Episode notes
In this episode of Raven’s Lore Cast, we descend into the overlooked, the dismissed, and the deeply misunderstood realm of the witch’s familiar—through the lens of one of the most ancient and resilient companions: the rodent.
Across history, rodents have been revered as divine messengers, feared as harbingers of disease, and misunderstood as symbols of contamination and chaos. But beneath those narratives lies a deeper truth—one rooted in survival, intelligence, and sacred persistence.
We explore:
- The ancient practice of myomancy and the role of mice as prophetic intermediaries
- Apollo Smintheus and the dual nature of revelation and consequence
- The rodent’s place in Norse cosmology, Hindu mythology, and the Chinese zodiac
- How fear reshaped the relationship between witches and the natural world
- The familiar as both external companion and internal survival instinct
Under a waning crescent moon, with Mercury hidden in inferior conjunction, this episode invites you into a quieter kind of magic—the kind that moves beneath notice.
Through ritual, story, and a deeply grounding Kitchen Witchery segment, you’ll be guided to reconnect with the part of yourself that adapts, endures, and continues—without recognition, without permission, and without apology.
This is not an episode about becoming.
This is an episode about remaining.
🖤 If this stirred something, it was already yours.