What if ghosts, cryptids, demons, and even aliens are not what we think they are—but carefully crafted illusions projected by an ancient, manipulative intelligence?In this mind-bending conversation, Sean Patrick Hazlett and Nathaniel Gillis explore how this intelligence manipulates belief, rewrites perceptions, and may even inhabit a reality outside our own—slipping in and out at will.
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The Skin That Crawl
A Moment Called Man
Biography
Nathaniel Gillis is a religious demonologist and author. After living in a haunted house, Nathaniel spent 20 years researching what it was he encountered. Nathaniel is the founder of Preternatural Epiphenomenal Philosophy. He has sought to redefine the nature of haunting phenomena, ghosts, and high strangeness. He's often quoted for his concept of the demonic. "The reason they are playing by different rules is because they are playing a different game."
Sean Patrick Hazlett’s Books
Weird World War III
Weird World War IV
Weird World War: China
Hell’s Well
Alien Abattoir and Other Stories
The Post-Apocalyptic Tourist’s Guide to the Mojave Desert
Intro: "Mark of the Doomslayer" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio
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