"Imposter syndrome is the human's natural predator." -Lauren ParkerSpells for Success: Deck and Guidebook 40 Spells to Set Intentions and Manifest Everyday Wins by Lauren ParkerSponsored by Amy Blackthorn Intuitive (https://amyblackthorn.as.me/schedule/5eacb6fa)Lauren Parker stops by the Podcast to talk about growing up on the move, "My hometown is the back of a station wagon."After you listen, go read 'Wise Child,' by Monica Furlong.
Edited by Cassandra Snow. (Cassandra-Snow.com)Cassandra is a professional tarot card reader, and teacher, writer, and theather maker in Minneapolis, MN. Cassandra's writing focuses on tarot, paganism, arts journalism, queer lifestyle and personal storytelling. They are the author of Queering the Tarot and Queering your Craft: Witchcraft from the Margins and co-authored Lessons from the Empress: a Tarot Workbook for Self-Care and Creative GrowSponsored by Amy Blackthorn Intuitive (amyblackthorn.as.me)Media mentioned during the episode.Becoming Dangerous: Witchy Femmes, Queer Conjurers, and Magical Rebels by Katie WestQueer Magic: Power Beyond Boundaries by Lee HarringtonQueering the Tarot by Cassandra SnowQueer Devotion: Spirituality Beyond the Binary in Myth, Story, and Practice by Charlie Claire Burgess Radical Tarot: Queer the Cards, Liberate Your Practice, and Create the Future by Charlie Claire Burgess78 Acts of Liberation: Tarot to Transform Our World by Lane SmithSeventy-Eight Degrees of Wisdom: A Tarot Journey to Self-Awareness by Rachel PollackFinding the Fool: A Tarot Journey to Radical Transformation by Meg Jones WallTarot Original 1909 Tarot Circular Deck Cards, Sasha Graham Next World Tarot: by Cristy C. Road The Linestrider Tarot Cards by Siolo Thompson The Wild Unknown Tarot by Kim KransDeviant Moon Tarot by Patrick ValenzaCrow Tarot by MJ CullinaneFat Folks Tarot (Fat Folks dot org)Slow Holler Tarot Deck https://slowholler.com5th Spirit Tarot Charlie Claire BurgessJasper @queerconjure Houseplant Tarot: A 78-Card Deck of Adorable Plants and Succulents for Magical Guidance by Minerva SiegelMoonlight Dream Tarot deck
Food has the power to nourish both our bodies and our spirits. The Kitchen Witch’s Culinary Oracle Deck harnesses this spiritual nutrition to provide guidance and inspiration from the foods and tools already in your home. With recipe suggestions and simple spells, these 50 cards invite you to go beyond divination and to harness the power of food to nourish and energize. Come learn about the different associations, connections, and uses of the different ingredients and utensils in your home, like: Avocado for Inner Beauty Apples for Balance and Harmony Pomegranate for Goddess Energy Pots & Pans for Creativity Asparagus for Masculine Energy So come, pull a card, make a meal, and nourish your spirit. With instructions on different card layouts and a QR code taking users to even more information and inspired recipes, this oracle deck is the perfect gift for anyone who loves the warmth of the kitchen, including yourself!
LTZ: Artist, Author, Witch. An artist, author, and fusion bellydance performer, Rhode Island-based Renaissance Witch Laura Tempest Zakroff is a simmering cauldron of talents and projects. They stopped by. TBG to talk about their work, Templefest shenanigans, book recs and more! https://lauratempestzakroff.com/ Stuff discussed in this episode includes: Adobe Fresco app Blackfeather Mystery School: The Magpie Training by Irene Glasse & Caine Dreamwalker A Witch's Ally: Building a Magical Relationship with Animal Familiars & Companions by Dodie Graham McKay and Kelden Animal-Speak: The Spiritual & Magical Powers of Creatures Great & Small by Ted Andrews Wise Child by Monica Furlong
Over Labor Day weekend (US) I was the keynote speaker for Templefest, put on by the amazing members of the Temple of Witchcraft. The lovely CD offered to record the speech and it is offered here for your listening enjoyment. I 100% endorse anyone attending Templefest and hope you find it as loving and inclusive as I did. Blackthorn's Book of Sacred Plant Magic is available now, wherever fine books are sold.
Sabrina is a teacher, diviner, writer, and coach. Over the last 40 years, she's developed her own system of reading and teaching tarot using round tarot cards. She's an Elder in the Blue Star Tradition of Wicca who also practices Buddhism, and a graduate of the Gryphon’s Grove School of Shamanism. In a former life, Sabrina was a social scientist who loved being a professor. During her academic career, she excavated Mayan ruins as an archaeologist and directed an interdisciplinary Urban Health Ph.D program as a medical anthropologist. Now she's a full-time Diviner who specializes in deep dive-readings that encourage personal transformation. Most of her clients are teachers, healers, witches, and change agents---people who are here to create a new kind of world.
Jamie Anderson said, “Grief is just love with no place to go.” Today we hear from three experts on grief in their chosen fields and discuss how it applies to the witchcraft community. Lulu- @thesalemplantwitch on TT. Runs a therapeutic group for witches in berevement. Mortellus @acrowandthedead on Insta. Author of 'Do I Have to Wear Black? Rituals, Customs and Funerary Etiquette for Modern Pagans' and 'The Bones Fall In a Spiral: a Necromantic Primer.' Courtney Weber @courtneyaweber on Insta. One of the hosts of That Witch Life podcast; author of the forthcoming 'Sacred Tears: A Witch's Guide to Grief.' Out June 2024. Books mentioned in this episode include: It's OK That You're Not OK: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture That Doesn't Understand by Megan Devine and Mark Nepo Advice for Future Corpses (and Those Who Love Them): A Practical Perspective on Death and Dying by Sallie Tisdale The Worm at the Core: On the Role of Death in Life by Sheldon Solomon, Jeff Greenberg, et al. There Is No Good Card for This: What To Say and Do When Life Is Scary, Awful, and Unfair to People You Love by Kelsey Crowe and Emily McDowell For children dealing with grief: Death Is Stupid (Ordinary Terrible Things) by Anastasia Higginbotham
“A beautiful blend of folklore, botanical science, acquired wisdom, and spiritual guidance.” —from the foreword by Luisah Teish Stephanie Rose Bird is a painter and the author of several bestselling books on earth spirituality, hoodoo, and anthropology, including Sticks, Stones, Roots and Bones; 365 Days of Hoodoo; Light, Bright and Damned Near White; and African American Magick. Bird, who holds a BFA cum laude and MFA, is a devotee of the Divinely Feminine. She is an Elder, Priestess, magick maker, and keeper of the spiritual wisdom of her indigenous African ancestors. Her work centers on the nexus of earth wisdom and the legacy of Black cultural heritage. Find her at stephanierosebird.com and follow her on Instagram @s.r.bird. Also mentioned in this episode, Jambalaya: The Natural Woman's Book of Personal Charms and Practical Rituals
Deborah Castellano is author of 'Glamour Magic: The Witchcraft Revolution to Get What You Want' and 'Magic for Troubled Times: Rituals, Recipes and Real Talk for Witches' along with an assortment of short erotica pieces published by Cleis Press. She is an independent maker of ritual perfumes and other fineries and active in her local chosen communities. https://www.deborahcastellano.com/ Sponsored by Blackthorn's Botanicals
The delightful Thumper Forge @fivefoldlaw has stopped by to to talk about divination, and their lithomancy/geomancy practice and other fun things along the way!
In this episode recorded March 2022, Devin Hunter from Modern Witch dot com interviews Amy. https://modernwitch.com/
Join The Blackthorn Grove in welcoming Victoria Laurie, author of the Psychic Eye Mysteries, as well as several other amazing series to talk about life as an author, questions she gets as a Medium, and how to balance it all and get words on the page! Sponsored by Blackthorn's Botanicals tea shop.
This episode features an hour-long summer thunderstorm on the east coast of the United States recorded by our hostess Amy Blackthorn at her home in Delaware. Episode sponsored by Blackthorn’s Botanicals tea shop.
Join Amy in exploring the steps needed to get your book idea to be seen by the traditional publishers in our niche. Important: This is my personal experience, I don't speak for any publisher. I'm not available to read manuscripts.
It's a new year and that means a new visit with Cyndi Brannen from Keeping Her Keys! We'll be discussing what it takes to be a Well Witch. Content Warning: There will be discussions on chronic pain, chronic illness and a brief mention of Eating Disorders, listen appropriately. Sponsored by Blackthorn's Botanicals dot com.
Sponsored by BlackthornsBotanicals.com Blackthorn's Botanical Wellness, out October 31st, 2022 from Weiser Books. Mortellus stopped by to catch up, and the amazing stories we exchanged were moving and empowering. Content warning: frank discussion of parenting, aging, inter-personal relationships, and brief mention of surviving s*icide towards the end of the episode. Mortellus at PanParaCon Sept 30th-Oct 2nd 2022 or at PanParaCon.com and Mortellus.com
Jennie Blonde: An eclectic Pagan witch with a love of hearth and home witchery, Jennie has been practicing witchcraft for twenty years. She lives in Pennsylvania with two furry familiars, one witchling, and her husband. Hearth and Home Witchcraft Blending storytelling, witchcraft, and warm advice, Jennie Blonde (the @comfycozywitch) offers recipes, rituals, and spell work, to nourish yourself and your family. Hearth and Home Witchcraft explores the following topics: rituals for protection and cleansing the hearth and home kitchen witchery, creating a kitchen altar, and recipes and rituals for nourishment the witch’s altar, tools, and spells, and creating a sacred space, no matter the size of the home herbs and plants, grounding rituals, and meditations to connect you with the earth witchy self-care, complete with rituals and recipes for ritual bath salts, oils, balms, and more Sponsored by AmyBlackthorn.com and BlackthornsBotanicals.com Mentions: So Potent Art: The Magic of Shakespeare by Emily Carding The Ritual Deck by Cassie Uhl
Enfys is a nonbinary, bisexual clergy member within the Assembly of the Sacred Wheel, and the High Priest of the Fellowship of the Ancient White Stag (Near the District of Columbia). Enfys has been studying the Qabala since 2012 and teaching since 2015 including presenting at the Sacred Space conference.
Lisa Wagoner stops by to talk about how to maintain a positive outlook when the world is out of control. LisaWagoner.com for autographed copies This episode sponsored by Blackthorn's Botanical Wellness, out November first wherever fine books are sold.
Exploring the connection between the tarot and our lives through music. Check out TarotTunes and MusicalConversations! Horse with No Name' America (Death) 'John Law Burned Down the Liquor Sto' by Chris Thomas King (Seven of Swords) 'Cult Leader' by King Mala (Emperor R) 'Is You Is or Is you Aint my Baby?' BB King version (The Lovers) 'The Band Played Waltzing Matilda' the Pogues (The Fool) 'Hoochie Coochie Man' by Muddy Waters (Magician) 'Beat the Devil's Tattoo' by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club 'Vehicle' by Ideology (The Chariot) 'Veteran of the Psychic Wars' by Blue Oyster Cult (The Hanged Man) 'You Can't Lose What you Aint Never Had' by Muddy Waters (Five of Cups) 'Way Down We Go' by KALEO (The Tower)