Today’s episode is more serious than our usual fare, but we do include brief discussions of puppies, handcrafting tools, how macaroni and cheese should be orange, and how you can never have too many tarot and oracle decks.

Resources:

Mayo Clinic Burnout Guide

https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/adult-health/in-depth/burnout/art-20046642

Mental Health and Therapy Options:

BetterHelp

Grow Therapy

Open Path Collective

Talkspace

BrightSide Health

Online platforms for body doubling:

Body Doubling at FocusMate

Body Doubling at FLOWN

Things We Mentioned:

Jessica Roux - Floriography

Jessica Roux - Woodland Wardens Oracle Cards

Jessica Roux - Tarot of the Woodland Wardens

Deborah Blake - Everyday Witch Tarot

Deborah Blake - Everyday Witch Oracle

Stephanie Barron - The Jane Austen Mysteries

We also have a lengthy discussion of what Martians think of us, the movie Office Space, why it is so hard to find good sourdough bread, air raid sirens, whether or not it is illegal to deface currency, quilting stashes and unfinished projects, that one time Wednesday went to Lacrosse, gel pens, and how Wednesday hates small talk.

Mercury Retrograde Resources:

https://seagrapeapothecary.com/blogs/seagrape-apothecary/the-visionary-magic-of-mercury-retrograde

https://spiritualgangster.com/blogs/news/your-mercury-retrograde-survival-guide

https://christopherpenczak.com/2013/07/29/planetary-magic-3-mercury-the-mind-and-communication/

https://www.today.com/life/astrology/astrologer-tips-mercury-retrograde-rcna245399

https://www.almanac.com/mercury-retrograde-really-bad-how-handle-most-misunderstood-transit

https://www.reddit.com/r/witchcraft/comments/102ooi2/can_you_do_spells_during_mercury_retrograde/

Things We Mentioned:

Lightening Crashes by Live

Hancock’s of Paducah

Woodland Wardens Tarot Deck by Jessica Roux

Woodland Wardens Oracle Deck by Jessica Roux

In addition to our discussion of Litha, we fangirl over Josh Gates and all the current delicious summer vibes. There are various rambles about Nicholas Cage movies, how S’mores are sticky, how important vultures are to the environment, how to harvest dandelions for dandelion tea, and weird squirrels. There is also a brief rant about Bermuda grass … because summer!

Please excuse some of the background noise in this episode. It’s moving into summer and we are both running our air conditioners!

Things We Mentioned:

Drawing Down the Sun by Stephanie Woodfield

Expedition Files with Josh Gates on Amazon Prime

Witch’s Wheel of the Year by Jason Mankey

Tudor Monastery Farm (BBC, Acorn, Amazon)

Animal Speak by Ted Andrews

learningherbs.com

https://www.herb-pharm.com/blogs/herbal-education/4-herbs-to-celebrate-on-summer-solstice?srsltid=AfmBOorEJp97zd7dJ85y1YfkPxbBUVGbGq2UfWHHkqheoFkxsvkiInIh

Invoking the Egyptian Gods by Judith Page

Summer Belongs To You from Phineas and Ferb

In this episode, we discuss what synesthesia is, which types we have, color theory, color correspondences in magick and how synesthesia affects those correspondences in our practices, as well as how hard it used to be to find good candles, fiber arts and handicrafts, and the most awesome quilting fabrics. We mostly manage to stay on topic for this one, with only a couple of lengthy, unrelated tangents into hand crafts and what makes the best Valentine’s Day present.

All About That Bass - Meghan Trainor

Faber Birren

Robert Kaufman Kona Cotton

Hancock’s of Paducah

Woolston-Steen Theological Seminary

We cover the usual topics of donuts and movies, along with newcomers bees and cupcakes! Also, there is a lengthy discussion of Tom Hanks / Meg Ryan movies for some reason. This is a long one, but stick with us while we desperately try to stay on topic, but mostly end up dissolving in laughter.

Again, enjoy the happy bird sounds, the distant roar of airplanes landing at BNA, and the sound of some dude mowing his yard.

Things We Mentioned:

The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches and A Witch’s Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandana

Switch on Amazon Prime

Evil on Paramount+

Karma by Taylor Swift

Buckle up, everyone! We really lived up to our name on this one. In this episode, we discuss many topics around why spells fail, but somehow veer into whether Wednesday should see part II of Wicked, why someone painted her house weird, the trend of visual podcasts, that one episode of Frasier with the shaving cream, how 90s music was the best, London After Midnight, the books of Silvia Moreno-Garcia, how tornadoes aren’t godless, and how the Dragnet movie had a really good spell.

Enjoy the happy birds chirping in the background! Visit our website at www.hexenchill.com for links to books and authors that we discussed as well as supplemental material.

We also cover fountain pens, the dread “permanent record” threat from high school, hilarious Amazon reviews, and fonts. Pardon the thumps as I excitedly pounded my desk but also enjoy the bird songs in the background!

Books We Mentioned and Recommend

The Witch’s Book of Shadows by Jason Mankey

Grimoires: A History of Magic Books by Owen Davies

Occult Texts and Grimoires

Key of Solomon

Sworn Testament of Honorius

Petit Albert

Picatrix

The Long Lost Friend: A 19th Century American Grimoire by Johann Georg Hohman

Lemegeton (The Lesser Key of Solomon)

Book of Abremelin

Galdrabók

The Three Books of Occult Philosophy by Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa

The Magus by Francis Barrett

Goetia

Other Sources

John the Verbose

Triskaidekaphobia (noun). The irrational, intense fear or avoidance of the number 13.

Books We Mentioned

The Temple and The Lodge by Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh

Holy Blood, Holy Grail by Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh

Calgon Water Softener Commercial

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djMjYgqFrrQ