SUP YOU BEAUTIFUL KOOOOOOOOOOOOOKS! HEYYYOOO! This episode is a look at the various beasties that one might encounter whilst amidst walkabout amongst the astral plane! Not only that, but it's also full of tons of handy dandy tips and tricks on how to defend one's self whilst amongst thust realmst! All of it presented by a man in the midst of losing his voist! PLEASE TO ENJOY!

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SOURCES:

*Astral Larvae & Elementaries: Franz Bardon, Initiation into Hermetics

*Artificial Elementals & Dissolution: Dion Fortune, Psychic Self-Defense

*Astral Spiders & Spatial Webs: C.W. Leadbeater, The Astral Plane; Phantoms & Monsters archives

*Disincarnate Shells & Earthbound Spirits: C.W. Leadbeater, The Astral Plane; Victorian Spiritualist literature

*Etheric Lampreys & Chakra Parasites: Bio-energetic research/astral projection archives

*Siren Forms (Glamour Mimics): Renaissance grimoires/Spiritualist guide records

*Mirror-Walkers & Doppelgängers: Traditional folklore/paranormal double archives

*The Dweller on the Threshold: Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Zanoni (1842); Helena Blavatsky; Rudolf Steiner

*Choronzon (Demon of the Abyss): John Dee & Edward Kelley Enochian diaries (16th C.); Aleister Crowley, The Vision and the Voice (1909)

*The Hat Man: Phantoms and Monsters sleep paralysis archive

*Solar Plexus Clown Gliders (SPCG): Internet creepypasta/iceberg lore & Jean Baudrillard, Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared?

*Servitor Mechanics & Chaos Magic: Austin Osman Spare; Peter J. Carroll; Phil Hine

*Rogue Protection Servitor: Occult Corpus archives

*Viral Wealth Servitor & Ghost-Weapons: Early 2000s IRC/message board occult chat logs

*LBRP, Star Ruby & Middle Pillar: Golden Dawn/Aleister Crowley's Thelema texts

If you are currently struggling with mental health and/or substance abuse issues, shake off those astral parasites and dial 988.