About this Episode
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
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
The Lost Boys (film) - Wikipedia page
VYS0003 | Welcome to Vayse: Population (first released episode)
Selected topics and people featured on What Magic Is This? Links
Chaos Magic Part I - What Magic Is This? episode
Chaos Magic Part II - What Magic Is This? episode
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 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 - What Magic is This? episode
Spirits with Aiden Wachter - What Magic is This? episode
The Ever-Evolving Consciousness of Gary Lachman - What Magic is This? episode
Spiritualism & Spirit Mediumship with Jack Hunter - What Magic is This? episode
Fairies, UFOs, Aliens with Joshua Cutchin - What Magic is This? episode
Grimoires with Alexander Cummins, What Magic is This? episode
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 - What Magic is This? episode
Fort's 'Measurement Of A Circle' - Forteana.org forum discussion
Occultism with Mitch Horowitz - What Magic is This? episode
The Art of Storytelling in Non-Fiction - Reedsy Live article
Colin Wilson - What Magic is This? episode
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
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
Robertson Davies - 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 - 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
Grant Morrison and related links
Grant Morrison - Wikipedia page
Pop Magic by Grant Morrison
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
Models of Magic - Spiral Nature article
Peter J Carroll - Wikipedia page
Austin Osman Spare - Wikipedia page
Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn - Wikipedia page
Aleister Crowley - Wikipedia page
Hermetic Qabala - 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 with Aerinn Hodges - What Magic is This? Episode
The Great Work - Wikipedia page
Alan Moore and related links
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
Hildegard of Bingen - Wikipedia page
Spiritual Cleansing: Your Guide to Cleansing Rituals and Methods, Otherworldly Oracle article
Eric Wargo / Coincidence / Synchronicity and related links
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 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
Mid-life crisis - Wikipedia page
Hellier (TV Series) - Wikipedia page
Hellier Season 1: Episode 1 | The Midnight Children
Tweet by Vayse showing Boo's incredible Artwork
Meet the Void Runners - 2000AD article
Douglas’ positivity and related links
Aleister Crowley - 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
Preacher (comics) - Wikipedia page
Classic Frames from Preacher - words by Garth Ennis, art by Steve Dillon
