Primer 2: UFO's, Magick, and The Electric Universe - June 8, 2024

Where Did the Road Go?

In part 2 of the Primer episode, Seriah is joined by Chris Ernst to answer frequently asked questions about the show, its guests, and his life. Topics include WDTRG’s positions on the paranormal, artificial separations between strange phenomena, Aldus Huxley, universal truths, William James, experiences across cultures and over time, Seriah’s experience with AI predicting his career, government disclosure, disenchantment vs re-enchantment, reasonable skepticism, John Mack, Bud Hopkins, Mark Jacobs, Emma Woods, Jeff Ritzman and Jeremy Vaeni, Peter Robbins, Rendlesham Forest incident, Larry Warren, the problems with hypnotic regression, Paul Kimball, Red Pill Junkie, Mike Clelland, Jenny Randles, hypnosis and memory recovery, a video game analogy, past lives in Atlantis, Richard Doty and the gullibility of current “disclosure”, Paratopia podcast, the 2013 film “Mirage Men”, the book “Project Beta” by Greg Bishop, “Saucers, Spooks, and Kooks” by Adam Gorightly, Steve Berg, “Messengers of Deception” by Jacques Vallee, politics and its avoidance on WDTRG, free speech, Timothy Renner, Amber, religious perspectives, an analogy by Aleister Crowley, reality TV and demons, daemons vs demons, European cat murder, esoteric Nazism, better questions in the paranormal, the difficulty of establishing facts, evidence vs proof, data vs interpretation, studying the phenomena through art vs science, Steve Jobs, the “Behind the Bastards” podcast, the Seth material, the occult and magical practice, Seriah’s entry into magick, Jack Parsons and Aleister Crowley, the esoteric and the UFO phenomenon, memories and false memories, the film “Witness to Another World”, shamanic journeys, The Electric Universe, Terrence Howard’s embrace of alternative science and attempt to start a new form of math, Joe Rogan, Walt Thornhill, the book “The God Star”, the idea of Bigfoot and the wilderness poltergeist, Joshua Cutchin and Timothy Renner, “Strange Familiars” podcast, Micha Hanks and Paul Kimball, Chris’s documentary on WDTRG “Magicians Long to See”, previous frequent guests Taylor And Wren, paranormal experiences and the need (or lack of need for) validation, Natalie Grewe WDTRG sometime audio editor, the animated series “Scavengers Reign”, Seriah’s autobiography, early and more recent roundtable guests, Barbara Fisher, Mike Festa, Adam Sayne and Serfiel Stevenson, Marty Garza, Katie of the Night, Octavian and the “Strange Dominions” podcast, Vincent Treewell and “The Weird Part” podcast, Cherylee Black, Aaron Gulyas and “The Saucer Life” podcast, UFO history episodes, artists involved in the intro and outro music, Jeff Ritzmann, people who have contributed to the show, difficulties of scheduling, extensive book recommendations, and much, much more! This episode is a priceless resource for things to look into!

- Recap by Vincent Treewell of The Weird Part Podcast

Outro Music is Hellbound by Vrangvendt

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