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    Superstitions of the Sea

    18/07/2026 | 49 mins.
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    In this week’s episode we explore the many classical superstitions of sailors from all times and places. In the first half of the show we discuss cursed fruit, taunting the wind, the dangers of women, the rich cultural origins of the Klabautermann and  the devilish inspiration for Bram Stoker’s Dracula. In the extended, underside of the episode we continue the discussion with Jonah's, the power of specific tattoos, traditional Greek water wenches and how to beguile the courteous Japanese sea giants. Thank you and enjoy the show! 
    In this week’s episode we discuss:
    The Flying Dutchman
    Bananas and Boners
    Whistling Up a Storm
    Women On Deck
    Figureheads
    The Klabautermann, Kobold and Gremlins 
    In the extended episode available at www.patreon.com/TheWholeRabbit we go further down the rabbit whirlpool to discuss:
    Jonah
    Traditional Sailor Tattoos and their Powers
    Sirens and Scylla
    Sea Monks
    Umibozu
    Pirate Eye Patches 
    This episode was written by Tim Hacker, Luke Madrid with some additions by Mari Sama and commentary by Heka Astra. 
    Sources:
    Lieutenant Fletcher S. Bassett's 1885 work, LEGENDS and SUPERSTITIONS of the SEA AND OF SAILORS (In all Lands at all Times):
    https://dn790000.ca.archive.org/0/items/legendssuperstit00bass/legendssuperstit00bass.pdf

    Gabaool
    https://x.com/eternalclassic_/status/2077558076979241232?s=20
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    Plato’s Symposium and The Hero of the Logos w/ Julian The Philosopher

    11/07/2026 | 52 mins.
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    In this week’s episode we are joined once again by the Mighty Julian the Philosopher to continue our discussion about the world’s most important philosophers, the ideas they championed and how we can use their wisdom to untangle the madness that has come to define our modern world. In this episode we focus on the most important mind to ever grace Western civilization; Plato, with some emphasis placed upon his dialogues in the Symposium and various arguments made in The Republic. In the extended side of the show we begin to explore how Plato’s teachings intersected with Nietzsche and Aleister Crowley, stopping to read some poetry from a number of the authors we discuss and conclude with a view of the dark, science fiction dystopia that stretches out before us on our next leg of the journey to seek the good life. Thank you and enjoy the show. 
    Check out Julian the Philosopher here:
    https://www.youtube.com/@JulianSoloninka
    https://medium.com/@jsolonin
    In this week’s episode we discuss:
    The Symposium 
    The Republic
    Might Makes Right
    Plato: Hero of the Mind
    In the extended episode available at www.patreon.com/TheWholeRabbit we go off script to discuss:
    The Homeric Hero 
    Nietzsche's thoughts of Plato and Jesus Christ 
    Poetry Reading of Crowley, Yeats and Parsons 
    The Dionysian
    Mecha Epstein
    And much much more… 
    This discussion was impelled by the research and study of Julian Soloninka with additional contributions made by Luke Madrid, Heka Astra, Mari Sama and Tim Hacker. Recorded in unscripted, socratic discussion style. 
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    Ghost Lore: Spirits of Christendom & the Fires of Purgatory

    04/07/2026 | 41 mins.
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    In this week’s episode we explore how Christianity began to shift ideas about ghosts which had been around since ancient times, specifically the concepts championed by theologian philosopher Thomas Aquinas regarding intercessory prayer and purgatory. Along the way we discuss how indulgences helped pave the way for the reformation and how Tibbie Mortimer disguised herself as a ghost for love. In the extended side of the show we discuss how to create your own custom ghost, ghost fire, inappropriate ghost bread, Truckstop Shintoism, doppelgangers, the devil’s footprints and the mysterious case of the Winchester Mystery Mansion. Thank you and enjoy the show!

    In this week’s show we discuss:
    Thomas Aquinas
    Conditions of Purgatory
    Catholic Indulgences
    The Wild Hunt
    Spectral Evidence
    Tibbie Mortemer

    In the extended show available at www.patreon.com/TheWholeRabbit we discuss:
    Queen Victoria’s Obsession with Mediumship
    Thursday of the Dead and the Ghost Bread
    Allhallowtide and Day of the Dead
    The Philip Experiment
    Shinto America
    The Winchester Mystery Mansion

    This episode was written by Tim Hacker and Luke Madrid with additional commentaries by Heka Astra and Mari Sama

    Where to find The Whole Rabbit:
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    Music By Spirit Travel Plaza:
    https://open.spotify.com/artist/30dW3WB1sYofnow7y3V0Yo

    Sources:
    All About History: History of Ghosts: Featuring Over 55 of the World's Most Famous Ghosts
    https://www.amazon.com/dp/1805214942?ref_=cm_sw_r_ffobk_cp_ud_dp_9PD5K4HEMNQ52W63XDAD
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    GHOST LORE: Roman Necromancy and the Shades of Ancient Greece

    27/06/2026 | 47 mins.
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    In this week’s episode we explore the well-documented history of ghosts as they were recorded in classical Greek and Roman culture, owing to older motifs that originated in Sumeria. In the free side of the show we discuss Greek skepticism, spooky Roman holidays to propitiate the dead and an eerily vivid description of Thessalian necromancer Erichtho including a lengthy example of her method of invocation. I probably cursed myself reading. In the extended show we discuss the classical relationship between ghosts and dreams, the restless shades that dead Roman Emperors tend to produce, a revenant love story and what it means when the specter happens to be an enormous woman. Thank you and enjoy the show.

    In this week’s episode we discuss:
    Ancient Sumerian Afterlife 
    Roman Ghost Rituals and Ghost Holidays
    Ancient Ghost Hauntings 
    Necromancy: Erichto of Thessaly 
    Ancient Skepticism: Lucian of Samosata
    Pliny the Younger’s Accounts of Ghosts 

    In the extended episode available at www.patreon.com/TheWholeRabbit we go further and discuss:
    Dream Visitations
    Restless Roman Emperors
    A Revenant Love Story
    Warning Apparitions
    Where to Invoke Achilles  

    This episode was written by Tim Hacker and Luke Madrid with additional commentaries by Heka Astra and Mari Sama

    Where to find The Whole Rabbit:
    Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0AnJZhmPzaby04afmEWOAV
    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_whole_rabbit
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    Music By Spirit Travel Plaza:
    https://open.spotify.com/artist/30dW3WB1sYofnow7y3V0Yo

    Sources:
    All About History: History of Ghosts: Featuring Over 55 of the World's Most Famous Ghosts
    https://www.amazon.com/dp/1805214942?ref_=cm_sw_r_ffobk_cp_ud_dp_9PD5K4HEMNQ52W63XDAD&bestFormat=true

    GREEK AND ROMAN GHOST STORIES BY LACY COLLISON-MORLEY
    https://a.co/d/0bFBEHKl

    Erichto
    https://www.poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/Latin/PharsaliaVImaster.php
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    Kane Parson's "The Backrooms" Decoded: The Blasted Tower & The Red City (level 2)

    21/06/2026 | 45 mins.
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    In this week’s episode we accomplish part 2 of our deep dive into the sickly yellow abyss of Kane Parson’s Backrooms to reveal the unthinkably dense amount of symbolism, mythology and religious allegory lurking just beneath the surface. In the free side of the show we discuss how Mary’s shadow can be related to The Wheel of Fortune and the Blasted Tower of the Tarot expanding on the themes already present and giving dimension to Backroom's lore outside the film. In the extended show we discuss Ivan Beck, the Red City, Odin, the Tower of Babylon, the Voyager Disk, The Qlippoth of Kabbalistic Tree of Death and even the Gnostic Demiurge because damn it, Kane Parsons go so hard with easter eggs and clever symbolism I think we may need to determine if he is actually a Moonchild created by Aleister Crowley himself. Thank you and enjoy the show! 
    In this week’s episode we discuss:
    The Formation of the Psychological Shadow
    The Wheel of Fortune
    Palm Reading
    Mother-Daughter Complex 
    The Blasted Tower 
    The Purpose of the Psychological Shadow
    The Tower of Babel 
    The Red City
    The Glorious Sun Face
    Ivan Beck
    In the extended show available at www.patreon.com/TheWholeRabbit we go further into the Backrooms than anyone else (at least I’m pretty sure) and discuss:
    A Sync and Odin
    Fault of Memory
    The Qlippoth: Kabbalistic Tree of Death
    Still-Lives
    Ein Soph
    The Gnostic Demiurge: Yaldabaoth
    Barbelo and The Pleroma
    … and more…. 
    This episode was written by Tim Hacker and Luke Madrid with additional commentaries by Heka Astra and Mari Sama

    Where to find The Whole Rabbit:
    Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0AnJZhmPzaby04afmEWOAV
    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_whole_rabbit
    Twitter: https://twitter.com/1WholeRabbit
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    Music By Spirit Travel Plaza:
    https://open.spotify.com/artist/30dW3WB1sYofnow7y3V0Yo
    Support the show
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About The Whole Rabbit
The weekly occult podcast diving into the deep end of mythology, high-strangeness and religion. A show for seekers upon the path and wanderers of the outer abyss. Where others stay surface level, we go deep into the rabbit holes of demonolatry, chaos magick, gnosticism Thelema, Aleister Crowley, fallen angels, the ars goetia, MKULTRA, the black cross of Saturn and of course Ancient Egypt.
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