Circle of Salt

Occult communities can be a hotbed for drama, scandal, and extreme awkwardness. They can also be sources for knowledge, companionship, and growth! Rune and Felix share their occult community war stories and offer some tips and cautions for occultists seeking community both online and locally.

This episode is all about the intersection of witchcraft and taboos. What is a taboo? Why would a witch worry about taboos at all? Is every single Ouija board really a portal? Why do normal people make such a big deal out of necromancy? Find these answers and more in Circle of Salt's legendary "lost episode!" (Publishing was delayed by a couple of weeks due to technical errors.)

It's the holiday episode! In this show, Rune and Felix wax pumpkin spice poetic about why Halloween is awesome, for witches especially, in an attempt to rekindle the Halloween Spirit. Advice is given for solitaries who want a deeper, structured practice free from the horrors of social interaction.

We've decided to release an introduction episode where you can get to know us. To maximize confusion and reduce clarity, we waited to do so until nine episodes into the show. The divination segment includes advice on starting spirit work with confidence.

How do you deal with roommates when you practice magic? What are good ways to ward your space when cohabiting, and what are some really bad ones? Do you want to hear us dish salt about crappy roommates we've had? This episode is a double-dish, half dwelling-based protection tips and half advice on living with others (or banishing them into another plane of existence).

Witch poet T. A. Noonan joins us on the podcast this episode to dish salt on celebrities being public about their witchcraft and that whole mainstream "witch fad." The main discourse is on how each of us approach working with Greco-Roman entities in a non-reconstructionist manner, how we developed those practices, and the complexities of working with anything traditional when you're a witch.

This episode focuses on teaching magic. The intro segment focuses on how to ask the best questions of resource blogs and teachers and how to actually Google on magic and spirits. The main discourse is Rune and Felix's advice for teachers and those who aspire to teach: what to expect, how to have the best experience teaching, and how to give your students the best learning experience. There are also tips on how to evaluate prospective teachers.

Wrapping up our geekomancy podcast trilogy, this episode focuses on how pop culture can teach your magical or spiritual practice to you. It starts with a dash of salt on what items we wish witchy and geeky shops would or could carry and ends with reflections on how long geekomancy has been part of our magical practices.

Joining us on our second geekomancy podcast is guest Jasmine White ( http://blog.hellboundwitch.com ) as we all discuss questing for power via Homestuck-based pop culture magic. Learn how a webcomic can teach you about your personal magical paradigm and unlock your occult potential. The dish of salt is on the pratfalls of fandom tarot projects.

Our first Geekomancy/Pop Culture Magic podcast kicks off with salt on magical practitioners who have pop culture inspired practices but look down on geekomancy. From there we discuss how you can start doing geekomancy and how to make it part of your magical practice. We wrap it up with over 30 minutes of divination for listeners. Show notes are at circleofsaltpodcast.tumblr.com since we made a lot of references in this episode.