Hex and Muse Mon, 04 May 2026 13:50:20 +1000 https://www.buzzsprout.com/2505364 en-au © 2026 Hex and Muse yes 0ff9cf77-3634-56fd-9edb-b07d315fd290 Hex & Muse - The Podcast episodic false A podcast for the curious, the creative, and the quietly powerful.

Hex & Muse is a slow-burning exploration of modern mysticism, feminine power, and the spaces where history, art, and ritual entwine.

Hosted by a practicing witch, artist, and seeker, this show isn’t a how-to guide; it’s a breadcrumb trail.


Each episode invites you into a moment of reflection through storytelling, folklore, sacred practices, and the occasional deep-dive into witches in art, culture, and cinema.


From building altars and meeting goddesses, to walking ancestral paths and unearthing forgotten histories; this is a gathering for those who feel the hum of something more beneath the surface of things.


Come as you are.

Take what you need.

And from my altar to yours - welcome.

]]> Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com) Hex & Muse - The Podcast https://storage.buzzsprout.com/9dz5oigcj74475qgzh5yyl5omwdo?.jpg Hex and Muse Emily Medusa - The Gaze That Holds Medusa - The Gaze That Holds There are stories that refuse to stay still.

Medusa has been carried through centuries as a monster, a warning, a figure placed at the edge of fear - and yet her story has never settled there.

In this episode of Hex & Muse, we return to Medusa with care, tracing her origins in ancient Greek mythology, her transformation through the writings of Ovid, and the way her image has moved through art, power, and culture across time.

We explore the meaning of her gaze; how it shifts the act of seeing itself and how her story has been reclaimed in the present, where Medusa has become a powerful symbol for survival, autonomy, and living within a body that has been changed.

This is an episode about myth, but also about what myth holds.

About who gets to tell a story.

And what happens when that story is taken back.


  • Ovid - Metamorphoses, Book IV
     https://www.poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/Latin/Metamorphoses4.php
  •  Hesiod - Theogony (Gorgons + early myth references)
     https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Hes.+Theog.+270
  •  Apollodorus - The Library, Book II (Perseus myth)
     https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+2.4
  •  Theoi Greek Mythology - Medusa & Gorgons
     https://www.theoi.com/Pontios/Gorgones.html
  • Caravaggio - Medusa (c. 1597)
     https://www.uffizi.it/en/artworks/medusa
  • Benvenuto Cellini - Perseus with the Head of Medusa
     https://www.museumsinflorence.com/musei/perseus.html

Further Reading

  • Marina Warner - Monuments & Maidens: The Allegory of the Female Form
  • Mary Beard - Women & Power: A Manifesto
  • Natalie Haynes - Pandora’s Jar: Women in the Greek Myths
  • Jess Zimmerman -Women and Other Monsters
  • Emily Wilson (trans.) - The Odyssey (for broader myth context and gender reading) 

Hex & Muse is recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. I pay my deepest respects to their Elders past and present - and to all First Nations people, whose stories and spirits continue to shape this land.

Follow along for more folklore, magic, and mythic musings:
Instagram: @hexandmuse
Website: www.hexandmuse.com

Hex & Muse is a spellbound journal of folklore, magic, art, and the sacred feminine - told through cinematic storytelling and whispered histories.
From my altar to yours… thank you for listening.

]]> There are stories that refuse to stay still.

Medusa has been carried through centuries as a monster, a warning, a figure placed at the edge of fear - and yet her story has never settled there.

In this episode of Hex & Muse, we return to Medusa with care, tracing her origins in ancient Greek mythology, her transformation through the writings of Ovid, and the way her image has moved through art, power, and culture across time.

We explore the meaning of her gaze; how it shifts the act of seeing itself and how her story has been reclaimed in the present, where Medusa has become a powerful symbol for survival, autonomy, and living within a body that has been changed.

This is an episode about myth, but also about what myth holds.

About who gets to tell a story.

And what happens when that story is taken back.


  • Ovid - Metamorphoses, Book IV
     https://www.poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/Latin/Metamorphoses4.php
  •  Hesiod - Theogony (Gorgons + early myth references)
     https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Hes.+Theog.+270
  •  Apollodorus - The Library, Book II (Perseus myth)
     https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+2.4
  •  Theoi Greek Mythology - Medusa & Gorgons
     https://www.theoi.com/Pontios/Gorgones.html
  • Caravaggio - Medusa (c. 1597)
     https://www.uffizi.it/en/artworks/medusa
  • Benvenuto Cellini - Perseus with the Head of Medusa
     https://www.museumsinflorence.com/musei/perseus.html

Further Reading

  • Marina Warner - Monuments & Maidens: The Allegory of the Female Form
  • Mary Beard - Women & Power: A Manifesto
  • Natalie Haynes - Pandora’s Jar: Women in the Greek Myths
  • Jess Zimmerman -Women and Other Monsters
  • Emily Wilson (trans.) - The Odyssey (for broader myth context and gender reading) 

Hex & Muse is recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. I pay my deepest respects to their Elders past and present - and to all First Nations people, whose stories and spirits continue to shape this land.

Follow along for more folklore, magic, and mythic musings:
Instagram: @hexandmuse
Website: www.hexandmuse.com

Hex & Muse is a spellbound journal of folklore, magic, art, and the sacred feminine - told through cinematic storytelling and whispered histories.
From my altar to yours… thank you for listening.

]]> Hex and Muse Buzzsprout-18966597 Mon, 06 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +1000 1940 witchpodcast, medusamyth, greekmythology, feministmythology, mythologypodcast, storytellingpodcast, divinefeminine, witchyvibes, artandmyth, mythandmagic, hexandmuse, podcastrecommendation, asmr, asmrpodcast, softspoken, aestheticpodcast, poeticpodcast, w 2 5 full false Ostara - Where Light Returns Ostara - Where Light Returns As the Northern Hemisphere turns toward the light, we arrive at the spring equinox - known in many pagan traditions as Ostara.

In this episode of Hex & Muse, we explore the stories, symbols, and seasonal rhythms that shape this moment. From ancient myths of return and renewal to the folklore of hares and eggs, we trace how these traditions have travelled through time - eventually forming what we now recognise as Easter.

Blending mythology, history, and modern ritual, this episode invites you to reconnect with the turning of the earth and the quiet beginnings that come with it.

Historical & Mythological Sources

  • Bede - The Reckoning of Time
     (Primary reference to Eostre and early spring festivals) 
  • The Golden Bough - James George Frazer
     (Comparative mythology -  Adonis, Attis, seasonal cycles) 
  • Metamorphoses - Ovid
     (Greek myths including Persephone-related traditions) 

 Pagan Traditions & Seasonal Practice

  • The Wheel of the Year - Pauline Campanelli
  • Ostara: Rituals, Recipes & Lore for the Spring Equinox - Kerri Connor

🐇  Folklore & Easter Traditions

  • Stations of the Sun - Ronald Hutton
     (Origins of British seasonal customs and festivals) 
  • The Oxford Companion to Food - Alan Davidson
     (History of Easter foods, including hot cross buns) 

 Optional Modern / Accessible Sources

  • The British Museum -seasonal festivals & ancient rituals 
  • The National Trust - Easter traditions & folklore 

Witches wheel Episode

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-witchs-wheel/id1820752122?i=1000713487773

Hex & Muse is recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. I pay my deepest respects to their Elders past and present - and to all First Nations people, whose stories and spirits continue to shape this land.

Follow along for more folklore, magic, and mythic musings:
Instagram: @hexandmuse
Website: www.hexandmuse.com

Hex & Muse is a spellbound journal of folklore, magic, art, and the sacred feminine - told through cinematic storytelling and whispered histories.
From my altar to yours… thank you for listening.

]]> As the Northern Hemisphere turns toward the light, we arrive at the spring equinox - known in many pagan traditions as Ostara.

In this episode of Hex & Muse, we explore the stories, symbols, and seasonal rhythms that shape this moment. From ancient myths of return and renewal to the folklore of hares and eggs, we trace how these traditions have travelled through time - eventually forming what we now recognise as Easter.

Blending mythology, history, and modern ritual, this episode invites you to reconnect with the turning of the earth and the quiet beginnings that come with it.

Historical & Mythological Sources

  • Bede - The Reckoning of Time
     (Primary reference to Eostre and early spring festivals) 
  • The Golden Bough - James George Frazer
     (Comparative mythology -  Adonis, Attis, seasonal cycles) 
  • Metamorphoses - Ovid
     (Greek myths including Persephone-related traditions) 

 Pagan Traditions & Seasonal Practice

  • The Wheel of the Year - Pauline Campanelli
  • Ostara: Rituals, Recipes & Lore for the Spring Equinox - Kerri Connor

🐇  Folklore & Easter Traditions

  • Stations of the Sun - Ronald Hutton
     (Origins of British seasonal customs and festivals) 
  • The Oxford Companion to Food - Alan Davidson
     (History of Easter foods, including hot cross buns) 

 Optional Modern / Accessible Sources

  • The British Museum -seasonal festivals & ancient rituals 
  • The National Trust - Easter traditions & folklore 

Witches wheel Episode

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-witchs-wheel/id1820752122?i=1000713487773

Hex & Muse is recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. I pay my deepest respects to their Elders past and present - and to all First Nations people, whose stories and spirits continue to shape this land.

Follow along for more folklore, magic, and mythic musings:
Instagram: @hexandmuse
Website: www.hexandmuse.com

Hex & Muse is a spellbound journal of folklore, magic, art, and the sacred feminine - told through cinematic storytelling and whispered histories.
From my altar to yours… thank you for listening.

]]> Hex & Muse Buzzsprout-18955688 Fri, 03 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +1100 1120 Ostara, spring equinox, Easter origins, pagan traditions, Wheel of the Year, seasonal rituals, spring mythology, Persephone myth, Eostre goddess, Easter history, pagan holidays, witchcraft podcast, modern witchcraft, folklore traditions, hare symbolism, e 2 4 full false The Scottish Witch Trials - Ashes in the Archive The Scottish Witch Trials - Ashes in the Archive In this episode of Hex & Muse, we step into the Scottish witch trials — where thousands, most of them women, were accused and executed under the Witchcraft Act of 1563.

Through historical research and recorded testimony, we explore how fear became law, and how ordinary lives were transformed into accusation.

This episode was inspired in part by the work of the Witches of Scotland podcast:
 https://www.witchesofscotland.com/podcast


References & Further Reading

  • Goodare, Julian. The Scottish Witch-Hunt in Context. Manchester University Press, 2002.
  • University of Edinburgh. Survey of Scottish Witchcraft Database. https://www.shc.ed.ac.uk/Research/witches/
  • Larner, Christina. Enemies of God: The Witch-Hunt in Scotland. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1981.
  • Roper, Lyndal. Witch Craze: Terror and Fantasy in Baroque Germany. Yale University Press, 2004.
  • Levack, Brian P. The Witch-Hunt in Early Modern Europe. Routledge, 2016.
  • Gaskill, Malcolm. Witchcraft: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press, 2010.
  • James VI of Scotland. Daemonologie. 1597.
  • Sollee, Kristen J. Witches, Sluts, Feminists: Conjuring the Sex Positive. ThreeL Media, 2017.
  • Witches of Scotland Campaign. https://www.witchesofscotland.com
  • Witches of Scotland Podcast. https://www.witchesofscotland.com/podcast
  • Scottish Parliament (2022). Statement by Nicola Sturgeon on the Scottish Witch Trials.

North Berwick Witch Trials (1590–1592)

Lilias Adie (d. 1704)

Maggie Wall (c. 1657, memorial)

Agnes Sampson (executed 1591)

Isobel Gowdie (confessions, 1662)

Janet Horne (executed 1727)

Hex & Muse is recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. I pay my deepest respects to their Elders past and present - and to all First Nations people, whose stories and spirits continue to shape this land.

Follow along for more folklore, magic, and mythic musings:
Instagram: @hexandmuse
Website: www.hexandmuse.com

Hex & Muse is a spellbound journal of folklore, magic, art, and the sacred feminine - told through cinematic storytelling and whispered histories.
From my altar to yours… thank you for listening.

]]> In this episode of Hex & Muse, we step into the Scottish witch trials — where thousands, most of them women, were accused and executed under the Witchcraft Act of 1563.

Through historical research and recorded testimony, we explore how fear became law, and how ordinary lives were transformed into accusation.

This episode was inspired in part by the work of the Witches of Scotland podcast:
 https://www.witchesofscotland.com/podcast


References & Further Reading

  • Goodare, Julian. The Scottish Witch-Hunt in Context. Manchester University Press, 2002.
  • University of Edinburgh. Survey of Scottish Witchcraft Database. https://www.shc.ed.ac.uk/Research/witches/
  • Larner, Christina. Enemies of God: The Witch-Hunt in Scotland. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1981.
  • Roper, Lyndal. Witch Craze: Terror and Fantasy in Baroque Germany. Yale University Press, 2004.
  • Levack, Brian P. The Witch-Hunt in Early Modern Europe. Routledge, 2016.
  • Gaskill, Malcolm. Witchcraft: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press, 2010.
  • James VI of Scotland. Daemonologie. 1597.
  • Sollee, Kristen J. Witches, Sluts, Feminists: Conjuring the Sex Positive. ThreeL Media, 2017.
  • Witches of Scotland Campaign. https://www.witchesofscotland.com
  • Witches of Scotland Podcast. https://www.witchesofscotland.com/podcast
  • Scottish Parliament (2022). Statement by Nicola Sturgeon on the Scottish Witch Trials.

North Berwick Witch Trials (1590–1592)

Lilias Adie (d. 1704)

Maggie Wall (c. 1657, memorial)

Agnes Sampson (executed 1591)

Isobel Gowdie (confessions, 1662)

Janet Horne (executed 1727)

Hex & Muse is recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. I pay my deepest respects to their Elders past and present - and to all First Nations people, whose stories and spirits continue to shape this land.

Follow along for more folklore, magic, and mythic musings:
Instagram: @hexandmuse
Website: www.hexandmuse.com

Hex & Muse is a spellbound journal of folklore, magic, art, and the sacred feminine - told through cinematic storytelling and whispered histories.
From my altar to yours… thank you for listening.

]]> Hex & Muse Buzzsprout-18860606 Tue, 17 Mar 2026 22:00:00 +1100 2114 witch trials, Scottish witch trials, witches of Scotland, women’s history, International Women’s History Month, feminist history, witchcraft history, early modern Scotland, King James VI, Daemonologie, North Berwick witches, European witch hunts, folklore 2 3 full false Through the Gilded Eye - Witches, Goddesses & the Power of the Gaze Through the Gilded Eye - Witches, Goddesses & the Power of the Gaze Through the Gilded Eye - Witches, Goddesses & the Power of the Gaze

How has art shaped the way we see witches and powerful women?

In this episode of Hex & Muse, we step into the painted worlds of Circe, Lilith, and the witch archetype to explore how female power has been framed across centuries of art history.

From the spellbinding tension of John William Waterhouse’s Circe Offering the Cup to Ulysses to the introspective sorcery of Alice Pike Barney’s Circe, the gaze surrounding these figures begins to shift. Through John Collier’s Lilith and Kiki Smith’s haunting sculptural reimagining, we encounter a mythic woman whose body has carried centuries of symbolism - temptation, autonomy, rebellion.

But when witches enter the frame, the atmosphere changes entirely.

In Francisco Goya’s Witches’ Sabbath (El Aquelarre), the witch becomes a spectacle of fear - a gathering framed through suspicion, darkness, and cultural anxiety. Yet in Leonora Carrington’s The Giantess (The Guardian of the Egg), female power appears differently: expansive, cosmic, and deeply integrated with the rhythms of the world.

Together these works reveal something subtle but powerful.

Sometimes the image invites us to witness a moment of spectacle.

Other times, the figure exists within her own world - sovereign, self-possessed, and unmoved by the gaze that watches her.

Because the most revealing question in front of a painting may not be what we see.


But where the image has placed us.

Artists & Works Discussed

• John William Waterhouse — Circe Offering the Cup to Ulysses
• Alice Pike Barney — Circe
• John Collier — Lilith
• Kiki Smith — Lilith (1994)
• Francisco Goya — Witches’ Sabbath (El Aquelarre)
• Leonora Carrington — The Giantess (The Guardian of the Egg)


References

Hex & Muse is recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. I pay my deepest respects to their Elders past and present - and to all First Nations people, whose stories and spirits continue to shape this land.

Follow along for more folklore, magic, and mythic musings:
Instagram: @hexandmuse
Website: www.hexandmuse.com

Hex & Muse is a spellbound journal of folklore, magic, art, and the sacred feminine - told through cinematic storytelling and whispered histories.
From my altar to yours… thank you for listening.

]]> Through the Gilded Eye - Witches, Goddesses & the Power of the Gaze

How has art shaped the way we see witches and powerful women?

In this episode of Hex & Muse, we step into the painted worlds of Circe, Lilith, and the witch archetype to explore how female power has been framed across centuries of art history.

From the spellbinding tension of John William Waterhouse’s Circe Offering the Cup to Ulysses to the introspective sorcery of Alice Pike Barney’s Circe, the gaze surrounding these figures begins to shift. Through John Collier’s Lilith and Kiki Smith’s haunting sculptural reimagining, we encounter a mythic woman whose body has carried centuries of symbolism - temptation, autonomy, rebellion.

But when witches enter the frame, the atmosphere changes entirely.

In Francisco Goya’s Witches’ Sabbath (El Aquelarre), the witch becomes a spectacle of fear - a gathering framed through suspicion, darkness, and cultural anxiety. Yet in Leonora Carrington’s The Giantess (The Guardian of the Egg), female power appears differently: expansive, cosmic, and deeply integrated with the rhythms of the world.

Together these works reveal something subtle but powerful.

Sometimes the image invites us to witness a moment of spectacle.

Other times, the figure exists within her own world - sovereign, self-possessed, and unmoved by the gaze that watches her.

Because the most revealing question in front of a painting may not be what we see.


But where the image has placed us.

Artists & Works Discussed

• John William Waterhouse — Circe Offering the Cup to Ulysses
• Alice Pike Barney — Circe
• John Collier — Lilith
• Kiki Smith — Lilith (1994)
• Francisco Goya — Witches’ Sabbath (El Aquelarre)
• Leonora Carrington — The Giantess (The Guardian of the Egg)


References

Hex & Muse is recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. I pay my deepest respects to their Elders past and present - and to all First Nations people, whose stories and spirits continue to shape this land.

Follow along for more folklore, magic, and mythic musings:
Instagram: @hexandmuse
Website: www.hexandmuse.com

Hex & Muse is a spellbound journal of folklore, magic, art, and the sacred feminine - told through cinematic storytelling and whispered histories.
From my altar to yours… thank you for listening.

]]> Hex & Muse Buzzsprout-18821899 Tue, 10 Mar 2026 22:00:00 +1100 1845 ASMR, witches in art, witch symbolism, Circe mythology, Circe painting, Lilith mythology, Lilith symbolism, witch archetype, female gaze in art, women in art history, feminine power, goddess mythology, mythological women, witchcraft history, witch imagery 2 2 full false Welcome Back to the Year Welcome Back to the Year A new rhythm is taking shape.

In this episode of Hex & Muse, we explore where we are right now  on the Wheel of the Year, beneath the Moon, and between the closing energy of the Snake and the forward momentum of the Horse.

Blending folklore, astrology, lunar symbolism, and seasonal awareness, this episode reflects on clarity, endurance, and the quiet preparation that shapes what comes next - all grounded in the lived reality of southern hemisphere summer.

A thoughtful episode about attention, rhythm, and carrying insight forward.

Welcome Back <3

Hex & Muse is recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. I pay my deepest respects to their Elders past and present - and to all First Nations people, whose stories and spirits continue to shape this land.

Follow along for more folklore, magic, and mythic musings:
Instagram: @hexandmuse
Website: www.hexandmuse.com

Hex & Muse is a spellbound journal of folklore, magic, art, and the sacred feminine - told through cinematic storytelling and whispered histories.
From my altar to yours… thank you for listening.

]]> A new rhythm is taking shape.

In this episode of Hex & Muse, we explore where we are right now  on the Wheel of the Year, beneath the Moon, and between the closing energy of the Snake and the forward momentum of the Horse.

Blending folklore, astrology, lunar symbolism, and seasonal awareness, this episode reflects on clarity, endurance, and the quiet preparation that shapes what comes next - all grounded in the lived reality of southern hemisphere summer.

A thoughtful episode about attention, rhythm, and carrying insight forward.

Welcome Back <3

Hex & Muse is recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. I pay my deepest respects to their Elders past and present - and to all First Nations people, whose stories and spirits continue to shape this land.

Follow along for more folklore, magic, and mythic musings:
Instagram: @hexandmuse
Website: www.hexandmuse.com

Hex & Muse is a spellbound journal of folklore, magic, art, and the sacred feminine - told through cinematic storytelling and whispered histories.
From my altar to yours… thank you for listening.

]]> Hex and Muse Buzzsprout-18623403 Wed, 04 Feb 2026 21:00:00 +1100 842 witchcraft, folklore, mythology, lunar cycles, full moon, snow moon, astrology, wheel of the year, pagan traditions, gothic folklore, modern witch, ritual living, seasonal living, southern hemisphere, chinese zodiac, year of the snake, year of the horse, 2 1 full false Signing Off for 2025 - The End of Season One Signing Off for 2025 - The End of Season One This short episode marks the final page of Season One of Hex & Muse - a gentle closing ritual for a year of folklore, magic, art, and storytelling. I’m taking the rest of the year to finish uni, slow down, and actually breathe through the festive season, but I’ll return in the new year with fresh stories, rituals, and the beginning of Season Two. Thank you to everyone who has listened, shared, and helped this little community grow. Light a candle for the year we’ve lived, and I’ll see you soon.

Hex & Muse is recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. I pay my deepest respects to their Elders past and present - and to all First Nations people, whose stories and spirits continue to shape this land.

Follow along for more folklore, magic, and mythic musings:
Instagram: @hexandmuse
Website: www.hexandmuse.com

Hex & Muse is a spellbound journal of folklore, magic, art, and the sacred feminine - told through cinematic storytelling and whispered histories.
From my altar to yours… thank you for listening.

]]> This short episode marks the final page of Season One of Hex & Muse - a gentle closing ritual for a year of folklore, magic, art, and storytelling. I’m taking the rest of the year to finish uni, slow down, and actually breathe through the festive season, but I’ll return in the new year with fresh stories, rituals, and the beginning of Season Two. Thank you to everyone who has listened, shared, and helped this little community grow. Light a candle for the year we’ve lived, and I’ll see you soon.

Hex & Muse is recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. I pay my deepest respects to their Elders past and present - and to all First Nations people, whose stories and spirits continue to shape this land.

Follow along for more folklore, magic, and mythic musings:
Instagram: @hexandmuse
Website: www.hexandmuse.com

Hex & Muse is a spellbound journal of folklore, magic, art, and the sacred feminine - told through cinematic storytelling and whispered histories.
From my altar to yours… thank you for listening.

]]> Hex & Muse - The Podcast Buzzsprout-18242543 Mon, 24 Nov 2025 19:00:00 +1100 138 1 20 bonus false Mary Shelley - The Mother of Monsters Mary Shelley - The Mother of Monsters In this haunting and beautiful episode of Hex & Muse, we step into the storm that changed the world. Born of lightning and grief, Mary Shelley dreamt a monster into being and in doing so, gave birth to modern horror, science fiction, and a mirror for the human soul.

Through thunder over Lake Geneva, the ghost-story challenge at Villa Diodati, and the heartbreak that shaped Frankenstein, this episode traces how an eighteen-year-old woman stole fire from the gods and rewrote creation itself.

We explore her lineage daughter of revolutionaries, lover of poets, widow of fire and her quiet defiance in a world that feared the power of female imagination. Because Mary Shelley was never just the author of Frankenstein. She was the Modern Prometheus of gothic literature - the girl who gave the dark a heartbeat.

Featuring reflections on Guillermo del Toro’s forthcoming adaptation of Frankenstein, starring Jacob Elordi and Mia Goth.

⚡ Trigger Warning: This episode includes brief discussion of infant loss and grief, handled with tenderness and care.


✴︎ References & Further Reading

*Mary Shelley, * Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818 & 1831 editions).
 William Godwin -An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice (1793).
 Mary Wollstonecraft - A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792).
 Richard Holmes - Shelley: The Pursuit (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1974).
 Miranda Seymour - Mary Shelley (John Murray, 2000).
 Fiona Sampson - In Search of Mary Shelley: The Girl Who Wrote Frankenstein (Profile Books, 2018).
 Anne K. Mellor - Mary Shelley: Her Life, Her Fiction, Her Monsters (Routledge, 1988).
 Charlotte Gordon - Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley (Random House, 2015).
 Kathleen Stocking -The Villa Diodati Circle: Byron, Polidori, Shelley & the Birth of Frankenstein (Oxford Classics, 1999).
 Frances Wilson  - The Ballad of Dorothy Wordsworth (for context on the Romantic circle).
 Guillermo del Toro - Frankenstein (Netflix / forthcoming, starring Jacob Elordi & Mia Goth).

For deeper gothic and Romantic context:
 The British Library  “Discovering Literature: Romantics & Victorians.”
 The Morgan Library - Frankenstein Manuscripts Project.
 The Romantic Circles Online Archive - University of Maryland.

Mary Shelley, Frankenstein, The Modern Prometheus, Romantic poets, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Lord Byron, John Polidori, Villa Diodati, Lake Geneva, gothic literature, science fiction origins, feminist writers, literary history, witchy podcast, Hex and Muse, women in literature, Guillermo del Toro Frankenstein, Jacob Elordi, Mia Goth, creative myth, female imagination, poetic storytelling, art and alchemy, haunting history, dark romanticism.

Hex & Muse is recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. I pay my deepest respects to their Elders past and present - and to all First Nations people, whose stories and spirits continue to shape this land.

Follow along for more folklore, magic, and mythic musings:
Instagram: @hexandmuse
Website: www.hexandmuse.com

Hex & Muse is a spellbound journal of folklore, magic, art, and the sacred feminine - told through cinematic storytelling and whispered histories.
From my altar to yours… thank you for listening.

]]> In this haunting and beautiful episode of Hex & Muse, we step into the storm that changed the world. Born of lightning and grief, Mary Shelley dreamt a monster into being and in doing so, gave birth to modern horror, science fiction, and a mirror for the human soul.

Through thunder over Lake Geneva, the ghost-story challenge at Villa Diodati, and the heartbreak that shaped Frankenstein, this episode traces how an eighteen-year-old woman stole fire from the gods and rewrote creation itself.

We explore her lineage daughter of revolutionaries, lover of poets, widow of fire and her quiet defiance in a world that feared the power of female imagination. Because Mary Shelley was never just the author of Frankenstein. She was the Modern Prometheus of gothic literature - the girl who gave the dark a heartbeat.

Featuring reflections on Guillermo del Toro’s forthcoming adaptation of Frankenstein, starring Jacob Elordi and Mia Goth.

⚡ Trigger Warning: This episode includes brief discussion of infant loss and grief, handled with tenderness and care.


✴︎ References & Further Reading

*Mary Shelley, * Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818 & 1831 editions).
 William Godwin -An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice (1793).
 Mary Wollstonecraft - A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792).
 Richard Holmes - Shelley: The Pursuit (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1974).
 Miranda Seymour - Mary Shelley (John Murray, 2000).
 Fiona Sampson - In Search of Mary Shelley: The Girl Who Wrote Frankenstein (Profile Books, 2018).
 Anne K. Mellor - Mary Shelley: Her Life, Her Fiction, Her Monsters (Routledge, 1988).
 Charlotte Gordon - Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley (Random House, 2015).
 Kathleen Stocking -The Villa Diodati Circle: Byron, Polidori, Shelley & the Birth of Frankenstein (Oxford Classics, 1999).
 Frances Wilson  - The Ballad of Dorothy Wordsworth (for context on the Romantic circle).
 Guillermo del Toro - Frankenstein (Netflix / forthcoming, starring Jacob Elordi & Mia Goth).

For deeper gothic and Romantic context:
 The British Library  “Discovering Literature: Romantics & Victorians.”
 The Morgan Library - Frankenstein Manuscripts Project.
 The Romantic Circles Online Archive - University of Maryland.

Mary Shelley, Frankenstein, The Modern Prometheus, Romantic poets, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Lord Byron, John Polidori, Villa Diodati, Lake Geneva, gothic literature, science fiction origins, feminist writers, literary history, witchy podcast, Hex and Muse, women in literature, Guillermo del Toro Frankenstein, Jacob Elordi, Mia Goth, creative myth, female imagination, poetic storytelling, art and alchemy, haunting history, dark romanticism.

Hex & Muse is recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. I pay my deepest respects to their Elders past and present - and to all First Nations people, whose stories and spirits continue to shape this land.

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From my altar to yours… thank you for listening.

]]> Hex & Muse Buzzsprout-18117799 Mon, 03 Nov 2025 06:00:00 +1100 2254 Mary Shelley, Frankenstein, The Modern Prometheus, Romantic poets, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Lord Byron, John Polidori, Villa Diodati, Lake Geneva, gothic literature, science fiction origins, feminist writers, literary history, witchy podcast, Hex and Muse, w 1 19 full false Nicnevin - Queen of Elphame Nicnevin - Queen of Elphame As spring blooms in the southern world and autumn deepens in the north, the veil thins across both. Tonight, Hex & Muse crosses that unseen border to meet Nicnevin - the Hallow Queen of Scotland.

She rides through centuries of poetry, persecution, and myth: from Renaissance verse to witch-trial confessions, from the moors of Fife to the snow-clad peaks of Ben Nevis. Part goddess, part ghost, part faerie queen, Nicnevin is the keeper of thresholds - a spirit who walks between life and death, storm and stillness, the sacred and the forbidden.

In this journey through folklore and history, we trace her lineage to the ancient Cailleach, whose storm-grey plaid blankets the mountains in snow, and rediscover the witch not as a creature of fear, but as a guardian of balance and change.

Light your candle.
Step into the dark.

The Hallow Queen is riding.


Primary Mentions

  • The Flyting of Montgomerie and Polwarth (c.1585) — Alexander Montgomerie’s poem; earliest known mention of Nicnevin.
  • Trial of Nic Nevin, St Andrews (1569) — later chroniclers link this woman to the legend; connection uncertain.
  • Confessions of Bessie Dunlop (1576) & Andro Man (1598) — both describe serving the “Queen of Elphame.” See Robert Pitcairn, Criminal Trials in Scotland (1833).

Folklore & Literature

  • Robert Cromek, Remains of Nithsdale and Galloway Song (1808).
  • Sir Walter Scott, Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft (1830).
  • Katharine Briggs, A Dictionary of Fairies (1976).
  • J. F. Campbell, Popular Tales of the West Highlands (1860).
  • Lizanne Henderson & Edward J. Cowan, Scottish Fairy Belief: A History (2001).

The Cailleach & Seasonal Myth

  • F. Marian McNeill, The Silver Bough (1957–68).
  • James MacKillop, Dictionary of Celtic Mythology (Oxford, 1998).
  • Folklore of the Corryvreckan Whirlpool — the Cailleach washes her plaid white, signalling winter (see Popular Tales of the West Highlands; Scotland’s Wonder – The Cailleach: Hag of Winter).

Modern Analyses & Context

  • Ronald Hutton, The Witch: A History of Fear (Yale, 2017).
  • Lizanne Henderson, Witchcraft and Folk Belief in the Age of Enlightenment (Palgrave, 2016).
  • Alison Hanham, The Flyting of Montgomerie and Polwarth: Text and Commentary (1960).
  • F. Marian McNeill, Hallowe’en: Its Origin, Rites and Ceremonies in the Scottish Tradition (1923).
  • Dictionaries of the Scots Language (dsl.ac.uk) — entry for Nicnevin.
  • Wikipedia — “Nicnevin” and “Cailleach” entries for linguistic and mythological summaries.

Hex & Muse is recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. I pay my deepest respects to their Elders past and present - and to all First Nations people, whose stories and spirits continue to shape this land.

Follow along for more folklore, magic, and mythic musings:
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From my altar to yours… thank you for listening.

]]> As spring blooms in the southern world and autumn deepens in the north, the veil thins across both. Tonight, Hex & Muse crosses that unseen border to meet Nicnevin - the Hallow Queen of Scotland.

She rides through centuries of poetry, persecution, and myth: from Renaissance verse to witch-trial confessions, from the moors of Fife to the snow-clad peaks of Ben Nevis. Part goddess, part ghost, part faerie queen, Nicnevin is the keeper of thresholds - a spirit who walks between life and death, storm and stillness, the sacred and the forbidden.

In this journey through folklore and history, we trace her lineage to the ancient Cailleach, whose storm-grey plaid blankets the mountains in snow, and rediscover the witch not as a creature of fear, but as a guardian of balance and change.

Light your candle.
Step into the dark.

The Hallow Queen is riding.


Primary Mentions

  • The Flyting of Montgomerie and Polwarth (c.1585) — Alexander Montgomerie’s poem; earliest known mention of Nicnevin.
  • Trial of Nic Nevin, St Andrews (1569) — later chroniclers link this woman to the legend; connection uncertain.
  • Confessions of Bessie Dunlop (1576) & Andro Man (1598) — both describe serving the “Queen of Elphame.” See Robert Pitcairn, Criminal Trials in Scotland (1833).

Folklore & Literature

  • Robert Cromek, Remains of Nithsdale and Galloway Song (1808).
  • Sir Walter Scott, Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft (1830).
  • Katharine Briggs, A Dictionary of Fairies (1976).
  • J. F. Campbell, Popular Tales of the West Highlands (1860).
  • Lizanne Henderson & Edward J. Cowan, Scottish Fairy Belief: A History (2001).

The Cailleach & Seasonal Myth

  • F. Marian McNeill, The Silver Bough (1957–68).
  • James MacKillop, Dictionary of Celtic Mythology (Oxford, 1998).
  • Folklore of the Corryvreckan Whirlpool — the Cailleach washes her plaid white, signalling winter (see Popular Tales of the West Highlands; Scotland’s Wonder – The Cailleach: Hag of Winter).

Modern Analyses & Context

  • Ronald Hutton, The Witch: A History of Fear (Yale, 2017).
  • Lizanne Henderson, Witchcraft and Folk Belief in the Age of Enlightenment (Palgrave, 2016).
  • Alison Hanham, The Flyting of Montgomerie and Polwarth: Text and Commentary (1960).
  • F. Marian McNeill, Hallowe’en: Its Origin, Rites and Ceremonies in the Scottish Tradition (1923).
  • Dictionaries of the Scots Language (dsl.ac.uk) — entry for Nicnevin.
  • Wikipedia — “Nicnevin” and “Cailleach” entries for linguistic and mythological summaries.

Hex & Muse is recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. I pay my deepest respects to their Elders past and present - and to all First Nations people, whose stories and spirits continue to shape this land.

Follow along for more folklore, magic, and mythic musings:
Instagram: @hexandmuse
Website: www.hexandmuse.com

Hex & Muse is a spellbound journal of folklore, magic, art, and the sacred feminine - told through cinematic storytelling and whispered histories.
From my altar to yours… thank you for listening.

]]> Hex & Muse Buzzsprout-18008280 Mon, 20 Oct 2025 06:00:00 +1100 1104 Hex and Muse, Nicnevin, Queen of Elphame, Scottish Folklore, Scottish Witchcraft, Witch Queen, Hallow Queen, Samhain, Halloween, Beltane in the South, Witch History, Celtic Mythology, Pagan Traditions, Cailleach, Corryvreckan Whirlpool, Ben Nevis, Hecate, 1 18 full false The Raven - A Reading by Candlelight The Raven - A Reading by Candlelight Once upon a midnight dreary...

In this special reading, Hex & Muse drifts through the flicker of candlelight to meet one of literature’s most haunting visitations  Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven. First published in 1845, this gothic masterpiece still beats with the same dark music: grief, longing, and the ache of a soul that cannot let go.

Told in rhythmic, hypnotic verse, The Raven is a séance in language a lament that echoes between love and loss, dream and waking.
 In this episode, Emily performs the poem aloud as it was meant to be heard: with breath, silence, and reverence. Every “Nevermore” tolls like a bell through the dark, a reminder of how beauty and despair so often share the same heartbeat.

So light your candles, draw the curtains, and listen close.
 The air stirs.
 A knock upon the chamber door.
 And from the shadow, a voice - eternal, mournful - calling once more.

🕯️ Written by Edgar Allan Poe (1845).
 🎙️ Read and produced by Emily Esen for Hex & Muse.

Hex & Muse is recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. I pay my deepest respects to their Elders past and present - and to all First Nations people, whose stories and spirits continue to shape this land.

Follow along for more folklore, magic, and mythic musings:
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From my altar to yours… thank you for listening.

]]> Once upon a midnight dreary...

In this special reading, Hex & Muse drifts through the flicker of candlelight to meet one of literature’s most haunting visitations  Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven. First published in 1845, this gothic masterpiece still beats with the same dark music: grief, longing, and the ache of a soul that cannot let go.

Told in rhythmic, hypnotic verse, The Raven is a séance in language a lament that echoes between love and loss, dream and waking.
 In this episode, Emily performs the poem aloud as it was meant to be heard: with breath, silence, and reverence. Every “Nevermore” tolls like a bell through the dark, a reminder of how beauty and despair so often share the same heartbeat.

So light your candles, draw the curtains, and listen close.
 The air stirs.
 A knock upon the chamber door.
 And from the shadow, a voice - eternal, mournful - calling once more.

🕯️ Written by Edgar Allan Poe (1845).
 🎙️ Read and produced by Emily Esen for Hex & Muse.

Hex & Muse is recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. I pay my deepest respects to their Elders past and present - and to all First Nations people, whose stories and spirits continue to shape this land.

Follow along for more folklore, magic, and mythic musings:
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Website: www.hexandmuse.com

Hex & Muse is a spellbound journal of folklore, magic, art, and the sacred feminine - told through cinematic storytelling and whispered histories.
From my altar to yours… thank you for listening.

]]> Hex & Muse Buzzsprout-18008512 Fri, 17 Oct 2025 08:00:00 +1100 482 Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven, gothic poetry, dark romanticism, witch podcast, Hex and Muse, gothic literature, poem reading, dramatic reading, classic poetry, witchcore, literary podcast, Halloween reading, gothic horror, spooky stories, dark academia, mela 1 18 bonus false Witches on Screen - From Celluloid Shadows to Cinema’s Spell Witches on Screen - From Celluloid Shadows to Cinema’s Spell From silent trick films to technicolour queens, from broomsticks to suburban sitcoms, from horror’s hysteria to feminist reclamation - cinema has never stopped conjuring the witch.

In this episode of Hex & Muse, we trace her journey through a century of film: the haunted illusions of Georges Méliès, the fevered beauty of Häxan, the vanity of Disney’s mirror-obsessed queen, the domestic rebellion of Bewitched, the dread of Rosemary’s Baby, the velvet defiance of the 90s, and the reflective power of modern cinema.

The witch has worn many faces - monster, muse, scapegoat, saint - but her image on screen tells us more about us than her. Each era projects its fears and fascinations onto her body, revealing what the world loves, hates, and still doesn’t understand about women who refuse to soften.

A cinematic séance for those who love folklore, feminism, and film history - with a touch of candlelight.

Films & Television:

  • Le Manoir du Diable (1896), dir. Georges Méliès
  • Häxan (1922), dir. Benjamin Christensen
  • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), dir. Walt Disney
  • The Wizard of Oz (1939), dir. Victor Fleming
  • Bell, Book and Candle (1958), dir. Richard Quine
  • Bewitched (1964–1972), created by Sol Saks
  • Rosemary’s Baby (1968), dir. Roman Polanski
  • Season of the Witch (1972), dir. George A. Romero
  • The Exorcist (1973), dir. William Friedkin
  • Suspiria (1977), dir. Dario Argento
  • The Craft (1996), dir. Andrew Fleming
  • Practical Magic (1998), dir. Griffin Dunne
  • Charmed (1998–2006), created by Constance M. Burge
  • The Witch (2015), dir. Robert Eggers
  • The Love Witch (2016), dir. Anna Biller
  • American Horror Story: Coven (2013), created by Ryan Murphy & Brad Falchuk
  • Motherland: Fort Salem (2020–2022), created by Eliot Laurence
  • Suspiria (2018), dir. Luca Guadagnino
  • The Wailing (2016), dir. Na Hong-jin
  • November (2017), dir. Rainer Sarnet
  • Border (2018), dir. Ali Abbasi

📚 Further Reading
Marina Warner – No Go the Bogeyman: Scaring, Lulling, and Making Mock (Oxford, 1998)
Diane Purkiss – The Witch in History (Routledge, 1996)
Ronald Hutton – The Triumph of the Moon (OUP, 1999)
Silvia Federici – Caliban and the Witch (Autonomedia, 2004)
Barbara Creed – The Monstrous-Feminine: Film, Feminism, Psychoanalysis (Routledge, 1993)
Lucy Johnston – Witches: A History of Misogyny, Feminism and Magic (Laurence King, 2022)
Anna Biller – “Witch, Please: Women, Power, and the Gaze,” Sight & Sound (2017)
Kristen J. Sollée – “The Witch Wave: Pop Culture and the Occult Revival,” The New Inquiry (2018)
Jason Colavito – “The Occult Roots of Cinema,” Journal of Film and History (2015)

Hex & Muse is recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. I pay my deepest respects to their Elders past and present - and to all First Nations people, whose stories and spirits continue to shape this land.

Follow along for more folklore, magic, and mythic musings:
Instagram: @hexandmuse
Website: www.hexandmuse.com

Hex & Muse is a spellbound journal of folklore, magic, art, and the sacred feminine - told through cinematic storytelling and whispered histories.
From my altar to yours… thank you for listening.

]]> From silent trick films to technicolour queens, from broomsticks to suburban sitcoms, from horror’s hysteria to feminist reclamation - cinema has never stopped conjuring the witch.

In this episode of Hex & Muse, we trace her journey through a century of film: the haunted illusions of Georges Méliès, the fevered beauty of Häxan, the vanity of Disney’s mirror-obsessed queen, the domestic rebellion of Bewitched, the dread of Rosemary’s Baby, the velvet defiance of the 90s, and the reflective power of modern cinema.

The witch has worn many faces - monster, muse, scapegoat, saint - but her image on screen tells us more about us than her. Each era projects its fears and fascinations onto her body, revealing what the world loves, hates, and still doesn’t understand about women who refuse to soften.

A cinematic séance for those who love folklore, feminism, and film history - with a touch of candlelight.

Films & Television:

  • Le Manoir du Diable (1896), dir. Georges Méliès
  • Häxan (1922), dir. Benjamin Christensen
  • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), dir. Walt Disney
  • The Wizard of Oz (1939), dir. Victor Fleming
  • Bell, Book and Candle (1958), dir. Richard Quine
  • Bewitched (1964–1972), created by Sol Saks
  • Rosemary’s Baby (1968), dir. Roman Polanski
  • Season of the Witch (1972), dir. George A. Romero
  • The Exorcist (1973), dir. William Friedkin
  • Suspiria (1977), dir. Dario Argento
  • The Craft (1996), dir. Andrew Fleming
  • Practical Magic (1998), dir. Griffin Dunne
  • Charmed (1998–2006), created by Constance M. Burge
  • The Witch (2015), dir. Robert Eggers
  • The Love Witch (2016), dir. Anna Biller
  • American Horror Story: Coven (2013), created by Ryan Murphy & Brad Falchuk
  • Motherland: Fort Salem (2020–2022), created by Eliot Laurence
  • Suspiria (2018), dir. Luca Guadagnino
  • The Wailing (2016), dir. Na Hong-jin
  • November (2017), dir. Rainer Sarnet
  • Border (2018), dir. Ali Abbasi

📚 Further Reading
Marina Warner – No Go the Bogeyman: Scaring, Lulling, and Making Mock (Oxford, 1998)
Diane Purkiss – The Witch in History (Routledge, 1996)
Ronald Hutton – The Triumph of the Moon (OUP, 1999)
Silvia Federici – Caliban and the Witch (Autonomedia, 2004)
Barbara Creed – The Monstrous-Feminine: Film, Feminism, Psychoanalysis (Routledge, 1993)
Lucy Johnston – Witches: A History of Misogyny, Feminism and Magic (Laurence King, 2022)
Anna Biller – “Witch, Please: Women, Power, and the Gaze,” Sight & Sound (2017)
Kristen J. Sollée – “The Witch Wave: Pop Culture and the Occult Revival,” The New Inquiry (2018)
Jason Colavito – “The Occult Roots of Cinema,” Journal of Film and History (2015)

Hex & Muse is recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. I pay my deepest respects to their Elders past and present - and to all First Nations people, whose stories and spirits continue to shape this land.

Follow along for more folklore, magic, and mythic musings:
Instagram: @hexandmuse
Website: www.hexandmuse.com

Hex & Muse is a spellbound journal of folklore, magic, art, and the sacred feminine - told through cinematic storytelling and whispered histories.
From my altar to yours… thank you for listening.

]]> Hex & Muse Buzzsprout-18001857 Mon, 13 Oct 2025 23:00:00 +1100 2145 witches on screen, witch movies, witchcraft in film, cinematic witches, feminist cinema, occult history, horror film history, witch symbolism, film witchcraft, feminist witch, modern witchcraft, witch folklore, occult cinema, magical realism, the witch 20 1 17 full false The Witching Hour - Folklore of Midnight & Thresholds The Witching Hour - Folklore of Midnight & Thresholds What makes midnight so powerful and why do crossroads, mirrors, and doorways seem to hum with the same strange energy? This episode of Hex & Muse drifts through folklore, superstition, and the quiet psychology of liminal spaces, tracing how the witching hour became a symbol of transformation. From ancient rites and whispered superstitions to the ways we still navigate change today, it’s an exploration of thresholds- where the world softens, and something new begins to stir.


Carl Jung – Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious
Mircea Eliade – The Sacred and the Profane
Ronald Hutton – The Triumph of the Moon
Marina Warner – From the Beast to the Blonde
Claude Lecouteux – The Tradition of Household Spirits
Theresa Bane – Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology Katharine Briggs – An Encyclopedia of Fairies
Giovanni Caputo – “The Strange-Face Illusion,” Perception, 2010
Theoi Greek Mythology (online archive of Hecate and related deities)
Encyclopedia of Shinto (Kokugakuin University) – Ushinotoki-Mairi: The Hour of the Ox
Shakespeare, Hamlet (Act III, Scene II — “the very witching time of night”)

These works informed the folklore, cultural history, and symbolic language woven through this episode.

Hex & Muse is recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. I pay my deepest respects to their Elders past and present - and to all First Nations people, whose stories and spirits continue to shape this land.

Follow along for more folklore, magic, and mythic musings:
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From my altar to yours… thank you for listening.

]]> What makes midnight so powerful and why do crossroads, mirrors, and doorways seem to hum with the same strange energy? This episode of Hex & Muse drifts through folklore, superstition, and the quiet psychology of liminal spaces, tracing how the witching hour became a symbol of transformation. From ancient rites and whispered superstitions to the ways we still navigate change today, it’s an exploration of thresholds- where the world softens, and something new begins to stir.


Carl Jung – Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious
Mircea Eliade – The Sacred and the Profane
Ronald Hutton – The Triumph of the Moon
Marina Warner – From the Beast to the Blonde
Claude Lecouteux – The Tradition of Household Spirits
Theresa Bane – Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology Katharine Briggs – An Encyclopedia of Fairies
Giovanni Caputo – “The Strange-Face Illusion,” Perception, 2010
Theoi Greek Mythology (online archive of Hecate and related deities)
Encyclopedia of Shinto (Kokugakuin University) – Ushinotoki-Mairi: The Hour of the Ox
Shakespeare, Hamlet (Act III, Scene II — “the very witching time of night”)

These works informed the folklore, cultural history, and symbolic language woven through this episode.

Hex & Muse is recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. I pay my deepest respects to their Elders past and present - and to all First Nations people, whose stories and spirits continue to shape this land.

Follow along for more folklore, magic, and mythic musings:
Instagram: @hexandmuse
Website: www.hexandmuse.com

Hex & Muse is a spellbound journal of folklore, magic, art, and the sacred feminine - told through cinematic storytelling and whispered histories.
From my altar to yours… thank you for listening.

]]> Hex and Muse Buzzsprout-17957503 Mon, 06 Oct 2025 06:00:00 +1100 2245 witching hour, folklore podcast, witch podcast, mythology podcast, modern witch, witchcraft, occult, folklore, liminal spaces, witchy aesthetic, mysticism, spirituality, esoteric, shadow work, transformation, feminine power, witch history, midnight magic, 1 16 full false Familiars - The Witch’s Shadow Familiars - The Witch’s Shadow In every tale of the witch, something moves just beyond her body - a cat’s green eyes, a hare in the fields, a raven circling overhead. These are the familiars: companions, protectors, and echoes of the witch’s own spirit.

In this episode of Hex & Muse, we walk with them. From the witch trials of England and Scotland, where imps and “witch’s teats” became deadly evidence, to the enduring image of the old woman and her cats. From Shakespeare’s Graymalkin to Pullman’s dæmons, from Jiji in Kiki’s Delivery Service to modern witches who seek spirit-animals in ritual and dream.

Familiars are not only folklore or fiction - they are a reminder that magic is never solitary. The witch always walks in company.

Hex & Muse is recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. I pay my deepest respects to their Elders past and present - and to all First Nations people, whose stories and spirits continue to shape this land.

Follow along for more folklore, magic, and mythic musings:
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Hex & Muse is a spellbound journal of folklore, magic, art, and the sacred feminine - told through cinematic storytelling and whispered histories.
From my altar to yours… thank you for listening.

]]> In every tale of the witch, something moves just beyond her body - a cat’s green eyes, a hare in the fields, a raven circling overhead. These are the familiars: companions, protectors, and echoes of the witch’s own spirit.

In this episode of Hex & Muse, we walk with them. From the witch trials of England and Scotland, where imps and “witch’s teats” became deadly evidence, to the enduring image of the old woman and her cats. From Shakespeare’s Graymalkin to Pullman’s dæmons, from Jiji in Kiki’s Delivery Service to modern witches who seek spirit-animals in ritual and dream.

Familiars are not only folklore or fiction - they are a reminder that magic is never solitary. The witch always walks in company.

Hex & Muse is recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. I pay my deepest respects to their Elders past and present - and to all First Nations people, whose stories and spirits continue to shape this land.

Follow along for more folklore, magic, and mythic musings:
Instagram: @hexandmuse
Website: www.hexandmuse.com

Hex & Muse is a spellbound journal of folklore, magic, art, and the sacred feminine - told through cinematic storytelling and whispered histories.
From my altar to yours… thank you for listening.

]]> Hex and Muse Buzzsprout-17878777 Sun, 21 Sep 2025 22:00:00 +1000 1422 familiars, witchcraft, folklore, witch trials, Isobel Gowdie, Matthew Hopkins, Pyewacket, Vinegar Tom, Graymalkin, Paddock, dæmon, Philip Pullman, His Dark Materials, Salem the cat, Sabrina, Jiji, Kiki’s Delivery Service, Maleficent, Ursula, Disney witche 1 15 full false Shadow Work - Myths, Magic & the Hidden Self Shadow Work - Myths, Magic & the Hidden Self In this episode of Hex & Muse, we step into the velvet dark - the hidden places within where our secrets, wounds, and unclaimed power wait. This is shadow work: the witch’s art of facing what has been buried, not to banish it, but to bring it home.

Together we’ll wander through myth and folklore - Inanna’s descent to the underworld, Persephone crowned in shadow, Baba Yaga at the forest’s edge, Hel and the Morrígan, and the witch herself as a mirror for society’s fears. We’ll explore Jung’s idea of the shadow and how it rises in dreams, projections, and stories, before turning to the practices that make this work real: journaling, tarot, moon cycles, mirror rituals, and the quiet courage of speaking truths aloud.

Shadow work is not glamorous magic. It is raw. It is salt on the wound. But it is also liberation - the slow alchemy of turning pain into power, ghosts into guides, silence into speech.

Light your candle, breathe deep, and descend with me. The shadow is not your enemy. It is your teacher.

Hex & Muse is recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. I pay my deepest respects to their Elders past and present - and to all First Nations people, whose stories and spirits continue to shape this land.

Follow along for more folklore, magic, and mythic musings:
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Hex & Muse is a spellbound journal of folklore, magic, art, and the sacred feminine - told through cinematic storytelling and whispered histories.
From my altar to yours… thank you for listening.

]]> In this episode of Hex & Muse, we step into the velvet dark - the hidden places within where our secrets, wounds, and unclaimed power wait. This is shadow work: the witch’s art of facing what has been buried, not to banish it, but to bring it home.

Together we’ll wander through myth and folklore - Inanna’s descent to the underworld, Persephone crowned in shadow, Baba Yaga at the forest’s edge, Hel and the Morrígan, and the witch herself as a mirror for society’s fears. We’ll explore Jung’s idea of the shadow and how it rises in dreams, projections, and stories, before turning to the practices that make this work real: journaling, tarot, moon cycles, mirror rituals, and the quiet courage of speaking truths aloud.

Shadow work is not glamorous magic. It is raw. It is salt on the wound. But it is also liberation - the slow alchemy of turning pain into power, ghosts into guides, silence into speech.

Light your candle, breathe deep, and descend with me. The shadow is not your enemy. It is your teacher.

Hex & Muse is recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. I pay my deepest respects to their Elders past and present - and to all First Nations people, whose stories and spirits continue to shape this land.

Follow along for more folklore, magic, and mythic musings:
Instagram: @hexandmuse
Website: www.hexandmuse.com

Hex & Muse is a spellbound journal of folklore, magic, art, and the sacred feminine - told through cinematic storytelling and whispered histories.
From my altar to yours… thank you for listening.

]]> Hex and Muse Buzzsprout-17755057 Mon, 08 Sep 2025 06:00:00 +1000 936 shadow work, witchcraft, folklore, mythology, psychology, Jung, feminine power, archetypes, Persephone, Inanna, Baba Yaga, Hel, Morrigan, tarot, moon cycles, ritual, spirituality, self discovery, healing, inner work, dark feminine, transformation, witches 1 14 full false Blood Moon Rising - The Corn Moon Eclipse in Pisces Blood Moon Rising - The Corn Moon Eclipse in Pisces On the night of September 7–8, 2025, the Corn Moon rises in Pisces - and slips into shadow. For eighty-two minutes, the world will witness a total lunar eclipse, the Blood Moon burning red across the skies of the southern hemisphere. In this special episode, we explore the Corn Moon’s springtime meaning, the eclipse’s transformative pull, and the dreamlike waters of Pisces. You’ll also be guided through a simple yet powerful ritual of release and renewal - a way to step into spring as the moon steps from shadow: lighter, freer, and reborn.

Hex & Muse is recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. I pay my deepest respects to their Elders past and present - and to all First Nations people, whose stories and spirits continue to shape this land.

Follow along for more folklore, magic, and mythic musings:
Instagram: @hexandmuse
Website: www.hexandmuse.com

Hex & Muse is a spellbound journal of folklore, magic, art, and the sacred feminine - told through cinematic storytelling and whispered histories.
From my altar to yours… thank you for listening.

]]> On the night of September 7–8, 2025, the Corn Moon rises in Pisces - and slips into shadow. For eighty-two minutes, the world will witness a total lunar eclipse, the Blood Moon burning red across the skies of the southern hemisphere. In this special episode, we explore the Corn Moon’s springtime meaning, the eclipse’s transformative pull, and the dreamlike waters of Pisces. You’ll also be guided through a simple yet powerful ritual of release and renewal - a way to step into spring as the moon steps from shadow: lighter, freer, and reborn.

Hex & Muse is recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. I pay my deepest respects to their Elders past and present - and to all First Nations people, whose stories and spirits continue to shape this land.

Follow along for more folklore, magic, and mythic musings:
Instagram: @hexandmuse
Website: www.hexandmuse.com

Hex & Muse is a spellbound journal of folklore, magic, art, and the sacred feminine - told through cinematic storytelling and whispered histories.
From my altar to yours… thank you for listening.

]]> Hex & Muse - The Podcast Buzzsprout-17755194 Fri, 05 Sep 2025 06:00:00 +1000 347 blood moon, corn moon, crow moon, pisces full moon, lunar eclipse, september full moon, southern hemisphere spring, moon ritual, eclipse ritual, witchcraft, astrology, spirituality, lunar magic, full moon magic, moon phases, ritual, renewal, release, intu 1 15 bonus false Sacred in the Small - An Ode to Everyday Altars Sacred in the Small - An Ode to Everyday Altars What if your altar wasn’t a shelf 
 but a moment?
 A gesture?
 A stone in your coat pocket or a candle stub you keep lighting on the floor?

In this episode of Hex & Muse, we step into the quiet beauty of modern devotion an ode to the altars we carry through daily life. From the history of sacred spaces to the rise of domestic ritual, we explore how meaning is made in the smallest of places: a ring dish, a whisper, a match struck with intention.

You don’t need a temple.
 You don’t need symmetry.
 You don’t need to prove your magic.
 You just need presence.

This is not a how-to this is a remembrance.
 A reclamation. A ritual for what remains.

Hex & Muse is recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. I pay my deepest respects to their Elders past and present - and to all First Nations people, whose stories and spirits continue to shape this land.

Follow along for more folklore, magic, and mythic musings:
Instagram: @hexandmuse
Website: www.hexandmuse.com

Hex & Muse is a spellbound journal of folklore, magic, art, and the sacred feminine - told through cinematic storytelling and whispered histories.
From my altar to yours… thank you for listening.

]]> What if your altar wasn’t a shelf 
 but a moment?
 A gesture?
 A stone in your coat pocket or a candle stub you keep lighting on the floor?

In this episode of Hex & Muse, we step into the quiet beauty of modern devotion an ode to the altars we carry through daily life. From the history of sacred spaces to the rise of domestic ritual, we explore how meaning is made in the smallest of places: a ring dish, a whisper, a match struck with intention.

You don’t need a temple.
 You don’t need symmetry.
 You don’t need to prove your magic.
 You just need presence.

This is not a how-to this is a remembrance.
 A reclamation. A ritual for what remains.

Hex & Muse is recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. I pay my deepest respects to their Elders past and present - and to all First Nations people, whose stories and spirits continue to shape this land.

Follow along for more folklore, magic, and mythic musings:
Instagram: @hexandmuse
Website: www.hexandmuse.com

Hex & Muse is a spellbound journal of folklore, magic, art, and the sacred feminine - told through cinematic storytelling and whispered histories.
From my altar to yours… thank you for listening.

]]> hex and muse Buzzsprout-17695525 Mon, 01 Sep 2025 06:00:00 +1000 881 sacred, ritual, altar, witchcraft, everyday magic, domestic magic, modern mysticism, spiritual practice, folk magic, micro rituals, devotion, spiritual minimalism, modern witch, intuitive living, poetic magic, hex and muse, sacred objects, household spell 1 14 full false Freya - Goddess of Gold & Fire Freya - Goddess of Gold & Fire Freya is not a goddess who can be contained. She is beauty and battle, silk and steel, grief and golden desire. In this episode, we step into her meadow of myths where amber tears fall into the sea, falcon wings carry her between worlds, and a necklace forged in fire becomes a symbol of sovereignty.

We’ll wander through her stories: the Brísingamen, the cat-drawn chariot, the meadow of Fólkvangr, and her role as the first witch of the Norse, teaching Odin himself the dangerous art of seiðr. Along the way, we’ll explore the contradictions that made skalds fear her and that make modern witches and feminists reclaim her as radiant, ruthless, and unashamed.

This is an invocation of Freya: goddess of love and longing, mistress of magic and mourning, sovereign of desire. She reminds us that beauty is not weakness, that grief can glitter into power, and that we, too, are never “too much” to be holy

Hex & Muse is recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. I pay my deepest respects to their Elders past and present - and to all First Nations people, whose stories and spirits continue to shape this land.

Follow along for more folklore, magic, and mythic musings:
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Website: www.hexandmuse.com

Hex & Muse is a spellbound journal of folklore, magic, art, and the sacred feminine - told through cinematic storytelling and whispered histories.
From my altar to yours… thank you for listening.

]]> Freya is not a goddess who can be contained. She is beauty and battle, silk and steel, grief and golden desire. In this episode, we step into her meadow of myths where amber tears fall into the sea, falcon wings carry her between worlds, and a necklace forged in fire becomes a symbol of sovereignty.

We’ll wander through her stories: the Brísingamen, the cat-drawn chariot, the meadow of Fólkvangr, and her role as the first witch of the Norse, teaching Odin himself the dangerous art of seiðr. Along the way, we’ll explore the contradictions that made skalds fear her and that make modern witches and feminists reclaim her as radiant, ruthless, and unashamed.

This is an invocation of Freya: goddess of love and longing, mistress of magic and mourning, sovereign of desire. She reminds us that beauty is not weakness, that grief can glitter into power, and that we, too, are never “too much” to be holy

Hex & Muse is recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. I pay my deepest respects to their Elders past and present - and to all First Nations people, whose stories and spirits continue to shape this land.

Follow along for more folklore, magic, and mythic musings:
Instagram: @hexandmuse
Website: www.hexandmuse.com

Hex & Muse is a spellbound journal of folklore, magic, art, and the sacred feminine - told through cinematic storytelling and whispered histories.
From my altar to yours… thank you for listening.

]]> Hex and Muse Buzzsprout-17679505 Mon, 25 Aug 2025 06:00:00 +1000 1190 freya, norse mythology, goddess, witchcraft, seidr, völva, odin, brisingamen, mythology podcast, divine feminine 1 13 full false Fae & Fairies - A Mythic Field Guide Fae & Fairies - A Mythic Field Guide Not all fairies have wings
Some wear moss for cloaks.
Some will bless you.
Some will curse you.

In this episode, we step beyond the glitter and into the older, stranger world of the fae. From the light and shadow of the Seelie and Unseelie Courts to the hidden lines of fairy roads, we’ll walk through mushroom rings that may never let you go, meet their cousins in Iceland, Japan, and Slavic rivers, and listen for the hoofbeats that echo in folklore and in the dark.

We’ll explore names not meant to be spoken, the dangerous art of fae bargains, royal courts lit by foxfire, and tales of those who met the Good Neighbours - and returned changed.

If you step through, remember the rules. Some doors, once opened, do not close behind you.

Hex & Muse is recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. I pay my deepest respects to their Elders past and present - and to all First Nations people, whose stories and spirits continue to shape this land.

Follow along for more folklore, magic, and mythic musings:
Instagram: @hexandmuse
Website: www.hexandmuse.com

Hex & Muse is a spellbound journal of folklore, magic, art, and the sacred feminine - told through cinematic storytelling and whispered histories.
From my altar to yours… thank you for listening.

]]> Not all fairies have wings
Some wear moss for cloaks.
Some will bless you.
Some will curse you.

In this episode, we step beyond the glitter and into the older, stranger world of the fae. From the light and shadow of the Seelie and Unseelie Courts to the hidden lines of fairy roads, we’ll walk through mushroom rings that may never let you go, meet their cousins in Iceland, Japan, and Slavic rivers, and listen for the hoofbeats that echo in folklore and in the dark.

We’ll explore names not meant to be spoken, the dangerous art of fae bargains, royal courts lit by foxfire, and tales of those who met the Good Neighbours - and returned changed.

If you step through, remember the rules. Some doors, once opened, do not close behind you.

Hex & Muse is recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. I pay my deepest respects to their Elders past and present - and to all First Nations people, whose stories and spirits continue to shape this land.

Follow along for more folklore, magic, and mythic musings:
Instagram: @hexandmuse
Website: www.hexandmuse.com

Hex & Muse is a spellbound journal of folklore, magic, art, and the sacred feminine - told through cinematic storytelling and whispered histories.
From my altar to yours… thank you for listening.

]]> Buzzsprout-17678316 Mon, 18 Aug 2025 06:00:00 +1000 1440 1 13 full true The Witch’s Garden The Witch’s Garden The witch’s garden is never just a garden. It’s a threshold where roots touch the underworld, blossoms reach for the divine, and every leaf carries a story.

In this episode of Hex & Muse, we wander through a green world of memory and protection, of potions stirred at the hearth and charms tied under moonlight.
From rosemary’s quiet guardianship to basil’s welcome at the door, these are the plants that have walked beside witches for centuries.

Settle in. Breathe deep. And let the garden speak.

Please note: some herbs discussed in this episode - like mugwort, rue, and wormwood - can be toxic if ingested or used improperly. Always research and use caution before working with any plant in your magic or herbal practice.

Hex & Muse is recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. I pay my deepest respects to their Elders past and present - and to all First Nations people, whose stories and spirits continue to shape this land.

Follow along for more folklore, magic, and mythic musings:
Instagram: @hexandmuse
Website: www.hexandmuse.com

Hex & Muse is a spellbound journal of folklore, magic, art, and the sacred feminine - told through cinematic storytelling and whispered histories.
From my altar to yours… thank you for listening.

]]> The witch’s garden is never just a garden. It’s a threshold where roots touch the underworld, blossoms reach for the divine, and every leaf carries a story.

In this episode of Hex & Muse, we wander through a green world of memory and protection, of potions stirred at the hearth and charms tied under moonlight.
From rosemary’s quiet guardianship to basil’s welcome at the door, these are the plants that have walked beside witches for centuries.

Settle in. Breathe deep. And let the garden speak.

Please note: some herbs discussed in this episode - like mugwort, rue, and wormwood - can be toxic if ingested or used improperly. Always research and use caution before working with any plant in your magic or herbal practice.

Hex & Muse is recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. I pay my deepest respects to their Elders past and present - and to all First Nations people, whose stories and spirits continue to shape this land.

Follow along for more folklore, magic, and mythic musings:
Instagram: @hexandmuse
Website: www.hexandmuse.com

Hex & Muse is a spellbound journal of folklore, magic, art, and the sacred feminine - told through cinematic storytelling and whispered histories.
From my altar to yours… thank you for listening.

]]> Hex and Muse Buzzsprout-17643058 Mon, 11 Aug 2025 06:00:00 +1000 1071 witch’s garden, plant lore, herbal magic, protective magic, potion making, green witchcraft, garden spells, rosemary, mugwort, rue, yarrow, wormwood, basil, moon planting, kitchen witch, folk magic, herbal folklore, spellwork, magical herbs, botanical mag 1 12 full false The Cunning Folk - Keepers of Lore, Healers of the Hedge The Cunning Folk - Keepers of Lore, Healers of the Hedge This episode is dedicated to the people of Palestine. If you're able, please consider donating to humanitarian relief or signing a petition to demand ceasefire. Bearing witness is powerful- but action, even small, is sacred.

Long before the witch hunts scorched through Europe, there were the cunning folk- midwives, herbalists, diviners, and wise women who walked the hedgerows between the seen and unseen. In this episode of Hex & Muse, we trace the forgotten legacy of these sacred practitioners: the charm-makers, the bone-readers, the women who brewed healing from the wild.

Rooted in folklore, magic, and ancestral memory, this is a journey into the lives of those who held power quietly and were feared for it.

We explore:
 ▸ Folk medicine, protection charms & ritual tools
 ▸ The slow shift from reverence to suspicion
 ▸ How patriarchy rewrote wisdom as threat
 ▸ The spiritual inheritance we reclaim today

This isn’t just history- it’s a remembering.
 A spell for the ones who came before us.


✧ Donate to Gaza Relief

🕊 Sign a Petition for Ceasefire

📖 Learn More: History, Context & Voices

  • Visualizing Palestine – Data-Driven Graphics & Maps
  • Decolonize Palestine – Myths, Terms & History
  • Jewish Voice for Peace – Human Rights & Solidarity
  • IMEU – Stories & Advocacy
  • Al Jazeera – News & Explainers on Palestine
  • Mondoweiss – Palestinian Journalism & Essays
  • UN OCHA – Humanitarian Reports & Data

 

Hex & Muse is recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. I pay my deepest respects to their Elders past and present - and to all First Nations people, whose stories and spirits continue to shape this land.

Follow along for more folklore, magic, and mythic musings:
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Website: www.hexandmuse.com

Hex & Muse is a spellbound journal of folklore, magic, art, and the sacred feminine - told through cinematic storytelling and whispered histories.
From my altar to yours… thank you for listening.

]]> This episode is dedicated to the people of Palestine. If you're able, please consider donating to humanitarian relief or signing a petition to demand ceasefire. Bearing witness is powerful- but action, even small, is sacred.

Long before the witch hunts scorched through Europe, there were the cunning folk- midwives, herbalists, diviners, and wise women who walked the hedgerows between the seen and unseen. In this episode of Hex & Muse, we trace the forgotten legacy of these sacred practitioners: the charm-makers, the bone-readers, the women who brewed healing from the wild.

Rooted in folklore, magic, and ancestral memory, this is a journey into the lives of those who held power quietly and were feared for it.

We explore:
 ▸ Folk medicine, protection charms & ritual tools
 ▸ The slow shift from reverence to suspicion
 ▸ How patriarchy rewrote wisdom as threat
 ▸ The spiritual inheritance we reclaim today

This isn’t just history- it’s a remembering.
 A spell for the ones who came before us.


✧ Donate to Gaza Relief

🕊 Sign a Petition for Ceasefire

📖 Learn More: History, Context & Voices

  • Visualizing Palestine – Data-Driven Graphics & Maps
  • Decolonize Palestine – Myths, Terms & History
  • Jewish Voice for Peace – Human Rights & Solidarity
  • IMEU – Stories & Advocacy
  • Al Jazeera – News & Explainers on Palestine
  • Mondoweiss – Palestinian Journalism & Essays
  • UN OCHA – Humanitarian Reports & Data

 

Hex & Muse is recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. I pay my deepest respects to their Elders past and present - and to all First Nations people, whose stories and spirits continue to shape this land.

Follow along for more folklore, magic, and mythic musings:
Instagram: @hexandmuse
Website: www.hexandmuse.com

Hex & Muse is a spellbound journal of folklore, magic, art, and the sacred feminine - told through cinematic storytelling and whispered histories.
From my altar to yours… thank you for listening.

]]> Hex & Muse Buzzsprout-17629268 Thu, 07 Aug 2025 21:00:00 +1000 1654 witchcraft, folklore, cunning folk, herbalism, folk medicine, hedgewitch, midwives, wise women, witch history, sacred feminine, ancestral wisdom, spellcraft, magic, divination, witches, paganism, feminine power, witch trials, protection magic, plant magic 1 11 full false Lilith - Night Queen & Feminist Icon Lilith - Night Queen & Feminist Icon She was the first woman - and the first to say no.
Long before Eve, there was Lilith: a rebel born from earth, not rib. Cast out for demanding equality, demonized for her desire, and transformed into a dark myth whispered through centuries of religion, art, folklore, and feminist theory.

In this cinematic, poetic episode of Hex & Muse, we trace Lilith’s mythic evolution - from ancient Sumerian night spirits and Kabbalistic lore to medieval demonology, Jewish mysticism, astrology, and modern witchcraft. We explore her shadowy role in amulets, incantation bowls, and protective rituals, and her powerful reemergence as a symbol of feminine rage, sexuality, and self-sovereignty.

We’ll walk the Red Sea’s edge, peer into mirror spells, and honor the sacred refusal that made Lilith a patron saint of rebellion. This is myth as memory. Ritual as reclamation. Lilith, as you've never heard her before.

Hex & Muse is recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. I pay my deepest respects to their Elders past and present - and to all First Nations people, whose stories and spirits continue to shape this land.

Follow along for more folklore, magic, and mythic musings:
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Hex & Muse is a spellbound journal of folklore, magic, art, and the sacred feminine - told through cinematic storytelling and whispered histories.
From my altar to yours… thank you for listening.

]]> She was the first woman - and the first to say no.
Long before Eve, there was Lilith: a rebel born from earth, not rib. Cast out for demanding equality, demonized for her desire, and transformed into a dark myth whispered through centuries of religion, art, folklore, and feminist theory.

In this cinematic, poetic episode of Hex & Muse, we trace Lilith’s mythic evolution - from ancient Sumerian night spirits and Kabbalistic lore to medieval demonology, Jewish mysticism, astrology, and modern witchcraft. We explore her shadowy role in amulets, incantation bowls, and protective rituals, and her powerful reemergence as a symbol of feminine rage, sexuality, and self-sovereignty.

We’ll walk the Red Sea’s edge, peer into mirror spells, and honor the sacred refusal that made Lilith a patron saint of rebellion. This is myth as memory. Ritual as reclamation. Lilith, as you've never heard her before.

Hex & Muse is recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. I pay my deepest respects to their Elders past and present - and to all First Nations people, whose stories and spirits continue to shape this land.

Follow along for more folklore, magic, and mythic musings:
Instagram: @hexandmuse
Website: www.hexandmuse.com

Hex & Muse is a spellbound journal of folklore, magic, art, and the sacred feminine - told through cinematic storytelling and whispered histories.
From my altar to yours… thank you for listening.

]]> Hex & Muse - The Podcast Buzzsprout-17568528 Mon, 28 Jul 2025 06:00:00 +1000 1061 Lilith, first woman, feminist mythology, witchcraft podcast, dark goddess, divine feminine, shadow work, occult history, Kabbalah, Lilith in astrology, demonology, mythology podcast, folklore and feminism, Black Moon Lilith, women in myth, rebel goddesses 1 10 full false Velvet Shadows - The Vampire’s Mirror Velvet Shadows - The Vampire’s Mirror Tonight, Hex & Muse takes a darker turn - slipping into the gothic silk and shadow of one of the most enduring archetypes in myth, literature, and film: the vampire.

From ancient folklore to Carmilla’s kiss and Dracula’s infamous arrival, we trace the vampire’s transformation - through plague and poetry, through Hammer Horror and haute couture. We unravel their fashion, their symbolism, and the way they reflect our deepest fears: of death, desire, and disappearing.

Are vampires real? Maybe not in the crypt.
 But in the mirror? In the stories we keep telling?
 That’s another tale...

Whether you’re drawn to the blood-soaked legends of Eastern Europe, queer subtext in 19th-century novellas, or the lace collars of cinematic immortality this episode explores how the vampire became something we no longer fear… but envy.

Hex & Muse is recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. I pay my deepest respects to their Elders past and present - and to all First Nations people, whose stories and spirits continue to shape this land.

Follow along for more folklore, magic, and mythic musings:
Instagram: @hexandmuse
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Hex & Muse is a spellbound journal of folklore, magic, art, and the sacred feminine - told through cinematic storytelling and whispered histories.
From my altar to yours… thank you for listening.

]]> Tonight, Hex & Muse takes a darker turn - slipping into the gothic silk and shadow of one of the most enduring archetypes in myth, literature, and film: the vampire.

From ancient folklore to Carmilla’s kiss and Dracula’s infamous arrival, we trace the vampire’s transformation - through plague and poetry, through Hammer Horror and haute couture. We unravel their fashion, their symbolism, and the way they reflect our deepest fears: of death, desire, and disappearing.

Are vampires real? Maybe not in the crypt.
 But in the mirror? In the stories we keep telling?
 That’s another tale...

Whether you’re drawn to the blood-soaked legends of Eastern Europe, queer subtext in 19th-century novellas, or the lace collars of cinematic immortality this episode explores how the vampire became something we no longer fear… but envy.

Hex & Muse is recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. I pay my deepest respects to their Elders past and present - and to all First Nations people, whose stories and spirits continue to shape this land.

Follow along for more folklore, magic, and mythic musings:
Instagram: @hexandmuse
Website: www.hexandmuse.com

Hex & Muse is a spellbound journal of folklore, magic, art, and the sacred feminine - told through cinematic storytelling and whispered histories.
From my altar to yours… thank you for listening.

]]> Hex & Muse - The Podcast Buzzsprout-17531787 Mon, 21 Jul 2025 06:00:00 +1000 1627 vampire folklore, vampire history, Dracula, Carmilla, Nosferatu, vampire symbolism, gothic podcast, witch podcast, folklore podcast, vampirism, sacred feminine, vampire fashion, horror archetypes, mythic creatures, vampire movies, Hex & Muse 1 9 full false Living by the Moon - Crafting a Lunar Life Living by the Moon - Crafting a Lunar Life The moon doesn’t just light the night sky- she shapes the rhythm of our days, our moods, our magic.

In this episode, we follow the eight phases of the lunar cycle, not as distant astronomy, but as an intimate guide for living, creating, and becoming. From the potent stillness of the New Moon to the sacred shedding of the Last Quarter, each phase reveals something vital about rest, ritual, and rebirth.

Woven with folklore, goddess mythology, and poetic reflections, Living by the Moon is a soft spell for those seeking deeper cycles beneath the noise.

Light a candle. Close your eyes. Let the moon teach you how to move.

Hex & Muse is recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. I pay my deepest respects to their Elders past and present - and to all First Nations people, whose stories and spirits continue to shape this land.

Follow along for more folklore, magic, and mythic musings:
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Hex & Muse is a spellbound journal of folklore, magic, art, and the sacred feminine - told through cinematic storytelling and whispered histories.
From my altar to yours… thank you for listening.

]]> The moon doesn’t just light the night sky- she shapes the rhythm of our days, our moods, our magic.

In this episode, we follow the eight phases of the lunar cycle, not as distant astronomy, but as an intimate guide for living, creating, and becoming. From the potent stillness of the New Moon to the sacred shedding of the Last Quarter, each phase reveals something vital about rest, ritual, and rebirth.

Woven with folklore, goddess mythology, and poetic reflections, Living by the Moon is a soft spell for those seeking deeper cycles beneath the noise.

Light a candle. Close your eyes. Let the moon teach you how to move.

Hex & Muse is recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. I pay my deepest respects to their Elders past and present - and to all First Nations people, whose stories and spirits continue to shape this land.

Follow along for more folklore, magic, and mythic musings:
Instagram: @hexandmuse
Website: www.hexandmuse.com

Hex & Muse is a spellbound journal of folklore, magic, art, and the sacred feminine - told through cinematic storytelling and whispered histories.
From my altar to yours… thank you for listening.

]]> Hex and Muse Buzzsprout-17495612 Mon, 14 Jul 2025 06:00:00 +1000 2079 HexAndMuse,LivingByTheMoon,WitchPodcast,FolkloreAndFeminism,CinematicWitchc,MoonMagic,LunarLiving,MoonRituals,MoonCycleWisdom,WitchesOfTheMoon, LunarPhases, FullMoonMagic, NewMoonRituals,MoonWitchraft, 1 8 full false Witches in the Frame: A Ritual in Paint Part II Witches in the Frame: A Ritual in Paint Part II Circles, spells, and silent defiance.

In Part II of Witches in the Frame, we step out of the storm and into the stillness. This episode explores how the witch evolved from chaos incarnate to quiet power - no longer the grotesque, but the gazed-upon. We begin with the poised enchantresses of John William Waterhouse, where ritual is rendered with grace, not fear. Then we linger in the twilight with Rossetti’s Proserpine, suspended between myth and mourning. These are not witches cast in fire - they endure in silence, beauty, and control.


 Join us as we trace her shape across canvas and century, in paint, in spell, in gaze.

Hex & Muse is recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. I pay my deepest respects to their Elders past and present - and to all First Nations people, whose stories and spirits continue to shape this land.

Follow along for more folklore, magic, and mythic musings:
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Hex & Muse is a spellbound journal of folklore, magic, art, and the sacred feminine - told through cinematic storytelling and whispered histories.
From my altar to yours… thank you for listening.

]]> Circles, spells, and silent defiance.

In Part II of Witches in the Frame, we step out of the storm and into the stillness. This episode explores how the witch evolved from chaos incarnate to quiet power - no longer the grotesque, but the gazed-upon. We begin with the poised enchantresses of John William Waterhouse, where ritual is rendered with grace, not fear. Then we linger in the twilight with Rossetti’s Proserpine, suspended between myth and mourning. These are not witches cast in fire - they endure in silence, beauty, and control.


 Join us as we trace her shape across canvas and century, in paint, in spell, in gaze.

Hex & Muse is recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. I pay my deepest respects to their Elders past and present - and to all First Nations people, whose stories and spirits continue to shape this land.

Follow along for more folklore, magic, and mythic musings:
Instagram: @hexandmuse
Website: www.hexandmuse.com

Hex & Muse is a spellbound journal of folklore, magic, art, and the sacred feminine - told through cinematic storytelling and whispered histories.
From my altar to yours… thank you for listening.

]]> Hex & Muse - The Podcast Buzzsprout-17422185 Mon, 07 Jul 2025 06:00:00 +1000 1318 PodcastLaunch, NewPodcast, IndiePodcast, PodcastMagic, WitchyPodcast, SpiritualPodcast, CreativePodcast, PoeticPodcast, FolklorePodcast, WomenInPodcasting,HexAndMuse, WitchTok, WitchAesthetic, ModernWitch, WheelOfTheYear, WitchcraftInspiration, RitualMagi 1 7 full false Witches in the Frame: A Ritual in Paint Part I Witches in the Frame: A Ritual in Paint Part I What do painted witches reveal about the world that rendered them?

From the twisted etchings of Dürer to the moonlit melancholy of Rossetti, this two-part episode wanders through five iconic artworks that echo the archetype of the witch as monster, muse, seductress, scapegoat, and sovereign. We explore how artists across centuries projected their awe, desire, and fear onto the feminine form, and how the witch - even when framed; continues to look back.

Part I guides us through grotesque Renaissance engravings, baroque horrors, and the erotically charged fantasies of the Victorian salon.

Part II will descend into spellcraft and sorrow; sacred feminine power in the hands of Waterhouse and Rossetti and ends with a reflection on the witch in art, memory, and rebellion.

This is not just an art history lesson.
 It’s a séance.
 A spell.
 A love letter to painted defiance.

Hex & Muse is recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. I pay my deepest respects to their Elders past and present - and to all First Nations people, whose stories and spirits continue to shape this land.

Follow along for more folklore, magic, and mythic musings:
Instagram: @hexandmuse
Website: www.hexandmuse.com

Hex & Muse is a spellbound journal of folklore, magic, art, and the sacred feminine - told through cinematic storytelling and whispered histories.
From my altar to yours… thank you for listening.

]]> What do painted witches reveal about the world that rendered them?

From the twisted etchings of Dürer to the moonlit melancholy of Rossetti, this two-part episode wanders through five iconic artworks that echo the archetype of the witch as monster, muse, seductress, scapegoat, and sovereign. We explore how artists across centuries projected their awe, desire, and fear onto the feminine form, and how the witch - even when framed; continues to look back.

Part I guides us through grotesque Renaissance engravings, baroque horrors, and the erotically charged fantasies of the Victorian salon.

Part II will descend into spellcraft and sorrow; sacred feminine power in the hands of Waterhouse and Rossetti and ends with a reflection on the witch in art, memory, and rebellion.

This is not just an art history lesson.
 It’s a séance.
 A spell.
 A love letter to painted defiance.

Hex & Muse is recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. I pay my deepest respects to their Elders past and present - and to all First Nations people, whose stories and spirits continue to shape this land.

Follow along for more folklore, magic, and mythic musings:
Instagram: @hexandmuse
Website: www.hexandmuse.com

Hex & Muse is a spellbound journal of folklore, magic, art, and the sacred feminine - told through cinematic storytelling and whispered histories.
From my altar to yours… thank you for listening.

]]> Hex & Muse - The Podcast Buzzsprout-17416348 Mon, 30 Jun 2025 20:00:00 +1000 1930 1 6 full false Hekate - At the Crossroads Hekate - At the Crossroads She waits where the roads divide; torch lit, key in hand, dogs just out of sight. In this episode of Hex & Muse, we meet Hekate: goddess of thresholds, intuition, and the shadowed in-between.

From ancient rites and the Greek Magical Papyri to crossroads offerings and moonlit rituals, we trace her path through myth, magic, and media. We explore her role in the Homeric Hymn to Demeter, her ties to Persephone, Circe, and Medea-and how she echoes through Practical Magic, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, and WandaVision.

Whether you’ve known her name for years or only just now felt the pull, this isn’t a history lesson. It’s a return.


Referenced in this episode:
• The Homeric Hymn to Demeter
• Greek Magical Papyri (PGM)
• Practical Magic (1998)
• Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (Netflix, 2018–2020)
• WandaVision (Marvel/Disney+, 2021)
• Characters: Circe, Medea, Persephone, Demeter
• Silvia Federici, Caliban and the Witch

Hex & Muse is recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. I pay my deepest respects to their Elders past and present - and to all First Nations people, whose stories and spirits continue to shape this land.

Follow along for more folklore, magic, and mythic musings:
Instagram: @hexandmuse
Website: www.hexandmuse.com

Hex & Muse is a spellbound journal of folklore, magic, art, and the sacred feminine - told through cinematic storytelling and whispered histories.
From my altar to yours… thank you for listening.

]]> She waits where the roads divide; torch lit, key in hand, dogs just out of sight. In this episode of Hex & Muse, we meet Hekate: goddess of thresholds, intuition, and the shadowed in-between.

From ancient rites and the Greek Magical Papyri to crossroads offerings and moonlit rituals, we trace her path through myth, magic, and media. We explore her role in the Homeric Hymn to Demeter, her ties to Persephone, Circe, and Medea-and how she echoes through Practical Magic, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, and WandaVision.

Whether you’ve known her name for years or only just now felt the pull, this isn’t a history lesson. It’s a return.


Referenced in this episode:
• The Homeric Hymn to Demeter
• Greek Magical Papyri (PGM)
• Practical Magic (1998)
• Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (Netflix, 2018–2020)
• WandaVision (Marvel/Disney+, 2021)
• Characters: Circe, Medea, Persephone, Demeter
• Silvia Federici, Caliban and the Witch

Hex & Muse is recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. I pay my deepest respects to their Elders past and present - and to all First Nations people, whose stories and spirits continue to shape this land.

Follow along for more folklore, magic, and mythic musings:
Instagram: @hexandmuse
Website: www.hexandmuse.com

Hex & Muse is a spellbound journal of folklore, magic, art, and the sacred feminine - told through cinematic storytelling and whispered histories.
From my altar to yours… thank you for listening.

]]> Hex & Muse - The Podcast Buzzsprout-17375352 Mon, 23 Jun 2025 06:00:00 +1000 924 PodcastLaunch, NewPodcast, IndiePodcast, PodcastMagic, WitchyPodcast, SpiritualPodcast, CreativePodcast, PoeticPodcast, FolklorePodcast, WomenInPodcasting,HexAndMuse, WitchTok, WitchAesthetic, ModernWitch, WheelOfTheYear, WitchcraftInspiration, RitualMagi 1 5 full false A Yule Ritual A Yule Ritual As Yule approaches in the Southern Hemisphere, this episode is a quiet ritual part reflection, part spell. Together, we honour the longest night of the year with candlelight, stillness, and gentle intention. Inspired by seasonal traditions and what I’ve learned on my path so far, this is an invitation to slow down and mark the turning of the year in your own sacred way.

Gather a candle, something natural, a warm drink, and your journal. Or simply listen, and let the light return-softly.

From my altar to yours - blessed Yule.

Hex & Muse is recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. I pay my deepest respects to their Elders past and present - and to all First Nations people, whose stories and spirits continue to shape this land.

Follow along for more folklore, magic, and mythic musings:
Instagram: @hexandmuse
Website: www.hexandmuse.com

Hex & Muse is a spellbound journal of folklore, magic, art, and the sacred feminine - told through cinematic storytelling and whispered histories.
From my altar to yours… thank you for listening.

]]> As Yule approaches in the Southern Hemisphere, this episode is a quiet ritual part reflection, part spell. Together, we honour the longest night of the year with candlelight, stillness, and gentle intention. Inspired by seasonal traditions and what I’ve learned on my path so far, this is an invitation to slow down and mark the turning of the year in your own sacred way.

Gather a candle, something natural, a warm drink, and your journal. Or simply listen, and let the light return-softly.

From my altar to yours - blessed Yule.

Hex & Muse is recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. I pay my deepest respects to their Elders past and present - and to all First Nations people, whose stories and spirits continue to shape this land.

Follow along for more folklore, magic, and mythic musings:
Instagram: @hexandmuse
Website: www.hexandmuse.com

Hex & Muse is a spellbound journal of folklore, magic, art, and the sacred feminine - told through cinematic storytelling and whispered histories.
From my altar to yours… thank you for listening.

]]> Hex & Muse - The Podcast Buzzsprout-17357654 Fri, 20 Jun 2025 07:00:00 +1000 355 PodcastLaunch, NewPodcast, IndiePodcast, PodcastMagic, WitchyPodcast, SpiritualPodcast, CreativePodcast, PoeticPodcast, FolklorePodcast, WomenInPodcasting,HexAndMuse, WitchTok, WitchAesthetic, ModernWitch, WheelOfTheYear, WitchcraftInspiration, RitualMagi 1 4 bonus false The Witch’s Wheel The Witch’s Wheel A poetic journey through the eight sacred festivals of the Wheel of the Year. In this episode, we explore the seasonal pulse of the earth;  from Imbolc’s quiet stirrings to Samhain’s ancestral veil and the ancient wisdom that still hums beneath our modern lives. Light a candle, and let the wheel turn.

Hex & Muse is recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. I pay my deepest respects to their Elders past and present - and to all First Nations people, whose stories and spirits continue to shape this land.

Follow along for more folklore, magic, and mythic musings:
Instagram: @hexandmuse
Website: www.hexandmuse.com

Hex & Muse is a spellbound journal of folklore, magic, art, and the sacred feminine - told through cinematic storytelling and whispered histories.
From my altar to yours… thank you for listening.

]]> A poetic journey through the eight sacred festivals of the Wheel of the Year. In this episode, we explore the seasonal pulse of the earth;  from Imbolc’s quiet stirrings to Samhain’s ancestral veil and the ancient wisdom that still hums beneath our modern lives. Light a candle, and let the wheel turn.

Hex & Muse is recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. I pay my deepest respects to their Elders past and present - and to all First Nations people, whose stories and spirits continue to shape this land.

Follow along for more folklore, magic, and mythic musings:
Instagram: @hexandmuse
Website: www.hexandmuse.com

Hex & Muse is a spellbound journal of folklore, magic, art, and the sacred feminine - told through cinematic storytelling and whispered histories.
From my altar to yours… thank you for listening.

]]> Hex & Muse - The Podcast Buzzsprout-17357292 Thu, 19 Jun 2025 07:00:00 +1000 842 #PodcastLaunch, #NewPodcast, #IndiePodcast, #PodcastMagic, #WitchyPodcast, #SpiritualPodcast, #CreativePodcast, #PoeticPodcast, #FolklorePodcast, #WomenInPodcasting, #WheelOfTheYear, #SeasonalWitchcraft, #SamhainMagic, #ImbolcRituals, #PaganTraditions, #W 1 3 full false Welcome to Hex & Muse Welcome to Hex & Muse Before the spells, the stories, the sacred seasons; this is where we begin. In this short welcome, I share the soul of Hex & Muse and what you can expect as we journey together through magic, art, folklore, and the feminine. A soft light in the dark, and a place to return to, always.

Hex & Muse is recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. I pay my deepest respects to their Elders past and present - and to all First Nations people, whose stories and spirits continue to shape this land.

Follow along for more folklore, magic, and mythic musings:
Instagram: @hexandmuse
Website: www.hexandmuse.com

Hex & Muse is a spellbound journal of folklore, magic, art, and the sacred feminine - told through cinematic storytelling and whispered histories.
From my altar to yours… thank you for listening.

]]> Before the spells, the stories, the sacred seasons; this is where we begin. In this short welcome, I share the soul of Hex & Muse and what you can expect as we journey together through magic, art, folklore, and the feminine. A soft light in the dark, and a place to return to, always.

Hex & Muse is recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. I pay my deepest respects to their Elders past and present - and to all First Nations people, whose stories and spirits continue to shape this land.

Follow along for more folklore, magic, and mythic musings:
Instagram: @hexandmuse
Website: www.hexandmuse.com

Hex & Muse is a spellbound journal of folklore, magic, art, and the sacred feminine - told through cinematic storytelling and whispered histories.
From my altar to yours… thank you for listening.

]]> Hex & Muse - The Podcast Buzzsprout-17339296 Sun, 15 Jun 2025 21:00:00 +1000 257 PodcastLaunch, NewPodcast, IndiePodcast, PodcastMagic, WitchyPodcast, SpiritualPodcast, CreativePodcast, PoeticPodcast, FolklorePodcast, WomenInPodcasting,HexAndMuse, WitchTok, WitchAesthetic, ModernWitch, WheelOfTheYear, WitchcraftInspiration, RitualMagi 1 2 full false A Spellbound Invitation A Spellbound Invitation A one-minute whisper through the veil. Welcome to Hex & Muse; a poetic journal of magic, art, and the sacred feminine. This is your invitation to step softly into a space where folklore lingers and modern life meets the mystical.

Hex & Muse is recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. I pay my deepest respects to their Elders past and present - and to all First Nations people, whose stories and spirits continue to shape this land.

Follow along for more folklore, magic, and mythic musings:
Instagram: @hexandmuse
Website: www.hexandmuse.com

Hex & Muse is a spellbound journal of folklore, magic, art, and the sacred feminine - told through cinematic storytelling and whispered histories.
From my altar to yours… thank you for listening.

]]> A one-minute whisper through the veil. Welcome to Hex & Muse; a poetic journal of magic, art, and the sacred feminine. This is your invitation to step softly into a space where folklore lingers and modern life meets the mystical.

Hex & Muse is recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. I pay my deepest respects to their Elders past and present - and to all First Nations people, whose stories and spirits continue to shape this land.

Follow along for more folklore, magic, and mythic musings:
Instagram: @hexandmuse
Website: www.hexandmuse.com

Hex & Muse is a spellbound journal of folklore, magic, art, and the sacred feminine - told through cinematic storytelling and whispered histories.
From my altar to yours… thank you for listening.

]]> Hex & Muse - The Podcast Buzzsprout-17339282 Sun, 15 Jun 2025 21:00:00 +1000 68 Witchcraft, Spell, Pagan, Witch, Wicca, Grimoire, Journal, Feminism, Devine Feminine, HexAndMuse, WitchTok, WitchAesthetic, ModernWitch, WheelOfTheYear, WitchcraftInspiration, RitualMagic, MysticMuse, SacredFeminine, FolkWitch, PaganPodcast, DarkFeminine, 1 1 trailer true