Kitchen Witchery 103: Planning a Magical Meal

Welcome to the Horn and Cauldron podcast…

With the Samhain and the Holiday season coming up, dinner parties, family meals, and of course Thanksgiving will be on people’s minds. Maybe you want to host your own dinner party or Friendsgiving, so we’re here to help you help plan one!

We start with the mundane foundations of planning a feast: deciding a theme, serving styles, what dishes to have, serving sizes, tips and more. Then we move into the magical side of planning a feast, like adding intention, using correspondences, and other magical methods.

We also discuss our experiences making magical feasts and give you a sample meal that’s fancy enough for an anniversary, and easy enough for any home cook to make.

Related episodes:

Ep 19 Kitchen Witchery 101: https://youtu.be/jsiCwIEk4zY?si=cfOs2ThWnmsdJxrK

Ep 38, Kitchen Witchery 102- Potions: https://youtu.be/25CrF9YYdz4?si=OCwIsTaDLlDy1dsl

Ep 29 Dagda Deep Dive: https://youtu.be/nXKQgea1niM?si=2icbSjnzZmiY9kNs

Ep 21 Mabon 101: https://youtu.be/tUwzrs5vzVY?si=U8XP-Tk_0ZhkNtax

Sources:

https://camillestyles.com/entertaining/recipes-to-feed-a-crowd/

https://www.marthastewart.com/8364903/martha-stewart-party-planning-tips

https://camillestyles.com/entertaining/how-to-plan-a-dinner-party-menu/

https://www.ribevikingecenter.dk/en/learn-more/food/food-solstice-feast.aspx

Pub Chat: Modernizing the Maiden, Mother, Crone

Greeting’s heathens and witches,

Welcome to Pub Chat! These episodes are for us to have a more free-form way to discuss listener questions, shorter subjects, as well as magical happenings, musings, and of course, go off on tangents.

In this week's Pub Chat, we delve into the concept of the Maiden, Mother, and Crone, aiming to define these terms and explore their significance in our lives. Additionally, we strive to modernize and degender them by proposing alternative triple terms and briefly touching upon some binary terms. So, grab a drink and join us as we discuss and explore the Maiden, Mother, Crone triple goddess archetype with hopes of gaining a better understanding of these concepts and their relevance to us today.

Mabon 103: Living in Harmony with the Seasons

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Mabon, which takes place on the Autumnal Equinox, is about balance and gratitude. I like to think of the modern witchcraft sabbats, and the Norse blots as ways to honor, explore, experience, and add magic to the seasons as they pass by. There's nothing wrong with having a favorite season, but have you considered finding joy in each season as you experience it?

We've often talk about how moving to a small cabin in the woods at the edge of civilization has taught us how to understand and live with the change in seasons. Not everyone has the ability or desire to live in a cabin at the edge of the woods, dispensing wisdom and the occasional potion to visitors and passersby, but you can find your own way to live with the seasons, even if you generally hate the cold of winter, or the heat of summer.

In this episode, we go over the mundane and magical ways you can incorporate seasonal harmony into your routine. We also talk about the ways that living in harmony with the seasons has helped us, and how we incorporate it in our lives.

Related Episodes:

Episode 21, Mabon 101: https://youtu.be/tUwzrs5vzVY?si=leQbl7zOAxMxFOUM

Episode 44, Mabon 102: https://youtu.be/JL1LYQJcFhY?si=EXVNMfET8y5Q_1s3

Episode 09, Working with the Fae: https://youtu.be/m4TPLUW6RG4?si=oMGVtkdNjIBhHWTR

Episode 39, Types of Fae Around the World: https://youtu.be/izCVb9LUXD4?si=KqMGi6q9pq20Z9R4

Episode 22, Toxic Internet Witchcraft: https://youtu.be/BBaJ0rGufEQ?si=jqTROMKGQM2pzTQL

Episode 13, Meditation Basics: https://youtu.be/snAMunKM03w?si=BNvGq5HvLllKvE5l

Episode 19, Kitchen Witchery: https://youtu.be/jsiCwIEk4zY?si=cmfPzdxNUXywSUYI

Pub Chat: What Even is Santa Claus: https://youtu.be/BFFGzAOsT_Y?si=2oF-RH0dGFpYKeYz

Sources:

https://youtu.be/xOYqaKDTjX0?si=FxSOjqxdK_IEbVPD&t=160

https://youtu.be/V-yJZGQAl1U?si=ixkyXaS4wDI68b4Q

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheel_of_the_Year#Autumn_Equinox_(Mabon)

Pub Chat: Determinism(Fate) vs Free Will

Greeting’s heathens and witches,

Welcome to Pub Chat! These episodes are for us to have a more free-form way to discuss listener questions, shorter subjects, as well as magical happenings, musings, and of course, go off on tangents.

This week we talk about ideas surrounding free will, determinism, and fate. Do we have free will? Is our reality deterministic? Can you escape your fate, or change it? Join us as we explore these questions and more with a hefty dose of speculation, a little bit of science, and a fair bit of drinking. From defining these terms to sharing our opinions and asking about yours, this week is a bit more existential an exploration but we had a ton of fun talking about it and can’t wait to hear what you think!

Intro to Chaos Magic

Welcome to the Horn and Cauldron podcast…

Chaos magic is a modern magic tradition rooted in the Spiritualist era of the mid 19th and late 20th centuries that emphasizes the idea that belief or intention is the most important part of any spellwork. We begin our exploration of Chaos Magic with Austin Osman Spare, and then discuss Peter J. Carroll’s role.

We also discuss the core beliefs of chaos magic, like N=1, the role of belief, gnosis, sigils, and servitors. As usual, we talk about how our own magical practices align with the tenets of Chaos magic, and how we use them in the day to day. It’s so exciting to be able to bring you this episode—it’s been in the works for a while!

Sources

·         https://archive.org/details/LiberCaos

·         https://archive.org/details/LiberNullAndThePsychonaut

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·         https://archive.org/details/AustinOsmanSpare/TheFocusofLife/page/n11/mode/2up

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·         https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_J._Carroll

·         https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_Osman_Spare

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·         https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminates_of_Thanateros

Pub Chat: Will AI create a Religion and/or Practice Magic

Greeting’s heathens and witches,

Welcome to Pub Chat! These episodes are for us to have a more free-form way to discuss listener questions, shorter subjects, as well as magical happenings, musings, and of course, go off on tangents.

This week we talk about the future of Artificial Intelligence, AI, with regards to magic and religion. We ask ourselves and explore the idea of whether or not AI will develop its own religion and what that religion might look like. We also dive into the idea of Ai finding and using magic and what that might look like.

Color Magic

Welcome to the Horn and Cauldron podcast…

Using color for magical endeavors and even healing has been around for thousands of years. Chromotherapy, sometimes called vibrational healing, is when you use colors, usually in the form of colored light being shone on certain parts of the body, to infuse water, for painted walls or glasses.

Theosophy and its founder Helena Blavatsky have been mentioned in many episodes, and it also plays a large part in what we think of as color’s magical properties today. Several prominent Using Theosophist theory, the book “Thought-Forms” was written.

Together, Chromotherapy and Theosophy contributed greatly to the color magic and correspondences we know today.  Join us as we talk about all of this and more, blending history, science, and magic. We also discuss our own experiences with color magic, two spells we’ve written, and give you correspondences to boost your spellwork.

Sources

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·         https://archive.org/details/thoughtforms00leadgoog/page/n8/mode/2up

·         https://sacred-texts.com/eso/sta/sta19.htm

·         https://medium.com/@amyhale93/colors-are-forces-the-signatures-of-the-forces-how-colors-become-entities-e6d91483817e

·         https://theappendix.net/issues/2014/4/victorian-occultism-and-the-art-of-synesthesia

·         https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theosophy

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Pub Chat: Is Barbie an Egregore?

Greeting’s heathens and witches,

Welcome to Pub Chat! These episodes are for us to have a more free-form way to discuss listener questions, shorter subjects, as well as magical happenings, musings, and of course, go off on tangents.

This week we talk about the Barbie movie and consider if Barbie is an Egregore. We go over what an egregore is, rant and rave about the meanings and power behind them, and postulate what the ending of Barbie means for egregores, mortals, and the pathway between the 2 states.

Lughnasadh 102 - The Horn and Cauldron #43

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Also known as Lammas, this festival marks the first of three harvest festivals, and is about halfway between Midsummer and Mabon. During this time, we celebrate abundance, fertility, and solar energy while visiting holy wells, hiking, baking bread, visiting fairs, honoring the dead, and enjoying athletic contests.

Join us as we deep dive into the origins of Lughnasadh: The Tailteann Games. We discuss how the games began and  what happens during them. We also give you a bunch of ideas to celebrate Lughnasadh season and discuss our own experiences and traditions. There’s also a simple ritual, and correspondences for Lughnasadh.

If you’d like to learn more about Lughnasadh, please listen to episode #17, Lughnasadh 101.

Lughnasadh 103: Fitness Magic

Welcome to the Horn and Cauldron podcast…

Whether you call it Lughnasadh, Lunasa, Lammas, or Freysblot marks the beginning of the harvest and takes place on August 1st, or the nearest weekend, which is about halfway between the summer solstice and the autumn equinox. In the southern hemisphere, it’s celebrated on Feb 1st.

This sabbat, which is named after the Celtic god Lugh, celebrates abundance, growth, fertility, solar energy, the harvest, honoring the dead, visiting holy wells, athletic contests, baking bread, visiting markets or fairs, hiking, and entering into contracts (marriage or otherwise).

In this episode we dive into the connection between Lughnasadh and fitness, discussing the ways that you can supercharge your exercise routine with magic… and the ways you may already be doing it. We talk about our own experiences and give you plenty of ideas and correspondences so that you can exercise magically, too!

Related Episodes:

Lughnasadh 101, Ep 17: https://youtu.be/5avUo713b18

Lughnasadh 102, Ep 43: https://youtu.be/OwD8-dscclg

Technomancy, Ep 36: https://youtu.be/jT7llHYG1Qs

Pub Chat: Our Aphrodisia Celebration

Greeting’s heathens and witches,

Welcome to Pub Chat! These episodes are for us to have a more free-form way to discuss listener questions, shorter subjects, as well as magical happenings, musings, and of course, go off on tangents.

This week we go over how we celebrated Aphrodisia this year. We had a long and eventful weekend from Barbenheimer to Roman delicacies, we had a fantastic and fun Aphrodisia celebration, so come and join us!

Bastet Deep Dive

Greeting’s heathens and witches,

Welcome to the Horn and Cauldron podcast…

The Egyptian Goddess Bastet has been worshipped as a fertility, protector, and war goddess for more than 4 millennia. She is usually shown as a slender woman with the head of a cat, but she is so much more than that!

We discuss Bastet in depth, and touch on her epithets, iconography, and ties to other deities of the time.  Between her luxurious temples, raucous festivals, and her varied background, there’s so much to talk about. As always, we also list some correspondences that can be used in conjunction with her worship.

In our discussion, we reference serval of our other episodes, so if you liked this episode, you may also want to check out these:

Episode #18, Isis Deep Dive: https://youtu.be/uJgMj6YQZh0

Episode #29, Dagda Deep Dive: https://youtu.be/nXKQgea1niM

Sources:

https://iseumsanctuary.com/2017/11/13/feast-day-of-sekhmet-and-bastet/

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/69566/69566-h/69566-h.htm#ch164

http://www.public-library.uk/dailyebook/The%20Egyptian%20Book%20of%20the%20Dead.pdf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bastet

https://ancientegyptonline.co.uk/bast/

https://egyptianmuseum.org/deities-Bastet

http://www.per-bast.org/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seti_I

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Dynasty_of_Egypt

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saqqara

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8468803.stm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubastis

https://whenthecurveslineup.com/2023/07/02/2023-helical-rising-of-sirius/

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https://egyptopia.com/en/articles/Egypt/history-of-egypt/Tale-of-Setna.s.29.13751/

https://www.grunge.com/234849/bastet-a-guide-to-the-egyptian-cat-goddess/

Pub Chat: Catching up with the Norgroves

Greeting’s heathens and witches,

Welcome to Pub Chat! These episodes are for us to have a more free-form way to discuss listener questions, shorter subjects, as well as magical happenings, musings, and of course, go off on tangents.

This week we ask what non-pagan content, like books, movies, and tv-shows, has influenced your pagan practice. We explore some of our favorite stuff and discuss what it means to us and what we’ve learned and adapted into our individual pagan systems.

Midsummer 103: Travel Magic

Welcome to the Horn and Cauldron podcast…

Midsummer, also known as Litha takes place on the Summer Solstice, which is the longest day of the year. This festival celebrates abundance, growth, fertility, solar energy, and is a popular time to do magic, harvest herbs, have ritual baths, and fertility rituals. It’s also associated with fairies, bonfires, and handfasting.

It seems most people want to be outside and enjoying the weather during this season, whether it be going to the lake, ocean, a faraway destination, or even a simple day trip. Since travel is on the mind, we’re talking about travel magic. We’ll be talking about three types of travel magic: magic you can take with you, pre-trip protection magic, and magical pilgrimages.

Links for related episodes:

Midsummer 101 (Episode 15): https://youtu.be/yeXQu-QJK4M

Midsummer 102 (Episode 41): https://youtu.be/1OI-40Uep_U

Intro to Protection Magic (Episode 12): https://youtu.be/qEVRpeEvl5U

Isis Deep Dive (Episode 18): https://youtu.be/uJgMj6YQZh0

Intro to Modern Odinism (Episode 25): https://youtu.be/D2hFPkF0fw8

Magic in Anime – Fanime 2023 Panel (Episode 57): https://youtu.be/90kNwmK93uk

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https://www.tripstodiscover.com/13-of-the-worlds-most-unforgettable-pilgrimages/

https://www.yowangdu.com/tibet-travel/mount-kailash.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Kailash

https://www.tibettravel.org/kailash-tour/kailash-mansarovar-yatra.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lourdes

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Magic in Anime - *Fanime 2023 Panel*

Greeting’s heathens and witches,

Welcome to the Horn and Cauldron podcast…

Join your favorite witchy podcast duo from The Horn and Cauldron Podcast as we rant, review, and analyze the magics, systems, and creatures of 3 different awesome anime series. From hauntings to ghosts and ghouls to Mushi, we have much to explore. In this year’s panel, we will be looking into Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre, Mieruko-chan, and Mushi-shi. Don’t forget, if you missed last year, it’s available online to watch. We’ll see you at the panel and Stay Magical Folks!

**This is a recording of our Live Panel at Fanime 2023 in San Jose. We want to give a special shout-out and thank you to all of the awesome attendees of our panel and the staff of Fanime for making our second live panel such a fantastic experience.

An Interview with Rissa Miller

Greeting’s heathens and witches,

Welcome to the Horn and Cauldron podcast…

                Join us as we sit down for a fantastic interview with Rissa Miller of Tea & Smoke. We have an amazing and casual conversation about everything from tasseography and capnomancy to occult history. We look forward to more interviews and speaking again with Rissa Miller.

You can find Rissa Miller at:

Website: https://www.teaandsmoke.com/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@tasseographybyrissa3440

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teaandsmoke_byrissa/

Beltane 103: Fairy Circles

Greeting’s heathens and witches,

Welcome to the Horn and Cauldron podcast…

Beltane is held in the northern Hemisphere on May 1, and Nov 1 in the southern hemisphere, which is about halfway between the Spring Equinox and the Summer Solstice. This festival was popular with herding communities and was traditionally the time that livestock was taken out into the fields after winter and the birthing season. It’s been celebrated with bonfires, visiting holy wells, fertility rituals, handfasting, honoring the fae, maypoles, feasts, and decorating with spring greenery, flowers, and ribbons.

During the Beltane season the veil between this world and the spirit real is thin, and it’s easier to communicate with spirits and the Fae folk. In this episode, we explore Fairy Circles: what they are, beliefs about them, and how you can use them in your magical practice. We also discuss simple ways to work with the Fae, and our own experiences with them.

Links for related episodes:

Beltane 101 (Episode 11): https://youtu.be/xGXwSGVkb6I

Beltane 102 (Episode 37): https://youtu.be/jh6bK8S39Kw

Working with the Fae (Episode 9): https://youtu.be/m4TPLUW6RG4

Types of Fae (Episode 39): https://youtu.be/izCVb9LUXD4

Sources:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/01/13/fairy-circles-namibia-australia-desert-mystery/

https://www.news.com.au/technology/science/mystery-of-fairy-circles-in-australian-deserts-solved/news-story/3f422982dd73e1542e18d4b2f48a0107

https://sempervirens.org/news/redwood-fairy-rings-and-the-magic-of-science/

http://www.sterf.org/Media/Get/3028/article-fairy-rings

https://dimensionofstuff.com/things-that-are-about-1000-feet-ft-long/

https://www.ancient-origins.net/human-origins-folklore/do-you-dare-enter-fairy-ring-mythical-mushroom-portals-supernatural-003677

https://www.ancient-origins.net/human-origins-folklore/do-you-dare-enter-fairy-ring-mythical-mushroom-portals-supernatural-003677

https://fantasticfungi.com/understanding-the-mystical-fairy-circle/

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairy_ring

Pub Chat: What non-Pagan stuff has Influenced your Practice?

Greeting’s heathens and witches,

Welcome to Pub Chat! These episodes are for us to have a more free-form way to discuss listener questions, shorter subjects, as well as magical happenings, musings, and of course, go off on tangents.

This week we ask what non-pagan content, like books, movies, and tv-shows, has influenced your pagan practice. We explore some of our favorite stuff and discuss what it means to us and what we’ve learned and adapted into our individual pagan systems.

We discussed & explored:
Alan Watts

The Divine Dungeon Series by Dakota Krout

The Hyperion Cantos by Dan Simmons

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Magic the Gathering Book Series (Ice Age cycle) by Jeff Grubb

His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman

The Iron Druid Chronicles by Kevin Hearne

The Nightwise Series by R.S. Belcher

Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

The NeverEnding Story (movie)

Star Trek

Pop Culture Celtic Deities

Greeting’s heathens and witches,

Welcome to the Horn and Cauldron podcast…

What exactly is the Celtic pantheon? It’s a mish-mash of several different western European deities, that often get lumped into one camp. And unfairly so—there’s enough information, history, and lore for each region to have their very own deep dive! In fact, you may be surprised to know that they weren’t all natively worshipped in the same region.

In this episode, we discuss the various regional deities that make up what is commonly thought of as a Celtic pantheon. Where they come from, what they’re worshipped for, their appearance, and a brief list of correspondences. We go over the most popular deities attributed to the Celtic pantheon: The Dagda, Lugh, Brigid, Cernunnos, the Morrigan, and many more.

Pub Chat: On the Rise of Paganism #witchtok

Greeting’s heathens and witches,

Welcome to Pub Chat! These episodes are for us to have a more free-form way to discuss listener questions, shorter subjects, as well as magical happenings, musings, and of course, go off on tangents.

This week we look at an article from National Geographics, Paganism is on the Rise – here’s where to discover its traditions. We discuss topics brought up in the article including #witchtok, our opinions on them, and what wasn’t said or not explored. So, read this short article, join us for a lighthearted conversation, and let us know what you think.

Paganism is on the Rise: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/where-to-go-to-explore-pagan-culture