#61- Getting Witchy

Julian has two guests on for the first time. Samuel McCabe is a ceremonial magician and Lisa Jane is a pagan green anarchist who has been working with Julian to create the Boulder chapter of the Psychedelic Sangha and to host Integration Circles for our growing community. In this conversation, Samuel, Julian and Lisa Jane discuss the history of magic and the occult, similarities between Western Occultism and Esoteric or Tantric Buddhism and the role of compassion and ethics in spiritual practice, as well as ways of understanding what makes something Buddhist practice or not, such as the fundamental role of compassion, wisdom into the true nature of mind and phenomena and awakening, or enlightenment. About Samuel - Samuel McCabe is a visual artist, ceremonial magician and tarot reader. He lives in Denver, Colorado with his wife, Elizabeth and cat, Venus. He reads tarot and teaches courses on magic at Ritualcravt, also in Denver. You can find him on Patreon at: patreon.com/thepeacockgrimoire . Thanks again, Julian. It was a pleasure meeting you and recording the podcast. About Lisa Jane - Lisa Jane is a multi-media visual artist, poet, pagan, green anarchist, occasional film programmer & journalist, and community radio host.  She also co-facilitates a Boulder psychedelic integration circle with A State of Mind podcast host, Julian Royce. Some book recommendations: Waking the Witch: Reflections on Women, Magic, and Power by Pam Grossman Pagan Anarchism by Christopher Scott Thompson Consciousness Medicine by  Françoise Bourzat & Kristina Hunter The Brazen Vessel by Peter Grey & Alkistis Dimech Cosmic Trigger by Robert Anton Wilson The Book of Lies:  The Disinformation Guide to Magick and the Occult by Richard Metzger, Grant Morrison, ect. Thee Psychick Bible by Genesis Breyer P-Orridge Psychedelic Sangha: https://psychedelicsangha.org Message us at [email protected] to learn more and if you are interested in joining our online Integration Circle, held on the first Thursday of every month at 6pm Mountain time Support the show: www.patreon.com/astateofmind