Pagan Pyjama Party

Recorded live at the Beltane Fire Festival in Queensland, November 2019.Music this episode: Something Winged This Way Comes and Won’t Run Away by Robert Bloodwood.Theme Music: Matt ChapmanOther Music: Phasing MantisHANDY LINKS:Beltane Fire Festival: www.beltanefire.com.auQueensland Pagan Collective: www.facebook.com/qpcaustEryk Adish: www.etsy.com/shop/erykadish/

Josie, Sarah, Dean and Seumas kick off another season of the Pyjama Party with a bumper 2019 AWC Special.Music this episode: Step it out Mary by Spiral Dance - spiraldancetheband.comTheme music: Matt ChapmanHANDY LINKS:-- The Australian Wiccan Conference FB group: facebook.com/groups/wiccanconference- The Pagan Collective of Victoria: pagancollective.org - Gemma Gary: gemmagary.co.uk- Caroline Tully: necropolisnow.blogspot.com- Australian Magic Research Project: tasmagic.wordpress.com

The PCV turns five this month!Josie, Dean, Mark and Ash caught up at the Monthly Hills Coffee Meetup to look back at half a decade of Pagan community building, caffeine and kindness.Music this month is by Saltwater Taffy. This is our last episode for Season 1! We're going to take a short break for winter and will be back in your ears in early September (but keep a lookout for special Patreon content in the meantime!).

Recorded during and just after our time at this year's English Ale in South Australia, this episode features interviews with PAN President David Garland, UK Author and Druid Krisoffer Hughes, and UK Bard and Musician Dave Smith.Music this episode was Wild Man by Kacey Stephensen, My Town by Pete Titchener, Wicker Man by Spiral Dance and The Dreaming by Damh the Bard.This episode's cover photo by Kylie Moroney photography.Handy links:English Ale Facebook Page Damh the Bard Kristoffer Hughes Spiral Dance  Hot for Joe Morris Hedgemonkey Morris The Pagan Awareness Network 

Presentations and interviews recorded live at Melbourne Pagan Pride Day, 2019.  Featuring Sarah, Fran, Shaz, Elkie, Ryan, Dorian, Keegan, Dean, Ria, Mark and Josie.Music this episode was Child of Stone by Willow Darling.ASATRU/HEATHENRYLocal resources:- Melbourne Heathen MootOther resources:- Heathenry at BBC Religions: http://tiny.cc/lggu5y BRITISH TRADITIONAL WICCALocal resources:- Traditional Wicca for the Southern Hemisphere: http://tiny.cc/mliu5yOther resources:- Alexandrian Wicca, written by Alexandrian elders from around the world: http://tiny.cc/bhgu5y- Alexandrian Witchcraft: the Magic of Maxine & Alex Sanders: http://tiny.cc/iniu5y- Gardnerian Wicca Seekers and Initiates: http://tiny.cc/xoiu5y DRUIDRY (ADF)Local resources:- Silver Birch Grove ADF: http://tiny.cc/wqiu5y- Dancing Hare Protogrove, ADFOther resources:-

This month, Josie and Mark discussed public Paganism, impostor syndrome and Mark's brand new ADF Protogrove, Dancing Hare Protogrove, ADF. They also ate some cold chips they left in the car.Music this episode was Earthly By and By by Freya Josephine Hollick. 

We joined forces this month with Matt (Combined Covens Social Club), as well as Lee and Teneal (Sacred Radicals).Join us as we discuss the challenges and joys of being a millennial Pagan in Australia. Also ducks, inter-library loans, aesthetic vs authenticity and more!This month's music is Spark Archer by Mark with the Sea. 

We got together on New Year’s Day and looked back at all our Pagan shenanigans in 2018. We also looked at our current practice, and shared what we are looking forward to in 2019. Some of us almost fell asleep. Everybody drank a lot of tea.Music this episode was Little Red One by William Elm, from the album Between The Dawn and the Day. Hosts this episode: Josephine Winter, Mark Hills from Dancing Hare Grove, Ryan McLeod from Queer Pagan Men Australia and Witches of Oz, and Sarah Morgan and Seumas from The Pagan Collective of Victoria’s Monthly Hills Pagan Coffee Meets.We discussed these Pagan gatherings, groups and initiatives this episode:Combined Covens (Western Australia)Dancing Hare Grove (Victoria)Hot for Joe Morris (South Australia)Mount Franklin Pagan Gathering (Victoria)Oak, Smash and Thorn Pagan Morris (Victoria)Silver Birch Grove ADF (Victoria)Sovereigns of the Golden Path (Victoria)Spiral Dance (South Australia)The Australian Wiccan Conference (we will be hosting this in Victoria in 2019!)The English Ale (South Australia)The Monthly Hills Pagan Coffee Meets (Victoria)The Pagan Collective of Victoria (Victoria)…and here is a list of the books we talked about: The Bast novels by Rosemary EdghillTraditional Wicca: A Seeker’s Guide by Thorn MooneyThe Path of Paganism: An Experience-Based Guide to Pagan Practice by John BeckettThe Chronicles of the One trilogy by Nora RobertsA Discovery of Witches by Deborah HarknessDaughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini TaylorTake Three Girls by Simmone Howell, Cath Crowley and Fiona WoodBlood Song and the Raven’s Shadow series by Anthony RyanThe Kingkiller Chronicle and The Slow Regard of Silent Things by Patrick Rothfuss

 This month we share Josie's workshop on Pagan teaching and leadership, recorded at the Australian Wiccan Conference earlier this year. Music this month is by South Australian musician KC Guy. 

We flew to the other side of the country for the AWC in September and it was BRILLIANT. So much so that the night it finished we held off face-planting our beds until we'd recorded this.Guest: Michel MaroldMusic: Coming Home by David Rivett: www.davidrivettmusic.comTheme: Holly Boy and Ivy Girl by Matt ChapmanThis year's AWC was hosted by Combined Covens: www.facebook.com/combinedcovenssocialclub/Support the Pagan Collective of Victoria, the state's only non-profit Pagan networking and information group: www.patreon.com/pagancollective

This month we're joined by Sarah Morgan of the Belgrave Pagan Hillsmeets as we wrap up our bumper review of Thorn Mooney's Traditional Wicca: A Seeker's Guide, discussing covens, outer courts and more! Our featured song this month is by those gods of Pagan rock, Spiral Dance - spiraldance.com.au

Blast off! We begin our review of Thorn Mooney's Traditional Wicca: A Seeker's Guide, using it as an anchor for discussions on covens, initiation, lineage and hierarchy within a Traditional Wiccan framework along the way. This episode also includes spiffy music from Matt Chapman.