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Episode 8: The Northern Tradition

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Episode 8: The Northern Tradition
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In this episode we explore the Northern Tradition with guest host Galina Krasskova.  Topics covered include:

  • Racism in the Northern Tradition
  • Being owned by a deity
  • Honoring the Ancestors
  • Anthropology
  • Exploration of our roots
  • Ritual

Galina Krasskova’s website

Galina’s books on Amazon

Exploring the Northern Tradition

 

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Episode 7: The Wicca Show

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Episode 7: The Wicca Show
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Basics of Wicca

  • what is it
  • short history
  • duotheistic
  • magic and spellcraft
  • cycle of the year (8 sabbats, 13 esbats)

Notable groups
Outer court and Inner court
Focus on the God and Goddess as the Yin and Yang priciple

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Episode 6: Sexuality and Paganism

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Episode 6: Sexuality and Paganism
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Talking about sex and paganism

not spending a lot of time on sex magick

Perception of promiscuity

  • leftover from “free love” of the 70’s
  • Not so much now as was then
  • Reaction to Victorian mores
  • Reaction to patriarchy/rape culture
  • Feminism and Dianic outgrowth of that  Z. Budapest transphobia
  • Charge of the Goddess
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Episode 5: The Samhain Show

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Episode 5: The Samhain Show
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  1. History
    • High Mortality, Short Life-Spans
    • Seasonal Cycles of Abundance and Lack, Annual Culling of Herds in Preparation for Winter Months
    • All Cultures Prepared the Dead, Left Offerings, etc.
    • Beliefs in the Afterlife
  2. Enter Christianity
    • Tendency to absorb pre-existing festivals and traditions
    • All Saints’ moved from early summer
    • All Souls’ added to honour the “average Joes”
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Episode 4: Myths of Paganism

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Episode 4: Myths of Paganism
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Tonight’s episode are about the Myths of Paganism, ones that stay around for years and years.

  • The Necronomicon is a powerful book
  • Ouija boards will take over your soul
  • If you read tarot cards for yourself you will lock in that future
  • Atlantis was a real place
  • Bigfoot LIVES!!!
  • The Pyramids, the statues on Easter Island, and Stonehenge were built by aliens
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Episode 3: Dealing with Divinity

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Episode 3: Dealing with Divinity
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In this episode Joy talks about her experiences working with Deities and with other astral entities.

  • These relationships are actually relationships
  • You have to work on a positive relationship with a deity
  • You have to talk to them, and listen to them
  • They are NOT caricatures
  • Mythology
  • Believe the UPG
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Episode 2: Ritual

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Episode 2: Ritual
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In this episode of Magical Musings, Brian and Joy talk about ritual, the structure of most rituals, meditation and the fact that meditation is a ritual in an of itself, personal ritual and various aspects touching on ritual.

Brian’s Tumblr  http://cosmic-rebirth.tumblr.com

Joy’s Tumblr  http://wide-worlds-joy.tumblr.com

Neopagan Ritual by Isaac Bonewits http://amzn.to/18TBuVs

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Episode 1: Site Opening and Druidism

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Episode 1: Site Opening and Druidism
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Tonight’s discussion was on Druidsm and Druidry

  • history
  • Druidism and druidry
  • what we do know
  • students 20 years
  • bards ovates brehons and druid
  • RDNA/OBOD/ADF/Keltria
  • Bardic info (real bards)
  • magic and divination
  • sacrifices
  • triune thought

Also there was all the standard Brian and Joy segues into various other topics that touch on all this.

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Magick Mondays ep 1

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Magick Mondays ep 1
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The inagural episode of Magical Musings, talking about your Book of Rituals and your Book of Journaling.  Whatever you call it, here’s where you will find Joy’s and Brian’s thoughts on the topic.

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