Chthonia
Explore the world of the Dark Feminine in myth, religion, folklore, and magic.
- Update frequency
- every 11 days
- Average duration
- 54 minutes
- Episodes
- 165
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Baubo
This week's episode looks at Baubo, a figure in Greek mythology usually regarded as humorous, as she manages to making the grieving goddess Demeter laugh by showing off her genitalia. So-called Baubo…
00:54:24 |
Sun 22 Jan 2023
Siddhidhatri
Happy new year! To kick off 2023 we look at the last of our Navadurgas, Siddhidhatri. Her name roughly translates to "giver of perfection" or "giver of power," and she is the form of Shakti that crea…
00:47:28 |
Sun 08 Jan 2023
Mahagauri
We end 2022 with a podcast on the auspicious goddess Mahagauri, the eighth Navadurga. This golden/white goddess is hardly "dark Feminine" in appearance; however, she is the slayer of Shumba and Nishu…
00:33:54 |
Sun 25 Dec 2022
Katyayani
This week we look at the sixth Navadurga, Katyayani. She is associated with the Ajna chakra (third eye), and is the manifestation of the anger of the gods against the Mahisasura. She is also associat…
00:42:35 |
Sun 11 Dec 2022
Skandamata
This week's episode is a bit mind-blowing. Skandamata is the fifth Navadurga, and the embodiment of Parvati as mother of Skanda (Kartikeya, the war god). Skanda is born to defeat a demon called Tarak…
00:48:38 |
Sun 27 Nov 2022
Chthonia Conversations: The Dark Feminine and Shamanism with Phoenix the Elder
This month's conversation is with Phoenix the Elder, a shaman who has apprenticed in Slavic shaman traditions and Bardo traditions among others, and has worked in these traditions for over 40 years. …
01:29:23 |
Mon 21 Nov 2022
Kushmanda
This week we discuss Kushmanda, the fourth Navadurga, who is also the Adishakti (Primal Shakti). She is the Shakti of Lord Surya (the Sun), and represents the true reality beyond all the apparent dif…
00:55:07 |
Sun 13 Nov 2022
Chandraghanta
This week we look at the third Navadurga, known as Chandraghanta, the married form of the goddess Parvati. Her story begins at her wedding, when her bridegroom-to-be shows up dressed like an Aghori w…
00:36:10 |
Sun 30 Oct 2022
Chthonia Conversations: Discussing the Dark Feminine in Horror Movies with Jeanette Hanley
This month's conversation is a fun and informal look at the Dark Feminine in horror movies with my longtime friend and former librarian Jeanette Hanley, who has seen a LOT of horror movies in her lif…
01:11:36 |
Wed 26 Oct 2022
Brahmacharini
This week we look at the second Navadurga, Brahmacharini. Also a term for a female renunciate in Hinduism, Brahmacharini is the manifestation of goddess Parvati before she is married to Shiva. She go…
00:36:12 |
Sun 16 Oct 2022
Shailaputri
This week kicks off a series on the Navadurgas, the avatars of goddess Durga that are celebrated during the nine days of Navaratri. I have covered a couple of them before, and I am going to talk abou…
00:36:18 |
Sun 02 Oct 2022
Chthonia Conversations: Talking With Joanna Madloch about Slavic Paganism
Chthonia Conversations welcomes back Joanna Madloch (Baba Yaga episode of Chthonia) to discuss the archaic nature of what we call "Slavic Paganism". The Slavs do not have a "mythology" per se, there …
01:07:28 |
Thu 22 Sep 2022
Diana
This last September episode focuses on the Roman goddess Diana, and on Diana Nemorensis in particular. Many of Diana's characteristics became merged with those of the Greek goddess, Artemis; however,…
00:40:17 |
Sun 18 Sep 2022
Marzanna
This week we look at the Slavic death goddess known as Marzanna, or Morana. Her mythology is seasonal, associating her with winter hags, though the myth associated with her is one of betrayal. In Pol…
00:42:14 |
Sun 04 Sep 2022
Bast
This week by request we look at the Egyptian cat goddess Bast (or Bastet). Bast is a daughter of Ra and sister of Sekhmet, originally a ferocious lioness goddess who killed the serpent Apep on Ra's n…
00:49:56 |
Sun 21 Aug 2022
Chthonia Conversations: Talking Chthonic Gnosis with David Beth
This month I chat with David Beth of Theion Publishing, who is also the founder of the Kosmic Gnosis esoteric current. David and I discuss the ancient gods, the proto-human worldview, the stumbling b…
02:07:34 |
Mon 15 Aug 2022
Corra
This week we look at Corra, the serpent goddess of the Celts. Corra was a new discovery for me when I visited Western Ireland; she is alternately described as a dragon, demon, “devil mother” or just …
00:58:18 |
Sun 07 Aug 2022
Rhiannon
Summer requests begin with Rhiannon, the Welsh Otherworldly figure, perhaps a goddess, from the Mabinogion. She is associated with horses, and is similar to Celtic figures like Morrigan and Medb with…
01:02:18 |
Sun 24 Jul 2022
Chthonia Conversations: Jessica Grote on Hetaera
This month's Chthonia Conversation is with Jessica Grote of Theion Publishing. Jessica and I talk about the concept of hetaera, often understood as "courtesanship", originally a female intellectual c…
00:57:23 |
Fri 15 Jul 2022
Bendith Y Mamau
This week we look at fairies, and Welsh fairies in particular. The Bendith Y Mamau ("Mother's Blessing") were known for stealing children and leaving changelings in their place. Their connection to c…
00:43:27 |
Sun 10 Jul 2022
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