SUP YOU BEAUTIFUL KOOOOOOOOOOOOOKS! HEYYYOOO! This episode is a look at the various beasties that one might encounter whilst amidst walkabout amongst the astral plane! Not only that, but it's also full of tons of handy dandy tips and tricks on how to defend one's self whilst amongst thust realmst! All of it presented by a man in the midst of losing his voist! PLEASE TO ENJOY!

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SOURCES:

*Astral Larvae & Elementaries: Franz Bardon, Initiation into Hermetics

*Artificial Elementals & Dissolution: Dion Fortune, Psychic Self-Defense

*Astral Spiders & Spatial Webs: C.W. Leadbeater, The Astral Plane; Phantoms & Monsters archives

*Disincarnate Shells & Earthbound Spirits: C.W. Leadbeater, The Astral Plane; Victorian Spiritualist literature

*Etheric Lampreys & Chakra Parasites: Bio-energetic research/astral projection archives

*Siren Forms (Glamour Mimics): Renaissance grimoires/Spiritualist guide records

*Mirror-Walkers & Doppelgängers: Traditional folklore/paranormal double archives

*The Dweller on the Threshold: Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Zanoni (1842); Helena Blavatsky; Rudolf Steiner

*Choronzon (Demon of the Abyss): John Dee & Edward Kelley Enochian diaries (16th C.); Aleister Crowley, The Vision and the Voice (1909)

*The Hat Man: Phantoms and Monsters sleep paralysis archive

*Solar Plexus Clown Gliders (SPCG): Internet creepypasta/iceberg lore & Jean Baudrillard, Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared?

*Servitor Mechanics & Chaos Magic: Austin Osman Spare; Peter J. Carroll; Phil Hine

*Rogue Protection Servitor: Occult Corpus archives

*Viral Wealth Servitor & Ghost-Weapons: Early 2000s IRC/message board occult chat logs

*LBRP, Star Ruby & Middle Pillar: Golden Dawn/Aleister Crowley's Thelema texts

If you are currently struggling with mental health and/or substance abuse issues, shake off those astral parasites and dial 988.

HEYYOOOOOOO! WASSUP YOU BEAUTIFUL KOOOOOOKS! This episode covers the life and work of good old "Bob" Monroe and his creation of "The Gateway Process" and "hemi-sync" technologies! This episode acts as the primer for what comes next, as we begin to dip our toes into THE ASTRAL REALM! If you wanna get up in there, then get this all up in you! PASS THE LOOSH PLEASE! PLEASE TO ENJOY!

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SOURCES:

*Journeys Out of the Body (1971)

*Far Journeys (1985)

*Ultimate Journey (1994)

*Analysis and Assessment of the Gateway Process–Lt. Col. Wayne M. McDonnell, US Army Intelligence/Security Command (1983; declassified by CIA in 2003)

*Oliver Fox–Astral Projection (1939)

*Egyptian Book of the Dead (approx. 1550 BCE)

*Hindu scriptures (including the Upanishads/Yoga Sutras of Patanjali)

*Tibetan Book of the Dead

If you're currently struggling with mental health and/or substance abuse issues, follow the silver cord back to your body and dial 988.

Wanna learn it? Listen up! PLEASE TO ENJOY!

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SOURCES:

Fisher, Joe, The Siren Call of Hungry Ghosts, Paraview Press, 2001.

Eliade, Mircea, Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy, Princeton University Press, 1964.

Harner, Michael, The Way of the Shaman, Harper & Row, 1980.

Iamblichus, De Mysteriis, Translated by Emma C. Clarke, John M. Dillon, and Jackson P. Hershbell. Society of Biblical Literature, 2003.

Fortune, Dion, Psychic Self-Defense, Weiser Books, 1930.

Crowley, Aleister, Magick in Theory and Practice, Castle Books, 1929.

Jung, C.G., The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious, Princeton University Press, 1969.

Crabtree, Adam, Multiple Man: Explorations in Possession and Multiple Personality, Praeger, 1985.

Wilson, Colin, Afterlife, Caxton Editions, 2000.

Barrett, William, Deathbed Visions. Methuen & Co., 1926.

Moody, Raymond, Life After Life, Mockingbird Books, 1975.

Whitton, Joel, and Fisher, Joe, Life Between Life, Doubleday, 1986.

Grof, Stanislav, Realms of the Human Unconscious, Viking Press, 1975.

Monroe, Robert, Far Journeys, Doubleday, 1985.

Klimo, Jon, Channeling: Investigations on Receiving Information from Paranormal Sources, North Atlantic Books, 1987.

Cassian, John, Conferences, Translated by Boniface Ramsey. Newman Press, 1997.

The Tibetan Book of the Dead. Translated by Robert A.F. Thurman. Bantam Books, 1994.

Patanjali, The Yoga Sutras, Translated by Swami Satchidananda. Integral Yoga Publications, 1978.

Records of the Society for Psychical Research, London.

Operational Records of RAF Bomber Command, 1939-1945. Public Record Office, Kew.

Goodman, Benny. Personal correspondence and interviews, 1986.

Didwell, Norman. Interviews regarding 99 Squadron, 1986.

You're all fucked up. Call 988.

HEYYYOOOOOOOO! SUP YOU BEAUTIFUL KOOKS! This is a continuation of our look into the spirit world, specifically the act (and "art"?) of spirit/alien/praetor-human intelligence/ultra-terrestrial CHANNELING! Just open up your psychospiritual bits and let the voices ride the meat-machine! Mmmmyup. PLEASE TO ENJOY!

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SOURCES:

- Studies on the neurobiology of channeling by Dr. Charles Tart, Dr. Andrew Newberg/researchers at the Institute of Noetic Sciences including Dr. Helané Wahbeh

- The Filter Thesis of Consciousness developed by Frederic W. H. Myers/expanded by Dr. Edward Kelly in Irreducible Mind

- Research on non-pathological dissociation/spectrum of consciousness by the Institute of Noetic Sciences

- Phenomenological studies of walk-in experiences by Ruth Montgomery/subsequent researchers

- Parapsychological investigations of xenoglossy by Ian Stevenson/Charles Richet

- The historical records of the Pythia of Delphi, the Sibylline Tradition/cross-cultural shamanic oracles

- Documentation of the Ashtar Command phenomenon through George Van Tassel/Tuella (Thelma Terrell)/subsequent contactees

- Records of the Spiritual Church Movement/Mother Leafy Anderson's channeling of Chief Black Hawk

- The Seth Material by Jane Roberts/Robert Butts, archived at Yale University

- The Ramtha School of Enlightenment/associated legal documentation including the trademark case against Julie Ravell

- The Lazaris material channeled by Jach Pursel through Concept Synergy, Inc

- The Spirit Teachings of Reverend William Stainton Moses/archives of Society for Psychical Research

- The Leonora Piper investigations by William James/Society for Psychical Research, including cross-correspondences phenomenon

- The Patience Worth case documented by Dr. Walter Franklin Prince in The Case of Patience Worth (1927)

- A Course in Miracles by Dr. Helen Schucman/Dr. William Thetford/published by Foundation for Inner Peace

- The Ra Material by Carla Rueckert/Don Elkins/Jim McCarty of L/L Research

- The Abraham-Hicks material by Esther/Jerry Hicks

- The Kryon material by Lee Carroll, including presentations at the United Nations

- The Bashar material by Darryl Anka/Bashar Communications

- The Pleiadian material by Barbara Marciniak, including Bringers of the Dawn (1992)

- The Alice Bailey material channeled from Djwhal Khul/published by the Lucis Trust

- The I AM Activity by Guy/Edna Ballard/Saint Germain Foundation

- The Cassiopaean Experiment by Laura Knight-Jadczyk/Quantum Future Group

- The digital channeling platforms of Elizabeth April/Marina Seren.

- The Urantia Book compiled under Dr. William S. Sadler

- Liber AL vel Legis (The Book of the Law) by Aleister Crowley

- The Cthulhu Mythos by H.P. Lovecraft/subsequent analysis by Kenneth Grant

- Oahspe: A New Bible by Dr. John Ballou Newbrough

- The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ by Levi H. Dowling

- The Book of Mormon by Joseph Smith Jr.

- The Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage attributed to Abraham of Worms

- The Enochian Journals of John Dee and Edward Kelley

- The theological works of Emanuel Swedenborg

- The Prophecies of Nostradamus (Les Prophéties, 1555)

SUP YOU BEAUTIFUL KOOOOOOOOOOKS! This is exactly what it says on the tin! ALSO! This episode is the first in a spooky season long series examining THE SPIRIT WORLD! WOOOOO! Oh wait, no, I meant BOOOOOOOOOO! No, no, no, that's not quite right either...[INSERT GHOST NOISES]...there, that's better! Are schizophrenics possessed by parasitic entities? Is civilization at large possessed by "THE WETIKO!" Listen up and learn yo' self up on some "UNIVERSAL TROOF!" {tm}. PLEASE TO ENJOY!

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SOURCES:

P. McNamara, "Spirit Possession & Exorcism-History, Psychology, & Neurobiology (Vol.1-2)" (2011); J. Marzinsky, "Understanding and Getting Rid of The Voices Schizophrenics Hear" (2016); E. Durkheim, "Elementary Forms of Religious Life" (1912); I.M. Lewis, "Ecstatic Religion" (1971); M. Harner, "The Way of the Shaman" (1980); J. Halifax, "Shamanic Voices" (1979); R. Firth, "Religion" (1995); F. Goodman, "Ecstasy, Ritual and Alternate Reality" (1988); M. Eliade, "Shamanism" (1964); J. Boddy, "Wombs and Alien Spirits" (1989); T. Csordas, "The Sacred Self" (1994); P. McNamara, "The Neuroscience of Ritual" (2014), Bloom, Howard, "The Lucifer Principle: A Scientific Expedition into the Forces of History" (1995), Forbes, Jack D., "Columbus and Other Cannibals: The Wetiko Disease of Exploitation, Imperialism, and Terrorism" (2008), Le Bon, Gustave, "The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind" (1896), Wessely, Simon, "Mass Hysteria: Two Syndromes?" Psychological Medicine 17, no. 1 (1987), Bartholomew, Robert E., and Simon Wessely, "Protean Nature of Mass Sociogenic Illness: From Possessed Nuns to Chemical and Biological Terrorism Fears." "British Journal of Psychiatry" (2002), Midelfort, H.C. Erik, "A History of Madness in Sixteenth-Century Germany" (1999), Durkheim, Émile, "The Elementary Forms of Religious Life" (1912/1995), Freud, Sigmund "Group Psychology and the Analysis of the Ego" (1921/1990)

If you are currently struggling with mental health and/or substance abuse issues...YOU MIIIIIIIGHT BE POSSESSED! But don't gamble on that alone, it's good to get multiple opinions. So please dial 988 if you need immediate assistance.

SUP KOOOOOOOOOOOOOOKS! Show respect and pay your dues when in the hood of the nature spirits and cryptids. It's not just a good idea...IT'S THE LAW! Or at least, maybe it should be. AGAIN...like back in "ye olden tymes...es". PLEASE TO ENJOY!

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SOURCES:

*"Demons and Spirits of The Land: Ancestral Lore and Practices" (2015) - Claude Lecouteux

* The world around us/life in general

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SUP YOU BEAUTIFUL KOOOOOOOOOOKS! Man, if you thought the regular, everyday, manmade horrors of the Vietnam war were bad enough, just check out some of the extra weird shit that allegedly went down out there during the conflict! PLEASE TO ENJOY!

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NOTE: While I normally wouldn't use fake AI images for my thumbnails, this one in particular was right on the money as far as stuff that was actually encountered by American GIs.

SOURCES:

- Keel, John A. The Mothman Prophecies (1975) - Contains original veteran interview transcripts detailing the 1969 Da Nang "Night Fliers" encounter

- Jorgenson, Kregg P. J. Very Crazy G.I. – Strange but True Stories of the Vietnam War (2001) - Documents LRRP patrol logs/ghost patrols/anomalous encounters in the A Shau Valley/Khe Sanh

- Heuvelmans, Bernard. In the Wake of the Sea-Serpents (1968) - Foundational cryptozoological research on the Con Rit/Gulf of Tonkin sea serpent reports

- Laurence, John. The Black Virgin Mountain: A Return to Vietnam (2003) - Covers military history/spiritual legends of Nui Ba Den/the guardian spirit Linh Son Thanh Mau

- Green Berets, Compassion and Valor - U.S. Special Forces memoirs detailing Montagnard tribal interactions and indigenous customs

- Shuker, Dr. Karl. ShukerNature Cryptozoology Blog - Documentation of giant arachnid sightings (Nhện Khổng Lồ)/Mekong Delta amphibious spider encounters

- Howe, Linda Moulton. Earthfiles Research Archives - Archived audio interviews/transcripts regarding subterranean reptilian encounters near DMZ karst cave networks

- Cryptozoology Review Archives - Analysis of Viet Cong and NVA field reports regarding Nguoi Rung and Thần Hổ weretiger curses

- VFW Magazine (Veterans of Foreign Wars) Archives - Oral histories from Navy PBR crews operating in the Mekong and Bassac rivers

- Military.com Archived Accounts - Special Forces CIDG reports on Ma Hồn and ghost tree phenomena

- Eyes of the Dragon: Military Technology & the Supernatural - Military folklore comp regarding AN/PVS-2 Starlight Scope trials/red-spectrum night vision anomalies

- The Cryptonaut Podcast Archive - Episode research notes synthesizing veteran reports of "Big Yellows" and wartime anomalies

- r/HighStrangeness (Reddit) - Curated primary threads and military anomaly megathreads regarding Vietnam War encounters, red-phosphor optics, and cave reptilians

- MACV-SOG Unofficial Field Logs - Documentation of Katu blood sacrifice rituals and spiritual boundary markers (Tale)

- Montagnard oral histories (Jarai, Rhade, Bahnar tribes) - Yang forest spirits, Ma Trọc river ghosts, Sri corpse-eaters, and Ma Hồn restless soul traditions

- Vietnamese maritime folklore - Con Rit sea centipede legends and Hà Bá river deity worship

- Cham religious traditions - *Shiva* worship and Po Nhu Kuei temple guardian spirits

- NVA logistics veteran oral histories - Mã Đà drowning spirit encounters in mangrove swamps

If you're suffering from flashbacks, please dial 988.

SUP KOOOOOOOOOOOOOKS! This is a WEIRD'UN! There's very little info on it and it's highly obscure but what we do know is just out and out strange. What happened to Claudette Souchon in 1978, as she went out on a horsey ride amongst her property? Listen up and come along on a journey that explores not only Claudette's story but also explores some of the region's folklore, as well as taking a look into the strange mutilations cases that struck horses throughout the French countryside in 2020. PLEASE TO ENJOY!

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SOURCES:

- London Sunday Express (March 1978): Original contemporary news report "Why she can't talk about the horror on the marsh" by Paris correspondent Derek Ward, ft. primary quotes from Regional Police Commissioner Jean Dinard.

- David Weatherly Archives: Documented case file ft. research compilations focusing on strange missing-persons accounts/high strangeness in Western Europe.

- Fortean Times/Forteana Archives (March 1978/Retrospectives): Case breakdowns on anomalous disappearances in Western Europe, including analyses of the credibility, geographic timelines, & inconsistencies of the 1978 Sunday Express piece.

- The Forteana Society Forum (forteana.org): Thread "The Claudette Souchon Incident (France; 1978)" ft. transcripts of original 1978 article/timeline breakdowns.

- Reddit Communities (r/UnresolvedMysteries & r/HighStrangeness): Detailed case summaries/map-tracking analyses evaluating the 270-mile distance between Camargue & Rodez.

- French Ministry of Agriculture Press Briefings (September 2020): Official statements by Agriculture Minister Julien Denormandie on France Info radio launching dedicated toll-free hotlines/task forces for livestock owners.

- French Ministry of the Interior (September 2020): Official address by Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin confirming over 150 official police investigations/establishing nighttime gendarme patrols.

- Le Nouveau Détective (May 2020): Initial French investigative crime magazine article popularizing early claims of a "gang of horse killers" operating in Picardy.

- Libération (CheckNews Analysis, September 2020): Investigative forensic breakdown confirming that out of approximately 500 reported cases, only approx. 16% (80 cases) involved verified human-inflicted violence, w/ remainder attributed to natural deaths/post-mortem scavenging.

- La Revue des Médias (Institut National de l'Audiovisuel/INA): Media study by journalist Mathieu Deslandes analyzing how collective psychosis, social media panic (Facebook group "Justice pour nos chevaux"), & confirmation bias created a national rumor wave.

- Al Jazeera English and AP News (September 2020): Coverage of the public panic/surgical-style ear-severing reports/suspect arrests.

- Wikipedia Repository: "Rumors of equine mutilation in France in 2020," aggregating forensic veterinary reports/police sweep data/press releases regarding scavenger behavior on post-mortem equine remains.

- Provençal Folklore and Camargue Legends: Research on the mythological origins of Camargue horses from wind and sea foam; the Neptune legend; the ancient lineage of the breed dating to Chauvet and Lascaux cave paintings (30,000+ years).

- Romani Pilgrimage and Sara-la-Kali: Documentation of the Pèlerinage Gitan at Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer; legends of Saint Sara & the Three Marys; annual May 24th celebration drawing Romani people from across Europe

-Weird Reads with Emily Louise - The Mutilation of Snippy the Horse (Documentary): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ff25wY4oNE

-Weird Reads with Emily Louise - Cattle and animal mutilations with Emily Louise!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uv0l2FA7ZqY

If you're all fucked up, dial 988. Do it now!