Witch Wednesdays

Welcome to October! Kicking off one of my favorite months and a great season with Tahverlee: author, High Priestess, and Temple Keeper of Moon Temple Mystery School. Tahverlee is an expert in the ancient and modern practices of witchcraft, and we’re chatting all about the magic of October and the dark season ahead, including tips for changing up your daily practice to match the energy of autumn, ancestral outreach, dark moon magic, protection in working with spirits, cleansing, and so much more.Explore Tahverlee’s Work:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tahverlee/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@athena_in_my_bloodYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TahverleeWebsite: https://www.moontempleschool.com/our-storyTahverlee is the founder of Moon Temple Mystery School, guiding seekers through the mystical landscapes of witchcraft, empowerment, and transformation. She’s the visionary behind WitchFest, the largest event of its kind, where she inspires thousands to break free from limiting beliefs and embrace their inner magic.She’s also an accomplished speaker, social impact entrepreneur, and author. Her practical yet deeply mystical approach resonates with those seeking personal power and sovereignty in a world that often misunderstands the true essence of the witch.

Chatting today with Kashena Sampson all about music and witchcraft!Nashville artist Kashena Sampson will release her powerful new album, Ghost Of Me, on October 3rd. Born of shadow work and transformation, Ghost Of Me tells a testament of survival, personal discovery, and resilience. Rolling Stone has said her music evokes "the best of Seventies folk," and she has drawn a lot of comparisons to Stevie Nicks. This time, though, she digs deep beneath the surface to explore new territory, summoning her childhood influences (like Mazzy Star, Björk, and the Pixies).Besides being a singer-songwriter, Kashena is a tarot reader and practitioner - she was raised in a non-religious Jewish household with mother who taught her about Kabbalah and herbalism. The family didn’t have a television, so Kashena’s profound creativity blossomed at a very early age. Always drawn to witchcraft, her very first job was at an occult/esoteric bookstore. Her practice has been instrumental in her success on her sobriety path, and her commitment to shadow work has changed her life. Her songs are spell work, and her music is enchanting. Her album release is a lunar journey: the album and single releases are structured like a ritual under the phases of the moon - a cycle of letting go, calling in, and rising again. Find Kashena and Ghost of Me:Website: https://www.kashenasampsonmusic.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kashenasampson/?hl=en

Today I'm joined by Rhiannon Heins, founder of Intuitive Rebirth, for a very interesting (and vulnerable) chat about shadow work, fear, and healing - including simple baby steps you can start even as you're listening to this episode.Find Rhiannon:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhiannonheins_/ and https://www.instagram.com/intuitiverebirth/ Website: https://www.intuitiverebirth.com/ Rhiannon is the founder of Intuitive Rebirth, a bestselling author, intuitive channel, and healer. Her mission is to empower healers and seekers to unlock their miraculous power by facing the very darkness they’ve spent lifetimes avoiding. "I was curled on the floor, my body swallowed by nausea so deep it felt ancient. Fear flooded every cell, building like a tidal wave I couldn’t outrun. My mind whispered, “You might not survive this”. And then, in the absolute darkness, something clicked. I stopped resisting. I breathed through the terror, opened my heart, and let it consume me.That night, I learned the greatest spiritual truth: fear is not something to fight, it’s something to love.This became the foundation of my work with Intuitive Rebirth, where I now guide healers and seekers to meet their deepest shadows with unwavering love, transforming fear into freedom."

Spirit Speak presents a unified system for understanding the broad range of nonphysical beings that we call spirits. Ivo Dominguez Jr is able to make complex ideas accessible, through analogy and example, without oversimplifying. This comprehensive book can be understood and appreciated by readers from all different faiths, backgrounds, and levels of experience. It explores concepts such asspiritual lineagethe assumption of God-Formsthe mindset needed for proper spirit workdivine embodimentthe limits and potential for many spiritual practices This new edition of Spirit Speak contains a new foreword by Mat Auryn, fresh updates, and new chapters on plant spirits and aspecting.Find the book and Ivo:Book: https://redwheelweiser.com/book/spirit-speak-9781578638888/?srsltid=AfmBOoqnGWZJPg3_bK6z4_w-ofW7a4AUf2nUpJzxSbnyHYxyc5Grmui1Website: www.ivodominguezjr.comInstagram: www.instagram.com/ivodominguezjr/Ivo Domínguez, Jr. has been active in Wiccan and the Pagan community since 1978. Ivo is a founding member and former High Priest of Keepers of the Holly Chalice, the first Assembly of the Sacred Wheel coven. He currently serves as one of the Elders of the 15 ASW covens. Ivo has been published in numerous periodicals and is the author of The Four Elements of the Wise; Keys to Perception: A Practical Guide to Psychic Development; Practical Astrology for Witches and Pagans; Casting Sacred Space; and Spirit Speak, among other works. He is the anchor author for the new twelve book Witch’s Sun Sign Series. 

I'm joined today by Laura May to chat all about kitchen witchcraft.Invite the magic into your life with these deliciously witchy recipes and rituals. In Kitchen Magic, you'll learn how to infuse your everyday cooking with purpose, meaning and a sprinkle of magic. With 65 enchanting recipes, this cozy full-colour cookbook invites you to cultivate a deeper connection to the seasons, your ingredients and yourself.With Laura's essential tips of witchy pantry must-haves and tools, Kitchen Magic has everything you need to create enchantment in your kitchen - perfect for any modern witch or quirky home cook ready to turn cooking into a daily ritual of intention and magic.Find Kitchen Magic and Laura:Kitchen Magic: https://amzn.to/4mLuLXKInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/lauramayritualkitchen/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theritualkitchenYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheritualkitchenLaura May is a kitchen witch and content creator on @lauramayritualkitchen. From her narrowboat May Moon, Laura shares recipes, folkloric wisdom and rituals around modern witchcraft. Her work focuses on bringing intention and magic into the everyday, a practice that helped Laura along her own healing journey away from disordered eating.

Just me today! Responding to a Patreon request and chatting about witchcraft for seasonal transitions. If you feel anxious, unsettled, or overwhelmed this time of year, or during transitions in general, you are not alone. Let's chat about it today and talk about some ways to work with the changes and feel a little better.Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/witchwednesdays/posts

Such a fun chat today with author Kylie Holmes, all about tea leaf reading, coffee reading, symbols, intuition, and more!Learn the ancient art of tasseography and how to read tea leaves and coffee grounds. This essential book covers the history of tea leaf and coffee cup reading, intuition, setting the intention, and preparation. Along with a dictionary of symbols, tea meditation, recipes, and advice on journaling, The Ancient Art of Tasseography is your complete guide.Find the Book and Kylie:Book: https://amzn.to/44P1wwBWebsite: https://kylieholmes.co.ukTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@kylie.holmes.auth?_t=ZN-8xrCEGk0Ogg&_r=1Kylie Holmes is a mother of four Old Souls. She is also a writer, an intuitive Angel Therapist, Reiki Master and Past Life Regression Therapist. She lives in Cambridgeshire, UK.

If you have interest in this goddess of witchcraft, Hekate, then you're likely already familiar with today's guest, author Cyndi Brannen. She's already published two previous works on Hekate but today we're discussing the third in the series, Entering Hekate's Cauldron.Entering Hekate’s Cauldron is about practicing witchcraft, specifically witchery centered on the beloved goddess Hekate, with her etheric cauldron as the source.  Written in the style of a traditional Book of Shadows, the contents cover many of the common practices of modern witchcraft, ranging from personal development to spells and rituals. This book is for anyone interested in deepening their spiritual journey as a witch. Entering Hekate’s Cauldron completes Cyndi Brannen’s trilogy of Hekate-themed books, including Entering Hekate’s Garden and Entering Hekate’s Cave, which may be read in any order.Find the book and Cyndi:Book: https://redwheelweiser.com/book/entering-hekates-cauldron-9781578638819/?srsltid=AfmBOorV5YgcTCD6uCPzFBakyRPcTMmm0t9Wr8RLL_SO0qqJj1GYf62kWebsite: https://keepingherkeys.com/

Such a great chat today about Feral Magick with Denny Sargent, although, he has the heart of a teacher and really didn't need me! In Feral Magick: Unleash Your Inner Animal Self, author Denny Sargent gives readers the tools they need to locate and work with their inner animal as well as with sacred deities and personal animal spirits. Through spells, rituals, and meditations, as well as shapeshifting and trance states, readers will learn how to tap into their natural instinct, intuition, and insight. Practicing feral magick will lead you to form deeper intuitive bonds with your animal allies and to find the inherent power you already possess. The operating principles of intuitive spiritual animistic practices will enable you to better acknowledge and engage with all sorts of woodland spirits and will remind you that you, too, are a spirit of nature.Find Denny:Feral Magick: Unleash Your Inner Animal Self: https://redwheelweiser.com/book/feral-magick-9781578638512/?srsltid=AfmBOopCIf1Rsj3dkozM3p89Itll-tQLrMJXn47EVAoFvY70AFM7utZVWebsite: ⁠feralmagick.com⁠Denny Sargent is an artist and university instructor in linguistics and TESOL whose many extensive global travels and esoteric studies have informed his books. Sargent has visited thirty countries and lived in Japan for four years, teaching at a university and studying Shinto at Kokugakuin University. Involved in a number of esoteric traditions and orders for decades, he has written about alternative religions, hermetic magick, Taoism, animism, Shinto, and Tantra. His published books include Your Guardian Angel and You, Werewolf Magick, Clean Sweep, and Naga Magick. He lives in Seattle, Washington.

Chatting all things tarot, butterflies, and cross-stitch today with Starla!Welcome the wisdom of butterflies to your Tarot practice for readings that heal and inspire.Perfect for life’s transformative periods, The Butterfly Wisdom Tarot is a gentle companion ready to guide your insights and uplift your spirits. Based on the classic Rider-Waite-Smith system, this charming deck features 78 intricately cross-stitched butterfly designs. Stitching the butterflies catalyzed a period of transformative healing in the author's life. The Butterfly Wisdom Tarot offers comforting guidance for readers of all experience levels while providing support for life’s toughest moments. In the companion guidebook, discover allegorical short stories written both to inspire and delight, as well as questions to invite deeper interpretation. With approachable card imagery and text that includes simple keywords and stories, The Butterfly Wisdom Tarot is a great deck for readers of all experience levels. The guidebook also includes six butterfly patterns so readers can create their own, using supplies from home.Find the deck and Starla:Butterfly Wisdom Tarot: https://amzn.to/3FTFUFCWebsite: https://starlayilmaz.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/starlayilmaztarot/

Sun-Steeped shines a light on our innermost selves, exploring themes of wonder and new beginnings. The deck consists of fifty-four uniquely illustrated cards, each designed to guide gentle and friendly inquiry into the user’s inner world. The cards explore themes of childlike wonder and new beginnings, offer affirmations that challenge negative self-perceptions, and explore newfound determination, self-realization, and loving awareness. The sixty-four-page guidebook aids in capturing the transformative moments of sunrise and sunset that that encourage and inspire us to grow into our most powerful and capable selves. (https://redwheelweiser.com/book/sun-steeped-9781590035801/?srsltid=AfmBOoqvA17ntThFwQ-oIpaX6ym1bkFgv5upgE7evwI9dt5O_5pF0beN) Sun-Steeped: A Golden Hour–Infused Affirmation Deck draws inspiration from the warmth and power of daylight. It is bright, cheerful, energetic, open, and bursting with creativity and inspiration. Shannon Christie (shannon-christie.com) is an illustrator and mental health care worker living in Portland, Oregon. Born in Southern California and transplanted to the Pacific Northwest as a child, she attended the University of Oregon where she majored in psychology and minored in music and studio art. She received a master of science applied psychology from Sacred Heart University. Her work is highly reflective of her background, exploring themes of identity and emotion while incorporating elements of whimsicality and surrealism. The focuses on both psychology and art in her life give her inspiration and perspective on how a piece moves a person and how creativity connects us all.

Whether you’re new to tarot or a seasoned reader looking to go deeper, psychic medium Salicrow invites you to step beyond the basics and into the soul of the cards. Tarot as Storyteller (Destiny Books, June 2025) is a bold new take on cartomancy that blends psychic development, symbolic literacy, and spiritual storytelling.In this guide, Salicrow shows how to read tarot and oracle cards with greater precision and confidence by awakening your intuition, activating sacred space, and learning to see each card as part of a rich, unfolding narrative. Readers will discover practices for empathic protection, body dowsing, sacred timing, and crafting a personal symbolic language that transforms each reading into a conversation with the unseen.Drawing on decades of experience, Salicrow shares unique methods for working with tarot and oracle cards through activated prayer, spell work, and guided journeys. She reintroduces the Major Arcana not as abstract archetypes but as vivid personal experiences that readers can feel, interpret, and integrate.You’ll also learn how to choose a deck that resonates with you, cleanse and store your cards, and use spreads for everything from relationships to healing to career insight. More than a how-to manual, Tarot as Storyteller is an invitation to become a sacred interpreter of fate—one card at a time.Find the book and author:Tarot as Storyteller: Psychic Development, Cartomancy, and Reading the Web of Fate by Salicrow: https://amzn.to/4n01Hw6Website:  www.salicrow.com⁠Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/salicrowpsychicmediumSalicrow is a natural psychic medium who weaves the wisdom of her Irish Traveler and Blackfoot heritage with modern magical practices. She’s spent over 30 years working as a spirit channel, seer, and intuitive healer, offering readings and teaching across the U.S. and internationally. Her previous books include Spirit Speaker and The Path of Elemental Witchcraft. She lives in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont.

Visionary Woman Tarot is a seventy-eight-card deck featuring the magical art of Kristine Gorman and accompanied by a guidebook that captures the very essence of the Rider-Waite-Smith deck. Gorman’s artwork has been displayed in galleries throughout the US and can also be found in private collections worldwide. Kristine is well known for her painting of her mentor, tarot icon Rachel Pollack, portraying her as The World card. This portrait of Rachel graced the cover of the Cartomancer magazine, making Rachel a cover girl at age seventy-five! The World card featuring Rachel is among Kristine’s series of vision-inspired oil paintings that make up Visionary Woman Tarot. Tying the mystical to the everyday, Visionary Woman Tarot stimulates the unconscious and psychic parts of oneself in order to obtain practical, real-life answers to personal and profound questions. The deck’s seventy-eight images are uniquely suited to all levels of tarot knowledge, as well as lovers of Gorman’s art and those seeking to develop their psychic muscles. The creator’s intention is for Visionary Woman Tarot to be an instrument of self-healing, as well as a divinatory tool. These cards are intended as a refresh, bringing life back into the journey of self-discovery through tarot and providing a more direct route to an intimate conversation with your higher self to address personal circumstances in the most constructive way.Find the deck and Kristine:Visionary Woman Tarot: https://amzn.to/3G161KKInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/visionarywomantarot

Special guest Tess Traynor is here today to chat about The Witch Summit! Tess is the organizer of this upcoming event for witches of all backgrounds. We chat all about her background and ideas behind creating this event how important education and community is in the witch community.The Witch Summit is an immersive conference that will take place on October 4th in Phoenix, Arizona. It features a lineup of renowned authors, practitioners, and makers in the realm of witchcraft, magic, and the occult. Attendees will have the chance to learn from these experts through a series of presentations and hands-on workshops. Plus, there will be a bewitching ball at night for attendees to get to know each other and have fun!Find The Witch Summit:Instagram: @thewitchsummitWebsite: www.thewitchsummit.com

Christine Lang is an author, medical intuitive, wellness expert, and former attorney. Whether it’s health, relationship, or career struggles, Christine’s mission is to help people look inward and connect with themselves to get the answers and clarity they need.Christine’s upcoming book, Ask Your Spirit: Receiving Life Changing Wisdom from Your Elevated Intelligence (June 10, 2025, Hachette) is a practical and accessible guide that teaches readers how to converse directly with their enlightened spirit. It goes beyond the “trust your gut” trope so often associated with tapping into your intuition by teaching readers how to converse directly with their enlightened spirit.Find Christine:https://www.christinelang.orghttps://www.amazon.com/Ask-Your-Spirit-Christine-Lang/dp/1538773910https://www.instagram.com/christinelang_intuitive/

Welcoming back Lalania to the podcast today! Wise Earth Medicine Tarot endeavors to simplify the mysteries of the tarot and ground it in the natural world. Drawing upon Lalania Simone’s indigenous ancestral knowledge, this beautiful deck presents the tarot as a form of earth medicine. Focusing on the animistic realm, this tarot deck and guidebook takes us on an internal vision quest where we learn the wisdom of all natural things. Each of the seventy-eight cards features three keywords on the front for instant access to the traditional tarot meanings. The four suits have been renamed according to their element rather than their symbol, which further enhances the deck’s connection to nature: water rather than cups, fire rather than wands, wind rather than swords, and earth rather than pentacles. The ninety-six-page full-color booklet includes the traditional tarot meanings as well as an oracle-style message. The message presents “the medicine,” a word used in indigenous spiritual traditions to refer to the spiritual healing power with which each animal or plant is endowed.Find the deck and Lalania:Deck: https://redwheelweiser.com/book/wise-earth-medicine-tarot-9781578638635/Website: ⁠www.cosmicseedstudio.com⁠Lalania Simone is an indigenous artist, author, and mystic devoted to a path of personal expansion and collective liberation. She understands the power of images and words and is dedicated to using both to empower people. Lalania is the creator of Tarot of the Cosmic Seed and Oracle of Awakening. These decks feature diverse representations of people and cultures from around the world. She is also the co-owner of Alchemy Ritual Goods, a popular spiritual shop in Denver that offers Ancestral Medicine Clinic, a sliding-scale clinic offering multiple modalities dedicated to healing and spiritual liberation.

From fairy tales to your garden, Enchanted Plants is an illustrated treasure trove of the lore and magic in the kingdom of plants. Take a walk through mystical, magical, and folkloric gardens and discover the plants and flowers that have captured our hearts and minds for centuries. From the baneful bog to the garden gate, plant lover and lover of the bizarre Varla Ventura brings together forgotten lore of plants for the ultimate romp through a botanical wonderland, including excerpts from fairy tales and a lively discussion of each plant’s legendary magical and medicinal properties. Enchanted Plants is arranged by general environment:cultivated plants and edibles;toxic plants;meadowlands;the woods;marshes and swamps; andtropical plants.Each chapter contains a cultivated selection of plants, arranged alphabetically by popular common name, with additional information including botanical name, common names, folklore, ethnobotanical properties, magical and occult properties, and modern usage if applicable.Find the book and author:Book: https://www.amazon.com/Enchanted-Plants-Treasury-Botanical-Folklore/dp/1578638607Author: https://www.varlaventura.net/Varla A. Ventura is the author of several books, including Fairies, Pookas, and Changelings: A Complete Guide to the Wild and Wicked Enchanted Realm. As a lover of all things strange, Varla’s interests extend into the weirdness and magic of the plant kingdom. With a deep fascination for folklore and medicinal plants, she has been studying herbalism and botany for more than thirty years. Her plant knowledge comes from a combination of experimentation, formal classes in botany, and working in the horticultural industry for fifteen years.

Empower your magickal teas with crystal grids! The author of the popular A Tea Witch’s Grimoire takes tea magick to a new level as she brings you into the enchanting realm where the art of tea-making intertwines with the power of crystal grids, creating a harmonious fusion of energies that will elevate your magickal practice.Tea magick has a profound connection to nature, mindfulness, and spiritual transformation. Here you’ll learn how to select and prepare teas that align with your intentions, harnessing their unique properties to enhance your rituals and meditations. But the enchantment doesn’t stop there. A Tea Witch’s Crystal Brews unveils the captivating realm of crystal grids, where carefully selected gemstones are arranged in geometric patterns to amplify intention and manifest desires. Explore the world of crystals and unlock their hidden powers as you discover the intricate interplay between crystals and tea magick. Along with rituals and recipes in this book, you’ll unravel the secrets of combining these two ancient practices, creating a synergy that enhances your spiritual journey. As you explore the symbiotic relationship between specific teas and corresponding crystals, you’ll gain insight into the sacred geometry behind crystal grids and learn how to design your own layouts that align with your intentions.A Tea Witch’s Crystal Brews offers step-by-step instructions, enchanting rituals, recipes, meditations, and practical tips that allow you to infuse your daily life with the transformative energies of tea magick and crystal grids.Find the book and author:https://redwheelweiser.com/book/a-tea-witchs-crystal-brews-9781578638710/https://www.instagram.com/the_tea_witch_blog/?hl=enhttps://theteawitchblog.com/author/smharlow/https://www.facebook.com/s.m.harlowbooks/S. M. Harlow discovered her love of wildcraft over two decades ago. When she is not writing, Susana is studying to become a doctor of traditional naturopathy. She lives just outside Birmingham, Alabama, with her husband and son. She is the author of A Tea Witch’s Grimoire: Magickal Recipes for Your Tea Time.

Presented as a hardcover collector’s edition, Duets encompass two of the best-selling Pagan Portals titles under one cover. In the edition we chat about today, you will find Rhiannon and Blodeuwedd by Jhenah Telyndru.Rhiannon ... An exploration of Rhiannon that remembers her history, reclaims her divinity, and renews a pathway into relationship with this Welsh Goddess of Sovereignty.Blodeuwedd ... A reclamation of the true nature of Blodeuwedd, a widely misunderstood Welsh Goddess whose myth holds deep wisdom and powerful lessons for the modern-day seeker.Find Jhenah:Rhiannon and Blodeuwedd: https://ynysafallon.com/moon-books-duets-rhiannon-and-blodeuweddWebsite: ⁠www.ynysafallon.com⁠Sisterhood of Avalon: ⁠www.sisterhoodofavalon.org⁠More Resources: ⁠linktr.ee/ynysafallon⁠YouTube Channels Mentioned: Kristoffer Hughes (https://www.youtube.com/@dynmarw1) and Mhara Starling (https://www.youtube.com/@mharastarling2730/videos)Jhenah Telyndru is a creative mystic who loves science and values fact, she embraces the conscious co-creation of the future, while immersing herself in an impassioned study of the past.Jhenah holds an MA in Celtic Studies from the University of Wales, Trinity St. David, as well as a BA in archaeology. She is the founder of the Sisterhood of Avalon and serves as Academic Dean and lead instructor of the Avalonian Thealogical Seminary. Jhenah teaches retreat experiences around North America and the UK, and facilitates pilgrimages to sacred sites through Mythic Seeker Tours. She is a frequent presenter and guest speaker at academic conferences, religious symposia, Women’s Spirituality gatherings, and Pagan festivals. A priestess in the Avalonian Tradition, Jhenah has been dedicated to the work of Avalon for over 30 years, and has been active in the Goddess Spirituality movement since 1986.In addition to her formal studies, Jhenah has delved into Hermetic science, Qabalistic philosophy, transpersonal astrology, archetypal tarot, and depth psychology.

In the flow of healing waters and the urgent cry of the Earth, we hear the voice of the Celtic mother goddess Modron, also known as Matrona. A goddess of fertility, abundance and healing, but also of grief and loss and ancestral wisdom, she is still present, although hidden, in today's world. We find her myths in the tales of the Mabinogi, the Welsh Triads and modern tales of Avalon, and her image and veneration in the ancient religions of Celtic Gaul, where she first emerged as a river goddess.We can trace echoes of her in ancient Indo-European texts and possibly even further back to the agricultural myths of the Neolithic. She is even present in the stars. Modron - Meeting the Celtic Mother Goddess takes a deep dive into this often overlooked goddess who has inspired our modern myths, combining solid academic research with suggestions for personal practice and ritual, from a modern day dedicant and scholar of Goddess veneration. Modron is emerging from the depths. Will you answer her Call?Substack: https://kellebandea.substack.comX: https://x.com/DeaKelleFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100050923191257Kelle is a naturalistic pagan and greenwitch of Roma/Traveller heritage. 'Modron' is her first book and she has three more forthcoming all with Moon Books.