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Podcast 46 – Monsters

Summary
Laine triumphantly returns in this show about all sorts of monsters and cryptids. We’ll be looking at creatures from folklore to netlore, and figuring out which beasties are our favorites along the way.

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Only one book referenced tonight, Daniel Cohen’s Encyclopedia of Monsters
Here’s a link to the (now discredited) series of post-tsunami sea creature photos Cory mentioned. The critters are real, but the story associated with them is not.
If you’re fascinated by the netlore Laine shares, particularly that of the Slender Man, check out the “Marble Hornets” web series

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Promos & Music
Title music: “Homebound,” by Jag, from Cypress Grove Blues. From Magnatune.
Promo 1-Celtic Myth Podshow
Promo 2-Transitioning Pagan

Podcast 45 – The Bag Lady Show

Summary
This episode is a grab-bag of different items: a recap of PPSM3, some music from artist Leslie Fish, a recording of a mini-class, and listener feedback. Think “Mary Poppins’ traveling bag,” but full of NWW goodies.

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You can read all about PPSM3 and find a list of the attendees and sponsors at the official Supermoot site
Much of the class discussion is also recapped in Blog Post 164 – Superstitions & Omens, Redux
I quote from Toni Morrison’s excellent book Sula in the class as well
Here are some of the books mentioned in the feedback section of the show:
- A Grimoire for Modern Cunning Folk, by Peter Paddon
- The Witching Way of the Hollow Hill, by Robin Artisson
- The Call of the Horned Piper, by Nigel Jackson
- Conjure Tales, by Charles W. Chesnutt
- The Complete Tales of Uncle Remus, by Joel C. Harris
- In a Graveyard at Midnight, by Edain McCoy
- Orlean Puckett: The Life of a Mountain Midwife, by Karen Cecil Smith
- Bluenose Magic, by Helen Creighton
- The Midwife & the Witch, by Thomas Forbes
- Peculiarities of the Appalachian Mountaineers, by Ora Jones
- Green Hills of Magic, by Ruth Musick
- Appalachian Magic, by Janet Rice
- Staubs & Ditchwater, by H. Byron Ballard
- Grimoires, by Owen Davies
- Mules & Men, by Zora N. Hurston
Here’s the link to homemade Peeps candies, as shared by a listener
You can read more about the crossroads legend mentioned in the feedback section at Lucky Mojo’s website
An author list of suggested witchy reading, sent in by a listener: Patricia A. McKillip, Cecelia Dart-Thornton, Jim Butcher, Diana Wynne Jones, Juliet Marillier, & Jan Siegel

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Promos & Music
Title music: “Homebound,” by Jag, from Cypress Grove Blues. From Magnatune.

We feature three songs by artist Leslie Fish, from her album Avalon is Risen: ““Hallows Dirge,” “Hymn to the Night-mare,” & “Lucifer”

Promo 1-Inciting a Riot
Promo 2-Lakefront Pagan Voice
Promo 3-Pennies in the Well
Promo 4-Borealis Meditation

Podcast Special – Zombies

SHOWNOTES FOR PODCAST SPECIAL – ZOMBIES

Summary
Tonight we celebrate everyone’s favorite Deadite, the zombie:

We begin with “Chapter 13: Zombies,” from Tell My Horse, by Zora Neale Hurston
Then we hear a short story from Voodoo: Strange & Fascinating Tales & Lore, edited by John Richard Stephens
A selection of text from Maya Deren’s Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti finishes the show.

Apologies for the audio glitches near the middle of the episode!

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Special Episode – Zombies

Music
“Grifos Muertos” by Jeffery Luck Lucas, from his album What We Whisper, on Magnatune.com

Incidental Music: “Ouch” (Be Your Own PET); “Play with Fire” (Cobra Verde); “Sixteen Shells from a Thirty-Ought-Six” (Tom Waits); “John the Revelator” (Blind Willie Johnson); “This Old World is Going Down” (The Modulations)

Podcast Special – American Devils

SHOWNOTES FOR PODCAST SPECIAL – AMERICAN DEVILS

Summary
This evening we hear two tales about diabolical creatures from American folklore:

First we hear “Goatman,” an original tale based on lore from Prince George’s County, Maryland.
Second, we’ll hear about the famous “Jersey Devil,” based on accounts from the Burlington, NJ Tourism Board and S. E. Schlosser’s AmericanFolklore.net site.

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Special Episode – American Devils

Music
“Grifos Muertos” by Jeffery Luck Lucas, from his album What We Whisper, on Magnatune.com

Podcast Special – Native Creatures

SHOWNOTES FOR PODCAST SPECIAL – NATIVE CREATURES

Summary
Tonight we hear three tales from Native American sources about strange and unusual creatures:

The Mannegishi, from the Ojib-Cree people, adapted by Cory from a tale found at NativeWeb
Achaanwaapush: The Cannibal Rabbit – adapted by Cory from a Cree-Cherokee tale told by John Petagumskum at FirstPeople.us
The Wampus Cat – An Appalachian tale read from Spooky South, by S.E. Schlosser

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Special Episode – Native Creatures

Music
“Grifos Muertos” by Jeffery Luck Lucas, from his album What We Whisper, on Magnatune.com

Podcast Special – Hairy Men and Bloody Bones

SHOWNOTES FOR PODCAST SPECIAL – HAIRY MEN & BLOODY BONES

Summary
In our first Halloween storytelling episode, we look at two folktales: “WIley & the Hairy Man,” (as retold by Diane de las Casas) and “Raw Head & Bloody Bones” (as retold by S.E. Schlosser)

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Speical Episode – Hairy Men and Bloody Bones

Music
“Grifos Muertos” by Jeffery Luck Lucas, from his album What We Whisper, on Magnatune.com

Podcast 44 – American Holidays

Summary
Today we’re looking at the “American wheel of the year” and at developing your own magical calendar.

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Our two main sources are the article “The Eight Great American Sabbats,” by Jason Mankey (at Patheos.com) and Jack Santino’s book All Around the Year.

Some other neat holiday-centered items:

R. Burns “Halloween” poem
Arlo Guthrie, “Alice’s Restaurant” (a main tradition for Cory’s Thanksgiving)
Leprechaun lore from the Yeats/Gregory collection Fairy & Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry
A little bit on the connection between Paganism & Easter from religioustolerance.org
The Wikipedia article on Dia de Muertos
A fun recipe for the Ossa di Morti cookies Cory mentions

Also check out the Holidays page at New World Witchery to explore this topic further, including episodes on Groundhog Day, Walpurgisnacht, and St. John’s Eve.

Cory will have a horror story about rabbits (of course) coming out through Misanthrope Press and their magazine Title Goes Here in the Fall (that’s sort of Halloween and Easter, right?).

And definitely check out all the details on Pagan Podkin Super Moot no. 3, happening in San Francisco on Oct. 6^th!

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Promos & Music
Title music: “Homebound,” by Jag, from Cypress Grove Blues. From Magnatune.

Promo 1 – Eat My Pagan A$$ Podcast
Promo 2 – HP Lovecraft Live Podcast
Promo 3 – Iron Powoqa Radio

Podcast Special – Learning Witchcraft

Podcast Special – Learning Witchcraft

Summary: In this episode, I’ll be telling stories from American folklore about how people learn witchcraft. We’ll hear tales of initiation and apprenticeship, solitary witches, witch apprenticeships, and find out just what witches do.

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Stories:

Examination of Tituba recorded by Ezekiel Cheever in Witches of the Atlantic World, Elaine Breslaw, ed. (p. 377-80)
Hubert J. Davies – “Delivered Up to the Devil,” from The Silver Bullet (p. 20-25)
Patrick Gainer – a story from Witches, Ghosts, & Signs (p. 164-5)
Jim Edmonds’ short tale in Foxfire 2 (p. 355)
Vance Randolph – from Ozark Magic & Superstition (p. 265-8)
Account of traiteurs – Dorson/Brandon in Buying the Wind (p. 265-6)
Zora N. Hurston – from Mules & Men, recounting her initiation by Rev. Joe Watson (p. 215-7)
Timothy Knab – from A War of Witches (p. 4-11 excerpts)

Promos & Music
“Grifos Muertos” by Jeffery Luck Lucas, from his album What We Whisper, on Magnatune.com

All incidental music comes from the group Falling You, from the album Touch, on Magnatune. Songs include:

“Sadness of the Witch”
“The Art of Possession”
“Less Likely to Believe”
“Something About Eve”
“Reading the Leaves”

Podcast 43 – Solitary, Partner, or Coven

Summary

On our first episode back from summer break, we are looking at practicing magic alone, with a friend, or in a group. Plus we talk about finding teachers and styles of magical learning.

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Some of the sources we discuss:

Some information on Gardnerian and Alexandrian Wicca (or Wica)
Information on Robert Cochrane, including some links to his letters
Cory mentions American Druidry group ADF
We can’t recommend Peter Paddon’s sites enough
Some notes on Tituba
Here is Hubert Davis’ The Silver Bullet book
We mention “The Horned Women” which Cory’s read before on the show
Check out the tale of “Vasilisa the Beautiful,” featuring Russian witch Baba Yaga
For more on the benedanti, Carlo Ginzburg’s books are a great source
Cory mentions the Cultus Sabbati at one point
Definitely check out Oraia’s episode on the Buddhist Mandala

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Promos & Music
Title music: “Homebound,” by Jag, from Cypress Grove Blues. From Magnatune.

Promo 1 – The Infinite & the Beyond
Promo 2 – Iron Powoqa Radio

Podcast Special – Magical Saints

-SHOWNOTES FOR PODCAST SPECIAL-

Summary
In our only June 2012 episode (sorry! I’ll be back from school soon!) Cory tells a few tales of magical saints. The saints range from canonical choices to folk tales to at least one very American folk saint.

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