

This Podcast is a Ritual
Devin Person
This Podcast is a Ritual creates a magical space for a wizard, his guests, his listeners, and an omnipotent future being to create a slightly better reality.
Get initiated now by listening to the Opening Ceremony!
Get initiated now by listening to the Opening Ceremony!
Episodes
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Sep 21, 2020 • 20min
How to Return to Ritual (w/ Devin Person)
Your wizard returns with a meditation on the ways we can return to ritual in moments of doubt, uncertainty, and crisis.
Become a ritual participant at: www.patreon.com/thispodcastisaritual

Aug 3, 2020 • 54min
How to Deal with Delirium (w/ Dr. Katherine Keeney)
Enjoy a delirium-inducing dialogue with Dr. Katherine Keeney about the history and practice of diagnosing and treating delirium and how medicine's understanding of it continues to evolve.
Become a ritual participant at: www.patreon.com/thispodcastisaritual

Jul 20, 2020 • 24min
How to Not Know (w/ Devin Person)
Expand your mind beyond the limiting barriers of knowledge with this hypnotic meditation on "not knowing" by the know-nothing-est wizard of 'em all, Devin Person.
Note: This episode uses hypnotic language. We recommend listening to it in a time and place when you can close your eyes and relax.
Become a ritual participant at: www.patreon.com/thispodcastisaritual

Jul 13, 2020 • 39min
Wizards of the World - Clint Marsh of Fiddler's Green
Fiddler's Green Peculiar Parish Magazine offers art and magic for tea-drinking anarchists, convivial conjurors and closeted optimists. It's a gorgeous zine lovingly curated and crafted by Berkley-based wizard, Clint Marsh, who joined the ritual for this chat in the now curiously quaint days right before covid-19 ruined everything.
Tune into Fiddler's Green's frequency at: https://www.fiddlersgreenzine.com/
Become a ritual participant at: www.patreon.com/thispodcastisaritual

Jul 6, 2020 • 1h 35min
This Playlist is a Ritual - Afrofuturism
A new time-twisting installment of THIS PLAYLIST IS A RITUAL looks to AFROFUTURISM's past to help us imagine a better, blacker tomorrow.
Tracklist:
1. Carl Craig - Bonus Untitled Track (0:00)
2. Nina Simone - 22nd Century (4:40)
3. Alice Coltrane (w/ Pharaoh Sanders) - Journey in Satchidananda (13:16)
4. Sun Ra - Door of the Cosmos (19:42)
5. William Onyeabor - Why Go to War (31:00)
6. Francis Bebey - Bissau (39:58)
7. Funkadelic - Maggot Brain (45:00)
8. Grace Jones - Warm Leatherette (55:19)
9. Jonzun Crew - Space is the Place (59:45)
10. Afrika Bambaataa & the Soulsonic Force - Planet Rock (1:06:10)
11. Cybotron - Clear (1:14:38)
12. Rhythim is Rhythim - Strings of Life (1:19:31)
13. Inner City - Good Life (1:27:02)
14. Carl Craig - Es.30 (1:31:04)
15. Sun Ra - Intro to Space is the Place 1974 film (1:33:50)

Jun 29, 2020 • 1h 10min
How to Start a Revolution (w/ Felipe Dieppa)
For our first live interview since quarantine a started, we're joined by writer/producer Felipe Dieppa of Mythologie Pictures to talk about revolution and whether we're in one already.
Tune into Felipe's vibrations at: http://mythologiepictures.com/
And let us know how you'd like this ritual to help create positive change by leaving a message on the Wizard Hotline at 860-415-6009

Jun 11, 2020 • 17min
How to Disrupt a Pattern (w/ Devin Person)
A meditation on how we as individuals and a community can dismantle white supremacy and support people of color by focusing on consistency, not complacency.
Join us in creating a better reality by following along with these actions: bit.ly/junejustice

May 18, 2020 • 46min
The Wizard Hotline #1
It's our first ever installment of THE WIZARD HOTLINE! You called you, you left your questions, and now the wizard will answer them, as well as ask for your magical assistance in helping out a listener in need.
Got a question for the wizard? Our hotline is open at 860-415-6009

May 11, 2020 • 29min
How to Talk to Yourself (w/ Devin Person)
As quarantine continues and we all continue to spend ample time with ourselves, I sat down with a dear friend, myself, to talk about how we can improve our communication with our inner voices.
Got a question for the wizard? Our hotline is now open at 860-415-6009. Ask your question and the wizard will answer it in an upcoming podcast episode!

May 4, 2020 • 14min
How to Do the Dishes (w/ Devin Person)
Reflecting on the routines of quarantine, your wizard Devin Person shows how we can find magic in the mundane and indulge in a little domestic bliss.
Got a question for the wizard? Our hotline is now open at 860-415-6009. Ask your question and the wizard will answer it in an upcoming podcast episode!