Guest Appearance on Deeper Down the Rabbit Hole

Just wanted to post this wonderful chat I had recently with Zachary Lui and Andreih Vitimus. Our conversation was an absolute delight. We started out by talking about podcasting and just how much work it is, then it morphed into a conversation about social media (cuz why not), intention, performance and circled it back to […]

An Introduction to Fairies with Jo Hickey-Hall & Simon Young

There’s not a single person listening to WMiT? who doesn’t know what a Fairy is. Or do they? When the word “Fairy” is uttered, most likely our minds immediately think of a small, somewhat feminine, little winged humanoid that glows. But this conception of Fairies is a somewhat recent one. There is so much more […]

Santería – Lucumí with Steven Cherena & Eric Purdue

During the 19th century, African slaves brought to Cuba continued to worship and revere their own Gods and spirits from their original Yoruba religion, but masked as Catholic Saints. These gods and sprits are called Orisha, and they form the backbone of the African diaspora religion Santería, otherwise known as Lucumí. There are many aspects […]

The Return of Jeffrey Kripal – 100th Episode!

It happened! What Magic is This? Podcast has reached 100 “Official” episodes! Of course there were some small episodes and some filler episodes here and there but now we are at the big century mark for the Podcast! And so, for a bit of a celebration, I was trying to think back at which show […]

Hildegard of Bingen

The word “Polymath” is one that gets used for quite a few people that are already residents of the Fools Gallery, but I don’t think anyone deserves that title more than the mystic and visionary medieval abbess Hildegard of Bingen. Given to service god by her parents at a young age, Hildegard didn’t start to […]