RJ Walker and Elle Alder

Mancy

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Mancy is a podcast about how magic has shaped human history and our culture, including pop culture. It features spoken word poet RJ Walker and psychic Elle Alder. They explore different "-mancies" which are different methods of divination. Each episode features stories of magic and Elle attempts to replicate the method researched by RJ. They also attempt to use these mancies in a more contemporary way to reflect the struggles of our time.

Author

RJ Walker and Elle Alder

Episodes

Ep 8- Spirit Boards part 1 18.11.2020 1:10:35

RJ examines the history of the Ouija boards and the bizarre stories of people who used them to fantastic and tragic effects, including poet Sylvia Plath. Elle contacts a very rude spirit through the Ouija board, then consults her own spirit guide using the board. Support the show

Ep 7- Tasseomancy Part 2 11.11.2020 54:10

RJ tells the story of America's first female police officers and their role in taking down New York's tea houses, despite their popularity. After describing the detective drama, Elle does a tasseomancy reading using a Starbucks frappuccino. Support the show

Ep 6- Tasseomancy Part 1 04.11.2020 45:45

Tasseomancy, Divination by reading tea leaves or coffee grounds. RJ discusses the psychic tea houses of New York and the culture of reading tea leaves during the great depression. The illegality of fortune-telling meant fortune-tellers had to be sly to get by. Elle performs a traditional tea reading using a zodiac teacup and plate. Support the show

Ep 5- Automatic Writing Part 2 28.10.2020 1:03:01

Part 2 on Automatic Writing: Necromancy to receive written messages from spirits. RJ continues the story of Marie Ogden as she attempts to raise one of the members of her cult from the dead. Elle uses the predictive text on RJ's cell phone as a tool for Automatic Writing. Support the show

Ep 4- Automatic Writing Part 1 21.10.2020 53:38

Automatic Writing: Necromancy used to receive written messages from the dead. RJ and Elle discuss Channeling, ghosts, and 1 930's witch who spoke to ghosts through her typewriter and formed a cult following around her mysterious powers. RJ brings Elle his 1950 royal typewriter and she attempts to replicate the Automatic Writing of Marie Ogden. Support the show

Ep 3: Bibliomancy Part 2 14.10.2020 57:04

Part 2 of our series on Bibliomancy. We explore Virgil's legacy as a fabled magician and RJ shares some of the most bizarre fables about him. Elle does a bibliomancy reading for Comet using RJ's book of poems about Pokemon. Support the podcast on Patreon to be entered into a drawing to receive a reading on the show from Elle. patreon.com/mancy Support the show

EP 2 Bibliomancy pt 1 08.10.2020 41:59

Bibliomancy is one of the most mainstream practices of divination that exists today. Divination by book. Several books are used for bibliomancy, often holy texts. The Aeneid of the ancient Roman poet Virgil stands out. Divination using his epic poem has predicted emperors and decided the outcomes of battles. RJ tells Virgil's story, Elle performs divination using the Aeneid. Support the show

Mancy Pilot: Cartomancy 30.09.2020 1:47:20

It’s one of the most popular methods of divination that exists today. This magical practice has left deep trenches in the cultural zeitgeist. So much so, that it seems to have become mythology in its own right. It has inspired video games like Persona, and table top games like Yu-Gi-Oh. I’m talking, of course, about Cartomancy. Divination through the use of playing cards. One cartomancer stands o...