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Luke Eastwood joins us this week to discuss his book "Samhain: The Roots of Halloween" and the Irish genesis of the holiday. A practicing Druid and founder of the Irish Druid Network, Luke brings a unique perspective on the topic. We discuss how the modern celebration of Halloween is derived from the ancient festival of the dead in Ireland known as Samhain. Eastwood contends it is from Ireland that most of the Halloween traditions we have in the West have been inherited. Delving into the ancient past, our guest this week uncovers the history of this festival in Britain and Ireland, including the forgotten goddess Tlachtga and the sacred temple of the Druids in county Meath, named after her, where the first Halloween fires were originally lit. We discuss how this time of year it is believed the veil is thin, how candles are lit on Samhain to invite in the spirits of the dead, how fairies are real and can be found all over Ireland, and what this festival means to the pagan Irish and Druid class. 

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Author, speaker, and truthseeker Ken Ammi makes his Blurry Creatures debut to opine on what he thinks the Bible outlines for the classification of spiritual and angelic creatures. What does the Bible say about angelic beings? How can we classify and identify these in the heavenly hierarchy? What is the difference between an Angel and a Cherub? Was Satan a fallen angel or a higher class entity? Ken gives us his opinion on the blurry creatures of the scriptures and heavenlies. 

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Fritz Zimmerman returns to Blurry Creatures, this time to talk about Fairies. An author and expert on the ancient mound builders of North America, Zimmerman is most famous for spending 15 years obsessively canvassing the Ohio Valley to document more than 700 ancient burial mounds. His newest endeavor ties the legendary Fairy people to lore and traditions across the globe--and in some situations to the mounds themselves. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Fairies is Fritz's compilation of more than 700 documented stories and encounters with Fairies and he unpacks it with us. What are these fairies? What do we know about them? Tune in now.  

Guest: Fritz Zimmerman 

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