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

Further evidence of just how small a world it is: nestled here in my tiny rural valley, amongst the deer, the evergreen forests, and the bucolic mountain streams, is not just one Occult Podcaster, but two. Today I'm thrilled to sit down with that other Occult Podcaster in my yard with some tea, and share our chat with you. Robyn Valentine is a writer, teacher, "witchfluencer" (whether she likes it or not), and one of the hosts of the delightful Coffee & Cauldrons podcast. We talk about the moment witchcraft went from being a hobby to a practice for her, the trials and tribulations of giving tarot readings for a living, the role of the Witch in the dying process, and we discuss future plans to summon Bigfoot.  SHOW NOTES: Robyn's upcoming Tarot course Robyn's Website: tiredwitch.com Coffee & Cauldrons Podcast Order Robyn's Books @atiredwitch on IG  

I'm thrilled to share my recent chat with Malachas Ivernus. Malachas is an excellent Irish Poet, writer of magical fiction, and frequenter (if not an orphan) of the Otherworld. We explore the creativity inherent to operative magic, the spiritual gauntlet of initiation, and the dance of divine inspiration. If you haven't, you must check out Malachas' wonderful work over on Substack under: The Hollow Behind the Hearthstone.  SHOW NOTES: Malachas' Substack: The Hollow Behind the Hearthstone The Best thing Malachas has ever done: O Beautiful Ungovernable World Malachas' YouTube Channel: MalachasIvernus Malachas' Occult Thriller: Unreal City Malachas' Website: thehollowbehindthehearthstone.com Malachas on IG: @the_hedge_school  

This episode is a little different in all the best kinds of ways. I'm so happy to welcome back the delightful Joshua Cutchin to the show to chat about his fantastic new book, The Inverted Path. We go deep into the bizarre pan-paranormal phenomena we more colloquially call being "pixie-led," and its surprising manifestations from faerie folklore, to cryptid encounters, and UAP experiences. I also couldn't resist bringing back a previous guest, Celeste Mott, to join me for the Patreon portion of the chat, since I know Josh's work on so-called "fictional incursions" has been living rent-free in her head for a while now. To hear the full bonus portion of that conversation, you can join our Radical Elphame Patreon or Celeste's The Moth-Ur House Patreon.  SHOW NOTES: Josh's Website: joshuacutchin.com Get Josh's new book: The Inverted Path Josh's IG: w3eirdwayz Celeste's Site: celestemott.com Celeste's Substack: TheMothsMissives Celeste's Patreon: TheMoth-UrHouse Celeste on TikTok: @CelesteMoth Celeste on IG: @celestemott Celeste on YouTube: c/celestemott

Enjoy a Patreon preview of the second episode of The Imbas Transmissions. This time, we chat about the uncanny valley inherent to animistic encounter,  the witch as an agent of right-relation, and working with dead writers and magicians à la the frameworks described in the works of Dr. Alexander Cummins and the book Learning from Legendary Practitioners by Kadmus. 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

I'm thrilled to share this chat I recently had with the animist stone carver and author Dave Stone. We talk about his latest books, Dragons of the Deep and Faeries of the Celtic Realms, as well as the value of an animist ontology when crafting art with a medium from the landscape. In our bonus Patreon conversation, we explore the "Well of Segais" myth as a possible Gaelic creation story, and a gnostic consideration of the role of the well maidens in pan-Celtic lore.  SHOW NOTES:   Dave's Carvings: StoneMadCrafts Dragons of the Deep: Moon Books Faeries of the Celtic Realms: B&N Dave's Substack: Eternal Echoes Dave's IG: @stonemadcrafts