WitchLit Podcast

Previous guest, Lisa McSherry, joined me to talk about the pagan classic, Ted Andrew's Animal Speak . Despite a million copies being sold and Ted Andrews being on the wall of fame at Llewellyn, I had never read it. We...

HiC Luttmers joined me this month to talk about Eternal Egypt by Richard J. Reidy, a Bay Area local and founder of the Temple of Ra in San Francisco. We don't get around to talking about writing but we do cover quite...

Steampunk romance author (and writing friend) Anne Renwick joined me to talk about Arthur Conan Doyle's 1902 Sherlock Holmes novel, The Hound of the Baskervilles , how it relates to her work in progress, and what we did...

Life has intervened, there will not be an episode of WitchLit Podcast this month. Join us next month as we read Hound of the Baskervilles with Anne Renwick

Thumper Forge, author of the newly released The Chaos Apple , joined me to talk about this romp of a novel by Raymond Buckland, better known for his books on witchcraft and Wicca. We cover a lot of ground including...

A note that the audio for this episode isn't the best it could be. We had a few internet connectivity issues and Julian, our editor, did his best with what I gave him. Folkrist and author Mark Norman of The Folklore...

Judika Illes joined me this week to discuss the classic Russian novel The Master and Margarita in all its weird and wonderful glory. We also covered growing up in a house of books that were never off limits, publishing...

This month author and professional tarot reader Cassandra Snow joins me to discuss Rachel Pollack's classic Seventy-Eight Degrees of Wisdom . While it's been called the tarot bible, it does have some detractors...

This month romance author Katta Kis joined me to chat about the controversial classic, The Satanic Witch, originally published as The Compleat Witch or What to do When Virtue Fails. I'm not sure what either of us really...

This month, author and tarot deck creator Charles Harrington joined me to discuss The Oracle Glass by Judith Merkle Riley. There's a lot of ground to cover with a book this expansive, but we hit on what fiction gets...

This month Aidan Wachter joins me to talk about Charles Godfrey Leland’s 1899 book Aradia, or the Gospel of the Witches . We talk about how the book has influenced modern witchcraft, our own practices, and what we can...

Author and sculptor Via Hedera joined my to discuss Touch Blue by Lillian Morrison. Morrison compiled nursery rhymes, chants and charms, and more than a few spells in this book for children. Via and I discuss how this...

This month the Reverend Ron Padrón joins me to discuss Light in the Dark/Luz en lo Oscuro by Gloria E. Anzaldúa, author and Chicana and feminist activist. Ron and I discuss how this book has influenced his own work as a...

Melissa Madara joined me for the finale of Season 8. We talked about their latest book The Witch's Workshop , what life is like after closing up their brick and mortar store, and how their focus and interests have...

Artist, tarot deck creator, and author, Davezilla, joined me to discuss putting together a tarot deck of all things supernatural, cryptozoological, mythical, and Fortean. We also talk about how his work connects with...