Housecraft - The Witching Hour A Housecraft Official Production Hosted by Mayhem Lu

We're finally bringing fun for the whole family with our very own version of Charles Dickens "A Christmas Carol", as told through the Major Arcana.  This episode features Yuletide traditions, story telling and our very own battle with the Mari Lwyd. 

Guest Artists:
Justin Day
Taylor Day
Kate Flower
Adam Murphy
with writing by Winfield Shaw and Laurenn Montanio
Editing and Production by Kate Flower and Laurenn Montanio
Shout out to free sound.org for all of their amazing artists!

 Blessed Samhain Wayward Ones! Come in, Come in, warm up by the fire. The forest is full of frightening creatures tonight, so don't dally. Do I have some surprises for you today. It's our anniversary here at Housecraft and we're pulling out all the stops. We'll be conjuring spirits to help us continue our telling of the Tarot from the perspective of the Fool, and explore foraging and mushrooms with Passing Fancy. We'll top it all off with one of my favorite spooky stories, just in time for the Dumb Supper here at the Housecraft Home for Wayward Witches.

Welcome to our very first After Dark edition of Housecraft: The Witching Hour. School is our for the day and I'm chatting with Passing Fancy (instagram @witchinthemidst) and Professor Luna (instagram @loganmaluna) over a smoke behind the garden shed. And we're talking all the things we don't really get to talk about in our regular classes. So to really kick it off a bang, we're diving headfirst into Sex magic and our ideas of male and female energies. THIS IS AN 18+ EPISODE. RATED R MAMA. 

We're getting into the major arcana with a whole cast of exciting characters and the hero's journey like you've never heard before as we use alchemy to explore healing from trauma . With a quick trip to the woods to visit Passing Fancy to get into the magical properties of herbs and flowers of course. Welcome to the Witching Hour. 

Warning: this episode contains conversations of trauma. Don't worry though, we warn you first.

Written and Produced by Housecraft Official under the direction of Laurenn Montanio  with writing assistance from Winfield Shaw. Audio assistance by Kate Flower and Dylan Montanio, featuring original music by Deadwood Honey. An extra special thanks to our cast for today: Dylan Montanio, Kate Flower, Ylenia Montanio, Justin Day and Matt Grdanc. Passing Fancy can be found on instagram @withinthemidst and Professor Luna can be found @LoganMaLuna.

Trigger warning for animal abuse and murderous children.
Welcome back Wayward Ones for our first ever listener's stories told with all of the sinister charm of a childhood fairy tale (Our actress may sound young, but she's a teen with a love of Stephen King and the horror genre. This is not a sweet fairy tale, so proceed with caution) . Then we'll dive into the tale of The Bell Witch, one of the first ghosts in America to admit to murdering a living, breathing, human being. Finally, we'll watch the sun set and discuss the duality of tarot and how to utilize that duality to strengthen your readings. 

A most sincere and heartfelt thanks to my patreon for their continued support. If you’d like to join us and help keep our content going, you can find us at patreon.com/housecraftofficial. An extra special thanks to my talented daughter Gianna for telling her creepy rendition of our listener’s tale “We can Be Friends Now” by Brittany Yates as well as the vocal talents of Justin Day, Kate Flower and the writing talents and Tarot insight of Winfield Shaw. And as always, the talented artists at free sound.org!

It's a birthday celebration here at Housecraft and we're celebrating with an all new tarot series, the finale to our Shadow Work 101 class, foraging for flowers and the ghostly tale of the Shawnee Amusement Park. Content warning: explicit material.

"Shawnee Park" is written by Laurenn Montanio 
"Flowers" is written by Michael Lazar (witchinthemidst on instagram) 
"Shadow Work 101" is written by Jordan Hale of the Psyche Magic Podcast 
"Tea and Tarot" is written by Winfield Shaw with inspiration from the late Rachel Pollock and Root Lock Radio. Performed by Laurenn Montanio.
All production by Housecraft LLC.