The Hagstone Podcast

A New Hearth from Old Embers
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A Northern Spirit House Community podcast for lively and emergent conversations on all topics magical. northernspirithouse.substack.com

  1. JAN 20

    The Sublime Dread of Faery: A Faerie Apologetics with Chad Andro

    In this months episode of The Hagstone, Chaise Levy sits down with Chad Andro of Radical Elphame to explore what Chad calls fairy apologetics, a reexamination of fairy lore that pushes back against fear-based, extractive, and overly dualistic approaches to the Otherworld. Drawing from folklore, Romantic poetry, animist philosophy, entheogenic experience, and personal practice, the conversation challenges the modern tendency to demonize or sentimentalize fairies, arguing instead for a relational and ecological understanding rooted in openness and transformation. Together, they explore the collapse of strict boundaries between this world and the Otherworld, critique capitalist and colonial mindsets that seek to control spiritual experience, and trace how Romantic figures such as William Blake preserved a vision of fairy as a force of fullness that holds joy and terror, innocence and experience, creation and destruction in dynamic balance. The episode ultimately asks what it would mean culturally and spiritually to re-engage fairy not as danger or fantasy, but as a living mode of relationship with the animate world. Connect with Chad Andro Instagram: @radicalelphameSubstack: Chad Andro Podcast: Radical Elphame, available wherever you listen New Theme Music: Taliesin written and performed on Tenor Guitar and Mandolin by Chaise Levy This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit northernspirithouse.substack.com

    1h 19m
  2. Awakening Yule: Troubling the Monsters of Cultural Redemption with Rune Hjarnø Rasmussen

    12/21/2025

    Awakening Yule: Troubling the Monsters of Cultural Redemption with Rune Hjarnø Rasmussen

    Happy Winter Solstice Northern Spirit House community.Today we are sharing a conversation between Chaise Levy, John Wolfstone, and Rune Hjarnø Rasmussen on From the Dragon Heart, which took place just before Yule in 2023. We are so thankful for John hosting and sharing the original episode, and to Rune for his deep generosity of both knowledge and spirit. As we deepen into this dark season we are reminded that in the Old Solstice traditions it was the beings of the darkness who brought the light. At this very apex of the ritual year the processions of both the beautiful and the monstrous move through the world to remind us of these time forces on the earth. This conversation revolves around the possibility of reinvigorating Yule traditions may it nourish all those who listen as we prepare for the Yuletide festivities between now and the first full moon of the second Yule month in January.Podcast image shows a Yule Goat being led through Skansen, Bollnässtugan from the Nordic MuseumMay all be blessed, Happy Solstice! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit northernspirithouse.substack.com

    1h 36m

  3. 11/28/2025

    Call of the Nightfall Bloom: Datura Beyond Flying Ointments with Nay Noordmans

    This week on the Hagstone Podcast Chaise is joined again by Nay Noordmans of the House of Gnomi. This time we dive into the magical history of Datura, and it nexus of lore across this wild green earth.In the conversation we dive deep into the well of Datura’s spirit, and find there a clarion call to find reconciliation with the stories of extraction that continue to unfold. In that spirit we invite listeners to begin to ask the question of how they might create deeper relationships and offer resources to first peoples of the lands that they might inhabit.Here are some places to consider supporting in recognition of the debt of gratitude owed to the spirit of Datura and her keepers.https://northernchumash.org/land-back/ https://www.sychumashmuseum.org/get-involved/ Kuruvungna Village Springs - Gabrielino-Tongva Springs FoundationCHIRLA - The Coalition for Humane Immigrant RightsSome of the resources mentioned in the episode include:Nay on Radical Elphame with Chad Andro Nay’s Lecture at Viridis Genii Symposium This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit northernspirithouse.substack.com

    58 min

  4. 08/14/2025

    Listening to the Sounds of the Footsteps of a Cat: the Power of Narrative Charms

    This week on the Hagstone Podcast Chaise and Andreas are joined by Carl Nordblom. Carl is the author of the wonderful book Historiola: the Power of Narrative Charms published in 2021 by Hadean Press. If you haven’t read this book we highly suggest finding yourself a copy.This is a deep conversation weaving threads of storytelling, charming, folk-magic and mantra into a tapestry that reflects the central theme: the power of story. We range wide taking a look at stories both old and new and how they function in our lives. From the personal to the vast political level the making of and employing of stories has massive implications for life, and learning to look critically at language not as an academic but from within is a deeply powerful tool in times such as these. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit northernspirithouse.substack.com

    1h 13m

  5. 07/17/2025

    Becoming what the land demands: Appalachian Folk Magic

    This week on the Hagstone Podcast Chaise sits down with Rebecca Beyer of the Blood and Spicebush School of Old Craft. The conversation ranges through topics of land connectedness, connecting with ancestral traditions, and the particular power that the traditions of Appalachia have for showing a way of braiding cultures and lifeways. It is an amazing conversation, and we are so thankful to share it with you. Rebecca Beyer is the founder of the Blood and Spicebush School of Old Craft. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Plant and Soil Science from the University of Vermont and a Master’s degree in Appalachian Studies and Sustainability from the Appalachian State University. She lives in the mountains of western North Carolina where she manages a homestead and teaches traditional Witchcraft, foraging, and Appalachian folk medicine. Rebecca’s newest book The Complete Folk Herbal will be published in October of this year by Simon & Schuster. It is packed to the brim with medicinal and magical plant knowledge and we highly recommend getting a copy. You can find her on Instagram at bloodandspicebush or at her website www.bloodandspicebush.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit northernspirithouse.substack.com

    1 hr

  6. 06/19/2025

    Words of Truth and Power: Finding the Others

    This week on the Hagstone Podcast Chaise sits down to chat with Rose Aurora for a lively conversation on Fairy and Elf lore, magical storytelling, and the fundamental power of Truth. Rose is a sorceress, seer, and trollkvinna. Born into a lineage of Celtic fairy seership & witchcraft, Rose has been interacting with spirits and practicing magic since a very young age. She has also apprenticed under Johannes Gårdbäck to learn the art of Trolldom, a traditional system of Scandinavian folk magic & sorcery - of which she has been approved to do professional spiritual work for others as well as teach. She has also received training in other spiritual traditions, including hoodoo/conjure, as well as initiation into other lineages of traditional witchcraft. As a professional sorceress, Rose specializes in helping others with fairy, elf, and troll-related troubles. She also conducts readings and spellwork, in addition to teaching the magical arts to students of many magical backgrounds & various levels of experience. In the episode Rose mentions her class Starlight, Forge-fire, and Hearth Embers: The Elves, Trolls, & Dwarves in Scandinavian Folklore and Practice for the Northern Folk Traditions Conference at Ritualcravt. As of the publishing of this episode the conference is over but you may be able to get a recording.Rose will be giving a class at the Salem Witchfest titled Goodly, Shining, & Terrible: An Introduction to the Celtic Fairies with Rose Aurora you can find the link here. You can find Rose on the web at roseauroras.com or on instagram @roseauroras This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit northernspirithouse.substack.com

    1h 15m

  7. 05/29/2025

    A Candle burns brighter in the Dark: Trolldom with Johannes Gårdbäck

    This week on the Hagstone Podcast Chaise and Andreas sit down to chat with Johannes Gårdbäck to discuss trolldom and some of the amazing work he has brewing at Urhall. Johannes B. Gårdbäck is the author of “Trolldom – Spells and Methods of the Norse Folkmagic Tradition”, (Y.I.P.P.I.E, 2014). He is an internationally recognized teacher with more than 30 years of experience as a professional folk healer and a folk magic practitioner. Today he runs Urhall, a physical and online school of Trolldom and Scandinavian Folk wisdom in his home village of Hedekas, Sweden where he lives with his wife, two daughters and a dog called Bob. We are so thankful for this conversation, and the weaving of connection between what we are doing here at the Northern Spirit House with Urhall. Johannes is giving two teachings as a part of RitualCravt’s Northern Folk Traditions Conference taking place online June 2nd-8th. His sessions include Trolldom Herb, Tree, & Root Magic: All Good Things Are Three and Draugadrott: Necromancy, Spiritism and Relating to the Dead and the Ancestors in the Trolldom Tradition as a student of Johannes’s I can tell you they are not to be missed.Johannes also teaches an area of weekend, and year long courses throughout the year, and is debuting a Trolldom for the dark of the year immersion this year at his home in Hedekas, Sweden. More info can be found here. We have just entered the second year of the Hagstone Podcast and we could not be more excited to share the work of more incredible guests in the coming year. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit northernspirithouse.substack.com

    44 min
  8. Thoughtforms, Egregores and Tulpas part 2- Dr. Ben Joffe and Andreas Kornevall

    04/24/2025

    Thoughtforms, Egregores and Tulpas part 2- Dr. Ben Joffe and Andreas Kornevall

    This is part 2 into the deep dive of egregores and thoughtforms. Ben also explores the lesser known paths in Tibetan Buddhism and also his own personal experiences working with spirits. Well worth your while for a listen as Ben has dedicated much time to his practices and stands between many worlds. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit northernspirithouse.substack.com

    1h 5m
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A Northern Spirit House Community podcast for lively and emergent conversations on all topics magical. northernspirithouse.substack.com

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  • Creator
    A New Hearth from Old Embers
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    24
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Northern Spirit House
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    The Hagstone Podcast

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