectured widely and his academic papers on Crowley, The Yezidis, Rosicrucianism, Freemasonry, the French Occult Revival, the Enochic tradition, and on Alchemy have appeared in prestigious anthologies published across the western world. For more information about Tobias, please see: This podcast is availabe on your favorite podcast feed, or here: Have a blessed weekend!
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Episode 346: David Linder: "Advanced Rune Magic: The Greater Mysteries of Nordic Spirituality"
06/04/2026
Episode 346: David Linder: "Advanced Rune Magic: The Greater Mysteries of Nordic Spirituality"
David Linder is a Swiss author and falconer who has studied the runes and Norse mythology extensively with a focus on practical applications. His new book, Advanced Rune Magic (2026), has been described as: "a valuable addition--with insight into tradition as well as innovative creativity that gives the reader new perspectives on the runes. The book is rooted in historical runology and highlights esoteric aspects of the medieval rune poems, while being at the same time applicable to contemporary practitioners." Edren Thorsson has also described the book as "a mythic travelogue through the mysteries of the runes. Anyone who seeks to travel these roads and rivers at the highest levels will find these pages as a useful guide and companion. To further connect with David, please see: . Or email him at This podcast is available on your favorite podcast platform, or here: Have a blessed weekend!
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Episode 345: Mike Fiorito: "The Innerspace of Outerspace--Exploring Other Worlds Through Music"
05/28/2026
Episode 345: Mike Fiorito: "The Innerspace of Outerspace--Exploring Other Worlds Through Music"
Mike is an author, journalist, and Adjunct Professor of English at City Tech (CUNY). This podcast will focus on his new book: The Innerspace of Outerspace--Exploring Other Worlds Through Music. His other works include: UFO Symphonic-Journeys Into Sound (2025 Finalist in the Miscellaneous category for the 2025 Indie Excellence Awards); For All We Know (2025 Eric Hoffer Category Finalist Award); Mescalito Riding His White Horse (2024 Independent Press Distinguished Favorite Award in Spirituality); Falling From Trees (2022 Independent Press Distinguished Favorite Award in Short Stories). To reach out and connect with Mike in this space time dimension, please see: This podcast is available on your favorite podcast platform, or here: Have a blessed weekend!
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Episode 344: Dr. Joshua Pritikin: "Religion Unburdened By Belief: The Way of Open Inquiry"
05/22/2026
Episode 344: Dr. Joshua Pritikin: "Religion Unburdened By Belief: The Way of Open Inquiry"
Joshua Pritikin, Ph.D. is a psychological counselor, author, and researcher whose work explores the intersection of belief, consciouness, and personal transformation. After beginning his career in the software industry, he pivoted toward the study of the mind, earning a Ph.D. in quantitative psychology from the University of Virginia in 2022 and later becoming an Internal Family Systems (IFS) Certified Practitioner. Drawing on a interdisciplinary background that spans science, philosophy, and lived experience, Pritikin brings a distinctive perspective to questions traditionally explored through religion and psychology. He maintains a private practice and lives in the Pacific Northwest. This podcast will focus on his new work: Religion Unburdened by Belief: The Way of Open Inquiry (2026). For more information about Josh, please see: . Or his counseling site: This podcast is available on your favorite podcast feed, or here: Have a blessed weekend!
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Episode 343: Prashanthi Amarnath: Embracing Paradox/Tao Te Ching
05/15/2026
Episode 343: Prashanthi Amarnath: Embracing Paradox/Tao Te Ching
Prashanthi Amarnath is an information technology engineer and author of Embracing Paradox: A Mystical Adventure with the Tao Te Ching Through 81 Enchanting Micro Lessons (2026). The Tao Te Ching is often treated as an ancient hurdle to clear or a complex riddle to solve. In Embracing Paradox, Prashanthi invites you to see it differently; not as a daunting divide of language and ideas, but as a guide steering you through the winding paths of your own existence. Through 81 enchanting micro-lessons, the book transforms ancient wisdom into a modern roadmap for handling life's uncertainties. it is a journey than began not in a library, but in the grit of everyday life--across the landscapes of India, Australia, and the United States. For more information about Prashanthi, and to connect with her life and work, please see: This podcast is available on your favorite podcast feed, or here: Have a blessed weekend!
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Episode 342: Katherine Woodward Thomas: "What's True about You"/Transformational Psychology/Future Forward Therapy
05/01/2026
Episode 342: Katherine Woodward Thomas: "What's True about You"/Transformational Psychology/Future Forward Therapy
In this podcast, we honor the legacy of Katherine Woodward Thomas, MA, MFT, a licensed therapist, recognized pioneer in transformational psychology, and the New York Times bestselling author of acclaimed books that have reached millions across the globe including Calling in the One, and Counscious Uncoupling, and here latest book, What's True about You: 7 Steps to Move Beyond Your Painful Past and Manifest Your Brightest Future, which is the subject of this podcast. What's True about You is a positive guide, centered on "future-forward frameworks,' designed to help the reader unleash their brightest future. This approach is highly proactive because it recommends that the reader take responsibility for their life and actively generate the future, rather than passively waiting for change. Through her programs, she has guided more than 100,000 individuals to profound breakthroughs and certified over 2,000 coaches and therapists in her training. Her work stands at the forefront of a new paradigm in psychology--Future Forward Therapy. Her legacy lives on in the lives she touched and in the love, growth, and truth she inspired. To connect with her family, team, and continuing organization, please see: This podcast is available on your favorite podcast platform, or here: Have a blessed weekend!
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Episode 341: Joseph L. Flatley: "The Occult Timothy Leary: The Tarot, Magical States, and Post-Terrestrial Evolution"
04/23/2026
Episode 341: Joseph L. Flatley: "The Occult Timothy Leary: The Tarot, Magical States, and Post-Terrestrial Evolution"
Joseph L. Flatley is an investigative journalist, author, and publisher of the Failed State Update newsletter. His short films have been featured at Three Rivers Film Festival (Pittsburgh), NonPlussed Fest (Los Angeles), and Desert Daze (Joshua Tree, CA). He is the author of: The Occult Timothy Leary (2026--the subject of this podcast); New Age Grifter: The True Story of Gabriel of Urantia and His Cosmic Family (2021); Sirhan; or, The Hallucinatory Vanguard (2018); and Satan Goes to the Mind Control Convention (2018). Check him out at his website: Or on social media: This podcast is available on your favorite podcast platform, or here: Have a blessed weekend or something of the sort....
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Episode 340: Clarissa Dolphin: Shamanic Realities/Harmonic Astrology/The Rich Labyrinth of Spiritual Work
04/17/2026
Episode 340: Clarissa Dolphin: Shamanic Realities/Harmonic Astrology/The Rich Labyrinth of Spiritual Work
Clarissa Dolphin is a certified harmonic astrologer, writer, diviner and shamanic practitioner. She earned two B.A.'s from the University of Pittsburgh and a Masters from University of the Arts London, in writing and publishing, before obeying the call to enter the rich labyrith of spiritual work. Clarissa has written horoscopes for The Mountain Astrologer, served as a locum for Mystic Medusa and has also been featured in multiple outlets like The New York Times, The Old Farmer's Almanac, The Career Astrologer, Dirty Laundry, Notion, award-winning art magazine FAINT and more. Clarissa serves clients, speaks at various events and teaches students all over the world from Los Angeles. You can reach her at clarissadolphinexplainsitall.com, email her at and find her at @clarissadolphin on socials. All drumming on this podcast courtesy of Clarissa.:-) This podcast is available on your favorite podcast platform, or here: Have a blessed weekend!
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Episode 339: Joseph Schmidt: "The Torchbearer"/Insight Meditation
04/10/2026
Episode 339: Joseph Schmidt: "The Torchbearer"/Insight Meditation
Joseph Schmidt is an author and founding member and former executive director of the New York Insight Meditation Center. This podcast will focus on his new collection of short stories called The Torchbearer which stands at the poignant intersection of literary short stories that double as meditations on big philosophical questions. As Kirkus Reviews writes: "Rod Sterling could have given a Twilight Zone intro to each story in this collection...they tend to focus on the saving grace of redemption and the transformation that comes with achieving true power." Joseph first became a practitioner of meditation while living in an ashram in India for three years in the 1970s before earning a masters degree in Psychology. In addition to his work at the New York Insight mediation center, he also serves as a volunteer chaplain at Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, NJ where he provides counseling to patients including end-of-life planning and grief trauma. For more information about this wonderful work, please see: This podcast is available on your favorite podcast platform, or here: Have a blessed weekend!
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Episode 338: Constance Brenneman and Susan Brittain: "Afterlife: Beyond the Light"
04/01/2026
Episode 338: Constance Brenneman and Susan Brittain: "Afterlife: Beyond the Light"
Constance Brenneman is an award-winning filmmaker, actor and producer in studio and independent film. In recent years, she has devoted her work to documentary filmmaking, creating projects that inspire, transform, and uplift. Her feature documentaries include Finding Inner Hero (2022), Built Different (2024), and Afterlife: Beyond the Light (2026--Vision Films). Afterlife was born from Constance's fascination with the culminating factors of phenomenal end-of-life experiences. Partnering with friend and producer Susan Brittain, she set out to explore both the science and the deeply human stories behind near-death experiences (NDEs) and shared-death experiences (SDEs). The film features powerful firsthand accounts alongside compellling interviews with two of the worlds leading experts in the field: Dr. Raymond Moody and William Peters. Both are internationally recognized pioneers whose decades of research and bestselling books have shaped modern understanding of these experiences. Additionally, Constance partnered with the Coming Home Channel to incorporate deeply personal testimonies from individuals who have directly encountered these phenomena, expanding the emotional and spiritual depth of the film. To create a sense of flow and visual poetry, Constance collaborated with a professional modern dance company to develop original movement pieces that align with prose, stories and interviews. The film further weaves in animation to visually interpret NDEs and SDEs as they have been documented across cultures for centuries. The film is available for download later this week on all platforms such as Itunes, Vimeo, and Amazon. Social media links: This podcast is available on your favorite podcast platform, or here: Have a blessed week!
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Episode 337: Jeremy David Engels, PhD: "On Mindful Democracy: A Declaration of Interdependence to Mend a Fractured World"
03/20/2026
Episode 337: Jeremy David Engels, PhD: "On Mindful Democracy: A Declaration of Interdependence to Mend a Fractured World"
Jeremy David Engels, PhD, is a Liberal Arts Professor of Communications and Ethics at Pennsylvania State University. He is also a longtime teacher of mindfulness, meditation, and yoga, having studied in both India and the United States, and he is certified to teach mindfulness after completing an intensive two-year training program under the direction of Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield. Since undertaking a pilgrimage to walk in the footsteps of the Buddha in India and Nepal in 2018, he has been a student of Thich Nhat Hanh. He is dedicated to bringing the practice of mindfulness to democracy, and the practice of democracy to mindfulness. He is an award-winning scholar, and has published numerous books and articles about democracy, community building, deliberation, and peace, including On Mindful Democracy: A Declaration of Interdependence to Mend a Fractured World (Parallax, 2026) (which is the subject of this podcast). He is also the author of Living Namaste: A Practical Guide to Mindfulness, Yoga, and Building Community (Living Traditions, 2026); The Ethics of Oneness: Emerson, Whitman, and the Bhavagad Gita (U Chicago Press, 2021), and The Art of Gratitude (SUNY Press 2018). For more information about Professor Engels, see his website: or reach out to him directly at: . This podcast is available on your favorite podcast platform, or here: Have a blessed weekend!
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Episode 336: Aaron Breidenbach: Quantum Physics/Animism II
03/20/2026
Episode 336: Aaron Breidenbach: Quantum Physics/Animism II
This is a follow up interview with Dr. Aaron Breidenbach. In our first episode (EOTR 326), we discussed the crystals of Zn-Barlowite and Herbertsmithite that he grew and studied in his PhD at Stanford. These crystal have the potential to be used in applications in future quantum computers. See our first episode here: These crystals also grow naturally in the Atacama Desert in Chile. Aaron recently returned from an expedition with Chilean Anthopologist Vincente Carrasola Vega. They were successful in finding natural crystals of Herbertsmithite. These crystals are likely to be purer than laboratory synthetics, and this could enable new experiments in quantum physics. Tragically, however, these crystals are currently being destroyed in massive quantities as low-grade copper ore in ecologically damaging mining practices. We discuss the implications of this discovery, and the irony and tragedy of overextraction. We conclude this episode by talking about the relation of this disovery to Ayni, the local indigenous system of animistic reciprocity with the land. Aaron proposes a return expedition to Chile to look for one of the country's most famous lost archeological artifacts; a crystal ball found at the summit of the sacred volcano Licanabur. He believes that the ancient people of the land may have used these spheres to focus sunlight onto mineral samples to learn more about their properties. He hopes to replicate this experiment with the help of indigenous Aymara and Atacamenian collaborators. Aaron can be reached at: This podcast is available on your favorite podcast feed, or here: Have a blessed weekend!
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Episode 335: Ronnie Pontiac (& Tamra Lucid): The Unobstructed Way/Death=Life
03/04/2026
Episode 335: Ronnie Pontiac (& Tamra Lucid): The Unobstructed Way/Death=Life
Ronnnie Pontiac is an author who worked seven years as Manly P. Hall's research assistant, screener, and designated substitute lecturer. He is the author of American Metaphysical Religion (EOTR episode 251) and, along with Tamra, Sacred Music/The Magic of the Orphic Mysteries (EOTR episode 270). Tamra Lucid produced documentary films including the Emmy nominated End of the Line: The Women of Standing Rock, and is the author of Making the Ordinary Extraordinary (EOTR episode 208). She is the former writer and art editor for Newtopia Magazine and her work has appeared in Reality Sandwich. She and Ronnnie are also founding members of the experimental (and riotous) rock band Lucid Nation. More information concerning the book can be found at: Check out Tamra and Ronnie at: This podcast is available on your favorite podcast platform, or here: Link to Tamra's Celebration of Life: Have a blessed. weekend!
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Episode 334: Dr. Jennifer Reid: "Guilt Free: Reclaiming Your Life From Unreasonable Expectations"
02/20/2026
Episode 334: Dr. Jennifer Reid: "Guilt Free: Reclaiming Your Life From Unreasonable Expectations"
Dr. Reid is a clinical assistant professor at University of Pennsylvania and an associate professor at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University. She attended medical school at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and completed her psychiatry residency at UCLA. This podcast will focus on her new book, Guilt Free: Reclaiming Your Life from Unreasonable Expectations. Dr. Reid also writes and podcasts on Substack at A Mind of Her Own focused on helping individuals nurture a deep and lasting self-trust. She is also a regular contributor to Psychology Today with her blog "Think like a Shrink." Her writing has also been featured on KevinMD and Doximity. For more information, please see: This podcast is available on your favorite podcast platform, or here: Have a blessed weekend!
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Episode 333: Lynn Pardie, Ph.D: (mini) "Chop Wood/Carry Water"
02/11/2026
Episode 333: Lynn Pardie, Ph.D: (mini) "Chop Wood/Carry Water"
Lynn is a clinical psychologist and professor emerita of psychology at the University of Illinois Springfield. She has published work on stress-illness relationships, program evaluation, and bias in treatment and research. Lynn also has a long-standing interest in transpersonal psychology and Buddhist perspectives on personality and human development. Hopefully, Lynn will be gracing future episodes of the podcast as a co-host. This mini episode is available on your favorite podcast platform, or here: Have a blessed week! P.S. Cover art by the fabulous Wendy Allen.
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Episode 332: Judith Dillon: Alphabets/Mystery Traditions/"Futhark Rune Mysteries"
01/28/2026
Episode 332: Judith Dillon: Alphabets/Mystery Traditions/"Futhark Rune Mysteries"
Judith is an author whose research has focused on the history of alphabets, runes, oghams, Hebrew, and ancient Phoenician as well as its relation to number magic. She is the author of Alphabets and the Mystery Traditions (2024) and Futhark Rune Mysteries: Origins of Magic & Divination in the Primal Alphabet (2026), the latter being the subject of this podcast. In Rune Mysteries, Judith reveals the spiritual and divinatory attributes of each rune by examing the physical characteristics of the objects chosen to represent them. For more information about Judith's academic work, please see: . You will find she has a wealth of knowledge on these subjects and she welcomes you to contact her at: for more information. This podcast is available on your favorite podcast platform, or here: Artwork is Grave in the form of an A. Yugoslavia circa 6000 BCE. From Gimbutas, The Language of the Goddess, 156.
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Episode 331: David L. Kahn: Lucid Dreams/"The Oneironaut's Odyssey: Discovering Ancient Wisdom through Lucid Dreams""
01/12/2026
Episode 331: David L. Kahn: Lucid Dreams/"The Oneironaut's Odyssey: Discovering Ancient Wisdom through Lucid Dreams""
David L. Kahn is an author, oneironaut, and has been a member of the International Association for the Study of Dreams (IASD) since 2006. He is a regular contributor to The Lucid Dreaming Experience magazine and has participated in several lucid dreaming research studies. Much of his published work and many of his presentations focus on trauma dreams, particularly those of genocide survivors and LGBTQ+ youth. He also contributed an entry to the Encyclopedia of Sleep and Dreams on dreams related to the Holocaust and the Rwandan genocides. His books include The Oneironaut's Odyssey: Discovering Ancient Wisdom Through Lucid Dreams and Storms and Rainbows: Trauma Dreams of LGBTQ+ Youth. For more information about Dave and his work, please see Instagram pages: @boundless_dream @thelucidexplorer Or contact him directly at: This podcast is available on your favorite platform, or here: Have a blessed week!
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Episode 330: Charles Shaw/2025/Connecting to Time and Place
12/29/2025
Episode 330: Charles Shaw/2025/Connecting to Time and Place
Charles Shaw is an author, documentary filmmaker, journalist, activist and psychedelic therapist who saw his focus change in 2025 to trauma informed care/peer support as a public mental health professional on the front lines of Chicago. His previous works are highlighted by Exile Nation (2012); Release Us(2013); Soldiers of the Vine(2017) and The Shadow People, which was highlighted in episode 246. More info at: This podcast is available on your favorite platform, or here: Many blessings to you and yours in 2026.
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Episode 329: Banafsheh Sayyad: Sufism/Mysticism/Divine Feminine Embodiment/"Dance of Oneness"
12/19/2025
Episode 329: Banafsheh Sayyad: Sufism/Mysticism/Divine Feminine Embodiment/"Dance of Oneness"
Banafsheh Sayyad is a master sacred dancer and visionary spiritual embodiment teacher whose forthcoming book, Dance of Oneness (Sounds True, March 2026), offers a revolutionary invitation to embody love through conscious movement. Drawing from her signature Dance of Oneness modality, a Divine Feminine lineage that fuses Taoist wisdom and the mystical traditions with flamenco, Tai Chi, Persian dance, and Sufi whirling, Banafsheh guides readers to awaken their light body, dissolve constriction, and rediscovery vitality and purpose. Dance of Oneness traces Banafsheh's own awakening, from her exile in Iran to her emergence as a world-renown artist and teacher and invites readers to live as channels of love and light, healing both self and planet. Hailed by the Los Angeles Times as a "mesmerizing foray into the body as a trance mechanism," her work has inspired thousands worldwide at centers such as Esalen, Kripalu, Omega, and Hollyhock, and through her acclaimed non-profit company, NAMAH, and her film "In the Fire of Grace", co-created with Andrew Harvey. For more information and to connect with Banafsheh, please see: This podcast is availabe on your favorite podcast platform, or here: Have a blessed weekend:-)
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Episode 328: Oli Genn-Bash: Animism/The Fungi Consultant/Codex Serafini
11/26/2025
Episode 328: Oli Genn-Bash: Animism/The Fungi Consultant/Codex Serafini
Founder of the Fungi Consultant, Oli Genn-Bash is a mycotherapy educator, psychedelic writer and musician exploring the intersections between functional mushrooms, animism, altered states, and human well-being. Though courses, consultancy, and creative work, Oli blends scientific research with traditional wisdom to make mushroom based healing accessible and grounded. He is the creator of Mycomastery: The Functional Mushroom Buyer's Toolkit and is the "Saturnian" saxman of the band Codex Serafini. Check out his many offerings at: @oligennbash @codexserafini_band Musical tracks in the podcast are from Codex Serafini's new album "Mother, Give Your Children Sanity." This podcast is available on your favorite podcast platform, or here: Have a blessed weekend!
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Episode 327: Davezilla: "Magical AI Grimoire: A Book of Shadows for Contemporary Chaos"
11/14/2025
Episode 327: Davezilla: "Magical AI Grimoire: A Book of Shadows for Contemporary Chaos"
Davezilla is an illustrator, artist, and author. His work bridges the mystical and the modern, always with an eye toward what's real, what works, and what just might be trying to get your attention from the other side. In his "Spare" time, he was executive vice-president of Campbell Ewald (2nd oldest ad agency in the US). He is also a Gardnerian witch (initiated 1979), Discordian, Ngangalero (initiated 1993), and Santero (initiated 2006). In this podcast, we focus on his new book Magical AI Grimoire which Peter Carroll writes is a "step-by-step" guide to using artificial intelligence ...for almost any conceivable magical purpose and expressed in any desired literary or artistic style imaginable." Dave is also the creator of the Tarot of the Unexplained and host of the Spirit in the Frame podcast. Check him out at: or or wherever you find @davezilla. This podcast is available on your favorite platform, or here: Have a blessed weekend!
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Episode 326: Dr. Aaron Breidenbach: Quantum Computing/Crystals/Animism/Atacama
10/29/2025
Episode 326: Dr. Aaron Breidenbach: Quantum Computing/Crystals/Animism/Atacama
Dr. Aaron Breidenbach recently completed his PhD dissertation in Physics at Stanford. His doctorial studies focused on the growth and magnetic measurement of the crystals Herbertsmithite and Zn-Barlowite. His work went a long way towards proving that these crystals are "quantum spin liquids," a novel state of magnetic matter that has potential applications in quantum computing. These same crystals also grow naturally in the Atacama desert, where the local Atacamenian people hold rich animistic traditions which weave in their mountains and mummified ancestors through spiritual traditions. Sadly, these living mountains are currently being over-mined for Copper and Lithium. This process has led to many ecological issues, including the poisoning of the Atacamenian groundwater with arsenic. The cruelest irony is that Herbertsmithite, a strong candidate to the the silicon of quantum computing, is regularly found in toxic waste tailings from these mines. Aaron now is embarking on a journey to the Atacama to try to help restore these animistic traditions, bring balance to the land, and help advance the future of quantum computing. For more information about Aaron, please see: This podcast is available on your favorite podcast platform, or here: Have a blessed week!
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Episode 325: Gary Lachman: "Touched by the Presence: From Blondie's Bowery to Magic and the Occult"
10/15/2025
Episode 325: Gary Lachman: "Touched by the Presence: From Blondie's Bowery to Magic and the Occult"
Gary Lachman is an author and lecturer on consciousness, counterculture, and the Western esoteric tradition. His works include Dark Star Rising, Beyond the Robot, and The Secret Teachers of the Western World. A founding member of the rock band "Blondie", he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006. This podcast focuses on his new work, Touched by the Presence: From Blondie's Bowery and Rock and Roll to Magic and the Occult (Inner Traditions Nov. 2025) which unveils Gary's life in letters, mysticism, and of course, rock and roll. More information about Gary, his 25 other books, and other writings can be found at: . This podcast is available on your favorite podcast platform, or here: Have a blessed week!
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Episode 324: Richard Kaczynski, PhD: "Mind over Magick: The Psychology of Ritual Magick"
10/01/2025
Episode 324: Richard Kaczynski, PhD: "Mind over Magick: The Psychology of Ritual Magick"
Richard Kaczynski, PhD, is an author and lecturer in the fields of social psychology, metaphysical beliefs, and new religious movements. This podcast will focus on his new work Mind over Magick: The Psychology of Ritual Magick (October 2025) which explores the many fascinating connections between the practices of ritual magicians (and seekers) of all traditions with the findings of peer-reviewed research in psychology, neuroscience, and real time brain imaging. Richard is also known for his biography of occultist Aleister Crowley, Perdurabo: The Life of Aleister Crowley, described by the Times Literary Supplement as "the major biography to date." Richard's presentation of Crowley's The Sword of Song was featured in episode 317. In other wide ranging academic pursuits, Richard has held positions as assistant professor at Wayne State School of Medicine, research associate and affiliate at Yale Universities' Department of Psychiatry and adjunct faculty at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Dentistry. He has published dozens of articles in academic peer reviewed journals in areas ranging from national program evaluation of comprehensive work therapy, and multi-site clinical trials of treatment effiacy for bipolar disorder (STEP-BP), schizophenia (CATIE) and Alzheimer's (CATIE) To connect with Richard and his many offerings, please see: or follow him on your favorite social media. This podcast is available on your favorite platform, or here: Have a blessed week!
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Special Re-Release: Celebrating the Life/Activism/Mischief of Tamra Lucid
09/27/2025
Special Re-Release: Celebrating the Life/Activism/Mischief of Tamra Lucid
In honor of the passing of Tamra Lucid, we release her podcast which originally aired in 2021. Enjoy this wonderful soul:-) "Tamra Lucid is a founding member of the experimental rock band Lucid Nation. She was a writer and editor for Newtopia Magazine and the principal interviewer for the original Reality Sandwich. She has produced documentary films including: Exile Nation: The Plastic People, End of the Line: The Women of Standing Rock, and the award winning Cuba Libre: Rap is War. She lived in Los Angeles with her husband, the musician and writer Ronnie Pontiac." In the 2021 episode, we focused on her book Making the Ordinary Extraordinary: My Seven Years in Occult Los Angeles with Manley Palmer Hall, which Mitch Horowitz called "A compelling written portrait of a life of one of the most significant occult voices of the last century." The book remains available on all online sellers but we would recommend her publisher Inner Traditions: Note: the song "Kindred" by Lucid Nation plays near the end of this podcast. This re-release is available on your favorite on-line platform, or here: Have a blessed weekend. Life is short.
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Episode 323: Carrie Asby: Rituals/Retreats/Ecotherapy
09/11/2025
Episode 323: Carrie Asby: Rituals/Retreats/Ecotherapy
Carrie Asby is an author, retreat founder, wellness instructor, and yogini who is trailblazing the world of ecotherapy and holistic healing. She is the author of Your Morning Ritual: Mindful Habits for Peace and Resilience (2025) a guide that offers readers practical tools and gentle guidance to create daily practices that foster peace, resilience, and a deeper sense of wellbeing. Carrie is also the Founder and Guide of Nature Heart Retreats and has volunteered at Phinda Private Game Reserve in South Africa. She is the founder of Yoga in the Park in Portland, Oregon and Central Park, NY, a practice that brings people together to connect, move, and build community in the heart of nature. To connect with Carrie and experience the full breadth of her offerings, please see: or follow her on Instagram at: This podcast is available on you favorite podcast platform, or here: Have a blessed weekend!
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Episode 322: Emrys Abner: "Solomonic Pentacles: Wisdom and Magic for the Modern Age"
08/25/2025
Episode 322: Emrys Abner: "Solomonic Pentacles: Wisdom and Magic for the Modern Age"
Emrys Abner has spent his life chasing the divine through history, theology, music and art. This podcast will focus on his most recent book: Solomonic Pentacles: Wisdom and Magic for the Modern Age (Llewellyn Books 2025). When he is not performing as a professional musician and raising a family, he runs a sacred workshop business called the "Acoustic Alchemist" and cohosts the Random Illusions podcast. He is also the founder of the Fellowship for Spiritual Advancement nonprofit organization. To connect with all his magical projects, please see: At the end of the podcast we play Emrys' musical piece "Almost through the Dark". If you like what you hear, his musical offerings can be found at: This podcast is available on your favorite platform, or here: Have a blessed week! P.S. The Cover Art on this podcast is part of Emrys' workshop at the acousticalchemist, link above.
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