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Witch Table Talk: Counterfeit Decks

We can bet you've seen them too - shoddily made tarot and oracle decks with a big QR code on the back, some even impersonating popular decks published by the big wigs themselves. Gemini and Scorpio hosted new friends Sasha Graham and MJ Cullinane, as well as our beloved Monica Bodirsky to talk about the havoc these counterfeit products are wreaking on the witchcraft community. 

Find our guests online at the following
Sasha Graham: website / instagram 
MJ Cullinane: website / instagram
Monica Bodirsky: website / instagram

Madame Pamita, A Witch In Time

What's up witches? For November's New Moon, New Book, your hosts read Baba Yaga's Book of Witchcraft by Madame Pamita. Besides being enamored by the book's structure and it's loving approach to Ukrainian magic, Gemini and Scorpio discuss why they read books with magic they won't do and whether or not they are tenderheaded. 

The Dichotomy of Samhain

What's up witches? Instead of talking about Samhain again in Year 5, we decided to talk about Samhain! Specifically, what's the deal with witches being SO into Halloween, what Scorpio's perfect Samhain would look like and the pressure on witchy girls to be perfect Samhain baddies on the 'gram and otherwise. If you are having trouble deciding between Halloween and Samhain, join us, because we kind of are too! 

The Book of Lilith

Dr. Barbara Black Koltuv does a deep meditation into the history and mythology surrounding Lilith and our beloved hosts do an episode reminiscent of Margaret Murray in Season One. Also, Gemini has a lot of feelings, some of which you might not expect! This one is chock full. Of what? You'll have to tune in and find out!

Note: This episode originally aired on 10/14/23 and was updated on 10/17/23. 

SAMHAIN I

Thank you to Moon Serpent and Bone Magical Night Market for sponsoring this "mini"-podcast! Amy welcomes us to the 5th Annual Samhain Market (with special guest Baphomet and a Witches Ball to cap the night), Scorpio and Gemini discuss Samhain in the headspace of Year 1, and we hear from some of the vendors who will be in attendance! We can't wait to see you on October's very own Friday the 13th for this awesome event! 

An Interview with Steven Bright

Drawn in by his beautiful artwork and skill with divination, it was a no-brainer to invite Steven Bright onto the podcast. What we didn't expect (and maybe he didn't either) was just how impactful and insightful our conversation would be. In a year that seems, at it's core, to be about the shadow work one does to find and define their individual path, Steven's artwork and insight are like the Hermit's lamp, guiding us out of the shadows. If you aren't already in therapy in the year of our Lord 2023, this episode will be billed to your insurance, with a $30 co-pay.

From Liminal11.com: Steven Bright is the author of Tarot: Your Personal Guide (Quarto) and the creator of Spirit Within Tarot (Schiffer). He is also the co-founder and editor of The Esotoracle, a worldwide magazine dedicated to all forms of divination.

As well as writing for Watkins, Mind Body & Spirit, The Cartomancer and Take a Break Fate & Fortune, Steven has also presented at The UK Tarot Conference, The London Tarot Festival and the TABI conference in Birmingham. A keen collaborator, Steven has worked with Christiana Gaudet, Brigit Esselmonte and Tori Hartman, amongst others.

Steven's Website / Instagram / The Esotoracle 

 

And for those of you who stuck around to the bottom of the description, catch us at Modern Druid in Nyack, NY, details available via us or Modern Druid. 

The Witching Year: An Interview with Diana Helmuth

Welcome to The Witching Year, a memoir written by Diana Helmuth about her year-and-a-day journey into modern witchcraft. Not only did we read The Witching Year, but we brought Diana on to talk all thing new witch, old witch and in-between witch. And if you're thinking - hey, how come I haven't heard of this book before? That's because it's currently avaible for pre-order and dropping on October 3rd! Spoiler: You should definitely pick it up and this episode covers all the reasons why!

From Simon and Schuster: Diana Helmuth writes about urges: to travel, to be in nature, and to feel understood. Her first book, How to Suffer Outside, was a National Outdoor Book Award winner, and her freelance work can be found in various anthologies, travel guides, and humor magazines. She studied anthropology and Arabic at UC Berkeley, and can often be caught moonlighting in Silicon Valley’s start-up land, or producing the occasional podcast. She was born and raised in Northern California.

Pre-order The Witching Year at The Bad Place

Diana on Medium.com

 

Magia Latine: Espiritismo 2

En nuestro último episodio de 2023 Escorpión habla sobre otro Espiritismo de Puerto Rico. En esta filosofía se crio ella y nos da una introducción.

Oedipus, Hubris, and Death of the Author

Happy Supermoon witches! This episode comes in as a Gemini special request and while it literally covers Oedipus, Hubris and the reading philosophy "Death of the Author", there's lots more discussed, in between and around, including but not limited to Scorpio's Starbies order. 

Summer Reading - Zines!

Happy Leo New Moon witches! Not only did our hosts want to discuss some awesome zines they picked up from Catland, but Gemini goes fully looney tunes TWICE this episode (once about Bird Law and once about Bats!). Tune in if you're ready to learn and not particularly picky about what!