Into the Dark Ep. 18: Alexander Cummins

Into the Dark dies all fiery with a glorious bang. Medium, diviner, and witch Dakota Hendrix talks about growing up a witch in a Christian cult, making it to New York and becoming a top makeup artist, becoming a professional reader, ancestor worship, and much much more. You can learn more about them on facebook (https://www.facebook.com/genderterrorism/) and instagram (https://www.instagram.com/azraea/) Also check out https://www.facebook.com/swcurios/ ; and Witch and the Wolf ; and Black Hand Conjure . Some new tracks from Arcana Machine are also out: https://damagesmusic.bandcamp.com/album/sonic-spells And I have a book out: http://copingmechanisms.net/portfolio/dumbheart-stupidface-by-cooper-wilhelm/ For all future listener questions for our research department, send them to cooper dot wilhelm at gmail dot com. Expect answers. Expect delays.

Occultist, artist, and performer Mani C. Price (manitheuncanny.com) talks about her magical journey, altars, ritual, spirit paintings, and more. Into the Dark also makes a solid stab at tackling the relationship between magic and mental health and wellness. Resources for mental health treatment include: https://therapysafetynet.org/resources/additional-resources-uninsured/ https://www.mentalhealth.gov/ https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/find-help/index.shtml National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Treatment Referral Helpline at 1-800-662-HELP (4357)

Occult scholar and practitioner Fred Jennings pops by for a randomized (in honor of Chaos Magic) interview. We talk about magic and the law, magic and activism, alchemy, chaos magic, ritual, and a chrome extension Fred made having to do with indigo children. ALSO: If you are in or near the great city of New York, consider going to Psychedelic Horror Show, an art exhibition with performances and featuring Mani C. Price, who I interviewed for a future episode. October 27th, with ticket proceeds donated to charity. Details here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/psychedelic-horror-show-tickets-37266769912

It's a two-interview kind of day at Into the Dark. 1st: Scholar and Occultist Ivo Dominguez Jr. talks about the New Alexandrian Library, an occult repository of books, pamphlets, and correspondence from magical and occult figures. Ivo also talks about the Assembly of the Sacred Wheel and his new books on astrology and developing your psychic abilities. You can learn more about Ivo and these organizations here: http://www.newalexandrianlibrary.com/ http://www.sacredwheel.org/ http://www.ivodominguezjr.com/ 2nd: Shaman and healer Domonique Echeverria joins Into the Dark to discuss Universal Mother, a resource for self-healing and spiritual exploration. Domonique also talks about holistic medicine and her spiritual journey and path to becoming a medicine woman and healer. You can learn more about Domonique and Universal Mother at http://www.universalmother.love/healersseers/ https://www.instagram.com/domonique_echeverria/?hl=en IMPORTANT NOTES: Domonique is doing a group healing session October 11th at Dream House. You get tickets email Domonique [email protected] Also we get cut off at the end, so to give to relief efforts in Puerto Rico go to www.losambulantes.com/help-puerto-rico

Writer, editor, and witch Lisa Marie Basile comes to talk about the magazine she founded, witchcraft, writing, her new novel, death, ritual, and feminism. The time William S. Burroughs tried to curse a coffee shop also comes up. You can learn more about Lisa Marie Basile and her magazine Luna Luna: http://www.lunalunamagazine.com/ https://twitter.com/lisamariebasile http://www.lisambasile.com/ Lisa Marie Basile is an editor, writer and poet living in NYC. She is the founding editor-in-chief of Luna Luna Magazine and the author of APOCRYPHAL (Noctuary Press, 2014), as well as a few chapbooks. Her book, NYMPHOLEPSY (co-authored with poet Alyssa Morhardt-Goldstein), was a finalist in the 2017 Tarpaulin Sky Book Awards and will be published in 2018. She is working on her first novel, due out with CLASH Books in 2019. Her poetry and other work can be or will be seen in PANK, Spork, The Atlas Review, Queen Mobs Teahouse, Grimoire, the Tin House blog, PEN American Center, and more.

Sorcerer–Scholar Alexander Cummins comes on to talk about Saint Cyprian (the patron saint of witchcraft), necromancy, divination, geomancy, his time as a sorcerer for music festivals, the ethics of love spells, and his current research on a grimoire from 1567 and the magicians' notes on which spirits and ghosts they summoned to write it. You can learn more about Alexander Cummins at his site: www.alexandercummins.com get a reading or consultation from him at http://alexander-cummins.squarespace.com/consultations You should also check out: grimoiresontape.tumblr.com and his podcast: radio-free-golgotha.squarespace.com/ You can also check out his book: https://www.amazon.com/Starry-Rubric-Seventeenth-Century-English-Astrology/dp/1907881212 And check out the publisher for the books on Saint Cyprian mentioned in the episode: https://www.amazon.com/Cypriana-Old-World-Alexander-Cummins/dp/1943710090

Into the Dark talks to Lucina Stone (winner of two International Latino Book Awards for Best Sci/Fi novel and Best New Author) about Brujas, Mexican witchcraft, her novel Santa Muerte, and her spiritual journey. Cooper also describes how to curse someone using a mirror box. You should check out Lucina's essay about Mexican witchcraft at Luna Luna (http://www.lunalunamagazine.com/dark/mexican-white-magic) and her novel Santa Muerta (https://www.amazon.com/Santa-Muerte-Daniela-Story-Book-ebook/dp/B01AHIS2CC), and you can follow her on twitter here https://twitter.com/LucinaStone9123 and find her on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/LucinaStone9123/ For more on a mirror box spell and a freezing/binding spell, check out: http://conjuredoctor.blogspot.com/2009/09/hoodoo-mirror-box-spell-to-reverse.html?m=1 http://www.luckymojo.com/freezer.html As always, submit questions to our research department to [email protected] or on twitter @CooperWilhelm. #LucinaStone #witchcraft #crystals #altars #Bruja #SantaMuerta #RadioFreeBrooklyn #magik #mirrorboxspell #curses #hexes #hoodoo #conjuring

Susan Hwang, founder of the Bushwick Book Club (http://bushwickbookclub.com/) Brooklyn musician extraoridinaire talks to Into the Dark about vortex healing and her journey as someone who didn't really go in for magic and the like until she saw it work. She also does a ritual to cleanse the studio. Learn more about Susan and her work here: http://bushwickbookclub.com/ https://lusterlit.bandcamp.com/ http://www.emellemd.com/team/ and contact her on facebook to learn more about BushWitch. You can also learn more about Vortex Healing here: https://www.vortexhealing.org. As always, submit questions about magic to our research department at [email protected] or by contacting Cooper on twitter at @cooperwilhelm #SusanHwang #DivineMagik #VortexHealing #BuswickBookClub #Witchcraft #Radiofreebrooklyn #RicWeinman

Into the Dark talks to Callum Hutchings about the occult practices of Thailand, which include occult tattoos, amulets, dead children, and much much more. Occult tattoos are discussed more generally. A listener question about the St. Louis Arch (Is it a Stargate?) is also addressed. Learn more about the occult practices of Thailand at: https://amuletforums.com/ https://www.thethaioccult.com/ http://www.buddhamagic.net/ Also check out Callum's article on Kuman Thong (Golden Child) at https://thaioccultforbegginers.wordpress.com/2017/07/07/kuman-thong-golden-child/ You can find Callum on facebook. As always, send questions about the occult and witchcraft to [email protected] or to me directly at @CooperWilhelm on twitter. #Witchcraft #thailand #St.Louis #StLouis #Sakyant #Alchemy #Constantine #Magic #Tattoos #OccultTattoos #amulets #murder

Into the Dark sits down with writer, editor, and bruja Leza Cantoral to talk Chaos Magick, sex magick, growing up in Mexico, evolutionary biology, Aleister Crowley, Carl Jung, and times she's hexed people. You can listen to Leza's podcast Get Lit with Leza at getlitwithleza.podbean.com and get her book Cartoons in the Suicide Forest on amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Leza-Cantoral/e/B01MQUS269). You should also check out Clash Media at yesclash.com and find Leza on facebook, twitter, instagram, and tumblr @lezacantoral as always, if you have any questions for our research department, send them to [email protected].