The Witch Beat
Desert Oracle Radio
Ken Layne
4.8 • 804 Ratings
🗓️ 15 July 2023
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Tonight we are talking about witches. And interesting religions, new & old. And especially California's incredible occult countercultures—the esoteric stuff that Los Angeles Times reporter Deborah Netburn covers for her official newspaper beat: "Faith, Spirituality and Joy." Some of the interesting tales we will discuss tonight:
- The working witches of Los Angeles just want you to be your best self
- Psychics and astrologers are huge on Instagram. Now scammers are impersonating them
- This feminist witch introduced California to Goddess worship
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| 0:00.0 | Transmitting from the Mojavee Wilderness in Joshua Tree, California, now is the time for Desert Oracle Radio, the voice of the desert. |
| 0:16.8 | Night has fallen on the desert. |
| 0:22.5 | At the time of the year when the heat cooks your brain. |
| 0:29.4 | Nobody should ever have to make a serious decision when it's over 100 degrees. |
| 0:37.8 | Nobody should be required to think at all. |
| 0:41.5 | It's just too hot. |
| 0:45.8 | Wait till it cools down before you make any big decisions. |
| 0:50.2 | Like, I wonder if I should get up at all. |
| 0:57.2 | Maybe, Jen, like I wonder if I should get up at all. Maybe just stay in, stay inside, close to the swamp cooler, |
| 1:03.0 | get the bed arranged precisely within the air conditioner's vent path. |
| 1:10.1 | Let nothing impede the flow of the cold stuff. |
| 1:17.8 | I look at my mini split AC and I understand in my heart that it's never going to get that room |
| 1:26.3 | cool enough in desert summertime. |
| 1:30.0 | So I'll just see how far it goes down on the liquid crystal display on the plastic controller |
| 1:38.1 | that's always either out of batteries or has vanished entirely from this dimension. |
| 1:49.1 | But while it's here and while it's working, |
| 1:53.2 | how low will it go? |
| 1:57.0 | 64. |
| 1:59.4 | There's never going to be 64 in this room again, not until mid-October at 3 a.m. |
| 2:08.1 | But sure, let's set it to 64 degrees we can all pretend together. |
| 2:36.4 | Only come out at night. |
| 2:42.8 | If you come out at all, |
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