New World Witchery - The Search for American Traditional Witchcraft artwork

New World Witchery - The Search for American Traditional Witchcraft

334 episodes - English - Latest episode: 24 days ago - ★★★★★ - 346 ratings

A show about magic and witchcraft in North America

Spirituality Religion & Spirituality witchcraft witchery magic folk america american hoodoo rootwork powwow curanderismo
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Episodes

Special Episode – Folk Magician’s Notebook – March 2024

March 04, 2024 17:21 - 21 minutes - 39.5 MB

Bears, sprouts, squares, and more!

Episode 241 – Slow Spells and Magical Maintenance

February 29, 2024 19:25 - 1 hour - 137 MB

Laine and Cory discuss long-term magical workings, maintaining magical altars and tools, and Laine's fear of stage magicians. Plus we answer emails about the Golden Ratio and Leap Day traditions!

Episode 240 – Designing Tarot with Evvin Marin

February 20, 2024 20:00 - 54 minutes - 100 MB

We chat with artist, animist, and awesome person Evvin Marin about creating tarot in the modern world

Special Episode – Folk Magician’s Notebook – February 2024

February 05, 2024 03:15 - 22 minutes - 40.4 MB

Inky visions, prosthetic sausages, and a hungry moon

Episode 239 – Magic Numbers

January 30, 2024 14:22 - 1 hour - 166 MB

We discuss numerology, folk magic, and numbers in our latest episode!

Episode 238 – Chinese Folk Religion with Xueting C Ni

January 16, 2024 22:52 - 44 minutes - 81.4 MB

We speak with author and scholar Xueting Christine Ni about Chinese folklore and myth in the past and present

Special Episode – Folk Magician’s Notebook – January 2024

January 04, 2024 15:38 - 24 minutes - 44.1 MB

Wolf Moons, Robert Burns, and Coins of Kindness

Episode 237 – Yuletide Cheer! 2023

December 23, 2023 05:34 - 41 minutes - 76.9 MB

It's time for our annual lessons and carols with music, poetry, and more!

Special Episode – Folk Magician’s Notebook – December 2023

December 08, 2023 20:00 - 17 minutes - 32.6 MB

Cinnamon, Gingerbread, Solstices, Warm Hands

Episode 236 – Anti-Curses

November 27, 2023 14:00 - 1 hour - 118 MB

We take some time to consider the role of curses, counter-curses, cleansing, and even mental health as we discuss this important aspect of magical practice.

Special Episode – Folk Magician’s Notebook – November 2023

November 07, 2023 14:58 - 20 minutes - 38.4 MB

Foxes, chili peppers, coins, and towers

Special Episode -All Hallows’ Read 2023 – Ghostly Warnings

October 20, 2023 15:47 - 20 minutes - 38.2 MB

Foxes, chili peppers, coins, and towers

Special Episode – Folk Magician’s Notebook – October 2023

October 07, 2023 14:00 - 28 minutes - 52.5 MB

Foxes, chili peppers, coins, and towers

Episode 235 – There and Back Again

September 28, 2023 18:20 - 1 hour - 122 MB

Travels overseas and listener emails please!

Special Episode – Folk Magician’s Notebook – September 2023

September 10, 2023 21:29 - 17 minutes - 32.9 MB

Foxes, chili peppers, coins, and towers

Episode 234 – Back to School Witchery

August 31, 2023 14:00 - 1 hour - 143 MB

Papers, Pencils, and Pentagrams!

Episode 233 – Cunning Tales with the Witch of Southern Light

August 20, 2023 14:39 - 1 hour - 113 MB

Fairy tales and crooked paths abound

Special Episode – Folk Magician’s Notebook – August 2023

August 02, 2023 15:34 - 24 minutes - 45 MB

It happens once in a blue moon...

Episode 232 – Live from Mystic South 2023

July 29, 2023 14:00 - 38 minutes - 69.8 MB

We share our recent experiences at the Mystic South conference

Special Episode – Folk Magician’s Notebook – July 2023

July 03, 2023 20:00 - 19 minutes - 35.3 MB

Moon watching, Thunder Moons, and thunder...pants?

Episode 231 – Italian American Magic with Dee Norman

June 29, 2023 17:58 - 49 minutes - 91.2 MB

Burning black candles and reading cards at the kitchen table

Episode 230 – Magic on the Road

June 11, 2023 18:36 - 1 hour - 119 MB

Magic for and about traveling and the open road

Special Episode – Folk Magician’s Notebook – June 2023

June 04, 2023 16:44 - 22 minutes - 41.3 MB

Strawberry Moons, the Origins of Elves, and Birthday Divinations

Episode 229 – The Evil Eye with Antonio Pagliarulo

May 15, 2023 18:49 - 1 hour - 123 MB

The Folklore and History of the Evil Eye

Special Episode – Folk Magician’s Notebook – May 2023

May 04, 2023 17:13 - 20 minutes - 37.9 MB

A Lunar Eclipse, Rosy Love Potions, and A Bawdy Tale!

Episode 228 – Thrifty Witchery with Vincent and Martha

April 30, 2023 17:22 - 1 hour - 112 MB

Using a Mighty Intention to Make Magic

Episode 227 – Floral Folk Magic

April 19, 2023 03:39 - 1 hour - 128 MB

Magic is in bloom!

Special Episode – Folk Magician’s Notebook – April 2023

April 03, 2023 15:22 - 19 minutes - 36.5 MB

The Pink Moon, London Bridge, and Mummy Jars!

Episode 226 – Junk Drawer Magic (Book Preview)

March 31, 2023 14:40 - 58 minutes - 106 MB

Button, button, who's got the button?

Episode 225 – All Them Witches with Kelden

March 15, 2023 02:46 - 55 minutes - 101 MB

Twisted Nursery Rhymes and Sabbath Shenanigans

Special Episode – Folk Magician’s Notebook – March 2023

March 02, 2023 02:00 - 16 minutes - 29.7 MB

Birds, diamonds, discs, squeaky wagons, and wishing lanterns!

Episode 224 – (Smug) Bird Lore

February 20, 2023 16:47 - 1 hour - 154 MB

Ca-CAW!!! Feather your nest with some egg-cellent lore!

Special Episode – Folk Magician’s Notebook – February 2023

February 01, 2023 22:36 - 19 minutes - 35.2 MB

Cards, candles, comets, coneys, and chilling out your enemies!

Episode 223 – Birthday Magic with Hannah Hawthorn

January 30, 2023 16:50 - 52 minutes - 95.5 MB

How to bewitch your solar return

Episode 222 – The Witch’s Rest

January 12, 2023 15:21 - 55 minutes - 102 MB

The value in sitting out a Sabbat once in a while

Special Episode – Folk Magician’s Notebook – January 2023

January 01, 2023 18:36 - 18 minutes - 33.7 MB

First-footing, cartomancy, helpful birds, and more!

Episode 221 – Yuletide Cheer! 2022

December 22, 2022 03:26 - 55 minutes - 101 MB

Our annual "Tales and Wassails" episode for the midwinter nights

Episode 220 – Divine Divination with Siri Vincent Plouff and Cassandra Snow

December 19, 2022 17:31 - 1 hour - 137 MB

We talk tarot, runes, Queerness, and more!

Special Episode – Folk Magician’s Notebook – December 2022

December 02, 2022 15:19 - 15 minutes - 28.4 MB

Holiday greenery and ghosts!

Episode 219 – Otherworlds and Underworlds

November 17, 2022 14:29 - 1 hour - 177 MB

A journey to Hel(l)(s) and back! Otherworlds in folklore and myth

Special Episode – Folk Magician’s Notebook – November 2022

November 02, 2022 17:33 - 19 minutes - 36 MB

Surly cards, fabulous fables, & bewitching bones!

Special Episode – All Hallows Read 2022

October 30, 2022 14:19 - 51 minutes - 94.3 MB

Spooky stories of devils and magic gone amiss!

Special Episode – Folk Magician’s Notebook – October 2022

October 02, 2022 00:04 - 22 minutes - 30.4 MB

Folk tales of talking cats, diabolical cards, enchanted apples, and more!

Episode 218 – Catholic Folk Magic with The Red Text Podcast

September 29, 2022 16:56 - 1 hour - 105 MB

Rosaries, novenas, and witchcraft? We chat with The Red Text Podcast about Catholic folk magic

Episode 217 – Magical Mail Time

September 22, 2022 14:51 - 59 minutes - 81.4 MB

We answer listener messages about magical marbles, dreams of smug birds, mixing divination systems, and more!

Special Episode – Folk Magician’s Notebook – September 2022

September 01, 2022 15:11 - 21 minutes - 30 MB

Lonely cards, blackberries, magic in your coffee cup, and more!

Episode 216 – A Little Obeah with Emma Kathryn

August 28, 2022 13:04 - 1 hour - 82.9 MB

In which chat Obeah, Witchcraft, food, and ghost stories with Emma Kathryn

Episode 215 – Ritual and Ceremonial Magic

August 19, 2022 20:58 - 1 hour - 119 MB

We talk about the overlap in ceremonial and folk magic, just what is a ritual, and more

Special Episode – Folk Magician’s Notebook – August 2022

August 01, 2022 14:00 - 20 minutes - 28.1 MB

This month we're watching the stars fall, looking at some cards of great resolve, hearing a variation on a familiar tale, and digging into some bread and beans!

Episode 214 – Live from Mystic South

July 25, 2022 14:36 - 35 minutes - 48.6 MB

We share our experiences at the recent Mystic South Conference