Today we welcome Phil Hine back to the show to discuss his new book; Wheels within wheels.
Phil has been a practising Occultist for over forty-five years, with a career spanning Wicca, Ritual Magic, Chaos Magic and nondual Tantra. Together with Rodney Orpheus he co-created and edited the UK’s first monthly Pagan magazine, Pagan News (1988-92).

His books include: Condensed Chaos, Prime Chaos, The Pseudonomicon, Hine’s Varieties: Chaos & Beyond, Acts of Magical Resistance and Queerying Occultures. In 2019 he founded Twisted Trunk, a small press specializing in publishing translations of rare Tantric texts.”

Wheels within Wheels examines the passage of chakras into Western Esotericism. Beginning with an overview of how chakras were conceptualized in early tantric traditions, Phil Hine traces how chakras captured the imagination of both Indian and European Theosophists in the late 19th century. He explores their appearance in the early Western Esoteric imagination, from the Christian mysticism of James M. Pryse to the practical exercises of Aleister Crowley. He examines the influence of Sir John Woodroffe’s The Serpent Power and the writings of Charles Webster Leadbeater, and how chakras were psychologized in the work of Jung, to their role in contemporary therapy culture.

Show notes:

Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wheels-within-Chakras-Western-Esotericism/dp/1916236685/
Info on book: https://enfolding.org/new-for-2024-wheels-within-wheels-chakras-and-western-esotericism/
Newsletter: https://enfolding.org/unfoldings-a-substack-newsletter/
Book Launch: https://www.treadwells-london.com/events-1/phil-hine-chakra-book-launch-talk-and-party
Leadbeater Scandal: https://enfolding.org/tag/leadbeater/
Phil's blog: http://enfolding.org
Hands of Light: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18420.Hands_of_Light

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Today we are joined by returning guest Michael Lichens on the newly translated Amorth book, Get Behind Me Satan.

This new book dives into the daily life and work of Rome's chief exorcist, shedding light on a misunderstood vocation. In the show we get into:

• How an exorcist “diagnoses” a demonic attack.

• The six types of demonic disturbances and how often they occur in the life of an exorcist.

• The strange (and sometimes occult) causes of demonic attacks.

• Why there is still a great need for exorcists today.

You will note this is a short show the reason why will be very clear when you hear my voice!

Show notes:
Get Behind Me Satan https://sophiainstitute.com/product/get-behind-me-satan/
Fr Amorth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriele_Amorth
The Devil and Fr Amorth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpjRQokeQNo
The Popes Exorcist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJXqvnT_rsk

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Colby Sammons is a practicing sorcerer, occultist, and Buddhist specializing in Tibetan tantric sorcery. He specializes in teaching occult meditations and techniques but also offers ritual work and divination via his Instagram page. A proponent of Vajrayana Buddhism and Tantra Colby takes us through how practices within these areas have improved his life in almost every way. We explore Vajrakilaya and the use of the Phurba.

We chat about the mysterious Indian province of Nagaland and the indigenous headhunters.
In the plus show Colby discusses how he mixes his hoodoo and Conjure practices with Tantra. What works and what doesn't. I go through some of my adventures in Nepal when I almost bought a human bone trumpet and we discuss Kapala's. Colby goes on to explain the fascinating practice of Chöd and the use of human bones in Tantra and discuss an astonishing tale about the tongue of a dead man being used as a Phurba. We Close out with Colby taking us through some of his work helping people with spirit and magic based problems.

Show notes:
Colby's website https://folksorcery.wordpress.com
Kurukullā https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurukullā
Veronica Rivas https://www.anathemapublishing.com/veronica-rivas
Veronica Rivas on Spirit Box https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2VpY1Hcgdg
Vajrayana https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vajrayana
Phurba https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phurba
Vajrakilaya https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vajrakilaya
Nagaland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagaland
Nagaraja (King of the Nagas) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagaraja
Nagaland headhunters https://thediplomat.com/2018/04/the-last-headhunters-of-nagaland
Big Trouble in Little China https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXsBBqPb5YE
The Golden Kid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikpJbsOyOMw
Kapala https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapala
Kangling or bone trumpet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangling
Chöd https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chöd
Aghori photo essay https://www.darraghmason.com/index/G0000qURq7lptH_8
Shava Sadhana https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shava_sadhana
Shout outs:
Mademoiselle Vendredi's Sex worker's workshop.
https://www.instagram.com/p/C4PYkuuNmGJhulnvKbvDO9Eo2NIbLjvmh6hY-A0/
Joshua Cutchin's course on NDE's https://www.joshuacutchin.com/single-post/teaching-spring-2024-in-the-kosmos-institute-s-mastery-series

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