BTW 48: Circe, Goddess of Witches? with guest Nick Dickinson

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🗓️ 12 August 2021

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Circe is the first witch mentioned in the literature of the classical world. Daughter of the Sun, and the ocean nymph Perse, Circe is the Lady of the Beasts, wielder of wands, knower of plants, both poisonous and medicinal, and is queer AF. She's a goddess of secrets and necromancy (she can communicate with the dead). Her familiar is the hawk, so if you see one, recognize that Circe might be present. In this episode we discuss the beautiful demi-goddess Circe in all her glory with one of her priests, Nick Dickinson. He tells us how to invoke her, and why Circe is a goddess all witches need to know. He also shares his methods for lifting the evil eye, and breaking curses from his family lineage of Greek Folk Magic. Do you know how the evil eye gets transmitted? You might have done it yourself by accident. Find out what it is and how to lift it by tuning in! We are absolutely in love with Circe, her wisdom, her wileyness, her complexity, her mastery. We seriously could have talked with Nick for YEARS! We're so excited to share this episode with you, dear listeners. You're going to love it! Our guest Nick Dickinson is Headmistress of Circe Academy through The Cauldron Black in Salem MA, and a professional witch and witchcraft educator with over 35 years of experience working with clients and students in both public and private settings. See the show notes to find out more about him!

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0:00.0	Welcome to Between the Worlds. I'm your host of Mandiates Garcia. This season we focus on the suit
0:15.5	of pentacles all about abundance, the earth, eroticism and the underworld. Stay tuned and learn
0:23.4	how to reenchant your world with tarot, magic and more.
0:30.6	Greetings, witches and welcome to Between the Worlds. I'm Mandiates Garcia and I do not want to
0:38.9	dot all here in the intro because we have such a great episode here for you today and my whole
0:46.8	body is itching to just jump into it right now. So today we're talking to fellow witch
0:55.2	Nick Dickinson, who I love all about Circe, the goddess witchcraft, the lady of the beast
1:04.6	and the mistress of wands. You might remember Circe from The Odyssey by Homer or Madeline Miller's
1:12.9	excellent book, Circe, which focuses on the story of the goddess herself. So I might call her a
1:19.9	demi goddess, but I love her so much. I'm going to go with goddess forever. In the episode we
1:26.2	discuss the evil eye, curses, how to break them, plants, secrets and visibility, revelation,
1:34.4	concealment. You're going to love this episode and you're going to love Nick. I highly recommend
1:42.0	you follow him on Instagram and Facebook. The links are in the show notes. And if you're in the
1:47.2	Salem area, Salem Massachusetts, that is go into the cauldron black and see him in person or you can
1:54.1	take an online class with him. I've done it. I loved it. I want to do it again. Nick is ordained
2:01.8	and initiated in a variety of tantric yoga traditions, which is Mahayana Buddhism and is a
2:11.5	teacher of yoga teachers and psychics. And his classes and workshops are influenced by the
2:18.1	intersection of classical yoga theory and modern witchcraft practice. Nick operates through a
2:26.9	multi-dimensional animist lens. I know that you probably love animism if you're not actually an
2:35.0	animist, which I am. But I think most of our listeners are animist leaning folks. And Nick also
2:42.2	focuses on Greek folklore. His content welcomes all traditions at all levels and can be approached
2:49.7	in a purely secular way for those of you which is who aren't ready to use the word divine.
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