Fair Folk Podcast

Fair Folk
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Fair Folk is a podcast rediscovering and sharing the sacred song and folk traditions of Europe.

  1. The body keeps the lore: wells, springs, and healing with Veronica Rottman, somatic practitioner

    JAN 19

    The body keeps the lore: wells, springs, and healing with Veronica Rottman, somatic practitioner

    In this episode, I speak with Veronica Rottman, a somatic practitioner specializing in the female nervous system, about holy well and spring folklore and the ways it resonates with trauma integration and healing. You can sign up for our upcoming collaborative workshop, Sacred Waters: Healing at the Well of Brigid here: https://waking-womb.com/events/2026/1/24/sacred-waters-healing-at-the-well-of-brigid Veronica Rottman's website: https://waking-womb.com/ Veronica Rottman's instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wakingwomb Mentioned in the episode: Frau or Mother Holle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frau_Holle Rosaleen Durkin’s Irish sacred wells walking tours: https://visitwicklow.ie/listing/irish-sacred-wells-walking-tours/ Brielle Elise: waking the well: https://www.instagram.com/wakingthewell The well maidens account in the Elucidation: https://d.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/text/elucidation.html (Lines 29-132) A note: birds are associated with the fisher king’s court (and fish) more than other animals, somewhat counter to what I said in the episode. A special thank you to Sylvia Woods, whose tune Forest March is the intro theme to Fair Folk! Image: The goose maid at the well by Arthur Rackham Join my mailing list: https://enthusiastica.substack.com/ Find me on instagram: instagram.com/danica.boyce

    1h 12m
  2. Irish folk song and the feeling of leaving home - interview with sean nós singer Chan Reid

    12/23/2025

    Irish folk song and the feeling of leaving home - interview with sean nós singer Chan Reid

    In this episode I talk with Irish sean nós (old-style) singer Chan Reid about the experience of living as an immigrant far from one’s ancestors, and how experiences of migration and dislocation resonate in the heart of Irish traditional song and music. Chan sings some heart-cracking-open songs, and even obliges me by explaining how Irish traditional singers do the “diddly bits” that make sean nós songs sound so unbelievably cool. Join my pagan ritual song course here: https://www.danicaboyce.com/pagan-ritual-song Follow or contact Chan Reid here: https://www.instagram.com/seannossinger Join my mailing list here: https://enthusiastica.substack.com/ References: Joe Heaney for sean nós songs Irish Traditional Music Archive: https://www.itma.ie/ Scottish sound archive Tobar an Dualchais (Kist o' Riches): https://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/ Songs in the episode: Dooley Gate by John Shiel (sung by Chan Reid) Here's a Health to the Company, traditional (sung by Chan Reid and Danica) The Shores of Loch Bran (sung by Chan Reid) Thank you to Sylvia Woods whose tune, Forest March, is the theme music to Fair Folk podcast

    1h 13m
  3. Ancestral Embodiment with Marika Heinrichs

    06/25/2025

    Ancestral Embodiment with Marika Heinrichs

    Join Abundance Paganism: https://www.danicaboyce.com/abundance-paganism Join the Abundance Paganism mini-course: https://danicaboyce.myflodesk.com/q266txu4bb Marika's summer course, Ancestral Embodiment: https://wildbody.ca/ancestral-body Join my Substack mailing list: https://enthusiastica.substack.com/

    56 min
  4. How to embody possibility with abundance paganism

    06/16/2025

    How to embody possibility with abundance paganism

    Sign up for the free Abundance Paganism mini-course: https://danicaboyce.myflodesk.com/q266txu4bb Sign up for Abundance Paganism course: https://www.danicaboyce.com/abundance-paganism Join my mailing list: https://enthusiastica.substack.com/ Find me on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/danica.boyce/

    32 min
  5. Reclaiming our Magic with Lindsay Mack of Tarot for the Wild Soul podcast

    05/18/2025

    Reclaiming our Magic with Lindsay Mack of Tarot for the Wild Soul podcast

    In this episode I talk with the incredible Lindsay Mack of Tarot for the Wild Soul Podcast and No Bad Cards on Substack! Sign up for our collaborative workshop Holy Homecoming: Reclaiming Magic in an Age of Illusion on May 25th at 10 am PT, 1 pm ET, 6 pm UK: https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com/holy-homecoming Lindsay's podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/6AXz5dXTFFceckBMve9vNT?si=48c0a83ff9044a52 Lindsay's Substack, No Bad Cards: https://lindsaymack.substack.com/ Danica's Substack: https://enthusiastica.substack.com/ Intro theme to Fair Folk: "Forest March" by Sylvia Woods

    1h 18m
  6. Syncretic saint lore with Polish Folk Witch Joanna Tarnawska

    03/04/2025

    Syncretic saint lore with Polish Folk Witch Joanna Tarnawska

    In this episode, I welcome Joanna Tarnawska aka Polish Folk Witch to the podcast, who teaches online about Polish folk magic with a syncretic perspective. In this episode she speaks generously with me about her understanding of and experience with saints within the Polish folk tradition, and I respond with my own reflections on engaging with saints with a pagan and animistic lens. Sign up for Wonder Club, my course on saints for the Christian-ambivalent: danicaboyce.com/wonder-club Join Joanna’s Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/polishfolkwitch Pre-order Joanna’s book, Polish Folk Magic: https://www.crossedcrowbooks.com/shop-crossed-crow-books/p/polishfolkmagic Joanna’s website: https://polishfolkwitch.pl/ Find her on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/polish.folk.witch/ Image: A wayside shrine

    51 min
  7. Wolf at the door - interview w/ Scottish storyteller Dougie Mackay

    02/20/2025

    Wolf at the door - interview w/ Scottish storyteller Dougie Mackay

    In this episode I speak with Scottish storyteller Dougie Mackay about the troubled relationship between humankind and wolves in the British isles, and how we might revive the days when culture was shared with entertainment and joy at the centre. He shares a moving story from Ireland about a peculiar family a man meets while searching for lost cows, and offers a blessing for the revival of the wolf's vital place in our world. Learn more about the upcoming Wonder Club saints course, starting March 5th: https://www.danicaboyce.com/wonder-club Sign up for Cave of Dreams - Feast and Fast workshop, February 23: https://www.houseoflegends.me/cave-of-dreams Learn more about A Song of Oak and Ash retreat, Sept 11-14: https://www.houseoflegends.me/2025-retreat Dougie’s Mailing list: sendfox.com/dougiemackaystory Dougie’s website: storyconnection.org Dougie’s Podcast: Tales for our Times: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/tales-for-our-times/id1691719370 The Hearthfire sessions: https://scottishstorytellingcentre.online.red61.co.uk/event/913:5916/913:25451/ The Edinburgh Fringe: https://www.edfringe.com/ Dougie’s book, Scottish Tales for Telling: https://dougiemackaystory.bandcamp.com/album/scottish-tales-for-telling

    59 min
  8. Towards a metaphysics of neurodivergence

    01/13/2025

    Towards a metaphysics of neurodivergence

    In this episode I share my most popular Substack mailing list post from 2024, as well as some ways you can work with me this January. Sign up for my mailing list on Substack: https://enthusiastica.substack.com/ Sign up for Entheos workshop: Danicaboyce.com/entheos Sign up for Wolf Milk or the Cave of Dreams series: https://www.houseoflegends.me/cave-of-dreams Make a coaching appointment with me: https://www.danicaboyce.com/shop/p/walk-talk-coaching-session Listen to the Wolf Milk almanac episode from 2023: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5itug3FltIUkTwY29YzP4j?si=c2883a9841cb4a6d Listen to Craft as pagan devotion with Daniel Allison: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2VT0N5gjTNDOR5Gpifd2pN?si=d86300a4b3754085

    30 min
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Fair Folk is a podcast rediscovering and sharing the sacred song and folk traditions of Europe.

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  • Creator
    Fair Folk
  • Years Active
    2016 - 2026
  • Episodes
    67
  • Rating
    Clean
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