Episode 23: The Feast of Michaelmas

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This episode was recorded in 2022, and is now being released January 8, 2023 as part of our Epiphany Birthday-Resurrection, thanks to the sound interventions of Mark Steadman. Caveat past opinions, etc.

In this special episode we are delighted to celebrate the marvels of the Feast of Michaelmas – from goose-giving to demon-corralling – as well as of course saluting the Archangel Saint Michael himself in all his protective grace and god-like-ness. In so saluting, we consider the topic of Angel Magic more broadly, touching on Hebrew angelology, Arabic aerial spirits, the Notary Art’s infusions of divine knowledge, grimoiric angel-summoning, and more. For balance of course, this episode is also brought to you by discussion of the Wicked One Without Worth, Belial, a chief of devils, a prince of darkness – indeed, the leader of the Sons of Darkness – and a king of evil, expanding on this infernal CV with consideration of this spirit’s appearances across demonological corpuses (corpi?).

This episode is also brought to you by celebration of the various warming and warding virtues of the Mustard seed; as well as the magical meanings and utilities of that soothing dew of heaven, the mineral Pearl; as well as by discussion of the dead magician, Theosophist author Dion Fortune aka Violet Mary Firth, taking into account both her remarkable accomplishments and lasting influence as well as her more controversial and downright problematic statements and beliefs. This episode is even brought to you by (further!) discussion of the Mercurial geomantic figure of Conjunctio and its counterparted Odu (meji) Iwori; as well as by the mighty and paternal Arcana of the Emperor.

We hope you enjoy this episode’s celebration of the interplay of the angelic and the demonic across time and space! We will continue to update the website and our facebook page when footnotes become available.
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