web01.fireside.fm Sat, 23 May 2026 20:15:59 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Vayse - Episodes Tagged with “Positivity” https://www.vayse.co.uk/tags/positivity Wed, 13 Sep 2023 19:30:00 +0200 Vayse documents the experiences of enthusiastic rookies Peter C Hine and Stephen James Buckley as they take their first bewildered steps into mysticism, magic, high strangeness and the occult with open eyes and open minds. Join them as they re-evaluate reality and expand their minds with guidance from knowledgeable guests, inspirational texts, questionable intuition and bizarre experiments. Weird stuff is everywhere - if you're listening... en-us episodic A Podcast about weird stuff... Vayse Vayse documents the experiences of enthusiastic rookies Peter C Hine and Stephen James Buckley as they take their first bewildered steps into mysticism, magic, high strangeness and the occult with open eyes and open minds. Join them as they re-evaluate reality and expand their minds with guidance from knowledgeable guests, inspirational texts, questionable intuition and bizarre experiments. Weird stuff is everywhere - if you're listening... yes occult, esoteric, weird, high-strangeness, high strangeness, occulture, paranormal, supernatural, spirits, demons, magic, magick, chaos magic, chaos magick, ultraterrestrial, ultra-terrestrial, ultra terrestrial, mysticism, mystical Vayse vaysebiz@gmail.com VYS0026 | It's a Wand-erful Life - Vayse to Face with Douglas Batchelor Pt. 1 https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0026 3645fbe5-3d35-4a54-b489-2ab4c8608955 Wed, 13 Sep 2023 19:30:00 +0200 Vayse full 2 Vayse Hine and Buckley are back for the first episode of season 2 and they've brought Douglas Batchelor along with them! Doug is the host and creator of the incomparable What Magic is This? - a podcast about Magic, the Occult, the Esoteric, the Paranormal, the Supernatural and the Weird and surely the single most frequently mentioned magical resource throughout the first season of Vayse. In the first part of this two-part, slightly giddy interview, the roots of Doug's magical life are revealed as he talks about how he graduated from being a disillusioned materialist teenager to a punk-rock chaos magician to a self-styled-necromantic-performative-ritual-magician with an awesome occult podcast. The conversation bounces around: from synchronicities to Bob Ross, from how to start your own magical practice to Hot Wheels skating gear, from podcasting as a work of magic to the psychic influence of the Lost Boys soundtrack... and all whilst Hine and Buckley try their best to uncover and assimilate the source of Doug's seemingly inexhaustible enthusiasm and positivity... Recorded 3 August 2023 1:28:13 yes <p><strong>VYS0026 | It's a Wand-erful Life - Vayse to Face with Douglas Batchelor Pt. 1</strong> - Show Notes</p> <p>Hine and Buckley are back for the first episode of season 2 and they've brought Douglas Batchelor along with them! Doug is the host and creator of the incomparable What Magic is This? - a podcast about Magic, the Occult, the Esoteric, the Paranormal, the Supernatural and the Weird and surely the single most frequently mentioned magical resource throughout the first season of Vayse. In the first part of this two-part, slightly giddy interview, the roots of Doug's magical life are revealed as he talks about how he graduated from being a disillusioned materialist teenager to a punk-rock chaos magician to a self-styled-necromantic-performative-ritual-magician with an awesome occult podcast. The conversation bounces around: from synchronicities to Bob Ross, from how to start your own magical practice to Hot Wheels skating gear, from podcasting as a work of magic to the psychic influence of the Lost Boys soundtrack... and all whilst Hine and Buckley try their best to uncover and assimilate the source of Doug's seemingly inexhaustible enthusiasm and positivity... Recorded 3 August 2023 </p> <p>Big thanks go to Doug for being so generous with his time and enthusiastic with sharing his knowledge - we were not expecting for this to be a double episode!!! And thanks as always to Keith for the show notes! Give Keith a follow on Twitter @peak_flow for electronic music and weird stuff.</p> <p><strong>Douglas Batchelor/What Magic is This? Links</strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://whatmagicisthis.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">What Magic is This? website</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://twitter.com/DouglasWMiT" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Douglas/What Magic is This? On Twitter</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/douglaswmit/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Douglas/What Magic is This? On Instagram</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@whatmagicisthis/videos" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Douglas/What Magic is This? On YouTube</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/WhatMagicIsThisPodcast/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Douglas/What Magic is This? Facebook</a></strong> </p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.patreon.com/whatmagicisthis" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Douglas/What Magic is This? Patreon</a></strong> </p> <p><strong>Buckley and Hine’s introductory stories - related links</strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmos%3A_A_Personal_Voyage" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Carl Sagan’s Cosmos - Wikipedia page </a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Ross" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Bob Ross - Wikipedia page</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surfskating" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Surfskating - Wikipedia page</a></strong> </p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Wheels" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Hot Wheels - Wikipedia page</a></strong> </p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q786UsnOcsY" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Lost Boys Trailer</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lost_Boys" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Lost Boys (film) - Wikipedia page</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raI38f_xMZE" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Lost Boys Soundtrack</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lost_Boys#Music" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Lost Boys Soundtrack</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0003" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">VYS0003 | Welcome to Vayse: Population (first released episode)</a></strong></p> <p><strong>Selected topics and people featured on What Magic Is This? Links</strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos_magic" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Chaos Magic, Wikipedia page</a></strong> </p> <p><strong><a href="https://whatmagicisthis.com/2020/07/20/chaos-magic-part-i/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Chaos Magic Part I - What Magic Is This? episode</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://whatmagicisthis.com/2020/07/31/chaos-magic-part-ii/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Chaos Magic Part II - What Magic Is This? episode</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigil" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Sigil - Wikipedia page</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://whatmagicisthis.com/2020/05/11/sigils/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Sigils - What Magic is This? episode</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://sacred-texts.com/grim/lks/index.htm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Lesser Key of Solomon on Sacred Texts</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30643630931&amp;searchurl=an%3Dpeterson%2Bjoseph%26sortby%3D17%26tn%3Dlesser%2Bkey%2Bof%2Bsolomon%2Bthe%2Blemegeton%2Bclavicula%2Bsalomonis&amp;cm_sp=snippet-_-srp1-_-title1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Lesser Key of Solomon edited by Joseph H Peterson</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lesser_Key_of_Solomon" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Lesser Key of Solomon/Ars Goetia - Wikipedia page</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://whatmagicisthis.com/2021/08/30/goetia/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Goetia - What Magic is This? Episode</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_Magical_Papyri" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Greek Magical Papyri - Wikipedia page</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://archive.org/details/TheGreekMagicalPapyriInTranslation/mode/2up" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Greek Magical Papyri In Translation on the Internet Archive</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=31601118429&amp;ref_=ps_ggl_10939332144&amp;cm_mmc=ggl-_-UK_Shopp_Textbookstandard-_-product_id=UK9780226044477USED-_-keyword=&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjw0vWnBhC6ARIsAJpJM6fpF9O5d0vYsBN1CSFiZXS-lSE_tWyW3qCaPJO563We-9XVSLsa1qIaAoK3EALw_wcB" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation Volume I: Texts </a></strong>by Hans Dieter Betz</p> <p><strong><a href="https://whatmagicisthis.com/2020/02/29/the-greek-magical-papyri/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Greek Magical Papyri - What Magic is This? episode</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Ching" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">I Ching, Wikipedia page</a></strong> </p> <p><strong><a href="http://www2.unipr.it/%7Edeyoung/I_Ching_Wilhelm_Translation.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">I Ching - Wilhelm/Baynes</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/i-ching-or-book-of-changes-ancient-chinese-wisdom-to-inspire-and-enlighten-richard-wilhelm/14406?ean=9780140192070" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">I Ching or Book of Changes: Ancient Chinese wisdom to inspire and enlighten</a></strong> - Wilhelm/Baynes Translation 3rd Edition</p> <p><strong><a href="https://whatmagicisthis.com/2022/07/30/the-i-ching-with-dan-lowe/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The I Ching with Dan Lowe - What Magic is This? episode</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouija" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Ouija - Wikipedia page</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://whatmagicisthis.com/2023/07/24/ouija/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Ouija - What Magic is This? episode</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.aidanwachter.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Aidan Wachter's website</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://whatmagicisthis.com/2020/08/21/spirits-with-aidan-wachter/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Spirits with Aiden Wachter - What Magic is This? episode</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.gary-lachman.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Gary Lachman's website</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://whatmagicisthis.com/2022/03/24/the-ever-evolving-consciousness-of-gary-lachman/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Ever-Evolving Consciousness of Gary Lachman - What Magic is This? episode </a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://jack-hunter.yourwebsitespace.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Jack Hunter's website</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://whatmagicisthis.com/2022/05/31/spiritualism-amp-spirit-mediumship-with-jack-hunter/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Spiritualism &amp; Spirit Mediumship with Jack Hunter - What Magic is This? episode</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.joshuacutchin.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Joshua Cutchin's website</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://whatmagicisthis.com/2023/03/14/fairies-ufos-aliens-with-joshua-cutchin/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Fairies, UFOs, Aliens with Joshua Cutchin - What Magic is This? episode</a></strong> </p> <p><strong><a href="http://www.alexandercummins.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Alexander Cummins' website</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://whatmagicisthis.com/2021/01/30/grimoires-with-alexander-cummins/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Grimoires with Alexander Cummins, What Magic is This? episode</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://jeffreyjkripal.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Jeffrey Kripal's website</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://whatmagicisthis.com/2020/12/22/the-luminous-mind-of-jeffrey-kripal/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Luminous Mind of Jeffrey Kripal - What Magic is This? episode</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://whatmagicisthis.com/2023/01/16/the-return-of-jeffrey-kripal-100th-episode/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Return Of Jeffrey Kripal – 100th Episode! - What Magic is This? episode</a></strong></p> <p><strong>What Magic is This? as tutorial/opinion - related links</strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleister_Crowley" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Aleister Crowley - Wikipedia page</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://whatmagicisthis.com/2021/10/19/aleister-crowley-his-life-and-ideas-with-richard-kaczynski/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Aleister Crowley – His Life and Ideas with Richard Kaczynski - What Magic is This? episode</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://whatmagicisthis.com/2021/10/31/aleister-crowley-the-myth-and-the-new-aeon-with-richard-t-cole/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Aleister Crowley – The Myth and the New Aeon with Richard T. Cole - What Magic is This? episode</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://whatmagicisthis.com/2021/11/11/aleister-crowley-my-beastly-thoughts/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Aleister Crowley – My Beastly Thoughts - What Magic is This? episode</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Fort" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Charles Fort - Wikipedia page</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://whatmagicisthis.com/2020/11/11/charles-fort/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Charles Fort - What Magic is This? episode</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://forums.forteana.org/index.php?threads/forts-measurement-of-a-circle.8783/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Fort's 'Measurement Of A Circle' - Forteana.org forum discussion</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occult#Occultism" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Occultism - Wikipedia page</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://whatmagicisthis.com/2023/08/31/occultism-with-mitch-horowitz/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Occultism with Mitch Horowitz - What Magic is This? episode</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://blog.reedsy.com/live/storytelling-in-nonfiction/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Art of Storytelling in Non-Fiction - Reedsy Live article </a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Wilson" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Colin Wilson - Wikipedia page</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://whatmagicisthis.com/2020/03/31/colin-wilson/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Colin Wilson - What Magic is This? episode</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Jung" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Carl Jung - Wikipedia page</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://whatmagicisthis.com/2019/07/02/carl-jung/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Carl Jung - What Magic is This? episode</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consensus_reality" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Consensus reality - Wikipedia page</a></strong></p> <p><strong>Douglas’ early interest in magic and weird stuff - related links</strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calgary" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Calgary, Alberta - Wikipedia page</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_peoples_in_Canada" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Indigenous peoples in Canada - Wikipedia page</a></strong> </p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animism" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Animism - Wikipedia page</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_mythology" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Greek Mythology - Wikipedia page</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._R._R._Tolkien" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">J. R.R. Tolkien - Wikipedia page</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mysteries_of_the_Unknown" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Mysteries of the Unknown books - Wikipedia page</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://magazine.cim.org/en/in-search/the-search-for-the-lost-lemon-mine/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Search for the Lost Lemon Mine, CIM Magazine article</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_W._Service" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Robert W. Service (poet) - Wikipedia page</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_E._Douglas" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">John E Douglas - Wikipedia page</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Jung" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Carl Jung - Wikipedia page</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robertson_Davies" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Robertson Davies - Wikipedia page</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Hesse" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Herman Hesse - Wikipedia page</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siddhartha_(novel)" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Siddhartha (novel) - Wikipedia page</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/siddhartha-hermann-hesse/7441227?ean=9781805330196" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Siddhartha</a></strong> by Hermann Hesse</p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steppenwolf_(novel)" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Steppenwolf (novel) - Wikipedia page</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/steppenwolf-hermann-hesse/2094941?ean=9780141192093" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Steppenwolf</a></strong> by Hermann Hesse</p> <p><strong>Disinformation TV series and related links</strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_rental_shop" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Video rental shop - Wikipedia page</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disinformation_(TV_series)" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Disinformation (TV series) - Wikipedia page</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5N_krU-BvSw-51dxHL1JJper_J28_4wv" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">DisInfoTV - clips from the show</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/12123/disinformation-the-complete-series/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Disinformation: The Complete Series, DVD review</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.abebooks.co.uk/9781938875106/Book-Lies-New-Edition-Disinformation-1938875109/plp" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Book of Lies: The Disinformation Guide to Magick and the Occult</a></strong> - edited by Richard Metzger</p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0t_Uk2lzXIo" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Richard Metzger's "DisinfoCon 2000" (feat. Robert Anton Wilson, Kenneth Anger, et al.) - video (3.5 hrs approx.)</a></strong> </p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Metzger" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Richard Metzger - Wikipedia page</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disinformation_(company)" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Disinformation (company) - Wikipedia page</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Coleman_(painter)" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Joe Coleman (painter) - Wikipedia page</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Anger" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Kenneth Anger - Wikipedia page</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Rushkoff" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Douglas Rushkoff - Wikipedia page</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Anton_Wilson" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Robert Anton Wilson - Wikipedia page</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genesis_P-Orridge" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Genesis P-Orridge - Wikipedia page</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevill_Drury" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Nevill Drury - Wikipedia page</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://twitter.com/allengreenfield" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Allen Greenfield on Twitter</a></strong></p> <p><strong>Grant Morrison and related links</strong> </p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grant_Morrison" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Grant Morrison - Wikipedia page</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTMFBYXmvMk" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Grant Morrison on Chaos Magic, the occult &amp; Sigil creation (from DisInfoCon 2000) - video (45 mins approx.)</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://doctormcg.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/morrison-pop-magik-ocr.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Pop Magic</a></strong> by Grant Morrison</p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos_magic" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Chaos Magic - Wikipedia page</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigil" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Sigil - Wikipedia page</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://whatmagicisthis.com/2021/12/27/the-magic-mind-of-grant-morrison/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Magic Mind of Grant Morrison -What Magic is This? episode</a></strong> </p> <p><strong>Douglas’ magical practice and related links</strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://whatmagicisthis.com/2019/09/03/unforseen-interlude-how-i-started-in-magic-and-qa/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Unforeseen Interlude: How I Started in Magic - What Magic is This? episode</a></strong> </p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceremonial_magic" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Ceremonial Magic - Wikipedia page</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0012" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">VYS0012 - Order Out of Chaos - Vayse to Face with Mark Vincent</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.treadwells-london.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Treadwell’s Books - website</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.spiralnature.com/magick/models/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Models of Magic - Spiral Nature article</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_J._Carroll" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Peter J Carroll - Wikipedia page</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Hine" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Phil Hine - Wikipedia page</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_Osman_Spare" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Austin Osman Spare - Wikipedia page</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermetic_Order_of_the_Golden_Dawn" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn - Wikipedia page</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleister_Crowley" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Aleister Crowley - Wikipedia page</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermetic_Qabalah" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Hermetic Qabala - Wikipedia page</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egregore" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Egregore - Wikipedia page</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Servitor_(chaos_magic)" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Servitor (chaos magic) - Wikipedia page</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmonton" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Edmonton, Alberta - Wikipedia page </a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/magick/comments/zn7ag6/chaos_magick_vs_ceremonial_and_others/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Chaos Magick vs ceremonial and others - Reddit thread</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_Magical_Papyri" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Greek Magical Papyri - Wikipedia page</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cunning_folk" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Cunning folk - Wikipedia page</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://whatmagicisthis.com/2021/04/28/cunning-folk-with-aerinn-hodges/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Cunning Folk with Aerinn Hodges - What Magic is This? Episode</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Work_(Hermeticism)" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Great Work - Wikipedia page</a></strong></p> <p><strong>Alan Moore and related links</strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Moore" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Alan Moore - Wikipedia page</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V_for_Vendetta" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">V for Vendetta (graphic novel) - Wikipedia page</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/v-for-vendetta-alan-moore/6301050?ean=9781779511195" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">V for Vendetta</a></strong> by Alan Moore</p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watchmen" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Watchmen (comic book series) - Wikipedia page</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/watchmen-international-edition-alan-moore/2879987?ean=9781401248192" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Watchmen</a></strong> by Alan Moore</p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Promethea" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Promethea (comic book series) - Wikipedia page</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/promethea-the-deluxe-edition-book-one-alan-moore/3371192?ean=9781401288662" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Promethea: The Deluxe Edition Book One</a></strong> by Alan Moore</p> <p><strong><a href="http://www.mustardweb.org/alanmoore/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Alan Moore interview - Mustard magazine</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://whatmagicisthis.com/2020/04/30/the-marvellous-magical-world-of-alan-moore/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Marvellous Magical World of Alan Moore - What Magic is This? episode</a></strong></p> <p><strong>Starting a magical practice / Protection Magic / Dreams / Precognition and related links</strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://whatmagicisthis.com/2022/01/12/how-to-start-doing-magic/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">How to Start Doing Magic - What Magic is This? episode</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://whatmagicisthis.com/2019/08/22/the-imagination/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Imagination - What Magic is This? episode</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.patreon.com/whatmagicisthis/posts?filters%5Btag%5D=The%20Dirt" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">What Magic is This? The Dirt episodes</a></strong> (some previews only, full access requires sign up to the Patreon) </p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Carlin" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">George Carlin - Wikipedia page</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://greenwitchfarm.com/protection-magic/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Protection Magic - Green Witch Farm article</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/out-the-darkness/202206/psi-and-science" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Psi and Science - Psychology Today article</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://whatmagicisthis.com/2019/10/10/dreams/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Dreams - What Magic is This? episode</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://whatmagicisthis.com/2021/02/27/lucid-dreaming/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Lucid Dreaming - What Magic is This? episode</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precognition" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Precognition - Wikipedia page</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://hplusmagazine.com/2010/11/04/precognition-real-cornell-university-lab-releases-powerful-new-evidence-human-mind-can/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Is Precognition Real? Cornell University Lab Releases Powerful New Evidence that the Human Mind can Perceive the Future - H Plus magazine article (2010-2011)</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hildegard_of_Bingen" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Hildegard of Bingen - Wikipedia page</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://otherworldlyoracle.com/spiritual-cleansing-rituals/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Spiritual Cleansing: Your Guide to Cleansing Rituals and Methods, Otherworldly Oracle article</a></strong></p> <p><strong>Eric Wargo / Coincidence / Synchronicity and related links</strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://ericwargo.com/index.htm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Eric Wargo's website</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.abebooks.co.uk/9781938398926/Time-Loops-Precognition-Retrocausation-Unconscious-1938398920/plp" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Time Loops: Precognition, Retrocausation, and the Unconscious</a></strong> by Eric Wargo</p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.abebooks.co.uk/book-search/isbn/9781644112694/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Precognitive Dreamwork and the Long Self: Interpreting Messages from Your Future</a></strong> by Eric Wargo</p> <p><strong><a href="https://whatmagicisthis.com/2019/07/22/coincidence-synchronicity/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Coincidence &amp; Synchronicity - What Magic is This? episode</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://whatmagicisthis.com/2020/12/12/the-timely-ideas-of-eric-wargo/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Timely Ideas of Eric Wargo - What Magic is This? episode</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow's_hierarchy_of_needs" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Maslow’s hierarchy of needs - Wikipedia page</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak_experience" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Peak experience - Wikipedia page</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publication_bias" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Publication bias (aka file-drawer effect) - Wikipedia page</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/biocentrism/201111/is-death-illusion-evidence-suggests-death-isn-t-the-end" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Is Death an Illusion? Evidence Suggests Death Isn’t the End, Psychology Today article</a></strong></p> <p><strong>Douglas asks Hine and Buckley why Vayse exists - related links</strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interdimensional_UFO_hypothesis" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Ultra-terrestrial hypothesis</a></strong> </p> <p><strong><a href="https://thejournalofcosmology.com/Puthoff.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Ultra-terrestrial Models, by H.E. Puthoff, article from The Journal of Cosmology</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_hunting" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Ghost hunting - Wikipedia page</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0021" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">VYS0021 - Song of the Dark Man - Vayse to Face with Darragh Mason</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folie_%C3%A0_deux" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Folie à deux - Wikipedia page</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midlife_crisis" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Mid-life crisis - Wikipedia page</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.pennyroyalpodcast.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Pennyroyal podcast website</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellier_(TV_series)" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Hellier (TV Series) - Wikipedia page</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1FwIuicx88" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Hellier Season 1: Episode 1 | The Midnight Children</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_house" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Spirit house - Wikipedia page</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_AD_(comics)" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">2000AD (Comics)</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boo_Cook" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Boo Cook - Wikipedia page</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://x.com/vayseesyav/status/1684921390044962818?s=46&amp;t=q2-c9hjD5sIXynDdaJB8PQ" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Tweet by Vayse showing Boo's incredible Artwork</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://2000ad.com/news/meet-the-void-runners-the-new-series-beginning-this-week-in-2000-ad/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Meet the Void Runners - 2000AD article</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animism" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Animism - Wikipedia page</a></strong></p> <p><strong>Douglas’ positivity and related links</strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelema" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Thelema - Wikipedia page</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thoth_Tarot" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Thoth Tarot - Wikipedia page</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleister_Crowley" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Aleister Crowley - Wikipedia page</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Sagan" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Carl Sagan - Wikipedia page</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmos:_A_Personal_Voyage" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Cosmos: A Personal Voyage - Wikipedia page</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Burke_(science_historian)" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">James Burke (science historian) - Wikipedia page</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connections_(British_TV_series)" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Connections (British TV Series) - Wikipedia page</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Anton_Wilson" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Robert Anton Wilson - Wikipedia page</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-tools/phil-stutz/barry-michels/9781785044571" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Tools</a></strong> by Phil Stutz and Barry Michels</p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Sheeran" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Ed Sheeran - Wikipedia page</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karma" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Karma - Wikipedia page</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garth_Ennis" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Garth Ennis - Wikipedia page</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preacher_(comics)" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Preacher (comics) - Wikipedia page</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://chasemagnett.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/preacher-you-gotta-be-one-of-the-good-guys.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Classic Frames from Preacher</a></strong> - words by Garth Ennis, art by Steve Dillon<br> Special Guest: Douglas Batchelor.</p> Vayse, Douglas Batchelor, Doug Batchelor, What Magic is This?, Ritual Magic, Positivity, Positive Thinking, Magic, Magick, Synchronicity, weird stuff, ritual magic, ritual magick, retrocausality, VYS0026 | It's a Wand-erful Life - Vayse to Face with Douglas Batchelor Pt. 1 - Show Notes

Hine and Buckley are back for the first episode of season 2 and they've brought Douglas Batchelor along with them! Doug is the host and creator of the incomparable What Magic is This? - a podcast about Magic, the Occult, the Esoteric, the Paranormal, the Supernatural and the Weird and surely the single most frequently mentioned magical resource throughout the first season of Vayse. In the first part of this two-part, slightly giddy interview, the roots of Doug's magical life are revealed as he talks about how he graduated from being a disillusioned materialist teenager to a punk-rock chaos magician to a self-styled-necromantic-performative-ritual-magician with an awesome occult podcast. The conversation bounces around: from synchronicities to Bob Ross, from how to start your own magical practice to Hot Wheels skating gear, from podcasting as a work of magic to the psychic influence of the Lost Boys soundtrack... and all whilst Hine and Buckley try their best to uncover and assimilate the source of Doug's seemingly inexhaustible enthusiasm and positivity... Recorded 3 August 2023

Big thanks go to Doug for being so generous with his time and enthusiastic with sharing his knowledge - we were not expecting for this to be a double episode!!! And thanks as always to Keith for the show notes! Give Keith a follow on Twitter @peak_flow for electronic music and weird stuff.

Douglas Batchelor/What Magic is This? Links

What Magic is This? website

Douglas/What Magic is This? On Twitter

Douglas/What Magic is This? On Instagram

Douglas/What Magic is This? On YouTube

Douglas/What Magic is This? Facebook

Douglas/What Magic is This? Patreon

Buckley and Hine’s introductory stories - related links

Carl Sagan’s Cosmos - Wikipedia page

Bob Ross - Wikipedia page

Surfskating - Wikipedia page

Hot Wheels - Wikipedia page

The Lost Boys Trailer

The Lost Boys (film) - Wikipedia page

The Lost Boys Soundtrack

The Lost Boys Soundtrack

VYS0003 | Welcome to Vayse: Population (first released episode)

Selected topics and people featured on What Magic Is This? Links

Chaos Magic, Wikipedia page

Chaos Magic Part I - What Magic Is This? episode

Chaos Magic Part II - What Magic Is This? episode

Sigil - Wikipedia page

Sigils - What Magic is This? episode

The Lesser Key of Solomon on Sacred Texts

The Lesser Key of Solomon edited by Joseph H Peterson

Lesser Key of Solomon/Ars Goetia - Wikipedia page

Goetia - What Magic is This? Episode

Greek Magical Papyri - Wikipedia page

The Greek Magical Papyri In Translation on the Internet Archive

The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation Volume I: Texts by Hans Dieter Betz

The Greek Magical Papyri - What Magic is This? episode

I Ching, Wikipedia page

I Ching - Wilhelm/Baynes

I Ching or Book of Changes: Ancient Chinese wisdom to inspire and enlighten - Wilhelm/Baynes Translation 3rd Edition

The I Ching with Dan Lowe - What Magic is This? episode

Ouija - Wikipedia page

Ouija - What Magic is This? episode

Aidan Wachter's website

Spirits with Aiden Wachter - What Magic is This? episode

Gary Lachman's website

The Ever-Evolving Consciousness of Gary Lachman - What Magic is This? episode

Jack Hunter's website

Spiritualism & Spirit Mediumship with Jack Hunter - What Magic is This? episode

Joshua Cutchin's website

Fairies, UFOs, Aliens with Joshua Cutchin - What Magic is This? episode

Alexander Cummins' website

Grimoires with Alexander Cummins, What Magic is This? episode

Jeffrey Kripal's website

The Luminous Mind of Jeffrey Kripal - What Magic is This? episode

The Return Of Jeffrey Kripal – 100th Episode! - What Magic is This? episode

What Magic is This? as tutorial/opinion - related links

Aleister Crowley - Wikipedia page

Aleister Crowley – His Life and Ideas with Richard Kaczynski - What Magic is This? episode

Aleister Crowley – The Myth and the New Aeon with Richard T. Cole - What Magic is This? episode

Aleister Crowley – My Beastly Thoughts - What Magic is This? episode

Charles Fort - Wikipedia page

Charles Fort - What Magic is This? episode

Fort's 'Measurement Of A Circle' - Forteana.org forum discussion

Occultism - Wikipedia page

Occultism with Mitch Horowitz - What Magic is This? episode

The Art of Storytelling in Non-Fiction - Reedsy Live article

Colin Wilson - Wikipedia page

Colin Wilson - What Magic is This? episode

Carl Jung - Wikipedia page

Carl Jung - What Magic is This? episode

Consensus reality - Wikipedia page

Douglas’ early interest in magic and weird stuff - related links

Calgary, Alberta - Wikipedia page

Indigenous peoples in Canada - Wikipedia page

Animism - Wikipedia page

Greek Mythology - Wikipedia page

J. R.R. Tolkien - Wikipedia page

Mysteries of the Unknown books - Wikipedia page

The Search for the Lost Lemon Mine, CIM Magazine article

Robert W. Service (poet) - Wikipedia page

John E Douglas - Wikipedia page

Carl Jung - Wikipedia page

Robertson Davies - Wikipedia page

Herman Hesse - Wikipedia page

Siddhartha (novel) - Wikipedia page

Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse

Steppenwolf (novel) - Wikipedia page

Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse

Disinformation TV series and related links

Video rental shop - Wikipedia page

Disinformation (TV series) - Wikipedia page

DisInfoTV - clips from the show

Disinformation: The Complete Series, DVD review

Book of Lies: The Disinformation Guide to Magick and the Occult - edited by Richard Metzger

Richard Metzger's "DisinfoCon 2000" (feat. Robert Anton Wilson, Kenneth Anger, et al.) - video (3.5 hrs approx.)

Richard Metzger - Wikipedia page

Disinformation (company) - Wikipedia page

Joe Coleman (painter) - Wikipedia page

Kenneth Anger - Wikipedia page

Douglas Rushkoff - Wikipedia page

Robert Anton Wilson - Wikipedia page

Genesis P-Orridge - Wikipedia page

Nevill Drury - Wikipedia page

Allen Greenfield on Twitter

Grant Morrison and related links

Grant Morrison - Wikipedia page

Grant Morrison on Chaos Magic, the occult & Sigil creation (from DisInfoCon 2000) - video (45 mins approx.)

Pop Magic by Grant Morrison

Chaos Magic - Wikipedia page

Sigil - Wikipedia page

The Magic Mind of Grant Morrison -What Magic is This? episode

Douglas’ magical practice and related links

Unforeseen Interlude: How I Started in Magic - What Magic is This? episode

Ceremonial Magic - Wikipedia page

VYS0012 - Order Out of Chaos - Vayse to Face with Mark Vincent

Treadwell’s Books - website

Models of Magic - Spiral Nature article

Peter J Carroll - Wikipedia page

Phil Hine - Wikipedia page

Austin Osman Spare - Wikipedia page

Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn - Wikipedia page

Aleister Crowley - Wikipedia page

Hermetic Qabala - Wikipedia page

Egregore - Wikipedia page

Servitor (chaos magic) - Wikipedia page

Edmonton, Alberta - Wikipedia page

Chaos Magick vs ceremonial and others - Reddit thread

Greek Magical Papyri - Wikipedia page

Cunning folk - Wikipedia page

Cunning Folk with Aerinn Hodges - What Magic is This? Episode

The Great Work - Wikipedia page

Alan Moore and related links

Alan Moore - Wikipedia page

V for Vendetta (graphic novel) - Wikipedia page

V for Vendetta by Alan Moore

Watchmen (comic book series) - Wikipedia page

Watchmen by Alan Moore

Promethea (comic book series) - Wikipedia page

Promethea: The Deluxe Edition Book One by Alan Moore

Alan Moore interview - Mustard magazine

The Marvellous Magical World of Alan Moore - What Magic is This? episode

Starting a magical practice / Protection Magic / Dreams / Precognition and related links

How to Start Doing Magic - What Magic is This? episode

The Imagination - What Magic is This? episode

What Magic is This? The Dirt episodes (some previews only, full access requires sign up to the Patreon)

George Carlin - Wikipedia page

Protection Magic - Green Witch Farm article

Psi and Science - Psychology Today article

Dreams - What Magic is This? episode

Lucid Dreaming - What Magic is This? episode

Precognition - Wikipedia page

Is Precognition Real? Cornell University Lab Releases Powerful New Evidence that the Human Mind can Perceive the Future - H Plus magazine article (2010-2011)

Hildegard of Bingen - Wikipedia page

Spiritual Cleansing: Your Guide to Cleansing Rituals and Methods, Otherworldly Oracle article

Eric Wargo / Coincidence / Synchronicity and related links

Eric Wargo's website

Time Loops: Precognition, Retrocausation, and the Unconscious by Eric Wargo

Precognitive Dreamwork and the Long Self: Interpreting Messages from Your Future by Eric Wargo

Coincidence & Synchronicity - What Magic is This? episode

The Timely Ideas of Eric Wargo - What Magic is This? episode

Maslow’s hierarchy of needs - Wikipedia page

Peak experience - Wikipedia page

Publication bias (aka file-drawer effect) - Wikipedia page

Is Death an Illusion? Evidence Suggests Death Isn’t the End, Psychology Today article

Douglas asks Hine and Buckley why Vayse exists - related links

Ultra-terrestrial hypothesis

Ultra-terrestrial Models, by H.E. Puthoff, article from The Journal of Cosmology

Ghost hunting - Wikipedia page

VYS0021 - Song of the Dark Man - Vayse to Face with Darragh Mason

Folie à deux - Wikipedia page

Mid-life crisis - Wikipedia page

Pennyroyal podcast website

Hellier (TV Series) - Wikipedia page

Hellier Season 1: Episode 1 | The Midnight Children

Spirit house - Wikipedia page

2000AD (Comics)

Boo Cook - Wikipedia page

Tweet by Vayse showing Boo's incredible Artwork

Meet the Void Runners - 2000AD article

Animism - Wikipedia page

Douglas’ positivity and related links

Thelema - Wikipedia page

Thoth Tarot - Wikipedia page

Aleister Crowley - Wikipedia page

Carl Sagan - Wikipedia page

Cosmos: A Personal Voyage - Wikipedia page

James Burke (science historian) - Wikipedia page

Connections (British TV Series) - Wikipedia page

Robert Anton Wilson - Wikipedia page

The Tools by Phil Stutz and Barry Michels

Ed Sheeran - Wikipedia page

Karma - Wikipedia page

Garth Ennis - Wikipedia page

Preacher (comics) - Wikipedia page

Classic Frames from Preacher - words by Garth Ennis, art by Steve Dillon

Special Guest: Douglas Batchelor.

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Hine and Buckley are back for the first episode of season 2 and they've brought Douglas Batchelor along with them! Doug is the host and creator of the incomparable What Magic is This? - a podcast about Magic, the Occult, the Esoteric, the Paranormal, the Supernatural and the Weird and surely the single most frequently mentioned magical resource throughout the first season of Vayse. In the first part of this two-part, slightly giddy interview, the roots of Doug's magical life are revealed as he talks about how he graduated from being a disillusioned materialist teenager to a punk-rock chaos magician to a self-styled-necromantic-performative-ritual-magician with an awesome occult podcast. The conversation bounces around: from synchronicities to Bob Ross, from how to start your own magical practice to Hot Wheels skating gear, from podcasting as a work of magic to the psychic influence of the Lost Boys soundtrack... and all whilst Hine and Buckley try their best to uncover and assimilate the source of Doug's seemingly inexhaustible enthusiasm and positivity... Recorded 3 August 2023

Big thanks go to Doug for being so generous with his time and enthusiastic with sharing his knowledge - we were not expecting for this to be a double episode!!! And thanks as always to Keith for the show notes! Give Keith a follow on Twitter @peak_flow for electronic music and weird stuff.

Douglas Batchelor/What Magic is This? Links

What Magic is This? website

Douglas/What Magic is This? On Twitter

Douglas/What Magic is This? On Instagram

Douglas/What Magic is This? On YouTube

Douglas/What Magic is This? Facebook

Douglas/What Magic is This? Patreon

Buckley and Hine’s introductory stories - related links

Carl Sagan’s Cosmos - Wikipedia page

Bob Ross - Wikipedia page

Surfskating - Wikipedia page

Hot Wheels - Wikipedia page

The Lost Boys Trailer

The Lost Boys (film) - Wikipedia page

The Lost Boys Soundtrack

The Lost Boys Soundtrack

VYS0003 | Welcome to Vayse: Population (first released episode)

Selected topics and people featured on What Magic Is This? Links

Chaos Magic, Wikipedia page

Chaos Magic Part I - What Magic Is This? episode

Chaos Magic Part II - What Magic Is This? episode

Sigil - Wikipedia page

Sigils - What Magic is This? episode

The Lesser Key of Solomon on Sacred Texts

The Lesser Key of Solomon edited by Joseph H Peterson

Lesser Key of Solomon/Ars Goetia - Wikipedia page

Goetia - What Magic is This? Episode

Greek Magical Papyri - Wikipedia page

The Greek Magical Papyri In Translation on the Internet Archive

The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation Volume I: Texts by Hans Dieter Betz

The Greek Magical Papyri - What Magic is This? episode

I Ching, Wikipedia page

I Ching - Wilhelm/Baynes

I Ching or Book of Changes: Ancient Chinese wisdom to inspire and enlighten - Wilhelm/Baynes Translation 3rd Edition

The I Ching with Dan Lowe - What Magic is This? episode

Ouija - Wikipedia page

Ouija - What Magic is This? episode

Aidan Wachter's website

Spirits with Aiden Wachter - What Magic is This? episode

Gary Lachman's website

The Ever-Evolving Consciousness of Gary Lachman - What Magic is This? episode

Jack Hunter's website

Spiritualism & Spirit Mediumship with Jack Hunter - What Magic is This? episode

Joshua Cutchin's website

Fairies, UFOs, Aliens with Joshua Cutchin - What Magic is This? episode

Alexander Cummins' website

Grimoires with Alexander Cummins, What Magic is This? episode

Jeffrey Kripal's website

The Luminous Mind of Jeffrey Kripal - What Magic is This? episode

The Return Of Jeffrey Kripal – 100th Episode! - What Magic is This? episode

What Magic is This? as tutorial/opinion - related links

Aleister Crowley - Wikipedia page

Aleister Crowley – His Life and Ideas with Richard Kaczynski - What Magic is This? episode

Aleister Crowley – The Myth and the New Aeon with Richard T. Cole - What Magic is This? episode

Aleister Crowley – My Beastly Thoughts - What Magic is This? episode

Charles Fort - Wikipedia page

Charles Fort - What Magic is This? episode

Fort's 'Measurement Of A Circle' - Forteana.org forum discussion

Occultism - Wikipedia page

Occultism with Mitch Horowitz - What Magic is This? episode

The Art of Storytelling in Non-Fiction - Reedsy Live article

Colin Wilson - Wikipedia page

Colin Wilson - What Magic is This? episode

Carl Jung - Wikipedia page

Carl Jung - What Magic is This? episode

Consensus reality - Wikipedia page

Douglas’ early interest in magic and weird stuff - related links

Calgary, Alberta - Wikipedia page

Indigenous peoples in Canada - Wikipedia page

Animism - Wikipedia page

Greek Mythology - Wikipedia page

J. R.R. Tolkien - Wikipedia page

Mysteries of the Unknown books - Wikipedia page

The Search for the Lost Lemon Mine, CIM Magazine article

Robert W. Service (poet) - Wikipedia page

John E Douglas - Wikipedia page

Carl Jung - Wikipedia page

Robertson Davies - Wikipedia page

Herman Hesse - Wikipedia page

Siddhartha (novel) - Wikipedia page

Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse

Steppenwolf (novel) - Wikipedia page

Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse

Disinformation TV series and related links

Video rental shop - Wikipedia page

Disinformation (TV series) - Wikipedia page

DisInfoTV - clips from the show

Disinformation: The Complete Series, DVD review

Book of Lies: The Disinformation Guide to Magick and the Occult - edited by Richard Metzger

Richard Metzger's "DisinfoCon 2000" (feat. Robert Anton Wilson, Kenneth Anger, et al.) - video (3.5 hrs approx.)

Richard Metzger - Wikipedia page

Disinformation (company) - Wikipedia page

Joe Coleman (painter) - Wikipedia page

Kenneth Anger - Wikipedia page

Douglas Rushkoff - Wikipedia page

Robert Anton Wilson - Wikipedia page

Genesis P-Orridge - Wikipedia page

Nevill Drury - Wikipedia page

Allen Greenfield on Twitter

Grant Morrison and related links

Grant Morrison - Wikipedia page

Grant Morrison on Chaos Magic, the occult & Sigil creation (from DisInfoCon 2000) - video (45 mins approx.)

Pop Magic by Grant Morrison

Chaos Magic - Wikipedia page

Sigil - Wikipedia page

The Magic Mind of Grant Morrison -What Magic is This? episode

Douglas’ magical practice and related links

Unforeseen Interlude: How I Started in Magic - What Magic is This? episode

Ceremonial Magic - Wikipedia page

VYS0012 - Order Out of Chaos - Vayse to Face with Mark Vincent

Treadwell’s Books - website

Models of Magic - Spiral Nature article

Peter J Carroll - Wikipedia page

Phil Hine - Wikipedia page

Austin Osman Spare - Wikipedia page

Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn - Wikipedia page

Aleister Crowley - Wikipedia page

Hermetic Qabala - Wikipedia page

Egregore - Wikipedia page

Servitor (chaos magic) - Wikipedia page

Edmonton, Alberta - Wikipedia page

Chaos Magick vs ceremonial and others - Reddit thread

Greek Magical Papyri - Wikipedia page

Cunning folk - Wikipedia page

Cunning Folk with Aerinn Hodges - What Magic is This? Episode

The Great Work - Wikipedia page

Alan Moore and related links

Alan Moore - Wikipedia page

V for Vendetta (graphic novel) - Wikipedia page

V for Vendetta by Alan Moore

Watchmen (comic book series) - Wikipedia page

Watchmen by Alan Moore

Promethea (comic book series) - Wikipedia page

Promethea: The Deluxe Edition Book One by Alan Moore

Alan Moore interview - Mustard magazine

The Marvellous Magical World of Alan Moore - What Magic is This? episode

Starting a magical practice / Protection Magic / Dreams / Precognition and related links

How to Start Doing Magic - What Magic is This? episode

The Imagination - What Magic is This? episode

What Magic is This? The Dirt episodes (some previews only, full access requires sign up to the Patreon)

George Carlin - Wikipedia page

Protection Magic - Green Witch Farm article

Psi and Science - Psychology Today article

Dreams - What Magic is This? episode

Lucid Dreaming - What Magic is This? episode

Precognition - Wikipedia page

Is Precognition Real? Cornell University Lab Releases Powerful New Evidence that the Human Mind can Perceive the Future - H Plus magazine article (2010-2011)

Hildegard of Bingen - Wikipedia page

Spiritual Cleansing: Your Guide to Cleansing Rituals and Methods, Otherworldly Oracle article

Eric Wargo / Coincidence / Synchronicity and related links

Eric Wargo's website

Time Loops: Precognition, Retrocausation, and the Unconscious by Eric Wargo

Precognitive Dreamwork and the Long Self: Interpreting Messages from Your Future by Eric Wargo

Coincidence & Synchronicity - What Magic is This? episode

The Timely Ideas of Eric Wargo - What Magic is This? episode

Maslow’s hierarchy of needs - Wikipedia page

Peak experience - Wikipedia page

Publication bias (aka file-drawer effect) - Wikipedia page

Is Death an Illusion? Evidence Suggests Death Isn’t the End, Psychology Today article

Douglas asks Hine and Buckley why Vayse exists - related links

Ultra-terrestrial hypothesis

Ultra-terrestrial Models, by H.E. Puthoff, article from The Journal of Cosmology

Ghost hunting - Wikipedia page

VYS0021 - Song of the Dark Man - Vayse to Face with Darragh Mason

Folie à deux - Wikipedia page

Mid-life crisis - Wikipedia page

Pennyroyal podcast website

Hellier (TV Series) - Wikipedia page

Hellier Season 1: Episode 1 | The Midnight Children

Spirit house - Wikipedia page

2000AD (Comics)

Boo Cook - Wikipedia page

Tweet by Vayse showing Boo's incredible Artwork

Meet the Void Runners - 2000AD article

Animism - Wikipedia page

Douglas’ positivity and related links

Thelema - Wikipedia page

Thoth Tarot - Wikipedia page

Aleister Crowley - Wikipedia page

Carl Sagan - Wikipedia page

Cosmos: A Personal Voyage - Wikipedia page

James Burke (science historian) - Wikipedia page

Connections (British TV Series) - Wikipedia page

Robert Anton Wilson - Wikipedia page

The Tools by Phil Stutz and Barry Michels

Ed Sheeran - Wikipedia page

Karma - Wikipedia page

Garth Ennis - Wikipedia page

Preacher (comics) - Wikipedia page

Classic Frames from Preacher - words by Garth Ennis, art by Steve Dillon

Special Guest: Douglas Batchelor.

Support Vayse

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