Circle of Salt

Circle of Salt has reached a new level of criticality! Now being hosted by Felix Warren & Tiff Cadmean, expect more salt & less pepper. This episode, recorded on Halloween Eve, goes over how much we wish we could have an actual party, and how to party with spirits instead. Cause we're in quarantine so we already have the trick. Still waiting on treats. Pls send candy.

In this episode, learn how to work with altars for different situations and in different situations. Altars versus shrines, outdoor altars, and why sometimes you'll need to use something else in a ritual besides those damn tealights. If you listen closely, you'll learn one of Felix and Rune's least favorite woo words.

How do technology and magic mix for you? In this episode's dish, we and a special guest discuss technological life in Second Life, and how to make it awesome and magical instead of a garbage fire. For the discourse, we open up that discussion to real life and all the technology in it that we could be doing magic with. The divine segment's questions are all answered with digital decks this episode, because we were hooked on a feeling. Big thanks to Mysterious Shadow for their help editing the podcast from here on out!

In this episode we tackle the subject rocking every angle of the news cycle: evil. Seven deadly sins? We've got those. Apiece. We have extras in case anyone needs trades. That's our salt, and then our discourse is the subject of evil itself: what is it, what does it mean for each of us, and in between evil and good, where is there room for normal?

Yer a wizard, Harry. And ya know what that means? It means yer a NEWBIE.

Here's how to survive that.

In this episode: how to ask questions. How not to ask questions??? How to seek out knowledge from others in the community while staying sane and not accidentally tramping all over people's toes in the process, thereby avoiding social catastrophe. And how to assemble a magic system from a deck of tarot cards!

Hint: there's a book on that.

This near-unpronounceable episode title is brought to you by Rune's dish of salt on heteronormativity in Beltane and getting inclusivity right in pagan holidays instead of horribly wrong. The discourse talks about different ways to adapt the wheel of the year for a personal practice that doesn't fit into all of society's gender, sexuality, or seasonal assumptions. Or: build your own gay Beltane, with blackjack and hookers!

The description... is not a secret! The legendary "lost" secret episode is here at last! Recorded in November 2017 before we had awesome theme music, this podcast is all about the magic behind something even more important than gossip.

In this episode we dish some salt on how we grade Woo Revues before moving on to the main event: our first review of something we were SENT! We are very excited about being sent things! So let us tell you all about Sigil Witchcraft by Laura Tempest Zakroff, and afterwards, we'll have divination for dessert!

Check circleofsaltpodcast.tumblr.com for updates to our schedule made post-recording.

Yule be glad you listened to this holiday episode of Circle of Salt! We kick it off with a dish of salt about how tired we are of the War on Christmas. Rune shares how to participate in a spell to spread holiday cheer. Then we discuss what we each do for the winter holiday season and how we invent or carry on traditions based on our magical practices and our past experiences. We wrap up with a few presents for listeners: divination-based gifts to help make your season better. Happy holidays!

We have an axe to grind about overpricing and artificial scarcity in the occult book and tarot deck fields. We'll discuss the issue from the sides of both consumer and creator and admit just how much we're willing to pay for fancy books. We also just really like the Poisoncage Tarot by Rann, and we're going to tell you how awesome it is and about the new edition of it that's come out recently! (You can check out Rann's upcoming rune deck art and much more at http://www.poisoncage.com/ ! )