Rituals Podcast
1) Bass Reeves: No Master But Duty
A new four-part miniseries from Solved Murders: This is the story of a legendary figure of the Wild West… The man widely believed to have inspired the Lone Ranger… Who was born into slavery — and beca...Show More
2) E50 • The Magical, Mystical HPB (NOT Haunted Peanut Butter)
What do invisible astral jellyfish and egg-laying lemurs with eyes in the back of their heads have in common? They each appear in “The Secret Doctrine,” the masterwork of a famed occultist known for c...Show More
3) E49 • The Lord of Gravity
Sure, he was the genius who discovered the laws of motion and gravity, but his methods were highly criticized and far from traditional (he once stuck a needle in his eye socket to determine what light...Show More
4) E48 • Dion Fortune: Gatekeeper, Groundbreaker, Past-Life Priestess
Before the internet… Before podcasts… Violet Mary Firth brought magic to the masses by way of auras, chakras, and astral visions (oh my!). Born in Glastonbury in 1890, it was believed by her parents t...Show More
5) E47 • The Countercultural Life of William S. Burroughs
You might know his work as a writer and poet during the Beat Movement. Less well-known is that his first published piece was at age 15 on mind control methods (whaaaaat?!). Come for the story of how h...Show More
6) E46 • Grimoires
You've heard about them on Charmed, Buffy, and in the Harry Potter series. Now get the history of Grimoires from Christine and Em as they rifle through these legendary books containing spells, rituals...Show More
7) E45 • The Magic of “Pellars” & The Life of Tamsin Blight
Let’s take a walk on the lighter (or… should we say Blighter?) side of witchcraft! Today, Christine and Em are pivoting from persecution stories to talk about the magic of pellars, aka “good” witches ...Show More
8) E44 • Mesopotamian Magic
Today Christine and Em are taking a hike — a history hike — into the dawn of civilization, sussing out the occult rituals of humanity’s OG innovators. Did they create agriculture? Sure. Math? Mmhm. Th...Show More
9) E43 • Petronilla de Meath, the Wealthy Witch’s Scapegoat
Have you ever taken the fall for someone else, then watched from the afterlife as their name became more famous than yours? Brutal. Today Em and Christine recount the tale of an Irish witch hunt that ...Show More
10) E42 • Witchcraft & The Origins of Wicca
We’re sweeping away bad vibes and funneling the world’s wisdom into our brains today. Em and Christine unpack the history of the early Wicca movement, including its associations with witchcraft. Crack...Show More