Synopsis
A more or less Traditional Golden Dawn 5=6 and New-Age Buddhist Yoga-Instructor interviews teachers and fellow students of Esoterica building bridges of communication, mutual respect, and understanding between widely varying schools of thought, from the obscure to the mainstream.
Episodes
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Ep.135: Frater Quasar & Our Friends Olympic
27/04/2025 Duration: 03h10minIn which BT & Joe Zabinski meet Frater QSAIR (optionally pronounced “Quasar”) and discuss The Arbatel of Magick, The Olympic Spirits, Golden Dawn, Theurgy vs Thaumaturgy, Slow-Burn Koans, and a bit of Robert Anton Wilson, Alan Moore, H.R. Giger & a tryptamine or two thrown in for good measure.
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Ep.134: Kess Frey - Part 9
27/11/2024 Duration: 02h17minBT introduces the Nag Hammadi series on Chicken Philosophy, then interviews Kess Frey for the ninth time (kind of). Topics include "Sometimes Brilliant" by Larry Brilliant, Swami Amar Jyoti and the guru/disciple relationship, "The Secret of the Golden Flower" translated by Richard Wilhelm, Carl Jung's commentary, Thomas Keating's Centering Prayer, and the Tree of Mandalas.
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Ep.133: Kyle Kachinski
13/07/2024 Duration: 01h08minBT interviews Kyle Kachinski, founder of "New England Paranormal Investigation Crew" (N.E.P.I.C.) and host of "The Occult" Youtube channel regarding paranormal research, visiting haunted houses, as well as Chaos Magick, ancient Celtic and Nordic traditions, Runes, and many other things.
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Ep.132: THE OCCULT
23/06/2024 Duration: 01h56minBT and Joe Z chat a bit, catch up, topics include Agrippa (not Marcus), Trithemius, Paracelsus, Ayahuasca, Catholicism, Martin Luther, Buddhism, and many other things.
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Ep.131: Jacob Hoy of The Sacred Charge
10/04/2024 Duration: 03h06minBT concludes the TRANSFORMATIONS and Footnotes segment, makes a special announcement, then he and Pseudo-Joe Zabinski interview Jacob Hoy of The Sacred Charge Goddess Meditation regarding The Golden Dawn, The Integratron, Hinduism, Buddhism, Ufology, The Law of One, and Piscean Regressionism.
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Ep.130: The Arbatel, Olympic Spirits, and Geomancy
10/11/2023 Duration: 02h39minBT introduces Chicken Philosophy, then he and Joe Zabinski discuss The Arbatel of Magick, The Olympic Planetary Spirits, and Geomantic Divination.
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Ep.129½: The Missing Introduction
18/07/2023 Duration: 50minThis is the 40 minutes which were cut out of Episode 129 in which BT and Frater Mercurio talk about the goal of that and the next few episodes over these upcoming weeks. It's as if we wrote a very clear mission statement in shorthand with terrible handwriting, and then the paper it was written on got wet in the rain. You probably want to skip this episode, if I'm being honest, but if you're super curious about it, and have the patience of a sage, then, well... it's up to you.
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Ep.129: Hindu Rosicrucians
18/07/2023 Duration: 01h31minBT recites chapter 7 verses 5 through 7 for the segment TRANSFORMATIONS and Footnotes, then he and Frater Mercurio interview Kess Frey. This is the first of a series of episodes examining the question: Can a Hindu or Buddhist reconcile their faith with the Rosicrucian/Esoteric Christian paradigm of traditional Golden Dawn adepthood.
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Ep.128: Philosophus Frustrations
09/07/2023 Duration: 02h22minBT recites chapter 7 verses 3 & 4 for the segment TRANSFORMATIONS and Footnotes, then he and Joe Zabinski talk with H Frater MC, Scott from Tacoma. Scott shares his journey in the Golden Dawn egrigore, navigating through the personal alchemy of the grades while in a temple which itself is going through changes.
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Ep.127: Tau Siddhartha
15/04/2023 Duration: 01h16minBT recites Chapter 7 verses 1 & 2 for the segment TRANSFORMATIONS and Footnotes, then interviews Tau Siddhartha, AKA Fabius Kay, regarding Traditional African Spirituality in The Democratic Republic of the Congo, and how it relates to Hermeticism, Buddhism, Golden Dawn, the Shemhamforash, Ancient Nordic Spirituality, and The Gnostic Church of the Black Sun, KU HO HU.
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Ep.126: Tirthankaras
07/02/2023 Duration: 01h41minBT opens with Chapter 6 verses 16 through 22 for the segment “TRANSFORMATIONS and Footnotes.” Then, in a second simulcast between The Esoterinerd Podcast and Praxis Behind the Obscure, BT and Ryan discuss the Śramaṇa traditions, such as Yoga and Buddhism, with particular emphasis on Jainism. “Tirthankara,” the title of the episode, is Sanskrit for “Ford-makers,” which will make more sense after you hear the episode.
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Ep.125: MORE Non-Dual
03/02/2023 Duration: 01h28minAKA "Agustin Reyes 3" These are some highlights of personal audio correspondences between BT and Agustin Reyes on topics like non-dualism, Zen, Golden Dawn, and philosophy in general.
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Ep.123: The DNA Alphabet
13/10/2022 Duration: 07minVH Frater BT has a special announcement! He's just published his first book!
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Ep.122: Nondual
05/10/2022 Duration: 02h34minBT introduces a new segment called Suzuki, then interviews Agustin Reyes on topics ranging from linguistics to James Bond, dualism and nondualism, Vajrayana, Greek philosophy, lineage, free will, meditation, compassion, and transcendence.
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Ep.121: DigiTalisman
27/09/2022 Duration: 01h53minBT recites Chapter 6 Verses 7 through 15 for the TRANSFORMATIONS and Footnotes segment, then interviews Joe Zabinski regarding Agrippa, Picatrix, Warnock and other styles of Astrological Talisman Magic, the Mansions of the Moon, Star and Planetary Magic, and how all of these things can be aided and simplified through the use of a App which Joe has created called DigiTalisman.
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Ep.120: Mathers' Ring
21/09/2022 Duration: 11h53minBT recites a portion of the Confessio Fraternitatis for The REAL Rosenkreuz Orden segment, then interviews Mark Williams regarding building relationships with spirits, Frater RC on theology and DMT, Joe Zabinski about DigiTalisman and paths of illumination, Eric V Sisco regarding the Golden Dawn and the higher grades of the RR et AC, Robby Strong PhD on activism and the role of the Hierus, Frater VMP about Marian apparitions and healing, Frater Mercurio regarding Rosicrucians of Renaissance Europe, Victorian England, and today, Soror CMU on spiritual groups, solo work, and syncretisation, Eli Cohen on cult survival, music, and magic, and Frater IC regarding Dzogchen, Hermeticism, and near-death-experience.
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Ep.119: Padmasambhava - Part 2
04/04/2022 Duration: 01h16minBT recites Cantos 4 through 6 of "The Life and Liberation of Padmasambhava" by Yeshe Tsogyal.
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Ep.118: Padmasambhava
10/03/2022 Duration: 01h11minBT recites Cantos 1 through 3 of "The Life and Liberation of Padmasambhava" by Yeshe Tsogyal.
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Ep.117: Tamra Lucid
06/03/2022 Duration: 59minBT recites chapter two of his book "Thomas and The Wolf" then he, Daniel Garber, and Terri Sena interview Tamra Lucid, author of "Making The Ordinary Extraordinary: My Seven Years in Occult Los Angeles with Manly Palmer Hall," regarding The Philosophical Research Society, working directly with Manly Palmer and Marie Bauer Hall, Los Feliz architecture, The Bodhi Tree in Hollywood, and the one in Bodh Gaya, Sacred Geometry, Cosmic Compassion, Jakob Böhme, and the American Ideal.