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Joshua Cutchin is an acclaimed author and researcher of the paranormal.

He is the author of seven critically-acclaimed books: 2015's A Trojan Feast: The Food and Drink Offerings of Aliens, Faeries, and Sasquatch (translated into Spanish as Banquete Troyano); 2016's The Brimstone Deceit: An In-Depth Examination of Supernatural Scents, Otherworldly Odors, & Monstrous Miasmas; 2018's Thieves in the Night: A Brief History of Supernatural Child Abductions; and 2020's Where the Footprints End: High Strangeness and the Bigfoot Phenomenon, Volumes I & II, with Timothy Renner. In 2022, he released his two-part masterwork: Ecology of Souls: A New Mythology of Death & the Paranormal.

The day before our interview, Joshua's new film The Lady of The Lake was released on Prime, so I took the opportunity to ask him about it. (frustratingly, it's not available yet in the UK).
• The Lady of the Lake (2024) Trailer -...

The documentary film is a Fortean perspective on the case of the murder of Haille Illingworth whose remains were found in Lake Crescent in 1940, after she had gone missing in 1937. See Joshua's blog for more info.

We get into all things watery, sea monsters, thresholds and Otherworldly inversions!

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Joshua's book Ecology of Souls is highly recommended (both volumes) (2022):
/ ecology-of-souls

Check out his other excellent books here: https://www.joshuacutchin.com/publica...

Rev Robert Kirk' s The Secret Commonwealth of Elves, Fauns, and Fairies (written in 1692, published in 1815)

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Listeners, I very much needed this chat with Capuchin Franciscan Priest-Friar, Brother Richard. I hope you feel you get a lot from it too.

We discuss Brother Richard's personal encounters with Otherworldly beings, first as a child and later as a Priest-Friar. He also talks about the Franciscan Order's understandings of Non-Human beings, they steps they take when protection is required or in rare cases exorcism, and he shares his own experiences of aiding in these circumstances.

We also discuss:
- Rites of Passage (particularly in relation to young people)
- Offerings to Otherworldly beings
and so much more.

I found Brother Richard's suggestion of prayer when in a wild place such a gift:

"Bless every being present, seen and unseen, even the beings I pass by, around or through, without knowing."

Contacts:
Brother Richard on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brorichard/
⭐️ If you would like to make a donation to Brother Richard's work, please support his Order's daycare centre for the Homeless ⭐️:
http://www.capuchindaycentre.ie/

Books and Podcasts discussed:

I highly recommend his new book:
'Calming the Storms: Meditation as a Path to Inner Peace and Happiness'
Calming the Storms by Brother Richard
https://www.awesomebooks.com/book/9781399732017/calming-the-storms?msclkid=e74d9d433d6412437ba5fa271ead2739

Extraterrestrial Intelligence and the Catholic Faith by Paul Thigpen https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60772154-extraterrestrial-intelligence-and-the-catholic-faith

Dissertations upon the apparitions of angels, dæmons, and ghosts, and concerning the vampires of Hungary, Bohemia, Moravia, and Silesia by Father Dom Augustin Calmet
https://archive.org/details/bim_eighteenth-century_dissertations-upon-the-a_calmet-augustin_1759

Podcast episode around young people and rites of passage
https://www.theearthlydelightspodcast.com/podcast/106-brother-richard-hendrick

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I chat to Tim about a strange interaction which took place during a hike and tapped deeply into his psyche.

It marked both a shift in Tim's life direction and a return to his underlying sense of 'true' self and an openness in life which had slipped away during adulthood. It continues to hold meaning in his current relationships.

We discuss how our home environment as a child shapes how we interact with the Otherworld and how, as an adult we can lose our sense of 'being'.

I hope you enjoy this discussion.

The discussion he watched between Patrick Harpur and 'a philosopher' was the interview between Patrick and Bernardo Kastrup.
https://youtu.be/r4hEOJQpbiw?si=NTraD-Iog8xMCEzx

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Warning: These are not fairytales and the content is unsuitable for children. This episode describes a wonderful experience but some episodes may contain details which some may find unsettling or frightening. The Modern Fairy Sightings Podcast is designed for listeners 16 years and older.

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