Heather D. Freeman (She / They)

@heatherfreeman.bsky.social

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Host of 'Magic in the United States' and 'Familiar Shapes.' Technologist, artist, educator, magical practitioner, creepies, crawlies, etc. https://linktr.ee/heatherdfreeman Ideas expressed here are my own and do not reflect those of my employer.

Drinking coffee at 4:30 with the Sun out

Drawing with multiple colors. Snakes and a winged foot.

YouTube web page with photos of Heather Freeman and Angela Puca and the text "magic in the United States: occult, art and media with Heather Freeman"

Badge with a multi-colored Post-it notes, that says 'Certified OOUX strategist.'

A dark, quiet porch in north Carolina, lot only by the candles before many photos and prints and notes for the beloved dead.

Green cat skull with blue headphones

A little ~ 1.5" tarantula on a cards against humanity card. What does the other side of the card say, you ask? Nipple blades. Now you know.

A mixed media painting, an abstract swirl of pink and green and copper and text, suggesting hearts and connections.

Protest signs and people in front of trees on a beautiful sunny day. One sign says Queen City bows to no kings. Another says the only minority destroying America is the rich.

Front page of the website 'Center for the Study of Ideas and Practices' showing a banner, the center band and descriptive text which can be read on the website (link in post).

Photo of a very old cookbook. Lines, yellowed pages. Combination of cursive handwriting giving a recipe for Flounders (?) a la Novelle Orleans plus cut out newspaper recipes for Clam Bisque, Bouillabaisse, and Lo! A Snappier Red Snapper!

Beer can that reads "tropical summery goodness you are in for a magical ride"

Screenshot of Research.gov website with the following alerts:

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Hands Off! marchers in Charlotte, NC.

Coyote with handlebar mustache

Wildlife cam photo of Thursday, with coyotes howling, but backwards. Because that's my role.

Wildlife cam photo of coyotes howling in the night with the text "Thursday" above them, but the text is mirrored.

Coyotes howling up a Thursday, but backwards since they're facing Morgan's coyotes, which are howling up a Thursday. They are, in effect, howling Thursday right back. That's friendship right there, folks.

Google maps location "Gulf of America" with a one star review. Y'all. I really, really, really don't want to be on social media screaming into the void. It doesn't help change things. There's practical things in doing/should be doing. But maybe enough one star reviews or something....?

Bringing Race to the Table: Exploring Racism in the Pagan Community is an anthology which explores the topic of racism and how it shows up in the Pagan community, as well as what we can do to discuss it and bring it out in the open. Each section of the anthology explores different facets of racism and how the Pagan community respond to it. Section 1: People of Color's experience with Racism shares candid stories of how people of color have experienced racism in both subtle and overt forms, as well as how they have handled it. Section 2 Historical/Mythological Racism focuses on how Racism has shown up in mythological and historical contexts, as well as how it continues to show up in counter cultures. The final section: Being an Ally focuses on sharing suggestions and ideas on how white people can be better allies to people of color and how to be more aware of racism in both the Pagan and mainstream communities.

Two books on the same dirty carpet: cyprian old world and the immaterial book of st. Cyprian. Also my dirty, but boss shoes.

Hm. A book covered in wrapping paper, because I used to be shy about reading it in public. (Iykyk.) Another book. Gold star if you know either! Also my dirty carpet and my dirty rainbow-laced Chuck Taylors. And an office chair.

A selfie of Heather Freeman and her kid Quinn in a restaurant booth. Heather looks wry, and Quinn is giving the peace symbol. Or victory. (Why not both?)

A photo of the sun rising over a suburban winter forest on the solstice with clear skies.

Magic in the United States by PRX. Season 3, Episode 6: Magical Futures.

Bright sunny cocktail with a yellow marigold flower and orange slices in it next to "The Sun", the 19th card in the major arcana (waite-smith deck)

Magic in the United States by PRX. Season 3, Episode 5: Teen Witch Photo of a tween girl in a witch costume riding a brook and smiling brightly.

Adam Yauch

Julie Andrews sometime in the early to mid 80s

A ridiculously sexy Jeff Murphy stands next to a wizened crone, newly minted into her post-menopausal sunset, with a speech bubble proclaimed "#50 hell yeah" (because, I indeed, come the this decan of Sagittarius, she will in fact be 50) and just to underline his unfortunate circumstance, Jeff added the text, "Heather is turning 50!" Fortunately for both of them, Heather is driving a session IPA and the night is young.

Magic in the United States by PRX. Season 3, Episode 4: The Stars Ascending. Photo of an embroidered patch that says ‘Sagittarius’ and has a picture of a centaur.

The beautiful graphics of 3 floyds brewing's "warmullet" double IPA. They're from Indiana, so respect.

Photo of orange shelf mushrooms and green moss growing on an old tree stump near my bestie's mom's house in Washington.

Text: Magic in the United States by PRX. Season 3, Episode 3: The Sorcerous Saint. Video: A woman praying, a handsome but perhaps cruel man, a wizard, and books with a skull. Transcript: Justina was a beautiful young Christian woman. And one day Justina’s beauty attracted a suitor. Agladius seeks to buy a love spell from a sorcerer-for-hire – a service magician. Magicians often sold spells, charms, hexes, and counter-hexes to all sorts of people, from farmers to royalty. And so Agladius hired Cyprian for this love spell.

Sticker that says "Charlotte for public transit) but the type design is... interesting, and it looks like it says "harlotte for public transit"

Magic in the United States by PRX. Season 3, Episode 3: The Sorcerous Saint. Illustration of St. Cyprian of Antioch and St. Justina.

The very first bowl I made in an intro wheel class. Fired, glazed, and I love her and would cut a bitch for her. She is so much more than an ashtray. So much more.

Graphic: Magic in the United States by PRX. Season 3, Episode 2: Teresita. Footage of someone making herbal tea.
Transcript: Grace Sesma: I was always observing my family. My mother used herbs. She did massages when anybody was sick in our family. My other aunts brought with them some of the healing practices from their Yaqui community in Sonora.
Heather Freeman: Grace Sesma lives in California. And one of her aunts who performed these healing practices was a curandera -- a traditional healer who not only helped her family, but served the community as well.

Jeff Murphy, aka @fosterdogsclt and Donut the foster dog comin' at me like a hurricane.

Playmobil zoo exhibition box set

Screenshot of a Xitter quote by glass--beach, January 10th. "the point of art is not to be great but to make it transparently obvious that there is something wrong with you."

Magic in the United States by PRX. Season 3, Episode 2: Teresita.
Teresa Urrea, Curanderismo, and the Borderland uprisings. Captions: This is Magic in the United States. I'm Heather Freeman. In today's episode, we'll learn about Teresa Urrea, a curandera who became famous in Mexico and the United States for her healing powers at the turn of the 20th century. Teresa was an inspiration for revolutionaries in Mexico during the borderland uprisings and continues to be a role model for curanderas and curanderos today.

Two photos, the top is mayhem with a big tan and white dog and Heather Freeman, the bottom is both of us settled in and we saw what a lap puppy Donut the Dog really is.

Sour patch kid flavored Oreo cookies. I know. But I would eat one just to find out.

Video of Heather Freeman taking about the first season of magic in the US while standing in some woods. (Relevant content is in the audio and also auto transcribed on the video.)

Heather Freeman and Smith Freeman being super duper cool kids, just outside of Reno NV.

Illustration of Moroni and Joseph Smith Jr.

Photo of Eddie Buczynski

Solar powered halloween figurines on a window sill looking out at the beautiful October morning.

A faux medieval tapestry that says "fucketh around, findeth out"

Detail of a Venus talisman which will hopefully be consecrated this month. It's very green, abstract, with marks that might of might not be text.

Photo of Wovoca and the text "whose land are you on?" And the logos for magic in the United States and prx

The covers of George O'Connor's Olympians graphic novel series: Aphrodite, Apollo, ares, Artemis, Athena, Hades, Hera, Poseidon, Zeus and spread from the Zeus novel.