1 00:00:06,006 --> 00:00:09,175 [ethereal music playing] 2 00:00:09,759 --> 00:00:14,431 [animals bellowing] 3 00:00:29,195 --> 00:00:32,032 -[upbeat rock music playing] -[bird twittering] 4 00:00:32,115 --> 00:00:33,950 -[beeps] -[woman] Clancy, it's your sister. 5 00:00:34,034 --> 00:00:36,453 You need to call me back right now. 6 00:00:36,536 --> 00:00:39,664 I... I'm frickin' peeved off, man. There's no reason that you're-- 7 00:00:39,748 --> 00:00:40,582 [clicks] 8 00:00:40,665 --> 00:00:42,417 [Captain] This is a message for Clancy Gilroy 9 00:00:42,500 --> 00:00:43,960 from Carl Traunch from Traunch Video. 10 00:00:44,044 --> 00:00:45,962 You're 17 days late on three video games. 11 00:00:46,046 --> 00:00:49,299 Please return our property, or we're gonna be forced to hire a bounty hunter, fucker. 12 00:00:49,382 --> 00:00:51,301 -[clicks, beeps] -[computer] Messages deleted. 13 00:00:51,384 --> 00:00:53,386 [whirring] 14 00:00:55,138 --> 00:00:56,806 [beeping] 15 00:00:56,890 --> 00:00:58,308 [computer] New subscriber, Master. 16 00:00:58,475 --> 00:01:00,185 [beeping] 17 00:01:00,268 --> 00:01:03,104 -It's your boy Daniel Hoops. -[Clancy] Daniel Hoops. 18 00:01:03,188 --> 00:01:05,106 -Welcome to my space site. -[Clancy] Damn. 19 00:01:05,190 --> 00:01:07,400 [Daniel] ♪ Hoops in a drought I need my scoops, no doubt ♪ 20 00:01:07,484 --> 00:01:08,985 ♪ Hoops in a drought I need my... ♪ 21 00:01:09,069 --> 00:01:13,656 Damn! Ice cream drought... That is brutal! 22 00:01:14,157 --> 00:01:17,327 ♪ My tongue is hot I'm trying to make my hot tongue cold ♪ 23 00:01:17,410 --> 00:01:19,829 ♪I don't mean to pout I'm in an ice cream drought ♪ 24 00:01:19,913 --> 00:01:22,832 I'll do whatever it takes. I'll get your creams. 25 00:01:22,916 --> 00:01:24,417 -[upbeat music playing] -[whirring] 26 00:01:24,501 --> 00:01:25,919 [computer] Good morning, Master. 27 00:01:26,002 --> 00:01:29,089 Did you get a chance to read the Universe Simulator FAQ 28 00:01:29,172 --> 00:01:31,299 -I left in your inbox? -No. 29 00:01:31,382 --> 00:01:34,427 Do you have a planet that has ice cream on it, 30 00:01:34,511 --> 00:01:35,929 like an ice cream world? 31 00:01:36,012 --> 00:01:37,722 [computer] Master, I don't mean to nag, 32 00:01:37,806 --> 00:01:40,934 -but simulator maintenance... -Oh, boy! Here we go again. 33 00:01:41,017 --> 00:01:44,479 ...is important for me not to wobble, so that I continue to function properly... 34 00:01:45,021 --> 00:01:47,190 Ice cream, there's got to be a planet with ice cream. 35 00:01:47,273 --> 00:01:49,859 -[computer] Master, I must insist. -Ask and you shall receive. 36 00:01:49,943 --> 00:01:53,613 -Ice Cream Planet. -Uh, Master? 37 00:01:53,696 --> 00:01:55,949 Let's do a quick ice cream scan. Do an ice cream scan. 38 00:01:56,032 --> 00:01:57,867 Initiating ice cream scan. 39 00:01:58,493 --> 00:02:03,414 My rapidly deteriorating sensors have honed in on this magical fishbowl man. 40 00:02:03,498 --> 00:02:06,126 Perfect. I'll get ice cream for Hoops and talk to a fish. Send me in. 41 00:02:06,209 --> 00:02:07,377 As you wish. 42 00:02:07,460 --> 00:02:10,255 Um, I stayed up all night making these new avatars. 43 00:02:10,338 --> 00:02:12,423 -Yeah, I know. -Corners. Chippy. 44 00:02:12,507 --> 00:02:14,467 Little-- Prim-- Tep-- Parspedewol-- 45 00:02:14,551 --> 00:02:17,595 -I want to be that little ad monkey. -Avatar selected. 46 00:02:17,846 --> 00:02:21,349 You chose Glorious Phoenix of Eternal Light. 47 00:02:24,644 --> 00:02:27,438 Merging with simulator in three, 48 00:02:27,522 --> 00:02:29,440 -two, one... -[whirring] 49 00:02:51,796 --> 00:02:54,674 [car alarm blaring] 50 00:02:58,928 --> 00:02:59,762 [alarm stops] 51 00:03:00,763 --> 00:03:02,515 [car alarm resumes] 52 00:03:02,599 --> 00:03:04,017 [gasps] 53 00:03:07,187 --> 00:03:10,565 -[high-pitched horn blaring] -[classical organ music playing] 54 00:03:13,568 --> 00:03:15,028 [rapid beeping] 55 00:03:17,155 --> 00:03:17,989 [snaps] 56 00:03:18,364 --> 00:03:19,490 [meowing] 57 00:03:20,450 --> 00:03:23,077 [meowing] 58 00:03:23,161 --> 00:03:25,997 [playing classical music] 59 00:03:26,706 --> 00:03:30,668 [meowing continues] 60 00:03:34,547 --> 00:03:35,423 [siren wailing] 61 00:03:38,885 --> 00:03:40,178 [screaming] 62 00:03:40,261 --> 00:03:42,222 [classical music continues] 63 00:03:49,771 --> 00:03:54,734 [playing Beethoven's Symphony No. 5] 64 00:03:58,905 --> 00:04:00,406 -[meowing] -[cat plays discordant notes] 65 00:04:01,324 --> 00:04:03,326 [playing "The Entertainer"] 66 00:04:08,414 --> 00:04:10,250 Ahoy! 67 00:04:10,667 --> 00:04:13,878 Captain, you got any ice cream on this big fun boat? 68 00:04:14,963 --> 00:04:18,508 If not, could I interview you for my spacecast? 69 00:04:19,133 --> 00:04:20,218 It goes into space. 70 00:04:22,095 --> 00:04:24,180 You know what? I'll just set up my drones. 71 00:04:24,597 --> 00:04:25,848 Should I just follow you? 72 00:04:25,932 --> 00:04:28,476 Is that a yes? Or a no? 73 00:04:28,559 --> 00:04:32,563 [low voice droning] 74 00:04:32,647 --> 00:04:35,233 [Clancy] Okay. We're goin' over here now. That's great. 75 00:04:35,817 --> 00:04:38,027 We're going in here now. This is great. 76 00:04:39,696 --> 00:04:41,406 Now you're doing that. It's great. 77 00:04:41,489 --> 00:04:42,991 [whooshing] 78 00:04:43,074 --> 00:04:43,908 This is great. 79 00:04:45,702 --> 00:04:48,037 Just a little explanation before we even start. 80 00:04:48,121 --> 00:04:49,747 Oh, we're starting. Oh, great. 81 00:04:49,831 --> 00:04:51,916 [Captain] Magic is what I am. 82 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:54,544 The reason that meditation is so important in magic 83 00:04:54,627 --> 00:04:57,130 is because whatever we fasten our attention on, 84 00:04:57,213 --> 00:04:59,257 that's the direction our energy is going to flow in, 85 00:04:59,340 --> 00:05:00,717 so when you're doing magic, 86 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:04,262 you want to keep your mind as single-pointedly focused 87 00:05:04,345 --> 00:05:06,806 on whatever you're trying to accomplish as possible. 88 00:05:06,889 --> 00:05:07,932 [Clancy] Huh. 89 00:05:08,016 --> 00:05:09,809 So, that's what meditation does. 90 00:05:09,892 --> 00:05:13,146 It trains your mind, you know, so it's not constantly scattered 91 00:05:13,229 --> 00:05:14,897 and going into all different directions 92 00:05:14,981 --> 00:05:16,983 and dispersing the energy you're trying to build up. 93 00:05:17,066 --> 00:05:19,736 Right. I know what you're talking about. I've read books on magic. 94 00:05:19,819 --> 00:05:21,571 I mean, Crowley, wow. 95 00:05:21,654 --> 00:05:24,282 But, Jesus, he sure comes across as somber sometimes. 96 00:05:24,365 --> 00:05:25,491 [Captain] Yes, he does. 97 00:05:25,575 --> 00:05:26,409 [Clancy] Lord. 98 00:05:26,492 --> 00:05:30,580 And it takes forever to sort of crack open what he's even saying. 99 00:05:30,747 --> 00:05:33,624 You know, you've got to learn so much other stuff 100 00:05:33,708 --> 00:05:37,420 before you can even begin to understand what the hell he's actually talking about 101 00:05:37,503 --> 00:05:40,506 a lot of times, because so much of it is written in a kind of code. 102 00:05:41,049 --> 00:05:45,261 Whoo! Yeah! You know, I've noticed a lot of magical stuff gets put into code. 103 00:05:45,345 --> 00:05:48,681 It's like they're trying to protect-- [grunts] 104 00:05:48,765 --> 00:05:51,768 Yeah, I've noticed that compared to some magical writings, 105 00:05:51,851 --> 00:05:54,062 some of the Eastern traditions seem way more simple. 106 00:05:54,145 --> 00:05:55,438 Yeah, and the reason for that 107 00:05:55,521 --> 00:05:59,025 is because when you're talking about Eastern traditions, Eastern paths, 108 00:05:59,108 --> 00:06:01,402 most of these practices are set up 109 00:06:01,486 --> 00:06:04,822 to lead you to this state of what they call "enlightenment," 110 00:06:04,906 --> 00:06:07,283 what in magic we'd call "crossing the abyss." 111 00:06:07,367 --> 00:06:12,121 Eastern traditions are focused on doing that over a period of several lifetimes. 112 00:06:12,205 --> 00:06:13,331 Hmm. 113 00:06:13,414 --> 00:06:17,126 Magic is like pouring jet fuel on that process. 114 00:06:17,210 --> 00:06:20,046 It aims to accomplish it in one lifetime. 115 00:06:20,463 --> 00:06:23,633 So, what you're trying to do is cram several lifetimes 116 00:06:23,716 --> 00:06:26,969 of spiritual and energetic experiences into one, 117 00:06:27,678 --> 00:06:30,765 and that can be a little overwhelming sometimes. 118 00:06:30,848 --> 00:06:32,642 [Clancy] That's right. And is that tantra? 119 00:06:32,725 --> 00:06:35,103 -That reminds me of tantra. It's-- -[Captain] Yes. 120 00:06:35,186 --> 00:06:38,523 It's... Tantra actually plays a huge role in certain aspects 121 00:06:38,606 --> 00:06:41,901 or certain traditions of magic like the OTO, you know, 122 00:06:41,984 --> 00:06:44,362 which Crowley was the head of whenever he died. 123 00:06:44,445 --> 00:06:46,447 [Clancy gasping] 124 00:06:46,531 --> 00:06:48,074 [Clancy stammers] 125 00:06:48,157 --> 00:06:49,200 I knew it! 126 00:06:49,283 --> 00:06:51,411 I notice you've been ordained in Rinzai Zen. 127 00:06:51,494 --> 00:06:52,662 Rinzai Zen Buddhism? 128 00:06:52,745 --> 00:06:56,457 Yes, it was the tradition that trained the samurai in ancient Japan. 129 00:06:56,541 --> 00:06:59,794 When I was in prison, I had a zen master that would come back and forth from Japan 130 00:06:59,877 --> 00:07:00,920 to the prison. 131 00:07:04,507 --> 00:07:07,552 And, you know, I sat zazen meditation for years, 132 00:07:07,635 --> 00:07:13,266 and, honestly, I did not get as much out of years of Eastern practices 133 00:07:13,349 --> 00:07:16,477 as I did months of ceremonial magic. 134 00:07:16,561 --> 00:07:18,354 And I think part of that... It's... 135 00:07:18,438 --> 00:07:21,232 They're both aiming at the same thing, but whenever we, 136 00:07:21,315 --> 00:07:23,401 especially someone coming from my background, 137 00:07:23,484 --> 00:07:27,321 just poor white trash from Arkansas who has no connection to, you know, 138 00:07:27,405 --> 00:07:31,117 any Eastern tradition at all, I had to learn that stuff from scratch. 139 00:07:31,200 --> 00:07:34,162 So it was like learning an entire different language. 140 00:07:34,245 --> 00:07:38,082 Whereas magic deals with Western iconography, symbolism, 141 00:07:38,166 --> 00:07:41,085 things that we've grown up having shoved into our psyche 142 00:07:41,169 --> 00:07:43,087 from the second we came into this world. 143 00:07:43,171 --> 00:07:46,674 So, I think part of us, some really deep, internal part, 144 00:07:46,757 --> 00:07:48,551 responds to it a lot quicker 145 00:07:48,634 --> 00:07:51,429 -than it does the Eastern traditions. -Oh, right! 146 00:07:51,512 --> 00:07:53,514 I've heard different versions of what you're saying. 147 00:07:53,598 --> 00:07:55,933 That's cool. For example, let's take Ganesh. 148 00:07:56,017 --> 00:07:56,851 You know, like... 149 00:07:56,934 --> 00:08:00,438 Or, no, maybe Hanuman, for example. You know, the monkey god. 150 00:08:00,521 --> 00:08:02,773 It's like, this is a very powerful symbol, 151 00:08:02,857 --> 00:08:06,694 but how many of us have had any real experience with monkeys in the wild? 152 00:08:06,777 --> 00:08:08,529 Yes, we didn't have many monkeys in Arkansas. 153 00:08:08,613 --> 00:08:10,281 [both chuckle] 154 00:08:10,364 --> 00:08:12,742 Too bad! I love 'em. They are annoying, though. 155 00:08:12,825 --> 00:08:13,868 [laughs, gasps] 156 00:08:13,951 --> 00:08:15,453 [screeching] 157 00:08:16,913 --> 00:08:18,164 -[squeals] -[both gasp] 158 00:08:19,123 --> 00:08:21,959 [screaming] 159 00:08:22,043 --> 00:08:25,129 -Whoo! Those are some bad fish. -Yeah. Ha. 160 00:08:26,631 --> 00:08:29,091 You know, I don't have very many friends 161 00:08:29,175 --> 00:08:31,052 -just because magic is my life. -For sure. 162 00:08:31,135 --> 00:08:34,138 I do this for hours a day. 163 00:08:34,222 --> 00:08:37,058 This is not something that I do as, like, a hobby... 164 00:08:37,141 --> 00:08:39,185 -[meows] -...or, you know, 165 00:08:39,268 --> 00:08:40,561 something on the side. 166 00:08:40,645 --> 00:08:44,565 -This is the focal point of my life. -Sweet darling! 167 00:08:44,857 --> 00:08:45,733 I can tell. 168 00:08:54,325 --> 00:08:55,201 [gasps] 169 00:08:55,284 --> 00:08:56,285 That's when I realized... 170 00:08:56,369 --> 00:08:58,704 That's why I wasn't miserable a lot of times 171 00:08:58,788 --> 00:09:00,831 when I was in prison, because even in there, 172 00:09:00,915 --> 00:09:04,919 in a hellish situation, I was doing what I was put here to do, which was magic. 173 00:09:05,002 --> 00:09:07,964 That alleviates a lot of suffering. 174 00:09:08,047 --> 00:09:12,009 And if people jump ahead too far, you can really blow your face off with this stuff, 175 00:09:12,093 --> 00:09:13,511 -so to speak, right? -[alarm blaring] 176 00:09:13,594 --> 00:09:15,137 What are the roots of magic? 177 00:09:15,221 --> 00:09:20,059 You know, magic, ceremonial magic, what we call high magic, 178 00:09:20,142 --> 00:09:25,773 um, originated in ancient Mesopotamia somewhere around 3500 BC. 179 00:09:26,274 --> 00:09:28,943 So, it is uniquely Western. 180 00:09:29,402 --> 00:09:32,363 That's not entirely the West, it's more the Middle East, 181 00:09:32,446 --> 00:09:34,115 because it originated in a part of the world 182 00:09:34,198 --> 00:09:38,786 that would now be, you know, present-day Iraq in a city called Nippur. 183 00:09:38,869 --> 00:09:41,914 What happened, the way we got it in Europe was 184 00:09:41,998 --> 00:09:44,458 whenever the Knights Templar were sent over there 185 00:09:44,542 --> 00:09:48,129 to escort pilgrims back and forth from the Holy Land to make sure 186 00:09:48,212 --> 00:09:50,256 they're not attacked by bandits, things like that. 187 00:09:50,756 --> 00:09:51,591 [cats meowing] 188 00:09:51,674 --> 00:09:54,093 -Your cats are really talented. -[Captain] Well, thank you. 189 00:09:54,176 --> 00:09:56,679 The Knights Templar come in contact with this current, 190 00:09:56,762 --> 00:09:59,140 and when I say "current," what I'm talking about... 191 00:09:59,223 --> 00:10:01,475 You know how in certain Buddhist traditions... 192 00:10:01,559 --> 00:10:03,769 -[Clancy] Yeah. -[Captain] ...like, say, Tibetan Buddhism, 193 00:10:03,853 --> 00:10:04,812 they talk about... 194 00:10:04,895 --> 00:10:06,397 -What's the word? Empowerments. -Sure. 195 00:10:06,480 --> 00:10:07,565 [high-pitched horn blaring] 196 00:10:07,648 --> 00:10:11,902 You know, it's like a current of energy passed along from master to student. 197 00:10:11,986 --> 00:10:14,614 Ceremonial magic is the exact same thing. 198 00:10:15,364 --> 00:10:18,451 The Knights Templar started receiving this current whenever they were there. 199 00:10:18,534 --> 00:10:20,161 That's how it makes its way back to Europe. 200 00:10:20,244 --> 00:10:21,996 Eventually makes its way to the United States 201 00:10:22,079 --> 00:10:24,457 through the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, 202 00:10:24,540 --> 00:10:26,917 which was the order that Crowley was a member of 203 00:10:27,001 --> 00:10:29,003 before he, you know, went off to the OTO. 204 00:10:29,086 --> 00:10:32,882 You had MacGregor Mathers, Dion Fortune, the poet WB Yeats. 205 00:10:32,965 --> 00:10:35,301 All of these people were members of the Golden Dawn. 206 00:10:35,384 --> 00:10:37,803 That's how this current makes its way to the US. 207 00:10:37,887 --> 00:10:38,721 One second. 208 00:10:40,723 --> 00:10:41,724 Hey, Steve! 209 00:10:42,433 --> 00:10:45,144 What the fuck? You need to shine that light in my fucking eyes? 210 00:10:45,227 --> 00:10:47,146 If that's how you're gonna talk to customers, 211 00:10:47,229 --> 00:10:50,941 I'll just take my ship full of cats and find another junk island. 212 00:10:51,025 --> 00:10:53,486 A ship full of cats? Ah, shit! 213 00:10:53,569 --> 00:10:54,904 My apologies! 214 00:10:54,987 --> 00:10:57,782 Look at all these wonderful gifts and gadgets here. 215 00:10:57,865 --> 00:11:01,869 We got a fresh printer, time slapper, some cans... 216 00:11:01,952 --> 00:11:02,828 And, ooh... 217 00:11:04,372 --> 00:11:05,456 you want that? 218 00:11:05,539 --> 00:11:09,085 A vintage enlil? That ain't cheap, pal. 219 00:11:09,418 --> 00:11:11,295 It's gonna be... five cats. 220 00:11:11,379 --> 00:11:14,674 He's bluffing. I can get it for three. Watch this. 221 00:11:14,757 --> 00:11:16,759 [cats meowing] 222 00:11:16,842 --> 00:11:18,552 -Three! -Five! 223 00:11:18,636 --> 00:11:21,597 Fine, Steve. Four, and that's my last offer. 224 00:11:22,348 --> 00:11:25,935 All right. You're taking flakes outta my minnow's mouth, but fine. 225 00:11:26,268 --> 00:11:28,562 Four it is. Send them over. 226 00:11:29,021 --> 00:11:30,898 Um, I forgot what the hell we were talking about. 227 00:11:30,981 --> 00:11:32,942 [Clancy] We're talking about the transmission, 228 00:11:33,025 --> 00:11:35,861 what's also known as the disciplic succession. 229 00:11:35,945 --> 00:11:37,780 [Captain] Yes. People think... 230 00:11:37,863 --> 00:11:39,907 Here's the thing that is so important 231 00:11:39,990 --> 00:11:43,160 that I want people to understand about magic when I talk about it a lot of times. 232 00:11:43,244 --> 00:11:46,372 When we're talking about something being an oral tradition, 233 00:11:46,455 --> 00:11:49,667 we sort of live under this misunderstanding 234 00:11:49,750 --> 00:11:53,170 that that means it's just a bunch of stories told, handed on. 235 00:11:53,254 --> 00:11:54,880 That's not what this means. 236 00:11:54,964 --> 00:11:58,884 What an oral tradition is, it means the way this current of energy 237 00:11:58,968 --> 00:12:02,722 is passed from one person to another is through the voice. 238 00:12:02,805 --> 00:12:04,640 -Our voice is sound waves. -[Clancy] Yeah. 239 00:12:04,724 --> 00:12:07,101 [Captain] We're creating sound waves which carry information. 240 00:12:07,184 --> 00:12:08,269 That's why, in the Bible... 241 00:12:08,352 --> 00:12:11,480 I always tell people the Bible is the greatest book of magic ever written 242 00:12:11,564 --> 00:12:13,274 once you know how to read it. 243 00:12:13,607 --> 00:12:15,985 The whole thing in the very first chapter of the Bible, 244 00:12:16,068 --> 00:12:19,655 they're talking about, in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was God. 245 00:12:19,739 --> 00:12:21,782 That's because this is an oral tradition. 246 00:12:21,866 --> 00:12:24,577 -It's-- Does that make sense? -[laughing] You're blowing my mind! 247 00:12:24,660 --> 00:12:26,829 -[Captain laughing] -[ship horn blaring] 248 00:12:26,912 --> 00:12:30,875 So that goes all the way back to, um, ancient Mesopotamia... 249 00:12:31,250 --> 00:12:32,960 -I forgot-- -[Clancy] Maybe further back. 250 00:12:33,461 --> 00:12:36,046 Is it the words that have the energy, 251 00:12:36,130 --> 00:12:40,468 or is it the energy coming out of the person saying the words? 252 00:12:40,551 --> 00:12:41,844 [Captain] Combination of both. 253 00:12:41,927 --> 00:12:46,265 For example, you can only pass the current if you've received the current. 254 00:12:46,348 --> 00:12:47,975 Like, you could say the exact same words... 255 00:12:48,058 --> 00:12:48,934 [meowing] 256 00:12:49,018 --> 00:12:51,520 ...that a person who's holding the current would say, 257 00:12:51,604 --> 00:12:54,231 and if you're not holding the current, it's not going to transmit. 258 00:12:55,024 --> 00:12:58,277 You have to be holding the current and have the right words. 259 00:12:58,360 --> 00:13:01,363 -[horn playing] -[cats meowing] 260 00:13:05,993 --> 00:13:09,163 [machine whirring] 261 00:13:09,246 --> 00:13:11,457 [Captain] There's two reasons to do magic. 262 00:13:11,540 --> 00:13:13,250 One is for manifesting something, 263 00:13:13,334 --> 00:13:17,505 and that can be anything from a parking spot to the career you want 264 00:13:17,588 --> 00:13:19,924 to the relationship you want to be in, whatever it is. 265 00:13:21,008 --> 00:13:24,178 The other reason for doing magic is what I call spiritual sustenance, 266 00:13:24,261 --> 00:13:29,892 where you are deliberately invoking energy and intelligences that you then absorb 267 00:13:29,975 --> 00:13:34,230 into your energy system, into your aura, to make you grow, 268 00:13:34,313 --> 00:13:36,732 -make you change. -That cat just sloshed me! 269 00:13:36,816 --> 00:13:38,901 That's the mama cat. She's a prankster. 270 00:13:40,444 --> 00:13:43,072 -[meowing] -[both chuckling] 271 00:13:43,155 --> 00:13:45,074 There's two ways that magic is passed on. 272 00:13:45,157 --> 00:13:49,787 One is through a lodge or order setting, you know, like the Golden Dawn. 273 00:13:49,870 --> 00:13:53,457 That's more like a curriculum-type thing, like a school, you know. 274 00:13:53,541 --> 00:13:56,168 Everybody's learning the same thing at the same rate. 275 00:13:56,544 --> 00:13:59,922 The other way is, like, master to student, and that allows for... 276 00:14:00,256 --> 00:14:02,967 Thank you. ...things that are a little more profound, 277 00:14:03,050 --> 00:14:06,136 just because you're not learning the same thing as everyone else. 278 00:14:06,720 --> 00:14:09,890 Blessed be thy feet, that they may walk this path. 279 00:14:09,974 --> 00:14:12,434 If it's someone who knows what they're doing, they can judge 280 00:14:12,518 --> 00:14:13,561 where you're at. 281 00:14:13,644 --> 00:14:16,480 Mentally where you're at, emotionally where you're at, spiritually, 282 00:14:16,564 --> 00:14:20,442 and figure out what it is that you need to sort of set off these bombs... 283 00:14:20,526 --> 00:14:21,610 -[both grunt] -Whoa! 284 00:14:21,694 --> 00:14:23,445 ...that cause epiphanies and realizations 285 00:14:23,529 --> 00:14:24,989 -and things like that. -[Clancy] Yeah. 286 00:14:25,072 --> 00:14:26,115 [meowing] 287 00:14:31,787 --> 00:14:32,788 [electricity humming] 288 00:14:35,165 --> 00:14:36,959 [Clancy] Yeah! 289 00:14:37,042 --> 00:14:39,628 Woo-hoo-hoo! 290 00:14:40,087 --> 00:14:42,715 -[motorcycle approaching] -[Captain] Most people spend their lives 291 00:14:42,798 --> 00:14:45,217 -complaining about things they don't like. -[Clancy] Yes. 292 00:14:45,759 --> 00:14:48,262 So, you're adding power to it. You're giving it chi. 293 00:14:48,345 --> 00:14:52,016 We're supposed to focus on what it is that we're wanting to move towards 294 00:14:52,099 --> 00:14:53,225 instead of away from. 295 00:14:53,309 --> 00:14:56,103 You don't have to lie when something is bad. 296 00:14:56,186 --> 00:14:58,647 You know, if you have a cold and someone says, "Are you sick?" 297 00:14:59,148 --> 00:15:00,774 that doesn't mean say, "No." 298 00:15:00,858 --> 00:15:03,777 It means say, "I'm getting better minute by minute." 299 00:15:03,861 --> 00:15:04,862 Oh, that's great. 300 00:15:04,945 --> 00:15:10,075 Do you think that the reason you ended up in prison is because, 301 00:15:10,159 --> 00:15:12,912 this sounds so weird, good karma? 302 00:15:12,995 --> 00:15:14,914 Yes. I absolute-- 303 00:15:14,997 --> 00:15:19,376 This will sound crazy to people, but I absolutely do. 304 00:15:19,460 --> 00:15:24,465 I am thankful now for the time that I spent in prison. 305 00:15:24,548 --> 00:15:27,551 Even for some of the most horrible things that happened to me. 306 00:15:27,635 --> 00:15:31,764 Say, for example, when I was beaten so bad that I was in a lot of physical pain, 307 00:15:31,847 --> 00:15:34,934 if I would have been out here, I could've just went to a doctor. 308 00:15:35,017 --> 00:15:36,810 I didn't have that option in there. 309 00:15:36,894 --> 00:15:40,564 I had to find ways to help me cope 310 00:15:40,648 --> 00:15:44,360 with not only the emotional and mental anguish I was going through, 311 00:15:44,443 --> 00:15:47,196 but also the physical anguish, the physical pain. 312 00:15:48,364 --> 00:15:54,328 So that pushed me constantly to keep exploring what was possible 313 00:15:54,411 --> 00:15:55,496 with these practices. 314 00:15:55,579 --> 00:15:57,206 By the time that I got out of prison, 315 00:15:57,623 --> 00:15:59,667 I didn't even feel like I was in prison anymore. 316 00:15:59,750 --> 00:16:02,544 My cell almost felt like a control tower... 317 00:16:03,796 --> 00:16:06,340 where I could reach out and touch anything in the world. 318 00:16:06,423 --> 00:16:07,716 [engine revs] 319 00:16:10,052 --> 00:16:14,807 I look at people out here now who think that I had a horrible life. 320 00:16:15,265 --> 00:16:16,100 [Clancy] Ah... 321 00:16:16,183 --> 00:16:19,019 And don't get me wrong, there were some pretty unpleasant aspects of it. 322 00:16:19,103 --> 00:16:20,896 -Can we go-- -You know, whether it was beating 323 00:16:20,980 --> 00:16:22,147 -or starvation... -Forget it. 324 00:16:22,231 --> 00:16:24,608 ...or just living in fear sometimes 325 00:16:24,692 --> 00:16:26,819 that these people are gonna kill you at any minute. 326 00:16:27,194 --> 00:16:31,991 Whatever it is, still, I think I had a better life 327 00:16:32,074 --> 00:16:36,578 than most of, like, the millennials I see sort of flailing around out there now, 328 00:16:36,662 --> 00:16:40,499 trying to figure out who they are and what they're gonna do with-- 329 00:16:40,582 --> 00:16:42,376 -I never had to experience that. -Right. 330 00:16:42,459 --> 00:16:43,877 -[horse belches] -You puke ice cream? 331 00:16:43,961 --> 00:16:45,170 [chattering indistinctly] 332 00:16:45,254 --> 00:16:46,880 I always knew what I was. 333 00:16:46,964 --> 00:16:48,757 I always knew what I was supposed to be doing. 334 00:16:48,841 --> 00:16:50,968 [engine revs] 335 00:16:51,051 --> 00:16:53,262 [Clancy hooting] 336 00:16:53,345 --> 00:16:55,139 [Captain] And I kinda embraced that. 337 00:16:57,182 --> 00:16:58,434 [Clancy] Yeah! 338 00:17:02,312 --> 00:17:03,772 [squawking] 339 00:17:03,856 --> 00:17:05,232 -[birds squealing] -[man grunts] 340 00:17:05,315 --> 00:17:08,193 When you say "control tower" and "reaching out," 341 00:17:08,277 --> 00:17:12,322 do you mean that you were doing some form of astral projection 342 00:17:12,406 --> 00:17:15,034 -or some kind of-- -That is part of magic, 343 00:17:15,117 --> 00:17:18,787 and I don't like that word, actually, but I don't know another word to use, 344 00:17:18,871 --> 00:17:20,247 -astral projection... -Ow! 345 00:17:20,330 --> 00:17:22,958 ...just because it sounds so kind of flaky and New Agey. 346 00:17:23,042 --> 00:17:24,960 In our society, not just our society in the West, 347 00:17:25,044 --> 00:17:28,005 but also in the East, we've sorta arrived at this conclusion somehow... 348 00:17:28,088 --> 00:17:29,590 [rocks grunting] 349 00:17:29,673 --> 00:17:33,469 Spirituality has become so watered down that we think enlightenment 350 00:17:33,552 --> 00:17:35,721 is the be-all and the end-all of spiritual practice. 351 00:17:35,804 --> 00:17:38,515 -[rocks continue grunting] -It's the finish line. It's not. 352 00:17:38,724 --> 00:17:40,100 -[rocks grunting] -[gasps] 353 00:17:40,184 --> 00:17:43,062 There are actually things that come after that. 354 00:17:43,145 --> 00:17:47,483 What we think of as enlightenment is the first step in a process. 355 00:17:47,566 --> 00:17:49,777 In magic, what they call in the East "enlightenment," 356 00:17:49,860 --> 00:17:51,445 we call "solar consciousness." 357 00:17:51,528 --> 00:17:53,280 Solar consciousness means 358 00:17:53,363 --> 00:17:56,867 that you are completely and absolutely in the present moment, 359 00:17:56,950 --> 00:17:59,328 just like whenever you achieve enlightenment. 360 00:17:59,411 --> 00:18:01,580 After you develop solar consciousness, 361 00:18:01,663 --> 00:18:03,332 the next step in this process 362 00:18:03,415 --> 00:18:05,751 is developing what we call the "solar body." 363 00:18:06,460 --> 00:18:10,172 You are building a vehicle to allow your consciousness 364 00:18:10,255 --> 00:18:14,718 to not disintegrate at the point of what we call the Second Death. 365 00:18:14,802 --> 00:18:17,012 The First Death is when the physical body dies. 366 00:18:17,096 --> 00:18:20,224 The Second Death is whenever your astral or etheric body 367 00:18:20,307 --> 00:18:21,767 begins to unravel. 368 00:18:21,850 --> 00:18:25,771 That's whenever your consciousness goes through this cosmic washing machine... 369 00:18:25,854 --> 00:18:27,815 -[snoring] -...every aspect of personality 370 00:18:27,898 --> 00:18:28,941 is washed out of it, 371 00:18:29,024 --> 00:18:30,901 you're left with a kernel of pure energy, 372 00:18:30,984 --> 00:18:33,278 which is then recycled into something else. 373 00:18:33,362 --> 00:18:35,823 If you develop the solar body, that doesn't happen. 374 00:18:35,906 --> 00:18:39,034 You put your consciousness into the solar body 375 00:18:39,118 --> 00:18:40,369 at the moment of death. 376 00:18:40,452 --> 00:18:42,037 You then become... 377 00:18:42,121 --> 00:18:44,248 not entirely, not exactly the same... 378 00:18:44,331 --> 00:18:45,958 -Yeah. -...but your consciousness 379 00:18:46,041 --> 00:18:48,585 is then completely unbroken for eternity. 380 00:18:49,002 --> 00:18:50,379 From that point on, 381 00:18:50,462 --> 00:18:54,299 you can come into the physical realm when, where, and how you choose, 382 00:18:54,383 --> 00:18:55,801 if you choose to do so. 383 00:18:56,135 --> 00:19:00,013 The point is to help other people complete this process. 384 00:19:00,389 --> 00:19:03,517 You know, Beethoven said that the point of being alive, 385 00:19:04,017 --> 00:19:05,853 the point of being human, 386 00:19:05,936 --> 00:19:09,189 is to approach divinity as closely as you possibly can 387 00:19:10,399 --> 00:19:13,110 and then disseminate those rays out to mankind. 388 00:19:13,193 --> 00:19:14,778 -Oh-- -[Captain] Hold that thought. 389 00:19:17,698 --> 00:19:20,284 [murmurs] May the light protect him. 390 00:19:23,704 --> 00:19:26,081 Why... ay-ay-ay-ay! 391 00:19:31,128 --> 00:19:33,297 [tones chiming] 392 00:19:51,690 --> 00:19:54,443 [whooshing] 393 00:20:11,251 --> 00:20:12,336 [belching] 394 00:20:42,532 --> 00:20:43,367 What? 395 00:20:43,825 --> 00:20:46,370 Behold the death of the old eon... 396 00:20:46,453 --> 00:20:49,039 [echoing] ...and the birth of the new. 397 00:20:51,708 --> 00:20:53,669 What the fuck, Darryl? I was asleep! 398 00:20:53,752 --> 00:20:56,171 Well, it was time to wake up to the truth, Barry! 399 00:20:56,255 --> 00:20:57,256 [grunts] 400 00:20:57,756 --> 00:21:00,384 Oh, so ruining my marriage wasn't enough, huh? 401 00:21:00,467 --> 00:21:03,095 [Darryl] You ruined your own fucking marriage, Barry. 402 00:21:03,178 --> 00:21:05,973 I just want to hear you say it. Say you fucked my wife! 403 00:21:06,056 --> 00:21:07,349 [Darryl] You never woke up! 404 00:21:11,019 --> 00:21:12,229 [Steve] Oh, shit. 405 00:21:13,897 --> 00:21:16,066 [Barry, muffled] I was sleeping, you bastard! 406 00:21:16,525 --> 00:21:17,609 [screaming] 407 00:21:17,693 --> 00:21:20,028 [Darryl] You were asleep. You never woke the fuck up! 408 00:21:20,112 --> 00:21:22,072 [Barry] I'm gonna fuck you up for that. 409 00:21:22,155 --> 00:21:24,116 [Darryl] You were napping, bringing rocks to life 410 00:21:24,199 --> 00:21:26,285 -like some kind of dick. -[Clancy screaming] 411 00:21:26,368 --> 00:21:29,037 -[Darryl] I looked out for her! -[Barry] That's what this is about? 412 00:21:29,121 --> 00:21:32,624 [Darryl] You were the one going to Lad's, getting lap dances at Lad's all the time. 413 00:21:32,708 --> 00:21:34,751 -[Barry] I had a platinum membership! -[Clancy] Guys! 414 00:21:34,835 --> 00:21:37,337 [Barry] You don't just get those. That took years to earn! 415 00:21:37,421 --> 00:21:39,798 -[Darryl] Fucking fight and shut up! -[Clancy] Guys! 416 00:21:39,881 --> 00:21:42,884 [Barry] Now I'm the one who's supposed to shut the fuck up. 417 00:21:42,968 --> 00:21:44,511 [Darryl] You didn't even try to-- 418 00:21:44,594 --> 00:21:46,221 [lively organ music playing] 419 00:21:50,851 --> 00:21:52,477 Classic... 420 00:21:52,561 --> 00:21:57,316 [muffled] You have seen destiny is on my side! 421 00:21:57,399 --> 00:22:01,361 Sometimes saying revealing and honest things-- 422 00:22:04,990 --> 00:22:07,326 But it makes me a beautiful person. 423 00:22:07,409 --> 00:22:10,829 [screeching] 424 00:22:11,246 --> 00:22:12,414 [Clancy screams] 425 00:22:12,497 --> 00:22:15,208 [organ music continues] 426 00:22:23,508 --> 00:22:26,803 [creatures screeching] 427 00:22:27,721 --> 00:22:29,723 [screeching] 428 00:22:33,435 --> 00:22:36,146 [horn blaring] 429 00:22:40,734 --> 00:22:42,736 [screaming] 430 00:22:47,699 --> 00:22:49,326 [rumbling] 431 00:22:57,292 --> 00:22:58,585 -[gasping] -[horse whinnies] 432 00:22:59,753 --> 00:23:00,587 [gasps] 433 00:23:01,546 --> 00:23:02,756 [Clancy] Oh, my God. 434 00:23:02,839 --> 00:23:06,718 Oh, my God. Yes! Yes! 435 00:23:07,636 --> 00:23:09,054 Ow! Fuck! 436 00:23:09,930 --> 00:23:10,764 Yes! 437 00:23:13,558 --> 00:23:14,601 I love you. 438 00:23:15,018 --> 00:23:16,103 [whinnying] 439 00:23:17,521 --> 00:23:19,439 Thank you so much! 440 00:23:19,648 --> 00:23:20,899 [whinnies] 441 00:23:20,982 --> 00:23:22,484 Thank you! 442 00:23:25,821 --> 00:23:27,197 [Clancy sighs] 443 00:23:37,791 --> 00:23:40,710 Blessed be this cone that it may make a new friend. 444 00:23:41,753 --> 00:23:42,712 [beeps] 445 00:23:42,796 --> 00:23:44,631 [whirring] 446 00:23:44,714 --> 00:23:46,883 Shirts. Stickers. Cream. 447 00:23:46,967 --> 00:23:49,761 [rock music playing faintly] 448 00:23:49,845 --> 00:23:51,221 -[beeping] -[Clancy laughs] 449 00:23:51,304 --> 00:23:52,389 Awesome! 450 00:23:53,432 --> 00:23:57,602 Aw, thanks, Clancy. This is sick, man. Look at this swag grab. 451 00:23:57,686 --> 00:24:01,857 Hell, yeah, I got some stickers, pens... Wait a second, there's two shirts here? 452 00:24:01,940 --> 00:24:05,026 What size is this? Extra-medium? Come on! 453 00:24:05,110 --> 00:24:06,319 [whispers] Ice cream... 454 00:24:06,403 --> 00:24:08,363 This tongue's about to get cold. 455 00:24:08,447 --> 00:24:11,158 [laughing] 456 00:24:11,241 --> 00:24:13,660 Shout out to Clancy for this frosty cone. 457 00:24:13,743 --> 00:24:14,828 -[man screeching] -Dad, no! 458 00:24:14,911 --> 00:24:16,621 I was just having some ice cream, Dad. No! 459 00:24:16,705 --> 00:24:17,873 -You pig! -[both shouting] 460 00:24:17,956 --> 00:24:21,042 -[Daniel] Dad, I told you to knock! Ow! -[blows landing] 461 00:24:21,126 --> 00:24:23,128 Sun and the wind, I smite you! 462 00:24:23,211 --> 00:24:24,421 [both shouting] 463 00:24:24,963 --> 00:24:25,797 [Clancy] Shit. 464 00:24:25,881 --> 00:24:29,593 [rock music playing] ♪ Sail onward, God destroyer ♪ 465 00:24:29,676 --> 00:24:31,678 ♪ Enlil's vessel ♪ 466 00:24:32,345 --> 00:24:33,805 ♪ Unstoppable ♪ 467 00:24:34,389 --> 00:24:38,143 ♪ No prison can cage your soul ♪ 468 00:24:38,768 --> 00:24:41,688 ♪ Enlil's sun, unstoppable ♪ 469 00:24:42,564 --> 00:24:45,817 ♪ Sail onward, God destroyer ♪ 470 00:24:45,901 --> 00:24:47,486 ♪ Cat captain ♪ 471 00:24:47,944 --> 00:24:49,905 ♪ We salute you ♪ 472 00:24:50,822 --> 00:24:53,450 ♪ Cats, cats, ca-ca-ca cats ♪ 473 00:24:53,909 --> 00:24:55,494 ♪ Cats, cats, cats ♪ 474 00:24:57,913 --> 00:24:58,830 Chirp.