Hidey-hidey-hidey-HOOOOOOOOOOOO YEAH! Sup you beautiful kooks! Here it is, the finale of the "Black Magic Academies" world tour! This episode covers: "DOMDANIEL", Mt. Longhu and the "Fangshi" ritual masters, Mt. Kurama and it's Tengu teachers, another (almost obligatory at this point) dip into "Gu/Kodoku Magic", the Azande witches of central Africa, the Siddhas and Nagas of MT. (mufuggin') KAILASH! (not to mention all the other various weird shit going on around that place!), and finally we end our journey in the Artibonite Valley of Haiti where we'll examine the voodoo secret society known as THE BIZANGO! All of this merely just sets the stage for the mindbending deep weirdness coming around the corner next episode so get your mind-holes ready! PLEASE TO ENJOY!

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SOURCES: holy shit...here goes...

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