Mesmerism

36.15 - MU Podcast - This Hollow Earth - Episode 06: The Coming Race and Vril Power

Mysterious UniverseOct 16, 2026

This installment of the This Hollow Earth saga dives into Edward Bulwer-Lytton's 1871 novel The Coming Race, the supposed fiction that introduced Vril, an all-powerful energy wielded by a winged subterranean race called the Vril-ya. The hosts retell the narrator's descent through a mine shaft into a lamp-lit underground city, his encounters with mechanical wings, healing and destroying staffs, and a race that survived an ancient deluge by fleeing underground. They explore claims that Nazi occultists in the Vril Society treated the novel as fact and launched expeditions to find entrances to the hollow earth.

Lance Baker & Mat Dragonstone | Reiki, Talismans, & The Pleiades Pendulum Set

The Higherside ChatsSep 7, 2026

Reiki healer and pendulum expert Lance Baker joins astrological magician Matt Dragonstone to discuss a talismanic Pleiades pendulum set they crafted, along with the history of pendulum divination and Lance's claim that Reiki cured a migraine that lasted nearly a decade. The conversation covers why the Seven Sisters appear in cultures worldwide, how talismans are timed to astrology, and whether practicing magic is dangerous, following the early deaths of occultists Gordon White and Tracy Twyman. Host Greg Carlwood closes by describing how he consecrated the pendulum and tried to contact his late friend Gordon White, reporting a mix of hits and misses.