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W&S003 - The Wine-Dark Sea


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OCTOBER 30th, 2017 The Wine-Dark Sea - Robert Aickman

The Work We discuss Robert Aickman's short story "The Wine-Dark Sea" from the story collection by the same name. The print and ebook are both available.

The Guest Our guest is writer Sarah Lyon. She is a contributor to Vice's Broadly. Sarah practices witchcraft out of New York. 

You can find Sarah at sarahlyons.org and on Vice. You can follow her on instagram @citymystic.

Sarah mentions some resources and inspiration: The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley The Witch-Cult in Western Europe by Margaret Murray Aleister Crowley's Thoth tarot deck Barbara Creed's The Monstrous-Feminine Carole Glover's Men, Women and Chain Saws  Silvia Federici's Caliban and the Witch Jodorowsky's The Way of the Tarot Arthur E. Waite's Pictorial Key of the Tarot The Rider-Waite Tarot by Waite & Smith Phil Hine's Condensed Chaos Gemma Gary's Cornish Book of Ways The blog of Sarah Anne Lawless Religion and the Decline of Magic by Keith Thomas

Pairings Spirits "The Liquid Rock" There is no soil on the island.

1 oz Brandy 1/2 oz Lemon Juice 1 spoonful Fig Jam 2 dashes Angostura Bitters

Shake, top with sparkling Lambrusco

Aural Stimuli

Visual Stimuli Hellenic Art from Athens. The Grecian island Milos. One of the oldest full Tarot sets, the Sola-Busca Tarrochi.

Next House of Leaves, Part One: Overview We're beginning our first novel and with it our first introductory episode. No reading required but feel free to check out Mark Z. Danielewski's House of Leaves for yourself. We will be joined by guest Giaco Furino (@giacofurino) to discuss the genre of horror fiction.

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