The Esoteric Book Club

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

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    

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    

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  

“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

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

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    

This week we talk about Rainbow Cups, Gladiators, and Bronze Age War Donkeys!     “Horned 'Viking' helmets were actually from a different civilization, archaeologists say”, by Tom Metcalfe: https://tinyurl.com/2p9b9z8n   “A Hungry Badger Discovered a Roman-Era Treasure Trove, Archaeologists Say”, by Agence France-Presse: https://tinyurl.com/ywvuh9u4   “2,000-year-old Celtic hoard of gold 'rainbow cups' discovered in Germany”, by Laura Geggel: https://tinyurl.com/2p8v84p3   “'Exquisite' wooden figurine dating to early Roman Britain found in a ditch in England”, by Tom Metcalfe: https://tinyurl.com/5n9x3tn7   “Last Roman gladiator arena ever built unearthed in Switzerland”, by Laura Geggel: https://tinyurl.com/2p9xedc2   “These Ancient 'War Donkeys' Were Likely The 1st Human-Bred Hybrid Animals”, by Tom Matcalfe: https://tinyurl.com/5n7zsbaw   “Medieval warhorses no bigger than modern-day ponies, study finds”, by Steven Morris: https://tinyurl.com/yckrnx9u   “Biological Activity on Earth Really Is Affected by The Gravity of The Sun And Moon”, by David Nield: https://tinyurl.com/pe4fwtwc   “The Sun Used to Have Saturn-Like Rings That Stopped Earth From Being a 'Super-Earth'”, by Yasemin Saplakoglu: https://tinyurl.com/2jekc75m   “Mysterious Footprints Suggest Neanderthals Climbed a Volcano Right After It Erupted”, by Mike Mcrae: https://tinyurl.com/2s4bvrtz   “Scientists Identify Specific Gene Variant That Protects Against Severe COVID-19”, by Peter Dockrill: https://tinyurl.com/2p8cubuf   “‘(Expletive) Bigfoot!’ Alleged Sasquatch Sighting Adds to Legendary Creature’s Big Year”, by Paul Brady: https://tinyurl.com/2krnkn99 Esoteric Book Club can be found on: Facebook: @esotericbookclub Web: www.esotericbookclub.org Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Esotericbookclub Paypal: paypal.me/esotericbookclub  

Tonight we delve into the mysteries of wildcrafted green magic with Rachel Patterson's book Witchcraft...into the Wilds! Witchcraft...into the Wilds, by Rachel Patterson: https://tinyurl.com/pm4kcmrt 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

Tonight we have Dinosaur Sword Tails, Denisovan Slumber Parties, and a Tennessee Fossil Pit.   “Oldest Remains of Mysterious, Extinct Human Ancestors Unearthed in Siberian Cave”, by CHARLES Q. CHOI: https://tinyurl.com/yck68csk   “Mammoths Survived in Canada Until 5,000 Years Ago”, by Ruth Schuster: https://tinyurl.com/s5njdny3   “Woolly mammoths survived on mainland North America until 5,000 years ago, DNA reveals”, by Cameron Duke: https://tinyurl.com/5cv2bmvv   “Mummy with gold-foil 'tongue' found in sealed Egyptian tomb”, by Laura Geggel: https://tinyurl.com/2p9dkfjs   “'Garbage dump' discovered in ancient Egyptian tomb dedicated to fertility goddess”, by Laura Geggel: https://tinyurl.com/2p9ebdvy   “Meat-eating dinosaurs were terrifyingly fast, footprints reveal”, by Mindy Weisberger: https://tinyurl.com/22n63j88   “This 'Very Weird' Newly Discovered Dinosaur Was Armed With a Slashing Weapon”, by Laura Geggel: https://tinyurl.com/yjwb2t95   “Darkness caused by dino-killing asteroid snuffed out life on Earth in 9 months”, by Mindy Weisberger: https://tinyurl.com/yckpucdc   “A fossil site reveals an ancient sinkhole and its enormous occupant”, by Jeanne Timmons: https://tinyurl.com/3npfsees   “Women executed 300 years ago as witches in Scotland set to receive pardons”, by Caroline Davies: https://tinyurl.com/kzft3un6   “NASA wants to put a nuclear power plant on the moon by 2030 — and you can help”, by Brandon Specktor: https://tinyurl.com/3twpfss8   “High-Speed Space Junk Risk Forces NASA Astronauts to Abandon Spacewalk”, by Morgan McFall-Johnsen: https://tinyurl.com/2p9ds9bu   “Imaginary numbers could be needed to describe reality, new studies find”, by Ben Turner: https://tinyurl.com/yck6469h   “Flecks of silver in poop of ancient Cambrian creature baffle scientists”, by Harry Baker: https://tinyurl.com/ycknvb5v   “Crows Are So Smart They Seem to Understand The Concept of Tool Value”, by TESSA KOUMOUNDOUROS: https://tinyurl.com/2p862yjx   “A Weird Paper Tests The Limits of Science by Claiming Octopuses Came From Space”, by Mike McRae: https://tinyurl.com/y762r5m5   Esoteric Book Club can be found on: Facebook: @esotericbookclub Web: www.esotericbookclub.org Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Esotericbookclub Paypal: paypal.me/esotericbookclub  

As an apology for the late release, I've included the entire Patreon extended episode for everyone to enjoy!   Man, Pennsylvania is WEIRD, and no area is more so than Green County! Find out just how strange this place is in tonight's episode!   Haunted Hills and Hollows: What Lurks in Greene County Pennsylvania by Rosemary Ellen Guiley and Kevin Paul: https://tinyurl.com/yrfv785x   Haunted Hills and Hollows II: Still Lurking in Greene County, Pennsylvania, by Kevin Paul: https://tinyurl.com/2p9emfnr   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    

Welcome back to another episode of the Esoteric News Briefs! Tonight we have UFO Cover-Ups, Jewitches, and Bone Salad! Get ready! It's about to get weird!     “Weird cosmic object keeps exploding over and over again, and scientists don't know why” by Adam Mann: https://tinyurl.com/5b2usmkm   “Missile Emergency Provokes Fury After ISS Forced to Take Evasive Action” by Issam Ahmed: https://tinyurl.com/cjwm8put   “Space debris forces astronauts on space station to take shelter in return ships” by Meghan Bartels: https://tinyurl.com/y78e7md8   “A Space Expert Explains Why Russia's Exploded Satellite Is Such a Huge Problem” by Wendy Whitman Cobb: https://tinyurl.com/bdd484mz   “Inexplicable Phenomena Spur Pentagon to Launch New UFO Investigation Force” on Sciencealert.com: https://tinyurl.com/2p85cd6m   “Former US Air Force photographer says he helped cover up UFO sighting” by Becca Monaghan: https://tinyurl.com/2p82dckn   “Could a Radiation Shield Made of Fungus Keep Astronauts Safe During Space Travel?” by Scott Allan Johnston: https://tinyurl.com/2p93p32y   “Mysterious glass in the Atacama Desert may be from an ancient exploding comet” by Yasemin Saplakoglu: https://tinyurl.com/mryt9sca   “Climate Change May Have Done 2 Odd And Contradictory Things to Birds in The Amazon” by by Issam Ahmed: https://tinyurl.com/2p83upwk   “How some ‘Jewitches’ are embracing both Judaism and witchcraft” by Heather Greene and Emily McFarlan Miller: https://tinyurl.com/2s473rur   “Season of the Jewitch: The occultists reviving Jewish witchcraft and folklore” by Rachel Román : https://tinyurl.com/bx2p8ehu   “New Research Reveals Surprising Origins of Millennia-Old Mummies Found in China” by Livia Gershon: https://tinyurl.com/2p8ux53w   “Rare Bronze Age coffin uncovered on UK golf course” by Laura Geggel: https://tinyurl.com/ms7542e2   “Ancient 'hangover prevention' ring found in Israel” by Wendy Weisberger: https://tinyurl.com/2p96tash   “Archaeologists solve mystery of 'bowling alley' under Yorkshire abbey” by Tom Metcalfe: https://tinyurl.com/ymapsxst   “Fossil Breakthrough Identifies What Could Be The Longest Dinosaur That Ever Lived” by Laura Geggel: https://tinyurl.com/29rmryb2   “UNITED KINGDOM DECLARES OCTOPUSES, SQUIDS ARE SENTIENT BEINGS” by futurism.com: https://tinyurl.com/2p88sr68   “Scorpions flood Egyptian villages after storm, sting and hospitalize hundreds” by Mindy Weisberger: https://tinyurl.com/2m7kxaxz     Esoteric Book Club can be found on: Facebook: @esotericbookclub Web: www.esotericbookclub.org Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Esotericbookclub Paypal: paypal.me/esotericbookclub