301 Unearthing Superstitions Part 2 The Magpie Unearthing Paranormalcy

This episode is part 2 of our superstitions series. Where we will be breaking down these topics individually so we can dig as far into the symbolism as we can. This episode is about magpies. Magpies straddle both the inspiration and chaos archetypes. In Ancient Rome, the Magpie was sacred and linked to the god Bacchus. In ancient Greece, the Magpie was associated with Dionysus and intoxication. We'll also get into how Christianity coopted this symbolic bird and how that fed ...