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New World WitcheryAuthor: Cory and Laine
A show about magic and witchcraft in North America Language: en-us Genres: Religion & Spirituality Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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The Folk Magician's Notebook - February 2026
Sunday, 1 February, 2026
Summary: We jump into the shortest month with talk of candles, cards, magic books, hobby horses, and...rat letters? Please check out our Patreon page! You can help support the show for as little as a dollar a month, and get some awesome rewards at the same time. Even if you can’t give, spread the word and let others know, and maybe we can make New World Witchery even better than it is now. Producers for this show:Blake at Crossed Crow Books, Kayla, Anna, Elle, Victoria & Keifel of 1000 Volt Press, Lauren, Sierra, Lisa, Mark, Kels, Benjamin, MissV/Vee, Donna, Pretty Poisons Witch, Heather, Jonathan, Christopher, Ralph of the Holle's Haven Podcast, Jamie, Catherine, Achija Branvin Sionach, AthenaBeth, and Conjured Cardea! Our sincere thanks to everyone supporting us!Sources We highly recommend that you find an almanac or lunar-oriented datebook to help you with planning out your own magical year. Some we can recommend: The Witches AlmanacLlewellyn's Astrological Pocket PlannerWritual PlannerOr your local Farmer's Almanac!SectionsLunar Forecast - Our monthly rundown of lunar astrological informationIn the Cards - Divination through cartomancy, tarot, and folk methods. This month: Pythagorean Numerology (with recommendations for The Book of English Magic by Philip Carr-Gomm and Richard Heygate)A Witch's Words - Proverbs, folklore, and book reviews. This month: "The Book of Cyprianus" and a review of Grimoires by Owen DaviesMateria Magica - Magical artifacts and crafts. This month: Rat Letters (with nods to Via Hedera)Creature Corner - Folkloric creatures, beings, and entities. This month: Mari Lwyd (with a recommendation to look at Mara Starling's work)Listener Email - We read and respond to your questions! If you have one you'd like to submit, mail us at compassandkey@gmail.com or newworldwitcherypodcast@gmail.comCheck out Cory’s book, New World Witchery: A Trove of North American Folk Magic! (also available from Amazon). We also have a new book, Conjuring the Commonplace: A Guide to Everyday Enchantment and Junk Drawer Magic (1000Volt Press) (also available from Amazon). If you are interested in playing card divination, you can check out our Cartomancy post or pick up Cory’s book, 54 Devils.Image via Cory Thomas Hutcheson (CC 2.0)Keep in touch and follow us through our Find Us page!Promos and Music:Title and closing music are “Runaround (AM Radio),” by Aaron Solomon, and is licensed from Audio Socket. (License #1273). Additional incidental music Kevin Macleod and Daniel Birch, from Free Music Archive and used under a CC 2.0 license. "Tranquility" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Sound effects from Freesound.org and in the Public Domain. Additional "rooster" sound effect from Darina Evstafeva from Pixabay.
