A FEW GROUND RULES . . . Deb has made a point of weaving history and myth through the All Souls Trilogy. She has mentioned on several occasions in interviews, speaking engagements and in online interactions, that she has intentionally done so as part of her secret plan to teach and inspire her readers.  The […]

Since this mentioned a hedgehog, a bunch of nasty rats, and we’re sure all sorts of other critters, the “menagerie” suited. Description: Hello, Elizabeth’s London! We begin with Gallowglass sailing it like he stole it (well he did, kind of!), and end with some really big news! Join us if you have time to put […]

“Phoebe had encouraged the entire family to think of gifts that were handmade or hand-me-down, which struck us all as both meaningful and practical.” ~The Book of Life For our giveaway, that’s what we are doing.  We are offering a hand-me-down…or better, a well-loved copy of A Discovery of Witches to a lucky recipient!  And […]

Edward Kelley Description: Despite repeated attempts to have a proper sit-down with Edward Kelley, Diana is not having a lot of luck; what she is managing to do is to get more and more tangled up in Emperor Rudolf’s world and imagination. Finally, through a tangled network of connections via the “Real Housewives of Prague,” […]

Description: Listeners, you really are in for a treat today! Fresh from her attendance of the National Television Awards (recorded on the 25th of January, 2019), Deb dropped in to talk A Discovery of Witches with us! Pull up a chair to the Daemon table, and join us while we have a visit with an […]

Sol in Virgo … finally! Description: Sol in Virgo dictates that children go back to school. Well, we are children at heart, so we’ll take the advice! It also says it signifies a change of place. Matthew and Diana are entering a brave new world of disclosure; 😳 subsequently, Chris is entering the necessary new […]

Prizes are not to scale! Here it is!  Time for another giveaway!  Well, you didn’t think we’d let prize 2 from the Halloween giveaway go to waste, did you?  No, of course not!  This time we are joined by our fellow All Souls enthusiasts over at The Tenth Knot, and they’ve kicked in to sweeten […]

What a busy week in our colliding worlds…we’ll do a quick recap: REMEMBER THE PAST AST World •  VIDEO:  Aerial View of Chateau Dauphin Video by Drone de Vues Gérard Dumortier / shared by All Souls Con Posted by Deb Harkness on Twitter. Words of wisdom! •  She also visited Seattle on the original final […]

If you were successful in completing books one and two of the All Souls Trilogy, ‘A Discovery of Witches’, and ‘Shadow of Night,’ but haven’t picked up ‘The Book of Life’ yet, we are here for you! This is also a great refresher for people who haven’t picked up the books in a while. Click […]

Description: The dreaded (well, we dreaded it!) episode on alchemy!  What an intimidating topic!  We do a very (very, very, very) basic overview on alchemy in this episode.  We did it with the help of a beginner’s book on alchemy and a bunch of Google searches for different sources.  The end result?  Surprise!  You’ve been […]

NOPE! It’s going in the freezer!!! Description: Endings, beginnings — change. Boy, do we get a dose of all three throughout these two chapters! We watch Diana Bishop and Matthew Clairmont take their first steps as an “official” husband and wife team. We spend some quality moments with Philippe de Clermont before we bid him […]

When we last left our Maven Daemon in Part I, she was leaving the Morgan Library and Museum and heading up Fifth Avenue on foot when spectacular Neo-Gothic architecture came into view – St. Patrick’s Cathedral. Exterior of St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Manhattan As you can see above, the flamboyant Gothic exterior includes two spires […]

Didn’t we all know a Cassie and Lydia? 🤬 Description: After everyone’s apparent survival of the –now famous– Lugnasidah party, the local coven witches who have been invited into Matthew and Diana’s lives, suddenly get way more involved than anyone intended! This was the result of Diana’s inadvertent burst of magic used to save young […]

Yay! Halloween! Our favorite! Halloween! Yes, this is the time of year we get to go out and be our naturally freaky selves! To celebrate, we are having —- a GIVEAWAY (well, of course, we are). This year, we decided to have some fun with the prize. While browsing the internet, we came across a […]