OEITH

Exploring the mystical, psychological, and internal dimensions of contemporary occultism and magick.

Links to all the episodes are given below. More details are available on the podcast website or the OEITH YouTube channel.

The material explored in the podcast is now available as a book, containing every episode listed below, carefully transcribed to maintain the intimate and conversational style of the original audio. Fully referenced and indexed. Available from the all the usual online booksellers, including Amazon US and Amazon UK.

Season Three

• OEITH #304 The Other
  The final episode of OEITH, exploring differences in the relationship between self and other across the spectrum of magical, paranormal, and spiritual experience.
  
  
• OEITH #303 Conversation on Anomalies in Therapy
  Joined again by my colleague Paul, we discuss the nature and therapeutic potential of weird experiences in therapy.
  
  
• OEITH #302 Ancestors
  Exploring personal experiences concerning the nature of our relationship to our ancestors, and how this might affect spiritual practice.
  
  
• OEITH #301 The Fire Kasina Diaries (Part Two)
  A partner to episode #217, we explore the dark side of intense meditation and spiritual practice, and offer some practical techniques for keeping safe. WARNING: Contains references to suicidal ideation and intentions.

Season Two

• OEITH #219 Ouija
  An exploration of this most terrifying item of magical equipment.
  
  
• OEITH #218 Conversation on Ethics and Magic
  Joined by my good friend Paul, we discuss the ethics of magick and the integration of ethics into magical practice.
  
  
• OEITH #217 The Fire Kasina Diaries (Part One)
  How the technique of fire kasina meditation generates visionary and magical powers.
  
  
• OEITH #216 Near Enemies of Magick
  We consider how art, history, and psychology may look like magick but can harm our magical practice.
  
  
• OEITH #215 Human Nature and the Middle Pillar
  Insights from the qabalistic Tree of Life into the dilemmas of human identity.
  
  
• OEITH #214 A Contemporary Form of Chöd
  The story of a night spent in a haunted place and an ancient Tibetan practice for confronting ghosts.
  
  
• OEITH #213 Magick and the Estes Method
  We encounter the Estes method of spirit communication, and its potential use in magick
  
  
• OEITH #212 Confronting Cronos
  We confront the archetype of Cronos (Saturn), its relevance to the contemporary world, and its qabalistic dynamics.
  
  
• OEITH #211 Guides to the Underworld
  We examine how Homer, Virgil, and especially Dante might help us navigate the underworld and our relationship to the dead.
  
  
• OEITH #210 To Keep Silence
  We explore the magical virtues with a particular focus on the multiple significances of keeping silence.
  
  
• OEITH #209 The Hierophant
  We discuss issues of power and spiritual authority, as presented in the tarot symbolism of the Hierophant or Pope.
  
  
• OEITH #208 Personal Reflections on Awakening
  Revisiting my experiences of awakening and reflecting on how things seem now.
  
  
• OEITH #207 Concentration in Meditation, Magick, and the Mainstream
  We borrow some ideas from Buddhism and occultism to deconstruct mainstream misconceptions of the nature of concentration.
  
  
• OEITH #206 Telepathy and Projective Identification
  Exploring the nature of telepathy, and how it might be far more common that it seems.
  
  
• OEITH #205 Reincarnation: Locating Past Lives
  We consider the question of how reincarnation might manifest in everyday experience and magical practice.
  
  
• OEITH #204 Depressive Hedonia
  Examining a  contemporary form of discontent that presents as a mixture of depression and addiction – and its magickal antidote.
  
  
• OEITH #203 Transformations
  Borrowing concepts from psychotherapy we explore how magick produces its effects.
  
  
• OEITH #202 Touched by a Ghost
  Exploring an unsettling personal encounter with a “ghost” during a meditation retreat.
  
  
• OEITH #201 Narcissism, Shame, and Self-Love
  We consider how and why the concept of narcissism has become a term of abuse, and what it was originally designed for.

Season One

• OEITH #119 A Once and Future King
  We explore the occult significance of the film Penda’s Fen (1974) written by David Rudkin and directed by Alan Clarke.
  
  
  
• OEITH #118 Social Class, Identity, and Plato’s Cave
  We examine the pride, pain, and double-edged nature of identification, with an emphasis on differences in social class.
  
  
  
• OEITH #117 Magical Formulations on Gender and Sex
  We explore how gender identity and sex might free or constrict us, and what magick can bring to this.
  
  
  
• OEITH #116 Transcendence – The Nidanas, Final Part
  Diving into Buddhist teachings on the transcendental nidanas, we haul ourselves along from suffering to liberation.
  
  
  
• OEITH #115 Manifestation – The Nidanas, Part One
  Taking the Buddha’s teachings on dependent co-arising as a model of manifestation, we consider their magical applications.
  
  
  
• OEITH #114 Liber Somnia (The Book of Dreams)
  A wide-angled view on dreams and dreaming, considering the significance of dreams that just keep coming back.
  
  
  
• OEITH #113 Group Magick, Perversity, and Transgression
  Navigating the twisted path between abuse and self-transformation, we explore some of the dynamics of magical groups.
  
  
  
• OEITH #112 A Voyage Down the Chakras
  We explore the collision between traditional concepts and personal experiences of the chakras.
  
  
  
• OEITH #111 Haunters and the Haunted
  We consider the ever-elusive nature of ghosts and hauntings.
  
  
  
• OEITH #110 Evil, Be Thou My Good
  Grappling with the notion of “evil” and its relationship to magick.
  
  
  
• OEITH #109 What Possessed Me?
  We consider theories, techniques, and personal experiences of channelling and possession.
  
  
  
• OEITH #108 The Limits of Magick
  We consider what magick can do for us, but focus in particular on what it probably can’t.
  
  
  
• OEITH #107 Surrender to the Goddess
  We discuss how to connect with spiritual entities, and their link to human desire.
  
  
  
• OEITH #106 Tales of the Goetia
  How I discovered the Goetia, and the unsettling experiences that ensued.
  
  
  
• OEITH #105 The Word of the Magus
  We consider what a magus might be and the supposed significance of his or her “word”.
  
  
  
• OEITH #104 Healing Dreams from the Temple of Asklepios
  We explore dreaming as a form of magical and healing practice.
  
  
  
• OEITH #103 The Terrors of Awakening
  Exploring the destabilizing aspects of awakening or enlightenment.
  
  
  
• OEITH #102 Relating with the Dead
  We examine some theories and personal experiences of post-mortem relationships.
  
  
  
• OEITH #101 Meditation and Trauma
  Considering the possible negative effects of meditation and contemplation.