#witchcraft podcasts

[crazycatsiren]

I just listened to January's episode (ep. 042 - Extended Warren Tea) of Hex Positive and, other than getting red in the face from hearing my own voice for a whole hour, oh I love every second of it!

I had the time of my life with this, and I think @theouijagirl can agree with me that it was a grand load of fun. With my heart and soul, thank you so much @breelandwalker for inviting me to sit in on this episode, I'm beyond honored to be a featured guest on your podcast to begin with. What an experience!

Happy new year, and fuck the Warrens.

[breelandwalker]

Witchcraft Book Recommendation Lists

(From an answer to an inquiry in the witchcraft tags. Decided to repost for anyone else who might need it.)

Here’s the post I made with recommendations for green witchcraft and plant magic. The list includes magical resources and accompanying practical texts on botany, herbology, and medicinal plants.

Here’s the post I made with recommendations for general witchcraft study, including practical sources on the history of modern witchcraft. (In particular, I recommend Margot Adler’s “Drawing Down The Moon” and Ronald Hutton’s “The Triumph of the Moon” for information about the modern movement.)

Here’s a recent photo of my personal library, if you’re looking for a general list of titles to check out.

Here’s the post I made with a list of JSTOR articles I’ve found that relate to witchcraft, witch trials, folk magic, occult beliefs, superstition, and the history surrounding all of them. It’s not exhaustive, but it’s pretty comprehensive.

And here are a couple of masterlists of podcast episodes that deal with witchcraft, witch trials, the history of witchcraft-related beliefs, and resources for fact-checking and debunking misconceptions and misinformation commonly found in witchcraft spaces.

(Also I have published a few books on practical secular witchcraft, if you’re interested….)

You can also find additional recommendations in the "book recs" and "witchy books" tags on my blog.

Hope this helps!

[hexpositive]

Hex Positive Merch Now On Redbubble

All of these designs and more are now available in the Hex Positive redbubble store. New designs will be added periodically and orders ship worldwide. So if you've been yearning for a graphic tee or spiral notebook or vinyl sticker, make sure you check it out!

[traegorn]

The BS-Free Witchcraft Podcast: 67. The Headache of Misinformation

Combating misinformation has always been one of the primary missions of this show, and honestly? It just gets exhausting sometimes. Why are people in this community so willing to uncritically pass on bad information? Why can't people be bothered to do the minimum to verify what they're saying's correct? It's incredibly frustrating. Trae's new novel, "The Witch and the Rose," is available to purchase right now on Amazon (And, of course, don't forget this show is part of the Nerd & Tie Podcast Network, and funded by listeners like you via Patreon. Consider joining our Discord or our forums!) Music: "So I Said It," "The Man With One Eye," "Untitled Nonsense" (Trae Dorn) / Random Loops (Apple Music Library)

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[moonkissedmeli]

I need book or podcast recommendations on:

- occult topics

- hellenism

- norse paganism

- kemetism

- traditional witchcraft and history of witchcraft

THANK YOU

[witch-and-bitch-podcast]

Open Call for Questions for the Pilot Episode!

Thinking about recording a trial/pilot episode in the next week or two, so if you’d like to submit a question to a witchy advice podcast go ahead and send an ask!

[jazzywazzy89]

I'm thinking about starting a podcast on Black Witches exploring individual depictions in media in fictions, well known black witches in history, and examining problematic tropes. Would anyone be interested in collaboration on writing and research?

[mermaids-ate-my-dinner]

In case some of you have missed it: Tim Downie has a podcast about British folklore with fellow actor Justin Chubb and it's absolutely amazing.

Go get your Gale infodumping fix, girlies 💜

[creature-wizard]

Any books recs for baby witchs? There's so many books and sometimes it's hard to know which ones are charlatanism or have some cultish new age stuff in the middle

I don't really spend a lot of time reading witchcraft books because most of 'em aren't that helpful for me; but @breelandwalker has some books you could look into.

With that said, if you want to stay safe from shitty New Age ideas, the best way to go is educate yourself in actual history, science, and conspiracism in general so you can spot the bullshit for yourself when you see it. I recommend checking out:

ESOTERICA

BS-Free Witchcraft

Angela's Symposium

Weird Reads With Emily Louise

Conspirituality

It's Probably (not!) Aliens

Miniminuteman

Behind The Bastards

Note that I've only linked to YouTube channels - but some of these are podcasts that are uploaded to other places as well. But yeah, the best way to protect yourself from New Age cult bullshit is to know what it looks like beforehand.

[chillsncharms]

🔍

[witchescollection]

Hii how are u thanku for guiding us

I always wondered am i witch and can u tell me dear which type of i am

Initals t a

Sun libra

Scorpio moon

Tauras rising

Thanks

Hi, flower!

Sorry it took so long to get back to you, but I actually wanted to discuss this in a longer audio format so I could tackle this with some nuance!

Hope this helps, and was an interesting discussion!

Sage <3 x

[breelandwalker]

Attention Business Witches!

I'm currently putting together the 2024 schedule for my monthly show, Hex Positive (a proud member of the Nerd and Tie Podcast Network), and I'm looking for witchy businesses to promote during the midroll ad segments.

If you have a witchcraft-related business, shop (online or brick-and-mortar), publication, or event that you would like to promote to a wider audience, I offer 1-2min custom ads with narration and music. Creation of ad copy is also available if you do not have something pre-written, or I can run an existing ad if you have one. Rates will vary accordingly.

Wholesale rates are also available if you'd like to carry any of my books in your shop! Shipping for vendor orders is available worldwide.

If you're interested, please send an ask or contact me by email at BreeNicGarran@gmail.com.

Happy Witching!

[hexpositive]

Quick Podcaster PSA -

There's been a recent uptick in "bad ads" - that is, automated ads that seem out of place for the shows on which they air. There have been some companies and institutions putting their ads into more "friendly" or publicly-palatable categories in order to have their material air on channels where it would not otherwise be welcome.

I've received a few messages about such ads appearing on Hex Positive and I'm working with my hosting platform to correct the problem. If you hear something on my show that seems at odds with the message of the program or with my principles, please let me know right away.

In the meantime, PLEASE DO NOT UNSUBSCRIBE IF YOU HEAR A BAD AD. Automated ads are chosen by category and showrunners only have so much control over what their hosting platform chooses to go in those spots. Only ads that are read by me are 100% approved to be on the show.

Thank you for your patience while all of us deal with the insidious capitalist machinations of advertising that we unfortunately need in order to keep bringing you the content you love.

[traegorn]

The BS-Free Witchcraft Podcast: 68. What is Witchcraft?

A question that is significantly harder to answer than most people think is “What is Witchcraft?” This month I’m going to try to answer that, and if I fail you’ll be at least as confused as I am by the end. And hey, isn’t nice to do something together from time to time?

Trae’s new novel, “The Witch and the Rose,” is available to purchase right now on Amazon, or you can order it through your favorite bookseller with the ISBN 9798869132666.

(And, of course, don’t forget this show is part of the Nerd & Tie Podcast Network, and funded by listeners like you via Patreon. Consider joining our Discord or our forums!)

Music: “So I Said It,” “The Man With One Eye,” “Untitled Nonsense” (Trae Dorn) / Random Loops (Apple Music Library)

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[the-clumsywitch]

New Clumsy Witch Podcast Episode!

[electromignion]

Young Jeremy Bradshaw fanart! (Bridgewater my beloved)

“Dad? Can you hear me? Are you out there?”

Here’s my latest Bridgewater fanart! I wanted to explore more young!Jeremy Bradshaw; especially as in S2 he mentioned having been tried Wicca when he was younger; so it struck me directly — what if he tried witchcraft overall? And my mind unraveled to that point to now 👌

If you want more explanation about the fanart and my headcanons about Jeremy you can click on read more (because again details are detailing way too much)✌️

So let’s first start with young Jeremy, as he admitted to believe, I wanted to show how he tried to explore all the possibilities and I totally see him as a little bit of a rebellious teen as he is still in denial and as he is aching for the come back of Thomas. That’s why he tries to contact him with the pendulum, he wants to believe.

And I thought how Jeremy would express himself in this situation? That’s why I gave him black nail polish, an earring, and you can’t see it much but he has some black eyeshadow, to me it was his way to express himself.

As a way to express himself too, on the picture framed on the left in the red frame, it’s him as a teen with his mother and his step-dad, as I heard in S1 EP01 that Jeremy’s mother said dad to talk about the guy and Jeremy corrected her, I thought about that grudge must have been lasting for a huge while, so that’s why he put a post it and crossed it as well, because he has always refused to replace Thomas in a way, and he looks quite uncomfy on the picture too.

However, another picture is framed: baby Jeremy with Thomas Bradshaw and this one is fully visible. It’s probably one of his only picture with his dad so he cherished it a lot. (My headcanon is that Jeremy had the film camera and took a picture by accident as he was excited to see the camera, and when they developed it they kept the picture as it was too adorable, and I love Jeremy with his one little tooth 🥺🥹)

He also cherishes the letter his dad has written to him for his fifth birthday, so just before his disappearance. As I don’t know if you will be able to read my handwriting here is my transcript:

“Dear Jeremy, Son, l know I promised to be here today, but *scribbled words which are “you know”* work is work sometimes. I’m sorry. You will probably understand later. You have plenty of birthdays to come, so I promise I’ll make it up to you. Take care of your mom ok? Happy 5th birthday, proud of you, x Dad”

Which makes it even more hurtful because he never got to celebrate another birthday with his son. (Yes I suffer, you suffer with me /lh)

For the context of this fanart, I thought it would be in the year 1995, so Jeremy would be 20 years old and it would match. So I then looked for Gameboy games which were out in North America before 1995 because I really like to be accurate, and I put Batman first because it’s a nod to Misha Collins’ role in Gotham Knights as he plays Harvey Dent! (Btw as an other Misha nod, I did the bed blanket pink for the famous pic of Misha with his pink blankie but that’s really anecdotal but that’s what I enjoy). I really wanted Jeremy to have Pokemon Red/Blue but unfortunately, it was out in Japan in 96’ and then 98’ in NA/EUR and import at the time was so-so, but as he likes myths and folklore he would love to catch pocket monsters for sure. (Maybe a next time??)

I put another paper taped to the wall which is just the Bridgewater triangle with the locations of each angles of it, I like to think that Jeremy was trying to find more information on it, that was his way to have a visual reminder of it all.

When it comes to the X-Files… because his t-shirt is some accurate 90s vintage t-shirt X-Files merch with “the truth is out there” written on it (I like details way too much), I think it is time to explain why TXF is so present in my full Bridgewater fanarts (the Big Blue mug reference to Quagmire 3x22 of txf, or even the I Want To Believe poster which is present usually in Mulder’s office ) not only the show is really important to me, but I really found the vibes of it in Bridgewater, and then it struck me, Jeremy had been Scully coded in the beginning of the S1 to then go to a sort of epiphany realising that things might end up real. But I truly don’t think that it stops here, because to me — we come to the headcanons — Jeremy has watched the X-Files as it aired. It started in 1993, he had 17 years old, he was not feeling good, he wanted to believe, who wanted to believe as well? Fox Mulder.

And it’s easy to draw the parallels: Jeremy has lost his father nobody cares anymore and he is only aching as he had been hoping for him to come back, his father disappeared in strange circonstances in the Bridgewater Triangle. Mulder has lost his little sister, Samantha, whom he was persuaded as a kid to have seen getting abducted by aliens, and everybody has lost hope on finding her, it’s easy to assume that Jeremy saw himself in a way in Mulder. Their seek for the truth is important but even when his belief starts to crumble I think he is still attached to the show and starts to find himself in the character of Scully, scientific and down to earth before anything else because it hurts less, and it’s his trauma response. But I think he ends up with the IWTB poster in his house as an adult as no matter what, he still wants to believe into the hope of finding Thomas again although he doesn’t believe it anymore.

For the witchcraft part he also has a tigers eye stone bracelet because it’s supposed to have strong properties of protection, and the pendulum is in amethyst as it’s supposed to bring soothing energy and good vibes — which might be useful to get contact with Thomas.

Then we come to my favourite fanart “plotwist” which I’m super proud of: the incense behind him as it’s burning is spelling “Jeremy?” which is a supposition that his contact with Thomas was indeed working — the veil hum hum cough cough — however he could not see it so not believe it, whereas ironically, the cone incense in front of him was burning normally, so this “séance” not working might have crumbled his beliefs into the supernatural too which put them into more into the rank of myths instead of real tangible possible things (and we can see his interests into myths and folklore already as the three books he has on his shelves are about it!)

As a ref of young!Jeremy Bradshaw I took refs on pics of Misha in his twenties 😭✌️

I hope you enjoyed my fanart (it took me roughly 13 hours this time) and my little explanation and thank you for reading it all! Lots of love 🫶