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New World Witchery -The Folk Magician's NotebookAuthor: Cory and Laine
A monthly show about folk magic and witchcraft, featuring lunar astrology, tarot and playing card divination, folktales, witch lore, occult book reviews, crytpids and creatures, and much more! 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 - September 2026
Tuesday, 8 September, 2026
Summary: We open our notebook this month to look at the harvest moon, read some scary cards, do a bit of frith divination, hear tales of a hairy helper, review a book of grimoire magic, meet an apple-stealing mini squatch, and discover some magical nuts!SourcesWe 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: The Nine of Spades, the Nine of Swords, and Frith Divination!A Witch's Words - Proverbs, folklore, and book reviews. This month: a tale of a hairy helper from Serbia and a review of The Seeker's Guide to Grimoire Magic by Dee Norman.Materia Magica - Magical artifacts and crafts. This month: Walnuts!Creature Corner - Folkloric creatures, beings, and entities. This month: The Albatwitch of Pennsylvania!Listener Feedback - We read and respond to your questions and comments! 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). Also check out our collaborative 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."Backed Vibes (clean)", "Blue Feather", "Crossing the Divide", "Danse Macabre", "Danse Morialta", "Dissappointment", "Divertissement - Pizzicato (from the ballet Sylvia)", "Dream Catcher", "Faster Does It", "Gymnopedie No. 1", "Gymnopedie No. 2", "Gymnopedie No. 3", "Meditation Impromptu 01", "Meditation Impromptu 02", "Meditation Impromptu 03", "Monkeys Spinning Monkeys", "Pippin the Hunchback", "Rites", "Ritual", "Tranquility", "Windswept"Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0http://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.Please consider supporting us by purchasing our promotional items in the New World Witchery Threadless shop or by joining our Patreon supporters.If you like us AND you like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, you will love our new show: Myth Taken: A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast, now available through all the podcatchers! You can also check out Cory's folklore show, Chasing Foxfire, where he explores the intersection of folklore and topics like history, medicine, science, nature, literature, pop culture, and more!
