3 Pagans and a Cat
267 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 days ago - ★★★★★ - 154 ratings3PAAC discusses issues ranging from the basics of grounding and shielding to sexuality in paganism, attempting to bring both good humour and enthusiastically amateur research to every topic that occurs to them.
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Episodes
Episode 216: Tarot: Cups Suit
January 25, 2023 00:00 - 58 minutes - 80.9 MBGwyn and Ode talk about each of the cards in the Cups suit.
Episode 215: Storytelling: Prophecies
January 18, 2023 00:00 - 54 minutes - 75 MBGwyn and Ode tell the stories of prophets, including Daniel, Cassandra, Melampus, and Nostradamus.
Episode 214: Tarot: Major Arcana
January 04, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 88.9 MBGwyn and Ode talk about a couple of frameworks for understanding the Major Arcana, and then give a quick overview of the baseline interpretations of each card in the sequence and how they relate to each other.
Episode 213: Religious Routine
December 28, 2022 00:00 - 45 minutes - 62.9 MBGwyn and Ode (+Jax) talk about what they thought their paths would look like, what they actually look like, and how they plan to evolve them. Special Guest: Jax.
Episode 212: Potions
December 21, 2022 00:00 - 49 minutes - 67.6 MBGwyn and Ode discuss what potions even are, how they might be made and used, and some of their favourites.
Episode 211: Pagan Organizations
December 14, 2022 00:00 - 47 minutes - 65.4 MBGwyn and Ode (+ Jax!) talk about various pagan organizations, discuss the differences between groups for activism and groups for community, and cover some of the big red flags in assessing whether a group is good for you. Special Guest: Jax.
Episode 210: Deep Dive 6
December 07, 2022 00:00 - 40 minutes - 55.5 MBGwyn and Ode talk about Pele, Papa, Marzanna, and Boreas.
Episode 209: Animal Kingdom
November 30, 2022 00:00 - 50 minutes - 69.4 MBGwyn and Ode (+Jax!) talk animals in mythology, religion, and magic. Content warning for discussions of animal death. Special Guest: Jax.
Episode 208: Hair
November 23, 2022 00:00 - 51 minutes - 70.2 MBGwyn and Ode talk about magic hair featuring in various mythologies, and modern-day religious and spirituals treatments of hair. The Club Q shooting is briefly discussed at the top of the episode. Content warning for gun violence, mass shootings, and religious and political discrimination in that section. This is where you can donate to help the victims: https://www.coloradogives.org/organization/COHealingFund
Episode 207: Pilgrimage
November 16, 2022 00:00 - 49 minutes - 68.4 MBGwyn and Ode talk about the concept of a pilgrimage, what distinguishes it from other types of travel, some famous pilgrimage sites, the history of pilgrimage and its effect on culture, and the ways pilgrimages have evolved in the modern day.
Episode 206: Deep Dive 5
November 09, 2022 00:00 - 39 minutes - 54.5 MBGwyn and Ode talk about their latest godly interests, including Mefdet, Chernobog (+ Belobog), Hypnos, and Cliadhna.
Episode 205: Return of Spooky Stories
November 01, 2022 23:00 - 57 minutes - 79 MBGwyn and Ode tell some of their favourite spooky stories in honor of Halloween, including The Engima of Amigara Fault, Dead Man's Curve, The Architect's House, The Voice In The Desert, and La Llorona. Content Warnings for: Body Horror, Infanticide, and Suicide.
Episode 204: And Hell Follows With Him
October 18, 2022 23:00 - 1 hour - 46.3 MBGwyn and Ode talk about various Punishment Afterlives, with a particular focus on the Christian Hell and how it was influenced by and developed out of a boiling cauldron of various competing influences, as well as their perspective on its place in modern Christianity. Viki Vaughn's GoFundMe: www.gofundme.com/f/qamtx-medical-and-family-expenses
Episode 203: Demons
October 04, 2022 23:00 - 57 minutes - 43.9 MBGwyn and Ode (+ Jax!) talk about what demons are historically and in the modern day, what counts as evil, if you should hang out with demons, and how they think you should treat demons. Special Guest: Jax.
Episode 202: Dragons
September 27, 2022 23:00 - 52 minutes - 39.7 MBGwyn and Ode talk about how cool dragons are for like an hour.
Episode 201: Deep Dive 4
September 20, 2022 23:00 - 1 hour - 48 MBGwyn and Ode (+ Jax!) talk about Hungarian mythology, Sheela na Gigs, Batara Kala, Baron Samedi, and the three Norse sea gods. Special Guest: Jax.
Episode 200: Editing Your Book
August 30, 2022 23:00 - 45 minutes - 33.5 MBGwyn and Ode talk about the original Building Your Book series, the development of the BYB class, what our books look like 4+ years out, and what we'd change about those early episodes now that we have 200 episodes under our belt!
Episode 199: Binding and Banishing
August 23, 2022 23:00 - 53 minutes - 39.4 MBGwyn and Ode talk about why binding and banishing are considered baneful, if they agree, why you might do bindings and banishings, and some of their favourite techniques.
Episode 198: Deep Dive 3
August 16, 2022 23:00 - 58 minutes - 43 MBGwyn and Ode (+Jax!) discuss Inanna, Ninshubur, Epona, Manannan Mac Lir, and Ba'al Hammon. Special Guest: Jax.
Episode 197: Buddhism
August 09, 2022 23:00 - 50 minutes - 37.3 MBGwyn and Ode discuss Buddhism, from their limited perspective as non-Buddhists.
Episode 196: Deep Dive 2
July 26, 2022 23:00 - 46 minutes - 34.3 MBGwyn and Ode (+ Jax!) talk about Cailleach, Bes, Heka, Baba Yaga, Mazu, and Eir. Special Guest: Jax.
Episode 195: Satanism
July 19, 2022 23:00 - 1 hour - 46.3 MBOde and Jax discuss the history and current trajectory of Satanism, from the baffling orthodox Church of Satan to the wildly chaotic Satan Reddit. Courtesy of fact-checking in our Discord server, challenges to The Satanic Temple: https://queersatanic.com/about/ Special Guest: Jax.
Episode 194: Deep Dive 1
July 05, 2022 23:00 - 1 hour - 50.5 MBGwyn and Ode talk about Charon, Praxidike, Demeter, and Vidar in the first episode of the Deep Dives series.
Episode 193: Queer Magic
June 28, 2022 23:00 - 55 minutes - 40.8 MBGwyn and Ode spend the first half of this episode (22:06) talking about the 2022 SCOTUS ruling about Roe v. Wade, and the dangers that ruling presents. The second half is a discussion of how to consider queerness as part of your practice, even as a cis or straight practitioner.
Episode 192: Storytelling: Genderbending
June 21, 2022 23:00 - 28 minutes - 20.5 MBGwyn and Ode tell the tales of the Nonbinary Pharaoh, Krishna-Mohini's Month-Long Mourning, Hermaphroditus' Transformation, and Thor's Wedding.
Episode 191: Practical Magic: Glamour
June 14, 2022 23:00 - 45 minutes - 64.4 MBGwyn and Ode discuss what glamours are, what they're supposed to do, why you might want one, and the many styles of application available.
Episode 190: Being Of The World: How Witches Help
June 07, 2022 23:00 - 52 minutes - 38.9 MBGwyn and Ode (+ Jax!) discuss why and how to engage in activism, how it supports and is supported by pagan and witchcraft practices, and what kind of magic to do when you're in the metaphorical trenches. Special Guest: Jax.
Episode 189: In Crisis: Pagan Coping Skills
May 24, 2022 23:00 - 1 hour - 46.4 MBGwyn and Ode (+ Jax!) discuss The State Of Things, how stressful that is, and how to deal with that stress in productive and pagan fashions. Special Guest: Jax.
Episode 188: Important Update
May 17, 2022 23:00 - 28 minutes - 20.9 MBGwyn and Ode talk with Car about why he's leaving the podcast, and talk with the Pride about what the podcast will look like moving forward.
Episode 187: Elements: Wuxing
May 10, 2022 23:00 - 45 minutes - 66.1 MBGwyn and Ode discuss Wuxing, the difference between elements and phases, and what the phases are and how they interact. Also Ode butchers some tones.
Episode 186: Elements: Aether
May 03, 2022 23:00 - 52 minutes - 75 MBGwyn and Ode discuss the history of aether, it's originally theorized scientific properties, it's current spiritual function, and how to Vibe with aether or spirit.
Episode 185: Elements: Fire
April 26, 2022 23:00 - 51 minutes - 73 MBGwyn and Ode discuss fire, consumption, safety, respect, and candles.
Episode 184: Elements: Air
April 19, 2022 23:00 - 47 minutes - 67.9 MBCar, Gwyn, and Ode discuss air, atmosphere, sound, and heirarchy.
Episode 183: Elements: Water
April 12, 2022 23:00 - 51 minutes - 76.7 MBGwyn and Ode talk about water, how vexing it is to be wet, the dubious virtues of a cold shower, and also how to engage with water as an element, spirit, offering, and part of magical practice.
Episode 182: Elements: Earth
April 05, 2022 23:00 - 53 minutes - 80.8 MBGwyn and Ode talk about the qualities of the element of earth, building elemental relationships, and how to bring a little earth into your life and practice.
Episode 181: Our Community: Jason Mankey... 3!
March 29, 2022 23:00 - 1 hour - 91.3 MBGwyn and Ode sit down for a magical third interview with Jason Mankey, to discuss his latest book and upcoming projects.
Episode 180: American Folk Magic
March 22, 2022 23:00 - 59 minutes - 87 MBGwyn and Ode discuss various folk magic traditions present in the United States, including the Pennsylvania Dutch and Hoodoo, as well as touching on the fact of colonizer magic, appropriation of traditions vs. incorporation of open elements, and how doing a little magic doesn't necessarily make a person pagan.
Episode 179: Storytelling: Oaths and Promises
March 09, 2022 00:00 - 48 minutes - 69.7 MBCar, Gwyn, and Ode tell various stories related to oaths and promises, including A Cliffside Rendevouz, Gudrun Let The Dogs Out, Well I Did Say Anything You Asked For, and The Strongest Puppy.
Episode 178: Fertility
March 02, 2022 00:00 - 57 minutes - 84.6 MBCar, Gwyn, and Ode discuss fertility as a concept, both physical and abstract, and how it can be applied in practice, religion, and magic-- as well as how to break out of fertility binaries and what new approaches to fertility might be more inclusive and representative. Discussion of the ongoing invasion of Ukraine begins at 1:35 and ends at 12:20.
Episode 177: Dreams
February 23, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 109 MBCar, Gwyn, and Ode talk about dreams, including the ongoing science of sleep and dreams, dreams in antiquity, lucid dreaming and dream work, and dream interpretation.
Episode 176: Book Burning
February 16, 2022 00:00 - 51 minutes - 81.3 MBCar, Gwyn, and Ode talk about the recent surge in censorship, a book burning incident in Tennessee, and the rise of authoritarianism in general.
Episode 175: Signs and Omens
February 09, 2022 00:00 - 55 minutes - 73.6 MBGwyn and Ode discuss what omens are, how to recognize them when they happen, the difficulties of interpreting them, and synchronicities.
Episode 174: Budget Witchcraft
February 02, 2022 00:00 - 46 minutes - 66 MBGwyn and Ode talk about low- and no-cost witchcraft, including scouting out the Dollar Store, judicious application of birthday candles and salsa jars, and finding stuff in your yard and/or parking lot.
Episode 173: Sacred Symbols
January 26, 2022 00:00 - 58 minutes - 83.7 MBGwyn and Ode talk about various religious symbols they vibe with, their histories, how they're used today, and what symbols are even about, really.
Episode 172: May You Never Hunger
January 19, 2022 00:00 - 53 minutes - 78.7 MBCar, Gwyn, and Ode talk about ancient hospitality, building a modern community of hospitality in paganism, and Being Like Bill. Stan Newcombe's GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-stan-after-medical-episode-and-job-loss Pagans In Need Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pagansinneed
Episode 171: First Steps: Altars
January 05, 2022 00:00 - 52 minutes - 78.3 MBCar, Gwyn, and Ode talk about what altars are for, what kind of altars you can build, how you might go about building one, and how to be respectful of nature in outdoor altar spaces.
Episode 170: 2021 Anniversary
December 29, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 63.2 MBFeaturing the triumphant return of Car, Gwyn, and Ode from their various hiatuses, discussing how 2021 went (and didn't), what we're hoping to do in 2022, and divining answers (sadly sober) for the members of the Pride who tuned in live.
Episode 169: Our Community: Diana Rajchel
December 01, 2021 00:00 - 59 minutes - 42.3 MBGwyn and Ode sit down with Diana to discuss magic, cursing, radical nonjudgement, and how you can somehow get her book on Amazon right now even though it technically doesn't release until December 8th. Also Ode talks about a new metaphysical rock store in the Kalamazoo area for a while. website: http://dianarajchel.com/ appointment booking link: https://bookdiana.as.me/schedule.php direct book order link: https://www.dianarajchel.com/shop shop diana co-owns: http://goldenapplemetaphysical.net/
Episode 168: First Steps: Cleansing
November 24, 2021 00:00 - 56 minutes - 40.3 MBGwyn and Ode discuss personal, space, and tool cleansing, what you can use for cleansing, and the concept of ritual purity.
Episode 167: Your Own Backyard
November 17, 2021 00:00 - 55 minutes - 39 MBCar, Gwyn, and Ode discuss how to narrow your focus to your own area, finding and engaging with your own local traditions, the sticky problem of appropriation (as usual), and integrating a global practice into a regional context.