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Divine Magic: The Doctor Dahesh Chronicles

Divine Magic: The Doctor Dahesh Chronicles

Written by: Mario Henri Chakkour
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 Welcome to Divine Magic: The Doctor Dahesh Chronicles — the companion podcast to The Daheshist Theory of Reincarnation. I’m your host, Mario Henri Chakkour. In this show, I delve into books, articles, podcasts, and just about any form of media — whether mainstream or obscure — that touches on the life, legacy, and portrayal of Doctor Dahesh, the pen name of Salim Moussa Achi, who passed away on April 9, 1984.StudioView Interactive, LLC Social Sciences Spirituality
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  • Episode 3 1/2: The Smoking Gun That Backfires

    Episode 3 1/2: The Smoking Gun That Backfires
    Nov 14 2025
    Episode 3½ – The Smoking Gun That Backfires

    A short interlude with bite.

    In this special mini-episode of Divine Magic, we respond to Episode 71 of Drafting the Past, where Dr. Raphael Cormack claims to have found a “smoking gun” proving that the Daheshist side once lied — while the anti-Daheshist side told the truth. But when we examine his method — the vague sourcing, the lack of citation, the walk-back — the “smoking gun” starts to misfire.

    We explore how Cormack frames the narrative, how he dismisses broader context, and how one alleged name-swap in a pamphlet becomes, in his words, a "reasonably scientific" test case. Along the way, we meet a real historical saboteur: Abd al-Raheem al-Shareef al-Khaleely — a former follower turned collaborator in the smear campaign.

    This isn't just a rebuttal. It's a challenge to intellectual shortcuts and a reminder of the real war being waged — not just over reputation, but over truth itself.



    Listener Advisory: Some episodes of Divine Magic: The Doctor Dahesh Chronicles include historically documented material that touches on sensitive themes such as coercion, moral corruption, and emotional exploitation. These accounts are shared for the sake of truth and justice — not for shock. Listener discretion is advised.
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    12 mins
  • Episode 3: Poisoning the Well

    Episode 3: Poisoning the Well
    Nov 10 2025
    Divine Magic: The Doctor Dahesh Chronicles — Episode 3: Poisoning the Well

    In this third installment, we show how — based on his own printed words — Raphael Cormack’s overarching goal is to keep the world safe for scientific materialism by scapegoating Doctor Dahesh.

    To do so, he relies on a post-war smear book… and the network behind it… that poisoned the well of public opinion — a book he treated as credible academic source material, despite its roots in state-sponsored slander.

    Too bad. Because central to our defense of Doctor Dahesh is The Expelled Traitor —
a 722-page 1979 volume of facsimiles, letters, sworn testimony, legal filings, and rare archival documents.
It vindicates Doctor Dahesh… and obliterates Cormack’s narrative.

    If only he had read it.
If only he had interviewed even one Daheshist — or anyone who actually knew Doctor Dahesh. Whether friend or fiend.

    Instead, he revived discredited claims and legitimized them.
His 2024 book leans on recycled propaganda, while ignoring or omitting The Expelled Traitor — to keep the world safe for materialism.

    Rather than speculate, we anchor this episode in primary sources:


    – Farida Kattan’s 1936 letters warning that Abd al-Raheem al-Shareef was poisoning her son against Dahesh


    – A 1945 letter from Al-Shareef to Youssef Malak, on official letterhead


    – Marie Hadad’s 1946 rebuttal to the tabloid lies about her daughter Magda


    – And others

    These documents reveal misattributed agency, manufactured narratives, and a pattern of citation that elevates hostile texts while sidelining contemporaneous rebuttals.

    We also examine the responsibilities of scholars — and readers — in cases like this.
When lives and legacies are on the line, due diligence and fair representation matter.

    Episode 3 isn’t an exercise in nostalgia.
    
It’s a call for source hygiene.

    By returning to the original materials — especially The Expelled Traitor — we begin to challenge the storyline that painted Doctor Dahesh as a fraud and moral deviant.

    The result? A clearer, documented picture of how the well was poisoned —
and what it takes to begin cleansing it.

    But that’s not all.
    
Stay tuned for Episode 4.

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    Listener Advisory: Some episodes of Divine Magic: The Doctor Dahesh Chronicles include historically documented material that touches on sensitive themes such as coercion, moral corruption, and emotional exploitation. These accounts are shared for the sake of truth and justice — not for shock. Listener discretion is advised.
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    2 hrs and 19 mins
  • Episode 2: The Fifth Horseman

    Episode 2: The Fifth Horseman
    May 26 2025
    In this second installment of Divine Magic: The Doctor Dahesh Chronicles, I — Mario Henri Chakkour, standing on the shoulders of giants — confront one of the most disturbing aspects of Raphael Cormack’s portrayal of Doctor Dahesh: the marginalization of a prophet, and the whitewashing of the regime that persecuted him.

    I begin by examining how Cormack’s book, Holy Men of the Electromagnetic Age, leans on biased sources and omits critical context — including the systemic corruption that silenced Daheshists, the weaponization of the press by Lebanon’s ruling elite, and the brutal imprisonment of believers like Marie Hadad.

    Drawing from historical documents, personal testimony, and previously untold stories, I challenge the narrative that frames the Daheshist movement as fringe fanaticism.

    This episode also explores the moral cost of spiritual silence — how complicity, fear, and denial allowed this injustice to fester once more, now resuscitated by a renowned British scholar.

    And for those who think this is merely a historical review — think again. What unfolds here is a test for us all, and a reminder of the far-reaching consequences of smothering a spiritual truth.

    Let this be the beginning of a deeper reckoning — one that will intensify in future episodes as I expose how Cormack’s work relies on a deeply flawed echo chamber of slanderous sources, and a rush to judgment that quotes Doctor Dahesh out of context.

    God willing, the story of Doctor Dahesh is not over. That would be a loss reaching far beyond the Daheshist community.

    Listener Advisory: Some episodes of Divine Magic: The Doctor Dahesh Chronicles include historically documented material that touches on sensitive themes such as coercion, moral corruption, and emotional exploitation. These accounts are shared for the sake of truth and justice — not for shock. Listener discretion is advised.
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    1 hr and 2 mins
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