Radical Elphame

I'm excited to bring you my long-overdue chat with Frankie Castanea, aka Chaotic Witch Aunt. I recently finished their excellent book, Ancestral Magic, which really taps into a theme I feel runs through almost all of our episodes: the complex experience of living in diaspora and being called to engage meaningfully with the culture and spirituality of our ancestral homelands. Frankie tackles this complicated impulse with care and nuance and provides actionable approaches to not only venerate your ancestors, but actively work with them. We go into the ways in which practicing magic can help us embody our ancestry. The important role of diaspora as a doorway for the disconnected, and our own role in its evolution. We also chat about plants as living ancestors, and the religious impulse of heresy. Hopefully this will be the first of many chats we have with Frankie on the pod. For those who haven't been following along, I also have a new series up on our Foliate Head Substack called "Acid Witchcraft" that considers the meaning of the Witch, and why many of us feel called to embody them. In it, I go deep into the porous and amoral nature of right-relation, the possible spirit-led inspiration propelling the modern Witchcraft current, and the holistic impulse of dual-faith practices to jailbreak dogmatic monotheism. I think anyone who likes the conversations we have on this show would really dig what we have going on over on the Substack. Parts one and two are out now, and part three will be coming shortly.  And if you appreciate what we're doing on this show, please consider checking out the Radical Elphame Patreon. We have exclusive essays, extended interviews for every episode, and an exclusive Patreon-only podcast that we do in tandem with Chaise Levy of the Hagstone Podcast called The Imbas Transmissions. Stay spooky, everybody. SHOW NOTES: Frankie's Site: chaoticwitchcaunt.com Order Ancestral Magic Frankie's Shop: Chaotic Witch Aunt Frankie on IG: @chaoticwitchaunt Check Out Acid Witchcraft Radical Elphame on Patreon  

Enjoy a Patreon preview of the fifth episode of The Imbas Transmissions. This time, we sit down with mad poet, Malachas Ivernus, to talk about the various forms of insanity (and which ones are most magically viable), recount some of our own experiences in chapel perilous, and hear about "Imbas" from the mouth of a bona fide Irishman. You can receive full episodes of The Imbas Transmissions by joining the Radical Elphame or Chaise Levy Storyteller on Patreon, or Chaise's Inspiration, Move Me Brightly Substack. Malachas' Substack: The Hollow Behind the Hearthstone Malachas' YouTube Channel: MalachasIvernus Malachas' Occult Thriller: Unreal City Malachas' Website: thehollowbehindthehearthstone.com Malachas on IG: @the_hedge_school Radical Elphame Patreon Chaise's Patreon Chaise's Substack: Inspiration, Move Me Brightly The Hagstone Podcast Theme Song: "Move it" by Dunham Artwork by Anthony Quinn

I'm excited to welcome Morgan Daimler back to the show. We settle into the Autumnal season with an appropriately spooky conversation about the globe-spanning phenomenon of "The Wild Hunt," and speak about their upcoming release on the Irish Goddess Macha. We explore the complex constellations of triplicities within the Irish Pantheon, and Morgan shares some of their UPG surrounding The Morrigan sisters and their complementary magical roles.  SHOW NOTES:  Morgan's Books: Author Page The Fairy Courts: Moon Books Feed the Fairies Podcast: Spotify Link Morgan's Patheos Blog: Patheos Pagan Morgan's Classes: Irish Pagan School Morgan's Instagram: @morgandaimler

I'm excited to usher in the Fall season and share this fascinating conversation that I recently had with Amanda D. Paulson of Pretty Fn Spooky fame. We chat about her novel approaches to ghost hunting, born out of her mediumship abilities and Witchcraft practice, and when a ghost might actually be something more. We also go deep on her Paranormal Emotive Touchpoint theory, which explores the roles of nostalgia, déjà vu, liminality, and synchronicity in our encounters with the Other.    SHOW NOTES:   prettyfnspooky.com @prettyfnspooky on IG The Lady of the Lake Documentary

Enjoy a Patreon preview of the fourth episode of The Imbas Transmissions. This time, we chat about initiation as a translator of the ineffable, the perennial influence of Austin Osman Spare well beyond chaos magic, and ergodic literature as Imbas transmission. You can receive full episodes of The Imbas Transmissions by joining the Radical Elphame or Chaise Levy Storyteller on Patreon, or by subscribing to Chaise's Inspiration, Move Me Brightly Substack. Radical Elphame Patreon Chaise's Patreon Chaise's Substack: Inspiration, Move Me Brightly The Hagstone Podcast Theme Song: "Move it" by Dunham