Hecate is the quintessential chthonic deity, as queen of ghosts and witches. But Hecate’s origins...
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Hecate is the quintessential chthonic deity, as queen of ghosts and witches. But Hecate’s origins...
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Greek mythology has a curious number of stories about young girls who kill themselves or are...
Persephone is Queen of the Greek Underworld, and the story of her abduction by Hades and the...
The Erinyes are often viewed as ladies of punishment, or manifestations of guilt, with their...
Nightmares and Night Hag Syndrome
This episode explores the origins of the term “nightmare” and its connection to the feminine...
Explores the folklore behind the alleged first wife of Adam, who is associated with seduction,...
We look at Babylonian, Akkadian and Sumerian goddesses of love, war, and the underworld, with a...
We now begin looking at individual dark Hindu goddesses, starting with the Mahavidyas. The...
In our continued series on the Das Mahavidyas, we look this week at Chinnamasta, the...
This week’s episode is about the Goddess of Destruction and consort of Bhairava, the destructive...
Continuing our Mahavidyas series, Dhumavati is an inauspicious goddess associated with old age,...
Greek mythology has a curious number of stories about young girls who kill themselves or are...
Persephone is Queen of the Greek Underworld, and the story of her abduction by Hades and the...
This week’s episode looks at the Hindu goddess Tara, listed as the second Mahavidya in...
This week’s goddess is not as dark, but extremely powerful, the Queen of the Sricakra. She is...
This is the last podcast on the Das Mahavidyas. This week we look at Kamala, the Tantric...
This week begins our series on the Asta Matrikas, eight fierce Shaktis who represent the powers...
This week’s podcast is about Kaumari, the Shakti (primal energy) of the Hindu war god Kaumara...
Indrani, also known as Aindri or Mahendri, is the Queen of the Hindu gods, wife of Indra. She is...
Brahmi is the shakti of Brahma, the Creator of the Universe in Hindu mythology. She is largely an...