Glitch Bottle Podcast

How come no one has written a novel based on Solomonic magic, that neither romanticizes magic nor treats it as a game, but shows fidelity to the grimoires? Ah, not so fast - your wish was granted back in 1968 when James Blish’s novel Black Easter was published! Here’s a quick review with some quotes. Much thanks to Dr. Stephen Skinner for sharing about Black Easter in his books and in conversations. Support Glitch Bottle as a patron! ✅►https://www.patreon.com/glitchbottle

How can magicians practically and effectively work with spirits in the land, the sea and the air? How often do magicians examine their own patterns of thought and action to make lasting magical results in their spheres? The excellent Josephine McCarthy - author, occultist, magical teacher, and esoteric badass - returns on the podcast to share on all these issues, answer your Glitch Bottle Patron questions and more!Check out Josephine’s Quareia course here: https://www.quareia.com/

What can go wrong for a magician if the operation isn’t executed properly? Of the five senses, which ones do spirits appear stronger in versus others? How do ritual offerings factor in, both before and after an operation? Internationally acclaimed author, practicing magician and scholar, Dr. Stephen Skinner, chats about these topics and answers other Glitch Bottle Patron questions in this latest episode! Become a Glitch Bottle Patron! ✅►https://www.patreon.com/glitchbottle

What is the Ars Notoria, and how did it help people in the Middle Ages work with angels to rapidly learn complex subjects? Where did these incredibly mysterious “notae” or illustrations, come from? What’s the relationship between the Ars Notoria and the Lemegeton? Internationally acclaimed author, practicing magician and scholar, Dr. Stephen Skinner, returns to talk about a wonderful tome he released with Daniel Clark “Ars Notoria: The Grimoire of Rapid Learning by Magic”. This is the first time an English text oriented to practitioners has ever been published along with manuscript images of full sets of notae.Get “The Ars Notoria: The Grimoire of Rapid Learning by Magic” here: ►http://www.sskinner.com/books2.htm#arsnotoria►https://llewellyn.com/product.php?ean=9780738764528

In this second part of our two-part discussion, author and magician BJ Swain stops by to continue discussing his tome “Living Spirits: A Guide to Magic in a World of Spirits”. We discuss the importance of the Olympic Spirits in the Arbatel, necromancy, the context and controversy surrounding ‘spirit possession’, and so much more. Support Glitch Bottle as a patron! ✅►https://www.patreon.com/glitchbottle►Get “Living Spirits” here: https://www.amazon.com/BJ-Swain/e/B07V4MNLY7/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1►Check out BJ’s blog: http://blog.ararita418.com/

What did ‘magic’, ‘science’ and ‘religion’ mean in the Middle Ages? Were the Dark Ages really that void of wisdom and investigation? Dr. Joanne Edge is here to help. Dr. Edge specializes in late-medieval and early modern European social and cultural history, with an emphasis on medicine and the ‘occult’ sciences: divination, magic and astrology. She is currently Latin Manuscripts Cataloger at the John Rylands Library, University of Manchester.►Check out Dr. Edge’s article - https://www.forbiddenhistories.com/jo-edge_vs_stem_bros/

Guest BJ Swain, author and magician with over 25 years of experience, discusses practical and historical aspects of the Solomonic grimoire tradition, scrying, working with ancestors, the Four Kings, elemental spirits, the Holy Guardian Angel, and more. Topics include the impact of the Protestant Reformation, the relationship between exorcism and conjuration, the difference between Solomonic work and devotional work, and the importance of lineage and initiation in working with spirits.

What’s the relationship between ‘Solomonic’ magical practice and the ‘Faustian’ tradition? Nikolas Alvarez, founder and owner of Enodia Press, stops by to discuss the mythical Doctor Faust, the treatment of angels and cthonic entities in the Faustian tradition, the concept of ‘sigil stepping’ and other physical involvement in Faustian operations, and he dispels common misconceptions as well. Such a pleasure to chat with Nikolaos! Become a Glitch Bottle patron! ✅►https://www.patreon.com/glitchbottleThe Enodia Press website - https://enodiapress.com/

Mark Stavish is the Director of Studies for the Institute for Hermetic Studies and a life-long student of esotericism with more than 35 years of experience in comparative religion, philosophy, psychology, and mysticism with emphasis on Western spiritual traditions He is also the author of the excellent blog VOXHERMES. In this episode, Mark shares about his tome entitled “Egregores: The Occult Entities That Watch Over Human Destiny.” Mark shares about what an Egregore is, how to create, maintain and destroy or “deflate” and egregore, how egregores relate to Solomonic and ceremonial magic, the concept of esoteric discrimination, how NOT to crucify ourselves as magicians to the pillar of severity and he talks about his relationship with Dr. Joseph Lisiewski and more.

Daniel Harms is an author, scholar and a true master of library science. He discusses the seminal “Book of Oberon, A Sourcebook of Elizabethan Magic”, presented along with Joseph H. Peterson and the illustrator James R. Clark. Daniel shares about working through and presenting The Book of Oberon, we discuss its relation to Shakespeare, fairy magic and Catholicism. Daniel also shares about his quests in researching manuscripts and his work “Of Angels, Demons & Spirits: A Sourcebook of British Magic”. We also ascend to the heavens themselves with his fantastic book “Balloonists, Alchemists, and Astrologers of the Nineteenth Century: The Tale of George and Margaret Graham.”Check out all of Daniel’s books! https://danharms.wordpress.com/my-books/Become a Glitch Bottle patron!: ✅►https://www.patreon.com/glitchbottle