The Unnamed Path

 

 Episode 40 - Pathworking to Meet the Ancestors of Men-who-love-men [00:36:26m]: Play Now | Play in Popup

Episode 40 - Pathworking to Meet the Ancestors of Men-who-love-men

Show Highlights:
• This pathworking will take you on a ritualized semi-guided meditation to formally meet the Ancestors of Men-who-love-men
• Tools needed include: the skull with a black candle on top, or alternatively the Cauldron (failing both, a simple black candle will do) - placed in the north
• Your Great Crossroads should focus toward the north and you should sit facing the north or lay in the north when performing the meditation

 

 Episode 39 - Honoring the Dead [00:28:20m]: Play Now | Play in Popup

Episode 39 - Honoring the Dead

Show Highlights:
• Ceremonies to honor the dead reflect the values of their originating cultures, and so, too, should the ceremonies in the Unnamed Path
• Ceremonies to honor the recently departed should focus on giving the living the solace they need, an opportunity for communication with the dead to calm their worries, and assist the recently deceased in traveling into the Underworld
• Ceremonies to commemorate anniversaries of deaths should focus on remembering the deceased and offering communication with them
• Two sample ceremonies are given for honoring the dead

 

 Episode 38 - The Spirits of the Land [00:27:14m]: Play Now | Play in Popup

Episode 38 - The Spirits of the Land

Show Highlights:
• The Spirits of the Land are the intelligences associated with he geography of a place, the plants, animals and natural phenomena
• We seek to form relationships with these spirits in order to empower our magic and help us bring balance back into nature
• Types of Spirits of the Land include: Guardians of the Land, Plant Spirits, Land Spirits, Genius Loci, Shamanic Forces of Nature and more
• Learn how to introduce yourself to the Guardians of the Land and begin to form alliances and relationships to deepen your magic

 

 Episode 37 - Pathworking [00:21:00m]: Play Now | Play in Popup

Episode 37 - Pathworking

Show Highlights:
• Pathworking is a ritualized semi-guided meditative exercise
• Pathworking varies from guided meditation in that not everything is described for the participant, allowing him to have his own unique experiences and spiritual encounters
• Pathworking is an effective way to meet Gods, Goddesses, guides and other spiritual entities and establish/build relationships with them
• The Great Crossroads is used in conjunction with Pathworking and tools to set the proper magical environment to begin contacting the desired spirit
• Future podcasts will contain specific Pathworkings to meet the Light God, Dark God, Light Goddess, Dark Goddess, Ancestors of Men-who-love-men, Spirits of the Land and more

 

 Episode 36 - Introduction to Prophecy [00:34:08m]: Play Now | Play in Popup

Episode 36 - Introduction to Prophecy

Show Highlights:
• Prophecy is the magical art of seeing patterns in fate and predicting outcomes
• There are many forms of prophecy including divination, scrying and prophetic vision
• Prophecy is a most-likely forecast for how things will turn out if you don’t change anything
• Prophecies should be used as guidelines to decide whether to change behavior and affect the future or not
• Be careful when reporting death, disease, divorce or disaster - planting such a strong prediction in a person’s mind can actually lead to a self-fulfilling prophecy
• Doubting yourself will only disconnect you from your divine current of inspiration and information - never doubt yourself when engaging in prophecy

 

 Episode 35 - The Shadow Self [00:40:12m]: Play Now | Play in Popup

Episode 35 - The Shadow Self

Show Highlights:
• There are three parts to the self: the Higher Self, the Conscious Self and the Shadow Self
• In the Unnamed Path we strive to heal the Shadow Self and integrate it into our total being
• The Shadow Self needs to be healed in order to become an effective magician and powerful spiritual person
• Starting a Shadow Journal is an effective way to summon forth the Shadow Self so that it can be healed
• Healing techniques include Energy Healing, Shamanic Journeys, calling upon your guides and animal totems to assist you (especially your fear totems), and Sexual Energy Healing
• Learn how to meet your Shadow Self in a shamanic journey

 

 Episode 34 - Personal Spiritual Practice [00:39:35m]: Play Now | Play in Popup

Episode 34 - Personal Spiritual Practice

Show Highlights:
• Learn how to create your own personal spiritual practice in order to live The Unnamed Path
• Personal experience and application of a spiritual path with always outweigh book learning or academic knowledge
• A good place to start practicing the path is with 20 minutes of meditation 5 days a week
• One day a week, you can do some work in one of the four parts of the Unnamed Path: Shamanism, Magic/Prophecy, Energy Healing, Deathwalking
• On special occasions, or as you feel motivated to, you can perform special ceremonies
• Honor the Ancestors of Men-who-love-men as you feel motivated to
• Setting up either an altar or a special space where you can do spiritual work will help you apply yourself toward spiritual practice

 

 Episode 33 - Out of the Shaman's Closet [00:37:11m]: Play Now | Play in Popup

Episode 33 - Out of the Shaman’s Closet

Show Highlights:
• The Unnamed Path is not for everyone - it is a lonely path that requires lots of dedication and deep inner-plane work
• Self-Determination empowers the individual to create his place in society instead of allowing society to determine his value
• Coming out of the Shaman’s closet allows you to live your life freely, honestly and to fully serve as a spiritual leader for your community
• Divination techniques for how to determine your area of specialization within the Unnamed Path as a Shaman, Energy Worker, Deathwalker or Magician

 

 Episode 32 - Contacting the Spirits [00:46:14m]: Play Now | Play in Popup

Episode 32 - Contacting the Spirits

Show Highlights:
• Contacting spirits is done through a ritual facilitated by Deathwalkers in order to retrieve lost lore and information, receive guidance, assist spirits in their spiritual process after dying and to help other people with their spiritual path
• Our capacity to love as Men-who-love-men is the key to communicating with spirits - love is the very fabric of the universe and we can reach through it with our natural talent, to speak with spirits and bring them into our space
• Spirit contact work seems to work best after dark, and during the Fall or Winter when many things on the earth are dying away
• The skull is used as a magical tool to create a portal through which we summon forth the dead
• Your spirit guardians and patron and matron deities should be invoked prior to starting so that they can protect you and manage the spiritual traffic that will approach you during this ritual - nothing can get past them
• Make sure to magically cleanse at the beginning and end of the ceremony with blessed water and/or blessing potions - this can also be done throughout whenever you feel negative vibrations on you or need to smooth out your energy
• Spirit possession can occur during spirit contact circles at varying degrees - be prepared by assigning a spotter to each medium that is possessed, and ask the spirit questions about it to get to know it, as well as to gain any advice or clarity you might need.
• Hyperion answers questions from listeners

 

 Episode 31 - Sexual Energy Healing [00:38:22m]: Play Now | Play in Popup

Episode 31 - Sexual Energy Healing

Show Highlights:
• The outcome of sex between Men-who-love-men is an explosion of healing energy, where as the outcome of sex between a man and a woman is life/procreation
• The healing energy that comes out of sex results from a collision of the spiritual and physical worlds in the moment of orgasm between men
• This energy can be directed toward healing emotional, spiritual, mental, or physical imbalances
• Some men are naturally called toward healing others in a sexual contact: They are sexual energy healers
• Sexual Energy Healers used to play a critical role in ancient societies as priests for the gods, in modern times where sex has been maligned, they have been ostracized, labeled as whores, sluts or worthy of death or disease in order to steal their natural power away from them
• Sexual Energy Healers are sacred and play an important role in our society’s balance and should be honored as such
• Learn how to use sexual energy healing in your own intimate encounters