Metaphysics: A View Through The Veil

Oxford scholar Tobias Churton has written the first book to trace humanity's ideas of heaven across every culture and era — and the conversation goes places you won't expect. Why does hell begin as a fear of restless ancestors? Did atheism require civilization to exist? Is "Imagine" actually the most depressing song ever written? Churton is erudite, funny, and surprisingly candid about what he himself believes. Wide-ranging, thought-provoking, and genuinely hard to stop listening to.

What happens when a five-time degree holder, aerospace engineer, and lifelong student of the Mystery Schools sits across from you and tells you that magic and science are the same thing? You lean in — because he can prove it.
Phil Catalano, known simply as "The Wizard," brings one of the most fascinating dual perspectives I've encountered through the Veil. With degrees spanning parapsychology, psychology, anthropology, electrical engineering, and mechanical engineering — and a career that took him from NASA to JPL — Phil has spent over 60 years with a foot firmly planted in both the material world and the esoteric one. His father steered him into engineering to earn a living. Sister Helen, back in Catholic school, pointed him toward miracles. He never let go of either.
In this conversation, we explore how quantum entanglement is just the scientific world finally catching up to what the metaphysical world has always called bonding, why plasma — the fourth state of matter — may be the long-sought bridge between the physical and the etheric, and how everything, truly everything, is connected through a vast matrix of threads we are only just beginning to follow.
Phil shares his deep study of the Mystery Schools — the Golden Dawn, OTO, Rosicrucians, Freemasons, BOTA — alongside his work with ancient wisdom traditions, including the thousands-of-years-documented Taoist understanding of natural energies that Western science is only now beginning to quantify.
We also go deep into the big questions: Who is managing this planet, and why? Are ETs the good guys, the bad guys, or both? Why have we lost so much ancient knowledge — and was it taken from us deliberately? What does it mean that cliff drawings clearly show ETs living among us as part of society? And what happens when we die — is there even such a thing?
Phil is a teacher, craftsman, engineer, and shaman drum-maker who has helped over 500 people build their own ceremonial drums. He is generous with what he knows, passionate about what he is still discovering, and absolutely certain of one thing: we always have been able to move forward. We always do.
PHIL CATALANO, THE WIZARD
Phil Catalano's background is remarkably interdisciplinary. He holds five Bachelor of Science degrees from the University of Massachusetts and other universities in multidisciplinary fields, including Parapsychology, Anthropology, Psychology, Electrical Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering. An Aerospace Engineer by profession, Phil has worked with NASA/JPL, Lockheed Martin, Ball Aerospace, Boeing, Raytheon, and other major aerospace organizations.
Alongside his scientific career, he has spent more than 60 years studying metaphysical and paranormal subjects, including work with Mystery Schools, Alchemy, Ancient Wisdom traditions, Occult Sciences, and ET/UFO research and investigations. Phil's unique integration of science, engineering, and esoteric studies offers a rare and compelling perspective on how all things are interconnected.

What if ancient Egypt held the roadmap for exactly what we're living through right now? Fotoula Adrimi, Greek spiritual teacher, healer, and author of Sacred Mysticism of Egypt, joins me to explore the golden age of Egypt — a time when humanity was clairvoyant, connected to the cosmos, and building monuments aligned with the stars. We talk past lives, the prophecy of Zep Tepi, the myth of Horus and Set as a mirror for today's chaos, and the three signs the ancients said would mark humanity's return to the light. Spoiler: two have arrived. We're still waiting on the third. This one will stay with you.
Fotoula Adrimi

Fotoula Adrimi, BA(Hons), MSc, is a director of the ISIS School of Holistic Health, an international school of healing arts, spiritual development, and inner transformation through vibrational energy work, enlightened teachings, shamanism, and meditation. She is part of the global network of Shamanic Teachers under Sandra Ingerman and part of Shaman's Directory. Since 2014, Fotoula has been serving as a Membership Secretary and Trustee of the Theosophical Society – The Glasgow Lodge. Fotoula lives and works in Glasgow, Scotland, has taught in Germany and the Netherlands, and has led spiritual pilgrimages to Egypt. Her first book, The Golden Book of Wisdom: Ancient Spirituality and Shamanism for Modern Times, is an Amazon UK bestseller.

Before you had words, before you had memory, your soul arrived with a purpose. And in the same breath, the forgetting began.
Deep within each of us churns a restless, aching longing — powered by a higher intelligence, speaking a language older than thought. It isn't a problem to be solved. It is your soul, calling you home.
Yet from our very first breath, we begin absorbing the world's conditions — unspoken, generational, relentless — quietly teaching us to trade our true nature for belonging, survival, and love. Left unchallenged, those inherited wounds don't just shape us. They become us.
Dr. Chris Sansone — PhD, trauma coach, and past life regression therapist — joins Barb Crowley to illuminate the sacred intelligence hidden inside your deepest pain. Together they explore the wound of birth, inherited lovelessness, the tyranny of shame, and why the ego was never meant to run the show.
Because your soul has never forgotten who you truly are. It has never stopped whispering.
The only question is — are you finally ready to listen? 
DR. CHRIS SANSONE

Chris Sansone is a life, leadership, and spiritual coach—and a certified past life regression guide—with 28 years of experience supporting people through life-defining challenges and seasons of change. His work invites individuals, couples, and groups to listen beneath the noise of daily life, uncover what the soul is truly longing for, and gently heal the old patterns that keep them small.
With a PhD in Human Development, coaching certification through the Co-Active Training Institute (CTI), training in trauma response, and certification in past life regression therapy, Chris blends grounded developmental insight with spiritual practice to create meaningful, transformative experiences. 
He is the author of Longing: A Pilgrimage to Your Quiet Power Within.
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In this fascinating and far-reaching conversation, astrologer and author Carmen Turner-Sehott joins me to explore the profound astrological shifts shaping our world in 2025 and 2026. Carmen explains how Pluto's movement into Aquarius marks a monumental generational change that will impact humanity for the next twenty years, bringing cataclysmic transformation to our relationship with technology, government structures, and hidden truths.
We dive deep into the outer planets and their slow-moving influence on global events, discussing how Saturn, Neptune, and Uranus are creating unprecedented cosmic alignments that astrologers have never witnessed before. Carmen shares her insights on the rare Saturn-Neptune conjunction at zero degrees Aries happening in February, a configuration that promises to end one era and begin another in ways we cannot yet predict.
Our conversation takes intriguing turns as we explore the intersection of ancient wisdom and modern technology, from the explosion of artificial intelligence and its environmental impact to the possibility of extraterrestrial disclosure. Carmen connects astrological patterns to historical events, showing how Uranus in Gemini has coincided with major wars throughout history, and what that might mean for our current period extending through 2032.
We also touch on the mysterious connections between ancient civilizations and their advanced technology, the significance of different blood types in relation to extraterrestrial contact, and why certain people seem destined to be here during these transformative times. Carmen offers practical advice for navigating the chaos ahead while sharing her optimism that these disruptions are ultimately leading us toward a profound awakening about what truly matters in life.
Carmen Turner Schott

Carmen Turner-Schott, MSW, LCSW, LISW is the founder of Deep Soul Divers Astrology. She has been a practicing psychological astrologer for over 30 years, licensed clinical social worker, best-selling author, and teacher with national and international clientele. She is self-taught and began studying astrology at the age of 16 and began doing consultations at the age of 19.
She received her undergraduate degree in psychology from Fontbonne University in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1997. She completed her Master of Social Work degree at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri in 1999.
She is an author and has written twelve books: Astrology's Zodiac Archetypes, Your Astrological Energy: Maximize the Power of Your Birth Chart, Astrology's Magical Nodes of the Moon, Moon Signs, Houses, and Healing, Phoenixes and Angels: Mastering the Eighth and Twelfth Astrological Houses, The Mysteries of the Twelfth Astrological House, Sun Signs, Houses, and Healing, The Mysteries of the Eighth Astrological House, A Practical Look at the Planets through the Houses and A Deeper Look at the Sun Signs, Astrology from a Christian Perspective and Astrology Awareness: A Compilation of Articles.
She specializes in psychological astrology and offers in-depth consultations for individuals, couples, teens, and families. She is known for her work using astrology as a tool working with survivors of trauma and using astrology as a healing tool in the helping professions.
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