Episode 173 – Magical Animals Revisited

We take a second look (after eight years) at the role of animals in folk magic. We talk about the use of animals as personal representations, issues of animal sacrifice, working with deceased pets, and animals in tarot and astrology.

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We reference our previous episode on animals, which was Episode 20 – Magical Animals. You may also be interested in some of our other posts on animals and magic, too:

We talk a bit about the book The Little Book of Magical Creatures, by Barbara Stacy and Elizabeth Pepper (which Cory shamelessly stole from Laine). Laine also mentions the “First Birthday” SNL skit about “mom animals.”

If you want to look more at astrology, both Chinese and Western, I cannot recommend Benebell Wen’s work highly enough. She also talks a lot about tarot, which is another point we hit when talking about magical animals this time.

If animal loss in movies and television concern you, you should know about DoesTheDogDie.com.

We talk about one of our friends and supporters who runs the Hot Taffy glassworks shop and who also does work incorporating deceased pets into glass work. Laine also talks about the Cuddle Clones company as well, and how much she loves hers.

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