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Podcast Special – Native Creatures

SHOWNOTES FOR PODCAST SPECIAL – NATIVE CREATURES

Summary
Tonight we hear three tales from Native American sources about strange and unusual creatures:

The Mannegishi, from the Ojib-Cree people, adapted by Cory from a tale found at NativeWeb
Achaanwaapush: The Cannibal Rabbit – adapted by Cory from a Cree-Cherokee tale told by John Petagumskum at FirstPeople.us
The Wampus Cat – An Appalachian tale read from Spooky South, by S.E. Schlosser

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Special Episode – Native Creatures

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

Speical Episode – Native Creatures

Special Episode – Native Creatures
Three tales of strange creatures from Native American Lore
(complete shownotes at http://www.newworldwitchery.com)

Podcast Special – Hairy Men and Bloody Bones

SHOWNOTES FOR PODCAST SPECIAL – HAIRY MEN & BLOODY BONES

Summary
In our first Halloween storytelling episode, we look at two folktales: “WIley & the Hairy Man,” (as retold by Diane de las Casas) and “Raw Head & Bloody Bones” (as retold by S.E. Schlosser)

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Speical Episode – Hairy Men and Bloody Bones

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

Special Episode – Hairy Men and Bloody Bones

Speical Episode – Hairy Men and Bloody Bones
Two folktales: Wiley and the Hairy Man, and Raw Head and Bloody Bones
(complete shownotes at http://www.newworldwitchery.com)

Podcast 44 – American Holidays

Summary
Today we’re looking at the “American wheel of the year” and at developing your own magical calendar.

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Our two main sources are the article “The Eight Great American Sabbats,” by Jason Mankey (at Patheos.com) and Jack Santino’s book All Around the Year.

Some other neat holiday-centered items:

R. Burns “Halloween” poem
Arlo Guthrie, “Alice’s Restaurant” (a main tradition for Cory’s Thanksgiving)
Leprechaun lore from the Yeats/Gregory collection Fairy & Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry
A little bit on the connection between Paganism & Easter from religioustolerance.org
The Wikipedia article on Dia de Muertos
A fun recipe for the Ossa di Morti cookies Cory mentions

Also check out the Holidays page at New World Witchery to explore this topic further, including episodes on Groundhog Day, Walpurgisnacht, and St. John’s Eve.

Cory will have a horror story about rabbits (of course) coming out through Misanthrope Press and their magazine Title Goes Here in the Fall (that’s sort of Halloween and Easter, right?).

And definitely check out all the details on Pagan Podkin Super Moot no. 3, happening in San Francisco on Oct. 6^th!

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Promos & Music
Title music: “Homebound,” by Jag, from Cypress Grove Blues. From Magnatune.

Promo 1 – Eat My Pagan A$$ Podcast
Promo 2 – HP Lovecraft Live Podcast
Promo 3 – Iron Powoqa Radio

Episode 44 – American Holidays

Episode 44 – American Holidays
The American wheel of the year, and crafting your own magical holidays.
(complete shownotes at http://www.newworldwitchery.com)

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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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”

Special Episode – Learning Witchcraft

New World Witchery Special – Learning Witchcraft
A storytelling episode, with a special focus on how witches learn witchcraft and what they do with their special powers.

(complete shownotes at http://www.newworldwitchery.com)

Podcast 43 – Solitary, Partner, or Coven

Summary

On our first episode back from summer break, we are looking at practicing magic alone, with a friend, or in a group. Plus we talk about finding teachers and styles of magical learning.

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Some of the sources we discuss:

Some information on Gardnerian and Alexandrian Wicca (or Wica)
Information on Robert Cochrane, including some links to his letters
Cory mentions American Druidry group ADF
We can’t recommend Peter Paddon’s sites enough
Some notes on Tituba
Here is Hubert Davis’ The Silver Bullet book
We mention “The Horned Women” which Cory’s read before on the show
Check out the tale of “Vasilisa the Beautiful,” featuring Russian witch Baba Yaga
For more on the benedanti, Carlo Ginzburg’s books are a great source
Cory mentions the Cultus Sabbati at one point
Definitely check out Oraia’s episode on the Buddhist Mandala

Don’t forget to follow us at Twitter!

Promos & Music
Title music: “Homebound,” by Jag, from Cypress Grove Blues. From Magnatune.

Promo 1 – The Infinite & the Beyond
Promo 2 – Iron Powoqa Radio

Episode 43 – Solitary, Partner, or Coven

New World Witchery – Episode 43
Working alone, with a friend, or in a group, plus styles of magical learning.
(complete shownotes at http://www.newworldwitchery.com)