The Official Podcast of The Goddess Temple, Twickenham

Today, for the very last episode of season 3, we are joined by Hakam Takash, radio broadcaster and soon to be founder of a vegan food company (watch this space!).

What is necromancy? How does it manifest itself indifferent cultures and religions? What does it have to do with divination? How did Christians get around practicing necromancy without fearing the wrath of the Church? How is it linked to ancestor worship? Who were the Sabians? What is an ancestor cult? What is the Hungry Ghost Festival? How did the Chinese transport bodies back to their hometowns? How do you actually summon the dead, asking for a friend?

Click here to visit the We Knew The Moon website. Don't forget to check out our cool new MERCH!

Today we are joined by Hakam Takash, radio broadcaster and soon to be founder of a vegan food company (watch this space!).   

What is Jerusalem Syndrome? Can I get it? What is Jerusalem's vibe? Who is Oliver McAfee and where is he now? How did Jerusalem Syndrome cause riots in the city?  What happens in the brain when Jerusalem Syndrome occurs? Are there any other location-specific mental health issues? Is Jerusalem Syndrome a subject of white privilege? Did Jesus have Jerusalem Syndrome? And why is Belgium so awesome?

Click here to visit the We Knew The Moon website. Don't forget to check out our cool new MERCH!

Michelle Alderson of Heartfelt Illustrations is back again to tell us all about fairy folk.

What do you think when you think of fairies? Do you prefer Disney fairies or Brian Froud fairies? What actually is a fairy? What is the history of fairies? What group were you in Brownies? Who do you call when you have an elf infestation? How many words are there do describe fairies? Who and what were the Cottingley Fairies? How was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle involved?

Click here to visit Heartfelt Illustrations' website.

Click here to visit the We Knew The Moon website. Don't forget to check out our cool new MERCH!

Michelle Alderson of Heartfelt Illustrations is back again so I can tell her all about intuition and the pineal gland. 

What is intuition? What is common sense? Is it actually that common? How is intuition described in different cultures and religions? Is Dee really going to fangirl some more over Carl Jung? What are the differences between introvert and extrovert intuitive types? What subject did Michelle study at university and only decide to share now? What is the pineal gland? What does it mean if it is calcified?

Click here to visit Heartfelt Illustrations' website.

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We are joined again by Music Therapist Saphia Amer.

What is toxic positivity and why is it so harmful? Is denial always a bad thing? Why do we love Carl Jung so much (part two)? What is a wounded healer?  What is spiritual bypassing? Why is 'good vibes only' total bullcrap? Where does Bikram fit in? Who are we fangirling over this episode? What are the spiritual red flags to watch out for? How many Porsches are the limit?

Find Saphia's website here, or follow her on Facebook or Instagram @saphia.aa.musictherapist.

This season, we are going weekly, releasing a brand spanking new episode every Wednesday.

Click here to visit the We Knew The Moon website. Don't forget to check out our cool new MERCH!

We've got Tracey Pretty back with us again for the next instalment of the Wheel of the Year episodes. What is Beltane? Do you accidentally celebrate it without realising? What is a clouti? How did the maypole even come into being? Why are Morris dancers so creepy? Where on earth is Locksbottom? What's up with the murderous Beltane horse? What does Beltane have to do with capitalism? What was the Haymarket Affair? How do people in Europe celebrate Beltane?

You can find Tracey over at The Hare & The Moon, and you can catch both Dee & Tracey at The Goddess Temple Twickenham.

This season, we are going weekly, releasing a brand spanking new episode every Wednesday.

Click here to visit the We Knew The Moon website. Don't forget to check out our cool new MERCH!

This time we are joined by Music Therapist Saphia Amer. 

What exactly is music therapy? Why are we fan-girling over Pythagoras? Can music be used for healing purposes? Which borderline cult would we have loved to have joined? How is sound used in spirituality? Why is the word 'healing' problematic in the spiritual world? What physical effects can sound have on our bodies? How can you encourage your body to produce more serotonin, the happy chemical? What should you expect as a woman if you go to a Manowar concert? What songs are on your 'amorous' playlist?

Find Saphia's website here, or follow her on Facebook or Instagram @saphia.aa.musictherapist.

This season, we are going weekly, releasing a brand spanking new episode every Wednesday.

Click here to visit the We Knew The Moon website. Don't forget to check out our cool new MERCH!

Sareta's back, back again! What fire practices do we already incorporate? What do the different candle colours mean and do? How can you stock up cheaply? How can you use candle work with your Full Moon Baths? Are black candles spooky? Why is purple such a spiritual colour? Would you ever buy a brown candle? And what for? What do we do on Wednesdays? What is dopamine dressing? What does Sareta have in common with the Care Bears? How do you actually do a candle spell or ritual? What should you always do to your candles before lighting them? 

Find Sareta on the internet @heysareta or www.saretafontaine.com, and don't forget to check out her podcast Women Who Rebrand (wherever you listen to your podcasts).

This season, we are going weekly, releasing a brand spanking new episode every Wednesday.

Click here to visit the We Knew The Moon website. Don't forget to check out our cool new MERCH!

I am joined today to discuss Exorcisms with the legend that is Sareta Fontaine! What do you think of when you think of exorcisms? What was your first horror film? How can you tell if you are hosting a demon? And is it just gas? How do Buddhists, Hindus, Jews and Muslims exorcise their demons? What are the two causes of possession in Taoism? Do you have any ghosts seeking revenge upon you? Is Satan and the Rebellious Angels the best name or what? Can you name some notable exorcisms? And what's your favourite horror film?

Find Sareta on the internet @heysareta or www.saretafontaine.com, and don't forget to check out her podcast Women Who Rebrand (wherever you listen to your podcasts).

This season, we are going weekly, releasing a brand spanking new episode every Wednesday.

Click here to visit the We Knew The Moon website. Don't forget to check out our cool new MERCH!

My sister is back! Who is Glen and why do we love him so? If there are spiritual fakes, does that mean there are no spiritual reals? Do all psychics talk to ghosts? How did psychics influence the Cold War? 

Who is Joan Quigley? What does Derren Brown think of psychics? What does he convince people he is capable of when he goes to the States? And how? What is confirmation bias and how does it play a role? Who is Sally Morgan? 

Would you be open to someone testing your skills and abilities? What are hot and cold readings? What is the Forer Effect? Is self-delusion harmful or a healthy coping mechanism? 

Check out Randa Safieh for copy-editing and social media management. 

Click here to visit the We Knew The Moon website. Don't forget to check out our cool new MERCH! 

We are so excited to announce that we are launching the Goddess Temple Twickenham with an exciting series of Full Moon Circles and New Moon Workshops, starting with our first Full Moon in Libra Moon Circle on Saturday 16th April and the Aligning with the Moon Workshop on Saturday 30th April.

Want to find out more? Listen to this bonus episode of the We Knew The Moon podcast on the Temple, what even is it, who is it for, and why Twickenham.

Check out the website here. 

I am joined by my lil sis Randa Safieh to discuss one of our fascinations: Cults. What actually counts as a cult? What's the difference between cults and religions? Are there different kinds of cults? What characteristics do cult leaders share? Are they all narcissists? Why are there more male than female cult leaders? Which one of Dee's girl crushes joined a cult? Could you accidentally join a cult? What's the deadliest cult? What's the weirdest one? Which cult would we have most likely joined? And which cult is most likely to assassinate Dee after this episode? Starring co-host Google again.

Check out Randa Safieh for copy-editing and social media management. 

Click here to visit the We Knew The Moon website. Don't forget to check out our cool new MERCH!

We welcome back Michelle from Heartfelt Illustrations. Why does Michelle prefer the term cunning women to cunning folk? How big was Hwicce? What was different about these specific women buried in the graveyards? Was it better as a woman to live during a time when women were revered? What was the role of cunning women in their communities? Listen to the cute way Michelle says antler horns, is that a Northern thing? When did the view of cunning women change? What did they believe elf infestations caused in the human mind? What happened to the standing of women when patriarchal religions were introduced?

Click here to visit Heartfelt Illustrations' website.

Click here to visit the We Knew The Moon website. Don't forget to check out our cool new MERCH!

We welcome Michelle from Heartfelt Illustrations for the next two episodes. How did the Salem Witch Trials compare to the ones in Pendle? What is the social, cultural and political context that enabled such a horrible situation to occur? Who the hell are Cotton and Increase? Are those names for real?! WTF is the disease of astonishment? Would you be accused of being a witch if you lived in 1692 Salem? And what made Dee cry in Salem?

This season, we are going weekly, releasing a brand spanking new episode every Wednesday.

Click here to visit Heartfelt Illustrations' website.

Click here to visit the We Knew The Moon website. Don't forget to check out our cool new MERCH!

Rebecca Burgess, Mother Priestess of the Temple of Cornwall, joins us again to tell us all about the Divine Feminine Archetypes. Which one resonates hardest? Do we pass through these archetypes chronologically? Can we go back and forth? What stops us embracing our inner child? Who is the Goddess of Bride? How many flames does the Temple of Cornwall have exactly? What gives you child-like joy? Who's hella fairy? How do you tap into some big lover energy? Who is the Goddess Ker? How do you call on some crone energy?

This season, we are going weekly, releasing a brand spanking new episode every Wednesday.

Click here to visit the We Knew The Moon website. Don't forget to check out our cool new MERCH!

We are joined by Rebecca Burgess, Mother Priestess of the Temple of Cornwall, and today we are discussing why the town of Glastonbury is so special to so many people. Just how many people live there? What is the Glastonbury Tor? What is the gruesome history of the Glastonbury Abbey? Who was King Henry VIII's little bitch? How good is Rebecca at guessing things? What's our favourite shop? What's Bahai got to do with it? WTF are ley lines?

This season, we are going weekly, releasing a brand spanking new episode every Wednesday.

Click here to visit the We Knew The Moon website. Don't forget to check out our cool new MERCH!

OG co-hosts Tracey Pretty and Google are back! What does Imbolc mean, literally and spiritually? Why is it the day of Brigid? What's she all about? What makes her so badass? Was she a real person? What is the link between the Goddess Brigid and St Brigid? How is Brigid depicted? What's a dagda? How can you celebrate Imbolc? And just how bad would Tracey and Dee be on a farm?

Check out Tracey's shop at The Hare and The Moon.

This season, we are going weekly, releasing a brand spanking new episode every Wednesday.

Click here to check out Midwich Cuckoos and here for Lockjaw Records.

Click here to visit the We Knew The Moon website. Don't forget to check out our cool new MERCH!

I am joined by Lesley O'Brien of the Midwich Cuckoos again as she tells us about her obsession with the Mayans. What do lasers have to do with the Mayans? Were they actually one big cohsive group? What have we learned about them since we were all at school? Hear about Dee's visit to the Tulum ruins. What do we know about everyday life for regular Mayan people? Why would Mayan kings cut their own genitals? What was the Mayan equivalent to an email, and why was it so bloody? And what about human sacrifice? And where did the Mayans go?

This season, we are going weekly, releasing a brand spanking new episode every Wednesday.

Click here to check out Midwich Cuckoos and here for Lockjaw Records.

Click here to visit the We Knew The Moon website. Don't forget to check out our cool new MERCH!

Today I am joined by Lesley O'Brien of the Midwich Cuckoos as we ask, are we in the dawning of the Age of Aquarius? What even is an age? What would you do if you had a unicorn horn? Follow us on an epic Woodstock Festival tangent? What body part would you cut off to have gone to Woodstock? How did more people not die there? Can anyone find a picture of the Woodstock offices in Manhattan? And if you were organising a festival, what would you choose if you could just pick one. ticket booths or a stage?

Click here to check out Midwich Cuckoos and here for Lockjaw Records.

Click here to visit the We Knew The Moon website. Don't forget to check out our cool new MERCH!

The perfect episode for if you don't know what to watch on TV tonight.  

Vicky (Wicky) Underwood, joins us again to talk about just how entertaining all things witchy woo woo are to the general public. Just who exactly is drunk out of the two of us?!  Who was our gateway witch? Who taught you it was cool to be weird? What is our favourite scene from the 1989 film Teen Witch? Where did this green-skinned, be-warted witch image come from? What is the most terrifying moment in cinematic history? And how does Samantha twitch her nose?

Click here to visit the We Knew The Moon website. Don't forget to check out our cool new MERCH!

This time we welcome Vicky Underwood my ultimate punk rock friend. Listen as I try to detangle the world of voodoo. Why is grasping voodoo so complicated to me?! Can you say voodoo without saying hoodoo, you do, remind me of the babe? How does Vicky say hello in French? Who is more interesting, Stalin or Papa Doc? And who am I worried about being assassinated by? 

This season, we are going weekly, releasing a brand spanking new episode every Wednesday.

Click here to visit the We Knew The Moon website. Don't forget to check out our cool new MERCH!

What is the relationship between Yule and Christmas? What is the Great Hunt and how does it pop up in different religions and cultures?  Where does Santa come from? What's Dee's favourite new word? Who is Piete and why is he problematic? What is the dark side of Yule? Why were Christmas trees illegal? Why do we kiss under the mistletoe?

This season, we are going weekly, releasing a brand spanking new episode every Wednesday.

Click here to visit the We Knew The Moon website. Don't forget to check out our cool new MERCH!

We are joined again by Michele Dashwood of Soul Spirit Dance. She tells us all about the spiritual plane. What's the difference between ghosts and spirits? Is your cat staring at ghosts? What is stone tape theory? And just what the hell are orbs?!

This season, we are going weekly, releasing a brand spanking new episode every Wednesday.

Click here to learn more about Michele's intuitive coaching and dancing in the woods.

Click here to visit the We Knew The Moon website. Don't forget to check out our cool new MERCH!

We are joined by Michele Dashwood of Soul Spirit Dance. I tell her all about Satanism and the Occult. Who is Satan? Does he pop up in other religions? Why does he look like that? Can you be a Satanist if you don't even believe in Satan? How obscene is The Obscene Kiss exactly? And do you recognise some of these members of the Church of Satan?

Click here to learn more about Michele's intuitive coaching and dancing in the woods. 

Click here to visit the We Knew The Moon website. Don't forget to check out our cool new MERCH!

We welcome back Katie Jayne of KJS Doodle Prints so that she can tell us all about what it means when you see certain animals. What did we really think of art college? Who is The Bastard? Who is the king of the birds? Is it a sun room or a conservatory? Wanna here a really dark story? Cameo from Google.

This season, we are going weekly, releasing a brand spanking new episode every Wednesday.

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Click here to visit the We Knew The Moon website. Don't forget to check out our cool new MERCH!

This time we welcome Katie Jayne of KJS Doodle Prints. Listen as I tell her about some unusual things people get up to for their faith. Do Scientologists go out for coffee? What is a Bollywood workout? If you had to wear the murder weapon round your neck for a very long walk, which murder weapon would you choose? Why is there a replica of the Virgin Mary's house in Norfolk? In what dish would you like people to incorporate your ashes? What part of your body would you chop off to satisfy your ancestors? Guest starring Google.  

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Don't forget to check out our cool new MERCH!

We welcome back Michelle from Heartfelt Illustrations. In this episode, Michelle takes us through the history of the Pendle Witch Trials. How were the Pendle Witch Trials linked to those in Salem? And what is a cunning woman? What sparked the trial of all these people? Who was the star witness? How many actually confessed to being a witch? And what was the Discovery of Witches?  

This season, we are going weekly, releasing a brand spanking new episode every Wednesday.

Click here to visit Heartfelt's Illustrations' website.

Click here to visit the We Knew The Moon website. Don't forget to check out our cool new MERCH!

We welcome Michelle from Heartfelt Illustrations for the next two episodes. In this episode we address all the important questions like who is Donna and why does Dee have such a girl crush on her? What do Michelle and Dee learn about dandelions that blows their minds? What were Gerald Gardner's two main passions in life? What was his favourite pastime and did it involve clothes? Who was Old Dorothy Clutterbuck? With guest appearance from Google. Again 

This season, we are going weekly, releasing a brand spanking new episode every Wednesday.

Click here to visit Heartfelt's Illustrations' website.

Click here to visit the We Knew The Moon website. Don't forget to check out our cool new MERCH!

We still have OG co-founder Tracey Pretty (The Moon & The Hare, formerly Miss Pretty London) with us, and we will be addressing all the different types of empaths and why we are such magnets for those damn narcissists. Can it ever work out between an empath and a narcissist? And how do we protect ourselves from psychic vampires?

This season, we are going weekly, releasing a brand spanking new episode every Wednesday.

Click here to visit Tracey Pretty's gorgeous spiritual gift shop. 

Click here to visit the We Knew The Moon website. Don't forget to check out our cool new MERCH!

 Welcome back for the launch of Season 3! This season, we are going weekly, releasing a brand spanking new episode every Wednesday.

After her big farewell, we welcome Tracey (The Moon & The Hare, formerly Miss Pretty London) back! Throughout this season we will cover all the sabbats on the wheel of the year, starting with Halloween. How do you even pronounce Samhain? How do you celebrate it? What was Samantha's mother's name in Bewitched? And why did Tracey never get her Duke of Edinburgh Award?

With guest appearance from Google. 

Don't forget to check out our cool new MERCH!