{"podcast":{"title":"Modern Witches✨","slug":"modern-witches-5010057","podcast_index_feed_id":5010057,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/66c8d71c/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://modernwitches.org","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/17144383/17144383-1776461235603-ca19595ccf64e.jpg","author":"Modern Witches","episode_count":134,"summary":"The Modern Witches Podcast highlights the many multifaceted and diverse pathways of the witch. Tune in for inspiring interviews with modern practitioners of witchcraft + magic, AND seasonal astrological and energetic downloads from your host Casey Zabala and her magical guests. Our community is a sacred container for the witch-curious, witch-identifying, and magically minded to authentically grow and learn together. Listen in and get inspired to cultivate your own spiritual practices. LEARN MORE: https://modernwitches.org/","last_synced_at":"2026-07-23T02:17:10.482125+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/modern-witches-5010057"},"episode":{"title":"122. Symbolorum & the Wonder all around us w/ Mandy Aftel of Aftelier Perfumes","slug":"122-symbolorum-the-wonder-all-around-us-w-mandy-aftel-of-aftelier-perfumes","published_at":"2026-02-06T06:04:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/modern-witches-5010057/122-symbolorum-the-wonder-all-around-us-w-mandy-aftel-of-aftelier-perfumes","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/modern-witches-5010057","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/modern-witches/episodes/122--Symbolorum--the-Wonder-all-around-us-w-Mandy-Aftel-of-Aftelier-Perfumes-e3ei1tf","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/66c8d71c/podcast/play/114935151/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-2%2F971211d8-93ba-1aa8-2b78-00baff98784a.mp3","summary":"Join us for an enchanting conversation with preeminent natural perfumer and author, Mandy Aftel as we explore her latest publication, Symbolorum: The Secret Wisdom of Emblems . In this curated collection, Aftel resurrects the lineage of emblems, which were once a popular esoteric device for gathering and disseminating wisdom, lore, and curiosities. Learn how Mandy discovered this arcane world of emblems, and her loving reproduction and of 100 emblems from the Symbolorum et Emblematum. If you are an antiquarian at heart, this episode is sure to make your soul sing. 🌝 Subscribe to the Modern Witches newsletter: https://modernwitches.myflodesk.com/luna 🧹 Share your work with our community of radical witches: https://modernwitches.org/community-marketing ✨✨✨~✨✨✨~✨✨✨~✨✨✨~✨✨✨~✨✨✨~✨✨✨~✨✨✨ ABOUT MANDY: Mandy Aftel is a preeminent natural perfumer, educator, curator, and author of 6 books on natural fragrance and flavor. She is the founder of Aftelier Perfumes (www.aftelier.com) her artisanal line of natural fragrances. She created the Aftel Archive of Curious Scents (www.aftelarchive.com) as a cabinet of curiosities about natural essences. Her ten books include Essence and Alchemy: A Natural History of Perfume , which helped spark the natural perfume renaissance and has been translated into seventeen languages. Buy the book: https://www.abbeville.com/products/symbolorum?srsltid=AfmBOorLMo6AFDstuHPS_nDc1PdaqAJQSgvzXQCeXvxM4SWzY4mUgg60 Aftel Archive of Curious Scents: https://www.aftelier.com/Articles.asp?ID=256 ✨✨✨~✨✨✨~✨✨✨~✨✨✨~✨✨✨~✨✨✨~✨✨✨~✨✨✨ ABOUT YOUR HOST: Casey Zabala - interdisciplinary artist & intuitive witch - Work with Casey: ⁠https://www.wandererstarot.com/workwithcasey⁠ and follow them on substack: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://notesfromthehedge.substack.com/⁠","meta_description":"Join us for an enchanting conversation with preeminent natural perfumer and author, Mandy Aftel as we explore her latest publication, Symbolorum: The Secr…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3218,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/modern-witches-5010057/episodes/122-symbolorum-the-wonder-all-around-us-w-mandy-aftel-of-aftelier-perfumes/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/modern-witches-5010057/122-symbolorum-the-wonder-all-around-us-w-mandy-aftel-of-aftelier-perfumes.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}