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Heather D. Freeman (She / They) @heatherfreeman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Registration closes October 8th for Creative Practices and Bridging the Invisible! October 15 - 17, 2026 Free, online conference about magic and esotericism, and their intersection with the arts and creative culture. View the full program and register here: sites.google.com/view/bridgin...

Creative Practices and Bridging the Invisible

Online, October 15 - 17, 2026

Registration closes October 8th!

Free, online conference about magic, esotericism, religion, spirituality, and their intersections with the arts, design, and creative culture from across disciplines, research areas, and practices.

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Heather D. Freeman (She / They) @heatherfreeman.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Photo dump: I'm in the Netherlands, doing things and hanging out with @jake.cosmic.plumbing and @tres.cosmic.plumbing . I'll add actual info besides alt tags when I'm not jetlagged. 😅

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Heather D. Freeman (She / They) @heatherfreeman.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

@cosmic.plumbing I used your software to find the election for this Mercury drawing (which was necessarily a 'basic election ++'), but I was able to get a really comprehensive sense of the overall astroweather thanks to Cosmic. Beautiful software, y'all!

Drawing with multiple colors. Snakes and a winged foot.

Drawing with multiple colors. Snakes and a winged foot. Candle and color scale cards

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Heather D. Freeman (She / They) @heatherfreeman.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

1 pm Eastern today (April 12, 2026), I'll be on Angela's Symposium, talking with Dr. Angela Puca about podcasts, media, art, the occult, magical, and esoteric. Hope you can join in or at least listen in!

YouTube web page with photos of Heather Freeman and Angela Puca and the text "magic in the United States: occult, art and media with Heather Freeman"

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Heather D. Freeman (She / They) @heatherfreeman.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

I took the course, passed the exam, and am now a Certified OOUX Strategist! Giant thanks to @jake.cosmic.plumbing over at @cosmic.plumbing who inspired me to take Sophia Prater's course. Hooked. Now I'm OOUX-ing websites, games, podcasts.... ask me how if you want some über nerd. 🩵💛❤️💚

Badge with a multi-colored Post-it notes, that says 'Certified OOUX strategist.'

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Heather D. Freeman (She / They) @heatherfreeman.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

@tres.cosmic.plumbing thank you so much for this cleansing spray, it really gets the ne'er-do-wells out quick! Can you send me another bottle big enough for all of my beloved #Charlotte? We got some crud from Chicago that needs to get rid of. Thanks! 🫶

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Heather D. Freeman (She / They) @heatherfreeman.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Also, Charlotte, though: Care and humbleness for the Dead. My love to all my Dead My love to b all your Dead. Who are also all Our Dead.

A dark, quiet porch in north Carolina, lot only by the candles before many photos and prints and notes for the beloved dead.

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Heather D. Freeman (She / They) @heatherfreeman.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Happy Halloween! Here's a pic of my teenager's pet spider Azimuth for those who need a spider this morning. 🖤🕷️🖤

A little ~ 1.5" tarantula on a cards against humanity card. What does the other side of the card say, you ask? Nipple blades. Now you know.

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Heather D. Freeman (She / They) @heatherfreeman.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Hail, Venus, on your day + your hour, with the humble, artsy-craftsy Lot of Eros swirling herself across the Midheaven holding the hands of Mars and Mercury behind her, because -- fuck the rules -- LOVE is unconquerable, unrelenting, the most victorious slayer of both unwarded hearts and weary ones

A mixed media painting, an abstract swirl of pink and green and copper and text, suggesting hearts and connections.

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Heather D. Freeman (She / They) @heatherfreeman.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Charlotte showed up today! It was beautiful and heartening to remember we're not alone. First amendment free speech and freedom of assembly in action.

Protest signs and people in front of trees on a beautiful sunny day. One sign says Queen City bows to no kings. Another says the only minority destroying America is the rich.

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Heather D. Freeman (She / They) @heatherfreeman.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

This is me, demonstrating signs of life. magic.charlotte.edu (If you know the history here, I'm waving at you from the aether.)

Front page of the website 'Center for the Study of Ideas and Practices' showing a banner, the center band and descriptive text which can be read on the website (link in post).

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Heather D. Freeman (She / They) @heatherfreeman.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Also like many grimoires -- lots of 'copy-paste' with little to no context. (I sort of love it for the same reasons. A page from my grandma's cookbook, (1940s from a few dates I found).

Photo of a very old cookbook. Lines, yellowed pages. Combination of cursive handwriting giving a recipe for Flounders (?) a la Novelle Orleans plus cut out newspaper recipes for Clam Bisque, Bouillabaisse, and Lo! A Snappier Red Snapper!

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Heather D. Freeman (She / They) @heatherfreeman.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Well, shit. "Due to maintenance, Research.gov .... will be unavailable from Fri., 4/25 at 10:00 PM ET to Sat., 4/26 at 1:00 PM ET.... Effective on 4/26/25, users signing into Research.gov through Login.gov must have their NSF account primary email match their Login.gov email."

Screenshot of Research.gov website with the following alerts:

Due to maintenance, Research.gov (including access to NSF-PAR, GRFP, PES, and ETAP) will be unavailable from Fri., 4/25 at 10:00 PM ET to Sat., 4/26 at 1:00 PM ET. NSF apologizes for any inconvenience.

Effective on 4/26/25, users signing into Research.gov through Login.gov must have their NSF account primary email match their Login.gov email.

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Heather D. Freeman (She / They) @heatherfreeman.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

At an online #digitalhumanities conference all day, but ran to uptown Charlotte for this. #handsoff ! (Didn't get a better photo, but it was a couple thousand people on a two mile march.)

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Heather D. Freeman (She / They) @heatherfreeman.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Hey Charlotte, BOOM! is happening again this year! I'll be doing free divinations with my 'Evocation Deck: Shield of Witches' on opening night, Friday, April 25th, 7:30-8:30 pm. Check out the other amazing artists and schedule here: boomcharlotte.org/2025-artists/

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Heather D. Freeman (She / They) @heatherfreeman.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

And not to be totally spooky, but these literally just fell off my bookshelf in protest. Fine. (And hi @drcummins.bsky.social and @jessehathawaydiaz.bsky.social !)

Two books on the same dirty carpet: cyprian old world and the immaterial book of st. Cyprian. Also my dirty, but boss shoes.

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Heather D. Freeman (She / They) @heatherfreeman.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

I'm going social-media-dark until the new year, but Happy Holidays, and THANK YOU to everyone who's listened to and helped create Magic in the U.S! Thank you most of all to my friends and family who have both supported and challenged me in all the *best* ways --I'm so grateful for all of you! 💖🤗💖

A selfie of Heather Freeman and her kid Quinn in a restaurant booth. Heather looks wry, and Quinn is giving the peace symbol. Or victory. (Why not both?)

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Heather D. Freeman (She / They) @heatherfreeman.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Magic in the U.S. S 3 E 6: Magical Futures! www.magicintheunitedstates.com/s3e6 Tech-savvy magical practitioners reveal a great deal about the future of both magic and technology in the United States. #witchsky #spiritsky #occultsky #podcast @prx.org @wolvendamien.bsky.social

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Heather D. Freeman (She / They) @heatherfreeman.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

My brother and I visited Haberdish in Charlotte. I pulled a tarot card for the bartender + she invented a new drink she supply called "The Sun." Such a great afternoon with my brother at a favorite haunt. #tarotsky #witchsky #divination (No, I don't remember what was in it. It was delicious though.)

Bright sunny cocktail with a yellow marigold flower and orange slices in it next to "The Sun", the 19th card in the major arcana (waite-smith deck)

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Heather D. Freeman (She / They) @heatherfreeman.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Magic in the U.S. S 3 E 5: Teen Witch! www.magicintheunitedstates.com/s3e5 Teen witches are all over the media -- but *real* ones are shrouded in mystery. Featuring @middleagewitch.bsky.social, Addy Ebrahimy, @heathergreene01.bsky.social and Susan Ridgely. #witchsky #spiritsky #podcast #witch

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Heather D. Freeman (She / They) @heatherfreeman.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Post sometime you've been told you look like who you (probably) don't look like: ~ 25 years ago, I'd get Julie Andrews a lot.

Julie Andrews sometime in the early to mid 80s

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Heather D. Freeman (She / They) @heatherfreeman.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Quote with your selfie and Lord of your Ascendant. Venus in Capricorn in the 4th, Whole Sign. (3rd in Placidus, if you *must* know.) @jake.cosmic.plumbing and @aidanwachter.bsky.social I really do love your Mercury placements. If @feebzrae.bsky.social shares, I'll take some of that too.

A ridiculously sexy Jeff Murphy stands next to a wizened crone, newly minted into her post-menopausal sunset, with a speech bubble proclaimed "#50 hell yeah" (because, I indeed, come the this decan of Sagittarius, she will in fact be 50) and just to underline his unfortunate circumstance, Jeff added the text, "Heather is turning 50!" Fortunately for both of them, Heather is driving a session IPA and the night is young.

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Heather D. Freeman (She / They) @heatherfreeman.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

In today's episodes of Magic in the United States, The Stars Ascending, learn about the history of astrology in the U.S! www.magicintheunitedstates.com/s3e4 Featuring Nicholas Campion, @tres.cosmic.plumbing Michael York, and @jake.cosmic.plumbing . #astrologysky #witchsky #spiritsky @prx.org

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Heather D. Freeman (She / They) @heatherfreeman.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Listen to Magic in the United States, Season 3, Episode 3: The Sorcerous Saint about Cyprian if Antioch and American sorcery! www.magicintheunitedstates.com/s3e3 Featuring @jessehathawaydiaz.bsky.social , José Leitão, and Katarina Pejovic #podcasts #witchsky #occultsky #spiritsky @prx.org

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Heather D. Freeman (She / They) @heatherfreeman.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Show me a picture on your phone that has your energy that isn't a selfie.

Sticker that says "Charlotte for public transit) but the type design is... interesting, and it looks like it says "harlotte for public transit"

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Heather D. Freeman (She / They) @heatherfreeman.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Magic in the United States, Season 3, Episode 3: The Sorcerous Saint www.magicintheunitedstates.com/s3e3 Learn how Saint Cyprian of Antioch went pop in the U.S. and became the popular patron saint of sorcerers. Featuring @jessehathawaydiaz.bsky.social , José Leitão, and Katarina Pejovic #podcasts

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Heather D. Freeman (She / They) @heatherfreeman.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Listen to S3, E2: Teresita on Magic in the United States this weekend! Learn about the late-19th century curandera Teresa Urrea and contemporary practitioner Grace Sesma. www.magicintheunitedstates.com/s3e2 @prx.org

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Heather D. Freeman (She / They) @heatherfreeman.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Maybe they're moving to the big cat exhibition here?

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Heather D. Freeman (She / They) @heatherfreeman.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Magic in the United States, Season 3, Episode 2: "Teresita" The curandera Teresa Urrea was a prominent figure in the Mexican-U.S. border uprisings of the 1880s and her story bridges the physical and metaphysical border between these two young nations. #curanderismo #history #podcast #podcasts

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Heather D. Freeman (She / They) @heatherfreeman.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Action shot at the local brewery with our current foster dog Donut. (Foster orgs: Charlotte Mecklenburg Animal Control and Forgotten Now Family, both on Instagram.)

Two photos, the top is mayhem with a big tan and white dog and Heather Freeman, the bottom is both of us settled in and we saw what a lap puppy Donut the Dog really is.

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Heather D. Freeman (She / They) @heatherfreeman.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Not my dinner, but now I'm contemplating it.

Sour patch kid flavored Oreo cookies. I know. But I would eat one just to find out.

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Heather D. Freeman (She / They) @heatherfreeman.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

There. Now my baby brother is on Bluesky. [He's not. He's not on any social media at all. But I can pretend.]

Heather Freeman and Smith Freeman being super duper cool kids, just outside of Reno NV.

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Heather D. Freeman (She / They) @heatherfreeman.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Magic in the United States Season 3 is out with "The Seer Stone and the Prophet!" 19th-century treasure seeking, scrying, Joseph Smith Jr., and Mormonism. www.magicintheunitedstates.com/s3e1

Illustration of Moroni and Joseph Smith Jr.

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