Magick & Alchemy

In episode 141 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kristin Lisenby and Kate Belew interview Brandi Amara Skyy. Brandi is a Catalyst, Author, and Wild Dream coach who believes there is a fire and Universe inside waiting to Big Bang its way out of us. In this conversation, they discuss the archetype of the wild woman, dreams as portals, and the altar within. Brandi also considers the intersections between drag and ritual, Miss Piggy as a muse, and introduces listeners to her new book, Magick for Transformation.

To learn more about Brandi and her offerings, head over to her website, www.brandiamaraskyy.com, sign up for her newsletter, and order a copy of her latest book.

Sources & Shoutouts:
Magick for Transformation, Brandi Amara Skyy
Episode 135: An Interwith with Sorita d’Este
Episode 110: Feral Girl Summer
Artemis : Virgin Goddess of the Sun, Moon & Hunt, Sorita d’Este
Love Stories of Myth & Lore, Tamed Wild
If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho, Sappho & Anne Carson
Women Who Run With The Wolves, Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes
The Elemental Tarot, Caroline Smith
The She Wolfe Tarot, Serpentfire
The Little Book of Drag, Brandi Amara Skyy
Be More Drag, Brandi Amara Skyy
The WOKE MAGIC Grimoire, Brandi Amara Skyy

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For those who desire magick in the mail, you can also subscribe to the Tamed Wild Seasonal Box - a bi-monthly delivery of magic & earth medicine. Each box is crafted around a season and includes items for the earth-spirited and the lovers of all things mystical and natural. Deliveries can include crystals, herbs & teas, ritual tools, altar items, jewelry, essential oils & other lifestyle pieces.

Each box includes a seasonal workbook with intention-setting guidance, astrological updates, and other helpful tools to help you harness the magick of the season.

Created by Tamed Wild.
Production by Julio Montero.
Music by Follow the Wind,
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In episode 140 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kate Belew & Kristin Lisenby honor the Samhain season with a conversation about altar-building, marigolds, and inviting in the beloved dead. They consider Samhain’s ties to creativity and inspiration and go looking for the spirits who celebrate their solar returns at Samhain.

Sources & Shoutouts:
From the Cauldron Born, Hughes, Kristoffer
Women’s Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets, Barbara Walker
Visions of the Cailleach: Exploring the Myths, Folklore and Legends of the pre-eminent Celtic Hag Goddess, Sorita d’Este
“The Witches: The Story of the Cailleach” - Tamed Wild Blog
“Goddess Series: The Winter Witches” - Tamed Wild Blog
Episode 116: The Veil Is Thin
“When ‘Dumb Suppers’ Were a Halloween Love Ritual,” Anne Ewbank
Folklorist Wayland D. Hand
“How Can Flowers and Their Colors Promote Individuals’ Physiological and Psychological States during the COVID-19 Lockdown?” Junfang Xie, Binyi Liu, Mohamed Elsadek
Celebrating Latino Folklore: An Encyclopedia of Cultural Traditions, Maria Herrera-Sobek
“Dia de los Muertos / Day of the Dead,” Sueltenfuss Library
“Herbarium: Magical and Medicinal Uses of Marigold”

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For those who desire magick in the mail, you can also subscribe to the Tamed Wild Seasonal Box - a bi-monthly delivery of magic & earth medicine. Each box is crafted around a season and includes items for the earth-spirited and the lovers of all things mystical and natural. Deliveries can include crystals, herbs & teas, ritual tools, altar items, jewelry, essential oils & other lifestyle pieces.

Each box includes a seasonal workbook with intention-setting guidance, astrological updates, and other helpful tools to help you harness the magick of the season.

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Production by Julio Montero.
Music by Follow the Wind,
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In episode 139 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kate Belew & Kristin Lisenby reflect on the magick of perception, ritual adornments, and glamour. They consider blue eyeshadow as a spell, clothes as armor, and self-expression as a form of witchcraft. They talk about the glamours cast by fiction, fashion, and the fairies.

Sources & Shoutouts:

Small Spells Deck
Wild Medicine Deck V. 2
“The Fairy Faith in Celtic Countries,” Evan Wentz
“All was delusion, nought was truth”- Faery Glamour
“Writing Faery: A Tale of Viviane,” Jack Wolf. From The Faerie Queens: A Collection of Essays Exploring the Myths, Magic and Mythology of the Faerie Queens
The Midnight Library, Matt Haig
“Haute Macabre, Haute Couture: Witchcraft in Fashion,” Gabriela Herstik from The Library of Esoterica’s Witchcraft
Judika Illes
“Our Lashes, Ourselves: Eye Makeup and the American Woman,” Eileen Reynolds
“From Blue Velvet to Buffalo 66: how blue eye shadow conquered cult film,” Isabelle Truman
“A Queer History of Blue Eyeshadow, Pop Culture’s Time-Honored Symbolic Hue” “Color Magic: A Witch's Guide to Color Meanings and Energies,” Sophie Saint Thomas
Episode 101: Weed Witch with Sophie Saint Thomas

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For those who desire magick in the mail, you can also subscribe to the Tamed Wild Seasonal Box - a bi-monthly delivery of magic & earth medicine. Each box is crafted around a season and includes items for the earth-spirited and the lovers of all things mystical and natural. Deliveries can include crystals, herbs & teas, ritual tools, altar items, jewelry, essential oils & other lifestyle pieces. 

Each box includes a seasonal workbook with intention-setting guidance, astrological updates, and other helpful tools to help you harness the magick of the season.

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Production by Julio Montero.
Music by Follow the Wind,
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In episode 138 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kate Belew & Kristin Lisenby discuss the art of alchemy. They contemplate alchemical history and the purpose of this ritual, as well as the women alchemists who paved the way for this tradition. They consider symbolic alchemy, astrological alchemy, and introduce listeners to the first female astrologer.

Sources & Shoutouts:

Episode 135: An Interview with Sorita d’Este
Episode 40: Boundaries
Episode 79: Protection Spells & Hexes
Episode 48: Athena and Medusa
Episode 66: Fire Magick
Episode 91: Types of Magick, pt. 1
The Golden Dawn
A Dictionary of Symbols, J.E. Cirlot
“Facts about Sulfur,” Stephanie Pappas 
The Origins of Alchemy in Graeco-Roman Egypt, Jack Lindsay
Chrysopoeia of Cleopatra
Mirrors in the Earth, Asia Suler
The Night School, Maia Toll 
Astrology, Psychology, and The Four Elements, An Energy Approach to Astrology and Its Use in the Counseling Arts, Stephen Arroyo, M.A.
“The Work of Alchemy,” Eve Dembrowski
“Birth Chart Basics, The Astrology houses,” Kate Belew
“Heliodora, First Known Hellenistic Woman Astrologer,” Demetra George

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For those who desire magick in the mail, you can also subscribe to the Tamed Wild Seasonal Box - a bi-monthly delivery of magic & earth medicine. Each box is crafted around a season and includes items for the earth-spirited and the lovers of all things mystical and natural. Deliveries can include crystals, herbs & teas, ritual tools, altar items, jewelry, essential oils & other lifestyle pieces.

Each box includes a seasonal workbook with intention-setting guidance, astrological updates, and other helpful tools to help you harness the magick of the season.

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Production by Julio Montero.
Music by Follow the Wind,
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In episode 137 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kate Belew & Kristin Lisenby fill their harvest baskets with seasonal harbingers and autumnal spells. They begin in the trees, gathering orange foliage and messages from Mercury before moving on to the stories of saffron and descent. They visit the apple orchards and the Garden of the Hesperides, harvesting the fruit of the dead and contemplating the mysteries that abound in our mythical groves.

Sources & Shoutouts:

Episode 116: The Veil is Thin
Episode 72: Mabon Magick 
Episode 114: Tales of the Corn
Episode 79: Protection Spells & Hexes
Episode 61: Wind, Feathers, & Bird Lore
Episode 39: The Witch’s Familiar

“Seed to Dust,” Mark Hamer
Chani Nicholas
"Crystal Color Magick: Orange," Cole Exley
www.etymonline.com/word/orange
"Hecate and the Hare," Little Witch Books
"Saffron: Tracing the Origins of a Treasured Ancient Spice"
"The simple crocus flower embodies the hope of spring after a long Wisconsin winter," Chris Hardie  |  Wisconsin State Farmer
Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes
"Earthwise Herbal (Old World Plants)," Matthew Wood
Allantide - CornwallForever
"Apple Folklore, Fairy Tales, Myth, and Magic," Enchanted Living Magazine
"Sacred Tree Profile: Apple’s Medicine, Magic, Mythology, and Meanings"
The Practical Herbalist
Geoffrey of Monmouth's Vita Merlini
"Avalon: The Isle of Apples"
The Judgement of Paris - Tamed Wild

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For those who desire magick in the mail, you can also subscribe to the Tamed Wild Seasonal Box - a bi-monthly delivery of magic & earth medicine. Each box is crafted around a season and includes items for the earth-spirited and the lovers of all things mystical an

In episode 136 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kate Belew & Kristin Lisenby interview Empress Atlantis. Empress is an astrologer, planet worshipper, psychology graduate, showcased artist, commissioned poet, content creator, and online comedian. In this conversation, Empress peels back the layers of our natal charts and discusses chart rulers, retrograde planets, and asteroid returns. She revisits the stories of Ceres (Demeter), Pallas (Athena), Juno (Hera), and Vesta (Hestia) and their influence on our personal mythologies. Empress also talks about Apophis, working with malefic asteroids, and humor as magick.

You can learn more and connect with Empress Atlantis via her website, Instagram, or laugh with her over on X (formerly Twitter). Find out which asteroid goddess you are by taking her quiz here.

Sources & Shoutouts:

Astroseek.com: Natal chart with Asteroids
Astro.com - Asteroid Ephemeris
Episode 132: Mythical Steeds & Horses
Retrograde Planets: Traversing the Inner Landscape, Erin Sullivan
Asteroid Goddesses:  The Mythology, Psychology, and Astrology of the Re-Emerging Feminine, Demetra George
Linda Goodman
Zane Stein
Centaur Space
Jenny Kellogg
Melanie Reinhart
Stellar Sanctum

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For those who desire magick in the mail, you can also subscribe to the Tamed Wild Seasonal Box - a bi-monthly delivery of magic & earth medicine. Each box is crafted around a season and includes items for the earth-spirited and the lovers of all things mystical and natural. Deliveries can include crystals, herbs & teas, ritual tools, altar items, jewelry, essential oils & other lifestyle pieces. 

Each box includes a seasonal workbook with intention-setting guidance, astrological updates, and other helpful tools to help you harness the magick of the season.

Created by Tamed Wild.
Production by Julio Montero.
Music by Follow the Wind,
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In episode 135 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kate Belew & Kristin Lisenby interview Sorita d’Este. Sorita is an author whose books explore mythology, magic, and ancient spiritual traditions. She is also a practitioner of magic and an occult teacher who has lectured and presented workshops internationally. In this conversation, Sorita contemplates her relationship to the words Witch, Priestess, and Torchbearer. She discusses the goddesses Hecate and Artemis, their symbols, and ancient, ceremonial sites. Sorita discusses these goddesses' increasing popularity and why their mysteries can only be realized through experience.

You can learn more about Sorita, her offerings, and The Covenant of Hecate via her website, soritadeste.com or Instagram @soritadeste. Look for her books at avaloniabooks.com.

Sources & Shoutouts:

Episode 104: Mothers of Monsters & Magick 

Women’s Encyclopedia of Myths & Secrets, Barbara Walker

Hecate: Liminal Rights, A Study of the Rituals, Magic and Symbols of the torch-bearing Triple Goddess of the Crossroads, Sorita d'Este & David Rankine

Artemis: Virgin Goddess of the Hunt & Moon, Sorita d'Este & David Rankine

Theoi.com

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For those who desire magick in the mail, you can also subscribe to the Tamed Wild Quarterly Box - a quarterly delivery of magic & earth medicine. Each box is crafted around a season and includes items for the earth-spirited and the lovers of all things mystical and natural. Deliveries can include crystals, herbs & teas, ritual tools, altar items, jewelry, essential oils & other lifestyle pieces. 

Each box includes a seasonal workbook with intention-setting guidance, astrological updates, and other helpful tools to help you harness the magick of the season.

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Production by Julio Montero.
Music by Follow the Wind,
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In episode 134 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kate Belew & Kristin Lisenby discuss Summer Magick. They begin by looking up, searching the celestial forest for shooting stars and seasonal harbingers, before moving on to the mythologies of the fixed stars, including Sirius, Algol, and the Pleiades. They also talk about the Muses, nine goddesses of inspiration that we can call on for our summer creative work.

Sources:

Brewers Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, John Ayto
“Words,” Sylvia Plath
 Kafka on the Shore, Haruki Murakami
Ptolemy
Fixed Star, Sign and Constellation Magic: Renaissance Astrology, Christopher Warnock
Hermes on the 15 Fixed Stars
“The Bright Beams Of The Fixed Stars In Your Astrological Chart” - Llewellyn
“The Fixed Star Sirius” - Alice Sparkly Kat
"An Ode to the Muses," Little Witch Books

Shoutouts:

Episode 31: Litha & Summer Solstice
Episode 65: Lunar Gardening & Solstice Symbols
Episode 66: Fire Magick
Episode 68: Bibliomancy and Summer Goddesses 
Episode 69: Portals of the Summer Solstice 
Episode 70: Leo Season & Summer Shadow Work, and the Stars
Episode 71: Nostalgia Magick with Caitlyn Barone
Episode 110: Feral Girl Summer
Episode 127: Trickster Tales

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For those who desire magick in the mail, you can also subscribe to the Tamed Wild Quarterly Box - a quarterly delivery of magic & earth medicine. Each box is crafted around a season and includes items for the earth-spirited and the lovers of all things mystical and natural. Deliveries can include crystals, herbs & teas, ritual tools, altar items, jewelry, essential oils & other lifestyle pieces.

Each box includes a seasonal workbook with intention-setting guidance, astrological updates, and other helpful tools to help you harness the magick of the season.

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Production by Julio Montero.
Music by Follow the Wind,
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In episode 133 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kate Belew & Kristin Lisenby interview Cat Willett. Cat is a Brooklyn-based artist, author, and tarot enthusiast. In this conversation, Cat walks us through the halls of tarot history and introduces us to the women behind tarot’s evolution. They meet Pamela Coleman Smith, Rachel Pollack, Moina Mathers, Marie-Anne Lenormand, and other overlooked mystics. They contemplate art as ritual, and Cat shares the inspiration behind her new book, Women of Tarot, An Illustrated History of Divinators, Card Readers, and Mystics.

Learn more about Cat and her offerings via her website catherinewillett.com or on Instagram @catwillett. Pre-order Women in Tarot here.

Sources:

Tarot & Oracle Decks mentioned in this episode include:
The Rider-Waite Coleman Smith Deck
The Barbara Walker Tarot Deck, Barbara Walker
Dirt Gems Tarot Deck, Chelsea Granger & Anne Louise Burdett
The Wild Unknown Animal Spirits, Kim Krans
The Wild Unknown Archetypes, Kim Krans
The Shining Tribe Tarot, Rachel Pollack
The Queer Tarot, Ashley Molesso & Chess Needham

Shoutouts:

The Witch Wave with Rachel Pollack
The Women of the Golden Dawn: Rebels and Priestesses, Mary K. Greer
The Artist’s Way, Julia Cameron

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For those who desire magick in the mail, you can also subscribe to the Tamed Wild Quarterly Box - a quarterly delivery of magic & earth medicine. Each box is crafted around a season and includes items for the earth-spirited and the lovers of all things mystical and natural. Deliveries can include crystals, herbs & teas, ritual tools, altar items, jewelry, essential oils & other lifestyle pieces.

Each box includes a seasonal workbook with intention-setting guidance, astrological updates, and other helpful tools to help you harness the magick of the season.

Created by Tamed Wild.
Production by Julio Montero.
Music by Follow the Wind,
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In episode 132 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kate Belew & Kristin Lisenby discuss mythical steeds and magical horses. They begin with the story of Pegasus, the horse of the gods and deliverer of inspiration. Following this winged stallion to his sacred spring on Mt. Helicon, they meet Arion and Aganippe and consider their connections to Demeter and the Muses. They also discuss Celeris, son of Pegasus, and Embarr, a guardian, guide, and companion of the goddess Niamh.

Sources:
Wild Medicine Deck Vol. 2
Animal Symbology: The Horse
Mythic Beasts & Beings: The Kelpie
Episode 104: Mothers of Monsters & Magick
Episode 107: Centaurs and Satyrs
Episode 82: The Unicorn & the Phoenix
The Barbara Walker Tarot
The Secrets of the Tarot, Barbara Walker
The Women’s Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets, Barbara Walker
Hesiod’s Theogony
The Cattle of Geryon
greeklegendsandmyths.com
Pegosos - Theoi.com
Encyclopedia of Spirits, Judika Illes
 “Ride With Me,” published on Atmos and written by Willow Defebaugh
The Little Encyclopedia of Mythical Horses: An A to Z Guide to Legendary Steeds, Eliza Berkowitz and illustrated by Kate Forrester
Keri Brandt

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The Coven by Tamed Wild was created out of the desire for community. Not just any community, but a community of earth-spirited, magical witches who want to connect beyond the bounds of social media. A place to share knowledge, speak face-to-face, and make real-life connections. A place to cast a circle, set intentions, build an altar, and learn the tarot. A place to talk astrology, write spells, and grow in our practices together.

For those who desire magick in the mail, you can also subscribe to the Tamed Wild Quarterly Box - a quarterly delivery of magic & earth medicine. Each box is crafted around a season and includes items for the earth-spirited and the lovers of all things mystical and natural. Deliveries can include crystals, herbs & teas, ritual tools, altar items, jewelry, essential oils & other lifestyle pieces. 

Each box includes a seasonal workbook with intention-setting guidance, astrological updates, and other helpful tools to help you harness the magick of the season.

Created by Tamed Wild.
Production by Julio Montero.
Music by Follow the Wind,
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In episode 131 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kate Belew & Kristin Lisenby interview Heather Greene. Heather is a freelance writer, journalist, editor, and author. In this conversation, Heather considers witches in film, the witch as a rebel, and what it means to live in the places society has abandoned. She shares what she loves about being an acquisitions agent at Llewellyn, and discusses the intersections between magick and creativity. Heather also introduces us to her book, Lights, Camera, Witchcraft: A Critical History of Witches in American Film and Television.

You can learn more about Heather via her website, heathergreene.net, or on social media @heathergreene01. You can also find her on the Witches Movie Coven Podcast.

Sources & Shoutouts:

Lights, Camera, Witchcraft: A Critical History of Witches in American Film and Television
Season of the Witch (Hungry Wives), 1973
The Last Keepers, 2013
Llewellyn Worldwide
Sabrina the Teenage Witch
The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina - Netflix
The Love Witch
Practical Magic 
The Craft
The Witch Hazel from Looney Tunes
The Dark Crystal
Pumpkin Head
The Wizard of Oz
Rosemary’s Baby
Carrie

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For those who desire magick in the mail, you can also subscribe to the Tamed Wild Quarterly Box - a quarterly delivery of magic & earth medicine. Each box is crafted around a season and includes items for the earth-spirited and the lovers of all things mystical and natural. Deliveries can include crystals, herbs & teas, ritual tools, altar items, jewelry, essential oils & other lifestyle pieces. 

Each box includes a seasonal workbook with intention-setting guidance, astrological updates, and other helpful tools to help you harness the magick of the season.

Created by Tamed Wild.
Production by Julio Montero.
Music by Follow the Wind,
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In episode 130 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kate Belew & Kristin Lisenby honor the Beltane season and the Patron Saints of Spring. In this conversation, they seek out old stories and the ghosts who guard the wildwood. They meet Faunus, an ancient forest spirit who speaks through the trees, and his companion, Fauna, a keeper of mysteries. They discuss ornithomancy (bird divination) and the faerie queens who defend our sacred waters. They welcome Nimue, Viviane, Niniane, and all the faces of The Lady of the Lake.

Sources:

Canens of the Beautiful Voice - thaliatook.com

The Witch & the Raven: Ornithomancy & April’s Full Moon

Encyclopedia of Spirits, Judika Illes 

“Satyrs: Animal Spirits of Ancient Greece,” Rachel Lockett - historycooperative.org

Episode 107: Satyrs and Centaurs

Episode 127: Trickster Tales

The Faerie Queens: A Collection of Essays Exploring the Myths, Magic and Mythology of the Faerie Queens, edited by Sorita D’Este and David Rankine

“Nimue,” by Aili Mirage in The Faerie Queens

“Writing Faery, A Tale of Viviane” by Jack Wolf in The Faerie Queens

Shoutouts:

Episode 102: Beltane & Bones

Episode 61: Wind, Feathers & Bird Lore

Episode 25: Beltane

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The Coven by Tamed Wild was created out of the desire for community. Not just any community, but a community of earth-spirited, magical witches who want to connect beyond the bounds of social media. A place to share knowledge, speak face-to-face, and make real-life connections. A place to cast a circle, set intentions, build an altar, and learn the tarot. A place to talk astrology, write spells, and grow in our practices together.

For those who desire magick in the mail, you can also subscribe to the Tamed Wild Quarterly Box - a quarterly delivery of magic & earth medicine. Each box is crafted around a season and includes items for the earth-spirited and the lovers of all things mystical and natural. Deliveries can include crystals, herbs & teas, ritual tools, altar items, jewelry, essential oils & other lifestyle pieces.

Each box includes a seasonal workbook with intention-setting guidance, astrological updates, and other helpful tools to help you harness the magick of the season.

Created by Tamed Wild.
Production by Julio Montero.
Music by Follow the Wind,
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In episode 129 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kate Belew & Kristin Lisenby talk springtime hauntings with Amanda Paulson. Amanda is a paranormal investigator, researcher and medium based in the Inland Pacific Northwest. In this conversation, Amanda shares some of her haunted collection and contemplates what it means for an object to be haunted vs. cursed. She considers spirits as community ancestors, embracing our mysteries, and the process behind her channeled drawings.

You can connect with Amanda via social media @prettyfnspooky and learn more about her offerings and channeled drawings via her website prettyfnspooky.com.

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The Coven by Tamed Wild was created out of the desire for community. Not just any community, but a community of earth-spirited, magical witches who want to connect beyond the bounds of social media. A place to share knowledge, speak face-to-face, and make real-life connections. A place to cast a circle, set intentions, build an altar, and learn the tarot. A place to talk astrology, write spells, and grow in our practices together.

For those who desire magick in the mail, you can also subscribe to the Tamed Wild Quarterly Box - a quarterly delivery of magic & earth medicine. Each box is crafted around a season and includes items for the earth-spirited and the lovers of all things mystical and natural. Deliveries can include crystals, herbs & teas, ritual tools, altar items, jewelry, essential oils & other lifestyle pieces.

Each box includes a seasonal workbook with intention-setting guidance, astrological updates, and other helpful tools to help you harness the magick of the season.

Created by Tamed Wild.
Production by Julio Montero.
Music by Follow the Wind,
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In episode 128 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kate Belew and Kristin Lisenby contemplate seasonal archetypes and the magick of spring. They discuss eclipse season, dandelions, and the goddess Kybele, the celestial Mother who rules our roses, caves, and mountains. They welcome back the light half of the year by building a fire from the wands in their tarot decks and inviting the self-devouring serpent, the Ouroboros, to this solar celebration.

Sources:

A Dictionary of Symbols, J.E. Cirlot
The Women’s Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets, Barbara Walker
The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Heraclitus
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Heraclitus
“Harnessing the Inferno," Mya Spalter, via The Library of Esoterica’s Witchcraft
Egyptologist Eberhard Otto
Aras.org
Carl Jung
Joseph Campbell
Daily Magic, Judika Iles
Ovid
WorldHistory.org - Cybele
Starhawk
Dandelion & Folklore Magic - LearnReligions.com
Healing Magic, A Green Witch Guidebook to Conscious Living, Robin Rose Bennett
Plant Magic: Herbalism in Real Life, Christine Buckley
History of Eclipses - Nasa.gov
Four Goddesses to Celebrate the Arrival of Spring - Tamed Wild Blog
Episode 66: Fire Magick
Episode 28: An Interview with Green Witch Robin Rose Bennett
Episode 95: An Interview with Juliana McCarthy of Ethereal Culture
Episode 126: Coven & Community

Shoutouts:

Episode 99: Signs of Spring
Episode 96: Ostara, Moon Baths & Purification
Episode 58: Fairy Folklore
Episode 19: Ostara
Episode 21: Seed Magick

Woody Muse
Highlight Rituals
Knature the Label
Sister Nettle
The Spring Crossroads

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The Coven by Tamed Wild was created out of the desire for community. Not just any community, but a community of earth-spirited, magical witches who want to connect beyond the bounds of social media. A place to share knowledge, speak face-to-face, and make real-life connections. A place to cast a circle, set intentions, build an altar, and learn the tarot. A place to talk astrology, write spells, and grow in our practices together.

For those who desire magick in the mail, you can also subscribe to the

In episode 127 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kristin Lisenby and Kate Belew celebrate the Spring Equinox with their favorite trickster tales. In this conversation, they discuss the divine psychopomp from Greco-Roman lore, Mercury or Hermes. They discuss his planet, his metal, and the god’s role as a mythical messenger and Scribe of Saturn. They contemplate Mercury as a playful traveler, a patron of thieves, and a boundary-breaker with the golden touch. Kristin and Kate also venture into the more-than-human world in search of the Coyote, Raven, and other tricksters sporting fur and feathers.

Sources:
Episode 107: Satyrs and Centaurs
Episode 111: Planetary Magick with Shelby Bundy
Episode 29: As Above, So Below
Episode 72, Mabon Magick
Episode 119: Take Back the Magick with Perdita Finn
Concerning Astronomy,  2nd century AD
Pseudo-Hyginus, Astronomica 2. 19 (trans. Grant) (Roman mythographer C2nd A.D.)
The Women’s Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets, Barbara Walker
Leaving the Body, Scott Rogo
Isis: The Eternal Goddess of Egypt and Rome, Lesley Jackson
The Iliad, Homer
Storytime: Hermes & Apollo, Tamed Wild blog
Lewis Hyde
Goddesses in Every Woman, Dr. Jean Bolen
Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes
Animal Spirits, Kim Krans
Etymology Online
Weaving Diné teachings and science, Nadira Mitchell, a Navajo (Diné) writer on Plant Forward
The Canadian Museum of History
Crow Tarot, M.J. Cullinane
Oak, Ash, and Thorn, D.J. Conway
Donna Haraway, “If I have a dog, my dog has a human.”
The Bestiary, Maia Toll

***Join the Tamed Wild Coven!***

The Coven by Tamed Wild was created out of the desire for community. Not just any community, but a community of earth-spirited, magical witches who want to connect beyond the bounds of social media. A place to share knowledge, speak face-to-face, and make real-life connections. A place to cast a circle, set intentions, build an altar, and learn the tarot. A place to talk astrology, write spells, and grow in our practices together.

For those who desire magick in the mail, you can also subscribe to the Tamed Wild Quarterly Box - a quarterly delivery of magic & earth medicine. Each box is crafted around a season and includes items for the earth-spirited and the lovers of all things mystical and natural. Deliveries can include crystals, herbs & teas, ritual tools, altar items, jewelry, essential oils & other lifestyle pieces.

Each box includes a seasonal workbook with intention-setting guidance, astrological updates, and other helpful tools to help you harness the magick of the season.

Created by Tamed Wild.
Production by Julio Montero.
Music by Follow the Wind,
Taizo Audio

In episode 126 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kate Belew & Kristin Lisenby discuss building community and finding your coven. Joined by Tamed Wild creatrix Shelby Bundy, three witches gather around the virtual fire to talk about shedding winter’s skin, entrepreneurial shapeshifters, and eclipse season. Shelby introduces Tamed Wild’s latest offering, the Coven, and reflects on building community while staying true to yourself. They consider authenticity and accountability in magical spaces and making connections beyond the bounds of social media.

Sources:

Episode 13: Witchcraft 101
Episode 49: Witchcraft 101, part 2
Episode 91: Types of Magick 
Episode 93: Types of Magick, part 2
Tarot Series: The Fool - Tamed Wild Blog
The Coven by Tamed Wild

Shoutouts:

Episode 45: Witchy Business with Shelby Bundy
Episode 67: Witchy Business
Episode 111: Planetary Magick with Shelby Bundy
Episode 115: Wild Medicine
The Crossroads Creative Coven
Episode 74: An Interview with Asia Suler
Mirrors in the Earth, Asia Suler

***Join the Tamed Wild Coven!***

The Coven by Tamed Wild was created out of the desire for community. Not just any community, but a community of earth-spirited, magical witches who want to connect beyond the bounds of social media. A place to share knowledge, speak face-to-face, and make real-life connections. A place to cast a circle, set intentions, build an altar, and learn the tarot. A place to talk astrology, write spells, and grow in our practices together.

For those who desire magick in the mail, you can also subscribe to the Tamed Wild Quarterly Box - a quarterly delivery of magic & earth medicine. Each box is crafted around a season and includes items for the earth-spirited and the lovers of all things mystical and natural. Deliveries can include crystals, herbs & teas, ritual tools, altar items, jewelry, essential oils & other lifestyle pieces. 

Each box includes a seasonal workbook with intention-setting guidance, astrological updates, and other helpful tools to help you harness the magick of the season.

Created by Tamed Wild.
Production by Julio Montero.
Music by Follow the Wind,
Taizo Audio

In episode 125 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kate Belew & Kristin Lisenby discuss elixirs of life and transformative potions. They talk about the goddess Maat and mythical brews laced with justice. They consider Gorgon blood and pomegranate juice, and how we ingest ancient wisdom. They contemplate kitchen witchery, milk and honey, and consuming the nectar of the gods.

Sources:

Season 1, Episode 14: Love Spells, Potion or Poison?
Season 3, Episode 80: Psychedelic Witchcraft
“Potions: The Witch’s Apothecary” by Michelle Mae for Taschen’s “Witchcraft”Women’s Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets, Barbara Walker
Bones and Honey, Danielle Dulsky
"Honey in Magick & Folklore," Patti Wigington
Melissae Priestesses and the Honey Queen Bees: Unveiling Ancient MythologyNew World Witchery
Milk Bath - Wikipedia
The Curious Symbolism of Milk in Literature and Myth 

Shoutouts:

Telling the Bees, A Fairy Tale for the New Moon - Kickstarter
Storytime: Telling the Bees your Secrets - Tamed Wild blog
The Moon in Carolina podcast with Shelby Bundy
Storytime: The Birth of Pegasus - Tamed Wild blog

Join the Tamed Wild Coven!

The Coven by Tamed Wild was created out of the desire for community. Not just any community, but a community of earth-spirited, magical witches who want to connect beyond the bounds of social media. A place to share knowledge, speak face-to-face, and make real-life connections. A place to cast a circle, set intentions, build an altar, and learn the tarot. A place to talk astrology, write spells, and grow in our practices together.

For those who desire magick in the mail, you can also subscribe to the Tamed Wild Quarterly Box - a quarterly delivery of magic & earth medicine. Each box is crafted around a season and includes items for the earth-spirited and the lovers of all things mystical and natural. Deliveries can include crystals, herbs & teas, ritual tools, altar items, jewelry, essential oils & other lifestyle pieces. 

Each box includes a seasonal workbook with intention-setting guidance, astrological updates, and other helpful tools to help you harness the magick of the season.

And for our fellow book-lovers, join our Book Coven - a digital subscription with weekly lives, reels, and discussions about witchcraft, tarot, herbs, business witchery, upcoming workshops, & the book of the month.

Created by Tamed Wild.
Production by Julio Montero.
Music by Follow the Wind,
Taizo Audio

In episode 124 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kate Belew & Kristin Lisenby contemplate the power of three. They discuss triform deities, triads, and holy trinities, both modern and ancient. They gather triplicities from folklore and myth, including stories about the Graces, the Gorgons, the Fates, and the Erinyes. In this conversation, they address three-faced Hecate and Baba Yaga, and dissect riddles about the triple nature of the soul.

Sources:
Season 3, Episode 81: An Interview with Madame Pamita
The Craft, Movie, 1996
Grammarist.com
The Number Three, Mysterious, Mystic, Magic, Emory B Lease
“Storytime: The Three Sisters of Fate”
The Women’s Encylopedia of Myth’s and Secrets, Barbara Walker
Baba Yaga's Book of Witchcraft: Slavic Magic from the Witch of the Woods, Madame Pamita
Angels and Archangels: A Magicians Guide, Damien Echols
Croft, Lee B. “People in Threes Going up in Smoke and Other Triplicities in Russian Literature and Culture.” Rocky Mountain Review of Language and Literature
The Faerie Queens: A Collection of Essays Exploring the Myths, Magic and Mythology of the Faerie Queens, Sorita d’Este
Geo-numerology.com
The pilot episode of Charmed, 1998
"The Witches: The Grey Sisters of Greece"
Mysteries of the Dark Moon, Demetra George
High Magic’s Aid, Gerald Gardner
Seventy-Eight Degrees of Wisdom, Rachel Pollack
Tarot Series: The Empress


Join the Tamed Wild Coven!

Subscribe to the Tamed Wild Quarterly Box - a quarterly delivery of magic & earth medicine. Each box is crafted around a season and includes items for the earth-spirited and the lovers of all things mystical and natural. Deliveries can include crystals, herbs & teas, ritual tools, altar items, jewelry, essential oils & other lifestyle pieces.

Each box includes a seasonal workbook with 3 rituals, intention-setting guidance, astrological updates, and other helpful tools to help you harness the magick of the season.

And sign up for the Book Coven - a digital subscription with weekly lives, reels, and discussions about witchcraft, tarot, herbs, business witchery, upcoming workshops, & the book of the month.

Created by Tamed Wild.
Production by Julio Montero.
Music by Follow the Wind,
Taizo Audio

In episode 123 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kate Belew & Kristin Lisenby interview Danielle Dulsky. Danielle is a heathen visionary, painter, and word-witch. In this conversation, three witches discuss stories as spells, medicinal archetypes like the trickster and warrioress, and our academic wounds around writing. They contemplate fairy tales as prayers, and Danielle shares what she’s learned from guiding people on their writing journeys. She shares advice for people carrying a book in their hearts and introduces us to her latest publication, Bones & Honey: A Heathen Prayer Book.

Learn more Bones & Honey and Danielle’s offerings via her websites, DanielleDulsky.com and TheHagSchool.com. You can also connect with her on Instagram, @wolfwomanwitch. 

Sources:

The Hag School
The Night Book: A 13-week writing intensive
The Witching Hearth: Storykeeping for the Wise & Wicc’d
The Uses of Enchantment, Bruno Bettleheim
The Mist-filled Path: Celtic Wisdom for Exiles, Wanderers, and Seekers, MacEowen, Frank Hend 

Shoutouts:

Season 3, Episode 77: An Interview with Danielle Dulsky
The Muses and Ourania via @littlewitchbooks
Conversations with the Universe: A Seasonal Workbook for Tamed Wild
The Winter Crossroads: Sacred Stories and Potent Plants
The Witching Herbs: Imbolc
The Barbara Walker Tarot (1984)
Mythologist Dr. Martin Shaw

Join the Tamed Wild Coven!

Subscribe to the Tamed Wild Quarterly Box - a quarterly delivery of magic & earth medicine. Each box is crafted around a season and includes items for the earth-spirited and the lovers of all things mystical and natural. Deliveries can include crystals, herbs & teas, ritual tools, altar items, jewelry, essential oils & other lifestyle pieces. 

Each box includes a seasonal workbook with 3 rituals, intention-setting guidance, astrological updates, and other helpful tools to help you harness the magick of the season.

And sign up for the Book Coven - a digital subscription with weekly lives, reels, and discussions about witchcraft, tarot, herbs, business witchery, upcoming workshops, & the book of the month.

Created by Tamed Wild.
Production by Julio Montero.
Music by Follow the Wind,
Taizo Audio

In episode 122 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kristin Lisenby and Kate Belew contemplate the Witch & the Bitch. Following in the footsteps of Artemis, Hecate, and their sacred hounds, this conversation draws listeners into the Underworld. There, the wolf goddesses Leto and Lupa speak about guardianship, kinship, and reclamation. Medusa arrives next, followed by Asteria and the other moon goddesses turned monsters. Through a mythical lens, they consider the archetypal Bitch, Bitch as a dog, Bitch as a sacred hound, and Bitch as a Witch.

Sources:

Small Spells Deck by Tamed Wild
The Women’s Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets, Barbara Walker
“The Indian Great Goddess,” Stella Kramrisch, History of Religions, Vol, 4
Rider Coleman Smith Tarot Deck
https://www.theoi.com/Khthonios/HekateGoddess.html
Creature Teachers, Grandmother Twylah Nitsch, Seneca Elder
“A Brief History of the Word “Bitch,” Necessitated by Benedict Cumberbitch,” Amanda Montell
Artemis: Virgin Goddess of the Sun and Moon, Sorita D’Este
Episode 104: Mothers of Monsters & Magick 
Argonautica, Apollonius Rhodius, circa 3rd century BC
“Bitches and Skankly Hobags: The Place of Women in Contemporary Slang,” via Gender Articulated: Language and the Socially Constructed Self, edited by Kira Hall, Mary Bucholtz
Practical Magic

Shoutouts:

Wild Medicine: Tamed Wild's Illustrated Guide to the Magick of Herbs, Bundy & Belew

Join the Tamed Wild Coven!

Subscribe to the Tamed Wild Quarterly Box - a quarterly delivery of magic & earth medicine. Each box is crafted around a season and includes items for the earth-spirited and the lovers of all things mystical and natural. Deliveries can include crystals, herbs & teas, ritual tools, altar items, jewelry, essential oils & other lifestyle pieces. 

Each box includes a seasonal workbook with 3 rituals, intention-setting guidance, astrological updates, and other helpful tools to help you harness the magick of the season.

And sign up for the Book Coven - a digital subscription with weekly lives, reels, and discussions about witchcraft, tarot, herbs, business witchery, upcoming workshops, & the book of the month.

Created by Tamed Wild.
Production by Julio Montero.
Music by Follow the Wind,
Taizo Audio