Show Notes:

https://hutchinscenter.fas.harvard.edu/henry-louis-gates-jr

https://german.fas.harvard.edu/people/maria-tatar

https://www.instagram.com/p/DM-bkiayu7R/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9EgvKJekrA

All stories read from “Annotated African American Folktales” Edited by Henry Louis Gates Jr and Maria Tatar

Story 1: Flying African’s on page 83. The original source is from Petronella Breinburg, “Sjaki and the flying slaves” in Legends of Suriname.

Story 2: The skull that talks back, on page 116. Originally sourced from “Mules and Men” by Zora Neal Hurston.

Story 3: John and the Blacksnake on page 129. Originally sourced from Harold Courlander’s “A treasure of Afro-American Folklore”

SUP COUSIN!

It's ok to crack open a book now and again. Knowledge and wisdom are power.

Show Notes:

Book 1: Jambalaya, the natural woman’s book of personal charms and practical rituals. By Yeye Luisa Teish

https://www.yeyeluisahteish.com/

Book 2: Rootwork using the folk magic of black america for love, money, and success.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RtdorhLys8

https://www.instagram.com/tayannahleemcquillar/?hl=en

Book 3: Conjuring the Calabash by Mawiyah Kai El-Jamah Bomani.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=_V1uyjawFlA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4Xod_WZwiM

Book 4: Myths Gods & Immortals; Anansi new and Ancient African tales.

https://youtu.be/GBEHv1ffLUc?si=GI982nNsFOsTDub1

Book 5: The Annotated African American Folktales edited by Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Maria tatar.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EiibLF-OtM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJ2bZYu_mlQ

Book 6: Cunning Words : A grimoire of tales and magic by Marshal the Witch of Southern Light.

https://www.instagram.com/witchofsouthernlight/

https://anchor.fm/s/3faed49c/podcast/rss

Cuz! Aunt Caroline is a mystery. One thing for sure, two things for certain, she and her playing cards put Newport AK on the map!

Sources for Aunt Caroline Dye

https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/media/caroline-dye-gravestone-8094/

https://www.conjuredoctors.com/aunt-caroline-dye.html

https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/aunt-caroline-dye-14/

https://arktimes.com/entertainment/arkansongs/2005/06/30/aunt-caroline-dye

https://home.lyon.edu/wolfcollection/auntdye.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aunt_Caroline_Dye

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juneteenth

https://www.archives.gov/research/african-americans/migrations/great-migration

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GqPYrDbYe8&list=RD5GqPYrDbYe8&start_radio=1

Sup Cousin!

we pulled deep from the most obscure parts of the hoodoo library to put this together.

And cousin... it gets down right odd.

CUZ!!!

It's a folklore episode. And this time we gonna conjure up some remedies.

Cuz,

You gotta get right to think clear. And clear heads produce results.

Show notes:

https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/shadow-work

https://health.clevelandclinic.org/shadow-work

https://www.thesap.org.uk/articles-on-jungian-psychology-2/about-analysis-and-therapy/the-shadow/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPWhbbXuYa4

Your Shadow trails around you,

slow as smoke, collecting your secrets.

Old folks say a shadow’s not just light’s child —

it’s your spirit trailing home.

You can’t deceive it,

but you can feed it.

You can ignore it, but it’s better to

speak to it sweet, like a lover.

Because like a lover, it walks beside you.

It knows the truth in your gait.

It exhales what you inhale.

It is your soul's desire.

So hold your shadow’s hand,

and give it a kiss.

Fear not it’s intimate knowing,

And embrace your full self.

Cousin!

I survived the rapture, and all i have to show for it is this podcast episode.

Show Notes

https://youtu.be/mvsjMuHkGBc?si=X8FCXG92-UiyQ_FU

sup cuz,

Hot take... the bible is a spell book and you don't have to be a follower of the Abrahamic God to use it.

Show Notes:

https://time.com/5171819/christianity-slavery-book-excerpt/

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/590be125ff7c502a07752a5b/t/59c5dc9f37c58193140b510c/1506139307268/Armstrong%2C+George+D+-+The+Christian+Doctrine+of+Slavery.pdf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwNzTSLE-4Q&list=RDOwNzTSLE-4Q&start_radio=1

https://dqsmzkfiysduy.cloudfront.net/

Story 1: How all stories became spider stories pg 39

Story 2: why spiders are found in dark corners pg 27

https://blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-gothic/myths-gods-immortals-contents-announcement-anansi#:~:text=Publishing%20in%20January%202025%20alongside,origins%20and%20interpretations%20of%20Anansi.

Story 3: Bre’ Rabbit won’t visit Aunt Nancy

https://olebrerrabbit.blogspot.com/search/label/Chase185

OTHER ANANSI RETELLINGS:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQM0Q2eNoOg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0dsjv9c5MU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbxJif_jolA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Grz24sgWdw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zJPxZLK2II

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpaBr4X323U

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uv4WiXKyJuA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwJmVBCLh90

Cuz!

Let's talk about spell work.