Welcome to the first episode of the second season of STARGAZER, a podcast about astrology, alchemy, and magic.

This begins a series of interviews with magical and creative entrepreneurs who have courageously forged a path for themselves, finding unique ways to share their gifts with the world. This series is timed to coincide with the upcoming transit of Mercury through Virgo, which is the astrological influence that I used to launch my creative business five years ago!

If you want to learn about how I used the transit of Mercury in Virgo to launch and support the growth of Aeolian Heart, be sure to sign up for August 19th event, ELEMENTAL: Business Alchemy with Mercury in Virgo.

Those who are a part of this Renaissance work because they have a passion, not merely for material acquisition. They work to find freedom for their creative spirit and in the way they use their time. And they work because it gives them purpose, creating vital connection and community.

My first guests are the perfect embodiment of the 21st Century Renaissance that is blossoming.

Beatrice Kalmar and Meredith Allen run a business called Psychic Stitch, a high-art embroidery business dedicated to up-cycling and customizing clothes to create one-of-a-kind wearable art. They are such beautiful women, old souls with loving hands who are completely inspired by their work to make clothes truly meaningful again.

Since they live right here in Los Angeles, I went to their studio to chat with them and record our conversation. Beatrice and Meredith are great artists, painters with thread. They can reproduce any image or style from the past. But they also create their own original effervescent psychedelic tapestries which are a worthy contribution to the ancient art of embroidery.

Amidst the rainbow of threads, the antique embroidery machines, and the works of art in progress, I felt like I was in another time and place. A time when people did not take so much for granted and had more reverence for the hours, labor and skill that go into creating any kind of clothing.

In this conversation, we talk about how Psychic Stitch got started and what inspired its beginnings. We also talk about the major issues caused by the mass-produced corporate fashion industry, which is obscenely wasteful, environmentally hazardous, and shamelessly employs slave labor.

As an answer to this, Psychic Stitch seeks to make clothing precious again, by enchanting them with a story and purpose. This honors the people who made these clothes and the people who own them now. With conscience and art, clothes become imbued with love. This philosophy is a great departure from the values that have spawned so much spiritual and economic crisis in the world.

Whether you love fashion or not, clothes are an expression of who you are: what your values are, what your trade is, and what your aesthetics are. It blows my mind to think of how awful it is to clothe ourselves in the products of slave labor. Not only do I mourn for the people in the sweatshops, but it is terrible how much we struggle and compete to be able to afford these loveless products. The whole experience is born from pain and injustice. And it fosters no appreciation for what we own.

I believe that most humans don’t really want to live like this anymore. And the Information Age is inviting a massive paradigm shift. Artisans with a vision, like the women at Psychic Stitch, are making small but important steps towards creating another way to live.

I loved talking to Beatrice and Meredith so much. I learned a LOT from them and I hope yo

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32I met Tony Dushane a couple years ago when he enrolled in my class on creative alchemy. It was inspired by the idea that artists are alchemists: explorers of the invisible realms and spiritual healers. And like alchemy, the power of art transforms and transmutes. As I got to know Tony, I learned how his life-story is a beautiful demonstration of art as alchemy.

Tony was raised as a Jehovah's Witness, an apocalyptic Christian sect that most people describe as a cult. For the first 20+ years of his life, Tony was a true believer: pained by the urgency of the last days, knocking on doors, and living in an ideological echo chamber.

But by the time I met Tony, he was an avid student of magic, astrology and alchemy. And he’d experienced a rare level of success as a writer, publishing a novel based on his life called Confessions of a Teenage Jesus Jerk.

His book captured the attention of the actor/director Eric Stoltz, who turned it into a movie.

Through the art of writing, Tony’s life story was submitted to the alchemical process: heartbreak and tragedy uplifted into comedic and romantic nostalgia. And the film was the final transmutation.

I wanted to interview Tony because I was so curious about what it was like growing up as a Jehovah’s Witness, why he left that world behind and how he became an artist.

In our interview, we discuss...

* How his friend’s suicide triggered his ideological awakening

* How the public library was a sanctuary that “literally saved his life”

* Creative writing as a “conversation with the ancients”

* Needing therapy after leaving the church

* What it was like making a movie with Eric Stoltz

* His astrology chart, how the planets reveal his artistic gifts

His current relationship with the Bible and the teachings of Christ

* AI and corporate greed as the enemy of art

* Why writers should never be afraid to write “shitty first drafts”

* And why he teaches a free writing class at the Los Feliz Public library

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Welcome back to STARGAZER: a podcast about astrology, alchemy & magic!
Today, my esteemed guest is Baal Kadmon.
Kadmon is an accomplished occult author, teacher, and scholar whose work focuses on unpacking the linguistic structure of magico-religious traditions in the West and beyond. He specializes in Classical Hebrew, Ancient Greek, Classical Latin, Aramaic and Arabic languages and the texts & tales they engendered.
In addition to his impressive credentials in the occult, Kadmon is also a veteran Wall Street trader who has recently turned his sights to the cryptocurrency market, which is how we became acquainted
I first met Kadmon through our mutual friend Chaweon Koo after she appeared on STARGAZER last month to talk cryptocurrency and all things financial sorcery. One thing led to another, and a few weeks later, Chaweon and I were performing a live magic ritual to inscribe our intentions on the blockchain at the exact moment of the Mercury Cazimi...
...which was an idea she got from her friend and teacher, Baal Kadmon (who happened to show up for the live ritual).
I was thrilled to discover that Kadmon was in the process of putting the final touches on an epic 80-video online course on trading cryptocurrency—and I knew I needed to have him on the show to elucidate the cryptic world of crypto for my audience.
In this episode, we explore the connection between language & magic, magic & money, and money & technology. Kadmon explains how the occult mystification of money was partly responsible for the 2008 financial crash, and how the new directions in digital technologies show great promise to liberate us from dependency on the monolithic institutions that caused the crash in the first place.
As the world prepares to embrace a new monetary system, it really does feel like it's sink or swim. The experience and expertise that Kadmon brings to the discussion of these matters is both a relief and a sign of hope to anyone who is afraid of drowning in this new economy.
You can learn more about Baal Kadmon's work by visiting http://www.baalkadmon.com
If you want to learn more from Baal Kadmon about cyrptocurrency, we are hosting a free event along with Chaweon Koo called CRYTPO TRADING 101: First Steps for the Complete Neophyte on Wednesday June 30th @ 2pm PST—but you can catch the replay anytime.
This webinar will truly take an as above/so below, as within/so without perspective of the current crypto craze.

In addition to looking at the astrological influences, we will also penetrate into the depths of trading psychology so that you make more informed decisions about when to buy, sell and hold.

You'll also learn:

• how to set up a Coinbase account to trade in cryptocurrency
• what a cold wallet is and why you might want to have one
• what an NFT is and why you might want to collect one

By the end of this webinar, you'll have a big picture view of what's going on in the heavens as well as detailed practical steps to get on boarded into world of cryptocurrency.
Click here to sign up now or visit the url below:
https://www.crowdcast.io/e/crytpotrading101

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• How the freewill taught in the Law of Attraction is solipsistic
• How pure fatalism erodes agency and choice
• Why so many astrologers wrongly predicted the 2016 election
• How the 24,000+ asteroids have become a part of Lori’s practice
• How personal will relates to Divine Will
• How awakened imagination is connected to Divine Will
• Lori’s fascinating history as a psychic
• And her training as a high level remote viewer in Project Stargate

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Welcome to another installment in the ELEMENTAL series, where I interview small business owners that I love to find out just how many inspiring ways there are to work for yourself doing something you love.

I’ve known Maude Schellhous since 2016, back at the beginning of Aeolian Heart. Maude has been working for herself as a hypnotherapist since 1995. Not only does Maude offer one-on-one clinical work, she also founded her own school called Sacramento Hypnotherapy where she has trained hundreds of students.

Recently, Maude has developed a new technique that she calls psychedelic hypnotherapy.

This doesn’t involve drugs. But this technique does alter one’s consciousness to invite a shift in beliefs or one’s physical state.

Psychedelic translates from Greek to mean something like “mind manifesting.”.  Psyche meaning mind and delos meaning manifesting. 

And the word “hypnosis” is derived from the Greek word hypnos, or sleep.

So Maude guides her clients through mind manifesting sleep, a healing practice that invites them to find deep levels of relaxation, awareness, and the strength to change their life for the better.

Maude believes that discovering inner wisdom holds a path to many different areas of our subconscious where we can unlock blockages that can hold us back mentally, emotionally, spiritually, and physically.

In my mind what Maude does is totally shamanic, resonating with deep wells of ancestral wisdom. And the spirit of hypnosis as a healing modality recalls the ancient wisdom of Egypt and Greece, whose hospitals and healing centers were actually called Dream temples. In the dream temples, people were guided into enchanted sleep to be healed by the gods.

In this episode, Maude and I discuss her work and its healing benefits. And towards the end, she takes us on a hypnotic journey to experience our inner world directly.

You can learn more about Maude's work at https://sacramentohypnotherapy.com/

Are you an artisan or craftsperson with vision?

Do you need an extra boost from the cosmos to take your small business to the next level?

Or are you trying to launch your brilliant online business but need a little help from heavens?

Well, I’ve got good news.

My business alchemy workshop ELEMENTAL is now open for registration.

After you take this class, you’ll know how to:

• Synthesize your passion, message and hard work to bring your vision into form and launch a successful business
• Apply an alchemical business model to your work that will increase creativity, productivity, and sales.
• Create a business from the heart that allows you to do you what you love and find your tribe!

And, of course, it will feature mind-expanding esoteric philosophy, heart-opening meditation and a powerful global group dedication to Mercury in Virgo to empower your business for success!

Click here to register.

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