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Yes, I spelled that correctly. This isn’t a podcast about “fairies,” as most of you know them. This is about the Radical Faeries, a global movement of queer spiritualists—LGBT (and some cis-straight people) searching for the spirit that lies inside their sexual identities. In this series, I get to know the Radical Faeries of Vermont. Join me as I attempt to understand their lives and lifestyles. I found their stories illuminating for me, as a gay man. I hope they will be for you also, whatev ...
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This Wyrd World

Tansy Baigent

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A podcast exploring the nature of reality; from the seen to the unseen. This show is about looking into the Wyrd aspects of our World; from astrology, mysticism, and magic to the material aspects; the systems and structures of society, in order to look deeper for insight, answers and solutions to the problems facing our world in order to map out a vision for a brighter future.
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Signum Symposia

Signum University

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Signum Symposia comprise a collection of conversations across a wide range of topics appealing to both fans and scholars of literature. Episodes include chats with members of Signum's world class faculty, presentations by students in our Masters program and interviews with some of the leading lights in academic and popular circles. With a rich variety of topics and speakers, there is bound to be something here for everyone.
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Namaste, I am Gael. My podcast is about Love Light and Universal Harmony and how they are to me A Universal Trinity of Health and Evolution. I am an Artist. A Painter, a Poet and a Musician. I am also a Fervent Practitionner of Buddhist Meditation and through the years, by Focusing on my Breath of Life and Heart Center I have reached an Understanding of Life rooted in Pure Energy. Like a Cosmic Flower or a Cosmic Tree breathing from my Heart Center to my Roots and vice-versa, breathing from ...
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This recording from September 28, 2024. Signum University presents Thesis Theater with Peter DeVault on Saturday, September 28, 2024 at 10am ET. Modern metrical analysis of Germanic alliterative poetry (GAP) has invariably proceeded from edited texts in which the poem is represented visually as verses on a printed page or screen. Of course, that is…
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This recording from September 9, 2024. Signum University presents Thesis Theater with Julia Stowe on Saturday, September 14, 2024 at 10am ET. The concepts of time and eternity, and the words that are used to express them, have significant influence over a culture. This thesis examines how the understanding of these concepts changed in early Germani…
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This recording from August 10, 2024. Signum University presents Thesis Theater with Robert Black on Saturday, August 10, 2024 at 4pm ET. This paper proposes to compare once again the heroes Beowulf and Böðvarr Bjarki, using linguistics and critiques of the heroes to build on the traditional approaches of comparison through folktale, etymological, a…
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In this episode, host Tansy Baigent returns to the microphone to delve into the fascinating world of shamanism. Tansy, a seasoned shamanic practitioner with over a decade of experience, explores the essence of shamanism, its traditions, and its universal presence across cultures. She discusses the core belief that everything holds spirit, from anim…
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This recording from July 13, 2024. Signum University presents Thesis Theater with Celesta Clegg on Saturday, July 13, 2024 at 5pm ET. Germanic reworkings of Genesis material present a glimpse into the Christian doctrine and societal understandings of the medieval culture in which the texts were composed. This thesis serves as an analysis and synthe…
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This recording from May 10, 2024. Signum University Graduate School presents Thesis Theater with Shannon Choudhari on Tuesday, May 10, 2024 at 5pm ET. “I wonder what you’ve been up to?”: The Notion Club Papers and Tolkien’s Vision of Creative Mysticism Since it’s publication in 1992, Tolkien’s unfinished time-travel story The Notion Club Papers has…
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This recording from May 7, 2024. Signum University Graduate School presents Thesis Theater with Trevor Brierly on Tuesday, May 7, 2024 at 2pm ET, on the subject of Tolkien's "Vision of Faërie" in "Smith of Wootton Major." Tolkien's story "Smith of Wootton Major", written in 1965, and an accompanying essay written at the same time, provide a rich un…
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This recording from April 11, 2024. Signum MA student Timothy Francis will present his thesis “Administrative Art as Genre in Kafka, Tooker, and Ravn” and respond to questions from the audience in an interactive Thesis Theater. The discussion will be facilitated by Timothy’s thesis supervisor, Dr. Gabriel Schenk. Abstract This thesis explores burea…
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This recording from April 5, 2024. Abstract J. R. R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth has long been praised for its sense of depth, but Tolkien’s creation has often been criticized, especially by Marxist critics, for its lack in depicting economic realities and for providing a reactionary fantasy to soothe bourgeois anxieties about a changing world. However,…
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This recording from March 22, 2024. Abstract Dark Academia (DA), as a genre, is an offshoot of academic fiction that has become prominent over the last decade. After defining DA and exploring its roots, I dive into Intertextuality to ask why modern authors have chosen DA as their genre of choice as they reimagine elements of classic works. The work…
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This recording is from Signum University Annual Fundraising Webathon, December 9, 2023. If you want to watch the recordings of the full event, check the 2023 Fundraising campaign playlist here. • Signum University Annual Fundraising ... This year's campaign announcement • Signum University's Fall Fundraising ... Support Signum University https://si…
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This recording from October 6, 2023. Signum MA student Kira Tregoning will present her thesis “More Complicated Than They Seem: The Semantic and Contextual Meaning of Homeric Epithets” and respond to questions from the audience in an interactive Thesis Theater. The discussion will be facilitated by Kira’s thesis supervisor, Dr. Gabriel Schenk. The …
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Have you ever seen a ghost? Or are you intrigued by the tales of these non-physical apparitions? In this episode Tansy speaks with guests Jacqueline Allen and Zoe Shomaker about the nature of ghosts, how to maintain good boundaries and Zoe shares some of her ghostly experiences. If you like the show please do subscribe and leave a review. If you wo…
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Imagine sitting around the fire and following along with a living story of pain and challenge to healing and presence. A beautiful 'fireside' chat about connection, trust, spirit, life and overcoming pain with guests Colleen Putnam and Jacqueline Allen, and your host Tansy Baigent Colleen shares her journey of contracting Lymes Disease and her path…
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A rich and wonderful conversation about the experience of 'altered states' of consciousness; exploring, particularly, those brought on by medicine (hallucinogenics), sudden shifts in perspective (disorientation), and ritual. This conversation is one woven with the thoughts and voices of This Word World host, Tansy Baigent, and her guest beautiful g…
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This recording from August 1st, 2023. Signum MA student Gina Petrone will present her thesis “‘Let Me In!’ Vampirism in Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights” and respond to questions from the audience in an interactive Thesis Theater. The discussion will be facilitated by Gina’s thesis supervisor, Dr. Sara Brown. Abstract In Emily Brontë’s novel Wuther…
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This recording from July 29, 2023. Signum MA student Christoph Schabert will present his thesis “Mágus saga jarls: A Digital Edition” and respond to questions from the audience in an interactive Thesis Theater. The discussion will be facilitated by Christoph’s thesis supervisor, Dr. Paul Peterson. Abstract An Old Norse-Icelandic genre that has long…
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This recording from July 30, 2023. Signum MA student Patrick Lyon will present his thesis “Merry Old Englyn: The Familiar and the Strange in The Old English Rhyming Poem” and respond to questions from the audience in an interactive Thesis Theater. The discussion will be facilitated by Patrick’s thesis supervisor, Dr. Paul Peterson. Abstract The Old…
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Find out about the new courses offered at Signum University this coming Summer Term (May 1 – July 30) and meet the professors who will be teaching them! Representatives from the courses will be on hand to explain how the classes work, what people can expect if they sign up, and answer questions from the live audience. The Summer 2023 Courses: Pleas…
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Thesis Theater: Jennifer Ewing, “The Promises to the Overcomer” This recording from April 3rd, 2023. Signum MA student Jennifer Ewing will present her thesis “The Promises to the Overcomer: The Gifts and Rewards Given to the Fellowship in The Lord of the Rings” and respond to questions from the audience in an interactive Thesis Theater. The discuss…
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This recording from December 1, 2022. Find out about the new courses offered at Signum University this coming Spring Term (January 9 – April 2) and meet the professors who will be teaching them! Representatives from the courses will be on hand to explain how the classes work, what people can expect if they sign up, and answer questions from the liv…
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This is Part 1 of the separate recordings from The 2022 Fall Fundraising Campaign Finale, recorded on November 19, 2022. Our teaching programs Signum Graduate School https://signumuniversity.org/degree-p... Signum Academy Clubs https://signumuniversity.org/non-degr... Mythgard Institute https://mythgard.org/ SPACE Signum Portals for Adult Continuin…
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In this episode Tansy and Diomira Rose D'Agostino discuss the separation of the path of human and faerie, and express their own individual experiences of communicating with Gaia, nature beings and spirits, and the felt experience of feeling a lost home in the realms of the fae. Diomira Rose D'Agostino works closely with nature (Gaia) and natures' s…
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This episode of This Wyrd World is the first to have been recorded for youtube, and features Jacqueline and Tansy's conversation, a vulnerable recounting by Tansy of her experience of losing her father, and two brief retellings, by Jacqueline, of the myths of Persephone and Orpheus. If you would like to find out more about Jacqueline go to: https:/…
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This recording from September 5, 2022. Signum MA student Nadia Schafer will present her thesis “One Strange (s) Elf: Deep Ecology, Decolonization and the Radical Hope of Legolas Greenleaf ” and respond to questions from the audience in an interactive Thesis Theater. The discussion will be facilitated by Nadia’s thesis supervisor, Dr. Sara Brown. Ab…
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This recording from August 25, 2022. Find out about the new courses offered at Signum University this coming Fall Term (August 29 – November 20) and meet the professors who will be teaching them! Representatives from the courses will be on hand to explain how the classes work, what people can expect if they sign up, and answer questions from the li…
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In this episode I am telling you about "Medici The Magnificent" a movie which has revived the Light and Energy in my Artist's Sense of Vision, about the Eye's Iris as the Center of Reception and Perception of Cosmic Energy for our entire beings and about the Chinese discipline of Qigong and Martial Art Tai Chi to acquire Inner Balance and Harmony i…
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In this episode I am telling you about how I regained my Divine Feminine Power through Freyja's Magic and my Memory of Love from past incarnations, Freyja being the Scandinavian Goddess of Love, Beauty, Fertility, Sex, War, and Seiðr which in Norse Paganism means Magic for seeing and influencing the future.…
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In this episode I offer you 2 Healing Breath Healing Methods, the first one in the Palatine Uvula, the second one in the Tip of the Nose and I share with you the wisdom from * The Green Witch : Your Complete Guide to the Natural Magic of Herbs, Flowers, Essential Oils and More * by Arin Murphy-Hiscock (End of chapter 1).…
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Thesis Theater: Jacob R. Schreiner, "Sub-creation Through Speech-Acts in Tolkien’s Legendarium" This recording from June 1, 2022. Signum MA student Jacob R. Schreiner will present his thesis “The Logos of Faith: Sub-creation Through Speech-Acts in Tolkien’s Legendarium” and respond to questions from the audience in an interactive Thesis Theater. Th…
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Thesis Theater: Miriam Davidson, "Nonviolent Countercurrents in Tolkien's Epic of War" This recording from May 26, 2022. Signum MA student Miriam Davidson will present her thesis “The Sword Not for its Sharpness: Nonviolent Countercurrents in Tolkien’s Epic of War” and respond to questions from the audience in an interactive Thesis Theater. The dis…
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Thesis Theater: Emily Austin, "The Road Gives Ever On: the Road Motif in Lord of the Rings" This recording from May 21, 2022. Signum MA student Emily Austin will present her thesis “The Road Gives Ever On: Following the Road Motif in The Lord of the Rings ” and respond to questions from the audience in an interactive Thesis Theater. The discussion …
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Thesis Theater: Taylor Johnson Guinan, "Ventures into the Land of the Dead in Children's Literature” This recording from May 7, 2022. Signum MA student Taylor Johnson Guinan will present her thesis “Only in Dying Life: Ventures into the Land of the Dead in Children’s Fantasy Literature” and respond to questions from the audience in an interactive T…
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In this episode, I am explaining to you how our Breath of Life can be perceived as a Divine Flame located in our Upper Forehead Chakra, I offer you an account of My Ascending Breath SUN Meditation and finally I share with you The Artistic and Truly Angelic Legacy of the Truly Blessed and Gifted Fra Angelico, an Artist I love, who was an Early Renai…
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This recording from April 22, 2022. Find out about the new courses offered at Signum University this coming Summer Term (May 2 – July 31) and meet the professors who will be teaching them! Representatives from the courses will be on hand to explain how the classes work, what people can expect if they sign up, and answer questions from the live audi…
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This recording from April 15th, 2022. Signum MA student Phil Knight will present his thesis “Drauma-Jóns Saga: A Digital Edition and Translation” and respond to questions from the audience in an interactive Thesis Theatre. The discussion will be facilitated by Phil’s thesis supervisor, Dr. Paul Peterson. Abstract: Though once long neglected and eve…
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This is the 4th and last part of the previous episode entitled Ascension and Aviation, Wings and Dreams. I am reading an excerpt from the "Tao Te Ching", its chapter entitled *Freedom* written by Chuang Tzu, followed by a commentary on how the Healing and to me Magical Powers of Harmony in Art have contributed to protecting healing guiding and upli…
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In this episode I am reading a faery tale story from a book of Swedish folk tales entitled "Bland Tomtar Och Troll / Among Gnomes and Trolls - in English", a popular Swedish folklore and faery tale collection published annually at Christmas time since 1907 and continuing to this day. "Leap The Elk and The Little Princess Tuvstarr or Cottongrass in …
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In this episode I describe and explain in more details, the purpose and aspect of each Lotus Flower symbol in the Rainbow of the 7 major Chakras within our Chakra System, I explain which crystals to use in their activation and I offer you a 7 Chakra Activation Meditation.Af Gaël Amour - Poet
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This episode is about ASCENCION as in Spiritual Ascencion and AVIATION as the material or technological medium by which Humanity’s historical dream of learning to take flight like birds, has been realized. This episode will be divided into 3 parts and this recording is the first part where I am telling you about the Virgin Mary who is the Patron Sa…
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In this episode I talk about the concept of The Divine Feminine or The Goddess and how it is essential for Humanity to learn anew that a Real Balance and Stability at all levels in our world can only exist if we abandon the idea that God is only masculine and that the Divine Feminine is secundary.Af Gaël Amour - Poet
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