The Practical Occult Podcast is about magic being real, actionable, and above all – practical. Join hosts Alison Chicosky and Alexander Moore of Practical Occult as they chat with guests about personal experiences with magic and give examples of techniques to try at home.
In this episode of the Practical Occult Podcast we interview Matthew Venus, traditional witch, folk magician and Quimbandero on the topics of animism in sorcery and everyday life, the relation of various internal souls to each other and to the outside world and the importance of divination in spirit communication. Matthew expertly illustrates how approaching magic and, indeed, one’s existence at large via this lens can amplify everything from spell effectiveness to personal life satisfaction. Further, our guest’s discussion on the rich nature of the magic of effigies and spirit vessels, both within this interview and in his upcoming book, is sure to delight the listener at the same time as it educates them.
https://www.salemwitchfest.com/
Ensouling the Effigy: The Witch’s Arte of Enspirited Objects: https://www.crossedcrowbooks.com/shop-crossed-crow-books/p/ensouling-the-effigy
Author: Alison Chicosky
Alison Chicosky is a scholar and practitioner of a variety of forms of thaumaturgy with a focus on results-based magic. While especially interested in both Solomonic magic and the Graeco-Egyptian magic of the Greek Magical Papyri, she is also well versed in soul-flight and psychic magic of various kinds. The founder and force behind Practical Occult (www.practicaloccult.com), she strives to provide pentacles and other enchanted items drawn from a broad background of rigorously studied ancient arts, leveraging the systems of the past for practical modern use.