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A bi-weekly podcast on all manner of magic, occultism, and folklore, from learned traditions of grimoires and astrology to the folkways of traditional witchcraft and herbalism around the globe. Hosted by Sfinga, Salt, and B. Key of the "With Cunning & Command" blog, bringing you all the same passionate exposition with far more mischief and devilry! Every two weeks, we bring you a folkloric deep-dive into an element of traditional magic to better enrich your knowledge base, a practicum on mag ...
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Podcasts of classic ghost and adventure stories, set in lonely churchyards or empty mansions, all in the tradition of classic authors such as M. R. James, H.P. Lovecraft and the most popular sci-fi pulp fiction writers. Narrated by M.P. Pellicer
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It's the Halloween special! Sfinga, Salt, and B. Key dive into the world of fairytales, folklore, and dramatic plays to narrate six different stories—and reflect on each of the sorcerous lessons one can glean from them. From seafaring saints and Faustian conjurers to old witches and dragon-slaying princes, the gang giggles their way through all the…
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Ghost stories from Further Stories from Lord Halifax's Ghost Book Narrator and Producer MP Pellicer www.MPPellicer.com SUPPORT VIA DONATION Buy Me A Coffee - https://bit.ly/3SZFf6c Miami Ghost Chronicles: http://bit.ly/MiaGhostChron Nightshade Diary: https://bit.ly/3WuER2z Stories of the Supernatural: https://bit.ly/3td5sDX MY BOOKS: Amazon: https:…
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Stories: The Cunning of the Serpent by Henry S. Whitehead Final Game by Hugh B. Cave Host - M.P. Pellicer www.MPPellicer.com SUPPORT VIA DONATION Buy Me A Coffee - https://bit.ly/3SZFf6c Miami Ghost Chronicles: http://bit.ly/MiaGhostChron Nightshade Diary: https://bit.ly/3WuER2z Stories of the Supernatural: https://bit.ly/3td5sDX MY BOOKS: Amazon: …
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Ghost stories from Further Stories from Lord Halifax's Ghost Book Narrator and Producer MP Pellicer www.MPPellicer.com SUPPORT VIA DONATION Buy Me A Coffee - https://bit.ly/3SZFf6c Miami Ghost Chronicles: http://bit.ly/MiaGhostChron Nightshade Diary: https://bit.ly/3WuER2z Stories of the Supernatural: https://bit.ly/3td5sDX MY BOOKS: Amazon: https:…
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How do you determine which spirits are best suited to consult for which questions? What roles to concurrent auguries play alongside one's chosen divinatory system? How can over-divining block a result, and how can you know the answer generated by trance is the most accurate and precise one? How do we better our capacity to not only hear our spirits…
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Mystery story from the author of the Fu Manchu series. Host - M.P. Pellicer www.MPPellicer.com SUPPORT VIA DONATION Buy Me A Coffee - https://bit.ly/3SZFf6c Miami Ghost Chronicles: http://bit.ly/MiaGhostChron Nightshade Diary: https://bit.ly/3WuER2z Stories of the Supernatural: https://bit.ly/3td5sDX MY BOOKS: Amazon: https://amzn.to/3UljpLr Goodre…
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The Man Who Turned into a Cat The Dead Killed Him in His Own Grave by James Wentworth Day Narrator and Producer MP Pellicer www.MPPellicer.com SUPPORT VIA DONATION Buy Me A Coffee - https://bit.ly/3SZFf6c Miami Ghost Chronicles: http://bit.ly/MiaGhostChron Nightshade Diary: https://bit.ly/3WuER2z Stories of the Supernatural: https://bit.ly/3td5sDX …
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The gang reunite to discuss their favourite spells from the corpus of Coptic Magical Papyri. From contests with headless beings to rites to bring (and take away) fertility, the Dragon, Wolf, and Owl cover a wide spectrum of practical applications born of this often-neglected yet exceedingly rich collection of ancient magical technologies. Support u…
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Two stories from the author of the Fu Manchu series. Narrator and Producer MP Pellicer www.MPPellicer.com SUPPORT VIA DONATION Buy Me A Coffee - https://bit.ly/3SZFf6c Miami Ghost Chronicles: http://bit.ly/MiaGhostChron Nightshade Diary: https://bit.ly/3WuER2z Stories of the Supernatural: https://bit.ly/3td5sDX MY BOOKS: Amazon: https://amzn.to/3Ul…
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A lonely traveler makes his way across Europe, stopping along the way in a scenic Swiss village, and little does he know that he would be witness to a soul that can find no rest after a horrible crime that occurred many years before. Host - M.P. Pellicer www.MPPellicer.com SUPPORT VIA DONATION Buy Me A Coffee - https://bit.ly/3SZFf6c Miami Ghost Ch…
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Tombstone is renown for the gunfight at the OK Corral, however there were many desperados and lawmen that visited the town, and never left. Host - M.P. Pellicer www.MPPellicer.com SUPPORT VIA DONATION Buy Me A Coffee - https://bit.ly/3SZFf6c Miami Ghost Chronicles: http://bit.ly/MiaGhostChron Nightshade Diary: https://bit.ly/3WuER2z Stories of the …
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B. Key provides an array of tips and tricks for dominating landlords—and by extension anyone in a position of financial authority over you. Whether it's propitiating the spirits of the land, fixing contractors and neighbours alike, or keeping the peace within the home, Key explores the ins and outs of how to stay safe, stay strapped, and stay secur…
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Two, young ghost hunters decide to challenge the legend of a sadistic count and lay to rest the fear that has hung over the keep where he killed revelers and then himself. Host - M.P. Pellicer www.MPPellicer.com SUPPORT VIA DONATION Buy Me A Coffee - https://bit.ly/3SZFf6c Miami Ghost Chronicles: http://bit.ly/MiaGhostChron Nightshade Diary: https:…
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Ghost stores of haunted mining camps and boom towns, where many came to make a fortune and found death instead. Host - M.P. Pellicer www.MPPellicer.com SUPPORT VIA DONATION Buy Me A Coffee - https://bit.ly/3SZFf6c Miami Ghost Chronicles: http://bit.ly/MiaGhostChron Nightshade Diary: https://bit.ly/3WuER2z Stories of the Supernatural: https://bit.ly…
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What happens when an occultist challenges a house known for its evil, which has driven out past residents or killed any who step foot on its ground? Will the house have its way again? Host - M.P. Pellicer www.MPPellicer.com SUPPORT VIA DONATION Buy Me A Coffee - https://bit.ly/3SZFf6c Miami Ghost Chronicles: http://bit.ly/MiaGhostChron Nightshade D…
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Sfinga and B. Key are joined by the incredible Albert Björn Shiell, witch, sorcerer, and student of English and Icelandic folk magical traditions. Albert goes over his experience studying oral and literary traditions of Icelandic magic, and muses on the nature of integrating into not only a new culture and language, but a foreign country's animist …
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Classic Victorian ghost story authored by one of Dicken's contemporaries & author of The Lady in White. Host - M.P. Pellicer www.MPPellicer.com SUPPORT VIA DONATION Buy Me A Coffee - https://bit.ly/3SZFf6c Miami Ghost Chronicles: http://bit.ly/MiaGhostChron Nightshade Diary: https://bit.ly/3WuER2z Stories of the Supernatural: https://bit.ly/3td5sDX…
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Recounting of an actual crime of passion that took place in 19th century Oakland, and demonstrated how to get away with murder. Host - M.P. Pellicer www.MPPellicer.com SUPPORT VIA DONATION Buy Me A Coffee - https://bit.ly/3SZFf6c Miami Ghost Chronicles: http://bit.ly/MiaGhostChron Nightshade Diary: https://bit.ly/3WuER2z Stories of the Supernatural…
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A ghost story with a twist, and that in the end it's all about your perspective of the situation. Host - M.P. Pellicer www.MPPellicer.com SUPPORT VIA DONATION Buy Me A Coffee - https://bit.ly/3SZFf6c Miami Ghost Chronicles: http://bit.ly/MiaGhostChron Nightshade Diary: https://bit.ly/3WuER2z Stories of the Supernatural: https://bit.ly/3td5sDX MY BO…
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Arthur Henry "Sarsfield" Ward (1883 – 1959), better known as Sax Rohmer, was an English novelist. He is best remembered for his series of novels featuring the master criminal Fu Manchu. This story is taken from his Tales of Secret Egypt book. Host - M.P. Pellicer www.MPPellicer.com SUPPORT VIA DONATION Buy Me A Coffee - https://bit.ly/3SZFf6c Miami…
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Sfinga and B. Key cover the 44 pentacles of the Key of Solomon, their construction, uses, and personal tips, tricks, and innovations they've gleaned from their experiments. The Dragon and Owl discuss at length the various ways in which the planetary pentacles can be used across the sorcerous board, as well as the magical implications of matching on…
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What happens when you visit an abandoned church in the English countryside? Some things are better left undiscovered. Host - M.P. Pellicer www.MPPellicer.com SUPPORT VIA DONATION Buy Me A Coffee - https://bit.ly/3SZFf6c Miami Ghost Chronicles: http://bit.ly/MiaGhostChron Nightshade Diary: https://bit.ly/3WuER2z Stories of the Supernatural: https://…
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Arthur Henry "Sarsfield" Ward (1883 – 1959), better known as Sax Rohmer, was an English novelist. He is best remembered for his series of novels featuring the master criminal Fu Manchu. This story is taken from his Tales of Secret Egypt book. Host - M.P. Pellicer www.MPPellicer.com SUPPORT VIA DONATION Buy Me A Coffee - https://bit.ly/3SZFf6c Miami…
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A classic time-travel story set in the early days of the 20th century. Host - M.P. Pellicer www.MPPellicer.com SUPPORT VIA DONATION Buy Me A Coffee - https://bit.ly/3SZFf6c Miami Ghost Chronicles: http://bit.ly/MiaGhostChron Nightshade Diary: https://bit.ly/3WuER2z Stories of the Supernatural: https://bit.ly/3td5sDX MY BOOKS: Amazon: https://amzn.t…
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An adventure story set in 1920s Egypt, where superstitions abound and so do mysteries. Host - M.P. Pellicer www.MPPellicer.com SUPPORT VIA DONATION Buy Me A Coffee - https://bit.ly/3SZFf6c Miami Ghost Chronicles: http://bit.ly/MiaGhostChron Nightshade Diary: https://bit.ly/3WuER2z Stories of the Supernatural: https://bit.ly/3td5sDX MY BOOKS: Amazon…
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Dear friend and discerning sorcerer Caspar, also known as De Duivelbanner van Overijssel, joins the hosts to chat all things Dutch folk magic. In addition to discussing the diversity of Dutch folk practitioners, what duivelbanners are, differences between Protestant and Catholic traditions, and types of spirits one may encounter, the gang explores …
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Podcast of classic horror, mystery, adventure and ghost stories narrated by Marlene Pardo Pellicer From the pages of Nightshade Diary come the haunting and hair-raising tales of ghosts, murder and mayhem. Who's hiding in the closet? What's under the bed? You'll be asking yourself these questions after you listen to these creepalicious tales that'll…
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A man from the ancient city of Carcosa awakens from a sickness-induced sleep to find himself lost in an unfamiliar wilderness. | Narrated by M.P. Pellicer SUPPORT VIA DONATION Buy Me A Coffee - https://bit.ly/3SZFf6c Miami Ghost Chronicles: http://bit.ly/MiaGhostChron Nightshade Diary: https://bit.ly/3WuER2z Stories of the Supernatural: https://bit…
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Further Stories from Lord Halifax's Ghost Book Host - M.P. Pellicer www.MPPellicer.com SUPPORT VIA DONATION Buy Me A Coffee - https://bit.ly/3SZFf6c Miami Ghost Chronicles: http://bit.ly/MiaGhostChron Nightshade Diary: https://bit.ly/3WuER2z Stories of the Supernatural: https://bit.ly/3td5sDX MY BOOKS: Amazon: https://amzn.to/3UljpLr Goodreads: htt…
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Salt opens the floor on the grounding elements of magical healing and sorcery in health. Exploring the logics of oral charms, Galenic medicine, and medical astrology, he leads the gang through a round table discussion of the key principles of protecting and nurturing long-term health in one's spiritual practice—through all holistic means, magical a…
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Podcast of classic horror, mystery, adventure and ghost stories narrated by Marlene Pardo Pellicer From the pages of Nightshade Diary come the haunting and hair-raising tales of ghosts, murder and mayhem. Who's hiding in the closet? What's under the bed? You'll be asking yourself these questions after you listen to these creepalicious tales that'll…
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Further Stories from Lord Halifax's Ghost Book Host - M.P. Pellicer www.MPPellicer.com SUPPORT VIA DONATION Buy Me A Coffee - https://bit.ly/3SZFf6c Miami Ghost Chronicles: http://bit.ly/MiaGhostChron Nightshade Diary: https://bit.ly/3WuER2z Stories of the Supernatural: https://bit.ly/3td5sDX MY BOOKS: Amazon: https://amzn.to/3UljpLr Goodreads: htt…
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Classic ghost story. Voted best short story of 1928. Podcast of classic horror, mystery, adventure and ghost stories narrated by Marlene Pardo Pellicer From the pages of Nightshade Diary come the haunting and hair-raising tales of ghosts, murder and mayhem. Who's hiding in the closet? What's under the bed? You'll be asking yourself these questions …
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B. Key brings the fire to passionately advocate for the use of magic in anti-fascist resistance. After a brief overview of some of the most critical Supreme Court cases that have eroded civil liberties in the United States, Key provides a miscellany of sorcerous workings to resist the state, evade the law, and protect our communities—especially tho…
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Mole, the narrator used to work the passenger lift in the Empire Hotel. Colonel Saxby, of room number 210 on the fourth floor, used to go up in the lift every day, as regular as clockwork, until he fell ill. Only then did he go down in it, and out into the midnight snow. Narrated by M.P. Pellicer | www.MPPellicer.com SUPPORT VIA DONATION Buy Me A C…
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By Lord Halifax: Warning for a Submarine The Tweenie The Bloody Hand The Rustling Lady of Lincoln and By Sax Roehmer: The Curse of a Thousand Kisses Host - M.P. Pellicer www.MPPellicer.com SUPPORT VIA DONATION Buy Me A Coffee - https://bit.ly/3SZFf6c Miami Ghost Chronicles: http://bit.ly/MiaGhostChron Nightshade Diary: https://bit.ly/3WuER2z Storie…
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Taken from Further Stories from Lord Halifax The Restless Dead, a story taken from Blackwood's Magazine for December, 1892, and The Countess Belvedere (lived during early 1700s). Host - M.P. Pellicer www.MPPellicer.com SUPPORT VIA DONATION Buy Me A Coffee - https://bit.ly/3SZFf6c Miami Ghost Chronicles: http://bit.ly/MiaGhostChron Nightshade Diary:…
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Mr Nugent Oxenhope, a Special Duties Officer for the Historic Structures Fund, pays a extended visit to Clamber Court in Bedfordshire, one of the properties under the aegis of the Fund. There he encounters Agnes and Olive Brakespear, an odd pair of middle-aged sisters, and a strange preponderance of dust. You’re of course familiar with the phrase “…
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Sorceress, Fairy Seer, Trollkvinne, and dear friend of the show Rose Aurora returns for a discussion about the various signs that manifest in clusters at birth, puberty, and beyond to delineate proclivities for certain kinds of magical pacts. We cover questions concerning lack of free will and choice, what does having "the gift" entail across our c…
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One of the many ghosts and legends of Glamis Castle in Scotland is the Monster of Glamis, who is reputed to be Thomas Lyon-Bowes born in 1821 and said to have died a day after birth, but in truth, he was alive but so deformed that he was locked away in a secret chamber of the castle. Host - M.P. Pellicer www.MPPellicer.com Author - Lord Halifax SUP…
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A scholar and antiquarian is tasked with reviewing a paper on alchemy for a prestigious academic association. However, the paper is rejected, and the protagonist soon finds himself entangled in a web of mystery and terror. Host - M.P. Pellicer www.MPPellicer.com SUPPORT VIA DONATION Buy Me A Coffee - https://bit.ly/3SZFf6c Miami Ghost Chronicles: h…
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In the wilderness of Northwestern Ontario, two Scotsmen—divinity student Simpson and his uncle, Dr. Cathcart are on a moose-hunting trip with guides Hank Davis and French "Canuck", Joseph Déefago. Indian cook, Punk, stays to tend the main camp, the others split up into two hunting-parties to explore the vast territory beyond. While in the wildernes…
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A beautiful house in the French countryside is rented by an unsuspecting English family, learning only too late why it was so inexpensive. Host - M.P. Pellicer www.MPPellicer.com Author - Lord Halifax SUPPORT VIA DONATION Buy Me A Coffee - https://bit.ly/3SZFf6c Miami Ghost Chronicles: http://bit.ly/MiaGhostChron Nightshade Diary: https://bit.ly/3W…
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Two classic ghost stories, best heard around a crackling fire. Authors - Algernon Blackwood, Sir Herbert Stephen Host - M.P. Pellicer www.MPPellicer.com SUPPORT VIA DONATION Buy Me A Coffee - https://bit.ly/3SZFf6c Miami Ghost Chronicles: http://bit.ly/MiaGhostChron Nightshade Diary: https://bit.ly/3WuER2z Stories of the Supernatural: https://bit.l…
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Sfinga leads the gang through a survey of the counter-magical tactics employed by witch bottles. From Blagrave’s "Astrological Practice of Physick" all the way to Harry Middleton Hyatt's collections on hoodoo and conjure, the Dragon, Wolf, and Owl engage in some quick maths: early modern humoural theory + pins + heat + a witch's bladder = an absolu…
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The setting is 1930s Peking and centers around a faded and demure diplomat's wife who purchases an automobile and unwittingly opens the door to the other world. Host - M.P. Pellicer www.MPPellicer.com Author - An Bridge SUPPORT VIA DONATION Buy Me A Coffee - https://bit.ly/3SZFf6c Miami Ghost Chronicles: http://bit.ly/MiaGhostChron Nightshade Diary…
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Some Strange Disturbances - An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street by J.S. Le Fanu Two college students rent rooms on Aungier Street. The prior owner was a judge who hanged himself, and the property has a reputation for being haunted. Nightmares herald experiences that leads them to believe that the house's reputation is well des…
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A gothic tale where an elderly caregiver gathers her charges to tell them a spooky story about their mother’s childhood. Host - M.P. Pellicer www.MPPellicer.com SUPPORT VIA DONATION Buy Me A Coffee - https://bit.ly/3SZFf6c Miami Ghost Chronicles: http://bit.ly/MiaGhostChron Nightshade Diary: https://bit.ly/3WuER2z Stories of the Supernatural: https…
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Who better than a church restorer and amateur archaeologist to recognize a vampire's tomb when you run across it? Host - M.P. Pellicer www.MPPellicer.com Author - F.G. Loring SUPPORT VIA DONATION Buy Me A Coffee - https://bit.ly/3SZFf6c Miami Ghost Chronicles: http://bit.ly/MiaGhostChron Nightshade Diary: https://bit.ly/3WuER2z Stories of the Super…
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After six months of continuous labour, Sfinga and B. Key at last unveil as much as can be said publicly about their profound experience pilgrimaging to the Sanctuary and Rock of the Goddess of Love's birth. Pouring their hearts out in celebration of a theophany, numerous physical manifestations of spiritual presence, remarkable omens of nature, and…
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