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Join us as we discuss the major themes of Imbolc: cleaning, purification, and welcoming new beginnings and positive energy in your life. Many of these themes also pair with Lunar New Year (which happens to start on the same day as Imbolc in 2022), so we talk about the connections and parallels there also. We also share, a simple Imbolc ritual, correspondences, and our experiences for this pagan holiday.

Imbolc, which takes place on February 1st in the northern hemisphere or August 1st in the southern hemisphere is halfway between the Yule (held on the winter solstice) and Ostara (held on the spring equinox). This sabbat is a time to celebrate the coming of spring with feasts, cozy hearth fires, planning gardens, weather divination, and other activities. Synonymous with Imbolc is the Celtic goddess Brigid, who is associated with healing, blacksmithing, livestock, fertility, the arts, and other crafts.

Welcome to Pub Chat!

These episodes are for us to have a more free-form way to discuss listener questions, shorter subjects, as well as magical happenings and musings.

Our question of the week is about using magic for pain management. While magic can’t be used to take pain away, some magical ideas may help manage pain in conjunction with your physican’s orders. We’re not medical professionals, and our conversation shouldn’t be considered medical advice.

In Story Time, we talk about Charles Cordell—The Tiger King of Witchcraft and rival of the Father of Wicca, Gerald Gardner.

This week, we watched Star Wars: The Bad Batch, and Interview with the Vampire, and we briefly discuss the magic of their respective worlds in Magic and Media.

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This is the second installment of our Spellcrafting series, where we talk about the history and evolution of Grimoires and a Book of Shadows. The terms Grimoire and Book of Shadows are used interchangeably in pop culture, and we discuss the links and differences between the two.

We also talk about the pros and cons of paper versus digital Grimoires and give you a bunch of ideas of what to put in yours, as well as how to organize them! We use a two-book system, which employs a Book of Shadows as a magical journal, and a separate Grimoire for reference material, correspondences, and spells or rituals that we come back to over and over again.

As usual, we have written a spell for this episode, which is a very simple consecration spell for your magical books, and correspondences that you can use when creating and maintaining your own magical tomes.

Welcome to Pub Chat! These episodes are for us to have a more free-form way to discuss listener questions, shorter subjects, as well as magical happenings and musings.

Our listener question of the week is about the difference between a séance and a Oujia™ board. We discuss what they are, the ways they’re used, and give a little bit of history about each. We had a synergistic magical experience about some golf tees that we talk about. In Magic and Media, we discuss the magic in a few shows we watched over the holidays: She-Ra and The Princesses of Power, The Matrix Resurrection, and Jingle Jangle. Each of these shows has at least a hint of magic in them, and we share our thoughts briefly on each.

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In this episode we take a deep dive into the Dagda. The Dagda, King of the Fair Folk and the Irish god of abundance and hospitality, is an interesting figure who is not often talked about in modern pagan practice. Join us as we dive into his background, lore, and worship. We also share correspondences for him as well as an invocation and a spell for him.

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Yule starts on the Winter Solstice (the longest night of the year) and is celebrated for several days or weeks. During Yule, parties, singing, dancing, feasts, decorating with evergreens, yule log, wassailing, and gift giving are common. Join us as we discuss some of the important figures of modern Yule celebrations: Mari Lwyd, Krampus, and Santa Claus. We also share Yule correspondences and a simple Yule ritual we wrote.

For more information about Yule, check out episode #2, Yule 101.

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Halloween, and other holidays have heathen roots? Join us as we discuss actual, possible, or nonexistent heathen/pagan roots of the most popular western holidays. We also share two spells we’ve created to help you celebrate any holiday, whether you’re in the closet or not.

This episode is part deep dive and part overview, so join us as we go over the general practices and beliefs of modern Odinism and heathery. We examine how to celebrate heathen festivals known as blóts, as well as discussing the Norse God Odin, and how to worship him. We also share two spells that we’ve written with Odin in mind and his correspondence list. As always, this podcast is a welcoming and informative one, with zero tolerance for racism and similar toxic rhetoric.

In this episode, we discuss Samhain. Samhain—the most popular heathen holiday—is the third and final harvest festival and takes place on the October 31 (April 30 southern hemisphere), which is about halfway between the autumn equinox and the winter solstice.  Join us as we discuss popular Samhain traditions, how we celebrate this ancient holiday. We also share correspondences, and two spells that you can do for Samhain, or anytime!