Mark Stavish and Christopher Bilardi discuss magic and witchcraft in Northeastern Pennsylvania as seen through the lens of the most famous witch of the era – Sybil Leek, and NEPA’s ‘wonderworker’ Dr. Santee. Focus is on the 1960s through 1980s and what this period of magical innovation means for present researchers and practitioners. Santee’s coven, the Coven of the Catta was the topic of Animal Planet’s series, “The Haunted” in 2009. Bilardi is the author of “The Red Church – Or the Art of Pennsylvania German Braucherei” (2009). Stavish is the Founder and Director of Studies for the Institute for Hermetic Studies.
Thank you for your work, and for Unfolding the Rose. I feel most fortunate – and am grateful – that you have made it available. Am working through it slowly (daily, but slowly).
Mark Stavish, the Director of Studies for the Institute for Hermetic Studies, is a life-long student of esotericism with over 35 years experience in comparative religion, philosophy, psychology, and mysticism with emphasis on Western spiritual traditions.
Mark is the author of over a dozen books, as well as edited and contributed to an equal number of publications. His writings are popular in several languages, including French, Russian, Portuguese, Spanish, Polish, and Estonian.
A frequent media quest, Mark has appeared several times on Coast to Coast AM (C2C) with George Norry, as well as Just Energy Radio, Paranormal Science, Bob Hieronimus 21st Century Radio, History Channel, A&E, and has been a consultant on numerous media productions.
As a graduate of King’s College, in Theology (B.A.), and Communications (B.A.), and Rhode Island College (Providence), with a Master’s degree in Counseling emphasizing psycho-spiritual modalities and Psychosynthesis, Mark brings a unique blend of tradition with modern research to the application of esoteric philosophy.
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Looking forward to this! A part of my ancestry is German. I feel like listening to this is going to make my taking the Pow-Wow course inevitable…
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Thank you for your work, and for Unfolding the Rose. I feel most fortunate – and am grateful – that you have made it available. Am working through it slowly (daily, but slowly).
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“Make Haste Slowly… Slowly Make Haste.”
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