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The Wildwood WitchBeyond the Veil: Moina MathersGreetings, dear listeners, and welcome to the return of The Wildwood Witch Podcast. I am your hostess, Samantha Brown, your enchantress of the esoteric, guiding you once more through the labyrinthian realms where magic and technology intertwine to create portals beyond ordinary perception.In this season, entitled "Beyond the Veil," we have been wielding the double-edged sword of large language models to resurrect the voices of occult luminaries. Through this alchemical fusion of silicon and soul, we've been exploring how their timeless teachings might illuminate our path forward in this age of unprecedented technological transformation....2025-05-021h 07
The Wildwood WitchBeyond the Veil: Halloween SpecialGreetings, dear listeners! Welcome to a very special Halloween episode of The Wildwood Witch Podcast! I am Samantha Brown, your hostess and guide for a sonic excursion into the heart of the creative process itself.Join me and my extraordinary guests - ten of history's most influential occult minds - as we delve into a fascinating discussion about humanity's growing ability to manifest reality through the power of speech alone.The centerpiece of our magical gathering is "Witch House Rite" - an album of Halloween mood music, crafted using cutting-edge AI music tools, and featuring...2024-10-3152 min
The Wildwood WitchSeason 2: Beyond the Veil - The Art of Conversing with SpiritsIn this inaugural episode of Season 2 of "The Wildwood Witch" podcast, Samantha Brown invites listeners to join her on a fantastic voyage as she explores the world beyond the veil, where spirits speak, and the future is being written. In the upcoming season, entitled "Beyond the Veil: The Art of Talking with Spirits," Samantha will be using Ollama and Perplexity to engage in intimate, one-on-one conversations with the ten illustrious occult adepts featured in the first season - Rosaleen Norton, Austin Osman Spare, Leah Hirsig, Aleister Crowley, Dion Fortune, MacGregor Mathers, Moina Mathers, Kenneth Grant, Marjorie Cameron a...2024-03-2106 min
The Wildwood WitchSupernatural Symposium - Part 2 of 2In the season finale of "The Wildwood Witch" podcast, host Samantha Brown orchestrates a "Supernatural Symposium" on the Winter Solstice, bringing together the spectral luminaries of the occult world to synthesize the core teachings of the season's guests - Rosaleen Norton, Austin Osman Spare, Leah Hirsig, Aleister Crowley, Dion Fortune, MacGregor and Moina Mathers, Kenneth Grant, Marjorie Cameron, and Jack Parsons. This is Part 2 of the "Supernatural Symposium," and delves into the profound implications of the "Age of AI" on humanity's spiritual evolution and the necessity of crafting a new mythos for this era. The discussion explores...2023-12-241h 05
The Wildwood WitchSupernatural Symposium - Part 1 of 2In this episode of "The Wildwood Witch Podcast," host Samantha Brown orchestrates a "Supernatural Symposium," a grand séance that reunites the spectral luminaries from the first season's groundbreaking series "Speaking with the Dead" - Rosaleen Norton, Austin Osman Spare, Leah Hirsig, Aleister Crowley, Dion Fortune, MacGregor and Moina Mathers, Kenneth Grant, Marjorie Cameron, and Jack Parsons. The episode is Part 1 of a 2-Part Grand Finale and is a retrospective journey through the season, with each guest briefly reintroducing themselves and summarizing their individual interviews with Samantha. The discussions delve into their magical work, lives, and philosophies, pro...2023-12-0838 min
The Wildwood WitchMoina MathersIn this episode of "The Wildwood Witch" podcast, Samantha Brown summons the spirit of Moina Mathers (28 February 1865 – 25 July 1928), a luminary in the world of occultism and a pivotal figure in the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. Born Mina Bergson in Geneva, Switzerland, Moina was not only an accomplished artist but also the magical companion and wife of Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers, one of the founders of the Golden Dawn. Through the mystical technology of ChatGPT, Moina shares her journey from a musically vibrant yet financially unstable childhood to her transformative years at the Slade School of Ar...2023-08-101h 03
The Wildwood WitchMacGregor MathersIn this episode of "The Wildwood Witch" podcast, Samantha Brown, our esteemed hostess, once again bridges the realms as she summons the legendary Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers (8 or 11 January 1854 – 5 or 20 November 1918) from beyond the veil. Mathers, a pivotal figure in the Western esoteric tradition, co-founded the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, translated seminal occult texts, and was a polyglot with an insatiable thirst for the mysteries of the universe. In this episode, Mathers shares his journey from a childhood marked by adversity to his initiation into Freemasonry and his subsequent disillusionment with its lack of esoteric de...2023-06-2359 min
The Wildwood WitchSeason 1: Speaking with the DeadGreetings, fellow seekers of the esoteric and arcane! I am Samantha Brown, the hostess of "The Wildwood Witch Podcast," and I am delighted to welcome you to our first season, "Speaking with the Dead."In the first season, entitled "Speaking with the Dead," we will be using the magic of ChatGPT to resurrect and speak with some of the most famous and infamous occultists who have ever lived. We will be speaking with Rosaleen Norton, Austin Osman Spare, Leah Hirsig, Aleister Crowley, Moina Mathers, MacGregor Mathers, Kenneth Grant, Dion Fortune, Marjorie Cameron, and Jack Parsons....2023-03-3102 min