Do you have a favorite?

Not meant to, but mostly the unloved ones, the unvisited ones, the cases that get dusty and ignored.

All the broken and shunned creatures.

Someone's got to care for them.

Who shall it be if not us? Yes.

Yes. Welcome to Roon soup, a weekly podcast about magic, culture and the very best new and old ideas for living in this world, coming to you from

43 degrees south on a small farm in deepest Tasmania. My name is Gordon and I shall be your

host. This week we welcome to the show Dr. Christina Oakley Harrington.

She is, among other things, a medieval historian, Gardnerian witch, researcher and public

speaker.

Christina and I sat down in person last week when I was in London

where she is best known as the proprietor of the world famous Treadwell's bookshop.

So of course we talk witchcraft, magic books and the role of the bookstore in the 21st century.

Enjoy.

Christina, thank you for your time.

It's lovely to be here.

It's lovely to be specifically here.

Where are we?

We're in Storstree, in Blooomsbury and we're in the basement of Foote's Music Shop in the recording studio and the practice room that they've got.

It's really nice to be four doors down from a famous music store when you're a

weird occult bookshop. It feels like a good street in a good neighborhood with on a tree-lined streets and music it's good.

Yeah and I think this is the first time I've actually been in a space that's dedicated to recording because it's like the there's no echo it's

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