In episode 120 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kristin Lisenby & Kate Belew journey to the symbolic Underworld. In this conversation, they discuss the practice of wintering and ‘hanging on for the bees.’ They forage for seasonal reflections and wintertime initiations. They contemplate the River Styx, the Heroes and Goddesses who have traveled there, and Styx herself. They also talk about the ferryman Charon, the Goddess Psyche, and asteroids in astrology.

Sources:
Paganism: An Introduction to Earth-Centered Religions, River and Joyce Higginbotham
Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times, Katherine May
“Wintering,” Sylvia Plath
The Spell of the Sensuous: Perception and Language in a More-Than-Human World, David Abram
The Women’s Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets, Barbara Walker
The Faerie Queens: A Collection of Essays Exploring the Myths, Magic and Mythology of the Faerie Queens, Sorita d’Este and David Rankine
At Day's Close: Night in Times Past, A. Roger Ekirch
Circe, Madeleine Miller
The Iliad & The Odyssey, Homer
From Llewelyn’s Journal, “What does Psyche Mean in Your Astrological Chart,” Isabelle Ghaneh
Demetra George

Shoutouts:
Episode 7: Winter Solstice
Episode 8: Yule
Episode 46: Winter Magick
Episode 104: The Mothers of Monsters and Magick

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