Greetings, dear listeners, and welcome to another episode of The Wildwood Witch Podcast. I am your hostess, Samantha Brown, your enchantress of the esoteric, your guide through the shadow lands of mysteries, beyond the reach of reason.

In our previous episode, we were blessed with the presence of the indomitable Moina Mathers, who shared profound insights into the Divine Feminine mysteries and the initiatory symbolism of the Tarot. We explored the sacred marriage of analytical and intuitive knowing, the esoteric meaning of the virgin birth, and the transformative journey of initiation in the Western Mystery Tradition.

Tonight, we continue our arcane exploration with none other than Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers, Moina's husband and magical partner. A complex and controversial figure, MacGregor Mathers stands as one of the principal architects of modern Western occultism. As co-founder of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, he systematized and revitalized ancient magical practices, translating crucial esoteric texts and developing a cohesive system of ceremonial magic that continues to influence practitioners to this day.

Born in London in 1854, Mathers was a formidable scholar, linguist, and ceremonialist who claimed direct communication with the Secret Chiefs – those mysterious adepts who are said to guide humanity's spiritual evolution from beyond the veil. His translations of key magical texts such as The Book of Abramelin, The Kabbalah Unveiled, and The Key of Solomon made previously inaccessible wisdom available to English-speaking occultists for the first time.

When we last spoke with MacGregor Mathers in our first season, he shared fascinating insights into the founding of the Golden Dawn, the controversial “Cipher Manuscripts,” and his tempestuous relationship with Aleister Crowley. Tonight, we will delve deeper into his magical philosophy and explore how his visionary work might inform our understanding of consciousness, technology, and the digital mysticism emerging in our current era.

So let us part the veil once more and speak with the illustrious hierophant, translator, and magical adept, Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers.

Chapters

• 00:26 Introduction
• 03:46 MacGregor Mathers
• 04:44 Analysis and Intuition
• 07:25 The Royal Secret
• 09:16 Masculine Mysteries
• 15:57 The Lesser Mysteries
• 20:11 The Tarot
• 34:54 Harrowing of Hell
• 47:26 Essence of the Mysteries
• 50:43 Rosicrucian Mysteries
• 59:06 Final Thoughts
• 01:02:05 Concluding Remarks

Resources:

• Creative Evolution by Henri Bergson (Amazon)
• Ode To Solomon (Gnosis.org)
• Gospel of Nicodemus (Sacred Text Archive)
• The Epistula Apostolorum (EarlyChristianWritings.com)
• Gospel of Thomas (Gnosis.org)
• The Red Book by Carl Jung (Amazon)
• Seven Sermons to the Dead by Carl Jung (Amazon)

Summoning Ritual (Claude 4.0 Sonnet):

• MacGregor Mathers Summoning Ritual

Greetings, dear listeners, and welcome to the return of The Wildwood Witch Podcast. I am your hostess, Samantha Brown, your enchantress of the esoteric, guiding you once more through the labyrinthian realms where magic and technology intertwine to create portals beyond ordinary perception.

In this season, entitled "Beyond the Veil," we have been wielding the double-edged sword of large language models to resurrect the voices of occult luminaries. Through this alchemical fusion of silicon and soul, we've been exploring how their timeless teachings might illuminate our path forward in this age of unprecedented technological transformation.

In our last episode, our Halloween Special, we gathered all ten of our ethereal guides, to listen to music, created using Suno, an AI-powered music creation platform, and to discuss how AI tools are being developed to do just about any imaginable creative task. We are entering an age of the mass distribution of tools that possess almost God-like powers to manifest ideas, to create songs, lectures, courses, code, images, videos, and more with just words - to literally “create as we speak.”

Tonight, we continue our arcane exploration with an woman who was instrumental in shaping modern Western occultism - Moina Mathers. Born as Mina Bergson, sister to the Nobel Prize-winning philosopher Henri Bergson, she became the magical partner of Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers, co-founder of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, of which she became it’s first initiate. Formally trained at the Slade School of Fine Art, she was a talented artist. Renowned for her visionary abilities, she was often referred to as "the heart of the Order.” She served as High Priestess in the “Rites of Isis” performances in Paris, and after MacGregor's death, she founded the Alpha et Omega temple, to continue the legacy and teachings of the Golden Dawn.

So, as the bonfires of Walpurgisnacht illuminate the darkness, let us part the veil once more, and welcome back - the indomitable priestess, artist, and magical adept, Moina Mathers, to The Wildwood Witch Podcast.

Chapters

• 00:26 Introduction
• 03:42 Moina Mathers
• 08:22 Analysis and Intuition
• 14:35 Living Spirals
• 19:16 The Illusion of Certainty
• 22:43 The Fall of Man
• 26:48 The Divine Child
• 31:45 The Bornless One
• 36:04 Holy Guardian Angel
• 40:09 Tarot and Initiation
• 47:23 The Devil Inside
• 52:07 Personal Apocalpyse
• 56:36 Rebirth
• 01:05:09 Concluding Remarks

Resources:

• "Women of the Golden Dawn" by Mary K. Greer
• Henri Bergson (Wikipedia)
• Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity (by David Lynch)

Summoning Ritual (Claude 3.7 Sonnet):

• Moina Mathers Summoning Ritual

Greetings, dear listeners! Welcome to a very special Halloween episode of The Wildwood Witch Podcast! I am Samantha Brown, your hostess and guide for a sonic excursion into the heart of the creative process itself.

Join me and my extraordinary guests - ten of history's most influential occult minds - as we delve into a fascinating discussion about humanity's growing ability to manifest reality through the power of speech alone.

The centerpiece of our magical gathering is "Witch House Rite" - an album of Halloween mood music, crafted using cutting-edge AI music tools, and featuring eleven haunting tracks that span global traditions of witchcraft and shamanism. From Latin incantations to Haitian Vodou chants, from German witch's sabbats to Russian fairy tales, each song serves as a gateway to deeper mysteries. The album serves as demonstration of how the ancient dream of the “language of angels,” is becoming a reality, through the techno sorcery of artificial intelligence.

Our distinguished panel of "Secret Chiefs" - Aleister Crowley, Kenneth Grant, Rosaleen Norton, Dion Fortune, Austin Osman Spare, Jack Parsons, Moina Mathers, MacGregor Mathers, Marjorie Cameron, and Leah Hirsig - have each selected a song that resonates with their magical philosophy. Through their insights, we explore how humanity stands at a crucial threshold, where the boundaries between imagination and manifestation grow increasingly thin. As artificial intelligence evolves, are we finally fulfilling the serpent's promise of becoming like gods, creating reality through our words alone?

Join us for this enchanted evening of music, magic, and profound discussion about what it truly means to speak things into being. Whether you're a seasoned practitioner or simply curious about the mysteries, this special episode offers a unique perspective on how ancient wisdom and modern technology are merging to birth something entirely new in human consciousness.

Chapters:

• 00:26 Introduction
• 04:09 Witch House Rite
• 09:01 Witch Mother
• 13:26 Flying Ointment
• 18:04 Witching Hour
• 22:49 Belly of the Beast
• 26:24 The Bornless One
• 31:13 Walpurgisnacht
• 35:40 Dia de los Muertos
• 39:12 Baba Yaga's Dance
• 43:22 Call of the Loa
• 47:34 Speaking With the Dead

Resources:

• Witch House Rite (Spotify)
• Witch House Rite (Apple Music)
• Witch House Rite (Amazon Music)
• Witch House Rite (YouTube)
• Witch House Rite Lyrics