The Numinous Podcast with Carmen Spagnola: Intuition, Spirituality and the Mystery of Life
TNP128 Scottish Folk Magic with Scott Richardson-Reed of the Cailleachs Herbarium
In this episode we are joined by Scott Richardson-Reed author of the popular blog, the Cailleach’s Herbarium, where he writes about Scottish Folk Magic, witchcraft, folklore and herbalism.
I’ve followed Scott's blog for a few years now and have thoroughly enjoyed the depth of research and frank discourse he brings to topics like cultural and spiritual appropriation, reclaiming or reimagining ancestral practices and animism in Scottish myth. I'm thrilled for this opportunity to dive deeper into his excellent series, The Good, The Dead and the Faery: Scottish Folk Magic And The Dead.
I’m delighted to share with you a long awaited conversation – long awaited by me anyway – with Scott Richardson-Reed, the conversation in which I learn that…I have an accent! Who knew? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Links to topics in this conversation:
Tales of the Taibhsear concept album- limited edition on sale now!
skyrie stones - "colourful stones" divination
Amanda Edmiston, Botanica Fabula Storytelling
Debbie Armour, Burd Ellen music
Survey of Scottish Witchcraft
Saining Not Smudging: Purification and Lustration in Scottish Folk Magic Practice
More episodes from The Numinous Podcast with Carmen Spagnola: Intuition, Spirituality and the Mystery of Life
TNP149 Spiritual Hygiene for the Holidays with Carmen Spagnola
This special episode includes a 30 minute trancework exercise. I stack 4 different spiritual hygiene exercises, one after the other, to connect with earth, water, air and fire.
This episode …
TNP148 Seeing Yourself Through The Apocalypse With Lindsay Tunkl
Lindsay Tunkl is an artist and the author of "Origins & Endings: Seeing Yourself Through the Apocalypse". It's a divination deck and self-reflection inkblot kit that helps us grapple …
TNP147 Tom Hirons Tracks Collapse + Meaning Through Poetry
Sometimes A Wild God is a powerful poem written by storyteller, author, wilderness vigil guide, and poet, Tom Hirons. In this episode, I ask the poet …
TNP146 Carmen + Holly on Collapse Psychology and the Importance of Grief Ritual Accountability and Play
In Part 2 of my conversation with Holly, we explore collapse grief and death rituals in COVID times, and share fairly extensively about why …
TNP145 Holly Truhlar on Tending the Threshold of Collapse
Holly is a psychotherapist and a lawyer, and what she calls a “collapsitarian” – she’s spent a long time tracking collapse from multiple perspectives …
TNP144 Mimi Young on Intuition + Pandemic Plant Medicine
I'm talking with Mimi Young about clairolfaction, wonderful plant allies for pandemic times, and how to work with tea in a magical – even ancestral – …
How you can listen to this podcast
You can listen to episodes right here on the website, or if you prefer, in a podcast app. Listening in an app makes it easier to keep track of what you’ve already heard, listen without using your data plan and many other conveniences.