The Witching

An occult episode! This week, Shea explains the many otherworldly realms that invite the phenomenon of astral projection, while Julia listens in and recounts intense day dreaming. Is astral projection really just dreams states and is the CIA hiding info on the astral plane? Find out in this week's episode! Sources: Ted Talk with Chongtul Rinpoche https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exjlR7izakg

A pop culture episode! For this pop culture episode Julia talks about the classic horror movie The Shining, based off the novel written by Stephen King. Shea realizes that this episode quickly turns into one about how truly awful a person Stanley Kubrick is. If you have any comments, questions or corrections to make and want a chance for it to be shared at the end of one of the episodes, send us a...

A Valentine's Day special episode! Shea explains the origins of Valentine's day and shocks Julia with all of the juicy details of Lupercalia.  If you have any comments, questions or corrections to make and want a chance for it to be shared at the end of one of the episodes, send us an email at thewitching.podcast@gmail.com! If you would like to sponsor a future episode, fill out the form linked be...

A wonders of the natural world episode! Julia shoots off some fun facts about Mars that you may not know, and talks a little bit about the Mars Exploration program! Meanwhile Shea gets anxious about evil martians coming to Earth like in the movie Life and Apollo 11. If you have any comments, questions or corrections to make and want a chance for it to be shared at the end of one of the episodes, s...

A supernatural episode! Shea tells the story of four different Cryptids known to locals in Connecticut - the Melon Heads, the Glawackus, the Winsted Wildman, and the Stratford Sea Serpent. Meanwhile Julia has never heard of any of these even though she is a local but is now scared to death to go outside.  If you have any comments, questions or corrections to make and want a chance for it to be sha...

An occult episode! Julia recounts the history of the ouija board - how it was invented, who produced it, why they were so popular, what changed our perspective and how they actually work, and Shea reflects on her own experiences using a ouija board! If you have any comments, questions or corrections to make and want a chance for it to be shared at the end of one of the episodes, send us an email a...

A pop culture episode! Shea educates Julia about Star Trek since she has never seen it before, and specifically talks about how writers take inspiration from real life to create Star Trek episodes. The Spore Drive was inspired by Earth's own mycelial network, aka mushrooms!  If you have any comments, questions or corrections to make and want a chance for it to be shared at the end of one of the ep...

A True Crime episode! Julia surprises Shea with the topic of this true crime episode, the mysterious death of Edgar Allan Poe. Learn about his life and mysterious circumstances surrounding his death. If you have any comments, questions or corrections to make and want a chance for it to be shared at the end of one of the episodes, send us an email at thewitching.podcast@gmail.com! If you would like...

A supernatural episode! Shea tells Julia about all of the crazy, strange, and f***ed up things that happened on the sets and in the lives of the cast and crew of the Poltergeist movie franchise, and why it is believed to be cursed to this day. If you have any comments, questions or corrections to make and want a chance for it to be shared at the end of one of the episodes, send us an email at thew...

An obscure topic episode! Crystal Skulls, real or hoax? Julia recounts the history, conspiracy theories and her opinions surrounding the mystery of the Crystal Skulls while Shea tries to remember the plot to the Indiana Jones movie. Sorry for the choppy audio! We were having some internet connection issues during this recording. If you have any comments, questions or corrections to make and want a...

A wonders of the natural world episode! Julia is very uncomfortable. LOL. Shea tells Julia about the wonders of deep space and the launch of the newly invented James Webb Telescope. She goes into detail about what it is, what it will do, and what it means for humanity at large. And Julia cringes at all of it.  **Disclaimer** Shea and Julia are in no way experts in this subject, it is just a topic...

An occult episode! Astrology for dummies! Julia explains to Shea the basics of astrology, what is it?, what does it mean?, how do I read my birth chart?, etc.  If you have any comments, questions or corrections to make and want a chance for it to be shared at the end of one of the episodes, send us an email at thewitching.podcast@gmail.com! If you would like to sponsor a future episode, fill out t...

Learn a little bit about your hosts Siobhan and Julia and what The Witching is all about! **DISCLAIMER** Julia has since changed the name of her shop and instagram profile to @moon.eyed.hare since the recording of this episode. If you have any comments, questions or corrections to make and want a chance for it to be shared at the end of one of the episodes, send us an email at thewitching.podcast@...

Friends Siobhan and Julia explore the realms of the occult, supernatural, true crime, pop culture, wonders of the natural world and other obscure topics in this amusingly bewitching podcast! Join us for weekly episodes uploaded every Monday starting January 3rd, 2022. Find us on Spotify by searching The Witching. The first four episodes will be uploaded on January 3rd to give you a taste of what's...