This occult object is "like spiritual Kevlar." Sheer Zed on Thai Magick | Nite Drift

Euphomet

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Personal Journals, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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*Advertising heard during this program is not personally endorsed by the host or producers unless otherwise stated. Ads are dynamically inserted and selected by our distribution partners. To learn more about how ads are chosen or to manage your ad preferences, visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices. To listen to this Euphomet program ad-free visit the Society of The Strange. Nite Drift is an independent production — a place where stories of the strange find their signal in the dark. The following episode of Nite Drift may explore themes or ideas some listeners could find unsettling. Listener discretion is advised. In this episode of Night Drift, Jim Perry hosts two captivating guests. First, Payton McCarty Simas delves into her book, "All of Them Witches: Fear, Feminism, and the American Witch Film," exploring the intersection of horror, feminism, and cultural narratives. [ Enjoy this show ad-free by joining ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠the Society of The Strange⁠⁠⁠ ] The conversation then shifts to Sheer Zed, who recounts his first mythic journey to Thailand. He shares his experiences participating in Thai magical rituals, highlighting the profound impact of these practices on his life. Sheer describes the Takrut belt, an occult object he calls 'spiritual Kevlar,' and discusses the transformative power of Thai magic. Works mentioned: Thai Tattoo Magick: The Initiatory Practices of the Thai Buddhist Magicians By Sheer Zed That Very Witch: Fear, Feminism, and the American Witch Film By Payton McCarty-Simas ******* Read this too: High Strangeness: Book One: 1967 Issue Occult America: White House Seances, Ouija Circles, Masons, and the Secret Mystic History of OurNation By Mitch Horowitz ******* Nite Drift is an Euphomet production for And,If Studios Hosted by Jim Perry Produced by Jim Perry, Kyle Gilmer, and Jon McEdward Edit, Original Music, and Sound Design by Jon McEdward Visualizer by Jack Dillaplain Cover Art by Jake Beautle Ad Network Director is Chelsey Weber Smith for And,If Studios Guest Booking by Michelle Freed Share your experience with Euphomet ⁠⁠⁠⁠Euphomet Contact Form⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠The Signal Hotline⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support Euphomet Join ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Society of The Strange⁠⁠ Subscribe on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠iTunes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@euphomet⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and #euphomet Transmissions received at [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The Between Great Lakes and a borderland, at the intersection of society and strange, we gather
0:44.9	here in the glow of the unknown, to commune with thinkers, explorers, and experiences of the
0:51.0	high strange, the seekers at the edge of it all.
0:54.7	This is Euphamette Night Drift, and I'm Jim Perry.
0:58.2	As the veil thins and Halloween draws near, the air is charged.
1:03.6	Not just with ghosts, but with the kind of magic that changes us, ritual, story, and the
1:09.9	choices we make in the dark. If you're here for the first
1:13.7	time in a while, thank you for listening to the return of Night Drift. I've missed this, missed
1:19.8	you, and I'm glad we're back together for it. Tonight we'll be joined by Shire Zed, author, Buddhist
1:27.1	shaman, musician, and artist, tracing
1:30.4	seven years of initiatory Thai tattoo magic in the slow work of transformation.
1:37.4	But first, Peyton McCarty Seamus, author, programmer, and film critic on how the witch
1:43.6	in American cinema mirrors our politics, our fears, and film critic on how the witch in American cinema mirrors our politics,
1:46.7	our fears, and our fantasies. A week ago, my fears, my fantasies became real. I took a trip with my
1:56.6	wife, Rachel. Between the Great Lakes, we drove through mid-Michigan, across Ontario, and into New York.
2:03.3	Our destination wasn't a place. It was the road itself. A drive along what historian Carl Kramer
2:10.9	called, a broad psychic highway, a thoroughfare of the occult, a road carving through central New York in which my friend
2:19.2	occult scholar Mitch Horowitz describes in his groundbreaking work, Occult America, as an area
2:24.8	that would prove pivotal in American culture, its influence vastly surpassing its size.
2:31.7	In the 19th century, this region came alive with fire. Not the kind that blackens
2:36.8	earth, but the fever of revelation. A place so scorched by religious passion that there was said to be
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