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Mostly Magic: necromancing with John Dee & the Sami shamanism
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This week's episode is 'Mostly Magic'. Zofia explores the life of the 16th century occultist, necromancer, scientist and advisor to the Tudor court, John Dee, who flourished during a time when magic and science were inextricably linked. Liam meanwhile, looks at the Sami peoples of northern Scandinavia, how they were perceived as sorcerers and heretics by their neighbours and how they were repressed for practising their own religious beliefs.
Tangents include: supernatural TV shows, enochian angels, victorian occultists and awesome Sami gods.
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Music by the wonderfully talented Chris Sharples
44 episodes
Manage episode 273880316 series 2776970
This week's episode is 'Mostly Magic'. Zofia explores the life of the 16th century occultist, necromancer, scientist and advisor to the Tudor court, John Dee, who flourished during a time when magic and science were inextricably linked. Liam meanwhile, looks at the Sami peoples of northern Scandinavia, how they were perceived as sorcerers and heretics by their neighbours and how they were repressed for practising their own religious beliefs.
Tangents include: supernatural TV shows, enochian angels, victorian occultists and awesome Sami gods.
Find us on Instagram
Support us through Patreon
Buy our merch on Redbubble
Music by the wonderfully talented Chris Sharples
44 episodes
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