The Purple Pawedcast

Magic in Diversity - with Storm Faerywolf

The Purple Pawedcast

Show Notes

Today's episode features the life and magic of Storm Faerywolf. Storm is an author, educator, warlock, and Co-Founder of Modern Witch University. In our discussion, Storm and I take on topics as far afield as the base nature of gender roles, each of our lasting legacies, and our favorite Monty Python movies. REFERENCES; Storm Faerywolf’s Website: https://faerywolf.com/ Follow Storm on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/faerywolf/ Follow Storm on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/faerywolf/ Follow Storm on Threads: https://www.threads.net/@faerywolf Follow Storm on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/faerywolf.bsky.social

(00:00) - Opening credits

(00:37) - Show opening

(01:30) - Instroducing Storm Faerywolf

(02:44) - Preinstalled with Magical OS

(07:15) - A sense of wonder keeps magicians young

(10:17) - Hate can happen anywhere

(13:41) - Queer was always a major component of magic

(19:39) - Gender roles are beneath humanity

(24:55) - Sexes are not opposite, they're complementary

(30:33) - Creating our own Queer Craft

(37:45) - And now for something completely different...

(40:27) - Be proud you made it this far!

(45:38) - You never know whom you touch

(52:37) - Storm Faerywolf's Pride

(57:14) - The Blue God of Faery Tradition

(59:23) - How to find Storm Faerywolf on the internet

(01:02:29) - Show closing

(01:04:01) - Closing credits

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