The Frightful Howls You May Hear

Poet, wizard, and necromancer Vincent V. Saint-Roch delights the podcast with an incredibly thoughtful and lucid discussion on how to divine with books. From religious texts all the way to the DSM-5-TR, we chat the mediums, methods, spirit patrons, and techhniques behind how we have interpreted all manner of textual auguries.

Check out Vincent's work here:

https://www.instagram.com/lrondilbert/ 

https://www.corvustarot.com/

https://www.instagram.com/witchhassle/

https://soundcloud.com/witchhassle

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Writer, stellar witch, and dear friend Sasha Ravitch joins us to explore a true cornocopia of somatic witch-expressions. From cosmic horror and post-humanist and post-Lacanian critical theory, the process of writing fiction as a witch, abjection and the thanatological impulse, bodily integrations of spirit-initiations, and more, we cover a truly wide breadth of topics—starting, of course, with some important musings on moles and mole people!

Check out Sasha's work here:

https://sasharavitch.squarespace.com/ 

https://www.patreon.com/sasharavitch 

http://www.instagram.com/sasha.ravitch   

http://www.oursublimebeasts.substack.com/ 

https://www.acidhorizonpodcast.com/ahrc-courses/p/aesthetics-of-offal

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Witch, folklorist, artist, performer, and independent scholar—as well as priest in the Lucumí Orisha and Quimbanda de Angola traditions—Jesse Hathaway Diaz (Tata Apokan) returns to the show to discuss performance theory, possession via spirits, consciousness, emotions, and desires, and the various ways in which we perform competence, friendship, community, and integration within ourselves and in external spaces. Who needs a cold open and intro when you can break the performed habits of podcast-making? 

Check out Tata's work here:

https://www.kitula-kia-njila.com/ 

https://www.the-pact.store/ 

https://www.jessehathawaydiaz.com/ 

https://www.radiofreegolgotha.com/

http://dziecitheatre.org/ 

https://www.instagram.com/sign_the_pact/ 

https://www.instagram.com/darknessoftheninthhour/

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In this profoundly special episode, sorcerer, witch, and prolific diviner Alex Búho joins us for his first ever podcast appearance to discuss his newly published book: "Maldito Duende: An Accomplice to the Mexican Witch". Maestro Alex discusses his upbringing in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas, studying brujeria, curanderismo, and the veneration of potent spirits such as Santissima Muerte and San Cipriano at the hands of numerous elders and his family. It is in this context of his multi-generational magical lineage and cultural upbringing that his encounters with the duende, a mischievous ally born of indigenous and Spanish roots, first manifest. Maestro Alex discusses some of his earliest experiences with duendes as well as what motivated him to write his new book, teases his future projects, and treats us to a rare glimpse into the art of the volador: the flying witch.

Check out Alex's work here:

https://www.etsy.com/shop/ArteObscuraBotanica 

https://www.instagram.com/djinnalex/ 

https://www.pinchepajaropress.online/

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Prolific astrologer, herbalist, and student of Ayurvedic medicine, Unani Tibb, Kundalini Yoga, and many more disciplines, Cameron Allen joins the show to chat all about the intersection between astrology and medicine. He explores his own training in holistic medicine and how he assists his clients through evolutionary and Medieval Islamicate astrology, as well as the importance of somatic integration, meditation, and learning in accordance to your humoural predispositions.

Check out Cameron's work here:

https://linktr.ee/cadreamplanet 

https://www.cadreamplanet.com/ 

https://cadream6.substack.com/ 

https://www.instagram.com/cadream6/ 

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Sfinga and Key provide a brief overview of some of the quick and dirty essentials on money magic. They begin with magic to generate cash quickly (along with some gambling charms), then proceed to consider how to get a job, fix a boss, and then generate additional revenue and sales. In laying the groundwork for future content specializing in the various specifics of financial and wealth sorcery, the Dragon and Owl consider the most revolutionary changes for their own practices in terms of spirits and techniques.

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A common topic of discussion in our bonus episodes is that of energy work, and we are so excited to have on one of our most trusted friends in the field to finally discuss it in depth! Peter is a grimoire magician, Quimbandeiro, and kung fu disciple with extensive training in qi gong and other forms of energetic body manipulation. Bringing together his diverse skills, he explains not only what "energy" is in a Chinese metaphysical perspective, but how to begin engaging with it in folk magic, grimoire work, and spirit mediumship for optimal results.

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Sfinga and Key tackle another hotly-requested topic: how to identify, divine on, and profile new spirits that may be approaching your court. In addition to considering temporary wanderers, distant allies of your spirits that may be stopping by to visit, and also those interested in coming by for only a season or a year, they consider some of the signs by which to recognize the activity of a new being that is staying around and how best to verify their presence and qualities through divination and the authority and protection of your existing spirits and ancestors. The Dragon and Owl also discuss some of the tools they bring to a spiritual court investigation and how folks can come to tease out and understand the qualities of new spirits from the background of ambient existing phenomena. 

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Erudite astrologer, cutting-edge tech-wizard, and dear friend Jove returns to the pod to discuss the potent sorceries and spirits encountered on the dance floor. We touch on how spirits pulse within the vast realm of nightlife, from popular clubs to illegal raves, and how to harness the high peaks and clandestine whispers of the energies within them. In addition to reflecting on our own experiences with the many powers present in these spaces, we discuss the freedom, shapeshifting, and playing with identity possible within them, as well as different tips and tricks for navigating them to one's sorcerous advantage. 

Jove's links:

https://spucchi.com/

https://www.hodiepartner.com/

https://www.astrotechne.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XYkETD3yFo& 

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Our good friend Red Hu, returning from her excellent episode on Daji and Chinese Fox Magic, joins us to chat all things beauty and glamour. This episode shaped up to be a longer, free-form discussion on how to incorporate small glamours into everyday life, from scrying the products you put on your skin to protecting yourself from too much attention. We discuss the importance of finding the beautiful in your magic, enchanting yourself and your life through beauty, and resisting rigid, supremacist ideals of aesthetics in favour of personal expression and creativity. Finally, we end off with some favourite charms and techniques.

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