Zola Jesus is the professional name of Time Lord TV comrade, Nika; the ideal guest for our official relaunch in podcast + YouTube series, as she is exemplary of our program's ethos: the intrinsic link between art and esotericism.

Nika's diverse accomplishments in music are imbued with a strong undercurrent of the esoteric. In this interview, she discusses the role of metaphysics as essential to the creative process and artistic practice. A range of schools of mysticism encompassing her eclectic spiritual philosophy are discussed including various sects of Zen Buddhism, Taro divination, Jungian Active Imagination, and astrological magic. These formidable topics are approached with airs of familiarity and accessibility because Nika has been a friend of the show for a very long time, and because of the sincerity with which spirituality is naturally embedded in Nika's personal and artistic values. It's a great show and it's great to be back. And we've adopted our official music intro with our theme song Beaut's Lobster Promenade!

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Special thanks to our new co-producer Christopher Comfort and to Tania, Andy, and Dylan.

This edition of Time Lord TV welcomes author, cartomancer, and historian Laetitia Barbier, We discuss her recent book “Tarot and Divination Cards: A Visual Archive.” Our conversation sheds novel revelations around the obscure and mysterious origins of the Tarot and their metaphysical trajectory through the ages. One of our best conversations yet on this remarkable topic, replete with Barbier’s demonstrations of the beautiful and often bizarre imagery of the Tarot.

Alix Brown and Luis Epstein of Daisy Glaze discuss their recent music video about the ghost of Elvis Presley. The conversation quickly escalates to prophetic dreams, contact with spirits on the astral plane, the Lunar Nodes, and ancestral healing.

Zumi and Cole premiere their music video for their side project, Crush. We then go on to discuss their experiments with ancient Egyptian rites including the magical properties of sexual fluids, the daily positions of the sun and the deities they herald, Kenneth Grant, and astral sex.

Maja D’Aoust, The White Witch of LA, joins us to discuss her recent book of vast research and personal experience with the idea of a “familiar,” a companion spirit to the practitioner of witchcraft. She discusses the various forms a familiar can take: parasitic demons, Solomonic servant, Shem HaMephorash Angels, the Guardian Daemon, or animals or rivers through whom such spirits operate. A fascinating talk about human relationships and communication capacities with disembodied entities.

The discussion of Angels, Aliens and their possibly distinguishing features continues with FLUCT, dance duo led by Monica Mirabile and Sigrid Paulsen. We explore myriad topics including the obscure origins of inspiration, and the influence of psychedelic experience.

One of the most bizarre stories we have ever heard in the history of classic cinema OR the occult. Christina Engelhardt joins Time Lord TV to discuss the surreal and terrifying encounters with trans-dimensional beings alongside legendary filmmaker Federico Fellini over several years, and the strange intervention of Carlos Castaneda within the narrative. All of this is detailed in her incredible book “Toward the Moon with Fellini.”

Musical Guest Rene Núñez Cabrera performs under his brilliant project Horoscope. We swap stories on growing up amidst families within streams of Santería, the magical tradition that pervades Cuban-American culture.