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Episode 198 – Working with Spirits with Mme Vendredi

Summary:

This time we’re turning towards the Mediterranean to talk about djinn, daemons, and other spirits with folk sorceress and grimoire magician Mademoiselle Vendredi.

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Our Patreon supporter for this episode is half-decade-plus supporter Catherine! We name her our honorary golden goose or wish-granting djinn of the episode, with our gratitude. Our immense appreciation goes out to Catherine, and to all of our listeners and supporters!

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If you want to know more about Mme. Vendredi, you can check out her Instagram page, where she coordinates most of her workshops and informational releases.

Cory reads the story “The Goose that Laid the Golden Egg” from Aesop (via Library of Congress). He also reads an excerpt from the anonymous 19th century grimoire, The Black Pullet.

Some of the other books mentioned in this episode include The Greek Magical Papyri (edited by Hans Dieter Betz); Legends of the Fire Spirits, by Robert Leibling; Islam, Arabs, & the Intelligent World of the Djinn, by Amira El-Zein; and Condensed Chaos, by Phil Hines.

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Title music is “Woman Blues,” by Paul Avgerinos. Incidental music is “Sincerity,” by Fullscore. All music is licensed from Audio Socket.

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Special Episode – Scairy Tales – The Story of a Mother

Summary:

Your Scary Godparent brings you more wicked and woeful delights with the next tale in our All Hallows’ Read series. This time, we pull from the morbid pages of Hans Christian Andersen to share “The Story of a Mother”

Producers for this show:

Abby, Achija Branvin Sionach, AromaG’s Botanica, AthenaBeth, Bagga Marsh, Benjamin, Breanna, Carol, Carole, Catherine, Christopher, ConjuredCardea, Daniel, Dave, Don, Donna, Erin, Griffin, Heather, Jen Rue of Rue & Hyssop, Jess, Jodi, John, Jonathan at the ModernSouthernPolytheist, Kristopher, Matthew Venus, Minimiel, Montine of Book of My Shadows, , Nikki, Payton, Sara, Scarlet Pirate, Staci, Stephanie, Ralph from the Holle’s Haven Podcast, Violet, and WisdomQueen (if we missed you this episode, we’ll make sure you’re in the next one!). Big thanks to everyone supporting us!

Special Episode Scairy Tales (All Hallows Read 2021)

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Our theme this year is “Scairy Tales,” or the fairy tales that are a bit too dark to tell in the nursery (unless you’re trying to scare your supper like our rather wicked storyteller might). Some of the sources for these tales include:

The Complete Grimms’ Fairy Tales
Baba Yaga: The Wild Witch of the East in Russian Fairy Tales, edited by Sibelan Forrester
The Boy Who Drew Cats & Other Japanese Fairy Tales, by Lafcadio Hearn
Hans Christian Andersen’s Complete Fairy Tales

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Promos and Music:

All music is licensed from Audio Socket. Artists include Delicate Noise, Mark Petrie, PHLYR/Jim Coleman, Shadowy Lines, Colin Scudder, Steve Barden, Human Factor, The Widow’s Bane, and Richard Ames.

Song “Shamisen,” by HexQ, used with permission of artist.

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Special Episode – Scairy Tales – Three Army Surgeons

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We begin our descent into darkness for this year’s All Hallows’ Read with a tale from the Brothers Grimm: “The Three Army Surgeons.” Bwahahahaha!

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The Complete Grimms’ Fairy Tales
Baba Yaga: The Wild Witch of the East in Russian Fairy Tales, edited by Sibelan Forrester
The Boy Who Drew Cats & Other Japanese Fairy Tales, by Lafcadio Hearn
Hans Christian Andersen’s Complete Fairy Tales

You can now buy Cory’s book, New World Witchery: A Trove of North American Folk Magic! (also available from Amazon)

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Promos and Music:

Song “Shamisen,” by HexQ, used with permission of artist.

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Episode 197 – Witchy Wildcrafting with JD Walker

Summary:

We venture out into the wild unknown (and our own backyards) with author, Master Gardener, and landscape engineer JD Walker to look at the role of wildcrafting and using local flora in our magical practices.

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Our Patreon supporter for this episode is the brilliant Achija Branvin Sionach, who also does some stellar bookbinding work over on his page SpellBound Bookbinding. Our immense appreciation goes out to Achija, and to all of our listeners and supporters!

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Cory can HIGHLY recommend JD Walker’s book, A Witch’s Guide to Wildcraft, out now.

We also mention the books Cunningham’s Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs and Entangled Life, by Merlin Sheldrake. Cory also recommends following Alexis Nikole, aka The Black Forager on Instagram and TikTok.

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Promos and Music:

Title music is “Woman Blues,” by Paul Avgerinos. Incidental music is “The Devil’s Son,” by The Widow’s Bane and “Country Go Slow,” by Studio Nine Productions, and all music is licensed from Audio Socket.

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Episode 196 – Letters Lore and More

Summary:

We open a handful of our listener emails from the past few months and answer questions about connecting with spirits, using salt in crossroads workings, finding Irish folklore, and even vampires! Plus we look back at the year so far, talk about our recent Patreon updates, and then do our cards and question of the episode.

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Our Patreon supporter for this episode is the lovely Jen Rue of Rue & Hyssop. Rue & Hyssop is a blog about living an enchanted life—one full of everyday magic, the adventures of a roving witch, and of course lots and lots of books. Jen also offers a variety of wonderful witchy products at her shop Three Cats & a Broom, including some truly enchanting sprays like Rue Water and Florida Water. Our immense appreciation goes out to Jen, and to all of our listeners and supporters!

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The questions we answered this episode came from our listeners! Thank you so much for writing in and sharing your thoughts and ideas with us, and we hope we answered your queries without too much rambling! Please do write in to us if you want to hear from us!

Cory mentions a bunch of resources on learning about Hoodoo in this episode, including podcasts like JujuBae’s A Little Juju and the Lucky Mojo Hoodoo Rootwork Hour. There’s a great article called “Hoodoo in America” published by Zora Neale Hurston in the Journal of American Folklore back in the 1930s, too.

Some additional resources for doing research for no or low-cost:

Scribd (you can get a low-cost monthly subscription and authors *do* get paid for the books you download)
Archive.org
Sacred Texts

Cory also mentions checking out Morgan Daimler’s work and our interview with them a few months back regarding Irish folklore. For Welsh folklore, Mhara Starling is excellent, and Troy Books is a great source for a number of British Isles-inflected folk witchcraft.

We also bring up our previous episodes on Sex and Magic, Fairies, and our sister podcast Myth-Taken: A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast

Cory uses the Portable Fortitude deck this month, by Corina Dross.

You can now buy Cory’s book, New World Witchery: A Trove of North American Folk Magic! (also available from Amazon)

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Promos and Music:

Title and incidental music is “Woman Blues,” by Paul Avgerinos, and is licensed from Audio Socket.

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Episode 195 – Local Flora in Our Witchcraft

We wander out into our respective yards to look at a number of the local plants that influence (and end up in) our magical practices!

Summary:

We wander out into our respective yards to look at a number of the local plants that influence (and end up in) our magical practices!

Producer for this show:

AthenaBeth, who makes delightfully witchy YouTube videos on topics ranging from practicing as a witchy parent to making witchy shopping trips to the craft store. Big thanks to everyone supporting us!

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We both turn to a few different books that are incredibly useful to us when digging into folk magic and plants:

Cunningham’s Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs
A Witch’s Guide to Wildcraft by JD Walker
The History & Folklore of North American Wildflowers by Timothy Coffey
Maude Grieve’s A Modern Herbal
The Folklore of Plants by TF Thisleton-Dyer

You may also be interested in a few of our botanical posts as well:

You can now buy Cory’s book, New World Witchery: A Trove of North American Folk Magic! (also available from Amazon)

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Promos and Music:

Title music is “Woman Blues,” by Paul Avgerinos, and is licensed from Audio Socket.

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Episode 194 – Hechiceria with Daphne la Hechicera

Summary:

We sit down with Daphne la Hechicera to talk about the many pathways of Mexican and Mexican American folk magic, the multiplicity of influences that have shaped those paths, and what they look like today (especially in the online era).

Producers for this show:

Abby, Achija Branvin Sionach, AromaG’s Botanica, AthenaBeth, Andrea, Bagga Marsh, Benjamin, Breanna, Carol, Carole, Catherine, Christopher, ConjuredCardea, Daniel, Dave, Don, Donna, Erin, Eveline, Griffin, Heather, Jen Rue of Rue & Hyssop, Jess, Jodi, John, Jonathan at the ModernSouthernPolytheist, Kristopher, Matthew Venus, Minimiel, Montine of Book of My Shadows, , Nikki, Payton, Sara, Scarlet Pirate, Staci, Stephanie, Ralph from the Holle’s Haven Podcast, Vee, Violet, and WisdomQueen (if we missed you this episode, we’ll make sure you’re in the next one!). Big thanks to everyone supporting us!

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The best place to find Daphne is on her Instagram page, where she shares all sorts of amazing information on her practice.

If you’re interested in learning more about Mexican American folk magic, check out our interviews with Cheo Torres, David Bowles, and J. Allen Cross. You may also be interested in reading some of these books, too:

American Brujeria, by J. Allen Cross

Brujerias: Stories of Witchcraft and the Supernatural in the American Southwest, by Nasario Garcia

Border Lore, by David Bowles

Curandero, by Cheo Torres

Cleansing Rites of Curanderismo, by Erika Buenaflor

Magia Magia, by Alexis Arredondo and Eric Labrador

The Grimoire of St. Cyprian, by Stephen Skinner and David Rankine

The Woman Who Glows in the Dark, by Joy Parker and Elena Avila

You can now buy Cory’s book, New World Witchery: A Trove of North American Folk Magic! (also available from Amazon)

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Promos and Music:

Title music is “Woman Blues,” by Paul Avgerinos, and is licensed from Audio Socket. Additional music is “Ostiones,” by Michelle and the Beards (also Audio Socket).

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Special Episode – Together Again 2021

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What happens when you mix a folklorist and a naughty knitter? Oh, and let’s add a dash of witchcraft for funsies? That’s us! Laine and Cory are back in the same space to record together, for the first time since 2016 (we think)! We finish up our Green Witchcraft book club, talk about plans for the remaining year, do some divination, and even share a little good news, everyone!

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We finish up with the Green Witchcraft book club this time, and talk about some of the possibilities for the future (but we don’t settle on any of those).

Cory does mention the upcoming Witch With Me book club, if you’re interested in participating in that!

You can now buy Cory’s book, New World Witchery: A Trove of North American Folk Magic! (also available from Amazon)

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Promos and Music:

Title and closing music are “Woman Blues,” by Paul Avgerinos, and is licensed from Audio Socket.

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Episode 193 – Summer Camp Cryptids with Bones

Cory interviews Bones from the Cursed and Hex Files podcasts about working with witchcraft and the paranormal and how those pieces fit together with cryptids and other fearsome critters as well.

Summary:

Sing the songs of summer (or scream the screams of summer camp spooky stories) as you gather around the campfire for this one. Cory interviews Bones from the Cursed and Hex Files podcasts about working with witchcraft and the paranormal and how those pieces fit together with cryptids and other fearsome critters as well.

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Our guest Bones is the host of both the Hex Files and Cursed podcasts. Check them out for more spooky, supernatural fun mixed with a little witchery for good measure!

If you’re looking for some good campfire stories, Cory recommends the “Spooky” series collected by S.E. Schlosser (as well as the classic Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz). He’d also recommend checking out Chasing American Monsters, by Jason Offutt, if you’re interested in cryptids, too.

You can now buy Cory’s book, New World Witchery: A Trove of North American Folk Magic! (also available from Amazon)

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Promos and Music:

Title and closing music are “Woman Blues,” by Paul Avgerinos, and is licensed from Audio Socket. Incidental music is “Brushed Bells Leaving Home,” by Daniel Birch (Free Music Archive).

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Episode 192 – Witches Crafting with Katrina Ray-Saulis

Cory and Laine have a chat with Katrina Ray-Saulis, host of the Stitch and Witch Podcast. Various and sundry topics of conversation include the role of creativity in all forms of craft, how adversity and tenacity impact that creativity, and favorite tools for crafting both mundane and magical

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To wit, Cory and Laine have a chat with Katrina Ray-Saulis, host of the Stitch and Witch Podcast. Various and sundry topics of conversation include the role of creativity in all forms of craft, how adversity and tenacity impact that creativity, and favorite tools for crafting both mundane and magical.

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Our guest Katrina Ray-Saulis is the host of the Stitch and Witch Podcast, and you can find out about that show and much more of her work through her website.

Some of the resources mentioned in this episode include the book Sew Witchy by Raechel Henderson and The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron. Katrina also mentions the Ted Talk “Master Procrastinator,” by Tim Urban.

You can now buy Cory’s book, New World Witchery: A Trove of North American Folk Magic! (also available from Amazon)

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Promos and Music:

Title and closing music are “Woman Blues,” by Paul Avgerinos, and is licensed from Audio Socket. Incidental music is “Brushed Bells Leaving Home,” by Daniel Birch (Free Music Archive).

Please consider supporting us by purchasing our promotional items in the New World Witchery Threadless shop or by joining our Patreon supporters.

If you like us AND you like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, you will love our new show: Myth Taken: A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast, now available through all the podcatchers!