deathlore – New World Witchery – The Search for American Traditional Witchcraft

Summary: We get down in the dirt with one of our favorite witchy folk, Sarah Lawless, and talk about mycological magic! We discuss some of the folklore, misconceptions, and uses of fungi and mushrooms both magically and in everyday life.

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Play: Episode 213 – Folklore and Fungi with Sarah Lawless

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Cory opens and closes with some brief quotes from a favorite book, Merlin Sheldrake’s Entangled Life.

Sarah also recommends Maria Sabina: Mujer Espiritu, a YouTube documentary. She also recommends the book Mushroom Essences, by Robert Rogers, and the papers “Fungi Folklore & Fairytales” and “Those Goddamn Ointments.”

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Summary: In what sounds like easily our most METAL episode ever, Laine and Cory sit down to chat about rituals of death, the lore surrounding the dead and dying, forerunners, doppelgängers, and more!

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Play: Episode 205 – Death Lore

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Cory mentions that he talked about corpse folklore over on an episode of the Cursed Podcast, so you should check that out! Cory also mentions the Jewitches podcast and the Ask a Mortician YouTube channel. You might also be interested in some of these episodes and posts from our past:

Episode 17 – Ancestors
Episode 100 – The Witch Must Die
Episode 152 – Honoring Ancestors with Mallorie Vaudoise
Episode 153 – Death Midwifery with Ralph Young
Post 157 – Corpses
Post 172 – Ashes

You can also read more about cemetery symbolism if you’re interested.

Laine recommends the film Lake Mungo for some doppelganger creepiness.

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.