This Podcast is a Ritual

Artist, occultist, and psychoanalyst Dr. Vanessa Sinclair joins the ritual for another probing exploration of the strange and symbolic realms of psychoanalysis itself as we move beyond Freud and discuss the other thinkers who mapped our collective unconscious. Learn more about the RU Center for Psychoanalysis at: https

As we move ever closer to our "Invocation of the Listener" ceremony on November 30th, 2025, we're returning to the episodes that first set the stage for the expanding mythos of This Podcast is a Ritual... A Slightly Better Episode celebrates the holy wizard holiday, April Fools Day, with a very special ritual wherein y

Beyond magic lies myth, a series of stories and symbols a culture uses to understand itself and orient to a wider metaphysical reality. While early anthropologists tended to discard other cultures' myths as mere superstition and nonsense, thanks to pioneering comparative mythologists like Joseph Campbell, Mircea Eliade

The Wizard sat down at his desk to write a description for his new podcast episode, What is Metafiction?, exploring the literary genre of metafiction and its implications for magical practice. Pausing as he finished the first line, the Wizard figured he should probably mention he'd written a whole book on the subject,

As the ritual prepares to ascend to a higher plane with our "Invocation of the Listener" ceremony on November 30th, 2025, we're revisiting the magical moments that led us here with a series of special re-releases, beginning with the Opening Ceremony that started it all.... In this opening ceremony, you will be initiate

Magic can be attractive to people struggling with anxiety, as it seems to offer the promise of greater control over one's reality. However, the Wizard has an interesting theory about how letting go of control and "trusting the magic" can produce far better results. This short preview goes over the essence of magic's in