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Special Episode – Folk Magician’s Notebook – May 2023

A Lunar Eclipse, Rosy Love Potions, and A Bawdy Tale!

Summary:

We chat about rose syrup for love, read some cards for one another, get excited for a lunar eclipse, and tell a bawdy tale!

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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 episode’s story is “The Tale of the Basin.”

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)

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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. (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.

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Episode 217 – Magical Mail Time

We answer listener messages about magical marbles, dreams of smug birds, mixing divination systems, and more!

Summary: We look into our mail bag and pull out a half dozen or so messages we’ve gotten over the past year to answer out loud, with words! We talk about magical marbles, dream states (including some with smug birds), and Czech folklore. Plus we do our card readings and Cory suggests a way to use cards to magically work through a problem.

Producer for this show: This episode is supported by AromaG’s Botanica. We greatly appreciate your ongoing support and currently sending you our very finest fleet of choreographed ravens to do an eerie aerial dance of gratitude on our behalf. Please do not make eye contact with them. That doesn’t usually go well.

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Big thanks to our listeners who sent in messages for this show! Some of these messages were in response to previous shows including the January 2022 Folk Magician’s Notebook, Episode 163 – Dreams, and Episode 205 – Death Lore.

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)

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)! 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 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

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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