🎧 Magic and Witchcraft
Latest Podcast Episodes 🎧 • 28m
Suzannah Lipscomb joined me on the pod to discuss the history of magic, witchcraft and the occult. Examining the beliefs and suspicions from the ancient era to the modern world, we discussed everything from Japanese folklore to Indian witchcraft, looking at tarot cards, Norse magic and modern Wicca rituals.
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🎧 Boy Kings of Medieval Europe
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🎧 Magna Carta
The Magna Carta is a charter agreed to by King John of England at Runnymede, near Windsor, on 15 June 1215. First drafted by the Archbishop of Canterbury to make peace between the unpopular King and a group of rebel barons, it promised the protection of church rights, protection for the barons fr...
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🎧 Making Comedy from History - Philom...
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