Radical Elphame

I'm excited to welcome Morgan Daimler back to the show. We settle into the Autumnal season with an appropriately spooky conversation about the globe-spanning phenomenon of "The Wild Hunt," and speak about their upcoming release on the Irish Goddess Macha. We explore the complex constellations of triplicities within the Irish Pantheon, and Morgan shares some of their UPG surrounding The Morrigan sisters and their complementary magical roles.

SHOW NOTES:

Morgan's Books: Author Page

The Fairy Courts: Moon Books

Feed the Fairies Podcast: Spotify Link

Morgan's Patheos Blog: Patheos Pagan

Morgan's Classes: Irish Pagan School

Morgan's Instagram: @morgandaimler

I'm excited to usher in the Fall season and share this fascinating conversation that I recently had with Amanda D. Paulson of Pretty Fn Spooky fame. We chat about her novel approaches to ghost hunting, born out of her mediumship abilities and Witchcraft practice, and when a ghost might actually be something more. We also go deep on her Paranormal Emotive Touchpoint theory, which explores the roles of nostalgia, déjà vu, liminality, and synchronicity in our encounters with the Other. SHOW NOTES: prettyfnspooky.com @prettyfnspooky on IG The Lady of the Lake Documentary

Enjoy a Patreon preview of the fourth episode of The Imbas Transmissions. This time, we chat about initiation as a translator of the ineffable, the perennial influence of Austin Osman Spare well beyond chaos magic, and ergodic literature as Imbas transmission. You can receive full episodes of The Imbas Transmissions by joining the Radical Elphame or Chaise Levy Storyteller on Patreon, or by subscribing to Chaise's Inspiration, Move Me Brightly Substack.

Radical Elphame Patreon

Chaise's Patreon

Chaise's Substack: Inspiration, Move Me Brightly

The Hagstone Podcast

Theme Song: "Move it" by Dunham

Further evidence of just how small a world it is: nestled here in my tiny rural valley, amongst the deer, the evergreen forests, and the bucolic mountain streams, is not just one Occult Podcaster, but two. Today I'm thrilled to sit down with that other Occult Podcaster in my yard with some tea, and share our chat with you. Robyn Valentine is a writer, teacher, "witchfluencer" (whether she likes it or not), and one of the hosts of the delightful Coffee & Cauldrons podcast. We talk about the moment witchcraft went from being a hobby to a practice for her, the trials and tribulations of giving tarot readings for a living, the role of the Witch in the dying process, and we discuss future plans to summon Bigfoot.

SHOW NOTES:

Robyn's upcoming Tarot course

Robyn's Website: tiredwitch.com

Coffee & Cauldrons Podcast

Order Robyn's Books

@atiredwitch on IG

I'm thrilled to share my recent chat with Malachas Ivernus. Malachas is an excellent Irish Poet, writer of magical fiction, and frequenter (if not an orphan) of the Otherworld. We explore the creativity inherent to operative magic, the spiritual gauntlet of initiation, and the dance of divine inspiration. If you haven't, you must check out Malachas' wonderful work over on Substack under: The Hollow Behind the Hearthstone.

SHOW NOTES:

Malachas' Substack: The Hollow Behind the Hearthstone

The Best thing Malachas has ever done: O Beautiful Ungovernable World

Malachas' YouTube Channel: MalachasIvernus

Malachas' Occult Thriller: Unreal City

Malachas' Website: thehollowbehindthehearthstone.com

Malachas on IG: @the_hedge_school

This episode is a little different in all the best kinds of ways. I'm so happy to welcome back the delightful Joshua Cutchin to the show to chat about his fantastic new book, The Inverted Path. We go deep into the bizarre pan-paranormal phenomena we more colloquially call being "pixie-led," and its surprising manifestations from faerie folklore, to cryptid encounters, and UAP experiences. I also couldn't resist bringing back a previous guest, Celeste Mott, to join me for the Patreon portion of the chat, since I know Josh's work on so-called "fictional incursions" has been living rent-free in her head for a while now. To hear the full bonus portion of that conversation, you can join our Radical Elphame Patreon or Celeste's The Moth-Ur House Patreon.

SHOW NOTES:

Josh's Website: joshuacutchin.com

Get Josh's new book: The Inverted Path

Josh's IG: w3eirdwayz

Celeste's Site: celestemott.com

Celeste's Substack: TheMothsMissives

Celeste's Patreon: TheMoth-UrHouse

Celeste on TikTok: @CelesteMoth

Celeste on IG: @celestemott

Celeste on YouTube: c/celestemott

Enjoy a Patreon preview of the second episode of The Imbas Transmissions. This time, we chat about the uncanny valley inherent to animistic encounter, the witch as an agent of right-relation, and working with dead writers and magicians à la the frameworks described in the works of Dr. Alexander Cummins and the book Learning from Legendary Practitioners by Kadmus. You can receive full episodes of The Imbas Transmissions by joining the Radical Elphame or Chaise Levy Storyteller on Patreon, or by subscribing to Chaise's Inspiration, Move Me Brightly Substack.

Radical Elphame Patreon

Chaise's Patreon

Chaise's Substack: Inspiration, Move Me Brightly

The Hagstone Podcast

Theme Song: "Move it" by Dunham

I'm thrilled to share this chat I recently had with the animist stone carver and author Dave Stone. We talk about his latest books, Dragons of the Deep and Faeries of the Celtic Realms, as well as the value of an animist ontology when crafting art with a medium from the landscape. In our bonus Patreon conversation, we explore the "Well of Segais" myth as a possible Gaelic creation story, and a gnostic consideration of the role of the well maidens in pan-Celtic lore.

SHOW NOTES: Dave's Carvings: StoneMadCrafts Dragons of the Deep: Moon Books Faeries of the Celtic Realms: B&N Dave's Substack: Eternal Echoes Dave's IG: @stonemadcrafts

We are living in weird times. We can see the weirdening all around us. In our politics, in our ethics, in our communities, in our personal lives. This observation could lead me down the path of lofty rhetoric about how we navigate some of the darker implications of this weirdening we find ourselves in. Right now, though, I just want to point out some of the positive–or at least amusing–effects of this shift weirdward. I find myself amazed on an almost weekly basis by how much easier it is to talk to almost anyone about the kind of weird shit that I used to have to preface with a litany of qualifiers. Not only is the UFO Disclosure crowd talking about faeries, and demonologists talking about tulpas, and witches talking about hyperstition, but the guy I met at a children's birthday party not only wants to talk about his UFO sighting, but also is curious if I think the phenomenon is related to consciousness. A sommelier I met on a work trip, after an evening of bar hopping, casually mentioned the spirit guide he believes he has regular communication with, and goes to for advice. My Mother-in-Law randomly mentions, for the first time, that her relative in the Navy told her when she was a kid that he saw ships flying out of the Ocean and disappearing into the sky. My normie friends are experimenting more with psychedelics, astrology and Human Design is now acceptable icebreaker material in certain circles, and the somatic therapy I keep hearing about from my friends sounds a lot like techniques I would have previously lumped in with the occult. If I look back just a few years, say to 2020, this wasn't my everyday reality. I know this was the case because that's when I first heard Mana Aelin's podcast, The Real Witches of the End Times. This was far from the first paranormal or occult podcast I had heard, but there was something incredibly unique about it. Mana didn't present herself as an expert, didn't lean into a spooky or empowering vibe template, and didn't consider these subjects from the armchair or at a remove. She put out a show where people who seemed down-to-earth could talk casually about their–for the time–very weird experiences and beliefs as though they were completely normal. As a practitioner with a lack of community, I quickly fell in love with her show, and it was definitely a big inspiration for Radical Elphame. Now, though, living through this weirdward shift, I can't help but wonder if this is all Mana's manifestation, and we're just living in it.

SHOW NOTES

Mana's Website: Mothmana.com

Mana's IG: @mothmanatarot

Mana's Podcast: Real Witches of the End Times

Enjoy a Patreon preview of the second episode of The Imbas Transmissions. This time, we sit down with the delightful Teagan West to talk animism, weaving the web of wyrd, and imbas as the dance between hunter and hunted. You can receive full episodes of The Imbas Transmissions by joining the Radical Elphame Patreon or Chaise Levy Storyteller on Patreon, or Chaise's Inspiration, Move Me Brightly Substack.

Teagan's Substack: The Altar of Stars

Teagan's Services: The Altar Healing

Teagan's Podcast: The Altar of Stars Podcast

Radical Elphame Patreon

Chaise's Patreon

Chaise's Substack: Inspiration, Move Me Brightly

The Hagstone Podcast

Theme Song: "Move it" by Dunham