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The Placebo Magick Podcast

Magick is pretend... and pretending is powerful! On the Placebo Magick Podcast we explore how and why to cast spells, perform rituals, read Tarot cards, commune with fictional beings, and delve into ancient or pop culture mythologies to gain real psychological benefits and treat modern problems... all while remaining grounded in a science-based skeptical atheist worldview.

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Recent Episodes

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    Keeping Up with the Dumbledores (S2E14)


    The pressure we put on ourselves as mages to measure up to imaginary standards.
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    Magick for Problem People (S2E13)


    Using defensive and offensive spells to deal with problem people like your ex, your boss, or your parents.
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    Star Wars: Pop Culture Paganism (S2E12)


    Star Wars as a spiritual tool, a universal myth, and a contemporary religion. In Magick Mailbag: Patreon supporter Hamsa shares a ritual for honoring the complexity of new hobbies.
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    Magick for Procrastination (S2E11)


    Using placebo magick to lift the curse of procrastination. In Secret Spells & Riddlesome Rituals: Forgiving someone using a paper doll.
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Poetry and Blog Posts

Featured Poems

  • Ordained

    When the poets of old
    wrote of star-crossed lovers
    they were partly right
    and partly wrong
    due to a tragedy of scope and scale
    and obsession with particular causality,
    working backwards
    or worse, forwards—
    while stars like these ordain the just-rightness
    of you and me, it could have been
    any …
  • Invitation

    Lord, help me to pray
    less. Help my gratitude grow
    plainer, for smaller and commoner things.
    Help my exaltations
    dissolve into breath.
    And by grace, may I make peace
    where the shy wordless creature
    can squeak his petitions—
    small prayers for small moments
    when I break off two squares of …
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Featured Blog Posts

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    The Noble Peasantry: Reimagining Class

    "If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag for humanity rather than for myself."
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