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Ep379: Chaos Magick & Astral Travel - Graham Nicholls
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- Guru Viking Podcast
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- Sep 18, 2026
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- 6148
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Summary
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. … Also available on Youtube, iTunes, & Spotify – search ‘Guru Viking Podcast’. … 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 - Fas…