The Blue Bottle Tree is an audio altar and apothecary rooted in Black, diasporic folklore with the intention of extending and honoring ancestral memory. We explore concepts, politics, symbolism, and more in each of the stories presented. While there is storytelling and folk tales, this podcast is for folks 18+! Enjoy!
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The Blue Bottle Tree is an audio altar and apothecary rooted in Black, diasporic folklore with the intention of extending and honoring ancestral memory. We explore concepts, politics, symbolism, and more in each of the stories presented. While there is storytelling and folk tales, this podcast is for folks 18+! Enjoy!
“The Magic Do-All Ax” gets the Blue Bottle Tree treatment! Xolani re-tells the tale and speaks on the consequences we face when continually moving from urgency. Without disposing our main character, we’ll examine what may have informed his actions and how we might be influenced by the same things. Finally, we’ll re-imagine what magic truly is and how we can bring it into our lives.
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SOURCES:
- Gates Jr., H. L., & Tatar, M. (Eds.). (2018). Defiance and Desire: Flying Africans and Magical Instruments In The Annotated African American Folktales (pp. 163–195). essay, W. W. Norton & Company Ltd.
- Morrison, T. (1987). Beloved. Vintage.
- Wynter, S. (2003). Unsettling the Coloniality of Being/Power/Truth/Freedom: Towards the Human, After Man, Its Overrepresentation—An Argument.
The Blue Bottle Tree
The Blue Bottle Tree is an audio altar and apothecary rooted in Black, diasporic folklore with the intention of extending and honoring ancestral memory. We explore concepts, politics, symbolism, and more in each of the stories presented. While there is storytelling and folk tales, this podcast is for folks 18+! Enjoy!
