Pagan Centered Podcast

Episode 165: The Legends of PSG

Dave of PCP — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 05:00:15 +0000

Vendors Row at PSG 2010, Courtesy: Circle Sanctuary

Regular Hosts:

Dave

Guest Hosts:

Star Foster, and in order of appearance: Skycat and Bella, Goody, Nataraj, Intern Truly, Nels

01:05

Skycat and Bella, and their Bast ritual

04:57

Origin of the Bast Ritual

08:09

Has there been a particularly memorable Bast ritual?

10:04

Skycat and Bella’s time maintaining the Labyrnth

10:49

How long have Skycat and Bella been coming to PSG?

11:54

Particularly favorite memories of PSG

14:49

The accidental Hokey Pokey

15:59

The Cattle Raids

17:18

What brought Skycat and Bella to their first PSG?

19:28

What has been your favorite change to PSG?

20:47

What do Skycat and Bella see in PSG’s future?

21:35

The difference between PSG and other festivals

22:06

Skycat and Bella’s words for those who never attended PSG and are considering attending.

23:22

When did Goody first come to PSG?

23:40

What originally drew Goody to PSG?

23:57

How PSG exceeded Goody’s expectations

24:35

Goody’s involvement with the wicker man that had pyrotechnics

26:37

Goody’s favorite memory of PSG

28:21

The Vagina Monologues at PSG

29:53

Goody’s favorite recurring PSG event

31:38

The Crone Ritual

32:45

Goody’s favorite change to PSG

33:39

Goddy’s funny story of PSG

34:54

What does Goody see in PSG’s future

35:27

Why is PSG important for new people to experience?

36:25

When did Nataraj first come to PSG?

36:39

What inspired Nataraj to come to PSG for the first time?

39:05

Nataraj’s first work shift

40:52

The Animal Spirit Ritual

44:31

There’s many recurring events at PSG, which is Nataraj’s favorite?

47:43

What’s Nataraj’s favorite PSG story?

51:01

Nataraj’s favorite change to PSG over the years

52:31

What does Nataraj see in PSG’s future?

56:51

Nataraj’s thoughts on Camp Zoe as a venue for PSG

1:00:19

Why should people consider going to PSG?

1:02:16

How long has Truly been coming to PSG?

1:02:33

What initially brought Truly to PSG?

1:03:10

The presence of male rituals at PSG

1:04:57

The history of Psyche’s Grotto

1:06:00

Drama Llamas at the morning meeting

1:08:36

Have the Drama Llama skits made people more aware of their stress levels?

1:09:10

What is the PSG mantre?

1:10:37

Why do people go to Psyche’s Grotto?

1:12:22

What is Truly’s favorite story about PSG?

1:20:45

What’s Truly’s favorite change to PSG over the years?

1:21:13

Origins of the Magic tent

1:23:35

What brings Truly back to PSG every year?

1:25:06

What should folks know about PSG before attending?

1:28:33

Where does Truly think PSG is going in the future?

1:31:13

Truly’s thoughts on Camp Zoe as a venue for PSG

1:34:17

When did Nels first come to PSG?

1:34:30

The impact of Selena & Dennis’ handfasting ritual in Eagle Cave

1:35:38

What was Nels’ original expectations of PSG

1:36:34

Nels’ favorite story about PSG

1:42:27

Nels’ favorite ritual at PSG

1:49:05

What’s Nels’ favorite recurring event?

1:51:03

Has Nels ever participated in any of the Cattle Raids?

1:56:22

What does Nels see in PSG’s future

1:57:17

What would you say to those who never attended PSG to encourage them to come?

Credits

Post-produced by: Dave
List of websites and organizations mentioned
PCP is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 US License.
Season 17 Credits

Episode 164: Influencers and Authors at PSG

Dave of PCP — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 05:00:40 +0000

Spiral Dance at PSG 2010, Courtesy: Circle Sanctuary

Regular Hosts:

Dave

Guest Hosts:

Star Foster, and in order of appearance: Nora Cedarwynd Young, W. Lyon Martin, River and Joyce, Cynthea Jones

01:03

What is Nora Cedarwind Young’s role at PSG?

01:26

How long has Nora been coming to PSG?

01:37

What brought Nora to PSG for the first time?

02:20

Nora’s favorite story about PSG

05:12

Womens Rituals and Rites of Passage

07:25

Nora’s favorite change to PSG

11:02

Where does Nora think PSG is going?

13:58

Nora is a Death Midwife

16:02

How did Nora become a death midwife

25:01

ThresholdsOfLife.org

25:42

How long has W. Lyon Martin been attending PSG?

25:48

Is PSG what W. Lyon Martin expected?

26:15

How did W. Lyon Martin come to PSG this year?

26:50

W. Lyon Martin’s Pagan childrens books

28:58

Feedback from teachers and librarians regarding the books

29:59

W. Lyon Martin works with children

31:39

What’s currently lacking in books for Pagan children?

33:40

Is W. Lyon Martin working on more books at the moment?

34:29

Chasing the Red Dragon

36:50

Favorite PSG event

38:56

How many times has River Higginbotham been to PSG?

39:03

What originally drew River to PSG?

41:07

Was the first PSG River attended what he expected?

42:43

River’s favorite PSG memory

44:16

River’s funny memory of PSG

46:11

River’s favorite change to PSG

50:08

Why should people come to PSG?

52:44

River is a Pagan Book Author

54:30

RiverAndJoyce.com

54:48

The Books of River and Joyce Higginbotham

57:51

What is “Pagan Spirituality: A Guide for Personal Transformation”

1:03:52

What does someone look like that’s pre-rational, rational or post-rational?

1:05:06

Christopagans: Apiscopagans and Quaker-pagans

1:09:26

What’s the research show about Christopagans keeping 1 foot in Christianity and 1 foot in Paganism, out of fear?

1:15:29

River describes his presence at the Parliament of the World’s Religions

1:19:10

How many times has Cynthea Jones been to PSG?

1:19:31

Cynthea’s favorite memories of PSG

1:20:43

What orginally brought Cynthea Jones to PSG

1:22:01

Cynthea’s favorite recurring PSG event

1:24:21

Cynthea’s words to those thinking of attending PSG

1:25:27

What will be discussed at the Pagan Leadership panel tonight?

1:26:36

Cynthea’s favorite change to PSG over the years

1:26:58

Where does Cynthea see PSG going in the future?

1:27:28

About Diana’s Grove in Missouri

1:28:29

Is community service becoming a more important part of Paganism?

Credits

Post-produced by: Dave
List of websites and organizations mentioned
PCP is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 US License.
Season 17 Credits

Episode 163: New Media and The Bards

Dave of PCP — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 05:00:37 +0000

Star Foster of Patheos.com interviewing The Ghetto Shamans in PCP Episode 161, Courtesy: Circle Sanctuary

Regular Hosts:

Dave

Guest Hosts:

Jason Pitzl-Waters of the A Darker Shade of Pagan podcast, Star Foster, and in order of appearance: Hugin the Bard, Damh the Bard, Jillybear, Ed, Satyr Shannon, Rhiannon, Ana and Gene

00:56

About Dave of PCP

03:03

What is a podcast?

04:12

Who Podcasts?

05:06

The costs of podcasting

05:50

The act of podcasting has become more varied and easier over the years.

08:28

What is post-production?

09:30

Creative Commons vs. Traditional Copyright

11:46

The current state of Pagan Podcasting

13:30

Live Pagan Podcasting

14:25

All 75 Pagan podcasts are different

17:12

How long should a podcast episode be?

17:59

Pagan podcasting is going strong

19:06

What is New Media?

20:25

The evolution of Pagan media

30:41

The term “New Media” as it’s applied to additional media over the centuries

31:37

Pagan Journalism 2.0

31:51

Lessons to learn from the Battle of Seattle

35:45

The shrinking of mainstream media resources for covering religious topics

39:57

Smarter Pagan Organizations

40:26

Static dead COG website

46:15

Pagan organizations not sending press releases

46:58

Smarter Pagan Publishing

50:12

The future of Pagan Magazines

54:45

Pagan schools and distance learning as it relates to new media

57:47

Final Thoughts

59:12

How long has Hugin the Bard been coming to PSG?

59:25

Hugin’s favorite PSG memory

1:00:45

The Children’s Fairy Play

1:06:55

How did Hugin come to PSG the first time?

1:10:49

Song book was originally going to just be a Book of Shadows

1:12:50

When did Hugin decide to start writing and performing Pagan music?

1:14:28

The Pagan Elder Band

1:15:54

Damh the Bard, which came first: the singing or becoming a Pagan?

1:17:11

How did Dave find the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids?

1:20:22

The Band: Spiral Castle

1:21:18

Dave’s first solo album

1:21:56

Dave’s following in the UK

1:22:32

Dave is now the Pendragon of OBOD

1:24:26

Is the Pendragon role exciting or does it fill Dave with dread?

1:25:44

Dave’s take on the PSG experience

1:27:45

What’s Dave’s vision for himself and the Pagan community in the next 5-10 years

1:30:18

Jillybear shares her story about the Year of the Mud

1:31:26

How many years has Jillybear been coming to PSG

1:31:35

Why does Jillybear keep coming back to PSG?

1:32:06

Ed’s fondest memory of PSG

1:33:23

What first drew Ed to PSG?

1:34:01

Was PSG what Ed originally expected?

1:34:47

Ed’s words to those considering attending PSG

1:35:20

Satyr Shannons explain what a Satyr is

1:35:37

How Satry Shannon got her nickname

1:37:40

Rhiannon’s story about Narnia at PSG

1:39:03

About the Teen Party

1:39:54

How long has Rhiannon been coming to PSG and what originally brought her to PSG

1:40:13

Rhiannon’s favorite story about PSG

1:40:59

Ana’s story about the second year of the mud and The Guardians

1:43:48

What did Gene of Camp Zoe expect when he heard a whole bunch of Pagans were coming to Camp Zoe

1:44:14

Gene’s favorite thing about having PSG at Camp Zoe

1:44:40

Was there anything unexpected about having PSG at Camp Zoe?

1:45:19

How is PSG different from other events hosted by Camp Zoe

Credits

Post-produced by: Dave
List of websites and organizations mentioned
PCP is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 US License.
Season 17 Credits

Episode 162: Selena Fox and 30 Years of PSG

Dave of PCP — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 05:00:00 +0000

Shibaten on stage playing multiple instruments simultaneously at PSG 2010, Courtesy: Circle Sanctuary

Regular Hosts:

Dave

Guest Hosts:

Jason Pitzl-Waters of the A Darker Shade of Pagan podcast, Star Foster, Selena Fox of Circle Sanctuary, Organizers and Elders of PSG, Various long-time PSG Attendees

01:26

Introducing Selena Fox

01:54

Why was PSG created?

03:12

The beginnings of PSG

04:31

Introducing Moonfeather

05:40

Presenting the 30 years of PSG commerative placque to Dennis and Selena

07:01

The gifts of PSG to the larger Pagan movement

09:03

Introducing Nicholas Sky

09:22

Proto-PSG and traditions that have been with us since the beginning.

11:33

4-holers with no doors and no showers, creek or electric

12:34

Drums are very present at Pagan events today, but Sky was the first to bring one to a Pagan festival

16:17

1982: The move to The Rock River

18:34

Dennis Carpenter’s first PSG in 1982

22:03

Chip and Colin discuss the third PSG site: Eagle Cave

22:41

The Spirit Bag Tradition

30:03

Attendees of PSGs at Eagle Cave share their memories

39:07

PSG in Wisteria, Ohio

40:16

PSG moves to Camp Zoe, Missouri

41:00

Slide show by Robert Paxton and Intern Truly, with chants from the 1995 PSG Attendees

42:08

Star is the savior of Pagan Journalism at PSG 2010

42:34

Jason’s role in the coverage of PSG 2010

42:49

Jason’s hiding in the AC

43:18

What did the PNC folks think PSG 2010 would be like?

46:47

How good the rituals are at PSG

47:33

The possibility for several different festival experiences at PSG

48:45

At PSG, you’re not the smartest person in the room when you’re knowledgable about your path

49:08

Presenters and Circle Staff are very approachable

49:25

BNPs do use portapotties

50:19

The Music of PSG

52:04

The Workshops

52:38

How have people reacted when they find out who we are and why we’re here?

53:17

Podcasters at PSG

54:09

PSG has re-ignited Dave’s faith in the Pagan community

54:45

Crossing the generational gap

55:14

Reactions to the Pagan Newswire Collective presence at PSG

56:10

PSG is a friendly festival

57:05

PSG is surprisingly family friendly for being clothing optional

57:35

PSG is a mature festival

58:25

What’s our favorite part of PSG (as of day 5 of 8)?

59:16

The positive support from Selena despite prior negative experience with media

1:00:05

Starting the tradition of Pagans covering their own events.

1:02:21

The PNC Press Passes

1:02:34

Final Thoughts

1:05:02

How did Selenda get involved in Pagan festivals?

1:06:11

How did Selena go about creating the first PSG?

1:06:54

Regional multi-traditional festivals evolving into PSG

1:07:33

Was PSG intended to be an experiment in assembling the ideal interfaith Pagan community?

1:08:42

Of the broad variety of rituals, which has evolved the most?

1:10:27

Origin of “Welcome Home”

1:10:59

What was the original idea behind the spirit bags?

1:14:38

How did the guardians come about?

1:17:54

Coordinating with local emergency responders

1:18:15

Solitaries can come to attend to go through rites of passage with community support, is this accidental or intentional?

1:19:04

Circle Sanctuary has a long history of supporting solitaries

1:21:39

Has there been an influence of Southern Baptist Church Revivals upon Selena’s Practice?

1:23:20

The Festival Movement allowed Pagans a new form of communication other than postal mail and phone conversation

1:24:22

How the Internet has changed Pagan communication

1:24:40

Festivals add a dimension to relationships and community building not available by other means

1:24:56

What were the “Cattle Raids”?

1:27:39

How’d Morning Meeting come about?

1:29:21

How did the different camps start?

1:34:59

What’s Selena’s favorite memory of PSG?

1:37:36

Does Selena have any plans on writing a book on how to plan large ritual?

1:38:52

Why was Pagan press allowed into PSG 30?

1:39:33

Past press at PSG

1:39:48

Respect for allowing people to remain unknown as a Pagan to general society

1:43:58

How was Camp Zoe discovered by PSG?

1:47:16

The Camp Zoe staff

1:48:47

Of all the changes that has happened over the year, which is your favorite?

1:49:52

What does Selena see in the future of PSG?

1:50:57

The old artificial limit of 600 people attending PSG

1:52:09

Where does Selena get all of her energy?

1:53:19

Selena’s Final Thoughts

1:56:35

The story of how WOIO tried to sneak into PSG 2004

Credits

Post-produced by: Dave
List of websites and organizations mentioned
PCP is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 US License.
Season 17 Credits

Episode 161: Meet the PSG Campers

Dave of PCP — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 02:35:12 +0000

Sacred Fire Kindling During Opening Ritual of PSG 2010, Courtesy: Circle Sanctuary

Regular Hosts:

Dave

Guest Hosts:

Star Foster, Arthur Hinds, David Doersch, Erin Lale and Members of the Ghetto Shaman Camp

01:39

How long have David and Arthur been coming to PSG?

02:09

How’d you come about going to your first PSG?

03:50

Greeting of “Welcome Home”

04:23

The investment of energy into the ongoing PSG community

04:56

Has PSG lived up to your expectations?

04:59

Year of the Drought

05:08

No Fires at a Pagan Event?

05:55

First experience of nighttime drumming

06:25

Pagans in the Mud festival

07:21

Ritual statue of liberty rather than a ritual bonfire?

07:58

What’s the biggest change since your first PSG?

09:37

Splitting of estatic drumming and the bonfire at Wisteria

09:55

Two groups of folks attending PSG

10:48

Size necessarily changes things

11:52

50% of PSG attendees are newbies every year

12:19

Still learning to dance with the land at Camp Zoe

12:47

Favorite PSG stories that we can share

13:49

Year of the Tornado

14:37

What are Heralds?

15:07

Joe, Founder of Guardians, the PSG Security Force

16:29

The Evacuation of PSG during the Year of the Tornado

18:15

Does every year of PSG get a nickname?

18:55

The song Pagans in the Mud about the year of mud.

19:18

Joe and the young lads wanting to penetrate the valley to watch the naked witches around the fire.

22:24

The type of things that draw people back to PSG every year

23:49

The Turtle Mound construction rituals

27:49

The erecting wicker man ritual

29:43

The Labrynth at Wisteria

30:33

Facilitating is magical and is about doing a different kind of ritual.

31:23

Favorite meeting of PSG?

31:46

What is The Hunt?

33:45

The Morning Meeting Ritual

34:56

What is it like to bring your family to PSG every year?

36:41

PSG is family friendly

36:54

PSG is a safe environment without abusive partying

37:24

Irresponsible people are not tolerated at PSG

38:24

What’s it like being a musician at PSG?

40:14

What’s your opinion of Camp Zoe?

40:57

Flush Toilets!

42:38

People returning to PSG now that it is located in Camp Zoe

44:00

What’s your favorite concerts from PSG?

47:17

Diapers and Fairy Wings

48:23

The story of the Druids passing the horn of alcoholic beverage

50:23

Tasting homebrew

52:30

Arthur’s favorite story about Dave

54:41

Selena Fox is a powerhouse

55:55

Scolding is not in Selena’s nature

56:42

Making Selena disappear

57:25

What is Gluvine?

59:36

What’s the most significant improvement to PSG over the years?

1:01:01

What do you think the future of PSG will be?

1:02:44

Why should people come to PSG?

1:03:24

If you don’t grow at PSG, you chose not to grow.

1:04:46

First thoughts of the first timers

1:05:54

What do you think of this being the first year Press is permitted inside PSG?

1:06:49

Festivals need to be documented

1:07:43

Covering a spiritual event

1:08:39

Coming soon: The Pagan Beat podcast

1:10:59

Members of Ghetto Shaman Camp

1:11:22

Origin of Ghetto Shamans Camp

1:12:09

What’s a “Ghetto Shaman”

1:14:18

How long has the Ghetto Shamans camp been around?

1:18:06

Young Men’s Rite of Passage, what was special in 2010?

1:21:39

What do the Ghetto Shamans like about Camp Zoe as a venue for PSG?

1:24:15

Do the Ghetto Shamans have any good stories about PSG?

1:36:04

What do the Ghetto Shamans want to say to those that never attended PSG

1:40:45

Poem by Erin Layle

Credits

Post-produced by: Dave
List of websites and organizations mentioned
PCP is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 US License.
Season 17 Credits

Episode 160: Lessons of the WBC

Dave of PCP — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 05:00:57 +0000

Regular Hosts:

Amber, Dave

Guest Hosts:

Lamyka of Lamyka’s Wiccan Podcast, Barbara, Gary, Scurvy Dog, Son_of_Pan of the Satyr’s Thicket Podcast

05:42

Giving credit where credit is due

06:01

Scurvy’s disclaimer

07:08

Valid observations

07:30

Problematic reactions

08:07

WBC views on Hinduism

08:54

Shirley Phelps Roper

09:11

WBC as an advertising campaign

09:33

WBC simplistic, not simple

10:19

WBC: Salvation is pre ordained

10:33

Full time douchebags

10:47

WBC as an extreme sounding board for christians

11:04

Christianity too diverse for WBC to be a true soundboard

12:03

The “enablers”

12:27

The T.O.O.L acronym

13:08

Permanent salvation

13:36

WBC’s feelings on other Christian denomination preachers

14:38

WBC bringing out a different facet of the bible

15:05

Not just quoting the bible, but the execution

16:15

WBC not the first hateful christsians, just the latest and the loudest

16:41

Ethnic cleansing!?!?! You don’t say!

16:47

Barbara FTW

16:57

Christianity and Islam have extreme ethno bias

17:16

WBC: bringing to the mouth whats in the heart for christians

17:26

The WBC be about it yo!

18:05

Newsflash: WBC has no respect for others

18:14

The point is moot-ed

18:22

Judeo-Christian faiths unable to play well with others…without mass slaughter

18:39

….except for Judaism

19:01

Learning off the WBC: their beliefs don’t matter

19:26

Debating the christianity of other christians on a pagan podcast is kinda pointless

19:49

Point is missed and tangent runs amok

20:02

Patriot Guard Riders

20:21

Too many pronouns in the kitchen

20:46

Amber’s question, will it finally get answered? Find out next time on P….C…P!!!

21:16

Respect: its all in your f*cking head. Take that Aretha!

21:26

Keeping it practical

21:49

Dealing with Pagan extremists

22:08

Children raised in fundamentalism

22:30

Children are taught this is how the world works

22:57

Breeding future Pagan WBCs, what do we do about it?

23:12

The importance of the general population in schools

24:02

Attaining the self critical eye

24:23

Barbara’s badger medicine story

25:38

Human ego conflicts with self reflection

27:01

The human flaw of arrogance

27:49

And this relates to the pagan community how???

28:21

Amber finds the original point

28:53

Examples we leave

30:31

Lamyka translates Gary’s point

30:55

Taking advantage of technology

31:49

Developing communication skills

33:54

Why talk to them? Because crazy sells baby.

34:27

Explain the WBC to your kids

34:52

Hate filled media

35:06

Hate based media’s been around the block….a few thousand times…

35:22

Holier than thou complex

35:37

Evil secret cheerleaders

36:09

Contextualizing your hate

36:41

Corrolation between learning WBC doctrine and language in children

37:04

Another WBC lesson: Get a job!!

38:35

Son of Pan makes a cameo appearance

39:25

WBC: Homophobic fucktards getting shit done!

41:19

Dangers of groupthink

42:00

Barbara’s Will Rogers quote

42:22

The Pagan community’s sedientary approach to politics

44:19

Giving it out for free vs. not

44:34

Adding exclusivity to Pagan groups

46:15

Rituals for nothing and the circles are free (ten points if you can get that reference)

46:34

Competing with “free”

47:26

Proving your Pagan through participation

48:05

Need for qualifications

48:26

Importance of identifying WHAT kind of group you are

48:54

Show that you want to participate

49:00

Identifying the purpose of the group

49:49

Being Pagan is based on beliefs, not organizations

51:27

Pagan groups: people just want a badge

52:22

Disgruntled Pagan Leaders of North America

52:45

The genisis of P.C.P

54:01

Habitat for Paganism

54:38

Gary’s experiences with counciling

55:50

Positive points of the WBC

57:03

Difficulties of organizing

58:21

The Cook Forest trip of fail

58:49

Finding the right motivator

59:16

How do we “not be like them?”

Credits

Post-produced by: Ashlee
List of websites and organizations mentioned
PCP is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 US License.
Season 17 Credits

Episode 159: Inability to say No

Dave of PCP — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 21:25:10 +0000

Regular Hosts:

Amber, Ashlee, Dave

Guest Hosts:

Gary, Scurvy Dog and Lamyka of Lamyka’s Wiccan Podcast

04:10

The end of “oh my gods”*sob*

04:51

Breaking news! PNC Gives rights for media coverage of PSG! pagans unionizing?

06:30

Not saying no becoming an addiction

08:12

Fark goes off on why Wiccans Piss off other pagans

09:12

Is just an American stereotype?

10:30

The stereotypical image we see on TV of Wiccans

11:30

Ashlee wants to see a Wiccan representative dressed like Agent Smith

13:30

We may be Pagan, but we are still people

14:50

The majority of the problem is complacency

16:10

Sometimes it’s about needing to fill a void, particularly with the youth

18:23

Stereotypes are made up from actual happenings in the Pagan community

19:40

Would you rather live in a shack or in a mansion? your body…. your house

21:10

Example of stereotypes gone wrong: the Goth Community

22:18

How do we want the world to perceive ourselves?

23:35

What Programs would we introduce to the community to curb these stereotypes?

25:20

most Americans are not comfortable with themselves

28:45

It has to do with willpower

31:45

If you can’t see it, there’s no problem

33:50

Major personal change is hard for people

36:50

Wanting to help someone is compassion, when it starts to hurt you, it becomes pity

37:50

Many of the stereotypes come from how Wiccans are trained

39:45

Scurvy sums it up: If you’re not putting forth the effort, why should I help you?

42:10

Gary sums it up: put down the Ho-Ho

43:10

Most People won’t go to gyms due to fear of being laughed at

44:20

It’s a nature based religion, so get out into nature!

46:10

People have the ability to help by not being selfish

49:50

Garbage in, Garbage out

53:40

Nature-based religions need to go face to face

54:05

The gang discusses programs they would like to see

54:50

Where does the ball drop?

56:50

Most have the financial or logistical inability to go out to gatherings and/or classes

58:49

Ways we can resolve issues regarding traveling

1:00:50

PCP: The Gathering?

1:04:50

Invite to the Pine barrens

1:06:19

It comes down to: do you have the stroke… and then Gary loses it

1:07:20

Dave Rant: The Pagan New Year vs. The normal new year… stop pretending!

1:09:50

If you want to celebrate your own new year, go for it! just don’t spoil it for everyone else

Credits

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Episode 158: Vessel of Varied Topics

Dave of PCP — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 14:39:12 +0000

Regular Hosts:

Ashlee, Dave

Guest Hosts:

Gary, Scurvy Dog

05:10

Contact from Barrett

06:04

You Website

06:19

Please note usage of “God Damn and personal beliefs” in the same breath

06:34

Karma is a Bitch

07:26

Love spell fail?

07:35

What is a D bag?

07:45

The Circle of drama

08:41

Please see correction for ep 022

09:01

Commentary on Gardnerians

09:37

Scurvy hates assumptions

10:33

Compare and Contrast between educated people and the ignorant

12:33

Dave as air element

14:48

Scurvy was asked if he was Wiccan

16:06

info on hosting Pagan group on Facebook

16:38

MySpace is run by spammers

17:33

Info on Webhosting

18:24

We Miss Ambers Crickets

18:28

Listener Feedback from anonymous

18:39

Paganism is an umbrella term, not a religion

19:19

Scurvy semi-relevant flashback

23:26

Daily Nerdgasim

24:07

Racism in Paganism

24:54

Racism defined

28:17

Lack of racial diversity at Pagan gatherings

28:41

Admit we are all human….even the otherkin

30:06

Fear of the unknown couse racism?

30:24

Gotta blame someone

30:52

Lack of racial diversity may be indicator of cultural identity

31:38

Branches of Paganism that is centered around cultures

32:59

Racism is anger of unequal treatment

33:13

Maybe a group might not be favored, Perhaps they are proactive for there own goals

33:35

Fear of the unknown and early training

35:12

If all else fails

35:43

Nerdgasim number two

36:08

natural medicine as preventive maintenance

36:45

See a doctor on a regular basis

37:41

If your going to get a Doctor, Get a good one by doing your research

38:57

Natural soultions are not alwase replacements for seeing a doctor

41:26

Garbage in garbage out

41:57

disposable society

42:45

Take advantage of the dues that others paid in there profession

43:34

Natural medicine, why cant everything we eat do something

44:00

Diet in Texas that helps diabeties

44:53

Party trick, Google ingredients on food we eat

47:07

Are diet aids designed to help you, or just make a buck

48:01

Commentary on preservatives

48:39

Commentary on shoping and sensory overload

49:00

Tips on how to avoid impulse food shopping

50:51

Commentary on medication before behavioral modification, And diat modification therapy

51:21

Going back to garbage in, garbage out

52:36

People self medication with food and drugs

53:24

Cost of progress, accapting garbage in, in our fast paced lifestyle

54:58

People not being aware of how food affects qualty of life

56:06

Learning to use post production as a lie detector

56:49

Is empthy people simply learning how to read small details in voice and face

59:31

Scurvy being a crass dork

1:01:23

Congress is working on a bill to put together a panal to assist Native Americans

1:05:33

Scientist find god Gene when looking for gay gene

1:06:53

Observations on DNA

1:07:56

God or god?

1:09:32

Nature vs Nurture in respect to God Gene

1:11:12

God Gene or slave Gene?

1:11:59

scurvy on a tangent

1:13:20

Maybe it more a spirtualty thing then a God thing

Credits

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List of websites and organizations mentioned
PCP is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 US License.
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Episode 157: Pagan Values, Part 3

Dave of PCP — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 03:41:27 +0000

Regular Hosts:

Amber, Ashlee, Dave

Guest Hosts:

Barbara, Dave Carron of Ravencast, Scurvy Dog

04:17

Sociopathy, is it everything that is anti-values?

04:30

Trying to define sociopath

06:45

Norse concepts focusing on the tribe that comes above the outside world. Is that related to what we discussed of sociopaths?

09:02

What about people who say they want to be part of the group, but don’t understand what that actually means?

09:37

Our society isn’t raising people that are understanding community anymore. It’s become your family vs. the community

10:26

Many problems can come from problems laid in the long term thinking of people.

10:55

Has technology impaired our feelings on community by promoting too much independance?

11:38

Way back when, even cavemen had to have social skills to get along with each other. It was life and death for them.

12:49

ADD is the caveman disease, it worked for them back then…but not too much use for the modern day.

13:41

There is research regarding the brain and how abuse and depression is physically changed in the brain to hinder the ability of individuals to interpret their world around them.

15:23

Abuse, if it physically changes DNA…it no longer falls to just your immediate family, but generations down the line.

16:12

The cultural expectations of how a child succeeds in school.

16:49

The majority of our morals, shakily, comes from christian morals.

17:13

How crazy is it that Christians feel comfortable asking God for someone’s death, but if a pagan said they were going to do a spell for someone’s demise…we’d never hear the end of it.

18:23

Joe elaborates more on sociopaths and how they are charming people.

19:40

Should our values include obeying the law? And what ever happened to civil disobedience?

20:30

People of moral compass don’t need laws to tell you what to do.

21:00

Rape is bad…unless we rename it “Surprise Sex”!

21:32

Murder is bad…yes?

21:52

A man just used his wife breaking a blood oath as “valid reason” to murder his wife. Wait…WTF?

23:22

Crazy people using crazy beliefs to validate murder kind of pull the pagan community into action so outsiders don’t start relating with what the murders are doing with what we believe in.

24:37

The catch 22 of saying we do or don’t follow laws.

25:11

When walking at night in Kansas…wear tail-lights

25:27

Can’t we just think instead of having zero tolerance? Have we not noticed it doesn’t work?

25:40

Dave Carron explains several ways to fight laws that we don’t agree with and getting results

28:21

The American way…you want something changed…sue someone!

29:21

Best way to get something changed without going to court…go outside your personal comfort bubble and MAKE FRIENDS!!!

30:16

Friends will help you move, real friends help you move bodies!

30:30

Being blunt and honest, should we have a mask or should we just be ourselves?

30:46

All beating arond the bush ever got you was dizzy and tired

31:06

Small lies can even come back at you, people generally appreciate it more than them finding out later.

32:01

Many things goes back to social skills

32:13

Norse concept regarding the happiness you get from community.

32:41

How Dave’s boss explains how they all need to be blunt and honest and why.

33:03

Are pagan values actively present in the communities we participate in?

33:08

Amber and Barbara’s Powwow and the community involved there…if only we had less that had Cherokee princess grandmothers.

33:42

Yes, Monicans are a group of natives

33:59

The Pagan Community Group on facebook

34:24

Barbara talks about the opportunists that use people’s faith to make money, instead or happening to do something you feel strongly about and love.

35:19

Even in festivals, you have people making things by hand because it’s something they feel deeply, and then you have the people that have a lot of crap from China

35:46

Joe brings up the “Me Generation” and how it relates

36:24

It’s the ones that just kind of want to dance across the surface of the religion instead of living the religion that seem to cause problems when it comes to presenting a face of the community.

37:46

If you’re in it for money rather than religion, congratulations…you have just been dubbed “New Ager”

39:35

People are more likely to act upon someone’s actions rather than their beliefs

40:17

If you’re shopping for your religion at Barns & Nobel…have fun with that

40:48

But don’t we have a responsiblity as a community to kind of spread the word and clean things up?

41:34

Choose your battles. Filtering is good…but let’s not try and picket a book store for having crappy books.

42:52

Should PCP be listing events or vendors that are good and/or bad?

44:11

Many filtering comes down to how should we approach it and choose our battles?

45:40

In the chatroom: Do the organizers of events have a responsibility to filter what’s in their own event?

47:38

In the chatroom: Are you willing to die for your beliefs? The debate ensues…

49:13

The idea between standing in front of a firing squad or pulling the trigger…and living for your beliefs.

50:16

Missing nuances because of it being typed words instead of having vocal inflection

50:41

Jonestown…where they drank the Kool-Aid. You know what guys…it wasn’t all willing

51:30

Jim Jones is a perfec example of sociopath!!

52:01

If you want to earn Joe’s respect, don’t die for your beliefs…live for them

53:08

If you meet someone that asks you “Would you die for your beliefs”, you may want to seriously reconsider your situation…like knowing your exits.

53:51

How everyone is taking a simple statement in the chatroom and everyone is taking it differently.

54:28

The appropriate response to “Would you die for your religion”…it’s obviously “Well it’s more fun to make other people die for theirs”

54:47

PCP…telling people to shoot people during their values episode…classic

55:27

What ethics do we peronsally employ in our own lives.

55:43

Being blunt and honest…when it’s tactful

56:18

Learning as much as possible instead of just kind of going with what sounds good. Personal research and introspection

56:41

Be a productive member of society!

57:41

Make the world a better place!

Credits

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List of websites and organizations mentioned
PCP is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 US License.
Season 16 Credits

Episode 156: Pagan Values, Part 2

Dave of PCP — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 05:00:20 +0000

Regular Hosts:

Amber, Ashlee, Branden, Dave

Guest Hosts:

Chimpmunk, Gary, Pax, ScurvyDog

03:16

Things not to combine with drinking (besides mid michigan pagan podcasting – oo two more beers!!)

03:29

What are you doing that you shouldn’t be?

04:06

Special requirements for flagrant ass-whooping

04:43

Canon fodder day!

04:53

Dylan’s obscure literature reference

05:15

Influences the Divine have on our morals

05:19

Answer: Cosmic bitchslap when you f-up

05:31

Burning through topics at breakneck speed, its PCP!!!

05:39

The influences of Dogma and Eclecticism

05:51

Eclecticism a slippery slope

06:14

Eclecticism can lead to buffet style spirituality

06:32

Tends to add to lack of understanding trend in Paganism

06:45

Can’t be taken seriously

07:03

Eclecticism can lead to a lack of meaning

07:34

MMPP!! Two more beers!

07:49

Two whole years!!

08:12

The connection between Eclecticism and the New Age section

08:40

Heckling the New Age section at bookstores – a PCP pastime…srsly

08:58

Shit, I need two more black mana to summon my deity!!!

09:06

Ashlee wails in anguish as the other hosts give her flashbacks to previous boyfriends

09:48

Religions blur morals to suit their needs. Crusades anyone?

11:10

A life for an eye

12:20

Morality get blurry in Christianity once you get past the hippies

12:39

The ability to name gives you power

12:57

unifying the “not them” vs the “thems”

13:26

Supremicist/Fundamentalist mindset

13:56

Separation of different objects is Human nature

14:23

How Branden identifies bad drivers

14:36

Scrutiny: finding what you are looking for

15:25

Justifying hatred

15:39

Mistakes found are often owned by the perciever as well

16:17

Protecting what is bad about you

16:56

People stick with what they know

18:04

Religilous – Go Watch It Now!!!

18:49

Violent protection of worldview/values

19:18

Keeping an open mind

19:44

Returning to the fear of being wrong

20:17

Singularity viewed as bad

20:34

Herd instinct superceeding spirituality

20:58

Scurvy’s game

21:20

Unprovoked negative response

22:06

Keep your assumptions in general

22:30

Asking a neutral third party

23:05

Objective opinions

24:15

Everyone is biased

24:47

Tips and tricks for asking advice

25:53

Objectivity on a crimescene

26:46

Can only speak facts, not opinions

27:06

Objective connection to spirituality

27:34

Bias hard to avoid in regards to faith

28:02

Maintaining objectivity

28:23

Amber’s rant on bias and objectivity

29:55

Opinion = bias

30:03

Scurvy quotes Tolkien and displays his nerdoisity

30:26

Zombie Christ Superstar

30:41

Asking advice is asking to be manip – er…um… I mean “influenced” *wink*

30:55

Guided, not taught!!!

31:11

Movie suggestion: A Perfect World

31:20

Athourity on spirituality

31:31

Ashlee’s metaphysical “employer”

31:56

Branden questions current religious leaders

32:25

Difficulty in finding Pagan religious athority

34:00

Layman or priest, we are all flawed

35:21

Scurvy’s game: expanding your definitions

36:15

Importance of multipule opinions

37:23

Getting an opposing viewpoint

38:30

The dangers of living with a velociraptor

38:52

Mmmmm, hypothesis

39:01

Freud’s take on the defintion of hypothesis

39:25

Hypothesis does not to equal belief

39:52

Belief as a hypothesis

41:10

Asking around for advice

42:17

You might already be fucked

42:43

Amber needs a hammer

43:06

Just don’t get arrested

43:28

Dracula’s Ball FTW!!!

43:34

Scurvy can’t find PCP

43:47

It’s over 1000!!!

43:56

Listen up Google!!

44:35

Dylan’s failmercial

44:54

Dave is loopy

45:03

Fluffykins

Credits

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List of websites and organizations mentioned
PCP is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 US License.
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Episode 155: Pagan Values, Part 1

Dave of PCP — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 02:32:54 +0000

Regular Hosts:

Amber, Ashlee, Branden, Dave

Guest Hosts:

Chimpmunk, Gary, Pax, ScurvyDog

03:48

The irony of values on PCP

04:21

Manipulation

04:29

Manipulation: using any means to get what you want

04:45

Magick as manipulation of the world around you

04:57

All communication is manipulation

05:11

Is it even possible to NOT be manipulative?

05:18

Everything is connected

05:22

Relationship between manipulation and helping

05:37

Manipulating a person’s direct environment

05:55

Warning! Semantics ahead! Different takes on the term of “manipulation”

06:06

Negative/Selfish form of manipulation

06:20

The objective/literal meaning of the term “manipulation”

06:29

Branden’s pottery analogy

06:41

Oh shit here we go! The difference between “manipulation” and “influence”

06:54

Influence: natural interaction without malice

07:06

Manipulation: interaction with intent to guide to desired outcome

07:15

Influence as a PC alternative to “manipulation”

07:28

Manipulation requires some willful action

07:31

Manipulation: personal benefit with detrement to another

07:58

Ashlee is amused

08:21

Possibility of involuntary manipulation

08:33

Amber whips out the dictionary. OW MY EYE!!

09:00

Scurvy’s PSA: Tell me how you are defining the word you are about to use

09:18

Intentional negative manipulators

09:46

Do you tell the person they are being manipulative?

09:55

Dave’s “saving the Earth” analogy

10:16

We all view reality differently

10:25

Example: the Christian reality

10:45

Manipulators convinced they are telling the truth

10:57

some manipulators are completely unconcious of what they are doing

11:19

In their world, there is no other reality

11:39

Difficulty of interpreting intent or lack there of

11:48

Any discrepency challenges entire worldview

12:04

Challenging stability

12:19

Example: the post 9/11 U.S. super patriots

12:29

Horrible to destroy a building, OK to wipe out entire cities

12:47

Talking to someone with a strong worldview

12:59

Manipulating their worldview to show them “truth”

13:06

In order to show the truth, that assumes you know it

13:19

Congratulations! You just did the exact same thing they did!

13:31

Singular vs. multiple truths

14:02

Importance of discussing values

14:21

Using values to build common ground

14:30

Gary’s illustrates all previous points using U.S. political factions

15:41

Moderates are ones being manipulated by both sides

16:27

Values are core

17:17

Paranoia keeps us from finding common ground

17:41

Qwertos: Right and Truth are relative

18:04

The need to be right…always

18:22

Raised to think wrong = stupid

18:31

Society demands absolute perfection

18:57

Fuck society, IT’S OK TO MAKE MISTAKES!!!

19:30

School system teaching us not to question

19:36

Skype hates Branden

19:49

Taught to regurgitate information

20:02

Habit of non questioning seeps into the rest of our lives

21:10

Ignorance vs. stupidity

21:55

Talking things through

22:15

Amber and her English class escapades

22:35

Not written in the book = doesn’t exist

23:03

Scurvyism: People do what they know

23:21

Officer! Arrest that empty Sprite dispenser!!!

23:52

New PCP segment: Stupidity or Ignorance! Pax is now officially in charge since he suggested it.

24:05

Always right mentality leads to weakness

24:51

Texeco is officially a country. Damn you big oil!!!

25:12

Texan mindset: Quit yer bitchin’ and do yer job….y’all!!

25:39

Make a plan, and follow through on it

25:46

Responsibility a major part of Texan culture

26:27

Pagan teaching

27:31

Student/Teacher relationship needs to evolve into relationship of peers

27:40

Difference between good teacher and great teacher

28:15

The dreaded Dogma monster. Ooo I’m scared!

28:32

People can have discussions without winning

28:41

Metaphysics: not all techniques work for everyone

29:00

Teachers, keep your students included in the community

29:11

Manipulation through social isolation

29:40

Manipulation by circumstance

30:37

Internet a valuable tool for Pagan communication

31:02

Choosing to leave a group vs. being dragged out

31:16

Remember kids: spread the hate!!

31:41

Groups of friends vs. official Pagan groups

31:55

I’m cooking profusellyyyyy!!!!!!!!

32:06

We use many herbs in our brownies here at PCG *wink*

32:31

Teaching the n00bs

32:45

Mmmmm steak!!!

32:58

Please send all steaks to Ashlee c/o Cthulhu and various other dark entities…

33:17

Don’t play that blame game!….bitches

33:29

Mistakes must be owned…not sold on craigslist

33:36

Gryphon grunt!!!

33:43

Use that brain for something other than a hat/goggle rack!!

34:02

Learn to re-evaluate past descisions good or bad

34:18

Processing information vs. regurgitation

34:28

Figure out your own beliefs on your own terms

34:41

Dave’s warning about Pagan podcasts

35:19

Sharing knowledge and incoporation

36:13

Respect of others and the Universe around you

36:30

Understanding consequences

36:43

Courtesy and tact

38:16

Respect for elders, peers, and your fellow man

38:55

Kym’s society song

39:09

Scurvy FTW

39:26

Do your fucking research!!

39:35

Ashlee’s boots are made for kickin’ and thats just what they’re gonna do….

39:43

Now for the “Dave Guesses Everyone’s Spirituality” portion of our program….

40:27

Ashlee: the Anti-Theurgist

40:49

When your powers combine, I am Raptor Jesus!!

42:21

Too skeptical to be a skeptic

42:52

Scurvy accused of witchcraft

43:12

Flagrant use of syllables

43:25

Dylan was a Inquisitioner in a past life

43:40

Pax pwnz Dylan

43:52

PCP-mobile

44:21

Join us!!!

44:32

The origin of Pax

44:46

Psychologist update!

45:11

Perhaps the greatest question of the Universe and Everything was “Which episode of PCP was the worst”

45:31

MMPP reference – two beers and finish the bottle of Jack

45:48

The Scurvy Challenge: Drunken podcasting

45:56

The spirit of John Lennon possesses Gary and tries to steal Dave’s line…damn limeys…

46:20

The PCP mobile war machine

46:32

Dear Gods we are actually planning this

46:51

Tailgate my ass a second time and you will be eating trebuchet

46:57

The PAGAN team – I pity tha foo’

Credits

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List of websites and organizations mentioned
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Episode 154: Space Time Magic (STM)

Dave of PCP — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 05:00:13 +0000

Regular Hosts:

Amber, Ashlee, Dave

Guest Hosts:

Gary, ScurvyDog

03:58

What is Space Time Magic (STM)?

05:22

Perceptions on Time Travel

08:26

Round-robin, which paradigm of time do we identify with?

10:41

Time Magic as a method of foresight.

11:06

Not all foresight needs to be metaphysical.

11:22

Divination = Time Magic?

12:23

Confirmation Bias

13:04

Spookiness comes from details that make no sense at first.

13:24

Write down details of visions of the future so you can determine if you are experiencing metaphysics or psychology.

13:40

Character of The Oracle in The Matrix, how it relates to viewpoints on action and time

14:14

The Oracle as an exploration of divination

15:13

Mindstate influences action

15:17

The Problem is Choice

16:56

If we could go back in time, should we change things?

17:13

Lessons learned by negative events.

18:39

If time is so unstable that people can go back and change things, wouldn’t reality be less coherent?

19:07

Is time magic limited like other energy work, hence the lack of inconsistency?

19:34

Do we unlearn lessons by editing the past?

20:54

Is time magic about editing perceptions rather than actual events being changed?

21:22

How the brain perceives atime

22:17

Amber’s Rant: people aren’t introspective enough to know what is metaphysical vs. their own psychological ability

22:43

Altering others’ perception of time.

23:09

Is it time manipulation or hyper focus?

23:12

Messing with one’s own mind to deal with time passing.

24:47

But what about physical impossibilities of crossing distances in too short a period of time?

25:28

Gravity = Time, but driving a car is not fast enough to cause this substantial an inconsistency in time passing.

28:48

If you’re traveling in time, how do they make sure that they don’t pop into existence where someone is walking?

29:27

Scurvy’s Rant about people mis-using the term: frequency

30:10

2 identical objects cannot occupy the same space at the same time (Quake Reference – Telefragging)

31:21

Parallel selves and parallel universes and how they factor into time magic.

32:56

Assuming other planes are running at the same rate of time as ours.

33:25

How do we know we’re Astral Projecting in the present?

34:07

Are people that are sensitive to events, are they experiencing something through time?

35:35

We are moving through time, and that influences our perception.

35:51

Light and gravity

37:34

Sensing what has happened in a specific location

38:36

Wave of energy through time or residual energy?

39:32

Is Past Life Regression just memory or traveling through time?

40:17

Time moves backwards?

41:19

Fate, and its role in time.

43:44

Repeating events

44:30

Metaphysical maginot house.

46:02

Be a participant in life, don’t sit around

46:48

Nostradamus

47:24

Get what you want.

49:08

Is time magic just a perception filter?

49:59

Tuning into looking for warning signs.

51:32

Maybe time magic is just accessing the subconscious?

52:01

We ignore our minds and credit religion and metaphysics for insight instead.

53:58

Ashlee’s research into Fotamecus

54:32

Servators vs. Egregores

57:57

Created entities taking on gods?

1:01:39

Making entities in the back of a vehicle.

1:03:09

Creating beings that got out of control, bad parent.

1:03:51

Sigilization

1:06:04

Time Bubble!

1:07:17

Birth-death-rebirth

1:10:08

Since when has metaphysics been about precision?

1:14:25

One sentence what you can pass onto your next incarnation, what would it be?

Credits

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List of websites and organizations mentioned
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Episode 153: Pew Pew Pew (Part 2)

Dave of PCP — Sun, 30 May 2010 05:00:04 +0000

Regular Hosts:

Amber, Ashlee, Dave

Guest Hosts:

Gary, ScurvyDog, Magda

03:14

Is metaphysical warfare safe? Well…is it safe to walk into a physical war zone? Why is it any different?

04:15

When you bring someone on your team, make sure they have the personality of Dr. Who

04:31

Ghost hunters and their effect on the area of metaphysics

05:12

You should ghost hunting the same way you act if you walk into someone’s home. Be respectful. You’re walking into their home/territory

06:22

Most people have the same level of respect for entities as they do for their dog

06:28

There’s a lot of “hunters” out there that go out with the intention of calling them out and tell them to “go away”

07:14

Be prepared to handle what you call out of the dark

08:14

Paranormal shows, what image are they portraying to viewers that have little to no exposure to the paranormal?

08:59

Why do people feel a need to tell spiritual entities to always just go away? What’s wrong with them just hanging out?

10:08

What exactly do ghost hunters do?

11:12

Dog the Bounty Hunter mixed with Ghost Hunters? That…would be epic. As long as proton packs are involved

12:08

Gary rants on ghost hunters, their tweaking out at every noise and their use of nightvision goggles

13:57

Looking for the Jersey Devil stories

15:08

There are places, like the Pine Barrens, where something is honestly going on. But why are you going in at night, with infared goggles?

16:44

Metaphysical bitchslap, what is it?

19:13

How do we perceive the spirit world. Well, it’s certainly not the matrix

20:50

Spirit guides, a brief cameo

21:16

Let’s not assume that all entities are spirit guides

23:09

Gary’s link on Atlantic University has a lot of words…but they wrote up a paper on the spirit world and their understanding of it.

23:48

www.creativespirit.net/spiritworld

24:06

How much of christian exorcism is trying to pull people to be more Christian and how much is actual batteling spiritually?

24:23

A lot of understanding comes from how we understand good and evil

24:52

People like to retalliate instead of understand. Better to shoot to kill and introspect as to how you have interacted with them

26:24

Western culture has this strange need to compartmentalize instead of understanding their place and how it fits with everything. They do have an affinity for thier boxes

28:11

Real spiritual happenings vs. paranioa

29:56

Spooked people tend to panic, sometimes there is no logic to scared people

31:28

People who try to hard to see their loved ones

33:01

The innability to say goodbye and deal with loss causes an obsession with talking to the dead. Just do what you need to while thier living

34:30

You can’t reverse time. Accept it and move along

35:45

If you didn’t have a chance to say goodbye before they left…then do it in your own way. They’ll hear you…just talk

36:10

What do you get when you try to bring back your deceased son so you can see him one last time? ZOMBIE SON

36:41

Not being able to let go, is a weakness that can cause problems

36:50

Amber’s rant, who cares if people leave, whether dead or proximity or interaction. People change, people die…it’s a part of life. Suck it up and move on. Stop with the “poor me” crap

37:48

We can’t decide how much time we have with people

39:07

Love just to love…don’t restrict yourself to a time limit to care for someone. Make the best of what you got instead of wishing for what you had

41:06

The importance of having a good shield…and people assuming shields are only used for good things

41:56

How can you pay attention to what’s going on around with your enviroment if you’re covered in a shield…so you can’t sense what’s going on in your enviroment

43:18

Shielding can bring on attacks. You have shields all the time, people wonder what you’re hiding under there

45:07

It’s hard to hide…if you’re pulling a ton of every to make a huge glowing ball of shield

45:58

People forget to pay attention. Shields do not always keep people out

46:20

Too much focus on trying to make a “task force” checklist. Just have people who know what they’re doing that have some problem solving skills

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Episode 152: Metaphysical Warfare

Dave of PCP — Sun, 23 May 2010 05:00:07 +0000

Regular Hosts:

Amber, Ashlee, Dave

Guest Hosts:

Gary, ScurvyDog, Magda

04:07

Psyonic links? What the heck are they?

06:51

When you resist a link, the link slowly fades away

07:59

There are some believe that we are all related in some way or another, all brothers and sisters. Which would be awesome if there weren’t negative side effects

08:41

Psyonic links related to a telephone

09:08

Psyonic links still have to be “activated”, it’s not an automatic linkage.

09:23

Are there one way psyonic links? Final answer…no

10:30

You can’t make somebody love you, you can just stalk them and hope they give in.

10:36

How do psyonic links weaken your defenses? It’s like building a fence, and then tunneling through that fence

11:14

The positive useage of psyonic links in metaphysical warfare. Making it a psychic friends network

12:03

How someone who is overbearing can affect psyonic links

12:55

If you’re linked with someone you don’t like, it can feed back negatively both directions

14:21

One important thing you need to do…PAY ATTENTION

15:00

Watch for having a psyonic link too open, it lets in too much of the crap and makes it more complicated or too sensitive

15:46

Can you close a psyonic link?

16:12

Understanding your stregnths as a person when looking at how open to have your psyonic links

17:39

Filters are good, but there’s a lot to say for “out of sight, out of mind” when closing a link

17:56

The links start to decay after a while when not used

17:59

Full deletion of a link is painful and not easy

18:28

Physical proximity have a very small affect on whether the link is weak. Interaction is more important than distance

19:56

Psyonic links with Astral beings or ghosts

20:06

The main difference between human or spiritual links is the frequency that it’s on

20:29

Keep in mind of your own vibrations and if those vibrations are in a human body

21:04

You feel like you’re talking to you self when dealing with an astral being and psyonic links. Till they slap you

21:29

Be careful what you want, it will happen the easiest way possible

23:10

Things happen on the path of least resistance

23:29

If you walk around with a poor attitude, expect that kind of attitude to come right back at you

24:35

What happens when you abuse psyonic links?

24:45

There’s no three-fold with psyonic links, but that backlash has one hell of a kick

25:28

If you cast negative energy and decide to pull it back, it will come back with more momentum directly at you

25:51

You’re dealing with an interactive being, if they recognize you’re attacking them, they’ll fight back

25:59

Metaphysical bitch-slaps and how they help with delivering messages

26:28

We’ve talked about anger based abuse, but what about those that go out and makes links simply for the reason of manipulation?

27:14

Anger retaliation is more acceptable because it’s something we can understand

27:38

Can sex be used as a metaphysical weapon? Of course!

28:31

It’s interesting to see someone who does metaphysical manipulation comes across someone who recognizes what they’re doing

30:41

There are times when in trying to help someone, they take it the wrong way and assume intimacy and it stretches or puts pressure on the link. What to do?

31:30

If someone is pushing a link, it’s either out of manipulation and sadistic amusement or because they’re emotionally injured and they have problems analyzing the situation and understanding it for what it is

32:21

We’ve all heard don’t help a drowning victem by swimming oiut for they’ll draw you under, it’s the same way with psyonic links and helping people

33:35

If you’re the one noticing that someone is taking what you’re doing/saying too far, it’s now you’re responsibility to make sure they understand what’s going on not just with words, but with your actions. You have to be responsible for all people involved if you’re taking on the job of a healer/helper

35:04

Stregnth doesn’t always mean that it’s a form of perfection. Stregnth is misunderstood

36:23

The recently deceased striking back at the living. It’s story time!!!

42:32

Gary shares the motivation behind why he set up the episode on metaphysical warfare

44:26

Sometimes we need to understand human spirits and non-human spirits and the difference between

47:18

When it’s an intense situation, you should have backup. People you know and are comfortable with that you feel are competent

47:57

Mill Creek was fun!!

48:09

The importance of backup, what would be considered good backup?

48:23

Going solo, and gathering a counsel afterwards or beforehand to discuss what’s going on

49:04

Finding someone that’s honestly knowledgable instead of someone talking a good talk. It’s harder than it seems

50:43

How immaturity affects groups as well as the set up Gary had in his group

53:21

The importance of balance when working

53:41

Dave’s weakness…fuzzy kittens

54:12

Sometimes making your own backup is a possibility that is often overlooked

54:30

Elwood has a good refrence on entity creation…just make sure you ignore all the stupid and pokemons

56:08

When working with a group…it can make it hard because you have to find people that are competent. It’s easier to just go it alone if you know what you’re doing

57:19

Everything on a metaphysical level leaves when Dave shows up

57:28

Too many kids in the sandbox

57:54

People seeing something on television and deciding to go with it cause it “looked cool”

58:10

Remember…the people of PCP have never tried to replicate anything on a TV show ever….at least that’s what we tell people

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Episode 151: Pagan Professionals – Part 2 of 2

Dave of PCP — Fri, 14 May 2010 05:00:51 +0000

Regular Hosts:

Amber, Ashlee, Branden, Dave

Guest Hosts:

Gary, ScurvyDog

12:09

Magical names and Professional reputation

17:15

Confusing someone’s knowing of our beliefs with practicing our beliefs

22:21

Avoiding fluffy-looking groups in our professional lives like the Pagan Professionals group on LinkedIn

35:07

The changing concerns of a changing religious environment

39:12

Professional tasks conflicting with personal morality

46:38

Mainstream holidays, views on observing them etc. from a Pagan perspective

49:49

Do we include co-workers not of our faith in religious events?

53:43

The consequences of throwing temper tantrums

1:04:30

How do we respond when others pray at mealtime

1:05:30

Interacting with the public as an employee

1:06:28

You represent the company you work for

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Episode 150: Pagan Professionals – Part 1 of 2

Dave of PCP — Fri, 07 May 2010 05:00:14 +0000

Regular Hosts:

Amber, Ashlee, Branden, Dave

Guest Hosts:

Gary, ScurvyDog

09:43

How are we defining Pagan today?

10:28

Defining the Broom Closet

13:05

Dealing with the public, do they know if we’re Pagan?

16:02

Is wearing your religion on your sleeve being in the broom

16:19

The embarassment factor of being in the broom closet

22:01

The downside of hiding your religion

25:13

But what about sounding silly when we defend ourselves?

26:41

Reasonable Accommodation

31:57

What are our professions?

32:21

Bias and discrimination for or against us at work

33:20

Do we work with anyone that has a religious bias?

37:44

Pick your battles well

40:57

Have we ever been asked questions about our faith?

45:44

Flaunting it like a fluff bunny

49:36

Being questioned in the workplace

54:56

Do we have any displays of our faith or tokens of belief at our workstation

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Episode 149: Karma and Misfit Topics

Dave of PCP — Sun, 02 May 2010 21:12:51 +0000

Regular Hosts:

Amber, Ashlee, Barbara, Dave

Guest Hosts:

Gary, ScurvyDog

04:54

Round Robin: Define Karma

05:00

Punctuation enunciation

05:11

The definition of comma

05:20

The horrors of the semi-colon

06:25

Gary’s thoughts on Karma

06:32

Garbage in garbage out

06:49

Karma: Watch your ass buddy!!

07:03

Perils of obsessing over Karma

07:42

Dave’s perception on Karma

08:01

Karma: Personality catching up to you

08:42

Ashlee’s view on Karma

09:03

Amber’s view on Karma

09:18

Can’t buy your way into Heaven baby

09:56

Dave’s restaurant analogy

10:07

Barbara’s view: lessons we need to learn

10:36

Life shapes us

10:50

The secret to Barbara’s awesome quotes

11:21

Mark Twain’s supreme loathing for US politicians

12:04

Coyote Prime and Ravenscream

12:52

Nice personality vs. being a nice person

13:16

Gary reflects: Karma reflects on your personality

14:44

Karmic entitlement

15:36

Karma: test of your base personality

16:45

Defining “nice”

17:35

Barrett reference

17:58

Karma as a child

19:05

Tough love

19:20

Listening to your gut

19:52

Dharma vs. Karma

21:39

Everyone plays the bad guy

22:11

The dangers of tough love

22:55

Good for good’s sake

23:47

Dave’s bizzare idea: Leadership positions as bad karma

25:38

Leaders as bad Karma for group

26:13

Recently leaked US military video (note: children were injured not killed)

27:04

Apathy result of feeling helpless

27:23

Guantanamo Bay

27:33

Military training vs. what makes us human

28:49

Putting politicians on the front lines

29:16

Recruiters targeting the poor

29:47

Haves vs. the have nots

30:30

Responsibilities of leaders

31:22

Gary’s CPR analogy

32:19

We are going to screw up

32:30

Doing the best you can

34:34

Just live your life dammit!!!

34:43

Live your life dammit!!

35:39

Episode 39 rehash

35:47

Recovered ep 39 to be placed in After Hours

36:13

Western vs. Eastern concepts of Karma

36:54

Misfit topics….bitches

37:04

Sean listener feedback

38:16

Sean, you aren’t stupid that was a good question

39:07

Dieities understand that humans have the dumb

39:40

Not the path, but the people

40:15

Following what resonates with you

40:46

Everyone is different

40:59

Don’t stop reading

41:28

Divine groupies

41:41

The “true” reason behind Jesus’ miracles

42:08

Try all our 31 divine flavors!!

42:33

Smooth Segue: Finding the right Pagan path for you

42:38

Wicca as a Pagan gateway

42:56

Ashlee just wants to play with the horsiees

43:24

You don’t have to stick with one path

43:37

The internal editor

44:16

Spiritual pre-pubescence

44:56

How to read a metaphysical book

45:16

Reading with a grain of salt

46:02

Barbara’s beef with the bible

46:19

bible written by MAN – man has an agenda

46:55

Apocolypse – It’s a Western concept!

47:05

AOL: it still exists!

47:15

2012 is part of a CYCLE….dumbass….

47:35

Mayan descendants FTW!!

47:48

Listener Feedback: Alcohol, drug use, and ethics of such in energy workings

48:25

Alcohol shuts down some people’s abilities

48:37

Why Barbara does not drink

49:32

Warning, explicit Ashlee rant ahead!!

49:56

Peter Carroll’s take on drug use in rituals

50:30

The mundane perspective

51:06

Waking up in New York in a wedding dress

51:56

Offerings vs. getting shitfaced

52:44

Heavy drug use in ritual just an excuse to further personal addictions

53:24

There is a reason for that saftey seal

53:39

Amber, Ashlee, and the big fat black bird

54:02

The Texan tie in

54:56

Dangers of opening the floodgates

55:56

Increased risk of metaphysical attack/posession/etc.

56:17

Importance of being fully functional

57:08

Peyote use in Native church

57:32

Barbara + grain alcohol = Very Very Bad

58:24

Peyote blessing

59:07

Peyote used in very controlled environment

1:01:44

Prescription drugs

1:06:25

Metaphysical beergoggles???

1:07:48

Somewhat drunken PCP gathering

1:08:48

Dave is super excited about the new A-Team movie

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Episode 148: Recycling, PCP Style

Dave of PCP — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 02:43:29 +0000

Regular Hosts:

Amber, Ashlee, Dave

Guest Hosts:

Gary, ScurvyDog

02:21

Why aren’t the faces of our pagan community making a lot of headway in recycling and protecting mother earth? Why aren’t they leading the way in the new green revolution?

04:07

It’s very expensive to be eco-friendly for companies

04:30

Eco-responsiblity is more than just having recycled paper

04:53

Cost and quality of recycled paper vs. normal dead tree paper

05:53

Large cities have easier access to recycling, as well facilities to recycle more materials; such as batteries.

06:21

Some recycling complexes give you money for the metal you bring, but many housing and apartment complexes have a community dumpster. You don’t see the immediate gratification.

06:54

Most recycling programs have to fund themselves.

07:49

Community drop-off for recycling is great, but you have to make sure it’s staffed well to clean and pick up what people drop off.

08:44

A lot of the expenses from starting eco-friendly. There’s a big financial gap with common processed products as compared to recylced.

09:42

Americans don’t want to give anything up, but still want to consume less.

09:59

A lot of recycling costs also comes from taking out impurities.

10:14

Not all pagans are Gaia worshipers. Don’t dry to guilt-trip pagans into trying to recycling. Some of us just don’t care.

10:48

Recycling has gotten so much cooler! Make it better, make it cheaper!

11:15

Not just recycling, but the process of everyday materials (like soap) that has a lot of chemical drain off in production as well as in the product itself.

11:49

New drainage basin system for farming that holds the chemicals so they can reuse their fertilizer water.

12:17

It took ages to do the damage to the earth, our generation can only do so much, even if everyone got involved now.

13:16

So much damage comes from Americans being germophobes! So many disposible products that we don’t need. We’d do a lot of good going back to recycling glass bottles.

14:20

Until a person DOES recycle, the impact of how much good they can do doesn’t really hit them.

14:58

Making recycling easier on the consumers, gives people more of an incentive to recycle.

15:33

While larger cities have a lot of advances, smaller towns or cities still have to sort, clean and be anal retentive when sorting their recycled materials for pick up.

16:30

The Disney movie Wall-E making a good point not only for children, but for adults.

17:55

Our generation trying to fix what’s wrong with the earth, is like a child trying to fix their parents bad relationship. We don’t know what we’re doing.

18:32

My neighbors aren’t doing it, why should I?

18:52

Gary hates the phrase “Think Globally” People have a hard enough time with their own lives let alone thinking about people in Zimbabwe.

19:39

A lot of recycling programs end up bring in a good cash flow once they get started.

19:59

Seventh Generation is a really hardcore hippy movement based company that do a lot of good in regards to recycled products.

20:17

Be careful of companies that rely on legality to make some claims that aren’t authentic.

20:57

A lot of this may have come from the hippies, but watch out for the mindset. Not everything that claims eco-friendly is good for the earth. Look at hybrid cars!

22:23

Subaru is the only plant in the US that is carbon neutral.

22:33

Planting trees to balance out factory emissions is better than using carbon credits.

23:11

If you break a CFL lightbulb…you have to have a hazmat team come in to remove due to the content. How’s that for eco-friendly?

24:30

New LED lightbulbs! They’re awesome!

24:49

Light your house in Christmas lights…not any Christmas lights…LED Christmas lights!

25:28

Everyone panic about CFL’s…GO

26:15

If you put your computer on sleep…there’s still power going to it so you’re not saving energy. Your computer is an energy vampire.

27:12

Dave saved a few dollars on his power bill on one month for changing just one lightbulb to an LED.

27:50

Another piece of hippy advice not to listen to, as touched on in Episode 99…planting your own herb garden. It’s not as easy as they’d have you belive.

28:10

Drive by minting.

28:24

Earth911.org is a practical website on where to drop off recycling, even engine oil!

29:10

If you go way out of your way to recycle, you’re spending gas and money. Just petition for a recycling center!

29:37

Dave has a lot to say about how curbside pickup sucks.

30:30

Using a tupperware drawer to organize recycling materials make things easier.

30:58

Beware of Green Electricity. They lie to you. They’re selling you the same crap, for a higher price.

32:55

Electricity is kind of messed up when you start looking at it.

32:59

Green electricity tells you they use renewable fuels. Keep in mind…garbage…which is a heavy pollutant…is a renewable fuel as well.

34:01

Just look at the ethanol fiasco in the US…

34:07

The human body is a renewable fuel

34:30

Web hosting companies will tell you they’re green or self sustaning…but all they do is check the box for green electricity with their electric company.

34:54

There are some data centers around the world that can pull it off…solar, hydro, all kind of weird stuff. Too bad there’s only 3 so far…..

35:26

Lets take all the overweight Wiccans…and make them run on a hamster wheel!!! Instant renewable energy!

36:29

If you’re into the whole recycling…think about reducing and reusing too.

36:36

Reducing…translation? By crap that lasts longer!

37:36

Hippies make non-chemical detergent. But Dave and Ashlee needs a biohazard material to clean their bathroom. If you’re not ready to pass out from the fumes…it’s not clean!

38:15

Amber tried an all purpose Shampoo…that will also do laundry and kitchen cleaning! Kinda scary…..but it works well.

39:07

Dave…learn to set the box on fire. It’s not even made of recycled cardboard.

39:21

People throw out a lot of useful stuff…but we’re so germophobic…we have to throw everything away instead of cleaning and reusing.

40:06

Ashlee’s going to make her tea bottles and make armor out of it.

40:24

Also consider reusing stuff. Go to flea markets and the Salvation Army!

40:42

Oh, the treasures we’ve found

41:33

Large trash pick up day with new stuff just sitting there on the side of the road. Go pick it up! Don’t let it go to waste.

42:50

There’s nothing wrong with dumpster diving…unless you’re from Canada.

43:19

Scrappers are coming back! And they make money from your thrown away metal!

44:32

We buy new stuff, and throw the old stuff (and old being under a year now) out when it’s perfectly good. Too much small penis compensation.

45:13

If you do the dumpster diving thing…you have to be creative!

46:34

Nobody wants to listen when people talk about global warming because they don’t understand the concept.

47:44

We know we want to fix things, but we’re doing this blind. We don’t know how to fix this as a society.

48:47

People are inherently stupid. If you want people to understand, you have to simplify like you’re talking to a child.

49:25

A lot of these people may have not passed sixth grade…keep that in mind.

49:47

Whoever a group belives is their leader, most people will follow without question.

50:05

Look at our spokespeople too! Flying in your private jet to tell people not to drive their cars to save the enviroment is not the smartest move guys….

51:26

People are still having disagreements over small topics. We can’t expect people to unify together on large topics to make a difference if we’re still bickering over small things.

52:05

Europe didn’t seem to be as indepth as it is in the United States.

52:56

Maybe Europe has progressed beyone recycling!!! Universal consciousness is the solution!

53:24

Is it hard to do something for yourself by yourself?

53:51

People don’t like to go against the grain. Girls don’t even like to go the bathroom by themselves let alone do something like recycling all on their own. Even if it will more than likely never be known to their peers, if there’s a chance…they’ll avoid it just to belong.

55:06

More and more you’ll start to see recycled materials in everyday life, it’s becoming mainstream.

55:24

Dare County, NC has instituted biodegradable or paper bags for businesses over a given square footage.

56:09

Walmart in Texas have boxes where you can drop off bags to be recycled.

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Episode 147: Like-Minded People

Dave of PCP — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 05:00:23 +0000

Regular Hosts:

Amber, Ashlee, Dave

Guest Hosts:

Alex and Cliff of The Magical Earth Podcast, Barbara, Gary and Joe

00:55

The sizes of religious gatherings reflecting upon that religion

02:00

Size of rituals rather than intimacy of rituals.

02:44

The bigger the group, the more batshit crazy they are.

03:02

Misconception that it takes many people to make something powerful

05:10

IQs do not combine in large groups

05:50

Community should be about intimacy rather than quantity

06:17

Does just knowing people make a community?

06:38

Otherkin Community vs. Pagan Community

06:51

Paganism promotes self-reliance

07:55

Questioning leaders in Wicca

08:19

A Walking Puss Stain – a pedophile coming to religion to fulfill their needs

09:20

Religion as a coping mechanism, hence it will draw predators

10:24

Viewing people as human beings rather than Christians or Pagans

11:28

Be a community of like-minded people first

12:20

Friendship

13:15

Don’t let religious community cheapen human relationships

13:17

Community is a group of like-minded people

13:21

The PCP Community

13:45

Is there a single great Pagan Community?

15:15

Is Paganism too diverse to have a community?

16:04

What Paganism as a Community has going against it

16:35

Let the local fundies help you locate Pagans

17:13

Pagan rituals are rarely written for thousands of participants

17:33

Ritual co-participants as platonic lovers

17:50

Pagans are accustomed to being persecuted

18:21

People are afraid of joining a community then being criticized for inadvertently saying something dumb

19:05

Doing something intimate with a bunch of people judging you that don’t know you

19:35

Bickering about stupid crap isn’t unique to Paganism.

21:13

Us not living in clans is a new thing for society, and we’re looking for something to replace that.

22:22

People are afraid of losing the group they belong to

24:05

Clans aren’t the way they used to be

26:24

Family

28:51

Scurvy’s advice to keep going to work even during down times

29:32

Getting through things by means of maintaining a daily routine

Credits

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Episode 146: Paganism in the Community

Dave of PCP — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 05:00:40 +0000

Regular Hosts:

Amber, Ashlee, Dave

Guest Hosts:

Alex and Cliff of The Magical Earth Podcast, Barbara, Gary and Joe

01:19

Influence of mainstream religions upon America?

02:42

Rant: the founding of the US

05:20

The Pledge of Allegiance

05:37

Religion as a springboard for politics?

06:21

Ritual, as it relates to community

06:31

The community ritual by the campus Pagan group in 2005, was it successful?

07:17

Issues to consider when doing a community ritual.

08:06

Public rituals being toned down, not relying on everyone to be in perfect unison

08:40

Community ritual to bring people together

08:59

Pagans tend to not do ritual just for a “pat on the back”

09:12

Creating an opportunity for the general public to “sit in” on a ritual.

09:35

Pagan rituals being more involved than Christian ritual

10:55

Accommodating special needs at rituals

11:28

Wheelchair accessibility

12:24

Muslims want the right to not be offended anywhere in the world.

13:32

Fundamentalist Islam as a mirror of contemporary Pagans?

13:56

Isn’t the purpose of religion to communicate with Spirit?

14:15

Is this just a recent thing that Muslims are extremely offended about people offending them?

15:13

Can we please be done with the crucades?

15:23

Religions claiming things and people when it is convenient

16:15

What kind of people follow a leader that tells them to blow themselves up?

16:51

Why did Osama go the route of weapons rather than build hospitals?

17:22

Does folks commiting suicide help your power base?

17:33

Being told things as a small child molds your world view as an adult, especially when you lack access to the internet and outside sources

17:54

Having ideas so engrained into you that even if someone says something obviously true, you take it as nothing more than an attack on your beliefs.

18:47

How much of a Pagan community is there?

19:16

Is Wicca a recognized religion in the US?

19:38

Paganism is not a religion.

19:49

Witchcraft is not a religion?

20:14

Thinning the herd of the alleged Pagan community

20:36

Kicking people out of a Pagan group

21:01

How to go about kicking someone out of a group.

21:46

People lacking interpersonal skills today

21:52

Pagans always want to run the show but only with a portion of the responsibility.

22:21

Behind the scenes drama a Pagan leader must deal with.

22:36

PCP as a show where everyone likes each other even off air?

23:15

When is it appropriate to kick someone out of a group?

23:53

Coping with those with severe personality disorders

24:24

Groups where the people in charge are self-important and power happy and folks don’t leave the group led by this person.

25:06

Case study: Pagan Sex Chat Hour

25:45

What to do when you kick someone out and they keep coming back?

27:00

Mommy syndrome

28:31

Leaders want to fix broken people and people tend to go to their spiritual leaders for advice.

28:53

Dave’s aversion to Pagan groups

29:23

Spiritual Diaper Changing

29:29

Crying on others’ shoulders

30:23

Dealing with folks like Mark in our communities

30:47

There are different types of Pagan communities

32:45

What is community in Paganism?

33:12

Community goes beyond routine rituals

34:16

Pagan’s Night out in the Jesus-mobile

35:17

As individualistic as Paganism is, is there a reason for people to get together?

36:32

Scurvy’s rant about doing research before asking questions.

37:38

Ashlee’s rant about stupid people.

38:09

Being a Pagan Teen

38:35

Advice to teens in the broom closet

38:54

Try not to rock the boat until you move out

40:43

Coming out of the broom closet isn’t always dramatic.

42:31

Stones

43:24

Hematite stories

44:48

Fanmail, PCP as not just another kiss-butt mainstream Pagan podcast

45:38

Listener Feedback: PCP is an upper

47:06

Why Temple of Set is awesome

48:08

Loss of religion in schools

48:55

American Legion and VFW on the Asses Board

50:23

Gary’s story about the Paternal Order of Eagles

52:26

Christian pastors praying for the president of the US to die

53:04

Baptist Blankets!

Credits

Post-produced by: Dave
List of websites and organizations mentioned
PCP is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 US License.
Season 15 Credits