Books and Broomsticks

Follow ChaoticWitchAunt and MattHatterPlays today as they chat about what each of their practices look like now vs back in the day! (Disclaimer Matt has drastically changed his work schedule and Frankie had a injured foot so this episode is a little more LOFI in vibe.)

Join the co-hosts as they discuss the changing of the seasons, deity work with the seasons, and more about tuning in to the world around you and utilizing it in your practice.

Join Matt and Frankie and guest Madame Pamita as they talk about Ukrainian magic, history, practice, and more in this episode of Books and Broomsticks.

Join Matt and Frankie as they discuss the importance of academic articles, sourcing and reading academic articles, and more in this episode of Books and Broomsticks.

Join Matt and Frankie as they discuss creating incense and the importance of smell. They chat about everything from gathering materia to favorite smells and even share a couple recipes for you to try if you wanted.

Join Matt and Frankie as they discuss malocchio, jettature, fatture, and other maledizioni as well as whether or not it's appropriate to utilize these spells within the context of the folk magic.

Join Matt and Frankie as they welcome their newest guest, The Death Witch of Death Witch Oils, to discuss oil crafting and crafting other magical items.

Join Matt and Frankie on their second r/Witch episode, discussing land spirits, the term "baby witch", if technology attracts negativity, and more.

Join Matt and Frankie as they welcome back Hoodoo Moses to talk about High John the Conqueror root, the story of High John, working with roots, and more.

Find Hoodoo Moses:

https://www.hoodoomoses.com/

https://www.instagram.com/hoodoomoses/?hl=en

Join Matt and Frankie as they discuss disability-friendly witchcraft as two disabled folks.

Join Matt and Frankie as they discuss their favorite witchy movies, least favorite, and everything in between.

Join Matt and Frankie as they welcome their newest guest, Lisa Fazio of the Root Circle, to discuss Italian American Folk Medicine in the newest installment of their Regional Folk Magic series. 

Join Matt and Frankie as they dive into the r/Witch subreddit and dole out advice for three particular questions.

Join Matt and Frankie as they discuss burnout and how it affects our practices.

Join Matt and Frankie as they talk to Jewitches for the next installment of their Regional Folk Magic series! 

Find Jewitches:

Website: https://www.jewitches.com/

Blog: https://www.jewitches.com/blog

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jewitches/?hl=en and https://www.instagram.com/shopjewitches/?hl=en

Join Matt and Frankie as they discuss the next installment in their Unexpected Entities series, Saint Guinefort, the Greyhound Saint!

Join Matt and Frankie as they welcome Warrior Witch Nike to discuss all things astrology for a very special Books and Broomsticks After Dark episode. Do you know what void of course moon is? We certainly don't!

Join Matt and Frankie as they celebrate the one year anniversary of the birth of Books and Broomsticks, as well as discuss New Year's Eve & Day magic for the masses!

Join Matt and Frankie as they discuss the differences between Yule, the Winter Solstice, and Christmas, talk about their winter holiday plans, and give an answer to the age-old question: Can pagans celebrate Christmas?

Join Matt and Frankie as they discuss pet magic, including Saints ruling over pets, spells with your pets, and more! 

Join Matt and Frankie as they welcome their newest guest, Mx Keshav Kant Even, to discuss meditation 101. Tune in to hear them discuss their definitions of meditation, meditation in the Western world versus Dharmic faiths, starting meditation, and more.

Find Mx Kant Even:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/mxkanteven

Website: https://www.mxkanteven.com/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mxkanteven/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/MxKantEven/

Join Matt and Frankie as they welcome Dr Angela Puca to discuss the tradition of Segnature, Italian witchcraft and folk magic, and more.

Find Dr Puca:

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPSbip_LX2AxbGeAQfLp-Ig

The Tradition of Segnature: https://jisasr.files.wordpress.com/2020/03/the-tradition-of-segnature-underground-indigenous-practices-in-italy-pdf.pdf

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/angela_symposium/?hl=en

Join Matt and Frankie as they discuss entities that people don't usually think to work with, or "Unexpected Entities" for short. Have an entity you feel is unexpected? Let us know on Twitter or Instagram!

Join Matt and Frankie as they welcome Fonzie and Ryan, co-hosts of the Red Text podcast, to discuss folk Catholicism.

Listen to the Red Text: https://open.spotify.com/show/3iBuU4BZ390BiSrfTna58n

Find Fonzie: https://www.instagram.com/witchilumicente/

Find Ryan: https://www.instagram.com/themestizomystic/?hl=en

Join Matt and Frankie as they discuss a nuanced and hot button topic - is folk magic witchcraft?

Join Matt and Frankie as they welcome their newest guest, Ji Hae aka NeoMudang, to discuss Korean folk magic & Shamanism. Tune in to hear them talk about toilet goddesses, toenail goblins, hungry ghost offerings, and more.

Join Matt and Frankie as they discuss misconceptions of ingredients, such as rosemary, lemons, jars, and getting creative with your spells.

Join Matt and Frankie as they debut their second Haunted Items episode on Annabelle the doll, including backstory, ideas on cursed items, and their hot takes on the Warrens.

Join Matt and Frankie as they welcome A Heart Witch for their next episode of Regional Folk Magic. Tune in as they discuss German vs Germanic, the roots of German folk magic, some German American traditions, and how to start connecting and practicing German folk magic.

Join Matt and Frankie as they discuss starting spirit work, relationships with spirits, ideas around spirits, practical things to help you begin spirit work, and more.

Join Matt and Frankie as they welcome Eoin an Cailleach as their guest to discuss Irish Folk Magic as the second installment of their Regional Folk Magic series! Tune in to hear them chat about the Sidhe (the Fair Folk), “Celtic” deities and pantheons, An Morrigan versus Na Morrigna, the importance of politics in Irish folk magic, and Catholicism in Irish folk magic.

Welcome to Books and Broomsticks After Dark, Episode 2 - F*ck, Marry, Kill with Cryptids.

Disclaimer: This video is purely for entertainment purposes. Bestiality is bad and not tolerated by our podcast. Please do not take this episode seriously and seek out any of the listed cryptids (except for maybe Mothman) to f*ck.

Join Matt and Frankie as they welcome their guest, Vlasta of @gentleheartsunite to discuss Slavic folk magic and witchcraft. Tune in to hear them talk about Rasputin, village witchcraft, domovoys, and more.

Sources mentioned by Vlasta:

The Bathhouse at midnight by W.F. Ryan

The World of Russian village Women by Laura J. Olson and Svetlana Adonyeva

Join Matt and Frankie as they dedicate an episode to owls - the folklore of owls, the usage of symbols of bad luck as protective charms, the civette and the guffo, the Guardians of Ga’hoole, and more.