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The Folk Magician’s Notebook – January 2026

New Year, New Notebook

New Year, New Notebook

Summary: We’re back with some familiar magical advice and some new segments to add more magic to your year!
 
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:
Blake at Crossed Crow Books, Kayla, Anna, Elle, Victoria & Keifel of 1000 Volt Press, Lauren, Sierra, Lisa, Mark, Kels, Benjamin, MissV/Vee, Donna, Pretty Poisons Witch, Heather, Jonathan, Christopher, Ralph of the Holle’s Haven Podcast, Jamie, Catherine, Achija Branvin Sionach, AthenaBeth, and Conjured Cardea! Our sincere thanks to everyone supporting us!
 
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Download (right click to save): The Folk Magician’s Notebook – January 2026
 
 
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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: 

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

Sections

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

Image via Cory Thomas Hutcheson (CC 2.0)

Keep in touch and follow us through our ⁠Find Us⁠ page!

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

Sound effects from ⁠Freesound.org ⁠and in the Public Domain. Additional “rooster” sound effect from Darina Evstafeva from ⁠Pixabay⁠.

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!

Episode 267 – Yuletide Cheer! 2025

So Fill to Me the Parting Glass

So Fill to Me the Parting Glass

Summary: We close out our year–and our show–with a final Yule seasonal episode featuring carols, poems, a history of wassail bowls, and some thoughts on what comes next for us. Thank you all for 15 wonderful years, and we hope you have a joyous holiday season and the happiest of new years.

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.

Producer for this show: This episode is supported by all of our Patreon listeners. Thank you so much to all of you for making this year and all the other years possible!

Play: Episode 267 – Yuletide Cheer! 2025
Stream (Spotify): https://open.spotify.com/episode/145tnxn4m9x1lqsthmgJVJ?si=p_-mrfdfR22QCYh1P_JuPQ

Sources

Our holiday playlist this year is:

  • “We Wish You a Merry Christmas” – Jack Halloran Singers – Archive.org 
  • “Fum Fum Fum” – US Army Band (Public Domain)
  • “I Saw Three Ships/Kerry Jig” – The Morrison Players – Audiosocket (licensed)
  • Welcome and Hello! (Musical Background: “The Holly and the Ivy (Music Box Version)” CC 2.0 Pixabay)
  • “The Night before Christmas” – Ernest Hare – Archive.org 
  • Deck the Halls – Mark Petrie – Audiosocket (Licensed)
  • “The Boar’s Head Carol” – The Pagan Carolers (Archive.org)
  • “Mrs Fogerty’s Christmas” – Trillium – Audiosocket (Licensed)
  • A Brief History of Wassailing Bowls (via The National Trust of the UK)
  • Gratitude and Blessings (Musical Background: “O Christmas Tree” (Music Box version) – Pixabay)
  • Somerset Wassail – The Pagan Carolers (Archive.org)
  • New Year’s Wishes – What Comes Next for Us? (Musical Background: “The Holly and the Ivy (Music Box Version)” CC 2.0 Pixabay)
  • Auld Lang Syne (A Reading) – The Poetry of Robert Burns – Frederick Worlock and CRM Brookes – Archive.org
  • “The Parting Glass” (Traditional) – Cory Thomas Hutcheson
  • “Da Day Dawn,” by Samantha Gillogly (artist permission)

Transcripts are available on our Transcripts page (NOTE: No transcript available for this episode)

Books for Sale:

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: All music is licensed from Audio Socket, Pixabay, or the Public Domain, with the exception of “Da Day Dawn,” by Samantha Gillogly (used with artist permission).

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 – December 2025

What the Birds Know

What the Birds Know

Summary: We check out our lunar calendar, read some spicy(ish) cards, learn a bit about what birds say when we’re not around, 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:
Elle, Bree, Victoria & Keifel of 1000 Volt Press, Lauren, Cate, Sierra, Lisa, Donna, Liz, Meg, Vee, Mark, Kels, Benjamin, AromaG’s Botanica, DanielKnits, Abbi of Morningstar Coven, Stephanie, Jenna, Donna, Jennifer, Fergus, Heather, Christopher, Ralph of the Holle’s Haven Podcast, Jamie, Catherine, Achija Branvin Sionach, Jen Rue of Rue & Hyssop, AthenaBeth, and Conjured Cardea! 
Our sincere thanks to everyone supporting us!
 
Play:
 
 
 
 
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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: 

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

Folktale of the Month: “The Language of Birds,” a Russian Folk Tale. 

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).

Image via Pixabay (CC 2.0)

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 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. Additional “rooster” sound effect from Darina Evstafeva from Pixabay.

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!

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 266 – Magic in the Mail 2025

First Steps and Witchy Soirees

First Steps and Witchy Soirees

Summary:

It’s time to open up our mailbox and pull out some of your messages! We answer some of the questions that have been sitting in our inbox for a while now, including ones about where to get started with folk magic, what to do if you find a penny in an egg, how to host a witchy party, 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.

Producer for this show:

New World Witchery is a Patreon supported podcast. This episode is sponsored in part by listener MissV. We appreciate all you do for us and we’ll gladly send our resident witch-in-training to come help out with your household chores!

Play (right-click to save): Episode 266 – Magic in the Mail 2025
Stream on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3k5K3oOqdDX8lpQpyGKaes?si=5Dvpl4j6RFKVHh8eGmWrcw

Sources

These questions came from our listeners (and the answers from our own brains)! We do mention going back through some of our catalog of 250+ episodes to find some of our advice on getting started with folk magic, so feel free to do that!

Books and Things:

Please consider ordering 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 buy Cory’s book, New World Witchery: A Trove of North American Folk Magic! (also available from Amazon) and the 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 – November 2025

Let’s Get Salty

Let’s Get Salty

Summary: We look at the moon for the month, stan a couple of short and rectangular Kings, and sprinkle a little salt over everything this month!
 
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:
Elle, Bree, Victoria & Keifel of 1000 Volt Press, Lauren, Cate, Sierra, Lisa, Donna, Liz, Meg, Vee, Mark, Kels, Benjamin, AromaG’s Botanica, DanielKnits, Abbi of Morningstar Coven, Stephanie, Jenna, Donna, Jennifer, Fergus, Heather, Christopher, Ralph of the Holle’s Haven Podcast, Jamie, Catherine, Achija Branvin Sionach, Jen Rue of Rue & Hyssop, AthenaBeth, and Conjured Cardea! 
Our sincere thanks to everyone supporting us!
 
Play:
 
 
 
 
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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: 

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

Folktale of the Month: “Dear as Salt” (German/Austrian Folktale – Ashliman archives). See also Teresa Pijoan’s Myths of Magical Native American Women.

You can read more about witch’s salt and sideromancy in the Encyclopedia of 5000 Spells by Judika Illes. 

You can read more about Ouija board history in Cory’s book New World Witchery: A Trove of North American Folk Magic!

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).

Image via Pixabay (CC 2.0)

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 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. Additional “rooster” sound effect from Darina Evstafeva from Pixabay.

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!

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 -All Hallows’ Read 2025

Not for the faint-hearted

Not for the faint-hearted

Summary:
We revisit the All Hallows’ Read event one last time as Cory shares some of his own horrific writing. CONTENT WARNING: These horror stories contain gore, body horror, dental phobias, animal harm, sexual situations, domestic violence, and misogynistic language. NOT INTENDED FOR MINORS!
 
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!
 
Play:
 
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All of these stories are from Cory’s brain! (But inspired by folklore). If you want to know where those folk inspirations come from, feel free to check out our Patreon!

No transcript available for this episode.

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).

Image via Pixabay (CC 2.0)

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!  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.

Artists and license info:

  • Carpe Noctem by Elegy Music (#28966186) 
  • Motel Mayhem by Andrew Scott Foust (#29192602) 
  • We Didn’t Believe in the Ocean Until It Swallowed Us by Shadowy Lines (#29326126) 
  • Reasonable Monster by Shadowy Lines (#29326684) 
  • Weird Winter by Mark Petrie (#29479240) 
  • Prayer From Lemuria by Paul Summerlin (#29517958) 
  • Left Hand Path by Ben Leinbach and Outlaw Dervish (#29574106)

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!

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 – October 2025

Please Good Missus a Soul Cake

Please Good Missus a Soul Cake

Summary: It’s time to check in on the Falling Leaves Moon, read some cards, hear about a spooky prosthetic limb, play with a Ouija board, and bake some classic trick-or-treat snacks!
 
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:
Elle, Bree, Victoria & Keifel of 1000 Volt Press, Lauren, Cate, Sierra, Lisa, Donna, Liz, Meg, Vee, Mark, Kels, Benjamin, AromaG’s Botanica, DanielKnits, Abbi of Morningstar Coven, Stephanie, Jenna, Donna, Jennifer, Fergus, Heather, Christopher, Ralph of the Holle’s Haven Podcast, Jamie, Catherine, Achija Branvin Sionach, Jen Rue of Rue & Hyssop, AthenaBeth, and Conjured Cardea! 
Our sincere thanks to everyone supporting us!
 
Play:
 
 
 
 
-Sources-

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: 

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

Folktale of the Month: “The Golden Arm” adapted from the version told to the Library of Congress by Jackie Torrance.

You can learn more about the history of the talking board by visiting the Salem Witch Board Museum or reading Mitch Horowitz’s Occult America.

Our Soul Cake recipe comes from Love British History’s Tudor-era recipe.

You can read more about Ouija board history in Cory’s book New World Witchery: A Trove of North American Folk Magic!

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).

Image via Pixabay (CC 2.0)

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 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. Additional “rooster” sound effect from Darina Evstafeva from Pixabay.

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!

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 265 – The Magic of Verity Vox with Don Martin

We’re Cursed Send Help!

We’re Cursed Send Help!

Summary:

We sit down to chat with one of our favorite people, Don Martin, whose NY Times bestselling book Verity Vox and the Curse of Foxfire appeared on bookstore shelves last month. We discuss the book’s origins in Appalachian history and folklore, the joys of podcasting for the past 15 years, and what lies ahead.

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.

Producer for this show:

New World Witchery is a Patreon supported podcast. This episode is sponsored in part by listener MissV. We appreciate all you do for us and we’ll gladly send our resident witch-in-training to come help out with your household chores!

Play: Episode 265 – The Magic of Verity Vox with Don Martin
Stream: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1v6wLWVCAr7NnNFF8DDkGj?si=I3edUOz6SDK9XG1FKzIWnw

Sources

You can find Verity Vox and the Curse of Foxfire anywhere books are sold now! Or preorder his book on loneliness, Where Did Everybody Go? You can also check out Don’s previous books of poetry, The Playground and While I Wait to Be a God Again, as well as his witchcraft primer The Dabbler’s Guide to Witchcraft.

Some of the other titles/authors recommended on this show included:

Books and Things:

Please consider ordering 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 buy Cory’s book, New World Witchery: A Trove of North American Folk Magic! (also available from Amazon) and the 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

Episode 264 – Magical Occupations Part 3

Magic Working Overtime

Magic Working Overtime

Summary:

Laine and Cory chat about one of our favorite topics, Magical Occupations! We briefly revisit our previous episodes on the subject, then go through a new list of occupations and the folklore and magic associated with them, including firefighters, dancers, sex workers, and bookshop keepers!

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.

Producer for this show:

New World Witchery is a Patreon supported podcast. This episode is sponsored in part by listener MissV. We’re grateful for your support and we’ll be sending some enchanted dolls your way to offer you our thanks in person!

Play: Episode 264 – Magical Occupations Part 3
Stream: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2qIneJaU7j3lD9iHfmkBmH?si=S_lFQaZgRHaqSKPSpfwToQ

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We mention our previous episodes on magical occupations:

Books and Things:

Please consider ordering 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)!

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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 2025

Fun with Cancellation Games

Fun with Cancellation Games

Summary: We’re back again with our monthly download of lunar forecasts, card readings, a folktale about an absent-minded astrologer, some divination you may remember from elementary school, 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:
Elle, Bree, Victoria & Keifel of 1000 Volt Press, Lauren, Cate, Sierra, Lisa, Donna, Liz, Meg, Vee, Mark, Kels, Benjamin, AromaG’s Botanica, DanielKnits, Abbi of Morningstar Coven, Stephanie, Jenna, Donna, Jennifer, Fergus, Heather, Christopher, Ralph of the Holle’s Haven Podcast, Jamie, Catherine, Achija Branvin Sionach, Jen Rue of Rue & Hyssop, AthenaBeth, and Conjured Cardea! 
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: 

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

Folktale of the Month: “The Astrologer,” an Aesop’s Fable

The divination game was sparked by a passage in Vance Randolph’s Ozark Magic and Folklore.

You can read more about divination games in Cory’s book New World Witchery: A Trove of North American Folk Magic!

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).

Image via Pixabay (CC 2.0)

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 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. Additional “rooster” sound effect from Darina Evstafeva from Pixabay.

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!

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