Ep283: Seance, Summoning, & Goetic Demons - Duncan Barford 2

In this episode I am once again joined by Duncan Barford, occult practitioner, counsellor, and author of ‘Occult Experiments in the Home’.

Duncan details the different categories of spirits and entities, ranging from ghosts to demons to angels to elementals and land spirits.

Duncan reveals his own encounters with these entities, recalls paradigm shifting fire kasina retreats with Daniel Ingram, and shares his own ideas about the importance and inevitability of working with the dead while on the spiritual path.

Duncan also explains the Goetia, a controversial system of summoning demons for personal gain; recalls his own and others’ experiences of the system; and reflects on what drives practitioners to seek tangible contact with the realms beyond.

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Topics include:

00:00 - Intro
00:57 - Ontology of spirit entities
04:18 - How to categorise spirits
07:07 - Different spirit relationships
08:18 - Demonic entities and their demands
09:44 - What is the Goetic magickal system?
11:08 - Dangers of working with Goetic entities
13:48 - When Duncan used a Goetic demon for money
15:24 - Addictive quality of working with demons
16:55 - Goetia as magick of last resort
18:33 - Why do people work with Goetic demons?
21:41 - Duncan reflects on his Goetic rituals
24:43 - Barrier to entry for success in magick
29:37 - Duncan comments on the Enochian system
32:16 - Fey and fairies
33:28 - A challenging fire kasina retreat
35:18 - A powerful encounter with elementals and nature spirits
40:47 - Duncan reflects on his fire kasina retreats
43:59 - Encounter with Duncan’s guardian angel
45:27 - Why seek supernatural experiences after enlightenment?
47:49 - Shared magickal experiences with Daniel Ingram
49:52 - Duncan’s breakthrough and a compelling encounter with Spider Buddha
58:44 - Dreams as a portal
01:00:09 - Contacting the dead
01:01:31 - The hatred of the dead
01:02:27 - Death of Duncan’s father and dream visitations
01:08:25 - What the dead leave behind
01:10:18 - Helping the dead to let go vs judging them
01:14:15 - The fear of death
01:14:45 - Denying the dead
01:17:02 - We are accountable to the dead
01:18:53 - Carl Jung on relating to the dead
01:20:15 - Duncan’s affinity with the poet John Clare
01:21:18 - Duncan’s encounter with Badger
01:22:05 - The perfected dead
01:23:18 - Working with ancestors
01:24:55 - We live in a world of the dead
01:26:00 - Duncan’s advice for working with the dead
01:27:29 - Encountering the dead in the Odyssey and Aeneid
01:33:41 - The dead as bundles of karma
01:34:52 - National myths and history as propaganda
01:39:32 - Black Easter and occult means of obtaining power and influence
01:47:15 - Magick and politics
01:49:24 - Glory and honour
01:50:27 - Are magicians political?
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Music ‘Deva Dasi’ by Steve James

[bret]

Duncan speaking about his father is one of the most powerful stories I have ever heard. Beautiful. Thank you both for sharing this with the world

[Diomedes]

Its been awhile, but that intro music makes me feel like im coming home after a long hiatus.

[TheRealFastRabbit]

I heard Duncan’s voice and was immediately pleased, warmed and intrigued. Duncan’s free content is amazing and I’m so grateful for his thoughts. Thanks, as always, to GV for letting us in on your conversation.

[lylehutchins]

Duncan is great. I reached out to him years ago when reading his blog after pursuing meditative and spiritual practices myself, and now years later deeper into the path I am incredibly grateful for his kind and intelligent guidance.

[astrocatcity]

thank you for touching upon that pentagram in the fire kasina incident. I think about it quite often actually, ever since hearing Daniel describe it on an episode a few years ago. I very much appreciate Duncan speaking about it.

[errant]

Thank you for inviting so many high quality guests and asking so many great questions. This is a niche channel and may not get thousands of "likes" but please know that the content is very appreciated for those specific few.

[telosrunning]

This episode is so rich. Thank you both for your deep exploration & openness to the range of possibilities & potential in our current age to old ways of being in relation to the more than human world.

[astrocatcity]

My father died unexpectedly in 2021. although I had lost grandparents before, losing my beloved father so suddenly changed me deeply. I very much do appreciate Duncan's perspective on living with the dead 🙏

[dinoboy]

@GuruViking Not sure why this episode has no captions. I wonder something needs to be enabled while uploading?
Duncan's voice is very soothing to hear. Thank you for the podcast

[BaronByzantine]

Duncan, I have had the same experience with the dead in dreams. When it's "just a dream" they're normal. But the moment I get too curious and ask them things like "what's it like to be dead?" "what's the other side like?" etc etc, they cannot answer, do not answer, or something happens to break up the communication and cut the experience off.

[justgroove]

Hello Vicking

Can you please release the subtitles on the Ducan Barford video ep 283?

Thank you very much

Congratulations on the beautiful work!

[uzzernamez]

Have always wondered what Duncan's microphone setup is. Always sounds so crisp.

[StringVest]

Angry spider covered on eyes - god of surveillance.

[ultraclaveshermetium]

lol about unwillingness to lok at the politicst part. michael aquino and the temple of set never shyed away from looking into how to apply goetia to politics and war.