Where Did the Road Go?

Seriah is joined by author and illustrator Martin Popoff. Topics include Martin’s book “Flaming Telepaths”, the band Blue Oyster Cult, Sandy Pearlman, the album “Imaginos”, the occult origins of World War I, H.P. Lovecraft, Martin’s latest book “Perfect Water: The Rebel Imaginos”, magick, WWII, Operation Paperclip, the cold war, the Roswell incident, the Vietnam War, Soviet science and mysticism, conspiracy theory, Martin’s books on various rock bands, alchemy, John Dee, Edgar Cayce, Walter Bosley and airship mysteries, esoteric and occult history, the Led Zepplin “object”, covert hypnosis, scrying, the books “Alice in Wonderland” and “The Wizard of Oz”, Lovecraft’s “Old Ones” and vast tunnels and underwater structures, Atlantis, Aleister Crowley, perpetual energy devices, Egypt, the Yucatan, World’s Fairs, steampunk, “1886-1910, the golden age of the subconscious”, Harry Houdini, Kenneth Grant, egregores, Carl Jung, “Paul Blart Mall Cop”, music lining up with films, future misinterpretations of literature, the post- “Wizard of Oz” work of L. Frank Baum, Theosophy, Edison vs Tesla/ DC vs AC, Austin Osman Spare, Blavatsky vs Spiritualism, Russian Cosmism, aet as a creative force, mystic origins for the Soviet rocket program, a Jehovah’s Witness leader predicts something the coincides with the birth of Jack Parsons, Jewish mysticism and folklore, use of AI for fiction writing, the “Loab” character in AI, the movie “Chemical Wedding” produced by Bruce Dickinson of the band Iron Maiden about Aleister Crowley, Tartarianism, nuclear bomb testing and the Babylon Working ritual, solar cycles and historical events, the biosphere and geosphere and noosphere, synchronicities and inventions, interesting factoids, the Nazi bell alleged technology, Jacques Custeau, Lovecraft and strange dream experiments, dreams and music, and much more! Martin is a fast-paced, high-octane guest, and this is a unique, fascinating conversation!

• Recap by Vincent Treewell of The Weird Part Podcast

Outro Music is Nightmares by Psyche Corporation