Podcasts about cunning folk

In this third episode of our Witches, Cunning Folk & Magic theme, I'm talking to Deborah Hyde, an author, presenter and producer who has written for periodicals such as The Guardian and The Fortean Times, and who specialises in the subject of weird belief. For ten years, Deborah was Editor-in-Chief of The Skeptic and is a fellow of The Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. She makes frequent TV appearances, being a regular contributor to 'Strange Evidence' and 'Mysteries at the Museum', and has presented insights in some of BBC iPlayer's most successful recent podcasts such as 'Uncanny', 'The Battersea Poltergeist' and 'Lady Swindlers'. In this chat, we talk about Margery Jourdemayne as an example of a cunning woman caught up in royal politics, Widow Coman, one of the Coggeshall Witches who was targeted relatively late in 1699, and how witchcraft accusations changed to suit the times. Find Deborah online: DeborahHyde.com Get your free guide to home protection the folklore way here: https://www.icysedgwick.com/fab-folklore/ Become a member of the Fabulous Folklore Family for bonus episodes and articles at https://patreon.com/bePatron?u=2380595 Buy Icy a coffee or sign up for bonus episodes at: https://ko-fi.com/icysedgwick Fabulous Folklore Bookshop: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/fabulous_folklore Pre-recorded illustrated talks: https://ko-fi.com/icysedgwick/shop Request an episode: https://forms.gle/gqG7xQNLfbMg1mDv7 Get extra snippets of folklore on Instagram at https://instagram.com/icysedgwick Find Icy on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/icysedgwick.bsky.social 'Like' Fabulous Folklore on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fabulousfolklore/

In this second episode of our Witches, Cunning Folk & Magic theme, I'm talking to Willow Winsham, an author and historian specialising in folklore, and the history of the English witch trials. Her books include the highly popular Treasury of Folklore series from Batsford Books, and Accused: British Witches Throughout History from Pen and Sword Books. Her passion for uncovering fascinating topics and dedication to impeccable research guarantees an accessible and engaging read, whatever the subject. Willow is also co-founder of #FolkloreThursday, the popular website and social media phenomenon dedicated to sharing folklore, fairytales and traditions from across the globe. When not writing, Willow spends her time crocheting, delving into family history research, and indulging an ever-growing board game habit. She lives in Derbyshire with her three children and two British Shorthair cats. In this chat, we talk about how witches appear in history, why there is such an ongoing fascination with the witch, and Helen Duncan, the last woman tried under the 1735 Witchcraft Act! Order The Story of Witches: Folklore, History and Superstition: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/12992/9781849949064 Find Willow on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/willowwinsham.bsky.social Get your free guide to home protection the folklore way here: https://www.icysedgwick.com/fab-folklore/ Become a member of the Fabulous Folklore Family for bonus episodes and articles at https://patreon.com/bePatron?u=2380595 Buy Icy a coffee or sign up for bonus episodes at: https://ko-fi.com/icysedgwick Fabulous Folklore Bookshop: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/fabulous_folklore Pre-recorded illustrated talks: https://ko-fi.com/icysedgwick/shop Request an episode: https://forms.gle/gqG7xQNLfbMg1mDv7 Get extra snippets of folklore on Instagram at https://instagram.com/icysedgwick Find Icy on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/icysedgwick.bsky.social 'Like' Fabulous Folklore on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fabulousfolklore/

In this first episode of our Witches, Cunning Folk & Magic theme, I'm talking to Dr Tabitha Stanmore! She's a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at University of Exeter on the Leverhulme-funded Seven County Witch Hunt Project, investigating the people affected by the 1640s witch trials in eastern England. Her doctoral research was funded by the South, West and Wales Doctoral Training Partnership (part of the AHRC), and published as Love Spells and Lost Treasure: Service magic in England from the later Middle Ages to the early modern era by Cambridge University Press. She has appeared on Radio 3's Free Thinking and BBC Radio London discussing magic in the early modern period, written for The Conversation, and TIME Magazine and BBC History Magazine, among others. Her debut non-fiction book CUNNING FOLK was published by The Bodley Head (UK) and Bloomsbury (US) in 2024, and the paperback came out on 28 May! In this chat, we talk about what cunning folk are and how they differ from witches, how members of different classes approached magic and what they used it for, and why Magic Studies is such a valuable approach to history! Get your copy of Cunning Folk: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/12992/9781529931563 Find Tabitha online: https://www.tabithastanmore.co.uk/ Get your free guide to home protection the folklore way here: https://www.icysedgwick.com/fab-folklore/ Become a member of the Fabulous Folklore Family for bonus episodes and articles at https://patreon.com/bePatron?u=2380595 Buy Icy a coffee or sign up for bonus episodes at: https://ko-fi.com/icysedgwick Fabulous Folklore Bookshop: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/fabulous_folklore Pre-recorded illustrated talks: https://ko-fi.com/icysedgwick/shop Request an episode: https://forms.gle/gqG7xQNLfbMg1mDv7 Get extra snippets of folklore on Instagram at https://instagram.com/icysedgwick Find Icy on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/icysedgwick.bsky.social 'Like' Fabulous Folklore on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fabulousfolklore/

History books on Witchcraft:Owen Davies, Cunning-Folk: Popular Magic in English History, (2003); Ronald Hutton, The Triumph of the Moon (1999); Emma Wilby, Cunning Folk and Familiar Spirits (2005); Courses on Celtic myth and folklore: https://celticsource.online/courses-page

Was an advisor to Queen Elizabeth I communicating with angels? Professor Suzannah Lipscomb is joined by Egyptologist Garry J. Shaw to explore the intriguing life of John Dee, his mysterious meetings with angels and demons and the secrets he believed they uncovered. With help from the enigmatic alchemist Edward Kelly, Dee wrote the Angel Diaries detailing his attempts to communicate with the divine, and the secrets of the celestial language they believed could unlock the universe's mysteries. Suzannah uncovers the complex relationship between Dee and Kelly, the apocalyptic visions, the inexplicable return of the burned manuscripts, and the dramatic breakdown after a scandalous wife-swapping decree.MOREPractical Magic: Prayers, Spells & Cunning Folkhttps://open.spotify.com/episode/218bX6v64pMYZEEJT9sxE6Presented by Professor Suzannah Lipscomb. The researcher is Alice Smith, audio editor is Amy Haddow and the producer is Rob Weinberg. The senior producer is Anne-Marie Luff.All music courtesy of Epidemic Sounds.Not Just the Tudors is a History Hit podcast.Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe. You can take part in our listener survey here: https://insights.historyhit.com/history-hit-podcast-always-on

Become one of The Cunning Folk with this rules-lite dark comedy ttrpg. Use your Magick and Luck to create a whole heap of Mischief. And seek devilish revenge on mortals on the receiving end of your ire.   The Cunning folks has its own system with a simple D6 dice pool, and interestingly features a levelling DOWN as well as levelling up mechanic. The rules encourage a ‘failing forward' style of storytelling, and the low prep required of the GM makes it ideal for one shots.   The game is launching on Kickstarter today (31st March 2025)! Find out more as we speak to Emily Greymoore on this weeks episode of Not DnD.   Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/emilygreymoore/the-cunning-folk-ttrpg Emily's LinkTree https://linktr.ee/emilygreymoore Art by https://www.patreon.com/c/Rossydoesdrawings/home

Long before witch trials, magic was the domain of ‘cunning folk' who were part of the fabric of medieval and early modern life.  Their charms, filters and spells - for personal advancement, aiding fertility, predicting the future, even exacting revenge - offered people solutions to their problems. Professor Suzannah Lipscomb finds out more from Dr. Tabitha Stanmore, whose research navigates the social and political lives of these lesser known magical practitioners. All music from Epidemic SoundsPresented by Professor Susannah Lipscomb. The researcher is Alice Smith, audio editor Amy Haddow and the producer is Rob Weinberg. The senior producer is Anne-Marie Luff.Not Just the Tudors is a History Hit podcastRelated episodes:The Brutal Basque Witch Hunt: https://podfollow.com/not-just-the-tudors/episode/f0c212ec364450ef05ff7b8e4df7053fa3911d20/viewThe Witchfinder General: https://podfollow.com/not-just-the-tudors/episode/9c81545a7796bf29d5de9f0c9ff75c40169a9ed0/viewSign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe. You can take part in our listener survey here: https://uk.surveymonkey.com/r/6FFT7MK

Steve Niner is an artist, permaculturist and a practitioner of the Western Mysteries, folk magic and neo shamanism. This is the second time Steve has visited the Soul Purpose Podcast. He speaks about many diverse areas within our culture, from politics, to chaos magic, from shamanism and cunning folk to the end of civilisation as we know it. Steve has more listens and downloads of his previous podcast so I thought it well worth having him visit us again. It's a fascinating listen

On this week's episode of Local Legends, Martin chats all things Worcestershire and the surrounds with folklorist and author Hugh Williams.Born in Worcester at the heart of the English Midlands, Hugh has gone about things the old fashioned way. Which is to say, he has spent almost his whole life physically exploring, discovering and researching the stranger places of England's middle counties, and is deeply passionate about telling their stories.Part of this he does through his blog, which is absolutely amazing, and he has also written three books, The Mystery of Mercia Volumes I and II, which are collections of lore and folktales centred on the old Anglo Saxon kingdom of Mercia, and, more recently, The Magic of Mercia: A History of Witchcraft and Magic in the Midlands of England. Drawing on traditional sources as well as his own collecting and site visits, Hugh's work paints a vivid picture of the English heartlands, from their very beginnings right through to the present day. All of which has earned him a prominent position on social media, where he posts pictures and videos of his discoveries to tens of thousands of people. Plus, he's now moving into the world of TV presenting – he's just filmed for the new History Channel series Weird Britain which will be released next year! So, settle in for a chat which folds in Danish reeves being skinned and their outer layers pinned to cathedrals, Cunning Folk, giants, Wild Hunts, foliate heads, and much, much more!To learn more Hugh and his work, do visit his website at mysteriesofmercia.com and you can find him on social media via @mysteriesofmerciaThe Three Ravens is an English Myth and Folklore podcast hosted by award-winning writers Martin Vaux and Eleanor Conlon.Released on Mondays, each weekly episode focuses on one of England's 39 historic counties, exploring the history, folklore and traditions of the area, from ghosts and mermaids to mythical monsters, half-forgotten heroes, bloody legends, and much, much more. Then, and most importantly, the pair take turns to tell a new version of an ancient story from that county - all before discussing what that tale might mean, where it might have come from, and the truths it reveals about England's hidden past...Bonus Episodes are released on Thursdays (Magic and Medicines about folk remedies and arcane spells, Three Ravens Bestiary about cryptids and mythical creatures, Dying Arts about endangered heritage crafts, and Something Wicked about folkloric true crime from across history) plus Local Legends episodes on Saturdays - interviews with acclaimed authors, folklorists, podcasters and historians with unique perspectives on that week's county.With a range of exclusive content on Patreon, too, including audio ghost tours, the Three Ravens Newsletter, and monthly Three Ravens Film Club episodes about folk horror films from across the decades, why not join us around the campfire and listen in?Learn more at www.threeravenspodcast.com, join our Patreon at www.patreon.com/threeravenspodcast, and find links to our social media channels here: https://linktr.ee/threeravenspodcast Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send us a textLet's be cunning! Tabitha Stanmore joins me to discuss her book Cunning Folk: Life in the America of Practical Magic. She explains why cunning folk weren't burned at the stake like witches.Buy Cunning FolkCheck out Tabitha's websiteSupport the show

Explore the mystic arts of cunning folk, blending old-world healing with modern insights. --- Join and support the community: https://www.creationspaths.com/ This podcast episode features Charlie and Brian discussing _the history, practices, and cultural nuances of cunning folk_, emphasizing the role these traditional healers play in local communities through herbalism, folk medicine, and earth-based magic. The conversation highlights three primary types of cunning folk: the intuitively gifted, those trained in folk traditions, and modern practitioners. Charlie draws on personal experiences, such as stories of their great-grandfather, a revered folk healer, to illustrate the unique knowledge cunning folk possess and their cultural impact. They reflect on how modern science and traditional practices can complement each other to maintain and evolve folk medicine safely and effectively. Brian shares his journey of rediscovering family traditions and provides insights into overcoming personal obstacles in learning herbalism and folk healing. The episode concludes with an invitation for listeners to explore their heritage and potentially reconnect with family-based or culturally-rooted healing traditions, considering their significance and need for thoughtful, respectful adaptation. Thank you for Liking and Subscribing to this podcast Thank you for sharing this episode with your loved ones, friends and community --- Thank you for Tips or Donations: https://ko-fi.com/cedorsett https://patreon.com/cedorsett Substack: https://www.creationspaths.com/ For all of the things we are doing at The Seraphic Grove go to Creation's Paths https://www.creationspaths.com/ For Educational Resource: https://wisdomscry.com Guided Meditations Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV0C8kiTKv0J2QAAlD1uaIJvQ3Sr9sIqO Christopagan Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV0C8kiTKv0ISXDQkZBRB7EHrUUJgXlGN The Everything Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV0C8kiTKv0Ln3eGW-tDk2R68PM6c182O Creation's Paths Podcast: http://www.creationspaths.com/podcast Church of the Oak Podcast: http://churchoftheoak.com/ Hallowstead Podcast: http://hallowstead.com/ Social Connections: BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/creationspaths.com Threads https://www.threads.net/@creationspaths Instagram https://www.instagram.com/creationspaths/ ## Chapters: 00:00 Introduction to the Cunning Folk 00:58 Meet the Hosts: Charlie and Brian 02:19 Types of Cunning Folk 05:17 Historical Context and Cultural Appropriation 08:56 Personal Anecdotes: Poppy the Cunning Man 11:46 Modern-Day Cunning Practices and Challenges 15:41 Understanding Homeopathy 15:57 Herbalism vs. Homeopathy 16:46 Exploring Family Traditions 17:48 The Magic of Broth 19:08 Reconnecting with Folk Traditions 20:02 Balancing Tradition and Modern Science 24:49 Personal Journey and Reflections 29:01 Engaging with the Community 30:35 Seasonal Prayer and Closing

Episode 38 Welcome to The Bell Witch Podcast Witching in the 21st Century After a summer break, Swailes the Friendly Green Witch is tackling a large topic, 'is witchcraft Dangerous?' Tackling the greatest misconceptions about witchcraft by sharing personal experiences and reflecting on The Burning Times historical insights. The episode delves into the societal perceptions and historical treatment of witchcraft, highlighting the patriarchal influences and misconceptions that have persisted into modern times. There is no devil in the craft. Swailes reflects on the witch hunts of the 16th and 17th centuries, drawing parallels to contemporary society's fears and misinformation. Emphasizing the empowering and healing aspects of modern witchcraft, the host encourages listeners to challenge societal norms and engage in thoughtful dialogue about the true nature of witchcraft.Made with love and magic by @friendlygreenwitch11.11 of @The_bell_witch_podcast Email- thebellwitchpodcast@yahoo.com The Bell Witch Podcast (@the_bell_witch_podcast) • Instagram photos and videosJoin the Patreon to support the creator The Bell Witch Podcast | Podcast | PatreonMentioned in this episode- https://open.spotify.com/episode/62jdpDDmPox3pZIGjDsvw3?si=fc186a5fdacf4c2chttps://open.spotify.com/episode/3xC1T01S9D75ollsNoedaw?si=64e906e3e7c74078Sponsored by Otley Ghost Tour Turnip Fish Theatre Company (squarespace.com)#PodcastPals The Adventures of Lilly Thystle and her Flower Dragon | Podcastshttps://open.spotify.com/show/0e5i06FKGQPQwCEzhIpaT5?si=541c87d6be234bbdSauces and Research Questions About Salem MA Witchcraft | 1692 Salem Witch MuseumWitchcraft - UK ParliamentThe trouble with witchcraft today - Big Issue NorthWitchcraft – Beliefs: An Open Invitation to the Anthropology of Magic, Witchcraft, and Religion (pressbooks.pub)Cover art by Coleen of StarGladeVintage on Pixabay

From love spells to enthral the object of your desires, to charms to influence the outcome of a trial, people turned to cunning folk for all kinds of practical magic in medieval and Tudor England. Speaking to Ellie Cawthorne, historian Tabitha Stanmore reveals the amount of power these magical people could have within their communities, and explores some of their methods for altering the world around them by supernatural means. (Ad) Tabitha Stanmore is the author of Cunning Folk: Life in the Era of Practical Magic (Bodley Head, 2024). Buy it now from Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cunning-Folk-Life-Practical-Magic/dp/1847927319/?tag=bbchistory045-21&ascsubtag=historyextra-social-histboty. The HistoryExtra podcast is produced by the team behind BBC History Magazine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Imagine: it's the year 1600 and you've lost your precious silver spoons, or maybe they've been stolen. Perhaps your child has a fever. Or you're facing a trial. Maybe you're looking for love or escaping a husband. What do you do? In medieval and early modern Europe, your first port of call might have been cunning folk: practitioners of “service magic.” Neither feared (like witches), nor venerated (like saints), they were essential to daily life. For people across ages, genders, and social ranks, practical magic was a cherished resource for navigating life's many challenges. In historian Tabitha Stanmore's beguiling account, we meet lovelorn widows, dissolute nobles, selfless healers, and renegade monks. We listen in on Queen Elizabeth I's astrology readings and track treasure hunters trying to unearth buried gold without upsetting the fairies that guard it. Much like us, premodern people lived in a bewildering world, buffeted by forces beyond their control. As Stanmore reveals, their faith in magic has much to teach about how to accommodate the irrational in our allegedly enlightened lives today. Charming in every sense, Cunning Folk: Life in the Era of Practical Magic (Bloombury, 2024) is at once an immersive reconstruction of a bygone era and a thought-provoking commentary on the beauty and bafflement of being human. Tabitha Stanmore, PhD, is a specialist in medieval and early modern magic. Morteza Hajizadeh is a Ph.D. graduate in English from the University of Auckland in New Zealand. His research interests are Cultural Studies; Critical Theory; Environmental History; Medieval (Intellectual) History; Gothic Studies; 18th and 19th Century British Literature. YouTube channel. Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Imagine: it's the year 1600 and you've lost your precious silver spoons, or maybe they've been stolen. Perhaps your child has a fever. Or you're facing a trial. Maybe you're looking for love or escaping a husband. What do you do? In medieval and early modern Europe, your first port of call might have been cunning folk: practitioners of “service magic.” Neither feared (like witches), nor venerated (like saints), they were essential to daily life. For people across ages, genders, and social ranks, practical magic was a cherished resource for navigating life's many challenges. In historian Tabitha Stanmore's beguiling account, we meet lovelorn widows, dissolute nobles, selfless healers, and renegade monks. We listen in on Queen Elizabeth I's astrology readings and track treasure hunters trying to unearth buried gold without upsetting the fairies that guard it. Much like us, premodern people lived in a bewildering world, buffeted by forces beyond their control. As Stanmore reveals, their faith in magic has much to teach about how to accommodate the irrational in our allegedly enlightened lives today. Charming in every sense, Cunning Folk: Life in the Era of Practical Magic (Bloombury, 2024) is at once an immersive reconstruction of a bygone era and a thought-provoking commentary on the beauty and bafflement of being human. Tabitha Stanmore, PhD, is a specialist in medieval and early modern magic. Morteza Hajizadeh is a Ph.D. graduate in English from the University of Auckland in New Zealand. His research interests are Cultural Studies; Critical Theory; Environmental History; Medieval (Intellectual) History; Gothic Studies; 18th and 19th Century British Literature. YouTube channel. Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

Imagine: it's the year 1600 and you've lost your precious silver spoons, or maybe they've been stolen. Perhaps your child has a fever. Or you're facing a trial. Maybe you're looking for love or escaping a husband. What do you do? In medieval and early modern Europe, your first port of call might have been cunning folk: practitioners of “service magic.” Neither feared (like witches), nor venerated (like saints), they were essential to daily life. For people across ages, genders, and social ranks, practical magic was a cherished resource for navigating life's many challenges. In historian Tabitha Stanmore's beguiling account, we meet lovelorn widows, dissolute nobles, selfless healers, and renegade monks. We listen in on Queen Elizabeth I's astrology readings and track treasure hunters trying to unearth buried gold without upsetting the fairies that guard it. Much like us, premodern people lived in a bewildering world, buffeted by forces beyond their control. As Stanmore reveals, their faith in magic has much to teach about how to accommodate the irrational in our allegedly enlightened lives today. Charming in every sense, Cunning Folk: Life in the Era of Practical Magic (Bloombury, 2024) is at once an immersive reconstruction of a bygone era and a thought-provoking commentary on the beauty and bafflement of being human. Tabitha Stanmore, PhD, is a specialist in medieval and early modern magic. Morteza Hajizadeh is a Ph.D. graduate in English from the University of Auckland in New Zealand. His research interests are Cultural Studies; Critical Theory; Environmental History; Medieval (Intellectual) History; Gothic Studies; 18th and 19th Century British Literature. YouTube channel. Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/folkore

Imagine: it's the year 1600 and you've lost your precious silver spoons, or maybe they've been stolen. Perhaps your child has a fever. Or you're facing a trial. Maybe you're looking for love or escaping a husband. What do you do? In medieval and early modern Europe, your first port of call might have been cunning folk: practitioners of “service magic.” Neither feared (like witches), nor venerated (like saints), they were essential to daily life. For people across ages, genders, and social ranks, practical magic was a cherished resource for navigating life's many challenges. In historian Tabitha Stanmore's beguiling account, we meet lovelorn widows, dissolute nobles, selfless healers, and renegade monks. We listen in on Queen Elizabeth I's astrology readings and track treasure hunters trying to unearth buried gold without upsetting the fairies that guard it. Much like us, premodern people lived in a bewildering world, buffeted by forces beyond their control. As Stanmore reveals, their faith in magic has much to teach about how to accommodate the irrational in our allegedly enlightened lives today. Charming in every sense, Cunning Folk: Life in the Era of Practical Magic (Bloombury, 2024) is at once an immersive reconstruction of a bygone era and a thought-provoking commentary on the beauty and bafflement of being human. Tabitha Stanmore, PhD, is a specialist in medieval and early modern magic. Morteza Hajizadeh is a Ph.D. graduate in English from the University of Auckland in New Zealand. His research interests are Cultural Studies; Critical Theory; Environmental History; Medieval (Intellectual) History; Gothic Studies; 18th and 19th Century British Literature. YouTube channel. Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Imagine: it's the year 1600 and you've lost your precious silver spoons, or maybe they've been stolen. Perhaps your child has a fever. Or you're facing a trial. Maybe you're looking for love or escaping a husband. What do you do? In medieval and early modern Europe, your first port of call might have been cunning folk: practitioners of “service magic.” Neither feared (like witches), nor venerated (like saints), they were essential to daily life. For people across ages, genders, and social ranks, practical magic was a cherished resource for navigating life's many challenges. In historian Tabitha Stanmore's beguiling account, we meet lovelorn widows, dissolute nobles, selfless healers, and renegade monks. We listen in on Queen Elizabeth I's astrology readings and track treasure hunters trying to unearth buried gold without upsetting the fairies that guard it. Much like us, premodern people lived in a bewildering world, buffeted by forces beyond their control. As Stanmore reveals, their faith in magic has much to teach about how to accommodate the irrational in our allegedly enlightened lives today. Charming in every sense, Cunning Folk: Life in the Era of Practical Magic (Bloombury, 2024) is at once an immersive reconstruction of a bygone era and a thought-provoking commentary on the beauty and bafflement of being human. Tabitha Stanmore, PhD, is a specialist in medieval and early modern magic. Morteza Hajizadeh is a Ph.D. graduate in English from the University of Auckland in New Zealand. His research interests are Cultural Studies; Critical Theory; Environmental History; Medieval (Intellectual) History; Gothic Studies; 18th and 19th Century British Literature. YouTube channel. Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/european-studies

Imagine: it's the year 1600 and you've lost your precious silver spoons, or maybe they've been stolen. Perhaps your child has a fever. Or you're facing a trial. Maybe you're looking for love or escaping a husband. What do you do? In medieval and early modern Europe, your first port of call might have been cunning folk: practitioners of “service magic.” Neither feared (like witches), nor venerated (like saints), they were essential to daily life. For people across ages, genders, and social ranks, practical magic was a cherished resource for navigating life's many challenges. In historian Tabitha Stanmore's beguiling account, we meet lovelorn widows, dissolute nobles, selfless healers, and renegade monks. We listen in on Queen Elizabeth I's astrology readings and track treasure hunters trying to unearth buried gold without upsetting the fairies that guard it. Much like us, premodern people lived in a bewildering world, buffeted by forces beyond their control. As Stanmore reveals, their faith in magic has much to teach about how to accommodate the irrational in our allegedly enlightened lives today. Charming in every sense, Cunning Folk: Life in the Era of Practical Magic (Bloombury, 2024) is at once an immersive reconstruction of a bygone era and a thought-provoking commentary on the beauty and bafflement of being human. Tabitha Stanmore, PhD, is a specialist in medieval and early modern magic. Morteza Hajizadeh is a Ph.D. graduate in English from the University of Auckland in New Zealand. His research interests are Cultural Studies; Critical Theory; Environmental History; Medieval (Intellectual) History; Gothic Studies; 18th and 19th Century British Literature. YouTube channel. Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/religion

Imagine: it's the year 1600 and you've lost your precious silver spoons, or maybe they've been stolen. Perhaps your child has a fever. Or you're facing a trial. Maybe you're looking for love or escaping a husband. What do you do? In medieval and early modern Europe, your first port of call might have been cunning folk: practitioners of “service magic.” Neither feared (like witches), nor venerated (like saints), they were essential to daily life. For people across ages, genders, and social ranks, practical magic was a cherished resource for navigating life's many challenges. In historian Tabitha Stanmore's beguiling account, we meet lovelorn widows, dissolute nobles, selfless healers, and renegade monks. We listen in on Queen Elizabeth I's astrology readings and track treasure hunters trying to unearth buried gold without upsetting the fairies that guard it. Much like us, premodern people lived in a bewildering world, buffeted by forces beyond their control. As Stanmore reveals, their faith in magic has much to teach about how to accommodate the irrational in our allegedly enlightened lives today. Charming in every sense, Cunning Folk: Life in the Era of Practical Magic (Bloombury, 2024) is at once an immersive reconstruction of a bygone era and a thought-provoking commentary on the beauty and bafflement of being human. Tabitha Stanmore, PhD, is a specialist in medieval and early modern magic. Morteza Hajizadeh is a Ph.D. graduate in English from the University of Auckland in New Zealand. His research interests are Cultural Studies; Critical Theory; Environmental History; Medieval (Intellectual) History; Gothic Studies; 18th and 19th Century British Literature. YouTube channel. Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Imagine: it's the year 1600 and you've lost your precious silver spoons, or maybe they've been stolen. Perhaps your child has a fever. Or you're facing a trial. Maybe you're looking for love or escaping a husband. What do you do? In medieval and early modern Europe, your first port of call might have been cunning folk: practitioners of “service magic.” Neither feared (like witches), nor venerated (like saints), they were essential to daily life. For people across ages, genders, and social ranks, practical magic was a cherished resource for navigating life's many challenges. In historian Tabitha Stanmore's beguiling account, we meet lovelorn widows, dissolute nobles, selfless healers, and renegade monks. We listen in on Queen Elizabeth I's astrology readings and track treasure hunters trying to unearth buried gold without upsetting the fairies that guard it. Much like us, premodern people lived in a bewildering world, buffeted by forces beyond their control. As Stanmore reveals, their faith in magic has much to teach about how to accommodate the irrational in our allegedly enlightened lives today. Charming in every sense, Cunning Folk: Life in the Era of Practical Magic (Bloombury, 2024) is at once an immersive reconstruction of a bygone era and a thought-provoking commentary on the beauty and bafflement of being human. Tabitha Stanmore, PhD, is a specialist in medieval and early modern magic. Morteza Hajizadeh is a Ph.D. graduate in English from the University of Auckland in New Zealand. His research interests are Cultural Studies; Critical Theory; Environmental History; Medieval (Intellectual) History; Gothic Studies; 18th and 19th Century British Literature. YouTube channel. Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/christian-studies

Imagine: it's the year 1600 and you've lost your precious silver spoons, or maybe they've been stolen. Perhaps your child has a fever. Or you're facing a trial. Maybe you're looking for love or escaping a husband. What do you do? In medieval and early modern Europe, your first port of call might have been cunning folk: practitioners of “service magic.” Neither feared (like witches), nor venerated (like saints), they were essential to daily life. For people across ages, genders, and social ranks, practical magic was a cherished resource for navigating life's many challenges. In historian Tabitha Stanmore's beguiling account, we meet lovelorn widows, dissolute nobles, selfless healers, and renegade monks. We listen in on Queen Elizabeth I's astrology readings and track treasure hunters trying to unearth buried gold without upsetting the fairies that guard it. Much like us, premodern people lived in a bewildering world, buffeted by forces beyond their control. As Stanmore reveals, their faith in magic has much to teach about how to accommodate the irrational in our allegedly enlightened lives today. Charming in every sense, Cunning Folk: Life in the Era of Practical Magic (Bloombury, 2024) is at once an immersive reconstruction of a bygone era and a thought-provoking commentary on the beauty and bafflement of being human. Tabitha Stanmore, PhD, is a specialist in medieval and early modern magic. Morteza Hajizadeh is a Ph.D. graduate in English from the University of Auckland in New Zealand. His research interests are Cultural Studies; Critical Theory; Environmental History; Medieval (Intellectual) History; Gothic Studies; 18th and 19th Century British Literature. YouTube channel. Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/british-studies

In this episode of the Mystai Podcast, I am rejoined by Ben Stimpson, Llewellyn author of Ancestral Whispers, and the forthcoming Wise Ones with Crossed Crow. Ben has been a long-time friend & fellow on my own author journey, so it was a pleasure to sit back down with him after 3 years and do a retrospective on how we've both changed. In this episode we discuss his recent focus on the Cunning Folk in England & Wales, how their accounts differed from European counterparts & explore some contemporary issues and hot topics in modern pagan reconstructions & how we go about constructing narratives of practice. Ben's book, Ancestral Whispers can be found at Llewellyn here: https://www.llewellyn.com/product.php?ean=9780738774725 You can also connect with him on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/BenStimpsonAuthor/ Find me on the internet ►TWITTER: https://x.com/ChrisLyonX?mx=2 ►INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/mystaiofficial/ ►FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/mystaiofficial ►SUBSTACK: https://chrislyon.substack.com ►DISCORD: https://discord.com/invite/j2rChj4YFB I am currently teaching a lecture series on Ancient & Late Antique Hermeticism. Do check it out! https://www.mystai.co.uk/way-of-hermes

Feeling under the weather? We have something to help with that as, in this week's Bonus Episode, Eleanor is uncovering the mysterious history of folk healers in England!Part of the "Magic and Medicines" series, we start by chatting through who 'Cunning Folk' were, including quite how wide-scale their business was, as well as the time periods in which they were in their prime. This leads us through the years of Renaissance alchemy and characters like Simon Forman and Doctor John Dee, when folk healers operated during historic crackdowns on witchcraft, prompting them to move beyond 'hedge wisdom' to become anti-witchcraft experts! We explore how, after the Witchcraft Act of 1735, cunning folk were forced to adapt, the kinds of services they offered, how and why records of their lives and works began to be recorded during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, and some of the remedies they offered for common problems. But has the craft of being a 'cunning man' or a 'cunning woman' ever really gone away? And were many of their methods actually very helpful? Through exploring the lives of people who gave themselves titles like, "The White Witch of Helston," "The Devil's Master" and "The Master of Witches," as well as the ways in which cunning folk have been presented in literature, we reveal some genuine mysteries - and a few examples of wonderful fakery.Which leads us to today, and where we go, in our post-industrial world, to find help with our ills.What has happened to all the Cunning Folk? The answer might just surprise you...The Three Ravens is an English Myth and Folklore podcast hosted by award-winning writers Martin Vaux and Eleanor Conlon.Released on Mondays, each weekly episode focuses on one of England's 39 historic counties, exploring the history, folklore and traditions of the area, from ghosts and mermaids to mythical monsters, half-forgotten heroes, bloody legends, and much, much more. Then, and most importantly, the pair take turns to tell a new version of an ancient story from that county - all before discussing what that tale might mean, where it might have come from, and the truths it reveals about England's hidden past...Bonus Episodes are released on Thursdays (Magic and Medicines about folk remedies and arcane spells, Three Ravens Bestiary about cryptids and mythical creatures, Dying Arts about endangered heritage crafts, and Something Wicked about folkloric true crime from across history) plus Local Legends episodes on Saturdays - interviews with acclaimed authors, folklorists, podcasters and historians with unique perspectives on that week's county.With a range of exclusive content on Patreon, too, including audio ghost tours, the Three Ravens Newsletter, and monthly Three Ravens Film Club episodes about folk horror films from across the decades, why not join us around the campfire and listen in?Learn more at www.threeravenspodcast.com, join our Patreon at www.patreon.com/threeravenspodcast, and find links to our social media channels here: https://linktr.ee/threeravenspodcast Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's episode we're headed back to Kent, and Martin is telling a spooky story based on the life of a sinister historic Archbishop of Canterbury... We start off discussing St Nectan, his errant cows, and headless commute back home, after which we venture to Kent!In addition to chatting about Dover Castle, the oldest boat in the world, and the eerie landscape of Romney Marsh, we chew over a tonne of delicious Kent foodstuffs before assembling a tasty-sounding "Dredgerman's Breakfast!"After some folkloric chat about topics including the lost heir to the Plantagenet throne, a hidden alchemist's tower in the heart of Canterbury, and a pagan shrine buried deep in a Roman villa, plus some excerpts from this week's Local Legends interview with Kent resident and host of the Real Life Ghost Stories podcast Emma Ozenbrook, it's onto the main event: Martin's story "The Stain of Vice."Speak to you again on Thursday for our new Magic and Medicines bonus episode all about Cunning Folk!The Three Ravens is an English Myth and Folklore podcast hosted by award-winning writers Martin Vaux and Eleanor Conlon.Released on Mondays, each weekly episode focuses on one of England's 39 historic counties, exploring the history, folklore and traditions of the area, from ghosts and mermaids to mythical monsters, half-forgotten heroes, bloody legends, and much, much more. Then, and most importantly, the pair take turns to tell a new version of an ancient story from that county - all before discussing what that tale might mean, where it might have come from, and the truths it reveals about England's hidden past...Bonus Episodes are released on Thursdays (Magic and Medicines about folk remedies and arcane spells, Three Ravens Bestiary about cryptids and mythical creatures, Dying Arts about endangered heritage crafts, and Something Wicked about folkloric true crime from across history) plus Local Legends episodes on Saturdays - interviews with acclaimed authors, folklorists, podcasters and historians with unique perspectives on that week's county.With a range of exclusive content on Patreon, too, including audio ghost tours, the Three Ravens Newsletter, and monthly Three Ravens Film Club episodes about folk horror films from across the decades, why not join us around the campfire and listen in?Learn more at www.threeravenspodcast.com, join our Patreon at www.patreon.com/threeravenspodcast, and find links to our social media channels here: https://linktr.ee/threeravenspodcast Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A Supreme Court spouse (hereafter "Mrs. Alito") hangs a flag upside down. Accusation of traitorousness ensure. Plus, a unionization vote fails in Alabama, or did it really just pre-succeed? And hundreds of years ago we didn't have GPS, Hinge, Tiles, trackers, or asprin, but we did have magic, as practiced by Cunning Folk. We're joined by Tabitha Stanmore the author of Cunning Folk: Life in the Era of Practical Magic. Produced by Joel Patterson and Corey Wara Email us at thegist@mikepesca.com To advertise on the show, visit: https://advertisecast.com/TheGist Subscribe to The Gist Subscribe: https://subscribe.mikepesca.com/ Follow Mikes Substack at: Pesca Profundities | MikePesca | Substack Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this podcast, Adam Nevill talks about Cunning Folk, the No One Gets Out Alive Movie Adaptation, horror publishing and bookstore discounts, and much more.  About Adam Nevill Adam Nevill  was born in Birmingham, England, in 1969 and grew up in England and New Zealand. He is an author of horror fiction. Of his novels, … Continue reading

In 1692 in the town of Salem Village, Massachusetts, two young girls started acting very strangely. The girls suffered from uncontrollable fits, bouts of incoherence, and odd outbursts including barking and choking sounds. A physician summoned to examine them concluded that the only explanation was that the girls were "under an evil hand." They were bewitched. This sparked a full fledged witchcraft panic that ended up claiming the lives of 25 people and destabilizing the entire Massachusetts Bay Colony. The ensuing Salem Witch Trials have been pointed to as a pivotal moment in American colonial history, but so much of the incident remains mysterious and clouded by mythmaking. How do you explain one of the strangest events in American history? Tune-in and find out how Black Sabbath, Cunning Folk, and the Miracle Max all play a role in the story.

MPF Discussion with Elen SentierReclaim Your Power With Your story with Elen Sentier About ElenElen is a transformational life and leadership coach and a qualified transpersonal psychotherapist, working with women to help them discover their true selves, rewild their hearts and find their business soul, enabling them to make lasting changes in the world. Through her own podcast, Soul in Business, Elen chats with female change-makers from across the globe who have a deep connection with themselves, nature, and other people, sharing their knowledge and helping others find their voice and make a difference.   A quirky, wilderness woman who is deeply connected with nature, Elen has written 12 books, three of which are best-sellers. She comes from a long family lineage of Cunning Folk and was brought up as awenydd (spirit keeper) in the old magical traditions of Britain.  On this episode of My Perfect Failure (Reclaim Your Power with Your Story with Elen Sentier) A wonderful conversation with Elen as she charts her charming childhood with her family and friends and being surrounded by the spirit and charm of nature. Elen also reveals how the 1960's was a period on enlightenment for her. Elen goes onto discuss how we all have the power to reclaim our lives when we trust and believe our own stories. Some of The areas we Cover ·       Why we should feel and acknowledge our grief and setbacks before we move on.·       Acknowledging the power of our own story.·       Recognise our journey.·       Recognising that life changes.  Connect with Elen Website: https://www.elensentier.com/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/elensentier YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcaajAzcEyQDNHd0rP-WPkGy5J2W0eUvZ   Please Leave A Review Like this show? Please leave us a review here, even one sentence helps! Consider including your Twitter handle so we can thank you personally!  Paul: Contact Details  ·         Work with me: paul@myperfectfailure.com ·         MPF Website: http://www.myperfectfailure.com/  ·         Insta: follow: https://www.instagram.com/myperfectfailure/   ·         Twitter: https://twitter.com/failure_perfect  ·         Facebook MPF Private Group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/377418129517757 

On this episode of The Life Shift Podcast, Elen Sentier shares how a diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis changed the trajectory of her life, leading her to embrace ancient witchcraft practices and ultimately becoming a transpersonal psychotherapist.Throughout the conversation, Elen emphasizes the importance of self-discovery through guidance rather than being told who we are. She encourages listeners to embrace their authentic selves and to reflect on their past selves, recognizing their unique contributions to the world. Elen also emphasizes the importance of collaboration and diverse perspectives in teaching, being a guide on the side rather than a teacher who produces clones of themselves.The episode explores the theme of embracing authenticity and growth through reflection and uncovering personal truths. Elen encourages listeners to stop hiding and masking their true selves, acknowledging that the challenges and walls we encounter are necessary for personal growth and self-discovery.Overall, this episode with Elen Sentier offers a thought-provoking exploration of embracing a multifaceted existence, expanding perspectives through connections, and the transpersonal nature of the self. It encourages listeners to embrace their authenticity, seek personal growth, and recognize the interconnectedness of all aspects of life.Elen is a transformational life and leadership coach and a qualified transpersonal psychotherapist, working with women to help them discover their true selves, rewild their hearts, and find what sets their souls on fire, enabling them to make lasting changes in the world. Through her recent series, Power-Full Women, and her podcast, Soul in Business, Elen chats with female change-makers from across the globe who have a deep connection with themselves, nature, and other people, sharing their knowledge and helping others find their voice and make a difference.A quirky wilderness woman deeply connected with nature, Elen has written 12 books, three of which are best-sellers. She comes from a long family lineage of Cunning Folk and was brought up as awenydd (spirit keeper) in the old magical traditions of Britain.https://www.elensentier.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/elensentier/Access ad-free episodes released two days early and bonus episodes with past guests through Patreon. https://patreon.com/thelifeshiftpodcastConnect with me:Instagram: www.instagram.com/thelifeshiftpodcastFacebook: www.facebook.com/thelifeshiftpodcastYouTube: https://bit.ly/thelifeshift_youtubeTwitter: www.twitter.com/thelifeshiftpodLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/thelifeshiftpodcastWebsite: www.thelifeshiftpodcast.com1. Life transformation2. Career change3. Finding purpose4. Pivotal moments5. Personal growth Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

VYS0026 | It's a Wand-erful Life - Vayse to Face with Douglas Batchelor Pt. 1 - Show Notes Hine and Buckley are back for the first episode of season 2 and they've brought Douglas Batchelor along with them! Doug is the host and creator of the incomparable What Magic is This? - a podcast about Magic, the Occult, the Esoteric, the Paranormal, the Supernatural and the Weird and surely the single most frequently mentioned magical resource throughout the first season of Vayse. In the first part of this two-part, slightly giddy interview, the roots of Doug's magical life are revealed as he talks about how he graduated from being a disillusioned materialist teenager to a punk-rock chaos magician to a self-styled-necromantic-performative-ritual-magician with an awesome occult podcast. The conversation bounces around: from synchronicities to Bob Ross, from how to start your own magical practice to Hot Wheels skating gear, from podcasting as a work of magic to the psychic influence of the Lost Boys soundtrack... and all whilst Hine and Buckley try their best to uncover and assimilate the source of Doug's seemingly inexhaustible enthusiasm and positivity... Recorded 3 August 2023 Big thanks go to Doug for being so generous with his time and enthusiastic with sharing his knowledge - we were not expecting for this to be a double episode!!! And thanks as always to Keith for the show notes! Give Keith a follow on Twitter @peak_flow for electronic music and weird stuff. Douglas Batchelor/What Magic is This? Links What Magic is This? website (https://whatmagicisthis.com/) Douglas/What Magic is This? On Twitter (https://twitter.com/DouglasWMiT) Douglas/What Magic is This? On Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/douglaswmit/) Douglas/What Magic is This? On YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@whatmagicisthis/videos) Douglas/What Magic is This? Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/WhatMagicIsThisPodcast/) Douglas/What Magic is This? Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/whatmagicisthis) Buckley and Hine's introductory stories - related links Carl Sagan's Cosmos - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmos%3A_A_Personal_Voyage) Bob Ross - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Ross) Surfskating - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surfskating) Hot Wheels - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Wheels) The Lost Boys Trailer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q786UsnOcsY) The Lost Boys (film) - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lost_Boys) The Lost Boys Soundtrack (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raI38f_xMZE) The Lost Boys Soundtrack (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lost_Boys#Music) VYS0003 | Welcome to Vayse: Population (first released episode) (https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0003) Selected topics and people featured on What Magic Is This? Links Chaos Magic, Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos_magic) Chaos Magic Part I - What Magic Is This? episode (https://whatmagicisthis.com/2020/07/20/chaos-magic-part-i/) Chaos Magic Part II - What Magic Is This? episode (https://whatmagicisthis.com/2020/07/31/chaos-magic-part-ii/) Sigil - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigil) Sigils - What Magic is This? episode (https://whatmagicisthis.com/2020/05/11/sigils/) The Lesser Key of Solomon on Sacred Texts (https://sacred-texts.com/grim/lks/index.htm) The Lesser Key of Solomon edited by Joseph H Peterson (https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30643630931&searchurl=an%3Dpeterson%2Bjoseph%26sortby%3D17%26tn%3Dlesser%2Bkey%2Bof%2Bsolomon%2Bthe%2Blemegeton%2Bclavicula%2Bsalomonis&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp1-_-title1) Lesser Key of Solomon/Ars Goetia - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lesser_Key_of_Solomon) Goetia - What Magic is This? Episode (https://whatmagicisthis.com/2021/08/30/goetia/) Greek Magical Papyri - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_Magical_Papyri) The Greek Magical Papyri In Translation on the Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/TheGreekMagicalPapyriInTranslation/mode/2up) The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation Volume I: Texts (https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=31601118429&ref_=ps_ggl_10939332144&cm_mmc=ggl-_-UK_Shopp_Textbookstandard-_-product_id=UK9780226044477USED-_-keyword=&gclid=Cj0KCQjw0vWnBhC6ARIsAJpJM6fpF9O5d0vYsBN1CSFiZXS-lSE_tWyW3qCaPJO563We-9XVSLsa1qIaAoK3EALw_wcB)by Hans Dieter Betz The Greek Magical Papyri - What Magic is This? episode (https://whatmagicisthis.com/2020/02/29/the-greek-magical-papyri/) I Ching, Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Ching) I Ching - Wilhelm/Baynes (http://www2.unipr.it/~deyoung/I_Ching_Wilhelm_Translation.html) I Ching or Book of Changes: Ancient Chinese wisdom to inspire and enlighten (https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/i-ching-or-book-of-changes-ancient-chinese-wisdom-to-inspire-and-enlighten-richard-wilhelm/14406?ean=9780140192070) - Wilhelm/Baynes Translation 3rd Edition The I Ching with Dan Lowe - What Magic is This? episode (https://whatmagicisthis.com/2022/07/30/the-i-ching-with-dan-lowe/) Ouija - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouija) Ouija - What Magic is This? episode (https://whatmagicisthis.com/2023/07/24/ouija/) Aidan Wachter's website (https://www.aidanwachter.com/) Spirits with Aiden Wachter - What Magic is This? episode (https://whatmagicisthis.com/2020/08/21/spirits-with-aidan-wachter/) Gary Lachman's website (https://www.gary-lachman.com/) The Ever-Evolving Consciousness of Gary Lachman - What Magic is This? episode (https://whatmagicisthis.com/2022/03/24/the-ever-evolving-consciousness-of-gary-lachman/) Jack Hunter's website (https://jack-hunter.yourwebsitespace.com/) Spiritualism & Spirit Mediumship with Jack Hunter - What Magic is This? episode (https://whatmagicisthis.com/2022/05/31/spiritualism-amp-spirit-mediumship-with-jack-hunter/) Joshua Cutchin's website (https://www.joshuacutchin.com/) Fairies, UFOs, Aliens with Joshua Cutchin - What Magic is This? episode (https://whatmagicisthis.com/2023/03/14/fairies-ufos-aliens-with-joshua-cutchin/) Alexander Cummins' website (http://www.alexandercummins.com/) Grimoires with Alexander Cummins, What Magic is This? episode (https://whatmagicisthis.com/2021/01/30/grimoires-with-alexander-cummins/) Jeffrey Kripal's website (https://jeffreyjkripal.com/) The Luminous Mind of Jeffrey Kripal - What Magic is This? episode (https://whatmagicisthis.com/2020/12/22/the-luminous-mind-of-jeffrey-kripal/) The Return Of Jeffrey Kripal – 100th Episode! - What Magic is This? episode (https://whatmagicisthis.com/2023/01/16/the-return-of-jeffrey-kripal-100th-episode/) What Magic is This? as tutorial/opinion - related links Aleister Crowley - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleister_Crowley) Aleister Crowley – His Life and Ideas with Richard Kaczynski - What Magic is This? episode (https://whatmagicisthis.com/2021/10/19/aleister-crowley-his-life-and-ideas-with-richard-kaczynski/) Aleister Crowley – The Myth and the New Aeon with Richard T. Cole - What Magic is This? episode (https://whatmagicisthis.com/2021/10/31/aleister-crowley-the-myth-and-the-new-aeon-with-richard-t-cole/) Aleister Crowley – My Beastly Thoughts - What Magic is This? episode (https://whatmagicisthis.com/2021/11/11/aleister-crowley-my-beastly-thoughts/) Charles Fort - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Fort) Charles Fort - What Magic is This? episode (https://whatmagicisthis.com/2020/11/11/charles-fort/) Fort's 'Measurement Of A Circle' - Forteana.org forum discussion (https://forums.forteana.org/index.php?threads/forts-measurement-of-a-circle.8783/) Occultism - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occult#Occultism) Occultism with Mitch Horowitz - What Magic is This? episode (https://whatmagicisthis.com/2023/08/31/occultism-with-mitch-horowitz/) The Art of Storytelling in Non-Fiction - Reedsy Live article (https://blog.reedsy.com/live/storytelling-in-nonfiction/) Colin Wilson - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Wilson) Colin Wilson - What Magic is This? episode (https://whatmagicisthis.com/2020/03/31/colin-wilson/) Carl Jung - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Jung) Carl Jung - What Magic is This? episode (https://whatmagicisthis.com/2019/07/02/carl-jung/) Consensus reality - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consensus_reality) Douglas' early interest in magic and weird stuff - related links Calgary, Alberta - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calgary) Indigenous peoples in Canada - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_peoples_in_Canada) Animism - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animism) Greek Mythology - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_mythology) J. R.R. Tolkien - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._R._R._Tolkien) Mysteries of the Unknown books - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mysteries_of_the_Unknown) The Search for the Lost Lemon Mine, CIM Magazine article (https://magazine.cim.org/en/in-search/the-search-for-the-lost-lemon-mine/) Robert W. Service (poet) - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_W._Service) John E Douglas - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_E._Douglas) Carl Jung - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Jung) Robertson Davies - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robertson_Davies) Herman Hesse - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Hesse) Siddhartha (novel) - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siddhartha_(novel)) Siddhartha (https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/siddhartha-hermann-hesse/7441227?ean=9781805330196) by Hermann Hesse Steppenwolf (novel) - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steppenwolf_(novel)) Steppenwolf (https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/steppenwolf-hermann-hesse/2094941?ean=9780141192093) by Hermann Hesse Disinformation TV series and related links Video rental shop - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_rental_shop) Disinformation (TV series) - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disinformation_(TV_series)) DisInfoTV - clips from the show (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5N_krU-BvSw-51dxHL1JJper_J28_4wv) Disinformation: The Complete Series, DVD review (https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/12123/disinformation-the-complete-series/) Book of Lies: The Disinformation Guide to Magick and the Occult (https://www.abebooks.co.uk/9781938875106/Book-Lies-New-Edition-Disinformation-1938875109/plp) - edited by Richard Metzger Richard Metzger's "DisinfoCon 2000" (feat. Robert Anton Wilson, Kenneth Anger, et al.) - video (3.5 hrs approx.) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0t_Uk2lzXIo) Richard Metzger - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Metzger) Disinformation (company) - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disinformation_(company)) Joe Coleman (painter) - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Coleman_(painter)) Kenneth Anger - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Anger) Douglas Rushkoff - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Rushkoff) Robert Anton Wilson - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Anton_Wilson) Genesis P-Orridge - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genesis_P-Orridge) Nevill Drury - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevill_Drury) Allen Greenfield on Twitter (https://twitter.com/allengreenfield) Grant Morrison and related links Grant Morrison - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grant_Morrison) Grant Morrison on Chaos Magic, the occult & Sigil creation (from DisInfoCon 2000) - video (45 mins approx.) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTMFBYXmvMk) Pop Magic (https://doctormcg.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/morrison-pop-magik-ocr.pdf) by Grant Morrison Chaos Magic - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos_magic) Sigil - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigil) The Magic Mind of Grant Morrison -What Magic is This? episode (https://whatmagicisthis.com/2021/12/27/the-magic-mind-of-grant-morrison/) Douglas' magical practice and related links Unforeseen Interlude: How I Started in Magic - What Magic is This? episode (https://whatmagicisthis.com/2019/09/03/unforseen-interlude-how-i-started-in-magic-and-qa/) Ceremonial Magic - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceremonial_magic) VYS0012 - Order Out of Chaos - Vayse to Face with Mark Vincent (https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0012) Treadwell's Books - website (https://www.treadwells-london.com/) Models of Magic - Spiral Nature article (https://www.spiralnature.com/magick/models/) Peter J Carroll - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_J._Carroll) Phil Hine - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Hine) Austin Osman Spare - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_Osman_Spare) Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermetic_Order_of_the_Golden_Dawn) Aleister Crowley - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleister_Crowley) Hermetic Qabala - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermetic_Qabalah) Egregore - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egregore) Servitor (chaos magic) - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Servitor_(chaos_magic)) Edmonton, Alberta - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmonton) Chaos Magick vs ceremonial and others - Reddit thread (https://www.reddit.com/r/magick/comments/zn7ag6/chaos_magick_vs_ceremonial_and_others/) Greek Magical Papyri - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_Magical_Papyri) Cunning folk - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cunning_folk) Cunning Folk with Aerinn Hodges - What Magic is This? Episode (https://whatmagicisthis.com/2021/04/28/cunning-folk-with-aerinn-hodges/) The Great Work - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Work_(Hermeticism)) Alan Moore and related links Alan Moore - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Moore) V for Vendetta (graphic novel) - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V_for_Vendetta) V for Vendetta (https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/v-for-vendetta-alan-moore/6301050?ean=9781779511195) by Alan Moore Watchmen (comic book series) - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watchmen) Watchmen (https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/watchmen-international-edition-alan-moore/2879987?ean=9781401248192) by Alan Moore Promethea (comic book series) - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Promethea) Promethea: The Deluxe Edition Book One (https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/promethea-the-deluxe-edition-book-one-alan-moore/3371192?ean=9781401288662) by Alan Moore Alan Moore interview - Mustard magazine (http://www.mustardweb.org/alanmoore/) The Marvellous Magical World of Alan Moore - What Magic is This? episode (https://whatmagicisthis.com/2020/04/30/the-marvellous-magical-world-of-alan-moore/) Starting a magical practice / Protection Magic / Dreams / Precognition and related links How to Start Doing Magic - What Magic is This? episode (https://whatmagicisthis.com/2022/01/12/how-to-start-doing-magic/) The Imagination - What Magic is This? episode (https://whatmagicisthis.com/2019/08/22/the-imagination/) What Magic is This? The Dirt episodes (https://www.patreon.com/whatmagicisthis/posts?filters[tag]=The%20Dirt) (some previews only, full access requires sign up to the Patreon) George Carlin - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Carlin) Protection Magic - Green Witch Farm article (https://greenwitchfarm.com/protection-magic/) Psi and Science - Psychology Today article (https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/out-the-darkness/202206/psi-and-science) Dreams - What Magic is This? episode (https://whatmagicisthis.com/2019/10/10/dreams/) Lucid Dreaming - What Magic is This? episode (https://whatmagicisthis.com/2021/02/27/lucid-dreaming/) Precognition - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precognition) Is Precognition Real? Cornell University Lab Releases Powerful New Evidence that the Human Mind can Perceive the Future - H Plus magazine article (2010-2011) (https://hplusmagazine.com/2010/11/04/precognition-real-cornell-university-lab-releases-powerful-new-evidence-human-mind-can/) Hildegard of Bingen - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hildegard_of_Bingen) Spiritual Cleansing: Your Guide to Cleansing Rituals and Methods, Otherworldly Oracle article (https://otherworldlyoracle.com/spiritual-cleansing-rituals/) Eric Wargo / Coincidence / Synchronicity and related links Eric Wargo's website (https://ericwargo.com/index.htm) Time Loops: Precognition, Retrocausation, and the Unconscious (https://www.abebooks.co.uk/9781938398926/Time-Loops-Precognition-Retrocausation-Unconscious-1938398920/plp) by Eric Wargo Precognitive Dreamwork and the Long Self: Interpreting Messages from Your Future (https://www.abebooks.co.uk/book-search/isbn/9781644112694/) by Eric Wargo Coincidence & Synchronicity - What Magic is This? episode (https://whatmagicisthis.com/2019/07/22/coincidence-synchronicity/) The Timely Ideas of Eric Wargo - What Magic is This? episode (https://whatmagicisthis.com/2020/12/12/the-timely-ideas-of-eric-wargo/) Maslow's hierarchy of needs - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow's_hierarchy_of_needs) Peak experience - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak_experience) Publication bias (aka file-drawer effect) - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publication_bias) Is Death an Illusion? Evidence Suggests Death Isn't the End, Psychology Today article (https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/biocentrism/201111/is-death-illusion-evidence-suggests-death-isn-t-the-end) Douglas asks Hine and Buckley why Vayse exists - related links Ultra-terrestrial hypothesis (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interdimensional_UFO_hypothesis) Ultra-terrestrial Models, by H.E. Puthoff, article from The Journal of Cosmology (https://thejournalofcosmology.com/Puthoff.pdf) Ghost hunting - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_hunting) VYS0021 - Song of the Dark Man - Vayse to Face with Darragh Mason (https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0021) Folie à deux - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folie_%C3%A0_deux) Mid-life crisis - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midlife_crisis) Pennyroyal podcast website (https://www.pennyroyalpodcast.com/) Hellier (TV Series) - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellier_(TV_series)) Hellier Season 1: Episode 1 | The Midnight Children (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1FwIuicx88) Spirit house - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_house) 2000AD (Comics) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_AD_(comics)) Boo Cook - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boo_Cook) Tweet by Vayse showing Boo's incredible Artwork (https://x.com/vayseesyav/status/1684921390044962818?s=46&t=q2-c9hjD5sIXynDdaJB8PQ) Meet the Void Runners - 2000AD article (https://2000ad.com/news/meet-the-void-runners-the-new-series-beginning-this-week-in-2000-ad/) Animism - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animism) Douglas' positivity and related links Thelema - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelema) Thoth Tarot - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thoth_Tarot) Aleister Crowley - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleister_Crowley) Carl Sagan - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Sagan) Cosmos: A Personal Voyage - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmos:_A_Personal_Voyage) James Burke (science historian) - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Burke_(science_historian)) Connections (British TV Series) - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connections_(British_TV_series)) Robert Anton Wilson - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Anton_Wilson) The Tools (https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-tools/phil-stutz/barry-michels/9781785044571) by Phil Stutz and Barry Michels Ed Sheeran - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Sheeran) Karma - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karma) Garth Ennis - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garth_Ennis) Preacher (comics) - Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preacher_(comics)) Classic Frames from Preacher (https://chasemagnett.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/preacher-you-gotta-be-one-of-the-good-guys.jpg) - words by Garth Ennis, art by Steve Dillon Special Guest: Douglas Batchelor.

This week Julie and Chrissa are joined by Elen Sentier, a transformational life and leadership coach and qualified transpersonal psychotherapist. Elen works with women to help them discover their true selves, rewild their hearts and find what sets theri soul on fire, enabling them to make lasting changes in the world. Through her YouTube channel, Power-Full Women, Elen chats with female change-makers from across the globe who have a deep connection with themselves, nature and other people,, sharing their knowledge and helping others find their voice and make a difference. A quirky wilderness woman who is deeply connected with nature, Elen has written 12 books, three of which are best-sellers. She comes from a long family lineage of Cunning Folk and was brought up as awenydd (spirit keeper) in the old magic traditions of Britain.  We want to hear from you! How do you connect with nature around you? What role does connection to the earth play in your mental health?  Let us know by texting or calling our anonymous number: (515)-650-3231 To start behavioral or mental health services in Iowa call Heart and Solutions at (800) 531-4236.  Connect with Elen online at:  Website: https://www.elensentier.com/ Youtube/Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcaajAzcEyQDNHd0rP-WPkGy5J2W0eUvZ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/elensentier Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elensentier009/ Connect with Heart and Solutions online at: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/YouNeedaTraining Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2dWKD6TenIMIC76ctq21YN Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPmrcmi5HUINpWEjHfHzTnQ/featured Podcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/YouNeedaCounselor Heart and Solutions Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Heartandsolutions Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/you_need_a_counselor/Web: http://www.heartandsolutions.net

Elen Sentier is a quirky, wilderness woman who is deeply connected with nature. She comes from a long family lineage of Cunning Folk and was brought up as awenydd (spirit keeper) in the old magical traditions of Britain. A qualified transpersonal psychotherapist, Elen helps clients become their true selves, rewild their hearts and find what makes their hearts sing. Elen has also taught her work through an apprenticeship and three-year advanced course for over 30 years. Elen lives in the Welsh Marches with her husband.

Best-selling author of British native shamanism, Elen Sentier, is a quirky, wilderness woman who is deeply connected with nature. She comes from a long family lineage of Cunning Folk and was brought up as awenydd (spirit keeper) in the old magical traditions of Britain. A qualified transpersonal psychotherapist, Elen helps clients become their true selves, rewild their hearts and find what makes their hearts sing. Elen has also taught her work through an apprenticeship and three-year advanced course for over 30 years. Elen lives in the Welsh Marches with her husband.Connect with Elen:Website: www.elensentier.comFacebook: @elensentierLinkedIn: /in/elensentier/Instagram: @elensentier009YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcaajAzcEyQDNHd0rP-WPkGy5J2W0eUvZ

Best-selling author of British native shamanism, Elen Sentier, is a quirky, wilderness woman who is deeply connected with nature. She comes from a long family lineage of Cunning Folk and was brought up as awenydd (spirit keeper) in the old magical traditions of Britain. A qualified transpersonal psychotherapist, Elen helps clients become their true selves, rewild their hearts and find what makes their hearts sing. Elen has also taught her work through an apprenticeship and three-year advanced course for over 30 years.Elen lives in the Welsh Marches with her husband.Connect with Elen:Website: www.elensentier.comFacebook: @elensentierLinkedIn: /in/elensentier/Instagram: @elensentier009YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcaajAzcEyQDNHd0rP-WPkGy5J2W0eUvZ

Best-selling author of British Native Shamanism, Elen Sentier, is a quirky, wilderness woman who is deeply connected with nature. She comes from a long family lineage of Cunning Folk and was brought up as awenydd (spirit keeper) in the old magical traditions of Britain.  A qualified transpersonal psychotherapist, Elen helps clients become their true selves, rewild their hearts and find what makes their hearts sing. Elen has also taught her work through an apprenticeship and three-year advanced course for over 30 years. Elen lives in the Welsh Marches with her husband.   Connect with Elen https://www.elensentier.com   https://www.facebook.com/WyesWomenShamans/ https://twitter.com/elensentier    https://www.instagram.com/elensentier009     https://www.linkedin.com/in/elensentier/ Connect with Megan www.meganswanwellness.com Instagram   LinkedIn TikTok

Best-selling author of British Native Shamanism, Elen Sentier, is a quirky, wilderness woman who is deeply connected with nature. She comes from a long family lineage of Cunning Folk and was brought up as awenydd (spirit keeper) in the old magical traditions of Britain.  A qualified transpersonal psychotherapist, Elen helps clients become their true selves, rewild their hearts and find what makes their hearts sing. Elen has also taught her work through an apprenticeship and three-year advanced course for over 30 years. Elen lives in the Welsh Marches with her husband.   Connect with Elen https://www.elensentier.com   https://www.facebook.com/WyesWomenShamans/ https://twitter.com/elensentier    https://www.instagram.com/elensentier009     https://www.linkedin.com/in/elensentier/ Connect with Megan www.meganswanwellness.com Instagram   LinkedIn TikTok

This week's conversation is with Elen Sentier.  What I love about podcasting is the opportunity and the gift of meeting people from all over the world. These conversations stimulate a deep curiosity within me to know more...and I want to share them with you.  Elen is a best-selling author of British native shamanism. She is a quirky, wilderness woman who is deeply connected with nature. She comes from a long family lineage of Cunning Folk and was brought up as awenydd (spirit keeper) in the old magical traditions of Britain.  She is also a qualified transpersonal psychotherapist.  Elen helps clients become their true selves; she helps them find what makes their hearts sing. Elen has also taught her work through an apprenticeship and three-year advanced course for over 30 years. Elen lives in the Welsh Marches with her husband.  Enjoy the conversation! Please share the podcast with friends and family. Subscribe, rate and review.  For all your nutrition needs, use AG1. www.athleticgreens.com/anna Mad love!    

Best-selling author of British Native Shamanism, Elen Sentier, is a quirky, wilderness woman who is deeply connected with nature. She comes from a long family lineage of Cunning Folk and was brought up as awenydd (spirit keeper) in the old magical traditions of Britain.  A qualified transpersonal psychotherapist, Elen helps clients become their true selves, rewild their hearts and find what makes their hearts sing. Elen has also taught her work through an apprenticeship and three-year advanced course for over 30 years. Elen lives in the Welsh Marches with her husband.   Connect with Elen https://www.elensentier.com   https://www.facebook.com/WyesWomenShamans/ https://twitter.com/elensentier    https://www.instagram.com/elensentier009     https://www.linkedin.com/in/elensentier/ Connect with Megan www.meganswanwellness.com Instagram   LinkedIn TikTok

3 books about haunted forests? We didn't realize it until we were nearly done. Are the book girls really psychic?! It is spooky month so...

In today's episode of The Best Guest we welcome Elen Sentier a best-selling author of British native shamanism who describes herself as a quirky, wilderness woman who is deeply connected with nature. We talk about:What it means to rewild yourselfHow to stop people pleasingWhat happens when you're true to yourselfAbout Elen SentierElen Sentier comes from a long family lineage of Cunning Folk and was brought up as awenydd (spirit keeper) in the old magical traditions of Britain.Elen trained as a transpersonal psychotherapist with Ian Gordon-Brown and Barbara Sommers when health issues led her to retire from her career at the MOD. Elen was thrilled to discover how the transpersonal perspective integrates the personal with spiritual and transcendent aspects of being human, which meshed with the old magical ways she'd been brought up in.Elen initially opened a practice in London but always more at home in the wilderness, she and her husband, a particle physicist, left London for the Welsh Marches. Here, Elen continued to develop her practice using transpersonal psychology and witchyness to help clients become their true selves, rewild their hearts and find what makes their hearts sing.Elen has also taught her work through an apprenticeship and three-year advanced course for over 30 years. Her students, from all walks of life such as policemen, poets, stock brokers and doctors, go on to take the work into their own specialisms.To date, Elen has published 12 books with the Moon Books imprint of John Hunt Publishing, three of which are bestsellers. Her bragging rights include dancing for Arlene Philips; taking contemporary dance class with Robert Cohen; flying in Jaguar fighter aircraft; doing plasma-physics at the Culham Centre for Fusion Energy; and being kissed by Mick Jagger! She loves cats, and eats paleo, and her tag-line is “If the cat and the boyfriend disagree, get rid of the boyfriend!”Key TakeawaysIt's important to be able to say, I can't buy in to thatDigestive problems can be about repressed emotions and stressSaying no gets easier when you feel your wild selfIt's important to get to the roots of why you people pleaseRealise you don't have to keep playing other people's scriptsQuoteWe mostly people please because we don't feel safeMentioned in This EpisodeWanderland by Jini ReddyConnect with Elen SentierWebsiteFacebookTwitterInstagramLinkedInConnect with Victoria BennionBook your free podcast guesting strategy session today.To learn more about working with us visit www.victoriabennion.com

Jenny talks about an awesome folk horror/neighbors from hell novel by the author of No One Gets Out Alive. Find this book and more at the 13 O’Clock Amazon Storefront! Audio version: Video version: Please support us on Patreon! Don't forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel, like us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter and Instagram. And check out … Continue reading Tomes Of Terror – Jenny’s Horror Book Reviews: Cunning Folk by Adam Nevill

We welcome back Michelle from Heartfelt Illustrations. Why does Michelle prefer the term cunning women to cunning folk? How big was Hwicce? What was different about these specific women buried in the graveyards? Was it better as a woman to live during a time when women were revered? What was the role of cunning women in their communities? Listen to the cute way Michelle says antler horns, is that a Northern thing? When did the view of cunning women change? What did they believe elf infestations caused in the human mind? What happened to the standing of women when patriarchal religions were introduced? This season, we are going weekly, releasing a brand spanking new episode every Wednesday. Click here to visit Heartfelt Illustrations' website. Click here to visit the We Knew The Moon website. Don't forget to check out our cool new MERCH!

The party having reunited must now travel back to Dublin to talk to the druids again about this latest information they have found. Human occultists performing dark rituals as well as a strange group of mercenaries traveling the country stealing stone idols from Fey sites in a similar fashion to the faction of dark fey who are also attacking site for these idols. What does it all mean and are there any more of these idols out there to be found?

You may have heard of common superstitions like throwing salt over your shoulder when you spill some to ward off bad luck, or crossing your fingers when you tell a lie to prevent consequences of your transgression. These kinds of small acts to try and control or influence the spiritual realm around you were more than just common superstitions for the life of William Shakespeare. Even in Protestant England, where the monarchs like Elizabeth I and James I after her, were actively harsh against anything even suspected of being witchcraft, simultaneously operating in the households of families and property owners around England were those known as Cunning Folk. These people were witches, wizards, and magicians whose practices included mixing up specialty brews to cure someone of bewitchment, as well as practicing various kinds of miraculous healing. What's surprising about these cunning folk is not only that they were tolerated in a very anti-witchcraft society like Protestant England, but that they were rampant across England, to the point of being quite common and ordinary for Shakespeare's lifetime. Here today to explain what the cunning folk were, their place in society, and what kinds of magic they practiced is our guest and author of Cunning-Folk and the Production of Magical Artefacts Owen Davies. 

What is a familiar? Where do I find them? How can I use a familiar? Is my pet a familiar? How can I know for sure? All these questions and more are answered in this episode. Additional sources: Wilby, Emma (2005). Cunning Folk and Familiar Spirits: Shamanistic Visionary Traditions in Early Modern British Witchcraft and Magic. William Morgan, Superstition in Medieval and Early Modern Society M. A. Murray, Witches familiars in England. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/middleagedwitch/support

In this episode we have a double does of terror from Adam Nevill! Firstly we look at the new movie version of his novel No One Gets Out Alive which is currently scaring the pants of people on Netflix, and then have a review of this tenth novel, a tale of folk horror entitled Cunning Folk! The book is available for preorder, along lots of other goodies, at Adam's website

This week we are talking about familiars. We'll discuss some of the traditional familiars linked to the European witchcraft trials, familiars in modern culture and some of the ways you could invite a familiar into your life1. Balancing the path - “Can pets be familiars” by Sidney Eileen https://www.patheos.com/blogs/agora/2020/02/the-balancing-path-can-pets-be-familiars/2. Stories form the museum floor - “Bad Dogs” by Stephanie Studdershttps://storiesfromthemuseumfloor.wordpress.com/2018/11/02/familiar-spirits-part-two-bad-dogs/ 3. Stories from the museum floor - “Poisonous Pinching Toads” by Stephanie Studdershttps://storiesfromthemuseumfloor.wordpress.com/2018/11/09/familiar-spirits-part-three-poisonous-pinching-toads/ 4. By athame and stang - “Introduction to Familiar Spirits” by Keldenhttps://www.patheos.com/blogs/byathameandstang/2016/11/introduction-to-familiar-spirits/ 5. Cunning-Folk and Familiar Spirits: Shamanistic Visionary Traditions in Early Modern British Witchcraft and Magic by Emma Wilbyhttps://www.amazon.co.uk/Cunning-Folk-Familiar-Spirits-Shamanistic-Traditions/dp/18451907936. An ABC of Witchcraft Past and Present by Doreen Valianthttps://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B077GH6WW1/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_S3KJZEQV53HZQSZWMQ9V7. Witch: a Magickal Journey: A Guide to Modern Witchcraft by Fiona Hornehttps://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0008265143/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_CWC9X8TG58JKTW53JJWT8. Fylgja in Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fylgja

Those cunning folk in Slytherin use any means to achieve their ends! This week Sam and Emily are talking all about them in a long-awaited Slytherin house profile episode. Slytherins can sometimes get a bad reputation (sometimes it's not a rep, it's just a fact) but there is much more to this house than what meets the eye. Grab a Slytherin cocktail and tune in! Cheers! 

In recent years, more and more attention has been directed at a somewhat neglected tradition of Magic- The Cunning Folk. Otherwise known as White Witches, they were known for providing many functions and needs all over Europe for a time. Divination, blessing, curse-breaking, dreams, conjuring of spirits, potions and much more were just some of the tools in their magical arsenal. They fulfilled many roles for those whom they served, for a price of course. In this Episode of WMiT? we are joined by The Wise Woman of Bushwick Avenue, Aerinn Hodges!

In our third episode, Katrina and Genny dive into the different witchy “types” that might resemble your fantasy protagonist or secondary character. We also show the difference between a witch type (good) and a witch stereotype (bad)—although, we do toss around the word archetype in there willy-nilly. Genny's dog, Hazel, serenades us throughout the episode with her sultry Lauren Bacall bark, while Katrina reveals that she records with her head in a padded box. Throughout the episode, we sprinkle some serious love and devotion to Deborah Harkness and her character Diana Bishop from the All Souls series.Witches come in all shapes and sizes, and their powers manifest in a variety of beautiful ways. We hope that by the end of this episode our listeners get a better sense of the rich diversity within the witchy community and that there is so much more to this practice than black cats, pentagrams, and an obsession with Stevie Nicks's wardrobe. When writing about your witch character, for the love of god do your research, but don't feel compelled to stick within these categories. We explore these types of witches, but rest assured, there are MANY MORE: Traditional/Folk Witch Kitchen Witch Elemental Witch Hedge/Green Witch Wiccan Celestial/Cosmic Witch Hoodoo Witch Eclectic WitchHere are some of the materials we looked at for this episode:Honeybell, Fae (2010). Cunning Folk and Wizards in Early Modern England. University of Warwarick, Coventry. https://wiccaliving.com/wiccan-traditions-wicca-forms/https://variety.com/2020/film/news/how-hollywood-has-failed-black-witches-1234819770/https://medium.com/@ioannis.tsiokos/hoodoo-vs-voodoo-c9da8d5c193b★  ★  ★Let us know what you thought of our episode! You can reach us on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, or email writingthebroomstick@gmail.com.Hey! Do you like Celtic folklore, YA urban fantasy, AND free stuff? Read the first three chapters of Katrina's debut novel, “The Wise One”.And, if you want to see what Genny's reading lately, check out her Goodreads review page.

We continue learning about The Cunning Folk, and their influence up to the modern age. Are they still around ?

This episode about The Cunning Folk, will be a 2 part series. This episode looks at the ""beginnings"" of Cunning Folk.

Captain Corub, We've found but one. It sleeps beneath the old Cunning Folk's library, in the heart of the Greenwyck Ruins. It's a lesser Shade, and will keep hold of what little safety it can. It is no Shade King - no Sea - and will not make a move. For now, it's safe. Entering into the library will not be an option for any band of scavenger or scholar. They will surely die by its hand. But if you are worried about it spreading, like that dark Shade King Sea from so long ago, worry not. These lesser ones may be able to infect and corrupt on small scales, but they can only spread themselves so thin. Its presence will be held by Greenwyck's old walls. I only worry for Galadriel. There is no way she will be able to die there, as she wishes. However, I will not underestimate her lover's dedication to her. I think Yellow could slay the beast even in old age if it meant Galadriel could find rest where she wishes to. I could ever only dream of a partner so beholden to me. In the meantime, my bond with ale will do. - Edna

Further delving into the dim depths of the Cunning Folk ruin, they come face-to-face with two monsters, each of a different sort.

Today I talk bout witches, the Cunning Folk and healers of the Isle of Wight, I talk about the history of magic and the history of faith on our little island. From Paganism through to Catholicism and then Anglicanism. I talk about the tragic case of Molly Downer Also recount the story of the Witch of Freshwater Bay --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thescaredisle/message

The second of two interviews examining themes of witchcraft. Following on from the last episode of Cunning Folk, in this episode of the podcast Mark Norman is joined by Marion Gibson, Professor of Renaissance and Magical Literatures at the University of Exeter. Marion discusses her latest book, 'Rediscovering Renaissance Witchcraft' and the unique degree course on magic and witchcraft that she teaches at the University. To support the Folklore Podcast on Patreon, please visit www.patreon.com/thefolklorepodcast

PhD researcher Tabitha Stanmore joins the Folklore Podcast creator and host Mark Norman, and historian Tracey Norman, to discuss her research into the role of the service magician in history. Spanning the years from c. 1350 to c. 1650, Tabitha researches how magic was practiced and by whom, whether this changed over the period, and how magical practice was affected by perspectives on gender. She also explores the extent to which magic was tolerated at different social strata, from the employment of village cunning folk to magic's use at the English royal court. To support the Folklore Podcast on Patreon, please visit www.patreon.com/thefolklorepodcast