The Esoteric Book Club

Esoteric Footnotes 4.10 – Haunting Yourself This conversation starts with the question of whether a person can haunt themselves and then wanders off-track a bit! Savannah: https://www.instagram.com/itsthatwitchuptheholler/ 2024 Monthly Planner and Living by the Moon e-books: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thatwitchuptheholler/extras Karly the Village Tarot Witch: https://www.instagram.com/karly.latham/ Death Becomes Us podcast: https://deathbecomesus.emotionalpictures.com/ Esoteric Book Club can be found on: Patreon: /esotericbookclub Facebook: @esotericbookclub Instagram: esotericbookclub Web: www.esotericbookclub.org "Sneaky Snitch" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Episode 4.8 – Inspiring Creativity Through Magick How do you attract the attention of a creativity inspiring muse to fuel your artistic endeavors? Inspiring Creativity Through Magick, by Astrea Taylor: https://tinyurl.com/3nyr3esc The Five-Minute Druid, by Sarah-Beth Watkins: https://tinyurl.com/2s54e3pw Esoteric Book Club can be found on: Patreon: /esotericbookclub Facebook: @esotericbookclub Instagram: esotericbookclub Web: www.esotericbookclub.org

Esoteric Footnotes 4.9 – Backdrop People Background people, backdrop people, NPCs. All of these terms are used by various groups to describe 'lesser' people in society. Sure, it's gross, but it's also far more sinister than you may think. Esoteric Book Club can be found on: Patreon: /esotericbookclub Facebook: @esotericbookclub Instagram: esotericbookclub Web: www.esotericbookclub.org "Sneaky Snitch" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

This is a very slippery slope that leads to a whole lot of nastiness.

My apologies

Esoteric Footnotes 4.8 – Justin McHenry Tonight I am joined by the author of the book “Lemuria: a True Story of a Fake Place”, Justin McHenry! Lemuria: a True Story of a Fake Place: https://a.co/d/683m9Jd Our Belated Past: https://ourbelatedpast.substack.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/justin.loves.history Threads: https://www.threads.net/@justin.loves.history Episode 4.7 – Lemuria: a True Story of a Fake Place: https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-rxds4-15636eb Esoteric Book Club can be found on: Patreon: /esotericbookclub Facebook: @esotericbookclub Instagram: esotericbookclub Web: www.esotericbookclub.org "Sneaky Snitch" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Bonus episode time! Recently I was joined by Karly the Village Tarot Witch and Jordan from Campfire Tales of the Strange and Unsettling to talk about tabletop roleplaying games, writing, and how these two things can help manifest changes in ourselves. Karly https://open.spotify.com/show/4660U8kRTjFkLttd3Pqr0chttps://www.instagram.com/karly.latham/https://darkvillagepublications.substack.com/ Jordan https://open.spotify.com/show/6xdizeHa7kJBNUmd0AlgYShttps://www.instagram.com/campfire.tales.podcasthttps://www.campfirepodcastnetwork.com/

Episode 4.7 – Lemuria: A True Story of a Fake Place What started out as a theory to explain the presence of lemurs on Madagascar quickly went down a very dark path. Lemuria: A True Story of a Fake Place: https://a.co/d/6jK0R4I C.J. Wheelwright: https://www.instagram.com/cj_wheelwright/ Let's Talk About Rites of Passage, Deity and the Afterlife: https://a.co/d/gfQ9ops Esoteric Book Club can be found on: Patreon: /esotericbookclub Facebook: @esotericbookclub Instagram: esotericbookclub Web: www.esotericbookclub.org "I Knew a Guy" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Episode 4.7 – Irene Glasse Irene is the author of the Blackfeather Mystery School: the Magpie Training, a minister for the Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans, and head of Glasse Witch Cottage. Blackfeather Mystery School: the Magpie Training: http://tinyurl.com/4b2j9rum Glasse Witch Cottage: http://tinyurl.com/3rwy6mp3 Episode 2.12 – Blackfeather Mystery School: the Magpie Training: http://tinyurl.com/3k4dm2kr Esoteric Book Club can be found on: Patreon: /esotericbookclub Facebook: @esotericbookclub Instagram: esotericbookclub Web: www.esotericbookclub.org "Sneaky Snitch" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Episode 4.6 – Esoteric Encounters We're doing something a little different this month. I'm bringing your two books and a zine! The Old Man of the Mountain, by Les O'Dell: http://tinyurl.com/3jzta6c6 The White Monsters of Sherman, New York, by the Mothboys: http://tinyurl.com/3xrjw9ed Esoteric Book Club can be found on: Patreon: /esotericbookclub Facebook: @esotericbookclub Instagram: esotericbookclub Web: www.esotericbookclub.org "I Knew a Guy" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Esoteric Footnotes 4.6 – Supernatural Smut with Karly Latham * NSFW * - seriously, don't listen to this at work, around children, or really....in public at all. Seduced by The Swamp Creature, by Ivanna Schloppykoch: https://tinyurl.com/3rhs4c5k Beasts of Grey Haven series: https://tinyurl.com/dckfzr4v Dark Village, by Mallory Cywinski & Karly Latham: https://tinyurl.com/38fvt4b3 Dark Village Publications: https://darkvillagepublications.substack.com/ The Village Tarot Witch: https://www.instagram.com/karly.latham/ Esoteric Book Club can be found on: Patreon: /esotericbookclub Facebook: @esotericbookclub Instagram: esotericbookclub Web: www.esotericbookclub.org "Sneaky Snitch" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Episode 4.5 – The Secret History of Christmas Baking When we think of Christmas Cookies we generally think of sugar cookies, butter tarts, or the most popular, gingerbread! But where did gingerbread cookies come from? That answer isn't as straight forward as you might expect. The Secret History of Christmas Baking: ORDER HERE Esoteric Book Club can be found on: Patreon: /esotericbookclub Facebook: @esotericbookclub Instagram: esotericbookclub Web: www.esotericbookclub.org

Esoteric Footnotes 4.5 – the Mind Altar How do you perform magic or practice paganism without tools or resources at hand? Find out how to construct your own Mind Altar in this guided meditation. Esoteric Book Club can be found on: Patreon: /esotericbookclub Facebook: @esotericbookclub Instagram: esotericbookclub Web: www.esotericbookclub.org "Sneaky Snitch" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Here is the audio track of the meditation without the other show content.

Episode 4.4 – the Sacred Herbs of Samhain What magical herbs can assist you in your craft when the veil is most thin? How can you appease the spirits of the dead, the spirits of the land, and the fey? the Sacred Herbs of Samhain, by Ellen Evert Hopman: https://tinyurl.com/23tyh337 "First Look at Pristine Asteroid Dust Reveals Abundance of Water And Carbon", by Moises Avila & Issam Ahmed, AFP: https://tinyurl.com/mtjm6bna "NASA is locked out of its OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample because of 2 faulty fasteners", By Monisha Ravisetti: https://tinyurl.com/4bsysuu4 Esoteric Book Club can be found on: Patreon: /esotericbookclub Facebook: @esotericbookclub Instagram: esotericbookclub Web: www.esotericbookclub.org

Esoteric Footnotes 4.4 – Interview with Fred Andersson What better way to learn about high strangeness in Sweden than to ask a local weirdo! Northern Lights: High Strangeness in Sweden, by Fred Andersson: https://tinyurl.com/676tpwz9 Fred Andersson Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/homosatanis Fred Andersson X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/HomoSatanis "Sneaky Snitch" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Esoteric Book Club can be found on: Patreon: /esotericbookclub Facebook: @esotericbookclub Instagram: esotericbookclub Web: www.esotericbookclub.org

When we think of aliens, UFOs, and high strangeness we usually think of Roswell or Rendlesham Forest. Most of us probably don't consider Sweden. But perhaps we should. Find out how WEIRD Sweden really is in tonight's book Northern Lights by Fred Andersson! Northern Lights: High Strangeness in Sweden, by Fred Andersson: https://tinyurl.com/676tpwz9 Esoteric Book Club can be found on: Patreon: /esotericbookclub Facebook: @esotericbookclub Instagram: esotericbookclub Web: www.esotericbookclub.org

I was fortunate enough to spend an hour talking to the author of Ancestral Whispers, Ben Stimpson. We talk about his background, veneration practices, and even about LARPing and Role-Playing and how they can serve as a form of therapy and ancestral work! https://www.benstimpson.com/ Ancestral Whispers, by Ben Stimpson: https://tinyurl.com/bdhj8chw Esoteric Book Club can be found on: Patreon: /esotericbookclub Facebook: @esotericbookclub Instagram: esotericbookclub Web: www.esotericbookclub.org "Sneaky Snitch" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Many cultures around the world have practices and traditions in place for honoring and remembering the dead. This cultural phenomena allows living members to feel a close kinship to those who came before. Learn how we can reintegrate these ideas into modern, Western society with Ancestral Whispers by Ben Stimpson. https://www.benstimpson.com/ Ancestral Whispers, by Ben Stimpson: https://tinyurl.com/bdhj8chw Esoteric Book Club can be found on: Patreon: /esotericbookclub Facebook: @esotericbookclub Instagram: esotericbookclub Web: www.esotericbookclub.org

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