It's final

gah. Let's see. The voice of darkness & Kat are separating, Kat & Sam are not friends anymore. Mystics & Strays is pretty much dead. I'm sorry.

I might think of doing another one in the future, this one on my own, but as much as I'm unhappy with Sam personally, she was the life of the podcast. So we'll have to see.

I may manage to do a dour, cynical yet witty podcast, but there's so much do to, and so little laptop memory. I can't use the desktop anymore, so that's another mark against a revival of anything anytime soon.


Soooo.... give me a year, and we'll see. Sorry.

We're in the handbag now

Okay, it's been a long time since we did a show, and it's gonna be a while longer.

Samantha has separated with her husband, moved out and settled into a new home; that's what kept us from recording for the last month.

Currently, the Voice in the Darkness and I (Kat) are on the verge of breaking up too. I'm an emotional wreck. I don't know when we'll get around to doing a podcast about the Gathering, but it won't be this week like Sam and I had planned.

Life sucks right now, so just send me good luck vibes and hopefully we'll manage something before the end of August, but I'm not guaranteeing anything.

Show #12: Reigning Cats and Dogs

What can I say, we're incredibly late with this one and it's all my (Kat's) fault. I edited the first third of the show, but pretty much everything after the music is unedited, so listener beware. Download it here, or subscribe to the feed.

Music:
Mystique by Kori Linae Carothers (opening & closing music)
Skeletons and Spirits by Allison Crowe (featured song)

I haven't any links to stuff, since I can't really remember what the heck we talked about. I think the promo is for the proud pagan podcasters (see links right), but that's about it...

update & shownotes

okay, this week we didn't recorde anything, what with Sam coming back, and various things happening. however, we'll get back in the saddle as soon as we can!

now, here are the show notes I didn't finish for show #11.

Music:
Mystique by Kori Linae Carothers (opening & closing music)
Had to Wake You by Ten Ways from Sunday (featured song)
~we have no background music this time round; email us if you like it, or if you don't!!!~

Links to stuff:
pagan name generator, crooked path, feri tradition

Show #11: If I Pay Thee Not In Gold

While Sam's away, Kat and Bob discuss the various ethics of teaching within paganism. Download it here, or subscribe to the feed.

Music:
Mystique by Kori Linae Carothers (opening & closing music)
**to be added later** (featured song)
~we have no background music this time round; email us if you like it, or if you don't!!!~

Links to stuff:
** to be added later, it's late and I need to sleep!** pagan name generator, crooked path, feri tradition

Show #10: The Light Fantastic

Okay, I guess if it's 2 am, it doesn't count as sunday anymore... However, here's the show; in this one we discuss inspiration. What inspired us to become pagans, and how we continue to feed our souls, yadda yadda yadda. Download it here, or subscribe to the feed. (oh, and Sam's sister had a baby boy!!!)

Music:
Mystique by Kori Linae Carothers (opening & closing music)
Strive by JavaMusiK (featured song)
~we have no background music this time round; email us if you like it, or if you don't!!!~

Links to stuff: deo's shadow, Scott Cunningham books, Merlin Stone, constellations, witch wars, discworld witch quotes, seasonal magick, Susan Seddon Boulet, Amy Brown, Stephanie Pui-Mun Law, Jessica Galbreth, Jonathon Earl Bowser, & Faerywolf

a vague update

I'll have the next show up by sunday; it seems to be our 'new' day. Now I just have to stick with it, sigh. And next week we'll have a show without Sam, sob sob sob. I have absolutely no clue what we'll discuss, so it should be interesting!

bon voyage, Sam!

Our cohost Samantha has taken off for parts east (Ontario) for the next two weeks, which means that while we have one more show with her to air, at least one will be without, sob. Instead, the Voice in the Darkness and Kat will try doing a show together. Could be interesting....

Show #9: Personal Darkness

Sorry, yet another delay, Kat got a job, which took away from serious computer time... anyways, we talk about addictions, overindulging and fears. Sound good? Download it here, or subscribe to the feed.

Music:
Mystique by Kori Linae Carothers (opening & closing music)
Rainfall by Hungry Lucy (featured song)
~we have no background music this time round; email us if you like it, or if you don't!!!~

Links to stuff:
palmistry, the Gathering for Life on Earth, Ontario

Show #8: Spirits in the Wires

Almost on schedule, here's our eighth show! This time we discuss spirits, spirit guides, guardian spirits & and Kat's long winded theory on what spirit is (Sam ends up trancing during this, sob). Download it here, or subscribe to the feed.

Music:
Mystique by Kori Linae Carothers (opening & closing music)
Desert Moon by Moth Music (background)
Yonder by The Young Republic (featured song)
Cruelty by Triskalia (background)
~we have background music this time round; email us if you like it, or if you don't!!!~

Links to stuff:
gaia theory, ghosts & spirits, guardian spirits, A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle (influence on Kat's theory), His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman, Christine by Stephen King, and rats!

Show #7: Laughter in the Leaves

Ha, you thought we'd never get this show out! Well, here it is, in all of it's, ahem, glory. We were originally just talking about mainstreaming paganism, but the second time round, we found we had a lot more time on our hands. And eventually we'll explain the 'cockatiel' exclaimation, but we need a camera. Download it here, or subscribe to the feed.

Music:
Mystique by Kori Linae Carothers (opening & closing music)
Drawing Down the Moon by Gaia Consort (featured)
~no background music this time round; email us if you like it, or if you don't!!!~

Links to stuff:
BDSM, Pagan Pride Project, our Frappr map, Proud Pagan Podcasters, Beltane.

gremlins ate our podcast!

Well, actually, Audacity, the program we use to record the show ate it. So we have to re-record, which means we don't know when the next show will be up. Sigh. However, we've finished recording our first ever Promo!!!, (which managed to not get eaten). It's here or at the feed.

Music:
P and P by Derek K. Miller

bow down before Zod!

just a reminder, if people like the podcast, go vote for us at podcast pickle and podcast alley. what does this do? well, it makes us a bit easier to find, as well as lifting us higher in the list, which would just make us feel good.

Show #6: Boys and Girls Together

Finally, here's show #6; in this one, we talk about sex magick, sexual ethics and lots of things having to do with everyone's favourite three letter word! Download it here, or subscribe to the feed.

Music:
Mystique by Kori Linae Carothers (opening & closing music)
About Us by Christophe Goze (background)
Ordinary Deity by Alu
Waves in the Moonlight by ericP (background)

Links to Stuff:
sex gods, polyamory, The Ethical Slut, the british royals, tantra, taoist sex beliefs (I thought it was japanese in the podcast, sorry!) & this little gem, just cuz it made me think of Sam!

good news bad news

the good news: we have recorded #6!

the bad news: I haven't had a chance to finish editing it. Let's just say my day job has been interfering, plus I've been dealing with a serious lack of sleep. I'm going to try and finish it thursday, so look for it thursday night, or friday morning.

someday, I *will* teach Sam how to use audacity!!!

Show #5: A Hat Full of Sky

Let's see. In this show, we talk about ritual tools, what we have, what we want, what we do with them, how we clean them, etc. Plus, we talk about elements, some personal beliefs, and I (Kat) argue semantics with Samantha and lose! Download it here, or subscribe to the feed.

Music:
Mystique by Kori Linae Carothers (opening & closing music)
Cold Cloth and an Ice Pack by Derek K. Miller (background)
Magic Water by Jason Brock
Dreaming by Hathead (background)

Links to Stuff:
ritual tools (cute), proud pagan podcasters, our del.icio.us, SkyGoneOut, stangs (or at least as close as I could find a pic of), elorie (Livejournal)

Show #4: Someplace to be Flying

Okay, here's the real fourth show! You all waited long enough, so this one is three times as long, lol. What can I say, we couldn't stop talking! Originally recorded in the last week of March. In this show we talk about where we feel our paths are taking us, and little about what we do now. Download it here, or subscribe to the feed.

Music:
Mystique by Kori Linae Carothers (opening & closing music)
Fire Night by Black Adam (background)
Wondermint by Chub Creek Music (background)
Destiny by Chalice and Blade

Links:
the Gathering for Life on Earth, leylines, Ostara, Samhain, meditation, creative visualization, frappr, Congregationalist Wiccan Association, and our del.icio.us page

Show #4.3: Raindrops on Roses

A shorter show than normal; listen and find out why! Or go here to get the feed...

Music:
Surf Goddess by This Spy Surfs

Links:
Pagan Name Generator

next show delayed!!

sorry about this, but Sam's been absolutely swamped with real life, so that by the time she's over to do the 'cast, she's too exhausted to want to! sob.

We plan on doing one this weekend; if that falls through, damn it, I'll coerce the Voice in the Darkness to do it with me instead! So there, Sam! thbbbt.

Show #3: Tapping the Dream Tree

Here's our third show, a little early. We talk about the parts of our paths that we found inside ourselves, such as spirit guides and dreams. We also address: being in the broom closet, family and our very first listener email!!!

Music:
Altitude by Hathead (background)
Dragons by the Switch
Evidence of Divinity by the Underdubs(background)
Mystique by Kori Linae Carothers (opening & closing music)


Links to other stuff mentioned in the show:
Ted Andrews, spirit guides

Frappr map!

okay, we now have a frappr map. Why? why not? it's here. Oh, and p.s. ...we recorded another podcast; it should be out of editing and up sometime tomorrow....

Show #2: Widdershins

In this second episode, we discuss the things we've borrowed from Wicca (this week's path), pagan parenting, debate the Wiccan Rede, and whatever's on our minds. Download here, or subscribe to the feed.

Music:
Mystique by Kori Linae Carothers (opening & closing music)
More Red than Red by Derek K. Miller (background)
Witches & Whiskey by Mason Reed
Aerstream by g.org (background)

Links to other stuff mentioned in the show:
deo's Shadow, the Wiccan Rede

note: the sound quality's a little lower this time, sorry. We need a new program!

Extras

There's a few things we forgot to mention, or rather, things that I (Kat) forgot to mention.

1. the donate button. Right now, the 'goal' is to get gas money for our upcoming trip in August to the annual Gathering for Life on Earth, a BC pagan gathering. It's gonna be an 8 hour trip for us, so gas money is going to be needed! Lol, I'm hoping we can figure out how to do a mobile recording, so we can do some interviewing and maybe record some discussions for the show. Yeah, we'll get permission ahead of time, yadda yadda yadda. I may even see about putting together a seminar for the Gathering, on the topic of pagan podcasting! We've got a laptop and a mic; what more do we need? The donate button is in the sidebar, fairly far down, right below the M&S feed link.

2. if you like us, vote for us at Podcast Alley. Why vote? The more votes we get, the higher on the list we'll show up; it means we are easier to find. Heck, vote for every pagan podcast you like; I don't think there's a limit...

3. now, if you have any suggestions for topics, or questions about things we've talked about, don't forget to leave a comment, or email us at mysticsandstrays@yahoo.ca !

Show #1: Wyrd Sisters

In this premiere episode, we'll introduce ourselves, explain the purpose of this podcast, talk about eclectic paganism and spend an amazing amount of the show having a great time. Warning: show contains lots of laughter. Download here, or subscribe to the feed.

Music:
Mystique by Kori Linae Carothers (opening & closing music)
Knitting Sand by Derek Sonderfan (background)
Thieves of Memory by Parlour Steps
The Space Runaway by Alexye Nov (background)

Links to other stuff mentioned in the show:
deo's Shadow, Ritual Magick, Kat's music cast, proud pagan podcasters

Sorry for the Delay

but what I've recorded so far is pretty sad. So after talking with some folks, and doing a lot of begging, I've got a partner in crime! We'll record our first show monday, and hopefully it'll be up on Tuesday. Yay!

my music podcast

I'd like to introduce my garageband.com podcast, The Stray Kat. It's what will play in the little media player to the right and is linked lower in the sidebar. If you like, subscribe and you'll get weekly music selections of my favourite independant bands. Or come here and listen. Just think; two podcasts for the 'price' of one! ~Kat

Welcome!

This is going to be (hopefully) the homepage of Mystics and Strays, a non-wiccan podcast. Hopefully I'll be able to figure out how to get it all together soon, testing everything, etc.