Summary:
We finally take a long-overdue look at various money magic and prosperity spells in our repertoire in this episode.
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Download: Episode 106 – Money Magic
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We haven’t really covered money magic on its own before, but we have mentioned some aspects of the luck and prosperity in Episode 13 – Lucky Charms.
Additional sources/mentions:
We mention early experiences with the books Teen Witch by Silver Ravenwolf and Earth Power by Scott Cunningham.
We make extensive use of The Encyclopedia of 5,000 Spells by Judika Illes.
Cory mentions a “money purse” spell found in the Brer Rabbit stories of Joel Chandler Harris.
There are several mentions of spells from the Lucky Mojo Rootwork Radio Hour with Cat Yronwode.
And we also suggest that perhaps all magic comes at a price (and via mummified animal curios) by invoking the English class standby, “The Monkey’s Paw,” by W. W. Jacobs.
We’re also planning an excursion in early to mid-summer to see the ancient magical artifacts exhibit at the Penn Museum and we’d love for you to join us! More details will be coming soon.
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Promos & Music
Title and closing music is “Homebound,” by Bluesboy Jag, and is used under license from Magnatune.
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Hey! Just wanted to share about the hesitance to use magic for prosperity ☺
I’m happy as heck in my witchcraft, but i grew up as a Jehovah’s Witness, then became an Evangelical for 8 years. I think for me it was these heavily puritanical beliefs where money and curses are bad. It’s made its way into North American culture so heavily for sure. The feeling of like, suffering in this life, and allowing the pain, never remedy-ing it for yourself is somehow ‘virtuous’ or smth :p