74 episodes
Mancy RJ Walker and Elle Alder
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Mancy is a podcast about how magic has shaped human history and our culture, including pop culture. It features spoken word poet RJ Walker and psychic Elle Alder. They explore different "-mancies" which are different methods of divination. Each episode features stories of magic and Elle attempts to replicate the method researched by RJ. They also attempt to use these mancies in a more contemporary way to reflect the struggles of our time.
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Ep 63 Seance part 2
RJ and Elle continue their discussion of Seances live at the UAA Art Castle. RJ goes over the biography of Cora Scott, a medium and notable organizer in the spiritualist movement. He discusses fraud psychics, and the debunkers. RJ goes over the history of The Ghost Club and the Society for Psychical Research or SPR. The drama between spiritualists and skeptics. And also the drama between skeptics and other skeptics that continues to this day.
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Ep 62 Seance Part 1
A special live episode of Mancy recorded from the UAA art castle, a historic church built in the 1800s. This live episode is made possible by the Utah Arts Alliance offering this venue.
RJ discusses the history of Seances in America and does a short biography of medium Leafy Anderson who spearheaded the spiritualist movement for black americans. He discusses Leafy's spirit guide, Black Hawk, and the ways in which she led the charge for black spiritualists. RJ also discusses the seances performed in the white house at the behest of Mary Todd Lincoln so that she could communicate with her dead sons.
Elle performs 3 mediumship readings for live audience members in the spiritualist tradition.
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Mancy Season 5 Annoucement
A special announcement! We're kicking off Season 5 on October 26th 2022 with a special live show! We're going to be covering Seances and you can be in the audience while Elle performs a Live Seance at the UAA Art Castle. Tickets available here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/seance-mancy-podcast-live-tickets-430465141827?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=escb
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Ep 61 Akashic Records Part 2
Elle continues her coverage of the Akashic Records, her specific area of expertise. She brings Jennifer Martin into the studio, another professional psychic who received similar training on the akashic records. Elle begins by answering questions posed by listeners of the show, and then moves into an introduction of Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (HPB) the founder of the theosophical movement and controversial figure among psychics and other magical practitioners.
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Ep 60 CHARMS! pt 3
RJ and Elle finish their coverage of charms by looking at the remaining charms present in Lucky Charms Cereal. RJ and Elle give their backgrounds with breakfast cereal. RJ opens by describing what a blue moon is, and why we call it that. He then talks about when the moon actually turns blue. He then discusses some of the mythology and magic connected to rainbows, the lucky and unlucky parts as well as some historical background on the pride flag. He discusses the legend associated with pots of gold, and then finally the historical background of Lucky Charms cereal. Elle then performs a charm casting reading using Lucky Charms cereal.
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Ep 59 Charms! Pt 2
Elle and RJ continue their coverage of charms. RJ looks into the egyptian ankh and Elle provides context with her experience from Egypt. RJ then continues his coverage of each lucky charm in lucky charms cereal. Starting with clovers, then hearts, and then finally balloons. RJ gets a guest reading from @theworkerinclay on tiktok using a magnus archives themed charms set.
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Customer Reviews
Compelling and enjoyable
I recently came to Mancy and have been binging since the first episode. As someone who loves history, culture, and magic, this podcast hits the spot. If you love history of culture, this is for you even if you aren’t drawn to magic. If you’re interested in magic and spirituality, this is definitely for you. RJ and Elle are a dynamic duo and absolutely worth listening to.
A must listen!
My go to podcast genres include humor, true crime, horror, and the supernatural. If that’s your jam too, Mancy is the podcast for you! Whether you are a skeptic, or a die hard believer, you will fall for the combined charm of co-hosts RJ and Elle, as they take you on a mystical thrill ride!