Hidey-hidey-hidey-HOOOOOOOOOOOO YEAH! Sup you beautiful kooks! Here it is, the finale of the "Black Magic Academies" world tour! This episode covers: "DOMDANIEL", Mt. Longhu and the "Fangshi" ritual masters, Mt. Kurama and it's Tengu teachers, another (almost obligatory at this point) dip into "Gu/Kodoku Magic", the Azande witches of central Africa, the Siddhas and Nagas of MT. (mufuggin') KAILASH! (not to mention all the other various weird shit going on around that place!), and finally we end our journey in the Artibonite Valley of Haiti where we'll examine the voodoo secret society known as THE BIZANGO! All of this merely just sets the stage for the mindbending deep weirdness coming around the corner next episode so get your mind-holes ready! PLEASE TO ENJOY!

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SOURCES: holy shit...here goes...

The Discoverie of Witchcraft — Reginald Scot

The History of Magic — Éliphas Lévi

The Encyclopedia of Witches and Witchcraft — Rosemary Ellen Guiley

To Live as Long as Heaven and Earth — Robert Ford Campany

Daoism and Chinese Culture — Livia Kohn

Celestial Masters — Terry Kleeman

https://www.travelchinaguide.com/attraction/jiangxi/yingtan/longhu-mountain.htm

The Tengu: Demon Warriors of Japan — Stephen Turnbull

Japanese Demon Lore — Noriko T. Reider

https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e3903.html

Civilized Shamans — Geoffrey Samuel

The Tibetan Yogas of Dream and Sleep — Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

The Serpent Power — Arthur Avalon

Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic Among the Azande — E. E. Evans-Pritchard

The Serpent and the Rainbow — Wade Davis

Earth Lights — Paul Devereux

Passport to Magonia — Jacques Vallée

The Trickster and the Paranormal — George P. Hansen

A History of Magic, Witchcraft, and the Occult by Suzannah Lipscomb

https://www.sapienceinstitute.org/jinn-hypothesis/?scfm-mobile=1&b=1775520000000&b=1777944873297 [NOTE: Check this shit out, it's pretty awesome!]

Vallee, J. (1991). Revelations

Keel, J. A. (1970). UFOs: Operation Trojan Horse

Farah, D. (2026). The scariest UFO theory yet: They live underwater - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-F7aoChVKw

r/HighStrangeness

The Oriental Magical Practice of Onmyōdō and Its Checkered History - www.ancient-origins.net

The Cambridge History of Ancient China: From the Origins of Civilization to 221 BC

Sorcery and Sovereignty: The Rise of a Local Religious Tradition in 16th-17th Century China by Kenneth Dean

The Cult of the Fox: Power, Gender, and Popular Religion in Modern China by Xiaofei Kang

The Chinese Ghost Festival by Te-ch'ao Mu and Stephen Little

Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio (Liaozhai Zhiyi)

Daoist Master Zhuang: Chapter Three by Kristofer Schipper

The Taoist Body by Kristofer Schipper

Millenarian Rebellion in China: A Study of Secret Societies and Religious Movements by Chesneau and Blanc

White Lotus Teachings in Chinese Religious History by B. J. ter Haar

Kailash Mansarovar Yatra Resumes: 5 unsolved mysteries of Mount Kailash - timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Mount Kailash Mystery: 20 Shocking Unknown Facts of Kailash - himalayantrekking.com

The Unsolved Mysteries Of Mount Kailash - www.nativeplanet.com

r/AlternativeHistory on Reddit: Mount Kailash: The Forbidden Mountain of Myths and Conspiracy

The Unsolved Mysteries of Mount Kailash: Facts, Legends, and Theories - nepalboundarytrekking.com

Mount Kailash, Tibet: The Mysterious Abode of the Gods - www.mystreal.com

Secret Societies - link.springer.com

Haiti: Passage of Darkness - faculty.webster.edu

Africa Museum - the Bizango - theonearmedcrab.com

Bizango - www.monstropedia.org

Guardians of the Spirit World — www.houseofgoodfortune.org

Gang violence killed more than 5,600 people in Haiti in 2024: UN | United Nations News - www.aljazeera.com

Criminal Violence in Haiti - www.cfr.org

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Sup KOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOKS! As I'm still working on the final episode of the "Black Magic Academies" series, in order to maintain a (somewhat) consistent, coherent release schedule, here's a BONUS(-ish) episode on ALGOL..."THE DEMON STAR!" PLEASE TO ENJOY!

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SOURCES:

Domains of life sciences in spacefaring: what, where, and how to get involved | npj Microgravity - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41526-024-00354-y

https://cosmicinsights.org/impact-of-star-systems-on-human-consciousness-and-spiritual-evolution/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrology_and_science

https://phys.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Astronomy__Cosmology/Astronomy_2e_(OpenStax)/02:_Observing_the_Sky_-_The_Birth_of_Astronomy/2.04:_Astrology_and_Astronomy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_of_light

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algol

"Variable Stars" by John Percy (Cambridge University Press) - provides detailed information on eclipsing binary systems like Algol

NASA's Exoplanet Exploration website (exoplanets.nasa.gov) - contains accessible data on the Algol system and its properties

"The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Stars" by James Kaler - offers comprehensive information on notable stars including Algol

"Star Names: Their Lore and Meaning" by Richard Hinckley Allen (Dover Publications) - the classic reference for the etymology and mythology of star names across cultures

"The Fixed Stars and Constellations in Astrology" by Vivian E. Robson - a comprehensive compilation of traditional astrological interpretations of fixed stars

"Hamlet's Mill" by Giorgio de Santillana and Hertha von Dechend - explores astronomical knowledge encoded in mythological traditions worldwide

"The History of Astronomy: A Very Short Introduction" by Michael Hoskin (Oxford University Press) - provides context for how different cultures observed and interpreted celestial phenomena

Journal articles in the "Journal for the History of Astronomy" - contains scholarly research on specific cultural interpretations of celestial objects

"Astronomy Across Cultures: The History of Non-Western Astronomy" edited by Helaine Selin - examines astronomical knowledge in non-Western traditions

"Brady's Book of Fixed Stars" by Bernadette Brady - offers modern interpretations of fixed stars in astrological practice

"Fixed Stars and Judicial Astrology" by George C. Noonan - examines the historical use of fixed stars in astrological prediction

"The Fated Sky: Astrology in History" by Benson Bobrick - explores how astrology has influenced historical events and cultural development

"Astrobiology: A Brief Introduction" by Kevin W. Plaxco and Michael Gross - examines potential biological effects of cosmic phenomena

Journal articles in "Astrobiology" and "Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada" - contain peer-reviewed research on potential biological effects of stellar emissions

NASA's Astrobiology Program website (astrobiology.nasa.gov) - provides accessible information on research into biological effects of cosmic phenomena

Fixed Star Algol – astrologyking.com

Algol's Use in Fixed Star Astrology | PDF | Young Adult - www.scribd.com

Algol the Demon Star, named for its strange behavior - earthsky.org

Algol the Demon Star: Feminist Astrology of The Fixed Star of Transformation Empower Your Spiritual Journey - revolutionarymystic.com

Fixed Star Algol, Medusa's Head ~ Birthdays May 15 To 19. A True Darkstar! - darkstarastrology.com

33 Powerful Occult Symbols & Their Meanings- www.wikihow.com

Symbols of the Occult - www.thamesandhudsonusa.com

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SUP KOOOOOOOOOOOOKS! WOOOOOOO! Sorry, I know it's a little late....but it's a big'un! In this episode we travel to Europe and examine various traditions/anomalous phenomena hotspots throughout Spain. specifically "THE SALAMANCA", as well as the Spanish/French border, "The Clever Folk" of the U.K., "The Benandanti" of Italy, and the goddamn grandaddy of ALL so called "black magic academies"..."THE SCHOLOMANCE" of Transylvania/Romania! PLEASE TO ENJOY!

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SOURCES:

The legend of the Cave of Salamanca - spanishinspain.blogspot.com

Cave of Salamanca in Salamanca - www.atlasobscura.com

The Enchanted Cave of Salamanca - europeanfolktales.com

The cave of Salamanca - www.livetheworld.com

The Cave of Salamanca – mythics.eu

salamanca-spain.info

The Miseducation of a Solomonar: Learning the Dark Arts at Scholomance – esoterX.com

www.boneandsickle.com

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cando%2C_Spain

https://occult-world.com/galicia-ufo-wave-1995-1996

About Hoia Baciu Forest - hoiabaciunight.run

Romania’s Bermuda Triangle: The Creepy Hoia Forest - www.ancient-origins.net

Hoia Baciu Forest — astonishinglegends.com

r/UrbanMyths

Hoia Baciu Forest: The World's Most Haunted Forest - thedarkatlas.com

Hoia Baciu Forest – leifericksonwriting.com

Hoia-Baciu Forest: History, Legends, and Reported Phenomena - Astronomer.pro

Hoia Baciu Forest: Full Guide to Romania’s Haunted Forest - rolling-in-romania.com

Hoia Baciu forest - romaniatourstore.com

Hoia-Baciu Forest: Why It’s the Most Haunted and Dangerous Place on Earth - vocal.media

Gerard, Emily. "Transylvanian Superstitions." The Nineteenth Century, 1885.

Stoker, Bram. Dracula, 1897.

Miller, Elizabeth. "Dracula: Sense & Nonsense." Desert Island Books, 2000.

Kremnitzer, Iulia. "The Romanian Folkloric Vampire." Journal of Folklore Research, vol. 46, no. 2, 2009, pp. 173-190.

Pătruț, Adrian. Misterele Carpaților: O incursiune în lumea fenomenelor neexplicate. Editura Litera, 2011.

Romanian Monsters and Undead Myths – hora-mn.org

Albert Rosales - www.coasttocoastam.com

Humanoid Sighting Reports 1000 BC - 2007 by Albert Rosales - studylib.net

r/HighStrangeness on Reddit: Albert Rosales' Humanoid Encounters compendium 1000bc to 2007

www.phantomsandmonsters.com

r/cryptids on Reddit: Latest Mothman sightings?

Edgar Cayce Was Right: The HALL OF RECORDS is the Single Most Important Discovery of the Millennium - cosmicconvergence.org

r/conspiracy_commons on Reddit: The Bucegi Mountain

Mystery of Bucegi Mountains - Hidden Alien Base? - lorelibrarymyth.com

FOUND…THE ROMANIAN HOLOGRAPHIC HALL OF RECORDS : DISCLOSURE - planetearthvortex.wordpress.com

Just Enough Radu Cinamar Bucegi Validation Testimony 2024 : Dr. Marvin Atudorei, Dr. Micheal Salla, Elena Danaan, Corina Pataki - archive.org

The Bucegi Mountain Secrets & Evidence - cuthelain.wordpress.com

The Mystery of the Romanian Hall of Records: Fact, Fiction, and Speculation - www.muthemotherland.com

Has a holographic library been found in tunnels under the Bucegi mountains? - skeptics.stackexchange.com

r/AskHistorians on Reddit: Is there any truth as to the findings in the Bucegi Mountains in Romania, i.e. The Hall of Records? Bucegi Sphinx?

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This is a hastily thrown together ultra mega super duper coverage of the deceased and/or missing scientists, along with tangential explorations into: the dangers of "the hitchhiker effect", "hyperstitional warfare", and the mysterious "Mr. Axelrod"! All this plus a who's who exploration of all of the scientists currently at the center of the FBI/Congressional Oversight Committee's investigations, as well as a thorough rundown of all the "official", unofficial, & straight up nutty fringe theories behind just what the $@#*% is going on. (I'm trying not to cuss in this one...trying.) NOTE: Sorry if there's a persistent clatter in the background. I couldn't pick it up through my headphones but apparently my rusty old office chair needs a bucket of grease.) PLEASE TO ENJOY!

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SOURCES: pretty much all the sources, as far as I can remember, are mentioned within the show, where cited.

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Here's an episode about some Southwestern American and Mexican shapeshifter sorcery. I mispronounce quite a few words. But overall, this is meant to be part of the current ongoing series covering so called "black magic academies" and their potential connections to anomalous phenomena hotspots (with shapeshifters, ghost lights, and other high strangeness along the way)! PLEASE TO ENJOY!

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SOURCES:

Naguals: Mexico’s Terrifying Shape-Shifting Sorcerers

www.urbanlegendsmysteryandmyth.com

Nagualism: The shapeshifters of Ancient Mexico

www.cityalchemist.co

Exhuming the Nahualli: Shapeshifting, Idolatry, and Orthodoxy in Colonial Mexico | The Americas | Cambridge Core

www.cambridge.org

Nagual - Monstropedia

monstropedia.org

Evon Z. Vogt - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Meet The Nahuales, The Legendary Mesoamerican Shapeshifters - Cultura Colectiva

culturacolectiva.com

Shapeshifting Sorcery: The Persistence of Mesoamerican Magic

firesidefiction.com

r/Paranormal on Reddit: A Nahual's story (shapeshifter sorcerer)

www.reddit.com

r/skinwalkerranch on Reddit: I just heard about the Nagual. Shapeshifters in Aztec and Mayan lore. This idea sounds very similar to the Skinwalker.

www.reddit.com

Reverence for Our Sun: Power of the Nagual in Mesoamerican Culture – The Adamant Rant

www.adamantrant.com

Nagual - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

The Nagual – Mexico Unexplained

mexicounexplained.com

Shapeshifting Sorcery: The Persistence of Mesoamerican Magic

firesidefiction.com

Nahuales/Nagual: “Shapeshifter” | USC Digital Folklore Archives

folklore.usc.edu

Skinwalkers – The Chilling Shape-shifting Creatures of Native American Legends | FYI

vocal.media

La Lechuza: The Shape-Shifting Witch-Owl | Rocky Mountain PBS

www.rmpbs.org

La Lechuza: Mexican Folktale

folktalesamerica.com

The Messengers: Owls, Synchronicity and the UFO Abductee: 9780967799575: Clelland, Mr. Mike, Dolan, Mr. Richard M.: Books

www.amazon.com

La Lechuza: Owl Witch of Mexican Folklore – The Chronicles of Jinn

thechroniclesofjinn.com

Nagual/Wendigo sound

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRjM9QFhzpA

https://www.reddit.com/r/HighStrangeness/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Humanoidencounters/

https://phantomsandmonsters.com

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SUP KOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOKS! I love you all and you look MARVELOUS! This episode is the first in a series of speculative wanderings around the globe, looking into the potential connections between anomalous phenomena hotspots and the recurring folkloric concept of "black magic academies"! This episode will cover North and South America, with a special focus on Chile's RECTA PROVINCIA! Sharp-eyed/ eared listeners may want to keep a sharp eye/ear out for some of the following: anomalous lights, shapeshifters, and areas featuring an overlap of misc. high strangeness! All of this is just the launchpad into a much larger, overarching exploration of infernal geography! PLEASE TO ENJOY!

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SOURCES:

https://www.youtube.com/@EfrainBalak/videos

https://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/114292

https://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?pid=S0718-23762014000100003&script=sci_arttext&utm

https://joiamagazine.com/recta-provincia-una-investigacion-sobre-mitologia-y-brujeria-chilota

https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recta_Provincia

https://www.saladeprensa.cl/existen-aun-los-brujos-en-chiloe

Chiloé y los Chilotes by Francisco Cavada y Mendiola

Reyes sobre la Tierra by Gonzalo Rojas Flores

Historia General de la Medicina en Chile by Pedro Lautaro Ferrer

La Recta Provincia: Una cofradía de brujos en el sur de Chile by Sergio Fritz Roa

In Patagonia by Bruce Chatwin

Saga of The Swamp Thing by Alan Moore

Skinwalker Ranch: Hoax Or A Hub Of Paranormal Activity? | IFLScience

www.iflscience.com

How Skinwalker Ranch Became a Hotbed of Paranormal Activity | HISTORY

www.history.com

Skinwalkers Mythology: Characteristics and Modern Interpretations | HowStuffWorks

science.howstuffworks.com

What Is Skinwalker Ranch, and What’s Really Going on There?

www.utah.com

Inside Skinwalker Ranch, a Paranormal Hotbed of UFO Research

www.vice.com

Skinwalker Ranch - Austin Ghosts

austinghosts.com

are skin walkers real?

factually.co

Skinwalker Ranch - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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Sup Kooooooooooooooooks! Here's a FAR SUPERIOR version of one of the first episodes we ever did that now seems like it was literally 2-3 years ago. Because it probably was. Literally. This one covers a lot more of Keel's conceptual contributions to ufology and high strangeness in general. Ultraterrestrials. The Superspectrum. Window Areas. Transmogrification. AND SO MUCH MO'! Extremely light on any "Mothman" but quite heavy on the incredible influence that this man has exerted on investigations into all things weird! ALSO: "The Fickle Finger of Fate!"...if you know, you know. PLEASE TO ENJOY!

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SOURCES: all books by John Keel, though not as many of them as I'd have liked, which includes "Jadoo", "The Mothman Prophecies", "Operation Trojan Horse", and "The Eighth Tower"

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Arrr me hearties! Welcome to a bonus episode of Kooks, Cranks, & Iconoclasts! This old chestnut from the sea features tales of nautical terror, including: sharks eating seamen, psychic squid induced mutiny, the SS TEXASSSS!, syphilis, mer-monsters, cannibalism, blubber, and madness at sea! This episode also features a special guest, your host "Captain Basterd's" little brother, "Mr. Nasty" (a.k.a. Matt)! PLEASE TO ENJOY!

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SOURCES:

*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Indianapolis_(ID-3865)

*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutiny_on_Lurongyu_2682

*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_ship

*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mermaid

*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essex_(whaleship)

*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Crowhurst

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