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Episode 3.3 - Hoodoo Cleansing and Protection Magic

Join us as we examine the different techniques behind “Hoodoo Cleansing and Protection Magic” by Miss Aida!   Hoodoo Cleansing and Protection Magic, by Miss Aida: https://tinyurl.com/y5hy8ddp   Theme music is courtesy of Sara Rudy and her band Hello June, and is used with their permission. The song “Fight, Don't Fight” can be downloaded at: https://tinyurl.com/y886ns56   If you want to hear more of their music, you can find them at https://www.wearehellojune.com/ or on Bandcamp at https://hellojune.bandcamp.com/   Esoteric Book Club can be found on: Facebook: @esotericbookclub Instagram: esotericbookclub Web: www.esotericbookclub.org Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Esotericbookclub Paypal: paypal.me/esotericbookclub

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I ran into a time crunch this week and rather than releasing a poorly edited episode on time, I'm going to release a well-polished episode a day late!

Esoteric News Briefs 3.3 - The Half-Assed Bigfoot

Esoteric News Briefs 3.3 – The Half-Assed Bigfoot Hoax   “Surprise – Again! NASA Spacecraft Reveals Asteroid Bennu Is Not What It Seemed”, by Lonnie Shekhtman: https://tinyurl.com/3fs2pnb6   “Who Should Make Decisions About AI?”, by Blake Lemoine: https://tinyurl.com/534r7v5v   “It’s illegal to kill Bigfoot in Skamania County, Washington”, by Bruno Cooke: https://tinyurl.com/45jjem98   “Humans Can Learn to 'Echolocate' in Just 10 Weeks, Experiment Shows”, by Carly Cassella: https://tinyurl.com/yjy88b28   “How RONNIE JAMES DIO Popularized 'Devil's Horns' Hand Gesture”, by Blabbermouth.net: https://tinyurl.com/wx47ux63   “8,200-year-old burials in Russia contain pendants crafted from human bone”, by Stephanie Pappas: https://tinyurl.com/4jpcdu7h   “Scientists dismiss Coyote Peterson's 'large primate skull' discovery as fake”, by Nicoletta Lanese: https://tinyurl.com/43msytbk   “States with the most UFO sightings”, by Stacker.com: https://tinyurl.com/47bmdr7h   “Astronomers Found a Crater From The Mystery Rocket That Smashed Into The Moon”, by Scott Alan Johnston: https://tinyurl.com/2p9f2r3f   “Impact crater from Chang'e 5-T1 booster found on moon”, by Bill Gray: https://tinyurl.com/2s4539c2   “All hail the hen! Chickens were revered for centuries before they were food”, by Stephanie Pappas: https://tinyurl.com/3nuf4tem   “100 million-year-old dinosaur footprints found at restaurant in China”, by Jessie Yeung and Yong Xiong: https://tinyurl.com/mr2z53u6   “100 million-year-old footprints of world's biggest dinosaur species found at restaurant in China”, by Scott Gleeson: https://tinyurl.com/ycktyjrz     Esoteric Book Club can be found on: Facebook: @esotericbookclub Web: www.esotericbookclub.org Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Esotericbookclub Paypal: paypal.me/esotericbookclub Youtube: EsotericBookClubPodcast    

Episode 3.2 - The Magickal Writing Grimoire

  Have you ever wanted to write your own spells, but didn't know where to begin? Learn the basics of spell-craft, and word-craft, in tonight's episode.     “The Magickal Writing Grimoire” by Lisa Marie Basile: https://tinyurl.com/3crm36p6   Theme music is courtesy of Sara Rudy and her band Hello June, and is used with their permission. The song “Fight, Don't Fight” can be downloaded at: https://tinyurl.com/y886ns56   If you want to hear more of their music, you can find them at https://www.wearehellojune.com/ or on Bandcamp at https://hellojune.bandcamp.com/   Esoteric Book Club can be found on: Facebook: @esotericbookclub Instagram: esotericbookclub Web: www.esotericbookclub.org Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Esotericbookclub Paypal: paypal.me/esotericbookclub  

Esoteric News Briefs - Espisode 3.2 - When Your Browser Becomes a Sentient AI

Esoteric News Briefs 3.2 – “When your Web Browser Becomes a Sentient AI”   “Evolution May Be Happening Up to 4 Times Faster Than We Thought, Massive Study Finds” by David Nield: https://tinyurl.com/2p9ber2a   “Ruins of Hidden 3,400-Year-Old City Emerge as Giant Dam Dries Up” by Michelle Starr: https://tinyurl.com/384wk9fh   “NASA confirms it will join US govt’s team to search for UFOs: Report”, by C. Krishnasai: https://tinyurl.com/2xb36z5k   “Penis graffiti and explicit insult carved into ancient stone 'raises eyebrows' at Roman fort”, by Harry Baker: https://tinyurl.com/4t5d9fau   “4 hostile alien civilizations may lurk in the Milky Way, a new study suggests” by Brandon Specktor: https://tinyurl.com/35x486b8   “Why don't we have many giant animals anymore?”, by Michael Dhar: https://tinyurl.com/radpj4s6   “Building Blocks of Life Were Found on an Asteroid in Space For The Very First Time”, by Ben Turner: https://tinyurl.com/5n7pjehj   “Scientists Have Developed 'Living' Skin For Robots, And It's Quite Something”, by Tessa Koumoundouros: https://tinyurl.com/3ns4v25x   “Did an AI Really Invent Its Own 'Secret Language'? Here's What We Know”, by Aaron J. Snoswell: https://tinyurl.com/4jhahna3   “Google AI Claims to Be Sentient in Leaked Transcripts, But Not Everybody Agrees”, by Brandon Spektor: https://tinyurl.com/2p83x42a   “Is LaMDA Sentient? — an Interview”, by Blake Lemoine: https://tinyurl.com/yc29xw4h     Esoteric Book Club can be found on: Facebook: @esotericbookclub Web: www.esotericbookclub.org Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Esotericbookclub Paypal: paypal.me/esotericbookclub Youtube: EsotericBookClubPodcast

Episode 3.1 - The Meme Humanoids

Are the sightings of pale humanoid creatures crawling along the fringes of humanity a modern myth or is there more to the story? Find out tonight as we take a look at “The Meme Humanoid” by Lon Strickler.   “The Meme Humanoids: Modern Myths or Real Monsters” by Lon Strickler: https://tinyurl.com/2p88ymnx   Phantoms and Monsters Blog: https://www.phantomsandmonsters.com/   WV Folklore Survey: https://forms.gle/rLVG7ABTrkvquBSb7   Theme music is courtesy of Sara Rudy and her band Hello June, and is used with their permission. The song “Fight, Don't Fight” can be downloaded at: https://tinyurl.com/y886ns56   If you want to hear more of their music, you can find them at https://www.wearehellojune.com/ or on Bandcamp at https://hellojune.bandcamp.com/   Esoteric Book Club can be found on: Facebook: @esotericbookclub Instagram: esotericbookclub Web: www.esotericbookclub.org Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Esotericbookclub Paypal: paypal.me/esotericbookclub

Esoteric News Briefs - Episode 3.1 -Sexy Feline Brain Parasites

If you read the title and ask "Huh!?", then you have the correct response. Don't worry. Everything will be explained! (Edit: Increased the volume on the original recording)   “Do trees exist (scientifically speaking)?”, by Ashley Hamer: https://tinyurl.com/2tru35us   “These meteorites contain all of the building blocks of DNA”, by Nicoletta Lanese: https://tinyurl.com/53c7jyw3   “Mind-Altering Parasite May Make Infected People More Attractive, Study Suggests”, by Peter Dockrill: https://tinyurl.com/nrr65srn   “'Magnetic anomalies' may be protecting the moon's ice from melting”, by Brandon Specktor: https://tinyurl.com/yck2z3eb   “An interstellar object exploded over Earth in 2014, declassified government data reveal”, by Brandon Spektor: https://tinyurl.com/mtewdj97   “US gov't report proposed nuking the moon, newly released documents reveal”, by Brandon Spektor: https://tinyurl.com/yckrkmea       Paranormal Neighborhood Watch   “Was that ‘triangular-shaped’ object seen flying over east Charlotte a UFO? This is what we know”, by Evan Moore: https://tinyurl.com/48xzyxss   “West Virginia Turkey Hunter Discovers Giant Sloth Skull That's at Least 11,000 Years Old”, by Bob McNally: https://tinyurl.com/yckksz6m   “Cops at a Forensics School are Learning Witchcraft to Find Dead Bodies”, by Shira Li Bartov: https://tinyurl.com/5a42uh3v   “Russia is using military-trained dolphins in the Black Sea, according to satellite images”, by Ben Turner: https://tinyurl.com/28ep574x     News of the Weird   “Astronauts can no longer commit crimes on the moon, Canada decrees”, by Brandon Specktor: https://tinyurl.com/45cf3rwu   “No, the Loch Ness Monster was not a whale's penis”, by Harry Baker: https://tinyurl.com/3c3bakr9   “Groundbreaking Study Confirms Pterosaurs Really Did Have Feathers – And That's Not All”, by Peter Dockrill: https://tinyurl.com/396fmu7x   “Why have aliens never visited Earth? Scientists have a disturbing answer”, by Ben Turner: https://tinyurl.com/mc89fcw6   “Potentially Alive 830-Million-Year-Old Organisms Found Trapped in Ancient Rock”, by Michelle Starr: https://tinyurl.com/4tz9kh5y     Esoteric Book Club can be found on: Facebook: @esotericbookclub Web: www.esotericbookclub.org Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Esotericbookclub Paypal: paypal.me/esotericbookclub    

Episode 2.13 - Passport to Magonia

Are fairies, angels, demons, and aliens all really just a manifestation of the same phenomena? Dr. Jacques Vallee examines the similarities in this classic text, Passport to Magonia.   Passport to Magonia by Jacques Vallee: https://tinyurl.com/2zuy8zww   Theme music is courtesy of Sara Rudy and her band Hello June, and is used with their permission. The song “Fight, Don't Fight” can be downloaded at: https://tinyurl.com/y886ns56   If you want to hear more of their music, you can find them at https://www.wearehellojune.com/ or on Bandcamp at https://hellojune.bandcamp.com/   Esoteric Book Club can be found on: Facebook: @esotericbookclub Instagram: esotericbookclub Web: www.esotericbookclub.org Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Esotericbookclub Paypal: paypal.me/esotericbookclub    

Esoteric News Briefs - Episode 2.13 - Long Live the Queen!

You're listening to Esoteric News Briefs, episode 2.13 – Long Live the Queen!   “Astronomers watched a dead planet smash into a dead star for first time ever”, by Brandon Specktor: https://tinyurl.com/2p8byfp9   “Ancient Cave Shows Modern Humans Ventured Into Europe Far Earlier Than We Knew”, by Pierre Celerier, AFP: https://tinyurl.com/2beu6u35   “Mysterious wooden figures with stone eyes found in Yorkshire ditch go on display at British Museum, by Alexandra Wood: https://tinyurl.com/muh2766v   “T. Rex May Have Actually Been 3 Species, According to a Close Look at The Bones”, by Conor Feehly: https://tinyurl.com/wpkh3rb5   “These are the 10 states where you’re most likely to see a UFO”, by Katie Davis: https://tinyurl.com/2p8f98r9   “Sightings of the Supernatural”, but Greatlakesstakes.com: https://tinyurl.com/2489eh56   “Graves of dozens of kings from the time of King Arthur uncovered in Britain”, by Tom Metcalfe: https://tinyurl.com/5n7bbutm   “Signs of 'Significant' Brain Rewiring Have Been Found in Space Travelers”, by David Nield: https://tinyurl.com/yc3aaswh   “Scientists discover lost range of 'supermountains' three times longer than the Himalayas”, by Brandon Specktor: https://tinyurl.com/msutpf4x   “Lunar Rover Discovers Mysterious Glass Spheres on The Far Side of The Moon”, by Michelle Starr: https://tinyurl.com/2p882jsh   “Spiders Caught Hunting in Giant Synchronized Swarms, And Now We Know How”, but Cameron Duke: https://tinyurl.com/3djsfkdt   “Ancient Japanese ‘killing stone’ said to contain evil demon has cracked open”, by Jamie Harris: https://tinyurl.com/2p8eprn8   “Surprising Dinosaur Discovery: Ankylosaur Was Sluggish and Deaf”, by the University of Vienna: https://tinyurl.com/2p862uu4   “Long-necked dinosaurs had a gait unlike any living animal”, by Christa Lesté-Lasserre : https://tinyurl.com/22rb3svs   “We May Have Been Calling Machu Picchu The Wrong Name For Over 100 Years”, by Carly Cassella: https://tinyurl.com/49wk2ntw   “Caving team discovers, retrieves rare ice age-era cat skeleton from Southwest Virginia cave”, by Sarah Wade: https://tinyurl.com/4scdxc43   “Scientists Translated a Spiderweb Into Music, And It's Utterly Captivating”, by Michelle Starr: https://tinyurl.com/mpp278r6   Esoteric Book Club can be found on: Facebook: @esotericbookclub Web: www.esotericbookclub.org Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Esotericbookclub Paypal: paypal.me/esotericbookclub  

Episode 2.12 - Blackfeather Mystery School: The Magpie Training

“The Blackfeather Mystery School is a fundamental, full-spectrum training in Empowered Witchcraft developed through the collaboration of a mystic witch and a spirit-worker.”Blackfeather Mystery School: The Magpie Training: https://tinyurl.com/4z972u5j   Blackfeather Mystery School on Sound Cloud: https://tinyurl.com/2z4cvc9d   Theme music is courtesy of Sara Rudy and her band Hello June, and is used with their permission. The song “Fight, Don't Fight” can be downloaded at: https://tinyurl.com/y886ns56   If you want to hear more of their music, you can find them at https://www.wearehellojune.com/ or on Bandcamp at https://hellojune.bandcamp.com/   Esoteric Book Club can be found on: Facebook: @esotericbookclub Instagram: esotericbookclub Podchaser: https://tinyurl.com/kvkjybum Web: www.esotericbookclub.org Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Esotericbookclub Paypal: paypal.me/esotericbookclub

Esoteric News Briefs - Episode 2.12 - King Tut’s +5 Meteoric Dagger, Insect Antiseptic, and DOOM!

On this week's episode we find out about King Tut's +5 meteoric dagger, insect antiseptic, and DOOM!   “The Doomsday Clock Is About to Tick, And We've Never Been So Close to Midnight”, by Jack Heinemann: https://tinyurl.com/mpt2bdyc   “Catalonia to pardon up to 1,000 people accused of witchcraft”, by Stephen Burgen: https://tinyurl.com/2p8m84sf   “The Mysterious Origins of King Tutankhamen's Space Rock Dagger Just Got Clearer”, by David Nield: https://tinyurl.com/45s3yse9   “Mystery Deepens as China Denies Owning Space Junk Set to Crash Into Moon”, by AFP: https://tinyurl.com/35p3wm5f   “Chimps Use Insects to Soothe Each Other's Wounds in Never-Before-Seen Behavior”, by Carly Cassella: https://tinyurl.com/4zmuey64   “Signs of an Unknown Solar 'Tsunami' Have Been Discovered Deep Inside Earth's Ice”, by Carly Cassella: https://tinyurl.com/3rxz8umr   “A Cosmic Airburst May Have Devastated a Vast Native American Culture 1,500 Years Ago”, by David Nield: https://tinyurl.com/2p95sav9   “Astrophysicists Say 'Planetary Intelligence' Exists… But Earth Doesn't Have Any”, by Peter Dockerill: https://tinyurl.com/4e2wcwex   “The International Space Station will plunge into the sea in 2031, NASA announces”, by Stephanie Pappas: https://tinyurl.com/3kwse4pw   “Construction may have damaged 112 million-year-old dinosaur tracks in Utah”, by Tom Metcalfe: https://tinyurl.com/zpazk9dj   “1,500-year-old Roman 'flower pot' was actually a port-o-potty”, by Brandon Specktor: https://tinyurl.com/2awvfkww     Esoteric Book Club can be found on: Facebook: @esotericbookclub Web: www.esotericbookclub.org Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Esotericbookclub Paypal: paypal.me/esotericbookclub

Episode 2.11 - Six Ways: Approaches & Entries for Practical Magic

Where do you turn after you've moved beyond introductory level magical texts? You have a good understanding of the basics, but NOW what? We tackle that question tonight with the book Six Ways: Approaches & Entries for Practical Magic by Aidan Wachter.   Six Ways: Approaches & Entries for Practical Magic by Aidan Wachter: https://tinyurl.com/yckvdybd   Theme music is courtesy of Sara Rudy and her band Hello June, and is used with their permission. The song “Fight, Don't Fight” can be downloaded at: https://tinyurl.com/y886ns56   If you want to hear more of their music, you can find them at https://www.wearehellojune.com/ or on Bandcamp at https://hellojune.bandcamp.com/   Esoteric Book Club can be found on: Facebook: @esotericbookclub Instagram: esotericbookclub Podchaser: https://tinyurl.com/kvkjybum Web: www.esotericbookclub.org Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Esotericbookclub Paypal: paypal.me/esotericbookclub