About this Episode
VYS0027 | Batchelor of Dark Arts - Vayse to Face with Douglas Batchelor Pt. 2 - Show Notes
This is the second part of a two part interview - if you haven't yet listened to the first part, give it a listen before you dive into part two.
*You can find part one here: *
VYS0026 | It's a Wand-erful Life - Vayse to Face with Douglas Batchelor Pt. 1
Thanks to Doug for making it through 3 hours of Vayse interrogation and thanks as always to Keith for the show notes!
In the second part of Hine and Buckley's interview with the indefatigable Douglas Batchelor, creator and host of the luminous What Magic is This? podcast, the dark side is calling. Having explored his guiding principle of positivity and kindness in the previous episode he now explains how his thoughts, philosophies and understanding of magic play out when applied to the spookier side: Hexes, curses, love spells, necromancy, black magic and the left-hand path. Doug also answers some weird questions about ancestor veneration, synchronicity, what books are currently inspiring him and which deadly non-human-entity may be the one that eventually ends each and every one of us... (Recorded 3 August 2023)
Douglas Batchelor/What Magic is This? Links
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Douglas/What Magic is This? Patreon
VYS0026 | It's a Wand-erful Life - Vayse to Face with Douglas Batchelor Pt. 1
The darker side of magic, and related links
Transubstantiation - Wikipedia page
Curse tablet (tabella defixionis, defixio) - Wikipedia page
Left hand path and right hand path - Wikipedia page
VYS0021 | Song of the Dark Man - Vayse to Face with Darragh Mason
Spirit Box S2 #18 / Peter Hine and Stephen Buckley, Dreams, Nightmares and Pan - this is actually where we discuss magic being self regulating
When William Shatner told Star Trek fans to ‘get a life’ - UCR article
Six Ways: Approaches & Entries for Practical Magic by Aiden Wachter
Servitor (chaos magic) - Wikipedia page
The Chimp Paradox Explained - Student Aspect article
Cyprian and Justina - Wikipedia page
Animism with Gordon White - What Magic is This? episode
Spirits with Aidan Wachter - What Magic is This? episode
Necromancy, Nigromancy, Black Magic, and related links
Necromancy - What Magic is This? episode
The Devil - What Magic is This? episode
Sorcery (goetia) - Wikipedia page
Goetia - What Magic is This? episode
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa - Wikipedia page
Nigromancy in the Later Middle Ages - Inquiries Journal article
Graveyard magick: A Witch’s guide, Grove and Grotto article
Key of Solomon, Wikipedia page
Grimoires with Alexander Cummins - What Magic is This? episode
How To Read Grimoires - What Magic is This? episode
History of Chinese immigration to Canada - Wikipedia page
Jake Stratton-Kent - Goodreads page
Eulogy for a Necromancer (Jake Stratton-Kent) - Scarlet Imprint article
Gary from accounting (short film)
Asking advice from ancestor spirits, magical thinking, and related links
Veneration of the dead - Wikipedia page
Tao Te Ching (Dao De Jing) - Wikipedia page
Kenneth Grant - Wikipedia page
The Magical Revival by Kenneth Grant
VYS0023 | Mercurial, Mutable, Mysterious Something - Vayse to Face with Paul Weston
Aldous Huxley - Wikipedia page
The Doors of Perception - Wikipedia page
Robert Anton Wilson - Wikipedia page
Synchronicity - Wikipedia page
A Brief Introduction to Indigenous Epistemology and Unconscious Learning - The Pub article
Douglas’ recommendations and related links
Cosmic Trigger Vol. I: Final Secret of the Illuminati by Robert Anton Wilson
Will Storr Vs the Supernatural: One Man's Search for the Truth About Ghosts by Will Storr
Edith Hamilton - Wikipedia page
Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes by Edith Hamilton
Science and Psychic Phenomena: The Fall of the House of Skeptics by Chris Carter
Jeffrey Kripal - Wikipedia page
The Luminous Mind of Jeffrey Kripal - What Magic is This? episode
The Return of Jeffrey Kripal - 100th episode - 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
VYS0020 | Messages of Deception - Vayse to Face with Mark Pilkington
Mirage Men: A Journey into Disinformation, Paranoia and UFO by Mark Pilkington
Of all the magicians and wizards ever, fictional and non-fictional, who would Douglas most like to have on What Magic is This? - related links
Dr John Dee's Spiritual Diary 1583-1608 : Second Edition by Dr Stephen Skinner
John Dee's Five Books of Mystery: Original Sourcebook of Enochian Magic by Joe Peterson
J. R. R. Tolkien - Wikipedia page
A Tolkien Bestiary by David Day
Special Section: Killer cows and related links
How Many People Are Killed by Cows Each Year - World Animal Foundation article
Cows officially the most deadly large animals in Britain - Independent article from 2015
The 13 Most Dangerous Animals in the UK: Statistics to Know In 2023 - Pet Keen article
When cows attack - Killer Cows article
Tabanidae (Horseflies) - Wikipedia page - Absolute Bastards