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Special Episode – Folk Magician’s Notebook – October 2022

Folk tales of talking cats, diabolical cards, enchanted apples, and more!

Summary:

Time for another round of full moons, cards, and so much more! We look at the Blood Moon, talk about a pair of tempting-but-misunderstood cards, talk about the secret magic in the average apple, and hear a story of some very chatty cats.

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Producers for this show:

Abby, Achija Branvin Sionach, AromaG’s Botanica, AthenaBeth, Andrea, Bagga Marsh, Benjamin, Breanna, Carol, Carole, Catherine, Cheryl, Christopher, Colby, ConjuredCardea, Daniel, Dave, Don, Donna, Elizabeth, Eveline, Erin, Fergus, Griffin, Heather, Jamie, Jen Rue of Rue & Hyssop, Jess, Jenna, Jennifer, Jodi, John, Jonathan at the ModernSouthernPolytheist, Kat, Kee, Kristopher, Liz, Mark, Marisa, Matthew Venus of Spiritus Arcanum, Milo, Minimiel, Montine of Book of My Shadows, , Nikki, Payton, Sara, Scarlet Pirate, Sherry, Staci, Stephanie, Ralph from the Holle’s Haven Podcast, Vee, Victoria & Keifel of 1000 Volt Press, Violet, and WisdomQueen (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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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:

The Witches Almanac

Llewellyn’s Witches’ Datebook

Benebell Wen’s Metaphysician’s Planner

Montine’s Book of My Shadows

Or your local Farmer’s Almanac!

The story this month is a Texas folktale called “The Black Cat’s Message,” as retold by S.E. Schlosser.

You may be interested in our article on the folk magic of apples or the video we posted about it as well.

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)

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Promos and Music:

Title and closing music are “Runaround (AM Radio),” by Aaron Solomon, and is licensed from Audio Socket. Additional music Kevin Macleod, from Free Music Arcive and used under a CC 2.0 license.

Sound effects from Freesound.org and in the Public Domain.

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Special Episode – Folk Magician’s Notebook – September 2022

Lonely cards, blackberries, magic in your coffee cup, and more!

Summary:

We do some introspection with a couple of solitude-focused cards, watch the moon dance through the equinox and Michaelmas, learn about the good fortune in your teacup, hear a tale about listening to your dreams, and learn a little useful broom-crafting!

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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:

The Witches Almanac

Llewellyn’s Witches’ Datebook

Benebell Wen’s Metaphysician’s Planner

Montine’s Book of My Shadows

Or your local Farmer’s Almanac!

Our folktale this month is “The Peddler of Swaffham,” recorded by Joseph Jacobs and available on the Archive.org site (public domain).

A good, brief introduction to tasseomancy is The Stranger in the Cup, by Gregory Lee White.

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)

Image via Pixabay (CC 2.0)

Promos and Music:

Title and closing music are “Runaround (AM Radio),” by Aaron Solomon, and is licensed from Audio Socket. Additional music Kevin Macleod, from Free Music Arcive and used under a CC 2.0 license.

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.

Special Episode – Folk Magician’s Notebook – August 2022

This month we’re watching the stars fall, looking at some cards of great resolve, hearing a variation on a familiar tale, and digging into some bread and beans!

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This month we’re watching the stars fall, looking at some cards of great resolve, hearing a variation on a familiar tale, and digging into some bread and beans!

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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:

The Witches Almanac

Llewellyn’s Witches’ Datebook

Benebell Wen’s Metaphysician’s Planner

Montine’s Book of My Shadows

Or your local Farmer’s Almanac!

The folklore this month is a variation on a Jack tale, known as “Jack and the Bean Pole,” as recorded in Pennsylvania by Elsie Clews Parsons and available here: https://sites.pitt.edu/~dash/type0328jack.html

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)

Image via Pixabay (CC 2.0)

Promos and Music:

Title and closing music are “Runaround (AM Radio),” by Aaron Solomon, and is licensed from Audio Socket. Additional music includes tracks from Chase Horseman, licensed from Audio Socket. Additional music Kevin Macleod, from Free Music Arcive and used under a CC 2.0 license. Additional music by Hex_Q used by permission of the artist.

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.

Special Episode – Folk Magician’s Notebook – July 2022

We get dark-and-stormy for July with the Tower Card, the Seven of Spades, and some stories of Elijah.

Summary:

We get a little dark and stormy this month as we visit the Tower Card, the Seven of Spades, and hear some tales of Elijah from Jewish folklore. We also look at storm protection charms and the lunar astrology for the month!

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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:

The Witches Almanac

Llewellyn’s Witches’ Datebook

Benebell Wen’s Metaphysician’s Planner

Montine’s Book of My Shadows

Or your local Farmer’s Almanac!

The folklore this month features three tales of Elijah:

“Elijah the Slave” and “Elijah and the Two Shekels” are both adapted from the Midrash collection, Legends of the Jews. “Elijah, the Widow, & the Oil” is found in 2 Kings 4: 1-7.

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)

Image via Pixabay (CC 2.0)

Promos and Music:

Title and closing music are “Runaround (AM Radio),” by Aaron Solomon, and is licensed from Audio Socket. Additional music includes tracks from Jim Coleman and Shadowy Lines, licensed from Audio Socket. Additional music Kevin Macleod, from Free Music Arcive and used under a CC 2.0 license. Additional music by Hex_Q used by permission of the artist.

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.

Special Episode – Folk Magician’s Notebook – June 2022

We spend some time in the sweet month of June with the Honey Moon, a Queen Bee, a Magician, and a King.

Summary:

We spend some time in the sweet month of June with the Honey Moon, a Queen Bee, a Magician, and a King. Plus we share proverbs, crafts, and lunar astrological dates of note, too.

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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:

The Witches Almanac

Llewellyn’s Witches’ Datebook

Benebell Wen’s Metaphysician’s Planner

Montine’s Book of My Shadows

Or your local Farmer’s Almanac!

The fairy tale this month is “The Queen Bee,” adapted from a version found at Lit2Go. (Edwardes, M., Taylor, E., trans. (1905). Grimm’s Fairy Tales.)

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)

Image via Pixabay (CC 2.0)

Promos and Music:

Title and closing music are “Runaround (AM Radio),” by Aaron Solomon, and is licensed from Audio Socket. Additional music includes tracks from Jim Coleman, Shadowy Lines, Delicate Noise, and Jonathan Headly. All music licensed from Audio Socket. Additional music by Hex_Q used by permission of the artist.

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.

Special Episode – Folk Magician’s Notebook – May 2022

Powerful royal women, love-divining matches, beauty charms, and Irish fairy tales all in this month’s episode!

Summary:

We’re visiting with a pair of royal women this month as we look at cartomancy, and we also learn a few new tricks with matches! We explore beauty charms, and hear an Irish story about allies in unexpected places. Plus we’ve got our monthly moon tour and more!

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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:

The Witches Almanac

Llewellyn’s Witches’ Datebook

Benebell Wen’s Metaphysician’s Planner

Montine’s Book of My Shadows

Or your local Farmer’s Almanac!

The story this month is “The Horned Women,” found in the collection Celtic Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs. We’ve actually done this one before on our main show, too, from a slightly different source, so if you want to listen and compare you can!

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)

Image via Pixabay (CC 2.0)

Promos and Music:

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.

Special Episode – Folk Magician’s Notebook – April 2022

Summary:

We look to the skies and find TWO new moons this month! We also dig into the King of Clubs and The Emperor cards, as well as using divination to answer some “burning” questions with fire scrying. We tell a tale about angry oaths, and have a little crafting fun with oil lamps!

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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:

The Witches Almanac

Llewellyn’s Witches’ Datebook

Benebell Wen’s Metaphysician’s Planner

Montine’s Book of My Shadows

Or your local Farmer’s Almanac!

Here’s a copy of “The Fisherman and the Djinn” found in Andrew Lang’s adaptation of the 1001 Nights.

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)

Image via Pixabay (CC 2.0)

Promos and Music:

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.

Special Episode – Folk Magician’s Notebook – March 2022

Summary:

We check the Astro-weather to see that March does indeed come in like a lion and leaves like a lamb, plus we hear about witches in stone boats, the twos of Diamonds and Swords, and learn a bit about the practice of dowsing!

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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:

The Witches Almanac

Llewellyn’s Witches’ Datebook

Benebell Wen’s Metaphysician’s Planner

Montine’s Book of My Shadows

Or your local Farmer’s Almanac!

Here’s the version of “The Witch in the Stone Boat” that this episode’s tale is based on (also found in Andrew Lang’s Yellow Fairy Book)

We’ve got a post on Dowsing as well that you might be interested in, and you can also find more on the topic in Cory’s book.

You can now buy Cory’s book, New World Witchery: A Trove of North American Folk Magic! (also available from Amazon)

Image via Pixabay (CC 2.0)

Promos and Music:

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.

Episode 199 – Screen Time Spookiness

Summary:

We have a little spooky season fun and discuss some of our favorite recent films, shows, and even podcasts covering supernatural and folk horror!

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Our Patreon supporter for this episode is UK listener Dave, who’s been with us since 2015! We bestow upon them the title of honorary “Black Shuck” for the episode, and leave out a heaping helping of our thanks (along with the requisite spectral kibble). Our immense appreciation goes out to Catherine, and to all of our listeners and supporters!

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We talk about a whole bevy of spooky media this time, including:

Films from A24 studios such as The Witch, Saint Maude, Midsommar, Hereditary, and The Lighthouse

Some 80s satanic panic sendup like The Babysitter and Satanic Panic (of course), as well as the Fear Street Trilogy from Netflix

The chilling slow-burn psychological and occult horror of films like It Follows, Get Out, As Above So Below, and A Dark Song

Some surprise indie scares like The Girl with All the Gifts and Sweetheart

Serialized spookiness (with a dash of silliness) from shows like The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Salem, Evil, and the family-oriented-but-VERY-witchy Disney show called The Owl House

And some horror-fan (and horror-fearing) podcasts like The Horror Virgin, Too Scary Didn’t Watch, Spook-O-Rama, and Watch if You Dare

You can now buy Cory’s book, New World Witchery: A Trove of North American Folk Magic! (also available from Amazon)

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Promos and Music:

Title music is “Woman Blues,” by Paul Avgerinos. All music is licensed from Audio Socket.

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!

Special Episode – Scairy Tales – The Boy Who Drew Cats

Summary:

More spooky stories from the sinister Scairy Godparent this week! We tell the next All Hallows’ Read goodie, one from Japan about a boy who just can’t seem to stop drawing cats…and it may just save his life!

Producers for this show:

Abby, Achija Branvin Sionach, AromaG’s Botanica, AthenaBeth, Bagga Marsh, Benjamin, Breanna, Carol, Carole, Catherine, Christopher, ConjuredCardea, Daniel, Dave, Don, Donna, Erin, Griffin, Heather, Jen Rue of Rue & Hyssop, Jess, Jodi, John, Jonathan at the ModernSouthernPolytheist, Kristopher, Matthew Venus, Minimiel, Montine of Book of My Shadows, , Nikki, Payton, Sara, Scarlet Pirate, Staci, Stephanie, Ralph from the Holle’s Haven Podcast, Violet, and WisdomQueen (if we missed you this episode, we’ll make sure you’re in the next one!). Big thanks to everyone supporting us!

Special Episode Scairy Tales (All Hallows Read 2021)

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Our theme this year is “Scairy Tales,” or the fairy tales that are a bit too dark to tell in the nursery (unless you’re trying to scare your supper like our rather wicked storyteller might). Some of the sources for these tales include:

The Complete Grimms’ Fairy Tales
Baba Yaga: The Wild Witch of the East in Russian Fairy Tales, edited by Sibelan Forrester
The Boy Who Drew Cats & Other Japanese Fairy Tales, by Lafcadio Hearn
Hans Christian Andersen’s Complete Fairy Tales

You can now buy Cory’s book, New World Witchery: A Trove of North American Folk Magic! (also available from Amazon)

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Promos and Music:

All music is licensed from Audio Socket. Artists include Delicate Noise, Mark Petrie, PHLYR/Jim Coleman, Shadowy Lines, Colin Scudder, Steve Barden, Human Factor, The Widow’s Bane, and Richard Ames.

Song “Shamisen,” by HexQ, used with permission of artist.

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