Do What the Corn Says
Summary: We take a look at a pair of meteor showers this month, as well as pukwudgies, ojos de dios, a forthcoming book to help you fill your witchy calendar, divination by corn, and a tale about democratic doggos.
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Download (Right click to save): The Folk Magician’s Notebook – November 2026
We highly recommend that you find an almanac or lunar-oriented datebook to help you with planning out your own magical year. Some we can recommend:
- The Witches Almanac
- Llewellyn’s Astrological Pocket Planner
- Writual Planner
- Or your local Farmer’s Almanac!
Sections
- Lunar Forecast – Our monthly rundown of lunar astrological information. This month: We’ve got two meteor showers, plus the Beaver/Frost supermoon!
- In the Cards – Divination through cartomancy, tarot, and folk methods. This month: The Eight of Diamonds, the Page of Swords, and Corn-based Divination.
- A Witch’s Words – Proverbs, folklore, and book reviews. This month: A Sioux fable about democratic dogs and a review of A Witch’s Book of Days by Victoria Raschke.
- Materia Magica – Magical artifacts and crafts. This month: Ojo de Dios talismans.
- Creature Corner – Folkloric creatures, beings, and entities. This month: The Pukwudgie.
- Listener Feedback – We read and respond to your questions and comments! If you have one you’d like to submit, mail us at compassandkey@gmail.com or newworldwitcherypodcast@gmail.com
Thanks to listener Alena for sharing your essay on the Seal of Solomon in folklore and legend!
Check out Cory’s book, New World Witchery: A Trove of North American Folk Magic! (also available from Amazon). Also check out our collaborative book, Conjuring the Commonplace: A Guide to Everyday Enchantment and Junk Drawer Magic (1000Volt Press) (also available from Amazon). If you are interested in playing card divination, you can check out our Cartomancy post or pick up Cory’s book, 54 Devils.
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Promos and Music:
Title and closing music are “Runaround (AM Radio),” by Aaron Solomon, and is licensed from Audio Socket. (License #1273). Additional incidental music Kevin Macleod and Daniel Birch, from Free Music Archive and used under a CC 2.0 license.
“Backed Vibes (clean)”, “Blue Feather”, “Crossing the Divide”, “Danse Macabre”, “Danse Morialta”, “Dissappointment”, “Divertissement – Pizzicato (from the ballet Sylvia)”, “Dream Catcher”, “Faster Does It”, “Gymnopedie No. 1”, “Gymnopedie No. 2”, “Gymnopedie No. 3”, “Meditation Impromptu 01”, “Meditation Impromptu 02”, “Meditation Impromptu 03”, “Monkeys Spinning Monkeys”, “Pippin the Hunchback”, “Rites”, “Ritual”, “Tranquility”, “Windswept”
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Sound effects from Freesound.org and in the Public Domain. Additional “rooster” sound effect from Darina Evstafeva from Pixabay.
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