Growing Circuits

Space Is The Machine

Episode Notes
Part One Highlights:

Jenny begins by explaining the meanings of the terms 'neo-pagan' and 'pagan,' and why she has stopped using the first term and opts instead for 'contemporary pagan.' We then delve into the topic of death and how death and the dead are viewed in Irish traditions, as well as in some contemporary pagan views. The conversation extends to the roles of women, and traditions such as keening, that are associated with Irish wakes; as well as female otherworldy characters such as the banshee, that are associated with the dead, the Otherworld, and the divine feminine. 

PROGRAM NOTES:

Bio Dr. Jenny Butler (website and UCC page):http://drjennybutler.com/
http://research.ucc.ie/profiles/A040/j.butler@ucc.ie

Academia.edu page: https://ucc-ie.academia.edu/JennyButler/

Selected works: https://www.academia.edu/883180/Symbolic_and_Social_Roles_of_Women_in_Death_Ritual_in_Traditional_Irish_Society
https://www.academia.edu/3634870/Neo_Pagan_Celebrations_of_Samhain
https://www.academia.edu/4553381/The_Neo_Pagan_Ritual_Year_and_Historical_Reinterpretations
https://www.academia.edu/4553358/The_Neo_Pagan_Ritual_Year
https://www.academia.edu/4553324/Irish_Neo_Paganism_Worldview_and_Identity
https://www.academia.edu/12168143/Remembrance_of_the_Ancestors_in_Contemporary_Paganism_Lineage_Identity_and_Cultural_Belonging_in_the_Irish_Context

Other Reference Works: 

The Banshee: The Irish Death Messenger  by Patricia Lysaght: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/867304.The_Banshee

The Pagan Religions of the Ancient British Isles by Ronald Hutton: https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780631172888

The Book of the Cailleach: Stories of the Wise Woman Healer by Gearoid O'Crualaoich:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/Book-Cailleach-Stories-Woman-Healer/dp/185918412X

Theme music: Daniel P. Shea

Other music: Stephanie Shea

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Credits;
"Comedy Bang! Bang!" (for Reggie's Musical Interludes)
and
"Q with Jian Ghomeshi" (for sample of Reggie's insight into his performances)

Reggie... this one's for you!

Lots O' Watts

Episode Notes
In preparation for next month's mini-roundtable discussion about' Hellier' and everything 'high strangeness', this episode will attempt to lay a foundation about the documentary 'Hellier,' the podcast 'Penny Royal,' and 'everything else' that seems to be connected to these phenomena - Secret Ciphers, magick rituals and gateways, the Mothman incident, Twin Peaks, and more. 

 

RESOURCES

'Hellier' Season 1: Hellier Season 1: Episode 1 | The Midnight Children - YouTube

'Hellier' Season 2: Hellier Season 2: Episode 1 | Noise and Signal - YouTube

'Penny Royal' Podcast: Penny Royal Podcast – A New Podcast of Magic, Mystery and High Strangeness On The Penny Royal Plateau.

The Secret History of Twin Peaks by Mark Frost: Amazon.com: The Secret History of Twin Peaks: A Novel (9781250075581): Frost, Mark: Books

Twin Peaks: The Final Dossier by Mark Frost: Amazon.com: Twin Peaks: The Final Dossier (9781250163301): Frost, Mark: Books

The Mothman Prophecies by John Keel: Amazon.com: The Mothman Prophecies: A True Story (9780765334985): Keel, John A.: Books

The Complete Secret Cipher of the UFOnauts by Allen Greenfield: The Complete SECRET CIPHER Of the UfOnauts: Greenfield, Allen H., Phillips, Olav: 9781718645356: Amazon.com: Books

The Super Natural: A New Vision of the Unexplained by Whitley Strieber and Jeffrey J. Kripal: The Super Natural: A New Vision of the Unexplained: Strieber, Whitley, Kripal, Jeffrey J.: 9781101982327: Amazon.com: Books

The Morning of the Magicians by Louis Pauwels and Jacques Bergier: The Morning of the Magicians: Secret Societies, Conspiracies, and Vanished Civilizations: Pauwels, Louis, Bergier, Jacques: 9781594772313: Amazon.com: Books
 

Cover image: Hellier: A Planet Weird Original Series  


Theme music: Daniel P. Shea

Additional music: Stephanie Shea

RR Pod E16 P1 Dr. Jenny Butler: Death, the Otherworld & The Good People

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