Chthonia

The Banshee: The Magic of Ancient Lamentations

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This week's podcast looks at the Banshee, a Celtic/Gaelic fe…

01:07:21 | Mon 24 Jun 2024

Sheela Na Gig: Symbol of Fertility or a Warning?

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01:00:45 | Sun 09 Jun 2024

The Harpies: Chthonic Heralds of Famine

In this week's episode we discuss the Harpies, creatures with the head of a woman and the body of a monstrous bird that represent storm winds. This episode was created in the wake of a huge storm tha…

00:58:07 | Sun 26 May 2024

La Llorona: Wailing Women and Betrayal of the Feminine

This week we look at the Mexican folkloric figure of La Llorona, the wailing woman eternally searching for her dead children. She is generally seen as a dangerous figure who is alternately a child st…

00:58:24 | Sun 12 May 2024

Agdistis: the Root of Masculine and Feminine Separation

This week's topic is a loaded one! Agdistis is a Phrygian hermaphroditic daimon that is so powerful the gods fear them, and Agdistis is castrated and becomes female only, with the discarded member be…

01:06:57 | Sun 28 Apr 2024

Queen Medb (Maeve): the Threat of Female Sovereignty

In this week's episode we look at Queen Medb of Connacht in Ireland, who was legendary for her seductive power, her warlike nature, and her political power among the High Kings. Notorious for having …

01:09:38 | Sun 14 Apr 2024

The Fates: Moirai, Keres, Norns, and Spirits of Destiny

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01:01:47 | Sun 31 Mar 2024

Julian of Norwich: God the Mother Theology

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00:53:37 | Sun 17 Mar 2024

Hildegard of Bingen: Doctrine of the Divine Feminine in Nature

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This week we continue the series on Female Christian Mystics with the polymath saint Hildegard of Bingen. Hildegard b…

00:59:49 | Sun 03 Mar 2024

Whats War Got to Do With It? : Love Goddesses and the Dark Feminine

In honor of Valentine's Day this past week, this podcast takes a look at 4 goddesses of love and desire: Aphrodite, Ishtar, Freya, and Rati. Love goddesses are often war goddesses as well, or at leas…

01:13:40 | Sun 18 Feb 2024

Brigid: Fiery Goddess of the Celts

In this week's podcast we look at my namesake, the goddess Brigid, as we have just passed Imbolc (also known as Brigid's Day). This episode focuses on the goddess rather than the saint, though there …

01:02:01 | Sun 04 Feb 2024

Catherine of Siena: a Mystical Union of Flesh

This week we continue our series on Christian female mystics with a look at St. Catherine of Siena. St. Catherine is an incredibly complex figure, who at once represents the Christian feminine ideal …

00:55:25 | Sun 21 Jan 2024

Teresa of Avila: the Dangerous Ecstasy of Divine Union

Happy 2024! We start off the new year with the first podcast in the Female Christian Mystics series by looking at St. Teresa of Jesus, better known as Teresa of Avila. Teresa died in 1582 and was can…

01:06:12 | Sun 07 Jan 2024

Despoina: Mistress of the Eleusian Mysteries

We end 2023 with a look at Despoina, an obscure Arcadian goddess associated with this title which means "Mistress". Often connected to Kore/Persephone, Artemis and Hecate, this child of Demeter and P…

00:58:17 | Sun 24 Dec 2023

Lussi: Santa Lucia's Dark Predecessor

Just in time for Santa Lucia's Day (13 December) we look at Lussi, the sorceress who rides with her ghoulish brood at the Solstice, bringing destruction to homes unprepared for the coming winter, car…

00:47:29 | Sun 10 Dec 2023

Yuki-onna: the Spirit of Winter

As we head into the winter season, we round out the last few podcasts of the year with a discussion of the Japanese "snow woman" Yuki-onna. Like many of our Dark Feminine figures, she has both gentle…

01:01:00 | Sun 26 Nov 2023

Female Jinn: Ghula and Si'lat

Jinn are spirits created from fire that are part of Arabic and Islamic folklore. A full discussion of the Jinn would take many episodes, so in this podcast I discuss what Jinn are and what is known a…

01:14:33 | Sun 12 Nov 2023

Eisheth Zenunim: Female Personification of Sin

This week we are talking about Eisheth Zenunim, "queen of harlots" who is considered the personification of sin in the Zohar, and one of the 4 wives of Samael. We discuss Eisheth's relationship to th…

00:58:26 | Sun 29 Oct 2023

Echidna

This week we look at Echidna, the mother of monsters in Greek mythology. Echnidna is said to be the mother of the Sphinx, the Chimera, the Lernean Hydra, and Cerberus among others. She is identified …

00:48:05 | Sun 15 Oct 2023

Anath

This episode looks at the third goddess in our Canaanite trilogy, the warrior goddess Anath, the sister or helpmate of the Canaanite deity Ba'al Hadad. Anath's attributes and role with respect to the…

00:58:43 | Sun 01 Oct 2023

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