He will be a staff for the righteous with which for them to stand and not to fall,

and he will be the light of the nations and the hope of those whose hearts are troubled.

All who dwell on the earth will fall down and worship him,

and they will praise and bless and celebrate with song, the Lord of Spirits.

First Enoch, chapter 48, verses 4 through 5. The modern world doesn't acknowledge,

but is nevertheless haunted by spirits, angels, demons, and saints. In our time, many yearn to

break free of the prison of a flat, secular materialism, to see and to know reality as it truly is. What is this spiritual reality

like? How do we engage with it well? How do we permeate everyday life with spiritual presence?

Orthodox Christian priests, Father Andrew Stephen Damich, and Father Stephen DeYoung,

host this live call-in show, focused on enchantment in creation,

the union of the scene and unseen as made by God and experienced by mankind throughout history.

Welcome to the Lord of Spirits.

Christ has risen. He truly is risen. Good evening. Giant killers, dragon slayers,

Hamad, Hack hackers. You are listening

to the Lord of Spirits podcast. My co-host, Father Stephen DeYoung, the overeducated marsh troll,

is with me straight from the swamp in Lafayette, Louisiana. And I'm Father Andrew Stephen

Damak in Emmaus, Pennsylvania, perched precariously atop the Arcane Tower of podcasting, hovering

dozens, dozens of stories above a disused gateway to the underworld. And we are live. And if you're listening to us live, you can call us 855-237-234-6. You can talk to us. We're going to get your calls beginning in the second half. And Mike, tin pan, deadpan, Dagan, will be taking your calls. I should say, by the way, just as a side comment, that we have sold out all of the rooms for the Lord of Spirits Conference.

But there's still plenty of commuter tickets available.

So you can head to store.

com slash events to get yours.

That's the first weekend of October at the Antiochian village. Then you could just go goblin mode and sleep in your car and come wandering into the village every day. You may not sleep in. Well, if you're going to sleep in your car, you may not be in the parking lot of the village. They will find you. They will expel you. You're not a cop. Come on, man. The local constabulary will be contacted.

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