Uploaded December 2024 | Updated September 2026, 13 minutes ago

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Listeners, I very much needed this chat with Capuchin Franciscan Priest-Friar, Brother Richard. I hope you feel you get a lot from it too.



We discuss Brother Richard's personal encounters with Otherworldly beings, first as a child and later as a Priest-Friar. He also talks about the Franciscan Order's understandings of Non-Human beings, they steps they take when protection is required or in rare cases exorcism, and he shares his own experiences of aiding in these circumstances.



We also discuss: 



- Rites of Passage (particularly in relation to young people)



- Offerings to Otherworldly beings



and so much more.



I found Brother Richard's suggestion of prayer when in a wild place such a gift:



"Bless every being present, seen and unseen, even the beings I pass by, around or through, without knowing."



Contacts:



Brother Richard on Instagram: instagram.com/brorichard



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http://www.capuchindaycentre.ie/



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Shownotes



Books and Podcasts discussed:



I highly recommend his new book:



'Calming the Storms: Meditation as a Path to Inner Peace and Happiness'



Calming the Storms by Brother Richard (awesomebooks.com/book/9781399732017/calming-the-storms?msclkid=e74d9d433d6412437ba5fa271ead2739)



awesomebooks.com/book/9781399732017/calming-the-storms?msclkid=e74d9d433d6412437ba5fa271ead2739



Extraterrestrial Intelligence and the Catholic Faith by Paul Thigpen goodreads.com/book/show/60772154-extraterrestrial-intelligence-and-the-catholic-faith



Dissertations upon the apparitions of angels, dæmons, and ghosts, and concerning the vampires of Hungary, Bohemia, Moravia, and Silesia by Father Dom Augustin Calmet



archive.org/details/bim_eighteenth-century_dissertations-upon-the-a_calmet-augustin_1759



Podcast episode around young people and rites of passage



theearthlydelightspodcast.com/podcast/106-brother-richard-hendrick



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Warning: These are not fairytales and the content is unsuitable for children. This episode describes a wonderful experience but some episodes may contain details which some may find unsettling or frightening. The Modern Fairy Sightings Podcast is designed for listeners 16 years and older.








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