Brian Johnson comes by to talk about his translation of excerpts of manuscript Plut. 89 sup. from the Medici library. We get into spirit conjuration, translation, necromancy, and more. We also have a plague magic minute from right here in New York City (Mets!). To learn more about Brian and his work go to https://twitter.com/JohBri and his website https://bjohnsonfreelance.com/ and to preorder his book, Necromancy in the Medici Library: An Edition and Translation of Excerpts from Biblioteca Medi...
Apr 01, 2021•55 min
Asa West comes on to talk about her zine Five Principles of Green Witchcraft and I get excited about a kind of written charm called a deletio morbi. To learn more about Asa West, head over to: https://www.instagram.com/theredtailwitch https://tarotbyasa.com/ https://www.etsy.com/shop/RedTailWitch https://twitter.com/TheRedTailWitch And Five Principles of Green Witchcraft is available here: https://abeautifulresistance.org/five-principles-of-green-witchcraft
Feb 09, 2021•1 hr 8 min
In a patreon-only addendum to my interview with Fez Inkwright, I dive deep into the legend of the Tiddy Mun and then spiral out into similarish case studies from Zambia, Japan, and Mexico. Subscribe to the patreon to hear the whole thing. https://www.patreon.com/witchhassle
Feb 02, 2021•1 min
Folklorist and illustrator Fez Inkwright comes to chat about her new book Botanical Curses and Poisons: The Shadow-Lives of Plants, which delves into dangerous plants and their lives in folklore. I also get into the ZENEXTON for a plague-magic minute. Preorder Fez's book here: https://liminal11.com/product/botanical-curses-and-poisons/ Learn more about Fez: https://twitter.com/rosdottir https://rosdottir.carrd.co/ https://www.instagram.com/rosdottir/ And a link to our zenexton source for good me...
Jan 16, 2021•59 min
Dr. Rain Mason comes on to talk about divination and psychological therapy, as well as about their practice of theurgy. You can learn more about Rain at their site (https://www.rainmasonphd.com/) or on twitter (https://twitter.com/500livesasafox). Their dissertation, Divination practices: An empirical psychological investigation, is available here: (https://research.library.fordham.edu/dissertations/AAI10838562/). And here are some Amabie links: https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-upda...
Nov 22, 2020•1 hr 21 min
It's Halloween and Witchhassle is off to the graveyard with Mat Hadfield to talk about his new book, A Wondrous Spell: Necromancy in the PGM. We get into necromancy, a three-worlds cosmology, magical adaptations and substitutions, and animism. To pick up his book, go to https://www.hadeanpress.com/shop/a-wondrous-spell-necromancy-in-the-pgm Mat also recommends the work of Jake Stratton-Kent (https://scarletimprint.com/jake-strattonkent / https://www.hadeanpress.com/shop/magnus-dictus) and An Exc...
Oct 31, 2020•1 hr 2 min
Magician and esoteric researcher David Rankine pops by to talk about his new book, Sepher Yetzirah Magic: Magic and Meditations derived from the first and greatest Qabalistic Work. We also get into divination and meditation and it's a good old time. To learn more about David Rankine and his esoteric scholarship, go to https://davidrankine.com/ and you can pre-order the new book at https://www.hadeanpress.com/news/2020/9/24/pre-orders-open-for-sepher-yetzirah-magic-by-davind-rankine
Oct 21, 2020•53 min
Journalist, cemetery tour guide, and writer on history and culture Allison C. Meier talks about cemeteries and the symbols found within them. There's also a plague magic minute from your friend and mine, the late, great Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa (gone but not forgotten). To learn more about Allison and her upcoming talks, go to http://www.allisoncmeier.com/. You can also keep track of her writing and classes on twitter @AllisonCMeier and her instagram (@allisoncmeier) is a lot of fun if you lik...
Oct 09, 2020•1 hr 20 min
Catherine Diedrich of Quadrivium Supplies comes to chat about making magical oils, tables of correspondence, ancestor work, and her new project around making magical basics more accessible for the new kids. You can and should learn more at: https://twitter.com/quadrivii https://www.instagram.com/quadrivii/ http://www.blog.quadrivium-supplies.com/ http://www.magicalbasics.net/ http://www.magicalbasics.net/origins-of-tables-of-correspondence/
Sep 03, 2020•1 hr 1 min
Matthew Venus of Spiritus Arcanum(https://spiritusarcanum.com) talks about animism, snakes, effigy magic, hoodoo history, and more! You should definitely check out his instagram (https://www.instagram.com/spiritus_arcanum) to get a glimpse of his magical art and fetish objects. There is also a Plague Magic Minute from the Folk-Lore of Adams County having to do mostly with onions and just a bit with a corpse. Also fun: the SALEM SUMMER SYMPOSIUM is THIS WEEK and features many Witchhassle alumni. ...
Aug 11, 2020•1 hr 16 min
Sam Van Aken, creator of the Tree of 40 Fruit, comes on to talk about his work and worldview. There's also a plague magic minute that forces us to confront the age-old question: What is a gillyflower? What isn't? To learn more about Sam Van Aken and maybe take on of his classes, go to: https://greenthumb.nycgovparks.org/news.html?news_id=467 https://www.samvanaken.com/ http://instagram.com/samvanakenstudios The episode image is those wands he mentions. Also that censor beep came from here: https...
May 24, 2020•54 min
In a Patreon-only minisode, I talk to Wren Collier about the Trithemian Table of Practice he built Francis Barrett’s The Magus. We also talk about sorcery and aliens. Here's a little snippet. If you want to hear the whole thing right this instant, go Patreon.com/Witchhassle and become a patron at the Leopold I level.
May 07, 2020•51 sec
Philosopher and Magician Kadmus pops in to talk about his dynamic reimagining of necromancy. We also talk about politics, mutual aid, and his book, True to the Earth: Pagan Political Mythology. To learn more about Kadmus go to: https://twitter.com/StarandSystem http://starandsystem.blogspot.com/ https://www.facebook.com/people/Kadmus-Herschel/100014974535439 and to buy True to the Earth: https://abeautifulresistance.org/shop-1/true-to-the-earth-pagan-political-theology-by-kadmus And to get Sam V...
Apr 25, 2020•1 hr 43 min
Aidan Wachter, talismanic jeweler and author Six Ways: Approaches & Entries for Practical Magic, pops in to talk magical techniques, dirt magic, spiritual allies, magical jewelry, and more. There's also a Plague Magic Minute with what I think is marimba music? For more on Aidan go to: http://www.aidanwachter.com/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/817003871775078/ https://twitter.com/silfrsmith https://www.instagram.com/aidan.wachter/ Also I used on incipits but didn't mention is available here...
Apr 12, 2020•1 hr 47 min
Dr. Francis Young pops in to talk about his book Magic as a Political Crime in Medieval and Early Modern England: A History of Sorcery and Treason and more, Frank Sivilli gives us some astrological elections, and I talk a lot about plague and fever magic. ALSO: Future guest Matthew Venus has some online classes starting soon and you can learn more at http://spiritusarcanum.com/ and past guest of the show Alexander Cummins is doing a sale on his online classes and you can learn more here http://w...
Mar 18, 2020•1 hr 33 min
Scholar, necromancer, and joy-to-be-around Dr. Alexander Cummins pops in to talk about his new book, An Excellent Booke of the Arte of Magicke: The Magical Works of Humphrey Gilbert and John Davis. We get into spirit conjuration, necromancy, learning magic from the ghosts of dead magicians, and the relationship between magic and colonialism. Frank Sivilli (anti.bishop) also has a great pair of astrological elections for us, including one that makes use of the elusive February 29th. Dr. Cummins's...
Feb 24, 2020•1 hr 29 min
Lisa Marie Basile (@lisamariebasile) pops in to talk about her new book, The Magical Writing Grimoire: Use the Word as Your Wand for Magic, Manifestation & Ritual. We chat about writing as magic, shadow work, and the ghosts in her apartment. Frank Sivilli (@Anti.Bishop) talks about what to expect from and how to make use of Mars's entry into Capricorn.
Feb 09, 2020•59 min
Peter Bebergal, author of such books as Season of the Witch: How the Occult Saved Rock and Roll and Strange Frequencies: The Extraordinary Story of the Technological Quest for the Supernatural, pops in to talk the occult, David Bowie, golems, and the time he tried to communicate with the ghost of his late father using electronic voice phenomena (EVP). Frank Sivilli also brings some astrological elections for the coming days and I talk about the use of audio in curses.
Jan 22, 2020•1 hr 23 min
A big pre-Christmas show! Witchhassle talks the coming Christmas eclipses, Frank Sivilli has astrological elections for the new year, and Leon Calafiore of Out in Jersey and the Big Book of Magic (https://www.facebook.com/bigbookofmagic/) talks magic and his magical journey starting in the 1960s and going all the way up until today. This is only the first part of our conversation, so to hear the whole thing and get some of the really, really good stuff you’d otherwise miss, I abjure you to head ...
Dec 24, 2019•58 min
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Dec 13, 2019•1 min
Ashton of Black Unicorn Tarot stops by to chat about tarot, sex magic, Santería, and their magical journey. Frank Sivilli also returns with elections for the coming days. If you want to support the show, head over to patreon.com/witchhassle
Dec 11, 2019•1 hr
Chiron Armand (@ChironArmand) skypes in to talk shamanism, hoodoo, healing, spiritual cleansing, soul loss, dance, and more. You can learn more about him and the work he does at https://www.impactshamanism.com/. In a new regular feature, astrologer Frank Sivilli (@anti.bishop) also give a rundown of upcoming astro-weather and ritual frameworks for some upcoming elections. As always, if you want to support the show or submit a question to our research department, head over to patreon.com/witchhas...
Nov 27, 2019•1 hr 2 min
In answer to a listener question about horcruxes we get into a tangled nest of animated statues, enspiriting objects, and talking brass. Jesse Hathaway Diaz (https://wolf-and-goat.com) gets on the line to talk about enspirited statues in Quimbanda. Special thanks to Al Cummins for his help this episode (alexandercummins.com).
Nov 24, 2019•1 hr 10 min
For our first episode, I sit down with Sarah Lyons to discuss her new book, Revolutionary Witchcraft. We talk about the intersection of magic and politics, ritual and protest. To learn more about Sarah and her book, go to Sarahlyons.org or her instagram @citymystic If you want to submit a question for our research department, go to cooperwilhelm.com/witchhassle To support the show, go to patreon.com/witchhassle
Nov 13, 2019•1 hr 23 min
