Deeper Down The Rabbit Hole

Author: Jason M. Colwell

  • Episode 64: Nicholaj de Mattos Frisvold Discusses Pomba Gira and the Quimbanda of Mbumba Nzila

    Episode 64: Nicholaj de Mattos Frisvold Discusses Pomba Gira and the Quimbanda of Mbumba Nzila

    Live Tue. July 3rd, 2012 on Para-X-Radio.com

    Andrieh Vitimus and Jason M. Colwell welcome Nicholaj de Mattos Frisvold to the show to discuss his book Pomba Gira and the Quimbanda of Nzila.

    Nicholaj de Mattos Frisvold is an anthropologist and psychologist who over the course of the last fifteen years been studying, both academically and practically, African and Afro-derived cults in the New World. This has led to a multiplicity of initiations into Vodou, both from Benin and Haiti, Santeria, Kimbanda, Palo Mayombe and Ifá. He makes part of the council of elders in the Ogboni society of Abeokuta, Nigeria.

    He has for the last decade lived in Brazil where his studies and involvement in traditional forms of metaphysics, faith, cult and witchcraft is a constant theme in his life.

    nicholaj@gmail.com
    www.starrycave.com

  • Episode 63: Peter Grey and Alkistis Dimech Discuss the Resurgence of the High Art Book

    Episode 63: Peter Grey and Alkistis Dimech Discuss the Resurgence of the High Art Book

    Andrieh Vitimus and Jason M. Colwell welcome Peter Grey and Alkistis of Scarlet Imprint to discuss the resurgence of the High Art Book with great leatherbound books.
    Scarlet Imprint was founded in 2007 by Peter Grey and Alkistis Dimech to create talismanic occult books that inspire, transform and engage.Peter is a devotee of Babalon and the author of The Red Goddess. He is an exponent of the antinomian and libertarian strand of the Western Magical Tradition. His work comes out of physical praxis as a student of ninjutsu, a snowboarder, freeride mountain biker and surfer. His path is one of ordeal, ecstasy, and Love.Alkistis is a trained dancer and artist; her work explores the erotic, irrational, and primitive. Using techniques derived from Butoh, several Asian dance forms, energy work and martial arts, as well as shamanic practices to access states of expanded consciousness, she uses her body to enter and incorporate suppressed, archaic and non-human realms of being. She has performed in the UK and Europe.Scarlet Imprint is run by both Peter Grey and Alkistis Dimech; and was founded in 2007 with the publication of 156 copies of The Red Goddess. They have since grown to become one of the leading independent publishers of the contemporary occult world, producing standard hardbacks, paperback & digital editions and highly sought after fine editions.Their mission is one of Revelation & Revolution. The Union of Magician and Witch.Their intent and desire is to disseminate works by experienced practicing occultists,
    supporting practitioners and pioneers of the new occult revival. They believe vision, poetry and engagement with the world can be aligned with the grimoires, and infused with the red blood of passion.Their work is distinguished by its practical applicability and a high level of scholarship married to experience. Their titles are designed and bound with attention to detail and quality, to manifest as apt vehicles for the transmission of magical knowledge.

    Furthermore, they believe this material should be accessible to all students of Magic and Witchcraft, thus in 2010 they created the Bibliotheque Rouge. Paperbacks and digital editions: egalitarian, libertarian, fiercely individual, this is the propaganda wing of Scarlet Imprint for the transmission of information and knowledge.
    Bibliotheque Rouge paperbacks serve as working copies for those prone to destroying books with candle wax, rain, coffee stains, underlining and annotations. They are travelling companions on the path. Bibliotheque Rouge digital editions are in epub and mobi format for those who prefer raw data to hard copy.

    In keeping with their personal commitment to the world we live in, all materials they source are archival standard and FSC accredited. Their limited editions are printed and bound in the UK by a family run firm; their fine editions are hand bound by master craftsmen; and their paperbacks are printed and bound in the UK and USA.

    Contact Information:
    Email: scarletimprint@gmail.com
    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ScarletImprint
    Website: www.scarletimprint.com/
    Live Journal: http://scarletimprint.livejournal.com/
    Magical Blog: http://scarletimprint.blogspot.co.uk/
  • Episode 62: The Rev.Tim Shaw Discusses Paranormal Investigation, Psychic Ability, and Spiritualism

    Episode 62: The Rev.Tim Shaw Discusses Paranormal Investigation, Psychic Ability, and Spiritualism

    Live Tue. June 19th, 2012 on Para-X-Radio.com

    Andrieh Vitimus and Jason M. Colwell are very happy to welcome fellow Para-X-Network show host The Rev. Tim Shaw! In this episode we discuss Paranormal Investigation, Psychic Ability, and even Tim’s family root in Spiritualism.

    The religion of Spiritualism can be traced back in Tim’s family to the late 1800’s.   He is an Ordained Minister, Psychic Medium, Reiki, Spirityalist, and Energy Healer as well as Paranormal Investigator.

    Tim also enjoys Backwoods Primitive Trekking,  Flintknapping, and Urban Explorering.  He is also a skilled Traditional Leatherworker, and also enjoyes Historical Re-Enacting, and Writing.

    Rev. Shaw is the host of the acclaimed Internet Radio Show Black Cat Lounge,  heard each Thursday at 8PM EST on the Para-X -Radio Network.

    Tim has co-authored with folklorist Mason Winfield, Rob Lockhart, and John Koerner ~ “Haunted Rochester” which is available through Barnes & Nobles as well as Amazon. His book entitled “The Ghosts of Buffalo; Spirits, Murder And Mayhem In The Nickel City” has been released by Schiffer Books and is also available through Amazon.  Tim has contributed a chapter in Marla Brooks wonderful book “Animal Spells And Magick”.

    Tim Shaw’s writings have appeared in such magazines as TAPS Para Magazine, Haunted Times, The Fort Niagara Journal, Light Bridges, The Courier, Civil War Gazette, Wilderness Way, The Camp Chase Gazette, Military Images, On The Trail, as well as many others.

    Tim has also been featured on The SyFy Channel’s Ghost Hunters (The Well of Horror), The Discovery Channel’s Ghost Lab (The Betrayal/Fort Niagara),  CBS Radio (The Wake Up Call, By The Soul, For The Soul, and The Psychics Next Door), Paranormal NY,  Half Yard Productions Ghost Ops (Fort Mifflin/William Howe), and Core Productions Doctumentery John Zaffis, The World Within.

    Producing LIVE Internet Radio and Podcasts is a hobby that Rev. Tim really enjoys.

    Tim is a professional psychic reader however he devotes much of his time participating in fundraisers and charity events.

    Tim’s personal website is theblackcatlounge.net, he may also be contacted via the following:
    BlackCatLounge1@Yahoo.Com
    or
    Ideal Event Management
    Contact Marc Tetlow: 413-478-4150
    www.idealeventmanage.com

  • Episode 61: Scott Michael Stenwick Discusses Mastering The Mystical Heptarchy

    Episode 61: Scott Michael Stenwick Discusses Mastering The Mystical Heptarchy

    Live Tue. June 12th, 2012 on Para-X-Radio.com

    Andrieh Vitimus and Jason M. Colwell welcome Scott Michael Stenwick to the show to discuss his pioneering work with Enochian Magic.  Scott has been doing some pioneering work with the source materials of Dr. John Dee.  He is looking at what style of ceremonial magic would have influenced Dr. John Dee and Edward Kelley as they developed their system and has released the first book in what is to be a series on working with the Enochian system in a way that he feels is more straight forward than the systems based on the works of the Golden Dawn. He also has some great material on what he refers to as Banishing Fields, some innovative ways of working with Golden Dawn style ceremonial forms.

    Scott Michael Stenwick was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1969.  A natural storyteller from early childhood, he was drawing pictures and assembling them into simple narratives before he could read or write.  In elementary school he was exposed to computers when his school acquired an Apple II in 1977 and has been writing and programming ever since.  He developed an interest in esoteric studies as a teenager following in the footsteps of his great-grandmother, a professional astrologer and medium, and began practicing ritual and ceremonial magick.

    Scott attended Saint Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota and graduated in 1991 with a degree in psychology. In college he worked on two novels in addition to his studies but eventually decided that neither was suitable for publication without substantial revision. One of these novels recently went on to become Arcana, released in December 2009 by Pendraig Publishing. After graduation he went to work in the computer field and built a career as a software developer and information technology consultant. In this capacity he has worked for several Fortune 500 companies and designed and developed numerous business applications.

    Scott lives in Minneapolis with his wife and two daughters.  After years of solitary magical and mystical work, he joined Ordo Templi Orientis in 1995 and became a Freemason in 1997.  He currently serves as a Chartered OTO Initiator and served as Master of Braden Lodge #168 for the 2002 calendar year.  In addition, he is part of a smaller magical working group that has been in operation since 2002 and performed numerous experimental workings seeking to advance the general body of magical knowledge.

    Scott’s magical motto is Ananael Qaa, meaning “the secret wisdom of creation” in the Angelic language revealed to John Dee and Edward Kelley in the sixteenth century.  Under that motto he maintains a personal blog dedicated to the discussion of magical techniques, the Western Esoteric Tradition, and current events related to magick and spirituality entitled Augoeides – Spiritual Technology for a New Aeon.  Augoeides is a Greek term that refers to the Daemon or essential spiritual/magical self.

    Contact Information:

    Email: scottm@iphouse.com

    Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/smstenwick

    Author Blog: http://scottstenwick.wordpress.com

    Magical Blog:  http://ananael.blogspot.com/

  • Episode 60: Judika Illes discusses The Encyclopedia Of 5000 Spells

    Episode 60: Judika Illes discusses The Encyclopedia Of 5000 Spells

    Live Tue. June 5th, 2012 on Para-X-Radio.com

    Andrieh Vitimus and Jason M. Colwell welcome Jukica Illes to the show to discuss her compilation spell-book The Encyclopedia of 5000 Spells!

    Judika Illes is an independent scholar, educator, and author of several books of folklore, folkways, and mythology about the subjects of magic, the occult, divination, diverse spiritual traditions, witchcraft, and the paranormal.

    She is the author of four popular encyclopedias: The Encyclopedia of 5000 Spells, The Element Encyclopedia of Witchcraft. The Encyclopedia of Spirits, and the brand new Encyclopedia of Mystics, Saints, and Sages. Her other books include Pure Magic, Magic When You Need It, and The Weiser Field Guide to Witches as well as The Weiser Field Guide to the Paranormal (published under the alias Judith Joyce).

    Judika’s frequent radio appearances include Coast to Coast AM with George Noory, Ripley Radio Oddcast, Fangoria Radio, the Hilly Rose Show and the X-Zone with Rob McConnell. She has been featured in publications including The Witches’ Almanac, The Spirit Guide to Spellcraft (Australia), and Prediction Magazine (UK).

     

     

  • Episode 59: Andrieh and Jason Discuss Created Entities

    Episode 59: Andrieh and Jason Discuss Created Entities

    Live Tue. May 29th, 2012 on Para-X-Radio.com

    Andrieh Vitimus and Jason M. Colwell discuss created entities in this episode.  This is a very popular occult topic with many points of view. Created Entities are a preferred method of some Magi while others are afraid of the topic due to bad experiences. The main point of contention is that even an artificial construct can easily develop a sentience of it’s own. We will discuss how to use them without getting burned.


  • Episode 58: Andrieh Vitimus on Sigil Magic Strategies

    Episode 58: Andrieh Vitimus on Sigil Magic Strategies

    Live Tue. May 22nd, 2012 on Para-X-Radio.com

    Andrieh Vitimus and Jason M. Colwell have a discussion on Sigil Magic. Andrieh talks about techniques utilized in his book, Hands on Chaos Magic: Reality Manipulation Through The Ovayki Current. We like Sigil Magic because it is easy to learn and perform, but more complex to master than you may think!

  • Episode 57: Tony Mierzwicki and Jo-Ann Byers-Mierzwicki Discuss Graeco-Egyptian Magick: Everyday Empowerment

    Episode 57: Tony Mierzwicki and Jo-Ann Byers-Mierzwicki Discuss Graeco-Egyptian Magick: Everyday Empowerment

    Live Tue. May 15th, 2012 on Para-X-Radio.com

    Andrieh Vitimus and Jason M. Colwell are joined by Tony Mierzwicki and his lovely wife Jo-Ann to discuss Tony’s book Graeco-Egyptian Magick: Everyday Empowerment , as well as the companion CD that was worked on by the couple. Tony and Jo-Ann will also let the listeners know what they are currently up to with workshops and new products!

    Tony Mierzwicki

    Tony has been practicing ceremonial magick since 1990. He has been running regular workshops and rituals recreating ancient magickal practices in the United States and on the east coast of Australia since 2001.

    Tony Mierzwicki is the author of “Graeco-Egyptian Magick: Everyday Empowerment” and a forthcoming primer reconstructing Classical Greek religion.  He has contributed to various anthologies and magazines.  He gives regular guest appearances and lectures at various pagan, witchcraft and new age events, as has been on television and radio shows.

    Tony has completed three degrees at the University of Sydney – Master of Arts, Bachelor of Engineering and Bachelor of Science.  He served a three-year term on the Board of Directors for Cherry Hill Seminary from August 29, 2008 to September 30, 2011, of which roughly half was in the capacity of Secretary.  Tony is originally from Sydney, Australia and currently lives with his wife Jo-Ann in Huntington Beach California.

    Jo-Ann Byers-Mierzwicki

    In 1979 Jo-Ann began learning her family’s magickal tradition of mysticism and witchcraft through numerous long distance phone calls to her great aunt in England, until the aunt passed away in 2002.

    After practicing her family’s tradition as a solitary for many years, but wanting more, she was initiated and coven trained in 2001 through The Wiccan Order of Bast. She continued her training and in 2006 received the Priesthood degree through The Hermetic Order of the Wiccan Mysteries.  Both of these coven lineages are through the Druidic Craft of the Wise of America (DCWA) based out of Eye of the Cat in Long Beach, California, which in turn came from the Druidic Craft of the Wise (DCW) in England.

    Jo-Ann has been co-facilitating all of Tony’s workshops in Australia and the United States since 2004.  In February 2010 she began working with Pendraig Publishing as their Interior Layout and Design / Cover Design and Graphic Artist.  You can view her portfolio on her website JB Graphic Art Designs.  Currently, Jo-Ann lives in Huntington Beach, California, with her husband, Tony, her daughter and their black Labrador, Anubis.

    You can connect with Tony and Jo-Ann on their Facebook pages, as well as view their personal website at http://www.hermeticmagick.com

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