Bass Reeves: No Master But Duty
A new four-part miniseries from Solved Murders: This is the story of a legendary figure of the Wild West… The man widely believed to have inspired the Lone Ranger… Who was born into slavery — and beca...
22 Helmi 20231min
E50 • The Magical, Mystical HPB (NOT Haunted Peanut Butter)
What do invisible astral jellyfish and egg-laying lemurs with eyes in the back of their heads have in common? They each appear in “The Secret Doctrine,” the masterwork of a famed occultist known for c...
20 Helmi 202348min
E49 • The Lord of Gravity
Sure, he was the genius who discovered the laws of motion and gravity, but his methods were highly criticized and far from traditional (he once stuck a needle in his eye socket to determine what light...
13 Helmi 202352min
E48 • Dion Fortune: Gatekeeper, Groundbreaker, Past-Life Priestess
Before the internet… Before podcasts… Violet Mary Firth brought magic to the masses by way of auras, chakras, and astral visions (oh my!). Born in Glastonbury in 1890, it was believed by her parents t...
6 Helmi 202352min
E47 • The Countercultural Life of William S. Burroughs
You might know his work as a writer and poet during the Beat Movement. Less well-known is that his first published piece was at age 15 on mind control methods (whaaaaat?!). Come for the story of how h...
30 Tammi 202349min
E46 • Grimoires
You've heard about them on Charmed, Buffy, and in the Harry Potter series. Now get the history of Grimoires from Christine and Em as they rifle through these legendary books containing spells, rituals...
23 Tammi 202347min
E44 • Mesopotamian Magic
Today Christine and Em are taking a hike — a history hike — into the dawn of civilization, sussing out the occult rituals of humanity’s OG innovators. Did they create agriculture? Sure. Math? Mmhm. Th...
9 Tammi 202347min
