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Black Hoodie Alchemy
by Anthony Tyler
The study of equal and opposite reaction is in effect the simplest definition of alchemy, and this is a show that aims at the grit and grime of the alchemical process. Proof of the horrific and unholy will show equal proof of things transcendental and divine if we study closely, so here we put at the forefront the things that keep us up at night, the skeletons in our closets, and the monsters under the bed, so that we may take our power back. Here we are cynics with enough faith to still try. Welcome to Black Hoodie Alchemy -- every other Monday as of August 2024!
Episodes
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121: Moltbook - AI Social Media where Bots Express 'Existential Woes' & So Much More
Welcome to a special, unscheduled and current-news edition of Black Hoodie Alchemy! Have you heard about this AI-only social media site called MOLTBOOK? It was created by an AI bot named Clawd Clawderberg at the end of January 2026, and in its first two weeks on the internet it already has 1.7...
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120: Love in Philosophy & a very Skeptical Look at 'The Art of Seduction'
Welcome back to the next edition of Black Hoodie Alchemy! Continuing with last week's theme, we are analyzing another book by the controversial author Robert Greene, known for his works like The 48 Laws of Power, The 50th Law (co-authored with 50 Cent), and the topic of discussion today: The Art…
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119: '48 Laws of Power' & the Complexity of Human Power Dynamics
Welcome back to Black Hoodie Alchemy, folks! It's a fresh New Year and hopefully a clean slate for this show-host, who had a total slog throughout 2025 all the way to the end -- but I'm happy to finally be back! And hopefully 2026 will prove to be a much more consistent year for myself, the show,...
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118: Serial Killers, Demonology & Analytic Psychology (feat. Joe Rupe of 'Lighting the Void')
Welcome back to Black Hoodie Alchemy! For this episode, I'm sharing a recent guest-spot I did on Joe Rupe's Lighting the Void for his week-long Halloween themed broadcasts. Joe hit me up just a couple hours before his show and asked me if I wanted to jump on to talk about serial killers and...
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117: 'Beyond the Wall of Sleep' by H.P. Lovecraft (Narrated in Full for Halloween on The Fringe FM!)
Happy Halloween -- but also, give this a listen any time of year if you're a fan of cosmic, existential horror and esoteric spirituality! To help celebrate this year on The Fringe FM, Joe Rupe of Lighting the Void invited me to read a short story of my choosing, and the first one that popped into...
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116: VERMIN CLASS UNITE - Political Division is a Lost Cause Against the Elite
Welcome back to Black Hoodie Alchemy, folks! This week, we have a huge wild-card episode with the only political show I've ever done and probably will ever do. Really, the whole point is actually approaching politics from an apolitical standpoint. There really are no politics -- there are just...
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115: The Art & Visionary World-Building of Jack Kirby (Finishing The 'Four Color Grimoire')
This week on Black Hoodie Alchemy, we're rounding home-plate and reading the second half of my friend and colleague Eric Millar's work, The Four Color Grimoire! And this has everything to do with the legendary and still somewhat-unsung legacy of Jack Kirby - the King of Comics! But overall, it…
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114: Self-Actualizing Through Nerd Fandoms & The 'Four Color Grimoire'
Welcome back to Black Hoodie Alchemy, folks! This time around, I have a solo episode diving deeply into something that has really saved me over my medical recovery this year: my nerd fandoms. And I do it all with the help of my friend and colleague, Eric Millar's beautifully written book: The…
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113: Video Games in Art, Psychology & Esoterica (feat. Joe Rupe of 'Lighting the Void')
Welcome back to Black Hoodie Alchemy! This week my good friend, recurring guest and host of 'Lighting the Void' joins me, the great Joe Rupe! While we take our usual analytical eye to today's topic, we also kick back and have a bit of fun as we talk about a topic that is really all about having...
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112: Practical Mental Health in Spirituality, Philosophy & Esoterica (feat. Joe Rupe of 'Lighting the Void')
Welcome back to Black Hoodie Alchemy, folks! My head was jumbled, my body was in a lot of pain, and I wasn't really sure what my next move was after this near-death experience at the beginning of the year -- so I took a bit of a longer, unexpected, and unannounced break. Some of it was out of...
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111: Son of Sam, Satanic Cults & 'The Ultimate Evil'
For this episode of Black Hoodie Alchemy, I'm finally covering a topic I have teased here and there since the beginning of the whole show-run! At last, I am covering the sprawling, Charlie-Kelly-in-the-mailroom-style conspiracy theory that suggests that David Berkowitz did not act alone in the…
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110: Outer-Space in Philosophy & Metaphysics
Welcome back, folks! This week I'm doing an episode that I feel like I probably should've done a long time ago -- but everything comes in due time, and here it finally is! Two and a half hours hashing out outers-space through the lens of philosophy, alchemy, and metaphysics. Diving into topics…
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109: New Age 'Prosperity Gospel' is Mental Illness
Welcome back -- at long last! Ending another unexpected break, I bring you an unexpected episode just in time for a 4/20-Easter combo, and this should mark the beginning of regular weekly or (at least) bi-weekly episode releases. I've had a lot going in my life recently, most of which has been…
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108: Tibetan Rainbow Body & the Christian Resurrection in Analysis (feat. Justin Otto of Gulf Coast Dharma)
Welcome back, folks! This time around on Black Hoodie Alchemy, after another small delay, is the investigation of the phenomenon known as Rainbow Body. I’m also joined once again by my friend and cohort, Justin Otto ofDharma Junkie Podcast andGulf Coast Dharma, who served as a great help not...
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107: Reincarnation, Natural Selection & the Image of Death (feat. Justin Otto of 'Dharma Junkie' & 'Gulf Coast Dharma')
Welcome back to Black Hoodie Alchemy, folks! When it comes to the soul and modern science, a question often overlooked is: how could something help ensure our genetic survival after death? Well, we've got some considerations for you! It's been almost long enough since the last episode to count as...
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106: Winter in Psychology & Hermetic Symbolism + The Holographic Nature of Reality Revisted
Welcome to the final Black Hoodie Alchemy episode of 2024 -- and we're all back in action! I'm joined by both my cohorts, Seedperson1 and Chris Fiato, and this time around we're getting deep into the analysis of the winter season itself. Starting with the crucial role that cold temperatures play…
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105: The Paris Catacombs & the Psychology of Creepy 'Subterranea'
Welcome back to Black Hoodie Alchemy! This week we're blowing the dust off of an episode recorded in early October. Unfortunately, it was temporarily shelved when I got blindsided by 12 hour shifts, 7 days a week for over a month! If you'd like to hear all about that, just give last week's…
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104: Back From Hiatus - Let's Catch Up!
THE WAIT IS OVER! Black Hoodie Alchemy is back in action, baby! This episode might not be the greatest start for new listeners, just as a heads up, but hey if you're new and already here then give it a shot anyway! You'll certainly get to know me better for your dive into the increasingly large...
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103: The Image of the Vampire in History & Psychology
For this episode on Black Hoodie Alchemy, we're celebrating the fall and Halloween aesthetic a bit more with our historical overview of the vampire! As Carl Jung often said: whether or not God exists, the image of God certainly exists, and has propelled humanity thought throughout history in ways...
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102: Santa Muerte - Catholic Folk Magick vs Drug Cartel Satanism
This episode of Black Hoodie Alchemy is a seriously wild ride! The un-canonized Latin American 'Saint of Death' aka 'Santa Muerte' is essentially the Grim Reaper or Angel of Death moved to the forefront of Catholic folk magick. Along with other folkloric figures like Jesus Malverde, Santa Muerte…
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101: Voodoo in History, Practice & Application
This week on Black Hoodie Alchemy, we're getting deep into the history, practice and application of Voodoo! Firstly, what's the difference between Voodoo, Vodou, Vodun, and Hoodoo aside from the spelling? We'll explain that and all the other African Diasporic Religions associated (like Santeria…
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100: Datura Flower, Chemical Gateways to Hell & Voodoo Zombies
This week on Black Hoodie Alchemy we’re celebrating for our hundredth episode! But aside from some sincere thank yous and some extra music, this is mostly another research driven episode that you've come to expect -- and it's one that we're very excited to get into for this hundredth go-round.…
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99.999: A Metaphysical Review of 'DONNIE DARKO' (feat. Justin Otto & Jeff Mamba the 'Mind Jockey')
Thanks for tuning in! This week on Black Hoodie Alchemy, we're taking a break from the intense rabbit holes of research involving extra-sensory perception, parapsychology, outlier physics and so much more. That's right, this week you're getting another surrealist comedic break from reality with…
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99: 'The Gateway Experience' Revisited & the Neuropsychology of ESP
This week on Black Hoodie Alchemy, Seedperson1 and Chris are helping me wrap up our multi-episode deep dive about the modern scientific research done on extra-sensory perception in general. Over the last month, we've talked about Jung and synchronicity, chaos magick, quantum and chaos theory, JB...
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98: CIA Remote Viewing, Astral Projection & 'The Gateway Experience'
This week on Black Hoodie Alchemy, Chris Fiato and Seedperson1 join me once again to help build off the recent conversations we've had about the connected web of: synchronicity, Hermeticism, psychology, physics, and even things like clairvoyance, remote viewing, ESP in general, and astral...
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97.666: Your Haunted Pineal Gland on 'Juan on Juan'
Welcome back to Black Hoodie Alchemy! This week, to help supplement what we've been talking about on this show lately, I share with you my most recent appearance on the 'Juan on Juan' podcast (and one of the few guest spots I've had the time to do this year). If you didn't hear my first chat with...
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97: Investigating Parapsychology, Remote Viewing & Supernatural Abilities
This week on Black Hoodie Alchemy, my cohort Seedperson1 and I build off of the discussions we've had in the last two episodes (shoutout to Chris Fiato!) as we dive into the history of modern parapsychology. What did these diligent scientists -- funded by the prestigious Duke University -- find…
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96: Quantum Theory, Outlier Physics & Synchronicity
This week on Black Hoodie Alchemy, we are following up our conversation on synchronicity, with the cohort Chris Fiato jumping back in as well! Fronting the conversation topically, we are finishing our read of Seedperson's recommendation, Synchronicity: The Art of Coincidence, Choice & Unlocking...
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95: Chaos Magick, Synchronicity & Extra-Sensory Perception
This week on Black Hoodie Alchemy, Seedperson1 joins me with a book recommendation. Many years ago, he read a book that really opened his eyes to the practicality of magickal philosophy and metaphysics, a book that got him looking further and asking more questions. This work was Synchronicity…
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94: Tippy Patson & Joe Rupe Attempt to Survive a Zombie Apocalypse
This week on Black Hoodie Alchemy, we are taking a break from the dark character studies and metaphysical deep-dives to catch up with our old friend, Tippy Patson -- the redneck mystic extraordinaire who is NOT me with a modulated voice! Unfortunately (like usual when it comes to Tippy) I was...
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93: Hobo Serial-Killing Author - The Infamous Carl Panzram
This week on Black Hoodie Alchemy, we're doing another deep-dive character study as I tell Seedperson1 and Chris all about one of the wildest serial killers I've ever heard of: Carl Panzram. Imagine if Henry David Thoreau kept some of artistic spark, love of philosophy, and awe of nature -- yet...
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92: Stalin's Cannibal Island & The World's Most Irradiated Man
This week on Black Hoodie Alchemy, we are going for the jugular and making this a chat with a heavy LISTENER DISCRETION ADVISED warning, trigger warning, and all that fun stuff. The full descriptions of gore will be left out of our discussion here, but the fact of the matter is that these stories...
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91: Wanderlust Syndrome - From Chris McCandless to 'The Grizzly Man' & Many More Adventurers Gone Awry
This week on Black Hoodie Alchemy, we have a very information-dense topic! Lots of notes, lots of twists and turns, tragedy and comedy, philosophy and practicality, and a combination of essentially every topic that this show tends to cover. It's wilderness adventure-time! I'm joined once again by...
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90: Family Curses, Epigenetics & Horticulture of the Psyche (feat. Seedperson1)
Welcome back, folks! This week on Black Hoodie Alchemy, we have the final installment of the post-patreon infusion to the main feed. Yes, the patreon was a thing we tried for a couple months, but decided to conserve our energy and momentum for one feed for the time being. I'm joined once again by...
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89: Archaeology of the Psyche, Lost Media & Lost Memories (feat. Seedperson1)
This week on Black Hoodie Alchemy, we're releasing the third of four episodes from the now-defunct Patreon feed! Patreon will be back eventually, but no dates are set right now and I've decided that, for now, I do not want to split my time and attention up so much when it comes to my show. So…
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88: Black Mirrors, the 'Influencer' Scourge & More Esoteric Rabbit-Holes (feat. Seedperson1)
Welcome back to Black Hoodie Alchemy, folks! This week is another chat I had with my good friend and fellow alchemist, Seedperson1. It's also a chat that was recorded in February of this year, and was originally put into the now-defunct Black Hoodie Alchemy patreon feed. (Candidly, we'll likely…
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87: How I Learned to Stop Worrying & Jumanji'd a Sasquatch (feat. Hunter Hanson)
Welcome back to Black Hoodie Alchemy, folks! This week is all things Sasquatch -- not only do we analyze some of the folklore and typical content in the sightings, but I also am pleasantly surprised to report to you all that I have my own Sasquatch story to share with you! It happened over the...
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86: Dive Manual - Alchemy, Chaos Magick & Jungian Psychology (feat. Joe Rupe of 'Lighting the Void')
This week on Black Hoodie Alchemy, we have a podcast-swaparoo with my homie Joe Rupe, host of Lighting the Void, and we're both celebrating the fresh release of my audiobook Dive Manual: Empirical Investigations of Mysticism. With the paperback released in 2020, Joe has lended his narration and...
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85: Alchemy in American History & Working for Manly P. Hall (feat. Ronnie Pontiac of 'American Metaphysical Religion' & 'Philosophical Research Society')
This week on Black Hoodie Alchemy, we have another special guest: the wonderful, talented and laid-back Ronnie Pontiac. Ronnie is the author of books like 'American Metaphysical Religion: Esoteric and Mystical Traditions of the New World', he's part of the punk rock duo Lucid Nation with his wife...
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84: Surreal Memories & the Inner Mysteries (feat. Seedperson1)
Welcome back to Black Hoodie Alchemy, folks! This week is coming in from the Black Hoodie Alchemy patreon feed, which I have decided to roll into the main feed of the regular show. Given the inconsistency of my own schedule, not wanting to split my show feeds apart, and the fact that patreon...
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83.666: Frankenstein, The Elephant Man & Logotherapy in Practice on 'Lighting the Void'
This week, I share with you my most recent guest appearance on my longtime friend Joe Rupe's show, Lighting the Void. By telling the traditional story of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (which is far more alchemical and esoteric than the Universal rendition), the heartbreaking and triumphant story of...
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83: Divergent Magick & Anarchic Mysticism (feat. Keats Ross of 'PragMagick' & 'We the Hallowed')
This week on Black Hoodie Alchemy, our outlaw wizard friend Keats Ross returns from his last appearance on the show to talk about his latest work: Divergent Magick - An Anarchic Grimoire, which is far less destructive than it sounds. Or, perhaps a better way to put it is: it is destruction with...
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82: Navigating Conspiracy Theories & Occult Rabbit-Holes (feat. Jess Rogge of 'Escape the Simulation')
Welcome black to Black Hoodie Alchemy! This week I'm joined by yet another special guest, researcher and longtime show-host, Jess Rogge of 'Escape the Simulation'. In her time involved with broadcast and internet streaming, Jess has talked all sorts of people -- from Tommy Chong to David Icke and...
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81: Cancer, Remission & Alchemy in an Honest Discussion (feat. Leticia Martinez of 'Journal Chaotika')
This week on Black Hoodie Alchemy, I'm joined by another special guest Leticia Martinez -- an alchemist, journalist, and holistic health counselor that utilizes herbal remedies, massage therapy, and much more in her practice with clients. Not only has she taken her studies seriously throughout…
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80: Health, Disease & Eastern Mysticism (feat. Max Komes of 'Clarity Wellness Collective' & Justin Otto of 'Dharma Junkie')
This week on Black Hoodie Alchemy, I got the chance to be in-studio here in Pensacola, Florida with my two guests and local Floridians: Justin Otto, host of the Dharma Junkie podcast, founder and instructor of Gulf Coast Dharma, childhood cancer survivor, former addict, and current wonderful…
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79: Artistry & the Shadow Complex in History (feat. Brad Kelly & Kevin Kautzman of 'Art of Darkness')
This week on Black Hoodie Alchemy I have a double-whammy for you! I'm joined by special guests and fellow writers, Brad Kelly and Kevin Kautzman of the popular biography-philosophy podcast 'Art of Darkness', which focuses on lengthy deep dives into the full lives and dark psychologies of…
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78: 21st Century Hermeticism & Manly P. Hall (feat. Ashley Ryan AKA 'Pythian Priestess' of 'The Occult Unveiled')
This week on Black Hoodie Alchemy, I'm joined by the wonderful and well-studied Hermeticist, Ashley Ryan AKA Pythian Priestess of tiktok (witchtok to be specific) and her investigative occult podcast, The Occult Unveiled, which you can find on all platforms. While tiktok is not usually on this...
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77.777: Hip-Hop Cults & Malachi York REDUX on 'Aeon Byte Gnostic Radio'
This week is a revisit of the topic from BHA #62, but if you've heard that episode before I urge you to stick around for a listen! Not only is the true crime narrative polished and expanded, there is A LOT OF ADDITIONAL RESEARCH THAT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN EPISODE 62. More research was done into the...
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77: 'The Screwtape Letters' - Inside the Mind of a Demon
Welcome back to Black Hoodie Alchemy! This week is another solo episode, and another episode about the Christian author CS Lewis. Last time we brought him up, we went through his work The Problem of Pain and this time we're going to bring up a fictional philosophical book he wrote, something he...
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76: Sex, Death & Rebirth on DMT (feat. Adam Butler of 'Butler's DMT Field Guide')
This week on Black Hoodie Alchemy, I'm joined by another special guest: Adam Butler -- philosopher, psychonaut, alchemist, and author of the book, Butler's DMT Field Guide. This book is a dense collection of DMT extraction recipes, the various ways to consume DMT, the best precautions and...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
The study of equal and opposite reaction is in effect the simplest definition of alchemy, and this is a show that aims at the grit and grime of the alchemical process. Proof of the horrific and unholy will show equal proof of things transcendental and divine if we study closely, so here we put at the forefront the things that keep us up at night, the skeletons in our closets, and the monsters under the bed, so that we may take our power back. Here we are cynics with enough faith to still try. Welcome to Black Hoodie Alchemy -- every other Monday as of August 2024!
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