Stirring the Cauldron

Episode 913: Scott Cunningham-The Path Taken

Marla Brooks — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 17:03:43 +0000

A moving portrait of the iconic figure who led the way in establishing Wicca in North America―with remembrances of his life by his sister, Christine Cunningham Ashworth, and appreciations written by key figures in today’s world of witchcraft, magic, tarot, and astrology.

The iconic and renowned bestselling author Scott Cunningham (1956–1993) played a significant role in establishing Wicca in North America. His pioneering book Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner radically altered the practice of Wicca, enabling practitioners to self-initiate. Scott’s books, especially his encyclopedias, remain popular today, years after his death. In recent years, Scott has also emerged as a celebrated queer icon, especially in the witchcraft world. Although so many people have come to Wicca and Paganism through his books, little is actually known about Scott Cunningham as a person.

His little sister, Christine Cunningham Ashworth, seeks to remedy that. Christine grew up with him, laughed with him, learned with him, fought with him, and shared joys and sorrows. She writes about their childhood, gives a peek into their parents’ lives, and brings to life what it was like to grow up in the Cunningham household. She explores the trajectory of Scott’s magical path and affirms his legacy. Christine shares family photos and lifts the veil from Scott’s life.

Episode 912: Lon Milo DuQuette-The Weiser Book of Horror or Occult

Marla Brooks — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 18:42:53 +0000

Packed with stories selected and introduced by one of todays leading esoteric scholars, this book will do more than make your toes curl and your skin crawl. These tales reveal hidden truths and forbidden pursuits, and divulge the secrets of magical initiation. Covering topics from rituals to hauntings to the Devil himself, this one-of-a-kind volume includes selections from: Aleister Crowley * Ambrose Bierce * Arthur Machen *Edgar Allan Poe * Robert W. Chambers * Ralph Adams Cram * H.P. Lovecraft * Dion Fortune * Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton *Bram Stoker.
As Lon Milo DuQuette writes in his introduction, horror takes its time. It creeps in, seeps in, and lingers. These stories will stay with you, biting at your heels from the shadows. Don't say we didn't warn you…

Episode 911: Jacki Smith-Ghosts Are Not Zoo Animals

Marla Brooks — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 01:32:00 +0000

Marla & Ron speak with author & witch Jacki Smith. Topics include witches, Ghosts are not zoo animals, ghost hunting & more.

Episode 910: It's All About AI

Marla Brooks — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 17:42:50 +0000

What do you think about AI? Is it wonderful, or do you think that they will take over the world?

Episode 909: Gypsey Teague- The Witch's Guide to Wands

Marla Brooks — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 21:17:39 +0000

The wand is the most important component of the witch's toolbox. Based on her deep knowledge of plant science and ethnobotany and years of magical practice, the author examines the uses and benefits of each wand component (primarily woods, shrubs, grasses, vines, and some metals). She also explores their associations to various gods and goddesses, relationships to specific types of magic, and the results a practitioner can expect to achieve. She also includes tips and resources for finding materials, handcrafting, and correspondence charts for easy reference. The final section focuses on the wands used in the "Harry Potter" series.

This is the ultimate guide for witches and pagans everywhere.

Episode 908: Laugh with Phillip "MooNIE" Johnson

Marla Brooks — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 18:54:20 +0000

These days, there's not too much to laugh about, so I asked my friend, Philip Earl Johnson, a versatile actor and variety performer who makes adults and children alike laugh when watching the MooNiE show at festivals throughout the country, to talk about the subject of laughter.

Episode 907: Mary Colvin-How To Build and Use Your Own Apothecary

Marla Brooks — Fri, 29 May 2026 16:58:26 +0000

With a little bit of knowledge, Mary Colvin, RH (AHG) believes that anyone can develop their own homemade remedies and medicines. In The Herbalist’s Guide, she introduces you to the world of herbalism and shares her own knowledge about herbal actions, the concept of energetics and its importance in herbalism, basic botany, harvesting, herbal preparations, miscellaneous materials used to make herbal medicine, and other tools of the trade.

Episode 906: The Shadow People with Paul Taitt

Marla Brooks — Fri, 22 May 2026 20:01:39 +0000

Marla & Ron speak with author Paul Taitt on his documentary on shadow people.

Episode 905: Ghost Chronicles with our guest Varla Ventura

Marla Brooks — Fri, 15 May 2026 20:45:24 +0000

This was a fun podcast with Varla, The Mistress of the Bizarre

Episode 904: Master Class-Mediumship Jane Doherty

Marla Brooks — Fri, 08 May 2026 19:15:37 +0000

Jane is one of the nation’s leading authorities on psychic experiences, and tonight she's teaching Mediumship. For more than 20 years, she has acted as a communication bridge between the living and the departed, and has helped tens of thousands of people understand their past, future—and the spirit world.

Episode 903: Parapsychologist Cal Cooper - Egypt And The Paranormal

Marla Brooks — Fri, 01 May 2026 21:30:30 +0000

Cal was always fascinated about ancient Egypt and the parapsychologist in him was very interesting their afterlife believes as well the paranormal and metaphysical culture of the country. It was a wonderful, educational trip.

Episode 902: Occult Detective Bob Freeman

Marla Brooks — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 18:25:50 +0000

Move over Sherlock Holmes. Bob's lifelong passions for mythology, folklore, magick, and religion has led him to become a respected lecturer on the occult and paranormal phenomena.

Episode 901: Richard Senate Walks with Ghosts

Marla Brooks — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 18:16:11 +0000

Richard Senate is a long time psychic researcher-investigator, historian and student of the paranormal. For 45 long years he has ventured into the world of ghosts and in that career has seen and investigated a number of haunted places, and some great stories to tell..

Episode 900: Miss Aida

Marla Brooks — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 00:02:08 +0000

Miss Aida is the professor on this archive Master Class in case you've missed. The subject is Spiritual Cleansing and Protection Magic.

Episode 899: Master Class with Jacki Smith

Marla Brooks — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 16:53:03 +0000

The Akashic Records, or The Book of Life, is a dimension of consciousness that contains a vibrational record of every soul and its journey. For for those who would like to know the meaning of our lives, past, the present and the future, Jacki teaches how to access your records, how to break into the library, what you will see there, what you will find in your book, learn how to read your records, understand their meaning, and use that knowledge to change your life.

Episode 898: Off The Cuff

Marla Brooks — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 21:10:09 +0000

Have you ever wondered what happens when a live show runs into technical issues? Listen in and see what happens when a guest can't be heard and the hosts have to fill in off the cuff.

Episode 897: Charity Bedell - Divine Dirt

Marla Brooks — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 22:23:07 +0000

Combining witchcraft, Conjure, and other folk practices, Charity shows you how to work with the energy of various environments―from riverbanks to forests to graveyards. Build relationships with urban and nature spirits, use dirt from footprints and animal tracks in your spells, make protection charms to use at crossroads, and much more.

Divine Dirt helps you understand and connect with the magical places all around you. In addition to numerous spells and exercises, this book teaches you how to create and charge potent magical powders that can be used in the moment or stored for later use. Featuring extensive correspondences and resources, Divine Dirt is an indispensable guide.

Episode 896: Drones in the Night Sky with Dr. Christopher Macklin

Marla Brooks — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 23:02:29 +0000

It was about a year when Dr. Macklin came on my podcast to talk about drones. These days, we heard about them because they have been used in the Russian and Ukraine in that ongoing war, and now, we hear are about drones because they are being used in the Iran war. I think this a good time to dust off that podcast to listen to it again.

Episode 895: Master Class with teacher Steve Parsons-The subject is Ghost Hunting Gadgets

Marla Brooks — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 19:37:02 +0000

Nobody is better to teach a class on ghost hunting. Steve is an author of numerous published articles and books on the subject of ghosts, ghost hunting and related subject, and is the co-founder of Para.science.

Episode 894: Stirring the Cauldron is back!

Marla Brooks — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 18:18:18 +0000

Stirring the Cauldron is back after a few months of hiatus while our network, Para X, went undergoing a overhaul from top to bottom and we're better than ever. Tonight our guest are Scottish Spiritualist Medium Steven Scott and Para anthropologist and researcher Ron Kolek.

Episode 893: Master Class Feral Magick Part 2 with Denny Sargent

Marla Brooks — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 17:26:23 +0000

On last week's Master Class we ran out of time, so here is the rest of the class from where we left off..

Episode 892: Master Class with Denny Sargent-Feral Magick Part 1

Marla Brooks — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 18:09:48 +0000

In this class, Denny Sargent is teaching how to reconnect with the primordial, animistic world of the spirits and the powers of nature that have been patiently waiting for you to return. Once you become open to this reality, the spirits of nature will welcome you, bond with you, and help you. Practicing feral magick will lead you to form deeper intuitive bonds with your animal allies and to find the inherent power you already possess. The operating principles of intuitive spiritual animistic practices will enable you to better acknowledge and engage with all sorts of woodland spirits and will remind you that you, too, are a spirit of nature.

Because, one hour isn't quite enough time to do the subject justice, Denny will be back to pick up where we left off for Part 2 next week..

Episode 891: GhostBox's Greg Bakun

Marla Brooks — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 18:51:34 +0000

Greg Bakun is a seasoned Paranormal Investigator, Intuitive and the host on the popular radio show “GhostBox Radio.” On GhostBox Radio, Greg interviews guests about the paranormal, UFOs, Bigfoot and more. His favorite method of communicating with spirits is through the spirit box also known as the ghost box and has been very fortunate to get a lot of good spirit responses using this device over the years.

Episode 890: Divination

Marla Brooks — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 19:26:29 +0000

A witch, a medium and Van Helsing get together to talk about all kinds of divination...the good, the bad and the ugly.

Episode 889: Jim Hunt-Death Rituals

Marla Brooks — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 00:50:23 +0000

I've been getting lots of listeners asking me to repeat the Jim Hunt Death Rituals podcast so here you are!

Episode 888: David Wells-Psychic Secrets

Marla Brooks — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 18:25:41 +0000

In his latest incredible work, former Most Haunted presenter David Wells examines real life experiences to uncover the extraordinary truth behind psychic events. What really causes possessions and past lives, and why is visualisation and meditation important? Is it to allay our own fears, or to communicate with the ghosts of those long passed - or is it something more? You might discover the practical side of what really makes things "go bump in the night",

Episode 887: Barry and Connie Strohm channeledb Charles Dickens and Jimmy Stewart

Marla Brooks — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 18:52:49 +0000

There is a 104 year gap between Charles Dickens' book A Christmas Carol published in 1843, and Jimmy Stewart's movie It's A Wonderful Life which came out in 1947 but both are classics and watched or read when Christmas comes around. You might think that the stories would have nothing in common, but think again. We had a nice chat with Charles Dickens and Jimmy Stewart and they had lots to say.

Episode 886: Ellen Evert Hopman-The Sacred Herbs of Yule & Christmas

Marla Brooks — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 18:05:41 +0000

Ellen Evert Hopman shares folklore, recipes, rituals, and crafts to enliven your Yuletide observance. She explores the origins of the Christmas tree and Santa Claus as well as holiday Spirits and Yuletide animals. She explains how to perform Winter Solstice divinations and make traditional foods and drinks such as Elizabethan gingerbread cookies and Wassail. And she looks in depth at the medicinal and magical properties of the many herbs, barks, and berries associated with the Christmas and Yuletide season such as Frankincense and Myrrh, Cinnamon, Nutmeg, Hibiscus, Bayberry, and many more. This guide offers practical and magical ways to celebrate and honor the darkest days of the year.

Episode 885: Echo Bodine-The Empty Chair Syndrome-Missing Loved Ones During the Holidays

Marla Brooks — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 23:06:51 +0000

During the holidays, we miss our loved ones who aren't with us anymore. It's tough, whether they passed recently or many years gone by. I like to repeat this podcast this time of year to make it a little bit easier when we're looking at those empty chairs.

Episode 884: Belinda Womock-Lessons from the Twelve Archangels: Divine Intervention in Daily Life

Marla Brooks — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 18:00:25 +0000

Angels are loving forces in our lives. Each of us has the ability to communicate with them if we open our minds to their teachings. Belinda Womack was a believer in Angels until the age of 12, when she decided she wanted to become a scientist. Years later, working in a biology lab, she found herself in the presence of the Archangel Gabriel and realized her calling as a spiritual conduit for Angelic healing and support.