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Black Hoodie Alchemy

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

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01:45:27

114: Self-Actualizing Through Nerd Fandoms & The...

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2025/09/21

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 Four Color Grimoire, taking the time to read the first five chapters.Comic books, video games, movies, television, and pop culture do something for us that is often hard to describe. Past the corporate mill

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02:02:57

113: Video Games in Art, Psychology & Esoterica...

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2025/09/07

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 fun: video games! From the art of programming, to the imaginative lore, the human psychological pros and cons, all the way to the esoteric philosophical implications -- we've got you covered

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02:06:15

112: Practical Mental Health in Spirituality,...

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2025/08/24

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 frustration, a lot of it was out of total exhaustion, and even more of it was rooted in a level of surrender and acceptance. Some real serenity prayer sort of stuff on a very Jungian level, but it was all

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01:40:47

108: Tibetan Rainbow Body & the Christian...

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2025/02/09

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 only in fleshing out the philosophies of Buddhism, but also helping me pronounce some of the terms!Mostly found in Tibetan Buddhism, but with strong components also found in Hinduism and the lesser known

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02:04:04

107: Reincarnation, Natural Selection & the Image of...

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2025/01/20

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 another mini-hiatus unfortunately, but hey cut me some slack. With the start of January, I had a weeklong trip in Georgia to see family and ended up nearly dying in the Emergency Room from a septic

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01:17:16

104: Back From Hiatus - Let's Catch Up!

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2024/12/01

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 back-catalogue of episodes. To start with (especially since I've been settling back into my regular life lately ) I present you this episode as a bit of a kick-back and catch-up session. No heavy

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02:25:12

103: The Image of the Vampire in History & Psychology

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2024/09/22

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 both enlightening and catastrophic. Certainly, one could say this to varying degrees about all symbolic aspects of the psyche, especially the particularly old and familiar ones -- and certainly, this

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01:57:24

102: Santa Muerte - Catholic Folk Magick vs Drug...

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2024/09/08

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 is considered a "Narco Saint" and is a spiritual figure that not only helps us process and contextualize the death around us in digestible ways, but they as well will never turn a

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02:59:09

101: Voodoo in History, Practice & Application

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2024/08/26

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 and Palo Mayombe) all the way up to traditions in good ol' New Orleans, Louisiana!We also take the time to discuss in some detail the historical events and characters surrounding Voodoo,

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02:31:44

100: Datura Flower, Chemical Gateways to Hell &...

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2024/08/05

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. For a little more celebration and absurdist humor, don't forget to check out last episode, 99.999!For this episode, we're getting into the plant known as datura stramonium AKA jimson weed

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02:16:27

96: Quantum Theory, Outlier Physics & Synchronicity

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2024/06/24

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 Your Mind by Dr. Kirby Surprise. Last week we talked a lot of chaos theory, chaos magick, and ideas about extra-sensory perception -- so we take these notions to help us dive further into the

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01:40:37

95: Chaos Magick, Synchronicity & Extra-Sensory...

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2024/06/15

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: The Art Coincidence, Choice & Unlocking Your Mind by Dr. Kirby Surprise. Using this book as an opportunity to look further at CG Jung's research and philosophy of the "synchronicity

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01:46:06

94: Tippy Patson & Joe Rupe Attempt to Survive a...

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2024/06/08

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 unable to make it to this recording, but thankfully Joe Rupe was able to fill in for me! The twist here is that Joe was a bit tired of trying to put up with Tippy's bizarre and surrealist philosophies, so

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02:24:39

93: Hobo Serial-Killing Author - The Infamous Carl...

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2024/06/03

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 also assaulted thousands of people and murdered over 20, some of them even being children. Immersed in hobo train-hopping culture in the early 20th century, Panzram was known to commit acts like

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02:30:05

91: Wanderlust Syndrome - From Chris McCandless to...

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2024/05/17

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 my cohorts Seedperson1 and Chris Fiato, and I share with them ten stories of men who experience what I can only describe as "wanderlust syndrome", which is throwing away all of their

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01:53:54

90: Family Curses, Epigenetics & Horticulture of the...

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2024/05/12

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 my cohorts, Seedperson1 and Chris Fiato, as we continue to unpack the concepts revolving around what we are calling 'Existential Alchemy in Practice.' We've discussed surreal and

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01:56:56

89: Archaeology of the Psyche, Lost Media & Lost...

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2024/05/05

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 this episode comprises the third installment of Chris, Seedperson and I analyzing "Existential Alchemy in Practice" by sifting through the unexplainable, surreal, and highly symbolic aspects

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01:23:29

88: Black Mirrors, the 'Influencer' Scourge & More...

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2024/04/30

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 do a patreon again at some point, but it ended up being a greater strain on my schedule than I thought it would be, and there was not a huge amount of listener interest in it for now anyway.)In this

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01:50:11

87: How I Learned to Stop Worrying & Jumanji'd a...

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2024/04/20

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 weekend of April 2024's Solar Eclipse, it was auditory with several people around, and it happened multiple times. Oh yeah and there was a Sasquatch hunting board-game involved! But you'll have to

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02:09:28

83: Divergent Magick & Anarchic Mysticism (feat....

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2024/03/17

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 strong alchemical purpose. But beyond that, the true nature of the anarchy and divergence here lies in the difference between orthodoxy and heterodoxy; the tried-and-true versus the path less traveled. With

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