Heretics by Woven Energy

In this episode we discuss significant events that occur between the end of the Han Dynasty and the beginning of the Son... Read more

We take a short break from China to explore Mithraism, a secret society within the Roman Empire, and its close relations... Read more

Is Aikido a cult? In this episode we divert our attention briefly to the difficult subjects of Aikido and Omotokyo, exam... Read more

This week we take a short break to talk about Brexit, the meaning of sovereignty, the Miasma, and the state of British a... Read more

In the final part of the origins of Jiu Jitsu and Kempo we look at the role of the Yakuza in the 80s and 90s, as well as... Read more

Mongolian Wrestling is one of the three warrior arts of the Naadam that originated from Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empi... Read more

The Book of Genesis disagrees in many ways with both modern Christianity and modern Judaism. It also incorporates many e... Read more

We continue our brief foray into Mithraism by looking at the role of the Roman emperors, the stars and the tauroctony in... Read more

The Rosicrucianism that developed at the beginning of the Fifteenth Century did not spring into existence from nowhere. ... Read more

We turn our attention to the founder of Rosicrucianism, Christian Rosenkreutz, his times, and his relationship to Martin... Read more

This episode is about Song Dynasty arms and armour. This is a slightly shortened version of the episode from which a few... Read more

Two powerful women, one a christian of the Nestorian Heresy, ran the Mongol Empire in the years before Kublai and his el... Read more

In this first episode of our new series on Wicca, we look at the historical origins of Wicca in the New Forest Coven in ... Read more

In this episode we examine the work of the Confucian Scholar Zhu Xi, who lived during the time period we have reached in... Read more

Continuing our examination of the origins of Jiu Jitsu and Kempo, covering the years 1850 to 1963. We also branch out in... Read more

In this episode we delve into the convoluted and unusual world of the Shinshukyo, which are often mistranslated as "Japa... Read more

Qin Shi Huangdi's name, Qin (Chin), is the origin of the word China, and with good reason - he was the man who unified t... Read more

A discussion of how ancient elites used the figure of Adam's first wife Lilith as the ancient "Bogey Man" to preserve th... Read more

We examine the life of Yue Fei's best friend, General Han Shizhong, and the circumstances immediately following the deat... Read more

In part 3 of our series on Xing Yi, we look at how the Li movement influenced Yue Fei and other Song generals in formula... Read more