Join us for our chat with Fire Lyte, of Inciting a Riot, about his book A Dabbler's Guide to Witchcraft: Seeking an Intentional Magical Path. A book we can highly recommend for those entering today's Pagan community, and for those trying to explain today's Pagan community to possible new seekers, A Dabbler's Guide addresses everything from making up your own path to cultural sensitivity. We certainly had a lot of fun covering it all!

https://www.amazon.com/Dabblers-Guide-Witchcraft-Seeking-Intentional/dp/198217434X/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=A+Dabbler&qid=1624773216&sr=8-1

http://www.incitingariot.com/

If you aren't all booked up, and are ready for a thrill up your spine, then pick up this episode! Witches everywhere love books, but some struggle with how to use them. Did you know you don't have to read every book cover-to-cover, and commit everything in it to memory? Did you know there are ways to determine if a book is right for you? We love this topic so much, we're covering it in two volumes!

Betwixt and Between get cozy (as cozy as you can get on Zoom!) with Byron Ballard, "The Village Witch of Asheville." Delve into folklore, spiritual ancestry, Appalachian magic, and evolving modern-day Paganism as three Witches cackle about everything from book writing to menopause.

http://www.myvillagewitch.com/

https://mothergrove.org/

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=byron+ballard&i=stripbooks&ref=nb_sb_noss

Also mentioned:

https://calmatters.org/california-dream/2019/06/bethel-church-redding-california-modern-christian-culture/

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/mollyhensleyclancy/meet-the-young-saints-of-bethel-who-go-to-college-to

https://druidry.org/resources/brigid-survival-of-a-goddess

https://www.instituteofshamanismandcuranderismo.com/curandera-beliefs-in-a-nutshell/

Remember when you could travel to other states to visit friends, and stay in their houses? Remember when you could spend the day sitting around the same table with them, recording a podcast? We barely do, either, but then we found this episode! We've been hanging onto it since that magical era, and the time has come to release it!

Join Betwixt and Between as they talk about Alchemy with writer and alchemical enthusiast Bryson, who came down from the North with Glinda, oh those long, long months ago. What is alchemy? Is it the provenance of old white guys? How does it influence us today? Should you ever play with mercury? (Spoiler Alert: NO.)

In October we will return with more-or-less current recordings. Until then, be well!

Betwixt and Between continue their conversation about Hedges, physical and metaphysical. What are hedges for--to keep things out...or in? And what is our relationship to hedges in America? Why should this very European tradition have saliency for American Witches? Enjoy this further conversation about one of our favorite things!

In response to a listener request, Betwixt and Between talk pregnancy, childbirth, and newborns--real-life experiences and magical practices. Complete with interruptions from extant children!

A happy December and Season of Light to all. 

https://www.degruyter.com/downloadpdf/j/genst.2018.16.issue-1/genst-2018-0005/genst-2018-0005.pdf

https://hipporeads.com/fantasy-and-folklore-in-childbirth-narratives/

Happy Halloween, Blessed Samhain, and thank you for listening! Betwixt and Between revisit the concept of Witches Rest, talk about the current status of their Tradition, and generally find it hard to focus in the presence of the Witchlettes "being quiet."

Enjoy!

A real (ish) time recording! Betwixt and Between talk about Fall in their local environments and then share updates about their current lives and practices. Lots of changes have come down the proverbial pike!

Here are some links you may find useful while listening to this episode:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumac

https://www.thekitchn.com/inside-the-spice-cabinet-sumac-67042

https://www.seriouseats.com/2014/09/what-are-pawpaws-wild-fruit-midwest-how-to-prep-and-eat-pawpaws.html

https://www.american-duchess.com/ (They have a wonderful blog, podcast, and two amazing books!)

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEVpwIpE7PpD2rt1SGtAkJw (Living history from the perspective of a person of color)

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfIqCzQJXvYj9ssCoHq327g (How to Make Everything--a GREAT time no matter what you're interested in!)

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbH0Fj-R756TzpRohxfqKVA (Styling vintage--informative and fun)

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJI86v9et-IZd1KJSfahN8g (Cosplay and vintage style)

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSHtaUm-FjUps090S7crO4Q (An exceptional student of historical dress and a gifted seamstress--especially for great information on misconceptions of corsets!)

https://www.youtube.com/user/Morgandonner (For the SCA inclined)

What are your favorite books from young adulthood? And which of them included Witches? Join our conversation with Jacob Haller, our Intrepid Editor, that crosses over with his wonderful podcast, Love YA Like Crazy. We examine what YA is, our favorite examples of Witches in the books we loved (and still love), and (unfortunately) beard nipples.

Sigh.

Buckle up, Witches! We're going WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY back into the past to talk about the myth of, and evidence for, matrifocal culture and a "Goddess Worshipping Society." We just can't get enough of the Goddess talk! Instead of examining contemporary Triple Goddess praxis and belief, this time Betwixt and Between talk to their friend "Kit," a Witch who merges historical and archeological study with her magical path, about why the Goddess construct IS a positive thing, and where it actually may have come from historically.