Podcast appearances and mentions of pam grossman

As the winter solstice and Yule are upon us, we are celebrating these Pagan holidays by talking about the iconic image of the witch, with Pam Grossman -- friend of the show, curator, writer and host of the podcast The Witch Wave.

Ever wonder what professional witches DO to make money? Have you wanted to make the leap into full time healing, creativity, and/or general badassery/witchery but aren't sure where to begin? This episode is here to help you. In this week's episode, an Iconic Archive that first aired in 2020, Sarah  has the honor of sitting down with famous witch, Pam Grossman of the Witch Wave! Tune into hear more about Pam's journey from corporate worker to well-paid witch, as well as: the practical steps Pam took to transition her career What everyone should be aware of in every big move How Pam's practice has changed A super fun reading that Sarah give Pam! Sign up for the Artist's Way. Join the Moon Studio Patreon. Buy The Moon BookSubscribe to our newsletter. About Pam Grossman:  Pam is a writer, curator, and teacher of magical practice and history. She is the host of The Witch Wave podcast (“the Terry Gross of Witches” - Vulture) and the author of Waking the Witch: Reflections on Women, Magic, and Power (Gallery Books / Simon & Schuster) and What Is A Witch (Tin Can Forest Press). She is also co-editor and co-author of the WITCHCRAFT volume of Taschen's Library of Esoterica series. Her forthcoming book on the magical process of creativity, MAGIC MAKER, will be published by Penguin Life in Fall 2025.Pam's websitePam's podcast: The Witch Wave 

This season finale of The Witch Wave features Suranne Jones, the award-winning English actor, producer, and series creator. She's been nominated for several awards for acting and won a BAFTA for her starring role in the hit series Doctor Foster: A Woman Scorned. Some highlights from her decades long television career include starring roles in Gentleman Jack, Vigil, and Scott and Bailey, and she's also appeared in such British television intuitions as Coronation Street and Doctor Who. She's currently in production on a new Netflix thiller series called The Choice, which sees her starring as the British Prime Minister opposite Julie Delpy's French president, so look for that in 2025. Suranne also has an illustrious theatre career, and has starred in such plays as Frozen, Orlando, and Beautiful Thing.As producer, Suranne runs the TeamAkers Productions company with her husband Laurence Akers, and it's this company that is responsible for the new docuseries, Suranne Jones: Investigating Witch Trials(which features our own Pam Grossman!) The series is currently airing in 2 parts on the UK's Channel 4 on June 23rd and June 30th, and if you missed the first part not to worry as both will be streaming on the Channel 4 site as well.On this episode, Suranne discusses what compelled her to make a witchcraft documentary, her personal relationship to magic, and the shapeshifting abilities that she brings to the craft of acting.Pam also talks about why historical witch hunts are relevant to this present moment, and answers a listener question about revealing her witch self on a date.Our sponsors for this episode are Ritual + Shelter, Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab, Nicole Marxen, BetterHelp, Snowy Owl Tea, Liza Fenster's COMMUNION course, Sphere + Sundry, and The Queer Witches of Maude's Paperwing GalleryWe also have brand new print-on-demand merch like Witch Wave shirts, sweatshirts, totes, stickers, and mugs available now here.And if you want more Witch Wave, please consider supporting us on Patreon to get access to detailed show notes, bonus Witch Wave Plus episodes, Pam's monthly online rituals, and more! That's patreon.com/witchwave

Poet Kira Rosemarie joins me to talk about poetry, inspiration, editing, and much more. Purchase Moon/Season direct from Bottle Cap Press. Find more of Kira's writing on her website, check out her community and online store and follow her on Instagram. Bookshop.org affiliate link to a few things we discussed: Waking the Witch by Pam Grossman, Miracles of Our Own Making by Liz Williams, and Appalachian Elegy by bell hooks. Please support Black, indigenous, queer, trans, and women-owned, local, independent bookstores. Transcripts of all episodes are available at witchlitpod.com Buy us a coffee (and support our work) on Ko-fi Follow WitchLit on InstagramFind Victoria at https://readvictoria.com and https://1000voltpress.com and on Instagram and Substack

I had the pleasure of speaking with Dr. Pam Grossman. "Dr. Grossman is a leading expert in teacher preparation, teacher quality, and teacher professional development. A former high school English teacher, Dr. Grossman is at the forefront of rethinking how teachers are educated and studying the connections between the support they receive, the quality of their classroom practice, the likelihood they remain in teaching, and student learning." This is the last of a collection of four episodes recorded in early 2022 on the topic of teacher attrition. We discuss the impact of school and district leadership on teacher turnover, the challenges that different types of schools face in retaining high-quality teachers, potential policy solutions to high rates of teacher resignation, and more. Enjoy.

As Fiona said, we often read for comfort, but for this episode, we all have to step out of our comfort zone to read a genre we usually don't read. What would be outside your wheelhouse that you'd like to give it a try? Books mentioned on this episode: 77 Fragments of a Familiar Ruin: Poems by Thomas King, The Lady Killer by Masako Togawa, God's Country by Percival Everett, and Waking the Witch: Reflections on Women, Magic, and Power by Pam Grossman. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/keepitfictional/message

Brooklyn-based author and witch Pam Grossman joins DTYBP's new series, Good Witches of the Concrete Jungle, for Part 2! Pam reflects on the role beauty has played in the presentation of witches in pop culture, pays homage to Margaret Hamilton, shares about her job as a consultant on The Craft: Legacy and more.Show Notes:Pam GrossmanWaking the Witch: Reflections on Women, Magic, and Power by Pam GrossmanWhat is a Witch by Pam Grossman@michaela.durisovaRavensburgerThe Road to Oz: The Evolution, Creation, and Legacy of a Motion Picture Masterpiece by Jay Scarfone and William StillmanMargaret Hamilton visits Mr. RogersDown the YBP Etsy ShopPatreon - DTYBPInstagram: @downtheyellowbrickpod#DownTheYBPTara: @taratagticklesEmKay: @emshray

They're betting no one will notice the GOP is increasing their wealth & lowering their taxes while manipulating white male anger and violence against women, immigrants, liberals, and people of color... Author Robert Draper describes his new book and explains when the Republican Party lost its mind. The Paul Pelosi attack shows how the GOP's limitless lying endangers Americans. Writer, curator, and teacher of magical practice and history, and host of The Witch Wave podcast, Pamela "Pam" Grossman opines on the demonization and cancellation of women.What are the parallels between witches and the womens' movement?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Brooklyn-based author and witch Pam Grossman joins DTYBP's new series, Good Witches of the Concrete Jungle! Pam shares her background discovering magic in New Jersey and NYC, celebrates the Good Witches who guided her towards discovering her own practices, expands upon her deep relationship to nature and more.Stay tuned for Part 2 dropping this Wednesday.Show Notes:Pam GrossmanWaking the Witch: Reflections on Women, Magic, and Power by Pam GrossmanWhat is a Witch by Pam GrossmanThe Real Wizard of Oz: The Life and Times of L. Frank Baum by Rebecca LoncraineThe Wizard of Oz Invented the ‘Good Witch' by Pam GrossmanDown the YBP Etsy ShopPatreon - DTYBPInstagram: @downtheyellowbrickpod#DownTheYBPTara: @taratagticklesEmKay: @emshray

Episode 3 of “Back at the Start: A Situation Comedy” starring David Greenspan. We've got guests!Back at the Start is performed by David Greenspan. Written & directed by Matthew Freeman. The Back at the Start Theme was written by Peter Vitale with lyrics by Matthew Freeman. It was performed by Sean Elias-Reyes and Milena Elias-Reyes. Produced by Sean Elias-Reyes with Additional Mixing by Nate Brailer. Special Thanks to Josh Wilcox at Brooklyn Podcasting Studio, Ben Lohrberg and Pam Grossman. Back at the Start is a Theater Accident Production.

Season Finale. Episode 6 of “Back at the Start: A Situation Comedy” starring David Greenspan. A backyard barbeque! Will we be renewed?Back at the Start is performed by David Greenspan. Written & directed by Matthew Freeman. The Back at the Start Theme was written by Peter Vitale with lyrics by Matthew Freeman. It was performed by Sean Elias-Reyes and Milena Elias-Reyes. Produced by Sean Elias-Reyes with Additional Mixing by Nate Brailer. Special Thanks to Josh Wilcox at Brooklyn Podcasting Studio, Ben Lohrberg and Pam Grossman. Back at the Start is a Theater Accident Production.www.theateraccident.org

Episode 5 of “Back at the Start: A Situation Comedy” starring David Greenspan. A very special episode.Back at the Start is performed by David Greenspan. Written & directed by Matthew Freeman. The Back at the Start Theme was written by Peter Vitale with lyrics by Matthew Freeman. It was performed by Sean Elias-Reyes and Milena Elias-Reyes. Produced by Sean Elias-Reyes with Additional Mixing by Nate Brailer. Special Thanks to Josh Wilcox at Brooklyn Podcasting Studio, Ben Lohrberg and Pam Grossman. Back at the Start is a Theater Accident Production.www.theateraccident.org

Episode 4 of “Back at the Start: A Situation Comedy” starring David Greenspan. The children are captivated by digital entertainment!Back at the Start is performed by David Greenspan. Written & directed by Matthew Freeman. The Back at the Start Theme was written by Peter Vitale with lyrics by Matthew Freeman. It was performed by Sean Elias-Reyes and Milena Elias-Reyes. Produced by Sean Elias-Reyes with Additional Mixing by Nate Brailer. Special Thanks to Josh Wilcox at Brooklyn Podcasting Studio, Ben Lohrberg and Pam Grossman. Back at the Start is a Theater Accident Production.

Episode 2 of “Back at the Start: A Situation Comedy” starring David Greenspan. We're all out of birthday candles!Back at the Start is performed by David Greenspan. Written & directed by Matthew Freeman. The Back at the Start Theme was written by Peter Vitale with lyrics by Matthew Freeman. It was performed by Sean Elias-Reyes and Milena Elias-Reyes. Produced by Sean Elias-Reyes with Additional Mixing by Nate Brailer. Special Thanks to Josh Wilcox at Brooklyn Podcasting Studio, Ben Lohrberg and Pam Grossman. Back at the Start is a Theater Accident Production.

Kristin is talking with with Rabbi Leah Jordan and Pam Grossman — writer, curator, and teacher of magical practice and history — to dig deep into Willow's Jewishness, her witchy-ness, and how those two identities are in conversation with each other (or how we *wish* they would have been!) across seven seasons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.This episode contains spoilers through the end of Season 7 of Buffy!LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNETRabbi Leah Jordan: @leah_solo; Kehillah North LondonPam Grossman: @phantasmaphile; pamgrossman.comKristin Russo: @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.comMORE ON OUR GUESTSLeah Jordan is Rabbi of Kehillah North LondonShe received semicha from the Leo Baeck College in London and has lived and worked for over a decade in Britain. Leah is co-coordinator of Azara-Opening the Beit Midrash (www.asra.org.uk), a new initiative creating Jewish text learning for everyone in the UK, and they are a current and founding member of Na'amod: British Jews Against Occupation (@NaamodUK), a movement of British Jews dedicated to ending our community's support for the Occupation. Leah has spent three years of their adult life in Jerusalem, learning Torah and on-the-ground organising, as a Fellow at both the Conservative Yeshiva and the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies, as well as doing a yearlong Fellowship at Yeshivat Hadar in New York City. Leah also holds an MA in Jewish Studies from King's College London, and a BA in English Literature from the University of Kansas, with concentrations in Modern European History and French language studies at the Alliance Française in Paris.Leah is from a ‘country,' as Bob Dylan wrote, ‘called the Midwest.' They especially love teaching Torah & Jewish text study, youth work, building community, and organising for change. They also love travel & the universe, both this actual one, as well as fictional universes and stories. They live in London with their partner, Benji Stanley, also a rabbi. She/TheyPam Grossman is the creator and host of internationally beloved podcast, The Witch Wave ("The Terry Gross of witches" - Vulture), the author of the critically acclaimed books, Waking the Witch: Reflections on Women, Magic, and Power  (Gallery Books) and What is a Witch (Tin Can Forest Press), and the co-editor of the WITCHCRAFT volume of Taschen's Library of Esoterica series. Her writing has appeared in such outlets as The New York Times, The Atlantic, Time, and Ms. Magazine. She is cofounder of the Occult Humanities Conference at NYU, and her art exhibitions and magical projects have been featured in such publications as Artforum, Art in America, and The New Yorker. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and their two feline familiars. You can find her at PamGrossman.com and @Phantasmaphile, and support her work at The Witch Wave Patreon!+++Links from Leah:how Antisemitism and white supremacy are intertwinedScholar Matthew Pateman on Willow's "disappearing Jewishness"great summary of representations of anti-Jewish archetypes in media, with scholar Jonathan BranfmanConcepts in Jewish Tradition: Demons & Demonology, Is There a Jewish Afterlife?, Teshuva, or Repentance, Kabbalah and Mysticism 101, Tikkun Olam: Repairing the World, Maimonides (Rambam) and His Texts, Lilith: Lady Flying in the DarknessGenesis, chapter 4, verse 7: "Surely, if you try to do right, There is uplift. But if you do not do right Sin crouches at the door; Its urge is toward you, Yet you can be overcome it.”SVARA: a traditionally radical yeshiva, a queer yeshivaNonbinary Hebrew ProjectAND kids now are doing Willow Rosenberg-themed b'nei mitzvah!Links from Pam:Ezra RoseKey of SolomonThe Lesser Key of Solomon (Goetia)Incantation bowlsHamsaMezuzahDori MidnightRebekah ErevKohonet Hebrew Priestess InstituteAshkenazi Herbalism by Adam Siegel and Deatra CohenMargaret MurrayWitch-cult hypothesisGerald GardnerWiccaStarhawkZsuzsanna BudapestMargot AdlerHermetic Order of the Golden DawnAleister CrowleyDion FortuneTree of Life/Sefirot (Kabbalah)Kabbalah v. Cabala v. QabalahShedim (or sheydim)Golemopshprekherin+++Buffering the Vampire Slayer: @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagramLearn more about our team at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/our-team Produced by: Kristin Russo, Pam Grossman, and Leah JordanWith support from Alba Daza and Mackenzie MacDadeEdited by: John Mark Nelson & Kristin RussoLogo: Kristine Thune+++SUPPORT US ON PATREON!Advance Music, Bonus Episodes, Live Concerts, Book Clubs, wheeeee!!patreon.com/bufferingcastSCOOP SOME MERCHSmash the Patriarchy with Buffering T-Shirts, Hoodies, Sweatpants, Pins!bufferingthevampireslayer.com/shop+++We acknowledge that we and our team are occupying unceded and stolen lands and territories. Kristin occupies the Lenape territories of the Esopus Lenape Peoples. Jenny occupies the Wabanahkik territory of the Abenaki and Pennacook Peoples. Alba occupies Tiohtià:ke of the Kanien'kehá:ka Nation. Mack, LaToya, Morgan, and John Mark occupy the lands of the Kizh Peoples.Learn more about Land Acknowledgments + our continued anti-racist efforts atbufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfightingJust Keep Fighting - Community Events Calendar:https://www.bufferingthevampireslayer.com/just-keep-fighting-spotlight-on-community-anti-racism

Kristin is talking with with Rabbi Leah Jordan and Pam Grossman — writer, curator, and teacher of magical practice and history — to dig deep into Willow's Jewishness, her witchy-ness, and how those two identities are in conversation with each other (or how we *wish* they would have been!) across seven seasons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. This episode contains spoilers through the end of Season 7 of Buffy! LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNET Rabbi Leah Jordan: @leah_solo; Kehillah North London Pam Grossman: @phantasmaphile; pamgrossman.com Kristin Russo: @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.com MORE ON OUR GUESTS Leah Jordan is Rabbi of Kehillah North London Pam Grossman is the creator and host of internationally beloved podcast, The Witch Wave ("The Terry Gross of witches" - Vulture), the author of the critically acclaimed books, Waking the Witch: Reflections on Women, Magic, and Power  (Gallery Books) and What is a Witch (Tin Can Forest Press), and the co-editor of the WITCHCRAFT volume of Taschen's Library of Esoterica series. +++ Links from Leah: how Antisemitism and white supremacy are intertwined Scholar Matthew Pateman on Willow's "disappearing Jewishness" great summary of representations of anti-Jewish archetypes in media, with scholar Jonathan Branfman Concepts in Jewish Tradition: Demons & Demonology, Is There a Jewish Afterlife?, Teshuva, or Repentance, Kabbalah and Mysticism 101, Tikkun Olam: Repairing the World, Maimonides (Rambam) and His Texts, Lilith: Lady Flying in the Darkness Genesis, chapter 4, verse 7: "Surely, if you try to do right, There is uplift. But if you do not do right Sin crouches at the door; Its urge is toward you, Yet you can be overcome it.” SVARA: a traditionally radical yeshiva, a queer yeshiva Nonbinary Hebrew Project AND kids now are doing Willow Rosenberg-themed b'nei mitzvah! Links from Pam: Ezra Rose Key of Solomon The Lesser Key of Solomon (Goetia) Incantation bowls Hamsa Mezuzah Dori Midnight Rebekah Erev Kohonet Hebrew Priestess Institute Ashkenazi Herbalism by Adam Siegel and Deatra Cohen Margaret Murray Witch-cult hypothesis Gerald Gardner Wicca Starhawk Zsuzsanna Budapest Margot Adler Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn Aleister Crowley Dion Fortune Tree of Life/Sefirot (Kabbalah) Kabbalah v. Cabala v. Qabalah Shedim (or sheydim) Golem opshprekherin +++ Buffering the Vampire Slayer: @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagram Learn more about our team at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/our-team  Produced by: Kristin Russo, Pam Grossman, and Leah Jordan With support from Alba Daza and Mackenzie MacDade Edited by: John Mark Nelson & Kristin Russo Logo: Kristine Thune +++ SUPPORT US ON PATREON! Advance Music, Bonus Episodes, Live Concerts, Book Clubs, wheeeee!! patreon.com/bufferingcast SCOOP SOME MERCH Smash the Patriarchy with Buffering T-Shirts, Hoodies, Sweatpants, Pins! bufferingthevampireslayer.com/shop +++ We acknowledge that we and our team are occupying unceded and stolen lands and territories. Kristin occupies the Lenape territories of the Esopus Lenape Peoples. Jenny occupies the Wabanahkik territory of the Abenaki and Pennacook Peoples. Alba occupies Tiohtià:ke of the Kanien'kehá:ka Nation. Mack, LaToya, Morgan, and John Mark occupy the lands of the Kizh Peoples. Learn more about Land Acknowledgments + our continued anti-racist efforts at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting Just Keep Fighting - Community Events Calendar: https://www.bufferingthevampireslayer.com/just-keep-fighting-spotlight-on-community-anti-racism Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Premiere Episode of “Back at the Start: A Situation Comedy” starring David Greenspan. Back at the Start is performed by David Greenspan. Written & Directed by Matthew Freeman. The Back at the Start Theme was written by Peter Vitale with lyrics by Matthew Freeman. It was performed by Sean Elias-Reyes and Milena Elias-Reyes. Produced by Sean Elias-Reyes with Additional Mixing by Nate Brailer. Special Thanks to Josh Wilcox at Brooklyn Podcasting Studio, Ben Lohrberg and Pam Grossman. Back at the Start is a Theater Accident Production.www.theateraccident.org

In the US, the government sector is around 20-22% of our economy, while in other countries, such as Denmark, it is higher. Is the US on the right side, or should the government be bigger? And how much control should a government have? Libertarian Economist & President of The Market Institute, Charles Sauer joins Thom to debate. Also, Crazy Alert! The Right Wing wants Salem Witch Trials back! A Trump cultist pastor is actually threatening to expose six women for being witches and for infiltrating into different areas of society.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Renee makes a totally awesome Italian Grilled Cheese, then both Louise and Renee are sharing ideas for how to turn a panettone into something extra. They're talking French toast and bread pudding, and it's totally delish.Then they chat about vision boards for 2022. What is a vision board and what's on it? They're both ordering up some home renovations and international travel. Louise is also hoping for the confidence to follow her passions, and Renee has visions of expanding her business into new realms.Then Louise is releasing some serious anxiety and Renee is grappling with her money mindset. Louise gets to take some time away from work, and Renee is reading Waking the Witch by Pam Grossman. (Affiliate link)For complete show notes and links, go to awesomeon20.com/episode29Follow Renee on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Renee_awesomeon20/Follow Louise on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Louise_awesomeon20/Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/awesomeon20)

In our Halloween Special, we learn how magic and fashion combine in Anna Biller's fabulous technicolour extravaganza ‘The Love Witch'. See links below. Anna Biller: https://www.lifeofastar.com/index.html Anna Biller (director and much else), ‘The Love Witch' (2016): https://www.lifeofastar.com/lovewitch.html and https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3908142/ ‘#8 - Anna Biller, Filmmaker of “The Love Witch”, a conversation with Pam Grossman of The Witch Wave (31 January 2018): https://witchwavepodcast.com/episodes/2018/1/31/anna-biller-filmmaker-of-the-love-witch Emma Willis (key makeup artist): https://www.instagram.com/emmawillishmu/ Jester Puppet: Barry Morse https://www.instagram.com/barry_morse_artist/ Jacques Demy (director), Gitt Magrini (costume design), ‘Peau d'âne' (1970): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066207/ Laird Borrelli-Persson, ‘The Secret Life of the Arrow Collar Man, an Early 20th-Century Sex Symbol', Vogue (12 June 2017): https://www.vogue.com/article/pride-2017-leyendecker-arrow-collar-man-sex-symbol Rains: https://www.uk.rains.com/collections/bags

On this week's 51%, it’s witching hour. We speak with a Massachusetts state senator about a bill to exonerate a woman convicted during the Salem witch trials. Author Kate Laity teaches us about the history of magic, and we also speak with author and podcaster Pam Grossman about modern witchcraft, and why witches are a feminist icon. (more…)

Circe is the first witch mentioned in the literature of the classical world. Daughter of the Sun, and the ocean nymph Perse, Circe is the Lady of the Beasts, wielder of wands, knower of plants, both poisonous and medicinal, and is queer AF.  She's a goddess of secrets and necromancy (she can communicate with the dead). Her familiar is the hawk, so if you see one, recognize that Circe might be present. In this episode we discuss the beautiful demi-goddess Circe in all her glory with one of her priests, Nick Dickinson. He tells us how to invoke her, and why Circe is a goddess all witches need to know. He also shares his methods for lifting the evil eye, and breaking curses from his family lineage of Greek Folk Magic. Do you know how the evil eye gets transmitted? You might have done it yourself by accident. Find out what it is and how to lift it by tuning in!We are absolutely in love with Circe, her wisdom, her wileyness, her complexity, her mastery. We seriously could have talked with Nick for YEARS! We're so excited to share this episode with you, dear listeners. You're going to love it! A bit more about our guest... Nick Dickinson is Headmistress of Circe Academy through The Cauldron Black in Salem MA, and a professional witch and witchcraft educator with over 35 years of experience working with clients and students in both public and private settings. Ordained and initiated in a variety of tantric yoga traditions (Mahayana Buddhism), and a teacher of yoga teachers and psychics, his classes and workshops are influenced by the intersection of classical yoga theory and modern witchcraft practice. Operating through a multidimensional animist lens with a focus on Greek folklore, Nick's content welcomes all traditions at all levels and can be approached in a purely secular way.  NOTE: Don't forget to pre-order the new Taschen book, Witchcraft......we mention in the episode edited by Pam Grossman and Jess Hundley. A spellbinding journey through the global history of witchcraft, the third volume in The Library of Esoterica follows this magickal tradition from its ancient roots to its modern incarnations. Through more than 400 artworks, and revelatory essays and interviews with modern practitioners. Amanda's got an essay in it about witches of mythology, and it features many other beloved friends of Between the Worlds, such as Gaby Herstik and Edgar Fabian Frias. You won't want to miss it! Click here to find out more. References in this episode include:The Odyssey, by HomerCirce, by Madeline MillerThe Book of Oberon, by Harms, Clark and PetersonTransformations of Circe, by Judith YarnallDrawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco Roman World, by Radcliffe G Edmonds III **********************************Learn More About Our  Guest Nick DickinsonNick Dickinson is Headmistress of Circe Academy through The Cauldron Black in Salem MA, and a professional witch and witchcraft educator with over 35 years of experience working with clients and students in both public and private settings. Ordained and initiated in a variety of tantric yoga traditions (Mahayana Buddhism), and a teacher of yoga teachers and psychics, his classes and workshops are influenced by the intersection of classical yoga theory and modern witchcraft practice. Operating through a multidimensional animist lens with a focus on Greek folklore, Nick's content welcomes all traditions at all levels and can be approached in a purely secular way. Join his class, at the Cauldron Black: Circe AcademyLift your curses for a dollar a month by joining his Patreon: Hedgecraft Ritual ArtsNick is also presenting at Salem Witchcraft and Folklore festival again this year: find out more about the festival here.Follow him on Instagram: @UrbanWizardFollow him on Facebook: Nick Dickinson ******************************* CURRENT WORKSHOPS TEMPERANCE: Potions, Offerings, & Rituals of Transformation :  In this workshop you will learn to use ordinary substances to make big magic in your everyday life. Cooking magic, cleaning magic, love magic, and more. You'll learn how to whip up a spell using the things you have in your kitchen, create offerings for your ancestors, and a clearing bath that will restore your soul. 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There's even a club - “Homework Club” - which offers creative people a framework for keeping their projects and practices a priority with *actual homework* and optional accountability groups made up of other artists and writers!You can visit MindYourPractice.com for more details or listen wherever you stream Between the Worlds.**********************************Get in touch with sponsorship inquiries for Between the Worlds at betweentheworldspodcast@gmail.com.**CONTRIBUTORS:Amanda Yates Garcia (host) & Carolyn Pennypacker Riggs (producer, composer). The BTW logo collage was created by Maria Minnis (tinyparsnip.com / instagram.com/tinyparsnip ) with text designed by Leah Hayes. 

On this episode Jinkx comes out of the broom closet and gets ooky spooky with author, podcast host, and curator Pam Grossman. They talk about modern day witchcraft, classical depictions of witches in media and culture, and how they cast spells and create magic in their daily lives. And of course they talk about celebrity crushes and karaoke songs too!Listen to Hi Jinkx Ad-Free AND One Day Early on Forever Dog PlusFOLLOW JINKXWebsiteInstagramTwitterFOLLOW MOM PODCASTSHI JINKX! IS A FOREVER DOG AND MOGULS OF MEDIA (M.O.M.) PODCASTSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Cliffo & Gabi spoke with Pam Grossman, a practising witch from New York who shared what it actually is like living as a witch and whether the stereotypes of one are actually real   #HitQLDBreakfast #Cliffo&Gabi #PamGrossman #Witch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today's guest is Brooklyn-based poet and witch Stephanie Athena Valente. Stephanie's published works include Hotel Ghost, waiting for the end of the world, Little Fang and Spell Work, and her writing has been featured in Witch Craft Magazine, Maudlin House and Hobart, among others. She's also the associate editor at Yes, Poetry.I first encountered Stephanie on Instagram, through the network of witches and writers connected to the online magazine Luna Luna. I was instantly intrigued by her unique blend of poetry, tarot, astrology and glamour. Her writing is unabashedly magickal and femme, and her Instagram persona seems uninhibited in a way I envy.We talked about everything from covens to Doc Martens, including her teenage obsession with Hot Topic, her overwhelming success with love spells, her Italian and Greek-flavored glamour magick and how she was, in her words, radicalized by The Craft. And since we're both writers, we couldn't help nerding out about writing and creativity too. Stephanie is inspired by the designs of L'école des Femmes.One of her favorite mantras is from The LA Minimalist. She recommends Waking the Witch by Pam Grossman and she's excited to read The GLAM Witch by Michael Herkes.Her vegan boots are from Koi Footwear.If you want more fashion magick or to get my insights on tarot and astrology, you can follow me on Instagram @littleritualstarot. I'm also on twitter @tobeyward. You can find Stephanie on Instagram @stephanie.athena. The intro and outro music is Song of Sweetness by Potential Gospel. The podcast art is by Juliann Gates. This episode was mastered by Matt Fox. 

Francis Stevens (1883-1948) was the pen name of Gertrude Barrows Bennett, aka “the woman who invented modern American dark fantasy.” Her story “Unseen--Unfeared,” an early example of weird fiction, was published in the February 10, 1919 issue of People's Favorite Magazine. Like Tanith Lee's “Yellow and Red,” in “Unseen--Unfeared,” we have yet another lesson about the horrors of photography. This time, however, we have a scientist trying to develop color plates, who unwittingly discovers the right shades of lighting to illuminate some rather nasty creatures. These horrifying-looking creatures are invisible to the naked human eye, yet they live in the world all around us, and, at times, may even be touching us. So, we invite you, listeners, to: See the Great Unseen! Come in! This means you! It is free to ALL!        Recommended in this episode: American Hysteria podcast and Pam Grossman's Waking the Witch On the next podcast episode: “The Quest for Blank Claveringi” by Patricia Highsmith Please rate and review us, or better yet, tell a friend.  Our social media is @MonsterWrote on Twitter and Instagram. Our email is monsterwrote@gmail.com. This episode was produced and researched by Lisa and Mel. Theme music is “Misconception” by Nicolas Gasparini, used with permission.   

The GOP is bringing back medieval gender politics in the latest attack on women's rights. Their target, the supreme court!

We all know the moon. We all have a relationship with it. The earliest people obeyed her orbit, timed their months and holidays and celebrations and agriculture to the moon; the echoes of that system are still visible today, though the connection to the moon is often forgotten.Sarah Faith Gottesdiener is the leader of a movement to remind us of that lineage, guiding our rhythms and our sleep, our energy and our emotions, reminding us of our humanity and our magic. In her self-published Many Moons Workbooks and Lunar Journals, as well as her sold-out classes, she has guided over 60,000 folks to a deeper relationship with the moon, and through it, with themselves.The Moon Book will be an informative and comprehensive guide to lunar living, incorporating radical, self-empowering, and magical tools and resources for the beginner and experienced lunar-follower alike. Depending on where we are in our lives, depending on what we are feeling or what is happening around us, the moon allows us a space to invite ritual into our daily lives. The Moon Book will provide a framework on how to utilize the entire lunar cycle holistically, while offering ways for the reader to develop a personal relationship with their own cycles—energetic, personal, and emotional—through the lens of the moon’s phases.   Gottesdiener is in conversation with Pam Grossman, a writer, curator, and teacher of magical practice and history.   This episode was recorded on Monday, December 14 during a live Crowdcast event hosted by Skylight Books. Visit us at www.crowdcast.io/skylightbooks to RSVP for future events. _______________________________________________   Produced by Maddie Gobbo & Michael Kowaleski Theme: "I Love All My Friends," an unreleased demo by Fragile Gang. Visit https://www.skylightbooks.com/event for future offerings from the Skylight Books Events team.

Heksen van Mona Chollet Sinds enige tijd merken we dat onze klanten vragen naar boeken over heksen en moderne hekserij. Daarom duiken Lola en Suzanne in de wereld van de heks en verkennen de verschillende manieren waarop deze figuur functioneert als feministisch symbool. Onze gids is Mona Chollet middels haar boek "Heksen. Eerherstel voor de vrouwelijke rebel". De heksenvervolgingen waren een oorlog tegen vrouwen, die zijn sporen tot in het heden heeft nagelaten. Zonder dat we het beseffen leven we nog steeds met het wereldbeeld van toen. Vrouwen die te onafhankelijk zijn, geen kinderen hebben of simpelweg oud zijn geworden moeten vechten tegen negatieve stereotypes. De vrouwelijke natuur wordt weggezet als hysterisch en irrationeel. Nu onze rationele maatschappij zo onhoudbaar blijkt, komen er eindelijk scheuren in dat wereldbeeld. Jonge vrouwen omarmen weer het idee van de heks, feministen voorop. Vind het boek hier in de webshop. Verder lezen? Als jij nu ook in de ban bent geraakt van de heks, dan kun je fijn doorlezen. Begin bv met één van deze artikelen: In dit artikel in The Baffler  verkent Laurie Penny de 'millenial heks' en vertelt over haar eigen tienerexperimenten met hekserij. In deze blogpost legt Rhiannon Mechan hoe wit privilege de fascinatie van veel witte vrouwen voor de heks faciliteert. In dit wetenschappelijke artikel analyseert Carly B. Floyd hoe moderne Wicca-gemeenschappen in de VS gebaseerd zijn op heternormatieve normen. ze concludeert dat deze gemeenschappen veel vormen van queerness uitsluiten. Als je helemaal in het onderwerp wilt duiken kun je natuurlijk ook een duik doen in onze webshop, met een van deze titels: Witch, Slut, Feminist: these contested identities are informing millennial women as they counter a tortuous history of misogyny with empowerment. This innovative primer highlights sexual liberation as it traces the lineage of “witch feminism” through art, film, music, fashion, literature, technology, religion, pop culture, and politics. Juxtaposing scholarly research on the demonization of women and female sexuality that has continued since the witch hunts of the early modern era with pop occulture analyses and interviews with activists, artists, scholars, and practitioners of witchcraft, this book addresses and illuminates contemporary conversations about reproductive rights, sexual pleasure, queer identity, pornography, sex work, and more. Author Kristen J. Sollee elucidates the ways in which women have been persecuted for their perceived connection with witchcraft, and how they have fought back, harnessing the legacy of the witch for revolutionary means. Vind het boek hier in de webshop A whip-smart and illuminating exploration of the world's fascination with witches from podcast host and practicing witch Pam Grossman (The Witch Wave), who delves deeply into why witches have intrigued us for centuries and why they're more relevant now than ever. When you think of a witch, what do you picture? Pointy black hat, maybe a broomstick. But witches in various guises have been with us for millennia. In 'Waking the Witch', Pam Grossman explores the cultural and historical impact of the world's most magical icon. From the idea of the femme fatale in league with the devil in early modern Europe and Salem, to the bewitching pop culture archetypes in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, and Harry Potter; from the spooky ladies in fairy tales and horror films to the rise of feminist covens and contemporary witchcraft, witches reflect the power and potential of women. In this fascinating read that is part cultural analysis, part memoir, Pam opens up about her own journey on the path to witchcraft, and how her personal embrace of the witch helped her find strength, self-empowerment, and a deeper purpose. A comprehensive meditation on one of the most mysterious and captivating figures of all time, 'Waking the Witch' celebrates witches past,

Pam Grossman, author of Waking the Witch: Reflections on Women, Magic, and Power , host of The Witch Wave podcast, and named by Vulture "The Terry Gross of Witches" joins Raviv and Professor Fannie Bialek to unpack the beginning of the Passover story, the ancient practice of deciphering “good magic” from “bad magic”, and the power of ritual.

Based on her critically acclaimed exhibition, Major Arcana collects the work of photographer Frances F. Denny, who traveled around the U.S. photographing and interviewing a diverse group of people who identify as witches.This book is an exploration of contemporary witchery told through striking photographs and short, inspiring essays written by the “Terry Gross of witches,” Pam Grossman, and the subjects themselves. From occultists and Neo-pagans, to herbalists and Wiccan High Priestesses, Denny’s portraits capture the face of modern American witchcraft and challenge our assumptions about who and what a witch really is. Denny is in conversation with writer Lisa Locascio. ________________________________________________ Produced by Maddie Gobbo & Michael Kowaleski Theme: "I Love All My Friends," a new, unreleased demo by Fragile Gang. Visit https://www.skylightbooks.com/event for future offerings from the Skylight Books Events team.  

Sarah has a ton going on this month! Will this introvert survive both eclipse season AND the most events she's ever attended in one month? Tune in to find out. See below for all links.Pre-order the Moon Book here. Enroll for Sarah's free mini e-course for all pre-orders here. Sign-up for Sarah's Lunar Humanifestation class ends Wednesday, enroll here. Join us for a free, Many Moons Celebration Sunday, December 6th at 3 pm here. Sign up for Sarah's Honoring the Dark Moon workshop at Hauswitch on December 12th here. RSVP to Sarah's Book Launch at Skylight Books with Pam Grossman here. 

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HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!! On this episode Fidel and Eddie are joined by a special guest. Nikki from Texas Shoegaze/Alternative band DAZE. They discuss with her how she got into witchcraft and her experiences with it growing up. The three of them also discuss certain films that involve witchcraft and how accurate its depiction is. Follow BETAMAX: https://compiled.social/BETAMAXULTD The Witch Wave Podcast with Pam Grossman: https://witchwavepodcast.com

To celebrate the season of the Witch, our founder/perfumer interviews Pamela Grossman, a celebrated author of the occult and practicing Witch. Join in this fascinating conversation as they delve into the history, lore, and anthropology of the witch.

Addressing the stigma of the word and the misconceptions of the practices, author/teacher/podcaster Pam Grossman details the reality of being a witch and the magic that exists in being a conduit between the physical and invisible world.

Josh mentions his trip to Idylwilde and gives a Kitty and Louis (the ghosts In his apartment) update. They turned on his Quip! Josh Is joined by very famous witch Pam Grossman of the Witch Wave and her book "Waking the Witch: Reflections on Women, Magic, and Power." They discuss the shadow side of woo-woo wish-fulfillment phenomena like The Secret, annoying things within the witchy/witch/Pagan community, the representation of witches In popular media like Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, to hex or not to hex, smudging and sage, Josh's spell backfired, what it was like for Pam to work on the remake of The Craft, Wicca vs Traditional Witchcraft, the word witch Itself, Pam's chart (she's an Aquarius), and a quick little tarot reading. https://witchwavepodcast.com/https://www.pamgrossman.com/writing

Listen to EmKay blow Tara’s mind with the shocking history of gingham as they set afoot down the yellow brick road with Dorothy, question munchkin wealth and reveal their first impressions of Dorthy’s OG companion, the Scarecrow.Show Notes:Gingham Fabric, A Chequered History: “V is for Vintage” Adrian (Costume Designer)Waking the Witch: Reflections on Women, Magic and Power by Pam Grossman"Scarecrows Historically Speaking” by Kathy WarnesFred StoneRay Bolger inspired by Fred StoneThe Wizard of Oz, Illustrated by Michael HagueInstagram: @downtheyellowbrickpod#DownTheYBPTara: @taratagticklesEmKay: @emshrayOriginal music by Shane Chapman

https://www.pamgrossman.com https://www.instagram.com/phantasmaphile/ Pam is a writer, curator, and teacher of magical practice and history. She is the host of The Witch Wave podcast and the author of Waking the Witch: Reflections on Women, Magic, and Power and What Is A Witch. Her group art shows and projects, including Language of the Birds: Occult and Art at NYU’s 80WSE Gallery, have been featured by such outlets as Artforum, The New York Times, The New Yorker, Art in America, New York Magazine, and Teen Vogue. Pam’s writing has appeared in numerous mediums, including The New York Times, TIME.com, Sabat, Ravenous Zine, and more. She has maintained Phantasmaphile, a blog that specializes in art with an esoteric or fantastical bent, since 2005. In 2017, she launched WitchEmoji, a witch-themed sticker pack for iMessage that became the #1 seller in the App Store. She is also the co-organizer of the biennial Occult Humanities Conference at NYU, Associate Editor of Abraxas International Journal of Esoteric Studies, and co-founder of the Brooklyn arts & lecture space, Observatory , where her programming explored mysticism via a scholarly yet accessible approach. Pam is a frequent lecturer on such topics as “The Occult in Modern Art 101,” and “Witch Pictures: Female Magic and Transgression in Western Art,” and she also teaches classes on spellcraft and ritual. As a featured guest on WNYC’s All of It, NPR’s 1A, HuffPost LIVE, The Midnight Archive web series, and myriad other radio shows and podcasts, she has discussed the role of magic in contemporary life. She has also consulted for such brands as Charlotte Tilbury and Treadwell’s Books, as well as for film and television. What we chat about: Coming out of the broomcloset What is a Witch? Paganism & the Occult Culture and art as a Witch The archetype of the Witch Cultural appropriation and the craft Sister Support: Get 30% Off your all natural cleaning starter kit at www.claryti.com/goddess Join The Goddess Life Membership by visiting https://www.iamgoddesscollective.com/membership For more Goddess conversations join our women's facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1078258585615424/?ref=bookmarks) Receive 25% off A Yoga Wake Up subscription by using code bit.ly/goddessyogawakeup

In this episode we talk about the 2 of Wands, making decisions and dreaming big, with special guest Pam Grossman. Here we discuss how this card is the "yes... and" card, which asks us to stay rooted in our history, traditions and teachings, AND expand those things, reaching for deeper connection within our community and bringing more life and healing to the world.**********************************Find out more about our special guest, writer, curator, witch and podcaster Pam Grossman ...Visit her website, PamGrossman.comSubscribe to her mailing list.Listen to her podcast, The Witch Wave.Follow her on Instagram or Facebook or Twitter or Pinterest.Or grab a copy of her fantastic book, Waking the Witch.**********************************Amanda's References This Episode Include:Tracy Griffiths who teaches at the Institute for Psycho Structural Rebalancing.The Wild Wood TarotThe Rozimira TarotTo sign up for Amanda's newsletter, CLICK HERE.To order Amanda's book, "Initiated: Memoir of a Witch" CLICK HERE.Amanda's InstagramAmanda's FacebookTo book an appointment with Amanda go to www.oracleoflosangeles.com**********************************Original MUSIC by Carolyn Pennypacker Riggs**********************************Get in touch with sponsorship inquiries for Between the Worlds at betweentheworldspodcast@gmail.com.Or, contact Amanda to book a session, or Carolyn just to find out more, below:*****Amanda Yates Garcia (art witch, healer, writer):www.oracleoflosangeles.comTo sign up for Amanda's newsletter, CLICK HERE.To order Amanda's book, "Initiated: Memoir of a Witch" CLICK HERE.Amanda's InstagramAmanda's Facebook**Carolyn Pennypacker Riggs (musician, artist, producer):www.carolynpennypackerriggs.comCarolyn's Instagram**CONTRIBUTORS:Amanda Yates Garcia (host) & Carolyn Pennypacker Riggs (producer). Often with editing help from Jiha Lee. The BTW image was created by Marian Minnis (tinyparsnip.com / instagram.com/tinyparsnip ) with text designed by Leah Hayes. 

 In Maggie's words, "Valentine's Day sucks," so why not curl up with your favorite feminist read and a delightful alcoholic concoction? Maggie and Harmony get together in this silly episode to discuss 10 book and cocktail pairings. Books and Drinks: The Witches of New York by Ami McKay https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20053031-the-witches-of-new-york Drink: Dark and Stormy Difficult Women by Roxane Gay https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28818921-difficult-women Drink: Stout Sangaree  The Refrigerator Monologues by Catherynne M. Valente Annie Wu (Illustrations) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32714267-the-refrigerator-monologues Drink: Apothic Brew Cold Brew Coffee The Weight of Ink by Rachel Kadish https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40776163-the-weight-of-ink Drink:  Pinot Noir (or your favorite drink) Waking the Witch: Reflections on Women, Magic, and Power by Pam Grossman https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/42202046-waking-the-witch Drink: Hot Toddy Educated by Tara Westover https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35133922-educated Drink: Viognier  Little Women by Louisa May Alcott https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1934.Little_Women Drink: Hot Cocoa and Brandy Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36510722-gods-of-jade-and-shadow Drink:  Paloma  The Daughters of Temperance Hobbs by Katherine Howe https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/41812813-the-daughters-of-temperance-hobbs Drink: Lavender Tea Milk Punch https://gathervictoria.com/2017/01/27/recipe-lavender-milk-punch-to-toast-the-returning-light/ Ahab's Wife, or The Star-Gazer by Sena Jeter Naslund https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7742.Ahab_s_Wife_or_The_Star_Gazer Drink: Mulled Wine This episode is sponsored by Ro Gallery. Check it out at https://rogallery.com/ To follow our episode schedule go here https://medium.com/rebel-girls-book-club/read-along-with-the-show-bde1d80a8108 Follow our social media pages at Instagram  https://www.instagram.com/rebelgirlsbookclub/ Facebook  https://www.facebook.com/RebelGirlsBookClub/ Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/101801516-rebel-girls and Twitter  https://twitter.com/RebelGirlsBook1 Or you can email us at RebelGirlsBookClub@gmail.com. Our theme song is by The Gays and our image is by Mari Talor Renaud-Krutulis. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/RGBC/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/RGBC/support

JV Johnson talks to two guests. In the first hour, Pam Grossman discusses being a witch & using witchcraft in her life. She also discusses her book - Waking the Witch. In the second hour, Reverend Shawn Whittington joins the show to talk about his experiences as an exorcist. 12/13/2019 - Beyond Reality Radio with Jason Hawes & JV Johnson Books available at - www.amazon.com/shop.jvjtaps Support the show - www.patreon.com/johaw Support the show. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brparanormal/support

An initiation signals a beginning: a door opens and you step through. Traditional Wiccan initiates are usually brought into the craft through a ceremony with a High Priestess. But even though Amanda Yates Garcia's mother, a practicing witch herself, initiated her into the earth-centered practice of witchcraft when she was 13 years old, Amanda's real life as a witch only began when she underwent a series of spontaneous initiations of her own. Descending into the underworlds of poverty, sex work, and misogyny, Initiated describes Amanda's journey to return to her body, harness her power, and create the magical world she longed for through witchcraft. Hailed by crows, seduced by magicians, and haunted by ancestors broken beneath the wheels of patriarchy, Amanda's quest for self-discovery and empowerment is a deep exploration of a modern witch's trials - healing ancient wounds, chafing against cultural expectations, creating intimacy - all while on a mission to re-enchant the world. Peppered with mythology, tales of the goddesses and magical women throughout history, Initiated stands squarely at the intersection of witchcraft and feminism. With generosity and heart, this book speaks to the question: is it possible to live a life of beauty and integrity in a world that feels like it's dying? Garcia is in conversation with Pam Grossman, creator and host of The Witch Wave podcast and the author of Waking the Witch: Reflections on Women, Magic, and Power.

Jessica gives professional witch, Pam Grossman, a reading about work, scarcity, abundance, and outgrowing inherited trauma. This week's horoscope starts with a heavy New Moon in Scorpio on the 27th and includes all the 411 you need to understand Mercury retrograde (it drops on the 31st). There's a call to action and a whole lot of inspiration to help guide you.

To enroll in our Shadow Knows: Finding Power in the Hard Cards, click here.To become a Covener, click here.Strange Magic endorses the Living Altar. To get a copy of this oracle deck, click here, and help to support witches making magic!References from the ShowTo buy Sarah's "Many Moons Lunar Planner," CLICK HERE.Amanda's book events: Saturday, 10/26, 6pm Los Angeles, CA: LA BOOK LAUNCH!! Skylight Books with Pam Grossman on Q & A; Thursday 10/31, 7pm, Brooklyn, NY: Halloween Ritual and Reading at powerHouse Arena; Monday, 11/4 7pm, Los Angeles, CA at Booksoup; Friday, 11/15, time TBD, Los Angeles, CA at Stories Bookstore and Café; 11/24 Miami, FL: Miami Book Fair, panel. Time TBD.To purchase Initiated, click here. Amanda reads the poem "Second Coming" from Yates as found in Didion's "Slouching Towards Bethlehem"Sarah references Fiona Apple's MTV Music Video Awards Speech Sarah quotes from the book "Everything is An Illusion" by Ramana Maharshi Nisargadatta Maharaj VasisthaWe listen to "Anthem" by Leonard Cohen **********************************Get in touch with Strange Magic at strangemagicpodcast@gmail.com . Or, contact Sarah, Amanda, or Carolyn below to book a session or just to find out more: ********************************** Sarah Faith Gottesdiener *(moon witch, artist, tarot reader, designer):https://modernwomen.bigcartel.com/To sign up for Sarah's newsletter, click here.To buy Sarah's "Many Moons Lunar Planner," CLICK HERE.www.visualmagic.infoSarah's Instagram**Amanda Yates Garcia (art witch, healer, writer):www.oracleoflosangeles.comTo sign up for Amanda's newsletter, CLICK HERE.To pre-order Amanda's book, "Initiated: Memoir of a Witch" CLICK HERE.Amanda's InstagramAmanda's Facebook**Carolyn Pennypacker Riggs (musician, artist, producer):Carolyn's Instagram**CONTRIBUTORS:Sarah Faith Gottesdiener, Amanda Yates Garcia, Carolyn Pennypacker Riggs. With editing help from Jiha Lee.

SPEAKERS Pam Grossman Creator and Host, "The Witch Wave" podcast; Author, Waking the Witch: Reflections on Women, Magic, and Power Anne Devereux-Mills Founder, Parlay House This program was recorded in front of a live audience at the Marin Community Center in Mill Valley, CA on October 22nd, 2019.

Witches in various guises have been with us for centuries, and they are notorious shape-shifters. In both spiritual culture and pop culture, they've changed from diabolical villains to empowered heroines as women and femmes have sought more autonomy in their own lives. In celebration of her spellbinding book Waking the Witch: Reflections on Women, Magic, and Power, Pam Grossman will delve into why witches matter, how they reflect our fear and love of feminine power, and what they can teach us during this age of profound transformation. Grossman will be joined by CEO, entrepreneur and documentary film executive Anne Devereux-Mills, founder of Parlay House, for this evening of feminist magic and bewitching conversation. In association with Parlay House Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I'm really excited today for this interview with Pam Grossman, who is the author of the book Waking the Witch: Reflections on Women, Magic, and Power. She's also the host of The Witch Wave Podcast - which if you are not familiar with, go over right now and check it out. You will not be disappointed.   Her writing has appeared in places like the New York Times, time.com, and HuffPost. Pretty much everywhere you can imagine. So I am so excited for this interview with Pam Grossman. Pam, thank you so much for being here with us today. Pam Grossman: Thank you so much for having me. It's so nice to be here. Ashley: As many of you listening know, I actually own a new age shop called Mimosa Books and Gifts in Madison, Wisconsin. We're always looking for great new books to carry in our store. Not long ago, when I came across Waking the Witch and read the description, I immediately fell in love. I really wanted to have this book on the shelves for our customers. Lo and behold, when I was checking my calendar for podcast guests, guess who was here... none other but Pam. It was divine timing. I'm thrilled to carry your book in the shop. The staff were drooling over it when we got it! Could you tell us a little bit about what this book is all about? Why did you write it? What is the story behind it? Pam: Absolutely! Well, first of all, thank you so much for carrying it in your shop. I am such a proponent of small businesses and indie shops. So, of course, order the book wherever you can get it, but if you can go to a shop like that one, please do. Waking the Witch has the subtitle 'Reflections on Women, Magic, and Power.' I chose those words with a lot of intention because, to me, the archetype of the witch is one that is inherently related to our feelings about feminine power. I should clarify - people of all genders can be witches, and this book is for people of all genders. However it really does trace the history of how witches and women became interlinked. For most of human history, witches were associated with evil and malevolence. Starting around the 14th and 15th centuries, they were associated with the devil himself. And yet, today we have a much more positive association of witches with women and with people of all genders. I really wanted to celebrate the positive aspects of witches, which I think need to be celebrated more. It's really exciting to see that witches are more popular than ever now and are being celebrated. I also wanted to really trace the history of them and explore the ways in which we, by which I mean society, depicts witches. Often, this is a reflection of how that given society or those given people feel about female power. Spoiler alert - now that feminism is growing (and we still have a long way to go), people have a more positive association with complex, dynamic, powerful women. And guess what? Our witches are more positive now. That's kind of the thesis statement of the book. But it really is fun and it touches on the history and pop culture and some of my own story as to how I started identifying as a witch. My book is a real amalgamation of a lot of things, but all surrounding that idea of power, femininity, and magic. Ashley: I love this because it doesn't just focus on one thing. I think so many of the books in this area are so focused on just ritual, or just magic, or just that this or that. The thing is that this is so deeply ingrained into all parts of our culture. You can't separate magic or ritual or art or creativity out from any of the other things. They all blend together and the lines kind of blur. I love that you've just looked at this concept, an archetype of this energy and you're taking it to a place where it can be really profoundly thought about and talked about in a way that I think is pretty illuminating. It's very exciting to dive into history, pop culture, all those different things at once, and be able to get a broader and deeper understanding of wha...

Today we ride the party train through the troubled territories of jealousy, betrayal, and failure. We look at how the tarot can help us deal with the most difficult aspects of our lives, and talk about how we reckon with these hard feelings personally. It sounds difficult, but when we're together witches can make anything fun. It's magic! Join us! And don't forget to sign up for our Shadow Knows: Finding Your Power in the Hard Cards Workshop where you will get special tips, tarot spreads, magical workings and more to help you turn your challenges into alchemical gold. (Coven members at the $21 level get the workshop free as part of their monthly contribution).**********************************References from the ShowTo sign up for our Shadow Knows: Finding Your Power in the Hard Cards Workshop, CLICK THIS LINK.To pre-order Amanda's book, Initiated, and get your the free Self-Initiation Spell (only available to pre-orders) and be entered to win a 1 Hour session with Amanda, CLICK HERE. Once you click, simply fill out the form and add a screen shot of your pre-order receipt. (Note: all pre-orders will be honored!)To buy Sarah's "Many Moons Lunar Planner," CLICK HERE.Check out the flower essences oracle deck created by Kinsey Zaire on Instagram at @thefloweressencesdeck or if you’re near Manitou Springs, Colorado, at Kinsey’s plant shop, Garland @hellogarlandAmanda's book events: Tuesday 10/22, 7:30pm San Francisco, CA at Green Apple Books; Thursday, 10/24, 7pm San Diego, CA at Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore; Saturday, 10/26, 6pm Los Angeles, CA: LA BOOK LAUNCH!! Skylight Books with Pam Grossman on Q & A; Thursday 10/31, 7pm, Brooklyn, NY: Halloween Ritual and Reading at powerHouse Arena; Monday, 11/4 7pm, Los Angeles, CA at Booksoup; Friday, 11/15, time TBD, Los Angeles, CA at Stories Bookstore and Café; 11/24 Miami, FL: Miami Book Fair, panel. Time TBD. **********************************Get in touch with Strange Magic at strangemagicpodcast@gmail.com . Or, contact Sarah, Amanda, or Carolyn below to book a session or just to find out more: ********************************** Sarah Faith Gottesdiener *(moon witch, artist, tarot reader, designer):https://modernwomen.bigcartel.com/To sign up for Sarah's newsletter, click here.To buy Sarah's "Many Moons Lunar Planner," CLICK HERE.www.visualmagic.infoSarah's Instagram**Amanda Yates Garcia (art witch, healer, writer):www.oracleoflosangeles.comTo sign up for Amanda's newsletter, CLICK HERE.To pre-order Amanda's book, "Initiated: Memoir of a Witch" CLICK HERE.Amanda's InstagramAmanda's Facebook**Carolyn Pennypacker Riggs (musician, artist, producer):Carolyn's Instagram**CONTRIBUTORS:Sarah Faith Gottesdiener, Amanda Yates Garcia, Carolyn Pennypacker Riggs. With editing help from Jiha Lee.

Goddess of the Week: Pam Grossman https://www.pamgrossman.com https://www.instagram.com/phantasmaphile/Pam is a writer, curator, and teacher of magical practice and history. She is the host of The Witch Wave podcast and the author of Waking the Witch: Reflections on Women, Magic, and Power and What Is A Witch. Her group art shows and projects, including Language of the Birds: Occult and Art at NYU’s 80WSE Gallery, have been featured by such outlets as Artforum, The New York Times, The New Yorker, Art in America, New York Magazine, and Teen Vogue.Pam’s writing has appeared in numerous mediums, including The New York Times, TIME.com, Sabat, Ravenous Zine, and more. She has maintained Phantasmaphile, a blog that specializes in art with an esoteric or fantastical bent, since 2005. In 2017, she launched WitchEmoji, a witch-themed sticker pack for iMessage that became the #1 seller in the App Store. She is also the co-organizer of the biennial Occult Humanities Conference at NYU, Associate Editor of Abraxas International Journal of Esoteric Studies, and co-founder of the Brooklyn arts & lecture space, Observatory , where her programming explored mysticism via a scholarly yet accessible approach.Pam is a frequent lecturer on such topics as “The Occult in Modern Art 101,” and “Witch Pictures: Female Magic and Transgression in Western Art,” and she also teaches classes on spellcraft and ritual. As a featured guest on WNYC’s All of It, NPR’s 1A, HuffPost LIVE, The Midnight Archive web series, and myriad other radio shows and podcasts, she has discussed the role of magic in contemporary life. She has also consulted for such brands as Charlotte Tilbury and Treadwell’s Books, as well as for film and television. What we chat about: Coming out of the broomclosetWhat is a Witch?Paganism & the OccultCulture and art as a WitchThe archetype of the WitchCultural appropriation and the craftSister Support: Get 30% Off your all natural cleaning starter kit at www.claryti.com/goddessJoin The Goddess Life Membership by visiting https://www.iamgoddesscollective.com/membershipFor more Goddess conversations join our women's facebook group:https://www.facebook.com/groups/1078258585615424/?ref=bookmarks) Receive 25% off A Yoga Wake Up subscription by using code bit.ly/goddessyogawakeup See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

HAPPY HALLOW(un)! Zach and Orey pull their biggest coping mechanisms out of the bag to create Smonal Smump, a president in turmoil as the public becomes suspicious that he is actually a vampire who asked an unfriendly organization to investigate a rival werewolf.If you enjoy the show, please rate and review on iTunes (or your preferred app), and be sure to share the show with your friends!Zach’s dumbass tweet we mentioned.“Show me your witches, and I’ll show you your feelings about women.” - Waking the Witch: Reflections on Women, Magic, and Power by Pam Grossman.WE HAVE MERCH! Coffee mugs, shirts, stickers, phone cases, and even FANCYBOI FRAMED PRINTS.Send your prompts to uncharacteristicshow@gmail.com for a chance to be part of our (un)iverse, like Stev-0, Claudette, Walley Nelson, and Allen the Attenuating Aardvark.@theuncharacters@whatwouldoreydo@whackyzach

The Witches interview Pam Grossman, author of Waking the Witch: Reflections on Women, Magic and Power, a book about witches in pop culture and throughout modern history.    To buy the book go here: https://www.amazon.com/Waking-Witch-Reflections-Women-Magic/dp/1982100702/   Pam Grossman's Bio: Pam is a writer, curator, and teacher of magical practice and history. She is the host of The Witch Wave podcast (“the Terry Gross of Witches” - Vulture) and the author of Waking the Witch: Reflections on Women, Magic, and Power (Gallery Books / Simon & Schuster, June 2019) and What Is A Witch (Tin Can Forest Press). Her group art shows and projects, including Language of the Birds: Occult and Art at NYU’s 80WSE Gallery, have been featured by such outlets as Artforum, The New York Times, The New Yorker, Art in America, New York Magazine, and Teen Vogue. Pam’s writing has appeared in numerous mediums, including The New York Times, The Atlantic, TIME.com, Sabat, Ravenous Zine, Woolly, Sciences Occultes, Huffington Post, Film Comment, MSN, Etsy, and various Fulgur press publications. She has maintained Phantasmaphile, a blog that specializes in art with an esoteric or fantastical bent, since 2005. In 2017, she launched WitchEmoji, a witch-themed sticker pack for iMessage that became the #1 seller in the App Store.  For more information go to her website here: https://www.pamgrossman.com/Hilma af Klint Exhibit at the Guggenheim Museum   Additional Crew for this Episode: Film Loader - Nicole Schalk Unit Still Photography - Stephanie Carrell Construction Coordinator - Trinity Lynne Propmaster - Leah Patterson Motion Control Technician - Gloria Breakdown Artist - Jennifer L Special Effects Supervisor - Annette Pederson Telecine Colorist - Mari McRoberts   If you would like to support us please subscribe to a perk on our Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/wewitchesthree   We Witches Three Website: https://www.wewitchesthree.com   Facebook Group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/wewitchesthree  

In this episode, Maggie and Harmony start to wrap up The Witches of New York by Ami Mckay after reading pages 407 to 497, October 10, 1880, Waxing Moon to October 11, 1880, Waxing Moon. They use the book as a catalyst to talk about creepy but well-meaning old men, the downsides to being powerful or “strong,” the book’s depiction of poverty, institutionalized bias, and writing as an act of defiance. What we’re reading: The Light Bearer by Donna Gillespie https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/479519.The_Light_Bearer Waking the Witch: Reflections on Women, Magic, and Power by Pam Grossman https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/42202046 Little Women by Louisa May Alcott https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1934.Little_Women HausMagick: Transform Your Home with Witchcraft https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/41085440 Check out our buddies over at Books & Booze http://stitcher.com/podcast/books-and-booze/books-booze-2 Follow our social media pages: Instagram https://www.instagram.com/rgbcpod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/RebelGirlsBookClub/ Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/101801516-rebel-girls Twitter https://twitter.com/RebelGirlsBook1 Or you can email us at RebelGirlsBookClub@gmail.com. Our theme song is by The Gays and our image is by Mari Talor Renaud-Krutulis. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/RGBC/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/RGBC/support

In this section, we read pages 348 to 407, October 9th Waxing Moon to October 10 Waxing Moon, of The Witches of New York by Ami McKay. In this section, we explore whether there's such a thing as feminine courage, the white knight complex, street harassment, and society’s butchification of women who love other women. What we're reading: Shanghai Girls by Lisa See https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5960325-shanghai-girls?ac=1&from_search=true Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33375622-her-body-and-other-parties Waking the Witch: Reflections on Women, Magic, and Power by Pam Grossman https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42202046-waking-the-witch?ac=1&from_search=true Little Women by Louisa May Alcott https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1934.Little_Women?ac=1&from_search=true Cyber Sexy: Rethinking Pornography by Richa Kaul Padte https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39809069-cyber-sexy?ac=1&from_search=true Follow our social media pages: Instagram https://www.instagram.com/rgbcpod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/RebelGirlsBookClub/ Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/101801516-rebel-girls Twitter https://twitter.com/RebelGirlsBook1 Or you can email us at RebelGirlsBookClub@gmail.com. Our theme song is by The Gays and our image is by Mari Talor Renaud-Krutulis. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/RGBC/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/RGBC/support

Today, Alex and Dorothea talk to witch, author, and podcaster, Pam Grossman, host of the Witch Wave Podcast. They discuss Alice Notley's poem "All My Life," dive into Pam's birth chart, and talk about what it means to be a witch in this day and age.  Find more information about Pam's work here: PamGrossman.com -- Poem: "All My Life" by Alice Notely Want to be featured on the show? Leave a voicemail at (646) 397-7573‬ or email a voice memo to AstroPodcast@macmillan.com. For more information about the book go to AstroPoetsBook.com. You can follow Dorothea and Alex @poetastrologers on Twitter.  For more information on other Macmillan Podcasts shows, go to MacmillanPodcasts.com. You can also subscribe to our newsletter to get updates on all our shows delivered straight to your inbox here.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A lot of what you think you know about project based learning (PBL) is likely to be wrong, according to Professor Pam Grossman, Dean of the graduate school of education at the University of Pennsylvania. In this episode, she explains that this approach to teaching suffers from a wide range of misconceptions, mostly because no-one has really agreed what PBL is and reveals how to do it well.

A lot of what you think you know about project based learning (PBL) is likely to be wrong, according to Professor Pam Grossman, Dean of the graduate school of education at the University of Pennsylvania.In this episode, she explains that this approach to teaching suffers from a wide range of misconceptions, mostly because no-one has really agreed what PBL is and reveals how to do it well. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Maggie and Harmony read pages 255 to 347, September 25, 1880, Third Quarter Moon to October 8, 1880 Waxing Moon, of The Witches of New York. In this episode, Maggie gets a little tipsy but is still a badass genius … and accidentally forgets her own age; we dive into the gendered nature of mediums; we explore the in-book lore surrounding witchcraft and what it means to be a witch, the importance of solidarity, consent issues, the ritualized nature of femininity, gendered selflessness, and Beatrice’s mommy issues. What we're reading: The Nix by Nathan Hill https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28251002-the-nix Waking the Witch: Reflections on Women, Magic, and Power by Pam Grossman https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/42202046 Follow our social media pages at Instagram https://www.instagram.com/rgbcpod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/RebelGirlsBookClub/ and Twitter https://twitter.com/RebelGirlsBook1 Or you can email us at RebelGirlsBookClub@gmail.com. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/RGBC/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/RGBC/support

Yes, Witches are REAL! This month, Bill looks at Tarot readings for beginners with an article from Brigit Esselmont while Elle tackles Pam Grossman, author of Waking the Witch - Reflections of Women, Magic and Power.  No!  Not literally tackles! www.theWytchingHour.com

Author Pam Grossman talks about her new book, WAKING THE WITCH with Bushwick Book Club songwriters Susan Hwang, Charlie Nieland and Gary Burton right on the heels of the latest BBC show of new songs, rituals and spells inspired by Grossman's “love letter” to the Witch. They talk magic, politics and art with special attention to the witch archetype and how it's even more meaningful to personal power and global change now than ever.

Maggie and Harmony discuss from pg. 139 to pg. 252, September 18, 1880 Gibbous Waning Moon to September 25, 1880 Third Quarter Moon, of The Witches of New York. In this episode we dive deep into grief in capitalist culture, romance tropes, the importance of friendships, domestic violence, unreliable narrators, and Maggie is broken by the existential question of free will. If you or someone you know is dealing with domestic and dating abuse here are some resources: https://www.loveisrespect.org/ https://www.thehotline.org/ What we're reading: Three Women by Lisa Taddeo https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42201100-three-women Waking the Witch: Reflections on Women, Magic, and Power by Pam Grossman https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42202046-waking-the-witch?ac=1&from_search=true Apocalyptic Witchcraft by Peter Grey https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18680114-apocalyptic-witchcraft?ac=1&from_search=true Follow our social media pages at Instagram https://www.instagram.com/rgbcpod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/RebelGirlsBookClub/ Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/101801516-rebel-girls and Twitter https://twitter.com/RebelGirlsBook1 Or you can email us at RebelGirlsBookClub@gmail.com. Our theme song is by The Gays and our image is by Mari Talor Renaud-Krutulis. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/RGBC/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/RGBC/support

Welcome to Living Lunar! In this first episode I outline what Tarot and Druidry mean to me, how I came to them to begin with, and lay the groundwork for what this podcast is all about. I also give you my review of "Waking the Witch" by Pam Grossman

Pam Grossman is the author of “Waking the Witch: Reflections on Women, Magic, and Power” and the host of The Witch Wave podcast.   PATREON EXTENSION Listen at patreon.com/occulture Pam’s experience with the darker side of witchcraft & what she learned from it The witch’s appearance in allegories about youth Female sex drive as a “satanic” force & why we fear sexualityca The taboo of women not having children WItchery in Mary Poppins Witches as healers Pam’s hot take on the film The Craft Female friendship The relationship between art, creativity & magic   RESOURCES Waking the Witch on IndieBound Waking the Witch on Amazon The Witch Wave podcast Phantasmaphile - Pam’s blog Pam on Instagram Pam on Twitter   DONATE If recurring monthly support via Patreon isn’t your thing, we do accept one time-donations via PayPal, Bitcoin, Ethereum and Ripple. Every little bit helps.   MERCH Tees, tanks, hoodies, hats. Check ‘em out on our website or at our Etsy shop.   SOCIAL Twitter Instagram Facebook Tumblr   MUSIC Vestron Vulture - “I Want to Be a Robot (Tribute to Giorgio Moroder)”   PRODUCTION & LICENSING This podcast is produced in the Kingdom of Ohio and is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International. Executive Producers: Mike K., Carter Y., Mauricio G., Daniel R., Kelly C., Bruce H., Marcelo T., Christopher B., Timothy W., Nick F., Michael Q., Jamaica J., Mute Ryan, John W., Andy E., Colleen F., Saliyah S., Kevin C., Michael S., Kyle A., Megan B., Kaleb H.   REMINDER Love yourself. Think for yourself. Question authority.

THANK YOU for joining me for episode 398 of HiPPiE WiTCH : Magick For A New Age. - Visit Pam Grossman online & tell her what a kickass witch she is! - TO READ : Waking The Witch. - TO LiSTEN : The Witch Wave podcast - TO WATCH : Tigernite's Oracle & more! - JOiN ME on Patreonfor BONUS episodes of the HiPPiE WiTCH podcast every week! + Be sure to pick up a FREE copy of my eBook HiPPiE WiTCH : Peace, Love & All That Good Sh!t. MUCH LOVE -xo peace... Joanna DeVoe

This Halloween edition of The Evolver we look at witchery as a spiritual practice. The witches are rising, reintroducing our culture to the importance of natural cycles, the intelligence of the body, the prevalence of occult energies, and the profound healing potential of plants. Ken's guest, Pam Grossman, sees the return of the witch as a global movement — a part of fourth wave feminism, and an embrace of rebellious feminine power. But Pam herself is a longtime practicing witch for whom the archetype is much more than a symbol. It's a way of orienting yourself in a world that's alive with magic. Pam Grossman is a writer, curator and teacher of magical practice and history. She hosts The Witch Wave podcast and is author of the comic What is a Witch, and the forthcoming book Waking the Witch: Reflections on Women, Magic and Power, to be released next year. In 2017, she launched WitchEmoji, a witch-themed sticker pack for iMessage that became the #1 seller in the App Store. You can find more from Pam on her website, http://www.PamGrossman.com, as well as on her blog http://www.Phantasmaphile.com and on her Instagram, @Phantasmaphile.Follow us on Instagram @TheEvolverPodcast: https://www.instagram.com/theevolverpodcastThe Evolver is sponsored by The Alchemist's Kitchen, a botanical dispensary dedicated to the power of plants, where you can ask an herbalist to recommend the herbal remedy that's most right for you. At The Alchemist's Kitchen, we are now in the Season of the Witch — a celebration of the Feminist, Counter-mainstream Witch Movement. Visit https://www.thealchemistskitchen.com. For a 20% discount off any online purchase, use the code: podcast20. Theme music is “Measure by Measure,” courtesy of DJ Spooky, aka Paul D. Miller (@djspooky), from his album The Secret Song, and interstitial music are tracks by The Human Experience: "Sunu" from the album Soul Visions with Rising Appalachia, and Here for a Moment on the album Gone Gone Beyond. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Pam Grossman (Phantasmaphile, Waking the Witch) stops by the podcast to discuss her work shining a spotlight on how the archetype of the witch has emerged into public consciousness, and can be a potent symbol for inspiring and empowering women.

The first episode of Hieros Gamos Radio, a broadcast initiative of Hieros Gamos Camp, OTO Australia. Hosted by Soror Myrrh. Anno Viii Equinox Sol in Libra. Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. Our first guest is Barry William Hale, an Australian artist who has been exhibited in major Australian institutions and featured in many events including the Sydney Biennial. His artwork was a central component of the national touring exhibition Windows to the Sacred. He also exhibited in I:mage 1 and 2 curated by Robert Ansell as well as "Opus Hypnagogia" at Morbid Anatomy Museum also "Lexicon Infernali" and "Magia Sexualis" at Stephen Romano Gallery in Brooklyn. His artwork was a feature in the exhibition "Language Of The Birds" curated by Pam Grossman at 80SWE Gallery, New York University. His book "Legion 49" was published by Fulgur Esoterica in 2009 to great acclaim. Barry William Hale curated the exhibition "The Occult Visions of Rosaleen Norton" in 2000 in Sydney. Barry's work was most recently the subject of a feature on Disinfo.com. Love is the law, love under will.

Pam Grossman is the author of WHAT IS A WITCH, the WITCHEMOJI, an independent curator, writer, and teacher of magical practice and history. She is the creator of Phantasmaphile, a blog that specializes in art with an esoteric or fantastical bent and is working on Read More

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney On this week's programme I bring you the second part of my interview with Dr. Marco Snoek from the Netherlands about teacher education. In this part of our discussion we talk about  Boundary crossing between school and university. Boundary crossing between principal and teachers within a school Competence-based teacher education The three goals of qualification, socialisation and subjectification in education as articulated by Gert Biesta: http://www.brunel.ac.uk/people/gert-biesta and http://www.gertbiesta.com/. Practice in teacher education – referring to the work of Pam Grossman Teacher supply and the status of teaching What inspires him I also bring you a clip from my recent interview with Professor Pam Grossman, which I could not fit into that programme. Finally, I bring you a clip from David Berliner where he talks about self esteem and education. Again, I was unable to fit this into interview 1 or interview 2 with David Berliner that were broadcast in 2016.

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney.   On this week's programme my guest is Professor Pam Grossman who is Dean of the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania. The opportunity came about to interview Professor Grossman when she gave a keynote address to the annual conference of the Association for Teacher Education of Europe. Professor Grossman was previously a guest on the programme in May 2011. You can listen back to that programme here.

On this special CIUT FUNDRAISING episode, Allison and Vass discuss their sadness over Hillary’s loss and how to move forward in this terrible world. Also, *Insert Epic Marie Heinen Rant Here.* Then, we talk to journalist Sarah Reid about Ontario’s climate change plan and whether Donald Trump and his climate change denying pals can throw it off. Lastly, we interview Noah Zon about Ontario’s basic income pilot and why there are some policies that leave us feeling optimistic. Vass is reading Dark Age Ahead by Jane Jacobs. Allison is reading What is a Witch by Pam Grossman. TUNES: Heavy Hands by Cold Specks NIV by Lambchop That’s No Way To Say Goodbye by Leonard Cohen THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO DONATED TO CIUT ON BEHALF OF DETANGLED.

An excellent interview with the Director of Visual Trends at Getty Images, Pam Grossman.

Pam Grossman and Susanna Loeb discuss the results of a five year study of how teachers are recruited, prepared and retained to teach in New York City public schools. They explore the various ways in which New York has addressed shortages of teachers. (November 14, 2009)

On this week's 51%, it's witching hour. We speak with a Massachusetts state senator about a bill to exonerate a woman convicted during the Salem witch trials. Author Kate Laity teaches us about the history of magic, and we also speak with author and podcaster Pam Grossman about modern witchcraft, and why witches are a feminist icon. Guests: Massachusetts State Senator Diana DiZoglio; Rachel Christ-Doane, director of education at the Salem Witch Museum; Kate Laity; Pam Grossman, author of Waking the Witch: Reflections on Women, Magic, and Power 51% is a national production of WAMC Northeast Public Radio. Our producer is Jesse King, our executive producer is Dr. Alan Chartock, and our theme is “Lolita” by the Albany-based artist Girl Blue. Follow Along You're listening to 51%, a WAMC production dedicated to women's issues and stories. Thanks for joining us, I'm Jesse King. The spooky season is upon us, and it's one of my favorite times of the year. It means pumpkins, apple cider, leaf-peeping — and in upstate New York — a nice reprieve from the humidity of summer before diving into what is usually the months-long chill of winter. It also, of course, means Halloween, and growing up my go-to costume was a witch. I was a witch probably four or five times before I switched over to vampires and the occasional Little Red Riding Hood. Either I was ahead of the curve, or things really haven't changed, because despite the popularity of shows like Squid Game and the latest offerings from Marvel, Google's “Frightgeist” still predicts the most popular Halloween costume in 2021 will be the good, old-fashioned witch. So today we're talking about witches: why they're so popular, what modern witchcraft looks like, and how we got here, because the history of witches in the U.S. can certainly be a difficult read. And where else would we start other than the Salem witch trials? Every year, crowds flock to Salem, Massachusetts to learn more about the 1692, hysterical witch hunt and trials that left 20 people dead. More than 300 years later, groups are still trying to clear the names of everyone convicted. Democratic State Senator Diana DiZoglio is behind the latest bill, S.1016, to clear the name of Elizabeth Johnson Jr. "Actually, I heard about Elizabeth Johnson Jr. from a North Andover middle school class. Their teacher, Carrie LaPierre, had reached out to me and said that she and her students had been talking about somebody who was accused during the Salem witch trials," says DiZoglio. "She had never actually had her named cleared, unfortunately, even though all the others had actually had their names cleared. And I decided to file this bill at the request of the North Andover middle school students." Johnson was born around 1670 and lived in a part of Andover that's considered North Andover today. DiZoglio says S. 1016 would officially exonerate Johnson, adding her name to a resolve in Massachusetts general law that acknowledges that, while the Salem witch trials were lawful at the time, the laws by which they operated have long been abandoned. Until then, however, Johnson is technically the last remaining witch from the trials. There's been a lot of speculation about what really caused the Salem witch trials in the first place — whether there were actually "witches," whether the accusers were outright lying, or whether they suffered from a neurological illness called “conversion disorder,” caused by extreme psychological stress. To learn more, I got the chance to speak with Rachel Christ-Doane, the director of education at the Salem Witch Museum. She says a combination of factors had already put the community under a lot of pressure. "It's a pretty chaotic time in Salem Village, and also if we can zoom out, just Massachusetts Bay Colony, generally speaking. Salem Village was in the process of trying to separate from Salem Town in the early 1670s. They had been granted the right to have their own parish, which was a big step towards independence — they could attend to their you know, weekly church meetings a little closer to home. But a factional crisis erupted pretty early on, where half the village likes a ministerial candidate, the other half hates them, and they fight and they fight until they drive that candidate out of town, essentially," Christ-Doane explains. "By this point, they're on their fourth minister whose name is Samuel Paris. And he is kind of, you know, not the best in terms of smoothing over the factional divide. He's a very incendiary figure in and of itself. They're fighting about what his salary should be, he's demanding more. It's basically this kind of mess, you know, in the months leading up to January of 1692. So basically what starts it all is, in the home of Samuel Paris, we see his daughter and his niece become very ill. So their names are Betty Paris, who's 9 years old, and Abigail Williams, she's 11 years old. Betty and Abigail are falling to the ground. They're screaming, they're clutching their heads. They're making animal noises, and nobody can quite figure out what is wrong with the girls. So essentially, they try all the traditional remedies — there's a month of fasting and prayer and things like that. They call in the village doctor, and he looks at the girls and he says, 'I don't have a medical explanation for what's going on here. It looks to me like this is the work of the devil. This is bewitchment.' And that's really what kicks off the witchcraft trials, because now they need to find the witches who are in the community, who are supposedly tormenting these young girls." Christ-Doane says the Salem Witch Trials officially took place between June and September of 1692, and anywhere from 150 to 200 people from Salem and its surrounding communities were accused of witchcraft around this time. She says the accused could be any age, race or gender, but at the beginning, at least, they were mostly people who, for one reason or another, didn't fit in with the rest of society: women who were particularly outspoken, who fought publicly with their husbands, or older "spinsters," thought to be a burden on the community. Johnson was one of 28 people in her family to face accusations, including her mother, multiple aunts, and grandfather. Christ-Doane says the political landscape in Massachusetts only contributed to the frenzy. The colony was rewriting its laws and choosing officials as it worked through a new charter, and with alleged witches filling the jails in Essex County, Governor Sir William Phipps created an emergency court to oversee the trials, called the Court of Oyer and Terminer. "So essentially, they're told, do what you think is best. You know, base your decisions on English common law and English precedent, but do what you think is right, and what the situation demands. And that, unfortunately, leads to devastating consequences," Christ-Doane adds. "In the Court of Oyer and Terminer, you have the afflicted — so the girls who are supposedly being tormented by witchcraft — in the room, screaming, falling to the ground, claiming they're being tormented by the devil. And you as the accused have to defend yourself against this sea of writhing witnesses. And the really destructive decision that's made by the Court of Oyer and Terminer is their choice to accept something called spectral evidence. Spectral evidence is essentially based on the idea that a witch could theoretically project a spectral version of themselves, a ghostly version of themselves, out of their physical body that could go off across large distances and torment. And the victims of a spectral attack were the only ones who could see the specter. And so that means, if you were accused of witchcraft [and] standing before this court, you could have the witnesses pointing up to the rafters saying, 'I see the specter of Rebecca Nurse up on the ceiling. You can't see her, but I can, and that's how I know she's a witch.' And that was being used as enough evidence to convict and warrant executions during the Salem witch trials." Ultimately, 20 people were executed for witchcraft: 19 of them hanged, and another tortured to death. Johnson confessed to being a witch and was sentenced to death in 1963, but by then public opinion on the trials had soured. Christ-Doane says almost everyone in Salem had either spent time in jail, or knew someone in jail, and with his own wife among the accused, Governor Phipps disbanded the Court of Oyer and Terminer in October 1962. Johnson's execution was avoided, and she ultimately died an old woman in 1747, at the age of about 77. Christ-Doane says the Salem witch trials were the largest and harshest witch trials between England and its colonies — but they were far from the first. Ironically, being called a witch was sometimes more hazardous than the feared wrath of a witch. But it wasn't always that way. “Witch history” is hard to pin down, because quite frankly, belief in magic and people with magical abilities has existed for thousands of years, across nearly every culture — and each culture's definition of a witch is constantly evolving. But there was a time when magic was looked at a little more kindly. I got the chance to speak with Kate Laity, an award-winning author of several books spanning a range of genres, including Chastity Flame, Dream Book, How to Be Dull, and more. She also produces two audio programs, and while splitting her time between Hudson, New York, and Scotland, she teaches at the College of Saint Rose in Albany. She particularly specializes in medieval studies and literature. What prompted the start of witch trials in Europe? Well, especially in the Middle Ages, healing charms, for example — that we would see as sort of magic and not science — they would have seen as effective ways to deal with various kinds of health problems or other problems. There are a lot of journey charms, so you don't become injured or lost or imperiled on your journey. And there are of course, charms against having your cattle stolen. Again, if you think in old English, the word for "cattle" is also the word for "wealth." So this is a way of saying, "Don't steal my stuff." This is something that begins to change in the Middle Ages, where you have sort of two strands. There's the sort of folk magic that most people would be familiar with, and which, you know, continued from pre-Christian times into Christian times, because you just adapted it to the new belief. So instead of maybe praying to this or that god, you would just pray to the Christian God, and you would have masses said over — you know, there's a wonderful charm for when a field is not producing enough, where you take a piece of it out, and you do a variety of things to it, but then you take it to the church to be blessed, and you pour milk and honey and all these things into the ground, and then you put it back down. That's a way of restoring the kind of regenerative power that the field should have. But what you also have is a kind of learned magic that is practiced amongst the clergy, which is, you know, the monks who are reading all these books, and many of them during the Crusades, for example, a lot of books were coming up from the middle east through Spain, and a lot of books that were mathematics and more learning kinds of magic that were more about conjuration, about dealing with necromancy and talking to the dead, which was something that was completely alien to the average person. One scholar, Michael Bailey, argues that in the late Middle Ages, these things kind of get overlapped in a way that matters, because people in power were beginning to worry about unorthodox behaviors within the Church. And this is what in the early modern period — not the medieval, in the early modern period — you start to get the witch hunts. How common were witch hunts. I mean, we talked about the Salem witch trials, but worldwide, how common were they? We find this in in many of those occasions where there are sort of pressures on the society that people don't have a way of coping with — instances that, you might just say, are acts of God. But the way that people respond to them is, "Somebody's got to pay. Somebody's got to be to blame for this." So, "Well, she's a witch, or he's a witch." And again, depending on the region — we're accustomed to associating witches with women, but in some areas in European history, in Finland and in Iceland, the greater part of the accusations were against men. And part of that is to do with very long histories of gendered magic in Iceland and Finland, where there's magic practice by men and magic practice by women, and they're quite distinct. How are they different? Especially in Iceland, which I'll talk about as its at the top of my mind, women's magic tends to be focused much more on prognostication. So they can see, they can see what is coming or they can see what has happened. Men and women both are able to read dreams. And one of the interesting aspects of Norse Mythology is that the figure of Odin is one of the few that practices both —what is considered the male magic and the feminine magic. Where does the word "witch" come from? The word witches is a very, very old English word. People will say it has to do with bending, it has nothing to do with bending. That's a completely different word root. And what it has to do with is witchcraft. We have the earliest attestation of it in Old English. I mean, this is in the oldest versions of English, and it comes from an Indo-European root, but it's always meant exactly that. And that's where the word "wicca," which many people will be familiar with, is just the old English word for witch. There's "wicca" with an A and "wicce" with an E. So we have a masculine and feminine version of it, but it's the same word. So obviously, during these times, you've got people being accused of witchcraft. But is it common for people to identify like, "I am a witch?" Well, probably not at the time they were being accused. I mean, you would have women who might be practiced in certain arts, that they're able to heal people. Maybe they have a knowledge of herbs that's been handed down, usually these things are handed down within families or learned from somebody else older. And so they have abilities to do this. And of course, the idea of cursing is something that's always probably been with us too. And if you look at the long history of magic, it's fascinating how many of these tangible forms [exist] — especially when you're angry, a lot of magic is about anger, because it comes from the idea of people who want something to happen, and don't feel they have any power to be able to make it happen. And so if you look in ancient Greek and Roman cultures, we have all these lead tablets with curses written on them. We'll still find somebody being cursed to this day because their tablet has been found, and we don't always know who these people were, but somebody was obviously really mad that day. Do you identify as a witch? Usually, it depends on the mood. But yes, in large part because I've got all this history in my mind, and I see a great power in claiming that name. And also as a way of thinking about how you approach the world. I mean, part of this is tied to to my creative work — not only writing, but also art and music that I do, that it comes from this idea of reenchanting the world and and finding that magic in everyday life. So how did we go from the Salem witch trials, to the top of the rankings on Frightgeist? And beyond costumes and All Hallow's Eve: for years now, if you search for information on witchcraft, you'll find articles signalling its rise. More and more people, of all genders, are actively identifying themselves as witches, with estimates putting the number at around 1.5 million witches in the U.S. Nowadays, you can buy professional witch services online, from tarot readings to rituals. You can have supplies for spells delivered right to your door. Witches are social media influencers, they're authors and podcasters, they're activists and symbols of feminine power. They might don the black hat and carry around a broom when they feel like it - but they're also your coworker, and your neighbor. Pam Grossman has written and contributed to several books on witchcraft, including her 2019 book, Waking the Witch: Reflections on Women, Magic, and Power, and her new release with Jessica Hundley, titled simply, Witchcraft. Since 2017, she's also been the host of the popular podcast, The Witch Wave, for which Vulture dubbed her, “the Terry Gross of witches.” I asked her why witches seem to be having their moment, and she says it's really been hundreds of years in the making. How did the perception of witches change to what we see today? Well, we first start to see a more sympathetic look at witches, really, in the 19th century. There were writers such as a French writer named Jules Michelet, who wrote a book called La Sorciere in the middle of the 19th century, who was following a lot of other scholars who were starting to look back at the witch hunts with a more sympathetic lens. It wasn't an always historically accurate lens, mind you, but you know, people would start to look back at the witch hunt and say, "Hey, wait a second. It was mostly women who were targeted? And what was it about these women that made them such a threat to the Church?" And so, you know, around that time, you'll see writers who talk about witches as these oppressed, but truly powerful, women who had access to these brilliant minds or some kind of supernatural intuition or some kind of magic power. And aren't those women amazing? And they shouldn't have been persecuted, according to those 19th century writers. As we now know, you know, those people who were killed for being witches probably were not actually witches, or probably did not see themselves as witches. However, that sympathetic notion of a witch being this oppressed woman who has access to some divine feminine energy is a very romantic notion, that feminists took up in the 20th century. And so we really start to see people choose to call themselves witches in the 20th century, certainly with second wave feminism, but also with the rise of Wicca, which is a modern religion that was largely founded by a gentleman in England named Gerald Gardner. And the Wiccan movement is a whole very interesting thread to this story, too. In your book, you say that you've used the word "witch" to signify that you're a feminist. Can you go into a little bit about what you mean by that? Well, I think both the word "witch" and the word "feminist" are highly charged words. And they are words that point to having access to some kind of power, or some kind of agency that is connected to the feminine. And so the words are not interchangeable, but for me, and many other witches, they are interrelated. Because witches usually represent an antithesis to the patriarchy. They represent everything that is othered in society — and that can be having a feminine body, or a body of color, or a trans body. It can be having access to some kind of intuitive power or other worldly power that I believe can coexist happily with science and medicine. Certainly not the same as those things, and can be considered an alternative or a supplement or complement to those more mainstream practices. But for me, the two words are very deeply woven together. So what does being a witch look like to you? Because one thing I've learned is that everyone seems to have their own interpretation. Yes. One of the wonderful things about modern witchcraft is that there is no one path and it's decentralized. In other words, there's no pope of witchcraft. There's no one book that one has to read in order to call oneself a witch. And so you're right, for every witch you ask, you are going to have a different answer about why they consider themselves a witch, or how their witchcraft practice works. In my case, I am Pagan. I was raised Jewish, so when I'm being cheeky, I sometimes call myself "Jewwitch." But, you know, being a practicing Pagan essentially means that I am celebrating the different changing of the seasons. I am celebrating different phases of the moon. I have an altar where I connect with what I call capital S Spirit, and that can take the shape of various deities, who symbolize different aspects of that Spirit. And it also means that I do cast spells and engage in rituals that are deeply meaningful and transformative for me. When did you realize you're a witch? Or at least when did you start getting more into it? So I definitely considered myself kind of magical since I was a child. I had these woods in my backyard, and I would play outside like a lot of kids do and, you know, cast spells and commune with different spirits and so on. Or at least I imagined that I was. But it wasn't until I was a teenager and discovered witchcraft books and the occult section of the library in different bookstores and New Age shops, that I really learned that witchcraft was something that you didn't have to pretend that you were engaging in. That there's actually a long history of people who have practiced some form of witchcraft. You'll actually hear that a lot — that the teen years are a time that a lot of people turn towards witchcraft. And I think it's no coincidence, because it's also a time of life when we're coming into our own power, our own identity, and looking for ways to feel like we have more agency in our lives — at a time when we don't, in a lot of ways. We still have to answer to our teachers and parents and peers. And then along comes this practice that says, "You have power right now. You know, you have access to something bigger than yourself, even as a 13-year-old. And for me, learning about witchcraft as a teenager was an incredibly positive thing. For those who might be interested in learning more, where should they start? You mentioned that you started a lot by just reading books. Oh my goodness, there are so many books on witchcraft now, it's a real feast. But it can also be overwhelming for people because they don't know where to start. So you know, there are certainly wonderful books that came out when the second wave of feminism was cresting here in the U.S. that I still think have value. One such book is The Spiral Dance by Starhawk, who really is one of the pioneers of earth-based and Goddess-based witchcraft here in the U.S. And that book still stands the test of time, I think there's a lot of beauty there. And also the same year that that book came out, which is 1979, is a book called Drawing Down the Moon, by actually a radio journalist who was also a Wiccan priestess, named Margot Adler. And this is a wonderful overview just on the history of the witchcraft movement, and all of the different groups that have made up this movement over the years. So those two are really great foundational texts. But then in terms of casting spells, just go to a bookstore and figure out what's calling to you, you know, we've all had that experience of picking up a book and just kind of getting that rush of excitement or, or feeling like it's a homecoming. So whatever book gives you that feeling is the right book to start with. Are there a simpler spells and charms that are good for beginners? Ooh, that's a that's a really lovely question. Certainly, candle magic is a simple way of casting a spell, and it's one of the most accessible. You don't even have to get a fancy special candle at a witchcraft store, you can get any old candle at a grocery store, and as long as you're putting your intentions into it, there's a good chance it's going to be really effective for you. Overall, what do you think people misunderstand about witches? I think one of the most common misconceptions is that if you are a witch, that means you have to reject what other religion of origin you might have been raised with. And that's simply not true. Yes, there are some people who were raised with a religion that they might have found oppressive or even harmful, and so they might reject that religion and turn towards witchcraft. But that is not everyone's story. There are Christian witches and Jewish witches and Buddhist witches and Hindu witches and Muslim witches and so on. So, being a witch can absolutely be complimentary to other spiritual paths that you might be walking. The other most common misconception, which I almost hesitate to bring up, because it's really bad PR, is the notion that witchcraft is somehow affiliated with the Devil and diabolism. And nothing could be further from the truth. Most witches are incredibly loving, kind, nature-worshipping, or at least nature-honoring, people. And the reason that people sometimes associate witchcraft with some kind of evil comes right out of the time of the witch hunts. You know, we're talking the 15th-17th centuries in Europe, and later here in what became the United States. And that is when this idea that witches were devil-worshipping and sexually deviant and murderous, and all of the horrible things and reasons [came about], that they use to rationalize killing innocent people. Unfortunately, those stories and those horrific beliefs are still sometimes with us today. We do see that in discriminatory practices against people who identify as witches, and there are still witch hunts that happen around the world today. Literal witch hunts. It's deeply, deeply damaging and couldn't be further from the truth. Looking back on the Salem witch trials, as Grossman noted, most of those accused probably weren't actually witches. Lying by confessing to witchcraft and turning in other “witches” increased one's odds of avoiding execution. Some of the convicted eventually petitioned for exoneration in the 1700s, and up until the early 2000s, various groups have worked to redeem those who remain. But how did Elizabeth Johnson Jr. get left out? How did we get here? State Senator Diana DiZoglio says, unlike some of the others who were wrongfully convicted, Johnson didn't have any descendants to push for her exoneration. She never married, she had no children, and some historians have suggested that she may have been mentally disabled. DiZoglio says it could still take a while for Bill 1016 to make its way through the Massachusetts Senate, but she's optimistic it'll pass - and it's good for all parties involved. "You know, this is something that's a matter of equality and making sure that justice is served. I commend these students for taking their civic education course to the next level," says DiZoglio. "This is something that demonstrates their ability to speak up and be a voice for the voiceless, and I think that that carries over into all different issues that they're going to be able to advocate for going forward. And I think it demonstrates that, no matter how young [you are], you can make a difference." You've been listening to 51%. 51% is a national production of WAMC Northeast Public Radio. I have so many people to thank for this episode: State Senator Diana DiZoglio, Rachel Christ-Doane with the Salem Witch Museum, Kate Laity, Pam Grossman, our executive producer, Dr. Alan Chartock, and of course you for tuning in. On social media, we're on Twitter and Instagram at @51percentradio. Let us know what you think, and if you have a story you'd like to share as well. Until next week, I'm Jesse King for 51%.

On this week's 51%, it's witching hour. We speak with a Massachusetts state senator about a bill to exonerate a woman convicted during the Salem witch trials. Author Kate Laity teaches us about the history of magic, and we also speak with author and podcaster Pam Grossman about modern witchcraft, and why witches are a feminist icon. (more…)

Aliza introduces her guest, Pam Grossman, author of Waking the Witch and host of the podcast The Witchwave. Together, the two discuss feminism and witchcraft, and the ongoing correlation between women's politics and spirituality. They continue to talk about how each has made their mystical practices their full-time job and the daunting process of surrendering stability for the unknown when following your intuition. We discuss problematic figures in spirituality and witchcraft and the complicated process of determining the real trailblazers behind the gloss. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/stars-like-us-astrology-with-aliza-kelly/donations