THIS EPISODE IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE FOR THE GREAT DIVERSITY AND THE VERY DIFFERENT APPROACHES YOU CAN FIND IN THE OCCULT AND ESOTERIC TRADITIONS. WE HOPE IT WILL ALSO BRING OUT YOUR CURIOSITY AND MAKE YOU DISCOVER NEW PRACTICES

CHAPTER 1

Ian A. Baker presents in this beautifully illustrated book (396 illustrations and images on 300 pages!) the varied approaches to the Tibetan tradition.  

Tibetan yoga is the hidden treasure at the heart of the Tibetan Tantric tradition: a spiritual and physical practice that seeks an expanded experience of the human body and its energetic and cognitive potential. The author introduces the core principles and practices of Tibetan yoga alongside historical illustrations of the movements and beautiful, full-color works of Himalayan art, never before published.

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CHAPTER 2

GREG’S CHOICE

In each episode Greg Kaminsky, the creator of the great “Occult of Personality” podcast, presents a book of his choice.

This time:
The Sacred Alignments and Sigils

Book details and purchase here

Greg’s Occult of Personality

Here is the direct link to an interview of Robert Podgurski that Greg made in 2014 on Occult of Personality

Greg Kaminsky is a scholar of the Western esoteric tradition, with a graduate degree in Medieval Studies, focusing on Renaissance Cabala. Greg became an initiate in several traditions including Illuminism and Freemasonry. Greg is also host and producer of Occult of Personality, a highly regarded and long-running podcast.

Dr. Flowers is very well known in the esoteric and occult communities through his extensive teaching and writing, which ranges from Runology to Zoroastrianism, from the German Occultist scene to the Left Hand Path. Stephen Flowers studied Germanic and Celtic philology and religious history at the University of Texas at Austin and in Goettingen, West Germany. He received his Ph.D. in 1984 in Germanic Languages and Medieval Studies with a dissertation entitled Runes and Magic.

His long interview from April 2018 on Thoth Hermes can be accessed here

CHAPTER 3

Stephen E. Flowers is back on Thoth-Hermes with a short interview on his latest book. In this revised and expanded  edition he gives a deep and lesser know insight into the history and roots of one of the most important tools used by us occultists – the Tarot.

 

 

 

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CHAPTER 4

Drawing on her more than 20 years’ experience working with present-day Mesoamerican curanderos/as and the ancient shamanic healing traditions of the Mexica and Maya, Erika Buenaflor, M.A., J.D., provides a step-by-step guide for the curanderismo practice of soul retrieval. She explains how the soul is a form of sacred energy that can escape when someone experiences trauma or is threatened by challenging and stressful situations. Its absence can be responsible for a host of negative conditions including physical ailments, depression, insomnia, and dysfunctional behavior patterns.

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Erika Buenaflor, M.A., J.D., has a master’s degree in religious studies with a focus on Mesoamerican shamanism from the University of California at Riverside. A practicing curandera for over 20 years, descended from a long line of grandmother curanderas, she has studied with curanderas/os in Mexico, Peru, and Los Angeles and gives presentations on curanderismo in many settings, including at UCLA. She lives in Tujunga, California.

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PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EPISODE HAS CHAPTER MARKERS (A NEW FEATURE ON THE THOTH HERMES PODCAST), WHICH ON CERTAIN PODCAST PLAYERS WILL ALLOW YOU TO ACCESS CHAPTERS DIRECTLY BY SELECTING THEM ON YOUR DEVICE

MUSIC PLAYED IN THIS EPISODE:

“Lilith” by Frater F, Text by Thomas Karlsson

Intro and outro music by Chris Roberts,
written especially for the Thoth Hermes Podcast

Interludes by Epidemic Sound