Occult Confessions Podcast
1) 28.11: Hermit on Fire
Richard Rolle was a hermit and a mystic who was probably more widely read than Chaucer during the medieval period. Rolle sets forth the proper religious path for the contemplative introvert. He teache...Show More
2) 28.10: Thai Tattoo Magic
Rob and Luke sit down with Sheer Zed to talk about his experience traveling to Thailand to receive sacred tattoos, captured in his book Thai Tattoo Magic.
3) 28.9: Margery Wept
Margery Kempe cried so much and so loudly that she became one of the most annoying women in her hometown of Lynn as well as neighboring Lincoln and Norwich not to mention Jerusalem, Rome, and Santiago...Show More
4) 28.8: The Dark Pool Project Part 3 of 3
Rob's strange experiment in subconscious exploration and creation comes to an exciting conclusion in this final installment of our Dark Pool project.
5) 28.7: The Dark Pool Project Part 2 of 3
The story continues. The actors blend subconscious exploration, devised theater, and occult theory in this experimental storytelling experience.
6) 28.6: The Dark Pool Project Part 1
We have taken down the website for our pandemic audio experiment and so we're posting it up here on our main channel for your Halloween enjoyment (or whichever season you happen to be listening).
7) 28.5: The Cloud of Unknowing (Part Two)
Where did the medieval via negative come from? In large part, it was inspired by Plato and those who followed him an innovated on his way of thinking. In the second of two parts on the Cloud of Unknow...Show More
8) 28.4: The Cloud of Unknowing (Part One)
Blind love is the only way to experience God according to the anonymous medieval mystic who authored the Cloud of Unknowing. In the first of two parts, we discuss the neoplatonic path outlined by an u...Show More
9) 28.3: Kabbalah
Kabbalah has its roots in early rabbinic Judaism and became a distinct school of thought in the medieval period with the work of Isaac the Blind, Moses de Leon, and then Isaac Luria in the Renaissance...Show More
10) 28.2: Hildegard von Bingen (Interview Special Part Two)
Magnolia Strange returns to complete her account of the life and significance of Hildegard. Included is some of Hildegard's music performed by Magnolia.