The departure point for each episode is an occult-themed book so obscure that not only is it our hope you've never read it, but that you've never even heard of it, and you never would've, without deciding to tune in and join us today. Welcome!<hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
The Obscure Occult Book Report (TOOBR)
Claim This Podcastby Duncan Barford
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Podcast Overview
The departure point for each episode is an occult-themed book so obscure that not only is it our hope you've never read it, but that you've never even heard of it, and you never would've, without deciding to tune in and join us today. Welcome!<hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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Recent Episodes
April 12, 2025
NEW PODCAST: Passport Through Hades
New podcast. Available from the usual places. Alan Chapman and Duncan Barford, editors of a forthcoming collection of Aleister Crowley's magical writings, discuss the true meaning of Crowley's legacy and thought.<hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
January 19, 2025
A longing for transcendence with a certain style
<p>A collection of fictional writings that break the traditional rules of storytelling leads us into a consideration of how writing might be used for magical purposes.</p><br><p>The book, this episode, is: John Foxx, The Quiet Man: Short Stories by John Foxx (London: Rocket 88 Books, 2020).</p><br><p>See also: Mark Fisher, Ghosts of My Life: Writings on Depression, Hauntology and Lost Futures (Winchester, UK: Zero Books, 2014).</p><br><p>Listen to John Foxx reading his story “The Marvellous Notebook” (among others) at: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/yr46a2y6" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://tinyurl.com/yr46a2y6</a> (bandcamp.com, accessed January 2025).</p><br><p>To support the podcast, buy me a coffee at <a href="https://ko-fi.com/oeith" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://ko-fi.com/oeith</a> or <a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dbarfordG" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dbarfordG</a>. Or you could send me a lovely book from <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/1IQ3BVWY3L5L5?ref_=wl_share" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/1IQ3BVWY3L5L5?ref_=wl_share</a>.</p><p><br></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
November 5, 2024
Suddenly psychosis isn't so psychotic
<p>We consider in detail some intriguing and sometimes startling true cases, exploring a text that offers frank and practical guidance to psychotherapists on how they should respond when paranormal forms of communication occur within therapy.</p><br><p>The book, this episode, is: The Psychic Thread: Paranormal and Transpersonal Aspects of Psychotherapy, by Elizabeth E. Mintz, in consultation with Gertrude Raffel Schmeidler (New York: Human Sciences Press, 1983).</p><br><p>To support the podcast, buy me a coffee at <a href="https://ko-fi.com/oeith" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://ko-fi.com/oeith</a> or <a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dbarfordG" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dbarfordG</a>. Or you could send me a lovely book from <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/1IQ3BVWY3L5L5?ref_=wl_share" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/1IQ3BVWY3L5L5?ref_=wl_share</a>.</p><p><br></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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