There are stories that refuse to stay still. Medusa has been carried through centuries as a monster, a warning, a figure placed at the edge of fear - and yet her story has never settled there. In this episode of Hex & Muse, we return to Medusa with care, tracing her origins in ancient Greek mythology, her transformation through the writings of Ovid, and the way her image has moved through art, power, and culture across time. We explore the meaning of her gaze; how it shifts the act of see...
Apr 6
32 min
As the Northern Hemisphere turns toward the light, we arrive at the spring equinox - known in many pagan traditions as Ostara. In this episode of Hex & Muse, we explore the stories, symbols, and seasonal rhythms that shape this moment. From ancient myths of return and renewal to the folklore of hares and eggs, we trace how these traditions have travelled through time - eventually forming what we now recognise as Easter. Blending mythology, history, and modern ritual, this episode invites ...
Apr 3
18 min
In this episode of Hex & Muse, we step into the Scottish witch trials — where thousands, most of them women, were accused and executed under the Witchcraft Act of 1563. Through historical research and recorded testimony, we explore how fear became law, and how ordinary lives were transformed into accusation. This episode was inspired in part by the work of the Witches of Scotland podcast: https://www.witchesofscotland.com/podcast References & Further Reading Goodare, Julian. T...
Mar 17
35 min
Through the Gilded Eye - Witches, Goddesses & the Power of the Gaze How has art shaped the way we see witches and powerful women? In this episode of Hex & Muse, we step into the painted worlds of Circe, Lilith, and the witch archetype to explore how female power has been framed across centuries of art history. From the spellbinding tension of John William Waterhouse’s Circe Offering the Cup to Ulysses to the introspective sorcery of Alice Pike Barney’s Circe, the gaze surrounding thes...
Mar 10
30 min
A new rhythm is taking shape. In this episode of Hex & Muse, we explore where we are right now on the Wheel of the Year, beneath the Moon, and between the closing energy of the Snake and the forward momentum of the Horse. Blending folklore, astrology, lunar symbolism, and seasonal awareness, this episode reflects on clarity, endurance, and the quiet preparation that shapes what comes next - all grounded in the lived reality of southern hemisphere summer. A thoughtful episode about a...
Feb 4
14 min
This short episode marks the final page of Season One of Hex & Muse - a gentle closing ritual for a year of folklore, magic, art, and storytelling. I’m taking the rest of the year to finish uni, slow down, and actually breathe through the festive season, but I’ll return in the new year with fresh stories, rituals, and the beginning of Season Two. Thank you to everyone who has listened, shared, and helped this little community grow. Light a candle for the year we’ve lived, and I’ll see you...
Nov 24, 2025
2 min
In this haunting and beautiful episode of Hex & Muse, we step into the storm that changed the world. Born of lightning and grief, Mary Shelley dreamt a monster into being and in doing so, gave birth to modern horror, science fiction, and a mirror for the human soul. Through thunder over Lake Geneva, the ghost-story challenge at Villa Diodati, and the heartbreak that shaped Frankenstein, this episode traces how an eighteen-year-old woman stole fire from the gods and rewrote creation itself...
Nov 2, 2025
37 min
As spring blooms in the southern world and autumn deepens in the north, the veil thins across both. Tonight, Hex & Muse crosses that unseen border to meet Nicnevin - the Hallow Queen of Scotland. She rides through centuries of poetry, persecution, and myth: from Renaissance verse to witch-trial confessions, from the moors of Fife to the snow-clad peaks of Ben Nevis. Part goddess, part ghost, part faerie queen, Nicnevin is the keeper of thresholds - a spirit who walks between life and deat...
Oct 19, 2025
18 min
Once upon a midnight dreary... In this special reading, Hex & Muse drifts through the flicker of candlelight to meet one of literature’s most haunting visitations Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven. First published in 1845, this gothic masterpiece still beats with the same dark music: grief, longing, and the ache of a soul that cannot let go. Told in rhythmic, hypnotic verse, The Raven is a séance in language a lament that echoes between love and loss, dream and waking. In this episo...
Oct 16, 2025
8 min
From silent trick films to technicolour queens, from broomsticks to suburban sitcoms, from horror’s hysteria to feminist reclamation - cinema has never stopped conjuring the witch. In this episode of Hex & Muse, we trace her journey through a century of film: the haunted illusions of Georges Méliès, the fevered beauty of Häxan, the vanity of Disney’s mirror-obsessed queen, the domestic rebellion of Bewitched, the dread of Rosemary’s Baby, the velvet defiance of the 90s, and the reflective...
Oct 13, 2025
35 min
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