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15.6: Sex Worship
Season 15 Episode 6
Is the root of all religions the worship of penises and vaginas? Nineteenth-century writer and Rosicrucian-enthusiast Hargrave Jennings thought so. H…
4 years, 4 months ago
15.5: Casanova
Season 15 Episode 5
On 25 July 1755, Giacomo Casanova—arguably the most famous libertine in Western history—was arrested for possession of illicit literature. Among the …
4 years, 4 months ago
15.4: Mystery Magic Theatre: Return of the Crab Shell Tattoo
Season 15 Episode 4
The exciting conclusion of Church Secrets conflict with the Girl with the Crab Shell Tattoo featuring segments from Borderline Crime, Woah Drama, Sun…
4 years, 5 months ago
15.3: Christian Celibacy
Season 15 Episode 3
Some scholars who think about the history of Christendom link the notion that sex is sinful or dangerous for the soul to the fact that almost all Chr…
4 years, 5 months ago
15.2: Tantra (Part 2: America)
Season 15 Episode 2
We pick up our discussion of tantra by following it across the ocean from India to America. American tantra came to focus specifically on sex. It ins…
4 years, 5 months ago
15.1: Tantra (Part 1: Asia)
Season 15 Episode 1
Geoffrey Samuel loosely defines tantra as the ritual practices and tradition, within both Buddhist and Hindu Saiva sources, “that present themselves …
4 years, 6 months ago
14.11: Fringe Psychology (Interview Special)
Season 14 Episode 12
Rob is joined by prison psychologists Dr. David Morelos and Dr. Jessica Micono of the Psychology After Dark podcast. They talk about what psychologis…
4 years, 6 months ago
Back into the Dark Pool
Season 14 Episode 13
Rob and the gang are back with the second season of their semi-fictional occult exploration: The Dark Pool. This season, an esoteric grimoire provide…
4 years, 6 months ago
14.10: Satanism and Politics (Interview Special)
Season 14 Episode 11
In this episode, Rob is joined by Daniel Walker and Simone Lasher of San Francisco's Satanic Bay Area and the Black Mass Appeal Podcast. They talk ab…
4 years, 6 months ago
14.9: The Ghost of Hammersmith
Season 14 Episode 10
On the night of tuesday, January 3rd of 1804, 29 year old excise officer Francis Smith came face to face with the ghost and in an act of justice, sho…
4 years, 7 months ago