Send us comments, suggestions and ideas here! In this week’s episode we continue into part 2 of our campaign of Sun Tzu’s seminal work on military strategy, The Art of War. In the first half of the show we look at some historical examples of where, in alignment with Sun Tzu’s principles, snatched victory from the jaws of defeat. We focus on the circular relationship between the direct and indirect methods of attack, what it has to do with Taoism and defeating the enemy before the first sword can even be drawn. We even take a look at the allies “Ghost Division” which used indirect tactics to fo ..read more

Send us comments, suggestions and ideas here! In this week’s episode we discuss a spiritual text which helped bring peace to centuries of non-stop conflict only centuries later to introduce the wider world to its first taste of Taoist philosophy and make corporate ladder climbers even more insufferable than they were before; The Art of War by Sun Tzu. In this first half of the episode we unveil the historical mystery of the text’s author Sun Tzu; was he man or myth? Before wrapping up we begin discussing the first few chapters of The Art of War, how some of these strategies were used in real l ..read more

Send us comments, suggestions and ideas here! In this week’s episode we emerge from our winter hibernation like ravenous groundhogs and build within the shadow of our emerging a circle of sacred stones containing the holy campfire whence we share, drunk with popcorn and smores, the nightmarish tales we uncovered in the unconscious depths of our slumber. In the first half of the evening we discuss the ghoulish zombies of Afghanistan, the ghosts of the Maiyalmula and true tales of alien abduction. In the extended episode we tell the tales of the dangerous entities that prowl the Yakutia region o ..read more

Send us comments, suggestions and ideas here! In this week’s episode we explore the world of haunted or otherwise cursed Hollywood films which are quite a bit more numerous, violent and even deadlier than you would first imagine. In the free section of the show we discuss the weird monsters hidden in Return to Babylon, Ti West's Innkeepers and House of the Devil, The Amityville Horror remake, the Dybbuk of The Possession and of course the grizzly deaths associated with the curse of The Omen. In the extended show we go for all the heavy hitters and tell the tale of the misfortune’s associated w ..read more

Send us comments, suggestions and ideas here! In this week’s episode we uncork part 3 of the hollow-tube of holy fire flowing through Phil Hine’s current defining magickal work-book, CONDENSED CHAOS! In the first half of the show we discuss evocation and how to create, and secondly program a magickal servitor to do our bidding. We chisel into the iceberg model of ego, how to work with such a massive structure and learn how to reprogram it for power, pleasure and profit. In the extended show we discuss how each person is secretly a multiplicity of selves, the all-important goal of taming one’s ..read more

Send us comments, suggestions and ideas here! In this week’s episode we dive into part 2 of our review and discussion of Phil Hine’s Chaos Magick classic, CONDENSED CHAOS. In the first half we tackle the D.R.A.T. formulae and why relaxation is such an underappreciated talent of the magus. We discover powerful secrets to hacking our emotional feedback loops, shifting our meat gears, how to do a path-working of pretty much anything (but especially Tarot cards) and how to activate the dreaded Star Chamber of Chaos! In the extended episode we explore the features of the magickal will and embark on ..read more

Send us comments, suggestions and ideas here! In this week's episode we review the wild wisdom of Phil Hine as laid out in his masterpiece of magickal literature every beginner should own, CONDENSED CHAOS!  In this current defining work, Phil Hine gives us a glimpse behind the curtain and spells out in no uncertain terms not only the benefit of walking upon the Path of Chaos but how to get started with an unusual combination of depth, brevity and clarity. In the first half of this multi-part episode we will discuss The Six Core Principles of Chaos Magick, Magick in the Real World and what ..read more

Send us comments, suggestions and ideas here! This week’s episode sees us dust off the old VHS copy of the late 90s gnostic science fiction classic “Dark City,” written and directed by Alex Proyas. This is what your mom was talking about when you told her you wanted to see ‘The Matrix’ but she said “No, we have it at home,” with some scenes almost matching shot for shot visually. Perhaps more remarkably is how Dark City tackles similar themes on loan from ancient gnostic philosophy but does so in a way faithful to its science fiction roots in German expressionism where it finds inspiration in ..read more

Send us comments, suggestions and ideas here! In this week’s episode we explore the mysterious UFO sex-cult, Raelism! In the first half of the show we focus on Raelism’s belief in a race of humanoid creator beings they call the Elohim and what the revelation of their kind holds for ourselves as individuals and the destiny of all mankind with humanity now a critical juncture between open contact or total annihilation. We explore Raelism's strange sexual practices, its problematic logo and some of the specific commandments given by the Elohim. In the extended episode we delve into Rael's persona ..read more

Send us comments, suggestions and ideas here! This week’s episode was almost canceled due to complications with the wildfires here in California. Malachor, for instance, has been without power, battling to protect his home and preparing for evacuation if necessary. As such, we interrupt our normal programming to bring you some interesting and supposedly true stories we discovered while researching for the Shaver Mystery. (If you’d like to check out where these essays are compiled, along with many others check out Flying Ships, Humanoids, and Creatures of the Subterranean World by Gray Barker ..read more