Podcast appearances and mentions of Raymond Buckland

The ladies explore the Buckland Museum and learn more about the history of Raymond Buckland along with some of the items that are on display there! PS: It would seem some of the inhabitants of the museum were feeling tricksy so this is a short episode but still packed full of witchy wonder!   On Patreon:  Ad-free version of this episode!   SPONSORS   Check out the phenomenal tea blends at thejasminepearl.com and save 10% with OUR NEW coupon code WITCH2025. Free shipping on orders over $35. Make sure you let them know you heard about them on That Witch Life Podcast! Kitchen Witchery awaits!  From delectable tomato sauce to sumptuous coffees, make DELICIOUS Magick at cucinaaurora.com and save 10% with our new code WITCHLIFE.

Joining us today is Jason Mankey!  Jason is a third-degree High Priest and prolific Witchcraft author ten books and counting.  Jason has spent the last twenty-five years of his life researching the Horned God, Witchcraft, and magickal history, and the occult influences in rock and roll music. He regularly lectures and leads rituals at Pagan and Witchcraft events in both North America and the United Kingdom. We talked about the future of the modern Pagan and Witchcraft movements, LGBTQ+ inclusion in the movement, heavy metal and Paganism, his upcoming book on Raymond Buckland, the father of American Witchcraft, and more! I am hitting the conference circuit this spring!  Please contribute by donating whatever you can afford at my Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/ryansmithwfi Want to support this podcast and my other work?  Check out https://patreon.com/waywardwan... You can also help out by https://calendly.com/ryan-fire...

Join Patti Negri on The Witching Hour with the incredible Jason Mankey as we uncover the journey of Raymond Buckland, the father of American Witchcraft. Discover the magic, the history, and the empowerment in this week's episode! Don't miss it!  #WitchingHour #RaymondBuckland #Podcast #magick #llewellynworldwide

Learn about the enchanting Buckland Museum of Witchcraft in this interview with both Steven Intermill and Toni Rotonda. The museum is full of magical tools and objects used by historic witches, wizards, and magicians, and the collection continues to grow. Originally started by the influential author Raymond Buckland, it was later passed on to his High Priestess Toni before his passing. Steven is the curator and caretaker of the museum, as well as the tour guide. Learn more about the museum itself, including some of its haunted artifacts, complete with ghost stories and more in this interview. Enjoy! Buckland Museum of Witchcraft: Website: www.bucklandmuseum.org Email: bucklandmuseum@gmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/WitchMuseum Instagram: www.instagram.com/bucklandmuseum   Connect with The Witch Source: YouTube: www.youtube.com/thewitchsource Website: www.thewitchsource.com TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@thewitchsource Facebook: www.facebook.com/thewitchsource Instagram: www.instagram.com/thewitchsource

In this 12 months overdue episode we investigate Gef a talking mongoose from the Isle of Mann, The 22 Billion dollar treasure and cursed Vault B Of Padmanabhaswamy Temple, A frozen foot found of Mt Everest that could change history and a French basement find that leads back to the Merovingian Dynasty!   Show Notes:  Have an Idea for a show? want to tell me how awesome I am and you just can contain yourself? You can call the show, 24/7 through Google Voice at 302-709-1209  leave a message and maybe I'll play it on the show!  Music provided by permission by Chasing zZz: check them out of Apple, Amazon, Spotify and Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/chasingzzz Bizarro Aficionado You Tube Channel : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYNWT92IsF6zlOUIvGurtoA Bizarro Facebook Group on US Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/387613341903379 Temple Balan, S. S., 2017. Why Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple's Mysterious Vault B should be Opened: Expert Explains. [Online] Available at: http://www.thenewsminute.com/article/why-sree-padmanabhaswamy-temple-s-mysterious-vault-b-should-be-opened-expert-explains-65521 Chen, M., 2017. The Mysterious Sealed Temple Door No One Can Open. [Online] Available at: https://www.beyondsciencetv.com/news/2017/6/15/the-mysterious-sealed-temple-door-no-one-can-open-last-door-of-padmanabhaswamy Devnath, V., 2016. 21 Facts About The Treasure Under The Padmanabhaswamy Temple That Will Make You Go WTF. [Online] Available at: http://www.storypick.com/padmanabhaswamy-temple/ Dobson, J., 2015. A One Trillion Dollar Hidden Treasure Chamber is Discovered at India's Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple. [Online] Available at: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jimdobson/2015/11/13/a-one-trillion-dollar-hidden-treasure-chamber-is-discovered-at-indias-sree-padmanabhaswam-temple/#6a88e6201ba6 Editor, 2017. The Mysterious Sealed Door of the Ancient Padmanabhaswamy Temple. [Online] Available at: http://www.theeventchronicle.com/study/mysterious-sealed-door-ancient-padmanabhaswamy-temple/# Roth, M., 2017. What is the mystery behind the last door at Padmanabhaswamy temple?. [Online] Available at: http://www.speakingtree.in/allslides/the-mysterious-last-door-at-padmanabhaswamy-temple sreepadmanabhaswamytemple.org, 2010. Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple. [Online] Available at: https://web.archive.org/web/20120310081828/http://sreepadmanabhaswamytemple.org:80/index.htm www.thehindu.com, 2017. In numbers: the story behind Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple vaults. [Online] Available at: http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/in-numbers-the-story-behind-sree-padmanabhaswamy-temple-vaults/article19251538.ece GEF Josiffe, Christopher (December 2010). "Gef the Talking Mongoose". Fortean Times. Dennis Publishing. Retrieved 2 December 2016.  McGraw, Walter. (1970). Gef - the Talking Mongoose...30 Years Later Archived 2013-10-17 at the Wayback Machine. Fate (magazine). pp. 74-82  Raymond Buckland. (2009). The Weiser Field Guide to Ghosts. Weiser Books . p. 26. ISBN 978-1578634514 Harry Price (1936). Confessions of a ghost-hunter. Putnam. Retrieved 20 August 2013. Sandy Irvine https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/british-explorer-sandy-irvines-foot-discovered-100-years-after-he-vanished-on-everest French Basement https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/british-explorer-sandy-irvines-foot-discovered-100-years-after-he-vanished-on-everest  

In this fun and paranormal interview with Toni Rotonda of the Buckland Museum, we talk about her journey into witchcraft, working with Raymond Buckland and becoming High Priestess of his surviving coven, the Buckland Museum, her guest Witch House and prior funeral home, her paranormal experience clearing a burned apartment building with forgotten history, and more. Be sure to also listen to the upcoming interview with both Steven and Toni about the museum itself, including its haunted artifacts, complete with ghost stories and more, and learn how to visit the museum for yourself. Enjoy! Find out more at the links below: www.bucklandmuseum.org bucklandmuseum@gmail.com www.facebook.com/WitchMuseum www.instagram.com/bucklandmuseum

On Thursday February 29th 2024, The Hermetic Hour with host Poke Runyon will broadcast a memorial for Wiccan and Neo-Pagan elder Edward Sitch 1937 - 2024, with Pagan leaders and friends calling in sharing remembrances of Frater Ea and "Sitch the Witch" as Tom Snyder dubbed him. Ed was a VMI grad and a Lt. Colonel in the Air Force Reserve. He served in Viet Nam, Thailand, the U.S. and U.K. With Joseph Wilson and Raymond Buckland, Ed brought Witchcraft (Wicca) to America in the 1950s. He worked as a writer and editor on "The waxing Moon," and "The Crystal Well" both leading Neo-Pagan pblications. He was the author of several books, including "A Grimoire of Shadows" and "The Rites of Odin." He was a member of the original Brethen of the Coast Pirate Club; and as a sailor he crewed on Sydney Hatchl's schooner Escape, and was 2nd mate on my schooner Valkyrie. He was a witch and a magician, a wizard and a warrior, a sailer and a sage. He was a Gentleman of the Old School. He will be long remembered and he will be missed.

In this episode, Amberle interviews Crow Moon, a solitary Wiccan practitioner, and a yoga, reiki, and meditation instructor. They discuss Crow Moon's journey from Christianity to Wicca, his favorite books on witchcraft and spirituality, and his experiences as an older practitioner. Crow Moon shares his love for the Wheel of the Year and his favorite Sabbaths. He also talks about his online teaching of yoga and meditation, and shares a guided meditation on the Wiccan altar. The episode concludes with a card pull and recommendations for oracle decks.   At the end of the episode, Amberle shares a recipe to enjoy on Imbolc from Brigid's Light: Tending the Ancestral Flame of the Beloved Celtic Goddess, edited by Cairelle Crow and Laura Louella.   Takeaways: Crow Moon found his spirituality in Wicca later in life after leaving the Christian faith. His favorite books on witchcraft and spirituality include 'The Complete Book of Witchcraft' by Raymond Buckland and 'Intuitive Witchcraft' by Astrea Taylor. The Wheel of the Year and the celebration of Sabbats are important aspects of Crow Moon's spiritual practice. Crow Moon teaches yoga and meditation online and offers courses on nature-based spirituality and Wicca. He recommends oracle decks for beginners and enjoys using them in his own practice. You can find Amberle on Instagram and Facebook @thehearthandhedge, her website, www.thehearthandhedge.com, or you can email her at thehearthandhedge@gmail.com.  If you like what you hear, consider leaving a review wherever you find you podcasts. Special thanks to ksbrmusic on fiverr.com for the wonderful intro music, and Michael of L12 Graffix (l12graffix@gmail.com) for the beautiful logo and graphic arts needs. Production team: Amberle Light  Chapters 00:00Introduction and Welcome 00:39Discussion about Coffee and Reading 02:26Favorite Books on Witchcraft and Spirituality 03:41Experience as a Solitary Practitioner 07:08Leaving the Christian Faith and Finding Wicca 09:23Discovering the Wheel of the Year 10:44Favorite Authors 12:14Finding Wicca at an Older Age 13:13Favorite Sabbaths 14:48Celebrating Imbolc 17:18Teaching Yoga and Meditation Online 18:27Card Pull and Oracle Decks 22:23Guided Meditation on the Wiccan Altar 26:45Closing Remarks

Steven Intermill is the Director at Buckland Museum of Witchcraft & Magick.Raymond Buckland founded the museum  in 1966. After visiting the late Gerald Gardner and his collection on the Isle of Man, Raymond was inspired to start a collection of his own. While working for British Airways, he was able to acquire many of the artifacts in this collection from all around the world. He initially displayed his museum on a few shelves in the basement of his Long Island, N.Y. home. However, over time, Raymond's witchcraft collection rapidly grew to well over 500 artifacts, ranging from Ancient Egyptian ushabtis to documented artifacts from the Salem Witch trials. This was the first museum of its kind in the United States with an anthropological approach to the world of folklore and the supernatural. Come with Tim Shaw and Marla  for an armchair visit.

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If you lived in Brentwood in the late 1960s and 70s, you may have encountered a charming, transplanted Englishman named Raymond Buckland. You many not have realized it at the time, but Buckland was in the process of establishing Wicca as a religion in America. A private practitioner at first, introduced to Wicca by Gerald Gardner, Buckland was soon thrust into the public eye by the press. He then helped popularize Gardnerian Wicca through television appearances, newspaper interviews, and his own numerous writings on the subject. He went on to found his own museum and his own tradition of Seax Wicca. On today's episode, we talk with Peter Ward (Brentwood Public Library) and Ellen Edelstein (Brentwood Historical Society) about Buckland's time in Brentwood, his connections to the library, and his position in the area's long history of the colorful and spiritually-minded. Further Research Buckland Museum of Witchcraft & Magick Brentwood Public Library: Local History Brentwood Historical Society Raymond Buckland on the Dick Cavett Show (1971) Video Gallery (Buckland Museum) Articles Raymond Buckland obituary (The Wild Hunt) An Interview with Raymond Buckland (Llewellyn 2003) "At a Witchcraft Museum, Halloween is more than Trick or Treat." (NYT, 10/31/1971) Books by Raymond Buckland (Open Library)

Remember, we welcome comments, questions and suggested topics at thewonderpodcastQs@gmail.com   S3E39 TRANSCRIPT:----more----   Mark: Welcome back to the Wonder Science-based Paganism. I'm your host, Mark, Yucca: and I'm the other one. Yucca. Mark: and today we have a very special episode. We're interviewing James Morgenstern, who is on the Atheopagan Society Council. And so, along with Yucca and myself and a bunch of other people. And so it's just an opportunity to get to know him and ask his ideas about where he sees the community going and how he came to be a part of this community and all that good kind of stuff. So, welcome James. James: Thanks for having me. Yucca: We're really happy to have you, so Well, why don't we get started with. you know how, how you found or came to agonism. James: So, it's kind of a, a, a long journey that started back in like the late eighties like 87, 88, somewhere around in there. And I, I was, I, I was an, an avid reader back then. And I remember coming across like a group of, at a garage sale, this collection of encyclopedias called Man Myth and Magic. And it was like everything supernatural in the cult from A to Z And I got made fun of a bit in grade school and called Encyclopedia Brown and stuff like that because I like, I, because I read encyclopedias. And so I came across these, bought 'em for like a quarter a book with my allowance and read them all. And that really sort of piqued my interest in, in the cult and whatnot. And there were there were articles in there about like, Paganism and, and Witchcraft and Wicca and, and what have you. And so I started seeking out books all of this under, you know, the cover of secrecy because I, you know, grew up in the Midwest, in central Illinois. And all of that stuff was a big no-no. So I. With, I had gone to you know, I grew up in a tiny little town, so we had gone some friends of mine and I had gone with one of their parents into this town, and there was this store in the mall that I went into, I think it was like, it might have been a b Dalton book Sellers, you know, one of those book sellers that's not around anymore. And I found a copy of Raymond Buckland's, Complete book of witchcraft. And I went through that whole thing. It was like a series of lessons. Anybody familiar with, you know, witchcraft from back in that area is familiar with the big blue book. But it went through the whole self initiation ritual thing that they had at the end of that. And that was sort of my start on that path. I started reading a lot of Scott Cunningham. He had, you know, a lot of good material for like solitary practitioners and and whatnot. And later on in my, you know, in my adult life I got involved with a this was shortly after I was married, I got involved with a group in Springfield, Illinois called the Edge Perception Collective. And we put on seasonal public rituals, you know, for the, for the community there in central Illinois. And from there I got involved with the Diana's Grove Mystery School and which was, those folks were fantastic. There's just some really good, you know, kind nice people. And the. It was interesting. They had like a 200 acre property in the Ozarks and, you know, it was beautiful. Had this, it had been a cattle ranch at one point, and so like the edges of it were forested and there was this big meadow in the center with like a seven circuit labyrinth mode into it. That was huge. And they had all these cabins that had built, had been built on the property by the Amish. And you know, they did week long intensives and, and weekend you know, seminars and things like that on all sorts of different topics. I took several like drumming classes there with lane Redmond and, and whatnot. And the you know, the whole time though, like, looking back, I, I realized that. With, in terms of like the belief in like DA and things like that. I was really sort of going through the motions on it. Like, I don't know that I ever actually really believed that, that there were these beings out there. I think a lot of it was me looking for an alternative to what I was in the middle of and sort of, you know, inundated by, and that was, you know, conservative Christianity you know, Midwestern Bible country, you know, kind of kind of folks. And so I, I, I sort of, I moved to St. Louis in like 2000 and really sort of drifted away from all of that and had this big. Spot in my life, you know? A lot of the stuff that I had done previously, even, you know, even being part of the, of this group and that that community all on my own, you know, was all solo stuff. Mark: Mm. James: And a lot of that, you know, took place primarily in, in, in my head. You know, it's the whole like, you know, you develop like a mind palace or whatever they call it these days where you've got this sort of sacred space in your own skull. And that some of that was coping mechanisms and things like that for, you know, mental health issues and, and whatnot. But but I had this big hole and, and, and that lasted a long time. And I moved to California in like 2013 or 2014. At the beginning of 2014. And I remember like, I don't remember the exact year it was, but I was online and on Facebook, and I don't remember if it was like a suggested group or if I was searching for, you know, some sort of online group to join. I've got a lot of, I've got friends out here, you know, on the west coast that are all part of this sort of like spooky dark, you know, like, you know, witchy, woodsy, you know, forest people type community musicians and artists and whatnot. And so, lots of pagan stuff being posted by them and, and you know, that whole aesthetic. So it may have been a recommended group but I found the Athe O Paganism one and I clicked on it and looked at the about page. Read the description and everything, and that seemed like that's, like, that was really kind of where I was at. Like, I wanted, I wanted all the pagan stuff, but I didn't want all of the praying to God's goddesses or offerings to forest, you know, fairies and, and, and things along those lines. so I joined the group and was just sort of a, a lurker for a while. And then I don't remember exactly how I met you, Mark. I think I, it was, you had posted something about where you lived or something along those lines, and I was like, Holy crap. Like, that's, that's, that's, you know, 20 minutes away, 30 minutes away or whatever. and I don't remember if I sent you a message or if it was in a comment or something. Like I don't, the details of all that are Mark: I think he sent me a message as I recall, and we decided to meet for coffee. James: Yeah. But that was fantastic. And then I read your book and like your whole story of how you came to all this. A lot of that resonated with me cuz I'd been involved with similar groups, you know, in the past, the whole church of all worlds. And you know, I wasn't involved with them at all, but I, I was well aware of them and, and things going on with them. And then, you know, I wanted to I wanted to take a more active role in the community because. I don't know. I feel like, I feel like everybody should want to take a more active role. You know, you gotta participate in community, you know, on some level. At least that's how I feel, you know, for myself. And so I, when a call went out for moderators on the group, you know, I, I stepped up to that and and then was a moderator on and off for a couple of years, I think.  Yucca: A few. Yeah. James: yeah, recently, recently, you know, stepped down from that again. And then when the Atheopagan Society started coming together, you know, and, you know, we decided to put together an actual, like, council of people, you know, I, I. Felt the need to be a part of that, you know, on the, on the ground floor. Mark: Mm-hmm. James: don't know cuz I, it's, it's really given me a lot in terms of like, helping sort of fill that hole that I had in my life for so long with not having any sort of like, ritual, you know, or spiritual life, you know, it was, I dunno, it was like, I struggle with I struggle with a fair amount of mental health issues, you know, depression, things like that. And when having that, having a spiritual life and even in my own head now using words like that is, there's a little bit of dissonance because I don't believe in like a spirit world, but I, when I tend to use the word spirit or spiritual, I'm, it's more in the sense of essential. Mark: Mm-hmm. James: spirit being the essence of a thing. You know, and so a spiritual life for me is an essential life. It's a thing that, you know, it's something that's Yucca: mm. James: Um, and the, the, a paganism group online and just the, you know, approaching spirituality from that standpoint has, has helped me out a lot. And so I, I wanted to, to, to try to give back on some level as much as I'm able anyway. Mark: Well, that's great. Thank you for that. Yeah, it's, it's been great for me because you, you are local to get to know you and, you know, become friends. And now of course we have the Northern California Affinity group the Live Oak Circle, and we've been having in-person meetings with a little group of folks. And to me that's just been wonderful. I've, I've really enjoyed sharing rituals with, with a group like that.  James: In person is definitely, at least for me personally, is far more rewarding than, you know, online. So if there's a certain, there's a certain distance that I feel, you know, with online interactions and they, they just doesn't feel as personal and meaningful to me. Other people get a lot out of it, you know, I know that we have like the the mixers and things like that, you know, on Saturdays and like on Thursdays or whatever online. And I know that there are a lot of people who get a lot out of those, and that's fantastic. You know, I think you should get, you should get that community interaction however you can get it. But yeah. Yucca: well, I really love that we've been able to start building both of those kinds of, of interactions right now as, as we're, we're growing and able to do in person gatherings. Both like we did earlier this spring with the retreat and then with local groups and then the mixers and the text communication, which is what mostly the Facebook discord is. Mark: Mm-hmm. Yucca: So it's, it's lovely to see that diversity and people being able to kind of plug in, in the way that fits in in their life and, and their particular needs. James: Yeah. Yucca: and it seems like James, you've, you've been a big part of a lot of that kind of looking out for and caring for and participating in that online component. James: Yeah. Like, I feel, I feel very, and one of the reasons I wanted to be like help be a moderator and stuff for the, for the Facebook group was that I feel like I tend to get protective of, you know, the groups that I'm, that I'm part of. It's all, it's like chosen family kind of, kind of situation. And I felt like being a moderator helped, like, put me in a role where I could be more effective at doing that. Yucca: Mm-hmm. James: because there's a lot of folks that aren't able to sort of stand up for themselves and you only have so much, aside from just blocking people online you've only got so much that you can do in a group if you aren't a moderator. You know, you don't have the ability to, you know, to shield other people from, you know, abuses and things along those lines. And not that we've had a huge problem with. Folks like that in the, our fa I feel like out of all of the Facebook groups that I've, that I've been a part of and all of just the social media groups in general that I've been a part of, the Atheopagan group is definitely by far the most friendly and problem free group that I've, that I, especially with, you know, now we've got well over 4,000 members. Like, it, it, it shocks me on some level that there wasn't, that there wasn't a lot more moderation issues than there, than there was. We just don't get the trolls. I think a lot of that is, is due in part to like our screening process for people, you know, and and just the, you know, vigilance and the community themselves, like, you know, that even aren't moderators stepping up to, you know, Sort of take charge cuz it's, it's, I feel like it's all of our responsibilities to make sure that we've got a nice, you know, safe, accommodating, friendly community, you know, to be a part of. You know, and every, every group is gonna have issues, but I feel like our group is, is always working on those, you know, when something comes up, when someone brings something to our attention, something was problematic or something that we, that needs to be addressed that we're, that we, we work on it. I feel like that effort is an honest one and that, you know, and that's important. But but yeah, it's by far the, the best group I've been a part of. And I, and I think that speaks a lot for the people that are involved. Mark: I agree. Yeah, I mean, I've, I continue to be amazed by the quality of the community that's come together online, around aop, Paganism, and As you say, with more than 4,000 members, you would imagine that there would be more conflict. And it's not like there's group think because we have really interesting conversations about lots of different things and people have varying perspectives on a variety of different things. But there's a civility and a a fundamental assumption of good intention on the part of one another that I think is really rare for Facebook. I mean, I don't even go to my main Facebook feed anymore. I just hang out in the atheopagan. James: yeah, yeah. And it was, it was really great for me at the retreat to get to meet some of those folks in person. you know, cuz you see a name, you see a name and like an icon on online and I don't know, for me that's Yucca: A real animal person  James: Yeah,  Yucca: really right there in front of you. James: cuz like online there's a, like, I feel like there is sort of a certain degree of anonymity that's necessary because it can just be a dangerous place. So I don't fault people for not putting pictures of themselves up as like their Facebook photo or whatever. You know, I didn't do it for the longest time. Uh uh, now I don't really care. So it's whatever. But but it's nice being able to put a face to, you know, conversations that I've had with folks and, and things along those. Mark: So, I have kind of a two part question, I guess, for you, James. The first one is so what do you see your role as being on the Ethiopia Pagan Society Council? What, what do you see as, you know, what are your responsibilities there? What is, what do you see yourself as doing for the community there? And then the second part of the question is what about the future? What, what sorts of things do you see the society being able to do to foster this community or support it or train it or, you know, whatever. What, what's your vision there? James: I think in terms of my, my role, like, I feel like I, I try to represent the, the greater community as a whole. Mark: Mm. James: Take into consideration, like when we're making decisions and things like that, the needs of, of, of the community as it's been sort of represented to me by my interactions with people on Facebook, you know, in the Facebook group. And, and to a far, far lesser degree, the, the discord sort of, cuz I, I, I started the, that Discord server I don't, a couple years ago or whatever. And Discord is not my, it's not my thing. It's, you know, it's some people that's totally their jam and that's, and they prefer that over everything else and that's totally fine. It's just, it was never really my thing, but there was a call for it online and so I just, I had used it previously for like some gaming. And so I was like, well, you know, I'll start a server and we'll see how that happens and how that works. And now it, you know, it's got a, I think a couple hundred people on it. Mark: I think about 500 Yucca: Yeah, James: is it really? Mark: Yeah. Yucca: It's got some great stuff. Yeah. Mark: Yeah. James: I, yeah, like I said, it's, it is wasn't really my thing. I am not a tech savvy person, so, you know, there were got all these people that jumped on it, that were doing Discord stuff all the time and asking me as a, you know, as like the admin there, you know, Oh, can we do this? Can we do that? And it's like, I have no idea how to do those things. So and I don't have a whole lot of time to learn how to do those things. So like, I, that's a, yeah, that's a whole nother change. But in terms of like my role and what I, you know, what I seem like my responsibilities being like, I, I don't know. I. I think everybody, I think every group and, and it hasn't been a thing that I, that has been something that I feel like I've needed to worry about because our, our group and our organization has, it's worked a lot differently than a lot of other groups that I, that I'm aware of in the Pagan community and not so many that I've been a direct part of in, in terms of like decision making groups and whatnot. But I don't know. There was sort of this idea in my head at one point of like, being kind of a watchdog and making sure that things didn't start going down like a hierarchical you know, sort of problematic path. Often happens with those sort of council type groups in various PE communities. Like I said, I'd been a member of a group in the past. The, the edge of perception, which, you know, all we did was really put on public rituals. That's all we did. We weren't like a, we weren't sort of guiding a community necessarily. So all of our meetings dealt with what are we gonna do for the next, you know, for the solstice or whatever, and you know, who's gonna do what roles. And you know, how is, you know, how much did we spend on supplies for the last one? How much money do we have in the account for supplies for the next one? And you know, and that sort of thing, we were, we were a not for profit five. I think we had, you know, our 5 0 1 3 c, you know, thing or whatever. So we had to, you know, keep track of receipts and all that good stuff for taxes and but There weren't, so, there weren't really any issues in terms of like power struggles or anything along those lines, you know, people wanting to take control of things necessarily. At least none that I was aware of, but I definitely know that there are groups that are like that. You get like an individual who is, and that's one of the things like I, I feel I really sort of commend you for Mark, because you, that's, you have not being sort of the founder of, of this whole thing. You have made, I feel like you've made great strides to not put yourself in a position of. Power and or a position of authority or anything along those lines. You know, you've been pretty good about when people try to appeal to you as an authority on something and say, Well, Mark says this, or whatever. You're very much, I feel like you've done a pretty good job of, of the whole, like, you know, I'm just like, I'm just another member of the community like you, you know, just because my name's on a book or whatnot, that doesn't mean that, like what I say is, is law sort of thing. And I know that's been an issue. So there was an, at one point in my head there was this idea of like, kind of being a watchdog for the community if that sort of thing started to happen, to try to be a bull work against that. But that's, but it's never come up. So, that quickly faded into the background as something unnecessary. So I, so mainly I think I, I feel like I'm just there as support. Like I, like I said before, I, you know, I struggle with a lot of mental health issues and what have you. So my, my ability to do things is, is relatively limited. But I do, I, I, you know, I want to do whatever I'm capable of, you know, and take a more active role other than just seeing posts online and hearing about things and, you know, listening to the podcast and whatnot. And as far as going forward, I'd like to see a lot more opportunities like that provided for the entirety of the community. You know, it's a big community and I think a lot of those opportunities should be like on a, on local levels. You know, like you mentioned before, we've got our local live Oak Circle. Here in Northern California, which, you know, we've had like, what, like almost a dozen people Mark: Yeah. James: I think involved, you know, that have that at least, you know, I've seen, you know, active, we've got our own little discord server Mark: Mm. James: and whatnot to help coordinate stuff. And then you know, we've had Facebook members who have posted things about their local meetups, you know, one in Chicago that looked like had a fantastic turnout. And I like seeing it. It makes me happy to see things like that happening because I, community is something that's really important to me. And I think it's, I think a lot of the reason it's really important to me is, is because of how little direct access I have to it. You know, I'm, I'm sort of isolated out in the redwoods, you know, and So, and community interactions are, are, have become far more important to me. They're more meaningful to me because I have them, you know, so rarely. So that's an important step going forward, I think, is helping to foster those local communities Mark: Mmh. James: to build a greater, you know, broader, you know, general community. The, I thought that the Sun Tree retreat was a, was a fantastic success in terms of like turnout and whatnot. So I'd really love to see more events like that going forward. Like maybe regional regional ones and then, you know, a like a main sort of national one or whatever here in the States. And it would be fantastic to see. Because we've got members of the Facebook group from all over the world, you know? And we've got affinity groups for larger affinity groups, for like regional affinity groups for some of those areas. But it'd be great to see them putting together, you know, events and it, and I think a lot of people think if the, if like, Oh, we, if we're gonna do that, we're gonna need all of these things and we're gonna need this awesome space, and we're gonna need, you know, speakers or we're gonna need, It's like, you don't really, you just get together, get together and have a meal, you know, and make it a ritual, you know, be, be mindful of the various parts of the meal that you're, you know, as, as they're, as they're served or consumed or whatever. Or get together and, you know, if you're into drumming and stuff, you have a drum circle or sing some songs together or, you know, just do some, do something. As a community and it'll grow from that. You don't have to have like a fancy convention space or, you know, retreat center to go to or something along those lines. But I think building those communities is important because we, we do better together. You know, we, we move forward better, faster, more stronger together than we do, you know, as individuals. And some people, you know, social interaction is not a thing for them and they don't do well in groups and that's fine. You can totally do it by yourself. But, you know, I feel like as a, as a community though, moving forward, like these smaller local localized groups are really. I think that the next best step forward. Mark: Hmm. I think that's really well said about community and humanity as a social animal. You know, we, we get e even those of us that are very introverted will usually get something out of social interaction. They may not be able to take very much of it. But there's a, there's a sort of a, an energizing or a charge that comes with interacting with other people who see you and are authentic and open and kind and, you know, fostering that kind of a climate is, it's super important to me and it seems. That's what people are gravitating to in, in the online communities is like, wow, these people are nice and they're thoughtful and they're interesting and they, and they're rational and and they are open to the idea of secularizing the world in, you know, in ways that are moving and impactful. So, yeah. Yeah. That's very cool. I didn't realize that you had joined the council with the idea of being sort of a watchdog on, you know, on the power dynamics, but I'm, I'm glad to hear that you haven't felt that was necessary. James: Yeah. I mean that was sort of, it wasn't like a main reason, you know, the main reason was like, I, I wanted to be a part of it. I, you know, I wanted to be a part of, I wanted to give back, you know, cuz I had gotten quite a bit out of, you know, the online community and, and whatnot. And wanted to give back beyond just being a moderator on the Facebook group. And the, the whole like watchdog thing was sort of a secondary, a secondary thing, you know, one of those creeping things in the back of my head. And it was like, Oh, I've, like, I've seen groups like this come together before with really good intentions and then a cult of personality forms around one person. And and then it all falls apart. And I didn't wanna see that happen. You know, like I said, I, I feel, I feel kind of protective of our community. , which can have its own drawbacks because I, I, there are times when I'm feeling probably too protective and might see threats where there aren't any. And that's, you know, that's, that's my own shoot to deal with. The yeah, I think other things that we could do, like I, I, I think I probably mentioned previously about you know, we've got members of the community who probably are a little isolated and not as able and like some sort of like, outreach program or something along those lines, you know, to bring resources to those people. You know, I think this, this podcast has obviously been a great. Because you know, like you had mentioned to me previously about like the number of new members coming to the Facebook group because they heard the podcast which is fantastic, you know, but that's one of those things that like is of, it's available to everybody all over the world, you know, You know, you don't have to be on a specific social media platform or whatnot. This podcast is available on, you know, numerous different podcast platforms and everybody's got, and I think network, maybe possibly networking more with other similar like-minded groups. Yucca: Mm-hmm. James: You know, I think that might be a good step in the right direction. Cuz you know, In the end to get sort of philosophical, we're all in this together. Yucca: Yeah. James: that's not just like the a o paganism group online. And that's not just, you know, our, our local circles. It's, you know, everybody we're, and you know, we might not all completely agree on things all the time, but we, none of us get out of this alive. So we should all work together to make, to make the experiences as, as as pleasant as possible. Yucca: Hmm. Mark: Yeah. James: and that, you know, and that in that involves a lot of work. And not, not necessarily like physical footwork type stuff, but like personal work, you know, for each of us. Things like Like dealing with issues of racism and ableism and things along those lines. You know, that's, that's stuff that has to be worked on, on a personal level. And you know, we all have a lot of, I think a lot of us the vast majority of us have a lot of internalized, you know, issues with those things. Things that have become normalized for us because it's just, they're, they just are things that have never been an issue. You know, it's a thing we've talked about in the Facebook group. Paganism in general for the, for a long time was a primarily white thing, Yucca: Mm-hmm. James: And and so I think a lot of people of color and whatnot really felt it was inaccessible to them, Mark: Yeah. Or that they were unwelcome. James: or that they were unwelcome. Exactly. Because there's still this huge trend, and that's why I'm I really. One of the things that I really like about Atheopagan and that that drew me to it, is that it's not based in a culture, a preexisting culture. It's not based around a preexisting set of traditions. You know, it encourages, you know, a DIY approach. You know, create your own rituals, create your own traditions, you know, start new ones. Don't, you know, like we, it's not the goal to recreate some lost civilization or culture, or to live in, you know, a a, a pretend past that never really existed. Cuz that's what most of these groups, you know, I feel like to some degree do. And it's not about escapism either, Yucca: Mm-hmm. James: Which is a thing that I found. I've gotten a lot of flack in the past for, for bringing the issue up in groups that I've been a part of that I feel like a lot of people were, you know, they'll be a part of a group that espouses like, you know, justice or something along those lines. I'm not gonna name any groups in particular. But they'll espouse values like justice. But then when issues of justice are brought up, people, you know, start going on the whole, like, why do you gotta make this political? It's like, uh, how is it not, How is that not like everything is political. If it involves people, it's political. So, You know, every aspect of our lives is affected by politics. You know, nobody lives in a. Yucca: Mm-hmm. James: from the rest of the world. So literally every aspect of our life is, has been affected or is constantly affected by politics. Whether it be the laws that we're living under or the regulations we have to abide by when doing things to our homes or you know, our yards, you know, down to like HOA organizations with how tall your grass can be and crap like that. Um, it's all politics, you know, And so, and I understand like people who get tired of hearing about hearing all the arguing Yucca: Mm-hmm. James: what have you, and I think that's primarily, it seems to be primarily an American issue, you know, a US issue. But you know, everybody knows what's going on in this country, you know, right now and has been for a while. So, you know, the whole world knows the sort of situation we're living in. So I think it's understandable that people are burnt out. . And, but most of those people who are like, Why do you gotta make it political, are the ones who aren't really all that negatively affected by politics. Mark: Right. They're  James: tired of hearing people argue about it because it interrupts their peace and quiet and they come into these groups because they're trying to escape rather than, you know. But for me, like I said, a spiritual life is an essential life and as an essential part of life, it's politics is unavoidable Mark: Mm. James: cuz that's an essential part of life. You can't exist in the world without, with other people, without politics. So, you know, that's I think working on those issues on an individual level is important. And working on those issues as a community, you know, supporting each other. You know, I, I feel like our community has been really good in like the comment sections and stuff on Facebook of offering up resources when issues come up and someone says, Well, I don't know how to do that, or I don't, you know, or where do I go to find that information? There's usually always someone who's got a list of links or books to read or, you know, or, or YouTubers to follow, or, you know, something along those lines that are, you know, resources. And then it's incumbent upon us to take personal responsibility then at that point, and read those things, you know, or, you know, or, or, or look up those papers or, or what have you. And you know, it so yeah, I the whole escapism thing, that's Mark: Yeah, we've, we've talked about that here before. I mean, it's, it's tricky because you can use sort of fantastic language and, and framing to. Make your life a lot as a tool to make your life a lot more enchanted. Right. James: Oh yeah. Mark: But you need to keep in mind, you know, it's that ability to recognize the difference between metaphor and reality. You know  James: And I, I'm a, I'm a big fan of like, the myth poetic, you know, as, as a tool, you know, for, like you said, re enchanting, you know, your life. But there's a, it be, it starts to become escapism when that becomes the, your preferred realm to exist in. Cuz it's not a real place. And you live in the real world and there's no getting around that. Mark: sure. When you start blaming fairies for things, James: Or Mark: It's a problem. James: right, or you know, like a thing you had mentioned, and I think you had mentioned it in, in your book, you know, with people like excusing behaviors, because you know, it's the will of the gods or, or whatnot. And the spiritual bypassing that takes place, you know, where people are like, Oh, well the reason this bad thing is happening in your life is because, you know, maybe you've angered some spirits or something along those lines. And, which is really just a fancy way of victim blaming at that point.  Yucca: It's a way of not taking responsibility, James: yeah, exactly. And so that's, that was going back to like the first question. You know, that's, that's another thing that sort of drew me to Athe o Paganism, was that, that that wasn't a part of all this. There was no, there was no road. For that sort of approach to things, you know, personal responsibility and and, you know, taking steps in our own sort of growth and development, you know, are are built in. And that's that's very appealing to me and I think needed, you know, in. Mark: Yeah. One thing that I've really appreciated about many people in the Pagan community, I certainly wouldn't say all of them, but many people in the Pagan community, is that there is this kind of dedication to personal growth, you know, to, to doing the work to become the best people they can and. I just see that as essential. You know, it's like if, if the goal is excellence in how we interact with one another in the world that we create in our engagement with the rest of the natural world in all of that, then it, you know, it starts with the wrestling that's happening in your head and, you know, figuring that stuff out and getting as clear and as kind and as balanced as we can. And so it, so that was one of the things that drew me back towards Paganism. And after I got sick of it, you know, there were those people that were living in a fantasy world and were, you know, causing harm out of that. But then there were these other people who were just amazing. Humble, fantastic, incredible people. And I wanted those people . I, you know, I, I wanted to go back and get them. So that's, that's been part of what this has been about. James: yeah. I've had, and like, you know, I, I skipped over in my story about how I got to aio Paganism. I skipped over a lot of the stuff that I got involved in, looking for ways of like making meaning in the world. That were more solo like, I got into Chaos Magic, and I got into the, you know, I was involved in the Lima for, for a while, Mark: Mm-hmm. James: you know, joined some initiatory orders and, and what have you. And know, it was all, you know, brain hacking, trying to figure out how to make myself that better person, you know, that you just mentioned. And doing it on your own by yourself is often very difficult. And so I, I think having a community that's all also working towards that. And like you said, not everybody involved in those groups was good. But there were definitely some jewels, you know, that stood out. But for some of them, like the, the, the, the Leic community there was a lot of just. I, I pretty much left all of, I left the Lima because of a lot of the just really horrible, toxic stuff. And I've always been a proponent of the idea that whatever it is that you're championing, whatever cause that you're standing behind, whatever beliefs that you are espousing, look around at the other people who are going, Yes, that's what that I'm on, pa on. I'm right there with you. I'm on the same page as you are. You believe what I believe and I absolutely support you. And if those people are neo-Nazis, and if those people are, you know, just you know, white nationalists and racists and terrible people, then you need to, you need to rethink these ideas that you're championing. Cause if they're saying, Oh, no, no, I totally agree with you, I don't think that's a good thing. and, So, you know, I, I, I've had these conversations to get political. I've had these conversations with folks who, you know, espouse like conservative values and whatnot, and they're like, Yeah, but you know, I don't agree with those guys, but yeah, but they agree with you. Like you don't agree with those guys cuz you don't, because they're on, you're just sort of cherry picking, you know, the things of their ideology that they, that you don't agree with. And I don't know that you're actually looking at, at what they believe and what you believe with an unbiased, you know, viewpoint. And I think that your ideas and their ideas line up far more than you're willing to admit to. And because on some level you do agree with them because if they're agreeing with you, how is that not the same thing? You know, if you say XYZ and they're like, Yes, xyz, and then you say, Oh yeah, but I don't agree with their xyz, but it's it's the same xyz. Then, you know, I think that needs some reflection and some rethinking. And so, yeah, I don't know where I was going with that. I've got my mid-afternoon coffee, caffeine hitting my, hitting my head and it's sending me on spirals. Yeah. What were we saying? Yucca: We had been talking about the gyms in the community, and you'd said that you'd kind of skipped over some of the, the, James: yeah, Yucca: the various groups that you'd been involved in and stopped being involved in. James: yeah. Cuz I think when, when, for me it was like a matter of percentages, you know, if there's like three or four people in the community that are absolutely wonder. People and the, the overwhelming majority of the community is not, then that's, then you, you can't, you can't it, I personally can't stay in a community like that. I can't stay involved with a group like that. Like I, it, it's always terrible to have to sort of leave a group because you know you're gonna miss those people probably, especially if you developed any sort of personal relationship with them. And you can always stay, you know, connected with those people outside of that group. But being part of the group itself is just not an option any longer. Again, I think, I feel like you gotta look around at the people who are, who are standing behind you and chanting along with you and see what sort of flags they're waving and, you know, if those are flags that strike you as you know, bad things, then maybe you should think about. You know why it is that they're chanting along with you. And I, and it's mostly been like, you know, events that have taken place here in the US over the last, like six years or so that have really sort of brought that sort of idea to a head for me. You know, or also if you don't, the people who are on your side are championing ideas that actively seek to harm or impede the lives of people you care about, then maybe you should rethink those ideas also, because if you really care about those people, why would you want to promote the things that are going to hurt them, you know? And I feel like in our, to bring it back to, you know, our community, I feel like we are, I feel like we're, we can always do better, but I feel like we're doing a pretty good job. And that is, and that's not to sort of say, you know, to let us off the hook in any way, shape or form. The work is, the work is constant and ongoing and not quick. You know, there is no fast like flip a switch and suddenly you're not racist, you know, or you flip a switch and suddenly you're not ableist anymore. You know, those are, they're patterns of behavior that come about from living in a system that promotes all of those things and oftentimes rewards those things. So, you know, working out of those situations, those methods of thought and whatnot is a. It's a lot of deep work, but I feel like as a community we can support each other in that work. And that's what part of what I was saying about when conversations like that have come up on the Facebook group, you know, people offering up resources, you know, books, you know, books to read and things along those lines. I know we've got, there's like a book club like an atheopagan book club and I think that they've read some, some pretty good books, you know, in, in that regard on some of those issues. I definitely, I'm not a part of it cuz reading books for me is a, it's a whole thing that's gets too complicated to get into right now. But but I definitely encourage them to read more of those books that help work on those issues. You know, everybody likes to read, you know, the fun books. Things like gathering loss is a popular one. Or what's the other, the Mark: reading Sweet Grass. James: Yeah. Braiding, sweetgrass. Those books, those books come up a lot in conversations. and those are great. Yeah. Yeah, they're great. I, I'd like to, you know, I'd like to see more opportunities for for unlearning the sort of problematic tendencies that, that, you know, the overwhelming majority of us tend to have. Mark: Mm. James: cuz that makes the community more accessible to the folks, you know, like I mentioned before, that felt it, you know, this sort of spirituality inaccessible before, Mark: Mm-hmm. James: Yeah. And, and build your own tradit. You know, around that sort of thing cuz that can help reinforce all of that and Mark: You know, I, I need to put in a word about that. I, I wrote a blog post probably four or five months ago now. In which I agree for myself, I, I want to create new culture. But I can see how for people of color, they might want to draw culture from their ancestors forward. Um, and so, you know, when I talk about, when I talk about Ethiopia, Paganism being a modern thing that just got started in the early two thousands, and it's not rooted in any culture that really comes out of the fact that I just designed it for me and I'm this white guy you know, this sort of Mongol American white guy. And I think. I've, I've since done more thinking about that, and I think that it's really important for us to acknowledge that there's a place for drawing indigenous traditions, drawing traditions of African ancestry, you know, drawing those, those pieces forward into the ritual practices of people that come out of those, those ethnicities. James: I, I absolutely agree. I think on, on a personal level, I think, you know, for your own like personal ritual and spiritual life, I think drawing on, on, on your heritage is, is absolutely, although I don't like using that word, heritage I think drawing on that is Backgrounds. is, is, is important and can be really sort of empowering and enriching and whatnot. I think it, where the issue comes in is when the overwhelming majority of a group comes from a particular background Mark: Yeah. James: and they try to make those aspects of their background, the primary focus of the community's background. So like, you know, taking a recent holiday for example. So that's an Irish thing, you know, that's a Gaelic culture cultural thing. Yucca: Mm. Mark: Mm-hmm. James: so everybody's like, everybody talks about sow and it's like, I mean, it's not, it's not like a solar festival, you know, it's not one of the cross quarter you know, holidays that is tied to an astronomical. Or anything along those lines, like the solstice and equinoxes. So it is a very sort of culturally specific thing, and not everybody celebrates that. And so when everybody's almost sort of insisted be called that because Halloween is too much of a, I mean, it's, it's even got its own cultural sort of baggage, you know, in terms of like all Hall's Day being, you know, kind of a, a, a more Christian centric holiday and the whole, the whole co-opting of, of, you know, pagan holidays by Christianity idea and those sorts of things. But I think a lot of people, when, when the community, when the greater community refers to it as a specific cultural thing like sa, those people who did not come, did not grow up in that background. Feel isol, you know, separated and they feel like they're not able to take, they feel excluded. So I feel like as a greater, you know, sort of global community or whatever, coming up with new non culturally specific things is great. And then incorporate in your own personal rituals and whatnot, and even your own local group rituals, incorporate aspects of the, of, of your own background into that. And then your group can each, each person can bring their own cultural background into the mix. And you have this, you know, lovely bouquet of, of mixed flowers, you know, that everybody can enjoy. The but yeah, I think that when people lean into those sort of traditional ideas of the holidays, You know, of our, like, you know, that can be one of the things that isolates people who have traditionally been sort of excluded from these sort of circles, and it makes us less inclusive. You know, I personally celebrate sound because That's my background. You know, I'm 93% Scottish and Irish and with a smidge of, you know, other, you know, I'm a, I'm a American mut, you know, with a blend of, of European backgrounds. And but I wasn't raised in any of those cultures, you know, that's a, so that's a thing. One of my. I don't wanna say pet peeves cuz that's not what it is. One of my issues that I struggle with a lot of times is I don't believe that for the most part Americans have in general, white America doesn't have a recognizable, consistent culture or cultural background to draw from. Which I think is one of the reasons why so many folks look to, like Ancient Ireland and Ancient Scotland or ancient Germany and you know, or Scandinavia, they look to Asat true, you know, because of their roots and their heritage and they, or they look to, you know, like the Celtic sort of stuff because of their, you know, their ancestry. It's like, that's great, but you likely weren't raised with any of those traditions, assuming those traditions are real at all. And so, In a way that's sort of a, it's a hot button topic and I'll probably get flack for it and people will talk about me. But I feel like in a way that's sort of still a matter of cultural appropriation cuz you weren't raised in that culture and there are people who legitimately went through terrible things because of their connection to that culture. They were prohibited from practicing just like here in the United States with the, with, you know, indigenous peoples being legally prohibited from pr, from practicing, you know, you know, uh, their, their ancestral traditions and what whatnot to step up. Having not gone through any of that and just adopt those things and say, Well that's, you know, that's my, that's, you know, my heritage. It's like you're, I. I guess blood wise down the road, always, you've got that connection to people who participated in that. But you, you never did. You're, you know, that's not part of your, your culture for the overwhelming, not for everybody. Obviously there are exceptions. People who are like first generation Americans and whatnot. They may have relatives who who carried some of some older traditions and stuff forward. But this idea of participating in these like ancient traditions, like, I mean, it's, Yucca: I think it doesn't necessarily just have to be first generation either. I mean, there, you know, there's a, James: but those traditions have to have been carried forward. Like, I feel like you need to have been raised in the culture to, to really, because otherwise you're, you are participating in a thing without, without any sort of, you know, you're participating in a thing that other people were punished for without. The threat of punishment, you know, and without having gone through those  Yucca: I, think it's really very specific to different ones. I mean that some, some times when those ancestors were forced to stop, Doing tho having those traditions. You know, my, my father's first language, he was not allowed to speak that outside of the home. And his, you know, his, his mother wasn't allowed to speak it. So I wasn't, I didn't get that language from him. Right. But, but there's still a connection that I have to that culture, right? Or, you know, and, and so for instance, my, my child is relearning the language even though there's a generational gap between, you know, what she was, how she's been raised, the culture that she was raised in, and, and wanting to like to rebrace, right, to reclaim and rekindle some of that. James: And I think as long as, as, as those things are being passed down with the knowledge of, of the struggle that people went through regarding those things, like how the, how the, you know, and that's, you know, the reason that you're doing it. But I think a lot of that is disregarded when people just sort of pick up a book on Celtic paganism or something along those lines, and they think that they're participating in these like ancient Celtic rituals and whatnot, which is Yucca: My personal pet peeve around that is when it gets all lumped into one culture, it's like, wait, but, but we're a lot of different cultures, you know? James: I've been involved in Drewry and things like that, and there's this idea of like this Dr. Reconstructionism and whatnot, which I think is. The fact of the matter is, is we don't know what any of the, there was nothing written down and we don't know what was practiced. So these like ancient rights or ancient rituals, they're not ancient. They're all new modern inventions. And there's that zero evidence that, you know, and there's a lot of hearsay and people are like, Well, no, this was passed down. Word of mouth. It's like, yeah. And we've all played telephone, we've all played that game. And there's a good chance that the way that you're doing things is absolutely nothing like what people did then. You know, and you've got the influence of Christianity and things like that. And to think that, to think that, like, I don't know. I think the assumption that, like the monks that wrote down a lot of this stuff, when they were encountering these new cultures, you know, as they were, were coming into the areas that they weren. Repainting and reinterpreting and just straight up lying about things. I think I, I don't think that's an honest approach to, to what that is. So,  Mark: Well, and, and James, this also goes to the lionization of the ancient, right? I mean, there's that whole idea that because something is old, that it's got a deep validity to it. And that's, that's one that I just. Honestly, I don't go with, I mean, to me, cultures are valid just because they're valid and it doesn't matter whether they started recently or, and then, then there are cultures that aren't so valid, like Joseph Smith's arrangement that has now taken off and has many followers all over the world that you know, the values of, which I find really problematic. But just because something is new doesn't make it invalid. And just because something is old doesn't make it valid. But particularly for people where there's been genocidal effort to extinguish the culture, I think it is really important to be able to say to someone who's, you know, grandfather and father were, you know, grandparents and, and parents were not allowed to speak their native language, that they are still entitled to relearn that language and restart those cultural traditions again. James: Sure, I think. But I think that a lot, and I think a lot of it is for me personally, that's it. It's all continued upon intent. Mark: Mm-hmm. James: if you're, if I think if you're going to do that, then you need to be learning about the struggles that they went through. You need to be informing yourself about the reasons why this is an issue, you know? It's like, you know, the, it's, for me, it's like the, the whole like, you know, When it comes to, like in, in indigenous folks, you get the person who does their 23andme DNA test and they get the thing that says, Oh, you're 0.05% Native American. And they're like, Oh, cool. Well, I'm just gonna start practicing Cherokee, you know, traditions or, or whatnot cuz you know, well I'm part, you know, I'm part Native American and what, and, and not learning why that's a, why that's a problem. Mark: Yeah. James: It's like if you're, I, you know, because in all likelihood, you, you, you really, the only connection you have is a genetic, is a genetic connection to those, you know, to those folks because you've not, you know, I don't know. It's a, it's a, it's a complicated. It's definitely not cut and dry. There are definitely, you know, exceptions to the rule and, and, and all of that good stuff. There's, I come from a, you know, a line of people who are very, very far removed from any of that. I, the, the research that I've done on my own family, you know, I got as far back as like the 15 hundreds to some, you know, Sept of SCOs who, you know, the, the, the McCulloughs or, or whatnot. And they were like a, they didn't have their own tartan, which was a, which was a pretty modern invention. They didn't have their own, you know, sort of clan, steel and motto or insignia or anything. There were like a vassal clan of some other larger clan, but. I wasn't raised with any of that. My grandparents weren't raised with any of that. My great grandparents weren't raised with any of that. You know, if anything, there's more Appalachian you know, traditions and culture, which is a mishmash of, of, you know, a number of things. Because the farther you get from the source, the more diluted those things sort of become, the more integrated with other, you know, cultures and, and, and traditions and whatnot. Those things become and they become their own thing, you know? So like, I feel like for me, like I've, I've, I've tried to educate myself on the struggles of those people from my background who were barred from like my Irish ancestors who were barred from speaking Irish, you know, by the English in my. I try to educate myself about that. And I try not to just take it for granted that I'm just allowed because my, you know, my grandmother's last name was Bailey, you know, and I think that there's the overwhelming majority of people that I have encountered in the Pagan community. That's really the sort of approach. There's this romanticized like idea of like ancient Celtic Ireland, you know, that people pursue. And and it goes, it goes back to the whole escapism thing for me. And you know, I think a lot of people are what draws a lot of people to modern paganism. And the new age movement is a dissatisfaction with the way the world is right now and a lack of sort of, Lack of meaningful internal life you know, to to help give them a sense of comfort and whatnot in, you know, the, the sort of times that we're having. And I think that there's that appeal to, it's the reason we read, you know, that's the reason we read fantasy books and things like that, you know, So for a brief time we can live in a world that is not this one. Mark: Yeah, but this one is so amazing. Yucca: Yeah. James: it really is. You open your eyes and you look at the world around you and you see like really look and see the various processes taking place on the. Smaller levels, you can just keep going. You know, like, Oh, well why does that happen? And there's a whole process involved and it's like, and then you can take a piece of that process and say, Well, why does that happen? And there's this whole other process involved, and it's this like fractal rabbit hole that, you know, winds up down in some quantum, you know, wormhole thing Mark: Some probabilistic. Weird. James: Yeah. Mark: Yeah, James: until we're just speculating, because we really don't know, because we are physically incapable of seeing any more detail from that for now. And you can do the same to the greater scale, you know, because the immensity of this universe and reality in general, as you know, is astounding and incredibly humbling. For me to contemplate. I've spent many a night lying on my back as a kid. I had, I built a skateboard ramp for myself, and there would be times when I would lay down on the deck of that skateboard ramp and living in rural America, there wasn't a lot of street lights and things like that to obscure my view of the sky. And spent a lot of time laying, just looking up at the stars in the moon and whatnot, and always feeling that sensation of sort of being held to the earth. Mark: Hmm. James: Like at any moment I could fall off of it Yucca: Hmm mm. James: into the, you know, the sky, you know, up into the, that vastness, because what is up Mark: Mm-hmm. James: that's arbitrary you know, it's in relation to where, you know, to where the ground is. That's up. Mark: Yeah. James: But in the, in the schema things, there is no up. There's no down. It just, we have to put these sort of descriptions on things to help us make sense because of how limited we are in, in our, in our perception. But I think going back to yet another thing that drew me to a, the o paganism is that whole idea of like, that's, I'm, I'm part of all of that. That's, that, that craziness, that just overwhelming levels of complexity. And like we talked you know, yesterday, mark, about the human brain and how, how little we really know about how it operates. This chunk of fat and water and whatnot that sits inside, you know, this bone on the top of our head or our bodies. Excuse me. Throat thing happening. The, the overwhelming, like, I don't know the awe that sets in Yucca: Mm-hmm. Mark: Mm-hmm. James: the, you just, there are times when it just takes my breath away. And it's the appreciation of that and knowing that every other person who's part of the, you know, not just part of our community, but every other person in the entire world is also part of that. Mark: Mm-hmm. James: And if there's anything that connects us, that's, it's that, you know, we're all part of this sort of greater mechanism. I don't know that like, I guess you could call it an organism if you wanted. Yucca: Mm-hmm. James: You know, I guess it all depends on per. , but we're all tiny, tiny, tiny little pieces of this huge thing that operates in a relatively specific manner. Mark: Mm. James: even though it seems like, you know, at times all of the stuff is so random and whatnot. That's sort of the point, is that that's how it works, is that there's no sort of predetermined path. No one has laid it all out, you know, and mapped everything out. Like what's the point of that? You know? Excuse me, my throat. So Yucca: Yeah. Well, I'll, Yeah. James: having me on.  Yucca: Yeah. So thank you James. This has been, This has been amazing. Mark: It has, it's the, I mean, we've wandered into all these really essential subject matters about, about our path and about our community, and it's just been a really great conversation. Thank you. James: Yeah, thank you for, for tolerating my, my ramblings.  Yucca: Well, thank you for sharing them with us. We really appreciate it. Oh, James: my pleasure. Mark: And we'll see you all next week. Everybody. Have a great week.    .

Steven Intermill is the director of the Buckland Museum of Witchcraft and Magick in Cleveland, Ohio. The Buckland collection includes artifacts from Raymond Buckland, Gerald Gardner, Lady Rowan, Aleister Crowley, Sybil Leek, Anton LaVey, Israel Regardie, Scott Cunningham, and many other leaders of the Pagan community. Featuring artifacts from the original collection, the museum's mission is to display the tools and imagery of Witchcraft and Magick, while celebrating the First Amendment and the power of outsider art.Steven got his passion for sharing interesting artifacts from his previous position as the curator of A Christmas Story House & Museum, and his interest in the arcane truly grew while performing with the outré synthesizer act, Telecult Powers. He spends his evenings with spouse Jillian and his three cats Berti, Robat, and Lil Richard.On this episode, Steven discusses the history of the Buckland Museum of Witchcraft and Magic, the story of its visionary witch founder Raymond Buckland, and the importance of preserving Ray's magical legacy.Pam also talks about drawing strength from pioneering Pagans during tumultuous times, and answers a listener question about finding the magic of New York City.Our sponsors for this episode are Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab, Snowy Owl Tea, The Many Moons Lunar Planner, Weiser Books, BetterHelp, Good Sigil, and the Psyche Magic podcastAnd if you want more Witch Wave, please consider supporting us on Patreon to get access to bonus Witch Wave Plus episodes, Pam's monthly online rituals, and more! That's patreon.com/witchwave

The Weiser Field Guide to Ghosts : Apparitions, Spirits, Spectral Lights and Other Hauntings of History and Legend - In 1962 Raymond Buckland came to the United States from England, where he had written comedy scripts and was personal scriptwriter for a popular British comedian Ted Lune. Interested in the occult for over sixty years, in the past forty years Raymond has had well over fifty books published (both fiction and non-fiction), with nearly two million copies in print and translated into seventeen foreign languages. He has received awards for his work and his books are featured in several national book clubs. He has served as Technical Director for movies, working with Orson Wells, John Carradine, Vincent Price, and William Friedkin (director of The Exorcist). Of Romany (Gypsy) descent, he is an authority on Gypsies and has written several books on that subject. Raymond has lectured at colleges and universities across the country and has been the subject of articles in such newspapers and magazines as The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, New York Daily News, New York Sunday News, National Observer, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Look Magazine, Cosmopolitan, True, and many others. Raymond Buckland has appeared on numerous national radio and television talk shows such as The Virginia Graham Show, The Dick Cavett Show (appearing with Faye Dunaway), The Tom Snyder Tomorrow Show, Barbara Walters' Not For Women Only, The Sally Jessy Raphael Show, and has been seen on BBC-TV, England, RAI-TV, Italy, and CBC-TV, Canada. He has appeared extensively on stage in England and played small character parts in movies in America. He has taught courses at colleges and universities and been a featured speaker at conferences and workshops. He is listed in a number of reference works including Contemporary Authors, Who's Who In America, Men of Achievement, and International Authors' and Writers' Who's Who. His most recent works include The Spirit Book, Buckland's Book of Spirit Communications, Wicca For One, and The Buckland Spirit Board. A DVD version of his Wicca video was also recently released: Rebirth of the Old Religion. Also just re-released is the popular Buckland Romani Tarot book and deck, now published by Galde Press - who also bring you Ray's new fantasy novel The Torque of Kernow. A prolific author, Raymond Buckland is currently working on his autobiography and two new novels. Just published is his Weiser's Field Guide to Ghosts and early next year will see Buckland's Book of Gypsy Magic. Today he lives on a small farm in north-central Ohio, with his wife Tara, a white chihuahua, two ponies and a sheep. - www.raymondbuckland.com

  The history of witchcraft and witches in American film and television is truly fascinating and goes back to silent films! Patrick has a conversation with writer and journalist, Heather Greene, who wrote the amazing book, Lights, Camera, Witchcraft. Topics include The Craft (1996), the different incarnations of Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Hocus Pocus (1993), Satanic Panic, Rosemary's Baby (1968), the “Production Code”, the Wicked Witch of the West, boy witches, SCOTUS and the end of Roe v. Wade, and modern day witchcraft! Visit BigSeance.com/218 for more info. Other Listening Options Direct Download Link   In this episode: Episode Teaser :00 Intro :46 Heather Greene is a freelance writer, journalist, and editor. She received a BA in film at Wesleyan University and an MA in film studies from Emory University. She also studied film and theater at Cornell University and the University of Paris. Heather has written for Religion News Service, Turner Classic Movies, The Wild Hunt, Circle Magazine, Patheos.com, and other outlets. She is a member of Circle Sanctuary, Covenant of the Goddess, and the Religion Newswriters Association. 1:28 Book description for Lights, Camera, Witchcraft: A Critical History of Witches in American Film and Television. 2:18 Patrick did homework as he progressed through the book, and went down several rabbit holes! 3:58 Reclaiming the name. “The witch has been with us since recorded history.” 4:55 Three Sovereigns for Sarah (1985), Rose O' Salem Town (1910), The Cavalier's Dream (1898), The Witch (2015), and The Craft (1996)! 6:53 The Craft was a watershed film for teenagers and witchcraft in general! 7:55 For extra fun, watch the films as you progress through the book. 8:25 The different incarnations of Sabrina the Teenage Witch. 9:50 The main categories of witches in the history of film include the accused woman, the wild woman, the fantasy witch, and the “other”. Also discussed here are vamp witches (the wicked queen, Jennifer from 1942's I Married a Witch), the witch next door (Sabrina, Jillian from 1958's Bell, Book and Candle, Samantha, Morticia), the teenage witch (The Craft, Sabrina, Charmed, Twitches, Harry Potter), satanic witches, and the clown witch (1993's Hocus Pocus). 12:03 Women's power and Hollywood's treatment of witches. 16:19 This episode of the Big Seance is brought to you by Jim Harold's Campfire! Tune in for true and fascinating stories as told by ordinary people who've had extraordinary experiences. Find it on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen to The Big Seance. 20:51 Satanic panic, Hocus Pocus (1993), and more on girl power films and TV. 23:08 Until Rosemary's Baby (1968), the film industry's Production Code took a lot of the fun and freedom out of witchcraft storylines. 25:18 In 1972, Raymond Buckland was probably the first to consult Hollywood on witchcraft in films. 29:38 Hollywood's affect on modern witchcraft. 31:26 More on satanic panic and the controversy with Margaret Hamilton (the Wicked Witch of the West from 1939's The Wizard of Oz) on Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood and Sesame Street. 33:32 Boys can't be witches, can they? 37:54 The Covenant (2009) 41:30 “The witch is always going to be the liminal figure that's pushing the boundaries. She's forever going to be an activist, so to speak. She's always going to be someone who's not at the center of society. So she's going to push the boundaries.” 43:14 “How do you make a thousand witches with one SCOTUS decision?” Final thoughts from Heather Greene! 45:58 A special THANK YOU to Patreon supporters at the Super Paranerd and Parlor Guest level! 48:04 Outro 50:20   For more on Heather Greene HeatherGreene.net Lights, Camera, Witchcraft: A Critical History of Witches in American Film and Television (Amazon)   The Big Seance Podcast can be found right here, on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Pandora, Spotify, TuneIn Radio, Stitcher, Amazon Music, and iHeart Radio. Please subscribe and share with a fellow paranerd! Do you have any comments or feedback? Please contact me at Patrick@BigSeance.com. Consider recording your voice feedback directly from your device on my SpeakPipe page! You can also call the show and leave feedback at (775) 583-5563 (or 7755-TELL-ME). I would love to include your voice feedback in a future show. The candles are already lit, so come on in and join the séance!  

In this special episode Jason is joined by author Martha Kirby Capo to discuss Witchcraft and Wicca 101 Books!  Do "the classics" still resonate in 2022?  What should the discerning Witch read today? Is there any reason to read Silver Ravenwolf and Raymond Buckland today? (Both say "yes!" but with caveats!) People love to talk about "recommended reading" and where the best place to start is when learning about Witchcraft. We don't have all the answers in this edition of the podcast, but the discussion (along with the praise and the criticism) is lively!

In 1962 Raymond Buckland came to the United States from England, where he had written comedy scripts and was personal scriptwriter for a popular British comedian Ted Lune. Interested in the occult for over sixty years, in the past forty years Raymond has had well over fifty books published (both fiction and non-fiction), with nearly two million copies in print and translated into seventeen foreign languages. He has received awards for his work and his books are featured in several national book clubs. He has served as Technical Director for movies, working with Orson Wells, John Carradine, Vincent Price, and William Friedkin (director of The Exorcist). Of Romany (Gypsy) descent, he is an authority on Gypsies and has written several books on that subject. Raymond has lectured at colleges and universities across the country and has been the subject of articles in such newspapers and magazines as The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, New York Daily News, New York Sunday News, National Observer, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Look Magazine, Cosmopolitan, True, and many others. Raymond Buckland has appeared on numerous national radio and television talk shows such as The Virginia Graham Show, The Dick Cavett Show (appearing with Faye Dunaway), The Tom Snyder Tomorrow Show, Barbara Walters' Not For Women Only, The Sally Jessy Raphael Show, and has been seen on BBC-TV, England, RAI-TV, Italy, and CBC-TV, Canada. He has appeared extensively on stage in England and played small character parts in movies in America. He has taught courses at colleges and universities and been a featured speaker at conferences and workshops. He is listed in a number of reference works including Contemporary Authors, Who's Who In America, Men of Achievement, and International Authors' and Writers' Who's Who. His most recent works include The Spirit Book, Buckland's Book of Spirit Communications, Wicca For One, and The Buckland Spirit Board. A DVD version of his Wicca video was also recently released: Rebirth of the Old Religion. Also just re-released is the popular Buckland Romani Tarot book and deck, now published by Galde Press - who also bring you Ray's new fantasy novel The Torque of Kernow. A prolific author, Raymond Buckland is currently working on his autobiography and two new novels. Just published is his Weiser's Field Guide to Ghosts and early next year will see Buckland's Book of Gypsy Magic. Today he lives on a small farm in north-central Ohio, with his wife Tara, a white chihuahua, two ponies and a sheep. - www.raymondbuckland.com ******************************************************************To listen to all our XZBN shows, with our compliments go to: https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv*** AND NOW ***The ‘X' Zone TV Channel on SimulTV - www.simultv.comThe ‘X' Chronicles Newspaper - www.xchroniclesnewspaper.com ******************************************************************

We re-visit old topics with new information and ideally more nuance. This will definitely be a multiparter! Sources include: History.com, Complete Book of Witchcraft by Raymond Buckland, and A History of Magic, Witchcraft, and the Occult by DK Penguin Random House!  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In 1962 Raymond Buckland came to the United States from England, where he had written comedy scripts and was personal scriptwriter for a popular British comedian Ted Lune. Interested in the occult for over sixty years, in the past forty years Raymond has had well over fifty books published (both fiction and non-fiction), with nearly two million copies in print and translated into seventeen foreign languages. He has received awards for his work and his books are featured in several national book clubs. He has served as Technical Director for movies, working with Orson Wells, John Carradine, Vincent Price, and William Friedkin (director of The Exorcist). Of Romany (Gypsy) descent, he is an authority on Gypsies and has written several books on that subject. Raymond has lectured at colleges and universities across the country and has been the subject of articles in such newspapers and magazines as The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, New York Daily News, New York Sunday News, National Observer, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Look Magazine, Cosmopolitan, True, and many others. Raymond Buckland has appeared on numerous national radio and television talk shows such as The Virginia Graham Show, The Dick Cavett Show (appearing with Faye Dunaway), The Tom Snyder Tomorrow Show, Barbara Walters' Not For Women Only, The Sally Jessy Raphael Show, and has been seen on BBC-TV, England, RAI-TV, Italy, and CBC-TV, Canada. He has appeared extensively on stage in England and played small character parts in movies in America. He has taught courses at colleges and universities and been a featured speaker at conferences and workshops. He is listed in a number of reference works including Contemporary Authors, Who's Who In America, Men of Achievement, and International Authors' and Writers' Who's Who. His most recent works include The Spirit Book, Buckland's Book of Spirit Communications, Wicca For One, and The Buckland Spirit Board. A DVD version of his Wicca video was also recently released: Rebirth of the Old Religion. Also just re-released is the popular Buckland Romani Tarot book and deck, now published by Galde Press - who also bring you Ray's new fantasy novel The Torque of Kernow. A prolific author, Raymond Buckland is currently working on his autobiography and two new novels. Just published is his Weiser's Field Guide to Ghosts and early next year will see Buckland's Book of Gypsy Magic. Today he lives on a small farm in north-central Ohio, with his wife Tara, a white chihuahua, two ponies and a sheep. - www.raymondbuckland.com ******************************************************************To listen to all our XZBN shows, with our compliments go to: https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv*** AND NOW ***The ‘X' Zone TV Channel on SimulTV - www.simultv.comThe ‘X' Chronicles Newspaper - www.xchroniclesnewspaper.com ******************************************************************

In 1962 Raymond Buckland came to the United States from England, where he had written comedy scripts and was personal scriptwriter for a popular British comedian Ted Lune. Interested in the occult for over sixty years, in the past forty years Raymond has had well over fifty books published (both fiction and non-fiction), with nearly two million copies in print and translated into seventeen foreign languages. He has received awards for his work and his books are featured in several national book clubs. He has served as Technical Director for movies, working with Orson Wells, John Carradine, Vincent Price, and William Friedkin (director of The Exorcist). Of Romany (Gypsy) descent, he is an authority on Gypsies and has written several books on that subject. Raymond has lectured at colleges and universities across the country and has been the subject of articles in such newspapers and magazines as The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, New York Daily News, New York Sunday News, National Observer, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Look Magazine, Cosmopolitan, True, and many others. Raymond Buckland has appeared on numerous national radio and television talk shows such as The Virginia Graham Show, The Dick Cavett Show (appearing with Faye Dunaway), The Tom Snyder Tomorrow Show, Barbara Walters' Not For Women Only, The Sally Jessy Raphael Show, and has been seen on BBC-TV, England, RAI-TV, Italy, and CBC-TV, Canada. He has appeared extensively on stage in England and played small character parts in movies in America. He has taught courses at colleges and universities and been a featured speaker at conferences and workshops. He is listed in a number of reference works including Contemporary Authors, Who's Who In America, Men of Achievement, and International Authors' and Writers' Who's Who. His most recent works include The Spirit Book, Buckland's Book of Spirit Communications, Wicca For One, and The Buckland Spirit Board. A DVD version of his Wicca video was also recently released: Rebirth of the Old Religion. Also just re-released is the popular Buckland Romani Tarot book and deck, now published by Galde Press - who also bring you Ray's new fantasy novel The Torque of Kernow. A prolific author, Raymond Buckland is currently working on his autobiography and two new novels. Just published is his Weiser's Field Guide to Ghosts and early next year will see Buckland's Book of Gypsy Magic. Today he lives on a small farm in north-central Ohio, with his wife Tara, a white chihuahua, two ponies and a sheep. - www.raymondbuckland.com ******************************************************************To listen to all our XZBN shows, with our compliments go to: https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv*** AND NOW ***The ‘X' Zone TV Channel on SimulTV - www.simultv.comThe ‘X' Chronicles Newspaper - www.xchroniclesnewspaper.com ******************************************************************

Todays episode is about numerology. Have questions? Send an email! catsteaandwitchcraftpodcast@gmail.com Follow the social media pages and website: www.twitter.com/catsteaandwitch www.instagram.com/catsteaandwitchcraft catsteaandwitchcraft.wixsite.com/podcast Music: Love For Snakes by Maduro Sources: Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs by Scott Cunningham A Witch's Guide to Wildcraft by JD Walker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numerology https://www.numerology.com/articles/about-numerology/what-is-numerology/ https://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/extrasensory-perceptions/numerology.htm https://t2conline.com/the-history-of-numerology/ https://www.astrology.com/numerology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gematria Page 55 Raymond Buckland's Complete Book of Witchcraft --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/catsteaandwitchcraft/message

We can't believe it's taken 32 episodes for librarian witches to talk about researching witchcraft! Better late than never I guess. This episode is more of a discussion format. We talk about different kinds of resources, how to critically think and evaluate what you're reading. Are resources good or bad? How do we know?References:Monash University:Home - Grey Literature - Subject guides at Monash UniversityFinding and evaluating information - Library (monash.edu)Enhance your thinking - Learn HQ (monash.edu)How to Distinguish between Reliable and Unreliable Sources Online - INKspireThe CRAAP Test - Evaluating Sources - Research Guides at Benedictine University LibraryBooks mentioned:Chapter 6. Study (in) The Witch's Path: Advancing Your Craft at Every Level by Thorn Mooney.Introduction (in) The Poetic Edda by Jackson CrawfordAncient & modern witchcraft / by Raymond Buckland (1970)The Best of Our Worst Reviews | MonaWitch Bites Socials:Facebook - Witchy Bites Podcast Witchy Bites (@witchy.bites) • Instagram photos and videosOpening/Closing songIndie Folk (King Around Here) | Royalty Free Music - Pixabay

In 1962 Raymond Buckland came to the United States from England, where he had written comedy scripts and was personal scriptwriter for a popular British comedian Ted Lune. Interested in the occult for over sixty years, in the past forty years Raymond has had well over fifty books published (both fiction and non-fiction), with nearly two million copies in print and translated into seventeen foreign languages. He has received awards for his work and his books are featured in several national book clubs. He has served as Technical Director for movies, working with Orson Wells, John Carradine, Vincent Price, and William Friedkin (director of The Exorcist). Of Romany (Gypsy) descent, he is an authority on Gypsies and has written several books on that subject. Raymond has lectured at colleges and universities across the country and has been the subject of articles in such newspapers and magazines as The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, New York Daily News, New York Sunday News, National Observer, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Look Magazine, Cosmopolitan, True, and many others. Raymond Buckland has appeared on numerous national radio and television talk shows such as The Virginia Graham Show, The Dick Cavett Show (appearing with Faye Dunaway), The Tom Snyder Tomorrow Show, Barbara Walters' Not For Women Only, The Sally Jessy Raphael Show, and has been seen on BBC-TV, England, RAI-TV, Italy, and CBC-TV, Canada. He has appeared extensively on stage in England and played small character parts in movies in America. He has taught courses at colleges and universities and been a featured speaker at conferences and workshops. He is listed in a number of reference works including Contemporary Authors, Who's Who In America, Men of Achievement, and International Authors' and Writers' Who's Who. His most recent works include The Spirit Book, Buckland's Book of Spirit Communications, Wicca For One, and The Buckland Spirit Board. A DVD version of his Wicca video was also recently released: Rebirth of the Old Religion. Also just re-released is the popular Buckland Romani Tarot book and deck, now published by Galde Press - who also bring you Ray's new fantasy novel The Torque of Kernow. A prolific author, Raymond Buckland is currently working on his autobiography and two new novels. Just published is his Weiser's Field Guide to Ghosts and early next year will see Buckland's Book of Gypsy Magic. Today he lives on a small farm in north-central Ohio, with his wife Tara, a white chihuahua, two ponies and a sheep. - www.raymondbuckland.com ******************************************************************To listen to all our XZBN shows, with our compliments go to: https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv*** AND NOW ***The ‘X' Zone TV Channel on SimulTV - www.simultv.comThe ‘X' Chronicles Newspaper - www.xchroniclesnewspaper.com ******************************************************************

We made it! Settle in for *true* scary stories from our Tastebuds, as well as a couple of classics from everyone's childhood Spooky Ambassador, Alvin Schwartz (“Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark,” “In a Dark Dark Room,” etc). Turn off the lights, light a candle, and LOCK YOUR DAMN FRONT DOOR, because it's time again for Spooky Stories! There will be death. There will be MURDER. ------ Check out our merch! —> https://store.dftba.com/collections/an-acquired-taste-podcast  ------ What We Talked About: Kathleen's New pendant light: https://www.overstock.com/Lighting-Ceiling-Fans/Pendant-Lights/29880/cat.html?featuredproduct=29658857 “In a Dark Dark Room and Other Scary Stories,” by Alvin Schwartz https://www.google.com/books/edition/In_a_Dark_Dark_Room_and_Other_Scary_Stor/jnMhO4cD7_gC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=in+a+dark+dark+room+and+other+scary+stories&printsec=frontcover  “A Solitary Seance: How You Can Talk with Spirits on Your Own,” by Raymond Buckland https://books.google.com/books/about/Solitary_Seance.html?id=JHyNBJOn7WMC&source=kp_book_description  “What I Learnt From My Week As A Witch” - Stylist Magazine: https://www.stylist.co.uk/us - https://apple.news/ACyYNAt_aT7-A9yYjt6jgkw Bethany's Sleep Hollow "Heads Will Roll Sweatshirt" - https://sleepyhollowsouvenirs.com ------ Please support the companies that support us!  Talkspace - If you need a little support to help you through the end of the year, or want to start building towards a better upcoming year, Talkspace is here to help. Match with a licensed therapist when you go to talkspace.com and get $100 off your first month with the promo code TASTE.  Four Sigmatic - Get up to 40% off + Free Shipping on Mushroom Coffee bundles. To claim this deal you MUST go to Foursigmatic.com/AT This offer is ONLY for An Acquired Taste listeners and is not available on their regular website. Joybird - Create a space that brings you joy with Joybird. Visit joybird.com/TASTE and get 30% off your purchase! Brüush - Get $15 off your Brüush toothbrush kit and refill plan when you use promo code TASTE at bruush.com/TASTE 

What's up witches and welcome to our Samhain episode! Scorpio and Gemini had the privilege to interview Steven Intermill about the Buckland Museum of Witchcraft and Magick in Ohio and follow it from its roots as Raymond Buckland's collection, all the way up to the magical experience it is today! And stay tuned at the end for a fun Samhain surprise from your favorite goth host! 

Todays episode is about brooms/besoms. And the rune of the week is raidho.  Have questions?  Send an email! catsteaandwitchcraftpodcast@gmail.com  Follow the social media pages and website:  www.catsteaandwitchcraft.wixsite.com/podcast  www.twitter.com/catsteaandwitch  www.instagram.com/catsteaandwitchcraft  Music: Hex Appeal by Maduro  Sources:  Taking Up the Runes by Diana L. Paxson  A little Bit of Runes by Cassandra Eason https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Besom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broom https://www.celticjewelry.com/celtic-culture/jumping-the-broom https://www.brides.com/jumping-the-broom-5071336 https://aaregistry.org/story/jumping-the-broom-a-short-history/ https://gaatha.com/brooms-of-india/ Wicca for Beginners by Thea Sabin Wicca: A guide for the solitary Practitioner by Scott Cunningham Wicca for One by Raymond Buckland  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/catsteaandwitchcraft/message

Raymond Buckland founded The Buckland Museum of Witchcraft and Magick in 1966. After visiting the late Gerald Gardner and his collection on the Isle of Man, Raymond was inspired to start a collection of his own. While working for British Airways, he was able to acquire many of the artifacts in this collection from all around the world. He initially displayed his museum on a few shelves in the basement of his Long Island, N.Y. home. However, over time, Raymond's witchcraft collection rapidly grew to well over 500 artifacts, ranging from Ancient Egyptian ushabtis to documented artifacts from the Salem Witch trials. This was the first museum of its kind in the United States with an anthropological approach to the world of folklore and the supernatural. This episode of FSU features Steven Intermill, the director of the museum, which has been located in Cleveland since 2017. We talk about the museum itself, alternative religions, harassment by fundamentalist weirdos, and much more. Don't forget to sign up for the FAILED STATE UPDATE newsletter! https://lennyflatley.substack.com/ Buckland Museum on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BucklandMuseum Buckland Museum website: https://bucklandmuseum.org/ Joseph L. Flatley website: https://www.lennyflatley.net Joseph L. Flatley twitter: https://twitter.com/lennyflatley My *other* podcast, The So-Called Prophet from Pittsburgh: https://anchor.fm/pghprophet Coming soon! New Age Grifter. Available for pre-order from BOOKSHOP.ORG: https://bookshop.org/books/new-age-grifter-the-true-story-of-gabriel-of-urantia-and-his-cosmic-family/9781627311106 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/failedstateupdate/message

In 1962 Raymond Buckland came to the United States from England, where he had written comedy scripts and was personal scriptwriter for a popular British comedian Ted Lune. Interested in the occult for over sixty years, in the past forty years Raymond has had well over fifty books published (both fiction and non-fiction), with nearly two million copies in print and translated into seventeen foreign languages. He has received awards for his work and his books are featured in several national book clubs. He has served as Technical Director for movies, working with Orson Wells, John Carradine, Vincent Price, and William Friedkin (director of The Exorcist). Of Romany (Gypsy) descent, he is an authority on Gypsies and has written several books on that subject. Raymond has lectured at colleges and universities across the country and has been the subject of articles in such newspapers and magazines as The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, New York Daily News, New York Sunday News, National Observer, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Look Magazine, Cosmopolitan, True, and many others. Raymond Buckland has appeared on numerous national radio and television talk shows such as The Virginia Graham Show, The Dick Cavett Show (appearing with Faye Dunaway), The Tom Snyder Tomorrow Show, Barbara Walters' Not For Women Only, The Sally Jessy Raphael Show, and has been seen on BBC-TV, England, RAI-TV, Italy, and CBC-TV, Canada. He has appeared extensively on stage in England and played small character parts in movies in America. He has taught courses at colleges and universities and been a featured speaker at conferences and workshops. He is listed in a number of reference works including Contemporary Authors, Who's Who In America, Men of Achievement, and International Authors' and Writers' Who's Who. His most recent works include The Spirit Book, Buckland's Book of Spirit Communications, Wicca For One, and The Buckland Spirit Board. A DVD version of his Wicca video was also recently released: Rebirth of the Old Religion. Also just re-released is the popular Buckland Romani Tarot book and deck, now published by Galde Press - who also bring you Ray's new fantasy novel The Torque of Kernow. A prolific author, Raymond Buckland is currently working on his autobiography and two new novels. Just published is his Weiser's Field Guide to Ghosts and early next year will see Buckland's Book of Gypsy Magic. Today he lives on a small farm in north-central Ohio, with his wife Tara, a white chihuahua, two ponies and a sheep. - www.raymondbuckland.com ******************************************************************To listen to all our XZBN shows, with our compliments go to: https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv*** AND NOW ***The ‘X' Zone TV Channel on SimulTV - www.simultv.comThe ‘X' Chronicles Newspaper - www.xchroniclesnewspaper.com ******************************************************************

In this series, Tia discusses how to use and provide background information about magickal tools: athames, candles, and cauldrons. Resources: The Witch's Cauldron by Laura Tempest Zakroff The Witch Book by Raymond Buckland

Raymond Buckland started The Buckland Museum of Witchcraft and Magick in 1966. After visiting the late Gerald Gardner and his collection on the Isle of Man, Raymond was inspired to start a collection of his own. While working for British Airways, he was able to acquire many of the artifacts in this collection from all around the world. He initially displayed his museum on a few shelves in the basement of his Long Island, N.Y. home. However, over time, Raymond's witchcraft collection rapidly grew to well over 500 artifacts, ranging from Ancient Egyptian ushabtis to documented artifacts from the Salem Witch trials. This was the first museum of its kind in the United States with an anthropological approach to the world of folklore and the supernatural. The museum was in existence for ten years in this New York location (1966-1976). During that time, it was featured in numerous magazine and newspaper articles and was the subject of a television documentary. The New York Times, New York Post, Newsday, Look Magazine, Cosmopolitan, Esquire, Scholastic Voice, and many more, including foreign magazines, had featured articles about the museum. Raymond was also interviewed on a large number of radio stations and both national and international television. The Metropolitan Museum of Art requested and featured some of the pieces in one of its special exhibits. In 1976, Raymond Buckland moved to New Hampshire where he opened the museum from 1977 to 1980. Unfortunately, because of a rigorous writing and lecture schedule, he then had to place the museum collection into storage, where it remained for a number of years. The museum collection was briefly reestablished in New Orleans in 1999 where it passed through multiple hands before being salvaged by Rev. Velvet Reith. A bit damaged and somewhat reduced collection, Velvet was instrumental in preventing the collection from degrading further and being lost. In July of 2015, the museum collection was relocated to Ohio. Currently it is on display in the newly founded Buckland Gallery of Witchcraft & Magick, inside of A Separate Reality Records in Cleveland's historic Tremont neighborhood. 2155 Broadview Rd. Cleveland, OH 44109 Tickets required! Please order online at our website. https://bucklandmuseum.org/ (718) 709-6643 bucklandmuseum@gmail.com Museum · Art Gallery

The moment I learned that William Mortensen's “Witches” exhibition (https://www.hauntjaunts.net/william-mortensens-witches-on-display-at-bucklands-museum-of-witchcraft-and-magick/) would be on display at the Buckland Museum of Witchcraft and Magick back in 2019, I became obsessed with the museum. Which I still have not yet been to. However, I found a different way to experience it, via an interview with its director and co-owner, Steven Intermill, who graciously accepted my request for a chat. We talked about Buckland's firsts --both the museum itself and its namesake's Raymond Buckland, who was the first open Wiccan in the U.S. and went on to found the first witchcraft museum in the U.S. We also talked a little about the museum's origin story, evolution, and how it ended up in Cleveland. There was also a lot of levity, like when I asked about the museum's COVID-19 precautions, which many visitors have praised in their Google reviews. Steven was like, "Well, for one, I need to selfishly protect myself, because if I get sick there's no telling when the museum would reopen. However, there are also the potential headlines. Can you just see it: ' Outbreak at the witchcraft museum.' Thanks, but no." What else did Steven and I conjure up during our discussion? A great story about a crystal ball, the museum's next exhibition ("Transmutations: Witches, Healers and Oracles"), and, of course, laughs. Guest Info To learn more about the museum, plan a trip or to buy tickets, visit: https://bucklandmuseum.org/. Want more Haunt Jaunts? Jaunt with us online anytime at HauntJaunts.net (https://www.hauntjaunts.net/) , or socially on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/HauntJaunts) , Twitter (https://twitter.com/HauntJaunts) , Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/hauntjaunts/?hl=en) , and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGRFl9SAqCNzAKP0sMUGi2A) .  And if you liked what you heard, remember to subscribe, too! Host & Guide: Courtney Mroch, Ambassador of Dark & Paranormal Tourism Intro Music:  Phantom from Space by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4210-phantom-from-space License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/   Outro Music: From https://filmmusic.io "Some Amount of Evil" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

The Weiser Field Guide to Ghosts : Apparitions, Spirits, Spectral Lights and Other Hauntings of History and Legend - In 1962 Raymond Buckland came to the United States from England, where he had written comedy scripts and was personal scriptwriter for a popular British comedian Ted Lune. Interested in the occult for over sixty years, in the past forty years Raymond has had well over fifty books published (both fiction and non-fiction), with nearly two million copies in print and translated into seventeen foreign languages. He has received awards for his work and his books are featured in several national book clubs. He has served as Technical Director for movies, working with Orson Wells, John Carradine, Vincent Price, and William Friedkin (director of The Exorcist). Of Romany (Gypsy) descent, he is an authority on Gypsies and has written several books on that subject. Raymond has lectured at colleges and universities across the country and has been the subject of articles in such newspapers and magazines as The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, New York Daily News, New York Sunday News, National Observer, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Look Magazine, Cosmopolitan, True, and many others. Raymond Buckland has appeared on numerous national radio and television talk shows such as The Virginia Graham Show, The Dick Cavett Show (appearing with Faye Dunaway), The Tom Snyder Tomorrow Show, Barbara Walters' Not For Women Only, The Sally Jessy Raphael Show, and has been seen on BBC-TV, England, RAI-TV, Italy, and CBC-TV, Canada. He has appeared extensively on stage in England and played small character parts in movies in America. He has taught courses at colleges and universities and been a featured speaker at conferences and workshops. He is listed in a number of reference works including Contemporary Authors, Who's Who In America, Men of Achievement, and International Authors' and Writers' Who's Who. His most recent works include The Spirit Book, Buckland's Book of Spirit Communications, Wicca For One, and The Buckland Spirit Board. A DVD version of his Wicca video was also recently released: Rebirth of the Old Religion. Also just re-released is the popular Buckland Romani Tarot book and deck, now published by Galde Press - who also bring you Ray's new fantasy novel The Torque of Kernow. A prolific author, Raymond Buckland is currently working on his autobiography and two new novels. Just published is his Weiser's Field Guide to Ghosts and early next year will see Buckland's Book of Gypsy Magic. Today he lives on a small farm in north-central Ohio, with his wife Tara, a white chihuahua, two ponies and a sheep. - www.raymondbuckland.com

The Weiser Field Guide to Ghosts : Apparitions, Spirits, Spectral Lights and Other Hauntings of History and Legend - In 1962 Raymond Buckland came to the United States from England, where he had written comedy scripts and was personal scriptwriter for a popular British comedian Ted Lune. Interested in the occult for over sixty years, in the past forty years Raymond has had well over fifty books published (both fiction and non-fiction), with nearly two million copies in print and translated into seventeen foreign languages. He has received awards for his work and his books are featured in several national book clubs. He has served as Technical Director for movies, working with Orson Wells, John Carradine, Vincent Price, and William Friedkin (director of The Exorcist). Of Romany (Gypsy) descent, he is an authority on Gypsies and has written several books on that subject. Raymond has lectured at colleges and universities across the country and has been the subject of articles in such newspapers and magazines as The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, New York Daily News, New York Sunday News, National Observer, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Look Magazine, Cosmopolitan, True, and many others. Raymond Buckland has appeared on numerous national radio and television talk shows such as The Virginia Graham Show, The Dick Cavett Show (appearing with Faye Dunaway), The Tom Snyder Tomorrow Show, Barbara Walters' Not For Women Only, The Sally Jessy Raphael Show, and has been seen on BBC-TV, England, RAI-TV, Italy, and CBC-TV, Canada. He has appeared extensively on stage in England and played small character parts in movies in America. He has taught courses at colleges and universities and been a featured speaker at conferences and workshops. He is listed in a number of reference works including Contemporary Authors, Who's Who In America, Men of Achievement, and International Authors' and Writers' Who's Who. His most recent works include The Spirit Book, Buckland's Book of Spirit Communications, Wicca For One, and The Buckland Spirit Board. A DVD version of his Wicca video was also recently released: Rebirth of the Old Religion. Also just re-released is the popular Buckland Romani Tarot book and deck, now published by Galde Press - who also bring you Ray's new fantasy novel The Torque of Kernow. A prolific author, Raymond Buckland is currently working on his autobiography and two new novels. Just published is his Weiser's Field Guide to Ghosts and early next year will see Buckland's Book of Gypsy Magic. Today he lives on a small farm in north-central Ohio, with his wife Tara, a white chihuahua, two ponies and a sheep. - www.raymondbuckland.com

What's up witches! Scorpio and Gemini dive into the Book of Shadows for Buckland's Saxon Wicca. From protection magic, historical perspectives on gender and sexuality and a brief discussion of how cool Scorpio's mom is, this episode runs the gamut of deep yet funny conversations with your two favorite academic witches! 

I read pieces from the book “Practical Candleburning Rituals” by Raymond Buckland, and give my own advice and commentary.

Buckland Museum of Magic and Witchcraft Join us on Circle Talk as we chat with the owner and the curator of the Buckland Museum of Magic and Witchcraft in Cleveland, Ohio. Raymond Buckland started The Buckland Museum of Witchcraft and Magick in 1966. After visiting the late Gerald Gardner and his collection on the Isle of Man, Raymond was inspired to start a collection of his own. We will find out how the museum came to be in Ohio and what is on display at the museum.

For the Harvest Full Moon, we present Raymond Buckland, A Witch in Time! Big Blue inspired a lot of discussion about the fundamentals, Earth stewardship, the formation of covens and more! This episode is jam packed and we'd love to know what you think! Hit us up on Instagram (@witchspaceco) or shoot us an email (witchspaceco@gmail.com). 

Welcome to Awaken Your Inner Witch! In this intro episode, I'm talking about how I first got into witchcraft, what books helped me at the beginning of my path, and a bit about my spiritual journey so far. Books mentioned in the show: Secrets of Gypsy Fortunetelling by Raymond Buckland, The Truth About Witchcraft Today by Scott Cunningham, and Power of the Witch by Laurie Cabot.  

It's a TRIO SIMPATICO field trip! For this episode David Tavolier and Joshua Witsaman are joined by returning guest DAVID WESTER as the trio travels to the BUCKLAND GALLERY OF WITCHCRAFT AND MAGICK (AKA the Buckland Museum). This hidden gem of Cleveland Ohio is a small but intriguing collection of some of the mystic and ceremonial possessions of Raymond Buckland.  A student of Gerald Gardner, Buckland eventually came to the United States and formed one of the first Wiccan covens in the country.  The collection on display at the gallery includes items which belonged to Buckland as well as several other occultists such as Aleister Crowley and Gerald Gardner himself.  We're discussing the occult, witchcraft, museums, and the mystical in pop-culture.  Plus, as you should expect from this show by now, we go off the rails at a few points and delve into more than a few tangents. And, stick around to the end to hear your co-hosts break into an impromptu duet! All this and more on this episode of TRIO SIMPATICO! 

We were honored that he joined us for Dorian's Birthday....one week before his Birthday.  Happy Birthday Dr. Raymond Buckland. 

2nd Friday of the Month at 8 PM Central you can join Rev Lily for ~Bark, tweet, miaw - Working with Animals~    A show devoted to working with animals.  Tonight's show is certain to be a classic which you will want to bookmark.  Tonight Rev Lily presents a show on emergency planning with pets.  A good resource on how to prepare to protect our furry (scaled or feathered too) loved ones when disater might hit. Every Friday at 9 PM Central you can join Host Ed the Pagan for the ~Correllian Family Hour~ as we explore the exciting world of Correllian Wicca.  News and views, interviews, and information on the Correllian Lifestyle. Tonight Ed Correll will tackle the questions and controversy over filming ritual. 10 pm CT: ~Correllian Deep Waters~ Join Rev. Stephanie Neal as she presents the deeper teachings of the Corriellian Path.  Lady Stephanie will present a reading from Raymond Buckland's book Witchcraft from the Inside.

In a very special episode Tim Shaw brings us an interview with the late Raymond Buckland from 2010 on Black Cat Lounge Radio. Raymond recently ...

In a very special episode Tim Shaw brings us an interview with the late Raymond Buckland from 2010 on Black Cat Lounge Radio. Raymond recently ...

In a very special episode Tim Shaw brings us an interview with the late Raymond Buckland from 2010 on Black Cat Lounge Radio. Raymond recently ...

Our hearts are heavy at the passing of Raymond "Uncle Bucky" Buckland.  I am sitting here trying so hard to write a description for this tribute show and I don't know where to start.  Teacher, Author, Mentor, that's a good place to start but finding the words to honor him seem such a daunting task because he meant so much to so many people in the Pagan, Wiccan, Magickal community that perhaps the best thing to do is invite others to share their thoughts, memories, feelings. Please join Rev Don Lewis of Magick TV and the Correllian Family Hour, Rev Lori B of Correllian Family Hour, and Pagans Tonight Radio Network Station Manager, Pamela Kelly as we open the studio to those who'd wish Uncle Bucky well on his journey to the Summerlands.

We were honored to have Raymond Buckland join us in our inaugural year, for his and Dorian's Birthday. He will be greatly missed and we will be forever grateful for what he has done for our community....one which might not exsist if not for him.

Tonight is KaliSara's last regular show with Pagan Weekly News. She will be missed as a co-host on this program. She will continue to appear regularly on the main program for PMPChannel, the Pagan-Musings Podcast. Perhaps it is fitting that two of the headlines to hit the screens this week deal with the passing of influential people. Hugh Hefner, the original Playboy himself, passed at the age of 91 on Wednesday the 27th. More strikingly for the Pagan world, Raymond Buckland passed away this morning (Thursday the 28th) at the age of 84. Both of these men have had an impact on the world today, for vastly different reasons. RevKess & KaliSara will talk about their deaths and MUCH more on this edition of the Pagan Weekly News!

One of the most prolific witches of our time and the Father of American Wicca. Author of over Sixty books on New Age subjects,  Check out www.chroniclesofkernow.com for his new fantasy novels. www.goldenilluminati.com for his Victorian mystery-thriller. Our blog will have all of his links: http://desperatehousewitches.blogspot.com/ He is the creator of the Domino Divination Deck, our favorite, and will be joining us on Dorian's Birthday and a week early celebration of his Birthday. We will be discussing his books, tarot decks and Lily Dale! His Official site:http://www.raybuckland.com/  We are thrilled to have him on and hope you will join us!  

On Episode 97 we are fortunate to get to talk with Inanna Gabriel and Jason White about the anthology Etched Offerings. You can find out more about and purchase Etched Offerings at Misanthrope Press. I had a lot of fun doing this interview.  We also had fun giving away some swag. The correct answer to the question, Who is the big named pagan at the helm of Pendraig Publishing, was Peter Paddon. Everyone answered correctly but we had only one copy of Raymond Buckland's Golden Illuminati  to give away. That's OKAY because on this episode we have another contest. You'll have to listen to the show for the details.   Our musical selections are tonnes of fun too! The Feature Album is 2Know, 2Will, 2Dare, 2Rock by Witch's Mark. From this album we hear Wiccan Soldier, The Other People, and A Witch Alone. Mojo warned folks that it was heavy but I think it's okay (wink wink). As is our usual M.O. we asked our guests what they'd like to hear and they chose Kenny Klein and SJ Tucker. We chose Heart beat from Haphazard by Sooj and from Kenny we hear Pagan Girl from the album Ghosts of the Delta.  We are having an "interview-a-thon" for the month of April. If you would like to be interviewed in April or May please send us an email at thewigglianway@gmail.com and we'll have a bit of a chat. 

One of the last all readings shows as guest will be scheduled starting in October. Raymond Buckland, Judika Illes, and Anne Rice have all agreed to be guest for upcoming shows and share with us some pretty cool stuff! Check out a great Haunted House at www.BurialChamber.com located in Neenah, WI. **************************** Back to School sites this week are... GoPicnic is the leader in great-tasting ready-to-eat meal solutions. The company has a lineup of five Mighty Munch meals that are pre-packaged, require no refrigeration or preparation, and runs the gamut from gluten-free, kosher and vegan to name a few options. www.GoPicnic.com ************************* Very functional fold-up ballet slippers to slip into after a day in heals. Great carry bag to put your work shoes in and float off wearing these back-up flats. www.cityslips.com **********************

One of the last all readings shows as guest will be scheduled starting in October. Raymond Buckland, Judika Illes, and Anne Rice have all agreed to be guest for upcoming shows and share with us some pretty cool stuff! Check out a great Haunted House at www.BurialChamber.com located in Neenah, WI. **************************** Back to School sites this week are... GoPicnic is the leader in great-tasting ready-to-eat meal solutions. The company has a lineup of five Mighty Munch meals that are pre-packaged, require no refrigeration or preparation, and runs the gamut from gluten-free, kosher and vegan to name a few options. www.GoPicnic.com ************************* Very functional fold-up ballet slippers to slip into after a day in heals. Great carry bag to put your work shoes in and float off wearing these back-up flats. www.cityslips.com **********************

Known as "The Father of American Wicca," Ray Buckland was responsible for introducing Wicca to the United States. He was the author of the first American book on the Old Religion written by a witch - WITCHCRAFT FROM THE INSIDE - and has since written nearly sixty others, including the classic BUCKLAND'S COMPLETE BOOK OF WITCHCRAFT and the three encyclopedias: THE WITCH BOOK, THE FORTUNETELLING BOOK and THE SPIRIT BOOK. Recent works include The Spirit Book, Buckland’s Book of Spirit Communications, Wicca For One, and The Buckland Spirit Board. A DVD version of his Wicca video was also recently released: Rebirth of the Old Religion. Also, just re-released is the popular Buckland Romani Tarot book and deck, now published by Galde Press - who also bring you Ray's new fantasy novel The Torque of Kernow. A prolific author, Raymond Buckland is currently working on his autobiography and three new Victorian mystery novels. Just published is his Weiser's Field Guide to Ghosts and Buckland's Book of Gypsy Magic.

Known as "The Father of American Wicca," Ray Buckland was responsible for introducing Wicca to the United States. He was the author of the first American book on the Old Religion written by a witch - WITCHCRAFT FROM THE INSIDE - and has since written nearly sixty others, including the classic BUCKLAND'S COMPLETE BOOK OF WITCHCRAFT and the three encyclopedias: THE WITCH BOOK, THE FORTUNETELLING BOOK and THE SPIRIT BOOK. Recent works include The Spirit Book, Buckland’s Book of Spirit Communications, Wicca For One, and The Buckland Spirit Board. A DVD version of his Wicca video was also recently released: Rebirth of the Old Religion. Also, just re-released is the popular Buckland Romani Tarot book and deck, now published by Galde Press - who also bring you Ray's new fantasy novel The Torque of Kernow. A prolific author, Raymond Buckland is currently working on his autobiography and three new Victorian mystery novels. Just published is his Weiser's Field Guide to Ghosts and Buckland's Book of Gypsy Magic.

An archived interview with author and father of modern paganism Raymond Buckland

An archived interview with author and father of modern paganism Raymond Buckland