In episode 144 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kristin Lisenby & Kate Belew continue their series inspired by the wyrd and wonderful. In Wyrd Women Pt. 2, they begin in the cosmos and explore the folklore of the Pleiades star cluster. Also known as the Seven Sisters, the Pleiades possess mythical ties to Aphrodite, Artemis, bees, doves, and the Winter Solstice. In the second part of this conversation, Kate introduces listeners to Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, author, occultist, and founder of the Theosophical Society.
Sources & Shoutouts:
Earth Medicines, Felicia Cocozin Ruiz
The Gift of Healing Herbs, Robin Rose Bennett
Additional decks and books from the Tamed Wild Library
Episode 103: Earth Medicines with Felicia Cocozin Ruiz
Episode 117: Hometown Hauntings
Episode 134: Summer Magick
Episode 108: The Furies & the Harpies
Artemis: Virgin Goddess of the Sun, Moon & Hunt, Sorita d’Este
Women’s Encylopedia of Myths & Secrets, Barbara Walker
The Myth of Alcyone & Ceyx
"Pleiades in Ancient Mesopotamia," Lorenzo Verderame
The Night School: Lessons in Moonlight, Magic, and the Mysteries of Being Human, Maia Toll
Cultural Astronomy - Aztec
BrooklynMuseum.org
“Madame Blavatsky and the Secret of the Masters,” Jules Evans
Isis Unveiled: A Master-Key to the Mysteries of Ancient and Modern Science and Theology, Helena Blavatsky
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helena_Blavatsky
Theosophical Society
"White Lotus Day celebrates the ‘founding mother of occult in America,’ Helena Petrovna Blavatsky" - The Conve
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