Hex Rated

The witches hope you are on board for this journey into the depths and heights of their' minds as they continue their discussion on the Forked Path Hekate series offered by the Blackthorne School.  In a dizzying display of esoteric shower thoughts, Blackbird reacts to her first taste of this lecture series, while Scarlet shares not only her takeaways but also her poetic interpretation skills.  It's a fun one, and the witches hope you have as much mind-blowing fun as they did!  

Oh ho ho hohohohhho witches, have we got something for you in the coming weeks!  Scarlet and Blackbird are about to get schooled in all things Hekate.  Embark on this epic journey with the ladies as they dive into the excitement of a course offered by the Blackthorne School on Hekate by none other than the author of The Hekataeon, Jack Grayle.  The witches have discussed this book several times, but Scarlet signed up for the course first and wanted Blackbird's hot takes on everything she learned in the first of 13 weeks (spoiler alert - Blackbird signs up for the course immediately after recording this episode!)  Get ready for your mind to be expanded by at least 3 if not 18 times.  

Witches!!  Join Blackbird and Scarlet as they regale you with tales of their dark and witchy communion in The City That Never Sleeps!  They will take you on their journey to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where they spent a great deal of time in the Egyptian Wing.  Also learn about a great restaurant that has a datura theme!  Not on the menu, but very delish.  It was a great time in a great city, if only for a day!  Join in and listen ASAP!  

Witches, the Supreme Court has been a Supreme pain in the last rulings.  We are here to break it down in our own special way, which is really to discuss the bare bones and hurl a lot of expletives.  We are talking about ideas for magic, ideas for practical combat, but fight we must against these laws - or the reversal of such - that are so harmful to so many.  Join us for dissenting dialogue and also, as a bonus, lotion recommendations.  Put on your black robes of justice and pull up a bench, and join us in our righteously vengeful wrath.  

Get ready to learn about more spoooooky plants!  This week Blackbird goes in deep with henbane, the witch's favorite plant!  Long associated with flying, visions, necromancy and love magic, you are bound to learn a fact or two you may not already know.  Come sit in our deadly garden with us and enjoy the shade while the world is literally its hottest.  While you wait for a breeze, enjoy listening!

Witches, get ready for more baneful nightshade talk!  Can one ever get enough?  Learn all about how to spot datura in the wild, how to avoid getting poisoned, and how to work with this amazing plant magically!  Even though datura is considered a "noxious weed", witches know the truth about how useful the properties of this plant are, whether you work with the actual plant or this spirit of it.  Gather 'round for our summer plant series!  

Witches, just go outside and look around - so many things we call weeds are really magical, useful plant friends that are humbly waiting for you to discover them.  This week, Blackbird and Scarlet introduce you to two very common "weeds" you are sure to come across, and break it down for you to find out what dandelion and henbit are all about.  If you live somewhere that does not resemble a sauna currently, go outside and take a look!  Magic is truly everywhere, especially under your feet.  

Get ready for some true facts y'all!  Blackbird is on her own this week, and she wants to tell all of the Hex listeners how much meditation has improved her life, her interactions, and her witchcraft!  She lets you in for a little peek at her world and how she became a person who meditates daily.  Grab a cool summer drank, get settled in the shade, and watch the sun set while listening to her journey!

This week, the witches continue with part two of Scarlet's adventure in Missouri at Interfuse, a regional Burning Man, where she held a ritual for her camp invoking the Mushroom Goddess.  Learn about how she prepped for this and wrote it, and hear what she created!  This has inspired both Blackbird and Scarlet to work more with mushroom magic for their future endeavors.  Pull up a toadstool and listen!  

Witches, have you ever wondered what it is like at Burning Man besides hot?  Did you know that there are smaller events all around the country called regional Burns?  You will find out all about what it's like, thanks to Scarlet!  Blackbird interviews her on the culture, tenets, and what exactly goes on at this type of festival.  Scarlet takes us on a journey through Interfuse, the latest regional Burn that just took place in Missouri.  You are guaranteed to lean something! This year's theme was quite magical - so magical it needed to be a two-parter!  

The witches are back again with the blackest of rocks!  Theses mistresses of goth turn their attention to the deep volcanic splendor of obsidian, and the crystalline opaqueness of black tourmaline.  You will learn about how they formed, how many thousands of years they've been used, properties, and so much more!  The Hex Rated ladies are ready to present to you more goth rock talk.  Grab all your stones and come lay on the floor with us!

Witches!!  Do you know how rocks get made?  You will now!  We are taking a deep dive into the gothest of rocks, and we are taking you with us.  How are these the same?  How are they different?  What properties do they have?  And most importantly, how do they make us feel?  Get your mind blown by science, and join us for this fascinating episode about some of our favorite black stones!  

Saddle up for a big introspective party for one, witches!!  This week, Scarlet and Blackbird discuss the many similarities and differences between these two "dark" cards, just in time for the tail end of Scorpio Moon season!  Bring all your feelings and get ready for possible inner revelations - as always, the witches are excited to take you on a tour of the tarot, but this is a journey that you most definitely will have to trek on your own (but hey, we can be in your earbuds.) 

In this episode, Blackbird interviews Scarlet about a series of social media portraits she has done for the last couple of years in which she portrays witches from film, TV, and literature.  Listen to the witches discuss how this project started, hot tips Scarlet has learned about makeup and photography, and how portraying some of these very famous characters affected her and her practice.  Grab a drank and take a listen!

SPOILERS, SPOILERS, SO MANY SPOILERS ALERT!  8 years worth of spoilers, if we are being truthful.  Sit down with Scarlet and Blackbird as they take you on a journey through one of their most beloved films, The VVitch, directed by Robert Eggers and starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Kate Dickie, Ralph Ineson and Harvey Scrimshaw.   Set in Puritan New England, this folk tale is about so much more than its title.  Join the witches on a frightening, zealot-infested cult hoedown as we find out what TRUE horror really looks like, and what perpetrates it.  Trust, we want to live deliciously at all times, and that does not include traveling back to 1630.  

Join Scarlet as she does an amazing Q & A regarding a journey that Blackbird has been on for a few years now:  Her Hekate backpiece tattoo is finally finished!  Listen to the tale of the process, how she's felt throughout this dedication, and how her relationship with the deity Hekate has grown, shifted, and become intrinsic to her practice.  Most of all, the witches are 95% here to talk about dogs (Hekate totally digs them too.)  It's a celebration, witches!  

This week, Scarlet and Blackbird do a bit of soul searching while they discuss all of the crazy insanity going on in the country, how they've been feeling about it, and what they want to do about it all.  The witches start by looking inward before they even begin to look out - change starts with each of us.  Get ready to do some subversive but totally reaffirming liberation work!

Join Scarlet and Blackbird for another in-depth discussion about trance induction!  On this episode, the witches discuss chanting, dancing, movement, and positions for trance induction.  Also included are a few asides -  ranging from genderless Grandpa names all the way to the matrix.  There's no script for this kind of talent, folx!  Snuggle up with a warm cup of tea and pop those air pods in!

Join the witches on the naughtiest of episodes!  Blackbird and Scarlet get real in the weeds about trance and trance induction - Blackbird outlines in detail her favorite method for taking those inner journeys.  Find out what the different kinds of trance induction are, and what the witches have learned from their experiences and the experiences of others they have known!  

Well, the witches really didn't have any intention of going down the astrology road this episode, but here we are and it is a fun if not bumpy ride!  Learn about signs, traits, our dads, and random quote generators and predictive text as methods of, well, entertainment but also MEANINGS!  Blackbird and Scarlet hope you have as much fun listening as they did creating this episode.