Let’s take a good hard look at why a new passage to India was needed. After the fall of Constantinople the Caliphate was strong, and taxes were high! In this episode, we investigate Christopher Columbus and his secret origins.

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We are continuing our journey with Zarathustra as he preaches to a bunch of fools.

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Lisa and Julie from Women Behind the Veil podcast join us for a discussion and speculation about the cult of Dionysus. Sacred food and sacred drink are discussed as well as some of parallels between Dionysus and Jesus.

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The Job like trial on your dear host continues to mount and reign blows down upon him… Jon has gotten a new bottle of gin, and in an attempt to iron out some issues for his live broadcast equipment desides to shoot for a hat trick and he cracks into…

Part 2 of Nietzsche’s Thus Spake Zarathustra is discussed.

After having a really shitty day, Jon just wants to sit down and talk some shit. He grabs Nietzsche and pours a large drink and remebers he has a way to “go live”. And somehow there is a chat feature… reading glasses on, drink poured, chat window…

It’s another deep dive into the legendary origins of Freemasonry, we look at the story of Tower of Babel and the reverence given to whom some would call the world’s first tyrant! We finish with a talk about one of 23 lawmakers immortalized in a stone…

705 years ago this week Robert the Bruce, the newly crowned king of Scotland against overwhelming odds used his wits, his men and the terrain to defeat Edward II and his army, decisively winning the war for Scottish Independence.

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Let’s look at the possibility that the Knights Templar… or someone associated with the organization gained secret ancient information on how to get to North America pre-Columbus. Let’s take a few minutes to talk about the constellation flying above…

Jon has a talk with Robert Anthony the writer behind What Has Been Written, a brilliant writer who talks about the bible, and points out that the bible isn’t a Christian source, Instead, it is a compilation of disagreeing ancient theological…

We start our coverage on the last book of the Goetia. Let’s take a look at our favorite demon commanding King as he summons and interrogates various demons and evil spirits.

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In the light of the recent Djinn episode, we are doing something a little different in this bonus episode. Back in 2014 Jon published a graphic novel called The Djinn Jihad. This is an episode of a prose version of chapter 3. We can see Jon’s research…

In part one we look at the Freemasonic Legend of the Temple. Which is an ancient epic that reaches back in time to the Garden of Eden. It is an alternate version of the origin of brothers, Cain and Abel. The legend follows their lines to a priest who…

In this early “part zero” episode, the importance of Freemasonry in the founding of The Untied States is acknowledged. We dig into two specific Freemason rituals to see how Masons can be construed as heretics when bounced against the teachings of…

**WARNING this has a lot of unrelated and emotional baggage involved** Let’s start our look at the Major Arcana. The first of the septenaries deal with the self, the primal dramaof the ego and the journey of the individual. We look at The Magician,…

In this zero episode, let’s take a look at three compelling stories from Manly P. Halls work The Secret Destiny of America and talk about the possibility of a secret society of philosophers that steered history and formed the USA. Let’s talk a little…

In Episode Zero, let’s look at a few instances of the displacement of populations off of their homeland. Let’s start to explore this sort of echo through history of divine invasions and land grabs. We start just before the Great Deluge and The Tower…

We sit down with writer Adam Backus to talk about his book Urban Legends: Be Careful What You Search For! We talk about the illusive Monongahela River Monster known as Monongy and other urban legends of the Pittsburgh region.

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We finish our look into this fascinating study on how much the media effects our perception of the world. By using music, characters and stories to nudge us, and our emotions using Orwellian techniques.

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We sit down with occultist, magician, writer and researcher Brian Barrott to talk about a subject near and dear to me, let’s talk about the mysterious entities made of smokeless fire known as Djinn!

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