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Podcast 24 – Love Magic

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Summary

Tonight’s show is all about the love…magic! We discuss different types of love spells, the ethics of casting them, the power of scent to inspire love, and the famous Love Potion #9.

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Earth Power – Scott Cunningham
Ozark Magic & Folklore – Vance Randolph
Mules & Men and “Hoodoo in America” – Zora Neale Hurston
Voodoo & Hoodoo – Jim Haskins
Witches, Ghosts, & Signs – Patrick W. Gainer
Buying the Wind – Richard Dorson
The Voodoo Hoodoo Spellbook – Denise Alvarado

Promos & Music
Title music: “Homebound,” by Jag, from Cypress Grove Blues. From Magnatune.
Promo 1 – Forest Grove Botanica
Promo 2 – Wigglian Way
Promo 3 – The Infinite & the Beyond

Podcast 23 – The New Year, Anniversaries, & Birthdays

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Summary

We’re back! We tell you what’s been keeping us busy and talk a little about our upcoming plans. Then we get into our main topic: annual celebrations, including New Year’s, Anniversaries, and Birthdays.

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Witches All – Elizabeth Pepper, ed.

American Folklore: An Encyclopedia – J. H. Brunvand, ed.

Ozark Magic & Folklore – Vance Randolph

The Encyclopedia of 5000 Spells – Judika Illes

“Birthstones” article on Wikipedia

Also: Open Call for Submissions from Misanthrope Press!

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

Promo 1 – Druidcast

Promo 2 – Inciting a Brewhaha

Promo 3 – Pagan Homesteader

Podcast 22 – Yuletide Cheer!

Summary

Happy Yule! Today we have our favorite carols, poems, recipes, and even a little lore for the winter holidays. Have a blessed and happy holiday season!

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“A Visit from St. Nicholas,” attributed to Clement Clark Moore, but likely written by Henry Livingston, Jr.
“The Oxen,” by Thomas Hardy.

Recipes for Tom & Jerrys, Reindeer Food, and Gingerbread cookies.

Holiday animal lore can be found here.

Promos & Music
Nearly every song can be found on CDBaby.com or iTunes. Below I’ve attempted to link directly to the artist pages where possible.

I Saw Three Ships – West of Eden
Gods Rest Ye Merry Paganfolk – The Pagan Carolers
Hark the Herald Angels Sing – Doug Smith
Wren in the Furze – Shira Kammen
Silver Bells – Steve Martin & Paul Simon (Live recording from SNL)
A Soalin’/Soul Cake – Pagan Carolers
Holly & The Ivy – Howl-O
Good King Wenceslas – The Trail Band
Cherry Tree Carol – Rose & Thistle Band
Bring the Torch Jeanette Isabella – Trifolkal
Boars Head Carol – Pagan Carolers
Come Landlord Fill the Flowing Bowl – The Limeybirds
Gloucester Wassail – Pagan Carolers
Carol of the Bells – Ross Moore
Stille Nacht/Silent Night – Katie McMahon
Snowbird – Maidens Three
Da Day Dawn – Samantha Gillogly
O Tannenbaum – Antique Music Box Christmas Collection
O Holy Night – Indigo Girls
This Endris Night – Heather Dale
Go Tell It On the Mountain – Easy Anthems
Patapan – Bittersweet & Briers
Welcome Yule – Renaissance Revelers
Little Drummer Boy – Men of Worth
Angels We Have Heard on High – Skye Pixton
Auld Lang Syne – Marc Gunn

Holiday wishes from (in no particular order) Saturn Darkhope, Oraia Sphinx, Scarlet at LPV, Gillian the Iron Powaqa, Rianna Stone the Pagan Homesteader, & Kathleen at Borealis Meditation.

Podcast 20 – Magical Animals

Podcast 20 – Magical Animals
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Summary
Today we’re looking at animals and their role in magical practice. We’ll talk about different species, shapeshifting, and familiars. In WitchCraft, Laine talks about making Black Cat Oil. Cory looks at one way to attune with a familiar in SpelledOut. Don’t forget about the Winter Lore Contest!
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Some of the works we cite are:
Patrick Gainer’s WItches Ghosts & Signs
Vance Randolph’s Ozark Magic & Folklore
Ronald Hutton’s Triumph of the Moon
The Foxfire book series
Magical Creatures, from Elizabeth Pepper & Barbara Stacy of The Witch’s Almanac
We mention the Bible, particularly Leviticus 16 (the scapegoat). 16:8 in many translations refers to Azazel (wiki article. Also, we mention Mark 16: 17-18 (the passage on snake-handling).
We also mention Auntie Greenleaf, whose tale can be found at Americanfolklore.net
You might also be interested in our New World Witchery blog entry on Snakes.
And, of course, we mention Judika Iles’ 5000 Spells again.

Promos & Music
Title music: “Homebound,” by Jag, from Cypress Grove Blues. From Magnatune.
Promo 1 – Inciting a Riot
Promo 2 – Borealis Meditations
Promo 3 – RadioLab

Podcast Special – Mother Hicks

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Summary
A tale of a famous witch from Maine, adapted from Richard Dorson’s “Buying the Wind”

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Based on tales found in Buying the Wind, by Richard Dorson.

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

Podcast Special – The Boo Hag

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Summary
This tale relates the events of a marriage that takes a turn for the worse when the husband finds out his new bride is a skin-shedding witch.

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“The Boo Hag,” retold by S.E. Schlosser, in her collection Spooky North Carolina. Also available on her website.

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

Podcast Special – The Devil’s Marriage

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Summary
The story of a brother, a sister, the devil, and a helpful witch. From the folklore of North Carolina.

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“Tales from Guilford County, North Carolina,” by Elsie Clews Parsons. In The Journal of American Folklore, v. 30, no. 116, 1917.
“The Devil’s Marriage,” retold by S.E. Schlosser, in her collection Spooky South.

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

Podcast 17 – Ancestors

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Summary
This episode is all about the Ancestors—who they are and why they are important. In WitchCraft, Laine gets her hands dirty with pumpkin carving. And in Spelled Out, Cory looks at methods of Ancestor contact.

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Interpreting Folk Lore, by Alan Dundes – This book has a good description of the Dumb Supper on p. 165
Ozark Magic & Folklore, by Vance Randolph – This also mentions the Dumb Supper
The Magical Power of the Saints, by Ray T. Malbrough – The source of the Ancestor Prayer Cory mentions in his segment
Witching Way of the Hollow Hill, by Robin Artisson – This book has a great description of the Red Meal
Grimoire for Modern Cunning Folk, by Peter Paddon – This one has good information on Tapping the Bone.
Alchemy Arts – The great witchy store in Chicago (which I incorrectly call “Alchemy Works” in the show)
Witchy Wearables – The great store that hosted the Podkin Super Moot
Pumpkin Bread – Recipe from Simply Recipes
Pumpkin Seeds – Recipe from Simply Recipes