Guest host Rich Berra (email) welcomed author Angel Millar for a conversation on his new book, "Transcend the Chaos," which explores personal transformation through chaos magic, Freemasonry, and ancient symbolism. Millar described his core philosophy as an effort to engage with life's inherent chaos and actively shape it into something meaningful. He explained that his book centers on understanding the world as constantly changing and learning to transform that turbulence through self-awareness, intentional action, and disciplined inner work. He said his own life, from unexpectedly moving to America to pursuing diverse interests, reflects the idea that personal transformation is possible when one takes responsibility for shaping one's circumstances.
Millar has a background exploring esoteric traditions, including chaos magic, hypnotism, paganism, and later, Freemasonry. He explained that chaos magic diverged from older ceremonial systems by allowing practitioners to experiment freely, borrow from any tradition, and focus on trance states similar to hypnotic techniques. After decades of observing magical and occult practices, he suggested that they do produce real effects and emphasized that ritual, trance, and symbolic work profoundly influence the psyche. He addressed misunderstandings about Freemasonry, outlining its historical evolution from stone-workers' guilds into a system of symbolic initiation degrees rather than a secretive world-controlling order.
Millar underscored language, mindset, and discipline as tools for world transformation. He argued that internal self-talk shapes behavior but needs focused action, contrasting empty positive thinking with the hypnosis and training used by Mike Tyson. In fashion, martial arts, hypnotism, and spirituality, he revealed that disciplines converge on key principles: stillness, visualization, attention mastery, and conscious language use. He recommended that listeners monitor and refine both internal and external language to support growth, clarity, and intentional life-shaping amid chaos.
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Open Lines followed in the latter half of the program. JC in Chandler, Arizona, revealed that his late father, a former Navy SEAL known for his seriousness and lack of exaggeration, had a profound encounter while burdened with worry over JC's mother's cancer recovery and JC's wife's recent hospitalization. According to JC, a well-dressed stranger with impeccable shoes sat next to his father, told him everything would be all right, called him by name, and then vanished within seconds. The moment left his father with overwhelming peace, JC said, adding that he believes it may have been an angelic visitation.
Jeff from Myrtle Beach recounted two nearly identical experiences decades apart in which a mysterious man appeared, reached under the passenger side of a locked car, and somehow unlocked the door instantly before disappearing without explanation. The first incident happened when Jeff was a child, watching his brother struggle to open a locked car; the second occurred in his thirties, after he locked his family's keys in their minivan after a recital. In both cases, Jeff insisted there was no mechanical way to unlock the door from underneath, and neither he nor his family could explain the man's sudden appearance or disappearance.
Kirk, trucking through Arizona, described a late-night incident in Indiana when he was voice-texting a coworker while driving, and a group of deer suddenly ran in front of his vehicle at high speed. He narrowly avoided a serious crash, but when he checked his phone afterward, the voice-to-text feature had mysteriously transcribed his reaction as "be safe, honey," a phrase he insisted he never said. The message gave him chills, and he wondered if it came from his grandmother, who had died six months earlier and often called him "honey."