Episode 35: Gender Render

Episode 35: Gender Render

Welcome to the 35th episode of the Science Witch Podcast!

In this episode, Enku and Anjel discuss gender, what it is and what it is not, and also how incorporating gender fluidity in your witchcraft practice can be a potent source of power. Enku introduces the topic that he has studied for much of his academic career and discusses how gender is a social construct. They discuss how gender can further be used as a polarity and spectrum and how this empowers the witch to play with gender as a liminal space. 
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Queer Witch Podcast

Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity by Judith Butler

 Rebecca R Helm on Twitter

PDF of RebeccaRHelm’s tweet thread

Slate Article on Gender Assignment by delivery room doctors

Transgender Rights II: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Doing Gender Candace West and Don H. Zimmerman

Gender Performativity by Judith Butler

The Clitoris, Uncovered: An Intimate History

Biden signs into law same-sex marriage bill, 10 years after his famous Sunday show answer on the issue

Missing Witches- W.I.T.C.H- We are the power

‘White witch coven’ took part ritualistic sex abuse of young girls, court told

Pagan Consent Culture 

Eat My Pagan Ass Podcast-: Bull of Heaven — the Mythic Life of Eddie Buczynski and the Rise of the New York Pagan

Episode 14- Modern Witch Podcast with Devin Hunter

Missing Witches – Z Budapest: She Is Not Perfect And Neither Are We

Hapi- Egyptian Fertility God

Conspirituality Podcast :129 White Christian Nationalism (w/Philip Gorski & Samuel Perry)

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Deity Deep Dives Ep 1: Seshat, Egyptian Goddess of Math and Science

Deity Deep Dives: Seshat

Welcome to the first episode in our Patreon exclusive series, Deity Deep Dives.

Art of Seshat by Anjel

In this inaugural episode of Deity Deep Dives, a Patreon mostly series, Anjel testifies their devotion to Seshat, Egyptian Goddess of math and science and “she who is foremost in the house of books”. This episode is one part information about the Goddess Seshat and one part personal gnosis as Anjel shares their devotional practice and how it has inspired this podcast and their scientific aspirations. This episode is also a dedication to Anjel’s tarot teacher, friend and mentor, Richard Stratton who passed away around this time in 2020. Anjel shares a poem written by Richard about Egypt as they bonded in their love of the Goddess of books and record keeping.

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Complete Gods and Goddess of Ancient Egypt by Richard H. Wilkinson.

last remaining old growth cypress swamps in the world

Queen Mother Imaku

Israel Regardie

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Wild Witches Ep 16: Hecate of the Crossroads with Melissa Thorn

Wild Witches Episode 16: Hecate of the Crossroads with Melissa Thorn

Welcome to the 16th episode in the Wild Witches series.

Hecate by Christiane Borden

In this episode of the Wild Witches, Anjel share audio from a class from the Wild Witches Year and a Day community on Hecate, presented by Melissa Thorn. Melissa is a devotee of Hecate and discusses her relationship and devotional practice with this ancient goddess of myth and magic.

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Invocation of Hecate: Resurrection of Hilda Spellman – Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Pt.3

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Part 4 | Defeating The Dark One – Help of Hecate Goddess

The White Goddess by Robert Graves

A Course on the Sorcery of Hekate by Jason Miller

Liber Khthonia: A Contemporary Witchcraft & Devotional Tradition of Hekate.by Jeff Cullen

Keeping Her Keys: An Introduction To Hekate’s Modern Witchcraft  by Cyndi Brannen

Sorita D’Este

Hekate Symposium

The Hekataeon by Jack Grayle

Bearing Torches: A Devotional Anthology for Hekate

Hekate: Goddess of Witches by Courtney Weber

Pagan Portals – Hekate: A Devotional by Vivienne Moss 

Entering Hekate’s Garden: The Magick, Medicine & Mystery of Plant Spirit Witchcraft 

by Cyndi Brannen

Hekate Her Sacred Fires edited by Sorita d’Este

The Fifth Sacred Thing by Starhawk 

Circe Paperback by Madeline Miller

An Ancient Temple to Hecate Restored In Turkey

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Ep 33: Astrology 202

Episode 33: Astrology 202

Welcome to the 33rd episode of the Science Witch Podcast!

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In this episode of the podcast, Enku and Anjel talk about Astrology as a compendium to the Wild Witches episode Astrology 101. They discuss how astrology was the first predictive analytics, how to look up your chart, aspects and how they influence the nuances of your chart, and discover that they both have their north node in Gemini and were destined to this podcast together. 

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Wild Witches Episode 8: Astrology 101 taught by Anjel for the Wild Witches Year and a Day Class

That Witch Life’s So Mote that Con Oct 15-16

Storm Faerywolf- The Satyr’s Kiss

Kalika Tybera

Episode 31: D&D and modern mythmaking with Puppy

Free Natal Chart Report 

The Only Astrology Book You’ll Ever Need by Joanna Martine Woolfolk

Chani Nicholas 

How astrology paved the way for predictive analytics

Connecting the Dots: Astrology and Data Science

With the United States About To Have Its First-Ever Pluto Return, We Can Expect Radical Change on the Horizon

Practical Astrology for Witches and Pagans: Using the Planets and the Stars for Effective Spellwork, Rituals, and Magickal Work by Ivo Dominguez Jr. 

Jessica Lanyadoo

Pam Gregory 

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Wild Witches 13: Pumpkin Spice Magick and Medicine

Wild Witches Episode 13: Pumpkin Spice
Enku’s homemade pumpkin spice coffee

Welcome to the 13th episode of the Wild Witch series.

In this episode of the Wild Witches series, Enku shares his love for all things Pumpkin Spice on the morning of Mabon, the Autumnal/Libra Equinox.

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Master Book of Herbalism by Paul V. Beyerl (1983)

Llewellyn’s Complete Book of Correspondences: A Comprehensive & Cross-Referenced Resource for Pagans & Wiccans (Kynes 2014)

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Episode 32: Praise Mugwort! The Witches’ Herbal Ally

Episode 32: Mugwort – The Witch’s Herbal Ally

Welcome to the 32nd episode of the Science Witch Podcast!

Artemesia vulgaris growing along the Charles river (credit: Enku)

In this episode, Enku and Anjel gush over the medicine and magic of Mugwort, Artemisia vulgaris, the herb of witches, Druids, and dreamers. This versatile herb – Artemis of the People – just might be waiting for you to add her into your magical and herbal practices.

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Episode 28: The Magick of Lucid Dreaming

Plants for a Future: Mugwort

Flower Essences from the Witch’s Garden – Nicholas Pearson

Herbcrafter’s Tarot

Herbal Healing for Women – Rosemary Gladstar

The Master Book of Herbalism – Paul Beyerl

Sacred and Herbal Healing Beers – Stephen Harrod Buhner

NIH Profile: Artemisia vulgaris

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Wild Witches Ep 12: Fire Magick

Wild Witches Episode 12: Fire Magick

Welcome to the 12th episode of the Wild Witch series.

In this episode of the Wild Witches series, Anjel shares a class they presented for the Wild Witch Year and a Day community. In it they discuss the element of fire, correspondences in Tarot and Astrology, how to use fire in your own craft and Gods and Goddesses of Fire from around the world. They also talk about their experiences with fire in the form of catastrophic wildfires and how it is important to honor and show reverence to this life-giving and life-destroying force.

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Wicker Man (1973)

Wicker Man (2006)

Burning Man 

Four Elements of the Wise: Working with the Magickal Powers of Earth, Air, Water, Fire by Ivo Dominguez Jr.

Is Burning Sage Cultural Appropriation?

1 Chronicles 21:26

Then David built an altar to the Lord there and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. And he called to the Lord and He answered him with fire from heaven on the altar of burnt offering.

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

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Wild Witches Ep 11: A Lugh Story

Wild Witches Episode 11: A Lugh Story

Welcome to the 11th episode of the Wild Witch series.

Welcome to this special episode of the Wild Witches episode, just in time for Lughnasadh. In this episode, Enku shares a story about Lugh, Celtic God for which the holiday is named. He tells some of the myths and legends of this Celtic deity and ties it to lessons for us to take from these ancient tales as modern people.

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Episode 31: D&D and modern mythmaking with Puppy

Episode 31: D&D and modern mythmaking with Puppy

Welcome to the 31st episode of the Science Witch Podcast!

In this episode, Enku and Anjel interview Anjel’s spouse and nesting partner, Puppy, about his favorite pastime and now budding career as a game master for tabletop roleplaying game, namely Dungeon and Dragons. In this conversation, they discuss the current popularity of this once niche and nerdy activity with shows like Stranger Things and Vox Machina and dive into some of  D&D and gamer culture’s problematic past. They talk about the art of being a dungeon master/game master (DM/GM) and how this has influenced Puppy’s spirituality and collaborative storytelling practice. 

Before the interview, we discuss more updates over at the Patreon page.

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Puppy’s Start Playing Page

Mazes and Monsters

Gary Gygax

Steve Jackson Games

GURPS

Lord Of The Rings’ Complicated Legal History With Dungeons & Dragons

When the Teacher is the Dungeon Master

The Surprising Educational Benefits of Dungeons and Dragons

Dimension 20

Critical Role

Inside Joe Manganiello’s Epic Dungeons & Dragons Campaign

Deborah Ann Woll Launches New Ongoing Dungeons & Dragons Show

Shadowrun

D&D Beyond

D&D Must Grapple With the Racism in Fantasy

Play D&D in VR with digital tabletop platform Dungeon Full Dive

D&D in AR- Mirrorscape

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Episode 30-Reproductive Rights and Witches

Episode 30:

Welcome to the 30th episode of the Science Witch Podcast!

Anjel protesting the leaked draft of the Supreme Court decision in early May 2022.

In this episode, Enku and Anjel talk about their time visiting one another in the Southeast, getting to meet Seba the Southern Fried Witch and Anjel talks about her time spent visiting New Orleans with their partner. They then chat a little bit about Enku’s herbal product’s business Goat and Thistle, which is a podcast sponsor. Towards the later half of the show, they discuss the recent assault on reproductive rights by the Supreme Court’s draft decision to repeal Roe vs Wade. They also talk about how witches have a long history of being the guardians of the sacred knowledge of birth and death and why it is so important for witches to advocate for reproductive rights.

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Jonathan Weiss Tours

Voodoo Spiritual Temple

Voodoo Museum

Tales from the Crypt

The “lessons” of the United Daughters of the Confederacy still have influence today in the Mid-South

Southern Fried Witch

Eat the Weeds

BBC Interview with Amy

Pink House Foundation

The Satanic Temple cannot help you get an abortion, and it does not deserve your support

Witches Sluts Feminists: Conjuring the Sex Positive by Kristen Sollee

Witches, Midwives, & Nurses: A History of Women Healers

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