{"podcast":{"title":"What Magic Is This?","slug":"what-magic-is-this-555811","podcast_index_feed_id":555811,"rss_url":"https://whatmagicisthis.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://whatmagicisthis.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/3/f/8/e/3f8e133911df4eabe55e3c100dce7605/MainPodcast24-20241030-3ky2ih0agw.png","author":"Douglas Batchelor","episode_count":165,"summary":"What Magic is This? is a topic based podcast about Magic, the Occult, the Esoteric, the Paranormal, the Supernatural and the Weird. Each episode revolves around one single topic in the hope that we can flesh out the important aspects one needs to know about it. From history to practices to important figures and more, What Magic is This? is for anyone curious about Magic and the strange world in which we live. If you're looking for the best place to find out about any of these topics, you've found the right Podcast to get you on your way.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-30T06:20:19.317160+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-magic-is-this-555811"},"episode":{"title":"The History of Cartomancy","slug":"the-history-of-cartomancy","published_at":"2026-04-18T04:17:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-magic-is-this-555811/the-history-of-cartomancy","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-magic-is-this-555811","url":"https://whatmagicisthis.com/2026/04/18/the-history-of-cartomancy/","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/whatmagicisthis/149_-_History_Cartomancy.mp3?dest-id=1346279","summary":"Playing cards have always been magical. While not as ubiquitous and long tenured as dice and other means of games and gambling, card games have been a part of western culture for over 600 years. Inevitably, as soon as something gets used for games, it immediately gets used for divination and fortune-telling as well. This form of divination has been called Cartomancy and since the 15th century it has an incredibly diverse and fascinating history, one which currently sees it as the second most popular form of divination in the western world.","meta_description":"Playing cards have always been magical. While not as ubiquitous and long tenured as dice and other means of games and gambling, card games have been a par…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":11131,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/what-magic-is-this-555811/episodes/the-history-of-cartomancy/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-magic-is-this-555811/the-history-of-cartomancy.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}