Where Did the Road Go?

So for our first show of Year 2, we have back Aaron Gulyus and Mike Clelland. We will be discuss various facets of the UFO Phenomenon, and this conversation gets pretty deep into the subtlety of the phenomenon. A teacher, historian, and writer (generally in that order), Gulyas received his BA in History from Hanover College in 1998 and promptly went to work for the state of Indiana assessing disability insurance claims. Wearing out his welcome in the civil service within a year or so, he shifted to the thrilling world of proofreading. Realizing he was only really good at history, he returned to school and was awarded an MA in United States History from Indiana University-Indianapolis in 2003. He then moved into teaching, eventually landing at Mott Community College, where he has taught since 2006. Mike, in his own words... "I was born in 1962 in the suburbs of Detroit. Even during my pre-kindergarten years I was a skilled illustrator, and most of what I would draw was goofy and cartoony. Curiously, the stuff I would draw in elementary school looks a lot like my drawing style now. I was deeply influenced by MAD magazine, and that is still evident in my work today. I need to thank Mort Drucker, Sergio Aregones and Jack Davis for shaping my style. I also need to thank R. Crumb, who I discovered a little bit later in life. In 1981 I moved to New York City, where I went to NYU Film School for one year. I was all too aware that I was a lousy student, and I dropped out and began working as a free-lance illustrator and art director for advertising agencies. In the winter of 1986/87 I spent the season as a ski bum in Jackson Hole Wyoming. This experience would make it very difficult to fully embrace my urban career when I returned to New York. I eventually moved out west permanently in 1991, and this move paralleled the advent of the fax machine and Federal Express. These revolutionary tools allowed me to do illustration work anywhere I wanted, and I was still dealing with clients back in The City. All of this became much easier with the internet. Once out west I began doing book illustrations and teaching for an outdoor school. It was around 2005 or so when I felt a sort of oppressive need to look into some odd life events, stories and memories that I had denied had any importance. Little by little I realized that I simply could no longer ignore those memories and their implications. The catalyzing event was a profoundly strange synchronicity involving a bottle of sunblock. From that point on, it felt like the floodgates were opened up. Let me also add that the initial years of my self exploration have not been easy. The act of trying to peer into my own unknown life events has been enormously challenging. I became a shaky recluse, locked in a spiraling tape loop of insecurity and self-doubt. Presently, things have been a little less difficult, but it's by no means easy. The act of digging like this is no simple undertaking, it’s been hard work. The truth for me is that I simply have to go down this road, no matter what the consequences. It seems I am being pulled ever forward by some unknown force. This might be my own higher self, or it might be something interacting with me from outside my being, I truly don’t know. What I do know is that this new chapter of my life has been profoundly interesting." You can find Mike's work on his blog; hiddenexperience.blogspot.com. You can also read the long form essay he has on the owl phenomenon here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Seriah is joined by a returning Cherylee Black and they talk with Don Hill, who interviewed Michael Persinger, as well as other paranormal researchers over the years, as they discuss what he has gleaned from them, and much more. You can check out his Substack for many of the recordings.Outro Music by Vrangvendt with Sinful NatureBecome a Patreon for extra content, commercial free shows, early access, and bonus content as well! on $3 a month! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ryan Kralik joins Seriah to talk about his developing theory of how reality works.Outro Music is Psyche Corporation with Whirring World.Become a Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/c/SeriahAzkath for extra content, commercial free shows, early access, and bonus content as well! on $3 a month! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Points if you know the metal band that Seriah took the name of the show from... Anyway, this week Joshua Cutchin and Seriah welcome Jon Michael, who considers himself a skeptic, but an open minded one. It was an interesting conversation, with a Patreon to follow!Become a Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/c/SeriahAzkath for extra content, commercial free shows, early access, and bonus content as well! on $3 a month! Outro Music is Mantra with Greed Machine Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Seriah finally does the Invisible Gorilla show, talking in depth about the book, written by Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons, what they discovered, and how it affects not only what reality is, but also what it means when we perceive the Paranormal and Numinous experiences in general.Become a Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/c/SeriahAzkath for extra content, commercial free shows, early access, and bonus content as well! on $3 a month! Outro Music is Urakka with Flutes of the Void Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Seriah finally does the Invisible Gorilla show, talking in depth about the book, written by Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons, what they discovered, and how it affects not only what reality is, but also what it means when we perceive the Paranormal and Numinous experiences in general.Become a Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/c/SeriahAzkath for extra content, commercial free shows, early access, and bonus content as well! on $3 a month! Outro Music is by Aversed with Burn Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We explore the divers types of dream states, our own experiences in them, and what may be coming from us, and what comes from an other...We explore the divers types of dream states, our own experiences in them, and what may be coming from us, and what comes from an other... We explore big and small dreams, sleep paralysis, hypnogogic and hypnopompic experiences, prophetic dreams, and more...Become a Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/c/SeriahAzkath for extra content, commercial free shows, early access, and bonus content as well! on $3 a month! Outro Music is These Waking Dreams from Divinity Destroyed Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Christopher Ernst and Seriah go to visit Abby and get a tour of her mother's garden where much of her weirdness has occurred, then they sit and record this conversation about strange things...Outro Music is Olathia with Over the Mountain by Ozzy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We wander all over the road with this one, from movies, to ghosts, shadow people, missing 411, the Warrens, and more...Outro Music is The Will with Legends.Become a Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/c/SeriahAzkath for extra content, commercial free shows, early access, and bonus content as well! on $3 a month! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I talk with Amy, who we first met at the Seth House, about her psychic abilities, her lifetime of weirdness, and explore different ideas about the unexplained, all while sitting in the middle of the Ithaca City Cemetery.Her website is https://www.ladonnastrega.com/* Outro Music is Lucid Nation with "Everyone's Got an Area 51"Become a Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/c/SeriahAzkath for extra content, commercial free shows, early access, and bonus content as well! on $3 a month! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.