Ravin’ Girls Ep.6: Midnight Magic
Episode Summary:
Welcome to Episode 6, where we cover Chapters 16-18 of The Raven Boys!
I think someone slipped us the giggle juice this time around! We lose our collective minds about the subject of Paul Bunyan’s beard, debate whether baby birds are cute or ugly, give some solid advice on what to do if something tells you it can “smell you” (hint: RUN!), and Shannon makes what might be the nerdiest joke this podcast has ever seen. And that’s saying a lot.
DEEP DIVE: Scrying
MINI-DEEP DIVE on the difference between psychics and witches
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2/1/18-- Ravin' Girls Episode 7, covering chapters 19-22 of TRB
2/15/18-- Ravin’ Girls Episode 8, covering chapters 23-24 of TRB
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Links to Articles, Websites, and Other Discussions:
Maggie talks about reading memoirs about bird rehab for details on how to raise Chainsaw: http://ravenboys.tumblr.com/post/34241110284/maggie-stiefvater-answers-questions-about-raven
Maggie learning the Irish Pipes: https://youtu.be/Y4GNc4CAi2I
Maggie playing the pipes during the All The Crooked Saints tour: https://www.instagram.com/p/Bbxx_FfhNBD/
Baby ravens are not all that cute: http://coyot.es/thecorvidblog/2013/10/13/i-am-not-a-baby-crow/
D & D spell info: https://roll20.net/compendium/dnd5e/Scrying#content
Basic definition: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrying
The Art and History of Scrying: https://associationofparanormalstudy.wordpress.com/2013/11/14/mirror-mirror-on-the-wall-the-art-and-history-of-scrying/
Sounds sorta like what Neeve did. https://lonerwolf.com/scrying/
John Dee: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dee
Jeane Dixon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeane_Dixon
More on Jeane Dixon: http://skepdic.com/dixon.html
The Bloody Mary game is kinda like scrying https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Mary_(folklore)
Possible physical explanation for scrying visions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troxler%27s_fading
Dresden Files Soulgaze http://dresdenfiles.wikia.com/wiki/Soulgaze
Wikipedia page on Pareidolia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareidolia
Definition of Pareidolia: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pareidolia
Definitions of Magic: https://www.llewellyn.com/encyclopedia/term/Magick
The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/82192.The_Crystal_Cave
Aleister Crowley’s definition of magic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magick_(Thelema)
Ronan’s magic is the oldest in the books: http://maggie-stiefvater.tumblr.com/post/142690071736/the-raven-king-countdown-day-two-favorite
**MAGGIEWATCH**
Maggie’s Dreamer Trilogy Pinterest Board (she’s killing me!): https://www.pinterest.com/maggiestiefvate/dreamers/
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Acknowledgements:
The Raven Cycle and all affiliated properties (The Raven Boys, The Dream Thieves, Blue Lily, Lily Blue, and The Raven King) are copyright Maggie Stiefvater and Scholastic, Inc. The Ravin’ Girls reference these properties for the purpose of literary analysis.
Intro and Outro music by Damiano Baldoni, used under CC Attribution License: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Damiano_Baldoni/Lost_Dinasty/
The original tracks have been edited for the podcast.
