Occult Confessions

Hosted ByBy Secret Order of Alchemical Actors

Discover the hidden history of witches, magicians, secret societies, healers, werewolves, and supernatural mysteries across the world with occultism scholar Rob C. Thompson. His crew of Alchemical Actors dig into firsthand confessions of the magical and paranormal and bring them to life with their unique blend of research, ritual, and humor.

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All Episodes

9.5: Julian and the Black Death (Pandemic Special)

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in which Julian has a dearth-death experience and receives mystical revelation from God

8.9: A Digital Doomsday Cult

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in which we explore apocalyptic vision and the crime it inspired

8.8: Cargo Cults

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in which we ask how the legend of an apocalyptic ghost ship full of Cargo emerged in Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu

8.6: Nikola Tesla’s Death Ray

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in which Tesla’s occult views on electricity lead to his most controversial invention

8.5: Campfire Confessional Volume I

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in which we tell stories submitted by listeners of occult experiences, sigils, werewolves, and mechanical birds

8.4: Sex and the Second Coming

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in which we connect Mother Ann Lee’s Shakers to John Humphrey Noyes’ Oneida Community

8.3: Rapture and Revelation

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in which the rapture comes before the tribulation or after or perhaps during

The Devil’s Music

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in which we promote our season on rock music’s association with things occult exclusive to patreon

7.7: Chinese Traditional Medicine

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in which we analyze the theories, organs, and disorders of an ancient practice

7.6: American Mind Cure

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in which we trace the history of mental healing from Quimby to Eddy to Therapeutic Touch

7.5: Exorcism