Mystics, Mages, and Magical Places #025 Rev. James & Rev. Art: Preserving Folk Traditions

[Reverend Art]

Mystics, Mages, and Magical Places 09/11/2023:

The 25th episode of Mystics, Mages, and Magical Places with Reverend Art and Reverend James, bringing you "Preserving Folk Traditions!"

Mystics, Mages, and Magical Places will be on the air at 4pm PT, 7pm ET with Reverend Art and Reverend James! We begin this show with an update from our hosts followed by a discussion on the importance of preserving regional, familial, and cultural folk traditions and ways to keep them alive.

The preservation of folk traditions is akin to safeguarding the soul of a community, for within these age-old practices lies the collective wisdom, values, and cultural essence of generations past. These traditions are the threads that bind us to our roots, offering a glimpse into the narratives that have shaped the identities of community members. They serve as a bridge across time, allowing us to commune with our ancestors, understanding their struggles, aspirations, and the profound insights they imparted. In cherishing these customs, we not only honor the resilience of those who came before us but also gift the same legacy, in its purest form, to those who will follow. Folk traditions are a living, breathing tapestry of human experience, a testament to the beauty of diversity, and a testament to the enduring spirit of humanity. They remind us that while we march forward into an ever-changing world, our foundation remains firmly rooted in the rich soil of tradition, and it is our sacred duty to ensure that these invaluable treasures continue to flourish for generations yet unborn.

Inspired by the 2023 Tennessee Folk Magic Festival hosted by AromaG's Botanica, join as Rev. Art and Rev. James recap the event and discuss the importance of keeping folk traditions alive.

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[Reverend Art]

Here's the chat log which was generated on the day of the show!

The Mystics, Mages, and Magical Places CHAT LOG, September 11, 2023, 4:00pm PT - 5:30pm PT

2023-09-11 18:52 lmcradionetwork Hello everyone!
2023-09-11 18:53 trollt Made it!
2023-09-11 18:54 rev_art Hi @trollt!
2023-09-11 18:54 trollt Oi!
2023-09-11 18:56 trollt Wild and woolly day here; pre-recording the WPC show and getting our house re-roofed and car repaired and bank replaced! Yow!
2023-09-11 18:57 trollt We met with Johannes last night, from Sweden! What a thrill!
2023-09-11 18:58 rev_art That sounds like a busy, perhaps good stressful? amount of things going on?
2023-09-11 18:59 rev_art Hi @wickwayisup!
2023-09-11 18:59 rev_art Hi @dr-sweets!
2023-09-11 18:59 wickwayisup Hello
2023-09-11 18:59 dr-sweets howdy
2023-09-11 19:01 rev_art 8 months in and our theme song still gives me goosebumps, lol
2023-09-11 19:03 trollt I am!
2023-09-11 19:04 trollt https://www.facebook.com/HoodooPsychics
2023-09-11 19:04 phyllismargretgabor hello everyone
2023-09-11 19:04 rev_art Hiya @phyllismargretgabor!
2023-09-11 19:04 trollt The Tennessee Folk Magic Festival!
2023-09-11 19:04 trollt AromaG's!
2023-09-11 19:04 phyllismargretgabor it looked so cool!! i knew you guys would have a blast
2023-09-11 19:05 trollt https://www.aromagregory.com/
2023-09-11 19:08 phyllismargretgabor oh how cool!
2023-09-11 19:09 phyllismargretgabor well I know what I'm watching later haha
2023-09-11 19:10 phyllismargretgabor https://youtube.com/@AromaGs?si=xxT0Dk078eCl8mVj
2023-09-11 19:10 lmcradionetwork https://www.youtube.com/@AromaGs/videos
2023-09-11 19:11 jaydeehoodoo hello everyone
2023-09-11 19:12 phyllismargretgabor hello @jaydeehoodoo
2023-09-11 19:14 phyllismargretgabor I found last year’s video @reverendjames how fun
2023-09-11 19:14 phyllismargretgabor lol saved to watched later
2023-09-11 19:17 reverendjames Pagan World TV
2023-09-11 19:19 phyllismargretgabor @jaydeehoodoo the haunted Detroit episode was very cool
2023-09-11 19:19 jaydeehoodoo always lol
2023-09-11 19:20 jaydeehoodoo @phyllismargretgabor I’d love to do more haunted Detroit, perhaps I need to do a field trip and report back?
2023-09-11 19:21 phyllismargretgabor yes!!! do it! I know there's probably a part 2 and 3. there's so much history there
2023-09-11 19:24 rev_art I'm wanting to do a live show from Detroit...May know someone there who can take us on a tour of the haunted places, lol
2023-09-11 19:25 lmcradionetwork hello @beau2!
2023-09-11 19:25 phyllismargretgabor oh that would be fun @rev_art
2023-09-11 19:26 phyllismargretgabor oh Mercury isn't moving. it's making everything horrible
2023-09-11 19:29 phyllismargretgabor a bottle tree? that's cool. I'm not sure that would fly here, and I'm not even considered the bible belt
2023-09-11 19:32 dr-sweets Is there a minimum number of bottles to be used say like 13?
2023-09-11 19:33 trollt Never heard of one.
2023-09-11 19:33 dr-sweets ok
2023-09-11 19:33 jaydeehoodoo how much is Pow Wow built into practices and traditions from a Christian perspective
2023-09-11 19:33 trollt Does it matter what the bottles used to be used for? Milk of Magnesia?
2023-09-11 19:34 trollt Blue Nun wine?
2023-09-11 19:34 trollt Bottled water?
2023-09-11 19:34 trollt John C Campbell Folk School -- website?
2023-09-11 19:35 dr-sweets What about blue plastic bottles. Can they be used?
2023-09-11 19:36 jaydeehoodoo I only know what i was told and have seen and it was always glass. But great question
2023-09-11 19:36 phyllismargretgabor best thing about being Pennsylvania Dutch is the gobs lol
2023-09-11 19:37 trollt Glass is all I’ve ever seen too.
2023-09-11 19:38 rev_art blue glass is the most traditional for bottle trees, typically you'll see blue wine bottles or of similar shape
2023-09-11 19:39 dr-sweets LOL...when we take out the trash the recycle bin gets raided by bottle redemption collectors so I know the glass bottle would get stolen if hung in the front yard.
2023-09-11 19:41 jaydeehoodoo Normally the glass has nothing on it (label-free), not sure if they are worth anything.
2023-09-11 19:41 phyllismargretgabor I have foxfire books
2023-09-11 19:43 dr-sweets Collecting glass bottles is a big thing here. Multiple baskets full of cans bottles every Wednesday night.
2023-09-11 19:45 trollt Man that was running it: who was he?
2023-09-11 19:45 trollt Were there court proceedings? Or just allegations/accusations?
2023-09-11 19:49 phyllismargretgabor I think my mom must have been interested in folk magic but never practiced. my house is packed full of everything you would need
2023-09-11 19:49 jaydeehoodoo we did a spell yesterday on the Rootwork hour on making an oil lamp
2023-09-11 19:50 jaydeehoodoo I was taught a spell using cooking grease to add to a dish with a doll-baby to make a person fat.
2023-09-11 19:52 dr-sweets hmm....the evil of it all...LOL
2023-09-11 19:52 phyllismargretgabor they have barn signs to tell you all about it
2023-09-11 19:52 rev_art lol
2023-09-11 19:54 reverendjames @trollt Charlie Walk - and yes, he in 1993 he was released from jail after a 1-year term lockup
2023-09-11 19:55 jaydeehoodoo Old wife's tales are often pieces well worth recording
2023-09-11 19:56 phyllismargretgabor I have a good one of those. if the leaves blow upside down. it's going to rain
2023-09-11 19:56 trollt http://www.southernspirits.org
2023-09-11 19:56 trollt http://www.yronwode.org
2023-09-11 19:57 jaydeehoodoo Miss Cat discusses in the course about our family tradition. Though it may seem non-magical, you will be surprised how many are
2023-09-11 19:58 trollt YIPPIE - Yronwode Institution for the Preservation and Popularization
2023-09-11 19:58 trollt of indigenous Ethnomagicology
2023-09-11 19:58 dr-sweets Do you think Hoodoo remediations are universal meaning it/they will solve any workings from any tradition of magic?
2023-09-11 20:00 trollt YIPPIE has a number of bibliographies too.
2023-09-11 20:00 phyllismargretgabor we can start a wine pal where we send you wine. you drink it then send the bottle back LOL
2023-09-11 20:00 trollt Available via the website.
2023-09-11 20:00 trollt There's a hardcover!
2023-09-11 20:01 rev_art @phyllismargretgabor not sure if my liver would thank me, lol
2023-09-11 20:01 trollt The primer is no longer available.
2023-09-11 20:01 trollt It was prior to the debut of the full version and was left over.
2023-09-11 20:03 trollt http://www.readersandrootworkers.org
2023-09-11 20:03 trollt The Tech Team Puts it Together for YOU!
2023-09-11 20:03 trollt James and Art are both members of that Tech Team!
2023-09-11 20:04 trollt https://readersandrootworkers.org/wiki/AIRR_Tech_Team
2023-09-11 20:05 trollt Hoodoo Heritage Festival - http://www.hoodooheritagefestival.com
2023-09-11 20:06 trollt Those events have been in part preserved for future viewing and appreciation through the AISC's Workshop Videos! -- http://www.hoodooworkshops.com
2023-09-11 20:07 trollt AISC / HHF / often focusses on multi-cultural aspects of folk culture and magic.
2023-09-11 20:08 trollt Lucky Mojo Hoodoo Rootwork Hour -- forum268.html
2023-09-11 20:12 trollt http://www.hoodooataglance.com
2023-09-11 20:12 lmcradionetwork https://guides.loc.gov/public-folklore-folklife
2023-09-11 20:13 trollt The Lucky Mojo Forum is a dense repository itself: http://forum.luckymojo.com
2023-09-11 20:13 trollt Thank you for mentioning that, Reverend James!
2023-09-11 20:13 trollt The Kali Yuga!!
2023-09-11 20:13 trollt The Black Times!
2023-09-11 20:14 trollt The time when everything is disintegrating and coming apart.
2023-09-11 20:14 trollt Entropic Theme!
2023-09-11 20:15 dr-sweets Some parents don’t want their kids to learn for fear they will know more and be able to work that stuff on them if they get angry. The new testament repeats honor mother and father but adds the warning to not provoke the children. Thats a real warning...LOL [Ephesians 6:4 I believe]
2023-09-11 20:15 reverendjames Interesting point @dr-sweets!
2023-09-11 20:16 dr-sweets LOL
2023-09-11 20:17 trollt Big, rich, old cultures diversify!
2023-09-11 20:17 trollt Assimilation comes with a cost!
2023-09-11 20:20 trollt Sound recording!
2023-09-11 20:22 trollt Smithsonian
2023-09-11 20:23 trollt Penn State Univ.
2023-09-11 20:23 trollt Hohman, The Long-Lost Friend - Pow-Wows
2023-09-11 20:23 trollt https://www.luckymojo.com/powwows.html
2023-09-11 20:24 lmcradionetwork https://www.brushwood.com/ https://folklife.si.edu/ https://libraries.psu.edu/about/collect ... collection https://www.southernfolklore.com/
2023-09-11 20:24 trollt Center for Southern Folklore in Memphis TN
2023-09-11 20:25 trollt Unto These Hills
2023-09-11 20:25 trollt https://tnfolkmagicfest.com/
2023-09-11 20:25 wickwayisup My Great Grandmother was Cherokee
2023-09-11 20:26 reverendjames https://cherokeehistorical.org/unto-these-hills/
2023-09-11 20:26 reverendjames the story they walk you through is the history of the Trail of Tears, so it can be quite a powerful emotional experience
2023-09-11 20:26 wickwayisup My Great Grandfather was freedman
2023-09-11 20:27 phyllismargretgabor what was the Penn State place/link? I'm trying to find it
2023-09-11 20:28 trollt Thanks for making it happen!
2023-09-11 20:28 trollt They're co-hosts of your sister show! Yes!
2023-09-11 20:28 trollt They're on tomorrow night at 4pm PT / 7pm ET
2023-09-11 20:29 rev_art @phyllismargretgabor https://libraries.psu.edu/about/collect ... collection
2023-09-11 20:29 wickwayisup Fantastic show
2023-09-11 20:29 phyllismargretgabor awesome thank you!
2023-09-11 20:30 reverendjames Glad you all enjoyed! It was great to "see" you all!
2023-09-11 20:30 trollt The Witch the Priestess and the Cauldron -- https://www.facebook.com/witchpriestesscauldron
2023-09-11 20:30 trollt Nightee night!
2023-09-11 20:30 reverendjames night!
2023-09-11 20:30 rev_art Thank you so much @wickwayisup!
2023-09-11 20:31 reverendjames Audio should not begin processing
2023-09-11 20:31 reverendjames now
2023-09-11 20:31 phyllismargretgabor the reason Pennsylvania has so many different traditions and religions is because it was founded on religious freedom. you could practice what you wanted here and William Penn didn't allow any "witches" to be excluded. Have a great night guys! thanks for the awesome episode and all the links!
2023-09-11 20:31 phyllismargretgabor ugh. goodnight
2023-09-11 20:32 reverendjames Thanks for sharing @phyllismargretgabor
2023-09-11 20:32 rev_art Wondering what Miss Elvyra, Deb, Rev. James and I will get up to next week? Tune in to find out! It'll be a blast, I'm sure
2023-09-11 20:32 rev_art G'nite @phyllismargretgabor!
2023-09-11 20:32 lmcradionetwork Collecting the chat!