The Pdx Witch Guild Podcast

PDX Witch Guild Podcast #4: An Impromptu Discussion About Squatches, Mercury Retrograde, & the Impending Doom of the Eclipse Totality Here in Oregon   Alex: http://upthewitchypunx.tumblr.com/ Esme: http://witchbrarian.tumblr.com Mary: https://needsomeshelter.tumblr.com/   Oregon Bigfoot Festival: http://oregonbigfootfestival.weebly.com/   Buy Alex's zine, Brainscan #33: DIY Witchery, An Exploration of Secular Witchcraft, here! https://portlandbuttonworks.com/zines-book-comics/zines/witchy/zine-witch-brainscan-33-DIY-witchery-alex-wrekk-secular-witchcraft   (It was Mary who sneezed.)   Witch ladder vs. shamble A witch ladder: http://upthewitchypunx.tumblr.com/post/147946322843/witches-ladders A shamble: https://headology101.tumblr.com/post/141621189164/the-art-of-shambles-by-miss-tick-a-shamble-a   Alt Press Fest: http://www.slcpl.org/altpressfest   Witchy shops in SLC: Crone's Hollow, Elemental Inspirations, Dancing Cranes Imports, Golden Braid Books   Joseph Smith Sphinx, http://gilgalgarden.org/the-s

Welcome to Episode 3: Magical correspondences:  Rocks and Twigs We Like Part 2 (the rocks) This is part two of our discussion on magical correspondences. We highly suggest you go back and listen to episode #2, which is the first part of this discussion. In this episode, we discuss some rocks, minerals, and crystals we like as well as list some resources we like regarding correspondences. We now retrn you to our podcast already in progress. The PDX Witch Guild podcast witches: Alex upthewitchypunx.tumblr.com  Mary lemonbalmgirl.tumblr.com Emrys blue-index.tumblr.com Felix da-at-ass.tumblr.com Bea violetwoolgathering.tumblr.com Esme youlooksosmall.tumblr.com Show notes: - Tiffany Aching quote: "No, it can't be right. That's chalk country over that way," said Miss Tick. "You can't grow a good witch on chalk. The stuff's barely harder than clay. You need good hard rock to grow a witch, believe me." [from The  Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett) - issues surrounding crystal mining - John Dee - spectrumly-inclined/s

In this 2 part episode we discuss magical correspondences, where the come from, how to use them, why we use them, and how you can fit them into your own magical practice building. Content Note: at approximately 1:02:15- 1:08:40 we start to discuss gender, alchemical correspondences, and the construction of homunculi, which historically involved questionable acts involving a dead cow. Listener beware. Notes: - Felix's tumblr: http://da-at-ass.tumblr.com/ - Cain/The Clan of Tubal Cain - Trash witch: A witch who does magic utilizing trash or by other means of reclaiming that which has been devalued. The PDX Witch Guild podcast folks are: Alex upthewitchypunx.tumblr.com Mary emonbalmgirl.tumblr.com Emrys blue-index.tumblr.com Felix da-at-ass.tumblr.com Bea violetwoolgathering.tumblr.com Esme youlooksosmall.tumblr.com Show Notes: - catalyst: a person or thing that precipitates an event or change - The Golden Dawn - O.T.O. = Ordo Templi Orientis - sympathetic magic - Sir James George Frazer & the Golden Bough

The Wrong Question Many Answers or why we are witches, not Wiccans. Come along for a trip down several practitioners witch-jectory of origin stories. Get to know some members of the guild, sources of our inspiration, and places that make Portland special to us.  Guild members in order of witch-jectory stories: -Emrys is a glitch witch, book hoarder, and herbalist. They tend to wear bright colored lipstick. blue-index.tumblr.com -Alex in an agnostic secular witch, friend of crows, shrine building enthusiast and puts witchy stuff on the internet at upthewitchypunx.tumblr.com (Gemini Sun, Leo Moon, Sagittarius rising) - Mary is a secular cottage witch who also loves to read, be silly, and make art. She blogs about witchcraft, among other things, at lemonbalmgirl.tumblr.com -Esme is a fictional character from the Discworld books, but also our resident witchbrarian and definitely not and orangatang. -Bea is currently out of the country on a secret mission and we think she is pretty neat. Find us on tumblr at pdxw