Paranormal, People, & Politics with the Workers Cauldron

Cian is joined at the cabin by David & Mercedas from the Worker’s Cauldron to talk about a variety of paranormal topics and their cultural/political influences. Subjects include: -evolution of Wicca -social context and the paranormal -alien abduction in the 90s -creating episodes -David’s trip to Bluff Creek -colonial literature’s influence on Forteana -Demonic possession and economic anxieties -Ghost-hunting groups -The Ballinspittle Moving Statues -70s Haunted House Stories -Vampire as political satire -Phantom helicopters -Influence of the X-Files Worker’s Cauldron Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-workers-cauldron/id1527590843 Books & Articles Mentioned: Our Most Troubling Madness, Tanya Luhrmann Drawing Down The Moon, Margaret Adler Triumph Of The Moon, Ronald Hutton They Know Us Better Than We Know Ourselves, Brigette Brown Communion, Whitley Strieber UFO Abduction Reports: The Supernatural Kidnap Narrative Returns in technological Guise, Thomas E Bullard Explorers Of The Nile, Tim Jeal The Great Orm Of Loch Ness, Ted Holiday Hunting Dinosaurs In Central Africa, Edward Guimont The Water Horses of Loch Ness, Roland Watson Hostage To The Devil, Malachi Martin Monsters Of The Market, David McNally