VYS0027 | Batchelor of Dark Arts - Vayse to Face with Douglas Batchelor Pt. 2 - Show Notes This is the second part of a two part interview - if you haven't yet listened to the first part, give it a listen before you dive into part two. *You can find part one here: * VYS0026 | It's a Wand-erful Life - Vayse to Face with Douglas Batchelor Pt. 1 (https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0026) Thanks to Doug for making it through 3 hours of Vayse interrogation and thanks as always to Keith for the show notes! In the second part of Hine and Buckley's interview with the indefatigable Douglas Batchelor, creator and host of the luminous What Magic is This? podcast, the dark side is calling. Having explored his guiding principle of positivity and kindness in the previous episode he now explains how his thoughts, philosophies and understanding of magic play out when applied to the spookier side: Hexes, curses, love spells, necromancy, black magic and the left-hand path. Doug also answers some weird questions about ancestor veneration, synchronicity, what books are currently inspiring him and which deadly non-human-entity may be the one that eventually ends each and every one of us... (Recorded 3 August 2023) Douglas Batchelor/What Magic is This? Links What Magic is This? website (https://whatmagicisthis.com/) Douglas/What Magic is This? On Twitter (https://twitter.com/DouglasWMiT) Douglas/What Magic is This? On Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/douglaswmit/) Douglas/What Magic is This? On YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@whatmagicisthis/videos) Douglas/What Magic is This? Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/WhatMagicIsThisPodcast/) Douglas/What Magic is This? Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/whatmagicisthis) VYS0026 | It's a Wand-erful Life - Vayse to Face with Douglas Batchelor Pt. 1 (https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0026) The darker side of magic, and related links Transubstantiation - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transubstantiation) Curse - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse) Curse tablet (tabella defixionis, defixio) - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_tablet) Jinx - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jinx) Introduction to Hexes, Jinxes, Curses, Evil Eyes, and Black Magic - what are the differences? - WiccanBrew article (https://www.wiccanbrew.com/evil-eye-curses-and-jinx/) Left hand path and right hand path - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left-hand_path_and_right-hand_path) VYS0021 | Song of the Dark Man - Vayse to Face with Darragh Mason (https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0021) Spirit Box S2 #18 / Peter Hine and Stephen Buckley, Dreams, Nightmares and Pan (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mkrq25g2vWc) - this is actually where we discuss magic being self regulating Love magic - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_magic) When William Shatner told Star Trek fans to ‘get a life’ - UCR article (https://ultimateclassicrock.com/william-shatner-star-trek-snl/) Sex magic - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_magic) Six Ways: Approaches & Entries for Practical Magic (https://www.aidanwachter.com/books) by Aiden Wachter Servitor (chaos magic) - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Servitor_(chaos_magic)) Chaos Magic - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos_magic) Sigil - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigil) Skin-walker - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin-walker) Apollo - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo) The Chimp Paradox: The Acclaimed Mind Management Programme to Help You Achieve Success, Confidence and Happiness by Prof Steve Peters (https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-chimp-paradox-the-acclaimed-mind-management-programme-to-help-you-achieve-success-confidence-and-happiness-prof-steve-peters/3814057?ean=9780091935580) The Chimp Paradox Explained - Student Aspect article (https://thestudentaspect.com/the-chimp-paradox-explained/) Cyprian and Justina - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyprian_and_Justina) Animism - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animism) Animism with Gordon White - What Magic is This? episode (https://whatmagicisthis.com/2020/08/29/animism-with-gordon-white/) Spirits with Aidan Wachter - What Magic is This? episode (https://whatmagicisthis.com/2020/08/21/spirits-with-aidan-wachter/) Necromancy, Nigromancy, Black Magic, and related links Necromancy - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necromancy) Necromancy - What Magic is This? episode (https://whatmagicisthis.com/2020/09/26/necromancy/) Lucifer - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucifer) The Devil - What Magic is This? episode (https://whatmagicisthis.com/2020/01/10/the-devil/) Hecate - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hecate) Sorcery (goetia) - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorcery_(goetia)) Goetia - What Magic is This? episode (https://whatmagicisthis.com/2021/08/30/goetia/) Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Cornelius_Agrippa) Nigromancy in the Later Middle Ages - Inquiries Journal article (http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/539/nigromancy-in-the-later-middle-ages) Black magic - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_magic) Bone Magick: Using Bones, Fangs, Feathers, Claws, and Shells in Animal Magick and Ancestor Workby Radiana Pit - The Old Craft article (https://www.theoldcraft.com/2018/04/22/bone-magick-or-using-bones-fangs-feathers-claws-and-shells-in-animal-magick-and-ancestor-work/) Graveyard magick: A Witch’s guide, Grove and Grotto article (https://www.groveandgrotto.com/blogs/articles/graveyard-magick-a-witchs-guide) Key of Solomon, Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_of_Solomon) An Introduction to Solomonic Magic with Alexander Eth of Glitch Bottle Podcast - What Magic is This? episode (https://whatmagicisthis.com/2022/10/30/an-introduction-to-solomonic-magic-with-alexander-eth-of-glitch-bottle-podcast/) Evocation - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evocation) Grimoire - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grimoire) Grimoires with Alexander Cummins - What Magic is This? episode (https://whatmagicisthis.com/2021/01/30/grimoires-with-alexander-cummins/) How To Read Grimoires - What Magic is This? episode (https://whatmagicisthis.com/2022/10/17/how-to-read-grimoires/) Divination - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divination) Ars Goetia - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lesser_Key_of_Solomon#Ars_Goetia) History of Chinese immigration to Canada - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Chinese_immigration_to_Canada) Jake Stratton-Kent - Goodreads page (https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3020512.Jake_Stratton_Kent) Eulogy for a Necromancer (Jake Stratton-Kent) - Scarlet Imprint article (https://scarletimprint.com/journal/eulogy-for-a-necromancer) Eschatology - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eschatology) Gary from accounting (short film) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VdG3zJVYKA) Asking advice from ancestor spirits, magical thinking, and related links Veneration of the dead - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veneration_of_the_dead) Tao Te Ching (Dao De Jing) - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tao_Te_Ching) Kenneth Grant - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Grant) The Magical Revival (https://shop.watkinsbooks.com/products/the-magical-revival-by-kenneth-grant-1?_pos=4&_sid=45bdd7441&_ss=r) by Kenneth Grant Paul Weston's Website (https://www.paulwestonglastonbury.com/) VYS0023 | Mercurial, Mutable, Mysterious Something - Vayse to Face with Paul Weston (https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0023) Glastonbury - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glastonbury) Aldous Huxley - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldous_Huxley) The Doors of Perception - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Doors_of_Perception) Robert Anton Wilson - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Anton_Wilson) John Keel, Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Keel) Synchronicity - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchronicity) A Brief Introduction to Indigenous Epistemology and Unconscious Learning - The Pub article (https://www.pubpoli.com/posts/2020/3/4/indigenous-epistemology) Shamanism - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamanism) Douglas’ recommendations and related links Cosmic Trigger Vol. I: Final Secret of the Illuminati (https://www.abebooks.co.uk/book-search/title/cosmic-trigger/author/robert-wilson/) by Robert Anton Wilson Will Storr Vs the Supernatural: One Man's Search for the Truth About Ghosts (https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/will-storr-vs-the-supernatural-one-man-s-search-for-the-truth-about-ghosts-will-storr/3380961?ean=9780091910136) by Will Storr Edith Hamilton - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Hamilton) Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes (https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/mythology-timeless-tales-of-gods-and-heroes-75th-anniversary-illustrated-edition-edith-hamilton/944114?ean=9780316223331) by Edith Hamilton Science and Psychic Phenomena: The Fall of the House of Skeptics (https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/science-and-psychic-phenomena-the-fall-of-the-house-of-skeptics-chris-carter/7041557?ean=9781594774515) by Chris Carter Jeffrey Kripal - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_J._Kripal) The Luminous Mind of Jeffrey Kripal - What Magic is This? episode (https://whatmagicisthis.com/2020/12/22/the-luminous-mind-of-jeffrey-kripal/) The Return of Jeffrey Kripal - 100th episode - What Magic is This? episode (https://whatmagicisthis.com/2023/01/16/the-return-of-jeffrey-kripal-100th-episode/) Jack Hunter’s website (https://jack-hunter.yourwebsitespace.com/) Spiritualism & Spirit Mediumship with Jack Hunter - What Magic is This? episode (https://whatmagicisthis.com/2022/05/31/spiritualism-amp-spirit-mediumship-with-jack-hunter/) Joshua Cutchin’s Website (https://www.joshuacutchin.com/) Fairies, UFOs & Aliens with Joshua Cutchin, What Magic is This? episode (https://whatmagicisthis.com/2023/03/14/fairies-ufos-aliens-with-joshua-cutchin/) VYS0020 | Messages of Deception - Vayse to Face with Mark Pilkington (https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0020) Mirage Men: A Journey into Disinformation, Paranoia and UFO (https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/mirage-men-a-journey-into-disinformation-paranoia-and-ufos-mark-pilkington/2148784?ean=9781845298579) by Mark Pilkington Mirage Men Documentary (http://strangeattractor.co.uk/shoppe/mirage-men-dvd/) Of all the magicians and wizards ever, fictional and non-fictional, who would Douglas most like to have on What Magic is This? - related links Gandalf - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gandalf) Yoda - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoda) John Dee - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dee) Dr John Dee's Spiritual Diary 1583-1608 : Second Edition (https://www.abebooks.co.uk/book-search/isbn/9780738765303/) by Dr Stephen Skinner John Dee's Five Books of Mystery: Original Sourcebook of Enochian Magic (https://www.abebooks.co.uk/book-search/isbn/9781578631780/) by Joe Peterson Tom Bombadil - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Bombadil) Genius loci - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genius_loci) J. R. R. Tolkien - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._R._R._Tolkien) A Tolkien Bestiary (https://www.abebooks.co.uk/book-search/isbn/9780753704592/) by David Day The Tolkien Trail - Website (https://thetolkientrail.com/) Special Section: Killer cows and related links How Many People Are Killed by Cows Each Year - World Animal Foundation article (https://worldanimalfoundation.org/advocate/how-many-people-killed-by-cows/) Cows officially the most deadly large animals in Britain - Independent article from 2015 (https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/cows-officially-the-most-deadly-large-animals-in-britain-a6727266.html) The 13 Most Dangerous Animals in the UK: Statistics to Know In 2023 - Pet Keen article (https://petkeen.com/dangerous-animal-statistics-uk/) When cows attack - Killer Cows article (https://killercows.co.uk/facts-stats/when-cows-attack/) Tabanidae (Horseflies) - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabanidae) - Absolute Bastards Special Guest: Douglas Batchelor.