Topic: Phoenix

Burr details current primary water projects, including surveys in North Phoenix where residents face water cutbacks and permit restrictions. He describes a recent 8,000-acre survey in Montana and work on the San Pedro Mesa in Colorado. These projects utilize gravity and magnetic data to locate deep upwelling fissures in hard rock that conventional drillers often miss.

The host shares a personal update regarding a friend in Phoenix who suffered a sudden stroke, necessitating a trip to provide 24/7 supervision. Looking ahead to 2027, the host predicts that politicians will use socialist class warfare rhetoric to justify food and energy limits. This framing will likely pit the lower middle class against the middle class to normalize rationing of meat, eggs, and dairy.

A detailed synchromystic analysis links Super Bowl 57 in Phoenix to Jack Parsons' 1946 Babylon Working rituals. The event occurred exactly 77 years after the original rituals and featured numerous numerical correspondences involving the number seven. The segment highlights the simultaneous "alien mania" and weather balloon incidents that occurred during the game, suggesting a coordinated effort to heighten societal adrenaline.

The host reflects on the interview, emphasizing that the success of "controligarchs" is often built on massive government subsidies rather than pure innovation. Bill Gates' nuclear startup, TerraPower, and his planned "Belmont" smart city outside Phoenix are cited as examples of projects heavily funded by taxpayer grants and elite partnerships. The host argues that these figures are not uniquely gifted but are instead beneficiaries of a system that places a "thumb on the scale."

The host connects the "Corona Ash Dumps" of the 1920s to F. Scott Fitzgerald’s "The Great Gatsby," where the site was famously depicted as the "Valley of Ashes." The naming of the Arthur Ashe Stadium is viewed as a linguistic pun on these literal ashes, symbolizing the death and rebirth of the "Phoenix." This literary and historical landscape is framed as a representation of the "lower 33" or the underbelly of New York affluence.

Research in Edward Lansdale’s papers at the Hoover Institution reveals his early involvement with the precursors to ARPANET and data mining. Through Project Agile, Lansdale sought to create predictive models for insurgencies and personality profiles for potential dissidents as early as the 1960s. These counterinsurgency techniques, refined in the Philippines and Vietnam, are described as the direct ancestors of modern surveillance and marketing tools like Cambridge Analytica.

Jason Brashears joins the program to discuss his extensive research conducted during 26 years of incarceration. His work focuses on the Chronicon, a reconstructed timeline of human history that identifies a recurring 138-year cycle known as the Phoenix Phenomenon. This cycle involves cataclysmic events, including red skies and mud rain, which Brashears suggests are resets within a simulated reality.

The astrological glyph of Pluto, representing the sun, moon, and earth, signifies destruction followed by rebirth. Jeff Harmon notes that the U.S. Pluto return hit significant points in February 2022 during the invasion of Ukraine and again in July 2022. He predicts a final critical hit in late December 2022, which will determine if the country undergoes a destructive phase or emerges like a phoenix.

Reports of "miracle lightning" and UFO sightings over Ukraine are discussed, including a story of a craft destroying Russian tanks to save Ukrainian soldiers. While acknowledging these stories may be wartime propaganda similar to the "Ghost of Kyiv," Lewis notes the historical precedent of paranormal events coinciding with political shifts. The segment also mentions the return of the Phoenix Lights and the presence of unidentified craft near nuclear facilities.

Mitch describes his extensive project in Arizona, where he has placed 8,000 earth pipes over the last 12 months to combat the "climate hoax." He claims this grid contributed to the state's second wettest monsoon season in history and record winter rainfall. The project focuses on the Southwest United States, which Mitch believes has been heavily terraformed to support a specific climate agenda.

The episode wraps up with a list of upcoming Hireside Meetups in cities such as Phoenix, Portland, and New York City. Carlwood encourages listeners to start their own local groups and submit voicemails for future sessions. The show concludes with a final sign-off directed at the "ritual writers" and "secret keepers of the sorcerarchy," followed by a thematic song about alien abduction and screen memories.

Greg Carlwood concludes the episode with updates on upcoming meetups in Phoenix and Portland, a holiday discount on gift subscriptions, and new merchandise. He reiterates the importance of the Plus subscription for supporting the show before signing off with his signature closing.

The hosts speculate on whether the military-industrial complex is simulating a parallel alien program to maintain power and expand budgets. The 1997 Phoenix Lights event is discussed as a potential early test of holographic or psychological technology, while the Brookings Institute report is cited regarding the potential for societal hysteria following disclosure.

During a 2012 lecture by Colin Andrews in Phoenix, Grant Cameron experienced what he describes as an instantaneous "download" or noetic experience. While Andrews discussed how 80% of crop circles might be "hoaxed" by people receiving mental prompts from an external intelligence, Cameron felt a sudden, absolute certainty about the nature of reality. This event shifted his research focus entirely toward "contact modalities" and the primacy of consciousness.

Phoenix Aurelius returns to the program to discuss his work as a self-taught spagyricist and student of Paracelsus. He details his 2014 apprenticeship in Tarapoto, Peru, where he worked with Amazonian Herbals to develop spagyric tinctures and essential oils. This experience led to an existential connection with bioregional animism, the belief that locations possess conscious intelligence expressed through local vegetation and minerals.

The death of George Floyd is framed as a carefully chosen televised sacrifice intended to trigger a pre-planned agenda. Knowles points to Floyd's phoenix tattoo and his past in the adult film industry as symbolic markers within a larger "re-paganization" process.

The host concludes the episode by promising "weirder" content for the second half of 2020 to provide an escape from the heavy political climate. He mentions upcoming and past guests like Phoenix Aurelius, Bruce Fenton, and Chris Knowles, noting that Knowles' appearance was delayed by a hurricane. The show ends with the standard Higher Side Chats closing music and a final declarative sign-off against "racial oppressors" and "plantation prison operators."

Phoenix Aurelius joins the program to discuss his work as a self-taught spagyricist and educator of alchemical sciences. Since 2005, Aurelius has practiced these arts, later focusing on the medical philosophies of Paracelsus after inheriting a collection of hermetic writings in 2010. He currently operates the Phoenix Aurelius Research Academy to reconstruct 21st-century spagyric theory and pharmacopoeia.

Phoenix Aurelius promotes his educational offerings, including a free introductory course on spagyric theory available on Teachable. He offers immersion study programs and advanced courses like "Spagyria 101" that teach students how to set up home laboratories and perform alchemical pharmacopoeia. The interview concludes with the host praising the depth of the guest's knowledge.

Greg Carlwood introduces the Higher Side Chats, highlighting the American Southwest as a hub for high strangeness and esoteric traditions. Guest Corey Daniel, a researcher and guide known for his website The Phoenix Enigma, returns to the show. The discussion previews topics including Masonic influence, the Grand Canyon, and the occult analysis of recent high-profile deaths.