Magic in the United States: 400 Years of Magical Beliefs, Practices, and Cultural Conflicts

FAIN: TR-290728-23

University of North Carolina, Charlotte (Charlotte, NC 28223-0001)
Heather Diane Freeman (Project Director: August 2022 to present)

Production of three seasons of a podcast on how magical beliefs and practices have evolved in the U.S. from the 1600s to the present.

"Magic in the United States" is a three-season podcast series exploring how magical beliefs and practices have evolved in the United States from the early 1600s to the present. Each season of six episodes which will expand the audience’s understanding of magical beliefs and practices prevalent throughout recorded American history. The evolution of American magical beliefs and practices intersects with this nation’s rich religious diversity. Each episode will focus on a particular time-period or magico-religious movement, describe that practice and its origins, and then focus on a particular person, text, or controversy within that practice to illuminate how it co-existed or conflicted with the dominant religions and secular attitudes of its day.