The Magick of Drumming Part 2 with The Rhythm Sisters

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Welcome back Pizza Pals!! We missed you soooooo much! Us MP ladies hope that you have been keeping well- physically, spiritually, mentally, and magickally. Thank you for being patient with us as we all readjust and recalibrate. There have been relocations, equipment breaking, life changes and lots and lots of COVID. Yes…a lot has happened in a year, but we know that you will enjoy this next installment of our magickal drumming series featuring the marvelous Rhythm Sisters hailing from California, USA. Check out some of our links below and support these amazing women. Be strong. Be inspired. Be enlightened. Be magickal. Be yourselves! ❤

Enjoy the slice~

-H and S

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Meet the Rhythm Sisters

Rhythm Sisters

“Mediterranean, Middle Eastern and West African Women’s Percussion group dedicated to women’s empowerment and honoring the ancient tradition of the drum.”

Meet Our Guests:

Candy Eaton
(Musician, Teacher, Musical Director, and Founder of Rhythm Sisters)
Candy is the self proclaimed “buttered popcorn jelly bean”

Candy Recommends:

Online article about the book published by DRUM! magazine.

Megan Clifton
(Musician, Performer, Healer, Warrior for the fur-babies, & all around bad-ass)
Sydni Kitchel
(Musician, Performer, Archeologist, & founder of Daughter of Earth: Crafts and Medicinals)
Cynthia Deere
(Musician, Dancer, Teacher, & Director of Haven Belly Dance Collective)
Christine Honer
(a.k.a. “The Stoner Crone”, Musician, Dancer, Performer, and Teacher)

Christine Recommends:

Frame Drum and Doumbek Intro, Rhythm, Songs, & Chants (facebook group)

Miranda Rondeau

Marla Leigh

Raquy Danziger

Intro Conversation” Notes

This episode is brought to you by:

Stormy: 

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Hannah: 

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This Release Date Moon:

Waxing Crescent Moon January 8, 2022

Recommendations:

Hannah:

An investigation of that really famous “Minoan” artifact referred to as the snake goddess that was brought to modern western renown by explorer and early archaeologist Arthur Evans who is well known for excavating on Crete and study of the ancient Minoan civilization. The book sheds light on how much of what those of us outside of academia know about this ancient civilization and the artifacts discovered early on are unfortunately misleading, highly doctored, highly romanticized, and may in fact be deliberate falsehoods. I’ve seen many of these representations used a lot in modern pagan literature, statues, jewelry…all over and most of us have no idea how badly the archaeology was botched and that basically it fed an upper class, western plundering of ancient artifacts in that part of the word. Priceless pieces stolen out of there context, sold to the highest bidder and then doctored up heavily before presented in museums. This is one of those books that if you are a modern pagan who is interested in archaeology and ancient civilizations…i highly recommend it.

Stormy:

The Owl House

My recommendation is to go watch the animated series called Owl House! It’s about an eccentric girl who was supposed to be sent to a summer camp for learning ‘normal’ and ‘ordinary’ things, but instead gets transported to a world full of magic and monsters! She meets a witch who becomes her mentor, and tons of wacky adventures ensue. 

I love it because it actually shows a Latina female lead, is inclusive to the gay community, and has a lot of really nice lessons in it. Plus the animation is just *chefs kiss*. Eda the owl lady is my favorite, though Hooty isn’t far behind. I highly recommend the show, and you can find it on Disney plus!

Want to find a drum circle in your area?

Drum Circle Locator (Facebook Group)

Want to list your drum circle? Let us know and we will put it up for all to see!

This episode of Magik Pizza is proudly dedicated to the memory of our friend, drummer, and teacher, Kelly Perdue. Always missing you. Sending you all our love.

The Magick of Drumming Part 1 with Jamie Jones

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Hey Pizza Pals! Can we get a drumroll please.. For slice no. 23! On today’s episode we have the pleasure of chatting with Ms. Jamie Jones, who will be giving us an inside look into the world of drumming and what it brings to the community.

Enjoy the slice~

-H and S

Mahoroba USA – Like and Follow Jamie’s group on Facebook

HealthRHYTHMS by REMO – Learn about this fun, evidence-based whole person strategy where anyone can train on how to facilitate communication and personal expression through the medium of drumming.

Jamie Jones – Keep up with Jamie on Facebook

Click here to see photos of the UCI Take Back The Night 2008

 

This episode is brought to you by:

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Stormy: Taro Smoothie with Boba

Kroger - Thor's Well Devil's Churn Pinot Noir, 750 mL

Hannah: Thor’s Well, Devil’s Churn 2014 Pinot Noir

 

This Release Date Moon:

New Moon July 2020 – New Moons are a great time to dig deep, start over, begin projects, put away something for good, doing powerful feminine magick, reconnecting with important women in your life…amongst other things. There’s so much possibility. What are delving into magickally this new moon?

 

Recommendations:

 

Hannah

  • (In the US) To Bless the Space Between Us: A Book of Blessings by John O’Donohue originally published as Benedictus: A Book of Blessings (2007)

 

Stormy:

  • Making your own cookie cutters! My thought was, since most of us in the US are dealing with quarantine at home.. That people may be getting more into baking. I’m sure that everyone by now is sick and tired of banana bread, so why not try and make cookies? But closer to the point of my recommendation: make your own cookie cutters!  How i would do it is make a stencil of the outline of the cookie shape that you are after. As simple or as complicated as you like. Then, go out and buy some short metal sheets that are soft enough to bend to your will, and shape it to the outline of the design! Trim as necessary with metal shears, strong adhesive, and a clamp. After it has dried, you should be good to go! Then you can bask in the glory of having made your very own, unique cookie cutters! (you could even make them as gifts for family and friends!)

 

Places/Businesses Mentioned:

  • Goddess temple in orange county
  • UCI
  • UCLA
  • Japan
  • Hoag Hospital
  • Dragon and the Rose
  • Mahoroba USA 
  • Yogas Healing
  • Whole Foods

 

Stories Mentioned;

  • Kinji

 

People Mentioned:

  • Candy Eaton
  • Liz Prall 
  • Elizabeth Proi
  • Melissa Rodriguez
  • Merideth Llyod
  • Barry Bitmon
  • Christine Stevens
  • Zabi Yamasaki
  • Remo Belly
  • Kiro
  • Koto drummers 

 

Enter Shameless self-plug: Stormy’s Instagram!

 

 

 

 

Happy 2nd Birthday!

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Baphomet says, “Happy Birthday, MP.”

Hey Pizza Pals! MP here. Wishing You and Us a happy 2nd birthday! We’ve spent this episode opening up and letting you get to know us all over again. Thank you for sticking with us! Hope you are being true to yourself. Smoochies and snuggles.

❤ S & H

This episode of Magik Pizza is brought to you by:

  Cali Cream’n by Mother Earth Brew Co. (Hannah)

california creamn& White Chocolate Chai Latte from Requiem (Stormy)

Photo of Requiem Coffee Tea and Fantasy - Anaheim, CA, United States. Latte art from their award winning latte artist

This Release Date Moon:

June 21, 2020 New Moon – Happy Father’s Day & look for the Annular Solar Eclipse!

Books Mentioned:

Ancient Ones by Kirk Mitchell
The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
The Outsider by H. P. Lovecraft
Earth’s Children by Jean M. Auel
A Wizard Of Earthsea by Ursula K. Leguin
A Song Of Ice And Fire
Spiral by Suzuki Koji
The Rats In The Walls by H. P. Lovecraft

Places Mentioned: 

Requiem in Anaheim, California

Websites Mentioned:

kickstarter.com – Help fund a project that’s important to you

People Mentioned:

CHRISTA MILLER

Jordan Sullivan -She’s not finished

ripley

Ellen Ripley – The badass heroine of the Alien franchise

the gump

Honeythorn Gump – The leader of the faerie companions in Legend directed by Ridley Scott

eve

Eve – The delicious, life-loving immortal in Only Lovers Left Alive

The Russo Brothers – They direct movies or something…
The Pre-Raphaelites – They like…did art and stuff
Peter S. Beagle – He wrote fantasy and stuff…
Ged – The highly relatable protagonist of  Ursula K. Leguin’s A Wizard of Earthsea
Molly Grue – One of the amazing characters in Peter S. Beagle’s The Last Unicorn
Ayla – The pre-historic female protagonist in J. M. Auel’s Earth’s Children series
Brunhild – AKA Brunhilda, Brynhild, Brynhildr, Brünhilt, Brünhild, or Brünhilde

Shows/ Movies Mentioned:

Time Team
Dark Shadows
Dororo (2019)
JourneyQuest
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Yojimbo
Community

Music Bands Mentioned:

Sex Gang Children – the sexy Goth staple band
Queen – They need no introduction…

Podcasts Mentioned:

The Murder Mile Podcast
This Jungian Life – 3 Jungian Analysts talk about life and understanding ourselves
Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History – Ultra cool history podcast
Knifepoint Horror -Tales of supernatural suspense by S. Narnia. Music by K. MacLeod
Monster Talk – The science show about monsters
Strange Familiars – Hannah’s favourite paranormal podcast
The Mabinogion – Translated from The Red Book of Hergest by Lady C. Guest Vol. 1

Paintings Mentioned:

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La Jeune Martyre by Paul Delaroche

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Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh

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Café Terrace at Night by Vincent van Gogh

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Sunflowers by Vincent van Gogh

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The Accolade by  Edmund Leighton

Shintoism and the Religion of Japan with Dr. James Rietvield

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Fushimi Inari-taisha (伏見稲荷大社) is the head shrine of the kami Inari, located in Fushimi-kuKyotoKyoto PrefectureJapan.

 

Welcome back Listeners, and a Merry Isolation to you!

Its been a good minute since we last spoke at you, and we wanted to remedy that. So, we are using this dark moon to you some tasty ear food. On today’s slice we have: Rabbit Harems, Chaos Theory, Anime references and so much more! We are blessed to have been able to record our very favorite Dr. James Rietveld on his lecture for Shintoism, the Religion of Japan! He covers a lot, so we wont keep you.

Cowabunga, my dudes! ♥

-H&S

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Lecture banner by Terri Kennedy of Ipso Facto

Shintoism And The Religion of Japan: A Free Lecture by Dr. James Rietveld

Lecture audio was recorded Thursday, September 26, 2019 at 8 PM – 10:30 PM at Ipso Facto (517 N. Harbor Blvd. Fullerton, Ca.)

 

This episode of Magik Pizza is brought to you by:

 Angry Orchard Hard Cider (Stormy) + Greenhouse Artisan Gin (Hannah)

Angry Orchard Crisp Apple Cider | DrizlyGreenhouse Gin 750ml

 

This Release Date Moon:

It’s the April 2020 New Moon! According to the Farmer’s Almanac Best Days List, it’s the best day to Cut Firewood, Cut Hair to Increase Growth, Mow to Increase Growth, Dig Holes, Wax Floors, Paint, Get Married, Advertise to Sell, Buy Clothes, and Buy a Home.

 

What the heck was Dr. J. talking about at the beginning of the lecture?

Devil’s Staircase also known as the Cantor function — example of a function that is continuous, but not absolutely continuous. It is a notorious counterexample in analysis, because it challenges naive intuitions about continuity, derivative, and measure. Though it is continuous everywhere and has zero derivative almost everywhere, its value still goes from 0 to 1 as its argument reaches from 0 to 1. Thus, in one sense the function seems very much like a constant one which cannot grow, and in another, it does indeed monotonously grow, by construction.

(Definition taken from the wikipedia entry.)

 

Recommendations:

Hannah– Living With The Gods

A BBC radio 4 podcast hosted by author and art historian, Neil MacGregor. Based on his book by the same name, the show explores humanity’s belief systems in short 14 1/2 min episodes. Short, sweet, with plenty to chew on and be inspired by.

Stormy Mnemonics

Its basically a technique used to help  people memorize faster, in that you relate symbols to something more visual.  For example, the mnemonic for the hiragana ‘Ki’ (spelled K.I.) could be seen as visually similar to a physical Key. Which, i found incredibly helpful once i had that visual tool. 

So, if you are interested in learning new alphabets but are having trouble memorizing them.. Perhaps Mnemonics could help you, too!

Learn Hiragana: Tofugu's Ultimate Guide

Mnemonic Hiragana example for ‘Ki’

 

Applications and Books Mentioned:

Libby – A free application where you can borrow and read ebooks and audiobooks from your local public library. (USA)

Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson (2017)

 

Transition Song:

Reunited by Peaches & Herb off of the album 2 Hot (1978)

 

Picture Time!:

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Energy and Emotions

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So we meet again, listeners. And It’s about time, too! You are in for alot of rambling, gambling, and, well, none of that, actually. But you ARE in for a fair amount of Beard Blocking, Door Knocking, Cannibalism and Krampus… All of which have absolutely nothing to do with this episodes topic: Energy and Emotions. So you see? It’s not just charming conversational topics. We got cheese AND Magik, which we hope you will enjoy on this month’s episode.. Of Magik Pizza.

Energetically yours,

-H&S

This episode of Magik Pizza is brought to you by:

Wintersaison Glühwein

 

Places of Power : A Witchy Roundtable

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Photo taken by A. Velasquez.

Welcome, Listeners! It’s been a minute (month), hasn’t it? We miss you, so we thought we’d just drop by and give you a fresh slice of MP! It may contain gluten, Tow Trucks, Fermented Shark, AND an open discussion on Places of Power. But as usual, there’s a heaping helping of banter to get through first.. So you may as well get started!

Enjoy the show, guys!
-H&S

This episode of Magik Pizza is brought to you by:

Winzer Krems Gruner Veltliner Wachtberg Kermstal DAC Reserve, 2017

Winzer Krems Gruner Veltliner Wachtberg Kermstal DAC Reserve, 2017

This months Full Moon:

November 2019 Full Moon – Beaver Moon

Recommendations:

Hannah:
Try a new recipe or watch Samurai Gourmet

Stormy:

The Egg check-

If you are uncertain if the eggs in your fridge are still good or not, here is a pretty good way of checking:
Place eggs in a bowl of water. If it sinks, it’s good. If it stands up, you need to eat them pretty soon. If it floats, it’s time to chuck ’em. For me, I like to yeet them against the ground so that the nutrients and shell goes back into the earth. But, that’s just me.

People/ Songs Mentioned:

AuntiePanPan

Carolyn Carter

Aarika Martin ( instagram: @iam_ajewel )

Leif Erikson

Movies/ TV Shows/ Video games Mentioned:

Sherlock Holmes mind palace
Samurai Gourmet

Tokyo Midnight Diner

Rye Bread Tour Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQFBWrt3QWU

Places/Events Mentioned:

Dragon and the Rose, Santa Ana Ca

The Icelandic Phallological Museum

3 Frakkar

Pagan Pride

Stonehenge

Lola Gaspar

Caesar palace

Victorian museum

Crete

The Block at Orange

Blaze Pizza

Iceland

Whaley House

Eclipse Chocolate

Cats of Reykjavik

Noche de Altares

Podcasts Mentioned:

AuntiePanPan

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Hannah petting Dragon and the Rose’ shop-cat, Sally!

Holly

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Holly the Raccoon! Sent to us by Damien the Zookeeper! ❤

Faeries & Other Northern European Elemental Traditions with Dr. Rietveld

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Episode pic original art is ‘Birds’ by Arthur Rackham from “Comus, Cinderella, English Fairy Tales, Sleeping Beauty, and elsewhere”

Welcome, Listeners!

This episode we are coming back to Ipso Facto to listen in on another delicious lecture by Dr. James D. Rietveld…this time to talk about Faeries. But first you’ll get to kick it with your Magik Pizza hosts for a little wine, a little catching up, and some tasty recommendations. We hope you enjoy the magick, history, and folklore served up in this tasty slice. Thanks again, Pizza Pals.

-H&S

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Flyer created by Terri Kennedy

This episode of Magik Pizza is brought to you by:

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A local 2018 Sauvignon Blanc from Napa Valley, California; by the Honig Vineyard and Winery. Family Owned, sustainable farmed, and solar powered.

www.honigwine.com

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This months Full Moon:

October 2019 Full Moon – Hunter’s Moon

Recommendations:

Hannah:
Weird Studies

Stormy:

Steven Universe

People/ Songs Mentioned:

Dr. James D. Rietveld

David Tennant

The OC Mari Lwyd

Movies/ TV Shows/ Video games Mentioned:

Steven Universe

Places/Events Mentioned:

Wasteland Weekend

Krampus Ball

The Magical Fae; Working With the Hidden World of Elementals with Jennifer Morris

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Listen, listeners. The time has come.. For another slice of Magik Pizza. You will get to learn alot about Jennifer Morris, how to approach interacting with the Fae, and so much more. But nothing comes easy when its MP, it must be earned.. You will trudge through Disembodied voices, Pointy Pickle shoes, ghetto fixes and MOAR. So much more.

Enjoy the slice!

-H&S

About the Speaker:

    Jennifer Morris is a certified Crystal Healer/Teacher, Reiki Master, Energy Healer, 5th degree Black Belt, proprietor of the Crystal Haven, and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology. She has been a practicing witch since 1972, and student of Victoria Arkle, she is a life-long practitioner of the intuitive arts, offering years of knowledge and experience of the healing arts to all her students. And just an all around fun and wondrously sweet human being.

For more information on Jennifer Morris Please check out:

Crystal Haven

Crystal Haven Meetup

Workshop References provided by Jennifer:

 

This episode of Magik Pizza is brought to you by:

 Stella Rosa: Red.

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This months Full Moon:

Harvest Moon, September 2019

Recommendations:

Hannah:

Do something for the Equinox/Mabon/Harvest Home!!!

Our Equinox will be on September 23. Autumnal Equinox for us in the Northern Hemisphere and Spring Equinox for all of our friends in the Southern Hemisphere.

Find new recipes, try out a new spell, create a new ritual, and any other fun way of celebrating our Earth and it’s cycles around our most beautiful star.

 

Stormy:

Ghetto Fix: Using Soda Tabs for Picture Hooks

 

People/ Songs Mentioned:

Terri Kennedy from Ipso Facto

Nature Spirits by David & Steve Gordon, Garden of Serenity

 

Movies/ Books/ TV Shows/ Video games Mentioned:

Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy – Extended Edition

Places/Events Mentioned:

Ipso Facto in Dowtown Fullerton, Ca

Pagan Pride LA/OC

Pacific Circle Revival

 

 

 

Ancient Luwian Magick and Religion with Dr. J. Rietveld

 

Ancient Luwian Magick and Religion

Our episode pic this full moon is taken from an image of the goddess Kubaba with a pomegranate in her right hand. Credit: Museum of the Anatolian Civilizations, Ankara in Turkey

Its so nice to see you, seeing us, Listeners.

We know how much you love these lectures, so we won’t DARE deprive you of this one. Joined once again by Dr. James Rietveld, we’re learning about the ritual, magick, and gods of an ancient culture little known outside of academia. But as always, you gotta get through the weird stuff, like: off-key car karaoke, excessive bread-baking, and bandy-legged mosquitoes.

Enjoy the show, everyone!

-H&S

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Flyer for the event was created by Terri Kennedy.

This episode of Magik Pizza is brought to you by:

Imaginery 2016 chardonay

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“Pretty fuckin’ dope.”- Stormy 2019

This months Full Moon:

Sturgeon Moon, August 2019

Recommendations:

Hannah:

The Head Hunter

 

Stormy:

Using leftover coffee to make ice-cubes with. No more watered down drinks!

 

People/ Songs Mentioned:

Terri Kennedy

Bohemian Rhapsody– Queen

Invasive Aedes Mosquitoes

 

Movies/ TV Shows/ Video games Mentioned:

Skyrim

Forrest Gump

The Goonies

Star Trek: TNG

 

Places/Events Mentioned:

Labyrinth

Wasteland Weekend

Requiem— Anaheim, CA

Ipso Facto— DT Fullerton, CA

Costa Mesa, CA

Iceland

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hannahs bread

Blessings of Plenty to all our listeners from Hannah. Great are the Corn Mothers, Blessed is John Barleycorn, Mighty Demeter, Hearth Mothers, and all bringers, makers, earners, and sacrificers to their households. Hail! And good tidings to you all. 😘
#Lughnasadh #Lammas #LoafMass #Lammastide #FirstHarvest

 

Evolutionary Astrology with Thea Wirsching

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Hello, Listeners! And might we just say how patient you are this episode?  

How we trust that you will bare through the brunt of ruined paint brushes,  romano-bae pie, and other such nonsense? ALL in the name of getting to what you TRULY want, the awe-inspiring intelligence of PHD holder of the Occult Studies, Thea Wirsching. Join us and Terri Kennedy at Ipso Facto as we learn not only more about this amazing Pluto Babe, but also what Evolutionary Astrology really means and how it is relevant to you.

Enjoy the Slice! ~ 🍕

-H & S

 

   To learn more about Thea, please visit:

http://theplutobabe.com/

 

This episode is brought to you by:

 

2017 Virginia Marie Lambrix Chardonnay Bewitched

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More info on this lovely sip:

https://www.wine-searcher.com/

 

These Shownotes Are Still Under Construction! If you didn’t find what you were looking for, come back tomorrow!!! ❤

This Month’s Full Moon:

Buck Moon, 2019

 

  Recommendations:

Hannah:

www.TheEmbersCollective.com via Castbox

 

Stormy:

Hygge

 

Songs mentioned:

Rasputina– Sign of the Zodiac

 

People Mentioned:

Terri Kennedy

 

 

Places Mentioned:

Requiem; Coffee, Tea, Fantasy— Anaheim, California

Wasteland Weekend

Solvang

Ipso Facto- Downtown Fullerton, CA

And now for the photos!