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VYS0028 | Psychic Jizz - Vayse to Face with Stephanie Quick - Show Notes
Handing on a plate to Hine and Buckley the most potently inspired episode title in Vayse history is teacher, researcher, blogger and "the Julia Child of Sex Magic", Stephanie Quick. In an intense and varied conversation Stephanie takes Vayse through her near death experience, complete with a fall through the starlit sky, disembodied consciousnesses and sky-scraper sized entities, she talks about how to start off your own run of synchronicities and the conversation weaves itself around Carlos Castaneda, Gurdjieff, how to not lose yourself in your spiritual practice or join a cult... and, speaking of cults, enter the glowing orange 16-bit pineapple... Recorded 10 August 2023
Stephanie Quick Links
Steph’s blog, Ghost Dog is a Mystery Box
Introduction Links
Lovecraftian horror - Wikipedia page
Cheese Board Collective - Wikipedia page
An Introduction to Western Sexual Mysticism, New Dawn Magazine article
Refuge in Buddhism - Wikipedia page
Ordo Templi Orientis (OTO) - Wikipedia page
Steph, the West Coast, and the ‘Spiritual Marketplace’ Links
Fresno, California - Wikipedia page
Bigfoot, Chupacabra, and…Fresno Nightcrawler? Walking pants bring Fresno freaky fame - Fresno Bee article
The Fresno Nightcrawlers - sceptical, humorous
North Fork, California - Wikipedia page
The Chukchansi People - Coarsegold Historical Society article
Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians - Wikipedia page
Oakland, California - Wikipedia page
Berkeley, California - Wikipedia page
University of California, Santa Cruz - Wikipedia page
Napa, California - Wikipedia page
Tibetan Buddhism - Wikipedia page
Zen (Buddhism) - Wikipedia page
Understanding the Spiritual Marketplace - From Monopoly to Open Access - Patheos article
Spiritual Marketplace: Baby Boomers and the Remaking of American Religion by Wade Clark Roof
Lupus Psychosis and Brain Inflammation - Lupus Corner article
Archangel Michael (channelled messages) - Sanada website
How did Steph find her way into weird stuff? Links
Strangely Enough by C.B. Colby - Goodreads page
Near death experience - Wikipedia page
Bardo (liminal state between death and rebirth) - Wikipedia page
Keith's Excellent Detective Work (gods bless you, Keith) - Based on SQ’s mentions of her age now (61) and at later events, I reckon the exhibition she must have gone to was ‘Wisdom and Compassion: The Sacred Art of Tibet’, held at the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, in 1991. There is an exhibition catalogue available. Not sure if it’s worth including, but there’s a link to it here on Abe Books
I couldn’t find anything else specific to that exhibition that wasn’t behind a pay-wall or on a subscription site, but here’s a short video trailer for that museum’s similar exhibitions:
San Francisco Asian Art Museum, Tibetan Buddhist exhibitions
Tibetan Sand Mandala (construction and destruction)
Synchronicity - Wikipedia page
Steph’s Near Death Experience Links
Meningitis Research Foundation - Excellent charity
Near death, seeing dead people may be neither rare nor eerie - AP News article
Anointing of the Sick in the Catholic Church (Extreme Unction) - Wikipedia page
Auto-immune disease - wikipedia page
Robert Monroe - Wikipedia page
Whitley Strieber - Wikipedia page
A Wild and Wonderful Dialogue between Whitley and UFO Master Greg Bishop...and Gru!
George Gurdjieff - Wikipedia page
Fourth Way (Gurdjieff) - Wikipedia page
Alien abduction - Wikipedia page
Biocentrism Posits That Death Is Merely Transport into Another Universe - Big Think article
VYS0024: Between Being Real and Not Real - Vayse to Face with Nathan Paul Isaac
Is Consciousness a Fundamental Quality of the Universe? - Sci News article and video
Are we really made of 'star stuff' and what does that even mean? - Space article and video
Steph’s encounter with skyscraper-sized entities and its impact on her spiritual practice - Links
Kensington, California - Wikipedia page
Ewam Choden Tibetan Buddhist Centre, Kensington website
24 years on retreat (Judith Skinner) - The New Fillmore article and ‘On Retreat’ documentary trailer
Tathāgata (Buddhism) - Wikipedia page
Secrets of the Real Black Lodge Revealed! by Allen Greenfield and Olav Phillips
Black and White Lodges, Twin Peaks - Wikipedia page section
Empire State Building - Wikipedia page
Marian apparition - Wikipedia page
Emergency medical technician (EMT) - Wikipedia page
Plaid Moon Rising - The Flannel Man - Birdy Magazine article
Ontological security - Wikipedia page
Meditation for awareness - Headspace article
Shavasana (Yoga) - Wikipedia page
Sacred Space: How to Make an Altar in Your Home - Chopra article
Leslie Temple Thurston - website
Native American religions - Britannica.com
Wuxing (Chinese Philosophy, Five Element System) - Wikipedia Page
Synchronicity, the Sandown Clown, and Psychic Jizz - Links
Synchronicity - Wikipedia page
How To Induce Synchronicities, Stephanie Quick blog post
Radio Misterioso - Greg Bishop bio
Quick and Ray – A Psychic Influencing Experiment - Radio Mysterioso post
(Lama) Kunga Rinpoche - Wikipedia page
Buddhist Symbols - Faith Inspires article
Synchronicity and symbols as the base level of magic and entity encounters - Links
VYS0026 | It's a Wand-erful Life - Vayse to Face with Douglas Batchelor Pt. 1
VYS0027 | Batchelor of Dark Arts - Vayse to Face with Douglas Batchelor Pt. 2
Bird symbolism - World Birds article
Bird vocalisation - Wikipedia page
Robert Monroe - Wikipedia page
Dodechahedron - Wikipedia page
Spreading the weird word, sweeping statements, and the teacher-trickster - Links
VYS0024 | Between Being Real and Not Real - Vayse to Face with Nathan Paul Isaac
VYS0025 | Truth with a Capital "T" - Vayse to Face with Sequoyah Kennedy
VYS0010 | Amazing Stories - Vayse to Face with Dr Allen H Greenfield Pt.1
VYS0011 | Weird Tales - Vayse to Face with Dr Allen H Greenfield Pt.2
George Gurdjieff - Wikipedia page
Whitley Strieber - Wikipedia page
Communion (book) - Wikipedia page
Sex Magic with Allen Greenfield - SQ blog post and link to podcast audio
Carlos Castaneda, Amy Wallace, and Steph’s Rules for Sex Magic with Others - Links
Carlos Castaneda - Wikipedia page
Trickster: The Many Lives of Carlos Castaneda, podcast
Destructive cults - Wikipedia page section
Sorcerer's Apprentice: My Life with Carlos Castaneda by Amy Wallace - Goodreads page
Sorcerer's Apprentice : My Life with Carlos Castaneda by Amy Wallace
Irving Wallace - Wikipedia page
Florinda Donner - Wikipedia page
Aleister Crowley - Wikipedia page
My Rules for Sex Magic with Others - Stephanie Quick blog post
Steph’s recommendations - Links
Women of the Paranormal Vol I by Alex Matsuo
The Spooky Stuff podcast with Alex Matsuo
The Spooky Stuff with Alex Matsuo on YouTube
Personal Pans podcast with Vanessa Walilko
Pan Paracon/Personal Pans on YouTube
Vanessa Walilko’s Jewellery and Wearable Art
Church of Mabus Radio on YouTube
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