Coven Coven

This week on Coven, we invite Marguerite Porete — medieval mystic, author and hermit, who was a convicted heretic and burned at the stake in the year 1310. We discuss her birth chart, her mysterious beginnings, her legacy, and her incredibly tragic death.



Hosted by Jenna Scott and Reilly Hail

Written by Jenna Scott

Edited by Jenna Scott

Logo by Jacob Scott

Music by Jeffrey Boyle and Jenna Scott



Sources:

https://dangerouswomenproject.org/2016/05/28/marguerite-porete/#:~:text=Not%20much%20is%20known%20about,which%20was%20written%20around%201300



https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/41232208.pdf



https://www.jstor.org/stable/3195114



https://www.history.com/topics/middle-ages/the-knights-templar

This week we invite French philosopher turned Christian mystic, ‘The Enigma’ Simone Weil to the Coven. We chat about her early years of intellectual brilliance and her religious transformation, all upon the backdrop of some of the bleakest years of the 20th century.



Hosted by Jenna Scott and Reilly Hail

Written by Reilly Hail

Edited by Jenna Scott

Music by Jenna Scott and Jeffrey Boyle

Logo by Jacob Scott



Sources/Recommended Reading:

The Enigma of Simone Weil | Verso Books

Weil family - MacTutor History of Mathematics 

Simone Weil (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) 

American Weil Society - Simone Weil

Love, by George Herbert

The elusive Mother of Abstract art, seance-frequenter, medium, mystic, poet and painter, Hilma af Klint is our initiate this week. We discuss her incredible works that left behind a controversial legacy, her eccentric beliefs, a little of theosophy, and of course her birth chart.

Hosted by Jenna Scott and Reilly Hail
Written and Edited by Jenna Scott
Music by Jeffrey Boyle and Jenna Scott
Logo by Jacob Scott

Sources:

Hilma af Klint - Guggenheim
https://www.guggenheim.org/exhibition/hilma-af-klint

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHdud9km7bQ&t=12s

Swedish Artist Hilma af Klint Channels her Spirit Guides
https://www.astro.com/astrology/ivccn_article200922_e.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilma_af_Klint

Beyond the Visible: Hilma af Klint Documentary
https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B08BDKGXXR/ref=atv_dp_share_cu_r

https://www.jimcarrollsblog.com/blog/2021/4/1/seeing-more-deeply-hilma-af-klint-the-abstract-pioneer

This week we invite America's first Black and Indigenous professional sculptor, Wildfire Edmonia Lewis to the Coven. In this episode, we discuss her mysterious early life, traumatic college years, and coming into her most aligned self in Rome. Special bonus - Cleopatra's boobs.

Hosted by Jenna Scott and Reilly Hail
Written by Reilly Hail
Edited by Jenna Scott
Music by Jeffrey Boyle and Jenna Scott
Logo by Jacob Scott

This week we welcome Kashmiri Mystic and Poetess, Lal Ded into our Coven. In this episode we talk about her life, her vakhs, her beliefs, and a brief history of the Kashmir region. We also digress into several tangents about spirituality, mysticism, sexuality and syncretism.

Hosted by Jenna Scott and Reilly Hail
Written and Edited by Jenna Scott
Music by Jeffrey Boyle and Jenna Scott
Logo by Jacob Scott

Sources:

Podcast: Let’s Talk Religion - “Lal Ded - The Mystic Poetess of Kashmir”
https://shows.acast.com/lets-talk-rel...

Podcast: I, Lalla: The Poems of Lal Ded
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6P4K...https://poetrysociety.org/poems-essay...

Britannica Article on the Kashmir Region and History:
https://www.britannica.com/place/Kash...

The Introduction from ‘Looking Within’: Life Lessons from Lal Ded, edited by Shonaleeka Kaul (Aleph Book Company, 2019).

https://frontline.thehindu.com/arts-a...https://feminisminindia.com/2019/05/0...

Love And The Turning Seasons: India’s Poetry of Spiritual and Erotic Longing, edited by Andrew Schelling, Aleph Book Company.

New Indian Express Article:
https://www.newindianexpress.com/opin...

Tickoo S. (2022). Nuditas Virtualis: A Jungian Analysis of Lal Ded’s Vaakhs. International Journal of Indian Psychology, 10(3), 203-209. DIP:‌18.01.‌018.‌20221003, DOI:10.25215/1003.018
link:
https://ijip.in/pdf-viewer/?id=38597

This week we invite professor, author, activist, and groundbreaking feminist icon Dr. Sally Miller Gearhart into our coven. Join us as we discuss this oft-forgotten queer icon's contributions to the world - from starting the country’s first women’s studies program, to writing feminist science fiction novels, to lobbying against homophobic laws, and more.



Hosted by Jenna Scott and Reilly Hail

Produced by Jenna Scott

Music by Jeffrey Boyle and Jenna Scott

Logo by Jacob Scott



Sources:

https://sallymillergearhart.net/



Documentary Film in Progress Lecture:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1KSzH4yQxg



San Francisco Chronicle Article:

https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/sally-miller-gearhart-activist-17537049.php



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_on_Religion_and_the_Homosexual