S7 Ep10: The Red Mother with Marshall WSL

Seeking Witchcraft

Religion & Spirituality, How To, Society & Culture, Education, Spirituality

4.6 • 676 Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Host Ashley is joined by returning guest and author Marshall WSL to discuss his latest release, The Red Mother. They explore the book’s intriguing themes, its ties to his debut (Cunning Words: A Grimoire of Tales and Magic), and the unique format that brings the story to life. Marshall also shares the inspiration behind the book and what readers can expect.

You can find Marshall on Instagram, Threads, and TikTok at @WitchofSouthernLight, his Etsy page, or RedBubble. Links to purchase his book are found in the episode description under each title.

You can find Ashley on Twitter (@SeekWitchcraft), Instagram (@seekingwitchcraft), Facebook ("Seeking Witchcraft Podcast" or "Ashley Seekraft"), or the community Facebook group ("Witches Seeking Witchcraft"). Want to support the show and gain bonus community perks and features? You can do so at https://patreon.com/seekingwitchcraft

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0:00.0	Hey everyone. Welcome back to Seeking Witchcraft. I'm your host, Ashley, and today I have on a return guest, Marshall. You may know him as The Witch of Southern Light on social media, or co-hosts of the Southern Bramble podcast, or author of cunning words, a grimoire of tales and magic. Welcome back, Marshall to the show.
0:20.1	Thank you so much for having me. I'm excited to be
0:22.5	here. As I've said before, I'm a long-time listener, so I always look forward to your episodes
0:27.2	when they pop up on my podcast list. Oh, that's so sweet. And, you know, the fun part is the next
0:32.1	episode that pops up is going to be this one. Yes. Well, today we're going to discuss Marshall's newest book, The Red Mother.
0:40.3	So Marshall, for those who don't know before we kind of get into the book conversation, could
0:45.9	you tell the listeners a bit about your background and what got you interested in the craft?
0:50.3	Yeah, absolutely.
0:51.3	I'm a queer Texas-based witch.
0:53.3	A lot of my practice lies somewhere in the realm of traditional witchcraft and folklore witchcraft. Both my books really, really dive into the aspect of like narrative magic and like the bardic tradition of passing down information through the power of story. And that's always been really fascinating to me
1:12.5	because history and mythology and folklore really, really inform my craft. I mean, it informs
1:20.7	a lot of witchcraft, even trial records and, you know, things written down about witches from
1:25.8	the past that have become more prevalent
1:28.2	in modern witchcraft and paganism. So that's that's the basis of where are the basis of my
1:34.9	praxis. But I get into witchcraft when I was like 12, 13 years old. I was always obsessed with witches,
1:43.1	which movies, which books, anything with magic in it,
1:45.9	I devoured.
1:47.8	So when I discovered that it was something that I could really practice, it was, it was the 90s.
1:53.1	So it was synonymous with Wicca at the time, you know, at least what was prevalent in reading
1:58.0	material that I had available.
1:59.2	So I just started secreting away
2:03.5	my lawnmower money and going to books a million and my mom would drop me off at the mall and I would
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