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Mystic TheoryAuthor: The Mystic Theorist
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Everything is dead, and so are you!
Episode 11
Friday, 10 October, 2025
Episode Summary: You Are Here Because Something Else Is NotOriginally recorded in October 2023 as part of Luchiana’s Season of the Witch series on Patreon, now released into the wild.This cozy-ominous episode of Mystic Theory is a love letter to the dead. Or rather—all the dead things you’re made of.Inside this episode:→ Why your phone, your car, and your body are all powered by death→ What fossil fuels and mammoth moms have in common→ The haunting truth: you are a stack of ghosts who learned to talk→ A reverent ode to Mitochondrial Eve and Grandmother Tetrapod→ And the spooky-cool reason you’re only here because something else is notIt’s part existential, part spiritual, part weird science—and all October.Get my newsletters on substack Get access to 5 years worth of my work on PatreonSources & Things Mentioned:Soil composition - Nat Geo Humus - Nat Geo Fossil fuels - Nat Geo Fossil Fuels - Smithsonian Ocean 99% of plastic - Center for International Environmental Law Every Cell In Your Body Is Infused With The Collapse Of A Star - Huffpost How the Sun was born - Nat Geo Fossil Record Tetrapod - UC Berkeley Ancient 4-limbed fish reveals origin of human hand Waco Mammoth Monument Maranasati Meditation - Mindfulness of Death Want to feel thrilled to be alive? Try death meditation - LA Times Rowena Tsai - morning routines video
