Occult Knowledge

The wedjat, commonly called the Eye of Horus, survives on coffins, amulets, a mummy’s arm, and a funerary papyrus from ancient Egypt. Its most intimate surviving setting may be the outer coffin of Myt, a child buried at...

A private symbol made from a written desire may appear to be a modern invention, but its history reaches through centuries of talismans, planetary seals, spirit diagrams, and ritual manuscripts. This episode follows the...

The seventy-two spirits of the Ars Goetia are frequently presented as an intact ancient hierarchy inherited from King Solomon. The surviving record tells a more complicated story of medieval manuscripts, Renaissance...

Tarot is associated today with divination, Hermeticism, Hermetic Qabalah, astrology, ceremonial magic, psychological reflection, and hidden knowledge. Yet the earliest documented tarot cards appeared in...

Demonology is the historical effort to describe, confront, and explain hostile spirits. This episode follows that effort from Mesopotamian protective objects and ancient spirit traditions through Greek daimones, Jewish...

The phrase “ancient mystery schools” suggests a single hidden institution that trained the rulers of Egypt, Greece, and Rome in one lost body of occult knowledge. The surviving evidence tells a more complex and more...

This episode investigates the documented overlap between early Hollywood and the esoteric culture of Southern California. In the same decades that Los Angeles became the center of motion pictures, the region also...

Bohemian Grove is a private redwood retreat near Monte Rio in Sonoma County, California, owned by the San Francisco Bohemian Club. Founded in 1872 by men connected with journalism, art, music, theater, law, and...

A five-pointed star, a serpent, an eye, a sun, a moon, a cube, a circle, a triangle, and a hexagram can look simple until they enter a temple, manuscript, seal, amulet, ritual circle, flag, coin, film, or conspiracy...

The all-seeing eye appears on churches, Masonic emblems, political seals, banknotes, film posters, album art, surveillance graphics, and conspiracy diagrams. This episode follows the symbol from ancient Egyptian...

https://www.FKNpods.com Step into the exclusive world of Freemasonry, where ancient rituals and symbols weave a tapestry of mystery and intrigue. This episode of Occult Knowledge delves into the persistent secrecy of...

https://www.FKNpods.com Unlock the mysteries of the past as we journey through the hidden timelines encoded in ancient structures. Imagine the winter solstice as sunlight pierces the passageway of Newgrange...

https://www.FKNpods.com Numbers have long been more than mere symbols on a page. Across cultures and epochs, they've been revered as a form of spiritual technology, a language that encodes the universe's hidden...

https://www.FKNpods.com Journey into the mysterious world of Nazi mysticism where ancient relics and symbols transcend mere superstition, forming the backbone of a chilling ideological quest. This episode uncovers the...

https://www.FKNpods.com Unveil the mysterious journey of a recurring sigil mysteriously embedded in both ancient grimoires and the halls of modern architecture. This episode of "Occult Knowledge" explores the sigil's...