Secular vs Non Secular Witchcraft (aka : The Toenail Episode)

About this episode

The episode discusses the differences between secular and non-secular witchcraft, touching on various related themes including religion and ritual.

Y'all made this happen... Ignore us conflating secular and non-secular! We're talking about religion in witchcraft What started as a running joke about toenails unfortunately, hid a horrifying truth: Nail clippings, and other“taglocks,” actually do have a long history in witchcraft. So .... we had to talk about it... Thanks... Then we have a surprisingly thoughtful conversation about secular vs religious witchcraft, egregores, animism, gods, skepticism, ritual, and whether belief itself can c...

People in this episode

Hosts: Charlye Michelle, Grandpa Kimothy

Topics covered

• secular witchcraft
• non-secular witchcraft
• religion
• egregores
• animism
• skepticism
• ritual

Keywords

• witchcraft
• secular
• non-secular
• religion
• egregores
• animism
• skepticism
• ritual
• belief
• taglocks

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: witchcraft

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