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Long before the witch hunts scorched through Europe, there were the cunning folk- midwives, herbalists, diviners, and wise women who walked the hedgerows between the seen and unseen. In this episode of Hex & Muse, we trace the forgotten legacy of these sacred practitioners: the charm-makers, the bone-readers, the women who brewed healing from the wild.
Rooted in folklore, magic, and ancestral memory, this is a journey into the lives of those who held power quietly and were feared for it.
We explore:
▸ Folk medicine, protection charms & ritual tools
▸ The slow shift from reverence to suspicion
▸ How patriarchy rewrote wisdom as threat
▸ The spiritual inheritance we reclaim today
This isn’t just history- it’s a remembering.
A spell for the ones who came before us.
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Hex & Muse is recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. I pay my deepest respects to their Elders past and present - and to all First Nations people, whose stories and spirits continue to shape this land.
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Hex & Muse is a spellbound journal of folklore, magic, art, and the sacred feminine - told through cinematic storytelling and whispered histories.
From my altar to yours… thank you for listening.
