End of the Road Podcast (Immanence = Transcendence)

Emrys Abner has spent his life chasing the divine through history, theology, music and art.  This podcast will focus on his most recent book:  Solomonic Pentacles:  Wisdom and Magic for the Modern Age (Llewellyn Books 2025).  When he is not performing as a professional musician and raising a family, he runs a sacred workshop business called the "Acoustic Alchemist" and cohosts the Random Illusions podcast.  He is also the founder of the Fellowship for Spiritual Advancement nonprofit organization.  To connect with all his magical projects, please see:  https://linktr.ee/acousticalchemist At the end of the podcast we play Emrys' musical piece "Almost through the Dark".   If you like what you hear, his musical offerings can be found at:  https://cheesebrowmusic.com/ This podcast is available on your favorite platform, or here:  https://endoftheroad.libsyn.com/episode-322-emrys-abner-solomonic-pentacles-wisdom-and-magic-for-the-modern-age  Have a blessed week!  P.S. The Cover Art on this podcast is part of Emrys' workshop at the acousticalchemist, link above.

Anthony Rella is a psychotherapist, author, and magic worker.  He has been studying and practicing in the Western Esoteric Traditions of witchcraft and magic for more than fifteen years, and he has been a mentor and teacher at the Morningstar Mystery School for the past five years.  Anthony is also a founding member and former vice president of the Seattle Temple of the Fellowship of the Phoenix. This podcast will focus on his new book, Slow Magic (Llewellyn 2025).  To connect with Anthony in his private practice or magical practice, please see:  https://anthonyrella.com/slow-magic/ This podcast is available on your favorite podcast feed, or here:  https://endoftheroad.libsyn.com/episode-321-anthony-rella-slow-magic Have a blessed weekend!

Mo Edjlali is the founder and CEO of Mindful Leader, the world's largest provider of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) training.  A computer engineer with over two decades experience spanning NASA, FICO, Accenture, and Fortune 500 companies, Edjlali brings a unique analytical perspective to contemplative practices. Under his leadership, Mindful Leader has certified 550 workplace mindfulness facilitators and created "Meditate Together," the field's largest community driven practice platform. His new book "Open MBSR:  Reimagining the Future of Mindfulness" challenges the current state of mindfulness training, exposing how these transformative practices have become trapped in hierarchical systems that create dependency rather than liberation.  Drawing from his experience training thousands across dozens of countries, Edjlali offers a revolutionary framework for making mindfulness truly accessible to everyone.   Check out the Open MBSR offerings at:  https://www.mindfulleader.org/ This podcast is available on your favorite podcast feed, or here:  https://endoftheroad.libsyn.com/episode-320-mo-edjlali-open-mbsr-reimagining-the-future-of-mindfulness  Have a blessed weekend!

Von Braschler is the author of many books on consciousness development, dreams, energy healing, thought forms, and time.  He has lectured and led workshops throughout the United States and the U.K and served as a faculty member at Omega Institute for Holistic Studies in New York.  He has also appeared on many radio and TV programs and was a runner up finalist for a COVR national book award.     His previous works include, but are by no means limited to:  Manifesting:  Using Thought Forms to Visualize Real Change (2021), Seven Secrets of Time Travel, Moving in the Light, and Time Loops.   This podcast will focus on his new work Programming Your Lucid Dreams (2025) which was just released.  Von would love to hear from you--connect with him at:  https://vonbraschlerwebsite.com/ This podcast is available on your favorite podcast platform, or here:  https://endoftheroad.libsyn.com/episode-319-von-braschler-programming-your-lucid-dreamsthought-forms Have a blessed weekend!

Reggie Hubbard is a senior political strategist who is also a certified yoga and mindfulness teacher.  He was the former Senior Political Strategist and Congressional Liaison for MoveOn.org, served as the National Advance Lead for the 2016 Bernie Sanders Campaign, and was an Advance Consultant for then Vice President Biden and First Lady Michelle Obama.   Reggie is the founder of Active Peace Yoga, a practice rooted in inclusion, healing, and accessibility--regardless of race, gender, body type, or experience level.  Through this platform, he offers yoga and meditation grounded in compassion, drawing creative inspiration from artists like Prince and Jimi Hendrix.  His teaching weaves together sound, movement, breathwork, and honest dialogue.  Reggie also advises studios, teachers, and wellness communities on cultivating diverse, inclusive spaces and dismantling exclusionary norms.  Following a major stroke, his recovery journey further deepened his commitment to making contemplative practices a tool for collective and personal transformation.   Reggie earned a B.A. from Yale and an M.B.A. in International Strategy from the Vlerick Business School in Belgium.  He has also studied with renown yoga and meditation teachers such as Faith Hunter, Amy Ippoliti, Yogarupa Rod Stryker, Sri Dharma Mittra, Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach.  For more information about Reggie, please see:  https://activepeaceyoga.com/ This podcast is available on your favorite podcast feed, or here:    https://endoftheroad.libsyn.com/episode-318-reggie-hubbard-activismsoundyogamindfulnesspolitical-strategy Have a blessed weekend!

Richard Kaczynski, PhD is an author and lecturer in the fields of social psychology, metaphysical beliefs and new religious movements.  He is known for his biography of the occultist Aleister Crowley, Perdurabo:  The Life of Aleister Crowley, described by The Times Literary Supplement as "the major biography to date".  This podcast will focus on Richard's scholarly presentment of Crowley's The Sword of Song which was just released by Inner Traditions. In other wide-ranging academic pursuits, Richard has held positions as assistant professor at Wayne State School of Medicine, research associate and affiliate at Yale University's Department of Psychiatry and adjunct faculty at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Dentistry.  He has published dozens of articles in academic peer reviewed journals in areas ranging from national program evaluation of comprehensive work therapy, and multi-site clinical trials of treatment efficacy for bipolar disorder (STEP-BD), schizophrenia (CATIE) and Alzheimer's (CATIE). To connect with Richard and his many offerings, please see:  https://richard-kaczynski.com/   This podcast is available on your favorite podcast feed, or:  https://endoftheroad.libsyn.com/episode-317-richard-kaczynski-phd-the-sword-of-songaleister-crowley Have a blessed weekend!

Troy Valencia, a researcher, musician, and founder of Root & Wisdom, shares his transformative journey from a challenging childhood to authoring 'Living Beyond the Mind.' He discusses the healing power of traditional medicines like ayahuasca and Iboga, and how they foster reconnection with one's true self. Through personal anecdotes, he emphasizes the significance of gratitude, the insights from childhood trauma, and the role of spirituality in personal growth. Troy's insights merge cultural heritage with psychological wisdom, advocating for compassion and understanding in healing.

Mike de la Rocha is a strategist, musician, author, and one of the most effective change makers of our generation.  As co-founder of Revolve Impact (an award-winning social action and creative agency), he participated founding Artists for 47, a coalition assembled to pass California's historic proposition 47 that has impacted more than 1 million people and led to the largest record change effort in U.S. history, launching the Justice Policy Network, the country's first bi-coastal fellowship focused on increasing the number of leaders in government advancing a new safety agenda, and producing #SchoolsNotPrisons.  Mike's impact portfolio includes serving as Director of Strategic Partnerships for Californians for Safety and Justice, Legislative Deputy for (future Congressman) Tony Cardenas, and Policy Advisor for the L.A. Human Rights Commission.  His work in utilizing music for social change spans four continents where he has worked alongside notable cultural icons such as Harry Belafonte, Dolores Huerta, and John Legend.  He is one of Good Magazine's top 100 people changing the world, a 2017 recipient of the AFL-CIO's Justice, Peace and Freedom Award, and a top innovator in America as listed by Stanford Social Innovation Review. This podcast will focus on his new book:  Sacred Lessons, which comes out next month and is available for preorder from Simon and Schuster.  Check more of Mike's work out at:  https://linktr.ee/mrmikedelarocha Have a Blessed Week!  Link to the show:  https://endoftheroad.libsyn.com/episode-315-michael-de-la-rocha-sacred-lessonsrevolve-impact-onnotice

Ananda is the author of Here For The Joy (2022) and Good News About the World Falling Apart (2025) the latter work being the subject of this podcast. Ananda went to Andover, Oberlin and Yale Law School and later taught English at St. Ann's School in Brooklyn.  In 1994, he left the city for upstate New York where he worked as a carpenter and mechanic and started seriously following his bliss.  He retired from carpentry when he hit 56, but never stopped teaching:  twelve years guiding students of shamanism at Spirit Hollow, the nature and spirituality center he co-founded, and the last twenty years and counting as an adjunct instructor of anthropology, history and mythology at the Community College of Vermont. For more information about Ananda and his many offerings, please see:  https://anandaforest.com/ This podcast is available on your favorite podcast feed, or here: https://endoftheroad.libsyn.com/episode-314-ananda-forest-good-news-about-the-world-falling-apart-the-third-turning-of-human-consciousness Have a blessed week!

Originating in the Netherlands, The Ungoogleable Michaelangelo is a creator of cosmic, comedic, and contemplative content, here to serve the Lore.  Also known as a "Bardo Bard," he is a multidimensional artist, he utilizes pareidolic divination, wit, wordplay, and a 6th sense of humor to mindfully investigate where the limits of language meet the fringes of reality.  His work finds expression through visual art, written and spoken word, music, film, puppetry, uncanny impressions, performance, and Oracular Interactions.   He is the host and creator of the podcast Self Portraits as Other People, the narrator of Consciousness and the Bicameral Mind: The Julian Jaynes Society podcast, and the author of The He & The She of It, Impatient Transformations and his new work, Lore Spores Vol. 1--which the subject of this podcast.  For more information check him out at:  https://www.theungoogleable.com/ The cover art is the work of the guest, and it is a helpful image to the oracular interaction which will transpire on the podcast as is the spirit of Dion Fortune, who successfully resisted the egregore of German Fascism in the 1940s by not directing energy into it and supporting other egregores:-)   This podcast is available on your favorite podcast feed, or here:  https://endoftheroad.libsyn.com/episode-313-the-ungoogleable-michaelangelo-lore-spores-vol-ipareidolic-divinationoracular-sensibilities-andor-interactions Have a blessed week!