Podcast Special – Learning Witchcraft

Podcast Special – Learning Witchcraft

Summary: In this episode, I’ll be telling stories from American folklore about how people learn witchcraft. We’ll hear tales of initiation and apprenticeship, solitary witches, witch apprenticeships, and find out just what witches do.

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Download:  New World Witchery Special – Learning Witchcraft

Stories:

• Examination of Tituba recorded by Ezekiel Cheever in Witches of the Atlantic World, Elaine Breslaw, ed. (p. 377-80)
• Hubert J. Davies – “Delivered Up to the Devil,” from The Silver Bullet (p. 20-25)
• Patrick Gainer – a story from Witches, Ghosts, & Signs (p. 164-5)
• Jim Edmonds’ short tale in Foxfire 2 (p. 355)
• Vance Randolph – from Ozark Magic & Superstition (p. 265-8)
• Account of traiteurs – Dorson/Brandon in Buying the Wind (p. 265-6)
• Zora N. Hurston – from Mules & Men, recounting her initiation by Rev. Joe Watson (p. 215-7)
• Timothy Knab – from A War of Witches (p. 4-11 excerpts)

Promos & Music
“Grifos Muertos” by Jeffery Luck Lucas, from his album What We Whisper, on Magnatune.com

All incidental music comes from the group Falling You, from the album Touch,  on Magnatune. Songs include:

• “Sadness of the Witch”
• “The Art of Possession”
• “Less Likely to Believe”
• “Something About Eve”
• “Reading the Leaves”