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On the night before this episode of Weird Studies was released, a bunch of folks on the Internet performed a collective magickal working. Prompted by the paranormal investigator Greg Newkirk, they watched the final episode of the documentary series Hellier at the same time -- 10:48 PM EST -- in order to see what would happen. Listeners who are familiar with this series, of which Newkirk is both a protagonist and a producer, will recall that the last episode features an elaborate attempt at gate opening involving no less than Pan, the Ancient Greek god of nature. If we weren\'t so cautious (and humble) in our imaginings, we at Weird Studies might consider the possibility that this episode is a retrocausal effect of that operation. In it, we discuss the show that took the weirdosphere by storm last year, touching on topics such as subterranean humanoids, the existence of "Ascended Masters," Aleister Crowley\'s secret cipher, the Great God Pan, and the potential dangers of opening gates to other worlds ... or of leaving them closed.

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Karl Pfeiffer (director), Hellier
\\nPhilip K. Dick, Valis
\\nWeird Studies episode 12 - The Dark Eye: On the Films of Rodney Ascher
\\nJohn Benson Brooks, American musician
\\nPhil Ford, Dig: Sound and Music in Hip Culture
\\nThelema
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\\nGematria
\\nJohn Keel, The Mothman Prophecies
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