Pacific Northwest – New World Witchery – The Search for American Traditional Witchcraft

Summary:

We are joined by geophysicist, volcanologist, and magical friend of the show Kathleen Borealis to talk about rocks, gems, and geology for witchy folk.

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Producers for this show: Heather, WisdomQueen, Jenni Love of Broom Book & Candle, Jennifer, Jen Rue of Rue & Hyssop, Little Wren, Khristopher, Tanner, Fergus from Queer as Folk Magic, Achija of Spellbound Bookbinding, Johnathan at the ModernSouthernPolytheist, Catherine, Payton, Carole, Stephanie, Kat, Breanna, Staci, Montine, WickedScense, Vic from the Distelfink Sippschaft of Urglaawe, Moma Sarah at ConjuredCardea, Jody, AthenaBeth, Bo, Scarlet Pirate, Tim, Leslie, Sherry, Jenna, Jess, Laura, Abbi, Nicole, & Clever Kim’s Curios (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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Download: Episode 172 – Magic Rocks with Kathleen Borealis

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We, of course, recommend checking out Kathleen’s excellent podcast Borealis Meditation, which is all about geology for pagans and other magically-minded folk.

We mention both Cunningham’s Encyclopedia of Crystal, Gem, & Metal Magic and Melody’s Love is in the Earth.

Image via Pixabay (public domain).

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Promos & Music

Title and closing music are “Woman Blues,” by Paul Avgerinos, and is licensed from Audio Socket. Incidental music is “Brushed Bells – Leaving Home” by Daniel Birch (Free Music Archive).

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Episode 80 – Call and Response

Summary:

In this month’s episode, we’re responding to some of our listener mail and feedback. We’ll talk about interfaith relationships, doing magical research, folk magic in the Western U.S., and address some questions about technical issues with the show.

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Download: Episode 80 – Call and Response

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Some of the books and resources mentioned include:

Buying the Wind, by Richard Dorson
Saints of Sage & Saddle, by Austin and Alta Fife
The Refiner’s Fire, by John Brooke
Latter-Day Lore, by Tom Mould
A Republic of Mind and Spirit, by Catherine Albanese
The Ways of my Grandmothers, by Beverly Hungry Wolf
Liz Christy’s The Tarot Lady site
Lakefront Pagan Voice’s excellent tarot sections
For Pacific NW lore and magic, you can also check out Sarah Lawless and Jen Rue, who both have lovely and informative blogs on the region.
We also mention the Ecopagan project and its position statement on the environment

Upcoming Appearances

Cory will be holding talks/discussions which you might find interesting at:

Greater New Orleans Pagan Pride Day (Saturday, October 10^th, 2015) – Featuring the luminous S.J. Tucker (and lil ole me)!
The American Folklore Society’s Annual Meeting (Oct. 14-17^th, 2015, in Long Beach, California) – I’m presenting on the Krampuslauf festival on SaturdayDon’t forget to follow us at Twitter! And check out our Facebook page! For those who are interested, we also now have a page on Pinterest you might like, called “The Olde Broom.”Promos & MusicAdditional songs in this program include “Rootless” and “Darker State of Grace,” by S.J. Tucker. You can see Sooj in New Orleans in October at the Greater New Orleans Pagan Pride Day event.
Title music: “Homebound,” by Jag, from Cypress Grove Blues. From Magnatune.
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