PCP Episode 109: Inevitable Death
Released Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:15:00 -0500 GMT
This episode is 1:17:57 long. Download MP3 (71.5 MB).
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Guest Hosts:
Lora, a Pagan studying to become a Mortician.
Main Topic: Death
Saying Goodbyes
Don’t hold back on saying something until someone (or you) is dead
Mundane planning for death
Policy numbers, access to safe deposit boxes etc. so you can access items of a dead loved one.
Make a formal will! Perhaps use Suze Orman’s kit.
Relatives frauding, fighting and stealing when there is no will.
Creamation vs. Pagan Burial (with inappropriate happy music)
Organ Donation
Living Wills
Pre-paid funerals not recommended
Choose your funeral home ahead of time
Hospitals and Living Wills (or the lack thereof)
Wills can’t just be made up suddenly and still have legal weight, must be done ahead of time
If you care for your family, plan for your death – don’t cower in fear of death
Funeral homes handling the paperwork of one’s death
How funeral homes can screw you over
Things not to buy at Wal-Mart
State-sanctioned funeral celebrants
The Gift of Grief
Organizing a Pagan death ritual and when hospitals aren’t sensitive to your religious needs
Our perspectives on the afterlife
Do we feel there is a “punishment” for those who commit suicide?
What if a loved one is dieing of a terminal illness?
Do you have any right to interfere with your loved one’s wishes because of your own views?
Keeping the memory alive
Eco-friendly funerals
Credits
- List of websites and organizations mentioned
- PCP is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 US License.
- Season 11 Credits
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PCP Episode 108: Paganism in Psychology
Released Sat, 20 Jun 2009 21:30:00 -0500 GMT
This episode is 1:16:09 long. Download MP3 (69.8 MB).
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Guest Hosts:
Michael Reeder, a Pagan in the Baltimore-Washington DC area.
Interview with Michael Reeder about Psychology and Paganism
Why Pagans don’t like seeking psychological help
How many Pagan Therapists are there?
How to find the right therapist for you as a Pagan
Is mentioning your Pagan experiences going to result in being forced to take anti-psychotics?
Therapists don’t have the power to “stuff meds down your throat”
Are there benefits of natural alternatives?
Schizophrenia and being spiritually enlightened
Incorporating spirituality into psychological therapy
Are there many closed-minded psychological therapists?
Warning signs that you’re with a therapist that wouldn’t work well with Pagans
Warning signs that you’re with a therapist that is more interested in the spiritual than the therapy that is needed.
Have you ever experienced someone overwhelmed by the spiritual that it is causing psychological problems?
What should you do when therapy seems to be too hard and not working
Keeping the lines of communication open with your therapist
Similarities of Pagan techniques and psychological theraputic techniques
Is there a danger of a person pretending to be something else so deeply that they don’t feel like themselves?
Guided meditation, astral travel and its similarities to hypnotherapy and visualization techniques
Warning signs one should seek professional help rather than try to overcome an issue themself.
Cherry Hill Seminary’s Intensive on Pastoral Counseling at the Pagan Leadership Skills Conference
Can Otherkin be psychologically healthy while maintaining their belief in Otherkin?
How well tolerated are Pagan therapists among the overall community?
Forceful institutionalization – how does that work?
Dealing with family members that think Paganism is a psychological illness.
How you can contact Michael to help find a local Pagan therapist
“The universe will never put more on your plate than you can handle” – religious vs. therapist perspectives.
Build a network of people around you that you can seek assistance from
How to help a metaphysically sensitive child get though a traumatic event (e.g. loss of a sibling)
Connection between those who have been through traumatic events and those who are metaphysically sensitive?
Some directories for locating therapists so you can research therapists before calling someone blind.
Credits
- List of websites and organizations mentioned
- PCP is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 US License.
- Season 11 Credits
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PCP Episode 107: New Media in Paganism
Released Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 GMT
This episode is 1:05:47 long. Download MP3 (60.3 MB).
Hosts
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Guest Hosts:
Jason Pitzl-Waters, a Pagan in Milwaukee
Interview with Jason Pitzl-Waters
We love The Wild Hunt Blog
Wren’s Nest and the Christian bashing on that site.
Birth of The Wild Hunt Blog
Morphing into a public persona.
Quality of the Pagan Blogosphere/Podcast-osphere?
Why is the Pagan Centered Podcast exemplars of the new media?
New Media and how it changes the dynamic of the so-called Pagan Community
The candid nature of PCP
Pagan Unity, and how the call for it has died down.
Is there even a Pagan Community?
Fighting for the rights of others involved in the Pagan movement
Santeria and how what happens to them affects the broader spectrum of Paganism
The Hammer Campaign, can it learn from the success of The Pentacle Headstone Campaign?
Emergence of Pagans as a political force
Is the Pagan Community getting stronger or weaker?
Paganism is mainstream now
When will Cherry Hill Seminary be coming out with degrees? Learning in the Pagan community.
Overcoming the era of sloppy research in modern Paganism, and today’s academic research into the Pagan religions.
Interconnectedness of Pagan Cultures and the future of Pagan interaction as Paganism thrives
Explaining Paganism to the mainstream media.
Pagans not feeling pressured or threatened by other Pagans leads to the future of Pagan communities as exemplified by PCP
PCP in Pan Gaia Magazine
Constructive criticism of the present status of the Pagan community
Moribund pan-Pagan organizations
Witch School and MagickTV
Pagan Journalism
Are future Pagans going to go by real names or magical names?
Credits
- List of websites and organizations mentioned
- PCP is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 US License.
- Season 11 Credits
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PCP Episode 106: Satanism and LHP (Pt. 2 of 2)
Released Sat, 06 Jun 2009 06:06:06 -0500 GMT
This episode is 1:01:07 long. Download MP3 (56.1 MB).
Introductions
- Regular Hosts:
- Amber – A Shamanic Kemetic Theurgist in the Outer Banks of North Carolina
- Ashlee – A Satanist in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
- Branden – A Theurgist in the Outer Banks of North Carolina
- Dave – An Eclectic Wiccan in Houston, Texas
- Guests:
- Barbara – A Native American in North Carolina
- James – A Left Hand Path Practitioner in New York
Announcements
- Today we’ll be continuing our exploration of the Left-Hand Path and Satanism with our resident Satanist and a guest host on the subject.
- Myths about Satanism
- “Satanism is just an inversion of Christianity”
- Satanic Magick
- Psychodrama: Magick is all about the “mood”
- Satanic ritual is used as a method of triggering an emotional response intense enough to attain the magic user’s goals.
- Lesser Magick: Manipulating people, using your physical body and its physical attributes to meet your goals.
- Manipulating the physical world with your physical body
- Lavey’s “The Satanic Witch”
- High Magick: Manipulating the physical world through metaphysical means. Use of ritual and psychic energy to attain your goals.
- Destruction Ritual: Used for destruction of an enemy, type of magic Satanists are most well known for.
- Compassion Ritual: used to help/heal oneself or a loved one.
- Psychodrama: Magick is all about the “mood”
- Satanic Organizations
- Church of Satan: Most well known, started by Lavey.
- Temple of Set: Former member of the Cos Micheal Aquino broke off from the CoS to form this group. Aquino is said to have received direct contact with the Egyptian deity Set to create this group.
- Major focus on intellectual development also known as Xepher, to become.
- Official Site for Temple of Set
- Joy of Satan: Internet based group, claim to have largest e-mailing list. Theistic Satanists, believe Satan to be actual entity. Ties to fascist organizations. Conspiracy theorists of the Left Hand Path. Very diverse interests.
- Satanic and LHP Further Reading
- The Satanic Bible, The Satanic Rituals, The Satanic Witch, Lords of the Left Hand Path, Might is Right, Mysteries of the Temple of Set, Liber Null / Psychonaut, Liber Kaos, History of the Church of Satan, Black Magick in Theory and Practice, Dark Arts in Immortality, Prometheus Rising, Pacts With the Devil, Daemons of the Flesh, Yoga of Power
- Satanic Discussion
- Why does Lavey bother calling Lesser Magick, magick?
- Satanic position on the use of magic vs. the Pagan’s.
- The importance of Lesser Magick
- Views on Life
Dave’s Questions
- We’ve discussed this in private many times, but mind sharing with our listeners why it’s called Satanism?
- What are the 9 Satanic Sins? Are there any other moral codes for Satanists to consider following?
- What’s this Law of the Jungle thing?
- Why can’t we treat Satanists roughly? Meaning, why show common courtesy if they’re just going to use us?
- So that people can understand some Satanic jokes, mind explaining to us what a Satanic Altar consists of?
Listener Topics
- Barrett A. Writes:
hey guys i just have a question for the resident satanist. Before I ask i want to make it very clear the only contact with satanism i have had has been this pod-cast. My question is does Satan actually come up in your religion or is the name just there because of the obvious enjoyment satanist’s (and the general pagan community) have in the pursuit of pissing of christians, and if Satan does come up can you really consider it paganism or would it be just a really messed up denomination of christianity, this question is not ment to piss you off its just a question. you rule ashley thanks for what ever info you can provide
- Punkwitch Writes:
Love you guys!! I have a thought. Who is truely the liar? Given all the lies and evil put out by the Xstian church over the years. Is the god that the worship truly their “God”? By this I mean through their own scriptures they proclaim Satan to be the father of lies. In all dealings I have had with Satanists they have always been up front and honest with me on most if not all fronts. I know that in the Satanic church “Satan” is not necessarily seen as a God, nut more of an ideal. But ideas come from somewhere don’t they? Just a thought. Keep it up!!!
- ReannaMarie Tweets:
Have any good web links? Would love to take some classes.TY.
- Travis King Tweets:
Do babies taste good?
- Travis Writes on MySpace:
Dear PCP,
I find your topics amusing and delicious. It’s a lovely retreat from the bible-belters in my military community of Ramstein, Germany.
-Travis
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Credits
- Pagan Centered Podcast is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
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PCP Episode 105: Satanism and LHP (Pt. 1 of 2)
Released Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:50:00 -0500 GMT
This episode is 56:48 long. Download MP3 (52.1 MB).
Introductions
- Regular Hosts:
- Amber – A Shamanic Kemetic Theurgist in the Outer Banks of North Carolina
- Ashlee – A Satanist in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
- Branden – A Theurgist in the Outer Banks of North Carolina
- Dave – An Eclectic Wiccan in Houston, Texas
- Guests:
- Barbara – A Native American in North Carolina
- James – A Left Hand Path Practitioner in New York
Announcements
- Today we’ll be exploring Satanism with our resident Satanist and a guest host on the subject.
First Commercial Break
- You’re Listening to PCP…
Main Topic of Discussion: Satanism
- Inspiration Article in the NY Post last month about a sixteen year old boy who killed a news reporter and claimed to be a follower of LaVey on his myspace page. Post labled this individual as a “Satan worshipper.”Sex Date With The Devil Article
- Introduction and Background
- Name and experience with Satanism (how you got into Satanism).
- Special guest: James. Personal friend of mine and co creator of this episode.
- History of Satanism
- Satanism in America
- Anton Szandor Lavey
- Credited as the founder of Satanism
- Started the first Church of Satan
- Wrote “The Satanic Bible,” a cornerstone of mainstream
- Satanic belief
- Basics of Satanic Belief: The Law of the Jungle
- The Nine Satanic Statements
- The Infernal Diatrabe
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Final Thoughts
Credits
- Pagan Centered Podcast is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
- Season 11 Credits
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