What Magic is This?: Spirits with Aidan Wachter

Many Magicians would say that one of the most important aspects of Magic is interacting with ‘Spiritual Creatures.’ The idea of Spirits being a part of this world and that there could be a ‘Spirit World’ has been with us far longer than it has not. Of course, the prevailing worldview of the last 300 years has done a fairly good job of attempting to demolish the idea that spirits have ever existed. Yet Spirits (or at least belief in them) has never gone away. In this Episode of WMiT? we are doing something a little bit different. To talk all things Spirit, we are joined by author and Dirt-Sorcerer Aidan Wachter.

My Guest Aidan has a website where all of his work can be found. Be sure to grab Six Ways to get some Spirit-based Magic into your life as well as his amazing new book Weaving Fate. I cannot recommend these books enough, they are essential if Practical Magic is new to you. Aidan has also started a new Podcast which looks to be amazing. Click the [link] ->

http://www.aidanwachter.com/

Show Notes

• Dr. Jack Hunter – Dr. Jack takes his Spirits very seriously. If you want to gain a wider perspective on Spirits and their interactions with us, he is one of the best. All of his books are Highly Recommended
  
• Beings Without Bodies: An Experience-Centered Theory of the Belief in Spirits by David J. Hufford
  
• The Terror that Comes in the Night by David J. Hufford
  
• Spirits: The Root of Spirituality
  
• The Reality of Spirits by Edith Turner
  
• Experiencing Ritual by Edith Turner
  
• A Visible Spirit Form in Zambia by Edith Turner
  
• The Black Faith or Shamanism Among the Mongols by Dorji Banzarov – This is definitely worth a read if you have a JSTOR account
  
• Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy by Mircea Eliade
  
• Survival or Super-Psi by Stephen Braude
  
• Nephilim
  
• C. D. Broad – His Lectures on Psychical Research is Amazing
  
• The Scole Experiment
  
• An Introduction to The Ecology of Extraordinary Experience – Presentation by Dr. Jack Hunter
  
• Encyclopedia of Spirits: The Ultimate Guide to the Magic of Fairies, Genies, Demons, Ghosts, Gods Goddesses by Judika Illes
  
• Living Spirits: A Guide to Magic in a World of Spirits by B. J. Swain
  
• How To See Fairies by Ramsey Dukes
  
• Star.Ships: A Prehistory of the Spirits by Gordon White
  
• The Haunted: A Social History of Ghosts by Owen Davies
  
• Demons and Spirits of the Land: Ancestral Lore and Practices by Claude Lecouteux
  
• The Tradition of Household Spirits: Ancestral Lore and Practices by Claude Lecouteux
  
• The Return of the Dead: Ghosts, Ancestors, and the Transparent Veil of the Pagan Mind by Claude Lecouteux
  
• Communing With The Spirits: The Magical Practice Of Necromancy by Martin Coleman. I am quite a fan of this book, lots to get from it but please understand that it is one person’s account of their practices. Even still, I recommend it
  
• Sam Block is no stranger to Spirits. A few articles of his that I would check out are On Psychometry: A Necessary Beginner Practice – Offering to All Spirits – Ritual for Summoning Spirits
  
• How to Build & Tend a Ancestor Shrine – Chiron Armand knows Ancestors
  
• Meredith Graves on Glitch Bottle – Very good interview
  
• Gary Numan’s My Name is Ruin
  
• Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds, & Shape Our Futures by Merlin Sheldrake – I love this book