TW: MILD DEPICTIONS OF CRUELTY TOWARDS CATS

"The unmitigated cruelty cats have received -- doubtless speaks volumes about the sexual insecurities of European males."

In this episode, Pyry shares with us the ups and downs of the history of cats and why they're so closely related to witches. There's also talk of Elena's cat probably being Satan, unfortunate pet names and several weird statements from several Popes.

Our Bewitching Best: Mia Minerva (@mia.minerva and @drawingclubpodcast) and Loreena McKennitt (The Mummers' Dance: https://youtu.be/qxTpvA-pUG0 and The Bonny Swans https://youtu.be/JsNJuhBfbPg) 

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Join us on a journey to a faraway meadow and enter Blåkulla, the Sabbath place of Swedish witches and the house of the Devil. Also, get ready for a feast with a little twist, intense wax play with the Devil, “MIRIAM!” and Elena losing their mind over Gorō Miyazaki.

Our Bewitching Best: Ian Worthington or Worthikids and his video, Witches On Tinder (https://youtu.be/5KO2IjWI9fA) and The Earthsea Cycle by Ursula K. Le Guin

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CONTENT WARNING: loud firework sounds

Recorded on New Year's Eve, Elena kidnaps Pyry from their New Year's party to melt wax and do magic! With a tiny bit of information about molybdomancy (how do you even pronounce it?) scattered around, get ready for Metal Melting: Beeswax Edition, poisonous traditions, dragons, a penis and...a skull?!

You can find pictures of our wax melting journey on both Instagram and Twitter!

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For this episode Pyry has gathered a report on ancient love magicks of mortals and gods alike! Get ready for Zeus’ fuck-ery, desperate and sexually fustrated men, lesbian love poems for Aphrodite plus Us Finns and the Evilness of Love.

Recommendations include Kalevala Jewelry (https://www.kalevalajewelry.com/) and In Love With A Ghost @lvghstmusic (and their album, Healing: https://open.spotify.com/album/3QKIo3AeabD6mQ6tsc8rTQ?si=2CRlM4flSdWsy1c-i59PBg)

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In this episode Elena shares their passion to all types of crafts, mainly knitting and embroidery, and different types of magical practices and folklore related to them. There's also talk of cursed socks, a Not-Watching-Titanic pact and the winds "tying down".

Recommendations include: the "Wicked" novel by Gregory Maguire and the "Wicked" musical/soundtrack, especially the song "No Good Deed" by Idina Menzel and Heikala, a Finnish contemporary artist (find her on Instagram @heikala and her store at heikala.com)

Shoutout to our Favorite Boy and the artist behind the podcasts cover art, Eetu Korhonen (find his portfolio at vihtoori.com)

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On this episode Pyry shares with us his first report on the sorceresses (or, if that’s too tongue twisty, magical workers) of Ancient Greece. Get ready for potions, Socrates’ magical love triangle and way too many Alexander the Great puns.

Recommendations include “Are You Listening?” by Tillie Walden and “The Raven Cycle” series by Maggie Stiefvater.

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Starting the show, Elena shares the story of Gertrud Svensdotter and the beginning of witchtrials in the mainland Sweden in 1667. Join us for a story full of Swedish names, mad lads, parties with the Devil and karma being a bitch.

Recommendations include “Howl’s Moving Castle” by Diana Wynne Jones and “Kiki’s Delivery Service” by Hayao Miyazaki.

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Who are we? Where are we from? What are our pronouns? And what about our credentials on making a history podcast about witchcraft?
All these and much more will be answered in this introductions episode! If you’d rather jump right in the show, that’s ok! Start from the episode you think has the most interesting subject and continue from there! But…if you’d like to know why Pyry won’t shut up about Ancient Greece or if Elena isn’t Swedish, why are they obsessed with the Swedish witchtrials? Listen to find out!

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