Hex-Breaking and Healing

About this episode

Rob Phoenix discusses Pennsylvania German folk magic and his journey as a powwow doctor.

Rob Phoenix, a practicing hexenmeister discusses the tradition of Pennsylvania German folk magic and faith healing commonly known as powwow. We discuss intention and healing, The Long Lost Friend and other powwow texts, and Rob’s own journey as a present-day powwow doctor. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/StrangeFamiliars SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring the anomalous, the luminous, and the numinous. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests and persistent passions. spectrevisionradio.com linktr.ee/spectrevision Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: SpectreVision Radio

Guest: Rob Phoenix

Topics covered

• Pennsylvania German folk magic
• powwow
• faith healing
• hex-breaking
• intention
• healing

Keywords

• hexenmeister
• powwow
• folk magic
• healing
• intention
• The Long Lost Friend

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Long Lost Friend

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