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  • 103: The Image of the Vampire in History & Psychology

    103: The Image of the Vampire in History & Psychology
    2024/09/22
    For this episode on Black Hoodie Alchemy, we're celebrating the fall and Halloween aesthetic a bit more with our historical overview of the vampire! As Carl Jung often said: whether or not God exists, the image of God certainly exists, and has propelled humanity thought throughout history in ways both enlightening and catastrophic. Certainly, one could say this to varying degrees about all symbolic aspects of the psyche, especially the particularly old and familiar ones -- and certainly, this mentality has a lot to do with Jung's overall viewpoint. All that in mind, we apply that the notion of the vampire! Regardless of whether or not a vampire is real in a physical sense, the image of the vampire has been projected by the human imagination since nearly the beginning of human storytelling. Where did the word and belief come from? Why is it so compelling, and what can it tell us about our own psyches? Join us as we dive into modern New Orleans vampire lore, the origins of the characters throughout comparative religion and folklore the world over, the modern human "vampire" culture that has sprouted up (especially in places like New Orleans and Buffalo, NY), and some of the many historical underpinnings to the vampire mythology that can be related to early medical misunderstandings. We even get into pieces of American history like the New England Vampire panic -- something extremely similar to the Salem Witch Trials and just as terrifying! And we take a little bit of time to get into some of the key symbolic takeaways in our favorite works of vampire fiction, like the books I Am Legend and Interview with the Vampire. Enjoy the start of this Halloween season! Embrace your shadow and enjoy the episode. RELATED MATERIAL: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠DIVE MANUAL AUDIOBOOK⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HUNT MANUAL⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BHA LINKTREE w books, shorts, and much more⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠BHA YOUTUBE⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Chris on Insta⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Seed on Insta SHOW NOTES: Jungian psychology and vampires The Carter Bro Vampires and DeathPenaltyUSA Vampires in Briticannica Vampires NOLA NOLA Vampires CNN Casket Girls Forgotten History of NOLA Vamps Paranormal French Quarter PBS on Vampires and Real Disease New England Vampire Scare Vampires in Britain Vampires of Nebraska The Highgate Vampires of England This week's music is brought to you by the homies of the Babylon Warchild crew in the Toronto hiphop scene! With bars as enlightening as they are brutal and beats of equal measure, these guys are some of the life-blood of the underground that you're probably sleeping on -- so catch up! Bloodsmoke Camoflage - LostArtofFactz Hold the Crown - LostArtofFactz Turn it Up - Legitimate x Rex Reshunz Weapons of Mass Deception - Babylon Warchild --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blackhoodiealchemy/support
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    2 時間 25 分
  • 102: Santa Muerte - Catholic Folk Magick vs Drug Cartel Satanism

    102: Santa Muerte - Catholic Folk Magick vs Drug Cartel Satanism
    2024/09/08
    This episode of Black Hoodie Alchemy is a seriously wild ride! The un-canonized Latin American 'Saint of Death' aka 'Santa Muerte' is essentially the Grim Reaper or Angel of Death moved to the forefront of Catholic folk magick. Along with other folkloric figures like Jesus Malverde, Santa Muerte is considered a "Narco Saint" and is a spiritual figure that not only helps us process and contextualize the death around us in digestible ways, but they as well will never turn a blind eye to the criminal's plight. The Narco Saint is not one that judges -- it is one that appeals to the humanity in us all, and in a large sense, the Narco Saints are the saints of impoverished people that, when pushed to the brink have resorted to crime, despite the great shame they might feel for it. In some ways, they are the saints of the second chance, but there's a whole lot more to it than that. In this episode we take the time to consider the historical contexts that brought about Santa Muerte as the growing and de-centralized folk religion it is today. We analyze some of the practices, philosophies, neighborhoods, and local figures that have become commonplace in this discussion, but unfortunately, these somewhat inspiring and endearing folk religion roots are not where this story ends. While it is important to remember the wholesome roots that Santa Muerte has come from, it has also branched out and been taken hold of by many, many competing criminal cartels in Mexico for intimidation tactics -- and these tactics are about as violent and horrifying as one could possibly imagine. These various cartel have become roving gangs of Richard-Ramirez-style murders and drug smugglers that are willing to perform all levels of black magick curses, incantations, and hexes in order to protect their assets and destroy those out to end them. They're even willing to perform human sacrifices, and do so very regularly. I told you this was going to be a wild ride with a lot of twists and turns! So buckle up. RELATED MATERIAL: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠DIVE MANUAL AUDIOBOOK⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HUNT MANUAL⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BHA LINKTREE w books, shorts, and much more⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ BHA YOUTUBE ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Chris on Insta⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Seed on Insta SHOW NOTES: FBI Analysis of Santa Muerte Tepito & Santa Muerte Chicago Santa Muerte Murders Interview with Edgar Santa Muerte NY Post on Santa Muerte DEA Santa Muerte smuggling Mexico News Daily Santa Muerte Narco Saints analysis Dark Tourist This week's featured music is brought to you some of the very greatest emcees of the underground! Don't forget to support that black hoodie rap and all your favorite independent artists! The Karma - Babylon Warchild Dreamz on Reset - Legitimate x Rex Seshunz Red Hook - Umang x Kickback The Towers of Babylon (feat. Chief Kamachi & Wordsworth) - Babylon Warchild --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blackhoodiealchemy/support
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  • 101: Voodoo in History, Practice & Application

    101: Voodoo in History, Practice & Application
    2024/08/26
    This week on Black Hoodie Alchemy, we're getting deep into the history, practice and application of Voodoo! Firstly, what's the difference between Voodoo, Vodou, Vodun, and Hoodoo aside from the spelling? We'll explain that and all the other African Diasporic Religions associated (like Santeria and Palo Mayombe) all the way up to traditions in good ol' New Orleans, Louisiana! We also take the time to discuss in some detail the historical events and characters surrounding Voodoo, like the successful Haitian Revolution against Napoleonic France, and prominent New Orleans characters like Queen Marie Laveau and Dr. John Bayou. As well, we analyze practices associated with Voodoo like the zombie, the doll, spirit possession and animal sacrifice, and their ceremonial drums' crucial influence on modern music today as we know it! And while it might sound a bit spooky to the un-studied eye, it's actually much more wholesome and cathartic and horror cinema would lead you to believe... most of the time! Voodoo in history and modern day is a complex, de-centralized, and heavily misunderstood web of spiritual traditions that has their roots in what can only be described as the West African Mystery Rites. It's an absolutely fascinating spiritual tradition that deserves a bit more respect in the west, and we here at Black Hoodie Alchemy hold a deep reverence for it. We sincerely hope we did it justice in our conversation and we hope you dig your listening! RELATED MATERIAL: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠DIVE MANUAL AUDIOBOOK⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HUNT MANUAL⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BHA LINKTREE w books, shorts, and much more⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Chris on Insta⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Seed on Insta SHOW NOTES: Marie Laveau Marie Laveau Rober Tallant New Orleans Voodoo Robert Tallant Zombies are Real Haitain Voodoo Dr. John Bayou Conjuring Dr. John Dark Tourist The Serpent and the Rainbow Zombies are Real Nat Geo Voodoo Leonard Nemoy narrates a Voodoo doc Voodoo Afterlife considerations Digital Voodoo doll Alex of Natural Born Alchemist talks about taking iboga This week's featured music! Don't forget to support that black hoodie rap and all your favorite independent artists! Equal Power - Babylon Warchild Building Pyramids - Unknown Mizery x Odweeyne The Gates of Babylon (feat. Profit Pre, KDB, & Laylow) - Babylon Warchild Farm Complex (feat. Chief Kamachi) - Babylon Warchild --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blackhoodiealchemy/support
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    2 時間 59 分
  • 100: Datura Flower, Chemical Gateways to Hell & Voodoo Zombies

    100: Datura Flower, Chemical Gateways to Hell & Voodoo Zombies
    2024/08/05
    This week on Black Hoodie Alchemy we’re celebrating for our hundredth episode! But aside from some sincere thank yous and some extra music, this is mostly another research driven episode that you've come to expect -- and it's one that we're very excited to get into for this hundredth go-round. For a little more celebration and absurdist humor, don't forget to check out last episode, 99.999! For this episode, we're getting into the plant known as datura stramonium AKA jimson weed AKA devil's trumpets AKA hell's bells (among many other names) and the strange and vast comparative religious history that is carries with it. Perhaps used sacramentally in the ancient world even more than cannabis and mushrooms, THIS IS NOT A PLANT THAT YOU SHOULD TRY TO CONSUME. Now, there are some fascinating caveats to that, but you need to understand right out the gate that you should not try to fuck with this plant at all. 99% of any trip reports you read will show you that this stuff is pure nightmare fuel every time. Even if you think you can handle it -- that you're experienced and spiritual enough to handle it -- you still won't be able to. Everyone from the wreckless partier, to the studied psychonaut, to the devout spiritualist has tried this plant and many of them have ended up in the hospital. But still, this plant was used as a powerful medicine throughout history all over the world quite literally, and even has a surprising impact on the history of the Voodoo Zombie! All this and more this week -- we hope you dig it, and we hope you stay safe out there! Thanks for tuning into this episode and all the others, we appreciate you sincerely. Related Material: ⁠⁠⁠⁠DIVE MANUAL AUDIOBOOK⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HUNT MANUAL⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BHA LINKTREE w books, shorts, and much more⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Chris on Insta⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Seed on Insta⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Paranormality Magazine w my Sasquatch chaos magick article!⁠ Show Notes: Discovering the Zombie potions Erowid Datura Vault Datura as Poison Psychonaut Wiki on Datura Datura Tales from the Trip Understanding the Flower of Datura Facts about people Doing Nutmeg Detailed history of sacramental datura use (I'm not sure why it's not letting my hyperlink it): http://cms.herbalgram.org/herbalgram/issue69/article2930.html This week's featured music, brought to you by so many amazingly talented artists! Don't forget to support that black hoodie rap and all your favorite independent artists! One Step Closer (feat. Slaine & Stoupe) - Switch BMF #13 (feat. Cleopatrick) - Zig Mentality Brain Dust - Glowing Brain Vamparty Diaries - Doc Hammer Strange Times - Deca Magneto (feat. Pacewon) - Babylon Warchild --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blackhoodiealchemy/support
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    2 時間 32 分
  • 99.999: A Metaphysical Review of 'DONNIE DARKO' (feat. Justin Otto & Jeff Mamba the 'Mind Jockey')

    99.999: A Metaphysical Review of 'DONNIE DARKO' (feat. Justin Otto & Jeff Mamba the 'Mind Jockey')
    2024/07/28

    Thanks for tuning in! This week on Black Hoodie Alchemy, we're taking a break from the intense rabbit holes of research involving extra-sensory perception, parapsychology, outlier physics and so much more. That's right, this week you're getting another surrealist comedic break from reality with the return of Jeff Mamba - Mind Jockey (AKA Steve Buschemi AKA Jefferson Tillamookslinger AKA Shnelius Maximus)!


    Being a self proclaimed 'classy movie critic', Jeff sits down with returning-guest Justin Otto to give an in-depth, metaphysically minded movie review of the cult-classic movie ⁠DONNIE DARKO⁠ (the director's cut, to be exact.) We here at Black Hoodie Alchemy are all fans of the movie, and it seems fitting that it should be bundled into the pre-100th-episode-celebration!


    For those that don't know, Jeff Mamba is colleagues with Tippy Patson - the Redneck Mystic Extraordinaire - who is the founder of the The League of Extrodniary Gents. This 'League' is a group of various drugged out conspiracy theorists camped out in the Everglades, and trained in the art of 'gator wrasslin'. They're also convinced that these gators are actually the shapeshifting shadow elite known as the Illuminati, and that's just the tip of the iceberg with all of their beliefs. For instance, Jeff Mamba himself is a self proclaimed 'former Illuminati cloning-lab manager from Newark, New Jersey.'


    If you're looking for more from these wild characters, don't forget to check out the Black Hoodie Alchemy Youtube and tiktok for more ridiculous content related to them, and you can look through the BHA episode feed for more of their appearances, or this link here for starters! Not to mention every BHA episode break.


    All hail The League of Extordniary Gents!



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    This week's featured music is from the homie Switch and featuring the legendary MOKA ONLY of Swollen Members! Don't forget to support that black hoodie rap and all your favorite independent artists.

    Who are We (feat. Moka Only) - Switch

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  • 99: 'The Gateway Experience' Revisited & the Neuropsychology of ESP

    99: 'The Gateway Experience' Revisited & the Neuropsychology of ESP
    2024/07/20
    This week on Black Hoodie Alchemy, Seedperson1 and Chris are helping me wrap up our multi-episode deep dive about the modern scientific research done on extra-sensory perception in general. Over the last month, we've talked about Jung and synchronicity, chaos magick, quantum and chaos theory, JB Rhine and Duke University's decades of study into ESP, and the CIA's Project Stargate, which involved the heavy funding of the Stanford Research Institute (associated with the college) and The Monroe Institute. And, as you can probably imagine at this point, Project Stargate involved the CIA's Cold-War interest in astral projection, remote viewing, and other forms of ESP. So for this week, we are going deeper into the practices of Robert Monroe and the Monroe Institute, talking more about remote viewing in the modern day, and getting deep into what the actual scientific studies can tell us about the psychology and neurology of the extra sensory perceptions. If there's one thing we've learned in all these episodes, it's that you can't bend the world around you with your mind like putty -- but if you're trained and try hard enough, you can likely bend the chances in your favor with your mind far more than you can imagine. It's easier said than done, of course, but it's just like the butterfly causing a typhoon half-way around the world with the flap of its wing. It probably won't happen, sure... but it could. And in that chance alone, there's a tremendous amount of self empowerment. RELATED CONTENT: ⁠⁠⁠⁠DIVE MANUAL AUDIOBOOK⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠HUNT MANUAL⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BHA LINKTREE w books, shorts, and much more⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Chris on Insta⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Seed on Insta⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Paranormality Magazine w my Sasquatch chaos magick article! Show Notes this week! CIA assessment of The Monroe Institute Monroe Institute on Infinite Consciousness Remote Viewing Instructional Services Rhine Institute Copper Panel Room Monroe Institute Copper Panel blog comment Michael Persinger's Neurology of the Paranormal This week's featured music from the amazingly talented rapper SWITCH -- the epitome of that black hoodie rap! Switch is fuckin dope and I'm always especially glad to be able to bump the rappers holding it down for the underground. Salute! Jeffrey Dahmer (feat. Solomon Childs) - Switch Get Your Facts Straight (feat. Idlhands) - Switch Running Rampant - Switch Sabu - Switch --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blackhoodiealchemy/support
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  • 98: CIA Remote Viewing, Astral Projection & 'The Gateway Experience'

    98: CIA Remote Viewing, Astral Projection & 'The Gateway Experience'
    2024/07/13
    This week on Black Hoodie Alchemy, Chris Fiato and Seedperson1 join me once again to help build off the recent conversations we've had about the connected web of: synchronicity, Hermeticism, psychology, physics, and even things like clairvoyance, remote viewing, ESP in general, and astral projection. After discussing JB Rhine and his ESP research at Duke University, we are now diving headfirst into the waters of the CIA's research into remote viewing, astral projection, and all forms of extra sensory perception. We talk about Robert Monroe, the Monroe Institute, and the CIA's interest in what he dubbed "The Gateway Experience," which all sounds extremely Inception-esque. For many years, the CIA would send agents here to be literally programmed through a brain-hemispheric-synchronization process that is said to be similar to states achieved by monks in meditation, and agents would learn to both remote view and astral project at will. And while the CIA says today that they found little to no use from their research in the Monroe Institute, their declassified documents say otherwise, and curiously, the Monroe Institute is still around today -- ready to train you like they did all those agents, but for a hefty fee! We also talk about Ingo Swann, Uri Geller, and the related members of the Stanford Research Institute that were also well funded by the CIA in their efforts to scientifically document and analyze various forms of ESP. It's all the way down the rabbit hole this week! We had a lot of fun and we hope you dig it. RELATED CONTENT: ⁠⁠⁠DIVE MANUAL AUDIOBOOK⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠HUNT MANUAL⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠BHA LINKTREE w books, shorts, and much more⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Chris on Insta⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Seed on Insta⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Paranormality Magazine w my Sasquatch chaos magick article! Show Notes this Week! Rhine Institute of Parapsychology today CIA Gateway Process Overview Alex Edwards Gateway Journals CIA and Psi Edgar Mitchell ESP on the Moon CIA on Robert Monroe and Ingo Swann Monroe Institute Origins Uri Geller and the CIA Monroe Institute website This week's featured music is more from the incredibly talented trio of ZIG MENTALITY, off of their latest release LEAD US NOT ASTRAY. BMF #11 - ZIG MENTALITY BEST DIRECTION (album version) - ZIG MENTALITY What Weighs on You - ZIG MENTALITY When You Force It (album version) - ZIG MENTALITY --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blackhoodiealchemy/support
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    2 時間 13 分
  • 97.666: Your Haunted Pineal Gland on 'Juan on Juan'

    97.666: Your Haunted Pineal Gland on 'Juan on Juan'
    2024/07/07

    Welcome back to Black Hoodie Alchemy! This week, to help supplement what we've been talking about on this show lately, I share with you my most recent appearance on the 'Juan on Juan' podcast (and one of the few guest spots I've had the time to do this year). If you didn't hear my first chat with Juan, you can check that out right here too!


    I share with Juan some of my favorite research as of late, talking to him more about heuristic comparative religion, evolutionary psychology, dreams, trance states, and the pineal gland; as well as The Goblin Universe, exorcisms and the nervous system, demonology and Lovecraftian entities, the pan effect and wanderlust syndrome, the attempted exorcism of Loch Ness, Malachi York's hip-hop cult empire and so much more.


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    This week's featured music is more from my cohort Chris Fiato AKA ODD COMBO, always bringing that positive punk energy to several different genres!

    Heavily Meditated - Chris Fiato

    Breakdown Lane - Chris Fiato

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