Podcast appearances and mentions of Margaret Murray

Come sit a spell while your favorite witches talk a little bit about what they learned about Margaret Murray and the creation of The Witch-Cult Theory.

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2000 years ago, Roman began a campaign of suppression against the defiant sages of barbarian Gaul. Yet millennia later, these druids survive. Their memory would inspire generations of alchemists, aristocrats, alternative-spiritualists, and eventually the creators of Britain's most iconic horror film.On this week's episode of Gladio Free Europe, Liam and Russian Sam continues their survey over the druids, moving from the practices and beliefs of the ancient holy men to the generations of occultists and eccentrics who have sought to recapture their arcane knowledge. The strange road of neo-druidism winded its way to inspire The Wicker Man, the immortal 1973 picture set on an island of new-age recluses who revive their ancestral beliefs with murderous results.For over 500 years, scholars and hobbyists have pored over the scant surviving references to the pagan priests of the ancient Celts, convinced that Western Europe's first recorded wise men were key to understanding the history of modern peoples in Britain and Ireland. These scholars, looking through a kaleidoscope of ideology, all believed they could use the secrets of the druids to advance their own spiritual and political agendas. Figures like Conrad Celtis, Iolo Morganwg, William Stukely, and Margaret Murray wore the robes of the druids to advance the cause of Christianity, anti-Christianity, Jacobinism, Jacobitism, freemasonry and deism. Neo-druidic belief and ritual has been used to promote a unified British imperial identity, and to defend regional Celtic cultures against English domination. Listen to this week's episode of Gladio Free Europe to see how a half millennium of European history has shaped and been shaped by memories of the druids, the world's most enduring counterculture.

Visit St. Pete/Clearwater President & CEO Brian Lowack and Margaret Murray, Creative Pinellas CEO, discuss local recovery efforts following Hurricanes Helene and Milton, specifically how the arts scene is bouncing back. 

La recerca de Natxa Pomar durant la seva residència s'F/16 es titula Ecos de Pedra i Memoria i se centra en el patrimoni talaiòtic de Menorca i en l'obra de Margaret Murray, una figura clau i pionera en les excavacions arqueològiques a l'illa a principis del segle XX. Quina va ser la seva empremta i com la interpretem avui dia? Ens ho explica a Gris Mig. Una coproducció de Menorca Doc Fest i Pòdcast.cat de Núvol.

Hoy vamos a hablar sobre la pseudohistoria, algunos ejemplos de ellos y sobre unas selectas pseudohistorias que elegí personalmente para este público conocedor como lo son el libro "Mundos en coalición" de Immanuel Velikovsky, la "Hipótesis del Tiempo Fantasma" de Heribert Illig y el" Culto de las Brujas" que fue propuesta por la antropóloga Margaret Murray y finalizando con la teoría de Alá como Dios Lunar. Gracias a nuestro nuevo patrocinador por las atenciones dadas. 

Stuart Strauss remains an enigmatic figure in the world of weird fiction, with scant information available about his life. He is known for a limited body of work, including "The Shadow on The Moor" (1928), "The Soul Tube" (1928), and "The Clenched Hand" (1934). The use of a pseudonym and language suggesting potential unfamiliarity with British culture has led to the assumption that Strauss might be an American author. "The Shadow on The Moor" is a tale that first appeared in the February 1928 issue of "Weird Tales." Its republication in the 2023 British Library anthology "Circles of Stone: Weird Tales of Pagan Sites and Ancient Rites," edited by Katy Soar, attests to the lasting intrigue and relevance of Strauss's work. The story captures a sense of foreboding in the British countryside, with standing stones taking on a malevolent presence. Strauss's work, including "The Shadow on The Moor," reflects thematic elements akin to the cosmic horror pioneered by H.P. Lovecraft. Lovecraft's influence is discernible in the eerie atmospheres and otherworldly entities that often pervade Strauss's narratives. Additionally, Strauss, like Lovecraft, explores the theme of ancient cults in remote villages, inhabited by seemingly backward rural characters. The fusion of cosmic horror and folk-horror themes creates an unsettling and atmospheric reading experience. The thematic exploration of ancient cults in Strauss's work aligns with Margaret Murray's witch-cult hypothesis, a theory that suggests accusations against witches in Europe were rooted in a clandestine pagan religion. Published in Murray's "The Witch-Cult in Western Europe" (1921), the hypothesis posits the existence of a pre-Christian religion centered around a horned god, symbolizing the cycle of seasons and harvests. The horned god's representation on Earth through chosen individuals, ritual sacrifices, and the preservation of this religion through secret covens are central elements of Murray's theory. Strauss's incorporation of such themes in "The Shadow on The Moor" aligns with the broader cultural fascination with ancient rites and mysterious practices. The narrative, enveloped in cosmic horror and folk-horror, echoes the anxieties of a bygone era, reflecting the convergence of literary imagination and anthropological speculation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hva trenger vi å kunne om det samiske i skolen? Det samiske er tydelig plassert i og forankret i læreplanen, men hvordan skaffer vi oss den nødvendige kompetansen på dette området? Jeg snakker med Helen Margaret Murray ved NTNU om deres videreutdanningstilbud om samiske tema i skolen.

#paganism #pagan #paganhistory The Top 5 Biggest Misconceptions in Paganism, providing a critical, academic perspective based on peer-reviewed sources. This video is a must-watch for anyone interested in Pagan studies, religious studies, or seeking to understand the true nature of modern Pagan practices and beliefs. 1 - The Ancient Religion Hypothesis 2 - The Great Witch Hunt and Pagan Martyrdom 3 - Christian Holidays and Pagan Origins 4 - The Universal Triple Goddess 5 - The Primordial Mother Goddess Archetype 00:00 Support Angela's Symposium 00:24 Introduction: Historical Misconceptions of Paganism 01:45 The Historicity of Paganism 03:17 Margaret Murray – the pagans' survival myth 05:01 The Great Witchhunt 06:01 Feminist Pagan Theology 09:41 The myth that Christians coopted Pagan Festivals for their Holidays 10:25 The History of Samhain 14:02 Complex syncretism between Pagan and Christian religions 15:37 The origins of Christmas and Pagan misconceptions about it 17:41 The origins of the name of Easter from Eostre and Pagan misconceptions 20:53 The concept of the Triple Goddess 23:22 The idea of the Primordial Goddess 25:20 The idea of a Mother Goddess may be patriarchal 28:20 Myth and History in Individual Practice 30:52 The concept of Perennialism 34:47 The importance of differentiating history and mythology in Paganism CONNECT & SUPPORT

Dr. Barbara Black Koltuv does a deep meditation into the history and mythology surrounding Lilith and our beloved hosts do an episode reminiscent of Margaret Murray in Season One. Also, Gemini has a lot of feelings, some of which you might not expect! This one is chock full. Of what? You'll have to tune in and find out! Note: This episode originally aired on 10/14/23 and was updated on 10/17/23. 

Dr. Tomas Vincente is a scholar of ancient religion, magic and esotericism. His past work explores the emergence of Christian monotheism and the resulting decline of the chthonic cults of the ancient Mediterranean and Near East. He is dedicated to recovering the integrity of this archaic spirituality of blood and fire, which has been demonised by the Abrahamic religions for two millennia. In the show we discuss his work The Faceless God. The book has a triple focus—Lovecraftian, Egyptian and Sabbatic—which may seem bizarre at first glance. Through an initiated reading of Lovecraft's fiction, relating especially to the figure of Nyarlathotep, certain hitherto unexplored connections are revealed between European witch lore and the Egyptian mysteries of Osiris and Anubis. The claim that there was a germ of truth beneath the diabolical stereotypes and accusations of European witchcraft was advanced long ago by Margaret Murray, who argued that witchcraft was an organised cult of pagan origin, which had somehow survived the processes of Christianization. Dr Vincente's argument is much more subtle, and closer in spirit to the more recent research of Carlo Ginzburg. He would not speak of an organised witch cult, but rather of diverse and analogous survivals of shamanistic practice, which carried forward certain symbolic and ritual elements of archaic and pre-Christian origin. The most novel aspect of his argument lies in the unearthing of the deep symbolic resonances between the lore of witchcraft, relating to the black man and the Goat of Mendes, and the archaic fertility cult of the ram-headed Banebdjedet, who was a totemistic representation of Osiris—or more precisely Osiris in union with Ra in his netherworld aspect. In the Plus show we get into similarities between the Dark Man and the King of the Fairies. We discuss the importance of art and artists and what they bring back from the dark womb. We get into why this experience happens? What is the point of it? Dr Vincente goes on to describe the response to this summons is a radical openness to profound mystery not about the application of will. Big stuff. Show notes: https://theionpublishing.com/authors/tomas-vincente/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyarlathotephttps://www.facebook.com/people/Tomas-Vincente/pfbid0sXCvHBXuU7m5LHtDZs1CzYJUjGFLsPZ9ustA13tCXdqSD1ZGA5isNhLxu441MAgJl/?fref=tshttps://skepticaloccultist.com/post/159757289693/the-faceless-godhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azathoth Keep in touch? https://linktr.ee/darraghmason Music by Obliqka https://soundcloud.com/obliqka --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/spirit-box/message

#aradia #leland #gospelofwitches During this episode, we will cover what academics have found and argued regarding the figure of Aradia in the Italian Folklore and discuss its relation to Wicca and contemporary Paganism. The legend of Herodias, Erodiade, Diana as the Goddess of Witches and Lucifer. CORRIGENDUM In Sardinian the 'J' is pronounced like a 'Y'. CONNECT & SUPPORT

Episode 2260: Our featured article of the day is Margaret Murray.

Margaret Murray was a celebrated author, historian, folklorist, Egyptologist, archaeologist, anthropologist, first-wave feminist, and the first woman to be appointed to the position of lecturer in archaeology in the UK. So why so we get so annoyed whenever her name is mentioned in conversations about witchcraft? Well, it all has to do with a book Margaret wrote back in 1921...which just so happened to go on to have a profound influence on the roots of the modern witchcraft movement. Nerd & Tie senpai and host of BS-Free Witchcraft Trae Dorn joins me in the virtual studio to discuss the thoroughly-discredited witch-cult hypothesis, Murray's various writings and accomplishments, and why modern paganism might not have caught on so strongly without her. Crystal Witch MarketSunday, July 9 2023, 12pm-5pmTriple Crossing Beer, 5203 Hatcher StFacebook Event Page Hex Positive is now on YouTube! Check my Wordpress for full show notes, as well as show notes for past episodes and information on upcoming events. You can find me as @BreeNicGarran on TikTok, Instagram, and Wordpress, or as @breelandwalker on tumblr. For more information on how to support the show and get access to early releases and extra content, visit my Patreon. Visit the Willow Wings Witch Shop to purchase my books and homemade accoutrements for your craft! Proud member of the Nerd and Tie Podcast Network. MUSIC CREDITS “Spellbound” & “Miri's Magic Dance” Ad - "Danse Macabre - Violin Hook" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hexpositive/support

Did paganism survive all through the Middle Ages, as scholars once thought, remaining the religion of the common people, while the elite had embraced Christianity? Or did it die out earlier?This lecture will consider a broad range of evidence, including figures in seasonal folk rites, carvings in churches, the records of trials for witchcraft and a continuing veneration of natural places such as wells. It will also compare ancient paganism and medieval Christianity as successive religious systems.A lecture by Ronald Hutton recorded on 7 June 2023 at Barbican Centre, London The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website: https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/medieval-paganGresham College has offered free public lectures for over 400 years, thanks to the generosity of our supporters. There are currently over 2,500 lectures free to access. We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to learn from some of the greatest minds. To support Gresham's mission, please consider making a donation: https://gresham.ac.uk/support/Website:  https://gresham.ac.ukTwitter:  https://twitter.com/greshamcollegeFacebook: https://facebook.com/greshamcollegeInstagram: https://instagram.com/greshamcollegeSupport the show

Our guest in this month's episode of the “What's on Your Mind” podcast is Margaret Murray, M.P.A., founding CEO of the Association for Community Affiliated Plans (ACAP) and a longtime member of Managed Healthcare Executive® editorial advisory board. Murray is an expert on Medicaid and healthcare policies that affect people with low incomes. In the interview with Managing Editor of MHE, Peter Wehrwein, she discusses ACAP's growth and its legislative wins, Medicaid redetermination, “junk insurance,” and state Medicaid programs carving out pharmacy benefits.  

Stone circles, Roman Britain, a fossil crocodile and the flood described in the Book of Genesis, the 1755 Lisbon earthquake, a fake monk's manuscript: these were all studied by William Stukeley, English antiquarian, physician and clergyman (1687-1765) who pioneered research into Stonehenge and Avebury. Rana Mitter brings together a panel of archaeologists, historians and writers to look at the works of the first secretary of the Society of Antiquaries of London. His guests are New Generation Thinker and Lecturer in Archaeology at University of Exeter Susan Greaney; Rosemary Hill, whose book Time's Witness: History in the Age of Romanticism is a study of 18th-century antiquarianism; Ronald Hutton, historian of religion who has written about Stukeley and the Druids; and Robert Iliffe, Professor of the History of Science at Oxford. You can hear Susan Greaney discussing Stonehenge in a previous Free Thinking episode https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0014g7y and changing archaeological digs also heard from Alexandra Sofroniew, Damian Robinson and Raimund Karl https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03xpn5p Ronald Hutton has taken part in discussions about witchcraft and Margaret Murray https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001271f and goddesses https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0014g7y Producer: Luke Mulhall

We continue our journey into the intersections of gay liberation and the neopagan movements with a discussion o fEddie Buczynski  a young witch, brought under the wing of famed gay witch Leo Martello, who founded the Minoan Brotherhood--combining what he believed to be ancient goddess worship with a new mystery cult for gay men. We then discuss the pagan turn of Arthur Evans, formerly the strategist for the Gay Activist Alliance, with the 1978 publication of Witchcraft and the Gay Counterculture. Finally, we dive into the Radical Faeries, organized by gay rights pioneer Harry Hay, who sought to create a new, gay spirituality. We also our joined by Lisa Grimm of the Beer Ladies Podcast to talk about Margaret Murray and the witch cult hypothesis.SourcesMargot Adler, Drawing Down the MoonMichael Lloyd, Bull of Heaven: The Mythic Life of Eddie Buczynski & the Rise of the New York PaganArthur Evans, Witchcraft and the Gay CounterculturePeter Hennen, Faeries, Bears, and Leathermen: Men in Community Queering the MasculineStuart Timmons, The Trouble With Harry Hay: Founder of the Modern Gay MovementSupport the show

Grab your stake and crucifix pendant, we're going vampire-hunting! Well, vampire-etymology-hunting. The podcast Buffering the Vampire Slayer, which recaps the TV show Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode by episode, invited me to answer their listeners' questions of language that the show had provoked. Together with BVTS hosts Kristin Russo and Jenny Owen Youngs, I tackle the etymology of coven, vampire/vampyre, wigging out, the name Buffy and Bovril; as well as google as a verb, conlang on TV, and why Latin is so often the language of spells and spookiness. There are several swears in this episode. Find out more about this episode and some sources of the information therein at theallusionist.org/bufflusionist, where there's also a transcript. Listen to Buffering the Vampire Slayer on your pod app and at bufferingthevampireslayer.com, where you can also hear the original XL version of this episode, and get tickets for their upcoming live and livestreamed grand finale. Sign up to be a patron at patreon.com/allusionist and not only are you supporting an independent podcast, you get patron-exclusive video livestreams and a Discord community full of language chat, crafts, pet pics and word games. The Allusionist's online home is theallusionist.org. Stay in touch at twitter.com/allusionistshow, facebook.com/allusionistshow and instagram.com/allusionistshow. The Allusionist is produced by me, Helen Zaltzman. The music is by Martin Austwick. Hear Martin's own songs via palebirdmusic.com. Our ad partner is Multitude. To sponsor the show, contact them at multitude.productions/ads. This episode is sponsored by: • Bombas, whose mission is to make the comfiest clothes ever, and match every item sold with an equal item donated. Go to bombas.com/allusionist to get 20% off your first purchase. • BetterHelp, online therapy with licensed professional counsellors. Allusionist listeners get 10% off your first month at betterhelp.com/allusionist. • Squarespace, your one-stop shop for building and running a sleek website. Go to squarespace.com/allusionist for a free 2-week trial, and get 10 percent off your first purchase of a website or domain with the code allusionist. Support the show: http://patreon.com/allusionistSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jeb Card joins us to discuss the supposed witchcraft connections to the murder of Charles Walton on Valentines Day, 1945. Important players include (returning podcast fave) Margaret Murray, Egyptologist and writer of 'The Witch Cult In Western Europe' and Robert Fabian, Detective Superintendent of the London Met and early true crime tv celebrity. Both took the murder as a clue that something sinister, long-lived, and magical was brewing in the rural English countryside. And of course we can't get to them without covering Flinders Petrie, James Frazer, The Golden Bough, Dennis Wheatley, and Victorian ideas about witchcraft, archaeology, and the supernatural. There's also pagan survivals, magical peer-review murder, and a sidetrack about Night Of The Demon! *NOTE: for extra details on the connections between the novel Ritual by David Pinner and the Wicker Man, wait till the end comments LINKS Buy Me A Coffee or I'll curse you with a bit of runic parchment. You have three days! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wideatlantic Spooky Archaeology, Dr Jeb Card Jeb Card on Twitter Murder by Witchcraft, Donald McCormick Under The Shadow of Meon Hill, Paul Newman The Case that Foiled Fabian, Simon Read A Colder War, Charles Stross The Witch, Ronald Hutton Triumph Of The Moon, Ronald Hutton Witchcraft Murders, Library Of The Occult Britain's Wicca Man documentary

From monumental sculpture from ancient Greece, Egypt and India, wall hangings from Japan and China, to Western fine art, a British Museum exhibition asks: what does female spiritual power mean past and present? Christopher Harding is joined by the curator Belinda Crerar and by Ronald Hutton, whose new book explores Pagan Goddesses in Christian Europe, along with the writer Gavanndra Hodge who has investigated goddess cults of the past and present, and Anjali Sanyal from the London Durgostav Committee, dedicated to the worship of the Hindu goddess Kali. Feminine power: the divine to the demonic runs at the British Museum from 19 May 2022 - 25 Sep 2022 Queens Of The Wild: Pagan Goddesses in Christian Europe: An Investigation by Ronald Hutton is out now. Producer: Luke Mulhall A playlist on the Free Thinking website explores Religious Belief https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03mwxlp and there's also an episode looking at Witchcraft and Margaret Murray which has guests including Ronald Hutton https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001271f

Neste episódio da coluna de Cthulhu, H.P. Lovecoffee, temos mais uma vez a Guardiã Aline Terumi para trocar uma idéia com o Balbi sobre tomos e livros proibidos que aparecem citados nos Mythos de Cthulhu. Os livros desta vez foram o Demonolatrie de Nicolas Remy e do livro Culto das Bruxas na Europa Ocidental, de Margaret Murray. #HPLOVECOFFEE *** O depoimento de hoje sobre o podcast foi do grande Alisson Sturza. Muito obriado por compartilhar sua experiência com o Café com Dungeon conosco! Deixe também seu depoimento sobre sua relação com o Café com Dungeon para a contagem regressiva do Episódio 1000 do podcast! Pode ser por escrito, para regradacasa@gmail.com, ou por audio, para o Telegram @rbalbi. Citaremos seu nome salvo desejo expresso de sua parte, ok? ***   CONSIDERE APOIAR O ROLE!!!! Torne-se um Assinante do Café,  com Dungeon, com planos a partir de R$5, e contribua para criarmos nossa série especial destrinchando a história do RPG, dos anos 70 até os dias atuais, quando batermos nossa próxima meta! Assine já! **** Aproveite nossas parcerias! A My Dice Factory, que faz lindíssimos dados artesanais, está em temporada de vendas e ainda há kits disponíveis! Chega no site da MDF e use o cupom REGRADACASA5. Se você for assinante do Café com Dungeon, me consulte no telegram pelo cupom especial. *** Quer beber um Café artesanal, sem impurezas e delicioso enquanto ouve o Café com Dungeon? Vindo de pequenos produtores numa cadeia de produção racional, de agricultura familia e sem indústria tradicional envolvida, conheça a Ovelha Negra Cafés e todos os seus tipos especiais de café. Use o Cupom: DUNGEONCRAWL   Assinantes têm cupom especiais. Consulte no grupo de Telegram!   *** Muito obrigado a todos os assinantes do nível Expresso - esse apoio ajuda demais; e muitíssimo obrigado aos apoiadores Café com Creme e Café Gourmet: Abílio Júnior Adriel Lucas Balieiro Rodrigues Aline Maciel André Luiz Marcondes Pontes Brayner Silva Bruno Cobbi Bruno da Silva Assis Bruno Tácio Cachoeira Caio Messias Cavazzana Carlos Castilho Cássio Félix Daniel Saraiva Denis Lima Diego Leite Da Cunha Diego Sestito Dm Quiral Erasmo Barros Erasmo Barros Fábio Luparelli Felipe Xavier Gonzaga Franciolli Araújo Francisco Siqueira Gabriel Bill Gabriel Stüpp George Bonfim Gersica Melchiades Gilvan Gouvêa Glauber Rocha Glebe Duarte Gustavo Baldez Oliveira Dias Gustavo Jardim De Souza Gustavo Murad Heitor Coelho Helber Del Bem Martins Jarbas Trindade Jean Paes João Rafael Coelho Cruz E Sousa Jorge Monteiro José Canesin Leandro Fiamenghi Leonardo De Andrade Castilho Leonardo Monteio De Morais Leonardo Paixão Lianker Lopes Lucas Barjud Luiz Felipe Pereira De Souza Marcelo Pires Bentes Marcos Paulo Ribeiro Marcus Komei Machado Pedroza Matheus Heleno Pedro Borges Pedro Cocola Pedro Gustavo Rodrigues Pedro Wah Rafael Caetano Mingoranci Rafael Cruz Rafael Garotti Rezende Rafael Raposo Rafael Roque Leite Ramon Bezerra Raoni Godinho Ricardo Matte Rodrigo De Lima González Rodrigo Freitas Roger Kober Saulo Aride Tiago Lima Barboza Willy Alencar Yuri Saiyé *** #Paracegover CAPA: à frente o logo do Café com Dungeon; ao fundo, a folha da introdução do Livro III do Demonolatriae de Remigius. *** O Café com Dungeon é um podcast oferecido pelo canal Regra da Casa. Siga nosso Instagram para um complemento visual de nosso conteúdo, além de anúncios, sorteios e atualizações.  

Chapitre 3 : De Charybde en Scylla.Certaines croyances peuvent nous faire vivre des moments d'euphorie, nous combler au point qu'on décide de leur offrir une place dominante dans notre vie. C'est souvent là que les ennuis arrivent. Mon invitée en a fait les frais. Face à ce qui va devenir une hydre à cinq têtes, d'épreuve en épreuve, elle tente de se relever, désorientée, sans réelle conscience que quelque chose cloche dans le monde rêvé qu'elle s'est construit. Attention : ce récit peut choquer les oreilles sensibles. Il comporte aussi son lot de révélations choquantes pour qui est attaché aux pratiques païennes.SOUTENIRMéta de Choc est gratuit, indépendant et sans publicité. Vous pouvez vous aussi le soutenir en faisant un don ponctuel ou mensuel : https://metadechoc.fr/tree/.RESSOURCESToutes les références en lien avec cette émission sont sur le site Méta de Choc : https://metadechoc.fr.SUIVREFacebook : https://bit.ly/2yWeVXl.Twitter : https://bit.ly/2xpJ5BH.Instagram : https://bit.ly/2KPLclt.LinkedIn : https://bit.ly/3t1kQ4b.PeerTube : https://bit.ly/3f5qX1bYouTube : https://bit.ly/35jqGmFTIMECODES01:22 : Retour de festival : échange avec les non-croyants, rationaliser la croyance, soutien de la communauté.04:11 : Le réconfort de la croyance : épreuve de la classe prépa, déracinement social, réel alternatif, hallucination, déréalisation, crise d'angoisse, recherche de réponses dans l'ésotérisme, renforcement du mal-être.11:05 : Le déclencheur de la sortie de croyances : Université de Lille, Licence Lettres classiques, manque de confiance en soi, crises d'angoisse, dépression, théâtre du Moyen Âge, allégorie, master recherche.22:35 : Mise à distance de certaines pratiques : forums ésotériques, spiritisme, sorcellerie, divination par les runes, radiesthésie, lithothérapie, Université de Grenoble, librairies ésotériques, développement personnel, bien-être.28:13 : Préparation de l'agrégation de Lettres modernes : Université Paris III, Bullet Journal, méthode d'organisation, développement personnel, motivation par l'exemple, pensée positive, tentative de suicide, injonction à la performance, perte de plaisir, mort du père.35:52 : Début de thèse : Université de Grenoble, méthodologie scientifique, zététique, Richard Monvoisin, tester les croyances, histoire du New Age, spiritisme, mouvement idéomoteur.43:02 : Histoire des oghams, The White Goddess de Robert Graves, jeux poétiques, légendes celtes et germaniques, Gerald Gardner, Wicca, sorcellerie, Terre-mère, empowerment, hérétiques, néo-paganisme syncrétique, roue de l'année, Margaret Murray, égyptologue, calendrier de célébrations, sabbats, esbats, relecture contemporaine.52:59 : Histoire des runes : recueils de mythologie, interprétations du XIXe siècle, Allemagne, dieu Odin, runes de pouvoir, Edda poétique, inscriptions magiques, néo-paganisme aryen, Guido Von List, ésotérisme aryen, Ralph Blum, Edred Thorsson, Kveldulfr Gundarsson, suprémacisme blanc. Voir Acast.com/privacy pour les informations sur la vie privée et l'opt-out.

From unwrapping Egyptian mummies to her theories about witch trials and the influence of her 1921 book The Witch-Cult in Western Europe on Wicca beliefs: Margaret Murray's career comes under the spotlight as Matthew Sweet is joined by guests including New Generation Thinker Elsa Richardson and historian of witchcraft Ronald Hutton. Producer: Luke Mulhall You might also be interested in the Free Thinking discussions on Magic with Kate Laity, Chris Gosden, Jessica Gossling and John Tresch https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000kvss On Witchcraft, Werewolves and Writing the Devil with Jenni Fagan. Salena Godden, Tabitha Stanmore and Daniel Ogden https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000r5hk Enchantment, Witches and Woodlands hearing from Marie Darrieussecq, Zoe Gilbert, Lisa Mullen and Dafydd Daniel https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0000qkl

The leading cause of disability is Canada is mental illness, affecting one in five. And by the age of 40, about 50 percent of the population will have or have had a mental illness. And since the start of the pandemic, professionals have been working to adapt to new ways of reaching their clients to provide programming and services. It's also affected the ability for these groups to raise money. The 23rd Annual Mosaic for Mental Health is underway. And the fundraising event has also had to do things differently because of the pandemic. Margaret Murray is with the Canadian Mental Health Association as the Branch Co-Manager in Halifax-Dartmouth.

Os episódios anteriores a este na primeira temporada: 47, 51, 54, 70, 95. Continuando a leitura do livro de Margaret Murray, descobrimos relatos sobre a manifestação do demônio como uma identidade humana, e também julgamento de bruxas e desistências de pacto. -Página do Facebook: Mistério do Sol. Gostou? Curta e compartilhe. Deus o abençoe!----Doação de 2$ acesse https://mpago.la/1QhzEzA e Doação de 5$ https//mpago.la/1gg2wYD ..............................Ou seja um doador mensal escolhendo estas opções: https://anchor.fm/midosol/support email: podmisterio@gmail.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/midosol/support

Margaret Murray, la extraordinaria egiptóloga y antropóloga, será la protagonista de nuestro cronovisor junto a Jesús Callejo. Tocaremos una de sus facetas más populares, la brujería. Luego María Teresa Tellerín nos presenta su novela Sin permiso del rey (Espasa 2021), en donde desglosa la vida de la botánica y exploradora francesa, Jeanne Baret, la primera mujer en dar la vuelta al mundo. Viajamos a Cádiz para ser testigos de un sensacional descubrimiento arqueológico: una necrópolis de la Edad del Bronce, unas termas romanas perfectamente conservadas y una fábrica del célebre gárum. Acabamos nuestro programa con Luis Antonio Muñoz, musicólogo, quien nos trae una tema fascinante la música de los Iluminati

A ella dedicamos un cronovisor hace dos temporadas cuando hicimos un programa especial desde Menorca, isla en donde estuvo excavando. Sin embargo, ahora la recordamos hablando de una de sus pasiones menos conocidas, la brujería. Margaret Murray, la arqueóloga y egiptóloga, alumna de Flinders Petrie, será nuestra protagonista

Cian is joined by Imogen Knox for a chat about witchcraft belief during the early modern period. Subjects covered: -stereotypes about medieval vs early modern witch trials -witch hunts as a 'top down' or 'bottom-up/ phenomenon? -vomiting of pins, apports, and other witch-related phenomena -the role of authorities in witch hunts -Matthew Hopkins, the Witchfinder General -witch-hunting before/after the Reformation -a case from Co Antrim and an earlier case it may be patterned after -the role of Margaret Murray, Montague Summers and Dennis Wheatley in shaping modern ideas about witches NOTES: Buy Me A Coffee!! Please and thank you :) https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wideatlantic Imogen Knox on Twitter https://twitter.com/Imogen_Knox Imogen's Blog, Terrible Imaginations https://terribleimaginations.wordpress.com/ Wonderful and True Tale of the Bewitching of a Young Girl in Ireland https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo/B03653.0001.001/1:2?rgn=div1;view=fulltext Alternative original version of the story http://witching.org/production/brimstone/detail.php?mode=assertions&pid=153 Fantastic Fights Podcast, House of Hell episode https://www.hauntedphonograph.com/fantastic-fights-and-where-to-find-them/tag/house+of+hell

This week we're traveling back to Ancient Egypt AND 1920s Egypt in 1999's The Mummy! Join us for a discussion of mummification, bandoliers, just what the heck is that invasion in the beginning of the film, female Egyptologists, and more! Sources: Libyan Invasion? David Johnson, "Egypt's 1919 Revolution," Socialist Alternative, available at https://www.socialistalternative.org/2019/04/03/egypts-1919-revolution/ Ellis Goldberg, "Peasants in Revolt: Egypt 1919," International Journal of Middle East Studies 24, 2 (1992) Libya, Encyclopedia Britannica, available at https://www.britannica.com/place/Libya/History Federica Saini Fasanotti, "Libyans Haven't Forgotten History," Brookings Institute, available at https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2017/01/18/libyans-havent-forgotten-history/ "The Second Italo-Sanussi War," available at http://countrystudies.us/libya/21.htm Mummification: Joshua J Mark, "Mummification in Ancient Egypt," Ancient History Encyclopedia, available at https://www.ancient.eu/article/44/mummification-in-ancient-egypt/ Arthur Aufderheide et al, "Human Mummification Practices at Ismant El Kharab," Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 85, (1999) David Lorton, "The Treatment of Criminals in Ancient Egypt," Journal of Economic and Social History of the Orient, 20, 1 (1977) Koichiro Wada, "Provincial Society and Cemetary Organization in the New Kingdom," Studien zur Altagyptischen Kultur 36 (2007) Ichiro Hori, "Self-Mummified Buddhas in Japan: An Aspect of the Shugen-do (Mountain Ascetic) Sect," History of Religions 1, 2 (1962) Davey Young, "The Monks Who Spent Years Turning Themselves into Mummies," Atlas Obscura, available at https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/sokushinbutsu Bandoliers: dictionary def: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bandolier "A Modified Equipment for the Royal Army Medical Corps" (1911) http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jramc-16-02-08 "Bandolier, also bandoleer," The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military (Oxford University Press, 2002). Stuart Reid, "1335 Bandoliers," Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research 70:281 (Spring 1992): 64. Anitra Nettleton, "Crossing the chest: bandoliers with and without bullets in imaging the 'Zulu'," Southern African Humanities 30 (December 2017): 125-43. Henrik Langeluddecke, "'The Chiefest Strength and Glory of This Kingdom': Arming and Training the 'Perfect Militia' in the 1630s," The English Historical Review 118:479 (Nov. 2003): 1264-1303. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3490593 Saheed Aderinto, Guns and Society in Colonial Nigeria: Firearms, Culture, and Public Order (Indiana University Press, 2018). https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt2204p6x.13 Sophie Esch, Modernity at Gunpoint: Firearms, Politics, and Culture in Mexico and Central America (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2018). https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv7r40t7.5 Belinda Linn Rincon, Bodies at War: Genealogies of Militarism in Chicana Literature and Culture (University of Arizona Press, 2017). https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1t89kqs.10 Joshua Bloom and Waldo E. Martin, Black against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party (University of California Press, 2016). https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/j.ctv1xxsj1.18 Jonathan Endelman, "Displaying the state: visual signs and colonial construction in Jordan," Theory and Society 44:3 (May 2015): 199-218. https://www.jstor.org/stable/43694757 Jane Tynan, "Images of Insurgency: Reading the Cuban Revolution through Military Aesthetics and Embodiment," in Making War on Bodies: Militarisation, Aesthetics and Embodiment in International Politics ed. Catherine Baker, 213-41 (Edinburgh University Press, 2020). https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3366/j.ctv10kmf1g.15 Film Background: Clark Collis, "Snakes, sandstorms, and strangulations: The making of 1999's The Mummy" Entertainment Weekly (13 August 2019) https://ew.com/movies/2019/08/13/the-mummy-making-of-brendan-fraser-stephen-sommers/ Wiki: "The Mummy (1999 film)," https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mummy_(1999_film) Roger Ebert, "The Mummy," (7 May 1999) https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-mummy-1999 . Female Egyptologists: Ruth Whitehouse, "Margaret Murray (1863-1963): Pioneer Egyptologist, Feminist and First Female Archaeology Lecturer," Archaeology International 16 (2012-13): 120-127. http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/ai.1608 Eliza Apperly, "The unsung women of Egyptology," Thames & Hudson (7 October 2020). https://thamesandhudson.com/news/the-unsung-women-of-egyptology/ Wiki: "Mary Brodrick" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Brodrick Amara Thornton, Archaeologists in Print (UCL Press, 2018). https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv3hvc9k.6

An archeologist before there were any.  The point of origin for the idea that witches gather in covens. The mother of all subsequent covens, in a way. The first woman to unwrap a mummy. Author of ''The Witch-Cult in Western Europe''. Criticized for her cognitive leaps, discredited for the way she pieced through sources choosing what resonated, and for the way that, over time, the ellipses in some of her quotes go missing. A Feminist who marched for the vote and ardently supported women scholars and archeologists out in the field. A witch who cursed a peer in front of witnesses and became president of the Folklore Society when she was in her 90s. A person of fierce connection to the past, who sketched into mainstream modern thought the idea that pre-christians had a system of worship and practice that was joyful, tied to a goddess, and deeply invested in the earth and animals...This episode is dedicated to that smart as a whip, fairy godmother witch, tomb-whisperer and wildly prolific and problematic author, Margaret Alice Murray.  The Life of Margaret Alice Murray: A Woman's Work in Archaeology. Kathleen Sheppard, Lexington Books, Toronto, 2013.The Witch Cult in Western Europe: A Study in Anthropology. Margaret Alice Murray, 1921.Murray, M A (1963). The Genesis of Religion. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul.https://www.britannica.com/place/Abydos-ancient-city-Egypt#ref83857Palgrave Advances in Witchcraft Historiographyhttps://www.lonelyplanet.com/egypt/abydos/attractions/osireion/a/poi-sig/1574759/1330439https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=KWYSAAAAQBAJ&pg=GBS.PA196https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-famous-people/margaret-murray-mother-egyptology-grandmother-wicca-or-fairy-godmother-007832https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Murray#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWinick2015565-237https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/xye9yk/the-forgotten-egyptologist-and-first-wave-feminist-who-invented-wiccahttps://www.ai-journal.com/articles/10.5334/ai.1608/The Mistake of Dismissing Margaret Murray and the Origins of Wiccahttp://www.ancient-wisdom.com/egyptabydoss.htmhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mishnahhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gematriahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osiris#:~:text=The%20ritual%20reenactment%20of%20Osiris's,been%20drowned%20in%20the%20Nilehttps://www.gaia.com/article/ancient-egypt-and-freemasonryhttps://www.ai-journal.com/articles/10.5334/ai.1608/https://english.alarabiya.net/en/features/2017/04/11/How-Egypt-was-Christian-before-the-birth-of-ChristWord Made Number Made Buildinghttps://muse.jhu.edu/article/591897

Join Cian at the cabin for a beer as he gets to know influential Welsh writer of the strange, the inimitable Arthur Machen, and focuses on his 1895 tale of a Victorian scientist searching for a forgotten race of malevolent ab-human ‘fairy folk’ living in (or under?) the Welsh hills. Discussion covers: -Psychogeography & hauntology of Machen’s work -the ‘orientalising’ of Britain’s Celtic fringe -Victorian pseudo-history -Margaret Murray & the Witch-Cult Hypothesis (of course!) -Machen’s influence on (you guessed it) HP Lovecraft Wide Atlantic Weird Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/my-store-10108989 The Three Imposters, Arthur machen, 1895 https://www.gutenberg.org/files/35517/35517-h/35517-h.htm Ghostland, Edward Parnell, 2019 https://edwardparnell.com/ Caerleon.net, Arthur Machen http://www.caerleon.net/history/machen/text/index.html Supernatural Horror in Literature, HP Lovecraft, 1927 https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/essays/shil.aspx Conan And The Little People, From An Underwood No 5, Todd B. Vick, 2019 http://onanunderwood5.blogspot.com/2019/01/conan-and-little-people-robert-e-howard.html The Horror Of Geologic Time, Aaron Worth, 2018 https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2018/10/31/the-horror-of-geologic-time/

Witches, Episode #1 of 4. In 1973, two professors active in the women’s health movement wrote a pamphlet for women to read in the consciousness-raising reading groups. The pamphlet, inspired by Our Bodies, Ourselves, looked to history to explain how women had been marginalized in their own healthcare. Women used to be an important part of the medical profession as midwives, they argued -- but the midwives were forced out of practice because they were so often considered witches and persecuted by the patriarchy in the form of the Catholic Church. The idea that midwives were regularly accused of witchcraft seemed so obvious that it quickly became taken as fact. There was only one problem: it wasn’t true. In this episode, we follow the convoluted origin story of the myth of the midwife-witch. Get the full transcript at digpodcast.org Bibliography & Further Reading Samuel S. Thomas, “Early Modern Midwifery: Splitting the Profession, Connecting the History,” The Journal of Social History 43 (2009), 115-138. Thomas Forbes, “Midwifery and Witchcraft,” The Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences 17 (1962), 1966. David Harley, “Historians as Demonologists: The Myth of the Midwife-Witch,” in Brian P. Levack, Witchcraft, Healing, and Popular Diseases: New Perspectives on Witchcraft, Magic, and Demonology (Florence: Taylor and Francis Group, 2001) Leigh Whaley, Women and the Practice of Medical Care in Early Modern Europe, 1400-1800 (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011 Ritta Jo Horsley and Richard Horsley, “Who Were the Witches? Wise Women, Midwives, and the European Witch Hunts,” Women in German Yearbook: Feminist Studies in German Literature & Culture 3 (1986), Barbara Ehrenreich and Dierdre English, Witches, Midwives, and Nurses: A History of Women Healers (New York: The Feminist Press at CUNY, 1970), Monica Green, “Women’s Medical Practice and Health Care in Medieval Europe,” Signs 14 (1989), 434-473. Margaret Murray, The Witch Cult in Western Europe (London: Oxford University Press, 1921) Margaret Murray, The God of the Witches (London: Oxford University Press, 1931) Thomas Szasz, The Manufacture of Mental Illness: A Comparative Study of the Inquisition and the Mental Health Movement (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1970) Jacqueline Simpson, “Margaret Murray: Who Believed Her, and Why?” Folklore 105 (1994) Jennifer Nelson, More than Medicine: A History of the Feminist Women’s Health Movement (New York: New York University Press, 2015). Diane Purkiss, The Witch in History: Early Modern and Twentieth Century Representations (London: Taylor and Francis Group, 1996). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Elora Fergus Podcast host Ryan Joyce chats with Fergus Lions Club President, Margaret Murray. They talk about 2020 Fergus Home Show cancellation and impacts, what Fergus Lions Club is doing virtually, plus local Scottish culture vs Scotland, haggis and more. Listen here:   On this episode with Margaret Murray, President of the Fergus Lions Club   "Totally challenging times" and the virtual future of Fergus Lions Club The moments leading up to the cancellation of the 43rd Annual Fergus Lions Club Home Show Has the Fergus Home Show been cancelled before? What Fergus Lions is doing virtually in the community PLUS: The terms Margaret negotiated with herself upon emigrating to Canada What do her Scottish friends and family think of Centre Wellington? Projects she's working on during #StayHome Margaret's worst Scottish swear word The must-have secret sauce for Haggis and more!  

Every weekday, listeners explore the trials, tragedies, and triumphs of groundbreaking women throughout history who have dramatically shaped the world around us. In each 5 minute episode, we’ll dive into the story behind one woman listeners may or may not know -- but definitely should. These diverse women from across space and time are grouped into easily accessible and engaging monthly themes like Pioneers, Dreamers, Villainesses, STEMinists, Warriors & Social Justice Warriors, and many more. Encyclopedia Womannica is hosted by WMN co-founder and award-winning journalist Jenny Kaplan. The bite-sized episodes pack painstakingly researched content into fun, entertaining, and addictive daily adventures.Encyclopedia Womannica was created by Liz Kaplan and Jenny Kaplan, executive produced by Jenny Kaplan, and produced by Liz Smith, Cinthia Pimentel, Grace Lynch, and Maddy Foley. Special thanks to Shira Atkins, Edie Allard, and Luisa Garbowit. Theme music by Andi Kristins. Follow Wonder Media Network:WebsiteInstagramTwitter

Reading Lovecraft is a great way to discover new writers and strange old pseudoscientific theories. In this episode I discuss how through Lovecraft I first learned of Margaret Murray and the infamous Witch-Cult Hypothesis – the idea that the ‘witches’ persecuted in early-modern witch trials were in fact the survivors of an ancient pagan cult. Yes, not only did people take this idea seriously, but they ran with it. Really ran with it. This episode of WIDE ATLANTIC WEIRD delves into what Murray believed, what others made of it, and the long-term effects of this particular odd belief. Cthulhu, wicca, Dennis Wheatley, Rosemary’s Baby: they all have their part to play in ALL OF THEM WITCHES: Margaret Murray And The Witch-Cult Hypothesis. So burn your black candles, put on your wicker antlers, crack open an ale and sit by the fire for a bewitching (sigh) episode of WIDE ATLANTIC WEIRD. Sources: Wide Atlantic Weird on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/WideAtlanticWeird The Witch-Cult In Western Europe, Margaret Murray, 1921 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Witch-Cult_in_Western_Europe The Call of Cthulhu, H. P. Lovecraft, 1928 http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/cc.aspx Supernatural Horror In Literature, H. P. Lovecraft, 1927 http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/essays/shil.aspx The Golden Bough, James Frazer, 1890 http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/essays/shil.aspx The Devil Rides Out by Dennis Wheatley, 1934 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Devil_Rides_Out Rosemary’s Baby, 1967 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosemary%27s_Baby_(novel) Paperbacks From Hell, Grady Hendrix, 2017 http://www.valancourtbooks.com/paperbacksfromhell.html Cursed Britain, Thomas Waters https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300221404/cursed-britain On An Underwood Number 5, Todd V. Bick http://onanunderwood5.blogspot.com/2019/01/conan-and-little-people-robert-e-howard.html New England Folklore https://newenglandfolklore.blogspot.com/2017/06/did-hp-lovecraft-believe-in-witches.html

We are joined by Rebecca Fox, who has been both a witch and a science & skepticism advocate, to discuss the history of modern witchcraft.  RIP Terry Jones (of Monty Python) who passed away on Tuesday, Jan 21, 2020. Discussed in this episode: Gerald Gardner, father of Wicca  Doreen Valiente  Margaret Murray, an anthropologist whose The Witch-Cult in Western Europe was very influential on both Wicca and H. P. Lovecraft & R. E. Howard Ronald Hutton, author of Triumph of the Moon and The Witch.

A first-wave feminist of the 1800s and 1900s, Professor Margaret Murray was known as both "The Old Woman of Egyptology" and "The Grandmother of Wicca." She was one of the first to take up the subject of the witch-cults of England.

This episode is brought to you by Historical Figures, a Parcast Original. For more episodes like this one, subscribe to Historical Figures on Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. A first-wave feminist of the 1800s and 1900s, Professor Margaret Murray was known as both "The Old Woman of Egyptology" and "The Grandmother of Wicca." She was one of the first to take up the subject of the witch-cults of England.

A first-wave feminist of the 1800s and 1900s, Professor Margaret Murray was known as both "The Old Woman of Egyptology" and "The Grandmother of Wicca." She was one of the first to take up the subject of the witch-cults of England.

And we're back to ol' England! This time, Scott and Kristy examine the case of Bella in the Wych Elm: the skeleton of a woman found in the world's creepiest tree and the many, MANY theories that arose in the years after its discovery. We've got cabaret dancers! We've got Dutch spies named Dronkers! We've got WITCHCRAFT and Margaret Murray peering over our shoulders, pushing her broomstick agenda! We've even got Claras and Nazis practically falling from the skies.  What's your theory? Tell us in a 5-star review on iTunes. Don't forget to follow us here on Podbean, Stitcher, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts, and hit us up on our FB group or Twitter.  And don't forget, in Hemingway's honor, that Funky Cats Get Down and Even Boogie. 

This week we discuss Margaret Murray, author of The God of the Witches, sort-of anthropologist and Grandmother of Witchcraft. Also, Gemini learns more about sound-editing! Tune in and tell us what you think!

En esta ocasión, viajamos en el cronovisor junto a Jesús Callejo a la Menorca de 1930, época en la que estuvo Margaret Murray trabajando y excavando en varios puntos de la isla. Esta egiptóloga, enamorada de la arqueología menorquina, nos guiará a través de los secretos de la cultura talayótica

Desde el lazareto de Menorca queremos compartir con todos nuestros seguidores una de las islas con más arqueología de todo el Mediterráneo, Menorca. Precisamente se está construyendo una candidatura para incluir la cultura talayótica en la lista de Patrimonio de la Humanidad de la UNESCO. En el cronovisor junto a Jesús Callejo nos acercaremos a la figura de Margaret Murray, la egiptóloga que estuvo trabajando en la isla descubriendo los secretos de la cultura talayótica. Precisamente de esta cultura nos hablará Antoni Ferrer, arqueólogo y Director Insular de Cultura. Margarita Orfila, todo un referente en la arqueología menorquina y miembro del comité de técnicos de la candidatura, nos hablará de la vida diaria de la población en el I milenio a. C. Joana Catalá, Directora General de Cultura y Miquel Ángel María, consejero de Cultura del Consell, y Cipriano Marín coordinador nos comentarán los detalles de la candidatura. Para hablarnos del Lazareto, el lugar desde el que hacemos el programa, contamos con Joan Enric Villardell, arquitecto. Pero ¿cómo se vivía en este edificio levantado en el siglo XVIII? Maite Salord, Consellera de Turismo, e Isaac Olives administrador, comparten su historia con nosotros.

Ryan Gorman was joined by the St. Pete Museum of Fine Arts to discuss their programs for kids and adults and their upcoming Beer Project event. Dr. Michael Bennett and Margaret Murray joined the show from the Museum of Fine Arts and Khris Johnson joined the show from Green Bench Brewing. www.mfastpete.org

Tinker, Tailor, Clapper, Halper, SPYGATE. We examine the "Criminal Deep State" and the "transatlantic plot to stop Trump." Was Judge Andrew Napolitano channeling Paul Revere when he warned last year that British Intelligence officials had spied on Candidate Trump? We explore potentially sinister UK connections to the Russian Collusion narrative. Why did so many American Intelligence Community operatives travel to London in 2016? The list includes Strzok, Priestap, McCabe, Gaeta, Schrage and Brennan. In addition, we marvel at the strange and total disappearance of UK players like Steele, Mifsud, Goldstone and Stefan Halper. Where'd they all go? Speaking of Halper, the recently outed spy, we review his history of connections to the CIA and speculate on who may have recruited Halper to keep such close tabs on Trump campaign officials. Could it have been the panicky, histrionic John O. Brennan? Regarding Obama's former CIA Director, we review a 2014 New York Times story describing the nearly unprecedented "close bond" between Brennan and Obama. Is the Criminal Deep State now busily protecting the former president? Plus, our reflections on Roman Yellowcake, a tweetstorm from Paul Sperry of the New York Post, the "Weasel Way" of James Clapper, and holding out hope for Sessions and Huber. With Listener Calls & Music via the Yardbirds, Ricky Nelson, Joe Walsh, Margaret Murray, Jamey Johnson, George Strait and the Alexandrov Ensemble.       See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We trace the roots of the idea of witchcraft in the "cunning folk" of the Middle Ages. We consider how the church and state began to fuel fear of witchcraft and persecute witches in the tens of thousands during the age of the Renaissance and the Reformation. We consider theories of why witch-hunting arose so dramatically in this age, including economic strain and political agendas. Finally, we examine evidence for an enduring shamanic belief system centering on ecstatic night journeys that may have provided the inspiration for the mythical witches' sabbath. Please become a patron and contribute what you can in the spirit of knowledge and inquiry! -- www.patreon.com/user?u=5530632 Suggested further reading: Margaret Murray, "The Witch-Cult in Western Europe"; Norman Cohn, "Europe's Inner Demons"; Carlo Ginzburg, "Ecstasies"; Mary Beth Nortion, "In the Devil's Snare"; John Demos, "Entertaining Satan."

Jason and Andrew talk about the lessons they've learned around practicing magic as a way of life. They also talk about what it is like to live in community with those who don't practice. And of course Saint Cyprian gets talk about too.  Think about how much you've enjoyed the podcast and how many episodes you listened to and think consider if it is time tosupport the  Patreon You can do so here. If you want more of this in your life you can subscribe by RSS , iTunes, Stitcher, or email. You can find Jason on his website here.   Thanks for listening! If you dig this please subscribe and share with those who would like it.   Andrew   If you are interested in booking time with Andrew either in Toronto or by phone or Skype from anywhere click here.   Transcript    ANDREW: Welcome to another episode of the Hermit's Lamp podcast. I have Jason Miller back with me today. And, you know, I've been continuing to watch what Jason's been putting out into the world, and, you know, he's been on my radar to have back and continue our conversations about magic and living a magical life and, you know, and, I kind of want to talk to him more about teaching and helping people discover how to live that kind of life today.  But, you know, Jason, in case people haven't met you yet—and you should go back and listen to the previous episode with him—Who are you, Jason? What are you about?  JASON: Oh, man. I'm all about … I'm all about getting paid and laid! No, I'm kidding ... [laughs] Yeah, no, so, I'm not against getting paid and laid, but that's certainly not what I'm all about. I am about doing magic in a way that is impactful. So, I have noticed over the course of the last 30 some odd years that I've been doing magic, that a lot of people, they put a lot of effort into a ritual, and they'll get a result, and it'll be like, you know, I spent three hours summoning a goetic demon, and the next day I found a wallet in the street, isn't that amazing? I -- it had like 200 bucks in it! That's incredible! And it's like, great! Where are we going to go from there? ANDREW: Mmmhmm. JASON: Like, you know, how is this really going to make a big difference in your life? I mean, if you're in danger of getting tossed out of your house because you're 200 bucks short on the rent, it makes a big difference. But still and all, whether it's for pure spirituality, for love, money, etc., whatever, I'm about using magic, making it meaningful, making it have a big bump in your life... ANDREW: Mmmhmm. JASON: And being able to look back and measure it and say yeah, that made a difference. ANDREW: Mmmhmm. JASON: The man I am today ...  ANDREW: The man I am today! You know, it's funny, that piece about looking back is so important. I recently went through and cleaned up all my shrines and all my, like, bits and pieces of magical workings and stuff, you know, like, cause, especially as I'm running along through life and work and whatever, stuff accumulates in the corners, right? And I had done this piece of work that I was continuing to work at, to break through to the next financial level, right? And when I was cleaning it up and going through the whole thing, I forgot, that I had as part of that done one of those write a check to yourself from the universe thing, right?  JASON: Oh, yeah?  ANDREW: And I was like, huh, look at that! I'm currently making exactly that and I'm frustrated that I'm not getting past it!   JASON: [laughs] ANDREW: So, I tripled that amount, and put a new one in and then fired it up again, and I was like … And immediately everything just started escalating like crazy, right?  JASON: It's amazing, the little tweaks ...  ANDREW: So easy to lose ... JASON: Yeah. The little tweaks that we can make. I remember, a few years back I was having difficulty. Same thing again, you know, I would make more money, but somehow more expenses would show up, and they'd just eat away at that. And it was so frustrating. And it's a common enough problem, you know?  ANDREW: Mmmhmm. JASON: I would sit down and one day I would ... just sat down, and I might have cleaned my altar just before that time too, because that's my go to, like when things are stuck, clean up! [laughs] You know? ANDREW: Yeah! JASON: And not only do you get just a better view, but you ... You do find those little bits and nuggets of the past that tie it all together. But I sat down in front of Saint Cyprian and I was just like, “I can't seem to fix this, man! Like, I get more money, more money needs to go out.” And Saint Cyprian said, “Okay, well, you know, this month, do the same exact magic, but ask for the amount of money that you need leftover after everything is taken care of.”  ANDREW: Mmmhmm. JASON: Duh! ANDREW: Yeah. JASON: And that's exactly what happened. All of a sudden, there was this excess that I could then put towards, you know, savings, better use, house, investments, etc., etc. ANDREW: Yeah, well and especially ... We're both family people, right?  JASON: Yes! ANDREW: And with a family, those unknown expenses, I mean, it's so easy for them to creep up and whatever. We're so lucky in Canada, you know. My daughter just had strep throat, but because of the new way things are done here, the trip to the doctor is covered, and prescriptions are covered. So. But you know? Previously, like last year, before that came in, it'd be easy to go, you know you could go drop 50 - 60 bucks for this, and a pile of money there, and you know, every time you turn around, it just adds up and adds up. Yeah, I think that the power of being clear about what the solution is, and the power of how do you pray or ask or craft your sigil or whatever you're doing to solve the problem is such an important piece, right?  JASON: What …Yeah, and you know, because we're not just praying, you know? We don't describe ourselves as religious people necessarily. I mean we might be religious people, but we're not religious in the sort of, you know, the old grandma, “I'm going to go pray and hope that this happens, and leave it up to God, and thy will be done” kind of thing.  ANDREW: Sure.  JASON: Because otherwise why bother with magic at all, right?  ANDREW: Yeah. JASON: So, we're sort of getting actively involved. And even if we're working with the same powers, the saints and gods and angels and buddhas etc., we're as sorcerers saying, you know, I'm part of this, I'm part of this chain of events here, so I'm contributing, I'm inputting, at which point, yeah, the responsibility falls on you to ask for what you need skillfully, to recognize when you've, like in your case, been given exactly what you asked for, and then moved to the next level. ANDREW: Mmmhmm. JASON: It's, yeah, it's, I don't know, it's our responsibility. But I see a lot of people turn their sovereignty over to the spirits when it comes down to stuff like that. It's like, “Well, they know what I need.” And, why are you even bothering, then, man? [laughs] ANDREW: Yeah. I think that it's … you know ... there's this thing, I was reading through your new book, The Elements of Spellcrafting, and there's this section where you were talking about caveats, right? You know? And, like, I think that for me, whether I approach the Orishas, or whether I approach the other spirits I work with, you know? Whatever element of “Thy will be done” exists in the universe, I just assume they're doing that math for me as part of it, right?  JASON: Right.  ANDREW: There are things that are just never going to happen, there are things that, you know, maybe shouldn't happen, and, you know, and there are things that are maybe part of other people's will being done, and they're going to not allow me to be interfering with that, right? In the same way that, you know, it's not the monkey paw, right? Like, you know, they're not going to kill somebody so I can get their inheritance. And then I'm going to turn around and forget to say, "Bring them back as they were, and you know, instead, live a zombie love life or something," right? JASON: [laughs] ANDREW: You know, I think that there's a degree of intelligence in these processes, right?  JASON: Yeah! ANDREW: Unless you're working with something belligerent, in which case, I tend to be like, well, why go there? What's the value of that? And you know, there are values, but, if stuff doesn't want to work with me, I don't know that I want to work with it, you know?  JASON: I -- see, I'm the same way. There are ... I guess there are some borderline cases, where there are spirits that are happy to work once they've been … In the grimoire tradition, they've been constrained ...  ANDREW: Mmmhmm. JASON: And then if made offerings to and a relationship is built, but to even get their attention requires that initial like, "Will the power that blah blah..." But in general, I'm the same way, there are so many ways to do something, especially now, with just the access we have to so many, so much information, traditions, and things like that ... And also, it helps ... You know, [ringing phone] these things don't tend to happen when we are building relationships with powers ... So, of course, now my phone ... [Answering machine voice] Telemarketers, man!  ANDREW: Yeah. JASON: Sorry about that! ANDREW: They're just trying to make their money, too. You know? It's all part of ... JASON: I know, I know ... [ringing phone] ANDREW: Speaking of prolific elements, you know? [laughs] JASON: Right. We're talking about demons, the demons are like, “Hey…” ANDREW: “Hey…” JASON: “Let me talk to you about your credit card balance ...” [laughs] ANDREW: Let me talk to you about a time share ...” JASON: [laughs] So, yeah, I forgot even what I was talking about now ... ANDREW: Well, we were just talking about ... JASON: The demons erased it.  ANDREW: When you're having relationships with spirits, it's something quite different.  JASON: Oh yeah! Yeah, it's so different than looking up in a book and saying, "Well, what's the spirit that handles this, and I'm going to contact them and make a deal…"  ANDREW: Yeah. JASON: As opposed to "these are spirits that I make offerings to regularly, every day, all the time, I acknowledge special days," and, you know, you build a relationship.  ANDREW: Yeah. JASON: So then when it comes down to somebody in the Strategic Sorcery group the other day asked "Why are the spirits so literal about everything? I'm getting exactly what I ASK for, but just outside of what I intended." And I said, "Well, you know, get better at asking for stuff, but the other thing is, build up a relationship, let spirits into your life, and you can ... you ... they'll get a better window into what you need.” It's not necessarily belligerent, the assumption there is that they're all knowing, all powerful. You know? You gotta let 'em know.  ANDREW: They're not stalkers, right?  JASON: Right. They're not stalkers. ANDREW: They're not here 24/7, they're not looking at everything, they're not Santa Claus, right? JASON: Right. ANDREW: You know? Like, they don't know everything, if you don't sit down when you have their attention and tell them, right?  JASON: Yeah.  ANDREW: And here again, if you have a relationship with spirit, much of the time the solution to the problem is like, "Hey, my friend, I have this problem, I need to talk to you about it."   JASON: [laughs] ANDREW: “Blah blah blah, here's my problem, here's what it looks like, here's what I've been doing, you know, I don't know what to do next, or I just feel like I've got no luck, or like whatever you feel, and be like, hey, please help me out with this. And sometimes that can be it too, right? Just a conversation, kind of like, you know, hey, help me out, my friend, not even like, “and I'll give you this,” or whatever, right?  JASON: Absolutely. Absolutely. Cause that ... that giving, that back and forth, it's already present in the relationship. Just like with real people, you know? I use ... I always talk about borrowing 50 bucks. You know, if you accost somebody on the street, they're not giving you 50 bucks.  ANDREW: Yeah. JASON: If you ask a coworker, maybe they will, maybe they won't. But if you ask a friend, of course. They're gonna be like, “Yeah, here, do you need any more? are you good? Pay me back when you can.” Because you have a lifetime of the back and forth and it makes all the difference.  ANDREW: So, every time I tell people that you're going to be on the podcast, and some other people too, but they're always like, “So tell me about Cyprian. What about Saint Cyprian?”  JASON: [laughs] ANDREW: “What's going on with Cyprian? What do I need to know about Saint Cyprian,” right? What ... I mean, I feel like we talked about it last time, from what I remember, you know? But I'm curious. Especially because it's been a little while. Saint Cyprian seems to be growing further and further into the world these days. What do you think is up with that? Why is that happening?  JASON: Oh. [sighs heavily] Well, I'm going to go ahead and say that one of the things that's happening is that the focus is not so squarely on white European magic any more. And ... ANDREW: That's really true.  JASON: And, you know, I can ... I will thank the younger generation of millennials for some of this, that, you know, while there's certainly a lot of crap I could give the millennial generation--I'm a Gen Xer and I'm sure you are too, but--One of the good things is there's not quite as much focus on the white European magic, nor what white Europeans, especially Victorians, had to say about magic from elsewhere. So, Saint Cyprian was sort of, has been huge in Portuguese and Spanish-speaking world for many years.  ANDREW: Yeah.   JASON: You find tons of little, I have some Spanish, everything from actual books of Saint Cyprian, to little like pamphlets, trade magazines, in Spanish, that are, you know, about Saint Cyprian. And then of course you've got the Scandinavian books of Saint Cyprian in Norway. So, all this was sort of happening outside the German/English pipeline, you know?  ANDREW: Mmmhmm. JASON: And, so it was already this huge presence that just needed to poke its way into the English-speaking world. And then once it did, we do what we do with everything, it explodes. And he became immensely popular. I'm super proud of having written a really halfway not even very good article surveying the cult of Cyprian, but I wrote it back in 2007 so I can pat myself on the back, and you know, get the "before it was cool" cred. [laughs] But, you know, the amazing work has been done since then, with Humberto Maggi, and José Leitão, their translations of Cyprian books, and the commentary on them is just huge. ANDREW: Mmmhmm. JASON: And he's ... just a great worker. You know? People are looking at Christianity and realizing that there's a lot more to it than the evangelical anti-magical Protestant mindset. And maybe some of that is that we have a generation of people here who were not necessarily brought up in church, so they're kind of looking at the church with magical eyes rather than “Uhhhh, this is such a drag!” eyes. Which is why you're getting ... More and more people are going to Latin mass. Like young people going to Latin mass wherever it's available. So, you have this interest in Christianity, and people are looking at, "Well, where is witchcraft really preserved?" If we can let go of some of the Margaret Murray thesis of pagan cults that survived in secret, well, you know, a hell of a lot of it was that folk magic came into Christianity and the ceremonial magic, the whole grimoire tradition. So, once information about a saint of sorcerers became available, I think it was just, people wanted to take it and run, and have. ANDREW: Mmmhmm. It's a very accessible notion, right? I mean, it's in our culture, you know, North American culture, the idea of saints and what we do with them. There's a ... whether you're raised with it or not, it's around enough that I think it's not super foreign, you know?  JASON: Yeah. No. Absolutely. And it's, you know, Cyprian himself had already existed in such varied forms. You know, the emphasis in Europe is ... are on the books and spells that Cyprian himself was said to have penned, whether before or after death. And then in the New World traditions from Peru up to Mexico, the emphasis is on calling Cyprian himself as sort of a mediator between light and dark forces. ANDREW: Mmmhmm. JASON: And you can see this in the mesa traditions where they have … The shamans have the two mesas laid out and Saint Cyprian right in the middle.  ANDREW: Yeah.  JASON: And so, Cyprian exists as this eternal between. He's between everything. He's between heaven and hell, he's between Christian and non-Christian, he's a … you know, he builds bridges.  ANDREW: Mmmhmm. JASON: And it's just brilliant. the only things that I think some people who maybe were raised with Cyprian in the non-English, you know, object to sort of, you know, white people taking it and running with it places that it never was historically. The only thing that I really see that I ever object to is when people attempt to completely deChristianize Cyprian utterly. And say, "oh, that was never really part of it," I'm always like "well, we already have Merlin and other ... ANDREW: Sure. JASON: You know? It's the very fact that he was a bishop that kind of makes it special.  ANDREW: Well and I think that that's kind of leading up to what I was going to ask you as a question, being, what's the thing people are getting wrong about this, right? Or, what's the pitfall people fall into, you know? Because, you know, I have conversations with other, you know, olochas and priests in the Orisha tradition about what people are kind of misunderstanding as they approach traditions. Right? You know? JASON: Yeah. ANDREW: So, you know, I think that, you kind of already nailed it, right? You know, like, what is Cyprian without Christianity?  JASON: Yeah. yeah. And, you know, what is Cyprian without Justina? Justina, I think, gets downplayed quite a bit in favor of Cyprian, but it's important to remember that it was her that turned back his demons with the sign of the cross. It was her that wielded the power that attracted him to Christianity in the first place. ANDREW: Mmmhmm. JASON: And so, I think one of the other things, apart from the deChristianizing of Cyprian, and I get it, I mean, Christianity has, I mean, for every good thing about Christianity, there's a horrible thing about Christianity.  ANDREW: Yeah. At least one.  JASON: At least one! And some people have been really just damaged to the point where this is not a useful thing in this life for them ... ANDREW: Yeah.  JASON: To even worry about Christianity one way or the other. They left it, and good, because, you know, it was causing them a lot of pain. So, I'm not one of those people that's like, you know, “You have to be Christian.” But, you have to be, I think to work with Cyprian, you have to be comfortable, at least looking at Jesus, Christianity, and all the rest of it as a usable power, as a valid spiritual power, and it's always weird to me how people who are so open that they can embrace, sometimes, dozens of traditions at the same time, and, you know, while “Hecate, Queen of Heaven, and ...” yet, once it's Christian, because of the baggage, it's like, oh no. No. That is false, and I reject it ever.  ANDREW: Yeah. And I think, as you say, I think it's part of all of our journeys; ideally to try and resolve and free ourselves of those baggages, you know? And I think about how when I started doing misas, and sort of espiritismo, and Alan Kardek style, you know, ceremonies and stuff like that, you know, and praying for my ancestors who were Catholic, or, you know, Anglican or whatever, with the prayers that they asked for, without any attachment to that, you know, came from, you know, a number of years of deconstructing less so explicit Church history, cause I don't have much of that, but more so, negative cultural influences on that stuff that I was basically, you know what? Screw you and your son! You know? For about 19 years, right? JASON: [laughing] ANDREW: And, you know, but being free of that really allows for, has allowed me to meet spirits where they want to be met, where that feels appropriate to me, and therefore, when my grandmother was like, say the Lord's Prayer, say the Apostle's Creed, say the, you know, the Hail Marys, say this, say that, I'm like, "Cool, I'll say those prayers for you, it's fine."  JASON: Right.  ANDREW: But it's not straightforward, you know?  JASON: No. ANDREW: For many people. And definitely for me it wasn't, in the beginning, so.  JASON: Yeah. yeah. And there ... You know, my advice is always, if that is bringing trauma and discomfort, there are other powers. You don't have to work with Cyprian. And I guess that's the worry that everyone has that something becomes sort of insanely popular and people get involved only because of its popularity. ANDREW: Mmmhmm. JASON: I don't know how much of a danger that really is. I've always been one of those people that's kind of … It's like, “Is the band good or is the band not good?” How many other people like the band isn't really relevant ... ANDREW: Yeah. JASON: To my enjoyment of them. But for some people it is. They want to be in on the thing no one else was in on.  ANDREW: Well, and, you know, it's funny, so, I spent time in the Aurum Solis, which is a not very popular not very well-known ceremonial order, right?  JASON: Ogdoatic! ANDREW: Yeah. And, you know, I mean, in some ways, my time there was one of the most liberating of things, because unlike many other systems, where they gave name and form to whatever dualities and core principle and so on, they just use generic terms, and generic terms that they had set up for themselves for people within the order to work with, and so, it was always open-ended, and then if you were working Enochian or goetic or this or whatever, you shifted and you melded it to where you wanted it to be, or where it made sense to put that together, unlike in other systems, you know, like when I was into Crowley stuff, and here's your specific, you know, ordered organization and structure, and you know, in other places where it's like, well this is always this person. It's like, eh, they could be many things ...  JASON: [laughing] ANDREW: I want to know what would make sense here, you know?  JASON: Right.  ANDREW: Cause there's more of this idea of there being an archetypal or source that was putting on source as we danced with it, called it, rather than having predefined form that we were required to meld ourselves to. and in that process, I actually became very malleable, and very free from a lot of other stuff, which was pretty handy, so.  JASON: Yeah, that is. Now Aurum Solis, they went like full Christian at one point, didn't they, awhile back?  ANDREW: I left the order around 2000, 2001. I think that as far as I know they were going more in like a sort of witchcraft, European witchcraft direction when I was leaving.   JASON: Really! ANDREW: Which wasn't really my particular thing, yeah. But it's been a long time and I'm no longer involved so I couldn't actually say.  JASON: Okay. Yeah, I seem to remember something about Denning taking the order into like a, you know, reforming it as a Christian-only order, and then un-reforming it as a Christian order, just only a few years after that, when people were like, naaah, that's ... ANDREW: Yeah, it's hard to say. I don't know that part of the history. It certainly wasn't a part of my time. But, I mean, like many of those experiences, my work was mostly about my local person rather than the bigger picture of things too, right? Which is...  JASON: Yeah. ANDREW: Both a pro and a con, right? Cause it's great when everybody's on the same page, but when your local person and your international person or head of the order is doing something else, then you know, that's kind of, becomes disruptive, so.   JASON: We, in, you know, I was in the OTO for a while, and we had formed a camp, still around today in Philadelphia, Thelesis. It's now, I think, an oasis. It's ... the OTO has small camps, and then they have oases, and then they have lodges, and so on. And when we started it out, it was like a bunch of people that were disgruntled from the New York scene, and then we made all these connections in Philadelphia, which had an OTO group, and then everybody left. So, we just gathered the people that were sort of abandoned.  ANDREW: Sure.  JASON: And we were the weirdest OTO group in the order at the time, because none of us wanted to do the gnostic mass, like none of us wanted to do it.  ANDREW: Right.  JASON: None of us wanted to do Resh, the four times a day, you know, he is the Sun God, he is the Fun God, rah rah rah kind of thing every day. And so, we were just, we were essentially just a magical group, and we were using the OTO as sort of this unstructural umbrella and, that we would report to. And for years, like we had Behutet Magazine, which is still running, but we wouldn't allow any Crowley reprints, or poetry, and all the other magazines at the time were, you know, like “Here's a reprint of Crowley ...” ANDREW: Mmmhmm. JASON: “And my poems!” And so, we were like, “nope, none of that,” and it was all about the local people and what they wanted to do and it was great. It was great. It has changed now. I think they're much more in line with the overall order than it used to be. But, it's the way things go. ANDREW: Mmmhmm. Yeah, I think that there are certainly in my experience, there are the times and places where a group of people coalesce for one reason or another, you know, and those moments and times are wonderful, and you know, when I was younger I used to think they would last forever, and now I find myself ... JASON: [laughs] Yeah.  ANDREW: ... in, you know, in those moments, I just savor them, knowing that likely they'll pass at some point. You know? And may even be far and few between, so, you know, just revel in them, like, oh, how wonderful to have all these connections in this thing right now, you know?  JASON: It is, it is. And, you know, I don't know how involved you are in your local community. I live in the sticks, I live in New Jersey, but, you know, down in the pine barrens, and I do miss having a big local community, and the time, too, because between business and kids, that eats most of it up.  ANDREW: Yeah.  JASON: So. ANDREW: Yeah, I mean, local magical community, we have, we sometimes, maybe three or four times a year I have just a, call it a magically-minded social night at the shop, and just open, show up, make some tea, hang out, whatever. So those are always great. Everybody's invited, so if you're hearing this and you want to come, get in touch. And for me, it's like, because my primary work is Orisha work, right? So, it's ceremonies and stuff like that that happens, so, you know.   JASON: Right.  ANDREW: Early in the year I was down in the States helping at a birth of a priest, and, those are great, you know. But they're not so much local and they're not really ongoing, they're more periodic when they're required, so.  JASON: Right.  ANDREW: Mmmhmm. JASON: Right. You know, the shops are wonderful, and the community that ... I mean ... Back when I was starting out, the shop was your only link to the community, really, ANDREW: Yeah. JASON: If you didn't know it already, if you were just interested in magic, it was like putting in time at the shop. You would just like hang out, talk with the shop owner, and … ANDREW: Mmhmm JASON: They, you guys facilitated all the introductions, so ... ANDREW: Yeah. JASON: It was really just through getting friendly with shop owners in the area that I got to know who was doing what where.  ANDREW: And for me it was because I lived in sort of small town Ontario growing up, it was, twice a year there was a psychic fair, and I would go and find stuff there, which is where I bought like, Magic in Theory and Practice when I was 12, and stuff like that. JASON: Yes. ANDREW: And then there'd be like six months of like, trying to understand what the hell is being said in those books ...  JASON: [laughing] ANDREW: What do I do with my hands? What am I supposed to say? What's going on? You know? But, that was it, because, you know, I was too young to drive, too young to get anywhere, there were no buses to the city, you know, back in the 80s and stuff like that, it was just like, that was it. You take your books, you go home, you read em a bunch, try and figure it out, realize you don't know what you're doing, and then try again, you know? So.  JASON: No YouTube videos, to ... ANDREW: No YouTube videos. JASON: To set you right. ANDREW: Yeah. For sure.  So, one of the other questions people ... somebody posted ... was, and I feel like I already know the answer to this, but I'm going to ask you anyway, so: Do you ever run into people who are disapproving of your practices? I mean we were talking about people who didn't like your books and stuff like that before we got on the call, but like, you ever just like face to face in your community, or you know that kind of stuff, run into anything, or ... ? Is that ... ? JASON: Rarely. ANDREW: Yeah. JASON: Rarely. I benefit from having not only a common name but several other famous Jason Millers. ANDREW: Uh huh. JASON: So when I have a day job, it was, it would be an odd thing for them to find out about me, even after I started publishing books, because you've got Jason Miller the playwright, Jason Miller the MMA fighter, and now you've got Jason Miller the, you know, Trump campaign dude, who I was ... Someone wrote, like, bitching about Trump to me, and it was clear they thought that I worked for his campaign. Like, “How can you, an occultist, work for Donald Trump?” I was like, “Two different people!” [laughing] ANDREW: Yeah. JASON: Like, I don't know, I don't even look like that guy. But, you know, so, it didn't happen too often, that people would find out. When they did, I have a way of explaining it or presenting it, so … It's amazing if you just drop certain words out of your vocabulary. ANDREW: Like demon? JASON: Like demon, sure! You know ... So, for instance. All right. I can go to a Buddhist ceremony and we can take a phurba and make a ritual doll, essentially a voodoo doll, a linga, and stab the shit out of it and release, liberate it, quote, and you know, essentially, hard core black magic, but if you tell somebody you're going to a Buddhist event, “Oh, the Dalai Lama is so holy, oh, that's wonderful that you're interested in Buddhism and meditation and ...” You can say, when I introduce myself to other parents at the playground, and they ask what I do, I say, "I'm a writer, so I work from home, and that's why we spend summers elsewhere,” and things like that. I can say, “Well, you know, I write on mysticism or, and meditation,” that's easy for most people. Like, they don't think too much about it. You can … If they press you can say, “Well, you know, I write about shamanism or fringe religion,” right? The moment you say magic, then it's sort of like, “Ohhhhh, I don't know,” and then if you say witchcraft, now you're introducing the language of the diabolical, of what society has called, you know, it relates, you know, I mean, and modern witchcraft willfully and knowingly took on the constellation of terms around the witch hunts, and coopted those and used those terms, and to good effect, I think. But that's why witches get hassled by Christians and Druids tend not to.  ANDREW: Hmm. JASON: Because people don't know what a Druid is. So, you're just some crunchy hippie dude.  ANDREW: Yeah.  JASON: Or, you know, witches, pagans, have trouble, but somebody who is Asatru, describes themselves that way, might not. Somebody might think they're a racist, but [laughs]. ANDREW: Yeah.  JASON: You know. They're not going to get that "Do you worship Satan?" kind of thing.  ANDREW: Mmmhmm.  JASON: So. ANDREW: I think that, it really is very much about ... For me, it's very much about how you frame it, and for me, it's such a clear given about my life and I can explain it in simple terms, you know, I explain it to my kids as they were growing up in simple terms, they get to know more and more as time goes on about my religious Orisha practices, you know, and there's so many ways in which you can sort of just frame it, and I find that for me almost without exception, when I approach the conversation where people are like, “Wait, wait, you kill chickens.” I'm like, “Yeah dude. Do you eat chicken? I see you're wearing leather shoes.”  JASON: [laughing] ANDREW: Right, like? Or whatever. And if you're grounded in it, I find that it is rarely an issue. JASON: Yeah. ANDREW: I mean, it's always possible to be an issue, but almost never, you know? I've had one person give me a hard time at the shop since I opened the store five, almost six years ago. And he's some older local dude who stood in front of my door one day blocking it, and I went to talk to him, and he was waiting for the bus, and he basically just got really mad and started swearing at me and telling me I was going to hell and whatever, and, you know, and then some woman who was waiting with her kids at the bus stop started yelling at him to stop swearing … JASON: Yeah. ANDREW:  Very quickly became the end of the conversation, and then, I see him walk past now, cause I'm still in the neighborhood, but he's just, eyes forward and ignores me completely now, you know? And one other person who no longer does this but for a long time used to leave little inspirational God pamphlets in my mailbox all the time. But that was it. Like, easily if I saw him, he'd be like "How are you today, you know, I'm going to work, here have this, here, take one of these." I'm always like, "Sure man, whatever," but never, nothing ever escalated, cause I never escalated it. You know? JASON: Yeah. I mean, I love the little pamphlets. I mean, I always thank people for them, and I just hold in my head that obviously I don't agree with them, but this person feels like they have the spiritual equivalent of the cure for cancer. So, if they think that that's true, then the moral thing to do is to spread that far and wide, right? Like, not to be like, “Shh, don't tell anyone, we have the secret keys to enlightenment and heaven.” So, I always look at, like if somebody's just sharing or they knock on the door or something like that, I always kind of assume the best ... ANDREW: Yeah. JASON: Because it's done, even though I think they're deluded in what they believe, I think their moral intention to share it is good most of the time. Sometimes it's not. Sometimes it's just masking their desire to persecute others. And that becomes apparent pretty quick. And, you know, thankfully, you live in Canada, and I live in the relatively for America more enlightened northeastern United States. ANDREW: Mmmhmm. JASON: There are some areas of my country where I gotta believe I'd probably get a lot more hassle than I do here. One of the reasons I don't live in some areas of the country. ANDREW: For sure, yeah. JASON: You know, in that my kids would be going to school, some parent would Google me, and now my kids would be having a hard time, and ... ANDREW: Mmmhmm. Well, you would just go to your Buddhist meditation and solve it, right? [laughing] JASON: Yes, yeah. I can just, "It's just Buddhism," "Noooo, I saw the books, it's not just Buddhism!"  ANDREW: It's so many things. That's funny. Yeah, it's funny, you know, I think, probably because I spent so long in a Mohawk, and being all punked out and stuff, I just, people don't tend to argue with me too much about stuff, and I don't really tend to engage people. The minute stuff comes up I'm always like, “You know what, I think I'm gonna go now, see you later ...”  JASON: Yeah! ANDREW: You know and just opt out of those conversations too, right? So.  JASON: Yeah, you know, the times that it comes up are ... they're just few and far between, because ultimately, people aren't all that interested. If they're not interested, then they're not particularly interested, you know? It's a weird thing, but if you are able to talk about other things and hold a real conversation with people about something other than that ... ANDREW: Yeah. JASON: Which is a talent that sadly not everyone in our community has, but … ANDREW: Mmmhmm. JASON: It goes a long way. It's like, look, you know, if you invite me over for dinner, no, I'm not going to start prattling on about religion and weirdness unless you ask.  ANDREW: Yeah. No, for sure. Yeah, back when I used to work in advertising, I discovered that there were certain places that I would end up, and there were certain kinds of conversations that went better, so like when I was going down to the print shop to talk to the guy who's running the big printing presses and do color proofs, you know,  a lot of those guys really dug sports, and so I would check the paper, see what was going on, and just prep myself to have a good conversation with them, and it didn't hurt me at all, they loved it, you know, and it made for a better relationship, you know? Showing an interest in what people are interested in gets us a long way a lot of the time, right?  JASON: Oh yeah.  ANDREW: And avoids a lot of problems, right? Because then you have that personal connection where they're like, “Well, Jason's not really that bad, I mean he takes his kids to the park all the time, how can you, he can't be evil, he's gotta be good, so whatever, I'll give him the benefit of the doubt.” Right?  JASON: That's it! ANDREW: Yup. So, first of all, thank you for making time today.  JASON: Thank you for having me, man! ANDREW: Yeah.  What have you got going on? I know that you've got this book that just came out this year, The Elements of Spellcrafting, which is great, and people should definitely check that out. What else is going on? Where should people find you? What have you got coming down the line?  JASON: Well, people can find me at StrategicSorcery.net. And the big thing coming down the line is, the next cycle of Sorcery of Hecate opens up in May for a June start. This is a class that -- it got so much bigger than I ever expected it to, because it, you know, it's a hard … it's the hardest class that I do, like as far as like, people want, you want something to do that, you know, requires a commitment and will get you results but is going to ask something more from you. ANDREW:  Yeah. JASON: And is going to challenge you, like the first month or two, you're going to come to me and say, "Oh, I had this vision ..."  and I'm going to be like, "That's great, keep doing the ritual, please." You know? Like, the vision is great, but just, it doesn't mean anything. Let's get deeper. Let's go deep. Let's not settle for "I did a ritual, I had a vision," like, is it important? Is it telling you something you didn't know? If not, make a note, celebrate, have a cupcake, then get back to work.  ANDREW: Yeah. JASON: So, I never expected a program that required like that amount of effort and work and, you know, I can be challenging, and just tell people, like, "That's not important right now," [laughs]  ANDREW: Mmmhmm. JASON: I never expected it to take off, but my god, it has. ANDREW: Well, she's a real powerhouse, right? I mean, she's another one of those ones whose presence in the world is on the rise. So, I'm going to share my vision; you can tell me it's not important afterwards.  JASON: [laughing] ANDREW: So, I haven't done your course, but years ago, when I first started reading at somebody else's store in Toronto, the person who owned the store, Hecate was their thing, they were all about that, and most of the people who worked there were about her, and sort of like, it was the anchor of that store, right? And I'd been working there for a little bit, and they were doing a big ceremony for her. And I didn't go, cause I was like, “nah, it's not my thing,” right? So, I had this dream, where she showed up, you know, infinitely dark and infinitely expansive at the same time, and she just looked at me, up and down, said, "You're not one of mine, but you're all right, you can keep working here." And that was the whole dream, and I was just like, "Perfect!" It's done! JASON: And that's, you know, that is an example of, it's got meaning, you know, it's a seal of approval, it's got an essential message ... ANDREW: Mmmhmm. JASON: But it's not something you want to sit and like, fuss over. ANDREW: No, exactly. JASON: You can keep working there. Which is ... ANDREW: I got my approval to continue to be employed there, and that's great, cause I'm sure that if she didn't like me I would have been gone ... JASON: [laughing] ANDREW: And then that's it, and I'm like, all right! And then, the other piece which was, you don't need to get more involved in this stuff, cause it's not yours, I'm not for you.  JASON: And I've had that happen as well. Before I became involved in Buddhism, I was getting very interested in Haitian voodoo, I was trading correspondence with Max Beauvoir, I was studying anything I could get my hands on and putting together completely half-assed ceremonies of my own. ANDREW: Sure. JASON: To connect with the Orishas, as everyone did in the 90s, and I would read anything, god, I lived practically on the New Orleans Voodoo Tarot, from Louis Martinié. ANDREW: Mmmhmm. JASON: And I ... there was this point where I was getting ready to go to Haiti, and Legba was kind of like, "Maybe not." ANDREW: Yeah. JASON: Maybe, like, "You and I are cool, but maybe you don't want to get involved in all this stuff." ANDREW: Mmmhmm. JASON: And I …You know, looking back later there are ... I really don't react well with tobacco, for instance.  ANDREW: Hmm. JASON: And I just both with my lungs, my senses, I get ... I don't know, maybe something happened when I was a child with cigarettes or something, you know, it just sets me off, and that would have been a big stumbling block for me, a few other commitments and taboos probably would have been a big stumbling block for me in the long run, and so it was really solid advice, and I was like, well where should I go? And it was right after I asked that, I was in upstate New York and I was talk ... did a lave tet with Louis Martinié that day, and then that evening Michelin Linden, his wife, was like, let me tell you about my experience with the Kalachakra. ANDREW: Mmmhmm. JASON: And it was really--it hit me hard. Partly because I was on three different psychedelics at the time, but it hit me hard anyway. [laughs] And, you know, I went back, and I called John Reynolds, who I had known for years already, and he was the first Westerner to be ordained as a Ngakpa, Tibetan sorcerer. I was like, “I'm in! What do I do?”  ANDREW: Yeah.  JASON: You know. Legba sent me to you! [laughing] ANDREW: Well, I mean that is a tremendous piece of wisdom, right?  JASON: Yeah. ANDREW: You know and like, in reading the shells for people, it's something that people don't expect at all, and it's like, look, you know who's got the answer? Those people. This group. Your psychiatrist has the answer. But we don't have the answer for you. You know? And that -- listening to that voice, and going and like giving up the sense of definition that we start to formulate around these things, in light of a bigger deeper truth or a more complete truth, I think is one of the best things you can ever do for yourself, to really honor that when it emerges, you know?  JASON: Amen to that. ANDREW: Yeah. JASON: Amen to that.  ANDREW: Cool. Well, so people should check out your Hecate course. It's going to be deep and challenging. And people should head over to your website. JASON: Good! ANDREW: Awesome. Perfect. Well, thanks again for making time, Jason. Lovely to chat with you as always.  JASON: Thank you for having me!

In this episode, I talk with the lovely and inspirational Nola McGowan. Nola is a lawyer and a celebrant and gives us all lots of great advice not only for our our businesses but life as well.

Who really won the first world war? The Z List Dead List Halloweeeeen episode usually features a witch, and this episode is no exception. Brenna Hassett is yet to don her pointed hat, she is however an archaeologist with a passion for the talented and the strange women of the past. One such er, expert, is the infamous Margaret Murray... academic and real life, spell casting, hex cursing, witch. Thanks for listening - if you can, please donate, but you can also help by sharing this episode on social media and writing a review on iTunes. www.zlistdeadlist.com FEATURING: Margaret Murray: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Murray Brenna Hassett an archaeolologist, anthropologist, and other shiny things - also 1/4 of Team @trowelblazers. http://passiminpassing.blogspot.co.uk/ Iszi Lawrence is a comedian and podcasterer and contributor to BBC's Making History and presenter of The British Museum Membercast. www.iszi.com @iszi_lawrence The Z List Dead List is a podcast about obscure people from History. Created by Iszi Lawrence @iszi_lawrence To help support the show please share it with your friends and on social media. Also leave us a review on iTunes - this makes us more visible so that other people can find us. For any donations please use the paypal button. Thanks very much! MUSIC All Licenses can be viewed on www.freemusicarchive.org. Theme: Time Trades Live at the WFMU Record Fair - November 24, 2013 by Jeffery Lewis (http://www.thejefferylewissite.com)

The scientific study of the paranormal and supernatural might seem contradictory, but we discuss how fringe sciences have made concerted attempts to break into the mainstream, oftentimes perpetuating the same gender inequalities of modern science and medicine. Historian of science and long time contributing Lady Science editor Kate Sheppard joins in to talk about Margaret Murray and her witch cult hypothesis. For show notes and further reading, visit ladyscience.com/podcast/ep2superspookyhalloween

Margaret and Tori chat about Margaret's work as an artist on Lord Howe Island.

In last week’s episode, Whispers in the Trees, we looked at the unsettling mystery of the skeleton found inside the hollowed-out trunk of an old wych elm tree. In 1945, Dr. Margaret Murray suggested a possible occult link to the crime. As fanciful as the suggestion might sound, it certainly wouldn’t have been the first time that an occult ritual had been conducted in England during the second world war... Go to @unexplainedpod, facebook.com/unexplainedpodcast or unexplainedpodcast.com for more info. Thank you for listening.

Today we talk about murder most fowl and about Margaret Murray's investigations into what she thought might be motive by witchcraft. We talk about Murray's research into witch cults and how that research influenced what we know as modern Wicca practices.Links Corrections First:It's not King Phillips War (that's earlier) it was King Williams War that is believed to have kicked off Salem. That idea is outlined in the book In The Devil's Snare, which I have linked belowThe bad journalist was not Robert McCormick, it was Donald McCormick, link belowNow Notes!Books by MurrayWitch Cult in Western Europe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Witch-Cult_in_Western_Europehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witch-cult_hypothesishttp://www.sacred-texts.com/pag/wcwe/Sir Flinders Petriehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flinders_Petrie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amelia_Edwardshttp://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums/petrie/about/historyMurray Egypthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osireion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Murray https://broadly.vice.com/en_us/article/the-forgotten-egyptologist-and-first-wave-feminist-who-invented-wiccaRonald Huttonhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Huttonhttp://paganwiccan.about.com/od/recommendedreading/p/Professor-Ronald-Hutton.htmTriumph of the Moonhttps://www.amazon.com/Triumph-Moon-History-Modern-Witchcraft/dp/0192854496https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Triumph_of_the_MoonGerald GardnerWitchcraft Todayhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witchcraft_TodayCharles LelandAradiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aradiahttp://www.sacred-texts.com/pag/aradia/James George FrazierGolden Boughhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Golden_Boughhttp://www.sacred-texts.com/pag/frazer/?Lovecraft and MurrayThe Festivalhttp://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/f.aspxThe Call of Cthulhuhttp://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/fiction/cc.aspxCommonplace Bookhttps://www.wired.com/2011/07/h-p-lovecrafts-commonplace-book/ Owen Davies video on later witch trialshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWquza-Ax4wCharles Walton murderDonald McCormickhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_McCormickThe Case that Foiled Fabianhttps://www.amazon.com/Case-that-Foiled-Fabian-Witchcraft/dp/0752493574http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-29604413Bella and the Wych Elm BBChttp://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/is-this-the-bella-in-the-wych-elm-unravelling-the-mystery-of-the-skull-found-in-a-tree-trunk-8546497.htmlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_put_Bella_in_the_Wych_Elm%3FFabian of the Yardhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabian_of_the_YardLe Sorcier (Trois Freres)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sorcerer_(cave_art)Cerunnoshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CernunnosGundestrup Cauldronhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gundestrup_cauldronSalem and larger panicKing Williams Warhttp://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/a-brief-history-of-the-salem-witch-trials-175162489/?no-istIn the Devil’s Snarehttps://www.amazon.com/Devils-Snare-Salem-Witchcraft-Crisis/dp/0375706909Imbolchttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ImbolcRevocation of the Witchcraft Acthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witchcraft_Act_1735Curse of the Demonhttp://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1xd6p8_night-of-the-demon-1957_shortfilmsCasting of the Runeshttp://www.hypnogoria.com/html/castingtherunes.htmlDana Andrews and Margaret Murrayhttp://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-actor-dana-andrews-kisses-margaret-murray-69301405.htmlGerald Gardner and Ronald Hutton documentaryhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQbdXCoxC14Computer science and gender studyhttp://www.npr.org/sections/money/2014/10/21/357629765/when-women-stopped-codingContactEmail us at ArchyFantasies@gmail.comFollow us on Twitter at @Archyfantasies and find us on FaceBook. Theme Music by ArcheopSoup ProductionsProduced by Chris Webster and Tristan Boyle

Today we talk about murder most fowl and about Margaret Murray's investigations into what she thought might be motive by witchcraft. We talk about Murray's research into witch cults and how that research influenced what we know as modern Wicca practices.

Join me in this episode as I discuss the theory of a pre-Christian Witchcraft Religion, most notably popularized by Margaret Murray's “The Witch-Cult in Western Europe” published in 1921. What does the theory suggest? What does Jacob Grimm have to do with it? Who is Jules Michelet? Who is Matilda Gage? What does Karl Pearson (an English Math professor) have to do with it?  www.revonyx.com

Join me (RevOnyx) in this episode of “Soapbox Witch” as I take on the topic of the real history of Wicca. I will discuss Margaret Murray's book “Witch-cult in Western Europe.” I will talk about the purpose of religion. I will discuss the meaning of mythology.  www.revonyx.com

Episode 5 of Inciting A Riot: the Podcast!!! Today deals with tough-to-swallow history concerning the modern evolution of paganism as created by a woman named Margaret Murray. The news articles deal with a recent article published on the Wild Hunt concerning Christian license plates and American Big Business fighting to keep slavery alive. The word of the day is "perspicuous." The poem is "Picking." In the main topic we look at Margaret Murray and how she helped to ingrain the incorrect theories of the Burning Times, the Old Religion, and a host of other supposed pagan history into pop culture. Make sure to check out Lizzie's Logic and VOTE FOR THE WIGGLIAN WAY! Also, vote at Podcast Alley and iTunes. (links below) Email the show at IncitingARiotPodcast@gmail.com. Promos played: Valley Witches, Ariel's Druidic Craft of the Wise, and Geek Witch. Love and Lyte, Fire Lyte -- Podbean: http://FireLyte.podbean.com Podcast Alley: http://www.podcastalley.com/podcast_details.php?pod_id=86829 iTunes: http://www.itunes.com/podcast?id=337689333 Blog: http://Fire-Lyte.blogspot.com RSS Feed: http://FireLyte.podbean.com/feed