This could be controversial to an extent (especially those with certain Biblical frameworks), but I think a man who spent half his life on death row and survived, and as he would claim, thrived, all because of his consistent learning and use of high magick is more than extraordinary.
To those who don't know about Echols, he was one of the three WRONGLY convicted of the murder of three young boys in West Memphis Arkansas during the a time period in which satanic panic was still in full effect. Echols was convicted essentially because he was brash, bold, wore black, read Crowley and Stephen King, listened to Metallica, and was a kid who never thought false charges would stick. He was wrong. He was later, more or less, exonerated with the rare Alford Plea (which lets the convicted claim innocence while admitting that there was enough evidence to possibly convict). The case on its own is a sort of watershed moment of cultural craziness. For those who wish to know more about the case check out the widely popular HBO documentary Paradise Lost (and its two sequels -- Neflix had them on instant a while back, maybe they still are), the documentary West of Memphis (Peter Jackson of Lord of the Rings fame got that one out), a famous book and movie (The Devil's Knot -- the movie was done by art house director Atom Egoyan and is so-so). He has had entertainment giants such as Eddie Vedder, Steve Earle, Peter Jackson, Joe Strummer, and yes Johnny Depp (among hundreds of others) tirelessly work on getting him freed. I guess this proves that Johnny Depp does have some compassion. I kid, I kid.
So, why bring him up? He has a new book called High Magick that is all about his twenty plus years of knowledge on using and perfecting his style of magic that he has been practicing between 5 and 10 hours a day for 5-6 days a week for 20 some years. I would call it a beginner book full of context and practice. It would be a nice companion to Gordon White's Chaos Protocols, though it is plenty different. Manifesting positive goals, banishing negative energies, channeling, training the mind, Qabilistic Cross, Buddhism, Tarot, charging water, etc etc etc. There's a lot in here. For those on the fence, check out his interview on the Duncan Trussell Family Hour Podcast (link below). The guy really has his shit together. And he did something with his practice that none of y'all did -- he manifested his fucking way out of death row. Greg talks about getting people on the show that actually do shit. Well, he did shit. And now he is showing us how.
Link to his book from the publisher (not fucking Amazon): https://www.soundstrue.com/store/high-magick.html
Interview on Duncan Trussell Family Hour http://podbay.fm/show/350580455/e/1543014920
Wikipedia cliff notes version of case: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Memphis_Three
I don't always love Last Podcast on the Left, the conspiracy theory comedian show, but I think they do a pretty excellent job with their three part series on the case
Part I: https://soundcloud.com/lastpodcastontheleft/episode-335-the-west-memphis
Part II https://lpotl.libsyn.com/episode-336-the-west-memphis-three-part-ii-the-confession-of-jessie-misskelley
Part III https://soundcloud.com/lastpodcastontheleft/episode-337-the-west-memphis
Note: While I do think the satanic panic of the 80s and 90s (and to an extent today) was mostly a matter of a collective cognitive dissonance, I do think that pedophilia concentrates in concentrations of power and I do think that there certainly are possibilities that pedophilia and ritual were weaponized by the powers that be as a way for the curiously cruel to understand imaginal realms. And yeah, something obviously happened with the Finders Cult and the Franklin Community Bank scandal that was more that meets the mainstream media's eye. And to those who think that Echols was guilty, I honestly don't know what to tell you (and I do know that fans of THC have made Youtube videos that purport to show Echols guilt -- seek them out if you wish -- I find them shallow and just really Old Testament Christian).
joshhinnenkamp wrote: This could be controversial to an extent (especially those with certain Biblical frameworks), but I think a man who spent half his life on death row and survived, and as he would claim, thrived, all because of his consistent learning and use of high magick is more than extraordinary.
To those who don't know about Echols, he was one of the three WRONGLY convicted of the murder of three young boys in West Memphis Arkansas during the a time period in which satanic panic was still in full effect. Echols was convicted essentially because he was brash, bold, wore black, read Crowley and Stephen King, listened to Metallica, and was a kid who never thought false charges would stick. He was wrong. He was later, more or less, exonerated with the rare Alford Plea (which lets the convicted claim innocence while admitting that there was enough evidence to possibly convict). The case on its own is a sort of watershed moment of cultural craziness. For those who wish to know more about the case check out the widely popular HBO documentary Paradise Lost (and its two sequels -- Neflix had them on instant a while back, maybe they still are), the documentary West of Memphis (Peter Jackson of Lord of the Rings fame got that one out), a famous book and movie (The Devil's Knot -- the movie was done by art house director Atom Egoyan and is so-so). He has had entertainment giants such as Eddie Vedder, Steve Earle, Peter Jackson, Joe Strummer, and yes Johnny Depp (among hundreds of others) tirelessly work on getting him freed. I guess this proves that Johnny Depp does have some compassion. I kid, I kid.
So, why bring him up? He has a new book called High Magick that is all about his twenty plus years of knowledge on using and perfecting his style of magic that he has been practicing between 5 and 10 hours a day for 5-6 days a week for 20 some years. I would call it a beginner book full of context and practice. It would be a nice companion to Gordon White's Chaos Protocols, though it is plenty different. Manifesting positive goals, banishing negative energies, channeling, training the mind, Qabilistic Cross, Buddhism, Tarot, charging water, etc etc etc. There's a lot in here. For those on the fence, check out his interview on the Duncan Trussell Family Hour Podcast (link below). The guy really has his shit together. And he did something with his practice that none of y'all did -- he manifested his fucking way out of death row. Greg talks about getting people on the show that actually do shit. Well, he did shit. And now he is showing us how.
Link to his book from the publisher (not fucking Amazon): https://www.soundstrue.com/store/high-magick.html
Interview on Duncan Trussell Family Hour http://podbay.fm/show/350580455/e/1543014920
Wikipedia cliff notes version of case: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Memphis_Three
I don't always love Last Podcast on the Left, the conspiracy theory comedian show, but I think they do a pretty excellent job with their three part series on the case
Part I: https://soundcloud.com/lastpodcastontheleft/episode-335-the-west-memphis
Part II https://lpotl.libsyn.com/episode-336-the-west-memphis-three-part-ii-the-confession-of-jessie-misskelley
Part III https://soundcloud.com/lastpodcastontheleft/episode-337-the-west-memphisNote: While I do think the satanic panic of the 80s and 90s (and to an extent today) was mostly a matter of a collective cognitive dissonance, I do think that pedophilia concentrates in concentrations of power and I do think that there certainly are possibilities that pedophilia and ritual were weaponized by the powers that be as a way for the curiously cruel to understand imaginal realms. And yeah, something obviously happened with the Finders Cult and the Franklin Community Bank scandal that was more that meets the mainstream media's eye. And to those who think that Echols was guilty, I honestly don't know what to tell you (and I do know that fans of THC have made Youtube videos that purport to show Echols guilt -- seek them out if you wish -- I find them shallow and just really Old Testament Christian).
Thank you! I listened to the podcast recently, and I loved it. The dude’s on point.
One phrase stuck with me, something along the lines of: “Where the mind goes, the energy flows”.
I like where Duncan is going lately, dabbling into magick and the occult. I think it’d be great to have him back on THC too!✌️
I second this notion.
