SUP KOOOOOOOOOOKS! WOOOOOO! I can not tell a lie...this was some of the harder research to get through but in the end, in all came together...quite DREADFULLY! This is the first episode in an unofficial series of high strangeness explorations of "MURIKA!"...that's "America" for non-native American speaking audiences. Listen up for a Lovecraftian nightmare-centric exploration of ancient, and I do mean ANCIENT! America! PLEASE TO ENJOY!

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SOURCES:

https://bpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/people.smu.edu/dist/5/554/files/2017/09/Braje-et-al-2017-PALEOAMERICA-Were-Hominins-in-California-130-000-Years-Ago.pdf

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33229522/

https://reich.hms.harvard.edu/sites/reich.hms.harvard.edu/files/inline-files/nature14895_Skoglund_2015_0.pdf

https://www.latinamericanstudies.org/ancient/marlar.pdf

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SUP KOOOOOOOOOOOOKS! Here's a bonus episode on that wheelin' and dealin' Thelemic Demon: CHORONZON! This may help tie up a few loose ends of the last few episode...or maybe just further confuse the issue...which is exactly what CHORONZON would want, so...good fuh'dem! PLEASE TO ENJOY!

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SOURCES:

*Dee, John-John Dee’s Five Books of Mystery: Original Sourcebook of Enochian Magic (Edited by Joseph H. Peterson). Weiser Books.

*Casaubon, Meric-A True & Faithful Relation of What Passed for Many Yeers Between Dr. John Dee... and Some Spirits (1659).

*Crowley, Aleister-The Vision and the Voice: With Commentary and Other Papers (Liber 418). Samuel Weiser.

*Crowley, Aleister-The Confessions of Aleister Crowley: An Autobiography. Penguin Books.

*Mathers, S.L. MacGregor-The Kabbalah Unveiled. Red Wheel/Weiser.

*Russell, Cecil Frederick (Frater Genesthai)-Book 4: The Book of the Great Brotherhood of God (G.B.G.) (1930s).

*Staley, Michael-"The Choronzon Club." Starfire Vol. I, No. 2 (1987).

*Carroll, Peter J.-Liber Null & Psychonaut: An Introduction to Chaos Magick. Samuel Weiser (1987).

*Sherwin, Ray-The Book of Results. Lulu Press (1978/2009).

*Grant, Kenneth-The Magical Revival. Starfire Publishing (1972).

*Grant, Kenneth-Nightside of Eden. Skoob Books / Starfire Publishing (1977).

*Grant, Kenneth-Beyond the Mauve Zone. Starfire Publishing (1999).

*Flowers, Stephen E. (Edred Thorsson)-Lords of the Left-Hand Path: Forbidden Practices and Spiritual Heresies. Inner Traditions (2012).

*Cybernetic Culture Research Unit (CCRU)-CCRU Writings 1997–2003. Time Spiral Press.

*Parsons, John Whiteside-The Book of Babalon (1946).

*Burroughs, William S-The Electronic Revolution (1971).

*Davis, Erik-TechGnosis: Myth, Magic, and Mysticism in the Age of Information. North Atlantic Books.

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SUP KOOOOOOOOOOOOOKS! This is the unofficial sequel to "The Black Lodge", where we'll be exploring the idea of "Demiurgic Theurgy"! This is an "ongoing investigation" but this episode will essentially be laying the groundwork for said future investigations. This round we've got Gnosticism, Antinomianism, and dark archontic magic! All the good stuff! PLEASE TO ENJOY!

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Power in the world is rarely held by those who merely inherit it; it belongs to those who master the underlying mechanics of reality, influence, and the unseen structures of history.

This collection brings together foundational texts on the evolution of illicit magic, hidden philosophy, and ritual tradecraft. These works explore how historical actors, scholars, and esotericists sought to manipulate natural forces, command spiritual domains, and wield clandestine authority across the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.

*The Transformations of Magic: Illicit Learned Magic in the Later Middle Ages and Renaissance — Frank Klaassen (2013)

*Forbidden Rites: A Necromancer's Manual of the Fifteenth Century — Richard Kieckhefer

*Conjuring Spirits: Texts and Traditions of Medieval Ritual Magic — Edited by Claire Fanger

*Ritual Magic — Elizabeth M. Butler

*Battling Demons: Witchcraft, Heresy, and Reform in the Late Middle Ages — Michael D. Bailey

*Prayer, Magic, and the Stars in the Late Ancient and Antique World — Edited by Scott Noegel, Joel Walker, and Brannon Wheeler

*The Fortunes of Faust — Elizabeth M. Butler

*Binding Words: Textual Amulets in the Middle Ages — Don C. Skemer

*The Bathhouse at Midnight: An Historical Survey of Magic and Divination in Russia — W. F. Ryan

*Spiritual and Demonic Magic: From Ficino to Campanella — D. P. Walker

*Icons of Power: Ritual Practices in Late Antiquity — Naomi Janowitz

*Strange Revelations: Magic, Poison, and Sacrilege in Louis XIV's France — Lynn Wood Mollenauer

*Unlocked Books: Manuscripts of Learned Magic in the Medieval Libraries of Central Europe — Benedek Láng

*Alchemical Belief: Occultism in the Religious Culture of Early Modern England — Bruce Janacek

and of course...

*The Game of Saturn — Peter Mark Adams

There's a whole lot more but these are probably the best places to start.

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