Brian Johnson comes by to talk about his translation of excerpts of manuscript Plut. 89 sup. from the Medici library. We get into spirit conjuration, translation, necromancy, and more. We also have a plague magic minute from right here in New York City (Mets!). 

To learn more about Brian and his work go to https://twitter.com/JohBri and his website https://bjohnsonfreelance.com/

and to preorder his book, Necromancy in the Medici Library: An Edition and Translation of Excerpts from Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, MS Plut. 89 sup. 38, go to https://www.hadeanpress.com/shop/necromancy-in-the-medici-library

(also that essay of his about spirit possession that I bring up is available here: https://godsandradicals.org/2016/05/23/revolutionary-spirits-and-occult-strategies-of-resistance/)

To support the show go to patreon.com/witchhassle

to yell at me, go to twitter.com/cooperwilhelm

Music for this episode was adapted from Monkey Warhol's Stolen Moments under the auspices of: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

022 - Brian Johnson

In a very special episode, astrologers Corbin Dewitt and Claire Comstock-Gay (Madame Clairevoyant) come on the program to talk about getting into astrology, the Sagittarian alter ego, pain points, and more.

You can learn more about Claire Comstock-Gay at https://clairecomstockgay.com/ and you should definitely follow her on twitter (https://twitter.com/MmeClairevoyant) and instagram (https://www.instagram.com/clairecomstockgay/)

You can learn more about Corbin Dewitt at https://corbindewitt.com/ and you should definitely follow her on twitter (https://twitter.com/corbin_dewitt) and instagram (https://www.instagram.com/corbindewitt/)


Our theme music was performed by Sebastian Bäverstam and recorded by Edvard Lee.

023 - Astrology with Corbin Dewitt & Claire Comstock-Gay (Madame Clairevoyant)

Andrew Watt pops on to talk about astrological cycles; the idea of planets ruling periods of history as it appears in the Arbatel of Magick (Arbatel De Magia Veterum); the time he did magic to win the lottery; and your friend, his friend, and mine, Mercury, patron god of podcasters. 

You can learn more about Andrew and what he's up to at https://andrewbwatt.com/ and at https://www.etsy.com/shop/WatermountainStudio?ref=hdr_shop_menu


A PDF of Robert Turner's 1655 translation of the Arbatel is available here: http://www.chaosmatrix.org/library/books/arbatel/arbatel.pdf and Joseph H. Peterson's translation is available on his site here: http://www.esotericarchives.com/solomon/arbatel.htm

If you want to support the show, by all means head over to patreon.com/witchhassle. If you want to yell at me, do so on twitter @cooperwilhelm where I will either agree with your searing criticism or respond with a picture of Wham! singer George Michael.

024 - Andrew B. Watt and Mercury

Frank Klaassen and Sharon Hubbs Wright stop by to talk about their new book, The Magic of Rogues: Necromancers in Early Tudor England and there's a plague magic minute from someone named named Martin Martin. 

To grab a copy of Magic of Rogues, head over to: https://www.psupress.org/books/titles/978-0-271-08929-4.html

You can find William Neville's The Castle of Pleasure here: https://www.otago.ac.nz/english-linguistics/tudor/nevillecaspleas18475.html

You can find A Description of the Western Islands of Scotland... here: https://archive.org/details/descriptionofwes00mart/page/248/mode/2up

And to help people in Gaza, consider donating to these organizations:

https://www.islamicreliefcanada.org/emergencies/palestine/
https://www.pcrf.net/
https://www.map.org.uk/donate/donate

Our show image comes from Samuel G. Szábo’s Rogues, A Study of Characters (1857).

025 - The Magic of Rogues with Frank Klaassen and Sharon Hubbs Wright

Astrologer, Necromancer, and saint of Saturn, Sasha Ravitch pops by to talk about astrology and necromancy, the dark side of ancestor work, and Lacan. The conversation continues in the patreon bonus where we talk about who magic is for and Sasha developing a relationship with your friend and mine Saturn. 

Learn more about Sasha here:
sasharavitch.com
Instagram.com/sasharavitch
sasha.ravitch@gmail.com
https://linktr.ee/sasha.ravitch
patreon.com/sasharavitch

The zine she curated from an anonymous who's who of occultists is available for free here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1I-09zSg0f_0Xdu4KosvL1ILVNZQF8bl4?fbclid=IwAR28LYeOIwcxfUwRj7V2qiulyFq4aQ6780YooPp3QNPc1fpQQOhytl0dZ-w

and that article I mention is Billow's Relational Variations of the "Container-Contained": https://www.researchgate.net/publication/275185525_Relational_Variations_of_the_Container-Contained

028 - Sasha Ravitch

The wonderful Dr. Stephen Skinner talks about the Ars Notoria, a grimoire of visual magic and rapid learning. You can learn more about Stephen Skinner here: http://www.sskinner.com/.

and you can learn more about the two volumes of the Ars Notoria that he published here: http://www.sskinner.com/books2.htm#arsnotoria and here: http://www.sskinner.com/books2.htm#arsnotoriamethod

As always, head over to patreon.com/witchhassle to support the show and get even more witchhassle.

029 - Dr. Stephen Skinner and the Ars Notoria

Dr. Amina Inloes and J. M. Hamade come to talk about their fabulous new edition of al-Buni's Shams al-Ma'arif (the Sun of Knowledge). We get into jinn, necromancy, and more. Hear the full conversation (which has lunar mansions, poetry, and more) on the patreon.

Buy the book here: https://revelore.press/publications/sun-of-knowledge-shams/

Check out the book's twitter here: https://twitter.com/arabic__magic/

And its instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/arabic__magic/

Learn more about Dr. Amina Inloes here:

https://twitter.com/AminaInloes

Learn more about J. M. Hamade here: 

https://jmhamade.com/About

https://www.instagram.com/starnightdwell/

031 - Shams al-Ma'arif (the Sun of Knowledge)with Dr. Amina Inloes and J. M. Hamade

The wonderful Britta Ager comes by to talk about her new book, The Scent of Ancient Magic. We get into many uses for scent in magic and religious practice, and the importance of this undervalued sense. For the full conversation (and other bonus content) pop over to patreon.com/witchhassle

The book is available here: https://www.press.umich.edu/10082698/scent_of_ancient_magic

And you can learn more about Professor Ager here:

https://twitter.com/BrittaAger
https://asu.academia.edu/BrittaAger
https://hcommons.org/members/brittaager/

She recommends:

Radcliffe G. Edmonds III, Drawing Down the Moon
Lindsay C. Watson, Magic in Ancient Greece and Rome
Daniel Ogden, Magic, Witchcraft, and Ghosts in the Greek and Roman Worlds: A Sourcebook
Hans Dieter Betz, ed. The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation
John Gager, ed. Curse Tablets and Binding Spells from the Ancient World

Also check out Abortion Action Front: https://www.aafront.org/
and those panels I mentioned:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvLjjxQn5PcnyFHW0Ac7OPE1DTg9F91an

032 - Britta Ager and The Scent of Ancient Magic

In a new installment of the Altared States series, Gabriela Herstik talks about Venus, Babalon, Isis, and the Goddess of Love and Lust.

Gabriela's new book, Sacred Sex: The Magick and Path of the Divine Erotic, is available here: https://bookshop.org/books/sacred-sex-the-magick-and-path-of-the-divine-erotic/9780593421659

You can learn more about Gabriela Here:
https://www.gabrielaherstik.com/
https://www.instagram.com/gabyherstik/
https://twitter.com/GabyHerstik

Want more? Listen to the full version of the episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/70746839

Venus playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4gOnA9vvQnG6NnrUFvUK3A?si=4351e52f7ec44cbd

A list of mutual aid groups supporting trans people is available here:
https://translifeline.org/resource/mutual-aid-funds-public-assistance/


What Lenin Teaches Us About Witchcraft is available here:
https://www.e-flux.com/journal/100/268602/what-lenin-teaches-us-about-witchcraft/


You can sign the Trader Joe's petition here:
https://p2a.co/PN3k0Fq


Also, I saw this tweet abut desire before the interview and the notion was floating in my head so I am citing it here: https://twitter.com/witchkingcooper/status/1553123169111769088?s=20&t=rxECSpxUlEgwDRhc_xrN4Q



Photo Credit: Alexandra Herstik instagram.com/alexyael

034 - Altared States Series Venus: Gabriela Herstik & the Goddess of Love and Lust

William A. Calvo-Quirós talks about his new book, Undocumented Saints: The Politics of Migrating Devotions. We get into vernacular sainthood, cross-border religiosity, and dynamics of power. You can learn more about the book here: www.UndocumentedSaints.com. 

You can also learn more about William A. Calvo-Quirós here: www.barriology.com.

Hear the full episode at patreon.com/witchhassle.

035 - Undocumented Saints with William A. Calvo-Quirós

Priestess, reader, and magical maker Cydney Gray (Lady Malandra / Rose da Rua) pops by to talk about Care Bear magic, making Maries, moving to New Orleans as a magical person, and more. 

You can find her on instagram @rosedarua, on the internet at rosedarua.com, and on etsy at etsy.com/shop/RoseDaRua

036 - Care Bear Magic with Cydney Gray

Hoodoo Moses comes on to talk about Hoodoo, the Archangel Michael, and much more. 

Check out his kickstarter campaign for a magickal makerspace here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hoodoomoses/holy-mountain-magickal-makerspace

And his other sites here: https://linktr.ee/hoodoomoses

And of course, check him out on instagram @hoodoomoses.


Photo by @thinstring on instagram

037 - Hoodoo Moses

In another installment of the Altared States Series, things get lunar with Saul Mondriaan (twitter.com/saul_mondriaan). 

As with each of these planetary interviews, there's also a planetary playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1B6wpkTS3gxNccKiH3zZbk?si=7c368fb6eab84831 

And in a correction: The anarchist pamphlet I mention is called At Daggers Drawn, and the back actually reads "The secret is to really begin . . ."

038 - Altared States Series the Moon: Saul Mondriaan and the Big Eye of Night

Austin Fuller comes on to talk about his new book, Conjuring The Witching Shade: And Other Necrosophic Rites. We get into details of the dead and it's good Florida fun. 

Grab the book here: https://www.banexbramble.com/product-page/conjuring-the-witching-shade-booklet

Learn more about Austin at https://www.banexbramble.com/ and on twitter (@banexbramble) and instagram (@banexbramble).

039 - Austin Fuller and the Rites of Necrosophy

Ariana Serpentine pops on to talk about her new book, Sacred Gender, which explores gender identity and the sacred. 

Grab the book here: https://www.llewellyn.com/product.php?ean=9780738771342
And you can learn more about Ariana and what she's up to at:
https://serpentandtree.com
https://twitter.com/ASerpentNine
https://www.facebook.com/people/Ariana-Serpentine/100063635197348/

Information on helping folks who work at Club Q is available here: https://twitter.com/UnluckyBanshee/status/1595906807502774272?s=20&t=-GTxEuetPkoWpIe9eD69dA

040 - Ariana Serpentine and Sacred Gender

Returning Witchhassle champion Sarah Lyons pops by to talk about her new book, How to Study Magic: History, Lore, and Building Your Own Practice. We get into magic, community, and wrangling with history.
 
Buy the book here: https://www.runningpress.com/titles/sarah-lyons/how-to-study-magic/9780762479207/
Learn more about Sarah here: https://sarah-lyons.com/
and here: https://www.instagram.com/citymystic/
and here: https://twitter.com/_sarah_lyons_
 
 
 
Listeners Note: Maybe it was two flights, not three.

041 - Sarah Lyons and How to Study Magic

Jove Spucchi chats about their Mars practice, Mars remediation, non-toxic masculinity, and more.
 
You can learn more about Jove here: https://www.spucchi.com/
Also here: https://twitter.com/JoveSpucchi
Also here: https://instagram.com/spucchi

Note: It has come to my attention that in the episode I misgender Jove, whose pronouns are they/them. My sincere  apologies to Jove!

042 - Altared States Series Mars: Jove Spucchi and Big Red

Texas hoodoo man Professor Charles Porterfield pops by to share his wisdom and get down to specifics about hoodoo, conjuration, materia, and his life. It's great stuff. The full interview, clocking in at nearly four hours, is available at patreon.com/witchhassle

Learn more about the Professor and avail yourself of his services here: http://www.professorporterfield.com/

And check him out here: https://www.instagram.com/prof.porterfield/

That pamphlet I mention is available here: https://drive.google.com/drive/mobile/folders/1I-09zSg0f_0Xdu4KosvL1ILVNZQF8bl4?usp=gmail

043 - Professor Charles Porterfield

McCalla Ann, reader and host of SaturnVox, pops by to talk about the Old Guy. It's a r.i.p.-roaring good time. 



Learn more about McCalla here: https://www.saturnvox.com/

and here: https://www.instagram.com/saturnvox/

and here: https://twitter.com/SaturnVox

and here: https://www.facebook.com/SaturnVox/

and listen to the SaturnVox podcast here: https://anchor.fm/saturnvox



There is also a planetary playlist for getting into Saturnal moods and mindsets here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3YGEwXzAMYLZJRoDlXfrDg?si=9e557c133f6e4608

044 - Altar'd States Series Saturn: McCalla Ann (the SaturnVox) and a Penny for the Old Guy

T. Susan Chang comes on to talk about her new book, The Living Tarot: Connecting the Cards to Everyday Life for Better Readings. We get into tarot and ritual, and making meaning rather than just receiving it. 

Buy The Living Tarot here: https://www.llewellyn.com/product.php?ean=9780738772257

Learn more about T. Susan Chang and her work here: https://www.tsusanchang.com/

here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/Tarotista

here: https://twitter.com/tsusanchang

and here: https://www.instagram.com/tsusanchang/



You can also get tickets to my upcoming talk on bibliomancy here: https://www.thecauldronblack.com/event-details/diviners-on-divining-bibliomancy-with-cooper-wilhelm

045 - T. Susan Chang and the Living Tarot

White Rose Witching comes on to talk about necromancy, working with queer ancestors, and the relationship between activism and spirituality. There's also a manner of cursing in there for good measure. 



You can learn more about White Rose Witching here: 

Website: https://www.whiterosewitching.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whiterosewitching

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/white.rose.witching/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/WRWitching

Bookshop.org Storefront: https://bookshop.org/shop/whiterosewitching



You can grab tickets to my June 9th class on book-based divination here: https://www.thecauldronblack.com/event-details/diviners-on-divining-bibliomancy-with-cooper-wilhelm



And you can donate to For the Gworls here: https://www.forthegworls.party/donate



Also the full version of that ACT UP  video is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfs2jFMsuB4





White Rose Witching/Ron Padrón (he/him/his) is a gay Cuban-American folk witch from the swamps of Florida now living in the mid-Atlantic with his husband and their small cryptid dog. He has been a member of the pagan community for two decades with specific interests in divination, Queer Ancestor veneration and necromancy, hedge witchery, and social justice activism. He is the creator of White Rose Witching through which he manages a blog sharing Queer Ancestor Spotlights and rituals, and hosts workshops across a variety of topics. He has presented at the Salem Witchcraft and Folklore Festival on spiritual activism, locally at Hallowed Homecoming discussing working with Queer Ancestors, and as a guest speaker for local pagan groups, historic sites, and small museums discussing colonial witchcraft politics and queer history.

046 - White Rose Witching

Today on the program, scholar and poet Paul Robichaud pops on to talk about Pan, that king of the satyrs, that piper in the dappled light of pine forests. 

You can grab Professor Robichaud's book Pan: the Great God's Modern Return here: https://bookshop.org/p/books/pan-the-great-god-s-modern-return/18911306?ean=9781789146905

You can learn more about Professor Robichaud here:
https://www.albertus.edu/about-us/our-faculty/faculty-profile.php?pname=paul-robichaud

and here: https://twitter.com/PaulJRobichaud

47 - Paul Robichaud and the Great God Pan

Christopher Warnock comes on to talk about De Quindecim Stellis: The Comprehensive Translations of Hermes on the Fifteen Fixed Stars (with Regulus Hess). 

In part 1 of this deep dive interview, I subject Warnock to listener questions from people who actually know things about astrology. 

In part 2 (available at patreon.com/witchhassle) I subject Warnock to my own questions about the brass tacks of how talismans work and are generated.  

You can learn more about Christopher Warnock here: https://www.renaissanceastrology.com/

and here: https://www.youtube.com/@renaissanceastrology

Grab the book here: https://bookshop.org/p/books/de-quindecim-stellis-the-comprehensive-translations-of-hermes-on-the-fifteen-fixed-stars-christopher-warnock/19362028?ean=9781387489718

and donate to humanitarian efforts in Palestine here: https://www.pcrf.net/
and here: https://www.anera.org/where-we-work/palestine/gaza/
and here: https://www.palestinercs.org/donation/

048 - Christopher Warnock and De Quindecim Stellis

Aidan Wachter, talismanic jeweler and author Six Ways: Approaches & Entries for Practical Magic, pops in to talk magical techniques, dirt magic, spiritual allies, magical jewelry, and more. There's also a Plague Magic Minute with what I think is marimba music?

For more on Aidan go to:
http://www.aidanwachter.com/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/817003871775078/
https://twitter.com/silfrsmith
https://www.instagram.com/aidan.wachter/

Also I used on incipits but didn't mention is available here: https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-artifacts/artifacts-and-the-bible/ancient-amulets-with-incipits/

Our theme music is performed by Sebastian Bäverstam and recorded by Edvard Lee.

011 - Aidan Wachter

Philosopher and Magician Kadmus pops in to talk about his dynamic reimagining of necromancy. We also talk about politics, mutual aid, and his book, True to the Earth: Pagan Political Mythology.

To learn more about Kadmus go to:
https://twitter.com/StarandSystem
http://starandsystem.blogspot.com/
https://www.facebook.com/people/Kadmus-Herschel/100014974535439

and to buy True to the Earth:
https://abeautifulresistance.org/shop-1/true-to-the-earth-pagan-political-theology-by-kadmus

And to get Sam Van Aken's livestream, which is APRIL 26TH SO COMING RIGHT UP, go to :https://greenthumb.nycgovparks.org/gardenevents.html?qs=2020/04/26/open-orchard-school-pruning-an-overgrown-fruit-tree

012 - Kadmus and Necromancy as Katabasis

In a Patreon-only minisode, I talk to Wren Collier about the Trithemian Table of Practice he built  Francis Barrett’s The Magus. We also talk about sorcery and aliens. Here's a little snippet. If you want to hear the whole thing right this instant, go Patreon.com/Witchhassle and become a patron at the Leopold I level.

Teaser - Wren Collier Built a Trithemian Table of Practice

Catherine Diedrich of Quadrivium Supplies comes to chat about making magical oils, tables of correspondence, ancestor work, and her new project around making magical basics more accessible for the new kids. You can and should learn more at:

https://twitter.com/quadrivii
https://www.instagram.com/quadrivii/
http://www.blog.quadrivium-supplies.com/
http://www.magicalbasics.net/
http://www.magicalbasics.net/origins-of-tables-of-correspondence/

015 - Quadrivium Supplies (feat. Catherine Diedrich)

Magician and esoteric researcher David Rankine pops by to talk about his new book, Sepher Yetzirah Magic: Magic and Meditations derived from the first and greatest Qabalistic Work. We also get into divination and meditation and it's a good old time. 

To learn more about David Rankine and his esoteric scholarship, go to https://davidrankine.com/ and you can pre-order the new book at https://www.hadeanpress.com/news/2020/9/24/pre-orders-open-for-sepher-yetzirah-magic-by-davind-rankine

017 - David Rankine and Sepher Yetzirah Magic

It's Halloween and Witchhassle is off to the graveyard with Mat Hadfield to talk about his new book, A Wondrous Spell: Necromancy in the PGM. We get into necromancy, a three-worlds cosmology, magical adaptations and substitutions, and animism. 

To pick up his book, go to https://www.hadeanpress.com/shop/a-wondrous-spell-necromancy-in-the-pgm

Mat also recommends the work of Jake Stratton-Kent (https://scarletimprint.com/jake-strattonkent / https://www.hadeanpress.com/shop/magnus-dictus) and An Excellent Booke of the Arte of Magicke from Phil Legard & Alexander Cummins (https://scarletimprint.com/publications/an-excellent-booke)

You can also check out the two facebook groups Mat moderates, Ceremonial Magic School (https://www.facebook.com/groups/1533348820298200/) and Goetia and Grimoire Magic (https://www.facebook.com/groups/233071691315077/)

018 - Mat Hadfield, Necromancy, and the PGM

Dr. Rain Mason comes on to talk about divination and psychological therapy, as well as about their practice of theurgy. 

You can learn more about Rain at their site (https://www.rainmasonphd.com/) or on twitter (https://twitter.com/500livesasafox). Their dissertation, Divination practices: An empirical psychological investigation, is available here: (https://research.library.fordham.edu/dissertations/AAI10838562/).

And here are some Amabie links:
https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/04/22/838323775/in-japan-mythical-amabie-emerges-from-19th-century-folklore-to-fight-covid-19

I couldn't track down the aggregator twitter account I mentioned again, but here's the Japanese-language hashtag which has some great stuff: https://twitter.com/hashtag/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%9E%E3%83%93%E3%82%A8?src=hashtag_click

019 - Rain Mason Talks Therapy and Divination

Folklorist and illustrator Fez Inkwright comes to chat about her new book Botanical Curses and Poisons: The Shadow-Lives of Plants, which delves into dangerous plants and their lives in folklore. I also get into the ZENEXTON for a plague-magic minute. 

Preorder Fez's book here: https://liminal11.com/product/botanical-curses-and-poisons/

Learn more about Fez: 
https://twitter.com/rosdottir
https://rosdottir.carrd.co/
https://www.instagram.com/rosdottir/

And a link to our zenexton source for good measure: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo2/A35064.0001.001/1:5.8.7.4?rgn=div4;view=fulltext

020 - Fez Inkwright Talks Botanical Curses and Poisons

Asa West comes on to talk about her zine Five Principles of Green Witchcraft and I get excited about a kind of written charm called a deletio morbi.

To learn more about Asa West, head over to:

https://www.instagram.com/theredtailwitch
https://tarotbyasa.com/
https://www.etsy.com/shop/RedTailWitch
https://twitter.com/TheRedTailWitch

And Five Principles of Green Witchcraft is available here: https://abeautifulresistance.org/five-principles-of-green-witchcraft

021 - Asa West and Green Witchcraft

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