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Demons of the Necronomicon: When Fiction Becomes Occult Reality
30. okt. 2025 42m

What happens when a work of fiction becomes a real grimoire? In this episode, we explore The Demons of the Necronomicon, H. P. Lovecraft’s imagined pa...

Asmodeus: A Demon’s Journey from Zoroastrian Wrath to Western Lust
26. okt. 2025 45m

Asmodeus is more than the “demon of lust.” In this episode, I trace his journey from the Avestan aēšma in Zoroastrian texts to Ashmedai in Jewish lite...

The Path and the Practice: Ivy Corvus on Living Witchcraft @IvyTheOccultist
19. okt. 2025 1t 0m

Ivy Corvus has been practicing various occult philosophies for 20 years. She is the author of "Chaos Magic: A Complete Beginner's Guide", a contributi...

Astaroth: From Ancient Goddess Astarte to Demon of Forbidden Knowledge
12. okt. 2025 47m

Across three millennia, the goddess Astarte was recast as the demon Astaroth: a transformation that reveals more about humanity’s fear of the sacred f...

Paimon Explained: From Ancient Grimoires to Modern Occultism
5. okt. 2025 41m

This video explores the fascinating figure of Paimon, one of the most prominent kings of the Goetia, tracing his journey from early modern demonologic...

Universal Divine or Cultural Construct? Perennialism vs Constructivism
28. sep. 2025 46m

Is there such a thing as a universal human experience of the divine, or are all encounters shaped by culture, language, and power? In this video, we e...

Why Science Can’t Prove Magic
21. sep. 2025 33m

In this episode, we explore the complex and often uneasy relationship between science and magic. Rather than asking whether magic is "real," we examin...

How Americans Reinvented Italian Witchcraft
14. sep. 2025 37m

What happens when Italian folk traditions cross the Atlantic? This video explores how Italian witchcraft, especially the healing practice of Segnature...

Temple of Set: Diabolicon, Xeper, and the Path of Separation
31. aug. 2025 54m

Explore the teachings of the Temple of Set, one of the most influential yet misunderstood esoteric movements of the modern era. From Michael A. Aquino...

The Vision and The Voice by Aleister Crowley explained
24. aug. 2025 41m

In this video, I explore Aleister Crowley’s The Vision and the Voice and why it remains one of the most powerful and unsettling texts in the Western e...

Enochian Magic in Modern Occultism: From Dee to Chaos Magick and Beyond
15. aug. 2025 1t 2m

What do angels, secret languages, and occult orders have in common? Enochian magic. In this episode, we trace its evolution from John Dee’s apocalypti...

Saint Cyprian’s Grimoire: Necromancy and Forbidden Magic
10. aug. 2025 54m

Who was Saint Cyprian: a holy bishop, a legendary sorcerer, or both? In this video, I explore the enigmatic figure of Saint Cyprian through the lens o...

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3. aug. 2025 4m

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Lammas and Lughnasadh: The Real History
29. jul. 2025 12m

What do bread blessings, hilltop fairs, and a Celtic god of light have in common? In this video, I explore the real history of Lammas and Lughnasadh, ...

Can Parody Be Sacred? The Church of the SubGenius and Modern Spirituality
28. jul. 2025 56m

What is the Church of the SubGenius? What if parody could be sacred? This video explores the Church of the SubGenius—a surreal blend of satire, esote...

Is the Future Fixed or Fluid The Philosophy Behind Divination
27. jul. 2025 58m

What if divination doesn’t just reveal the future, but intervenes in it? In this episode, I explore the philosophical and esoteric dimensions of divi...

Magic and Theurgy in Giordano Bruno
20. jul. 2025 48m

In this video, I explore the magical dimension of Bruno’s thought—an aspect often overlooked or dismissed in favour of his more fashionable reputation...

📣 ONLINE COURSE 📣 Italian Folk Magic with the Native Academic who researched the Tradition
6. jul. 2025 6m

✨ Italian Folk Magic and Shamanism: A Course in the Tradition of Segnature ✨ I’m Dr Angela Puca, and I’m beyond excited to finally share this with yo...

Ancient Roman Paganism with @AdMaioraVertite
22. jun. 2025 1t 30m

In this special episode—presented for the first time in Italian with (ala, literal and not always accurate) English subtitles—Dr Angela Puca is joined...

Why So Many LGBTQ+ People Are Drawn to Paganism
15. jun. 2025 52m

Why does Paganism attract so many LGBTQ+ people—and how are queer practitioners reshaping Pagan traditions from within? In this in-depth episode, Dr...

Who Performs the Magic? The Self in Esoteric Practice
8. jun. 2025 18m

In this episode, we delve into one of the most profound and contested questions in both philosophy and esotericism: What is the self in magical practi...

Witchcraft’s Hidden Histories: From Academia to Treadwell’s with Dr Christina Oakley Harrington
4. jun. 2025 1t 23m

In this live interview, I am joined by Dr Christina Oakley Harrington—medieval historian, long-standing practitioner of witchcraft, and founder of the...

Freemasons, Magic, and Mystery: Everything You Need to Know about Freemasonry
25. maj 2025 42m

What is Freemasonry? This episode presents an in-depth academic overview of Freemasonry, the world’s oldest initiatory society independent of religio...

From Ficino to Crowley: Hermeticism Explained
18. maj 2025 48m

Let's explore the complex tradition of Hermeticism—an esoteric philosophy rooted in Hellenistic Egypt and attributed to the legendary Hermes Trismegis...

From Atlantis to Devachan: Where Your Soul Goes (According to Blavatsky)
11. maj 2025 44m

In this episode, we dive deep into the esoteric teachings of Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, co-founder of the Theosophical Society and one of the most inf...

How We Lost the Truth Baudrillard, Jung, and the Crisis of Reality
4. maj 2025 15m

Why does truth no longer seem to matter? In this episode, we explore the philosophical and psychological roots of today's crisis of reality. Drawing o...

Protection Magic in Times of War
27. apr. 2025 52m

This episode explores the role of protection magic as a historically grounded response to war, oppression, and systemic violence across diverse cultur...

Anthropology of Witchcraft with Prof Tanya Luhrmann
22. apr. 2025 1t 6m

This interview offers an insightful discussion with anthropologist Tanya Luhrmann, whose pioneering scholarship has significantly advanced our compreh...

Fairies Were Terrifying – Until the Victorians Made Them Cute
13. apr. 2025 51m

What happened to the fairies? In this episode of Angela’s Symposium, we uncover the history of fairy beings—from terrifying, liminal spirits associat...

Esoteric Scholarship and Practice with RENSEP, Andrea Centore and Bernd-Christian Otto
8. apr. 2025 1t 20m

Join us for a livestream featuring Andrea Centore and Dr Bernd-Christian Otto, the Research Network for the Study of Esoteric Practices (RENSEP) found...