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The Skeptical Shaman
by Rachel White
Democratizing spirituality for the spiritually-homeless, one episode at a time. We talk to the true believers, the skeptics and the cynics, and empower our listeners to make their own decisions-- and take control of their personal spiritual scavenger hunt! totemrach.substack.com
Episodes
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The Ragnarok Hypothesis, with Rachel White, Billy Purgatory, and Matthew Little
During last night’s Friday Night Livestream Happy Hour we chatted with Matthew Little all about his fantastic new UAP paper, which we’ve linked to directly here for those of you wanting to dig deeper into The Ragnarok Hypothesis: A huge shout out to our show’s sponsor, PUCK HCKY, and PUCK’s...
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Weekly TOTEM Card Pull 10/12/26-10/19/26
The Business of Woo book is here! Our new book, The Business of Woo: Thriving In Your Psychic Business (Without Losing Your Mind Or Sellig Your Soul!) is here, and you can check it out or buy it here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GX7MHB8L# Signed gift copies are also 75% off for a limited time—...
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Illumi-Naughty Happy Hour Livestream with Rachel White and Billy Purgatory
Thank you to everyone that joined us live last night— especially those that dialed in to share or ask questions or, in the case of our PUCK HCKY sponsorship winner Angela Gore, contributed some serious secret society content ahead of our livestream. Speaking of, here is the resource I referenced…
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Weekly TOTEM Card Pull 10/5/26-10/12/26
The Business of Woo book is here! Our new book, The Business of Woo: Thriving In Your Psychic Business (Without Losing Your Mind Or Sellig Your Soul!) is here, and you can check it out or buy it here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GX7MHB8L# Signed gift copies are also 75% off for a limited time—...
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Demons Don't Like When You Talk About Them, with Rachel White and Billy Purgatory
Thank you Sam "Skyguy", Abigail Kochunas, BM Keeper, The Mystical Teacher, jennifer zwick, and many others for tuning into my live video with Amy Steffek, Linda Street, billy.purgatory, and Ana Marija! Join me for my next live video in the app. TOTEM Readings is a reader-supported publication. To...
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Weekly TOTEM Card Pull 9/28/26-10/5/26
The Business of Woo book is here! Our new book, The Business of Woo: Thriving In Your Psychic Business (Without Losing Your Mind Or Sellig Your Soul!) is here, and you can check it out or buy it here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GX7MHB8L# TOTEM Flower Essence Deck While we’ve sold the last copy…
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Occult Ritual Murder with Rachel White + Billy Purgatory
This might be one for the history books. This past Friday, Jesse (aka billy.purgatory) and I went live for our 6 PM CST Friday Happy Hour Livestream— and this one was all about Occult Ritual Murder. We get into the weird world of Michael Aquino and the “churches” he founded: The Church of Satan,...
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Weekly TOTEM Card Pull 9/14/26-9/21/26
The Business of Woo book is here! Our new book, The Business of Woo: Thriving In Your Psychic Business (Without Losing Your Mind Or Sellig Your Soul!) is here, and you can check it out or buy it here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GX7MHB8L# TOTEM Flower Essence Deck While we’ve sold the last copy…
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F*cked Up Bible Study with Rachel White and Billy Purgatory
We came, we saw, we…invented a new dating show? It’s not what we set out to do, but it doesn’t make it any less valuable to THE CULTURE. In this Happy Hour Livestream, Rachel and Jesse (aka Billy Purgatory) dig into the weirder mysteries of the bible that no CCD teacher wants to tackle…
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Living with the Chaos Monster, with Laura Oxendine (Part 2)
This episode is now unlocked for all subscribers, and will be available for free anywhere you listen (Apple, Spotify, etc.) tomorrow AM! The 12th season of The Skeptical Shaman podcast is here with the second half of our exploration of The Chaos Monster: THE Villain Era that sparked this whole...
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Living with the Chaos Monster, with Laura Oxendine (Part 1)
This episode is now unlocked for all subscribers and is available on Apple, Spotify, and anywhere else you listen for free! The 12th season of The Skeptical Shaman podcast is here with The Chaos Monster: THE Villain Era that sparked this whole Villain Era series, courtesy of artist and small...
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Weekly TOTEM Card Pull 9/7/26-9/14/26
Oracle TOTEM Flower Essence Per the Weekly Card Pull, Oracle, our Delphinium Flower Essence, was reported to Etsy (most likely by a disgruntled client…who got mad at me because she didn’t pay me). I know. Read that again. And then please make it make sense. Because of this, Etsy has removed this...
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The Van Helsing Happy Hour Call-In Live Stream
This Van Helsing Happy Hour Call-In Live Stream was a huge success. We covered a lot of ground, explored supernatural lore, looked at beautiful art, discussed demons and why there’s a Freemason Bible…and much, much more! Next week our very first sponsor, PUCK HCKY, is offering a piece of our…
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Doing Energy Work with the Baltic B*tch, with Lisa Amato
This episode is now unlocked for all subscribers, and is available on Apple, Spotify, and anywhere else you listen— for FREE! The 12th season of The Skeptical Shaman podcast is here, and our newest Villain Era alter ego, The Baltic B*tch, is brought to us by the incredible Lisa Amato, energy…
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Weekly TOTEM Card Pull 8/31/26-9/7/26
The Business of Woo book is here! Our new book, The Business of Woo: Thriving In Your Psychic Business (Without Losing Your Mind Or Sellig Your Soul!) is here, and you can check it out or buy it here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GX7MHB8L# TOTEM Flower Essence Deck While we’ve sold the last copy…
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Business of Woo Based Department: Live Call-In Happy Hour Show
Thank you to everyone who joined us live and participated in our Business of Woo Based Department Live Call-In Happy Hour Show with billy.purgatory! And, for those catching the replay, we tackled many of the most pressing metaphysical issues of our time, including: * UFOs/ UAPs * Astral…
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Veilwalker doesn’t give a sh*t, with Celina Ceja Geisler (part 2)
This episode is now unlocked for all subscribers, and is available for free anywhere else you listen: Apple, Spotify, Google and more! The 12th season of The Skeptical Shaman podcast is here, and our newest Villain Era alter ego, Veilwalker, is brought to us by the incredible Celina Ceja Geisler…
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Veilwalker doesn’t give a sh*t, with Celina Ceja Geisler
This episode is now unlocked for all subscribers, and is available on Apple, Spotify, and anywhere else you listen for free! Please consider leaving a rating or review of the pod— and enter to win our Review Raffle by shooting me a screenshot via email: [email protected] The 12th season of...
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Tight Sweater, Good Speller Happy Hour
billy.purgatory and I went live rather spontaneously this Friday for a special “Tight Sweater, Good Speller” Happy Hour in which we explore themes ranging from strip clubs to Kabbalah to the Unibomber to Gnosticism and more. Are breasts considered a resource curse? Have the good guys momentarily...
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Weekly TOTEM Card Pull 8/17/26-8/24/26
The Business of Woo book is here! Our new book, The Business of Woo: Thriving In Your Psychic Business (Without Losing Your Mind Or Sellig Your Soul!) is here, and you can check it out or buy it here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GX7MHB8L# TOTEM Flower Essence Deck While we’ve sold the last copy…
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Fighting Back Against the Satanic Hive, with Billy Purgatory (part 2)
This episode is now unlocked for all subscribers, and will be available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all other platforms for free on Saturday, September 5th at 7 AM CST! The 12th season of The Skeptical Shaman podcast is here, and this second half of our two-part episode highlights the...
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Fighting Back Against the Satanic Hive, with Billy Purgatory
This episode is now unlocked for all subscribers, and available on Apple, Spotify, and anywhere else you listen! The 12th season of The Skeptical Shaman podcast is here, and this second, two-part episode highlights the undeniable creative and spiritual power of a well-defined Alter Ego. Jesse...
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The Business of Woo doesn't need to be a drag, with Bishamon Boheme (part 2)
This episode is now unlocked for all subscribers, and is available on Apple, Spotify, and anywhere else you listen for FREE! The 12th season of The Skeptical Shaman podcast is here, and this first episode sets the tone for exploring our collective Villain Era. This season is all about embracing…
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The Business of Woo doesn't need to be a drag, with Bishamon Boheme
This episode is now unlocked for all subscribers— and is available on Spotify, Apple, or anywhere else you listen for FREE! The 12th season of The Skeptical Shaman podcast is here, and this first episode sets the tone for exploring our collective Villain Era. This season is all about embracing…
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Weekly TOTEM Card Pull 8/10/26-8/17/26
The Business of Woo book is here! Our new book, The Business of Woo: Thriving In Your Psychic Business (Without Losing Your Mind Or Sellig Your Soul!) is here, and you can check it out or buy it here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GX7MHB8L# TOTEM Flower Essence Deck While we’ve sold the last copy…
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Weekly TOTEM Card Pull 8/3/26-8/10/26
The Business of Woo book is here! Our new book, The Business of Woo: Thriving In Your Psychic Business (Without Losing Your Mind Or Sellig Your Soul!) is here, and you can check it out or buy it here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GX7MHB8L# And, while we just wrapped our recent Review Raffle with...
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Weekly TOTEM Card Pull 7/20/26-7/27/26
The Business of Woo book…is here! Our new book, The Business of Woo: Thriving In Your Psychic Business (Without Losing Your Mind Or Sellig Your Soul!) is here, and you can check it out or buy it here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GX7MHB8L# And, while we just wrapped our recent Review Raffle with...
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Weekly TOTEM Card Pull 7/13/26-7/20/26
The Business of Woo book…is here! Our new book, The Business of Woo: Thriving In Your Psychic Business (Without Losing Your Mind Or Sellig Your Soul!) is here, and you can check it out or buy it here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GX7MHB8L# And, while we just wrapped our recent Review Raffle with...
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Weekly TOTEM Card Pull 7/6/26-7/13/26
The Business of Woo book…is here! Our new book, The Business of Woo: Thriving In Your Psychic Business (Without Losing Your Mind Or Sellig Your Soul!) is here, and you can check it out or buy it here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GX7MHB8L# And, while we just wrapped our recent Review Raffle with...
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How to be witch and famous, with Cardsy B
In this tenth episode of the 11th season of The Skeptical Shaman podcast, host Rachel White (of TOTEM Readings) chats with friend of the show and fellow podcaster Cardsy B, aka Rebecca Szymczak (of Hex and the City Podcast). Not only is Rebecca a resident wellness witch in residence at a posh...
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Capricorn Full Moon Tarot Reading
This Capricorn Full Moon feels…intense, energetically complicated, and potentially even game-changing in unexpected (and permanent) ways. But don’t worry: we get into all of it, so listen along, and check out links and info below. TOTEM Flower Essence Deck So, you’re not going to be seeing a…
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The Business of Woo: Dispatches from the edge
I’m rolling off of Substack, IG and non-essential comms for a while to fight the forces of evil, do several in-person events for my new book The Business of Woo, and focus on some business critical stuff while I navigate a nearly year-long lawsuit. We show off the new Spring/ Summer TOTEM + PUCK...
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Weekly TOTEM Card Pull 6/8/26-6/15/26
Etsy TOTEM Flower Essence Sale The Suit of Armor TOTEM Flower Essence and TOTEM Flower Essence Deck featuring it (as mentioned in this week’s card pull audio) are all included in our current Etsy shop sale. The Business of Woo book…is here! Our new book, The Business of Woo: Thriving In Your...
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Weekly TOTEM Card Pull 6/1/26-6/8/26
The Business of Woo book…is here! Our new book, The Business of Woo: Thriving In Your Psychic Business (Without Losing Your Mind Or Sellig Your Soul!) is here, and you can check it out or buy it here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GX7MHB8L# Early reviews matter a lot, so if you’ve purchased The...
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Sagittarius Full Moon TOTEM Tarot Reading with Rachel White + Jesse James
This Sagittarius Full Moon TOTEM Tarot Reading Livestream Extravaganza has it all: a very PUCK HCKY striptease, talk of Philip K. Dick and the Sumerian cuneiform tablets that informed his book “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?”, and a special, very Woo TOTEM Tarot Reading for billy.purgatory...
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The Magic of Becoming Your Psychic Self, with Teresa Johnson
In this ninth episode of the 11th season of The Skeptical Shaman podcast, host Rachel White (of TOTEM Readings) chats with client, friend, and newly-anointed psychic channel Teresa J all about the strange, strange journey from being a “normal person” to becoming your true psychic self. Teresa…
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The Beginner's Guide to Planetary Magic, with Sam "The SkyGuy"
In this eighth episode of the 11th season of The Skeptical Shaman podcast, host Rachel White (of TOTEM Readings) chats with friend of the show and astrologer extraordinaire Sam "Skyguy" all about planetary magic: how to do it, when to do it, and how to customize it to your unique natal chart- and...
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Navigating Spiritual Nuance in an Ideological Jungle, with Natalie Fehlner
This episode is now unlocked for all subscribers, and available anywhere you listen: Apple, Spotify, Google, and more! In this seventh episode of the 11th season of The Skeptical Shaman podcast, host Rachel White (of TOTEM Readings) chats with friend of the show and Skeptical Shaman podcast…
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Weekly TOTEM Card Pull 5/18/26-5/25/26
The Business of Woo book…is here! Our new book, The Business of Woo: Thriving In Your Psychic Business (Without Losing Your Mind Or Sellig Your Soul!) is here, and you can check it out or buy it here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GX7MHB8L# Early reviews matter a lot, so if you’ve purchased The...
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Synchronicity and Serendipity, with Review Raffle Winner Alyson Ogimachi
This episode is now unlocked for all subscribers, and available anywhere you listen: Apple, Spotify, Google, etc.! Please take a moment to rate and leave an honest review- it helps us keep on keeping on! In this sixth episode of the 11th season of The Skeptical Shaman podcast, host Rachel White…
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Taurus New Moon Livestream Extravaganza with Rachel White + Sam "The Sky Guy"
Incredible things are happening here on Substack, and I’m thrilled to be a part of it— both as a creator and as a frequent viewer! Sam "Skyguy" joined me for an early Taurus New Moon Livestream Extravaganza, broadcasting from the surface of Mercury while donning some truly Mercurial drip: a set…
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Green Acres Is The Place To Be, with Caitlin Gonzales
This episode is now unlocked for all listeners— and free on Apple, Spotify, and anywhere else you listen! Please consider leaving a rating or review of The Skeptical Shaman podcast as they help us continue to book great guests and bring you unique conversations from the world of woo! In this…
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Weekly TOTEM Card Pull 5/11/26-5/18/26
The Business of Woo book…is here! Our new book, The Business of Woo: Thriving In Your Psychic Business (Without Losing Your Mind Or Sellig Your Soul!) is here, and you can check it out or buy it here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GX7MHB8L# Early reviews matter a lot, so if you’ve purchased The...
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The Rocky Road to Spiritual Awakening, with Emily Prahin
This episode is now unlocked for all subscribers, and is available on Apple, Spotify and anywhere else you listen! In this fourth episode of Season 11 of The Skeptical Shaman podcast, host Rachel White (of TOTEM Readings) chats with long-time client (and fellow Chicagoan) Emily Prahin (of House…
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Is AI the Devil?, with Jennifer Hotes and Jesse James Freeman
This episode of The Skeptical Shaman podcast is now unlocked for all subscribers, and available anywhere you listen: Apple, Spotify, etc.. THANK YOU to everyone that supports our efforts here, on our podcast, and across our small, Woo-based business! If you like our podcast content, please…
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Weekly TOTEM Card Pull 5/4/26-5/11/26
The Business of Woo book…is here! Our new book, The Business of Woo: Thriving In Your Psychic Business (Without Losing Your Mind Or Sellig Your Soul!) is here, and you can check it out or buy it here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GX7MHB8L# Early reviews matter a lot, so if you’ve purchased The...
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Time to Tell Your Story, with Renee Puvvada
This episode with Renee Puvvada is now unlocked for all subscribers and available for free anywhere you listen: Spotify, Apple, Google, etc.. And, if you love what we’re doing on the podcast, please consider taking a moment to leave a rating or review on Apple HERE. Ratings and reviews really…
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It's all in the Stars, with Gabrielle Celeste
In this inaugural episode of Season 11 of The Skeptical Shaman podcast, host Rachel White (of TOTEM Readings) chats with Gabrielle Celeste (of Agua Astrology), combining their superpowers to form some kind of Chinese and Western Astrology Megazord, offering listeners insights into what to expect…
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The Business of Woo Book "First Look" and Scorpio Full Moon Tarot Card Pull!
Well, this livestream turned into a bit of a chimera, didn’t it? See! This is what happens when it’s not during a cocktail hour! But I had to do this livestream during business hours for a change because I actually plans this evening: meeting with the events team at my beautiful, local bookstore...
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Weekly TOTEM Card Pull 4/20/26-4/27/26
The Business of Woo book…is here! Our new book, The Business of Woo: Thriving In Your Psychic Business (Without Losing Your Mind Or Sellig Your Soul!) is here, and you can check it out or buy it here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GX7MHB8L# TOTEM Flower Essence Deck We’ve sold the last copy of our...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Democratizing spirituality for the spiritually-homeless, one episode at a time. We talk to the true believers, the skeptics and the cynics, and empower our listeners to make their own decisions-- and take control of their personal spiritual scavenger hunt!
totemrach.substack.com
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How many episodes does The Skeptical Shaman have?
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What is The Skeptical Shaman about?
Democratizing spirituality for the spiritually-homeless, one episode at a time. We talk to the true believers, the skeptics and the cynics, and empower our listeners to make their own decisions-- and take control of their personal spiritual scavenger hunt! totemrach.substack.com
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The Skeptical Shaman is created and hosted by Rachel White.
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