Witchhassle: Recent Episodes
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James Dotson, MD, joins the program to talk about the occult history of scents and his magical journey. Hear the full version at Patreon.com/WitchhassleYou can get tickets for James’s class at this year’s Salem Summer Symposium at https://www.salemwitchfest.com/event-details/the-history-use-of-magical-fluid-condensers-with-dr-james-dotson where he will be talking about magical fluid condensers. His class from 2023 is available here: https://www.salemwitchfest.com/product-page/venus-queen-of-perfumesYou can learn more about James Dotson and his studies of scents at @iatromantis on instagram and at @uncannyscents on instagram (http://uncannyscents.com/). You should also check out his lectures through the The Institute for Art and Olfaction (IAO). Here’s one to get you going: https://vimeo.com/556239956Check out my class that I am teaching with Mr. Peter Von Leykamm at https://www.salemwitchfest.com/event-details/solomonic-pentacles-with-peter-von-leykamm-vincent-v-saint-roch-1
Christopher Warnock comes on to talk about De Quindecim Stellis: The Comprehensive Translations of Hermes on the Fifteen Fixed Stars (with Regulus Hess). In part 1 of this deep dive interview, I subject Warnock to listener questions from people who actually know things about astrology. In part 2 (available at patreon.com/witchhassle) I subject Warnock to my own questions about the brass tacks of how talismans work and are generated. You can learn more about Christopher Warnock here: https://www.renaissanceastrology.com/and here: https://www.youtube.com/@renaissanceastrologyGrab the book here: https://bookshop.org/p/books/de-quindecim-stellis-the-comprehensive-translations-of-hermes-on-the-fifteen-fixed-stars-christopher-warnock/19362028?ean=9781387489718and donate to humanitarian efforts in Palestine here: https://www.pcrf.net/and here: https://www.anera.org/where-we-work/palestine/gaza/and here: https://www.palestinercs.org/donation/
Today on the program, scholar and poet Paul Robichaud pops on to talk about Pan, that king of the satyrs, that piper in the dappled light of pine forests. You can grab Professor Robichaud's book Pan: the Great God's Modern Return here: https://bookshop.org/p/books/pan-the-great-god-s-modern-return/18911306?ean=9781789146905You can learn more about Professor Robichaud here:https://www.albertus.edu/about-us/our-faculty/faculty-profile.php?pname=paul-robichaudand here: https://twitter.com/PaulJRobichaud
White Rose Witching comes on to talk about necromancy, working with queer ancestors, and the relationship between activism and spirituality. There's also a manner of cursing in there for good measure.
You can learn more about White Rose Witching here:
Website: https://www.whiterosewitching.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whiterosewitching
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/white.rose.witching/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/WRWitching
Bookshop.org Storefront: https://bookshop.org/shop/whiterosewitching
You can grab tickets to my June 9th class on book-based divination here: https://www.thecauldronblack.com/event-details/diviners-on-divining-bibliomancy-with-cooper-wilhelm
And you can donate to For the Gworls here: https://www.forthegworls.party/donate
Also the full version of that ACT UP video is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfs2jFMsuB4
White Rose Witching/Ron Padrón (he/him/his) is a gay Cuban-American folk witch from the swamps of Florida now living in the mid-Atlantic with his husband and their small cryptid dog. He has been a member of the pagan community for two decades with specific interests in divination, Queer Ancestor veneration and necromancy, hedge witchery, and social justice activism. He is the creator of White Rose Witching through which he manages a blog sharing Queer Ancestor Spotlights and rituals, and hosts workshops across a variety of topics. He has presented at the Salem Witchcraft and Folklore Festival on spiritual activism, locally at Hallowed Homecoming discussing working with Queer Ancestors, and as a guest speaker for local pagan groups, historic sites, and small museums discussing colonial witchcraft politics and queer history.
T. Susan Chang comes on to talk about her new book, The Living Tarot: Connecting the Cards to Everyday Life for Better Readings. We get into tarot and ritual, and making meaning rather than just receiving it.
Buy The Living Tarot here: https://www.llewellyn.com/product.php?ean=9780738772257
Learn more about T. Susan Chang and her work here: https://www.tsusanchang.com/
here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/Tarotista
here: https://twitter.com/tsusanchang
and here: https://www.instagram.com/tsusanchang/
You can also get tickets to my upcoming talk on bibliomancy here: https://www.thecauldronblack.com/event-details/diviners-on-divining-bibliomancy-with-cooper-wilhelm
McCalla Ann, reader and host of SaturnVox, pops by to talk about the Old Guy. It's a r.i.p.-roaring good time. Learn more about McCalla here: https://www.saturnvox.com/and here: https://www.instagram.com/saturnvox/and here: https://twitter.com/SaturnVoxand here: https://www.facebook.com/SaturnVox/and listen to the SaturnVox podcast here: https://anchor.fm/saturnvoxThere is also a planetary playlist for getting into Saturnal moods and mindsets here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3YGEwXzAMYLZJRoDlXfrDg?si=9e557c133f6e4608
Texas hoodoo man Professor Charles Porterfield pops by to share his wisdom and get down to specifics about hoodoo, conjuration, materia, and his life. It's great stuff. The full interview, clocking in at nearly four hours, is available at patreon.com/witchhassleLearn more about the Professor and avail yourself of his services here: http://www.professorporterfield.com/And check him out here: https://www.instagram.com/prof.porterfield/That pamphlet I mention is available here: https://drive.google.com/drive/mobile/folders/1I-09zSg0f_0Xdu4KosvL1ILVNZQF8bl4?usp=gmail
Jove Spucchi chats about his Mars practice, Mars remediation, non-toxic masculinity, and more. You can learn more about Jove here: https://www.spucchi.com/Also here: https://twitter.com/JoveSpucchiAlso here: https://instagram.com/spucchi
Returning Witchhassle champion Sarah Lyons pops by to talk about her new book, How to Study Magic: History, Lore, and Building Your Own Practice. We get into magic, community, and wrangling with history. Buy the book here: https://www.runningpress.com/titles/sarah-lyons/how-to-study-magic/9780762479207/Learn more about Sarah here: https://sarah-lyons.com/and here: https://www.instagram.com/citymystic/and here: https://twitter.com/_sarah_lyons_ Listeners Note: Maybe it was two flights, not three.
Ariana Serpentine pops on to talk about her new book, Sacred Gender, which explores gender identity and the sacred.
Grab the book here: https://www.llewellyn.com/product.php?ean=9780738771342 And you can learn more about Ariana and what she's up to at: https://serpentandtree.com https://twitter.com/ASerpentNine https://www.facebook.com/people/Ariana-Serpentine/100063635197348/
Information on helping folks who work at Club Q is available here: https://twitter.com/UnluckyBanshee/status/1595906807502774272?s=20&t=-GTxEuetPkoWpIe9eD69dA
Austin Fuller comes on to talk about his new book, Conjuring The Witching Shade: And Other Necrosophic Rites. We get into details of the dead and it's good Florida fun.
Grab the book here: https://www.banexbramble.com/product-page/conjuring-the-witching-shade-booklet
Learn more about Austin at https://www.banexbramble.com/ and on twitter (@banexbramble) and instagram (@banexbramble).
In another installment of the Altared States Series, things get lunar with Saul Mondriaan (twitter.com/saul_mondriaan).
As with each of these planetary interviews, there's also a planetary playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1B6wpkTS3gxNccKiH3zZbk?si=7c368fb6eab84831
And in a correction: The anarchist pamphlet I mention is called At Daggers Drawn, and the back actually reads "The secret is to really begin . . ."
Hoodoo Moses comes on to talk about Hoodoo, the Archangel Michael, and much more.
Check out his kickstarter campaign for a magickal makerspace here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hoodoomoses/holy-mountain-magickal-makerspace
And his other sites here: https://linktr.ee/hoodoomoses
And of course, check him out on instagram @hoodoomoses.
Photo by @thinstring on instagram
Priestess, reader, and magical maker Cydney Gray (Lady Malandra / Rose da Rua) pops by to talk about Care Bear magic, making Maries, moving to New Orleans as a magical person, and more.
You can find her on instagram @rosedarua, on the internet at rosedarua.com, and on etsy at etsy.com/shop/RoseDaRua
William A. Calvo-Quirós talks about his new book, Undocumented Saints: The Politics of Migrating Devotions. We get into vernacular sainthood, cross-border religiosity, and dynamics of power. You can learn more about the book here: www.UndocumentedSaints.com.
You can also learn more about William A. Calvo-Quirós here: www.barriology.com.
Hear the full episode at patreon.com/witchhassle.
In a new installment of the Altared States series, Gabriela Herstik talks about Venus, Babalon, Isis, and the Goddess of Love and Lust.
Gabriela's new book, Sacred Sex: The Magick and Path of the Divine Erotic, is available here: https://bookshop.org/books/sacred-sex-the-magick-and-path-of-the-divine-erotic/9780593421659
You can learn more about Gabriela Here: https://www.gabrielaherstik.com/ https://www.instagram.com/gabyherstik/ https://twitter.com/GabyHerstik
Want more? Listen to the full version of the episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/70746839
Venus playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4gOnA9vvQnG6NnrUFvUK3A?si=4351e52f7ec44cbd
A list of mutual aid groups supporting trans people is available here: https://translifeline.org/resource/mutual-aid-funds-public-assistance/
What Lenin Teaches Us About Witchcraft is available here: https://www.e-flux.com/journal/100/268602/what-lenin-teaches-us-about-witchcraft/
You can sign the Trader Joe's petition here: https://p2a.co/PN3k0Fq
Also, I saw this tweet abut desire before the interview and the notion was floating in my head so I am citing it here: https://twitter.com/witchkingcooper/status/1553123169111769088?s=20&t=rxECSpxUlEgwDRhc_xrN4Q
Photo Credit: Alexandra Herstik instagram.com/alexyael
As part of the Altared States series (interviews with people who have a serious practice with one of the seven Chaldean planets), Simon Haskell talks Hermes, the god of Mercury.
His class on Hermes Chthonios is available here: https://www.thecauldronblack.com/product-page/practical-idolatry-hermes-chthonios-terrestrial-hermes-practice
And the Mercury spotify playlist is available here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6NLiwzuu1OnBYr6taWUp2E?si=7549c09f6e4b4abb
Get the full version of the interview (in which Simon talks about voluntary possession, mercury dimes, divination, and more) go to patreon.com/witchhassle.
The wonderful Britta Ager comes by to talk about her new book, The Scent of Ancient Magic. We get into many uses for scent in magic and religious practice, and the importance of this undervalued sense. For the full conversation (and other bonus content) pop over to patreon.com/witchhassle
The book is available here: https://www.press.umich.edu/10082698/scent_of_ancient_magic
And you can learn more about Professor Ager here:
https://twitter.com/BrittaAger https://asu.academia.edu/BrittaAger https://hcommons.org/members/brittaager/
She recommends:
Radcliffe G. Edmonds III, Drawing Down the Moon Lindsay C. Watson, Magic in Ancient Greece and Rome Daniel Ogden, Magic, Witchcraft, and Ghosts in the Greek and Roman Worlds: A Sourcebook Hans Dieter Betz, ed. The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation John Gager, ed. Curse Tablets and Binding Spells from the Ancient World
Also check out Abortion Action Front: https://www.aafront.org/ and those panels I mentioned: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvLjjxQn5PcnyFHW0Ac7OPE1DTg9F91an
In this interview recorded long, long ago and only brought to you now, Dr. Laura Ackerman Smoller comes on to talk about French astrologer and theologian, Pierre D'Alliy. We discuss astrology, prophecy, and the coming of the Antichrist.
You can buy Dr. Smoller's fabulous book on D'Alliy, History, Prophecy, and the Stars: The Christian Astrology of Pierre D'Ailly, 1350–1420, here: https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691654317/history-prophecy-and-the-stars
And you can learn more about Dr. Smoller and her research here: https://www.sas.rochester.edu/his/people/faculty/smoller_laura/index.html
As always, head over to patreon.com/witchhassle to support the show and get access to exclusive content.
Dr. Amina Inloes and J. M. Hamade come to talk about their fabulous new edition of al-Buni's Shams al-Ma'arif (the Sun of Knowledge). We get into jinn, necromancy, and more. Hear the full conversation (which has lunar mansions, poetry, and more) on the patreon.
Buy the book here: https://revelore.press/publications/sun-of-knowledge-shams/
Check out the book's twitter here: https://twitter.com/arabic__magic/
And its instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/arabic__magic/
Learn more about Dr. Amina Inloes here:
https://twitter.com/AminaInloes
Learn more about J. M. Hamade here:
https://jmhamade.com/About
https://www.instagram.com/starnightdwell/
In a patreon exclusive, Al Cummins comes on to talk about his new book, The Art of Cyprian’s Mirror of Four Kings: An Early Modern Experiment of Cyprianic Conjuration, and his work with the Four Kings (Kings of what, you ask? of Hell? OF HELL?!).
Hear the whole thing here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/63829736
Buy the book here: The Art of Cyprian’s Mirror of Four Kings: An Early Modern Experiment of Cyprianic Conjuration
Hector Salva comes on to talk about his new book, Espiritismo: Puerto Rican Mediumship & Magic. We discuss the role of the mentor, mediumship, voluntary possession, and more. After the interview there is also a brief snippet of my talk with Al Cummins about his new book on a mirror of the Four Kings, the whole of which is available right now on the patreon.
Buy Hector's book here: https://bookshop.org/books/espiritismo-puerto-rican-mediumship-magic/9781578637577
And learn more about Hector here: http://hectorsalva.com/ https://mysticalwork.com/ Instagram: @brujo21division
Buy Al's book here: https://www.hadeanpress.com/shop/the-art-of-cyprians-mirror-of-four-kings-an-early-modern-experiment-of-cyprianic-conjuration
Learn more about Al here: http://www.alexandercummins.com/ Instagram: @grimoiresontape
And the patreon as always is at patreon.com/witchhassle
The wonderful Dr. Stephen Skinner talks about the Ars Notoria, a grimoire of visual magic and rapid learning. You can learn more about Stephen Skinner here: http://www.sskinner.com/.
and you can learn more about the two volumes of the Ars Notoria that he published here: http://www.sskinner.com/books2.htm#arsnotoria and here: http://www.sskinner.com/books2.htm#arsnotoriamethod
As always, head over to patreon.com/witchhassle to support the show and get even more witchhassle.
In the patreon bonus, Sasha talks about the zine she curated of protection magic written by an anonymous gallery of magical luminaries, building a relationship with Saturn, and who magic is really for. To hear the whole thing and other exclusive stuff, head on over to patreon.com/witchhassle
Astrologer, Necromancer, and saint of Saturn, Sasha Ravitch pops by to talk about astrology and necromancy, the dark side of ancestor work, and Lacan. The conversation continues in the patreon bonus where we talk about who magic is for and Sasha developing a relationship with your friend and mine Saturn.
Learn more about Sasha here: sasharavitch.com Instagram.com/sasharavitch sasha.ravitch@gmail.com https://linktr.ee/sasha.ravitch patreon.com/sasharavitch
The zine she curated from an anonymous who's who of occultists is available for free here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1I-09zSg0f_0Xdu4KosvL1ILVNZQF8bl4?fbclid=IwAR28LYeOIwcxfUwRj7V2qiulyFq4aQ6780YooPp3QNPc1fpQQOhytl0dZ-w
and that article I mention is Billow's Relational Variations of the "Container-Contained": https://www.researchgate.net/publication/275185525_Relational_Variations_of_the_Container-Contained
J. Allen Cross comes on to talk about his new book, American Brujeria: Modern Mexican American Folk Magic, as well as about magic, folk Catholicism, Santa Muerte, and Vick's VapoRub. There's also a Plague Magic Minute featuring a recipe with some fun ingredients. And Sheba the cat is perennially upset.
You can purchase J. Allen Cross's book here: https://bookshop.org/books/american-brujeria-modern-mexican-american-folk-magic-9781578637454/9781578637454
And check out his instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/oregon_wood_witch/?hl=en (he is @oregon_wood_witch)
That Santa Muerte article I mention is available here: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41603-020-00110-6
And if you're in need of a Queen-like Closet, seek no further than: https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/14377/pg14377.html
Alice Sparkly Kat pops by to talk about their new book, Postcolonial Astrology: Reading the Planets Through Capital, Power, and Labor. There's also a Plague Magic Minute from 1665 and it's a fun one with brimstone, etc.
To buy Postcolonial Astrology, go to: https://www.milmundosbooks.com/divination/p/pre-order-postcolonial-astrology-reading-the-planets-through-capital-power-and-labor-alice-sparkly-cat
and to learn more about Alice Sparkly Kat, go to: https://www.alicesparklykat.com/ https://twitter.com/alicesparklykat (their twitter is great) https://www.instagram.com/alicesparklykat/
And for funzies: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo2/A31495.0001.001/1:3?rgn=div1;view=toc
Frank Klaassen and Sharon Hubbs Wright stop by to talk about their new book, The Magic of Rogues: Necromancers in Early Tudor England and there's a plague magic minute from someone named named Martin Martin.
To grab a copy of Magic of Rogues, head over to: https://www.psupress.org/books/titles/978-0-271-08929-4.html
You can find William Neville's The Castle of Pleasure here: https://www.otago.ac.nz/english-linguistics/tudor/nevillecaspleas18475.html
You can find A Description of the Western Islands of Scotland... here: https://archive.org/details/descriptionofwes00mart/page/248/mode/2up
And to help people in Gaza, consider donating to these organizations:
https://www.islamicreliefcanada.org/emergencies/palestine/ https://www.pcrf.net/ https://www.map.org.uk/donate/donate
Our show image comes from Samuel G. Szábo’s Rogues, A Study of Characters (1857).
Andrew Watt pops on to talk about astrological cycles; the idea of planets ruling periods of history as it appears in the Arbatel of Magick (Arbatel De Magia Veterum); the time he did magic to win the lottery; and your friend, his friend, and mine, Mercury, patron god of podcasters.
You can learn more about Andrew and what he's up to at https://andrewbwatt.com/ and at https://www.etsy.com/shop/WatermountainStudio?ref=hdr_shop_menu
A PDF of Robert Turner's 1655 translation of the Arbatel is available here: http://www.chaosmatrix.org/library/books/arbatel/arbatel.pdf and Joseph H. Peterson's translation is available on his site here: http://www.esotericarchives.com/solomon/arbatel.htm
If you want to support the show, by all means head over to patreon.com/witchhassle. If you want to yell at me, do so on twitter @cooperwilhelm where I will either agree with your searing criticism or respond with a picture of Wham! singer George Michael.
In a very special episode, astrologers Corbin Dewitt and Claire Comstock-Gay (Madame Clairevoyant) come on the program to talk about getting into astrology, the Sagittarian alter ego, pain points, and more.
You can learn more about Claire Comstock-Gay at https://clairecomstockgay.com/ and you should definitely follow her on twitter (https://twitter.com/MmeClairevoyant) and instagram (https://www.instagram.com/clairecomstockgay/)
You can learn more about Corbin Dewitt at https://corbindewitt.com/ and you should definitely follow her on twitter (https://twitter.com/corbin_dewitt) and instagram (https://www.instagram.com/corbindewitt/)
Our theme music was performed by Sebastian Bäverstam and recorded by Edvard Lee.
Brian Johnson comes by to talk about his translation of excerpts of manuscript Plut. 89 sup. from the Medici library. We get into spirit conjuration, translation, necromancy, and more. We also have a plague magic minute from right here in New York City (Mets!).
To learn more about Brian and his work go to https://twitter.com/JohBri and his website https://bjohnsonfreelance.com/
and to preorder his book, Necromancy in the Medici Library: An Edition and Translation of Excerpts from Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, MS Plut. 89 sup. 38, go to https://www.hadeanpress.com/shop/necromancy-in-the-medici-library
(also that essay of his about spirit possession that I bring up is available here: https://godsandradicals.org/2016/05/23/revolutionary-spirits-and-occult-strategies-of-resistance/)
To support the show go to patreon.com/witchhassle
to yell at me, go to twitter.com/cooperwilhelm
Music for this episode was adapted from Monkey Warhol's Stolen Moments under the auspices of: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Asa West comes on to talk about her zine Five Principles of Green Witchcraft and I get excited about a kind of written charm called a deletio morbi.
To learn more about Asa West, head over to:
https://www.instagram.com/theredtailwitch https://tarotbyasa.com/ https://www.etsy.com/shop/RedTailWitch https://twitter.com/TheRedTailWitch
And Five Principles of Green Witchcraft is available here: https://abeautifulresistance.org/five-principles-of-green-witchcraft
In a patreon-only addendum to my interview with Fez Inkwright, I dive deep into the legend of the Tiddy Mun and then spiral out into similarish case studies from Zambia, Japan, and Mexico. Subscribe to the patreon to hear the whole thing. https://www.patreon.com/witchhassle
Folklorist and illustrator Fez Inkwright comes to chat about her new book Botanical Curses and Poisons: The Shadow-Lives of Plants, which delves into dangerous plants and their lives in folklore. I also get into the ZENEXTON for a plague-magic minute.
Preorder Fez's book here: https://liminal11.com/product/botanical-curses-and-poisons/
Learn more about Fez: https://twitter.com/rosdottir https://rosdottir.carrd.co/ https://www.instagram.com/rosdottir/
And a link to our zenexton source for good measure: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo2/A35064.0001.001/1:5.8.7.4?rgn=div4;view=fulltext
Dr. Rain Mason comes on to talk about divination and psychological therapy, as well as about their practice of theurgy.
You can learn more about Rain at their site (https://www.rainmasonphd.com/) or on twitter (https://twitter.com/500livesasafox). Their dissertation, Divination practices: An empirical psychological investigation, is available here: (https://research.library.fordham.edu/dissertations/AAI10838562/).
And here are some Amabie links: https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/04/22/838323775/in-japan-mythical-amabie-emerges-from-19th-century-folklore-to-fight-covid-19
I couldn't track down the aggregator twitter account I mentioned again, but here's the Japanese-language hashtag which has some great stuff: https://twitter.com/hashtag/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%9E%E3%83%93%E3%82%A8?src=hashtag_click
It's Halloween and Witchhassle is off to the graveyard with Mat Hadfield to talk about his new book, A Wondrous Spell: Necromancy in the PGM. We get into necromancy, a three-worlds cosmology, magical adaptations and substitutions, and animism.
To pick up his book, go to https://www.hadeanpress.com/shop/a-wondrous-spell-necromancy-in-the-pgm
Mat also recommends the work of Jake Stratton-Kent (https://scarletimprint.com/jake-strattonkent / https://www.hadeanpress.com/shop/magnus-dictus) and An Excellent Booke of the Arte of Magicke from Phil Legard & Alexander Cummins (https://scarletimprint.com/publications/an-excellent-booke)
You can also check out the two facebook groups Mat moderates, Ceremonial Magic School (https://www.facebook.com/groups/1533348820298200/) and Goetia and Grimoire Magic (https://www.facebook.com/groups/233071691315077/)
Magician and esoteric researcher David Rankine pops by to talk about his new book, Sepher Yetzirah Magic: Magic and Meditations derived from the first and greatest Qabalistic Work. We also get into divination and meditation and it's a good old time.
To learn more about David Rankine and his esoteric scholarship, go to https://davidrankine.com/ and you can pre-order the new book at https://www.hadeanpress.com/news/2020/9/24/pre-orders-open-for-sepher-yetzirah-magic-by-davind-rankine
Journalist, cemetery tour guide, and writer on history and culture Allison C. Meier talks about cemeteries and the symbols found within them. There's also a plague magic minute from your friend and mine, the late, great Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa (gone but not forgotten).
To learn more about Allison and her upcoming talks, go to http://www.allisoncmeier.com/. You can also keep track of her writing and classes on twitter @AllisonCMeier and her instagram (@allisoncmeier) is a lot of fun if you like tombstones and the like.
Photo Credit: Shannon Taggart
Catherine Diedrich of Quadrivium Supplies comes to chat about making magical oils, tables of correspondence, ancestor work, and her new project around making magical basics more accessible for the new kids. You can and should learn more at:
https://twitter.com/quadrivii https://www.instagram.com/quadrivii/ http://www.blog.quadrivium-supplies.com/ http://www.magicalbasics.net/ http://www.magicalbasics.net/origins-of-tables-of-correspondence/
Matthew Venus of Spiritus Arcanum(https://spiritusarcanum.com) talks about animism, snakes, effigy magic, hoodoo history, and more! You should definitely check out his instagram (https://www.instagram.com/spiritus_arcanum) to get a glimpse of his magical art and fetish objects.
There is also a Plague Magic Minute from the Folk-Lore of Adams County having to do mostly with onions and just a bit with a corpse.
Also fun: the SALEM SUMMER SYMPOSIUM is THIS WEEK and features many Witchhassle alumni. Get your tickets here: https://www.salemsummersymposium.com/
Sam Van Aken, creator of the Tree of 40 Fruit, comes on to talk about his work and worldview. There's also a plague magic minute that forces us to confront the age-old question: What is a gillyflower? What isn't?
To learn more about Sam Van Aken and maybe take on of his classes, go to: https://greenthumb.nycgovparks.org/news.html?news_id=467 https://www.samvanaken.com/ http://instagram.com/samvanakenstudios
The episode image is those wands he mentions.
Also that censor beep came from here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIpOnR7zpmg
In a Patreon-only minisode, I talk to Wren Collier about the Trithemian Table of Practice he built Francis Barrett’s The Magus. We also talk about sorcery and aliens. Here's a little snippet. If you want to hear the whole thing right this instant, go Patreon.com/Witchhassle and become a patron at the Leopold I level.
Philosopher and Magician Kadmus pops in to talk about his dynamic reimagining of necromancy. We also talk about politics, mutual aid, and his book, True to the Earth: Pagan Political Mythology.
To learn more about Kadmus go to: https://twitter.com/StarandSystem http://starandsystem.blogspot.com/ https://www.facebook.com/people/Kadmus-Herschel/100014974535439
and to buy True to the Earth: https://abeautifulresistance.org/shop-1/true-to-the-earth-pagan-political-theology-by-kadmus
And to get Sam Van Aken's livestream, which is APRIL 26TH SO COMING RIGHT UP, go to :https://greenthumb.nycgovparks.org/gardenevents.html?qs=2020/04/26/open-orchard-school-pruning-an-overgrown-fruit-tree
Aidan Wachter, talismanic jeweler and author Six Ways: Approaches & Entries for Practical Magic, pops in to talk magical techniques, dirt magic, spiritual allies, magical jewelry, and more. There's also a Plague Magic Minute with what I think is marimba music?
For more on Aidan go to: http://www.aidanwachter.com/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/817003871775078/ https://twitter.com/silfrsmith https://www.instagram.com/aidan.wachter/
Also I used on incipits but didn't mention is available here: https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-artifacts/artifacts-and-the-bible/ancient-amulets-with-incipits/
Our theme music is performed by Sebastian Bäverstam and recorded by Edvard Lee.
Dr. Francis Young pops in to talk about his book Magic as a Political Crime in Medieval and Early Modern England: A History of Sorcery and Treason and more, Frank Sivilli gives us some astrological elections, and I talk a lot about plague and fever magic. ALSO: Future guest Matthew Venus has some online classes starting soon and you can learn more at http://spiritusarcanum.com/ and past guest of the show Alexander Cummins is doing a sale on his online classes and you can learn more here http://www.alexandercummins.com/.
Learn more about Dr. Francis Young here: https://drfrancisyoung.com/ Reach out to Frank Sivilli on instagram here: @anti.bishop and support the show here: patreon.com/witchhassle
Scholar, necromancer, and joy-to-be-around Dr. Alexander Cummins pops in to talk about his new book, An Excellent Booke of the Arte of Magicke: The Magical Works of Humphrey Gilbert and John Davis. We get into spirit conjuration, necromancy, learning magic from the ghosts of dead magicians, and the relationship between magic and colonialism. Frank Sivilli (anti.bishop) also has a great pair of astrological elections for us, including one that makes use of the elusive February 29th.
Dr. Cummins's book: https://scarletimprint.com/publications/an-excellent-booke Dr. Cummins himself: http://www.alexandercummins.com/
Lisa Marie Basile (@lisamariebasile) pops in to talk about her new book, The Magical Writing Grimoire: Use the Word as Your Wand for Magic, Manifestation & Ritual. We chat about writing as magic, shadow work, and the ghosts in her apartment. Frank Sivilli (@Anti.Bishop) talks about what to expect from and how to make use of Mars's entry into Capricorn.
Peter Bebergal, author of such books as Season of the Witch: How the Occult Saved Rock and Roll and Strange Frequencies: The Extraordinary Story of the Technological Quest for the Supernatural, pops in to talk the occult, David Bowie, golems, and the time he tried to communicate with the ghost of his late father using electronic voice phenomena (EVP). Frank Sivilli also brings some astrological elections for the coming days and I talk about the use of audio in curses.
A big pre-Christmas show! Witchhassle talks the coming Christmas eclipses, Frank Sivilli has astrological elections for the new year, and Leon Calafiore of Out in Jersey and the Big Book of Magic (https://www.facebook.com/bigbookofmagic/) talks magic and his magical journey starting in the 1960s and going all the way up until today. This is only the first part of our conversation, so to hear the whole thing and get some of the really, really good stuff you’d otherwise miss, I abjure you to head over to our patreon.
Also here’s a link to that remediation I mention: https://sphereandsundry.com/south-node-eclipse-magic-remediation-rituals/
Ashton of Black Unicorn Tarot stops by to chat about tarot, sex magic, Santería, and their magical journey. Frank Sivilli also returns with elections for the coming days. If you want to support the show, head over to patreon.com/witchhassle
Chiron Armand (@ChironArmand) skypes in to talk shamanism, hoodoo, healing, spiritual cleansing, soul loss, dance, and more. You can learn more about him and the work he does at https://www.impactshamanism.com/.
In a new regular feature, astrologer Frank Sivilli (@anti.bishop) also give a rundown of upcoming astro-weather and ritual frameworks for some upcoming elections.
As always, if you want to support the show or submit a question to our research department, head over to patreon.com/witchhassle.
In answer to a listener question about horcruxes we get into a tangled nest of animated statues, enspiriting objects, and talking brass. Jesse Hathaway Diaz (https://wolf-and-goat.com) gets on the line to talk about enspirited statues in Quimbanda. Special thanks to Al Cummins for his help this episode (alexandercummins.com).
For our first episode, I sit down with Sarah Lyons to discuss her new book, Revolutionary Witchcraft. We talk about the intersection of magic and politics, ritual and protest.
To learn more about Sarah and her book, go to Sarahlyons.org or her instagram @citymystic
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