Podcast Episodes

26.8: The Moon Temple Mystery School (Interview Special)

Season 26 Episode 8

Rob and Luke sit down with Tahverlee, founder of the Moon Temple Mystery School, to discuss the archetype of the witch, healing generational trauma, and her experience with the Eleusinian Mysteries.

Published on 4 months ago

26.7: Occult Elvis (Interview Special)

Season 26 Episode 7

Miguel Conner discusses his new book on Elvis's interest and involvement with occultism. From charismatic Christianity to theosophy, Conner traces Elvis's journey and the strange symbolism of Elvis's…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

26.5: The Michigan Monarch

James Jesse Strang presents a parallel prophet’s career to that of Joseph Smith. In some ways, a copycat of the Mormon prophet who literally attempted to succeed him despite their having had only a b…

Published on 5 months ago

26.4: Utah

Season 26 Episode 4

After the death of Joseph Smith, the Mormons relocated to the basin beside the Great Salt Lake, led by Brigham Young. The journey of the pioneering Mormons and Young's leadership were an amazing disp…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

26.3: Last Days of the Prophet

Season 26 Episode 3

Fleeing persecution from the government of Missouri, Joseph Smith and the Mormons found themselves in Nauvoo, Illinois. There, Smith established a militia, ran for governor, discovered his doctrine o…

Published on 6 months ago

26.2: The Book of Mormon

Season 26 Episode 2

The Book of Mormon is full of intrigue and adventure. It also repeats the phrase "and it came to pass" over 1400 times. It tells the story of a lost tribe of Israel crossing the ocean to America to e…

Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago

26,1: Moroni's Golden Plates

Season 26 Episode 1

Joseph Smith's discovery of a set of buried golden plates was the beginning of the Mormons or Church of Latter Day Saints. This was also moment deeply ensconced in folk belief and magic. Treasure-dig…

Published on 7 months ago

25.10: Saving Krotona (Interview Special)

Season 25 Episode 10

Hollywood makeup artist, Pati Dubroff, became a preservationist after moving into the original dome of the Theosophists' Krotona Institute. In this interview, Pati shares her experiences (positive an…

Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago

25.9: Jim Morrison and the Occult (Interview Special

Season 25 Episode 9

Paul Wyld visits to talk about his book "Jim Morrison: Secret Teacher of the Occult." Wyld discusses Morrison's reading of esoteric texts and how they influenced his lifestyle and art as a "secret te…

Published on 7 months, 4 weeks ago

25.8: Aldous Huxley on Drugs

Season 25 Episode 8

Aldous Huxley's Doors of Perception was a book ahead of its time and related the famous British novelist and intellectual's experimental engagement with mescaline. Huxley became a proponent of mescal…

Published on 8 months, 1 week ago