
Mancy
Mancy is a podcast about how magic has shaped human history and our culture, including pop culture. It features spoken word poet RJ Walker and psychic Elle Alder. They explore different "-mancies" which are different methods of divination. Each episode features stories of magic and Elle attempts to replicate the method researched by RJ. They also attempt to use these mancies in a more contemporary way to reflect the struggles of our time.
Podcasting since 2020 • 83 episodes
Mancy
Latest Episodes
Ep 72: Mechanomancy Part 2
RJ and Elle explore the life and inventions of Wolfgang Von Kempelen. His speech making machine, the great great great great great great great grandfather of Hatsune Miku, and his wondrous "Mechanical Turk" A chess playing automaton that stunne...
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Season 7
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Episode 72
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53:41

Ep 71 Mechanomancy Part 1
Elle and RJ begin their coverage of Mechanomancy, divination by Machine. RJ discusses the life of John Murray Spear and his transition from the Unitarian faith into Spiritualism. RJ goes into detail about Spear's attempts to build a Mechanical ...
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Season 7
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Episode 71
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1:13:34

Ep 70 Entomancy
RJ and Elle continue their coverage of bug magic. RJ discusses maggot therapy and its historical uses. RJ then discusses the demon known as Beelzebub aka The Lord of the Flies. After a quick diversion into the origins of Pokemon, RJ brings up t...
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Season 6
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Episode 70
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37:26

Ep 69 Arachnomancy
RJ and Elle recount their experiences with spiders and RJ discusses the history of spiders in mythology. RJ recounts Ovid's story of Arachne and reads an anthropologists recorded Anansi story. RJ and Elle then discuss the arachnomancy rea...
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Season 6
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Episode 69
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56:16

Ep 68: Healing Magic - Zars and Ecstatic Dance
This is an episode written by Elle Alder and presented to RJ Walker. Elle leads the audience through a guided meditation or astro-travel ceremony of a Zar - a healing magic ceremony that comes from the geographical region of the ho...
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Season 6
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Episode 68
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1:26:36
