Long before “witchcraft” became a word whispered in fear, it was simply the rhythm of life, rooted in the turning seasons, in gratitude for the land, in the quiet power of those who remembered.

Through the story of Anwyn, a healer in the village of Fernlow, we follow the slow shift from trusted midwife to suspected witch. As the Church’s shadow spreads, suspicion takes root, and the sacred is twisted into the sinister. Her story is not unique, it is the story of countless women across Europe whose names were erased, but whose echoes remain.

Step into the world before the burnings, before the trials...when magic was still a way of life.
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Let the old ways rise again.

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Before Eve, there was Lilith—made from the same earth as Adam, but unwilling to kneel. For that, she was cast out, rewritten, and demonized. But what if she wasn’t the villain of the story… what if she was the first woman to say no?

In this episode of The Forgotten Familiar, we trace Lilith’s long fall from goddess to demon to feminist icon—from Mesopotamian wind spirit to medieval child-slayer to modern dark feminine archetype. She didn’t eat the fruit. She didn’t tempt the man. She simply walked away.

🌒 Explore the roots of resistance and the price of choosing yourself.
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Let the old ways rise again.

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Salt. So simple, yet sacred...scattered across thresholds, tossed over shoulders, whispered into protection spells. In this episode of The Forgotten Familiar, we trace the glittering line salt draws through history, folklore, and feminine wisdom. From ancient Egyptian rites to Appalachian doorsteps, from cradle protections against changelings to the hidden rebellions of wise women, salt has always marked boundaries between safety and danger, truth and secrecy, power and silence. Join me as we explore why women became keepers of these invisible salt lines, quietly guarding the sacred in a world that often refused them voice or agency.

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Let the old ways rise again.

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They broke the bread…and cursed the village. But what if the true poison lay not in spells, but in the soil?

In this episode of The Forgotten Familiar, we uncover the dark history of ergotism, a deadly grain mold blamed on witchcraft, and the way ordinary kitchen rituals became evidence of sinister magic. From medieval France’s “Holy Fire” outbreaks to murmurings in 1692 Salem, we trace how fear turned women who baked and healed into scapegoats for an invisible toxin.

🌾 Dive into folklore, trial records, and the science behind the “Holy Fire.”
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Let the old ways rise again.

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They called them witches—but once, they were simply women: midwives, healers, guardians of birth. In this episode of The Forgotten Familiar, we step into medieval Europe’s hidden world of wise women who knew the body’s secrets—and discover how the Church and the state turned their sacred knowledge into heresy, burning them alive to break the power of the womb.

🌿 Unearth the story of the midwives’ quiet rebellion—and their return in today’s homebirths, doulas, and herbalists.

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Let the old ways rise again.

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They said witches flew on broomsticks. But what they never told you… was what the broom was really for.

In this episode of The Forgotten Familiar, we explore the dark, intoxicating truth behind “flying ointments”—potent blends of herbs and fat used by women to slip between worlds. Belladonna, henbane, mandrake… all were part of a pharmacopoeia passed in secret, whispered from hand to hand, and later twisted into fear and myth.

Was it hallucination, heresy—or a quiet kind of freedom?
You decide.

✨ Featuring folklore, trial records, herbal lore, and the real reason witches may have taken flight.
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⚠️ This episode discusses toxic herbs once used in historical folk practice. This is for educational storytelling only—do not attempt to ingest or apply any of these plants.

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Wind Sound Effect by LoLa Joy from Pixabay.

 Fire Sound Effect by DRAGON-STUDIO from Pixabay.

Before independence was signed into parchment, before fire meant fireworks, there was Brigid. A goddess of flame and fertility, later recast as a saint to soften her power. But her story, and her sacred fire, never went out.

In this debut episode of The Forgotten Familiar, we travel back to pre-Christian Ireland to remember Brigid, the women who kept her flame alive, and what it means to reclaim a legacy that was never meant to survive. This is a tale of quiet rebellion, sacred fire, and the feminine power they tried to erase.

Featuring poetic storytelling, ancestral lore, and a modern reflection for July 4th.
Bonus deep dive available on Patreon, Whispers Beneath.

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