Ep379: Chaos Magick & Astral Travel - Graham Nicholls

In this episode I am joined by Graham Nicholls, a leading teacher and writer of out of body experiences (OBE).

Graham recalls his working class upbringing in London, his unusual schooling in a Marxist-Feminist school, and reflects at length about the British class system and its effect on his personal life and his work as a teacher.

Graham details his occult explorations including contact with Goetia demons, mismatch with the chaos magic order the Illuminates of Thanateros (IOT), and explains his initiations and subsequent dark night of the soul.

Graham also shares his unusual views on entities and the astral realm, considers the pros and cons of Wicca and other recently constructed traditions, and reflects on his ethos of scientific skepticism and experimentation.

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Topics Include:

00:00 - Intro
00:52 - Graham’s evolving understanding
03:04 - Personalised teaching style
05:45 - Graham’s working class upbringing in London
06:50 - Why Graham became internal
08:18 - Obsession with spiritual topics
09:47 - A childhood sense of destiny
12:31 - Positive and negative teacher reactions
15:32 - How would adult Graham understand a child like him?
17:00 - A strong father
18:40 - Reflections on being working class
22:49 - How class limit’s Graham’s spiritual teaching
26:02 - Cognitive dissonance and voting against your interests
28:39 - Addressing class from a spiritual context
29:40 - Diversity of London
30:11 - Graham’s Marxist-Feminist school
31:47 - Resistance to feminist and racist ideologies in school
37:31 - Reflecting on the purpose of Graham’s first book
38:53 - First encounter with a spiritual entity
42:45 - Unusual lack of fear
47:57 - Ethos against speculation and interpretation
48:11 - Fascination overrides fear
49:52 - Graham’s unusual opinion about dangers of OBE and entities
55:53 - Research into possession literature
58:39 - Do other teachers criticise Graham?
59:54 - Demons, djinn, and pre-Christian deities
01:05:20 - Graham’s interest in magick
01:07:59 - Joining the Oxford Golden Dawn
01:09:13 - Mismatch with the Illuminates of Thanateros (IOT)
01:13:01 - Experimentation with the Goetia
01:17:10 - Working with a Goetian entity
01:20:51 - Graham’s Goetia experience
01:21:14 - What motivated Graham’s magickal career?
01:23:07 - Pros and cons of Wicca
01:23:56 - Aleister Crowley’s writing
01:26:32 - HGA working and Graham’s 18.5 year initiation process
01:28:46 - Dark night of the soul and aftermath of initiation
01:30:59 - Trance work and accumulation of spiritual changes
01:33:35 - Doing magick properly
0101:34:26 - Dedicated OBE practice
01:37:14 - Willpower vs letting go
01:40:22 - Parental support of Graham’s magickal practice

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- grahamnicholls.com

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Music ‘Deva Dasi’ by Steve James