New World Witchery -The Folk Magician's Notebook

Summary: This month we're getting into the Halloween spirit with All Hallows divination games, a look at vampire hunting kits, the lunar calendar, card readings, spooky stories, and a visit with the Great Pumpkin!

Sources:

We highly recommend that you find an almanac or lunar-oriented datebook to help you with planning out your own magical year. Some we can recommend: 

• The Witches Almanac
• Llewellyn's Astrological Pocket Planner
• Writual Planner
• Or your local Farmer's Almanac!

Sections

• Lunar Forecast - Our monthly rundown of lunar astrological information. This month: A Full Hunter’s Moon and preparing for Halloween a little early.
• In the Cards - Divination through cartomancy, tarot, and folk methods. This month: The Four of Spades, the Seven of Wands, and Halloween Divination Games.
• A Witch's Words - Proverbs, folklore, and book reviews. This month: An Ozark account of a “Dumb Supper” and a review of We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson.
• Materia Magica - Magical artifacts and crafts. This month: Vampire Hunting Kits!
• Creature Corner - Folkloric creatures, beings, and entities. This month: The Great Pumpkin!
• Listener Feedback - We read and respond to your questions and comments! If you have one you'd like to submit, mail us at ⁠[email protected]⁠ or ⁠[email protected]⁠

Check out Cory’s book, ⁠New World Witchery: A Trove of North American Folk Magic⁠! (also available from ⁠Amazon⁠). Also check out our collaborative book, ⁠Conjuring the Commonplace: A Guide to Everyday Enchantment and Junk Drawer Magic⁠ (⁠1000Volt Press⁠) (also available from ⁠Amazon⁠). If you are interested in playing card divination, you can check out our ⁠Cartomancy post⁠ or pick up Cory’s book, ⁠54 Devils⁠.

Image via Cory Thomas Hutcheson (CC 2.0)

Keep in touch and follow us through our ⁠Find Us⁠ page!

Promos and Music:

Title and closing music are “Runaround (AM Radio),” by Aaron Solomon, and is licensed from ⁠Audio Socket⁠. (License #1273). Additional incidental music Kevin Macleod and Daniel Birch, from Free Music Archive and used under a CC 2.0 license.

"Backed Vibes (clean)", "Blue Feather", "Crossing the Divide", "Danse Macabre", "Danse Morialta", "Dissappointment", "Divertissement - Pizzicato (from the ballet Sylvia)", "Dream Catcher", "Faster Does It", "Gymnopedie No. 1", "Gymnopedie No. 2", "Gymnopedie No. 3", "Meditation Impromptu 01", "Meditation Impromptu 02", "Meditation Impromptu 03", "Monkeys Spinning Monkeys", "Pippin the Hunchback", "Rites", "Ritual", "Tranquility", "Windswept"
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Sound effects from ⁠Freesound.org ⁠and in the Public Domain. Additional "rooster" sound effect from Darina Evstafeva from ⁠Pixabay⁠.

Please consider supporting us by purchasing our promotional items in the ⁠New World Witchery Threadless⁠ shop or by joining our ⁠Patreon⁠ supporters.

If you like us AND you like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, you will love our new show: ⁠Myth Taken: A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast⁠, now available through all the podcatchers! You can also check out Cory's folklore show, ⁠Chasing Foxfire⁠, where he explores the intersection of folklore and topics like history, medicine, science, nature, literature, pop culture, and more!

Summary: We open our notebook this month to look at the harvest moon, read some scary cards, do a bit of frith divination, hear tales of a hairy helper, review a book of grimoire magic, meet an apple-stealing mini squatch, and discover some magical nuts!

Sources

We highly recommend that you find an almanac or lunar-oriented datebook to help you with planning out your own magical year. Some we can recommend: 

• The Witches Almanac
• Llewellyn's Astrological Pocket Planner
• Writual Planner
• Or your local Farmer's Almanac!

Sections

• Lunar Forecast - Our monthly rundown of lunar astrological information
• In the Cards - Divination through cartomancy, tarot, and folk methods. This month: The Nine of Spades, the Nine of Swords, and Frith Divination!
• A Witch's Words - Proverbs, folklore, and book reviews. This month: a tale of a hairy helper from Serbia and a review of The Seeker's Guide to Grimoire Magic by Dee Norman.
• Materia Magica - Magical artifacts and crafts. This month: Walnuts!
• Creature Corner - Folkloric creatures, beings, and entities. This month: The Albatwitch of Pennsylvania!
• Listener Feedback - We read and respond to your questions and comments! If you have one you'd like to submit, mail us at ⁠[email protected]⁠ or ⁠[email protected]⁠

Check out Cory’s book, ⁠New World Witchery: A Trove of North American Folk Magic⁠! (also available from ⁠Amazon⁠). Also check out our collaborative book, ⁠Conjuring the Commonplace: A Guide to Everyday Enchantment and Junk Drawer Magic⁠ (⁠1000Volt Press⁠) (also available from ⁠Amazon⁠). If you are interested in playing card divination, you can check out our ⁠Cartomancy post⁠ or pick up Cory’s book, ⁠54 Devils⁠.

Image via Cory Thomas Hutcheson (CC 2.0)

Keep in touch and follow us through our ⁠Find Us⁠ page!

Promos and Music:

Title and closing music are “Runaround (AM Radio),” by Aaron Solomon, and is licensed from ⁠Audio Socket⁠. (License #1273). Additional incidental music Kevin Macleod and Daniel Birch, from Free Music Archive and used under a CC 2.0 license.

"Backed Vibes (clean)", "Blue Feather", "Crossing the Divide", "Danse Macabre", "Danse Morialta", "Dissappointment", "Divertissement - Pizzicato (from the ballet Sylvia)", "Dream Catcher", "Faster Does It", "Gymnopedie No. 1", "Gymnopedie No. 2", "Gymnopedie No. 3", "Meditation Impromptu 01", "Meditation Impromptu 02", "Meditation Impromptu 03", "Monkeys Spinning Monkeys", "Pippin the Hunchback", "Rites", "Ritual", "Tranquility", "Windswept"
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Sound effects from ⁠Freesound.org ⁠and in the Public Domain. Additional "rooster" sound effect from Darina Evstafeva from ⁠Pixabay⁠.

Please consider supporting us by purchasing our promotional items in the ⁠New World Witchery Threadless⁠ shop or by joining our ⁠Patreon⁠ supporters.

If you like us AND you like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, you will love our new show: ⁠Myth Taken: A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast⁠, now available through all the podcatchers! You can also check out Cory's folklore show, ⁠Chasing Foxfire⁠, where he explores the intersection of folklore and topics like history, medicine, science, nature, literature, pop culture, and more!

Summary: This month's notebook features meteor showers, eclipses, Appalachian folklore, a black cat who loves to cook, a Kentucky goatman, creative uses for knives, and more!

Sources

We highly recommend that you find an almanac or lunar-oriented datebook to help you with planning out your own magical year. Some we can recommend: 

• The Witches Almanac
• Llewellyn's Astrological Pocket Planner
• Writual Planner
• Or your local Farmer's Almanac!

You can find a transcript of this episode at our Transcripts page.

Sections

• Lunar Forecast - Our monthly rundown of lunar astrological information
• In the Cards - Divination through cartomancy, tarot, and folk methods. This month: The Four of Hearts, the Seven of Pentacles, and Turning the Loaf!
• A Witch's Words - Proverbs, folklore, and book reviews. This month: an Appalachian witch story and a review of Witches, Ghosts, and Signs by Patrick W. Gainer.
• Materia Magica - Magical artifacts and crafts. This month: magical knives.
• Creature Corner - Folkloric creatures, beings, and entities. This month: The Pope Lick Monster of Kentucky!
• Listener Feedback - We read and respond to your questions and comments! If you have one you'd like to submit, mail us at ⁠[email protected]⁠ or ⁠[email protected]⁠

Check out Cory’s book, ⁠New World Witchery: A Trove of North American Folk Magic⁠! (also available from ⁠Amazon⁠). Also check out our collaborative book, ⁠Conjuring the Commonplace: A Guide to Everyday Enchantment and Junk Drawer Magic⁠ (⁠1000Volt Press⁠) (also available from ⁠Amazon⁠). If you are interested in playing card divination, you can check out our ⁠Cartomancy post⁠ or pick up Cory’s book, ⁠54 Devils⁠.

Image via Cory Thomas Hutcheson (CC 2.0)

Keep in touch and follow us through our ⁠Find Us⁠ page!

Promos and Music:

Title and closing music are “Runaround (AM Radio),” by Aaron Solomon, and is licensed from ⁠Audio Socket⁠. (License #1273). Additional incidental music Kevin Macleod and Daniel Birch, from Free Music Archive and used under a CC 2.0 license.

"Backed Vibes (clean)", "Blue Feather", "Crossing the Divide", "Danse Macabre", "Danse Morialta", "Dissappointment", "Divertissement - Pizzicato (from the ballet Sylvia)", "Dream Catcher", "Faster Does It", "Gymnopedie No. 1", "Gymnopedie No. 2", "Gymnopedie No. 3", "Meditation Impromptu 01", "Meditation Impromptu 02", "Meditation Impromptu 03", "Monkeys Spinning Monkeys", "Pippin the Hunchback", "Rites", "Ritual", "Tranquility", "Windswept"
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Sound effects from ⁠Freesound.org ⁠and in the Public Domain. Additional "rooster" sound effect from Darina Evstafeva from ⁠Pixabay⁠.

Please consider supporting us by purchasing our promotional items in the ⁠New World Witchery Threadless⁠ shop or by joining our ⁠Patreon⁠ supporters.

If you like us AND you like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, you will love our new show: ⁠Myth Taken: A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast⁠, now available through all the podcatchers! You can also check out Cory's folklore show, ⁠Chasing Foxfire⁠, where he explores the intersection of folklore and topics like history, medicine, science, nature, literature, pop culture, and more!

Summary: We head to the seaside this month as we look at the lunar forecast, check our cards, hang up some kelp to tell us the weather, learn why the sea is salty, and meet a mythical denizen of the deep.

We highly recommend that you find an almanac or lunar-oriented datebook to help you with planning out your own magical year. Some we can recommend: 

• The Witches Almanac
• Llewellyn's Astrological Pocket Planner
• Writual Planner
• Or your local Farmer's Almanac!

You can find a transcript of this episode at our Transcripts page.

Sections

• Lunar Forecast - Our monthly rundown of lunar astrological information
• In the Cards - Divination through cartomancy, tarot, and folk methods. This month: The Jack of Diamonds, the Three of Cups, and plant-based weather divination.
• A Witch's Words - Proverbs, folklore, and book reviews. This month: two stories of how the seas got salty and reviews of folkloric graphic novels (The Girl from the Sea, The Magic Fish, and The Cautionary Fables & Fairytales series).
• Materia Magica - Magical artifacts and crafts. This month: the Mermaid’s Purse.
• Creature Corner - Folkloric creatures, beings, and entities. This month: The Kraken
• Listener Feedback - We read and respond to your questions and comments! If you have one you'd like to submit, mail us at ⁠[email protected]⁠ or ⁠[email protected]⁠

Check out Cory’s book, ⁠New World Witchery: A Trove of North American Folk Magic⁠! (also available from ⁠Amazon⁠). Also check out our collaborative book, ⁠Conjuring the Commonplace: A Guide to Everyday Enchantment and Junk Drawer Magic⁠ (⁠1000Volt Press⁠) (also available from ⁠Amazon⁠). If you are interested in playing card divination, you can check out our ⁠Cartomancy post⁠ or pick up Cory’s book, ⁠54 Devils⁠.

Image via Cory Thomas Hutcheson (CC 2.0)

Keep in touch and follow us through our ⁠Find Us⁠ page!

Promos and Music:

Title and closing music are “Runaround (AM Radio),” by Aaron Solomon, and is licensed from ⁠Audio Socket⁠. (License #1273). Additional incidental music Kevin Macleod and Daniel Birch, from Free Music Archive and used under a CC 2.0 license.

"Backed Vibes (clean)", "Blue Feather", "Crossing the Divide", "Danse Macabre", "Danse Morialta", "Dissappointment", "Divertissement - Pizzicato (from the ballet Sylvia)", "Dream Catcher", "Faster Does It", "Gymnopedie No. 1", "Gymnopedie No. 2", "Gymnopedie No. 3", "Meditation Impromptu 01", "Meditation Impromptu 02", "Meditation Impromptu 03", "Monkeys Spinning Monkeys", "Pippin the Hunchback", "Rites", "Ritual", "Tranquility", "Windswept"

Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Sound effects from ⁠Freesound.org ⁠and in the Public Domain. Additional "rooster" sound effect from Darina Evstafeva from ⁠Pixabay⁠.

Please consider supporting us by purchasing our promotional items in the ⁠New World Witchery Threadless⁠ shop or by joining our ⁠Patreon⁠ supporters.

If you like us AND you like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, you will love our new show: ⁠Myth Taken: A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast⁠, now available through all the podcatchers! You can also check out Cory's folklore show, ⁠Chasing Foxfire⁠, where he explores the intersection of folklore and top

Summary: Our monthly notebook is back featuring card readings, a lunar forecast, a story of a scary big toe, some magic with bottled beetles, and more!

Please check out our Patreon page! You can help support the show for as little as a dollar a month, and get some awesome rewards at the same time. Even if you can’t give, spread the word and let others know, and maybe we can make New World Witchery even better than it is now.

Producers for this show: Blake at Crossed Crow Books, Kayla, Anna, Elle, Victoria & Keifel of 1000 Volt Press, Lauren, Sierra, Lisa, Mark, Kels, Benjamin, MissV/Vee, Donna, Pretty Poisons Witch, Heather, Jonathan, Christopher, Ralph of the Holle's Haven Podcast, Jamie, Catherine, Achija Branvin Sionach, AthenaBeth, and Conjured Cardea! Our sincere thanks to everyone supporting us!

Sources

We highly recommend that you find an almanac or lunar-oriented datebook to help you with planning out your own magical year. Some we can recommend: 

• The Witches Almanac
• Llewellyn's Astrological Pocket Planner
• Writual Planner
• Or your local Farmer's Almanac!

Sections

• Lunar Forecast - Our monthly rundown of lunar astrological information
• In the Cards - Divination through cartomancy, tarot, and folk methods. This month: The Queen of Diamonds, the Eight of Wands, and the Walking Boy
• A Witch's Words - Proverbs, folklore, and book reviews. This month: "The Big Toe" adapted from Alvin Schwartz and a review of Polish Folk Magic by Joanna Tarnawksa
• Materia Magica - Magical artifacts and crafts. This month: Blasting Rods
• Creature Corner - Folkloric creatures, beings, and entities. This month: Doppelsaugerin
• Listener Feedback - We read and respond to your questions and comments! If you have one you'd like to submit, mail us at ⁠[email protected]⁠ or ⁠[email protected]⁠

Summary: A little late and a slightly abbreviated Notebook for you this month, looking at our new and full moons, some deceptive cards, and a lot of magical books! 

Please check out our Patreon page! You can help support the show for as little as a dollar a month, and get some awesome rewards at the same time. Even if you can’t give, spread the word and let others know, and maybe we can make New World Witchery even better than it is now. 

Producers for this show:Blake at Crossed Crow Books, Kayla, Anna, Elle, Victoria & Keifel of 1000 Volt Press, Lauren, Sierra, Lisa, Mark, Kels, Benjamin, MissV/Vee, Donna, Pretty Poisons Witch, Heather, Jonathan, Christopher, Ralph of the Holle's Haven Podcast, Jamie, Catherine, Achija Branvin Sionach, AthenaBeth, and Conjured Cardea! Our sincere thanks to everyone supporting us!

Sources 

We highly recommend that you find an almanac or lunar-oriented datebook to help you with planning out your own magical year. Some we can recommend: 

• The Witches Almanac

• Llewellyn's Astrological Pocket Planner

• Writual Planner

• Or your local Farmer's Almanac!

You can find a transcript of this episode at our Transcripts page.

Sections

• Lunar Forecast - Our monthly rundown of lunar astrological information
• In the Cards - Divination through cartomancy, tarot, and folk methods. This month: The Seven of Diamonds, the Five of Swords, and the Red Book Game
• A Witch's Words - Proverbs, folklore, and book reviews. This month: "Cornelius Agrippa, A Ballad" by Robert Southey, and a review of The Art of the Grimoire, by Owen Davies
• Materia Magica - Magical artifacts and crafts. This month: The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses
• Creature Corner - Folkloric creatures, beings, and entities. This month: Kyorinrin
• Listener Feedback - We read and respond to your questions and comments! If you have one you'd like to submit, mail us at ⁠[email protected]⁠ or ⁠[email protected]⁠

Check out Cory’s book, ⁠New World Witchery: A Trove of North American Folk Magic⁠! (also available from ⁠Amazon⁠). Also check out our collaborative book, ⁠Conjuring the Commonplace: A Guide to Everyday Enchantment and Junk Drawer Magic⁠ (⁠1000Volt Press⁠) (also available from ⁠Amazon⁠). If you are interested in playing card divination, you can check out our ⁠Cartomancy post⁠ or pick up Cory’s book, ⁠54 Devils⁠.

Image via Cory Thomas Hutcheson (CC 2.0)

Keep in touch and follow us through our ⁠Find Us⁠ page!

Promos and Music:

Title and closing music are “Runaround (AM Radio),” by Aaron Solomon, and is licensed from ⁠Audio Socket⁠. (License #1273). Additional incidental music Kevin Macleod and Daniel Birch, from Free Music Archive and used under a CC 2.0 license.

Sound effects from ⁠Freesound.org ⁠and in the Public Domain. Additional "rooster" sound effect from Darina Evstafeva from ⁠Pixabay⁠.

Please consider supporting us by purchasing our promotional items in the ⁠New World Witchery Threadless⁠ shop or by joining our ⁠Patreon⁠ supporters.

If you like us AND you like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, you will love our new show: ⁠Myth Taken: A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast⁠, now available through all the podcatchers! You can also check out Cory's folklore show, ⁠Chasing Foxfire⁠, where he explores the intersection of folklore and topics like history, medicine, science, nature, literature, pop culture, and more!

Summary: This time around we are looking at the Lyrid meteors, a "pocket" of lunar magic, the Jokers and the Fools of cartomancy, telling a tale about a very windy house, and chasing down devils and fearsome critters, among other things! 

Please check out our Patreon page! You can help support the show for as little as a dollar a month, and get some awesome rewards at the same time. Even if you can’t give, spread the word and let others know, and maybe we can make New World Witchery even better than it is now. 

Producers for this show:Blake at Crossed Crow Books, Kayla, Anna, Elle, Victoria & Keifel of 1000 Volt Press, Lauren, Sierra, Lisa, Mark, Kels, Benjamin, MissV/Vee, Donna, Pretty Poisons Witch, Heather, Jonathan, Christopher, Ralph of the Holle's Haven Podcast, Jamie, Catherine, Achija Branvin Sionach, AthenaBeth, and Conjured Cardea! Our sincere thanks to everyone supporting us!

Sources 

We highly recommend that you find an almanac or lunar-oriented datebook to help you with planning out your own magical year. Some we can recommend: 

• The Witches Almanac

• Llewellyn's Astrological Pocket Planner

• Writual Planner

• Or your local Farmer's Almanac!

You can find a transcript of this episode at our Transcripts page.

Sections

• Lunar Forecast - Our monthly rundown of lunar astrological information
• In the Cards - Divination through cartomancy, tarot, and folk methods. This month: Jokers, the Fool, and Graphomancy
• A Witch's Words - Proverbs, folklore, and book reviews. This month: "The House of the Wind" and a review of The Witches' Devil by Roger J. Horne
• Materia Magica - Magical artifacts and crafts. This month: Hag Stones
• Creature Corner - Folkloric creatures, beings, and entities. This month: The Hodag
• Listener Feedback - We read and respond to your questions and comments! If you have one you'd like to submit, mail us at ⁠[email protected]⁠ or ⁠[email protected]⁠

Check out Cory’s book, ⁠New World Witchery: A Trove of North American Folk Magic⁠! (also available from ⁠Amazon⁠). Also check out our collaborative book, ⁠Conjuring the Commonplace: A Guide to Everyday Enchantment and Junk Drawer Magic⁠ (⁠1000Volt Press⁠) (also available from ⁠Amazon⁠). If you are interested in playing card divination, you can check out our ⁠Cartomancy post⁠ or pick up Cory’s book, ⁠54 Devils⁠.

Image via Cory Thomas Hutcheson (CC 2.0)

Keep in touch and follow us through our ⁠Find Us⁠ page!

Promos and Music:

Title and closing music are “Runaround (AM Radio),” by Aaron Solomon, and is licensed from ⁠Audio Socket⁠. (License #1273). Additional incidental music Kevin Macleod and Daniel Birch, from Free Music Archive and used under a CC 2.0 license.

Sound effects from ⁠Freesound.org ⁠and in the Public Domain. Additional "rooster" sound effect from Darina Evstafeva from ⁠Pixabay⁠.

Please consider supporting us by purchasing our promotional items in the ⁠New World Witchery Threadless⁠ shop or by joining our ⁠Patreon⁠ supporters.

If you like us AND you like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, you will love our new show: ⁠Myth Taken: A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast⁠, now available through all the podcatchers! You can also check out Cory's folklore show, ⁠Chasing Foxfire⁠, where he explores the intersection of folklore and topics like history, medicine, science, nature, literature, pop culture, and more!

Summary: We spring forward by looking at blood moons, rabbits' feet, jackalopes, witch-hares, and more! 

Please check out our Patreon page! You can help support the show for as little as a dollar a month, and get some awesome rewards at the same time. Even if you can’t give, spread the word and let others know, and maybe we can make New World Witchery even better than it is now. 

Producers for this show:Blake at Crossed Crow Books, Kayla, Anna, Elle, Victoria & Keifel of 1000 Volt Press, Lauren, Sierra, Lisa, Mark, Kels, Benjamin, MissV/Vee, Donna, Pretty Poisons Witch, Heather, Jonathan, Christopher, Ralph of the Holle's Haven Podcast, Jamie, Catherine, Achija Branvin Sionach, AthenaBeth, and Conjured Cardea! Our sincere thanks to everyone supporting us!

Sources 

We highly recommend that you find an almanac or lunar-oriented datebook to help you with planning out your own magical year. Some we can recommend: 

• The Witches Almanac

• Llewellyn's Astrological Pocket Planner

• Writual Planner

• Or your local Farmer's Almanac!

You can find a transcript of this episode at our Transcripts page.

Sections

• Lunar Forecast - Our monthly rundown of lunar astrological information
• In the Cards - Divination through cartomancy, tarot, and folk methods. This month: The Jack of Clubs, the Page of Pentacles, and Folk Palmistry (with nods to Vance Randolph's Ozark Magic & Folklore)
• A Witch's Words - Proverbs, folklore, and book reviews. This month: "The  Dartmoor Witch-Hare" and a review of Fate or Fortune by Icy Sedgwick
• Materia Magica - Magical artifacts and crafts. This month: Lucky Rabbits' Feet 
• Creature Corner - Folkloric creatures, beings, and entities. This month: Jackalopes (with information from Jan Brunvand's American Folklore: An Encyclopedia)
• Listener Email - We read and respond to your questions! If you have one you'd like to submit, mail us at ⁠[email protected]⁠ or ⁠[email protected]⁠

Check out Cory’s book, ⁠New World Witchery: A Trove of North American Folk Magic⁠! (also available from ⁠Amazon⁠). Also check out our collaborative book, ⁠Conjuring the Commonplace: A Guide to Everyday Enchantment and Junk Drawer Magic⁠ (⁠1000Volt Press⁠) (also available from ⁠Amazon⁠). If you are interested in playing card divination, you can check out our ⁠Cartomancy post⁠ or pick up Cory’s book, ⁠54 Devils⁠.

Image via Cory Thomas Hutcheson (CC 2.0)

Keep in touch and follow us through our ⁠Find Us⁠ page!

Promos and Music:

Title and closing music are “Runaround (AM Radio),” by Aaron Solomon, and is licensed from ⁠Audio Socket⁠. (License #1273). Additional incidental music Kevin Macleod and Daniel Birch, from Free Music Archive and used under a CC 2.0 license.

Sound effects from ⁠Freesound.org ⁠and in the Public Domain. Additional "rooster" sound effect from Darina Evstafeva from ⁠Pixabay⁠.

Please consider supporting us by purchasing our promotional items in the ⁠New World Witchery Threadless⁠ shop or by joining our ⁠Patreon⁠ supporters.

If you like us AND you like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, you will love our new show: ⁠Myth Taken: A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast⁠, now available through all the podcatchers! You can also check out Cory's folklore show, ⁠Chasing Foxfire⁠, where he explores the intersection of folklore and topics like history, medicine, science, nature, literature, pop culture, and more!

Summary: We jump into the shortest month with talk of candles, cards, magic books, hobby horses, and...rat letters? 

Please check out our Patreon page! You can help support the show for as little as a dollar a month, and get some awesome rewards at the same time. Even if you can’t give, spread the word and let others know, and maybe we can make New World Witchery even better than it is now. 

Producers for this show:Blake at Crossed Crow Books, Kayla, Anna, Elle, Victoria & Keifel of 1000 Volt Press, Lauren, Sierra, Lisa, Mark, Kels, Benjamin, MissV/Vee, Donna, Pretty Poisons Witch, Heather, Jonathan, Christopher, Ralph of the Holle's Haven Podcast, Jamie, Catherine, Achija Branvin Sionach, AthenaBeth, and Conjured Cardea! Our sincere thanks to everyone supporting us!

Sources 

We highly recommend that you find an almanac or lunar-oriented datebook to help you with planning out your own magical year. Some we can recommend: 

• The Witches Almanac

• Llewellyn's Astrological Pocket Planner

• Writual Planner

• Or your local Farmer's Almanac!

Sections

• Lunar Forecast - Our monthly rundown of lunar astrological information
• In the Cards - Divination through cartomancy, tarot, and folk methods. This month: Pythagorean Numerology (with recommendations for The Book of English Magic by Philip Carr-Gomm and Richard Heygate)
• A Witch's Words - Proverbs, folklore, and book reviews. This month: "⁠The Book of Cyprianus" and a review of ⁠Grimoires by Owen Davies⁠
• Materia Magica - Magical artifacts and crafts. This month: Rat Letters (with nods to Via Hedera)
• Creature Corner - Folkloric creatures, beings, and entities. This month: Mari Lwyd (with a recommendation to look at Mara Starling's work)
• Listener Email - We read and respond to your questions! If you have one you'd like to submit, mail us at ⁠[email protected]⁠ or ⁠[email protected]⁠

Check out Cory’s book, ⁠New World Witchery: A Trove of North American Folk Magic⁠! (also available from ⁠Amazon⁠). We also have a new book, ⁠Conjuring the Commonplace: A Guide to Everyday Enchantment and Junk Drawer Magic⁠ (⁠1000Volt Press⁠) (also available from ⁠Amazon⁠). If you are interested in playing card divination, you can check out our ⁠Cartomancy post⁠ or pick up Cory’s book, ⁠54 Devils⁠.

Image via Cory Thomas Hutcheson (CC 2.0)

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Promos and Music:

Title and closing music are “Runaround (AM Radio),” by Aaron Solomon, and is licensed from ⁠Audio Socket⁠. (License #1273). Additional incidental music Kevin Macleod and Daniel Birch, from Free Music Archive and used under a CC 2.0 license. "Tranquility" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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We launch our first video edition of the Folk Magician's Notebook, covering the first quarter/stave of 2026. We share tips, lore, and practices for folkloric witchcraft and folk magic! Included in this episode:*Lunar Calendar for January to March*Tarot Review: Mystic Medleys*Card Reading: 3-Card Layout*Folktale: The 12 Months (Czech)*Book Review: Cunning Folk by Tabitha Stanmore*Materia Magica: Incantation Bowls*Creature Corner: Tomte and NisseThank you to our Patreon Supporters for this episode! Blake at Crossed Crow Books, Kayla, Anna, Elle, Victoria & Keifel of 1000 Volt Press, Lauren, Sierra, Lisa, Mark, Kels, Benjamin, MissV/Vee, Donna, Pretty Poisons Witch, Heather, Jonathan, Christopher, Ralph of the Holle's Haven Podcast, Jamie, Catherine, Achija Branvin Sionach, AthenaBeth, Jill, and Conjured Cardea! Our sincere thanks to everyone supporting us! Please consider stopping by patreon.com/newworldwitchery to support us and get some cool perks!

Follow us on YouTube for more video content. Visit www.newworldwitchery.com/find-us and click our YouTube logo at the top of the page to subscrbe.Find our audio podcast archive, monthly audio Folk Magician's Notebook episodes, and over 250 articles on folk magic at www.newworldwitchery.comImage credits: Illustrations and animations by Cory Thomas Hutcheson & New World Witchery © 2026. Backgrounds and stock images/videos licensed from Canva. Additional images public domain.Music credits: Opening/Closing Music “New Year’s Walz” by Ivan Rosenberg and incidental music includes “Brief Optimism” by Colin Scudder & Fantasie, Op. 95 by Camille Saint-Sans (Licensed from Audiosocket). Additional music includes “Rites,” “Backed Vibes,” “Meditation Impromptu,” by Kevin Macleod (Free Music Archive/CC 2.0) and “Brushed Bells Leaving Home” by Daniel Burch (Free Music Archive/CC 2.0)