In this special Halloween-season interview, Benito Cereno returns to Talk Gnosis to discuss the return of his occult detective comic series, “Hector Plasm.” Cereno dives deep into the real-world folklore that grounds the comic’s protagonist: the Benandanti. Meaning “good walkers” or “well-walkers” in Italian, the Benandanti were members of a 16th and 17th-century agrarian cult who claimed their spirits left their bodies to fight “evil witches” in spiritual battles. Cereno explains how he weaves the Benandanti’s blend of folk-Christian belief and spiritual warfare into Hector’s modern-day adventures as a ghost hunter and witch fighter, and we discuss why this genuine, historically recorded mythology lends this work, and others, an authentic resonance. Beyond the Benandanti, Cereno, Jason, and Deacon Jon explore the enduring power of myth and folklore in storytelling, why Santa is real, why you should buy a Chucky Fanta so they give us money, pagan survivals, bigfoot, and so much more. Buy the new Hector Plasm: https://imagecomics.com/comics/releases/hector-plasm-hunt-the-bigfoot-1-of-3 Get great stuff from Benito’s Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/benitocereno/ Listen to Apocrypals: https://pod.link/1366302177 Listen to Friends ‘Till the End: https://pod.link/1593448477

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