{"id":5713,"date":"2015-04-13T21:14:14","date_gmt":"2015-04-14T03:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/panmankey\/?p=5713"},"modified":"2017-04-07T15:11:47","modified_gmt":"2017-04-07T21:11:47","slug":"witches-on-vinyl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/panmankey\/2015\/04\/witches-on-vinyl\/","title":{"rendered":"Witches on Vinyl"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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Before the internet, before cable television, there was the vinyl LP. Though we usually think of records as vehicles for music, all kinds of records were released fifty years ago. Surprisingly, some of those featured Witchcraft. That Craft doesn\u2019t always resemble what many of us do today, but it\u2019s still fascinating and deserving of attention. Luckily for us we live in the world of Youtube, and the stuff that\u2019s not in print is at least available to listen to, if not buy. <\/p>\n

\"louisehuebnerffff\"<\/a>Louise Huebner-<\/strong>Seduction Through Witchcraft<\/em><\/strong> <\/p>\n

I\u2019m surprised there\u2019s not a Wikipedia entry for Louise Huebner, the Official Witch of Los Angeles<\/a>, and one-time media sensation. For those of you unfamiliar with Huebner, she was one of the first media witches. Huebner was a fixture on TV talk-shows and received her fair share of press as well back in the early 1970\u2019s (and sometimes still does<\/a>). For whatever reason, Huebner hasn\u2019t enjoyed the long-lasting notoriety of a Sybil Leek, perhaps because her version of Witchcraft is a little less than mainstream:<\/p>\n

\u201cA Witch is a psychic female who with magical secrets and sheer force of will makes things happen. I\u2019m a witch, my mother\u2019s a witch, my grandmother is a witch . . . I\u2019m a sixth generation witch. With magic I control energy, with magic I can help you become a power . . . . you will soon be able to rearrange the law and order of all things.\u201d -From The Seduction of Witchcraft<\/em>, Track One Introduction<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"powerthrough\"<\/a>Huebner\u2019s greatest success came in 1969 with the release of Power Through Witchcraft.<\/em> That book was turned into the album Seduction Through Witchcraft<\/em> which was released by Warner Brothers the same year. The album is a mix of spoken word spells and ridiculously trippy sound effects. It sounds as if the intent of the record was to both tantalize and scare, but the result is nearly comical in 2015. While I don\u2019t agree with Huebner about who can and can\u2019t be a Witch, I do like her take on raising energy and spell work, at least when she\u2019s not calling for orgies as \u201critualistic energy exchanges that provide the concentration of power needed for spell casting,\u201d but I guess it was the 60\u2019s. <\/p>\n