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Take a tour through the dark arts with Christine Schiefer and Em Schulz! Every week, these two friends summon accounts of mystical objects, perverse events, and people who had an appetite for the occult. Into the witch’s brew we go… Rituals is a Spotify Original from Parcast. New episodes Mondays!
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Bass Reeves: No Master But Duty
A new four-part miniseries from Solved Murders: This is the story of a legendary figure of the Wild West… The man widely believed to have inspired the Lone Ranger… Who was born into slavery — and became one of America’s most revered lawmen. Listen to Bass Reeves: No Master But Duty, guest hosted by
E50 • The Magical, Mystical HPB (NOT Haunted Peanut Butter)
What do invisible astral jellyfish and egg-laying lemurs with eyes in the back of their heads have in common? They each appear in “The Secret Doctrine,” the masterwork of a famed occultist known for co-founding the Theosophical Society and SERIOUSLY messing with biographers. So, how much of this epi
E49 • The Lord of Gravity
Sure, he was the genius who discovered the laws of motion and gravity, but his methods were highly criticized and far from traditional (he once stuck a needle in his eye socket to determine what light was made of — aka Sir Eye-sick Newton??). From apples to alchemy, Em and Christine discuss the life
E48 • Dion Fortune: Gatekeeper, Groundbreaker, Past-Life Priestess
Before the internet… Before podcasts… Violet Mary Firth brought magic to the masses by way of auras, chakras, and astral visions (oh my!). Born in Glastonbury in 1890, it was believed by her parents that Violet was a changeling — an impostor replaced by fairies. As she grew older, Violet developed v
E47 • The Countercultural Life of William S. Burroughs
You might know his work as a writer and poet during the Beat Movement. Less well-known is that his first published piece was at age 15 on mind control methods (whaaaaat?!). Come for the story of how he killed his wife. Stay for Christine's story about her poem "Ben the Pen." This is a spiritual jour