Explore every episode of the podcast WitchSpace
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| Payam Nabarz, A Freemason In Time | 02 Sep 2024 | 00:45:49 | |
Happy New Moon, New Book! "September came in swinging" as Gemini says towards the end of this episode, as our academic witches tackle Payam Nabarz's The Square and The Circle: The Influences of Freemasonry on Wicca and Paganism and learn a lot more about Freemasonry than they expected to! | |||
| New Beginnings and Back to School | 19 Aug 2024 | 00:59:54 | |
Want to learn about small water? Or maybe you want to talk about East of Eden by John Steinbeck? No? Don't worry, this episode is also packed with actionable magic for your new beginning needs! Back to school, both for academics and for college students? Check! New job? Check! New apartment or home? Check, check, check! But there is also small water and East of Eden, we promise it makes sense :) | |||
| Sybil Leek, A Witch In Time | 08 Apr 2024 | 01:05:30 | |
"Talk about a witch in time[!]" For this intense eclipse episode, Scorpio and Gemini talk about the power of personal narrative and the importance of self-confidence while discussing Sybil Leek's Diary of a Witch. If you want Scorpio to write a memoir and/or want to know Gemini's opinion on eclipses, this is episode for you! | |||
| 3.2: An Interview with Garth Djesi Tardy | 28 Jan 2021 | 00:50:39 | |
What's up witches and welcome to a conversation we have wanted to have since early in season 1! Garth Djesi Tardy joins us to discuss bone casting in our first interview of 2021 and he has lots of great insights on this incredibly interesting style of divination. | |||
| 3.1: Cunningham’s Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs | 13 Jan 2021 | 01:05:35 | |
What's up witches! Want to listen to Scorpio and Gemini spontaneously discover a series of dope podcast ideas? Maybe a hot take from Gemini or some fun stories from Scorpio? And do you want those all wrapped up in the first book of the year that we are thrilled to recommend? If so, definitely hit play on our first episode of 2021, discussing Scott Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs (and maybe re-listen to the original Cunningham, A Witch In Time from Season One!) | |||
| 2.25: Witching Your Way Into the New Year | 29 Dec 2020 | 01:02:46 | |
What's up witches and congratulations - 2020 is finally almost over! If you're looking for a witchy way to ring in the New Year, look no further than our final episode of season 2! Gemini and Scorpio also look back on our years and give you some hints about what's coming in season 3! Thank you so much for spending this rollercoaster year with us and remember, if you're following the moons ;) If you haven't caught part one, head on over to our video on the Moon Serpent and Bone YouTube channel | |||
| 2.24: 2020 December Q&A | 14 Dec 2020 | 01:08:44 | |
What's up witches? This episode is the 2020 December Q&A, where Scorpio and Gemini answer your questions about what it's like to be Witchspace! Some of these questions really prod at the heart of the podcast and prompt our hosts to dig deep in their discussions of their practice. Also, there are some hot takes! | |||
| 2.23: Sigil Witchery | 30 Nov 2020 | 00:52:29 | |
What's up witches and welcome to the last episode of November! We've only got two more episodes before the new year! To round out the discussion on spellcrafting and design, Scorpio and Gemini discuss various sigil creation techniques and the beautifully crafted book by Laura Tempest Zakroff that explains it all to you! From sigil newbie to sigil master, this podcast (and this book) is full of interesting, insightful information that can help you grow your magical skills! | |||
| 2.22: Spell Bag Extravaganza | 15 Nov 2020 | 00:45:32 | |
What's up witches and welcome to our Spell Bag Extravaganza! Scorpio and Gemini apply the principles of spell design, discussed during out October New Moon episode, to bags of spell ingredients. The twist? The bags are provided by each other - leaving Scorpio with Gemini-style ingredients and Gemini with Scorpio-style ingredients! What a dastardly plot we've concocted - to see how it all turns out, tune in! And remember, if you're following the moons, you're following us! | |||
| 2.21: Lady Morte of Trobar de Morte | 31 Oct 2020 | 00:52:39 | |
What's up witches and welcome to our long awaited Samhain special! You might have seen that there are two new episodes for this Scorpio season blue moon. That's because Scorpio had the honor to interview Lady Morte of Trobar de Morte in our first spanish language podcast! We discussed the interview and bring you all Lady Morte's answers, as well as snippets from the new album Book of Shadows. Once you've listened to this episode, hop over to our instagram (@witchspaceco) for the Samhain giveaway going live later today! | |||
| 2.21: Una Entrevista con Lady Morte de Trobar de Morte | 31 Oct 2020 | 00:49:15 | |
¡Feliz Samhain, brujas! Este es nuestro primer podcast en español, y que podcast. Escorpión entrevista a Lady Morte, la cantante de Trobar de Morte, un grupo basado en Barcelona y que hoy saca su nuevo disco titulado Book of Shadows. Esperamos que os guste. | |||
| 2.20: The Science of Spellcraft | 16 Oct 2020 | 00:54:26 | |
What's up witches and welcome to a long-awaited conversation about how spellcraft and science are lowkey one and the same! Scorpio and Gemini have been chomping at the bit to discuss this, so naturally we wanted to release it in action-packed October! Let us know what you think and remember, if you're following the moons, you're following us! | |||
| 2.19: The Modern Witch’s Spell Book II | 01 Oct 2020 | 00:54:35 | |
What's up witches? Scorpio and Gemini dive into Sarah Lyddon Morrison's 2nd spell book for the "modern" witch. If you like listening to the Witchspace duo tear into a book, this one is for you, just in time for the Aries full moon! | |||
| The Divine Feminine | 25 Mar 2024 | 00:54:18 | |
Happy Libra Full Moon (and start of eclipse season 2024)! Join our hosts as they discuss the Divine Feminine in their traditions, inspired by last episode's book, Orishas, Goddess and Voodoo Queens, by Lilith Dorsey. | |||
| 2.18: An Interview with Monica Bodirsky | 17 Sep 2020 | 01:27:33 | |
What's up witches and welcome to another fantastic interview! Scorpio sits down with Monica Bodirsky to discuss her witchcraft, her art and just what sparked WITCHFest North. If you've ever been captivated by shadows, Monica has the divination decks and the depths to make this your favorite podcast yet! | |||
| 2.17: The Tree, Raymond Buckland | 02 Sep 2020 | 01:04:34 | |
What's up witches! Scorpio and Gemini dive into the Book of Shadows for Buckland's Saxon Wicca. From protection magic, historical perspectives on gender and sexuality and a brief discussion of how cool Scorpio's mom is, this episode runs the gamut of deep yet funny conversations with your two favorite academic witches! | |||
| 2.16: Spell Design | 18 Aug 2020 | 00:50:49 | |
What's up witches and happy Leo Season! Today Scorpio and Gemini discuss the basics of spell design, discuss some of their favorite spells and more! | |||
| 2.15: Summer Reading: Witchy Fiction | 03 Aug 2020 | 00:51:58 | |
What's up witches? This episode is a robust list of witchy fiction suggestions, if you're looking to bulk up your August summer reading list! Gemini and Scorpio discuss their preferences in "for fun" books and discuss two well-known writers with two very different takes on witchcraft.
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| 2.14: Religion and Spirituality | 20 Jul 2020 | 00:46:45 | |
What's up witches and happy new moon! This episode, Scorpio and Gemini discuss the way their upbringings color their understanding of the terms "religion" and "spirituality". It's a look into how culture impacts your path under the greater Pagan umbrella and the importance of community for those who consider themselves spiritual. | |||
| 2.13: Summer Reading: Witches and Television | 05 Jul 2020 | 00:53:06 | |
Scorpio and Gemini run the gamut of TV in this episode as we discuss shows we love, shows we don't quite and everything in between. We center our discussion on Charmed and The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, but there's still that characteristic analysis from your two favorite academic witches! | |||
| 2.12: An Interview with Toni Puhle - The Card Geek | 21 Jun 2020 | 00:48:09 | |
Blessed Solstice, Happy Solar Eclipse and happy new moon witches! Today's episode encapsulates solar energy for us as Scorpio interviews The Card Geek, the ray of sunshine behind the World Divination Association! If you've ever been interested in cartomancy, pendulums and divination, this is the episode for you to dive into! | |||
| 2.11: Hades & Persephone | 05 Jun 2020 | 00:55:49 | |
What's up witches! As we enter a season that is a sort of spring-summer combo, we thought it was the time to talk about Hades and Persephone! It's the "goth" episode of Witchspace for the Sagittarius full moon. | |||
| 2.10: Cowans | 22 May 2020 | 00:51:56 | |
What's up witches! This moon we're talking about cowans - our experiences with some, some suggestions for dealing with them, and a making sure you have a supportive community of people around you. | |||
| 2.9: Raven Grimassi, A Witch In Time | 07 May 2020 | 00:51:02 | |
What's up witches! This episode couldn't be more fitting for a Scorpio full moon - there's some deeply transformative conversation happening in here, from Grey magic and hexing, to the Historical Witch, to imperialism and the Nature of the Soul. Strap yourself in for a deeply philosophical episode of the Witchspace podcast! (Drinking Game Edition: Drink every time Gemini says the word philosophical!) | |||
| Orishas, Goddesses and Voodoo Queens | 10 Mar 2024 | 01:02:25 | |
For the Pisces New Moon, Scorpio and Gemini discuss Orishas, Goddesses, and Voodoo Queens: The Divine Feminine in the African Religious Traditions by Lilith Dorsey. Full of stories and essential info about the feminine entities, spirits, deities and ancestors of African Traditional Religions, this book is an important read, prompting important conversations (and some Scorpio lore for the dedicated listener!) | |||
| 2.8: Grounding and Centering | 22 Apr 2020 | 00:52:46 | |
What's up witches! We're back with an episode that is (hopefully) timely and relevant - Grounding and Centering. Scorpio walks us through what they are, why they matter, and just how weird Gemini draws on her eyebrows. Stick around after the outro for an extra 10 minute grounding and centering meditation! | |||
| 2.7: Artemis | 07 Apr 2020 | 00:37:57 | |
A shorter episode for the Super Pink Moon (which I am so excited for I could melt :D), but Scorpio and I had a ton of fun discussing Artemis/Diana and her aspects in Hellenismos and Wicca. If you want to hear us talk about Greek goddesses for a half hour, this is the podcast for you! (Also, run over to our Instagram and participate in a poll that will help guide the next couple episodes! @witchspaceco) | |||
| 2.6: Four Cs | 23 Mar 2020 | 00:56:19 | |
What's up, witches? This episode was originally planned to discuss crystals, but so many things have happened recently that we had to cover more. Thanks so much for tuning in - it's so important for us to be in touch with our communities right now and you are our community through and through! Keep reaching out (on Insta, through email, through smoke signal) and remember, if you're following the moon, you're following us! | |||
| 2.5: Ed Fitch, A Witch In Time | 08 Mar 2020 | 00:54:20 | |
This full moon we dive into a book that was once a zine, find ways to get in touch with nature, have multiple philosophical discussions and, most importantly, Gemini says a bunch of curse words for emphasis. This podcast may be a little tonally inconsistent with the book we read, but it is chock full of equal parts meaningful analysis and traditional Witchspace antics! | |||
| 2.4: Hecate and Deipnon | 23 Feb 2020 | 00:47:21 | |
Who really is Hecate? Is she a goddess of magic and witches? Is she a triple goddess? What are the major differences between Hellenic Hecate and neopagan Hecate? And what exactly is Deipnon? These and more in this new moon episode of the Witchspace podcast! | |||
| 2.3: Introduction to Bulfinch’s Mythology (and Hellenismos!) | 08 Feb 2020 | 00:45:41 | |
We've had a lot of requests, so here's our first episode diving into Gemini's personal Hellenic practice! We look at the introduction of Bulfinch's Mythology and discuss some pop-culture and opinions along the way. We also have the pleasure of announcing Scorpio's "Witchcraft Level 1" class through the World Divination Association. Definitely click through and go check it out! She's bringing the same critical analysis and incredible talent to this introduction to witchcraft and there's still time to sign up! | |||
| 2.2: An Interview with Amy from Otherworldly Waxes | 24 Jan 2020 | 00:45:00 | |
We sat down with Amy, the proprietress of Otherworldly Waxes and Whatever in Beacon, NY to discuss the shop, the candles, the markets and what it means to be a witch. If you like what you hear, stop by our Instagram for behind the scenes photos or head over to Amy's website, http://www.otherworldlywaxes.com/, to peruse her amazing offerings! | |||
| 2.1: Margot Adler, A Witch In Time | 10 Jan 2020 | 00:51:33 | |
What an amazing book to start the year! Margot Adler was an accomplished journalist and fellow witch who's book was a great read, start to finish. Welcome back for Season 2 of the Witchspace Podcast! | |||
| 1.25: Finale | 26 Dec 2019 | 00:29:45 | |
What's up witches and welcome to the Season One Finale! We discuss our process, our plans for next year, our likes and our dislikes on this season wrap up! Thanks so much for listening and we hope to see you in the new year for Season Two! | |||
| 1.24: Z Budapest, A Witch in Time | 12 Dec 2019 | 00:53:57 | |
It seems rather fitting to us that the final full moon of the decade happens to be in Gemini and our final episode of "A Witch in Time" for the year happens to be the one that gets our Gemini the most riled up! We discuss Z Budapest's Holy Book of Women's Mysteries on this month's full moon podcast. | |||
| Scorpio's Espiritismo | 23 Feb 2024 | 00:53:47 | |
In the spirit of Marion Gibson's Witchcraft (our last episode, if you haven't heard it!), today our hosts talk about Scorpio's Espiritismo - what is it, what was it like to be raised in a spiritual practice and what Scorpio wants you to know about the Espiritismo that she grew up with. This episode isn't a How To Guide, but instead a journey through Scorpio's personal history, or at least as much as any scorpio is willing to share. | |||
| 1.23: Yule | 26 Nov 2019 | 00:42:01 | |
Happy Sagittarius New Moon and Happy (soon to be) Yule! With the festive December holidays fast approaching, we discuss our favorite shops, our favorite traditions, and our favorite markets on this episode of the Witchspace podcast! | |||
| 1.22: Starhawk, A Witch In Time | 12 Nov 2019 | 01:07:17 | |
What's up witches and happy Taurus Full Moon! Dig in to a nice, long episode about Starhawk's "Spiral Dance", where we discuss feminism, the God and Goddess and Gemini's love of the term "equilibrium"! | |||
| 1.21: Scorpio Season | 27 Oct 2019 | 00:45:58 | |
What's up witches and welcome to Scorpio Season! I've been counting down the days till I could put Scorpio in the hot seat and ask her my 13 burning questions about her practice and passions. If you want to know about Scorpio and her favorite holiday, Samhain, press play! | |||
| 1.20: Cunningham, A Witch in Time | 13 Oct 2019 | 01:01:55 | |
What's up witches? This episode has a very soothing tone for an Aries Full Moon, but don't let that fool you! Our analysis of Scott Cunningham's Wicca for the Solitary Practitioner includes some great discussion on pet peeves and things that tick us off! (But mostly, we talk about why we loved this book!) Thanks so much for listening and remember, if you're following the moons, you're following us! | |||
| 1.19: Divination | 28 Sep 2019 | 00:48:17 | |
Happy New Moon! Gemini and Scorpio dive into divination and how it helped to bring Witch Space Coven together, creating something more than just the sum of its eclectic, solitary parts! | |||
| 1.18: Raymond Buckland, A Witch In Time | 13 Sep 2019 | 00:59:15 | |
For the Harvest Full Moon, we present Raymond Buckland, A Witch in Time! Big Blue inspired a lot of discussion about the fundamentals, Earth stewardship, the formation of covens and more! This episode is jam packed and we'd love to know what you think! Hit us up on Instagram (@witchspaceco) or shoot us an email (witchspaceco@gmail.com). | |||
| 1.17: Mabon | 30 Aug 2019 | 00:45:02 | |
Happy Virgo New Moon! Gemini and Scorpio discuss how to celebrate (and pronounce!) Mabon, as well as diving into the Wiccan Rede and what its rhymes contain. | |||
| 1.16: Summer Reading: Robert Graves, A Witch In Time | 15 Aug 2019 | 00:36:31 | |
Come listen to Scorpio and Gemini argue about "The White Goddess", by Robert Graves! More than just an analysis of poetry, this episode is full of hot takes, mild takes, and cold takes, spanning the gamut from the myth of Cerridwen, whether Hera can be considered a crone (resounding NO), to the presence of the patriarchy and white colonialism in witchcraft. Keep an eye out on our instagram (@witchspaceco) for supplemental materials and questions for our beloved listeners! | |||
| 1.15: Lughnasadh | 30 Jul 2019 | 00:36:03 | |
What are you doing for Lughnasadh? (Loo-nah-sa, if you're Gemini!) This new moon, Gemini gives you some options from her year-and-a-day-lite assignment, as well as some Hellenic UPG. We also discuss "knowing when you're ready" when it comes to doing magic. Tune in for the hot takes, check in for the updates on our instagram, @witchspaceco! | |||
| 1.14: Summer Reading: Charles Leland, A Witch in Time | 15 Jul 2019 | 00:42:14 | |
This episode, we discuss Charles Leland's ARADIA: GOSPEL OF WITCHES, but more importantly, we suggest better options for your beach reading this summer! | |||
| An Interview with Marion Gibson | 09 Feb 2024 | 01:20:21 | |
For February's New Moon, New Book, Scorpio and Gemini talk to Marion Gibson, professor, historian and author of the recently released Witchcraft: A History in 13 Trials. One part delightful conversation, one part book-review-turned-existential-crisis, this is a must hear episode for the witches and witch-adjacent alike!
From the University of Exeter: Marion is a Professor of Renaissance and Magical Literatures, Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, Director of the Flexible Combined Honours degree programme. Her research is about witch trials in history from the Middle Ages to the present. Recent books: Witchcraft: A History in 13 Trials (Simon and Schuster/Scribner, 2023) and The Witches of St Osyth (Cambridge University Press, 2022). She's also the author of Rediscovering Renaissance Witchcraft (Routledge, 2017), Witchcraft: The Basics (Routledge, 2018), Imagining the Pagan Past: Gods and Goddesses in Literature and History since the Dark Ages. (London and New York: Routledge, 2013), Witchcraft Myths in American Culture (New York: Routledge, 2007). Possession, Puritanism and Print: Darrell, Harsnett, Shakespeare and the Elizabethan Exorcism Controversy (London: Pickering and Chatto, 2006), Reading Witchcraft: Stories of Early English Witches (London and New York: Routledge, 1999), with Garry Tregidga and Shelley Trower, Mysticism, Myth and Celtic Identity (London: and New York: Routledge, 2012) and with Jo Esra, The Arden Shakespeare Dictionary of Shakespeare’s Demonology (London: Arden/Bloomsbury, 2014). She is the editor of the Cambridge University Press series Elements in Magic. | |||
| 1.13: Tools for New Witches | 01 Jul 2019 | 00:55:08 | |
This new moon episode discusses just what a new witch or Wiccan needs to start their practice, as well as When someone should "come out of the broom closet". | |||
| 1.12: The Farrars, A Witch in Time | 17 Jun 2019 | 00:56:56 | |
This is a jam packed episode covering the gamut of witchy topics! Gemini and Scorpio tackle The Witches' Bible Complete and discuss the rationale/ethics of witchcraft, male witches, menstruation and sex magic, as well as beginning the process of unpacking witchcraft's early obsession with the "gender binary" and the rivalry between British and American witches re: their ties to the land. Throw in some anti-capitalist, anti-lawn chatter from Gemini and this hour long episode will surely hit any nail you've been trying to hammer! | |||
| 1.11: Gemini Season | 02 Jun 2019 | 00:25:42 | |
Scorpio gives Gemini an assignment, introduces her to the Summer Solstice, Litha, and asks the hard-hitting questions you wanted to know about the chatterbox herself! | |||