Witchcraft

May 31, 2025 Nerd & Tie Book Review, books, Thorn Mooney, Witch, Witchcraft, Witchcraft Books, Witches Among Us

83. An Honest Review of Thorn Mooney’s “Witches Among Us”

One year ago I put out this podcast’s first book review. It was for Annwyn Avalon’s Celtic Goddess Grimoire, and I absolutely hated it. It was everything I despise in modern witchcraft publishing, and it just left a bad taste in my mouth.

I felt like I needed to fix that.

So I decided to make it my mission to find a new witchcraft book I might actually like — to find something I could actually talk positively about to this show’s audience. And that’s when I found Thorn Mooney’s Witches Among Us: Understanding Contemporary Witchcraft and Wicca (ISBN: ‎ 978-0738777375) last fall.

And it turns out I really like it.

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April 1, 2025 Nerd & Tie Witch, Witchcraft

54. Witching With Your Local Biome

Spring has sprung at HexPos Central, but no matter what the weather looks like outside, there are dozens of species of plants to discover in your local biome. Grab your basket and field guide and take a walk through this month’s study exercise, where you’ll learn to observe, identify, and find magical uses for local flora.

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March 29, 2025 Nerd & Tie Book of Shadows, Witchcraft

81. Reflections

This month on the show we’re talking about the importance of taking stock and realizing that the person you used to be isn’t the person that you are — and how important it is to document who you are now so that you might know yourself better later.

Or something.

It makes sense if you listen, I swear.

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March 3, 2025 Nerd & Tie Runes, Witchcraft

53. Creating Your Own Runes

On the heels of last month’s discussion about astrology and forecasting, Bree introduces a fun and easy project for building your craft and honing your divination skills – creating your own personalized set of runes.

Stay safe and Happy Witching!

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February 22, 2025 Nerd & Tie Psychics, Scams, Witchcraft

80. A Couple of Things…

This month I wanted to talk about a couple of things that wouldn’t necessarily fill out a whole episode on their own. First off, after last month’s episode I wanted to clarify some of my thoughts on psychics. Secondly, I wanted to talk about bias and what we do with evidence that runs contrary to our beliefs.

It should be a fun one though.

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January 10, 2025 Nerd & Tie Marci the StormBornWitch, Witchcraft

51. Weather Witching (with Marci the StormBornWitch)

As so many of us are watching the weather reports with no small amount of anxiety, I sat down with my good buddy Marci (aka StormBornWitch from tumblr) to talk about her particular brand of weather magic and how a weather witch gets things down in a biome that looks very little like the one upon which the ubiquitous Wheel of the Year is based.

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December 28, 2024 Nerd & Tie Real life, Witchcraft

78. The State of the Trae

This month we’re going to do something a little different — I’m going to just talk to you about how I’m doing right now. Stuff’s not necessarily the best, so I kind of had a few things I needed to get out of my system.

But I’m still here, still fighting, and still sticking by you.

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November 13, 2024 Nerd & Tie Bree NicGarran, Mara Levy, Witchcraft

50. Exploring the Ogham with Mara Levy

Sometimes you make a new friend and they share something that really gets your brain going! So this month, Bree welcomes Mara Levy to the virtual studio for a discussion about ogham – its’ history and meaning and use in both ancient and modern magic. (Perennial notetakers will want to have pencils handy when we talk about the kennings!)

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October 7, 2024 Nerd & Tie Bree NicGarran, Satanic Panic, Trae Dorn, Witchcraft

49. Satanic Panic? In MY Witchcraft Community? (with Trae Dorn)

Welcome back, witches! We’re diving back into things with another classic collaboration between your friendly neighborhood Witchstorian and everyone’s favorite curmudgeon and host of BS-Free Witchcraft, Trae Dorn. Feeling the weight of our years just a LITTLE bit, we sit down to discuss the stubborn traces of Satanic Panic rhetoric that still linger in the modern witchcraft movement. Not in external gossip or talking-head suppositions, but in the internal discussions that witches maintain in live spaces and especially on social media. Tune in to hear a couple of weary elder millennials ramble about alleged devil worship, community paranoia, and how much it irritates us when people don’t know their own history.

Remember, witches – you are not immune to propaganda.