"I miss the days when witchcraft was underground. Nowadays, Becky thinks she’s a witch because she buys sage at Whole Foods."

This episode is an opinion piece about The Witch Aesthetic, which has become so trendy the last few years.

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I don't step on cracks if I can help it. I throw salt over my left shoulder, whether I just used the salt in a recipe, or (gasp!) spilled it... Superstitions go back farther than any of us will probably ever know. But many of them come from right here in the US, in Appalachia. It's no doubt that THOSE superstitions were borne from Appalachia's beginnings in Scotland, Ireland, Italy and England, but we're focusing on the mountain folk today. 

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*** Content warning: religious abuse, sexual molestation

Not all witches, pagans or heathens had the fortune to be raised in a way concordant to their beliefs or path once we reach adulthood. Sometimes, we have a lot of psychic scars - or even some physical scars - to heal from having been raised with Xianity. And those wounds can resurface in adulthood due to the shame and guilt caused by a toxic, Xian church environment. 

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Movies about witchcraft are filled with amazing spells that work instantly, and with fireworks and brilliant flashes of light; that can set a very disappointing, unrealistic expectation for those just coming to witchcraft in any form. This is a fun look at a few of my favorite movies about witchcraft, and what they have to offer to the witch community, and what they don't have to offer. 

*Content Warning - rape and sexual assault are mentioned in context to the plot of movies. 

*SPOILER ALERT* If you've never seen Rosemary's Baby, The Craft, Practical Magic or The Love Witch, there are spoilers about these movies. 

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Witch Bottles date back to way farther than we may ever know, but they're not just created by witches. A little bit of history, a little bit of tongue-in-cheek-ness, and a little schadenfreude... and an exploding witch bottle. 

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High Priestess and published Author Amy Blackthorn joins me to talk about Botanical Magick, claiming your own agency as a witch, learning to overcome her personal traumas, and teaching others how to hone their witchcrafts.

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Self Care can seem like an insurmountable task with everything else we're taking on during this Pandemic. But Spiritual Self Care for witches might be the one that gets away... the form of self care that gets neglected or prioritized last. Remember to be kind to yourself. 

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Sacred Herbalism is something that so many witches, myself included, practice on a regular/daily basis. We're surrounded by herbs and weeds that we can use to cast spells, conjure and just create magick. But which ones? How do you find them? Can you grow your own? How do you USE them, if you have them? 

Join me as I talk to Cedar Stevens, Austin-area botanical witch and lead potioneer at Natural Magick Shop. I have known Cedar for about 15 years (maybe more) and used to shop at her brick & mortar witchy shop Natural Magic back in the 1990s and early 2000s. It will always be my most favorite witchy shop that I ever had the pleasure of setting foot in.  She now runs the website for Natural Magick Shop, an extension of her brick & mortar shop, which shuttered in 2006. 

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There are times when it's just not practical or even possible to cast a circle and perform a ritual, especially when you really, really need to do just that. Maybe it's an issue of being a broom closeted witch, quarantined with family or partners that just don't understand, appreciate or approve of your spiritual practices. Whatever the reason you need it, it's a good trick to learn how to Cast a Circle in the Palm of your Hand.