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This Podcast is a Ritual creates a magical space for a wizard, his guests, his listeners, and an omnipotent future being to create a slightly better reality. Get initiated now by listening to the Opening Ceremony!
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The Wizard has arrived in the Netherlands and is ready to embark on his quest to become "Amsterdam's #1 Wizard," but first, he has to figure out what the heck is going on in a strange land where everything feels odd and unfamiliar. Thankfully, these are the moments magic was made for so he's putting himself in places of possibility and letting divination lead the way to the "slightly better" reality that awaits just on the other side of that "oh no, what am I even doing here?!" overwhelm that greets every traveler when they step out of the familiar and into life's great adventure... ...and oh what an adventure it is! So if you want to hear the actual episode, you too will need to embark on the epic quest that is joining our Patreon! Listen to Stranger in a Strange Land: https://www.patreon.com/thispodcastisaritual/posts/168890113/ Join the ritual: www.patreon.com/thispodcastisaritual
Aidan Wachter, author of Six Ways, Weaving Fate, and Changeling, joins the ritual for a spirited discussion with the Wizard about the lively world we live in and how magic can help us better align ourselves with the many allies, ancestors, and more mysterious entities who seem to take in interest in our particular plane of being. Tune into Aidan's magic at: https://www.aidanwachter.com/ Join the ritual: www.patreon.com/thispodcastisaritual
As the moon slides in front of the sun while Icelandic clouds obscure them both, the land grows dark and the Wizard takes a moment to reflect on art, creativity, festival culture, and how to create truly radical structures in a world eager to commodify and capitalize on whatever novelty is left to discover. And with these final thoughts, the Portal closes, one ritual comes to an end, and a new adventure begins... Learn more about The Portal at Iceland Eclipse: https://icelandeclipse.com/the-portal For more THIS PORTAL IS A RITUAL, check out: Opening the Portal - https://www.patreon.com/thispodcastisaritual/posts/opening-portal-164554937 Rising Tension - https://www.patreon.com/thispodcastisaritual/posts/rising-tension-165188858 Dawning Insight - https://www.patreon.com/thispodcastisaritual/posts/dawning-insight-165848380 Join the ritual: www.patreon.com/thispodcastisaritual
Good things come to those who wait. As the Wizard wades deeper into the THIS PORTAL IS A RITUAL's many mysteries, he continues to encounter new understandings about himself, his fellow participants, the power of pranks, Iceland's unique magic, and what this experience is, was, or just might be. Learn more about The Portal at Iceland Eclipse: https://icelandeclipse.com/the-portal Join the ritual: www.patreon.com/thispodcastisaritual
THIS PORTAL IS A RITUAL descends deeper into madness as the Wizard navigates eternal day, dive bombing birds, organizational challenges, and the unavoidable messiness of interpersonal dynamics, all while doing his best to delight in the discord and play in the imperfections and obstacles that, in their own weird way, open the door to even greater opportunities. Learn more about The Portal at Iceland Eclipse: https://icelandeclipse.com/the-portal Join the ritual: www.patreon.com/thispodcastisaritual
Why did the Wizard go through the Portal? To get to the other side! And all jokes aside, the Wizard is currently in a literal, metaphorical, and deeply magical portal which is a multi-week artist residency for the Iceland Eclipse festival that will usher him into a new reality in Amsterdam when he emerges on the other side. But the Wizard is far from the only traveler moving through this portal, so you're invited to follow along with this adventure and the many wonderful weirdos we'll be meeting along the way in this special mini-series: THIS PORTAL IS A RITUAL. Learn more about The Portal at Iceland Eclipse: https://icelandeclipse.com/the-portal Join the ritual: www.patreon.com/thispodcastisaritual
America's #1 Wizard is taking the leap and embarking on a magical quest to relocate to the Netherlands and become Amsterdam's #1 Wizard. To honor this momentous occasion, we're looking back at the magic that got us here, revisiting the "What is a Quest?" episode that kicked off last year's This Podcast is a Quest mini-series. And then stay tuned for our new This Portal is a Ritual mini-series, beginning next week! For more on the magic that emerged from this episode, check out: The Invocation - https://www.patreon.com/posts/invocation-144989332 The Leap - https://www.patreon.com/thispodcastisaritual/posts/leap-155721154 Join the ritual: https://www.patreon.com/thispodcastisaritual
Magic has long trafficked in fantasies of power and control. This is the tantalizing idea that there are certain secrets one can master that will raise a person above their peers and allow them to command angels, devils, and assorted deities. Of course, we have also seen this cautionary tale play out across fairy tales and other works of fiction, and it rarely ends well, so here the Wizard offers a novel approach to Power: One based in relation, rather than domination. This episode provides explicit instructions for invoking Power politely and includes a full step-by-step ritual you can use to improve your own relationship with the particularly tricky Power... Discipline! Visit the Patreon for the full Prayer to Disciplina: https://www.patreon.com/thispodcastisaritual/posts/what-is-power-163294699 For more on the ideas explored in this episode, check out What is Power? (theory) - https://www.patreon.com/thispodcastisaritual/posts/what-is-power-161898774 What is a Person? (theory) - https://www.patreon.com/posts/what-is-person-159310290 What is a Person? (practice) - https://www.patreon.com/thispodcastisaritual/posts/what-is-person-160733752 What's the Point? (theory) - https://www.patreon.com/posts/whats-point-147660543 What's the Point? (practice) - https://www.patreon.com/posts/whats-point-148217750 The Invocation - https://www.patreon.com/posts/invocation-144989332 Join the ritual: https://www.patreon.com/thispodcastisaritual
Before the Wizard reveals his magical praxis for working with the various Powers-that-be, he felt it important to take a moment to address the elephant in the occultural room: Fantasies of control. These seductive messages touch on deeply rooted—often unconscious—anxieties and try to sell a fantasy of power, perfection, and control that promises to resolve all issues. But rather than seek a magic of domination and will, the Wizard suggests we might find greater rewards in a magic of relationship and chill... ...and what better way to relate than subscribing to the Patreon so you can hear the full episode! Or don't! The Wizard is not trying to control you! Listen to How to Let Go of Control: https://www.patreon.com/thispodcastisaritual/posts/how-to-let-go-of-162617205 Join the ritual: www.patreon.com/thispodcastisaritual
Something brought you to this moment. A long sequence of personal choices and cosmic chance collaborated to bring you to this exact moment. But why? That's a question the Wizard explores at length in this new installment of Wizardry in Theory and Practice, digging into the what's and why's of the life shaping forces we call "Power." This episode builds on the metaphysics laid out in depth in What's the Point? (theory) and What is a Person (theory), but it can absolutely be listened to on its own. And these ideas will be expanded on as an actionable magical practice in the forthcoming episode, What is Power? (practice). For more on the ideas explored in this episode, check out What's the Point? (theory) - https://www.patreon.com/posts/whats-point-147660543 What is a Person? (theory) - https://www.patreon.com/thispodcastisaritual/posts/what-is-person-159310290 The Invocation - https://www.patreon.com/posts/invocation-144989332 Join the ritual: www.patreon.com/thispodcastisaritual
The Wizard is on the move, somewhere between Here and I-Don't-Know-Where, so it felt like the right time to take a little walkabout within the concept of "wandering," and it's conceptual sibling, "wondering," and see where we might arrive... ...which, while wizardry is concerned with far more than mere destinations, if you wish to arrive at the actual episode, you'll need to wander over to our Patreon to hear it in full! Listen to How to Wander Like a Wizard: https://www.patreon.com/thispodcastisaritual/posts/how-to-wander-161359969 Join the ritual: www.patreon.com/thispodcastisaritual
How do we practice becoming a Person? Doing his best to evade the usual traps of self-optimization, the Wizard offers a humble contemplative practice designed to help us see ourselves—not as perpetual projects—but as vast and complex patterns which emerge across space-and-time out of an intricate web of relationships. Thus, to aid us in our quest to discern our own Person, the Wizards lays out a magical ritual known as the Seven Point Program to Become a Person. For more on the ideas explored in this episode, check out What is a Person? (theory) - https://www.patreon.com/posts/what-is-person-159310290 What's the Point? (theory) - https://www.patreon.com/posts/whats-point-147660543 What's the Point? (practice) - https://www.patreon.com/posts/whats-point-148217750 The Invocation - https://www.patreon.com/posts/invocation-144989332 Join the ritual: https://www.patreon.com/thispodcastisaritual
Before we get into the practical magical follow up to What is a Person? (theory), the Wizard wanted to acknowledge the paradoxical problem of trying to be a better person and how the Cult of Optimization seeks to prey on our collective anxieties with an endless barrage of advice, tips, and self improvement schemes, when perhaps we might have a slightly better time letting all that go to bask in our own imperfection instead. If you're imperfect and tired of trying to deny it, join our imperfect Patreon and listen to the episode in its entirety! Listen to How to Alchemize Anxiety: https://www.patreon.com/posts/how-to-be-person-160041488 Join the ritual: www.patreon.com/thispodcastisaritual
If you're reading this, you're probably a person. While this word is regarded in everyday language as something simple, straightforward, and basically synonymous with "human being," the Wizard wants you to examine your assumptions and re-consider the concept of "person" as he reveals it to be something sranger, with far greater magical significance... This episode builds on the metaphysics laid out in depth in What's the Point? (theory), although it can absolutely be listened to on its own. And these ideas will be expanded on as an actionable magical practice in the forthcoming episode, What is a Person? (practice). For more on the ideas explored in this episode, check out What's the Point? (theory) - https://www.patreon.com/posts/whats-point-147660543 The Invocation - https://www.patreon.com/posts/invocation-144989332 What is a Large Language Model? - https://www.patreon.com/posts/what-is-large-143943525 Join the ritual: www.patreon.com/thispodcastisaritual
Despite our bests attempts to "calm down" or "stop panicking," anxiety rarely responds to such strategies, so here are all the Wizard's magical secrets on what actually works, gleaned from years of lived experience as an anxious person as well as countless sessions with clients helping them move past the discomfort of chronic unease that is all too common in this Age of Anxiety. If you struggle with anxiety and are ready to try something different, join the Patreon to listen to the actual episode in its entirety. Listen to How to Alchemize Anxiety: https://www.patreon.com/posts/how-to-alchemize-158615215 Join the ritual: www.patreon.com/thispodcastisaritual
David Bajramovic, aka the Recovering Overthinker, is an existential explorer, taking the wisdom of pioneers like Carl Jung, Rollo May, James Hillman, Friedrich Nietzsche, and other deep thinkers and presenting it for a modern audience in ways that are not only accessible, but actionable, as we all face unprecedented levels of technological distraction and dopamine addiction which can make it hard to feel aligned with one's own true will. Joining the ritual for an illuminating conversation with the Wizard, David shares about his own journey out of anxiety, overthinking, and self sabotage and tell us about the teachers and tools he's found most effective, while steering clear of the sales-y self help and "bro-icism" philosophers that end up perpetuating, rather than resolving, the issues we face in this Age of Anxiety. Follow David on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/recovering.overthinker/ Tune into more of David's magic at: https://linktr.ee/recoveringoverthinker Join the ritual: www.patreon.com/thispodcastisaritual
The Wizard addresses the current AI discourse from a variety of unusual angles, digging into our lost utopian dreams, extremely valid capitalist critiques, and problematic pearl-clutching moral panic as we all confront this tidal wave of technology that, whatever you think of it, is certainly upending everything! But of course, all of that is in the actual episode while this is but a mere amuse-bouche, so come on over to the Patreon to dig into the main dish! Listen to How to Feel About AI: https://www.patreon.com/posts/157546367 Join the ritual: www.patreon.com/thispodcastisaritual
Performance artist, witchdoctor, and sci-fi religion world builder M. Dudeck steps into the ritual for an imaginal exploration with the Wizard, digging into what it means to envision wilder, weirder tomorrows and the magical and artistic tools we can wield to bring them into being. M. is a multidimensional multimedia artist whose work bridges graphic art and ritualistic performance to explore "xenotheology," the queer alien religion M. channels through its art. Tune into M. Dudeck's vibrations at: http://religionvir.us/ Join the ritual: www.patreon.com/thispodcastisaritual
The Wizard is about to turn 40 and currently discovering the wonders of aging like... crippling back pain! Thankfully, he's still a wizard and was able to turn this pain into a profound and powerful revelation that he's here to share with you. Hopefully, you've got a steel spine and a relaxed and zen-like calm about everything you do so you'll never need to deal with healing back pain, but for all the aging mortals out there doing their best to navigate this Age of Anxiety, may these words be thy medicine! But this is just a preview! Come join us in the inner sanctum over on Patreon to enjoy the full episode and all of the Wizard's healing wisdom. Listen to the How to Heal Back Pain: https://www.patreon.com/posts/156273364 Join the ritual: www.patreon.com/thispodcastisaritual
The quest continues as the Wizard ventures even deeper into the Unknown, taking that bold step over the edge to embark on a new chapter of magic, wizardry, and This Podcast is a Ritual by moving to... well, you'll just have to listen to the episode to find out where the Wizard is going next! Join the ritual: www.patreon.com/thispodcastisaritual And for the other episodes mentioned in this episode, be sure to check out: Just Foolin' (live from MaybeItsFate): https://www.patreon.com/posts/127845885 The Invocation: https://www.patreon.com/posts/144989332 What is a Quest?: https://www.patreon.com/posts/130118433 The Quest of Meaning (w/ Paul Staring): https://www.patreon.com/posts/130681766
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