Down at the Crossroads

Hello and thank you once again for joining us down at the crossroads for some music, magick, and Paganism. Where witches gather for the sabbath, offerings are made, pacts are signed for musical fame and we cross paths with today’s most influential Pagans, occultists, and deep thinkers. I am your bewitching, bald headed, host Chris Orapello and tonight Tara and I Zoom with authors Thorn Mooney and Jason Mankey about covening and being witches during the Pandemic. Generational witchcraft. Internet drama and how so many of us seem to love it. Putting people on pedestals or thrones as the case may be. Issues with social media and more. This was a frank lively chat with a lot of great insight, and a bit of unbridled horsing around. So, hop on and giddy up to this latest installment that we hope you enjoy.

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Hello and thank you once again for joining us down at the crossroads for some music, magick, and Paganism. Where witches gather for the sabbath, offerings are made, pacts are signed for musical fame and we cross paths with today’s most influential Pagans, occultists, and deep thinkers. I am your bewitching, bald headed, host Chris Orapello and tonight Tara and I speak with author and Wandering Witch herself Natalie Zaman about her book Magical Destinations of the Northeast available from Llewellyn. As with all new guests, we learn about Natalie's background, how she found her path, and what ultimately inspired her book as we explore some of the locations she visited while researching and what she experienced while she was there. All in all, this was energetic conversation about reclaiming your local landscape and gaining a new perspective on the sites and landmarks of where you live.

Every state in America has sacred sites―places that change you, heal you, and make you feel alive. Magical Destinations of the Northeast details more than 300 spiritual destinations perfect for meditation, magic, and just plain fun. This hands-on guidebook also includes spells and rituals and provides tips for the magical uses of official state plants, flowers, gems, minerals, and trees. There are pockets of magic to be found everywhere―places that make you stop in your tracks as powerful energies speak to your soul. This book is filled with awe-inspiring destinations, featuring little-known gems, natural landscapes, and manmade creations, as well as Native American and African American heritage sites. With everything from witch’s temples to Druid circles, spiritualist communities to mysterious stones, this book will make your next trip a truly magical journey. - Magical Destinations of the Northeast (back cover)

Featured Songs:

• "Imbolc Song" by S.J. Tucker
• "After the Storm" by Wendy Rule
• "Wax Nostalgic" by Eliza Rickman
• "Free" by Omnia
• "Peace Tonight" by Elephant Revival
• "The Art of Magick" by Ralph Buckley
• "Silvitni" by Eivør
• "Burn Me Out" by S.J. Tucker

Links:

• Natalie Zaman.com
• "Magical Destinations of the Northeast" by Natalie Zaman
• "The Alchemist" by Paul Coelho
• "Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William Mckinley, And Me, Elizabeth" by E.L. Konigsburg
• World Wide Labyrinth Locator
• Genesis Farm
• Dog Chapel
• Dog Mountain
• Mount Rushmore
• Devil's Tower

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Hello and thank you once again for joining us down at the crossroads for some music, magick, and Paganism. Where witches gather for the sabbath, offerings are made, pacts are signed for musical fame and we cross paths with today’s most influential Pagans, occultists, and deep thinkers. I am your bewitching, bald headed, host Chris Orapello and tonight Tara and I meet with author, artist, alchemist, and leading authority on plants and herbal magick, Harold Roth to the discuss his new book The Witching Herbs: 13 Essential Plants and Herbs for Your Magical Garden, as well as his online store Alchemy Works which has been in business for over seventeen years. Along with our discussion we do an immense amount of laughing as we talk about his experiences with running a magickal business, his art, his thoughts on Andrew Chumbley as well as his thoughts regarding esoteric scholarship and the translation of older texts and manuscripts. Harold was a great guest and we certainly hope that you appreciate such an unexpected and enjoyable time as you learn another reason why we can't have nice things.

Harold Roth is a leading authority on plant/herbal magic. His new book, The Witching Herbs, is an in-depth exploration of 13 essential plants and herbs most closely associated with witchcraft―13 because it’s the witching number and reflects the 13 months of the lunar calendar. The plants are poppy, clary sage, yarrow, rue, hyssop, vervain, mugwort, wormwood, datura, wild tobacco, henbane, belladonna, and mandrake. - The Witching Herbs

Featured Songs:

• "Dove of Mine" by Eliza Rickman
• "Down to Sea" by Elephant Revival
• "Fire in the Head" by Sharon Knight
• "Frau Erde" by Faun
• "Scent of Your Skin" by Sharon Knight
• "Scarborough Faire" by Damh the Bard
• "Willow's Song" by The Familiars
• "Wytch's Brew" by Omnia

Links:

• Alchemy Works
• Harold Roth, Artist
• The Alchemist's Garden - Growing with the Spirits
• Harold Roth on Etsy

Hello and thank you once again for joining me down at the crossroads for some music, magick, and Paganism. Where witches gather for the sabbath, offerings are made, pacts are signed for musical fame and we cross paths with today's most influential Pagans, occultists, and deep thinkers. I am your bewitching, bald headed, host Chris Orapello and tonight we meet with beloved singer songwriter, pixie pirate, myth punk, folk rocker S.J. Tucker to talk about her new album Stolen Season, what went into the creation of it, as well as her music, the genus loci, some of her personal path, and her unexpected draw towards Hoodoo and Vodou. SJ is a great guest and we had a rather intense conversation that kind of broke my brain a little by the end of it.

In 2014, S. J. celebrated ten solid and joyful years of touring and performing. This year, she’s released a new album called Stolen Season, which explores her Mississippi Delta jazz and blues roots more than ever before. On her plate for the rest of 2015 are such treasures as a new illustrated book based on her Wendy & Peter Pan songs (with an album to follow), a myths-and-literature-inspired song collection called Stormchaser, a video game soundtrack, and a long-awaited follow-up to her spiritually focused Blessings album, called Rootless. - sjtucker.com

Featured Songs:

• "Willie O'Winsbury” by The Owl Service
• “Willow's Song” by The Familiars
• “Rain Down” by Ginger Doss
• “The Emerald Horizon” by Tara Rice
• “Birds and Stars” by Elephant Revival
• “The Battle of Evermore” by Finvarra
• “Dream of Mississippi” by S.J. Tucker
• “Stolen Season” by S.J. Tucker
• “La Sirene” by S.J. Tucker
• “Little Bird” by S.J. Tucker
• “Beetz in my Salad” by Big Bad Gina and S.J. Tucker
• “Rootless” by S.J. Tucker

Related Links

• Bandcamp.com - S.J. Tucker
• Chaz Kemp
• Big Bad Gina
• Dryad Tea
• Pandora Celtica

Related Videos

https://youtu.be/25RVEHgFofA

I love beets anyway, this song just makes them better!

https://youtu.be/02wicja4yek

Hello and thank you once again for joining me down at the crossroads for some music, magick, and Paganism. Where witches gather for the sabbath, offerings are made, pacts are signed for musical fame and we cross paths with today's most influential Pagans, occultists, and deep thinkers. I am your bewitching, bald, and no longer congested host Chris Orapello and tonight we meet with author, teacher, and blogger Shauna Aura Knight to discuss activism, how to get involved, and her experiences with being an activist. Shauna and I have a powerful and eye opening discussion as we put our ears to the ground about some hot button issues while I try extremely hard to not sound as congested as I was when I spoke with her. So, please forgive me for how I may sound in this episode. LOL

Featured Songs:

• "The Wicker Man" by Damh the Bard
• "Earth Warrior" by Omnia
• “Stones" by Tara Rice
• "Zeitgeist" by Faun
• "King" by Eluveitie
• "Stolen Season" by S.J. Tucker

Related Links

• ShaunaAuraKnight.com
• Shauna's Amazon.com Author Page
• PantheaCon
• Panganicon
• ConVocation
• Crystal Blanton
• Covenant of the Goddess
• Micro Agression via: Google
• White Privilege, Explained In One Simple Comic
• Pagan Activist: Shauna Aura Knight
• Smartest Man in the World Podcast
• "Bringing Race to the Table" (Immanion Press)