SaturnVox (McCalla Ann)
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| 04 Jun 2022 | The Artes of the Artist - On; The Philosophy of Aesthetics and Mythic Ontology | J M Hamade | 01:08:58 | |
This week I am welcoming artist, diviner, and fellow podcast host, J M Hamade, on the air to do something new and fun, wherein we have recorded two interviews as offerings to the public by means of a little episode exchange. In this particular SaturnVox conversation, Jay and I discuss magic and astrology as seen through an aesthetic lens, as well as the ontological implications of mythos building and the ways in which we structure our Wellspring of Imagination. What makes the artist and the magician such similar company? What is significant about studying planetary myths where the traditional western style of mythos is challenged? In what ways might our ability as magicians to effect change in the world transform if we allow the imaginal to proceed and thereby inform the material? How does environment influence mythos and in what ways does it affect change onto our perspective of things otherwise assumed to maintain a fixed quality? All this and more, wordsmithed with intelligence and elegance by my new friend Jay, on this week’s episode of SaturnVox. Once you have finished listening to the episode, don’t forget to head over to Jay’s podcast @starnightdwell for more conversations on star lore, divination, aesthetics, and much more from myself as well as Jay’s other awe inspiring guests. To follow Jay and his work, please check out his podcast on any popular podcasting platforms. You can find the book they helped translate and illustrate with Dr. Amina Inloes, the Shams al-Ma’arif, through Revelore Press here. Finally, don’t forget to check out all their class offerings and previous publications by visiting their website, here. To find more on SaturnVox, check out their instagram and twitter @saturnvox, or, visit their website saturnvox.com. If you want to support the show towards goals of better equipment, merch, and bonus material, please check out the Patreon at www.patreon.com/saturnvox. Original music by Jules M. Dooley, traditional astrologer and sound artist. Follow his experiments with astrology + sound + ai visuals on IG: @glitches_in_the_night_sky SHOW NOTES Stalker directed by Andrey Tarkovsky Weird Studies Podcast Episode 74 - A Luminous Parasite: Jung on Art, Part Two | |||
| 18 Mar 2023 | This Episode is a Seed - On Ghostly Practice, the Ritual Body, and Performing the Chthonic Sun | Jacquelyn Marie Shannon | 01:10:07 | |
This week, we are welcoming a person very dear to my heart, Jacquelyn Marie Shannon, ritualist, integrative hypnotist, ritual artist, Ph.D. candidate, and dancer, to chat about their research on a topic they have come to call Ghostly Practice. It's hard for me to concisely state in linear language what this episode is about. It's about poetry, it's about performance, it's about the haunting excess accrued by the churning movements and sacrifice of time. It's about dance as the tension and pulling between not the two sides of the coin, but, the very spin of the coin itself. In what ways are we haunted by both memory and possibility? How is performance directly informed by the praxis of ritual? How can we commit fully to the act of becoming within a ritual body that is constantly living and dying? Is your bookshelf implicitly haunted? It is my deepest pleasure and joy to plant the seed of Jacquelyn's work in the minds of all who choose to listen. May it spark creative impulses in your soul, to dance and move in co-creation with all Others, both seen and unseen. Don't forget to check out the Patreon Exclusive Episode which features Jacquelyn speaking on their experiences as an academic who is out of the broom closet, so to speak. As well as, additional poetics on the relationship between art and politics, and , the negation + subsequent recreation of self as praxis for allowing ourselves to truly live with both feet on each side of the river of Becoming. To find more on Jacquelyn, make sure to check her out on Instagram @ghostinglass. You can also check out their website for further information on their classes and research, as well as, book a hypnosis session here. Original music for the podcast performed by Jules M. Dooley, traditional astrologer and sound artist. Follow his experiments with astrology + sound + ai visuals on IG: @glitches_in_the_night_sky SHOW NOTES: The Paradox of the Actor by Denis Diderot The Haunted Stage: The Theatre as Memory Machine by Marvin Carlson | |||
| 10 Dec 2022 | Ritual Resonance; On Authenticity and Feral Expression | Nika Danilova | 00:55:55 | |
This week, we are welcoming guest Nika Danilova, the musician, artist, and magic practitioner otherwise known as Zola Jesus, onto the podcast. Throughout the course of this interview, Nika and I explore the cathartic process of ritual expression which extends itself synonymously through art, music, and magic. Due to our shared political standing and love of Adorno, we also find space to weave in conversations on the importance of such an expression to combat the ill effects of a Capitalist culture which seeks only to consume. How might one use art as an antidote to a commodified world? What does it mean to be a Missionary for Nature? How does community storytelling re-enliven our engagement with the various ecologies of the world? What is there to gain through relinquishing control? All this and more, on today's episode of SaturnVox. To find out more on Nika, check out her bandcamp here, where you can listen to her albums as Zola Jesus and also purchase merch. You can also find her on twitter, instagram, and patreon. To find more on SaturnVox, check out their instagram and twitter @saturnvox, or, visit their website saturnvox.com. If you want to support the show towards goals of better equipment, merch, and bonus material, please check out the Patreon at www.patreon.com/saturnvox. Original music by Jules M. Dooley, traditional astrologer and sound artist. Follow his experiments with astrology + sound + ai visuals on IG: @glitches_in_the_night_sky SHOW NOTES: | |||
| 28 Mar 2024 | Pregnant Possibilities of the Night - On Image Magic and the Lunar Stations | J.M. Hamade | 01:39:20 | |
This week, we welcome interdisciplinary artist, diviner, writer and educator J.M. Hamade of starnightdwell onto the pod to chat about their forthcoming publication with Revelore Press on the Lunar Stations! Jay takes us on a journey through the tapestry of night, shining a scholarly light, fused with a sense of artistic and praxis embodiment, onto a mystical lineage that envelops the imagination and produces the Divine Speech of the Birds. How does one envision their own art of cave-dwelling, of womb diving, of going into that dark space and emerging with images? What does it mean to view the stars through a lunar aperture, with the moon as music, the moon as letter, the moon as mouth? How does one practice becoming the image by becoming sound, which is a full-bodied experience, when the Lunar Stations are acknowledged, witnessed, and put into play? All this and more, on today’s episode of SaturnVox. To find more on Jay and his podcast Starnightdwell, check out their website, where you can quick link to whatever your favorite podcast listening host client might be. If you want to support them and their show, you can also sub to their Patreon, or follow them on Instagram to see when new episodes and workshops are released. Last but not least, don’t sleep on keeping an eye out on theirs and the @revelorepress page for announcements about Jay’s forthcoming publication release, Procession of the Night Theatre: An Exposition on the Lunar Stations by J.M. Hamade To find more on SaturnVox, check out their instagram @saturnvox, or, visit their website saturnvox.com. This podcast is brought in part by listeners like you. If you want to support the show and its humble host, hop on over to the Patreon at www.patreon.com/saturnvox where you can listen to extended episode content and join in on our community discord server. Original music for the podcast performed by Jules M. Dooley, traditional astrologer and sound artist. Follow his experiments with astrology + sound + ai visuals on IG: @tornado_bedtime Fallen Angel graphic drawn by the incandescent tattooer and illustrator @floodtower SHOW NOTES: The Arts of the Artist - SaturnVox The Sun of Knowledge - Spirit BoxShams al-Ma’arif - Witchhassel Shams al-Ma’arif - What Magic is This? Meta-Image, Divination, and Occult Podcasting - Starnightdwell Consecration of the Twenty-Eight Faces of Mēnē - Digital Ambler | |||
| 15 Oct 2022 | The Chalice and the Lance; On Grail Mythology and Erotic Mysticism | Connor Marvin | 01:19:42 | |
Today, we are welcoming guest Connor Khalil Marvin, Sufi initiate and Ceremonial Magician, to talk about Grail mythology and the mystic perception of Love. What makes a lover? How might Occultists benefit from utilizing Esoteric Chivalry? What is so important about Martial energy? What elements might allow a story to stand the test of time? Connor and I explore all this and more, starting with the Grail and freely flowing into conversations of erotic mysticism from the Sufi perspective, which Connor studies. It is a great episode, filled with historical information and nuggets of wisdom alike. Listen all the way to the end to hear the outstanding love poem Connor wrote while on silent meditation retreat! We know you love a good poem about sex and God! All this and more, on today's episode of SaturnVox.
You can find out more on Connor, check out his work here, or follow him on Instagram here.
To find more on SaturnVox, check out their instagram and twitter @saturnvox, or, visit their website saturnvox.com. If you want to support the show towards goals of better equipment, merch, and bonus material, please check out the Patreon at www.patreon.com/saturnvox.
Original music by Jules M. Dooley, traditional astrologer and sound artist. Follow his experiments with astrology + sound + ai visuals on IG: @glitches_in_the_night_sky
SHOW NOTES:
La Quête du Graal by Chrétien de Troyes
The Elucidation, translated from the Perceval B.N. 12576
Le Morte d'Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory
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| 01 Oct 2022 | A Wheel of Small Gods; On Healing and Poetic Ritual | Brian Wilkins | 01:09:39 | |
Today we are welcoming Brian Wilkins, magician, poet, and taijiquan teacher in the Hudson Valley, onto the podcast to chat about his recent poetry book, A Wheel of Small Gods, published through Revelore Press with art by Brennen Reece. This interview is chock full of praxis wisdom listeners won’t want to miss. How do we take our rituals and turn them into art? In what ways does inviting the spirits of the decans into our lives change the way we process pain and disease in the body? How does healing in the body affect emotional healing in the heart and mind? Where does the concept of Time fit into all this anyway? All these answers plus some laughs and poetry readings by Brian himself in today’s episode of SaturnVox. You can find out more on Brian, check out his his work at www.wilkinsbrian.com or on Instagram @wilkinsbrian1 To find more on SaturnVox, check out their instagram and twitter @saturnvox, or, visit their website saturnvox.com. If you want to support the show towards goals of better equipment, merch, and bonus material, please check out the Patreon at www.patreon.com/saturnvox. Original music by Jules M. Dooley, traditional astrologer and sound artist. Follow his experiments with astrology + sound + ai visuals on IG: @glitches_in_the_night_sky SHOW NOTES: | |||
| 15 Jan 2022 | Necromancy, Poetry, and the Preservation of Emotions | Cooper Wilhelm | 01:17:51 | |
On this week’s episode we have guest Cooper of the Witchhassle podcast here to discuss the link between poetry and necromancy. We get into a bunch of other cool topics like language use, the intersection between the liminal, madness, and melancholy, as well as a bit of left politics on how one might create mutual aid through poetry. Is poetry ruled by the Moon, Mercury, Saturn, or maybe all three? This episode was a complete delight and filled with much laughter on both sides. I hope you all find it as interesting as I did, and feel free to message me with any poems or stories of necromantic workings that included poetry so we can chat about it! To find out more about Cooper, please check out their website at https://cooperwilhelm.com/ where you can check out their poetry, divination services, and podcast Witchhassle. To find more on SaturnVox, check out their instagram and twitter @saturnvox or visit their website www.saturnvox.com. To support the show, please consider signing up for the Patreon at www.patreon.com/saturnvox, where behind the scenes content and videos are posted monthly. Special thanks to Jules M. Dooley, multidisciplinary artist and traditional astrologer based in New Orleans, for creating the original music used on this podcast. You can find them on instagram @tornado_bedtime SHOW NOTES The Changing Light at Sandover by James Merrill The Fate Of The Dead: A Study In Folk Eschatology In The West Country After The Reformation | |||
| 22 Jul 2023 | Finding the Sweet Spot Between Fast and Slow: On the History and Praxis of Hoodoo | Professor Charles Porterfield | 02:33:05 | |
This week we are coming in with a bonus episode featuring the infamous, educational, and hilarious Professor Charles Porterfield! We chat about the history of hoodoo and conjure, with our discussion emphasizing the black origins of the practice and giving an effort to showcase the importance of the study of liberation politics and revolutionary history as an ethos foundation within this sorcerous craft. What makes Hoodoo a practice distinguishably different from African Traditional Religions? How does conjure function as a sorcerous technique aimed at liberating the oppressed? What is the difference between pure and clean? Why is Hoodoo explicitly North American, and, how did the political landscape of the United States influence the addition of Indigenous, Jewish, and other ethnic minority’s praxis in a tradition that finds its roots in Africa? All this and more on today’s episode of SaturnVox. But wait, there’s more! Check out the Patreon exclusive episode to hear more of my conversation with the good professor, as we transition from history into praxis, leaning more into a discussion on various uses and techniques for doing both magic and divination with playing cards! If you enjoy this episode and the witty way the Professor imparts his wisdom, I encourage you to check out the class he is teaching at the Salem Witchcraft and Folklore Festival. This conference is filled with a plethora of inspiring educators, many of whom have been on the podcast, and I can’t express enough how much my own magic has grown in both personal praxis and community building through the experiences I have had at festivals past. To find more on Professor Porterfield, you can check out his instagram @prof.porterfield, or head on over to his website, where you can purchase one of his many books or get yourself a divination reading. Also, don’t forget to check out his SWFF class, Lilith & Chava: A Jewish Examination of the "Mother of Witchcraft"! Click Here to peek at the presenters of the Salem Witchcraft and Folklore Festival, occurring between August 3 and August 6th 2023. To find more on SaturnVox, check out their instagram and twitter @saturnvox, or, visit their website saturnvox.com, or, hop on to the Patreon at www.patreon.com/saturnvox where you can further support the show, listen to extended episode content, and join in on our community discord server. Original music for the podcast performed by Jules M. Dooley, traditional astrologer and sound artist. Follow his experiments with astrology + sound + ai visuals on IG: @glitches_in_the_night_sky Fallen Angel graphic drawn by the incandescent tattooer and illustrator @floodtower
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| 20 May 2023 | Killing the Cop in your Head: On The Sacred Tension between Chaos and Order | Alexis Mincolla | 01:06:51 | |
This week we welcome guest Alexis Mincolla, chaos magician and lead singer of the industrial metal band 3Teeth on to chat about all things magic, music, and how to dance your way towards self liberation. I ask Lex some questions sent in by other listeners of the pod, such as, how did he get into magic, what inspired him to weave it into his artistic creations, and why Chaos Magic? Mostly though, we spend the interview talking about one of my favorite things, the intersection between magic and politics. How does one remove themselves from the stranglehold of divine oppression? How does language use feed into false illusions of what is and what isn't? How do we cultivate agency and freedom while still maintaining order, without allowing that order to become oppressive? We even make some time to discuss what it’s like for Lex living out in the desert and what he has learned from the local genius loci there. I was very humbled and graciously inclined for Lex’s vulnerability and honesty, and I hope the rest of you find some moments of inspiration in this conversation as I did. All this and more, on today’s episode of SaturnVox To find more on Alexis, you can check out their instagram @alexismincolla, or head on over to the 3Teeth official website to join Operation Mindfuck. Don’t forget also, you can listen to the band on any platform music may be heard. To find more on SaturnVox, check out their instagram and twitter @saturnvox, or, visit their website saturnvox.com, or, hop on to the Patreon at www.patreon.com/saturnvox where you can further support the show and join in on our community discord server. Original music for the podcast performed by Jules M. Dooley, traditional astrologer and sound artist. Follow his experiments with astrology + sound + ai visuals on IG: @glitches_in_the_night_sky Fallen Angel graphic drawn by the incandescent tattooer and illustrator @floodtower SHOW NOTES: Pedagogy of the Oppressed, 30th Anniversary Edition Prometheus Rising by Robert Anton Wilson | |||
| 30 Sep 2023 | The Undulating Power of the Dance Floor; On - Night Life, Eros, and Queer Community | 00:57:58 | |
This week we are welcoming witch, astrologer, artist, folk-psychopomp, and dear friend Jove Spucchi onto the cast to talk about nightlife, eros, and the magic woven in queer and liminal spaces. In this episode, we take a deep dive into the magical potency of nightlife by discussing Jove’s experiences weaving liminal magic within dance floors, through sound, and within communities that embrace the intersections between art, music, queerness, and the divine. Drawing their own experiences as nightlife builder, inspirited dancer, and magical practitioner, Jove shares with us the the power found on the dance floor to transcend the boundaries of self through intuitive self-expression and surrender to Desire.
How does dance help us feel safe in our bodies? What are the similarities of Otherness between those who identify as queer vs witch? How can we take the undulating energy of desire and use it to shape a world in which we all get to surrender to safety, intimacy, and vulnerability of heart through the ekstatis of the moon and the dionysian impulse to purge through the creation of feral artistic expression? All this and more on today’s episode of SaturnVox
To find more on Jove, you can check them out on instagram, twitter, or check out their website here. You can also take a class they will be teaching on Night Life Magic at this year’s Occulture Conference 2023, so if you are going to the conference in Berlin this year don’t forget to check Jove's talk out!
To find more on SaturnVox, check out their instagram @saturnvox, or, visit their website saturnvox.com. Don't forget to hop on to the Patreon at www.patreon.com/saturnvox where you can further support the show, listen to extended episode content, and join in on our community discord server.
Original music for the podcast performed by Jules M. Dooley, traditional astrologer and sound artist. Follow his experiments with astrology + sound + ai visuals on IG: @glitches_in_the_night_sky
Fallen Angel graphic drawn by the incandescent tattooer and illustrator @floodtower
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| 17 Sep 2022 | The Magician's Adventure | Lon Milo DuQuette | 01:01:18 | |
Today we are celebrating the season two premiere of SaturnVox with a very special guest, author, magician, simple country metaphysician, and the man who wrote the book I first started learning tarot from, Lon Milo DuQuette! Lon and I were introduced by my friend and former podcast guest, CR Sanders, and I was very lucky to get a chance to talk with him back in July. It's a cozy, comfortable episode, jam packed with lots of wisdom and metaphysical nuggets of insight. We laugh, we joke, we chat angels and demons with a bit of erotic mysticism on the side! What is sex magic really all about? Can we evoke archangels? Where does the Will fit into it all, and what's the deal with that John Dee guy anyway? All this and more, on today’s episode of SaturnVox. To find more on Lon Milo, please check out his website http://www.londuquette.com/, or follow him on Facebook here. You can also check out all the various books he has authored and published here. To find more on SaturnVox, check out their instagram and twitter @saturnvox, or, visit their website saturnvox.com. If you want to support the show towards goals of better equipment, merch, and bonus material, please check out the Patreon at www.patreon.com/saturnvox where one can join in on our book club and discord communities. Original music by Jules M. Dooley, traditional astrologer and sound artist. Follow his experiments with astrology + sound + ai visuals on IG: @glitches_in_the_night_sky | |||
| 26 Nov 2022 | The Liminal Cauldron of Creative Magic; On Astrology, Creativity, and the Praxis of Play | Amaya Rourke | 01:26:56 | |
This week, we are welcoming guest Amaya Rourke, astrologer, ritualist, artist, teacher, and writer residing in the northwest of the Republic of Ireland. Her work is guided by her animistic land-based spiritual and magical practice, helping her to return to and reveal the wild and creative terrestrial origins of astrology and mythopoetics. In this episode, Amaya shares with us her theories on creativity and praxis in regards to her aspirations in guiding clients towards the cultivation of a deeply nourishing and co-creative relationship with the quiet rumbling of deep enchantment and living art of the more-than-human world. In what ways is our art our children? What does it mean to be dead while alive? How might we fully embody the nature of our own authentic vulnerabilities? What can go wrong when our art, as our children, begin to be perceived by others as a commodifiable object? What does it look like to speak to someone soul to soul and how might we cultivate thresholds of safety for ourselves and others? What does it mean to be in a state of flow? All this and more, on today's episode of SaturnVox. To find out more on Amaya, check out her instagram @empress_craft, as well as her twitter under the same name here. You can also book an astrology reading with her here on her website. To find more on SaturnVox, check out their instagram and twitter @saturnvox, or, visit their website saturnvox.com. If you want to support the show towards goals of better equipment, merch, and bonus material, please check out the Patreon at www.patreon.com/saturnvox. Original music by Jules M. Dooley, traditional astrologer and sound artist. Follow his experiments with astrology + sound + ai visuals on IG: @glitches_in_the_night_sky SHOW NOTES: Strology Podcast episode on the 3/9H Axis with Amaya Rouke and Zachary Powell | |||
| 21 Jan 2023 | Get in the Proxy, Shinji: On Anime and Gnosticism | Luminous Leeci | 01:45:24 | |
This week, we are welcoming special guest Leeci, student of Gnosticism and devotee of St. Mary Magdalene, to talk about one of my favorite things in the whole world, Anime! Those of you who grew up with a little bit of weeb in you probably know that Anime has a history of bringing up occult and esoteric issues within the narrative. In fact, both Leeci and I probably wouldn't have picked paths that emphasized magic or mysticism without the introduction via anime as kids. So with this in mind, we decided to explore three different series and talk about how they are, or are not, related to the mysteries they are attempting to discuss. What makes the self? Why is it important to find the you inside the heart of others? How can we transcend our suffering? What does it mean to be interdependent with the Beloved? How does one find their own personal Gnosis? We discuss Ergo Proxy, NGE, and, if you hop on over to the extended episode found on Patreon, we talk Madoka Magica too! All this and more, on today's episode of SaturnVox. To find out more on Leeci, check out their instagram @luminousleeci To find more on SaturnVox, check out their instagram and twitter @saturnvox, or, visit their website saturnvox.com. If you want to support the show towards goals of better equipment, merch, and bonus material, please check out the Patreon at www.patreon.com/saturnvox where you can also find the extended version of this episode. Original music by Jules M. Dooley, traditional astrologer and sound artist. Follow his experiments with astrology + sound + ai visuals on IG: @glitches_in_the_night_sky TIMESTAMPS: SHOW NOTES: | |||
| 29 Apr 2023 | Sprouting the Second Head: On the Embodied Presence of Poetry and Divination | Òscar Díaz | 01:21:57 | |
This week, we welcome guest Òscar Díaz, Poet, Medieval Islamicate Astrologer, and Specialist in Fixed Stars, to chat with us a bit about the intersection between poetry and divination. This conversation speaks like an epiphany of fire, with the spark of inspiration leaping from tongue to tongue. From getting the blood flowing through language, to the art of omen augury, I certainly enjoyed the liminal and whimsical wisdom Òscar was gracious enough to provide. In what ways are both poetry and astrology embodied practices? What might djinns, daimons, or demons have to do with creativity and inspiration? Why is there a strong relationship between Venus and diviners? How can a surrender to eroticism and poetry allow us to better explore the risk and inherent fumbles of living an authentic life? In what ways are poetry and magic engaged in a similar process of reality shaping, and, what is the link between shame and interest? All this and more, on today’s episode of SaturnVox To find more on Òscar, check out their website where you can book them for an astrological reading, and maybe also make some time to read some of their published poetry. Don’t forget also to follow them on instagram or twitter to keep up with whatever workshops and classes they may be offering. To find more on SaturnVox, check out their instagram and twitter @saturnvox, or, visit their website saturnvox.com. This week’s extended episode features Òscar’s musings on the poetics of astrological talisman making, the magic and sound scaping of rhymes, the intimacy of singing one’s prayers, the difference between prayers we write and prayers that have been intoned repeatedly by many over time, and advice on how to give generosity to the self in encouragement to write prayers of your own, so hop on to the Patreon at www.patreon.com/saturnvox where you can further support the show and join in on our community discord server. Original music for the podcast performed by Jules M. Dooley, traditional astrologer and sound artist. Follow his experiments with astrology + sound + ai visuals on IG: @glitches_in_the_night_sky Fallen Angel graphic drawn by the incandescent tattooer and illustrator @floodtower SHOW NOTES: Planetary Perfumes by BanexBramble and Sphere and Sundry | |||
| 02 Oct 2024 | Monstrous Body; On - Our Grotesque Differences (A Swan Song) | 02:06:08 | |
This week, we are engaging in something a bit different. For those of you keeping up with me on the socials, you might be informed that I have survived something very intense and frightening lately. It caused me to realize a lot about how I was navigating the world versus how I imagined myself able to sail through. In the end, every part of me had to die. The person who moved from New Orleans to Houston sits on my ancestor altar now, a ghost of someone I had to sacrifice in order to still be here talking to you. Such a big death means the death of SaturnVox, too, but I am not one for traditionality. If death must occur, as a witch and artist, I have the power to metamorphose what is happening into whatever shape I dream it to be. Let SaturnVox now be known as the multimedia platform from which the artist and priestess who channels her generative creations be named. Metamorphosis means transformation, and SaturnVox, a mother, will now give birth to many children. Only one of which being a podcast. So this may be the last episode that bears the weight of Saturn’s voice, but it is not the last podcast that carries the rumble of my own. Starting sometime around the winter solstice, a new podcast will be born. Chimera, her name.
But this happening in this moment is still the SaturnVox Podcast. That will be then, and this is now. Though this swan song is a bridge of sorts, as there is no cup of tea here. Instead, it’s the coffee shared with comr//ades before a protest. It’s the soup made to feed those displaced. Chimera will be that too—but only as one of its many parts. For now, in this moment, soup is all I have the energy to stew for you. Therefore, instead of one interview, I offer you four, followed by a final monologue by me, alone. Something different, yet similar, still somehow new. Across these conversations, a central theme of otherness will emerge as each guest reflects on what it means to live at the edges of societal norms. Through their unique journeys—whether shaped by gender, race, sexuality, or spirituality—they confront what it means to be labeled as outcasts and the strength that comes with embracing that difference. We also explore transformation, the shifting of the self that happens when one becomes the monster. From Cody’s deeply personal explorations to Miranda’s intuitively artistic expressions, to David’s insightful reflections on spirituality, we see how embracing the monstrous allows for profound metamorphosis—a path to a more authentic self. As the conversations unfold, there’s a reflection on power—how the monstrous can offer a different perspective on empathy, not as a universal mandate, but as a choice we navigate in a world that often demands detachment. Ending on Vincent’s insights, we are confronted with the challenge of traditional boundaries, and of what it means to care and connect, while still recognizing the humanity in those labeled monstrous, for whatever means. This episode ultimately reveals the generative power of monstrosity. In creating outside of the lines society draws, there is a deep well of potential. Whether through artistic practice, spiritual engagement, or simply existing as one's true self, these conversations remind us that to be monstrous is not only to be feared or cast out, but to harness the creative force that reshapes the world from the margins. So put on your cave-raiding gear, and let's dive inside together to explore this great abyss that separates us and gives us the ability to transform each moment beyond the limits of humans or monsters into the imaginative space of Chimera, where everything is old and yet somehow new. All this and more, on today’s episode of SaturnVox. | |||
| 21 May 2022 | As Above, So Below - On; Queerness and Kabbalah | Cooper Kaminsky | 01:09:07 | |
This week I am welcoming folk witch and devotee to Babalon, Cooper Kaminsky. I have been dying to have a chat about Queerness in Kabbalah for some time now, and there really was no better person to ask than a non-binary Jewish witch if you ask me! Cooper gives us their insight into the intersection between the queer and Jewish experience, wisdom on both Babalon and the Shekinah, and we even find time to discuss what it means to embody the Middle Pillar along the Tree of Life. In true Mercurial fashion, Cooper's work as a Jewish practitioner and as a Babalon devotee has given them a perspective concerning issues between Jewish Mysticism and Thelema which might bridge the gaps left to rot between the two, founded in a message on the importance of remembering the roots of the practices we have changed and carried forward into the New Age of Western Esotericism. This episode touched on so many things that are immensely dear to my heart, and Cooper has such a wealth of wisdom both lived and gathered. The content of this episode is so important for Occulture at large in my opinion, and I am beyond delighted to share it with you now. It is truly an episode not to be missed. To follow Cooper and their work, please check out their website www.cooperkaminsky.com, where you can book intuitive readings and find information on all of Cooper’s other content. Please also check out their instagram @cooperkaminsky, and their December class on Jewish Folk Magic here. To find more on SaturnVox, check out their instagram and twitter @saturnvox, or, visit their website saturnvox.com. If you want to support the show towards goals of better equipment, merch, and bonus material, please check out the Patreon at www.patreon.com/saturnvox. Original music by Jules M. Dooley, traditional astrologer and sound artist. Follow his experiments with astrology + sound + ai visuals on IG: @glitches_in_the_night_sky SHOW NOTES The Eloquent Blood by Dr. Manon White Justin Sledge’s Esoterica Youtube Channel and his series on Jewish Mysticism A Return to Eros: The Radical Experience of Being Fully Alive by Marc Gafni and Kristina Kincaid | |||
| 09 Dec 2023 | I Am That Monster: On - Martial Mysticism and Revolutionary Politics | David Davis | 01:25:22 | |
This week, we welcome mystic, sorcerer, artist, and writer David Davis onto the pod to chat about meeting and making sense of the martial mystery. The future is still being dreamed up by all of us. Are you honoring the revolutionary spark of madness that inspires someone to go out and do something? David and I chat about Mars as the moment of radicalization, the initiatory moment of the surgeon's knife as it cuts out what is making the self and society sick. We speak on donning the cloak of the monster, and the sensuality of mysticism as we navigate new ways to speak narratives which allow us to use Mars’s power of hatred and discernment to bind the oppressor and reframe our stories towards that of liberation and compassion for all beings. How do we bind the beast of oppression? In what ways does shame protect us from our own tendencies towards violence? What does it mean to be in active service and communion with martial energy and why is it that the best weapon against mars is also mars? We touch on healing, revolution, and the power of anger to get shit done. Join us for this pertinent and important conversation towards allowing in a heated knife to cauterize wounds. All this and more poetry, on today’s episode of SaturnVox To find more on David, check out their instagram @porouspalms, and make sure to check out their website to check out their shop and divination services. You can also keep up with their writing and receive other goodies by subscribing to them on Patreon. To find more on SaturnVox, check out their instagram @saturnvox, or, visit their website saturnvox.com. Don't forget to hop on to the Patreon at www.patreon.com/saturnvox where you can further support the show, listen to extended episode content, and join in on our community discord server. Original music for the podcast performed by Jules M. Dooley, traditional astrologer and sound artist. Follow his experiments with astrology + sound + ai visuals on IG: @tornado_bedtime Fallen Angel graphic drawn by the incandescent tattooer and illustrator @floodtower SHOW NOTES:Sylvan-Sabbats & Night-Surgeons: Crossing a Hedge to Meet Planetary Witch Parents with Sasha Ravich Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire There Is No Revolution without Madness by Ismatu Gwendolyn The Wretched of the Earth by Franz Fanon
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| 04 Mar 2023 | The Driving Ground of Poetic Ecstacy - On Runes and Nordic Paganism | Phillip English | 01:25:37 | |
This week, we are welcoming guest Phil English, Galdramaður, Diviner, and Thelemite to come onto the podcast and chat about the poetic and primordial power of working and expressing the Runes. We chat poetry, singing, enchanting, and the importance of cultivating right relations with the mythopoetic narratives inside us. Certainly a treat for anyone interested in the history of ancient traditions, and more so in, the way we weave stories and songs of the dead and living in syncopations of unity and frenzied sound, a co-creation with all around us. What are the Runes? Who is Odin? Why is it so hard to reconstruct a firm proof of praxis for a people whose histories and myth interpretations have been destroyed and forgotten? Why might it be better to engage in these myths as living narratives, instead of historiographical proof of such-and-such a thing? How can we stay tethered when traversing liminal spaces? What are some of the mysteries of enchantment and disenchantment? And most importantly, why is it so necessary to ground ourselves in the reality of histories of oppression as tactics to keep ourselves ethical and humble in our magic practice? All this and more, on today’s episode of SaturnVox. Don't forget to check out the Patreon Exclusive Episode which features Phil telling his own mythopoetic understandings of a few runes, as well as, a bit more commentary on weaving narratives of poetry and power in our magic practice. To find more on Phillip, make sure to check him out on Instagram @vitkiarts. You can also book a reading and peep their other services over at their website, and remember to also keep an eye on both our stories and insta feeds for Phil’s future class announcements. Original music for the podcast done by Jules M. Dooley, traditional astrologer and sound artist. Follow his experiments with astrology + sound + ai visuals on IG: @glitches_in_the_night_sky | |||
| 23 Oct 2021 | Robots and their Wildness | Joshua Madara | 01:16:40 | |
Guest Joshua Madara joins us this week to talk about his work in technomancy and his views on the application of robots in magic. In this very first episode of the SaturnVox podcast, we explore what it means to be human (and potentially more than human) and dance our way through conversations on the liminal dream of living and the constraints of language within the body and mind. So come join in, and allow yourself to play with thought experiments that question reality and produce only paradox. It's going to be a wild ride.
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| 09 Apr 2022 | Mercurial Magic, Misadventure, and the Media | CR Sanders | 01:11:41 | |
Every DnD player knows that all parties are more fun when they include a good Bard. Mythos building and story-telling are one of the most basic skills that makes human consciousness so interesting. All social customs are built from myth, but as Mercury in their guise of Trickster will teach you, creating new myths is one of the best ways to subvert and redirect customs and social order. With that consideration in mind, I invited CR Sandars, otherwise known as Chris, onto the podcast to discuss the book he is currently writing, a memoir on magic and misadventure. Chris has been the Hollywood go to guy for production of esoteric and paranormal content, he is a seasoned and devoted magickal practitioner for over two decades with past affiliations and leadership roles in multiple occult orders and societies. Over the past decade, Chris has tracked patterns of progress and echoes of divine voices through various times and spaces. Now, in true Mercurial fashion, he is sharing his adventures and misadventures with us, demonstrating and imparting the wisdom of folly and the joy of Mercurial magic and bravery. To follow Chris and his work, please check out his instagram @misterxofer and his IMDB page here. Chris can also be contacted directly via instagram DMs for astrological and tarot readings. To find more on SaturnVox, check out their instagram and twitter @saturnvox or visit their website www.saturnvox.com. To support the show, please consider signing up for the Patreon at www.patreon.com/saturnvox, where behind the scenes content and videos are posted monthly. Original music by Jules M. Dooley, traditional astrologer and sound artist. Follow his experiments with astrology + sound + ai visuals on IG: @glitches_in_the_night_sky SHOW NOTES | |||
| 12 Nov 2022 | Tarot of Love in a Dream; On The Art of Memory and Divination | Reverend Erik | 01:17:02 | |
This week, we are welcoming guest Reverend Erik of the Arnemancy podcast, on this the day of his solar return! Erik and I have recorded sister episodes on each other's respected podcasts on our thoughts surrounding the philosophy behind tarot reading. Get a behind the scenes peek at how your diviner friends learn to read and sus out meanings for the cards! Erik's method is a unique and innovative technique involving Renaissance philosophy, and the Art of Memory. How do stories, sounds, and smells allow us to better take hold of the opaque translucent nature of Memory? Is there any difference in how one learns the Majors vs the Pips? How is the imaginal playground informed by the sea of Eros? Isn't all magic just chaos magic anyway? All this plus laughs and jokes abound, in today's episode of SaturnVox. You can find out more on Erik, check out his instagram here, as well as his twitter here. You can also book a tarot reading with him on his website here. Don’t forget to check out his podcast as well, with special attention to the series he just finished on Agrippa’s Three Books of Occult Philosophy. He also has a patreon, so if you liked what you heard don’t hesitate to show your support! To find more on SaturnVox, check out their instagram and twitter @saturnvox, or, visit their website saturnvox.com. If you want to support the show towards goals of better equipment, merch, and bonus material, please check out the Patreon at www.patreon.com/saturnvox. Original music by Jules M. Dooley, traditional astrologer and sound artist. Follow his experiments with astrology + sound + ai visuals on IG: @glitches_in_the_night_sky SHOW NOTES: | |||
| 09 Sep 2023 | The Oracle of DelphAI; On - The Ethics and Ethos of Talismans and Technology | Arturo Martinini | 01:12:27 | |
This week we are welcoming author, artist, and student of astrology, Arturo Martinini to talk about Arturo's most recently published book through Revelore Press titled, The Oracle of DelphAI, an artistic rendition of the astrological image talismans representative of the seven traditional planets, the zodiacal signs, the decans, the fixed stars, and the lunar mansions co-created by Arturo with a little help from a non-human entity, that of AI. We discuss the ethical and ontological nature of using such a tool in talismanic creation, Arturo's process in creating the book, and how other practitioners might find the book useful. This convo is an open dialog on embarking wild new technological frontiers, as well as, the ethics and ethos in the praxis of confronting the other and human’s relationship to technological unknowns, as well as, one’s ability to navigate capital and the need to access power and agency for one’s self in the world. I quite enjoyed this conversation with a dear friend, and hope it opens up a dialog of critical questions and theories on the intersection between magic, technology, and art for you. To support this project and get a copy of the book for yourself, head over to the Revelore Press website to purchase it here. Feel free to also contact Arturo via email at arturo.martinini@gmail.com To find more on SaturnVox, check out their instagram @saturnvox, or, visit their website saturnvox.com. Don't forget to hop on to the Patreon at www.patreon.com/saturnvox where you can further support the show, listen to extended episode content, and join in on our community discord server. Original music for the podcast performed by Jules M. Dooley, traditional astrologer and sound artist. Follow his experiments with astrology + sound + ai visuals on IG: @glitches_in_the_night_sky Fallen Angel graphic drawn by the incandescent tattooer and illustrator @floodtower SHOW NOTES: | |||
| 29 Feb 2024 | Being an Ambassador To Others - On Fairy Doctoring and Joan of Arc | Briar of the Greene Chapel | 01:09:46 | |
This week, we welcome traditional witch, cunning woman, and fairy doctor, Briar of the Greene Chapel, onto the pod to talk about their practice within the context of French fairy seership, holding right relations with the good neighbors, and their work as a fairy doctor. We also explore their recently published research on the potential connections between the fairy faith and the story of Joan of Arc. What does hospitality mean to the fae? What are the burdens and responsibilities of those who have been marked? How might we, as humans, best navigate the mercurial logic of the fae and their liminality? What is the importance of accepting we already live in an enchanted world? And, what does all of this have to do with Joan? All this and more, on today’s episode of SaturnVox To find more on Briar, check out their Instagram @greene_chapel, and don't forget to check out their website to shop spellwork and look into divination services. To find more on SaturnVox, check out their instagram @saturnvox, or, visit their website saturnvox.com. Don't forget to hop on to the Patreon at www.patreon.com/saturnvox where you can further support the show, listen to extended episode content, and join in on our community discord server. Original music for the podcast performed by Jules M. Dooley, traditional astrologer and sound artist. Follow his experiments with astrology + sound + ai visuals on IG: @tornado_bedtime Fallen Angel graphic drawn by the incandescent tattooer and illustrator @floodtower SHOW NOTES: | |||
| 26 Mar 2022 | The Many Faces of the Mother | Ramona Martinez | 01:04:53 | |
On this week’s episode we have musician, print maker, liminal beauty and Marian devotee, Ramona Martinez, creator of the Visions of Mary oracle deck. Have you ever had one of those experiences where you meet a new friend and can’t help but become immediately comfortable? This was the experience Ramona and I had as we sat down with some tea to discuss the various faces of the Mothers Mary and Hekate. This episode unfolds more like sisters hiding under bed covers at night sharing secrets than my standard interview style, but that seemed appropriate in the end considering our conversation. Join us as we discuss working and getting to know the Mother archetype, in all her paradoxical facets, from the perspective of two of the most well known spirits who claim that name. In what ways do Mary and Hekate differ? In what ways are they the same? How does the Mother present herself to us, in ways of both darkness and light? Both Ramona and I share a bit of our personal practice with these spirits, and talk a bit about channeling. There’s even an appearance from Ramona’s sphinx cat Cyclops. All this and more in today’s episode of SaturnVox To follow Ramona and her work, please check out her instagram @by_ramona_martinez and the oracle deck @visionsofmary. Please also consider supporting the project by clicking here. To find more on SaturnVox, check out their instagram and twitter @saturnvox or visit their website www.saturnvox.com. To support the show, please consider signing up for the Patreon at www.patreon.com/saturnvox, where behind the scenes content and videos are posted monthly. Original music by Jules M. Dooley, traditional astrologer and sound artist. Follow his experiments with astrology + sound + ai visuals on IG: @glitches_in_the_night_sky SHOW NOTES | |||
| 18 Dec 2021 | Learning to Live in the Moment | Emmett Dwyer of the Process Church | 01:03:02 | |
This week we have a special episode for our listeners. Instead of focusing on some sort of philosophical topic, I want to tell you the story of my friend. Emmett Dwyer, fka Brother Mark, hammer of God and former member of the Process Church of the Final Judgment. Join us as we discuss some of the practices and theology behind the Process Church, and learn the wisdom of living in the moment to honor our authentic self. What is a gray force? How is Aikido similar to the tenets of the Process Church, and why is it so important for magic practitioners to stay grounded? All this and more in this week’s episode of Saturnvox! So tune in, relax, and listen to the story our elder weaves. It’s a good one, I promise. To find out more about the Process, please check out the documentary made by Neil Edwards entitled; Sympathy for the Devil. This can be found and purchased directly from the website at www.theprocessmovie.com To find more on SaturnVox, check out their instagram and twitter @saturnvox or visit their website www.saturnvox.com. To support the show, please consider signing up for the Patreon at www.patreon.com/saturnvox, where behind the scenes content and videos are posted monthly. Special thanks to Jules M. Dooley, multidisciplinary artist and traditional astrologer based in New Orleans, for creating the original music used on this podcast. You can find them on instagram @tornado_bedtime | |||
| 01 Jan 2022 | Animism, Stars, and Spirits | Mahigan of Kitchen Toad | 01:15:40 | |
On this week’s episode we have guest Mahigan of Kitchen Toad here to discuss a variety of things revolving around animism and sorcerous techniques involving spirit communications and relationships. Come join us as we discuss the various applications of the DCIS, how to use one’s natal chart to find spirits that have a birthright relationship to us, and just enjoy the chaos driven passion of listening to two Gemini risings talk about their favorite things. This episode is jam packed with old grimoires, poison plants, and fixed stars! Definitely not one to miss . To find out more about Mahigan, please check out their website at https://www.kitchentoad.com where you can purchase their homemade magic materia and also book spells and read their blog. You can also check out Mahigan’s work on both twitter and instagram @kitchentoad To find more on SaturnVox, check out their instagram and twitter @saturnvox or visit their website www.saturnvox.com. To support the show, please consider signing up for the Patreon at www.patreon.com/saturnvox, where behind the scenes content and videos are posted monthly. Special thanks to Jules M. Dooley, multidisciplinary artist and traditional astrologer based in New Orleans, for creating the original music used on this podcast. You can find them on instagram @tornado_bedtime SHOW NOTES Johannes Trithemius: The art of drawing spirits into crystals The Grimoire of Arthur Gauntlet | |||
| 18 Feb 2023 | Aliens Ate My Audio: On - Astrology and the Paranormal | Maighdlin Kelly | 01:02:19 | |
This week, we are welcoming guest Maighdlin Kelly, astrologer, astronomer, and weird scientist, to chat about a topic that tickles fantasy and stirs the curious and brave heart, that of the paranormal and the entity known as the Phenomena. Maighdlin has taken their skills as an astrologer and focused them on studying paranormal events. They also extend their roots in the weird science community by teaching fellow paranormal hunters how to view the sky through an astronomer’s lens via their project @stargazingsidequest. On today's episode, they will graciously take the time to explain to me that there are some things we just may never know, with great patience despite my churning desire to uncover all mysteries, I might add. What can we learn about the Phenomena from looking at the event charts of weird encounters? How can we stay grounded when tracing the roots of weird experiences? What is so exciting about the current crossover between the paranormal and occult communities? All this and more, on today's episode of SaturnVox. Bear in mind when listening to today's episode that I actually had a weird encounter in the process of recording it. I did nothing different with my recording process and yet ended up with the most garbled sound file I'd ever experienced so far in my podcasting journey. Upon talking to Maighdlin about this, I discovered that it's apparently a very common occurrence when people are discussing the phenomenon on air. So much so that they have been named, the Technical Goblins! So, my apologies for the machine elf interference. Don't forget to check out the Patreon Exclusive Episode which features Maighdlin recounting some of their own weird encounters, how to surrender to the mystery, and lucid dreaming. To find more on Maighdlin, make sure to check them out on Instagram @stargazingsideques and @mmkelly.space. You can also check out their class Stargazing for Paranormal Investigators, and book an astrology reading with them on their website. Also, head over to their Patreon if you are interested in supporting their explorations further. Original music by Jules M. Dooley, traditional astrologer and sound artist. Follow his experiments with astrology + sound + ai visuals on IG: @glitches_in_the_night_sky SHOW NOTES: | |||
| 26 Aug 2023 | Sovereignty of the Self; On - The Pedagogy of World Building - Ari Felix | 01:09:56 | |
This week on SaturnVox we are welcoming astrologer, bruje, and world builder, Ari Felix, onto the pod for the season three premiere! I am thrilled to release this episode, which was a conversation filled with immense contemplative wisdom. We talk about Ari’s work in the art of worldbuilding, and its role as an anti-capitalist pedagogy for the liberation of self, an exercise in dreaming our reality as we, the sovereign of our own lives, will it to be. Ari graciously brings their knowledge and understanding of the Ifa tradition in to help answer some pretty tough political, spiritual, and ethical questions. How do we connect ourselves to the lifegiving blood-force of our own generative creativity, both through lineage and through the lens of our agency? How can we navigate healing our own wounds of oppression, as well as the wounds of others, within the capitalist paradigm we are trying to break? What types of healing can be cultivated societally when we stop viewing things through the lens of good/bad and instead focus on ease/disease? I was immensely moved and inspired by Ari’s dedication to freedom and building a world in which we can all feel at home in our desires, our bodies, and our communities. I hope you will be too. All this and more on today’s episode of SaturnVox If you want to find more on Ari, make sure to check out their website, where you can book a session, sign up for mentorships, or read their newsletter! To find more on SaturnVox, check out their instagram and twitter @saturnvox, or, visit their website saturnvox.com. Don't forget to hop on to the Patreon at www.patreon.com/saturnvox where you can further support the show, listen to extended episode content, and join in on our community discord server. Original music for the podcast performed by Jules M. Dooley, traditional astrologer and sound artist. Follow his experiments with astrology + sound + ai visuals on IG: @glitches_in_the_night_sky Fallen Angel graphic drawn by the incandescent tattooer and illustrator @floodtower SHOW NOTES: | |||
| 24 Dec 2022 | Beauty to Pacify a Restless Soul; On Animism and the History of Tattooing | Kandace Layne | 00:56:48 | |
This week, we are welcoming a truly special guest, one of my best friends, Kandace Layne. Kandace is a tattoo artist and tarot reader from my hometown of Atlanta Georgia, and she recently just reached her 10 year anniversary as a professional in her field! To celebrate, I invited Kandace onto the cast to discuss the magical history of tattooing and the process of spirit guided image magic she brings into her art. What can the history of tattooing teach us about image magic as medicine? How can we brainstorm ourselves into a good business practice while maintaining spiritual integrity in the wake of late stage capitalism? What lessons can we learn from our animal brother and sisters? What can we learn about the complexities of colonialism by studying the spiritual significance of ritual scarification in places like Benin? We also chat some about a ritual idea Kandace will be working on bringing into her tattoo practice over the next couple years! It's the holidays, so unlike most of my other episodes, I let this one unfold as a caress among sisters instead of my usual analytical style of interviewing. So cuddle up by the fire with some hot cider and tune into this beautiful artist and animist spin her stories of compassion for the spirits of the Earth. All this and more, on today's episode of SaturnVox. To find out more on Kandace, check out her website here, where you can check out her designs and book a tattoo session. Don’t forget to find your way to her store where you can get prints and other items like seraphim tote bags! You can also find her on instagram via the link here. To find more on SaturnVox, check out their instagram and twitter @saturnvox, or, visit their website saturnvox.com. If you want to support the show towards goals of better equipment, merch, and bonus material, please check out the Patreon at www.patreon.com/saturnvox. Original music by Jules M. Dooley, traditional astrologer and sound artist. Follow his experiments with astrology + sound + ai visuals on IG: @glitches_in_the_night_sky SHOW NOTES: Magical History of Tattooing | |||