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What if the source of your best writing isn't something you control — but something you learn to collaborate with? How can ancient ideas about the muse, the daimon, and creative genius transform the way you approach your work? And what might happen if you stopped fighting the silence and let it become your greatest creative ally? With Matt Cardin, author of Writing at the Wellspring. In the intro, thoughts on bookstores and Toppings; 20 ways authors can signal humanity and build reader trust [Wish I'd Known Then]; Learning from Silence – Pico Iyer; ProWritingAid spring sale; Bones of the Deep – J.F. Penn. Today's show is sponsored by Draft2Digital, self-publishing with support, where you can get free formatting, free distribution to multiple stores, and a host of other benefits. Just go to www.draft2digital.com to get started. This show is also supported by my Patrons. Join my Community at Patreon.com/thecreativepenn Matt Cardin is the multi-award-nominated author of eight books at the convergence of horror, religion, and creativity. His latest book is Writing at the Wellspring: Tapping the Source of Your Inner Genius, which is fantastic. I actually blurbed it as follows: “A guide for writers who welcome the dark and hunger for meaning. . . . If the page is a threshold, this book will show you how to cross.” You can listen above or on your favorite podcast app or read the notes and links below. Here are the highlights and the full transcript is below. Show Notes How Matt balances a full-time academic career with his creative writing life The ancient concept of the genius, the muse, and the daimon, and why creativity is about collaboration with something beyond yourself Why the silences that come into our creative lives, including writer's block and inertia, might actually be gifts rather than obstacles The stages of the creative process Living into the dark, and embracing uncertainty How Substack and blogging can organically grow into books You can find Matt at MattCardin.com or www.livingdark.net. Transcript of the interview with Matt Cardin Joanna: Matt Cardin is the multi-award-nominated author of eight books at the convergence of horror, religion, and creativity. His latest book is Writing at the Wellspring: Tapping the Source of Your Inner Genius, which is fantastic. I actually blurbed it as follows: “A guide for writers who welcome the dark and hunger for meaning. . . . If the page is a threshold, this book will show you how to cross.” It is a great book. So welcome to the show, Matt. Matt: Well, thank you, Jo. It's really a pleasure to be here, especially since, as you and I were briefly acknowledging before we started recording, we have overlapping interests to a great degree. So it's really great to make official contact with you. Joanna: Indeed. So, first up, before we get into the book itself— Tell us a bit more about you and how you got into writing. Matt: Well, I'm one of those people whose story is probably typical in some ways, in that I really wanted to do it from the time I was a child. My father was a great writer, although he was an attorney. He wasn't a professional writer. Something about books and reading when I was a child really seriously enchanted me. I was very frustrated when I was so young—and I vividly remember this—that I couldn't read, because I loved the books that were read to me. I craved being able to read them for myself. So as soon as I gained that ability in school, it was off to the races, so to speak, and for some reason, a desire to tell stories myself came along with that. Being a “writer” was one of the earliest life desires, job or career desires, that I expressed. I was one of those young people really into fantasy, horror, and science fiction. So I was reading a lot of it and trying to emulate it and write a lot of it. There was a cinematic component—I was a movie fanatic as well. I won a local Authors' Guild short story writing contest when I was a senior in high school and began trying to write stories seriously in college. Then my interest in horror and religion became dominant over time, and that's what I ended up writing about. Joanna: Has your interest turned into paid work? That's the other thing, because there's an interest and then there's making writing more of your income and your business. Matt: Right. Well, actually, although I have made and do make money from my writing, it has always, always, always remained on the side. My main career, as far as my moneymaking life, first started off in video and media production, which is formally what I got my undergraduate college degree in. Then I switched into education. I taught high school for some years, and then now for the past, good Lord, 18 years, I have been in higher education. First as English faculty who also taught some religion courses, and then now for the past several years in the administration. I'm Vice President of Academic Affairs at a college. My writing has been something that I pursued as an avocation. As far as earning money from it, that didn't happen even with my first publication, which happened on the internet in 1998, I believe, with a horror story titled “Teeth.” It was just free—I didn't get paid. That led to paid publication of that story three or four years later, when it appeared as my very first print publication in a Lovecraftian horror anthology from Del Rey titled The Children of Cthulhu. It appeared as the final story, and that was the first time I had received a paycheck. It was a professional per-word rate. Since then I've had several books published and more stories and essays and that kind of thing. I've had income sometimes from writing and sometimes I haven't. My first book came out of that story. I attended the World Horror Convention in 2001, actually before that Lovecraftian anthology was published, but it had been placed. At the World Horror Convention, which was in Seattle that year, I met one of the two editors of that book, and that led to me having my first short story collection, Divinations of the Deep, which was not for much money, but it attracted a lot of good attention and some good reviews. So it's been like that all along. I mean, I've made a couple of runs at saying I would love to just be an author, as it were, but that doesn't seem to be in the cards for me. And honestly, I'm glad it's not. I have made the most money from some academic editing projects that I've done. I created and edited a two-volume encyclopedia of the history of horror literature, for instance, for a big academic publisher. Those are work-for-hire projects that I get paid for. Making money on my own creative vision and my own creative work has been intermittent. It really has proven over time that not having my primary creative, spiritual, and philosophical drive hooked to what I earn my bread by has been a blessing. I don't want to take this thing I love and make it be how I have to grind to earn my money. I want to keep it in a protected space. That has been spontaneously what's happened with my writing career. Joanna: Yes. I think as you say, there are a lot of benefits of that, especially where you are writing at this convergence of horror, religion, and creativity. Your writing is very deep. I would say it's on the edge of academic. I don't want to say it's completely academic, because a lot of people will find that difficult. But I think Writing at the Wellspring goes very deep while still being open to non-academic readers. As you say, I think if you had wanted to make a living with your books, you would've had to have gone in at a lighter level, perhaps. Do you think that makes sense? Matt: Yes, I know what you mean. I want to specify, I know that neither you nor I are saying anything about this as any kind of criticism or condescension to anyone who does make their living as a writer. I mean, I believe you do. Joanna: Yes, exactly. Matt: And that's fine. There really are people who have had significant commercial success from books or other things they've written that don't appear to be making huge concessions to being commercial. You can make a living as a writer, I think, and really follow your muse and not feel like you have to pander or cater or cheapen it. Then there are people who have perfectly happily decided to commercialise their work and tune it in whatever way is currently popular. That's fine. Every writer, every creative person should do what is right for him or her, in my opinion. In my particular case, I think what you said is right. I do think that I might have needed to change some things, to back off, to word them differently. Whenever I've tried to exert deliberate control like that, it just turns out that it's not something that my creative spirit wants to do. I don't really feel like I'm in contact with the work anymore. I'm fine with that. I don't think I'm doing a sweet lemons type thing. It really is the way it just needs to be. If it ever proves that me doing it strictly the way I want to do it, going however deep I want regardless of trying to appeal to a paying readership—if it turns out that at some point aligns with boatloads of money coming in, that's fine. That's perfectly fine. I'd be open to that. Joanna: Yes. Matt: I would be open to that. Joanna: You mentioned muse there, and with Writing at the Wellspring, the subtitle is “Tapping the Source of Your Inner Genius.” So I think this is a good place to talk about it. As you mentioned, you are leaning into your muse and your inner genius, and you use other terms—daemon or daimon. I think sometimes people find the word “genius” particularly very difficult because it has the connotation of brilliance in some form. So how can people think about this? How can we lean into this [genius] side of ourselves? Matt: Honestly, one thing that I would suggest people do is I would refer them to the TED Talk that Elizabeth Gilbert gave some years ago—was it 2009, 2010, 2011? It's one of the more popular TED Talks. Elizabeth Gilbert spoke about. I think it's sometimes given the title “Your Elusive Creative Genius” or something like that. Her whole talk is about the way in her own creative life, and as she recommends to others, it has been very important for her to seize on the older model that we're talking about. The most clear articulation of it is that it used to be the case—and we're talking about in ancient Western history, back to the Romans and even earlier to the Greeks—that genius was not something that you identified a person as being. It was something that a person had. And I would also say importantly, maybe had them too. In ancient Roman culture surrounding art and poetry and that kind of thing, the genius was the spirit that might, say, live in an artist's studio and would provide the same service to that artist as the Greek muses provided to someone who was writing epic poetry or history or something like that. That understanding of it has continued in various ways down through history. But there was a fateful transition as Western culture went through what we commonly call the Enlightenment and the Renaissance as well. This was where the term “genius,” while it didn't lose all those connotations of being an inspiring spirit—something that a person both has and maybe has hold of them—did become internalised to the point where we speak of people as being geniuses., which is exactly what you're talking about. I agree, some people listening to this probably have some reservations about this. They don't want to call themselves a genius because we tend to mean that's a super brilliant person, some kind of prodigy who is possessed of amazing artistic, creative, or intellectual skills. Again, that is the result of a cultural, philosophical, psychological, historical transition that occurred several centuries ago. And you still see the older meaning of it being attached sometimes. You think of people who we call geniuses being touched by something. Well, the older version—where you think of the genius, which in the way I use it in this book and also in my first book on creativity, A Course in Demonic Creativity—the genius is equivalent to the muse, which is equivalent to that other figure that you mentioned, the daemon or the daimon. It refers to a separate—what seems for all the world to be a separate—centre of intelligence or entity or influence. The thing that gives you both your creative drive and also your ideas, and serves as the source of what comes to you naturally to write. It's more than just ideas. When you talk about the ancient Greek daimon, there was a whole well-developed tradition of that in ancient Greek philosophy and religion. A daimon was, in one famous sense, a spirit that you were born with, that the gods had given you. It was like your double, your higher self. It was the thing that represented your character, your interests, the blueprint and the outline that your life was supposed to follow. There are great books written about that. There's a book by the psychologist James Hillman titled The Soul's Code. A lot of people have read it. It lays out the daimon theory and gives it application to modern instances. The idea is that everybody has a genius or has a muse or has a daimon. For writers, my recommendation is to say, whether you believe it or not, whether you take it as a metaphor—which is fine—or whether you want to get somewhat mystical and delve into the idea that maybe there's really a spirit or something, it doesn't matter. Productively, with practical, measurable results, you can learn to relate to your creative impulse as if you are collaborating internally with someone else. It's the centre of why you're interested in writing what you want to write, why you want to write the way you want to write, and even the types of things that unfold in the course of your career—both your creative career and the rest of your life, in the mould of the ancient daimon. I have found that to be a vein of great power and meaning in my own life. I do it exactly the way I'm describing. I don't actually believe it, but I don't disbelieve it. I find that in experience, it really doesn't matter. It works and it may as well be true. Joanna: I mean, obviously the book has a whole load of ways we can tap into that, but I did like that you talk about stillness and silence, because I feel like that is actually increasingly difficult as authors. Obviously it's noisy online and we're meant to be doing things like social media or interacting with people online. And then the world is just noisy. The news is noisy. There's lots of things. How can we use this idea of stillness and silence? Also, any other ways we can practically tap into this side? Matt: Sure. One thing that wanted to say itself in this book was some things I had been thinking and feeling about silence for a long time. As you say, it can be difficult these days to find what feels like the silence that we need to even get our work done. We're talking about the muse or the genius. How can we even hear it when it seems like the clamour of all the pulls that we have on our outward attention has become truly a cacophony? We have opted for this in many ways through our engagement with social media or other things, but in other ways seems like it's been thrust upon us. What I want to point out, that has been of extreme importance to me, is that many silences come into our lives as creatives that we resist. It's not just that we can't find the silence and the space that we feel like we need so as not to drown out our creativity. It's that we have unwanted silences come in, like writer's block. Or even if it doesn't feel like a block, just inertia. Just stasis. I don't know about you, but I have many, many times found myself grappling with what, for all the world, feels like a totally natural, organic sense of wanting to slip into complete inertia, just total stillness. And that feels like it has been in conflict with my creative drive. It's like I have this residual desire and also a sense of duty that I really should be writing. Maybe I have an idea in mind and I'm just not working on it. Or maybe I'm in the middle of a project and I feel like I'm abandoning it. Or maybe nothing's coming up, but I feel like it should be. I'm pushing myself, but there's a division in me where I also just want to leave it alone. Whether that means actually just sitting there silently at my writing table or in meditation, or maybe just going about regular daily life and forgetting about trying to fulfil this creative calling. I really think there's a vein of gold to be tapped in the silences that come to all of us. Because as I said, that can be in the middle of daily activity. We have this kind of franticness, some of us, about our creativity. We get wrapped up in it. We feel bound to it. The thing that so much of the time we want to think is a gift—we're proud of it, we cherish it, we like our writing—also becomes a burden. This fantasy of just chucking it all, of just saying, “I would love to be free of it. It's like something that's weighing me down. I'm sorry that I roped myself into it. I would love to just sink into complete silence.” This sort of meditative thing, or just muteness—hey, that is valid to hear. That's valid to heed when it comes up. I mean, sometimes we have gotten ourselves into situations where we have external responsibilities and deadlines, and it's important to try and honour those and not be a bad person on the level of just fulfilling practical obligations. It's also important to recognise you've got silence offering itself to you in all kinds of ways. The more important silence is paradoxically the one that we so often resist if we're creative people and feel like we have to be making. The more important silence is not whether or not your outward conditions seem like they're a clamour and they're chaotic and they're distracting and they're full of pressure. It's that inner silence. So I recommend paying attention to when it comes up. And for practical ways—they are endless. Take advantage of early mornings. A lot of people have found great value in getting up earlier than they are used to and making a practice of that, and either just meditating or free writing. Maybe using, for example, Julia Cameron's famous practice of morning pages, which has been valuable to me sometimes. Or doing things like—as I've said about the muse and the genius and the daimon—personify your unconscious mind and maybe write down a dialogue between yourself and your creative spirit, whether about your current project or just about your life and your creativity as a whole. There are various tricks to get in touch with this unconscious part of you, and I really am convinced out of practical personal experience that it's not necessary to have outer silence and outer spaciousness when you can find it within yourself. You can find it through some of these exercises for getting in alignment with what your creativity wants to do. You can get in touch with it if you're paying attention to what you might not recognise as a gift—offering it to yourself. If things go quiet and you think, “Oh no, I should be doing something”—why not let that be a place where things can germinate? Why not let that be the silence that you might not be able to find on the outside? Joanna: Yes, and I'm feeling guilty here because of course we are producing a podcast episode for people to listen to. I find personally that one of the places I can find silence is when I walk. It's not obviously silent outside, but I am definitely guilty of always listening to podcasts, often at very fast speed as well. Sometimes when I go for a walk, I just deliberately do not listen to anything—don't listen to an audiobook, don't listen to a podcast—and a lot comes up there. I have my phone with me, and when I get back from those walks and jot down things that come up in my mind, I will have so many notes of things that have come up in my brain during the walk. It's really difficult, isn't it? Because I know you also love input. You do a lot of research. As I said, your books have a lot of research in them, and so we both like doing the research. But also I definitely find that has to be balanced with the time for letting it come out again in some form, with that mental silence. You also talk about being uncomfortable, and I feel like sometimes that silence can be uncomfortable as well. Matt: Yes, it can be. There's no telling what might come up when you are faced with silence. Again, it's one of those things—even the outer kind that we think we crave. Sometimes it's a bit frightening when it comes up, which is why we try to fill it with things, like this podcast episode for example. There's a threshold that you can notice you cross sometimes, where what was a natural desire to connect with something that you heard about and found interesting becomes a bit frantic. Where now, really, what might be good is if you shut off—didn't go for the next podcast episode or didn't go for the next click to the website—if you just shut the browser and just sat there and did something else. You're kind of, with a little desperateness, trying to fill the void. What you described about needing to get quiet and let things happen—yes. I love reading and research, but the classic stages of the creative process—first codified, I think, by Graham Wallas, if I remember correctly—they still work. It's really good sometimes to have a model and understand how it works. You have what's sometimes called the preparation stage. All the input, all the research, all the brainstorming, all that kind of thing. Then the incubation stage can be vastly important. That can get frightening, both because the silence seems somehow threatening, like something about you is going to be exposed. Or maybe that you're going to lose the thread of whatever it was and it's never going to come out. But really, if you just stop and let your muse, let your genius do its thing, let your unconscious do its thing, it will suggest itself again. It will come up on its own. Ideas will come back. You'll realise, “Oh, I didn't know what I was going to do with that character. I didn't know how these ideas were going to come together. I didn't even know what this idea for a story, a book, or an essay was going to be.” It comes back up, and with you working with it, it shows what it wanted to be all along. This whole thing about doing the preparation and then allowing it to incubate and germinate and then sprout when it wants to, that still works. Part of the reason that we're scared of the silence, I'm convinced, is because each of us operates in our psychological selves as a closed system. It's like we each comprise our own cosmos, so to speak. I know you know that I have worked in horror literature, the literature of cosmic fear. In cosmic horror, as laid out by the likes of Lovecraft and others, the basic effect has been analysed as constituting a disturbance of the universe. That's the horror of cosmic horror—the world is transformed into this nightmarish thing in a cosmic horror story, where there's a haunting, threatening presence that's out of the ordinary and it's somehow bound up with the narrator's interior world. Life reveals itself as supernaturally or ontologically something nightmarish—there are awful forces that are about to erupt all the time. And whether anybody's into cosmic horror or not, I think it's pretty accurate to say that we each constitute our own world, our own cosmos. A lot of the noise that we make—the mental noise and the complications we introduce into our own lives—is, usually unconsciously, trying to stave off confrontation with the otherness that is outside the barrier of our personal sense of self. The weird thing is that that otherness is actually in us, and in fact, we can approach it in the figure of the daemon or the daimon or the muse. So creativity is fraught. You're dealing with something that you might want to think, “Oh, this is great, it's going to be the source of my ideas, it's going to fulfil my creativity.” Well, yes, but it is frightening to think about the fact of something about yourself being beyond yourself and perhaps being out of your conscious control and somehow guiding your destiny. A lot of people have trouble getting along with their own unconscious, which is another way to put it. There's a horror, a fear, a dread effect that comes when we feel like we are out of control. We all face that ultimately—when it comes to our death, for example. There are some spiritual traditions that talk about dying before you die, that being basically the way to enlightenment in those traditions. Recognising and coming to terms with the fact that this thing that is you, that you call yourself, is transitory. It is only there by being enclosed within and swamped from without by this thing that is not you, which is a sort of void to which you'll return. In the book, I deal with some of that, and I talk about it from a non-dual spiritual viewpoint, because ultimately for me, these creative questions have become inseparable from spiritual questions. Joanna: Yes. And obviously people know about my book Writing the Shadow, which is how we really connected around this Jungian idea of the shadow and the darkness. I agree with you—there's some really interesting things at the juxtaposition of all of these topics, which we could talk about for a long time. I do want to ask you around your idea of “living into the dark.” Because I feel like you do take things beyond just the writing into this idea of living into it. So maybe talk a bit about that. And obviously synchronicity, which is a Jungian psychology concept. Matt: Living into the dark is the thing that forms the overarching ethos or perspective for me of all this. I got the term from “writing into the dark,” which actually comes from the American science fiction and fantasy author Dean Wesley Smith. He wrote a book titled Writing Into the Dark, subtitled “Writing Without an Outline.” It's a great book. I recommend it to anyone. It is about forsaking and foregoing the felt need to outline writing in advance and trusting your creative mind to be able to make up a story in real time. That draws on the deep nature of storytelling to come out right. Therefore you write into the dark, as if you're walking down a road where you have a lantern and you can only see one step ahead. You haven't mapped out the territory. It was a great metaphor. I had already been thinking in that direction about life and about creativity for some time when I first came across that book. I devoured it and recognised it described how I had already been writing anyway, which is one reason it was so powerful for me. Then it edged out into a broader understanding for me that I had also been coming up with, that I just ended up calling “living into the dark.” None of us knows where anything is going, that much is obvious. But living into the dark goes farther than that, to embrace this understanding. I think of this in connection with what so many people, either personally or because of jobs they have where they're required to think like this. I think of this in terms of the famous five-year plan that so many of us want to draw up. There's nothing wrong with a five-year plan or a ten-year plan or a one-year plan. You can come up with that for practical purposes and try and chart where you're going, but we too often forget that that's just a fantasy exercise. We are not actually thinking into the future, nor are we ever actually thinking into the past. Remembering the past, predicting or projecting the future—both are events that are happening right now, in this moment, which is always now. It's no less now than it was when you and I first started this conversation. Past and future are projections—mental projections right now. And everything is unfolding in the present in real time, which effectively means what's going to come next is coming out of—well, we don't know where it's coming out of. Darkness. Living into the dark is living with full-on contact with, and awareness of, and embrace of this fact that we don't know what's coming up. That encompasses all of life and all of creativity. That same darkness, if it's helpful for you to take on this emotional tenor—which it is for me—can relate to the darkness in cosmic horror fiction, or to some of the rich traditions of darkness, like in Daoism with the yin contrasted with yang. Yin is the dark, moon, feminine aspect of things—the receptive source of the universe. This idea of living into the dark, of just accepting that we're all on this journey on a path where we can only see one step ahead, even if that far, has been meaningful to me. It's been meaningful to my creativity, and I recommend it to anybody to whom it appeals. It takes a lot of pressure off. I think that's a guiding meta-theme for me—trying to take the pressure off us from trying to control things that can't be controlled, and more stepping into that flow of understanding: what's going to come to me is going to come to me, and my posture toward it, whether I align with it or not, is what's going to determine my experience of it. You mentioned synchronicity. It's interesting. It's verifiable. I know a lot of people have verified it for themselves. Maybe some people listening to this have too. It's verifiable that when you really get in tune with this present-moment thing and get in tune with your creativity—and you can tell when you're aligned and not, when you feel blocked or when you feel resistance or not—when these things align on their own sometimes, strange coincidences do happen. Jung talked about synchronicity as an acausal connecting principle. That was probably due to the fact that the psyche is not separate from the fabric of the world that gives rise to it, so that we might have subjective things—impressions, fantasies, dreams—that we rather uncannily see mirrored in objective events. Like the famous thing that clarified and coalesced that for him: a psychotherapy session with a patient who was describing a dream she'd been having about a scarab beetle. Then he heard a tapping at the window of his office and he went there and opened it, and there was a European beetle—a kind of scarab beetle, much like the Egyptian scarab—that was there. He held it up and said to the woman, “Is this your beetle? Here is your beetle.” It just blew her mind. It opened new levels of the therapy that she was receiving. Those kinds of things happen. I've had them happen. Joanna: Me too. Matt: If you're a long-time writer or reader, you're familiar with the library genie—the library daemon, we sometimes refer to it as—the book that, just at the moment you think of it and realise, “Oh yes…” You're doing your study, and it doesn't have to be a library, it could be on the web or whatever. You finally realise what it is that you need, what you've been looking for, and in some cases it literally falls off the shelf onto someone's head. What do you make of those when they happen? At the very least, it rattles your cage. You might enter a state of suspended judgement about whether we really are living in a kind of magical cosmos full of real correspondences. It's a bit like the daimon or the muse: is it a metaphor? Is it just an interpretation, or is it something real? Probably the best place is one of profoundly, actively embraced agnosticism, and just take it for what it is. Joanna: Yes, and leaning more into your intuition. I think you definitely demonstrate that in the book as well, really exploring a lot of very interesting topics. Now, we are almost out of time, but you do have a Substack, The Living Dark, where you publish essays, and you've also got all kinds of really interesting books. I want people to go have a look at some of the other stuff you've written, especially if you enjoy horror and religion and all of that kind of thing. So just to ask, how do you decide when something is an essay on The Living Dark, and how do you decide when you are going to put it in a book or in some other way? I feel like a lot of authors are thinking about Substack but don't necessarily know what to put on it. I think I first connected with you on your Substack, where I was like, “Oh, this guy's writing interesting, weird stuff.” How do you use Substack as opposed to writing for your books? Matt: Sure. Let me answer by first talking about what happened previously with that first book on creativity that I mentioned, A Course in Demonic Creativity. I had all kinds of thoughts and ideas coming up, seeded over many years of practice and reading about the daimon and the daemon and the genius and the muse. In 2009 I founded a blog—it was just a WordPress blog—and I titled it Daemon Muse. I attended to it for two to three years. A lot of people ended up reading it. I really did not have any plans, not even any back-burner plans, of taking the material that I published in posts there about this way of creativity and making it a book. I did realise about a year and a half in that essentially I had a book I had already written in those posts. So it took some work, and I spent six months making it all into a coherent book. By the way, that book was only ever published as a PDF, which is still free on my website, MattCardin.com—although plans for the first-ever print edition of it are in motion right now. That was published in 2011. When I went to Substack and started my newsletter there in 2022—and by the way, it wasn't originally called The Living Dark; my first title was “Living Into the Dark,” and then I changed it about a year, year and a half in—I kind of am doing the same thing. It's been a while since I took anything and thought, “I'm writing a book with it.” I write what comes to me to write. You know how Substack Notes is Substack's own version of social media, kind of like Twitter used to be or like X kind of is now. It happens all the time that I write things that just stay in contact with people as a Substack Note—some short thing. And then I realise I wanted to say more about that. Or you have what happened just this morning. Three or four hours before you and I were talking, I started writing a Substack Note and it got so long I realised I had something that could be a post to The Living Dark. So I switched over and finished it that way. The book Writing at the Wellspring came together after I had written things for a couple of years at The Living Dark and realised that I could trace a path through about a third of the posts that I had ever published there, and had the makings of a book. So that, plus other material from earlier in my life—there are things from my private journals from years ago in Writing at the Wellspring—plus some new material, ended up turning into that book. So I'm not thinking about the difference, is what I'm saying. I find writing at my Living Dark newsletter to be a needful and enjoyable creative outlet, partly because I have some 3,800 readers now and it feels good to be in contact with them and to have that audience and to know that there's that eye on what I'm writing. That's partly because I just have the freedom to work it out to my satisfaction and publish it there. I'm already halfway forming another book that will be of a different focus, to come from things that I have published there. So for me, there's an organic relationship between Substack writing, or any kind of blogging, and the writing of books. If people haven't thought about that, they might want to consider it. If you have one already or if you're thinking of starting a blog on Substack or anywhere else, maybe you have things that can guide you to a book that already exists and you just haven't realised it. Joanna: So where can people find you and your books and everything you do online? Matt: Well, The Living Dark that we're talking about is at www.livingdark.net—and it does require the three Ws at the beginning to get there. Then my author website is MattCardin.com, and you can go to the books page there to get a link to all the books I've published and read about them. Joanna: Great. Well, thanks so much for your time, Matt. That was fantastic. Matt: Thank you, Jo. I really appreciate the invitation.The post Writing At The Wellspring: Tapping The Source Of Your Inner Genius With Matt Cardin first appeared on The Creative Penn.

Many of us feel like we're drowning in invisible complexity. So I wanted to hit pause and ask a simple question: What are 1-3 decisions that could dramatically simplify my life in 2026? To explore that, I invited five long-time listener favorites: Maria Popova, Morgan Housel, Cal Newport, Craig Mod, and Debbie Millman.This episode is brought to you by:Shopify global commerce platform, providing tools to start, grow, market, and manage a retail business: Shopify.com/timHelix Sleep premium mattresses: HelixSleep.com/TimTimestamps:Intro: [00:00:00]Maria Popova [00:01:49]Morgan Housel [00:04:40]Cal Newport [00:12:20]Craig Mod [00:24:04]Debbie Millman [00:33:08] More about today's guests:Maria Popova (@mariapopova) thinks and writes about our search for meaning, lensed sometimes through science and philosophy, sometimes through poetry and children's books, always through wonder. She is the creator of The Marginalian (born in 2006 under the name Brain Pickings), which is included in the Library of Congress permanent digital archive of culturally valuable materials. Her books and projects include Traversal, The Universe in Verse, Figuring, The Coziest Place on the Moon, and An Almanac of Birds: 100 Divinations for Uncertain Days.Morgan Housel (@morganhousel) is a partner at The Collaborative Fund. His book The Psychology of Money has sold more than three million copies and has been translated into 53 languages. Morgan is also the author of Same As Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes and The Art of Spending Money.Cal Newport is a professor of computer science at Georgetown University, where he is also a founding member of the Center for Digital Ethics. In addition to his academic work, Newport is a New York Times bestselling author who writes for a general audience about the intersection of technology, productivity, and culture. His books have sold millions of copies and been translated into over forty languages. He is also a contributor to The New Yorker and hosts the popular Deep Questions podcast. His latest book is Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout.Craig Mod (@craigmod) is a writer, photographer, and walker living in Tokyo and Kamakura, Japan. He is the author of Things Become Other Things and Kissa by Kissa. He also writes the newsletters Roden and Ridgeline and has contributed to The New York Times, The Atlantic, Wired, and more. Debbie Millman (@debbiemillman) has been named one of the most creative people in business by Fast Company and one of the most influential designers working today by Graphic Design USA. She is the host of Design Matters—a great show and one of the world's longest-running podcasts. She is also chair of the Masters in Branding Program at the School of Visual Arts in New York City, editorial director of Print magazine, a Harvard Business School Case Study, and a member of the board of directors at the Joyful Heart Foundation.*For show notes and past guests on The Tim Ferriss Show, please visit tim.blog/podcast.For deals from sponsors of The Tim Ferriss Show, please visit tim.blog/podcast-sponsorsSign up for Tim's email newsletter (5-Bullet Friday) at tim.blog/friday.For transcripts of episodes, go to tim.blog/transcripts.Discover Tim's books: tim.blog/books.Follow Tim:Twitter: twitter.com/tferriss Instagram: instagram.com/timferrissYouTube: youtube.com/timferrissFacebook: facebook.com/timferriss LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/timferrissSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Wow. The stories we heard from Thomas were both mind blowing and enlightening! From communication with the gods to mushroom foraging to sacred entheogenic ceremonies and so much more. Stay Weird!To Follow Us On Patreon—> https://www.patreon.com/c/MetaMysticsEmail Us!—> MetaMystics@yahoo.comSubscribe to our Youtube—> http://www.youtube.com/@MetaMysticsTo Follow Us On TikTok—> https://www.tiktok.com/@metamysticsGive us a follow on Instagram—> @MetaMystics111To find Tom's Substack—> Substack.com/@tomhatsisTo find Thomas on IG—> Tom.HatsisBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/cult-of-conspiracy--5700337/support.

Wow. The stories we heard from Thomas were both mind blowing and enlightening! From communication with the gods to mushroom foraging to sacred entheogenic ceremonies and so much more. Stay Weird!To Follow Us On Patreon—> https://www.patreon.com/c/MetaMysticsEmail Us!—> MetaMystics@yahoo.comSubscribe to our Youtube—> http://www.youtube.com/@MetaMysticsTo Follow Us On TikTok—> https://www.tiktok.com/@metamysticsGive us a follow on Instagram—> @MetaMystics111To find Tom's Substack—> Substack.com/@tomhatsisTo find Thomas on IG—> Tom.HatsisBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/meta-mystics--5795466/support.You Don't Know What You Don't Know!

Wonders, divinations, secrets and revelations in this episode as we check out select tracks from two epic albums by the JHHW! John JHHW Weilacher joins us on-air to share his visions, message and memories of making these albums in Maastricht exclusively on Student Radio Maastricht! Youtube: Wonders & Divinations Full Visual Music Album // Rare Songs: https://youtu.be/6kQ_zzteQN8?si=s0Lv_VlUPC7orkUV Jingles: Dennis Cronenberg

Take a trip through the Brit-pop inspired hectic indie-pop of Welly as they go Big In The Suburbs for Matt's third favourite of 2025.... Host: Matt LathamFeaturing: Bonnie Orbison (The Cry Lounge / Bonnie's Legends) talks Divinations by Oracle SistersAshley Thomas talks I Quit by Haim ------------Listen to The Spotify Hall of Fame PlaylistEmail: Pick A DiscFollow us on:Bluesky | Instagram | FacebookPick A Disc(Ord) Discord ServerListen to We Dig Podcasts Shows: @wedigpodcasts | LinktreeLogo designed by: Dan Owen

Writer and poet Maria Popova on taking inspiration from 19th century ornithological studies for her new publication, An Almanac of Birds – 100 Divinations for Uncertain Days.Slam poet Aditya Narayan has had an impressive winning streak this year – winning the Roundhouse Poetry Slam in April and the Loud Poets Grand Slam final in August. He discusses writing poetry for performance and rhyming English, Hindi, and Urdu.Kimberly Campanello and D.M. Black are members of a distinguished group - poets who have translated Dante's epic poem, The Divine Comedy. They reflect on their different approaches to the 14th century three part work which takes the reader to hell, purgatory, and heaven - Kimberly weaving in her personal history including her Parkinson's diagnosis and the history of Italy in her translation of Part 1: Inferno, and D.M. Black drawing upon his experience as a psychoanalyst in his award-winning translation of Part 2: Purgatorio, and his recently published Part 3: Paradiso.Presenter: Ian McMillan Producer: Ekene Akalawu

Lewis, Christopher and Julia phone in from France about their big risk turned travelling circus. From modelling and moving to Paris to take a job that lasted all of a week, to hypnotic records and selling out Koko. Divinations is out there to jam. Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 DistroKid makes music distribution fun and easy with unlimited uploads and artists keeping the ENTIRETY of their revenue. Get 30% off the first year of their service by signing up at https://distrokid.com/vip/101pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

L'une des caractéristiques du personnage d'Élisée est le nombre de ses prodiges et ses actes divinatoires. Quel est le sens et but poursuivit dans ce chapelet de miracles décrits ?  NOTES ·        Textes (aelf) :  2R 4, 1-7 Abondance d'huile  ;  4, 38-41 Assainissement du potage ;  4, 42-44 Multiplication des pains  ; 6, 1-7 Flottaison du fer de hache  ·        BIBLIOGRAPHIE | CARTES & DOCUMENTS | CHRONOLOGIE·        Plateformes d'écoute | Réseaux Sociaux | @Contact | Infolettre | RSS  ·        Épisode enregistré en Vendée (85, France), 05/2025. Image de couverture : Giorgio VASARI, Le prophète Élisée, v. 1566 (source : Wikimédia commons). Génériques : Erwan Marchand (D.R.). «Au Large Biblique» : podcast conçu et animé par François Bessonnet, bibliste.Sous Licence Creative Commons (cc BY-NC-ND 4.0 FR)Soutenez le podcast avec Tipeee  ou Ko-fi  CHAPITRES 00:00 Générique et présentation 02:00 (1) Trois types de prodiges 05:40 (2) Auprès des fils de prophètes 07:30 (3) Huile et potage 14:40 (4) Pain et fer de hache 22:10 (5) Conclusion 24:46 Générique de fin

This is a monthly Community Event that is Bonus Material for Kelly's Power Circle Members and when we invite others to join us in community.•  Subscribe HERE  https://www.KarmicTools.com/power-circle-community-monthly-subscriptionThis month, we went another way - because Neptune is related to our spirituality and all things mystical, we decided to go deeper by asking our Spirit Team + Oracles for special guidance. Relevant Reflections:We covered the energy + technical parts, along with Activations + Divinations for the overall ingress on the following:43-min Audio HERE:https://www.buzzsprout.com/956743/15402839/  Video HERE:https://youtu.be/vLBBxNVrHvQYou may also like to explore the Neptune Article that guided our Divinations.POST  =  https://KellyMBeard.com/2025/02/neptune-enters-aries-2025-39/38-min AUDIO  =  https://www.buzzsprout.com/956743/16688178/ VIDEO  =  https://youtu.be/RUIVlCXebV0NEXT Live Event  =MAY  2025  •  Power Circle Community EventSaturn - PISCES/ARIES Cusp 2025THUR/May 8th @8pm/easternRegister to Receive Replay, Tools + Resourceshttps://KellyMBeard.com/circle-up/free-community-event/NOTE:  You have to Register or eMail Kelly directly to receive Your Personal Activations. I need your Birth Date/Time/Place to do them.     #Neptune #Aries #Pisces #PlanetaryCycles #KarmicTools #Astrology #Transits #KellyMBeard #KarmicTools #ShamanicAstrology #Cycles #Patterns #Shamanism #EarthMedicine #Forecast #Horoscope #AstrologyUpdate #EnergeticSupport #MysticMentorOther Ways to DONATE:Paypal/Zelle = KellyMBeard @ gmail / Venmo = Kelly-Beard-52Support the show

This week, Marjorie Hache chats to two up-and-coming musical outfits: Naya Mö, who comes from Bordeaux and has just released an EP, "Dealing With Ghosts", full of layered lo-fi indie; and Oracle Sisters, a trio who formed in Paris but hail from Denmark, Finland and Northern Ireland. They have just released their second mystical album "Divinations", full of psych-tinted folk. We also take a look at Elton John's collaborative album with Brandi Carlile, "Who Believes In Angels?" 

Esta semana, en Islas de Robinson, a tiempo real, entre 2023 y 2025. Suenan: RED STAMP - "DANCING WITH MY BABY" (2025) / HANNAH COHEN - "EARTHSTAR" ("EARTHSTAR MOUNTAIN", 2025) / BILLIE MARTEN - "CROWN" (2024) / SHIRLEY HURT - "HELL OF A LIFE" (2024) / ORACLE SISTERS - "RODEO" ("DIVINATIONS", 2025) / SILVER SYNTHETIC - "ROSALIE" ("ROSALIE", 2025) / SEAN THOMPSON'S WEIRD EARS - "SONG FROM THE HEART" ("HEAD IN THE SAND", 2025) / CARSON MCHONE - "TRIM THE ROSE" ("STILL LIFE", 2022) / PISQISH - "QUEENDOM" ("THREE TO ONE", 2025) / MEERNAA - "MAKE IT RAIN" (2024) / PAUL SPRING, SHANNON LAY & MEERNAA - "FLOWERS" (2025) / NAIMA BOCK - "GENTLE" ("BELOW A MASSIVE DARK LAND", 2024) / LEAH SENIOR - "SPRINGTIME STUDIO" ("THE MUSIC THAT I MAKE", 2023) / DOROTHEA PAAS - "MAYBE I'LL FADE" ("THINK OF MIST", 2024) /Escuchar audio

durée : 00:55:33 - Côté Club - par : Laurent Goumarre - Côté Club, le rendez-vous de toute la scène française et plus si affinités reçoit Oracle sisters pour leur l'album "Divinations", et Walter Astral et leur nouvel album également "Eclipse" . Bienvenue au Club ! - réalisé par : Stéphane LE GUENNEC

Send us a textIn this episode, I sit down with the Professor David Zeitlyn of Oxford University, a leading expert in the anthropology of divination and co-curator of the Bodleian Library's stunning new exhibition, Oracles, Omens, and Answers. Professor Zeitlyn has spent decades studying divination practices across cultures, including his research on, and practice of, Mambila spider divination in Cameroon and Nigeria.We discuss the highlights of the Bodleian Library's exhibition (which is open until April 27, 2025,) and explore the cultural framework of divinatory practices like spider divination, and the intersections of ancient methods and modern tools. I hope you enjoy the conversation!Notes for this Episode:Explore the Bodleian Library's Oracles, Omens, and Answers ExhibitionPurchase the exhibition book Divinations, Oracles & Omens, edited by Michelle Aroney and David ZeitlynProfessor David Zeitlyn's book: Mambila Divination: Framing Questions, Constructing Answers---Coffee and Divination Website: http://www.coffeeanddivination.comNorth Wyldewood Coven and Tradition Website: https://www.northwyldewoodtradition.orgSacred Space Conference - March 2025: Sacred Space Conference – Metaphysics, Mysticism, Magick (sacredspacefoundation.org)Learn from the North Wyldewood Coven: Enter the Wyldewood - The Birch Path (thinkific.com)Theme music: "Come with Me" by JoAnna Farrer. Also featuring Alasdair Fraser, Natalie Haas and Yann Falquet.Ending music: "Pollen Path" by Elana Low

Quel est le jugement de la Charia sur les boissons énergétiques ?

Send us a textIn this episode of Back on the Broomstick, Chelle and Laylla dive into the art of divination for the dark half of the year. As Samhain fades and the veil is still thin, it's the perfect time to look ahead at what the months between now and Beltane might hold. Inspired by Chelle's new charm collection, they explore the fascinating world of charm casting—an ancient form of divination that's experiencing a magical revival. They chat about how to curate your own set of charms, interpret each one's unique symbolism, and even how to combine charms with tarot for layered readings. To wrap up the episode, the witches perform a personal reading for each other, setting intentions and gaining insight to carry them through winter into spring. Join them for an enchanting journey of intuition, inspiration, and preparing for the dark months ahead.Support the showEmail: backonthebroomstick@gmail.comYoutube FacebookInstagramBack on the Broomstick Website

In this episode we sit down with Jenn from Sheraven Divinations & Oddities! Jenn tells us all about her history with animals, and homesteading, and how it led her to start creating this amazing art! We also all get an exclusive card reading live on the show!   SUPPORT REVIVAL MOTORING  REVIVALMOTORING.COM/B4B

In this episode, we delve into the rich traditions of Samhain in Contemporary Paganism. Often referred to as the "Witches' New Year," Samhain is celebrated as a time when the veil between the worlds of the living and the dead is thinnest, making it ideal for communicating with ancestors and performing powerful rituals of transformation. We explore how Gerald Gardner, the founder of modern Wicca, revived Samhain within the Pagan Wheel of the Year, blending folklore, ceremonial magic, and the seasonal cycles to craft a new esoteric meaning for this ancient festival. We cover the significance of ancestor veneration, divination practices, shadow work during Samhain, and how Pagans set up their altars with symbols of death and renewal. We also look closer at public and private Samhain celebrations, the roles of death deities like Hecate, the Morrigan, and Anubis, and unique rituals such as the Dumb Supper. CONNECT & SUPPORT

Due to the lateness of this episode (extreme tech issues), please enjoy a juicy extra-long section on Halloween

This is a Special SHARE!! and it was a powerful call! We covered a LOT of ground! It was so fun & enlightening! Typically, Venus Circle is for Subscribers Only, however, when we get to the Reclamation side, in need of NEW Tools, Resources & Support, we always invite different Teacher/Guides to come in and share their Tools and Other Modalities for self-healing, individual education & personal soul work.    I want to thank those of you who could join us live – it was a great call! We had a very special contribution from https://www.NasaBawa.com who has a lot to offer with events coming up in Oct! Check out her website for details. How to Join the Monthly Venus Circle HERE:https://KellyMBeard.com/circle-up/$25/mo Includes Monthly Tools + ResourcesThe Venus Circle began in 2007 and has been dedicated to checking-in with our own values & priorities, on a regular basis. Venus Monthly TeleCircle is open to anyone who wants to drop-in for an infusion of the Sacred Feminine energy & guidance for the month. We explore the value of the Sign & Chakra of the month, along with potent Guidance & Divinations.CURRENT Cycle  =  LEO/LIBRA 2023-25Venus in LEO Cycle  ::  ARTICLE Here:https://KellyMBeard.com/wp-content/uploads/Venus-Rx-LEO-2023-Article-by-KellyMBeard.pdfUPCOMING Cycle  =  PISCES/ARIES 2025-26Starts in Feb 2025!!  Join Us!!#VenusCircle #KellyMBeard #KarmicTools #NasaBawa #AncestorMedium #Scorpio #Leo #Libra #ThroatChakra #TheAlchemistArchetype #VenusCycle #Cycles #Patterns #Shamanism #ShamanicAstrology #Astrology #EarthMedicine #EnergyUpdate #EnergeticSupport #SacredFeminine #MysticMentor #TransitsSupport the show

[00:30] Judge Merchan's Dark Arts (50 minutes) Yesterday, the jury for Donald Trump's Manhattan “hush money” case asked for a rereading of Judge Juan Merchan's perplexing jury instructions, which encourage the jurors to find Trump guilty without any evidence. Somehow, anti-Trump Judge Merchan was randomly selected to preside over this hush-money case, the Trump Organization fraud case and the Steve Bannon case within the same year. The system is rigged against Trump. [50:00] Celtic Throne Feedback (5 minutes)

[00:30] Judge Merchan's Divinations (21 minutes) Alvin Bragg's illegal prosecution of Donald Trump is expected to wrap up this week without the jury, or the prosecution, knowing what crime Trump is even accused of breaking. It shows the shamelessness of the “Get Trump” lawfare. Even Regime media talking heads aren't sure what Bragg's allegations are, but they could care less since all it takes to convict Donald Trump is a conflicted judge who can invent his own jury instructions. [21:00] Trump's Bold Campaign (12 minutes) Despite being held up in court most of the work week, Donald Trump is working hard on his campaign. All month he's been met with large, enthusiastic crowds while visiting Democrat strongholds around New York City. Over the weekend he visited a hostile crowd at the Libertarian National Convention. Meanwhile, Biden barely gets out and when he does speak he has to remind people to clap. [33:00] Key of David (25 minutes) On Memorial Day we remember the sacrifices of our soldiers. But what were they fighting for? In this 2013 Key of David program, Mr Gerald Flurry explains what those soldiers sacrificed their lives for.

This is Kelly's Power Circle which gathers for a FREE Community Event each month.This one is where we covered the Special Alignment:  Jupiter/Uranus in TAURUS on 4.20.2024 - Initiating a New Cycle of Consciousness & Liberation! We covered their respective cycles, as well as the Taurus Energy & Lesson, and had some delicious Divinations to guide us along the way.NEXT Live Event  =Jupiter Enters GEMINI 2024-25THUR/May 9th @8pm/easternRegister to Receive Replay, Tools + Resourceshttps://KellyMBeard.com/circle-up/free-community-event/NOTE:  You have to Register or eMail Kelly directly to receive Your Personal Activations. I need your Birth Date/Time/Place to do them.     #Jupiter #Uranus #Scorpio #Taurus #Leo #Aquarius #PlanetaryCycles #KarmicTools #Astrology #Transits #KellyMBeard #KarmicTools #ShamanicAstrology #Cycles #Patterns #Shamanism #EarthMedicine #Forecast #Horoscope #AstrologyUpdate #EnergeticSupport #MysticMentorSupport the show

For the Archetypal Tarot Podcast's special Women's History Month edition of the podcast, we're featuring the art and interview of Rachel Phillips! Though her work doesn't (yet) appear in the form of tarot decks or grimoires, Rachel's creations tap into the communicative powers of photo manipulation and the magic that such manipulation has on our own reflections of time, ancestry and the journey of women as both the viewer and viewed. Rounding out the end of last year, Cyndera had the chance to go and visit Rachel's exhibition Holding Time, Tracing Light held at San Francisco State University's School of Art and Design.  Cyndera at the life-size Ghost Light Theater Projection! She had so much fun playing with shadows and pretending to be part of the art!   Cyndera had originally been drawn to Rachel's artistry in the form of her collection called Divinations.

This is Kelly's Power Circle which gathers for a FREE Community Event each month. This one is where we covered the 2024 ASTEROIDS/Sacred Feminine, which are:  Ceres/Nurture, Pallas/Heal, Juno/Commit & Vesta/Focus, who are all Retrograding this year, lingering in these Areas of Life (House in your chart). We covered the Issues, Lessons & Shadows of each and the Divinations brought us a variety of Goddesses to guide us as we Reset, Release & Reclaim this year.NEXT Live Event  =Jupiter/Uranus in TAURUSTHUR/April 11th @8pm/easternRegister to Receive Replay, Tools + Resourceshttps://KellyMBeard.com/circle-up/free-community-event/NOTE:  You have to Register or eMail Kelly directly to receive Your Personal Activations. I need your Birth Date/Time/Place to do them.     #Asteroids #Capricorn #Scorpio #Sagittarius #Virgo #Gemini #Cancer #PlanetaryCycles #KarmicTools #Astrology #Transits #KellyMBeard #KarmicTools #ShamanicAstrology #Cycles #Patterns #Shamanism #EarthMedicine #Forecast #Horoscope #AstrologyUpdate #EnergeticSupport #MysticMentorSupport the show

This is Kelly's Power Circle which gathers for a FREE Community Event each month. This one is where we covered the 2024 SUPER Moons, which are falling in Aquarius/Pisces/Aries at this time. We covered the Special Activations & Divinations to guide us on many levels.NEXT Live Event  = 2024 ASTEROIDS: Sacred FeminineTHUR/March 14th @8pm/eastern Register to Receive Replay, Tools + Resourceshttps://KellyMBeard.com/circle-up/free-community-event/NOTE:  You have to Register or eMail Kelly directly to receive Your Personal Activations. I need your Birth Date/Time/Place to do them.     #SuperMoon #Aquarius #Pisces #Aries #PlanetaryCycles #KarmicTools #Astrology #Transits #KellyMBeard #KarmicTools #ShamanicAstrology #Cycles #Patterns #Shamanism #EarthMedicine #Forecast #Horoscope #AstrologyUpdate #EnergeticSupport #MysticMentorSupport the show

Special :: Mercury Retrograde EARTH/FIRE 2024 :: Part 2 of 2This is Kelly's Power Circle which gathers for a FREE Community Event each month. This one is where we covered the Mercury Retrograde EARTH/FIRE 2024. We covered the Special Activations & Divinations to guide us on many levels.Part 1 - Recorded on 12.7.2023  ::  We covered the current Sag/Capricorn Nov 10, 2023 - Feb 5, 2024 and the upcoming Aries one March 9 - May 15, 2024.Part 1  =  82-minAUDIO  =  https://www.buzzsprout.com/956743/14185273VIDEO  =  https://youtu.be/luZKoC_U8IkPart 2 - Recorded on 1.18.2024  ::  We covered the remaining two. Leo/Virgo July 2 - Sept 26, 2024 and Sag Nov 2, 2024 - Jan28, 2025.Part 2  =  79-minAUDIO  =  https://www.buzzsprout.com/956743/14341768/VIDEO  =  https://youtu.be/vdysozwzaCYNEXT Live Event  =  2024 Super Moons2.8.2024 @8pm/eastern  Register to Receive Replay, Tools + Resourceshttps://KellyMBeard.com/circle-up/free-community-event/NOTE:  You have to Register or eMail Kelly directly to receive Your Personal Activations. I need your Birth Date/Time/Place to do them.     #MercuryRetrograde #PlanetaryCycles #KarmicTools #Astrology #Transits #KellyMBeard #KarmicTools #ShamanicAstrology #cycles #patterns #shamanism #earthmedicine #forecast #horoscope #astrologyupdate #energeticsupport #mysticmentorSupport the show

Special  ::  Mercury Retrograde EARTH/FIRE 2024 This is Kelly's Power Circle which gathers for a FREE Community Event each month. This one is where we covered the first two Mercury Retrogrades leading us into 2024. We covered the Special Activations & Divinations to guide us on many levels.Part 1 - Recorded on 12.7.2023  ::  We covered the current Sag/Capricorn Nov 10, 2023 - Feb 5, 2024 and the upcoming Aries one March 9 - May 15, 2024.Part 2 - Scheduled for 1.18.2024  ::  We will cover the remaining two. Leo/Virgo July 2 - Sept 26, 2024 and Sag Nov 2, 2024 - Jan28, 2025.Register to Receive Replay, Tools + Resourceshttps://KellyMBeard.com/circle-up/free-community-event/NOTE:  You have to Register or eMail Kelly directly to receive Your Personal Activations. I need your Birth Date/Time/Place to do them.     #MercuryRetrograde #PlanetaryCycles #KarmicTools #Astrology #Transits #KellyMBeard #KarmicTools #ShamanicAstrology #cycles #patterns #shamanism #earthmedicine #forecast #horoscope #astrologyupdate #energeticsupport #mysticmentorSupport the show

Shane, Jeremy and Dusty hash out James Madison's battle with the NCAA, plus we take on the entire Sun Belt Week 12 football slate.

Jeremy, Thibs and Shane discuss that magic JMU win over Michigan State, plus discuss Week 11 Action

Necromancy, skull worship and dark magic! Divinations. The art of picking the cold earth to raise the dead. Shamans in ancient times believed that spirits encompassed higher knowledge in fact, rituals and dark practices that venérate the dead are said to go back to the stone ages when man first began to pay homage to the dead. Today we call them, Halloween, día de los muertos, jazz funeral, Ngaben and day of the dead. Even the Bible speaks about necromancers using talismans and the human remains of a deceased “prophet” to see the outcome of wars. Sound familiar? Welcome to NECROMANCER! // Please show some support to our dear friend Ivone Pereira for her battle with cancer. https://gofund.me/8d345ee0 Thank you! Visit PARANOIRADIO.COM ☂️ Follow Los_Cunados_Bulliez on IG

“April 1853” Visions... haunt a young girl and an irreversible action sets the fate of our hero. 

Could the right move in Modern be... adding a 4mv black card to Rhinos? Playing a green 2 drop over Murktide in... Murktide? What is even going on right now? We believe there's new stuff to try in Modern even now! Tune in to hear Devon almost take Rhinos + Sheoldred all the way and hear Dave come to the grim realization that casting Divinations is the only thing that makes him feel something in this crazy world. We try out new lists, new ideas, all in a quest to somehow beat both Beans and Scam with the same deck. Can it be done? Not yet... but we think people (and Devon) may be onto something. After we talk what we've been playing in Modern, we dive into descending into some of the first cards from The Lost Caverns of Ixalan. • Devon Goes There ft. Sheoldred • Dave Plays Cheap Spells ft. Questing Druid • Shane Descends Into Spoilers Become a citizen of The Dive Down Nation!: http://www.patreon.com/thedivedown Show the world that you're a proud citizen of The Dive Down Nation with some merch from the store: https://www.thedivedown.com/store Upgrade your gameplay and your gameday with Heavy Play accessories. Use code THEDIVEDOWN2023 for 10% off your first order at https://www.heavyplay.com Check out our sponsor Barrister and Mann! https://www.barristerandmann.com/ Use coupon code THEDIVEDOWN23 for 15% off your first order of some incredible fragrances, soaps, beard oils, and more. Get 10% off your first 2 months of ManaTraders! https://www.manatraders.com/?medium=thedivedown and use coupon code THEDIVEDOWN23 And now receive 8% off your order of paper cards from Nerd Rage Gaming with code DIVE8 at https://www.nerdragegaming.com/ Timestamps: 6:03 - Heavy Play time 6:59 - On this week's show 8:02 - Housekeeping 11:33 - The Dive Down begins: d00m makes the finals with Sheoldred Rhinos 35:22 - Dave tests Temur Tempo 55:33 - Spiderspace's Grixis Tempo deck (briefly) 57:53 - The Break Down begins: Spoiler season returns - Lost Caves of Ixalan! 58:58 - Craft & The Enigma Jewel 1:03:01 - Discover & Geological Appraiser 1:06:22 - Descend & The Mycotyrant (also Map Tokens) 1:12:30 - Saheeli, the Sun's Brilliance 1:14:54 - Spyglass Siren 1:16:45 - Jadelight Spelunker 1:19:15 - Abuelo, Ancestral Echo 1:21:35 - Quintorius Kand 1:26:00 - Wrapping up Links from this week's episode: d00mwake's Rhinos + Sheoldred: https://x.com/d00mwake/status/1716509786089443466?s=20 Andrea Mengucci's Temur Murktideless Murktide: https://x.com/Mengu09/status/1716078994670428517?s=20 Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name? email us: thedivedown@gmail.com (mailto:thedivedown@gmail.com) twitter: https://twitter.com/thedivedown

Jeremy, Shane and Thibs bang the gong on Week 9, providing all the penetrating insight on sizzling Sun Belt Action!

Ep.173 features Austrian-born and based in Los Angeles where she relocated in 2017, Katherina Olschbaur (b. 1983) was emboldened by her move to push the boundaries in the tenuous relationship between representation and abstraction, creating the distinct viewpoint in her painting practice for which she is recognized. She graduated from the University of Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria. Recent exhibitions include Sirens, Dangxia, Beijing (solo);Midnight Spill, Perrotin, Hong Kong (2023, solo); Somatic Markings, Kasmin, NewYork (2022); Prayers, Divinations, Nicodim, New York (2022, solo); Dak'Art:African Contemporary Art Biennale, Dakar (2022); Live Flesh, Nicodim, Los Angeles (2021–2022, solo); Dominique Fung and Katherina Olschbaur: My Kingdom and a Horse, Galeria Nicodim, Bucharest (2021, two-artist); Night Blessings, Union Pacific, London (2021, solo), Tortured Ecstasies, Nicodim Upstairs, Los Angeles(2020, solo); Dirty Elements, Contemporary Arts Center Gallery, UC Irvine, Irvine (2020, solo); Hollywood Babylon: A Re-inauguration of the Pleasure Dome, Jeffrey Deitch, Nicodim, AUTRE Magazine, Los Angeles (2020); The Divine Hermaphrodite, GNYP Gallery, Berlin (2019, solo); and Horses, Nicodim, Los Angeles (2018, solo). In 2021, she was selected for the second year of Kehinde Wiley's Black Rock residency in Dakar, Senegal. Portrait image courtesy of Georgianna Chang Artist http://www.katherinaolschbaur.com/ Nicodim https://www.nicodimgallery.com/artists/katherina-olschbaur Perrotin https://leaflet.perrotin.com/view/464/midnight-spill Dangixia  https://dangxia.art Perrotin film https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rjgt0n9j0cg Bazaar https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/A-rasX0j8q0Zuy7U3VFiIw W Magazine https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/MM2ak-JZTnFvuGGpU-USSA Whitehot Magazine https://whitehotmagazine.com/articles/live-flesh-at-nicodim-gallery/5272 Blackrock Senegal https://blackrocksenegal.org/katherina-olschbaur-2/ Repaint History https://repainthistory.com/blogs/artists/katherina-olshbaur Contemporary Art Friday https://contemporaryaf.com/katherina-olschbaur/

Producers: Hazel Stark & Joe Horn Host: Hazel Stark There are so many tools we can use to predict the weather or the severity of winter…which ones are the most accurate? Photos, a full transcript, references, contact information, and more available at thenatureofphenology.wordpress.com. About the host/writers: Joe Horn lives in Gouldsboro, is Co-Founder of Maine Outdoor School, L3C, and is a Registered Maine Guide and Carpenter. He is passionate about fishing, cooking, and making things with his hands. He has both an MBA in Sustainability and an MS focused in Environmental Education. Joe can be reached by emailing naturephenology@gmail.com Hazel Stark lives in Gouldsboro, is Co-Founder and Naturalist Educator at Maine Outdoor School, L3C, and is a Registered Maine Guide. She loves taking a closer look at nature through the lens of her camera, napping in beds of moss, and taking hikes to high points to see what being tall is all about. She has an MS in Resource Management and Conservation and is a lifelong Maine outdoorswoman. Hazel can be reached by emailing naturephenology@gmail.com The post The Nature of Phenology 10/14/23: Winter Weather Divinations first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives.

This is Kelly's FREE Monthly Community Event where we covered 2023-24 Asteroids. We covered the Special Activations & Divinations to guide us on many levels.Asteroids are special and represent various Sacred Feminine aspects of self and they are something that astrologers are only recently beginning to endorse but I think they represent what *feels* like an essential key to understanding ourselves and navigating in the world, especially for women. They are: Juno (Sacred Partnership), Ceres (Sacred Mother), Vesta (Sacred Wife) and Pallas (Sacred Feminine Wisdom/Intelligence).  Register to Receive Replay, Tools + Resourceshttps://KellyMBeard.com/circle-up/free-community-event/NOTE:  You have to Register or eMail Kelly directly to receive Your Personal Activations. I need your Birth Date/Time/Place to do them.     #Asteroids #Ceres #Vesta #Juno #Pallas #Cycles #Planetary #Cycles #KellyMBeard #KarmicTools #ShamanicAstrologySupport the show

Tina Raymond is making waves in the Jazz drumming world. Her second release as a bandleader, Divinations, will be out on October 6, 2023. She is also the Director of Jazz studies at Cal State Northridge and is president-elect of The California Alliance for Jazz. She certainly has a lot going on. Jamie caught up with Tina to discuss her brilliant upcoming release along with everything else she has going on. This interview covers a lot of ground and will be useful to all. If you aren't aware of Tina's drumming, here is your chance to get hip to a bright young star in the world of Jazz.

Special Update from Kelly:We get together every 6-weeks, at the Turn of the Wheel, to Honor the Sacred Seasons as we move throughout the year, intentionally and as a Community.Join us next time at FALL Equinox on Sept 22nd!Here I cover the:Seasonal OverviewEnergetic Support Special ActivationsDivinations#gateofpower #crossquarter #sacredseasons #leo #aquarius #taurus #scorpio #shamanism #kellymbeard #shamanicastrology #transits #earthmedicine #energeticsupport #karmictoolsSupport the show

Special  ::  Chiron in ARIES 2023-24  ::  REPLAY  ::  Kelly M BeardThis is Kelly's Monthly FREE Community Event where we covered Chiron in ARIES 2023-24. We covered the Special Activations & Divinations to guide us on many levels.Register to Receive Replay, Tools + Resourceshttps://KellyMBeard.com/circle-up/free-community-event/NOTE:  You have to Register or eMail Kelly directly to receive Your Personal Activations. I need your Birth Date/Time/Place to do them.     #Chiron #Aries #Libra #Cancer #Capricorn #Cycles #Planetary #Cycles #KellyMBeard #KarmicTools #ShamanicAstrologySupport the show

Tina Raymond is an accomplished drummer, composer, bandleader, and educator based in Los Angeles, CA. A unique voice in the contemporary improvised music scene, Raymond blends traditional jazz vocabulary with African polyrhythm and classical percussion technique. She is the Director of Jazz Studies at Cal State Northridge, and her new trio album Divinations will be released October 6th. In this episode, Tina talks about: Creating a jazz program where students don't feel like they're in competition with each other  Putting boundaries around her professional life, whether it's as an educator or a performer How she tries to help her students become well rounded people, not just good jazz musicians  Her new record “Divinations” and its tarot theme  Building drum solos around accompaniment Making her record “drums forward” both in performance and mix

It's always a treat to talk about “hometown” metal, especially when it's one of the heaviest, most modern, progressive metal bands in the entire genre. Actually, to call them “prog” might be a bit misleading, although “progressive” is certainly an apropos descriptor for the shared artistic odyssey which Brann Dailor, Brent Hinds, Bill Kelliher, and Troy Sanders (collectively known as MASTODON) had embarked upon more than 20 years ago and are still going strong with no sign of stopping any time soon.   Perhaps the more accurate description of MASTODON is “Atlanta's own shamans of megalithic, caveman powered, super technical, stoner sludge prog metal” (and any other applicable subgenres we might've missed).   It's time to get “in the loop” and fully comprehend the best way NOT to drive down Blood Mountain to minimize vehicular induced toddler vomitus whilst mentally preparing to welcome “B.G.” to the “T&T Main Stage” as we do our best to “MRFA” while screaming excerpts from “Brave Tales of Taintler” into the “echo chamber” as you JOIN US for the “pure girth” of MASTODON Inside The Metal (ATL-Edition), Chapter 1: The Aughts (2000-2009).   Visit www.metalnerdery.com/podcast for more on this episode Leave us a Voicemail to be played on a future episode: 980-666-8182 Metal Nerdery Tees and Hoodies – metalnerdery.com/merch and kindly leave us a review and/or rating on the iTunes/Apple Podcasts - Spotify or your favorite Podcast app Listen on iTunes, Spotify, Podbean, Google Podcasts or wherever you get your Podcasts. Follow us on the Socials: Facebook - Instagram - Twitter   Email: metalnerdery@gmail.com   Can't be LOUD Enough Playlist on Spotify Metal Nerdery Munchies on YouTube @metalnerderypodcast   Show Notes: (00:01): “He just pushed that button, man…” / #AlphaDamnRetta / #ColaMoonshine #sameproof (“The uncorking…”) / The true definition of #highball / “All drawed up…” / #uhoh / #callofdutyshoutout #impressionsASMR / #HerbertASMR (“Was it YOU!?”) / “WHOA!!!” / “The abbreviated version…” / “…it still means the same thing.” / #letsdothis #outwiththebad ***WARNING: #listenerdiscretionisadvised / ***WELCOME BACK TO THE METAL NERDERY PODCAST!!!*** #verysubtle #citygate #colamoonshine (“Expeckin'…”) / #aftertaste / “…the narcotics of candy…”/ #bringbacktheoriginaloriginalformulaofcocacola / #kolanuts (#powerfulnuts) / “BEST ENERGY DRINK EVER!!!” / “Experience…International…” #BulgariaASMR (Umm, WHAT?) / “That's gonna be my theme music…in my mind…” / #thisepisodesbeeroftheepisode / #TerrapinBeerCompany #AthensGeorgia #NationalChampionship #SportsDogWords / #UpHighIPA #HaHa #CitriHoppedIPA (“Sit and wonder at the AWE…”) / “And the verdict…” / #colderisbetter / “This is gonna sound personal…” / #downthereechoASMR / “It's almost too much fun…” #specialladyfriend (“She's actually kinda cool…”) / #NoNickelbackHate #NoJasonAldeanHate / “I think that would be my thing…” / “Maybe not…that's the reality…” / #halfacenturyofmetal #OzzyOsbourne / Shoutout to #CreedenceClearwaterRevival #CCR #TheCreedence / #RussellsReflectionsASMR / “How perfect was that?” / “The dementia is not that bad…”  / #ZZTopDocumentary #Netflix / “Hint…the irony…” / #bathingsuits #drunks (“Actually, the drunks are usually the best audience…if they're on your side.”) / “Last week…” / ***If you'd like to send us YOUR SHIT-TAH, your MUSIC-AH…send it to us and we will play it on a future episode!!!*** #emailus at metalnerdery@gmail.com #instagram #facebook (“This is who we are!”) / #thejingle #No / ***IF YOU'D LIKE TO GIVE US A CALL YOU CAN DO SO USING YOUR TELEPHONIC DEVICE BY DIALIING 980-666-8182!!!*** / #bravetalesoftaintler (“Oh it's not gonna be a #childrensbook…”) / #MRFA #makereadingfunagain / “The guy who looks like Thor…” / #publishedauthor (“You used the word #patina, that's like a $20 word.”)  / “What the fuck is that?” / “She's gotta get it warm…” / #markthetime   (23:10): “Far, FAR overdue…” / #atlantametal METAL NERDERY PODCAST PRESENTS:  MASTODON – INSIDE THE METAL (CHAPTER 1: THE AUGHTS (2000-2009) / “What the fuck is that?” / #loopy / The first and earliest knowledge of #Mastodon as one of the most powerful forces in #progressivemetal / #TodayIsTheDay (#PreMastodonASMR) IN THE EYES OF GOD (“Let's give it the #30secondchallenge”) / “Have you seen those guys from Alpharetta?” / Call Of The Mastodon (2006) / 2001 via 2006 (***see also #LifesbloodEP *** / SHADOWS THAT MOVE / “Here's a question…” / #stumpfuckinASMR (“Pure girth…”) / SLICK LEG / “Pretty much all of ‘em have all of ‘em…”    (34:12): Remission (2002) / “The very beginning…” / CRUSHER DESTROYER #thefirstnewalbum (“Bring on the #ballrockin”) / “There are different #SoundsOfMastodon …” / MOTHER PUNCHER #ballsASMR (“They sound like their band name…”) / #cavemanmetal (“Very primal…”) / Shoutout to the #GameOfThrones reference / Leviathan (2004) #specialguestvocalist #Clutch #NeilFallon BLOOD AND THUNDER #cantbeloudenough (“Ohhhh yeah maybe…”) #StAngerTour / “You know it's a ginormous MEGA shark!” / #MEGASMR / “You'd hit it…you know you would…” / #inappropriaterecollectionsASMR / MEGALADON (#musictrivia) #yeehaw #namethatriff (“Nope!”) / “I'm gonna pretend you're…”    (47:11):” Don't care…it could be #friedcatasshole” / Blood Mountain (2006) / “Betcha have…” / “Is it haunted?” / #RussellsReflectionsASMR #parenthoodmomentsASMR #vomitfactory / “I wasn't thinking about it…” / #followupquestion (“It was a #learningmoment…”) / ***INTERMISSION*** / “We can pause it…” / “And…we're back.” / #Impressions and #GhostBusters (“That's gonna be the name of my strip club… #titsandtang #bonergarage) #killeropener THE WOLF IS LOOSE (“a little more refined…”) SLEEPING GIANT (“I like it when he sings…”) / #fuzzybass / CIRCLE OF CYSQUATCH (“Try this…”) / #readthoselyrics #howmanyriffs / “I really like that…” / “It's a lot…” / BLADECATCHER #singalongASMR / COLONY OF BIRCHMAN “…has the #cokelines…” #JoshHomme #QOTSA #tangentional “Run with Death…” / “super technical sludge prog…” / “everybody except that dude…they're almost like #KISS” / #No   (1:01:53): “They're not part of the ‘teens'…” / Crack The Skye (2009) #killeropener OBLIVION (“It's totally huge…it's #biggly”) #alldjuntsallthetime / “That's the drummer btw…” / “It actually opens with a little bit of banjo…” DIVINATIONS #evilbanjo / GHOST OF KARELIA (“You've gotta listen to this on a stormy night with black light posters and relaxers…and a comfy couch.”) / #blacklightposters (“It was #Murray”) / The subtle refinement of Mastodon's sound over the course of the decade, becoming more progressive in exchange for the insane fast and heaviness of their early catalog / “I might have just offended a bunch of…” / #FrancicanFood #HamAndCheeseCroquetteBurrito / “that's her…same girl.” / #prettylady (“Watch her do #ThePot”) / “She's not even a #bassplayer…” / “We all know what they say about #bassplayers…” / #upcomingPanteraShow ***IF YOU'VE SEEN #PANTERA ON THIS TOUR, PLEASE LITERALLY SERIOUSLY GIVE US A CALL AT 980-666-8182 OR SEND US A TEXT OR HIT US UP ON THE SOCIALS!!!*** / ***THANK YOU FOR JOINING US!!!*** #noteven (“Her eyes flicked…”) / ***COME BEHOLD THE AWESOME FARE AT THE BUNKERPOON GIFT SHOPPE LOCATED AT metalnerdery.com/merch ) / #outroreel #imsorrywhat  

This week's guest is Tina Raymond. Tina is an accomplished drummer, composer, bandleader, and educator based in Los Angeles, CA and is the director of Jazz Studies at California State University Northridge. She presented globally and her teaching credits include Los Angeles City College, The Herbie Hancock Institute, University of Michigan, Bard College and Idyllwild Arts. She's toured all over the world as a both a leader and sideman. Her upcoming releases include “Divinations” featuring 6 of her own compositions  and Rachel Eckroth's Live at Sam First. She's incredibly talented and an expert at relaying information in a fun way. I really hope you learn something from this one; she goes over A LOT. I hope you enjoy the 5 records that shaped Tina Raymond into the drummer she is today. Cheers!  SUBMIT YOUR LISTENER PICKS HERE TINA'S BIG FAT FIVE

We are so excited about the Venus Retro in LEO Energy – this activates a Renewal of the Heart and a Reclamation of Your Authentic Self! The last time Venus was in LEO was August 2022, which may have revealed clues about the necessary renewal happening now with the Retrograde. The last time she did this was 2015 and, before that, 2007 and before that, 1999. We are Initiating a whole New Cycle of Authentic Self-Expression and Offering Your Unique Contribution to the World!! There is a way to lead from the Heart and love without fear. Let's get together and discuss how we can do that as Individuals and as a Community!We went over working with Venus, Leo Energy and the New Cycle in general, as well as what other Planets she will interact with along the way for some rare + juicy alignments that we can consciously co-create with. The Divinations were amazing!! and there was something for everyone ;) Can't wait to connect with you all Thursday night!! This is going to be particularly intense for those with strong Taurus/Scorpio and/or Leo/Aquarius in your chart. REGISTER Here = To Receive the Post Call Note, Replay + Tools and your Personal Activationshttps://KellyMBeard.com/circle-up/free-community-event/VENUS Article = Overview of Current Cyclehttps://KellyMBeard.com/wp-content/uploads/Venus-Rx-LEO-2023-Article-by-KellyMBeard.pdfVENUS Flyer = Reading, Custom Guide + Monthly Circlehttps://KellyMBeard.com/wp-content/uploads/Venus-LEO-2023-Flyer.pdfVENUS Circle = Subscribe or DropINhttps://KellyMBeard.com/circle-up/#venusretrograde #venuscycle #leo #aquarius #taurus #scorpio #lunarcycle #eclipsecycle #kellymbeard #karmictools #shamanicastrology #astrology #planets #cycles #patternsSupport the show

Special Update from Kelly:We get together every 6-weeks, at the Turn of the Wheel, to Honor the Sacred Seasons as we move throughout the year, intentionally and as a Community. Join us next time at the LEO Gate of Power on Aug 7th!Here I cover the:Seasonal OverviewEnergetic Support Divinations#solstice #summersolstice #kellymbeard #shamanicastrology #transits #earthmedicine #energeticsupport #karmictools Support the show

Welcome to the Friday the 13th episode with Host Ande the Elf and very special guest Virginia Sunshine! This episode is a rich,  whole hearted conversation from the realms of magic and friendships in life.  We learn about how this elf and this witch as youngsters discovered magic in life and how they now envoke it into the world.  Divinations, charms, and the realms of Bliss and Jinx.Bliss out and laugh through out this episode, its seriously a good time. "A fascinating audio piece that can be enjoyed alone or with friends, and more than once"- The Elf Dork Times, January 13th,2023Learn more about her work and modern magic-https://www.whitewolfblackcat.com/#possumSupport the showLinks to Stefin101 and Doctor Bionic Check us out on instagram @wakethefarmup @maintaining_ground_podcast@kastle_369Ask how you could be involved in the show, Subscribe and Support the Show

Happy New Years!!!! Today we are talking about different ways people celebrate New Years both historically and currently. Jess gets into way people of the past would try and divine the future of the coming year and Cait takes on a tour around the world of how different countries celebrate.Hop on our socials and tell us what your New Years traditions are or how you are planning on ringing in 2023.Join us on the socials: fb and Instagram: @callingallspiritspod or email us at callingallspiritspod@gmail.comWritten, researched, and hosted by Jessica Avery and Caitlen Hill.Produced by Bre HudakMusic by: Affetisound Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Many plants are linked with Christmas, including ivy. What is the folklore of this climbing plant? How is it used in magic? Let's find out in this week's episode of Fabulous Folklore! Find the images and references on the blog post: https://www.icysedgwick.com/folklore-of-ivy/ Weather folklore talk with Creswell Crags: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/red-sky-at-night-the-fascinating-world-of-weather-folklore-tickets-467289885627 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 Enjoyed this episode and want to show your appreciation? Buy Icy a coffee to say 'thanks' at: https://ko-fi.com/icysedgwick Request an episode: https://forms.gle/gqG7xQNLfbMg1mDv7 Tweet Icy at https://twitter.com/IcySedgwick Find Icy on Mastodon: @IcySedgwick@mastodonapp.uk Get extra snippets of folklore on Instagram at https://instagram.com/icysedgwick 'Like' Fabulous Folklore on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fabulousfolklore/