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• #170 - Shattering Fossils & Humanizing Agrippa with Dr. Justin Sledge

  How is Kabbalah dynamic and fluid? Why should we STOP treating Agrippa’s writings like a pick-and-choose-magical-buffet, and instead as a system of spiritual illumination? What is Merkavah Mysticism? Dr. Justin Sledge - scholar, author, professor and proprietor of the ESOTERICA YouTube channel - shares about his latest research, insights into academic scholarship and answers your Glitch Bottle Patreon questions! ⇓ ⇓ ⇓►⚡Support Dr. Sledge on Patreon! - https://www.patreon.com/esotericachannel ►✅Dr. Sledge Website - https://www.justinsledge.com/ ►▶️ESOTERICA YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@TheEsotericaChannel ►📚Get your copy of ‘Invisibilia Dei: A Collection of Hermetic, Mystical, and Anti-Magical Works by Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa’ https://www.amazon.com/Invisibilia-Dei-Collection-Anti-Magical-Cornelius/dp/B0DKSGRN8R ___Episodes referenced from ‘ESOTERICA’___ *Introduction to Merkavah Mysticism - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaQt5fIjKGw *Seminar on the Occult Philosophy of Agrippa - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsu7HW0ouVA&list=PLZ__PGORcBKxTXb5m5WBu4rAppTmvPVwe&index=16 ____________________________________✦🔮Become a super secret Glitch Bottle supporter! 🔮►https://www.patreon.com/glitchbottle ♫ Music by the artist Crowander (track name: “Tornado”)-https://soundcloud.com/crowander -https://crowander.bandcamp.com/-https://soundcloud.com/crowander/tornado  00:00 Intro4:23 Early interest in Occult studies15:31 Letting texts speak for themselves!20:36 Destroying the  “Fossils are Safe” mentality29:22 Kabbalistic ‘Tree of Life’49:29 Hermetic view of afterlife59:40 Amulet protection in Judaism1:08:31 Top book recommendations1:14:47 Dr. Dan Attrell collab: Invisibilia Dei by Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa1:21:07 Breaking Agrippa Misconceptions1:32:04 Merkavah Mysticism1:38:21 Being Famous1:46:18 Bridging the ‘gap’: scholars vs. practitioners1:57:13 Upcoming work & projects

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• #169 - Ritual & Epiphany in the Mysteries of Mithras with Peter Mark Adams

  Who is Mithras, and what were the Mythraic Mysteries practiced thousands of years ago? How was the cult organized? What role did Orphic metaphysics and architecture play in communicating its mysteries? Peter Mark Adams - author, poet and essayist specialising in the ethnography and visuality of ritual, sacred landscape, esotericism, consciousness and healing - shares about his latest tome: Ritual & Epiphany in the Mysteries of Mithras. The Secret Cult of Saturn in Imperial Rome, answers your Patreon supporter questions and more!⇓ ⇓ ⇓►⚡Get ‘Ritual & Epiphany’ now: https://theionpublishing.com/shop/pma-ritualepiphany/ ►✅Peter’s website: - https://petermarkadams.com/ ✦🔮Become a super secret Glitch Bottle supporter! 🔮►https://www.patreon.com/glitchbottle ♫ Music by the artist Crowander (track name: “Tornado”)-https://soundcloud.com/crowander -https://crowander.bandcamp.com/-https://soundcloud.com/crowander/tornado 

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• #168 - Hygromanteia, Liber Bileth, & Solomonic Networks with Dr. Gal Sofer

  Why should we challenge the assumption that the Greek magical text, the Hygromanteia, is really the source of the Key of Solomon? Why is Frankenstein’s Monster a better way to look at the collection of ‘Solomonic’ manuscripts? What is a ‘Solomonic network’ with ‘genes’, ‘nodes’ and ‘clusters’? Dr. Gal Sofer - scholar, medical doctor and translator - discusses his first book, Solomonic Magic: Methodology, Texts, and Histories (Brill 2025), answers your Patreon supporter questions and more!⇓ ⇓ ⇓►⚡Dr. Sofer’s ‘Solomonic Magic’ tome - https://brill.com/display/title/64906►✅Dr. Sofer’s Academia page: - https://bgu.academia.edu/GalSofer ►▶️Dr. Sofer Lecture: Wisdom and Command | The Magical Seals of Solomon - https://youtu.be/iu5lPccZLyw?si=XdTw7iZwA2bUV9UP ►▶️Dr. Sofer Lecture: From Seals to Pentacles| The Magical Seals of Solomon - https://youtu.be/zgjeysr5OK0?si=SLSiY04YxDt5U2mm ►Email Dr. Sofer - [email protected] ✦🔮Become a super secret Glitch Bottle supporter! 🔮►https://www.patreon.com/glitchbottle ♫ Music by the artist Crowander (track name: “Tornado”)-https://soundcloud.com/crowander -https://crowander.bandcamp.com/-https://soundcloud.com/crowander/tornado  00:00 Intro2:52 Esoteric + Medical interests8:52 Deep Manuscript Interest12:23 Genes, Nodes and Clusters27:46 SSM and Manuscript Evolution35:36 Role of Scribes in Narrative!46:54 Liber Bileth Analysis1:13:44 Key of Solomon Analysis1:40:36 Ḥover Ḥaver and Babylonian Talmud2:06:15 Hygromanteia Analysis2:58:59 Future Work and Projects

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• [Part 2] #167 - Grimoires, Demons & Catholic Theology with Jimmy Akin

  What *actually* makes exorcisms effective? What are demons? What is the Catholic teaching on magic, grimoires and spirit summoning? Jimmy Akin - Catholic theologian, philosopher, author and host of ‘Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World’ - goes deep into magic, theology, testing spirits, near-death-experiences, answers questions from Patrons and more!⇓ ⇓ ⇓►⚡Support Jimmy’s on Patreon! - https://www.patreon.com/JimmyAkinPodcast ►✅Jimmy’s website - https://jimmyakin.com/ ►▶️Subscribe to Jimmy’s YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@JimmyAkin ►🌟Subscribe to Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World - https://sqpn.com/podcasts/jimmy-akins-mysterious-world/ ___Episodes referenced from ‘Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World’___ *Old and New Rites of Exorcism - https://sqpn.com/2024/12/exorcism-the-old-and-new-rites-of-exorcism/ *St. Thomas Aquinas and the Occult - https://sqpn.com/2020/06/st-thomas-aquinas-and-the-occult/ *Near Death Experiences - https://sqpn.com/2019/02/mys027-the-mystery-of-near-death-experiences/ ____________________________________✦🔮Become a super secret Glitch Bottle supporter! 🔮►https://www.patreon.com/glitchbottle ♫ Music by the artist Crowander (track name: “Tornado”)-https://soundcloud.com/crowander -https://crowander.bandcamp.com/-https://soundcloud.com/crowander/tornado  

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• [Part 1] #167 - Grimoires, Demons & Catholic Theology with Jimmy Akin

  What *actually* makes exorcisms effective? What are demons? What is the Catholic teaching on magic, grimoires and spirit summoning? Jimmy Akin - Catholic theologian, philosopher, author and host of ‘Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World’ - goes deep into magic, theology, testing spirits, near-death-experiences, answers questions from Patrons and more!⇓ ⇓ ⇓►⚡Support Jimmy’s on Patreon! - https://www.patreon.com/JimmyAkinPodcast ►✅Jimmy’s website - https://jimmyakin.com/ ►▶️Subscribe to Jimmy’s YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@JimmyAkin ►🌟Subscribe to Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World - https://sqpn.com/podcasts/jimmy-akins-mysterious-world/ ___Episodes referenced from ‘Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World’___ *Old and New Rites of Exorcism - https://sqpn.com/2024/12/exorcism-the-old-and-new-rites-of-exorcism/ *St. Thomas Aquinas and the Occult - https://sqpn.com/2020/06/st-thomas-aquinas-and-the-occult/ *Near Death Experiences - https://sqpn.com/2019/02/mys027-the-mystery-of-near-death-experiences/ ____________________________________✦🔮Become a super secret Glitch Bottle supporter! 🔮►https://www.patreon.com/glitchbottle ♫ Music by the artist Crowander (track name: “Tornado”)-https://soundcloud.com/crowander -https://crowander.bandcamp.com/-https://soundcloud.com/crowander/tornado  00:00 Intro4:08 What are demons?16:13 What is possession?20:37 What is an exorcist?25:25 Different schools of exorcism40:18 Imprecatory vs Deprecatory prayers43:04 Thinking systematically about magic47:53 Ancient, Medieval Magical Practices53:30 Spell for a Good Singing Voice!1:03:11 The Wise Men and Following a Star1:22:51 Catechism on Magic1:27:58 Curiosity vs Studiousness?1:35:24 'Clerical Underworld' 1:52:58 Thoughts on the Supernatural

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