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This month we have the incomparable Heather, AKA heather.wildflower to talk to us about Megalithic Prehistoric Sites, Standing Stones & Circles, and Ringforts & Cashels. Dotted around the landscape of Ireland, Great Britain and Europe, these surviving remnants of our past have been the subject of folklore and reverence for generations. We get into their astronomical alignment as well as some of the magical experiences Heather has had while visiting them. We also discuss Ley Lines and their controversial reputation among the archeological and scientific community.

Find links to Heather's socials and other work here.

S O U R C E S

• STONE CIRCLES Muiris O'Sullivan, Liam Downey Archaeology Ireland, Vol. 25, No. 1 (Spring 2011), pp. 17-20 (4 pages)
• https://theeverlivingones.blogspot.com/2015/11/shining-stones.html
• Clocha Geala/Clocha Uaisle: White Quartz in Irish Tradition Tok Thompson January 2005 Béaloideas 7 
• https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/scottishhistory/ancient/features_ancient_stonecircles.shtml
• https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20220914-carnac-alignments-brittanys-mysterious-standing-stones
• https://reppinnature.com/blog/f/carnac-the-world%E2%80%99s-largest-collection-of-megaliths-why
• https://www.themodernantiquarian.com/post/185805/folklore/clava-cairns
• https://aliisaac.substack.com/p/controversy-at-newgrange
• https://www.knowth.com/tara-earth-energies.htm
• https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/research/spotlight-research/cult-dead-medieval-ireland

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It has finally arrived. The formal beginning of the lighter half of the year, Bealtaine 2026, heralded the rise of the Flower moon, This name was originally given by the Algonquin people to the full moon in May thanks to the abundance of blooming flowers. Other names include the hare moon, the corn planting moon, and the milk moon. But this month has another, more significant moon to watch out for - the Blue moon.

A Blue Moon is different from the monthly or seasonal moon names like the flower moon - it isn't restricted to a time of year. It is a movable feast. 

A full lunar cycle is a little over 28 days long. However, a calendar year is 365 days, which means that during some years, you may end up with thirteen full moons instead of twelve, depending on where in the month the lunar cycle falls. This is the Blue Moon.

S O U R C E S:

• https://www.learnreligions.com/what-is-blue-moon-2561873
• https://vocal.media/history/myths-and-folklore-surrounding-the-blue-moon-yanq0729
• https://www.farmersalmanac.com/blue-moon
• https://www.ips-planetarium.org/page/a_hiscock1999
• https://www.patheos.com/blogs/witchonfire/2019/01/blue-moon-debate-astrological-april-2019/
• https://www.kasamba.com/lp/2015/07/article/

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Well, we made it to Episode 50! Emily gets one last episode in before she embarks on her new era of motherhood, and we are ANNOYED.

The Divine Feminine has been co-opted poorly by the Conservative Trad Wife movement, which is nefariously convincing young women to be complicit in their own loss of autonomy. We talk about what Divine Femininity REALLY means - the strength, nourishment and community that complement the structure of the Divine Masculine, which exists in all of us. We then talk about women's intuition and tap into some divination practices as a means of connecting with our inner selves. This one is more of a chat than a structured facts piece, but we hope you enjoy before it's back to mythology and folklore next month!

S O U R C E S/ C L I P S

• https://www.instagram.com/reel/DWSJJ9NgNPo/?igsh=MWIweXUyczQ4dTlwbg==
• https://youtube.com/shorts/fFOmb_H85rU?is=WBbRnd8gKVNtKTFn
• https://helenaaeberli.substack.com/p/the-modern-myth-of-the-divine-feminine
• https://digmedia.lucdh.nl/2023/12/11/divine-feminine-and-tradwives-the-rise-of-anti-feminist-female-influencers/
• Judy Tobler Goddesses and Women's Spirituality: Transformative Symbols of the Feminine in Hindu Religion
• Marsha Aileen Hewitt DO WOMEN REALLY NEED A "GOD/ESS" TO SAVE THEM? AN INQUIRY INTO NOTIONS OF THE DIVINE FEMININE Method & Theory in the Study of Religion, Vol. 10, No. 2 (1998), pp. 149-156 (8 pages)
• Robbie Davis-Floyd,Elizabeth Davis Intuition as Authoritative Knowledge in Midwifery and Homebirth Medical Anthropology Quarterly, New Series, Vol. 10, No. 2, The Social Production of Authoritative Knowledge in Pregnancy and Childbirth (Jun., 1996), pp. 237-269 (33 pages)
• https://gendersociety.wordpress.com/2015/04/01/feeling-the-gendered-labor-of-fortunetelling/

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WELCOME TO THE HAGSTONE COVEN.

He walks through the fevered cities of medieval Europe - half man, half myth - healing the dying, blessing the dead. A saint, they said… though in the fields and forests, the old women knew better. They left bread for his dog and icons in the wells.

St Roch, or San Rocco, was a medieval nobleman who gave up his wealth and title to care for plague victims. After succumbing to pestilence, some time in exile, and help from a very special dog, his fame evolved into a distinctly witchy practice of iconography, offerings, and ritual not so different from its pagan predecessors...

S O U R C E S:

•  https://jothornely.medium.com/when-the-saints-go-arting-in-roch-1c402639bb0a
• https://reliquarian.com/2020/04/04/saint-roch-the-saint-par-excellence-against-disease/
• https://www.catholiccompany.com/blogs/magazine/st-roch-patron-of-dogs-6114
• https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/salvation-time-plague/2020-05
• "The Golden Legend ," by Jacobus de Voragine, A.D. 1275

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This is the audio of our Ghost Story Spooktacular from Instagram - for those of you too scared of social media....

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Miss Emily is BACK for our Halloween 2025 episode! Spooktober concludes with Niamh's guided tour of the Afterlife. We look at some comforting imaginings, such as the Egyptian Field of Reeds and the Celtic Tír na nÓg, cut right through Norse Hel and the Greek Underworld to arrive at the ICONIC self-insert fanfiction that is The Divine Comedy and specifically (as you probably know it) Dante's Inferno.. This is a tangenty one, don't say we didn't warn ya.

S O U R C E S

• Attitudes to Death: Some Historical Notes Kenneth Boyd Journal of Medical Ethics, Vol. 3, No. 3 (Sep., 1977), pp. 124-128 (5 pages)
• https://www.worldhistory.org/article/701/ancient-mesopotamian-beliefs-in-the-afterlife/ 
• https://www.worldhistory.org/Field_of_Reeds/
• https://www.oriire.com/article/the-twelve-gates-of-duat
• https://www.britannica.com/topic/Sukhavati
• https://www.greekmythology.com/Myths/Places/The_Underworld/the_underworld.htm
• https://vikingr.org/norse-cosmology/valhallala
• https://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/d/the-divine-comedy-inferno/poem-summary
• https://sacred-texts.com/neu/yeats/fip/fip78.htm

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Hidden beneath the living world, beyond the reach of sunlight, lies the sunless kingdom of Hades and Persephone — the Greek Underworld.

It’s not a place of fire and brimstone, but of chill stillness, memory, and silence. The Greeks imagined it as the mirror opposite of life and its inverse state. 

S O U R C E S

• https://www.greekmythology.com/Myths/Places/The_Underworld/the_underworld.htm
• Garland, Robert -  The Greek Way of Death
• https://www.metmuseum.org/essays/death-burial-and-the-afterlife-in-ancient-greece
• Homer - The Odyssey, Book 11

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• Clash of the Titans (1981) CharonTheFerryman.mov
• Orpheus & Eurydice - Jim Henson Co.

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Megan is BACK to talk about her experiences with Shadow People - beings at the edge of sight: nothing but an outline, a fast-moving silhouette that may suggest a human or animal but never offers detail. We look at the meaning of shadows across cultures and what they can tell us about ourselves.

S O U R C E S:

• https://bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3788890/shadows-of-ourselves-the-unexplained-phenomena-of-shadow-people-dead-time/
• https://www.mythweb.com/encyc/gallery/shade_c.html#:~:text=The%20insubstantial%20remains%20of%20the,Hades%2C%20ruler%20of%20the%20Underworld.
• https://marshagomes.wordpress.com/2021/12/12/caribbean-folklore-part-10-the-moongazer-phantom/
• https://hauntedsavannahtours.com/the-mystery-of-shadow-people-stories-theories-and-investigations/#:~:text=Djinn%20(Genies):%20An%20intriguing,while%20others%20are%20merely%20eerie.
• https://www.janetchui.com/astrology-shadow/
• https://time.com/6259846/sleep-paralysis-ghosts/
• https://www.psychologytoday.com/ie/blog/shadow-boxing/201307/shadow-people
• Marie D. Jones, Larry Flaxman - Demons, the Devil, and Fallen Angels 
• Diane Ahlquist - The Complete Idiot's Guide to Life After Death: A Fascinating Exploration of Afterlife Concepts and Experiences 
• Briggs, Katharine Mary An encyclopedia of fairies : hobgoblins, brownies, bogies, and other supernatural creatures
•  Monique Joiner Siedlak · The Shadow Realm: A Journey Into the Mysterious World of Shadow People
• N. V. Shesterkina, Е. N. Vaganova - The Mythological Concept ‘Shadow’ (On The Material Of Folk Riddles)

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“Yesterday, upon the stair,

I met a man who wasn’t there!

He wasn’t there again today,

Oh, how I wish he’d go away!” - Antigonish by William Hughes Mearns

You’ve probably heard these lines before - whispered in a film, included in a book of ghost poems, or even whispered as harmless childhood nonsense..

But there’s something about them - something sticky.

Sixteen lines, no real story, and yet it clings.

Because it names something we all know, but rarely say aloud:

the feeling of not being alone when you should be.

S O U R C E S:

• https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/mysterious-haunting-antigonish-county-macdonald-farm-1.6631829
• https://jayvelosobatista.com/whats-a-vardoger/
• (Used as a recital throughout the episode) I Met a Man Who Wasn't There (Antigonish by Hughes Mearns)
• https://orionphilosophy.com/the-shadow-carl-jung/

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Her right hand traces the fjord in her thigh

She counts the things she is afraid of:

Nothing,

Her own fingers—

Ringed seals

Trapped in the freezing sea.

Sedna by Allyson Young

The legend of Sedna flows through the icy waters of the Arctic, told and retold in many places, bending to each culture. But no matter the version, one thing remains the same: Sedna is the mother of all sea creatures, and as goddess of the deep she decides when the seals, the whales, the walrus, and the fish will rise to meet the hunters of the North.

S O U R C E S:

• https://www.polarlife.ca/traditional/myth/sedna.htm
• https://cmszabo55.medium.com/untangling-suffering-sedna-creatrix-under-the-sea-a11cfc660b51
• https://www.tumblr.com/bestiarium/683396691391561728/the-myth-of-sedna-the-mother-of-the-sea-inuit
• https://guidetogreenland.com/travel-blogs/Christina-gamborg-holm/storytelling-up-north-the-inuit-legend-of-sedna/
• https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/InuitMythology
•  Prokop, Carol Ann - Written in stone : a comparative analysis of Sedna and the Moon Spirit as depicted in contemporary Inuit sculpture and graphics
• Sedna: The Goddess of the Sea & Marine Animals - (Inuit Mythology Explained)

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