But anyone unlearning the fear of their own power, that is the modern witch.

So when you light a candle tonight or you whisper a wish beneath the moon, remember that you're not just celebrating Halloween.

You're participating in something ancient. You're carrying forward the part of the feminine the world tried to hide.

And that, my magical friends, might just be the most beautiful rebellion there is, I'd say.

So maybe that's what this night is really about.

Remembering what can't be erased.

Every witch story, every conspiracy, every whispered rumor about hidden power, it all comes back to the same truth.

That magic, especially the quiet kind that lives in intuition, can be silenced for a time,

but never destroyed. We've always found each other again.

Hello, hello, magical friends, yommis.

My name is Raquel and welcome to Your Own Magic, a podcast for the creative and the curious soul.

And this is your Freaky Friday Halloween special.

Perhaps the most magical time of the year. I can't decide whether Halloween or New

years is my favorite holiday, but I'll tell you what, this is the witch's new year, the night when

the veil thins. And then all the magic that we try to hide the rest of the year just hums a little

louder tonight, right? If you tuned into this week's Witchy Wednesday episode, then you

already know that we talked about which witch you might be. Perhaps you figured out,

ooh, I'm a bit of a sea witch and a crystal witch, or a bit of a kitchen witch and a tech

witch. Tonight, though, we're going deeper because while the image of the witch has become

cozy, aesthetic, and empowering today, black hats, moon rituals,

cottage court candles, the history of mythology of witches still hides some very strange secrets.

There are ancient whispers and modern conspiracies about where witches really went after Salem,

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