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It's time for another movie night with Morgan + Norm! Today they are covering the 2015 horror film the Witch directed by Robert Eggers. Morgan couldn't let Reg Scot go just yet and this film, though fictional, stylizes the effect of witchcraft on one's inner and outer world. Feel free to enjoy this episode with or without watching the movie. It's spooky season, let's talk about witches and academic arguments from medieval minds...
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You may have heard of the Salem Witch Trials but have you heard of the man who published tomes debunking witches, a full hundred years before Salem? Reginald Scot was an aristocrat in Elizabethan England who published academic style tomes pointing out all the flaws in medieval witchhunter logic. Today Morgan takes Norm into an interesting look of how a social belief in witchcraft can wreak havoc on people's inner and outer worlds. They also dive into Scot's own belief system and how he managed to escape his own persecution by a very convenient death. Houdini would have approved of Reg's take on things.
Sources & Further Reading:
Almond, Philip C. England’s First Demonologist: Reginald Scot and “the Discoverie of Witchcraft.” I.B. Tauris, 2014. Pudney, Eric. A Defense of Witchcraft Belief. Manchester University Press, 2021.Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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This week, Morgan takes Norm to answer the question: Why Thelema? What does this system of ritual and belief have to offer? Aleister Crowley's life has certainly left an impression. Looking at Thelema and ritual magic as a whole, gives Morgan + Norm a greater understanding of how western ritual magic continued into the present day and how, if you are so inclined, it can be a legitimate method to finding your peace and power. Were you put off by Crowley but still want to talk magical rituals? This is the episode for you.
Sources and Further Reading:
Visconti, Marco. The Aleister Crowley Manual: Thelemic Magick for Modern Times. Watkins, 2023. Hermetic Library, hermetic.com/eidolons/a-guide-to-the-study-of-thelema. Accessed 19 July 2024.Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Morgan + Norm are back with the second half of Aleister Crowley's arch and let's just say things take a turn after World War I. There is more magic but also a lot of real world consequences around Crowley because of it. It gets darker in this episode but a worthy analysis of how even leaders in this space can get very lost.
Trigger warning for brief mentions of animal abuse and child death, both due to adults making bad choices.
Sources & Further Reading:
Campbell, Colin D. Thelema: An Introduction to the Life, Work & Philosophy of Aleister Crowley. Llewellyn Worldwide, 2018.Lachman, Gary. Aleister Crowley: Magick, Rock and Roll, and the Wickedest Man in the World. Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, a Member of Penguin Group (USA), 2014.Bowie, John Ash. “Home.” Hermetic Library, 11 May 2021, hermetic.com/eidolons/a-guide-to-the-study-of-thelema.“Aleister Crowley.” Thelemapedia, 2 Apr. 2011, www.thelemapedia.org/index.php/Aleister_Crowley.Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Morgan + Norm are back from summer break and diving in to the biggest occult baddie your parents probably know them name of—> Aleister Crowley. Sure, he brought ritual magic into public consciousness and famous known in the press as the Wickedest Man in the World but he was also a theater kid at heart who most struggled with the human experience. Like other occult greats covered last season, Crowley also clocks a lot of miles around the globe but leaves a unique path of destruction in his wake. This is definitely the lighter of the two episodes.
Sources + Further Reading:
Campbell, Colin D. Thelema: An Introduction to the Life, Work & Philosophy of Aleister Crowley. Llewellyn Worldwide, 2018.Lachman, Gary. Aleister Crowley: Magick, Rock and Roll, and the Wickedest Man in the World. Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, a Member of Penguin Group (USA), 2014.Bowie, John Ash. “Home.” Hermetic Library, 11 May 2021, hermetic.com/eidolons/a-guide-to-the-study-of-thelema.“Aleister Crowley.” Thelemapedia, 2 Apr. 2011, www.thelemapedia.org/index.php/Aleister_Crowley.Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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We are on a summer break! We are busy prepping Season 2 and will be back with new episodes in September!
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Our interview with Debbie Griggs offers a different take on connection to the spiritual realm. A self-described photo psychic who gets huge impressions and information from just a picture of someone. She also has rather accurate world predictions that has grown her following over the last ten years. A thought-provoking exploration of how things can make sense on the other side.
For more Debbie, check out her vibrant Youtube channel Photo Psychic Debbie , her podcast Psychic Debbie Griggs Spiritual Knowledge or her website Psychic Debbie.com.
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Morgan takes Norm into the second part of Edgar Cayce's story. This included the groundwork for what would become his legacy, his continued failures at capitalism and his mainstream recognition.
Sources & Further Reading:
Kirkpatrick, Sidney D. Edgar Cayce: An American Prophet. Riverhead Books, 2001. Sugrue, Thomas, and Mitch Horowitz. There Is a River: The Story of Edgar Cayce. A.R.E. Press, 2018.Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Edgar Cayce is one of the most famous of the historical psychics due to the legacy his work left behind. Writings published after his death, informed New Age thought in the 20th Century. But that doesn't that he was shockingly uncurious about his abilities or the world. He illustrates that the course of true psychism never did run smooth. This episode, Morgan takes Norm into the first half of Cayce's life where he among many other things, seemed to fall for every get-rich-quick scheme he possibly could.
Sources & Further Reading:
Kirkpatrick, Sidney D. Edgar Cayce: An American Prophet. Riverhead Books, 2001. Sugrue, Thomas, and Mitch Horowitz. There Is a River: The Story of Edgar Cayce. A.R.E. Press, 2018.Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Morgan and Norm sit down with well-known psychic Michael Bodine to talk about the realities of living with psychic abilities as well as the ups and downs of being a practicing psychic. Michael shares an intimate portrait of his growing up in a family taken over by psychic interest and his own reluctant embracing of his abilities. He shares his hot take that not everyone needs a psychic reading! What's the role of intention, intuition, free-will -- and can guides be from other planets? Listen and find out!
Further Reading:
Bodine, Michael. A Psychic’s Life: What It’s Really Like. Llewellyn Publications, 2018. Bodine, Michael. Growing up Psychic: From Skeptic to Believer. Llewellyn Publications, 2010.Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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What does seeing a psychic have to do with guys talking to angels in the 1500s? More than you'd think! Morgan takes Norm into psychism as a phenomenon, including best practices for engaging with psychics as well as a walk into the history of how we got here. From the Oracle at Delphi to Elizabethan Europe to daytime television in the '90s, Morgan and Norm get deeper into their namesake.
Sources & Further Reading:
Ashe, Geoffrey. The Secret History of Hell-Fire Clubs: From Rabelais and John Dee to Anton LeVay and Timothy Leary. Bear & Company, 2019. Lockett, Rachel. “The Oracle of Delphi: The Ancient Greek Fortuneteller.” History Cooperative, 13 Dec. 2023, historycooperative.org/the-oracle-of-delphi/. Moye, David. “Dead Psychic’s Legacy Included Speaking for Dead People - Who Were Alive.” HuffPost, HuffPost, 22 Nov. 2013, www.huffpost.com/entry/sylvia-browne_n_4317470.Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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When our body hurts we see a doctor, but what do we do when our souls hurt? Morgan and Norm sit down with a Brazilian shamanic practitioner, Augusto Monteiro to discuss his work in the unseen world. From the cosmology of Jurema to the new magical frameworks of Archangelismo, they discuss what tools Augusto uses to provide real help to his clients as well as just what sorts of problems a shamanic practitioner can solve.
For more information on Augusto: https://www.augusto-monteiro.com/
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A book that is meaningful to one person can be... deeply annoying to another. Morgan and Norm discuss the book The Surrender Experiment! They break down the most useful take aways, Norm's gripes with the author's writing style and examine just what it means to walk the spiritual path.
No reading of the book is necessary! But if you're interested in learning more about the author, Michael Singer and his work, visit the Temple of the Universe store: https://tou.org/books-inspiration/
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What is a guru anyway? Are they enlightened teachers we search the world for or are they just what we would call a cult leader? Morgan and Norm discuss the useful aspects of the guru path as well as what makes surrendering to a teacher so difficult. They explore the idea of the crazy-wise guru Tim Leary dreamed of being and contrast it to the guru encounters of Ram Dass. Whether you have a guru, want one, or thing the entire set up is a scam, the relationship between student and teacher is more nuanced than it appears.
Sources & Further Reading:
Feuerstein, Georg. The Holy Madness: Spirituality, Crazy-Wise Teachers, and Enlightenment. Hohm Press, 2006. Tredwell, Gail. Holy Hell: A Memoir of Faith, Devotion, and Pure Madness. Wattle Tree Press, 2013. Self Realization Fellowship Online Meditation Center, onlinemeditation.yogananda.org. Siddha Yoga Shaktipat Initiation, siddhayoga.org.Harris, Lis. “O Guru, Guru, Guru.” The New Yorker, 7 Nov. 1994, www.newyorker.com/magazine/1994/11/14/o-guru-guru-guru.Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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While Ram Dass is finding his guru in India, Timothy Leary is a counter culture celebrity. Morgan takes Norm into Leary's prison escapes, misadventures in exile and losing all his credibility. They evaluate Leary as an archtype of a crazy-wise guru but not before dipping into the unexpected revolutionary environment of 1970s Algeria, Leary's similarities with Aleister Crowley and all the women who helped get him out of prison.
Sources & Further Reading:
Higgs, John, and Winona Ryder. I Have America Surrounded: The Life of Timothy Leary. Thistle Publishing, 2013. Davis, Steven L., and Bill Minutaglio. Most Dangerous Man in America: Timothy Leary, Richard Nixon and the Hunt for the Fugitive King of LSD. Hatchette Book Group, 2018. Aman, Jacob. “Protecting the Living Earth.” Future Primitive Podcasts, 28 Mar. 2023, futureprimitive.org/. Selby, John, and Paul Davids. Blowing America’s Mind: A True Story of Princeton, CIA Mind Control, LSD and Zen. Yellow Hat Productions, 2018. Reynolds , Gareth, and Dave Anthony. “Timothy Leary Part 2.” The Dollop, episode 434. James Penner, P.hD. “The Wonderful and Absurd Life of Rosemary Woodruff Leary: Fashion Icon, Fugitive, and Psychedelic Pioneer (Part Two: Freedom and Unfreedom).” Chacruna, 11 Aug. 2021, chacruna.net/rosemary-woodruff-leary-fashion-icon-fugitive-and-psychedelic-pioneer-part-two/. Phillips, David F. Psychedelic Refugee: The League for Spiritual Discovery, the 1960s Cultural Revolution, and 23 Years on the Run. Park Street Press, 2021.Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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In this episode, Morgan takes Norm along the path of how Richard Alpert became Ram Dass. They explore the guru experience and how Ram Dass and his spiritual satsang championed causes that are common now, like hospice care and aging with awareness. They cover how a twist of nature humbled him and led him to the most expansive time in life as an older man. How a man goes from searching for enlightenment in tabs of acid to dying beloved in Hawaii. It is the journey of a seeker who found what he was looking for and in doing so, made going on a trip of spiritual enlightenment to India forever a cliche.
Sources & Further Reading:
Dass, Ram. Being Ram Dass. Sounds True, 2022. Dass, Ram. Remember, Be Here Now; Here Be Now, Be Now Here, Now Be Here. Lama Foundation, 1971. “Love Serve Remember Foundation.” Ram Dass, 16 Oct. 2023, www.ramdass.org/.Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Psychedelics and the spiritual journey is a massive topic! Morgan & Norm step into the ring by discussing the two people your boomer parents definitely think of when they see magic mushrooms on the voting ballot. Morgan takes Norm into who Timothy Leary and Richard Alpert were before they became their public personas: "The Most Dangerous Man in America" & the beloved spiritual teacher Ram Dass. This covers their time at Harvard, how they first got "turned on" to psilocybin, their famous experiments and how salty student journalists can derail careers.
Sources & Further Reading:
Lattin, Don. The Harvard Psychedelic Club: How Timothy Leary, Ram Dass, Huston Smith, and Andrew Weil Killed the Fifties and Ushered in a New Age for America. HarperOne, 2011. Hatsis, Thomas. LSD-the Wonder Child: The Golden Age of Psychedelic Research in the 1950s. Park Street Press, 2021. Dass, Ram. Being Ram Dass. Sounds True , 2022. Roberts, Andy. Divine Rascal: On the Trail of LSD’s Cosmic Courier, Michael Hollingshead. Strange Attractor Press, 2019. Reynolds , Gareth, and Dave Anthony. “Timothy Leary Party 1.” The Dollop, episode 433.Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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After the funding gets cut, the adventures don't just stop! Morgan & Norm follow up on just what happened to various people involved in the remote viewing story.
Sources & Further Reading:
Ronson, Jon. The Men Who Stare at Goats. Picador, 2012. McMoneagle, Joseph, et al. Memoirs of a Psychic Spy: The Remarkable Life of u.s. Government Remote Viewer 001. Hampton Roads Pub. Co., 2006. Smith, Paul H. Reading the Enemy’s Mind: Inside Stargate America’s Psychic Espionage Program. Crossroads Press, 2011. International Remote Viewing AssociationSchnabel, Jim. Remote Viewers: The Secret History of America’s Psychic Spies. Dell, 1997. Targ, Russell. The Reality of ESP: A Physicist’s Proof of Psychic Phenomena. Quest Books, Theosophical Publishing House, 2012. Tertre, Nancy Du. Psychic Intuition: Everything You Ever Wanted to Ask but Were Afraid to Know. New Page Books, 2012. Swann, Ingo, et al. Penetration: The Question of Extraterrestrial and Human Telepathy. Swann-Ryder Productions, 2020. Swann, Ingo, Marilyn Ferguson, et al. Everybody’s Guide to Natural ESP: Unlocking the Extrasensory Power of Your Mind. Swann-Ryder Productions, LLC, 2018. Vasiliev, Leonid. Mysterious Phenomena of the Human Psyche. Defense Technical Information Center, 1967.Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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This week Morgan & Norm talk with a different kind of Psy- officer. They gain context of on military bureaucracy, discuss how Remote Viewing might have thrived had it been applied a decade earlier, what went wrong and just what might lie ahead for Norm's favorite technique to date.
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