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

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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

·         https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thought-Forms

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

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

·         https://www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/S0025-6196(12)65320-8/fulltext

·         https://ihueman.wordpress.com/2013/05/27/history-of-color-therapy/

·         https://www.thoughtco.com/colors-of-ancient-egypt-43718

·         https://infraredsauna.com/blog/color-light-therapy-history/#:~:text=Chromotherapy%20%26%20Phototherapy%20in%20Ancient%20Egypt&text=With%20a%20strong%20focus%20on,colors%20to%20concentrate%20their%20powers.

·         http://www.colourtherapyhealing.com/colour/colour-history

·         https://sacred-texts.com/earth/amm/amm09.htm

·         https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1297510/#b3

·         https://www.narayanahealth.org/blog/what-is-colour-therapy/amp/

Pub Chat: Is Barbie an Egregore?

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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

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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

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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

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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/

https://www.academia.edu/2341091/The_Cairo_Calendar_as_a_Stellar_Almanac

https://www.thecalculatorsite.com/time/days-from.php

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-static/digitalegypt/ideology/festivaldates.html

https://www.osirisnet.net/docu/fetes_sokar_nehebkaou_bastet_et_oignons/e_fetes_sokar_nehebkaou_bastet_et_oignons.htm

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

https://www.jasoncolavito.com/the-story-of-setna.html

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

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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

Sources

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

https://us3.campaign-archive.com/?e=c26f8ed9b7&u=bbaf519c73482457368060b5b&id=7d60269602

https://www.lourdes-france.com/en/miraculous-healings/

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/253153/meet-sister-bernadette-the-most-recently-cured-person-at-lourdes

https://sacredsites.com/europe/greece/delphi.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_Apollo_(Delphi)

https://www.outlookindia.com/outlooktraveller/explore/story/70440/five-gods-of-travel-from-mythologies-around-the-world

https://djaunter.com/travel-gods-deities/

https://aperlust.com/travel-gods-deities-patron-saint-of-travel/

https://whitcraftlearningsolutions.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Animal_Symbolism.pdf

https://foxloft.com/animal-totem-jewelry       

https://foxloft.com/animal-totem-jewelry

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

An Interview with Bruja Wendy Mata Houseman

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Welcome to the Horn and Cauldron podcast…

                Join us as we sit down for an amazing interview with Bruja Wendy Mata Houseman of Bruja Power Botanica. We had a fantastic and casual conversation covering a variety of topics from Brujeria to Power Vortexes. We look forward to more interviews and speaking with Bruja Wendy again.

You can find Bruja Wendy at:

Website: https://www.bruja.us

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Brujapowerbotanica/

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

Pub Chat: 10 Tips for “Baby Witches”

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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 the practice of worshiping alternative gods and characters from modern media. We discuss what we’ve seen in the space and explore different types of worship and practice. Join us as we explore the non-“Brand Name” gods and alternative faith.

10 Tips for “Baby Witches”

1)      Stop calling yourself a “baby witch”. Unless you want to.

2)      Trust your intuition and trust in yourself.

3)      Write it down so you don’t forget.

4)      Magic doesn’t always have to be a big deal.

5)      Find magic in everyday things.

6)      Don’t measure your practice by other people’s rules.

7)      Don’t be a “judgey jerk”.

8)      You don’t need fancy tools or ingredients.

9)      Never rule out mundane reasons.

10)   Be patient, it takes time.

Ostara 103: Flower Magic

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Welcome to the Horn and Cauldron podcast…

The sabbat Ostara is held on the Spring or Vernal Equinox, when night and day are equal. Cultures throughout the world have celebrated the equinox for thousands of years, as this is the time of year we see flowers pop up as palpable signs that winter’s icy grip is loosening, and life is coming back to the land. People have been assigning meanings, healing, and magical properties to flowers going back thousands of years.

As such, there’s no better time than now to talk about flower magic. In this episode, we discuss Floriography—a method of communication using flowers that was popular in the Victorian times. We also talk about how you can use the 19th century book The sentiment of flowers; or, Language of Flora, by Robert Tyas in your magical practice.

There’s also the usual banter, correspondences, and discussion of how we celebrate Ostara.

Links for Reading Material and Related Episodes:

Read The sentiment of flowers; or, Language of Flora, by Robert Tyas at Cornell Library (no account needed): http://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=flow721083#mode/1up

Ostara 101 (Episode 8): https://youtu.be/6_XuVpLtDm4

Ostara 102 (Episode 34): https://youtu.be/diLSXxD4NeM

Pub Chat: Do you only have to worship “Brand Name” Gods?

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 the practice of worshiping alternative gods and characters from modern media. We discuss what we’ve seen in the space and explore different types of worship and practice. Join us as we explore the non-“Brand Name” gods and alternative faith.

Pontus and Other Primordial Greek Deities

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Welcome to the Horn and Cauldron podcast…

Pontus is the Greek primordial sea god—a Protogenoi. But he isn’t just the god of the sea, he is the personification of sea. The other primordial deities, like Gaia, Uranus, Nyx, and others occupy an interesting space within Greek Mythos, so we touch on them as well.

We also discuss the concept of Animism, and how you can incorporate deities or spiritual archetypes into your practice, even if there’s not a lot of source material for them.

Our lively discussion also includes an invocation for Pontus, and a method for water scrying (divination). We reference serval of our other episodes, so if you liked this episode, you may also want to check out:

Episode #06, Aphrodite Deep Dive: https://youtu.be/Shvg97IPIkQ

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

Episode # 16, Olympian Family Tree: https://youtu.be/nVpa_CTAcWk