This month on the show we’re answering a question I get a lot, and that’s how do you celebrate the Wheel of the Year if you live somewhere that the natural cycles don’t line up with a bunch of holidays put together in Ireland and Great Britain? How do you adjust and adapt your celebrations to fit in with the natural world around you?

I mean, assuming you celebrate the Wheel of the Year to begin with.

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Music: “So I Said It,” “The Man With One Eye,” “Untitle Nonsense” (Trae Dorn) / Random Loops (Apple Music Library)

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This month on the show we’re going down a bit more of an unhinged rant than we’ve done lately, as we discuss “finger waggling,” “sit at the foot of the great teacher” energy, and how maybe we shouldn’t be letting certain dicks run stuff in the Witchcraft Community. Y’know, basic stuff that maybe we could all agree on if anyone thought about it for two seconds.

Just, uh, something to think about.

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Music: “So I Said It,” “The Man With One Eye,” “Untitle Nonsense” (Trae Dorn) / Random Loops (Apple Music Library)

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This month we’re taking a look at one of New Age spirituality’s most toxic philosophies: The Law of Attraction. We talk about the history of it, where it came from, and how it’s come back in a major way to a whole new generation as “Lucky Girl Syndrome.” What sometimes looks like a harmless TikTok trend can actually incredibly dangerous.

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Music: “So I Said It,” “The Man With One Eye” (Trae Dorn) / Random Loops (Apple Music Library)

Portions of TikTok videos made by users emilieleyes.hypnosis, lawofattractionvision3, kaitlinvillatoro, lauragalebe, tamkaur_, hothighpriestess, and skzzolno were featured in this episode

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Back in September of 2021, we put out an episode all about Mabon and the person who named it, Aidan Kelly. This last October, just over after that podcast episode was released, Aidan Kelly reached out to me having listened to it and wanted to set the record straight. Thankfully he let me record the call for the show, and this is that conversation.

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Music: “The Man With One Eye” (Trae Dorn) / Random Loops (Apple Music Library)

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This episode of BS-Free Witchcraft is actually a panel from CritWitchCon 2022 this last October. Spend an hour with Alex Wrekk, Bree NicGarran, Lozzie Stardust and myself as we talk about the history of modern witchcraft. Also you get to listen to me speed run like 130 years of history in under five minutes.

It’s a lot of fun, and I think you’ll like it.

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Music: “The Man With One Eye” (Trae Dorn) / Random Loops (Apple Music Library)

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It’s October, and that means we’re in the spookiest of seasons! With that in mind we continue the podcast’s long standing tradition of doing a ghost stories episode! This year Trae is joined by Jodie Haas, co-host and co-creator of Nerd & Tie Podcast Network Shows Cool & Unusual Punishment and Pour Man’s History, as they take a moment to talk about the nature of “ghosts,” the folklore that develops around them, bears as cryptids, and a particularly dark tale from Wisconsin’s history.

It’s a fun ride.

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Music: “So I Said It,” “The Man With One Eye,” “Untitled Nonsense” (Trae Dorn) / Random Loops (Apple Music Library)

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Consumerism has been a driving force in the witchcraft movement since the beginning, but in the age of social media it’s only gotten more visible. Is this a good thing? I mean… no. No it’s not. But we probably wouldn’t be talking about it if it was, would we. Also, it’s entirely possible that WitchTok hates poor people.

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Music: “So I Said It,” “The Man With One Eye,” “Untitled Nonsense” (Trae Dorn) / Random Loops (Apple Music Library)

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On this episode we’re talking about the general tone of witchcraft discourse on social media, including Tumblr and TikTok. Is Witchtok the problem of community, or is it just that the short form video format eliminates any possibility of nuance?

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Music: “So I Said It,” “The Man With One Eye,” “Untitled Nonsense” (Trae Dorn) / Random Loops (Apple Music Library)

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It’s July! You know what that means — it’s time for our annual Q&A special! Where you the audience send in your questions for the show, so we don’t have to research anything for a month… or something. In this supersized episode, we talk about what you wanted to talk about, instead of this month’s random whim.

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Music: “So I Said It,” “The Man With One Eye,” “Untitled Nonsense” (Trae Dorn) / Random Loops (Apple Music Library)

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Can you believe we made it this long without doing an episode answering a question this basic? I mean, yeah, sure, I cover it a little in episode one — but after running across something online, I realized I really wanted to do something more complete on the matter. So that’s the question we’re answering this month.

Mostly.

Sort of.

You’ll find out.

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Music: “So I Said It,” “The Man With One Eye,” “Untitled Nonsense” (Trae Dorn) / “Jaracanda,” “Red Velvet (Long),” “Buddy,” Random Loops (Apple Music Library)

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