The beloved storybook witch exemplifies responsibilities and possibilities for balancing  independence and interdependence, service to community and service to self. Hear Eron introduce the tale that has become intrinsic to their own identity as a witch, before expounding on ways this story and character has been influential in our next episode. Eron Mazza is queer practitioner of witchcraft who resides in St. Louis Missouri. They believe that compassion, empathy, justice and joy are the strongest forces on the planet, and have the ability to turn the system on it’s head. They are a writer and host of their own podcast The witching hour with Eron Mazza.https://www.facebook.com/witchinghourwithEron/ Strega Nona by Tomie dePaolahttps://amzn.to/41aCEud Intro contains music provided by "Vivek Abhishek"https://www.youtube.com/user/VivEKhsi...Music used : "1 HOUR OF HORROR MUSIC" originally composed and produced by "Vivek Abhishek"https://youtu.be/JrNjyEixUEkFollow on Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/VivekEKhsihbA/Follow on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/vivek.abhis... --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/storybookpodcast/message