Echo’s Box

In this episode we talk about personal experiences and dilemmas associated with holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas. Many of us need encouragement to take care of ourselves and do what's best for us around these events, especially with all the pressure of family and friends. In addition we take a deeper dive into the symptoms of panic attacks with a unique focus on de-personalization and de-realization as well as a note on other experiences of disassociation.

Just in time for spooking season, this episode talks about the paranormal and curses in the context of standard Hollywood horror all the way to practical and ceremonial magick. We even get some curses straight out of the bible, don't let the demons get ya.
 
References:https://academic.oup.com/past/article/247/1/113/5721469
https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/handle/2027.42/108169/agg.html
https://oxfordre.com/classics/display/10.1093/acrefore/9780199381135.001.0001/acrefore-9780199381135-e-1964
The Holy Bible: Mark 11:12-25, and Exodus 7:14-24

Uh oh doing magick and hearing voices, tune in to see what happens!

Addled by stress and anxiety, this episode is just an info dump of ramblin' about life stressors and the exciting things that are coming with them. Piggy backing off of last episode we also dive into how recovering from burn out is going and how XANAX is actually helping with anxiety on Casey's journey.

Burn out impacts more than just our professional lives. This episode covers what burn out really is, shares a recent experience of Casey's burn out, and what he did to recognize and get out of it.
 
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK279286/ - Article on Burn Out from the National Library of Medicine

Pain can lead to suffering, pain tells you you're alive, but is pain necessary for life? Was the Buddha wrong about pain? Why are people putting out matches with their fingertips???
 
These questions and many more explored in this episode! We dive down the rabbit hole that is the experience of pain.

Happy birthday Echo! This episode is dedicated to the one and only Echo. He's the face of our show, and while it's short, the heartfelt experience shared in this episode aims to illustrate just how incredible and inspiring this dog truly is. We love you Echo!

A long winded journey of problem creation and solving, only for depression to rear its ugly head and bring about frustration. Come along this journey as we see just how frustrating depression can be even in moments of freedom and success.

In this episode we discuss how much we know everything and all the secrets in the universe, and maybe a little about Agrippa's fallacy argument of Circular Reasoning. Which is it? You decide!

In this episode we dive into the infamous Abramelin Ritual in the context of the 2016 film "A Dark Song". We discuss the movie's portrayal of the ritual, talk about its history, and also briefly discuss the mental health implications of each character's motives. Lots of occult historical goodies and psychological observations in this one!