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Last month we talked about a good source new witches might want to add to their libraries, because I know how hard it is to separate the signal from the noise. But this month I thought we'd go look at some of the noise instead! I clicked on every terrible ad for witchcraft stuff I could find on Facebook for a week, and decided to inflict what I found on Hex Positive's Bree NicGarran.

It's so, so bad y'all.

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One year ago I put out this podcast’s first book review. It was for Annwyn Avalon’s Celtic Goddess Grimoire, and I absolutely hated it. It was everything I despise in modern witchcraft publishing, and it just left a bad taste in my mouth.

I felt like I needed to fix that.

So I decided to make it my mission to find a new witchcraft book I might actually like — to find something I could actually talk positively about to this show’s audience. And that’s when I found Thorn Mooney’s Witches Among Us: Understanding Contemporary Witchcraft and Wicca (ISBN: ‎ 978-0738777375) last fall.

And it turns out I really like it.

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Homeopathy is harmful and complete and total bull. I can't emphasize that enough. In this episode we're diving into the history of Homeopathy, what it is, and why it's bad. And I think, by the end of it, you'll agree with me.

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It's July, so that means we're doing the annual feedback and Q&A special! You guys spent the last few months sending in witchcraft questions, and they got shuffled around, picked at random, and now you're getting some answers! We've played this dance before, you know what's up.

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The entire #ReturnTheStone debacle over the last couple of weeks on WitchTok is honestly just a symptom of a a

The post 72. Arrogance. first appeared on Nerd & Tie Network.

When the publicist for Weiser Books reached out to the show asking if I wanted a review copy of Annwyn

The post 71. I Hate This Book. first appeared on Nerd & Tie Network.

Sometimes in this community folks have a habit of making things about them that… aren’t. So that’s what we’re addressing

The post 70. It’s Not About Us first appeared on Nerd & Tie Network.

One of the most frustrating conversations we keep having to have in the modern witchcraft movement is about cultural appropriation.

The post 69. Cultural Appropriation first appeared on Nerd & Tie Network.

A question that is significantly harder to answer than most people think is “What is Witchcraft?” This month I’m going

The post 68. What is Witchcraft? first appeared on Nerd & Tie Network.

Combating misinformation has always been one of the primary missions of this show, and honestly? It just gets exhausting sometimes.

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