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Episode 212 – Bewitching Brews

We discuss the uses of cauldrons, just what qualifies as one, and how formulae and potions factor into our witchcraft.

Summary: It’s all about what’s in our cauldrons, literally this time! We discuss the uses of cauldrons, just what qualifies as one, and how formulae and potions factor into our witchcraft.

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Producer for this show: Our Patreon supporter for this episode is Jenna! Thank you Jenna for really stirring our collective pot! You keep us bubbling and brewing, and we couldn’t be as soup-er as we are without you! Thank you for your support of this episode and for your ongoing support of New World Witchery.

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We both highly recommend Laura Tempest Zakroff’s book The Witch’s Cauldron, and you can also listen to an episode with her in which we talk about cauldrons and brews, too.

Cory mentions using the Dark Wood Tarot, the Literary Witches Oracle, and the Corvid Romantic deck.

Playing card meanings are based on information found in Cory’s book 54 Devils: The Art and Folklore of Fortune-telling with Playing Cards (which will be getting an updated version soon). We also both like to use Rachel Pollack’s 78 Degrees of Wisdom for understanding tarot meanings, 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 music is “Woman Blues,” by Paul Avgerinos. All music is licensed from Audio Socket.

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! Please think about checking out our Audible Trial program. Visit Audibletrial.com/newworldwitchery to get your free trial of Audible, where you can download over 180,000 titles (including some narrated by Cory). Your purchases help support this show, and there’s no obligation to continue after the free trial

Special Episode – Folk Magician’s Notebook – June 2022

We spend some time in the sweet month of June with the Honey Moon, a Queen Bee, a Magician, and a King.

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We spend some time in the sweet month of June with the Honey Moon, a Queen Bee, a Magician, and a King. Plus we share proverbs, crafts, and lunar astrological dates of note, too.

Producers for this show:

Abby, Achija Branvin Sionach, AromaG’s Botanica, AthenaBeth, Andrea, Bagga Marsh, Benjamin, Breanna, Carol, Carole, Catherine, Cheryl, Christopher, Colby, ConjuredCardea, Daniel, Dave, Don, Donna, Elizabeth, Eveline, Erin, Fergus, Griffin, Heather, Jamie, Jen Rue of Rue & Hyssop, Jess, Jenna, Jennifer, Jodi, John, Jonathan at the ModernSouthernPolytheist, Kat, Kee, Kristopher, Liz, Mark, Marisa, Matthew Venus of Spiritus Arcanum, Milo, Minimiel, Montine of Book of My Shadows, , Nikki, Payton, Sara, Scarlet Pirate, Sherry, Staci, Stephanie, Ralph from the Holle’s Haven Podcast, Vee, Victoria & Keifel of 1000 Volt Press, 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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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 Witches’ Datebook

Benebell Wen’s Metaphysician’s Planner

Montine’s Book of My Shadows

Or your local Farmer’s Almanac!

The fairy tale this month is “The Queen Bee,” adapted from a version found at Lit2Go. (Edwardes, M., Taylor, E., trans. (1905). Grimm’s Fairy Tales.)

If you are interested in playing card divination, you can check out our Cartomancy post or pick up Cory’s book, 54 Devils.

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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Don’t forget to follow us at Twitter! And check out our Facebook page! For those who are interested, we are also on TikTok now. You can follow us on Instagram (main account, or you can follow Laine as well) or check out our new YouTube channel with back episodes of the podcast and new “Everyday Magic” videos, too (as well as most of our contest announcements)! Have something you want to say? Leave us a voice mail on our official NWW hotline: (442) 999-4824 (that’s 442-99-WITCH, if it helps).

Promos and Music:

Title and closing music are “Runaround (AM Radio),” by Aaron Solomon, and is licensed from Audio Socket. Additional music includes tracks from Jim Coleman, Shadowy Lines, Delicate Noise, and Jonathan Headly. All music licensed from Audio Socket. Additional music by Hex_Q used by permission of the artist.

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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! You can also check out Cory’s folklore show, Chasing Foxfire, where he explores the intersection of folklore and topics like history, medicine, science, nature, literature, pop culture, and more!

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Episode 211 – Stories Stars & Sacred Arts with Bri Saussy

Bri Saussy shares a bit about fairy tale living, stars for kids, and sacred artistry

Summary: This time we’re welcoming back Bri Saussy to chat about her work with incorporating fairy tales into everyday life, adding magic to childhood using the stars, and just what is a “sacred artist” anyway?

Producer for this show: Our Patreon supporter for this episode is Donna! We’re naming a terrifying rabbit constellation in honor of them. Thank you for your support of this episode and for your ongoing support of New World Witchery.

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You can listen to our previous interview with Bri here, and you can also find her books Making Magic and Star Child wherever books are sold. You can visit her website for more on her workshops, classes, and community services as well.

We’ve had some questions about our cartomancy readings and meanings. Many of the playing card meanings are based on information found in Cory’s book 54 Devils: The Art and Folklore of Fortune-telling with Playing Cards (which will be getting an updated version soon). We also both like to use Rachel Pollack’s 78 Degrees of Wisdom for understanding tarot meanings, too.

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

Please note that clicking on links may provide some monetary compensation to New World Witchery.

Image via Pixabay (Used under CC 2.0 License, modified by New World Witchery)

Promos and Music: Title music is “Woman Blues,” by Paul Avgerinos. All music is licensed from Audio Socket. Additional Music is “Diem,” by Jonathan Hedley, licensed from Audio Socket.

Episode 210 – Playing with Magic

We talk about the influence of pop culture on us and our practices this time!

Summary: We talk about dolls, toys, and games in magical folklore and practice, plus we share our monthly card readings and some listener lore as well!

Producer for this show: Our Patreon supporter for this episode is Payton! We’re naming them honorary New World Witchery pyromancer extraordinaire (Because it’s Aries season and all). Thank you for your support of this episode and for your ongoing support of New World Witchery.

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We’ve discussed toys and games in folk magic a few times before:

Episode 40 – Rhymes, Games, & Riddles

Episode 84 – Dolls & Magic

Special Episode – The Dumb Supper

Special Episode – Can Peter Play?

Special Episode – The Talking Board

We also mention the book The Dictionary of Superstitions, by Opie and Tatum.

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

Please note that clicking on links may provide some monetary compensation to New World Witchery.

Image via Pixabay (Used under CC 2.0 License, modified by New World Witchery)

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

Special Episode – Folk Magician’s Notebook – May 2022

Powerful royal women, love-divining matches, beauty charms, and Irish fairy tales all in this month’s episode!

Summary:

We’re visiting with a pair of royal women this month as we look at cartomancy, and we also learn a few new tricks with matches! We explore beauty charms, and hear an Irish story about allies in unexpected places. Plus we’ve got our monthly moon tour and more!

Producers for this show:

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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 Witches’ Datebook

Benebell Wen’s Metaphysician’s Planner

Montine’s Book of My Shadows

Or your local Farmer’s Almanac!

The story this month is “The Horned Women,” found in the collection Celtic Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs. We’ve actually done this one before on our main show, too, from a slightly different source, so if you want to listen and compare you can!

If you are interested in playing card divination, you can check out our Cartomancy post or pick up Cory’s book, 54 Devils.

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:

Sound effects from Freesound.org and in the Public Domain.

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

Episode 209 – American Spiritual Renaissance with Thea Wirsching

We dig into North American history and examine the 19th century period known as the “American Renaissance” with scholar, astrologer, and author Thea Wirsching

Summary: We dig into North American history and examine the 19th century period known as the “American Renaissance” with scholar, astrologer, and author Thea Wirsching. Come explore the legacy of figures like Paschal Beverly Randolph, Herman Melville, and the Fox Sisters as we look at the spiritual and magical sides of this era.

Producer for this show: This episode is supported by listener Jennifer C. Your unwavering support earns you the honorary title of Wicked (and Wonderful) Witch of the New World Witchery Burned Over District. Thanks to Jennifer for your support of this episode and for your ongoing support of New World Witchery.

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You can find Thea Wirsching’s work via her websites, The Pluto Babe and The American Renaissance Tarot. You can also order The American Renaissance Tarot online or through your local bookstore. She also has a chapter on Pamela Coleman Smith in the Palgrave Library of Esoterica: Essays on Women in Esotericism book.

We talk about a LOT of books this episode! Some to check out include:

Radical Spirits by Ann Braude
A Republic of Mind and Spirit by Catherine Albanese
Lily Dale by Christine Wicker
Occult America by Mitch Horowitz

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

Please note that clicking on links may provide some monetary compensation to New World Witchery.

Image via Pixabay (Used under CC 2.0 License, modified by New World Witchery)

Promos and Music: Title music is “Woman Blues,” by Paul Avgerinos. All music is licensed from Audio Socket. Additional music includes songs by Human Factor and Randall Crisman, all licensed from Audio Socket. Some additional music by Kevin Macleod, used under a CC 2.0 Attribution license (via FreeMusicArchive).

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! Please think about checking out our Audible Trial program. Visit Audibletrial.com/newworldwitchery to get your free trial of Audible, where you can download over 180,000 titles (including some narrated by Cory). Your purchases help support this show, and there’s no obligation to continue after the free trial

Episode 208 – Pop Culture Magic

We talk about the influence of pop culture on us and our practices this time!

Summary: We discuss some of our favorite pop culture influences on folk magic, as well as some of the ways we can (and sometimes do) incorporate pop culture elements into our spiritual practices and spaces. Plus our monthly card readings and a pair of listener responses!

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We’re mostly talking Pop Culture influences, but if you want a good breakdown that’s not too academic exploring folk and pop culture connections and differences, Cory recommends Lynne S. McNeill’s Folklore Rules!

We also have talked a little bit about pop culture things in a few previous episodes, such as Episode 8 – Magical Media Mania! and Episode 199 – Screen Time Spookiness.

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

Please note that clicking on links may provide some monetary compensation to New World Witchery.

Image via Pixabay (Used under CC 2.0 License, modified by New World Witchery)

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

Special Episode – Folk Magician’s Notebook – April 2022

Summary:

We look to the skies and find TWO new moons this month! We also dig into the King of Clubs and The Emperor cards, as well as using divination to answer some “burning” questions with fire scrying. We tell a tale about angry oaths, and have a little crafting fun with oil lamps!

Producers for this show:

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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 Witches’ Datebook

Benebell Wen’s Metaphysician’s Planner

Montine’s Book of My Shadows

Or your local Farmer’s Almanac!

Here’s a copy of “The Fisherman and the Djinn” found in Andrew Lang’s adaptation of the 1001 Nights.

If you are interested in playing card divination, you can check out our Cartomancy post or pick up Cory’s book, 54 Devils.

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

Image via Pixabay (CC 2.0)

Promos and Music:

Sound effects from Freesound.org and in the Public Domain.

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

Episode 207 – Broom Closets Revisited

Laine shares some big news and we talk about being “out” as a witch (especially in the age of social media)!

Summary: Laine shares a recent personal milestone and we get into the benefits (and potential headaches) caused by being “out” as a magical practitioner. We also talk about the role of social media and being a “public” witch, then do our monthly card readings and a listener email in response to our death lore episode.

Producer for this show: Our Patreon supporter for this episode is Fergus! We’re naming them honorary Bewitching Big Ben of the Episode. (Because they really ring our bell). Thank you for your support of this episode and for your ongoing support of New World Witchery.

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We last talked about this topic waaaaaay back in 2010 in Episode 2 – Broom Closets and an Interview with Sarah Lawless.

We were also both interviewed recently on Your Average Witch Podcast, which we mention in this episode.

Cory’s Interview

Laine’s Interview

Our listener email this month responds to some information in our recent Death Lore episode.

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

Please note that clicking on links may provide some monetary compensation to New World Witchery.

Image via Pixabay (Used under CC 2.0 License, modified by New World Witchery)

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

Episode 206 – Mountain Magic with Byron Ballard

Cory sits down with Asheville’s Village Witch, H. Byron Ballard, to talk about folkways, storytelling, magic, community, and “tower time.”

Summary: Cory sits down with Asheville’s Village Witch, H. Byron Ballard, to talk about folkways, storytelling, magic, community, and “tower time.”

Producer for this show: Our Patreon supporter for this episode is listener Sherry. We greatly appreciate your long-time support for us, and so we’re going to name you our official Sweet Tea leaf reader for the show. We look forward to hearing all of your best predictions read in an icy glass of honey-sweet summer goodness. Thanks to Sherry for your support of this episode and for your ongoing support of New World Witchery.

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We, of course, recommend checking out Byron’s site, as well as her books including Staubs & Ditchwater; Roots, Branches, & Spirits; and Seasons of a Magical Life.

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

Please note that clicking on links may provide some monetary compensation to New World Witchery.

Image via Pixabay (Used under CC 2.0 License, modified by New World Witchery)

Promos and Music: Title music is “Woman Blues,” by Paul Avgerinos. All music is licensed from Audio Socket. Additional music includes songs by Human Factor, Randall Crisman, and StudioNineProductions, all licensed from Audio Socket.

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