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Special Episode – Folk Magician’s Notebook – November 2023

Foxes, chili peppers, coins, and towers

Scorpios, Beavers, Baths, and Badass Women

Summary:

We share our monthly notebook looking at our lunar forecast, hear a story about a Dauntless Girl, flip open a Red Book, make a little time for a bath, and more!

Please check out our Patreon page! You can help support the show for as little as a dollar a month, and get some awesome rewards at the same time. Even if you can’t give, spread the word and let others know, and maybe we can make New World Witchery even better than it is now.

Producers for this show:

ConjuredCardea, AthenaBeth, Jen Rue of Rue & Hyssop, Achija Branvin Sionach, Catherine, Jamie, Ralph of the Holle’s Haven Podcast, Christopher, Montine of Book of My Shadows, Victoria & Keifel of 1000 Volt Press, Heather, Sherry, Fergus, Jennifer, Donna, Stephanie, AromaG’s Botanica, Benjamin, Matthew Venus of Spiritus Arcanum, Mark, Vee, Meg, Liz, Donna, Lisa, Jacob, Sierra, and Jen!

Our sincere 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!

You can find a transcript of this episode at our Transcripts page.

This story’s folk tale is “The Dauntless Girl,” a Norfolk folktale.

In our cartomancy section, Laine will read for Cory, and Cory for Laine, but we’ll also share general information on the cards we pull, too. 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). We also have a new book, Conjuring the Commonplace: A Guide to Everyday Enchantment and Junk Drawer Magic (1000Volt Press) (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)!

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, from Free Music Archive and used under a CC 2.0 license.

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.

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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Special Episode -All Hallows’ Read 2023 – Ghostly Warnings

Foxes, chili peppers, coins, and towers

Tales of grey men, black dogs, and a demon cat

Summary:

It’s time for our annual All Hallows’ Read tradition! We share a selection of spooky stories and lore about three different ghostly beings that provide early warnings about things like family tragedies, political intrigue, and even hurricanes!

Producers for this show:

Our sincere thanks to everyone supporting us!

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We source and adapt the information for this episode from the following places:

“The Grey Man of Pawley’s Island” (Yahoo Lifestyle)
The Carolina Coastal Observer
The White House Historical Association
Atlas Obscura
“The Kidsgrove Hauntings” (Local Historian)
Black Dog Folklore, by Mark Norman

You can find a transcript of this episode at our Transcripts page.

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Don’t forget to follow us at Twitter! And check out our Facebook page! You can follow us on Instagram (main account, or you can follow Laine as well) or check out our YouTube channel with back episodes of the podcast and new “Everyday Magic” videos, too (as well as most of our contest announcements)!

Promos and Music:

Music for this episode is licensed from Audio Socket. Additional music Kevin Macleod, from Free Music Archive and used under a CC 2.0 license.

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.

Special Episode – Folk Magician’s Notebook – October 2023

Foxes, chili peppers, coins, and towers

Eclipses, Sevens, Eggs, and Mops

Summary:

We share our monthly notebook covering the lunar calendar for the month, a pair of divination cards, some folklore about a ghostly groom, and more!

Producers for this show:

Our sincere 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!

You can find a transcript of this episode at our Transcripts page.

This story’s folk tale is “The Lover’s Ghost,” a Hungarian Folktale.

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 235 – There and Back Again

Travels overseas and listener emails please!

Summary: Laine shares her experiences from her recent trip to Hungary (including some cool folklore) and we answer a series of listener emails about school supplies, military lore, and more!

Producer for this show: This episode is supported by listener Colby. Thanks so much Colby for helping us stay in ink, paper, and sealing wax for responding to all of our magical missives! As a special treat we’re sending you a personal bluebird of happiness with a message of gratitude. Be careful, though. Those birds can be awfully smug.

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Laine discussed some of the folklore from her recent trip to Hungary, including stories about the legendary bird called the Turul and St. Elizabeth’s Miracle of the Roses.

Cory also mentions his previous post on military folklore.

The transcript for this episode is available on our Transcripts page.

Some upcoming publications from us:

It’s here! You can now order our collaborative book Conjuring the Commonplace: A Guide to Everyday Enchantment and Junk Drawer Magic from 1000Volt Press! It’s available for purchase on Bookshop, Amazon, or from your local bookstore!

You can now buy Cory’s book, New World Witchery: A Trove of North American Folk Magic! (also available from Amazon) and the recent release Llewellyn’s Complete Book of North American Folk Magic as well (also available on 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)

If you have feedback you’d like to share, email us at compassandkey@gmail.com or newworldwitcherypodcast@gmail.com or leave a comment at the website: www.newworldwitchery.com . We’d love to hear from you! 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)!

Promos and Music: Title music is “Woman Blues,” by Paul Avgerinos. All music is licensed from Audio Socket (#35954).

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 – September 2023

Foxes, chili peppers, coins, and towers

Summary:

We look at the lunar landscape for the month, along with a pair of cards (including the dreaded Tower), hear a tale about a clever-but-not-nice fox, and learn to toss coins for divination. Plus much more!

Producers for this show:

Our sincere 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!

You can find a transcript of this episode at our Transcripts page.

This story’s folk tale is “The Fox and the Crow,” one of Aesop’s fables.

For more on I Ching divination, we highly recommend Benebell Wen’s website and her book I Ching, the Oracle.

You can now buy Cory’s book, New World Witchery: A Trove of North American Folk Magic! (also available from Amazon). You can also pre-order our forthcoming book, Conjuring the Commonplace: A Guide to Everyday Enchantment and Junk Drawer Magic (1000Volt Press).

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.

Update! New Book Alert!

That’s right! The book is finally (sort of) here!

Our book, Conjuring the Commonplace–which looks at the folklore and magical uses of a wide variety of household objects–is now available for e-book preorder!

It’s a very cottage-y, cozy sort of book that will let you see the magic in a cup of tea or a butter cookie tin full of buttons, and we’re incredibly proud of it. If you’ve ever wanted to know about fortune telling based on falling silverware, love divinations with burning matches, or the myriad portable spell ingredients in your purse at this very moment, this book will be one you want to pick up. We collaborated on every chapter and Cory did most of the internal illustrations, too, so this is really a labor of love (and maybe a hint of enchantment).

You can order e-book copies during pre-release from:

Amazon – https://amzn.to/44FfApe

Kobo – https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/conjuring-the-commonplace

The physical book release dates and pre-orders will be happening soon, too, so keep an eye out for those!

Thank you so much for your support of us and we hope you’ll enjoy the new book in whatever form you decide to get it!

-C&L

Episode 234 – Back to School Witchery

Papers, Pencils, and Pentagrams!

Summary: This time we’re looking back at how we’ve both learned and taught aspects of witchcraft and folk magic over the years, as well as some of the magical lore around common school supplies.

Producer for this show: This episode is supported by listener Liz, and to show our thanks we’re putting a very magical sticky note in your lunchbox. Be careful, because it’s been known to summon demons. And fluffernutter sandwiches. Use at your own risk

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We talk a bit about our previous episode on this topic from 2012, Special Episode – Learning Witchcraft.

The transcript for this episode is available on our Transcripts page. [EDIT: This episode does not currently have a transcript, but transcripts of most episodes are available at that link]

Some upcoming publications from us:

Be on the lookout for our upcoming collaborative book Conjuring the Commonplace: A Guide to Everyday Enchantment and Junk Drawer Magic also coming in 2023 from 1000Volt Press.

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 (#35954).

Episode 233 – Cunning Tales with the Witch of Southern Light

Fairy tales and crooked paths abound

Summary: We interview Marshall, the Witch of Southern Light, about his recent book, working with fairy tales and nursery rhymes in witchcraft, and the power of narrative grimoires.

Producer for this show: This episode is supported by listener Meg, whom we’re giving a complete collection of Mother Goose rhymes with bonus demon summonings in the back! Have fun, Meg!

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You can find Marshall’s book, Cunning Words: A Grimoire of Tales & Magic at Bookshop, Amazon, or wherever you order books online (or by ordering it through your local bookstore or witchy shop!)

You can find more about Marshall, including his social media accounts, book, advocacy, and Patheos blog at his Linktree site.

Also, check out Southern Bramble: A Podcast of Crooked Ways, which Marshall co-hosts with Austin (banexbramble). It’s full of great conversations about folklore and witchcraft!

The transcript for this episode is available on our Transcripts page. [EDIT: This episode does not currently have a transcript, but transcripts of most episodes are available at that link]

Some upcoming publications from us:

Be on the lookout for our upcoming collaborative book Conjuring the Commonplace: A Guide to Everyday Enchantment and Junk Drawer Magic also coming in 2023 from 1000Volt Press.

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 (#35954).

Special Episode – Folk Magician’s Notebook – August 2023

It happens once in a blue moon…

Summary:

We chat blue moons, canning jar magic, a beetle in a bottle, tarot, playing cards, and more in this month’s notebook!

Producers for this show:

Our sincere 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!

You can find a transcript of this episode at our Transcripts page.

This story’s folk tale is “The Devil, a Beetle, and a Bleeding Toe,” a folktale recorded in The Silver Bullet and Other American Witch Stories, edited by Hubert J. Davis.

The canning jar divination is adapted from a section of our forthcoming book, Conjuring the Commonplace: A Guide to Everyday Enchantment and Junk Drawer Magic (1000Volt Press).

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 232 – Live from Mystic South 2023

We share our recent experiences at the Mystic South conference

We share our experiences at our most recent magical conference

Summary: We talk about the experience of attending Mystic South (one of our favorite gatherings), as well as workshops, social interactions, meeting listeners, and more!

Producer for this show: This episode is supported by ALL our Patreon listeners! Thank you all for everything you do!

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We highly recommend checking out Mystic South and considering attending next year!

We also mention Carmanda Arts Things, the Doodle Tarot, and Owlkeyme Arts among the many excellent vendors.

The transcript for this episode is available on our Transcripts page. [EDIT: This episode does not currently have a transcript, but transcripts of most episodes are available at that link]

Some upcoming publications from us:

Cory just recently celebrated the release of Llewellyn’s Complete Book of North American Folk Magic, out now! Also be on the lookout for our upcoming collaborative book Conjuring the Commonplace: A Guide to Everyday Enchantment and Junk Drawer Magic also coming in 2023 from 1000Volt Press.

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 (#35954).