Mancy

RJ and Elle continue their coverage of Ailuromancy, Divination and magic with Cats. Spectre continues to help with the episode by providing cuddles. RJ discusses the relationship ancient egyptians had with cats, along with the history of cats being domesticated. RJ discusses the belief that the purr of a cat has healing properties. The episode closes with RJ discussing the curious case of Oscar that cat , who can predict death. RJ and Elle then take a trip to Tinker's Cat Cafe where Elle performs an Ailuromancy reading by observing the behavior of the cats in the cat cafe.

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Season 3 is going to feature some dives into Theriomancy, magic involving animals. We're starting with Ailuromancy, divination with cats. RJ and Elle are joined by Spectre, RJ's cat. RJ begins with viking cats, and the way cats are connected to norse mythology and folklore. He also dives into celtic folklore and some of the reasons why Cats are considered bad luck and the familiars of witches. RJ also discusses maritime lore involving cats, and farmer superstitions involving cats. Elle and Spectre perform an Ailuromancy reading in which spectre selects 5 tarot cards from an oversized deck. 

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RJ and Elle continue their Mancy Atlas coverage of Salt Lake, moving on from the old history and into the more modern urban legends and secret locations in the city. RJ discusses the eclectic Gilgal Gardens, the grave of Lily E. Gray, and the ghost town in the heart of the city, Allen Park. Elle does a reading by scrying a horrific bowl of green jello.

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Live from Salt Lake City and the Utah Humanities Book Festival! This special Mancy Atlas episode of the podcast takes a look at how Magic has been a driving influence behind the culture and construction of Salt Lake City, Utah. RJ discusses the reason for SLC's efficient road system and the magic that inspired it. He also takes a look at the Deseret Alphabet that was intended to replace the latin english alphabet we currently use. He also discusses the mormon secret police, and the dark Blood Atonement ritual that still affects the justice system in Utah today. After, Elle does a reading using RJ's Mormon scriptures that he used on his mission.

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Sponsored by the Utah Humanities Book Festival and Under the Umbrella Press! Elle takes control for this bonus episode on the relationship between magic and queerness. She uses the book Queer Magic by Tomas Prower for research, and takes the time to cover some of the things he left out involving queer femmes and and gender nonbinary narratives and their connections to magic and mythology. Elle explores queer narratives in Hindu mythology, greek mythology, egyptian mythology and history. Elle finishes the episode by discussing Santa Muerte and her connection to queer magic.

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Join the Mancy Podcast on October 2nd for a special Live episode of the show! We're going to be covering the Magic that influenced the creation and culture of Salt Lake City. Sponsored by Utah Humanities, the event is totally free to attend at the Utah Arts Hub at 7pm Mountain Time. We'll also being going live on TikTok if you're unable to make it to Salt Lake for the episode!

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CW FOOD NOISES
RJ and Elle continue their coverage of Food Magic. RJ discusses the cryptid known as Alphito, the flour witch. RJ also goes over the ritual of Corsned, or The Sacred Morsel. RJ Eats 10oz of bread while Elle recites the magic words to find out if his soul is pure. RJ also discusses the practice of The Corn Mother, along with Kitchen Witch poppets. RJ attempts a Kitchen Witchery recipe he found online, and Elle gets a reading from Tiktok's Hot Sauce Oracle @slogdobber.

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RJ and Elle had a busy week and were in need of a vacation. RJ procrastinated writing Kitchen Witchery Part 2, so the podcast will Be Right Back. For Vacation, RJ and Elle visited the haunted Lava Hot Springs Inn which once served as a post world war sanatorium. RJ asks Elle how haunted these holistic bathing pools were and if the rumors of ghosts were true.

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TW: Food Noises!
RJ and Elle discuss food magic. First RJ discusses the neo-pagan concept of kitchen witchery, and then discusses the cultural significance of food. RJ begins covering the individual ingredients of food, starting with Ovamancy, egg magic. The extra spell is about the Evil Eye, and how it relates to eggs. Then, RJ moves on to Flour divination, possibly the oldest form of food divination, Aleuromancy. RJ then goes into the history of fortune cookies, which is this episode's divination method. Before that though, RJ and Elle share a story about a play they saw at the fringe festival where RJ admits something embarrassing. 

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After discussing mediums materializing spirits, RJ and Elle discuss Tulpas. These beings are thoughtforms brought into existence by psychic power or spiritual energy. They discuss the origins of Tulpas in tibetan buddhism, then they discuss Tulpas as cryptids or rather, cryptids as Tulpas. The phenomenon of Tulpas in Pop Culture may have given rise to the modern day practice of Tulpamancy, the practice of materializing thoughtforms and allowing them to inhabit your mind, body, and spirit. Tulpamancers are part of a fringe subculture that exists primarily online, and RJ discusses their reasons and methods for creating tulpas and does some ethnography work on this subculture. Elle compares their practice to the concept of spirit guides, and the episode ends with RJ interviewing Elle's spirit guide, Charlie. 

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