Housecraft - The Witching Hour
Housecraft: The Witching Hour is an immersive podcast variety show for the weird, witchy and strange. Each episode features studies on mythology and lore, lessons on foraging, insight to tarot and more.
Housecraft - The Witching Hour
A Study In the Occult
Welcome Wayward Ones! This month we're deep diving into the rise of Occultism in Victorian society, one of Lu's favorite subjects to talk about! We'll be getting into mediums, seances, literature and the birth of spiritualism.
The Encyclopedia Britannica defines Occultism as “various theories and practices involving a belief in and knowledge or use of supernatural forces or beings” and describes the “aspects of occultism that appear to be common to all human societies (as) divination, witchcraft and alchemy…” while the latin root, occoltus, simply means “knowledge of the hidden.”
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Sources for Today's Episode:
https://www.bl.uk/romantics-and-victorians/articles/the-victorian-supernatural
https://victorianweb.org/victorian/religion/spirit.html
https://victorianweb.org/victorian/religion/birch.html
https://dspace.stir.ac.uk/bitstream/1893/323/1/Thesis.pdf
https://www.britannica.com/topic/occultism
Books –
https://www.jstor.org/stable/30053265
https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7591/j.ctt1w1vkns