
Glitch Bottle Podcast
The Glitch Bottle Podcast is a Western magic and grimoire-focused show that uncorks the uncommon with magic, mysticism and the generally misunderstood.
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Apr 23, 2025 • 1h 28min
#164 - Tarot, Art & Reverse Divination with Amelia Passer | Glitch Bottle
What is reverse divination? How do minerals, oils, and pigments reflect the deep alchemical process encrypted in painting? Amelia Passer - multidisciplinary artist, astrologer, and practitioner - shares about her creation process and her unique tarot deck composed of talismanic oil paintings called the Astro Magician’s Tarot which is currently live via Kickstarter!⇓ ⇓ ⇓► ✅ Support ‘The Astro Magician’s Tarot now!! - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/astromagicianstarot/the-astro-magicians-tarot?ref=user_menu► ✅Amelia’s Etsy - https://www.etsy.com/shop/ameliapasserous►#️⃣Amelia’s instagram (@ameliapasser): https://www.instagram.com/ameliapasser/ ►#️⃣Astro Magician’s Tarot instagram (@theastromagicians.tarot): - https://www.instagram.com/theastromagicians.tarot/ ► ✅Amelia’s website - ameliapasser.com-----------------✦🔮🔥Support Glitch Bottle with secret perks! - 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

Apr 1, 2025 • 2h 32min
#163 - Song of the Dark Man with Darragh Mason | Glitch Bottle
What is the Dark Man, known by many names throughout the centuries like The Devil, Old Scratch, The Dark Rider, The Old One, The Master, the Father of Witches? Is the Dark Man really pure evil, as many religions say? Is he a catalyst of novelty, transformation and change? What happens when we resist his call? Darragh Mason - writer, researcher, and award-winning travel and documentary photographer. Mason hosts the award-nominated podcast Spirit Box - goes deep into his excellent tome Song of the Dark Man. ⇓ ⇓ ⇓► ✅ Get your copy of Song of the Dark Man - https://www.innertraditions.com/books/song-of-the-dark-man ► ✅Support The Spirit Box Podcast on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/c/spiritbox/posts ► ✅Darragh’s Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/darragh_mf/?hl=en ► ✅Spirit Box Podcast on Spotify - https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/spirit-box ✦🔮🔥Support Glitch Bottle with secret perks!- 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

Mar 14, 2025 • 1h 25min
Step-By-Step Ritual Process & Full Heptameron in Latin | Glitch Bottle
What is the six-step ‘Solomonic Method’? How can understanding these ritual steps help us navigate almost any grimoire? We go step-by-step and recite the entire Heptameron in Latin from memory to illustrate the method. ⇓ ⇓ ⇓► ✅Full ‘Heptameron’ text via EsotericArchives.com - https://www.esotericarchives.com/solomon/heptamer.htm► ✅SUPPORT Joseph H. Peterson with a quick donation to EsotericArchives.com - https://www.paypal.com/webapps/shoppingcart?flowlogging_id=f9515331d50c8&mfid=1698601779045_f9515331d50c8#/checkout/openButton► ✅David Rankine’s excellent post ‘Return of the Winds’ - https://www.davidrankine.com/post/return-of-the-winds ► ✅David Rankine’s website - https://davidrankine.com/►📚’The Goetia of Dr. Rudd’ by Dr. Stephen Skinner and David Rankine - https://www.amazon.com/Goetia-Dr-Rudd-Sourceworks-Ceremonial/dp/0954763920✦🔮🔥Support Glitch Bottle as a Patron with secret perks! - 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 Intro4:05 Step 0 - License to Remain7:37 Step I. Consecratio Dei11:30 Step II. Invocatio14:42 Step III. Evocatio18:55 Step IV. Constrictio23:32 Step V. Ligatio28:16 Step VI. License to Depart32:58 After Ritual Keys34:50 FULL Heptameron in Latin (start)1:01:14 Arabic Option1:05:36 Vinculum1:13:50 Infernal Thrones1:20:00 Welcome & Binding1:22:35 License

Feb 19, 2025 • 1h 42min
#162 - Summoning Verse in Sigrun & The Mist with Jack Grayle & Klara Wolfe
How do you embody a fallen Valkyrie? Why is invoking poetry so similar to calling magical names and summoning spirits? Jack Grayle (magician, author and playwright) and Klara Wolfe (occult writer, professional embalmer and model) go deep into Jack’s new, fantastic verse-play set 1,200 years ago in heathen Norway, entitled Sigrun & The Mist. ⇓ ⇓ ⇓► ✅ Get your copy of Sigrun & The Mist - https://www.miskatonicbooks.com/product/sigrun-the-mist-by-jack-grayle-with-commentary-by-shani-oates-limited-edition-hardcover/ ► ✅Sign up for Jack’s class PGM PRAXIS 2: THE KINGDOM (UPDATE: starts March 17) - https://www.theblackthorneschool.com/courses/pgmpraxis2 ► ✅Sign up for Jack’s class GODSONG (Iliad & Odyssey): https://www.miskatonicbooks.com/product/godsong-by-jack-grayle-online-course/ ► ✅Klara’s Website - https://hexencvlt.com/ ► ✅Klara’s Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/hexencvlt/ ► ✅Photographer of Sigrun &The Mist - Nicola Huffstickler - https://www.instagram.com/oldblackkettle/ ✦🔮🔥Become a 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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Jan 30, 2025 • 1h 50min
#161 - Manuscript Hunting & Victorian Occultism with Daniel Clark
Daniel Clark, a manuscript detective and expert in Victorian occultism, dives into the fascinating world of esoteric manuscripts. He shares tips for uncovering hidden texts and discusses historical figures like Frederick Hockley and Harry Houdini who shaped the landscape of magic. Clark emphasizes the importance of digital resources in research and recounts personal anecdotes from his manuscript hunting adventures. Learn about the allure of book plates and the significance of the Antipalus Maleficiorum, a key manuscript in the history of grimoires.

Jan 23, 2025 • 46min
The City of Brass & Solomon’s Vessels | Glitch Bottle
Why did Solomon bind demons in brass vessels? What’s the connection between leather bags, necromancy and the winds? We explore the history of jinn, metals and spirit-containers, and how all these themes flower in the collection of medieval Islamic stories known as the Thousand and One Nights (Arabic: أَلْفُ لَيْلَةٍ وَلَيْلَةٌ, Alf Laylah wa-Laylah), by reading part of ‘The City of Brass’. ⇓ ⇓ ⇓✅► Allegra Iafrate, ‘The Long Life of Magical Objects: A Study in the Solomonic Tradition’ - https://www.psupress.org/books/titles/978-0-271-08366-7.html ✅►Homer’s Odyssey book X - https://www.poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/Greek/Odyssey10.php ✅►’Testament of Solomon’ via Joseph H. Peterson - https://www.esotericarchives.com/solomon/testamen.htm✅►David Rankine’s excellent post ‘Return of the Winds’ - https://www.davidrankine.com/post/return-of-the-winds ✅►SUPPORT Joseph H. Peterson with a quick donation to EsotericArchives.com - https://www.paypal.com/webapps/shoppingcart?flowlogging_id=f9515331d50c8&mfid=1698601779045_f9515331d50c8#/checkout/openButton✅►The Arabian Nights (1909)/The Story of the City of Brass - https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Arabian_Nights_(1909)/The_Story_of_the_City_of_Brass ✅►The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1,001 Nights: Volume 2 (2010) - https://www.amazon.com/Arabian-Nights-Tales-Penguin-Classics/dp/0140449396/ ✦🔮🔥Join Glitch Bottle as an exclusive supporter - https://www.patreon.com/glitchbottle 🎵 Music **Intro Music - ‘Arabic Sadness’ by Serge Quadrado-https://freemusicarchive.org/music/serge-quadrado/islamic/arabic-sadness/ **Ancient music ‘Ancient’ by AvapXia - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/avapxia/31-1/ancient/ 00:00 Intro Story02:44 Brass in Grimoires06:38 In the Bible10:16 In the Odyssey14:58 Testament of Solomon23:50 Holy Qurʾān28:11 Qurʾānic Commentaries33:19 1,001 Nights3818 ‘The City of Brass’ [excerpt]

Jan 12, 2025 • 53min
#160 - Devotional Fire Of Contemplative Mysticism with David Chaim Smith | Glitch Bottle
What is contemplative mysticism? How does this differ from modern occultism? Contemplative mystic, esoteric cartographer and author David Chaim Smith goes deep into ways to unravel the mind and so much more. ⇓ ⇓ ⇓► ✅David’s excellent sharing on his esoteric cartography - https://www.thethirtytwokeys.com/testament ► ✅ David’s website - https://www.davidchaimsmith.com/ ✦🔮🔥Become a 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

Nov 25, 2024 • 1h 42min
#159 - Hollywood, Magic & Devotional Art with Ana Victoria Esquivel | Glitch Bottle
So, what does Hollywood and media in general get right about its portrayal of magic? Ana Victoria Esquivel is a Hollywood Make-up artist, writer and painter who is credited or involved with dozens of on-screen projects, including Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities and Rings of Power. She gives us a peek behind the veil of how media portrays magic, shares about her devotional practice, answers your Glitch Bottle Patreon listener questions and more! ⇓ ⇓ ⇓✅►Support Ana on her excellent Substack! - https://substack.com/@avemonsters✅►Ana’s Professional IG (amazing work!) - https://www.instagram.com/avemonsters/✅►Ana’s Personal IG - https://www.instagram.com/avemagic/ ✅►Ana’s website - https://avemonsters.com/ ✦🔮🔥Shhhhhh. Become a super duper cool and iridescent 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

Nov 3, 2024 • 2h 17min
#158 - Solomon, Shakespeare and Evocatory Drama with Dr. Rebekah King (Part 2)
What is ‘Solomonic exceptionalism’? How was grimoire magic set apart from witchcraft, fairy magic and prophecy in the time of Shakespeare? What grimoires were available when early modern dramatists like William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe, Ben Johnson and many others were portraying magicians, evocatory procedures and magical implements on stage? Dr. Rebekah King - scholar and award-winning playwright - takes us behind the curtain to discuss her thesis ‘Solomon on Stage, Representations of Magic and the Occult in Early Modern English Drama’. She also answers your Glitch Bottle Patreon listener questions and more! ⇓ ⇓ ⇓✅►Support Dr. King on her excellent Substack! - https://rebekahkingwriter.substack.com/ ✅►Dr. King’s thesis on Solomonic Exceptionalism on Stage - https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/items/d3ee0c37-dabc-4310-bcd1-ea6f2198455a✅►Dr. King’s website - https://www.rebekahkingwriter.com/ ✅►Follow Dr. King - https://x.com/RebekahAnnKing ✦🔮🔥Shhhhhh. Become a super duper cool and iridescent 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

Nov 3, 2024 • 1h 53min
#158 - Solomon, Shakespeare and Evocatory Drama with Dr. Rebekah King (Part 1)
What is ‘Solomonic exceptionalism’? How was grimoire magic set apart from witchcraft, fairy magic and prophecy in the time of Shakespeare? What grimoires were available when early modern dramatists like William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe, Ben Johnson and many others were portraying magicians, evocatory procedures and magical implements on stage? Dr. Rebekah King - scholar and award-winning playwright - takes us behind the curtain to discuss her thesis ‘Solomon on Stage, Representations of Magic and the Occult in Early Modern English Drama’. She also answers your Glitch Bottle Patreon listener questions and more! ⇓ ⇓ ⇓✅►Support Dr. King on her excellent Substack! - https://rebekahkingwriter.substack.com/ ✅►Dr. King’s thesis on Solomonic Exceptionalism on Stage - https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/items/d3ee0c37-dabc-4310-bcd1-ea6f2198455a✅►Dr. King’s website - https://www.rebekahkingwriter.com/ ✅►Follow Dr. King - https://x.com/RebekahAnnKing ✦🔮🔥Shhhhhh. Become a super duper cool and iridescent 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 Early background 6:33 Solomonic Exceptionalism 15:57 Solomon on Stage 21:41 'Sapientia Solomonis' 34:47 The Solomonic Trope 39:54 The Solomonic Moment 47:10 Discoverie of Witchcraft 1:03:43 Theater & Magic 1:24:07 Magic Seeker vs Sorcerer 1:30:26 Queen Elizabeth and King James
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