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Practical Witch Talk

Author: Friday Gladheart

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Practical tips about Witchcraft, tarot, herbs, magic, rituals, and more from the official home of the original Practical Witch‘s Almanac, celebrating 25 years of service.
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Permission Slips Q & A

Permission Slips Q & A

2025-06-2206:33

Are there witchcraft rules about plastic containers, microwaves, or magically exclusive cookies? In this upbeat episode, Friday Gladheart clears up common misconceptions stirred up by content creators who act like magical gatekeepers. Tune in for practical answers, empowering advice, and a big ol’ reminder that you don’t need anyone’s permission to practice your craft your way.
Cons, Scams & Frauds

Cons, Scams & Frauds

2025-02-2545:26

Ministry officiant scam, exploring the complexities of psychic fraud, drawing on real experiences to highlight how genuine spiritual practices can be uplifting and insightful while exposing and addressing the dangers of fraudulent schemes.
Samhain blessings to you! On the secular side, it's been a frightening Halloween season this year. Post-election: Where do we go from here?
Broom Flights of Fancy

Broom Flights of Fancy

2024-09-1212:53

Practical Tips sprinkled into a fun episode about farcical flights. Lighten the mood during the stressful time of back-to-school chaos, election ads, and upcoming holidays.
Learn how to make tinctures from fresh or dried herbs and botanicals. Simple ways to make single, double, and triple extracts. Plus, turn your bundle of herbs into incense sticks! How to add a little magic to your ritual beverages, and more.
Tips, tricks, and techniques for making great ointments and balms!
Magical Anchors

Magical Anchors

2024-06-2520:48

Unscripted talk on creating magical anchors, meditation basics (box breathing and a simple visualization), summer celebration ideas, and more.
Celebrating Sabbats

Celebrating Sabbats

2024-06-1813:15

This podcast covers more than just the basics. It also looks at how we approach the Sabbats and secular holidays, offering ideas and tips to better your Sabbat enjoyment and celebrations.
Expanding on techniques of using dice for divination, type of dice, and layout ideas. Also, a brief social experiment regarding gender.
We delve into the dark side of granola while looking at some religious zealots, quacks, the Temperance movement, the Temperance tarot card, abstinence, wellness gurus, and the ever-popular mise en place magic segment this week is about stockpiling protection energy.
Discussion of how to connect with plant allies in the form of tea, incense, and smoking, specifically for plants listed in the tea recipes of The Practical Witch's Almanac (2024) but not covered in this week's article.
Introducing the 2024 season of expanding on the weekly topic in The Practical Witch's Almanac along with side quests exploring adjacent topics.
Psychics, Cards & More

Psychics, Cards & More

2023-11-0926:15

Creative Witches and Publishing. Are you cursed? Should you steal a tarot deck? Is it illegal to read cards?
Mise en Place Magic

Mise en Place Magic

2022-12-0112:33

Prepping your magic for times when your energy is low. Tips and tricks to set up items for times when you need them.
A report of the backlash from the Red Flags in Groups episode, and your host shares a little about her witchy path.
Using magical terminology such as manifestation while still holding onto and spreading harmful and privileged concepts (albeit unintentionally).
Red Flags in Groups

Red Flags in Groups

2022-01-1116:21

This podcast is meant to help you identify red flags when you meet other witches in person, or when you join a coven, a teaching circle, or other groups. I’ll cover some real-life examples of things to avoid and red flags to watch for. This podcast is also a call to action to all those witches out there who let red flags slide in their communities.
An informal discussion for beginners and elders about terminology, power plays, and Witchcraft etiquette.
Which Sabbat is the New Year for Witches?  Syncretic practices, traditional practices, reconstructionism, online debates, the elements, and other topics.
Autumnal Spices

Autumnal Spices

2021-10-2611:18

What are the autumn and winter spices, and why do we associate pumpkin spice with these seasons?
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