Sometimes we get so obsessed with the “fruits” of magic (i.e. material results) that we avoid working on the vital “roots” of our very consciousness. What are the esoteric tools and practices that can help us destroy time, heal the past, consecrate our present and live the future we want? Aidan Wachter (author, talismanic jeweler and dirt sorcerer) shares about all of these topics in his new book “Weaving Fate”, he answers your Glitch Bottle Patron questions and more!

Meredith Graves - witch, magician, Director of Music for Kickstarter, and open-sourceress - returns on the podcast to talk about the intersection of technology and magic, working with patterns in magical ways for specific outcomes, combating the armchair magician mentality, the incredible importance of sewing and seamstressing, answering your Glitch Bottle Patreon listener questions and so much more!

What is tarot, at its divinatory core? What are the lesser-known pitfalls to avoid? How can parasites affect tarot decks? Author, occultist, magical teacher, and tarot expert, Josephine McCarthy, shares about her new book “Tarot Skills for the 21st Century: Mundane and Magical Divination”.

Jack Grayle is an author, ceremonial magician, practitioner (including of the Heptameron), enthusiast of the PGM and longtime devotee of Hekate. In his work with Hekate, Jack has led workshops and rituals throughout the US, and has taught at the Woolston-Steen Theological Seminary. His book, The Hekataeon, is a 368-page grimoire filled with hymns, songs, spells, chants, invocation, incantations, and a complete self-initiation in the mysteries of the eternal and ineffable Hekate.

Peter Mark Adams - author, poet, professional energy worker and esotericist specialising in the ethnography and visuality of ritual - shares about his incredible tome from Scarlet Imprint, “The Game of Saturn”, which examines the enigmatic Renaissance esoteric masterwork, the Sola-Busca tarocchi. Peter’s tome reveals the existence of a pagan liturgical and ritual tradition active amongst members of the Renaissance elite.

Nika Danilova - also known as Zola Jesus - is a classically-trained opera-singer, musician, producer, artist and practitioner of magic. In the last decade, she has released five albums with a unique, powerful voice and composition. A few years ago, Nika moved back onto family land in Wisconsin and built a cabin in the woods. Nika shares about growing up in nature, battling materialistic reductionism, the vulnerability of being an artist, how to resist art as a commodity

Dan Attrell - Canadian-born intellectual historian, classicist and philosopher, also known as ‘The Modern Hermeticist’ - shares about the Latin Polemical Tradition, how converts from Judaism to Christianity debated Talmudic esotericism and theology, and how these debates and anti-Jewish sentiments shaped the thought of Renaissance humanist philosophers Marsilio Ficino and Pico della Mirandola.

Ioannis Marathakis - scholar, translator and academic with an extensive knowledge of ceremonial magic - shares about The Magical Treatise of Solomon, or Hygromanteia, which he translated from Greek into English. He discusses the vital importance of this grimoire and its influence on the Latin Key of Solomon and other books of magic. He also shares about his latest book called, "The Book of Wisdom of Apollonius of Tyana: Apotelesmata Apollonii"!

Dr. Tamara Siuda - professional Egyptologist and the founder and spiritual leader of the Kemetic Orthodox Religion - discusses her background and powerful experiences with Egyptian deities, ancient Egyptian practices, rites and ceremonies, the similarities between grimoiric magic and these ancient rites, and (as we struggle with the COVID-19 pandemic), Dr. Siuda also shares how the ancient Egyptians dealt with sickness and healing!

Meredith Graves - witch, magician, Director of Music for Kickstarter, and open-sourceress - shares about how magicians, artists and creators can overcome obstacles, thrive and conquer both during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Meredith talks about how to actually define magic in the first place, avoid common pitfalls for magicians and creators, how COVID-19 is changing esoteric and musical topography and more!