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  • Episode 69: The Fiction of Our Lives

    Episode 69: The Fiction of Our Lives

    What if our sense of self is largely a story?  What would happen if we change that story to empower ourselves?  What if we change the fundamental themes of the story we are living and free ourselves to be our own brilliant star illuminating the path?

    This episode we will discuss how our own personal narrative directly effects our personal lives and magical work.

  • Episode 68: Jason Miller Discusses Financial Sorcery

    Episode 68: Jason Miller Discusses Financial Sorcery

    Live Tue. July 31, 2012 on Para-X-Radio.com

    Andrieh Vitimus and Jason Colwell welcome Jason Miller back to the show to talk about his newest book Financial Sorcery!

    Jason Miller (Rev. Inominandum) has devoted the last 18 years to studying Witchcraft and Magick in its many forms. He has traveled to and lived in New Orleans to study Hoodoo, in Europe to study Witchcraft, and in Nepal to study tantra. Miller is a member of the Chthonic Ouranian Temple, the Ordo Templi Orientis and the Sangreal Sodality, as well as an initiated Tantrika in the Nyingma and Bon lineages of Tibet. He is a regular contributor to Behutet, a journal of Magick. Miller lives with his wife on the New Jersey shore, where he practices and teaches Magick professionally.

    Jason has authored three great books on practical magic. The Sorcerer’s Secrets and Protection and Reversal Magick: A Witch’s Defense Manual and most recently, Financial Sorcery. He also offers a one year course on Strategic Sorcery.  His books and products are available at inominandum.com

  • Episode 67: Guest Stephanie Connolly Reisner on Demonlogy

    Episode 67: Guest Stephanie Connolly Reisner on Demonlogy

    Live Tue. July 24th, 2012 on Para-X-Radio.com

     

    Bestselling author S. Connolly joins Jason and Andrieh Vitimus. She has been practicing and studying all things “occult” and metaphysical since 1984. Her interest started with divination, gematria, and necromancy and quickly spiraled toward ceremonial magick, witchcraft, and Daemons. She has been a practicing Daemonolatress since 1988. She also writes occult/paranormal mystery novels (with Daemonolater and Satanic characters) as Audrey Brice, bdsm erotic romances as Anne O’Connell, and she writes PG fantasy novels as S. J. Reisner. She is an author of a tremendous amount of books.

    In this no holds barred and rare interview, S. Connolly talks about Demons, Demonology, and things that go bump in the night. Stephanie presents a very different picture of demonology then the common Christian view. Prepare to be shocked, surprised, and quite possibly inspired on this most controversial of topics.

  • Episode 66: Shaman Jim Returns!

    Episode 66: Shaman Jim Returns!

    Live Tue. July 17th, 2012 on Para-X-Radio.com

    Andrieh Vitimus and Jason M. Colwell welcome our good friend Shaman Jim back to the show!

    James Stovall aka Two Snakes is an extremely well respected member of the Michigan Pagan community, although he might not say that. He is opening an metaphysical and art boutique in Jackson, MI. Andrieh Actually learns his Peruvian Shamanism form James. James Stovall is an initiate the shamanic traditions of the Q’ero, the descendants of the Inca, who live in one of the most remote places in the Peruvian Andes. James lives in Michigan, where he studies how these ancient mountain traditions reflect in the deep cold waters of the Great Lakes.

    James can be reached at http://www.shamanic-services.com/

  • 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 GazetteMilitary 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/