{"id":232,"date":"2023-11-16T14:50:55","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T19:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hopscotchchronicles.com\/?p=232"},"modified":"2023-11-16T15:05:05","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T20:05:05","slug":"ep-5-douglas-batchelor-the-art-and-science-of-having-fun-doing-weird-shit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/hopscotchchronicles.com\/?p=232","title":{"rendered":"Ep.5: Douglas Batchelor &#8211; The Art and Science of Having Fun Doing Weird Shit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Available on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/ca\/podcast\/hopscotch-chronicles-podcast-with-dominic-vall%C3%A9e\/id1693298668?i=1000635067006\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/1Zyb4jSB6VwZaMVqakgAax?si=cb516b698bed4afc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Spotify<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ZxZh6S0edCc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">YouTube<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Art and Science of Having Fun Doing Weird Shi*t :: Douglas Batchelor :: Ep.5\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZxZh6S0edCc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In this friendly exchange, Douglas Batchelor tells us about his personal views on magic and a bit on his own practices. We also explore the notion of (free?) will, its place in magical application and in discarnate entities. Plus, Douglas recounts his &#8220;scrying using an iPad&#8217;s screen&#8221; experience!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">*** ABOUT DOUGLAS ***<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Mostly known for being the creator and the host of the What Magic is This? podcast, Douglas Batchelor has been practicing magic for the last 20 years. Although his personal practices are centred in, quote, \u00ab&nbsp;goetic, necromantic nigromancy, with flourishes of greco-egyptian shenanigans&nbsp;\u00bb, his passion and enthusiasm for all things magical are perfectly illustrated by the wide array of topics and guests appearing on his show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn more about Douglas\u2019 work:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.whatmagicisthis.com\">www.whatmagicisthis.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">*** STUFF MENTIONED IN THE SHOW ***<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Eric Wargo\u2019s book <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/time-loops-precognition-retrocausation-and-the-unconscious-eric-wargo\/7740460?ean=9781938398926\"><em>Time Loops<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gary Lachman\u2019s book <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Dreaming-Ahead-Time-Precognitive-Synchronicity\/dp\/1782507868\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=807QY4LEW7Y0&amp;keywords=Gary+Lachman&amp;qid=1660918630&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=gary+lachman,stripbooks-intl-ship,241&amp;sr=1-1\"><em>Dreaming Ahead of Time<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>What Magic Is This?<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/whatmagicisthis.com\/2022\/09\/30\/paracelsus\/\">episode on Paracelsus<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/theemeraldpodcast\"><em>The Emerald&nbsp;<\/em><\/a> Podcast<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">*** TIMESTAMPS ***<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>0:00:00 Introduction<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0:07:36 INTERVIEW BEGINS<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0:11:03 Philosophical blockage in magic<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0:19:32 Dominic: A moral grounding for the practice<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0:22:57 Can magic be a \u00ab&nbsp;tool&nbsp;\u00bb for self-knowledge?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0:28:38 \u00ab&nbsp;Getting paid and getting laid&nbsp;\u00bb VS \u00ab&nbsp;meeting the Holy guardian angel&nbsp;\u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0:32:37 Enchanting one\u2019s life<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0:34:08 What kind of magician is Douglas?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0:40:06 \u00ab&nbsp;What actually do you do?&nbsp;\u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0:42:16 Mystics and seekers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0:47:43 Following the flow of Nature<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0:49:43 (Free?) will and magic<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1:03:06 Discarnate entities: complex and sentient, or ideas and archetypes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1:15:40 Black mirrors and Douglas using an iPad to do scrying<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1:25:21 Greco-Egyptian magic and advice for starting in magic<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1:30:33 The least professional ending of a podcast ever<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Available on&nbsp;Apple Podcasts,&nbsp;Spotify&nbsp;and&nbsp;YouTube. 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