#24 - Madeline Miller, Author of CIRCE
The Witch Wave
Pam Grossman
4.9 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 2 January 2019
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Madeline Miller is the author of the beloved and best-selling novels Circe and The Song of Achilles. Both of her books are offshoots of Homer’s Greek myth epics, The Iliad and The Odyssey, though in Miller’s versions, side characters are centered and given more fully fleshed out stories that feel contemporary, complex, and crystalline. On this episode, Miller discusses the magic of women, the craft of writing, and how she gave new life to an ancient witch.
Pam also talks about new year deities and answers a listener question about feline familiars.
Our sponsors for this episode are Weiser Books, New World Witchery, VERAMEAT, and Mithras Candle.
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of The Witch Wave is brought to you by Weiser Books. |
| 0:04.0 | Weiser Books is celebrating 60 years of publishing the very best in occult and esoterica. |
| 0:10.0 | You can check out their extensive and inspiring range of reading material by going to wiser books.com. |
| 0:18.0 | That's W-E-I-S-E-R- Books.com. |
| 0:23.0 | Today's episode is brought to you by New World Witchery, |
| 0:28.0 | a podcast and a website with hundreds of episodes and articles about North American folk magic and |
| 0:35.9 | witchcraft. Its hosts Corey and Lane have been running New World |
| 0:40.9 | Whitchery for nearly 10 years and it is a treasure trove of information, insights, and history about witchcraft, practice and beliefs. |
| 0:51.0 | I so admire the work they've been doing and you will too. |
| 0:55.0 | Be sure to check out the New World Whitchery podcast and website at new world |
| 1:01.0 | whichery.com. |
| 1:03.0 | The world is filled with bewitching people |
| 1:10.0 | and you might be one too. |
| 1:12.0 | Welcome to the podcast, where art is magic, magic is real, |
| 1:16.0 | and reality is stranger than dreams. |
| 1:19.0 | I'm Pam Grossman, and this is the witch wave. |
| 1:23.0 | Oh, inside you can add to be a friend. |
| 1:30.0 | Oh, on the in the night. |
| 1:35.0 | Oh, mowow to me to my knees to my face |
| 1:47.0 | a root in me you can a root in me |
| 1:50.0 | you can ache and a place Hello and welcome to the witch wave and happy |
| 1:56.4 | and welcome to the witch wave and happy new year everybody. |
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