Spirit Box

Joining us on the Spirit Box for episode 28 is Jerry Marzinsky. Prior to retirement, Jerry was a licensed psychotherapist. He has over 35 years of experience working with schizophrenic and other psychiatric patients in state hospitals, state prisons, and hospital emergency rooms. Jerry’s formal academic training comprises a B.A. in Psychology from Temple University, a Master’s Degree in Counseling from the University of Georgia, and two years of study in a Ph.D. Psychology program. This show is quite an important one for me after my own experiences and research and I had previously cited Jerry in my own lectures juxtaposing his testimony against the concepts of Obsession and Waswas. You can find that lecture in the show notes.  Jerry outlines his journey from the conventional psychiatric understanding of schizophrenia as an internal problem to a position of believing it to be an external one. An external one that is the result of parasitic entities that prey on human beings. In the first hour he describes the patterns he spotted in patients throughout his career that led him to his position and in his opinion the failings of conventional psychiatric treatments. He goes on to describe his conversation with the entities themselves through his patients and their warnings to him culminating in a startling experience that left him deeply shaken. In the Plus version for Patrons we get deeper still and talk about how entities can work with their hosts to reveal hidden knowledge. Hidden knowledge which often leads to poor life choices and destructive behavior. We discuss the impact of Meth use and why prisoners call it ‘the Devils drug’. Jerry goes on to detail how intrusive thoughts affect us all and how these entities access our memories to use them against us and what our defence is against these parasites and their intrusion. You can join the patron via the links below. At 33 minutes the connection went and I got booted from the call so you will hear a drop out. As you no doubt know with this kind of subject matter this is a regular occurrence. OK just a warning, there are references to serious mental health, self harm and suicide that some listeners may find upsetting. I want to be clear that the object of this show is the exploration of ideas and to listen to the testimony of Mr Marsinsky and not to diminish any individual's personal experiences. SHOW NOTES: Jerry’s book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0359783368/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_NUukFbA0ZRZ6G Jerry’s website: https://www.jerrymarzinsky.com Was Was video: https://youtu.be/U79YMKWu_3w KEEP IN TOUCH? TWITTER - twitter.com/spiritbox3  CONTACT - www.darraghmasonfield.com/contact  PATREON - www.patreon.com/spiritbox  PAYPAL - www.paypal.me/dmfphoto MUSIC - Obliqka

Joining us on the Spirit Box for episode 27 is Author and former paranormal investigator Al Tyas to discuss his book Project Rabbit Hole, New Insights Into the Supernatural He has a B.A. in ancient history from Rhode Island College, and an M.A. in Military History from the American Military University. As a paranormal investigator, he investigated over 100 public businesses, historical landmarks, and private homes.  After his experiences  interacting with the supernatural, and how it affected both himself and others, he retired from investigating hauntings in 2006. We get into his cases, hauntings after murders, dolls and toys hosting spirits, the dangers of paranormal investigations, Nazi occultism and Maria Orsic, the voodoo practice of spirit marriage and the effects of iron and a little chat about whether iron in the body has any influence on our experiences particularly for people of Celtic decent. We also discuss the technical problems you can have when working in this territory and ironically experienced them in the audio! There are a few gaps in there where the audio wasn’t usable. In the extended patron version we talk about Sante Murete, Skinwalker ranch and Al’s methods of protection but that is for patron members only so join up if you want to hear that along with the witness accounts we are gathering over there. SHOW NOTES: Book link Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07WQ3QPG8/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_QQ-fFbRGPMSDB Book link Lulu: https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/al-tyas/project-rabbit-hole/paperback/product-1e477ee7.html Al’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Project-Rabbit-Hole-1295583700596945/ KEEP IN TOUCH? TWITTER - twitter.com/spiritbox3  CONTACT - www.darraghmasonfield.com/contact  PATREON - www.patreon.com/spiritbox  PAYPAL - www.paypal.me/dmfphoto MUSIC - Obliqka

Joining us on the Spirit Box for episode 26 is Michael Lichens. Michael holds an MA in Religion and Literature from the University of Chicago and spends much of his time studying overlooked spiritual experiences when he isn't busy revising and editing. He is the editor of The Catholic Exchange and resides in Colorado where you can often find him discussing preachers, ghosts, and churches of the Old West. We will be discussing the book “The Devil is Afraid of Me: The Life and Works of the World’s Most Popular Exorcist.” by angelologist Father Marcello Stanzione. The book narrates the true story of Father Gabriele Amorth, the former chief exorcist of the vatican who performed more than sixty thousand exorcisms over a thirty-year period in Rome. The book details the experiences Fr Amorth had during his career like the windows icing over during an exorcism in summertime in Rome, dealing the results of magical attacks and some startling manifestations including a possessed young man producing nails from his mouth. We compare elements of the accounts and techniques detailed with the Islamic equivalent and look at the reasons while individuals can be open to obsessions and possession and discuss the fate of fallen angels from both the catholic and fairy lore perspectives. SHOW NOTES: https://www.sophiainstitute.com/products/item/devil-is-afraid-of-me KEEP IN TOUCH? TWITTER - twitter.com/spiritbox3  CONTACT - www.darraghmasonfield.com/contact  SUPPORT - www.patreon.com/spiritbox  PAYPAL - www.paypal.me/dmfphoto MUSIC - Obliqka

In this episode we welcome Julian Vayne to discuss psychedelic entities, the purpose of ritual in relation to psychedelics and the significant case for psychedelics as medicines.  Julian Vayne is an occultist and author of numerous books, essays, journals, 'zines and articles in both the academic and esoteric press.  A regular speaker at events, and facilitator of retreats and workshops, his work is informed by chaos magic and lineages within Wicca and Tantra. Julian is a co-organizer of the psychedelic conference Breaking Convention, and sits on the academic board of The Journal of Psychedelic Studies. Julian facilitates psychedelic ceremony, as well as providing one-to-one psychedelic integration sessions and support. He is the author of the celebrated Getting Higher: The Manual of Psychedelic Ceremony.  Since 2011 he has been sharing his work through The Blog of Baphomet and is the curator of the Youtube series My Magical Thing. The thumbnail art is by the great visionary artist Alex Grey whose work we briefly touch on. Those of you of a certain age and with excellent music taste will recognise his work from the Tool album art for the album Lateralus. If you like the show and want more Spirit Box in your life, join the Patreon and the podcast Discord. SHOW NOTES: Julian’s Website: theblogofbaphomet.com/category/julian-vayne/ Julian’s books: amzn.to/2BN8sQ7 My Magical thing: www.youtube.com/channel/UC6TWW-5KTelMMe4xW77TpFQ Alex Grey: www.alexgrey.com Video samples from www.videvo.net/profile/joseph2/ KEEP IN TOUCH? TWITTER - twitter.com/spiritbox3  CONTACT - www.darraghmasonfield.com/contact  SUPPORT - www.patreon.com/spiritbox  PAYPAL - www.paypal.me/dmfphoto MUSIC - Obliqka

This week we are joined by Joshua Cutchin and Timothy Renner to discuss the book they co-authored, ‘Where the Footprints End’, an exploration into the high strangeness surrounding the bigfoot phenomena. Joshua is an author and musician, and a well known figure in paranormal circles having appeared on some of the best known paranormal podcasts out there. Timothy is also a musician and author and on top of that he's a brilliant illustrator and host of the superb Strange familiars podcast.  So, what’s the premise of the book? Despite their apparently physical nature, bigfoot and its hairy hominid kin consistently appear mired in High Strangeness—the peculiar, ineffable, and nonsensical absurdities so often encountered in paranormal phenomena. Some sightings seem more consistent with mythology than biology. Bigfoot often present supernatural attributes, like luminescent eyes or the ability to pass, ghostlike, through structures. Anomalous lights are regularly seen in areas of frequent sasquatch activity. Footprints persistently, if rarely, display odd numbered toes, and—most bafflingly—bigfoot trackways suddenly terminate in the middle of open, untouched terrain. In Volume 1 of Where the Footprints End: High Strangeness and the Bigfoot Phenomenon, authors Joshua Cutchin and Timothy Renner carefully examine not only the intersection of hairy apemen with global folklore—of poltergeists, faeries, extraterrestrials, magic, witches, ghosts, and archetypal women-in-white—but also question the fundamental assumptions underlying contemporary cryptozoological beliefs surrounding bigfoot. If you like the show and want more content Spirit Box in your life join the Patreon and the podcast Discord. It’s the price of a cup of coffee and you get all the shows early and a host of other glorious perks. SHOW NOTES: Book:  amzn.to/3isBp4h Joshua’s Website: www.joshuacutchin.com Strange Familiars podcast: www.strangefamiliars.com Strange Familiars facebook: www.facebook.com/strangefamiliars KEEP IN TOUCH?  TWITTER - twitter.com/spiritbox3   CONTACT - www.darraghmasonfield.com/contact  SUPPORT - www.patreon.com/spiritbox  PAYPAL - www.paypal.me/dmfphoto   MUSIC - Obliqka

As you know the point of this podcast is to look at all sides of the puzzle of non-physical non human intelligences, this week we’ll be looking at things from a Catholic perspective. To that end our next guest, Fr. Dwight Longenecker talks to the Catholic concept of Spiritual warfare detailed in his book Immortal Combat - Confronting the Heart of Darkness Brought up as an Evangelical in the USA, Fr. Dwight Longenecker earned a degree in Speech and English before studying theology at Oxford University. He served as a minister in the Church of England, and in 1995 was received into the Catholic Church with his wife and family. The author of over twenty books and booklets on Catholic faith and culture, Fr Longenecker is also an award winning blogger, podcaster and journalist. He is pastor of Our Lady of the Rosary Church in Greenville, South Carolina. Fr Longenecker maps out how Catholicism changed to a more ‘love and light’ position and in doing so lost its awareness of actual evil forces. We discuss the danger of pretending evil doesn’t exist and his personal experience with exorcisms. There are some sections I’ve bleeped out to remove names and location of those involved in the exorcism. If you like the show and want more Spirit Box in your life join the Patreon and the podcast Discord. It’s the price of a cup of coffee and you get all the shows early along with other benefits. Send me your experiences with the other. I’ll leave links below, you can either email me or leave me a phone message. SHOW NOTES: Book: https://www.sophiainstitute.com/products/item/immortal-combat Blog-Website: www.dwightlongenecker.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsld_cllX-psYORZ_DnHAEg KEEP IN TOUCH? TWITTER - https://twitter.com/spiritbox3  CONTACT - https://www.darraghmasonfield.com/contact SUPPORT - https://www.patreon.com/spiritbox PAYPAL - https://www.paypal.me/dmfphoto  MUSIC - Obliqka

This episode we welcome back Lonnie Scott. He’s been an Occultist, Pagan, Strategic Sorcerer, Chaonimist, and Heathen for over two decades. He’s a Professional Hypnotist (seen on Hellier), Tarot Professional (Tarosophist of the Year 2014), experienced memberships and initiations in various Magic, Witchcraft, Pagan and Heathen organizations. Also, the founder of the Wayfinder Tradition. he’s been investigating the Paranormal and experimenting in the Occult for a long time and in all that somehow finds the time to create and host the Weird Web Radio podcast and I’m delighted to have him back on the Spirit Box. We talk about his journey into magick, teenage curses and an intense vision that culminated into a norse figure of some significance coming into his life. Just a quick bit of housing keeping. If you like the show and want more content Spirit Box in your life be sure to sign up to Patreon and join the podcast Discord. It’s the price of a cup of coffee for pre-releases to all the shows and a host of other perks. ****** You can find Lonnie Scott here: https://www.patreon.com/weirdwebradio https://www.facebook.com/weirdwebradio/?fref=nf http://weirdwebradio.com https://twitter.com/lonnie_scott KEEP IN TOUCH? TWITTER - https://twitter.com/spiritbox3  SUPPORT - https://www.patreon.com/spiritbox Music by Obliqka

For episode 21 of The Spirit Box we welcome Elise Oursa. Elise is a card reader, craniosacral therapist, practicing witch and creator of The Blood & Ink Tarot. Her magical practice, rooted in traditional witchcraft focuses on personal sovereignty coupled with an evolving relationship with land and spirit. She is currently producing a body of work on her research and magical journey over the past 7 years with Gloucestershire cunning woman Ellen Hayward (d 1911), one of the last women in Gloucestershire to be tried for witchcraft.    Her witchcraft, largely solitary & spirit based, has evolved through her experience as a therapist. She is guided by her work with Hekate, her connection to the chthonic currents of the British landscape and a deep reverence for those who have come before. She teaches on the tarot and designs individual bespoke rituals for transformation and empowerment. items.  She runs Coffee And Cards a free daily morning Tarot practice on zoom for tarot readers of all abilities.  She hosts a monthly fortune telling Salon on zoom, Le Salon De La Fortune. Next date Saturday June 27  She recently presented an online lecture entitled ‘My Secrets of Spellcrafting’ which she is hoping to expand into a series of lectures.   SHOW NOTES:  http://www.eliseoursa.com  https://www.instagram.com/eliseoursa/  http://www.eliseoursa.com/coffee-cards/      KEEP IN TOUCH?  TWITTER - https://twitter.com/spiritbox3  SUPPORT - https://www.patreon.com/spiritbox  Music by Obliqka

A great line up the first Spirit Box Trialogue, we welcome back Marco Visconti and welcome Lonnie Scott for a discussion on Hellier.   Marco has been on the show before explaining the Thelemic significance of Pan and The Star Sapphire ritual outlined at end of season 2 and professional hypnotist Lonnie appeared in the show in season 2 carrying out some exploratory hypnosis experiments with the Hellier team.   Show notes:  Marco Visconti's links:  “Hellier to Heliopolis” - Fri, 12 June 2020 19:00 – 21:00 BST https://marcovisconti.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eed45718599969d31bc1b4a0b&id=6ea2dad8d6&e=9e53821f4f  https://twitter.com/azrael2393  http://www.marcovisconti.org  https://www.patreon.com/marcovisconti   You can find Lonnie Scott here:  https://www.patreon.com/weirdwebradio   https://www.facebook.com/weirdwebradio/?fref=nf  http://weirdwebradio.com  https://twitter.com/lonnie_scott   Keep in touch? TWITTER - https://twitter.com/spiritbox3 SUPPORT - https://www.patreon.com/spiritbox Music by Obliqka

Firstly, they are called 'The Good People' now that we've got that out of the way please welcome author Morgan Daimler.   Morgan has been a practicing witch since the 1990's and studying Irish folklore and mythology since the mid-90's. Growing up around the Irish-American diaspora contributed to this interest which came to include other Celtic language speaking cultures, such as Scottish and Welsh, and eventually the more loosely connected Norse, with a focus on folklore relating to fairies. Morgan began teaching and writing about fairies in the early 2000's and has presented workshops on related topics in the United States and Ireland as well as presenting as an independent scholar at the University of Ohio's 'Fairies and the Fantastic' conference in 2019.   I got huge amount out of this conversation, and I'm very grateful to Morgan for her openness and for sharing the wisdom and knowledge she's gained researching and engaging with this subject matter. It brought the phenomena of Jinn and 'The Good people' a lot closer for me. In fact it's really solidified what I already suspected in that this is a phenomena that communicates using the symbols that are culturally relevant to the witness. We even had the classic technical problems when discussing how dangerous these entities are which is essentially a paranormal badge of honour and a clear indication that we were in the right territory.   If you have your own experiences be sure to leave them in the comments below or reach out to me.    Show notes:   https://twitter.com/morgandaimler?lang=en https://www.amazon.co.uk/Morgan-Daimler/e/B0047QW0WY https://www.facebook.com/Morgandaimler/ https://lairbhan.blogspot.com    Keep in touch? TWITTER - https://twitter.com/spiritbox3 SUPPORT - https://www.patreon.com/spiritbox PODCAST - https://anchor.fm/spirit-box Music by Obliqka