Episode 231: First Steps: Crystals
Gwyn and Ode (+Jax!) talk about crystal grids, how to find out what stones are for and how to use them, and discuss some of the common forms and shapes. Special Guest: Jax.

Gwyn and Ode (+Jax!) talk about crystal grids, how to find out what stones are for and how to use them, and discuss some of the common forms and shapes. Special Guest: Jax.
Gwyn and Ode discuss the stories of some of mythology's mothers, including Echidna, Thetis, Penelope, and Deichtine.
Gwyn and Ode talk about the differences between Christian and pagan discernment, some of the important questions in a discernment process, and why discernment is so important in a spiritual or magical practice.
Gwyn and Ode talk about what offerings are, why you might make them, how to make them, what to make them with, and how to get rid of them at the end of the day.
Gwyn and Ode (+Jax!) discuss the books (and authors) they do and do not recommend. Special Guest: Jax.
Gwyn and Ode discuss their preferred tarot spreads, malign the Celtic Cross, talk about cross-suit interpretation, and cover the overall process of reading tarot, especially for a querent.
Gwyn and Ode talk about gods, this time featuring: Menrva, Aplu, Quetzalcoatl, and Ayyappan.
Gwyn and Ode discuss all the cards in the coins suit.
Gwyn and Ode (+Jax!) talk about the history and use of wands. Special Guest: Jax.
Gwyn and Ode go through the Wands Suit!
Gwyn and Ode talk about the classes they went to, the classes they taught, some cool rituals, a surprise fire alarm, Oberon Zell, and soap.
Gwyn and Ode talk about what cordcutting is, what energetic cords even are, how much you should be getting therapy, some methods for formal cordcutting, and how to incorporate tiny cordcuttings into your daily life to build up the habit.
Gwyn and Ode (+Jax!) discuss the history of love spells, the ethics of love spells, which aphrodesiacs might be legit, and what kind of love spells you can do, ranging from romantic, to platonic, to self love. Also we aren't shy about using real language for sex, so maybe don't listen to this one in public. Special Guest: Jax.
Gwyn and Ode go through all the cards in the sword suit, and unpack why it's everybody's least favourite, and how to think about it differently.
Ode and Jax discuss four interesting deities, including Thoth, Hathor, Cangjie, and Terminus. Special Guest: Jax.
Gwyn and Ode talk about each of the cards in the Cups suit.
Gwyn and Ode tell the stories of prophets, including Daniel, Cassandra, Melampus, and Nostradamus.
Gwyn and Ode talk about a couple of frameworks for understanding the Major Arcana, and then give a quick overview of the baseline interpretations of each card in the sequence and how they relate to each other.
Gwyn and Ode (+Jax) talk about what they thought their paths would look like, what they actually look like, and how they plan to evolve them. Special Guest: Jax.
Gwyn and Ode discuss what potions even are, how they might be made and used, and some of their favourites.
Gwyn and Ode (+ Jax!) talk about various pagan organizations, discuss the differences between groups for activism and groups for community, and cover some of the big red flags in assessing whether a group is good for you. Special Guest: Jax.
Gwyn and Ode talk about Pele, Papa, Marzanna, and Boreas.
Gwyn and Ode (+Jax!) talk animals in mythology, religion, and magic. Content warning for discussions of animal death. Special Guest: Jax.
Gwyn and Ode talk about magic hair featuring in various mythologies, and modern-day religious and spirituals treatments of hair. The Club Q shooting is briefly discussed at the top of the episode. Content warning for gun violence, mass shootings, and religious and political discrimination in that section. This is where you can donate to help the victims: https://www.coloradogives.org/organization/COHealingFund
Gwyn and Ode talk about the concept of a pilgrimage, what distinguishes it from other types of travel, some famous pilgrimage sites, the history of pilgrimage and its effect on culture, and the ways pilgrimages have evolved in the modern day.
Gwyn and Ode talk about their latest godly interests, including Mefdet, Chernobog (+ Belobog), Hypnos, and Cliadhna.
Gwyn and Ode tell some of their favourite spooky stories in honor of Halloween, including The Engima of Amigara Fault, Dead Man's Curve, The Architect's House, The Voice In The Desert, and La Llorona. Content Warnings for: Body Horror, Infanticide, and Suicide.
Gwyn and Ode talk about various Punishment Afterlives, with a particular focus on the Christian Hell and how it was influenced by and developed out of a boiling cauldron of various competing influences, as well as their perspective on its place in modern Christianity. Viki Vaughn's GoFundMe: www.gofundme.com/f/qamtx-medical-and-family-expenses
Gwyn and Ode (+ Jax!) talk about what demons are historically and in the modern day, what counts as evil, if you should hang out with demons, and how they think you should treat demons. Special Guest: Jax.
Gwyn and Ode talk about how cool dragons are for like an hour.