Double, double, toil, and trouble....Fire burn and podcast bubble....What??  Never mind.  It's Halloween!!! Samhaim!!! All Hallows Eve!!!  And our boy Will has magic and witches and ghosts and demons and  premonitions and precognitions and dreams and all kinds of freaky shit literally sprinkled throughout his plays.  In this episode, we discuss some of the history that influenced Shakespeare's writing as well as some conjecture about which witch is which in many of his plays.To support us (by giving us money) on Patreon, go here:  https://www.patreon.com/user?u=35662364&fan_landing=trueTo visit our website, go here:https://www.thebardcastyoudick.comTo donate to an awesome charity, go here:https://actorsfund.org/help-our-entertainment-communiity-covid-19-emergency-reliefLike us? Leave us a five-star rating AND a review wherever you get your podcasts!!Episode Sources:Rogers, L.W., The Occultism in the Shakespeare Plays - A study of the Occult, First Edition 1907Brigg, K.M., Pale Hecate's Team, Humanities Press, 1962Kahan, Jeffrey, Shakespiritualism: Shakespeare and the Occult, 1850 - 1950, Palgrave Macmillan, 2013Titland, Freia M., Magic and Shakespeare: A Representation of the Times, Presented to the Faculty of Regent University for Master of Fine ArtsMebane, John S., Renaissance Magic & the Return of the Golden Age,  University of Nebraska Press, 1992Long, Tom, The Book of Traditional Magickal Plants and Herbs,  Archan Publishing, 2019