Occult of Personality

27/05/2024

We’re joined in this episode by Jesse Cooper Levy, AKA Kid Cooper Levy, to discuss the book he wrote about the Major Arcana of the Tarot and the Hebrew letters, entitled Black Fire. This was written while Jesse participated in on our Meditations on the Tarot study circle at chamberofreflection.com. Be forewarned, this episode goes deep into the Tarot.

And I’m also joined in this episode by the one and only Frater O as my co-host! You may recall Frater O from his appearances on the Whence Came You podcast a few years ago where he discussed a variety of esoteric subjects. Frater O has been a close friend for many years, so I’m thrilled to have him join us here. I have no doubt that you’ll greatly appreciate his presence, as I do.

Welcome to Occult of Personality podcast, I’m Greg Kaminsky. Now, in episode number 226, we’re joined by Jesse Cooper Levy, AKA Kid Cooper Levy, to discuss

18/03/2024

Howdy Friends! I just wanted to let you all know that we have a brand new Occult of Personality podcast Discord server up and running. Join us there to chat, as well as for some fun, frivolous, and occasionally irreverent banter … and don't forget the spicy memes. https://discord.gg/aX2ywzS7BU

And big thanks to Jesse Cooper Levy for helping out!

29/02/2024

This interview was a real treat because P.D. Newman gives us a great depth of insight into the history, theory, and methods of theurgy—magic of the gods! The research Newman did in support of this book is really astounding and quite interesting. His scholarship has made it clear to me that theurgy as we understand it did not originate in the second century A.D. but has its roots in beginningless time. Furthermore, the understanding of this activity and its context is laid out beautifully in a way that is both scholarly and valuable for practitioners. For me, what made the book so special was that contemplating the implications of his arguments helped me to see and understand that the way I defined theurgy was limiting and inaccurate, but with Newman’s words, I can more fully appreciate what is known as the Western esoteric tradition. I heartily recommend Theurgy: Theory & Practice, just like all of Newman’s books.

Welcome to Occult of Personality: esoteric podcast extraordinaire. I’m Greg Kaminsky. Now, in episode number 225, author P.D. Newman returns to the show after an eight year hiatus to discuss his recent book Theurgy: Theory & Practice—The Mysteries of the Ascent to the Divine, Homeric Epics, ...

28/02/2024

A message from our (former) co-host, Billy Hepper:

Dear friends -
Recently, I had to make the difficult decision to step down from the co-hosting role at the podcast. Life has become increasingly busy (being a new dad will do that to you!) and it’s been a real challenge trying to juggle all my new responsibilities and balance my work schedule. I will be continuing to host our ‘Meditations on the Tarot Study Circle’ over at the Chamber of Reflection until we close out the book and I’ll still be around working hard behind the scenes, assisting Greg with the editing and post-production work on Occult of Personality.

It’s been a genuine pleasure getting to know you all and I am deeply grateful for the opportunity to engage in so many deep and enlightening conversations with some of my favourite authors. It has truly been a dream come true. Huge thank you to Greg Kaminsky, my dear friend and Brother, who has been such a mentor to me and who continues to be one of my closest friends and allies. Thanks for taking a chance on a relatively unknown fan of the podcast with zero experience and for providing me with this opportunity, I’ll never forget it.

A decision like this is bittersweet but I’m wishing you all the best moving forward! Thank you all for welcoming me into the Occult of Personality family and for being a part of this community. I look forward to seeing the next chapter unfold.

With gratitude,
Billy

31/12/2023

Happy New Year! Wishing you grace, blessings, vitality, rejuvenation, renewal, magic, love, passion, and playfulness in 2024! 💖🎉🎆🥂💎🪷🔱🌟

21/12/2023

Happy Winter Solstice! Wishing you all blessed holidays. With the return of longer days and more light, may we honor and kindle the light within our hearts so its rays spread kindness, joy, love, and compassion to all beings 🙏

12/10/2023

New podcast with ARCANVM's Ike Baker!!! This was a really fun interview because Ike and I got to delve deeply into what the spiritual path entails and requires of us, and we got quite philosophical and contemplative as we did so. It was great to speak to a fellow podcaster who’s so prolific and has a great depth of experience along with a longing to aid his companions on the path by providing us with such excellent lectures, interviews, and a presence that entices us to learn more and become better than we are. I fully support ARCANVM and Ike Baker’s work. Hearing him talk about it was a privilege.

Welcome to Occult of Personality: esoteric podcast extraordinaire. Now, in episode number 224, we’re joined by the man behind ARCANVM podcast and YouTube channel, Ike Baker! Ike Baker is an author, content creator, practicing ceremonialist, and senior initiate of several lineages within the Wester...

08/08/2023

In this course we will cover the source of “the Rosicrucian furor” that so gripped the intellectual and theological imagination of the 17th century. The documents in question—Fama Fraternitatis (1614), Confessio Fraternitatis (1615), and The Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz (1616)—r...

31/07/2023

This was a really fun interview because Eddie and I delved into all of our favorite esoteric lore starting with Lucifer and the significance of this popular figure in occultism. From there we explore the Annunaki mythology, Nephilim, biblical connections, the origins of humanity and much more! We go deep into alternative history, touching upon the research Eddie has done to reveal the origins of religion, humanity, and the creator(s). This interview is dope, not only because of the subject matter, but because Eddie is a completely independent researcher who’s an autodidact, author, and popular YouTuber. With his easy-going and down-to-earth style, it’s understandable why he has such a devoted following.

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Greg Kaminsky Linktree – https://www.linktr.ee/brothergreg Welcome to Occult of Personality: esoteric podcast extraordinaire. I’m your host, Greg Kaminsky. Now, in episode number 223, we’re joined by Eduardo Fidencio Cano, AKA Esoteric Eddie! Eddie has been researching the occult and esoteric,...

21/07/2023

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20/07/2023

Thanks to all who expressed interest in this new paperback edition!!!

21/06/2023

Wishing you all a blessed and joyful Summer Solstice! May virtue, vitality, virility, strength, honor, love, pleasure, and victory be yours! ☀️🔱🪷

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31/05/2023

Welcome to Occult of Personality: esoteric podcast extraordinaire. Now, in episode number 222, we have another very special interview for you! You love his books, and he always educates and entertains us beyond all expectations—the one and only, Peter Mark Adams returns to the podcast to discuss h...

31/05/2023

Our most recent episode has dropped. Once again, from start to finish, this interview is LIT! Peter Mark Adams demonstrates over and over throughout the conversation how his mastery of his subject is all-encompassing. From Adams’s work, we can now more fully understand the significance of this holy structure and how its history and the context of spirituality which it embodies is sublime and majestic. Through understanding and appreciating human achievement in service of devotion, we participate to some degree in its intention and purpose as well. Peter Mark Adams is one of our favorite guests and this interview demonstrates why. I cannot recommend Hagia Sophia, Sanctum of Kronos highly enough! If you appreciate the most original and important esoteric scholarship available today, then you’re already a fan of his work. If not, you really should be.

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28/05/2023

From our good friend, Aaron J. French :

"Big news I would like to share! I’ve been co-developing an online course on the subject of esoteric Christianity. And it's now available! A ton of work went into this. We hope it will become the go-to course for people interested in this subject. While the other instructor focuses on the theological / philosophical perspective, I focus more on the esoteric / historical. It is just as much (if not more) about modern esotericism and magic as it is about Christianity lol. But it is comprehensive and covers many aspects of history, esotericism, mysticism, theology, and philosophy, and it is intended as a philosophical and theological introduction, as well as a social history, similar to the type of course one takes at a university. Topics include Gnosticism and Neo-Platonism, Bogomils and Cathars, Christian Cabala, Renaissance Hermeticism, Rosicrucianism, Jacob Böhme’s theosophy, the influence of Jeanne Guyon’s quietism on Chevalier Ramsay, the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, theosophy and anthroposophy, Dion Fortune and Anna Kingsford, and more. I hope you will consider participating in the course. And if you could help spread the word, I would be most grateful. Thank you. 😊"

Lifetime access to all lectures and lecture notes. Alongside access to two live discussion sessions with Aaron and James via Zoom.

23/05/2023

"Modern man does not understand how much his 'rationalism' (which has destroyed his capacity to respond to numinous symbols and ideas) has put him at the mercy of the psychic 'underworld.' He has freed himself from 'superstition' (or so he believes), but in the process he has lost his spiritual values to a positively dangerous degree. His moral and spiritual tradition has disintegrated, and he is now paying the price for this break-up in worldwide disorientation and dissociation."
~ C.G. Jung, Man and His Symbols

08/04/2023

Dear Friends:

Our most recent episode is out now featuring an interview with our Brother, C R "Chuck" Dunning Jr, discussing his excellent new book, A Rose Croix Oratory: Rosicrucian Reflections and Resources from a Knight of the Eagle and Pelican. This podcast as well as the member's portion of the interview at chamberofreflection.com, your private podcast feed, and our Patreon is LIT! 🔥 Please enjoy!

As I was privileged to write the foreword to this crucial text, here is a sample of my praise for Brother Chuck's work:

"I cannot actually imagine a better gathering of author and subject then Chuck Dunning and Masonic Rosicrucianism… since the time I met him, Chuck has demonstrated the accomplishment of virtue, the embodiment of fraternalism and love for humanity, a keen intellect, and devotion to, and knowledge of, the traditions of Freemasonry and Rosicrucianism beyond anyone I know. For him to author this text and share it with us is a tremendous blessing. He honors the origins of the Rosicrucian tradition, its philosophy, the teachings on spirituality and metaphysics, alchemy, magic, and its integration with Scottish Rite Freemasonry. Even his insights into the creation of a Christian Cabala that borrowed from the Jewish tradition, a thorny issue at best, is mature, well-considered, and kind. Finally, Brother Chuck graces us with his words about service, and most importantly, love as the basis and result of this spiritual path. It would be accurate to say that while reading this book, I was moved between respect for the impeccable communication of knowledge and feelings of heartfelt emotion when encountering sublime poetry and the underlying intentions beneath the words.

"Chuck Dunning is a true and worthy guide. This book is an authentic presentation of the Rosicrucian philosophy, from its inception in the seventeenth century to its modern expressions. The inclusion of his personal experiences, reflections, insights, and devotional verses along with the sublime symbolic artwork ensures that this book is one that you can depend on as you traverse the path. It is accurate, well-considered, intentionally crafted to aid you on your journey, and if you follow its teachings as methods to practice, you will not go astray."

— Greg Kaminsky, excerpt from the foreword to A Rose Croix Oratory

Welcome to Occult of Personality: esoteric podcast extraordinaire! Now, in episode number 221, we have a very special interview for you—Chuck Dunning, Jr. returns to the show to discuss his excellent new book, A Rose Croix Oratory: Rosicrucian Reflections and Resources from a Knight of the Eagle a...

06/03/2023

Very much looking forward to this!!!

ONLY ONE MONTH UNTIL IT'S OUT!

On April 6th, 2023, Maundy Thursday, my next book will be published and available through Amazon and other book sellers. John Michael Greer considers it "an instant classic [...] of compelling interest to any student of the inner traditions of the West." Chic and Sandra Tabatha Cicero say it is "a complete primer," "a valuable textbook," and "a spiritual manual for those seeking to truly live a Rosicrucian life." Mark Stavish regards it as "a welcome example of ora et labora, 'prayer and work'," which may "find itself as part of a broader curriculum for working groups." And Samuel Robinson says it will help you "draw out the vital sustenance of that most holy Rosy Dew for yourself."

As with all my books, my royalties go to philanthropy. More information to come over the next four weeks! Please help spread the word.

Note: The cover design will be somewhat different while still featuring Ryan Flynn's beautiful artwork.

22/02/2023

You know him, you love him: John Michael Greer returns to the to discuss his recent book, The Ceremony of the Grail: Ancient Mysteries, Gnostic Heresies, and Lost Rituals of Freemasonry.

From start to finish, this interview is LIT! 🔥 John Michael Greer has revealed secrets about some of the most intriguing mysteries of western esotericism, including gnostic connections in the Grail mythos and the origins of Freemasonry. These revelations take appreciation for the Western esoteric tradition to the next level and this interview (including the second half in the Chamber of Reflection) is one of my favorites of all time. Thank you for your support! Enjoy!

Welcome to Occult of Personality: esoteric podcast extraordinaire. Now, in episode number 220, you know him, you love him: Freemason, Druid, and author John Michael Greer returns to the show to discuss his recent book, The Ceremony of the Grail: Ancient Mysteries, Gnostic Heresies, and the Lost Ritu...

22/02/2023

Welcome to Occult of Personality: esoteric podcast extraordinaire. Now, in episode number 220, you know him, you love him: Freemason, Druid, and author John Michael Greer returns to the show to discuss his recent book, The Ceremony of the Grail: Ancient Mysteries, Gnostic Heresies, and the Lost Ritu...