# Ep. 231: "FURRIES ARE SHAMANS!" Ari Freeman On the Horrors of Furry & Brony Sorcery

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Podcast: [Ultraculture With Jason Louv](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ultraculture-with-jason-louv-174665)
Published: 2025-03-10T08:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://podcast.magick.me/episode/231
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Duration seconds: 4905

## Resource

Watch the video version of this podcast on YouTube! Yes hello! Thee Very Wizard of New Zealand himself, Ari Freeman unlocks the DREAD and FORBIDDEN SECRETS of Furry Sorcery and Brony Tulpas in this conversation with Jason Louv in this, the first "actual YouTube show" episode of the Ultraculture Podcast! THINGS MAN WAS NOT MEANT TO KNOW become, most unfortunately, KNOWN. Dare ye enter the Thunderdome??? About Ari: Leading what appears to be a charmed life, Ari Freeman is, aside from being a professional musician, a writer, fortune teller, and music teacher from Christchurch New Zealand. Recognisable as the frontman of the psychedelic funk band Rhomboid, and in his one-man-band project Blues Professor. He served seven years as the apprentice to the Wizard of New Zealand before becoming a published author of 'occult books for sceptics'. His first book Pragmatic Magical Thinking is out with Aeon Books (London) and a two volume Tarot manual, Psychic Results for Sceptics & Magical Results for the Reality Hacker come out in May and November of 2025. His solo album You Can See Everything If You Look From Nowhere is set for release on 30th March 2025. Ari performed all the instruments, many of which he built himself, sang and recorded this multi-dimensional album entirely in his home studio. Links & Resources: 🌈 Magick.Me - Online School for Magick, Meditation, and Mysticism: https://www.magick.me 🃏🔮✨ Introduction to Magick - The world's best course on practicing real magick, right where you are sitting now: https://www.magick.me/p/intro-magick 🧘‍♂️ (NEW!) Free Guided Meditation and Mailing List: https://start.magick.me 📖 (NEW!) Free Introductory Magick Course: https://www.magick.me/p/why-magick 🌌 See you in class! ✨

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