S2 #28 / Douglas Batchelor 'Coming back into Wilderness'

For episode 28 of season 2 we welcome back the noble and
scholarly Douglas Batchelor of the What Magic is This? A podcast
for those curious about Magic, the Occult, Witchcraft, the
Esoteric, the Paranormal and the Supernatural. Douglas has been
doing sorcery and magic for close to 20 years. And has a wealth
of knowledge and experience. Today we focus on how his practice
and areas of interest have changed since his recent move to the
west coast of Canada. And we discuss his recent patreon show on
Isobel Gowdie, his remarkable memory and his ability to
communicate complex ideas. The title for this show is a reference
to a phrase used by John Moriarty in one of his many Irish radio
interviews where he talked about not sitting well with the modern
world and feeling its separation from nature acutely.
Consequently he left his academic career and moved home to
Ireland to Connemara in Co. Galway. The conversation with Douglas
reminded me of Moriarty’s phrase not least because of their both
moving to a rural location but in a topic that came up in the
plus section of the show where we discuss the horror of poorly
done TV and film adaptations. And how film becomes less story and
more spectacle, that as a narrative form it is exhausted, the
well has run dry. We discuss the need for new stories, new dreams
and round out the conversation with hope and belief in the young
generations and generation to be born will dream new stories and
new art into being. The show notes are extensive for this one so
do check them out there is a wealth of material to be explored
there. Enjoy! Show notes: Website https://whatmagicisthis.com/
WMiT? Patreon show on Isobel Gowdie
https://www.patreon.com/posts/waiting-in-wings-91738950 The
Visions of Isobel Gowdie: Magic, Witchcraft and Dark Shamanism in
Seventeenth-Century Scotland
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1734638.Visions_of_Isobel_Gowdie
Apocalyptic Witchcraft
https://scarletimprint.com/publications/p/apocalyptic-witchcraft
The Brazen Vessel
https://scarletimprint.com/publications/p/the-brazen-vessel The
Two Antichrists
https://scarletimprint.com/publications/p/the-two-antichrists The
Battle of Auldearn
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Auldearn James Burke
Connections
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connections_(British_TV_series)
Robin Artisson https://serpenthall.com/about/ Joshua Cutchin’s
Ecology of Souls
https://www.joshuacutchin.com/single-post/welcome-to-the-ecology-of-souls
Joshua Cutchin’s Thieves in the night
https://www.joshuacutchin.com/thievesinthenight Them old ways
never die https://www.joshuacutchin.com/them-old-ways-never-died
The Super Natural: A New Vision of the Unexplained
https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/25489537 Cave of the
Trois-Frères
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave_of_the_Trois-Fr%C3%A8res
Graham Hancock - Supernatural
https://grahamhancock.com/supernatural/ Neil Gaiman
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Gaiman Keep in touch?
https://linktr.ee/darraghmason Music by Obliqka
https://soundcloud.com/obliqka