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13/01/2022

Thanks so much for a great 2021! More content to come in 2022 now on the 2nd Friday of every month!!!

The standout moments of the year. Shout out to all the fans on Spotify.

09/08/2021

The newest episode is out now!

Hail and Welcome to another High Holiday with The Crone's Porch. Let The Games Begin! Well... the games happened already, but this episode is more about the reflection than the ritual and Collin & Ian take some time to explore competition, the joy of community, and what might be in store for Lughnas...

14/07/2021

A new episode, more laughs, and cool summer vibes. All this and more on this episode of The Crone's Porch.

Hail and Welcome to The Crone's Porch! On this episode, Collin and Ian discuss Mundane Magick and the many ways magick weaves its way into our everyday lives. Magick is everywhere and can be anything. They also discuss summer nostalgia and the importance of rest. So, pull up your rocking chair, grab...

07/07/2021

A new episode and just in time for... well a little late for midsummer, but just in time for Kupala!

Welcome to Crone's Porch and welcome to Midsummer... well we're a little bit off. Sorry about that, but this episode is right on time for Kupala so Happy Kupala! On this episode, Collin and Ian get closer to figuring out what Litha is and how it fits into their respective paths. They also talk about...

23/06/2021

New episode, new opinions, and a renewed drive to maybe post more on social media...

Welcome to the Crone's Porch and welcome to another Pride in Quarantine... yay? In this episode, Collin and Ian explore what community means to us and how we see values and actions expressed in community. We wish you all a happy Pride month! So, pull up your rocking chair, grab your favorite lap bla...

14/12/2020

One of your co-hosts was on another podcast! You can find it here!
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03/10/2020

Please contribute! Mutual aid is critical to moving toward a post capitalist world.

🗣Who keeps us safe?🗣
We keep us safe!!! We are working with Flower City Noire Collective to holistically address the needs of BIPOC frontline activists in the Rochester area. This fund is a restorative example of how we as a community care for each other while addressing needs created by capitalism. This fund needs your support to immediately alleviate the financial, physical and emotional stress caused first by inherited historic factors like racism, redlining and sexism and currently experienced with active state sanctioned violence in the form of emotional, chemical and physical abuse by The RPD.

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17/09/2020

It is the moral imperative to magickal faith to support social justice in some way! Please give what you can for protesters and allies in Rochester. They have been fighting every day against violent police to get justice for Daniel Prude and People of Color in the city. Please share as much as you can!

13/09/2020

Check out our newest addition: Crones Watch! Ian and Collin explore some media for your delight!

Welcome to Crone Watch, a new mini-series on the Crone's Porch where Collin and Ian watch and react to Magickal Pop Culture Moments. In this episode, Collin ...

20/08/2020

Please check out our August episode! We discuss sovereignty and spiritual geography! It is quite a romp, so please join us on the Crone's Porch

19/08/2020

An Ogham Meditation by Collin: I wanted to start these as an exploration of self-care on the Crone Path. I plan to post one letter of the Irish Ogham alphabet/divination language each week with a short meditation on self-care. For an introduction to the historical and cultural uses of the Ogham I suggest you read https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogham. I use them to throw and then do a reading, which I can happily explain in more detail if you dm me.

Week 2:
Luis (LWEESH)
Two strokes, right hand
Rowan: the letter of protection, defense and vulnerability

Luis is a very straight forward letter, representing protection and defense. Rowan is still considered a defensive plant in Scotland. In folk custom, it is said rowan bows will protect a house from the Fair Folk and evil spirits. In this time of overwhelming numbers of crises, Luis is a very pertinent letter.

Luis represents defense in all the senses of the word. Physical, emotional and spiritual shielding can be very important. Luis teaches us to identify where we are exposed, to identify what protects us and then hold up our shields in the face of adversity. This may mean doing self-care after a long day of work, taking time to center yourself before going into toxic situations or setting up time with a friend to talk after dealing with problematic people. Luis reminds us to keep up the practices that may be a hassle but keep us safe and grounded so we can weather the storm. Conversely, Luis also challenges us to be vulnerable and lean into that experience. Sometimes truly feeling and learning in an emotional situation requires us to put down our guard. We need to open ourselves up to others, feel fully in the moment and connect with others in a truly authentic way. This is especially true when confronting issues like social equity or justice. We are often taught to suppress, ignore or sublimate our emotions to continue functioning but this can also impede our learning. Putting down those guards and having a full, emotional experience is just as important as protecting ourselves. Luis is defense but also vulnerability, which is not much valued but just as important.

13/08/2020

An Ogham Meditation by Collin: I wanted to start these as an exploration of self-care on the Crone Path. I plan to post one letter of the Irish Ogham alphabet/divination language each week with a short meditation on self-care. For an introduction to the historical and cultural uses of the Ogham I suggest you read https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogham. I use them to throw and then do a reading, which I can happily explain in more detail if you dm me.

*Trigger warning: Discussions of death and dying*

Week 1:
Beith & Idho
This week I am doing two because they are inseparable and intrinsically linked.

Beith (BEH)
One stroke, right hand
Birch: the letter of new beginning, birth, renewal

Idho (EE-Yoh)
Five horizontal slashes
Yew: the letter of death, passing, ending but also renewal

Beith and Idho are the beginning and end of the Ogham alphabet respectively. They also embody those concepts, but not as a dichotomy. They represent the cycle of life and death that is ever present in nature and in culture.

We all experience birth and death on a physical and spiritual level. I hate to sound too cliche but that fits here. We are born and we will inevitably die. We cherish and even so loved ones, pets, plants, etc. die in our lives. We have relationships of all kinds that begin and end. This is not a dichotomy however, but a cycle and the fuel of opportunity. Beith and Idho teach us the importance of internal death to beget spiritual rebirth. Death is what creates room for new growth both in nature and in our spiritual lives. You have to unlearn to learn something new. When we close a relationship, a life stage, a long held truth that was proved false, that is a death within us. There is grief and pain. It should be mourned in whatever way that looks for you. But that becomes an opportunity. With that death there is fertile soil in which new things can grow. As anyone who has tried to tend a garden knows, that new growth requires a lot of work to nurture. Beith and Idho also show us the importance of putting in the work to foster new growth and transformation. You may be mourning the death of a worldview, that can be an opportunity to put in the effort to educate yourself. You may be mourning a romantic and/or sexual partnership(s), that can be an opportunity to get to know your own body in an intimate way. These are two examples but I hope the concept comes across clearly. Both of these things require a lot of work and commitment that can lead to growth and renewal. They must in turn die to be replaced by something new but that is how life happens. We evolve and if we put in the work, we grow. This is a very timely message. This is a time where spiritual loss is all around us; loss of feeling safe, loss of innocence, loss of ignorance, loss of normal, loss of comfort, loss of relationships but it is also an area of growth. Beith and Idho challenge us to identify those areas, mourn the loss and then put in the work to foster growth. Lost feelings of safety are replaced by building community, lost innocence is replaced by action, lost normal is replaced by improvement, lost comfort is replaced by resolution to fight, lost relationships are replaced by new ones. These require work and the cycle will continue. This may not look like the capitalist conception of work (hard labor for profit) but it is work. Cooking dinner is work, running a bath is work. This is valuable labor instead of profitable labor. Everyone's work looks different, but it is all valuable and critical to growth. When we do the work, we are reborn. It may not happen today or tomorrow or next week and we may not notice it happen but the effort will bear fruit. Then we die again and are reborn. Over and over. That is the essence of Beith and Idho. Renewal and growth, built by our own work.

30/07/2020

We have new listeners in France! We now reach four countries! We would love to hear from all our listeners! Please send us an email, a facebook message or post!

28/07/2020

See our Lughnasadh special here! There is a podcast link in the youtube video description as well!
https://youtu.be/CKLr_NU-k6w

Welcome back to The Crone's Porch as we continue around the Wheel of the Year, this stop is Lughnasadh and a new format! Join Collin and Ian as they explore ...

26/07/2020

We are getting into recording our Lughnasadh Episode! If you have any feedback you want us to read live, please oh please send it now!

23/07/2020

An interesting project to keep an eye on: https://wildhunt.org/2020/07/austin-collaborative-with-pagan-roots-embarks-on-trans-wellness-journey.html

Witchcraft & Pagan News - A new Trans collaborative in Austin, Texas has a majority Pagan team and is focused on making health and wellness more inclusive by educating practitioners and providers. | Living, News, Paganism, U.S., Witchcraft

20/07/2020

Please read this article. This is something we should keep a watch on. If you are a white person and feel a sense of dread at the though of secret police who could do whatever they wan to you without accountability while reading, I urge you to use this as an opportunity to understand that that is how law enforcement organizations in the U.S. have been for communities of color for a very long time. Crones build empathy, so let's get concerned and get building.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/07/20/fascism-coming-city-near-you-trump-pledges-deploy-secret-police-units-major-us