The Frightful Howls You May Hear

Laroyê Exu, Exu é Mojubá! In this very special episode, Sfinga and Key welcome their Tata in Quimbanda de Angola, Tata Apokan (Jesse Hathaway Diaz), for a winding, serpentine foray through the world of Afro-Brazilian sorcery. In addition to touching on personal experiences in initiation, priesthood, and continual, expansive study within oral traditions, this episode also considers the importance of co-creating community, the nature of spirit possession, the history of Afro-Brazilian traditions and their study, and what it is to practice Quimbanda outside of Brazil. Cabula website: https://www.kitula-kia-njila.com/ Book a reading: https://www.kitula-kia-njila.com/services Jesse's website: https://www.jessehathawaydiaz.com/ Jesse's store: https://www.the-pact.store/ Radio Free Golgotha: https://www.radiofreegolgotha.com/ Theatre Group Dzieci: http://dziecitheatre.org/ Jesse's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/darknessoftheninthhour/ Cabula Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cabulamavilekitulakianjila/ The Pact Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_pact_store/ Support us on patreon.com/TheFrightfulHowls and follow us at twitter.com/FrightfulHowls.

It's the Halloween special! Sfinga, Salt, and B. Key dive into the world of fairytales, folklore, and dramatic plays to narrate six different stories—and reflect on each of the sorcerous lessons one can glean from them. From seafaring saints and Faustian conjurers to old witches and dragon-slaying princes, the gang giggles their way through all the memories of learning lore through stories around the autumn campfires. Support us on patreon.com/TheFrightfulHowls and follow us at twitter.com/FrightfulHowls.

How do you determine which spirits are best suited to consult for which questions? What roles to concurrent auguries play alongside one's chosen divinatory system? How can over-divining block a result, and how can you know the answer generated by trance is the most accurate and precise one? How do we better our capacity to not only hear our spirits, but relay their messages in actionable, medicinal ways? The Dragon, Wolf, and Owl explore some of the ins and outs of fine-tuning one's divinatory outlook for more precise outcomes across the board. Support us on patreon.com/TheFrightfulHowls and follow us at twitter.com/FrightfulHowls.

The gang reunite to discuss their favourite spells from the corpus of Coptic Magical Papyri. From contests with headless beings to rites to bring (and take away) fertility, the Dragon, Wolf, and Owl cover a wide spectrum of practical applications born of this often-neglected yet exceedingly rich collection of ancient magical technologies. Support us on patreon.com/TheFrightfulHowls and follow us at twitter.com/FrightfulHowls.

B. Key provides an array of tips and tricks for dominating landlords—and by extension anyone in a position of financial authority over you. Whether it's propitiating the spirits of the land, fixing contractors and neighbours alike, or keeping the peace within the home, Key explores the ins and outs of how to stay safe, stay strapped, and stay secure with magic under the conditions of capitalism. Support us on patreon.com/TheFrightfulHowls and follow us at twitter.com/FrightfulHowls.

Sfinga and B. Key are joined by the incredible Albert Björn Shiell, witch, sorcerer, and student of English and Icelandic folk magical traditions. Albert goes over his experience studying oral and literary traditions of Icelandic magic, and muses on the nature of integrating into not only a new culture and language, but a foreign country's animist landscape. The gang discusses what it means to actually breathe an animist life through conscious relationality with the natural world, all while sharing a few laughs over common misconceptions of each of their traditions.  Support us on patreon.com/TheFrightfulHowls and follow us at twitter.com/FrightfulHowls.

Sfinga and B. Key cover the 44 pentacles of the Key of Solomon, their construction, uses, and personal tips, tricks, and innovations they've gleaned from their experiments. The Dragon and Owl discuss at length the various ways in which the planetary pentacles can be used across the sorcerous board, as well as the magical implications of matching one's (nasty) freak. Support us on patreon.com/TheFrightfulHowls and follow us at twitter.com/FrightfulHowls.

Dear friend and discerning sorcerer Caspar, also known as De Duivelbanner van Overijssel, joins the hosts to chat all things Dutch folk magic. In addition to discussing the diversity of Dutch folk practitioners, what duivelbanners are, differences between Protestant and Catholic traditions, and types of spirits one may encounter, the gang explores the importance of situating the "folk" in "folk magic". Key also touches on a fascinating and remarkably well-preserved set of fishing and knot-tying magics inherited within his own Dutch family, prompting a heartfelt discussion on the ways living traditions are indeed lived throughout diasporas. Support us on patreon.com/TheFrightfulHowls and follow us at twitter.com/FrightfulHowls.

Salt opens the floor on the grounding elements of magical healing and sorcery in health. Exploring the logics of oral charms, Galenic medicine, and medical astrology, he leads the gang through a round table discussion of the key principles of protecting and nurturing long-term health in one's spiritual practice—through all holistic means, magical and mundane. Support us on patreon.com/TheFrightfulHowls and follow us at twitter.com/FrightfulHowls.

B. Key brings the fire to passionately advocate for the use of magic in anti-fascist resistance. After a brief overview of some of the most critical Supreme Court cases that have eroded civil liberties in the United States, Key provides a miscellany of sorcerous workings to resist the state, evade the law, and protect our communities—especially those most vulnerable to state-enforced oppression—as well as a list of resources, organizations, and bail funds to contribute to in solidarity. Support us on patreon.com/TheFrightfulHowls and follow us at twitter.com/FrightfulHowls.