For episode 28 of season 2 we welcome back the noble and scholarly Douglas Batchelor of the What Magic is This? A podcast for those curious about Magic, the Occult, Witchcraft, the Esoteric, the Paranormal and the Supernatural.

Douglas has been doing sorcery and magic for close to 20 years. And has a wealth of knowledge and experience. Today we focus on how his practice and areas of interest have changed since his recent move to the west coast of Canada. And we discuss his recent patreon show on Isobel Gowdie, his remarkable memory and his ability to communicate complex ideas.

The title for this show is a reference to a phrase used by John Moriarty in one of his many Irish radio interviews where he talked about not sitting well with the modern world and feeling its separation from nature acutely. Consequently he left his academic career and moved home to Ireland to Connemara in Co. Galway.

The conversation with Douglas reminded me of Moriarty’s phrase not least because of their both moving to a rural location but in a topic that came up in the plus section of the show where we discuss the horror of poorly done TV and film adaptations. And how film becomes less story and more spectacle, that as a narrative form it is exhausted, the well has run dry. We discuss the need for new stories, new dreams and round out the conversation with hope and belief in the young generations and generation to be born will dream new stories and new art into being.

The show notes are extensive for this one so do check them out there is a wealth of material to be explored there.

Enjoy!

Show notes:
Website https://whatmagicisthis.com/
WMiT? Patreon show on Isobel Gowdie   / waiting-in-wings-91738950  
The Visions of Isobel Gowdie: Magic, Witchcraft and Dark Shamanism in Seventeenth-Century Scotland   / 1734638.visions_of_isobel_gowdie  
Apocalyptic Witchcraft https://scarletimprint.com/publicatio...

The Brazen Vessel https://scarletimprint.com/publicatio...
The Two Antichrists https://scarletimprint.com/publicatio...
The Battle of Auldearn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_...
James Burke Connections https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connect...)

Robin Artisson https://serpenthall.com/about/
Joshua Cutchin’s Ecology of Souls https://www.joshuacutchin.com/single-...
Joshua Cutchin’s Thieves in the night https://www.joshuacutchin.com/thieves...
Them old ways never die https://www.joshuacutchin.com/them-ol...

The Super Natural: A New Vision of the Unexplained   / 25489537  
Cave of the Trois-Frères https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave_of...
Graham Hancock - Supernatural https://grahamhancock.com/supernatural/
Neil Gaiman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Ga...


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