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Enthusiastica with Danica BoyceReclaiming magic with Lindsay Mack of Tarot for the Wild SoulHello dear friends!Today I’m sending out an epic and beautiful conversation I shared with tarot teacher Lindsay Mack on my podcast Fair Folk. If you enjoy the episode, please consider subscribing to Fair Folk on your podcast app (Eg. Spotify, Apple Podcasts) as I don’t often repost episodes here.Some words of mine from the episode, inspired by a story Lindsay told about a moment with her daughter:“When I think about going into “holding space” or waiting for something to happen, the fear in my body is that there will be an...2025-05-191h 17
Fair Folk PodcastReclaiming our Magic with Lindsay Mack of Tarot for the Wild Soul podcastIn this episode I talk with the incredible Lindsay Mack of Tarot for the Wild Soul Podcast and No Bad Cards on Substack!
Sign up for our collaborative workshop Holy Homecoming: Reclaiming Magic in an Age of Illusion on May 25th at 10 am PT, 1 pm ET, 6 pm UK: https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com/holy-homecoming
Lindsay's podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/6AXz5dXTFFceckBMve9vNT?si=48c0a83ff9044a52
Lindsay's Substack, No Bad Cards: https://lindsaymack.substack.com/
Danica's Substack: https://enthusiastica.substack.com/
Intro theme to Fair Folk: "Forest March" by Sylvia Woods2025-05-181h 17
Tarot for the Wild Soul with Lindsay Mack291. Reclaiming our Magic with Danica Boyce of Fair Folk Podcast and Enthusiastica!Today, I am in conversation with the luminous, soulful, and delightful Danica Boyce, the host of Fair Folk podcast and Enthusiastica on Substack. This conversation is in honor of a beautiful workshop that Danica and I are co-teaching on Sunday, May 25th at 10am PST/6pm BST called Holy Homecoming: Reclaiming Magic in an Age of Illusion (you can sign up or learn more in the link in the show notes!)Together, Danica and I talk about how we came to the spiritual/helping work that we do, what magic means to us, how our re...2025-05-181h 21
Enthusiastica with Danica BoyceAn anthem for enduring love: From Dawn Till DawnHello and happy Easter!Today I find myself serendipitously sharing a dawn-themed offering on the holiday named for the Anglo-Saxon dawn goddess Ēostre.Last week I was in Northumberland at the Land of Singing Waters residential, at an stunning 11th century fortified manor house called Dunstan Hall. In a moment of group sharing on the first day of the gathering, a fellow with long flowing locks and a gentle voice who I now know as Marc Block (aka Blossom) piped up with this wildly moving singalong anthem, which he wrote for sharing at protests. Soon t...2025-04-2003 min
Enthusiastica with Danica BoyceConsolation from the ancestors for the problem of evilThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit enthusiastica.substack.comHello friends,Today I’m looking back at how our human ancestors dealt with the problem of evil, asking, if there is an unconditionally loving divinity in the world, and “all things work out in the end,” then how is it that bad things happen to good people? And how is evil permitted to exist? I can’t personally offer a definitive answer (probably nobody …2025-04-0805 min
Enthusiastica with Danica BoyceA protection charm from St. PatrickHello!Today I wish to share with you a charm of protection, an excerpt from an Old Irish prayer attributed to Saint Patrick, whose feast day is coming up on March 17th. This prayer is said to have saved Patrick and his fellow travellers from ambush by making them appear to be a herd of wild deer followed by a fawn. This style of incantation is pre-Christian in origin, and called a “lorica,” which is Latin for “breastplate.” The idea is that by saying or singing the prayer one armours oneself with the powers of nature and divinity...2025-03-0801 min
Enthusiastica with Danica BoyceSamhain meditation: enter the fairy moundHello friends!Today I’m sharing a little clip from last week’s Cave of Dreams workshop session, the Gates of Winter. It’s a guided visualization based on supernatural ballads and stories in which human beings enter the otherworld and interact with the beings there, such as fairies or elves. For context, at the start of the clip you’ll see that before this visualization we were singing the ballad Tam Lin together. In many fairy and elf narratives, it’s clear that poetry and music and other creations are gifts from (and to!) the otherw...2024-10-2813 min
Nordic AnimismSinging Traditions in Northern EuropeSinging Traditions in Northern EuropeInterview with Danica BoyceThe Fair Folk Podcast's Danica Boyce joins in to talk about singing traditions across northern Europe as well as the connection between singing, animism and ritual.https://www.youtube.com/@RunehrJoin the Nordic Animism patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nordicanimismFollow Nordic Animism:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nordic.anim...Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nordicanimismTiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nordic_animismWebsite: https://nordicanimism.com/2024-09-111h 14
Enthusiastica with Danica BoyceCraft as pagan devotion: a Lughnasadh conversation with Scottish storyteller Daniel AllisonThis week I had the pleasure of catching up with my friend Daniel Allison in a podcast episode that will appear both on my podcast, Fair Folk (check it out if you haven’t!) and Daniel’s, House of Legends. You can also listen right here.The episode opens with Daniel telling the story of the god Lugh (after whom Lughnasadh is named) at the hall of the king Nuada, leading us into a discussion of how we might approach Lughnasadh folklore and mythology now.Next, we share what each of us has been up to l...2024-08-0757 min
House of Legends: World Myths & LegendsEpisode 86: Lughnasa Special with Danica BoyceToday’s episode is a joint release with Danica Boyce of Fair Folk Podcast to mark Lughnasa. It’s been a few years since Danica and I last guested on each other’s podcasts, during which time our work has evolved and changed, we’ve started collaborating and Danica has moved to Scotland. So it was about time for a catch up. On this episode we take the story of The Coming of Lugh as a starting point for a conversation about accessing Celtic myth, pagan ritual song and the nature of devotional practice amongst other things. We al...2024-08-0556 min
Enthusiastica with Danica BoyceA Solstice Invocation by Ilana HamiltonHello friend,I'm here today to wish you a beautiful solstice time, whenever it is you celebrate that in this week or so of ultimate daylight and shortest night. I'm about to present at a festival called Cascadian Midsummer that's held outside of Olympia, and as I was reading the booklet for the festival that was created by my friend's publishing house called Hyldr, I came across a goosebumps-inducing piece inside written by Ilana Hamilton, a storyteller who lives in Portland, Oregon. Ilana does a lot of work with mythic and traditional material, sometimes texts...2024-06-2008 min
Enthusiastica with Danica BoyceListen to "I moved to Britain. For Love." * preview paid subscriber audio *Welcome to my Substack, immigration makes me feel like a mammal, & where to find me this summer. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit enthusiastica.substack.com/subscribe2024-06-1920 min
Moon to Moon124. The Generosity of Clear Boundaries with Business Coach Aislinn WaltonIn this episode, Aislinn Walton, aka Abundance Witch, my person 1-on-1 business coach. We discuss: -how when you magnetize those most resonant, you don't feel depleted, and actually feel more energized and inspired - why it's the loving to be specific and clear about who an offer is for and who it's not for - feeling safe to expand when you trust your boundaries - taking responsibility for how you structure what you deliver so it's rooted in the best of you - how it's generous to...2024-04-301h 19
The Glacier's Song7. [CAT] Ovella o Lloba? El dret a la teua expressió única i lliureTens dret a la teua expressió única i lliure. Tens dret a la teua creativitat. Tens dret a la teua veu. Tens dret a anar més enllà. Tens dret a satisfer els desitjos del teu cor.
Moltes vegades tot això no és fàcil deugt al condicionament social i educatie que hem rebut.
Però quan algú creu radicalment en tu i sap què ets capaç d'aconseguir, tu també hi comences a creure, aquest algú t'impulsa suaument cap endavant i llavors saltes i desplegues les ales.
Ovella o Lloba? Descobreix què inspira i configura cada...2024-01-2533 min
Fair Folk PodcastFire & Water: June AlmanacWe have reached the energetic peak of the year. The main ancient and folkloric themes of June ritualise the human relationship to two of our primary life-givers, the sun and water. Our romance with these elements (and one another) reach a peak as the year completes its in-breath around the summer solstice. This episode outlines a faint thematic arc in historical Whitsun practices at the start of June, and Midsummer at the end, focusing especially on the folk rituals and folksong of the Baltic countries, Eastern Europe and Ireland.
Purchase my new Gathering the Gods course on Thor, Odin, & Freya...2023-05-311h 01
Fair Folk PodcastWho & What are the Old Norse Gods?: Bonus Intro Unit to Gathering the Gods CourseThis episode, a bonus introductory unit to my upcoming Gathering the Gods course, introduces Old Norse culture and language, and describes the status of gods in the Old Norse religion and cosmology. This course will give an overview of the surviving historical texts and traces of the gods Thor, Odin, and Freya.
Gathering the Gods begins May 7th! Sign up here: https://fantastic-hall-390.myflodesk.com/
Access the reading and materials for this intro unit: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1GPjFkblda1E7NlXrpMCHRa0Q5WWk_JJO?usp=sharing2023-05-0333 min
Fair Folk PodcastThe Generous Wood: May AlmanacThis episode outlines the key themes of May folklore embodied in the celebrations of May 1st, aka May Day or Beltane: bonfires for purification and protection, veneration of plants and trees, the leading of animals to green pastures, erotic expressions of pleasure, and the blooming promise of earth's abundance.
Join the Gathering the Gods course on Thor, Odin, & Freya: https://fantastic-hall-390.myflodesk.com/
Listen to the Big Beltane Spotify playlist (newly updated): https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6UVpAwkdX39Bk5mY1Kd2Xc?si=0f91f96826544081
Big Beltane: May Day Song and Custom episode from 2019: https://open.spotify.com/episode/62jeozEUNP0...2023-04-2647 min
Fair Folk PodcastBear Culture: Scandinavian bear folklore with Olle MöllervärnThis episode my guest is Olle Möllervärn, Swedish folklore and paganism researcher and bear nerd! In this episode we discuss animism and how it brings us into more ethical relationship with animals, the connection between human fertility and bears, including human-bear romance, as well as the reason bears are connected with St. Tiburtius' day, April 14th.
Join my mailing list for a discount on my upcoming course on Old Norse polytheism, Gathering the Gods: https://view.flodesk.com/pages/62d72c01da642d55a9868141 (Registration opens April 17th)
Olle Möllervärn on Academia.edu: https://miun.academia.edu...2023-04-1255 min
Fair Folk PodcastDawn Rising: April AlmanacThis episode outlines the folklore of April in northern Europe: April Fool's day, Palm Sunday, Easter, St. George's day, and the history of gathering greenery for ritual and soups, rising at the dawn to worship a goddess, cuckoo folklore, dragon lore, and lovely spring ritual songs to set the mood!
This month's April Almanac Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2AJtQbVqaNJKhwbSNpRqxc?si=4d2dafd206f74a15
Join the mailing list: https://view.flodesk.com/pages/62d72c01da642d55a9868141
Goddess of the Dawn episode of Fair Folk: https://soundcloud.com/fairfolkcast/goddess-of-the-dawn
Goddess of the Dawn Playlist: https://open...2023-03-301h 12
The Glitch Witch0 | the fool: orienting toward the wild selfHello, friends, and welcome to the first in my 2023 series on the Major Arcana of the tarot through the lens of the creative process.We’re kicking off this series with—what else?—The Fool! Major Arcana 0. A couple weeks ago, I shared these graphics to Instagram:And in today’s audio transmission, I tell you what I meant by that!In celebration of the *official* start of this 2023 project, I’m making this first one accessible to all subscribers to give you a glimpse of what we’ll be doing here....2023-01-3152 min
Fair Folk PodcastPloughboy's Glory: January AlmanacIn this January almanac episode, I share about how English Plough Sunday and Plough Monday rituals dovetail with pagan midwinter worship of Odin to present a quandary as rich today as ever:
How do we hold sacred the human capacity to employ technologies that multiply our power, while dancing on the delicate balance between service and domination?
How do we bless the hard work of human hands where it meets the life of the world?
This episode delves into traditions of chasing out the spirits of Yule, as well as blessing of apple trees, ploughs, and ultimately ploughboys as representatives...2023-01-031h 06
Magick & AlchemyEpisode 86: An Interview with Danica BoyceOn episode 86 of the Magick & Alchemy Podcast, hosts Kate Belew and Kristin Lisenby interview Danica Boyce. Danica is a Pagan entrepreneur, writer, educator, and creator of the Fair Folk and Pagan Monastery Podcasts. In this special Winter Solstice conversation, Danica discusses the inspirations behind the Pagan Monastery Project, leaning into virtual communities, and respecting our desires. She also considers her views on Paganism, the magick of the Yuletide season, and shares a ritual for the Twelve Days of Christmas.Connect with Danica Boyce via:The Fair Folk Podcast (Spotify)https://open.spotify.com/show/1G0xL1lgN2quOncVpluIWM?si=c57...2022-12-211h 02
Pagan Monastery Podcast with Danica BoyceCall for key collaborators in the pagan monastery project!This is a call for key collaborators in the pagan monastery project!
Read the call and apply here.
Join the mailing list here.
Listen to the October Fair Folk Almanac episode here.
Theme music by Gadhus Morhua, "Tourdion"
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2022-10-1115 min
Fair Folk PodcastRekindle: October AlmanacFair Folk is back in operation after a year's break! This episode shares some of the folkloric themes of October: it's the pagan start of winter, and features spooky post-harvest customs of feeding the dead, love longing, rekindling the community fire, and a cute dose of shoe folklore.
Call for key collaborators in the Pagan Monastery Project:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jq9XCt29MqQXEaRNtnoUj4n_5LObtqmWf-F-g8fGdto/edit?usp=sharing
Listen to the Pagan Monastery Podcast on Apple Podcasts:
https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pagan-monastery-podcast-with-danica-boyce/id1610505250
Listen to the Pagan Monastery Podcast on Spotify:
https://open.spotify...2022-10-051h 38
Pagan Monastery Podcast with Danica BoyceUpdates from the In-BetweenIn this episode I share some personal updates about moving, and insights from two weeks I spent on the road in Iceland. Where can you invite a sense of wonder and deep time into an area of transition or glacial movement in your life?
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Mentioned in this episode:
Write A Must-Read by A.J. Harper
The Wailing of the Old-Timers, Fair Folk Podcast Episode
Do Glaciers Listen?: Local Knowledge, Colonial Encounters, and Social Imagination by Julie Cruikshank
Cretan Dance workshop leader R...2022-07-2039 min
Pagan Monastery Podcast with Danica BoyceBeyond RenunciationOne of the main motivators for early Christian monasticism was the desire to renounce the world. This episode delves into the origins of renunciation in Western culture, and promotes a more complex and life-affirming approach for pagan monastic communities.
Read the transcript here.
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Use the discount code BLISSUP22 for 50% off.
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Abundance Paganism
A six-unit journey into the nourishing and transformative sites where European animistic and polytheistic folk belief and practice meet abundance...2022-05-0928 min
Pagan Monastery Podcast with Danica BoyceUploads from ItalyIn this episode I get very honest and share personal and professional insights I received while travelling in Italy in April. These insights will change the structure of my life and business for the rest of this year.
In brief:
* Italy, not surprisingly, has incredible pagan monastery potential.
* I had a brush with death there.
* I am ceasing online teaching and coaching for the next eight to ten months.
* I'm writing a book about the abundance approach to paganism!
I hope this episode provides inspiration for entering...2022-05-0346 min
Pagan Monastery Podcast with Danica BoyceThe Dark Before DawnIn this episode I talk about dawn goddess worship in April and around Easter, Margery Kempe, the author of the first memoir in English and a weeping mystic, and I ask the question: "what if your special grief is not a curse on your life, but the early morning voice of your unique calling?"
The Book of Margery Kempe (free, online)
Wikipedia entry on Margery Kempe
Watch my video Hymn to the Dawn Goddess on Youtube
Briefly mentioned in this episode: A Wizard of Earthsea by...2022-04-2527 min
Pagan Monastery Podcast with Danica BoyceBig Help: How to have a spiritual experienceSign up for Write to Inspire!
Gnome for Christmas on Fair Folk podcast
Lisa Miller on Rich Roll Podcast
The Awakened Brain by Lisa Miller
Symbiogenesis
Music in this episode:
Kira Kira, “The Only Way Out is In.” Buy her music.
Kira Kira on instagram
Theme music by Gadhus Morhua, "Tourdion"
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Gadus Morhua on Instagram
2022-03-2036 min
Pagan Monastery Podcast with Danica Boyce”Yes… AND!” Orient toward abundanceIn this episode I explain the concept of abundance mindset as a key orientation for the Pagan Monastery Project, and share a story about a collision I once had with a Christian religious symbol, and how it shaped my current direction.
Mentioned in this episode: Venus on her dove-drawn chariot
Music in this episode:
Anna Fält: "Puun loitsu" (10:05) & "Väinämäntä (Kanteleen synty)" (23:00)
Buy Anna Fält's music.
Find Anna Fält on Instagram.
Theme music by Gadhus Morhua, "Tourdion"
Find Gadus Morhua on face...2022-02-2540 minPagan Monastery Podcast with Danica BoyceIntroducing Pagan Monasticism!This episode introduces the concept of pagan monasticism, and invites you to build the vision along with me, your host, Danica Boyce.
Find me on Instagram.
Abundance Paganism on Fair Folk Podcast
Abundance Paganism on Instagram
Music in this episode:
Kira Kira, Sandrayati Fay, & Pekka Kuusisto, "Blessast". Buy her music.
Kira Kira on instagram
Theme music by Gadhus Morhua, "Tourdion"
Find Gadus Morhua on facebook
Gadus Morhua on Spotify
Gadus Morhua on Instagram
2022-02-1633 min
Between the Worlds PodcastBTW 54: Entering the Otherworld with Danica BoyceIn this episode we talk with Danica Boyce, creator of the Fairfolk Podcast, about paganism, the otherworld, and folk traditions of abundance.Tune in as we discuss the difference between Paganism vs. Neo paganism; explore the meaning of earth-centered spirituality; how there IS a continuity of paganism from pre-Christian times; the radical idea that the earth is inherently good; whether or not the otherworld exists, and if it does, how we get there; what we mean when we say "Spirit"; desire as the force that moves us; what's wrong with the theory of evolution; the sacred; the Pa...2021-09-231h 15
Herb At The End Of The WorldBonus Episode: The Waters of Life and Death and the Story of the Owl WitchContent Warning: This episode discusses histories of desecration around wells and the people who tend them and using rape as a tool of empire building. (No graphic descriptions). It also contains a story about a young girl seeking answers to a devastating plague (that ultimately ends on a hopeful note).
Here's a little bonus episode on the healing lore and powers of the waters of life and death and a powerful story that came to me in 2019. I've been thinking about this idea of the necessity of the waters of death (and life!) and it seems a f...2021-08-1230 min
Moon to Moon38. Living the F**k Out of Your Chart with Danica BoyceAnd for this second installment of LTFOOYC, I am giddy to share this rollicking conversation with the luminous Danica Boyce.
Danica Boyce is a pagan life coach and educator who guides folks to shed limitation and imperialism through genuine reconnection with the abundance innate in this world and ourselves. She specializes in embodied creativity, non-hierarchical mentorship, and the energetics of holding epic, love-fueled visions for humankind and the earth.
She began in academia, and after a masters in medieval studies and a teaching specialization in indigenous pedagogy, she left the conventional job market to pursue...2021-08-081h 26
Fair Folk PodcastDo What You Want: Pausing Fair FolkThis episode announces that I will not be producing Fair Folk Podcast for the forseeable future. I am deeply grateful for all of the support you have all given me as I have grown this podcast, and I hope you will continue to connect with me in one of the following ways:
My mailing list: https://mailchi.mp/53d8b01c469b/newsletter
My Youtube channel with my partner Quinn: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw5BgVgYLuRWmEs66AHx38A
Instagram: www.instagram.com/danica.boyce
Patreon: patreon.com/fairfolkcast
If you stay subscribed to this podcast, you will receive updates...2021-07-2216 min
Podcast 1Senior SpotlightInterviewing a senior from the class of 2021. Looking into the life of Emma Hines. 2021-05-2002 min
Moon to Moon28: The Emergent NO: An Episode in Honor of Aries-Taurus Teachings at the Dark MoonWell well well... what a lunar cycle this has been. In order to help myself, and in the hopes that what's coming through for me will be helpful to you, I have a lot to share about what's been going on these last weeks. In this episode, I guide us in contemplating the ways that rooting into our Taurus values have allowed us to assert a more clear and sacred No. There has been a lot of separating energy in this Mars-ruled cycle. Here I propose that when the No emerges it is because Death is...2021-05-071h 12
Podcast 1Immigration System of 2021Facts and ways you can help. 2021-05-0303 min
Podcast 1Stressed to be a SuccessAll about why teens stress themselves so much and what others can do to help. 2021-04-1602 min
Fair Folk PodcastGoddess of the DawnThis episode is a road map to the folklore, mythology, songs and rituals of the goddess of the dawn, gathered from the many cultures of the Indo-European language family. It paints the picture of a radiant, dependable, go-getter goddess who is born again with every day and every epoch. The episode ends with my ritual performance of the medieval hymn “Polorum Regina” in an abandoned church on a mountaintop at sunrise.
Check out Medieval Hymn to the Dawn Goddess on our new YouTube series! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_moj-dcn5nM
The episode I mentioned: A Priest and a Pipe...2021-04-1538 min
Podcast 1Shopaholic?Into the life of someone who is addicted to shopping and information on how to stop this. 2021-04-1203 min
Podcast 1Live-Action Tom and Jerry Movie ReviewNo spoilers! Just a summary and my opinion of the movie.2021-03-1002 min
Podcast 1Kneeling For The National AnthemOpinion Piece. 2021-03-0202 min
Podcast 1Capitol RiotWho is to blame? What happened? Taking a dive into all of the overwhelming information. 2021-02-1903 min
Podcast 1Apple Car RumorsAll about Apples new car and it's details2021-01-1502 minPodcast 1Amelia Earhart redemptionAll about Amilia Earhart and a new update on her disappearance. 2021-01-1502 min
Fair Folk PodcastCapitalism vs. Real Abundance (live)Join Abundance Paganism:
https://fair-folk-media.mykajabi.com/abundance-paganism
This episode is a recording of an Instagram live broadcast I did on the last full moon of 2020. I share insight I've gained about how to cultivate an abundant life in the face of capitalism and its many thorns.
Here's a summary:
How to live an abundant life while capitalism is still a thing:
1) learn about capitalism and money and how to tell the difference
2) practice emotional hygiene and boundaries: process the feelings under your anger and manage triggers (rinse and repeat)
3) Once you can feel neutral again, begin building your beautiful...2020-12-3146 min
Becoming TruthSequel to the pilgrimageThis episode deepens the story of the pilgrimage and speaks more directly to this time.
Created by Jean Christian
Produced by Meghan Brady
Intro: Danica Boyce2020-12-2134 min
Fair Folk PodcastGnome for Christmas: the Midwinter Household Spirit (New Intro!)Learn more about my course, Abundance Paganism here: https://fair-folk-media.mykajabi.com/abundance-paganism
The early bird code, good through December 23rd 2020, is GETSTHEWORM
This episode draws on the folklore of the household spirit (gnome, tomte, tonttu, nisse, domovoi, et al)and the folk music of Scandinavia to explore the ancient traditions of animism and ancestor veneration at midwinter.
Music:
Intro theme: “Forest March” by Sylvia Woods
“Tomtarnas Julnatt” by Göteborgs Symfonietta (instrumental)
“Nisse-Polka” by Sing Song Sisters
“Winter Darkness (Mørketid)” by Georg Buljo & Nils Økland
“Haugebonden” by Folk Och Rackare
“Tomtarnas” Julnatt by Fem Bobbies
“Tomtehallingen” by Øyonn Groven Myhren
“Tomten” by Kraja
...2020-12-1857 minPodcast 1Risking your health for social media: worth it?Story 62020-12-1404 min
Fair Folk PodcastOur Supernatural Landlords: folklorist Terry Gunnell on northern European winter guising traditionsIn our second conversation on Fair Folk, folklorist Terry Gunnell and I discuss the northern European folklore of the winter season, especially the tradition of guising and monstrous visitors in pagan and Christian times, and -- getting to the juicy stuff -- how male deities came to dominate the Nordic sphere in the Viking era, when it is rather obvious feminine deities used to play a significantly larger role.
Join me on Patreon for future pre-released episodes and Q&As:
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Some of Terry Gunnell's articles can be downloaded here: https://hi.academia.edu/TerryGunnell
Music:
Intro...2020-12-061h 03
Fair Folk PodcastButthole Money Magic with Jeanette SheehyIn this episode I talk butt folklore, empire, sacred friendship and magic with Jeannette Sheehy, a co-facilitator of my upcoming workshop, AR$E MAGICA.
Follow the link if you would like to join us this Saturday (or after): linktr.ee/danica.boyce
Find Jeannette on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/purposefulstroll/
River Drosera on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/river_drosera
The book Jeanette spoke of: Sacred Success by Barbara Stanny2020-11-181h 08
Fair Folk PodcastArse Magica: Folklore & Songs on the Bottom (explicit)AR$E MAGICA Workshop: https://fair-folk-media.mykajabi.com/arse-magica
This episode discusses the folklore and song celebrating butts and the delight and magic they bring to the world. It also introduces a new collaborative workshop I'm offering on butthole money magic, linked above.
Music in this episode:
Intro theme: "Forest March" by Sylvia Woods
12:20 "Great Big Roaming Ass" by Liam Broderick
26:20 "Satyr's Dance" by Nigel North
31:05 "Shave 'Em Dry" by Lucille Bogan
47:00 "Hieronymus Bosch Butt Music" By James Spalink (transcribed by Amelia Hamrick)
51:45 "Funky Butt" by Mississippi John Hurt
1:10:40 "Bottoms Up" by Nat Shilkret & His Orchestra2020-11-091h 13
Fair Folk PodcastThe Dream Makers: Daniel Allison, Scottish Storyteller & AuthorAn interview with Daniel Allison, Scottish storyteller and author. We talk about the beginning of the winter season, how he became a storyteller, and how we can make our dreams a reality with the winter dark as our guide and protector. He tells the beautiful story "The Dream Makers" from his book "Scottish Myths and Legends."
House of Legends Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/59C6P4JKydqeUoWYhILZBU?si=WqKHjqsTT7i8uZulU5U5aA
Get Daniel's books: https://www.houseoflegends.me/books
Daniel's Membership Site: https://www.houseoflegends.me/membership-site
instagram: https://www.instagram.com/houseoflegendspodcast/
Fair Folk Patreon: www...2020-10-3054 min
Moon to Moon#14 Brave Sight: The Astrology of Scorpio SeasonWe don't need astrology to tell us that the coming four weeks will carry a LOT. We all feel it coming. If astrology offers us a reflection and contextualization of our lived experience, if this old ancient language can help us understand and move through this specific moment in time, then let us experiment with the possibility that studying the astrology of the moment can be nourishing, empowering, and resonant. Will you join me? This is by necessity brief. I could have covered so much more here. But I have done that elsewhere. For an i...2020-10-231h 04
Fair Folk PodcastAll Hallows': Folk Tradition at the Gates of WinterEnjoy this 2019 episode exploring the ancient traditions behind today's favourite Halloween activities: trick-or-treating, jack-o-lantern carving, divination, and... communing with the dead.
This episode's music:
Intro Music: “Forest March” by Sylvia Woods
2:09 “Nöstmo Halvar” by Per O G Runberg
7:04 “King Orfeo” by Alva
13:07 “Samhain” by Ron Allen
14:55 “Punkie Night” by Withe & Stone
17:11 “Tam Glen” by Jean Redpath
22:45 “Colcannon” by The Black Family
26:30 “The Wife of Usher’s Well” by Alfred Deller & The Deller Consort
31:38 “Souling Song” by the Watersons
38:10 “Faithful Johnny” by Bryony Griffith & Will Hampson
42:30 “Lyke Wake Dirge” by the Young Tradition
Image: Scotch Mist by John Duncan2020-10-2146 min
Fair Folk PodcastIn the Cauldron with Danica Boyce - The Heart is a Cauldron Podcast with Kathryn FinkThis is an extremely potent interview of myself by Kathryn Fink, of the Heart is a Cauldron Podcast!
The Heart is Cauldron Podcast: https://kathrynfink.com/the-heart-is-a-cauldron
Sign up for my mailing list to hear when Abundance Paganism opens again: www.fairfolkcast.com
Kathryn Fink instagram: www.instagram.com/kathryn.a.fink/
My instagram: www.instagram.com/danica.boyce/
Fair Folk Patreon: www.patreon.com/fairfolkcast2020-10-1453 min
Podcast 1Jeremiah Harris Career Cancelled?Famous child influencer arrested.2020-10-1302 minPodcast 1Podcast 2School Shooting2020-09-2304 minPodcast 1VirusHow does a virus effect the economy 2020-09-1503 min
Fair Folk PodcastApples & the Gods with Joseph S. HopkinsIn this episode I dive deep into Ancient Germanic apple and tree symbolism with researcher Joseph S. Hopkins of Norse mythology resource mimisbrunnr.info.
Links:
Abundance Paganism info and registration: https://fair-folk-media.mykajabi.com/sales-page
Mimisbrunnr.info
About Joseph S. Hopkins: www.mimisbrunnr.info/hopkins
Kvasir Symbols Database entry on apples: https://www.mimisbrunnr.info/ksd-apple
Music:
Intro theme: "Forest March" by Sylvia Woods
"Oj Jabuko" by Ansambl Ladarice
"Do you Love an Apple" by the Bothy Band2020-08-2959 min
Fair Folk PodcastMoney and The DragonThis episode illuminates the connection between money and abundance, and delves into the mysterious link between dragon lore and overflow.
Abundance Paganism Waiting List: mailchi.mp/847623139546/ap-waitlist
Fair Folk Podcast Mailing list: www.fairfolkcast.com (scroll to bottom)
The Origin of Dragons article: https://www.jstor.org/stable/40465957
Music:
Intro Theme: “Forest March” by Sylvia Woods
19:00 “Holy Cross Warriors March Fantasy” by Andrei Krylov
34:00 “The Dragon Song” by Bonnie Prince Billy2020-08-1400 min
Fair Folk PodcastWhat is Abundance Paganism?Abundance Paganism sales page for January 2021:
https://fair-folk-media.mykajabi.com/abundance-paganism
This episode introduces the concept of abundance paganism, and announces my offering of a course by the same name beginning September 2nd!
Topics covered:
*how abundance mentality dovetails with a pagan worldview and pagan practice
*my definition of ancestry
*appropriation and integrity
*the connection between suffering, death, sacrifice and transformation
*what our ancestors were doing most of the time (hint: it wasn’t war)
Music:
Fair Folk intro theme: “Forest March” by Sylvia Woods
16:55 “Ia Patonepi” by Imke McMurtrie, Nana Mzhavanadze & Tamar Buadze https://www.amazon.com/Georgian-Songs-Mzhavanadze-Buadze-McMurtrie/dp/B07BJFJLQH...2020-08-0746 min
Fair Folk PodcastLughnasadh - bonus almanac re-releaseThis is a re-release of last year's August Fair Folk Almanac for Patreon about the Irish festival of Lughnasadh, its mysterious history, and its afterlife in modern Irish folklore.
This is the feast of the harvest's beginning, of the shining sun, of first precious golden loaf.
In Irish, Lughnasa is a gathering for the god Lugh, who was responsible for teaching the people of Ireland how to harvest the grain, and for maintaining the four quarters of the year, with the harvest at their peak.
Music:
Intro theme: Forest March by Sylvia Woods
10:00 Instrumental track: The Dear Little Isle (air)” by...2020-07-3053 min
Fair Folk PodcastWells & Springs Episode 2: Water Of DeathThis episode witnesses the troubled relationship between the folklore of wells and springs and memories of trauma and violation. It discusses the vulnerability and suffering of women and Jews under medieval Christianity that is symbolized in the image of the well and processed through the embodied act of singing.
Links:
Mailing list: https://winter-lion-59052.myflodesk.com/pijrgnu11x
Patreon: www.patreon.com/fairfolkcast.com
Transcript: https://tinyurl.com/yb6cp36h
Music:
1:40 "Gungnir" by Valgaldr (Gøran Hálfdanarson Ellingsen)
9:15 “You are the Field” by Sarah Neufeld
12:30 “The Holy Well” by Jean Ritchie
20:00 “Maria Magdalena” by Vendla Johansson
24:25 “The Well Below the Valley...2020-07-1658 min
Fair Folk PodcastHealing the Wounds of EmpireThis episode discusses Empire and its deconstruction, and the relationship between healing and learning in life and in this podcast.
I speak on abundance and scarcity in the context of European traditional spirituality and culture, and invite listeners to give themselves moments of grace in order to address the work of anti-racism from a place of abundance and love.
Music:
Intro theme: "Forest March" by Sylvia Woods
Instrumental track: "The Warm Shoulder" by Mary Lattimore
"Sleepers Awake" by Jackie Oates2020-06-1849 min
Fair Folk PodcastWells & Springs Episode 1: Water Of LifeThe first in a series on wells and springs, this episode explores the phenomenon of wells and springs in mythology and spiritual belief and practice. Wells for magic, wells for healing, wells for wisdom and love; wells for the pure awe and wonder of living water.
Bi-weekly Q&A on Patreon, Conjuration Tier: https://www.patreon.com/join/fairfolkcast/
Music:
Intro theme: "Forest March" by Sylvia Woods
"Háleygir" by Valgaldr (instrumental)
“Tobar Tobar” by Marit and Rona
“Nornegaldr” by Runahild
“The Leaves of Yggdrasil” by Myrkur
“My Love is a Well” by Daoirí Farrell
“Туман яром, туман долиною” (Tuman Yarom) by the Veryovka National Folk Choir of Ukraine
“Makosh’ ” b...2020-05-1656 min
Urban Siren: Tarot for Modern Mermaids and MysticsEpisode 3. May Day, May Day! Beltane, Enlightenment and more on The HierophantWelcome to Urban Siren Podcast, where we explore mind, body and spirit through the lens of the Tarot. I'm Diane Ferraro, and I'm honored to be your host on this playful journey of self-discovery and interconnectedness. As we acknowledge the history of the Gaelic celebration of Beltane, we experience the mid-way point between Spring and Summer. It's a time for rebirth, rebuilding and growth on a collective level. In this episode, we continue to explore The Hierophant in the Tarot, and blend Beltane imagery to connect our own personal enlightenment with the coming of the light in the Natural...2020-05-0151 min
Fair Folk PodcastFaber Horbach of Sowulo Pagan BandMy interview with Faber Horbach of Sowulo Pagan Band in the Netherlands, June 2019.
Listen to Sowulo's new album and more:
https://www.sowulo.nl/ (Bandcamp)
https://www.facebook.com/Sowulo/ (Facebook)
https://www.instagram.com/sowulo.music (Sowulo Instragram)
https://www.instagram.com/faber.horbach/ (Faber Horbach Instagram)
https://www.facebook.com/amplifiedhistory/ (Heilung Facebook)
Music:
Intro Theme: "Forest March" by Sylvia Woods
2:00 "Wulfwiga" by Sowulo
6:40 "Sol" by Sowulo
11:30 "Slincan Snican" by Sowulo
15:35 "Beltane" by Sowulo
20:25 "Wohs Wildum" by Sowulo
31:45 "Wulfwiga" by Sowulo
This episode edited by Laura Hamill.2020-04-0737 min
Fair Folk PodcastA Priest and a Piper: A Conversation with Ignas Šatkauskas, Pagan Priest of RomuvaMy interview with Ignas Šatkauskas, pagan priest of Romuva, in August 2018
Pagan Ritual Songs from Romuva Camp, playlist on Fair Folk's YouTube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwfbVKoLviE&list=PLDGCg4JtohsA1pJf6bB_pNbmKT_AK0d6W
Fair Folk's YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw5BgVgYLuRWmEs66AHx38A
Music:
Intro Theme: "Forest March" by Sylvia Woods
22:00 ”Kukal, Rože, Ratilio” by Jievaras
26:45 “Improvisation on the Bagpipe” by Skirmantas Sasnauskas
34:50 "Nuslaida Saulala" by Kulgrinda
39:50 “Vakarinė žvaigždelė” by Kulgrinda
46:40 "Turėja liepa” by Vilniaus čiurlionio Mgs Ansamblis2020-03-1855 min
Fair Folk PodcastChildren of the Sun: Paganism and Folksong in Lithuania - Part TwoIn Part Two of Children of the Sun episode, I travel to the forests of Dzūkija region with ethnomusicologist Eglė Česnakavičiūtė to meet the elder and traditional singer Elena Česnulytė, and talk folksong politics. I finally wind up at Šatrijos Ugnis, a perpetual flame tended at a hill in a national park in Samogitia, where I decide maybe paganism is not about belonging after all, but rather, more powerfully, about connection.
Music
Intro theme: “Forest March” by Sylvia Woods
00:45 “LIV Kompozicija” by Žemyna Trinkūnaitė
3:35 Elena Česnulytė, Žiūrai village, Dzūkija
5:17 “Lyliumoj” by Elena Česnulytė, Žiūrai village, Dzūkija
7:40 “Aš Kel...2020-02-2750 min
Fair Folk PodcastChildren of the Sun: Paganism and Folksong in Lithuania - Part OneIn this episode I spend a week with pagan religious group Romuva, and reflect on the role of belonging in paganism and folk tradition. Live recordings taken in 2018.
Music:
Intro theme: “Forest March” by Sylvia Woods
4:10 - “XL Kompozicija” by Žemyna Trinkūnaitė
6:57 “Dūno upė” - Romuva camp attendees / Kūlgrinda
9:08 Gabija chant - Romuva camp attendees / Kūlgrinda
10:35 Leliumoj - Romuva camp attendees / Kūlgrinda
13:35 Žemyna chant -Romuva camp attendees / Kūlgrinda
17:35 “XLVI Kompozicija” Žemyna Trinkūnaitė
30:05 “Nuslaide Saulala” by Kūlgrinda
32:40 “XLI kompozicija” by Žemyna Trinkūnaitė
36:30 Inija Trinkūnienė
48:50 “Kompozicija xix” by Žemyna Trinkūnaitė
Thank you so much to all the people who helped me in var...2020-02-2455 min
House of Legends: World Myths & LegendsEpisode 34: The Cruel Mother with Danica Boyce of Fair Folk PodcastIn this episode I talk to Danica Boyce, the host of Fair Folk, an outstanding folklore podcast. Clarification from Danica: The version of the Cruel Mother that she sings is by Shirley Collins, an English singer; the song is English/Scottish but the lines about the afterlives are from The Maid and the Palmer, a ballad collected from an Irish traveller.Check out Fair Folk Podcast at:https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/fair-folk-podcast/id1177770160Support House of Legends on Patreon at:https://www.patreon.com/houseoflegendsG...2019-12-171h 02