Basic Witches

Jon Hsu is a filmmaker, producer, and magician. We talk all about magic, his experience with witchcraft and religion, and the mysteries of the universe. You’re going to love this episode! Follow John on Instagram @JonnyTheMagician and visit MTheoryMagic.com. 

Today we discuss:

• How the pandemic has impacted the magic scene 
• Jon’s experience with witchcraft
• Why we need to make room for the unexplainable in our lives
• Magic, witchcraft, and religion

This show is supported by Spellbinding:

Visit ShopSpellbinding.com and use offer code WITCHES for 40% off.

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@BasicWitches // @LeahKnauer // @RachelLaforest

Join us LIVE for “Blazin’ with @BasicWitches” on Instagram every Tuesday at 5:55pm PST. Free Q&A, card pulls, and expert guests!

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This show is produced by Soulfire Productions

Sarah Potter is a conjurer of color magick and a writer for Cosmopolitan. We’re basically BFFs already - you’re going to love her! Plus, she’s got a reading for the whole collective at the end. You can connect with Sarah on Instagram @IAmSarahPotter.

Today we discuss:

• Why people say nasty things about witches
• Sarah’s personal definition of a witch
• Psychological responses created by color
• The relationship between creativity and color magick
• Witchcraft and politics

This show is supported by:

• Spellbinding | Visit ShopSpellbinding.com and use offer code WITCHES for 40% off
• BetterHelp | Visit BetterHelp.com/Witches to save 10% on your first month

Follow your intuwitchin’ by following us on IG: 

@BasicWitches // @LeahKnauer // @RachelLaforest

Join us LIVE for “Blazin’ with @BasicWitches” on Instagram every Tuesday at 5:55pm PST. Free Q&A, card pulls, and expert guests!

New Merch Alert! Visit BasicWitches.Threadless.com for our latest releases.

Subscribe! Review! Join our Patreon! And we promise we won’t put a hex on you <3

This show is produced by Soulfire Productions

Putting the “Liss” in “Bliss”, sacred sensuality coach Marlee Liss has found a way to not only have internal peace after sexual assault, but actually spread bliss and pleasure as well. She’s incredible! Marlee advocated for her assailant’s mental health after she was raped, enacting the first case of Restorative Justice in North America. She shares with us how she healed after sexual assault and obviously Rach cried, and related to this, a LOT! We go from sweating in Mexico, to star signs, to finding your deepest pleasure, even (and especially) after sexual harm. Pussy power comes through in this entire episode, including in the card pull at the very end. Stay safe and feel GOOD, witches! HEX-O-HEX-O

Join us LIVE for “Blazin’ with @BasicWitches” on Instagram every Tuesday at 5:55pm PST. Free Q&A, card pulls, and expert guests!

Follow your intuwitchin’ by following us:

@BasicWitches // @LeahKnauer // @RachelLaforest

Subscribe! Review! Join our Patreon! And we promise we won’t put a hex on you.

NEW MERCH ALERT!!!!

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This episode is brought to you in part by BetterHelp, visit http://www.betterhelp.com/basicwitches for 10% off your first month!

This show is supported by Function of Beauty | Visit FunctionOfBeauty.com/Witches for 20% off your first order. 

What’s it going to take to change this world, witches? We spoke with Virginia Hillard and found the answer to be: radical reparenting. We need to reparent ourselves, and reparent the world. We synchronistically recorded the day before Indigenous People Day, and got to celebrate Virginia’s Native American roots through her father, who belongs to the Crow tribe. We talked about the witchiness of Pow Wows, what it was like to be a white girl on visits to the reservation, and all the reservations we have about the current systems of oppression. Get ready to take a “Trip to Hell” with us, and laugh all the way there! Stay safe, witches we love you! Hex O Hex O

Join us LIVE for “Blazin’ with @BasicWitches” on Instagram every Tuesday at 5:55pm PST. Free Q&A, card pulls, and expert guests!

Follow your intuwitchin’ by following us:


@BasicWitches // @LeahKnauer // @RachelLaforest

Subscribe! Review! Join our Patreon! And we promise we won’t put a hex on you.

NEW MERCH ALERT!!!!

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This episode is brought to you in part by BetterHelp, visit http://www.betterhelp.com/basicwitches for 10% off your first month!

You asked for it, and you got it, witches! We partnered up with our partners for this special round table episode where we find out what it’s really like to be a muggle and date a witch. We got into sex magick (*butt* of course), and how to *man*ifest your dream partner. Synchronistically, we recorded this episode on Rach’s re-birthday October 5th, exactly one year after she was attacked. As all four of us were together that fateful night, it was nice to reflect on how much has changed in only twelve months. Stay tuned for Rachel’s book Sex and the Synchronicity coming soon! We hope you love this episode as much as we love our supportive partners!

Join us LIVE for “Blazin’ with @BasicWitches” on Instagram every Tuesday at 5:55pm PST. Free Q&A, card pulls, and expert guests!

Follow your intuwitchin’ by following us:


@BasicWitches // @LeahKnauer // @RachelLaforest

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NEW MERCH ALERT!!!!

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This episode is brought to you in part by BetterHelp, visit http://www.betterhelp.com/basicwitches for 10% off your first month!

Witches, you have to understand something: the magick in Alex Kazemi’s book “Pop Magick” is so hot it might set off your smoke alarms (literally). Dive in deep with this pro-witch and cultural deprogrammer. We pondered the world’s shifting reality, how to bend it to your will, and what celebs we’d love to practice magick with. You won’t see us tagging Alex anywhere online because he stays out of the matrix, and you’ll hear why! This episode is like a witchy trip down the simulation rabbit hole with a bunch of wisdom, a spot on card pull for THE WHOLE WORLD, and as per usj a joke or two!  

Join us LIVE for “Blazin’ with @BasicWitches” on Instagram every Tuesday at 5:55pm PST. Free Q&A, card pulls, and expert guests!

Follow your intuwitchin’ by following us:

@BasicWitches // @LeahKnauer // @RachelLaforest

Subscribe! Review! Join our Patreon! And we promise we won’t put a hex on you.

To snag tix to our next Virtual Moon Circle, go to:

calendly.com/rachellaforest/moon

NEW MERCH ALERT!!!!

Basicwitches.threadless.com

This episode is brought to you in part by BetterHelp, visit http://www.betterhelp.com/basicwitches for 10% off your first month!

This show is supported by Function of Beauty | Visit FunctionOfBeauty.com/Witches for 20% off your first order. 

As witches, we can totally say this episode is hot as hell! We’re joined by @sluttygrlprobs creator, coach and queen of sexual empowerment Lorrae Jo for a tantalizing take on squashing shame and sexin’ it up! Rach drops some big news about dropping her panties, Leah’s been busy being all tied up, and Lorrae is simply CRUSHING it on Only Fans! We fantasized about a world where we eradicate shame and bring sex work above ground, empowering young girls and women to live out their own fantasies. We hope it’s not a bother if you get hot and bothered by the end of this sex-magick-filled-good-time of an episode!  

Join us LIVE for “Blazin’ with @BasicWitches” on Instagram every Tuesday at 5:55pm PST. Free Q&A, card pulls, and expert guests!

Follow your intuwitchin’ by following us:


@BasicWitches // @LeahKnauer // @RachelLaforest

Subscribe! Review! Join our Patreon! And we promise we won’t put a hex on you.

To snag tix to our next Virtual Moon Circle, go to:

calendly.com/rachellaforest/moon

NEW MERCH ALERT!!!!

Basicwitches.threadless.com

This episode is brought to you in part by BetterHelp, visit http://www.betterhelp.com/basicwitches for 10% off your first month!

Queen Tay joined us in the Zoomiverse for a fun, deep, tarot talk! As a Black woman in the very white city of Portland, Tay uses her intuition and witchy powers on the daily as she navigates these troubled times. We learned how she discovered her gifts and how she’s harnessing them for clients on the regular. You’ll feel like you’re at a sleepover laughing with the three of us about modern life, magick, and mayhem. Stay till the end for, you guessed it, an incredibly intuitive tarot reading from the Queen herself!

Join us LIVE for “Blazin’ with @BasicWitches” on Instagram every Tuesday at 5:55pm PST. Free Q&A, card pulls, and expert guests!

Follow your intuwitchin’ by following us:


@BasicWitches // @LeahKnauer // @RachelLaforest

Subscribe! Review! Join our Patreon! And we promise we won’t put a hex on you.

To snag tix to our next Virtual Moon Circle, go to:

calendly.com/rachellaforest/moon

NEW MERCH ALERT!!!!

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Brandon Knight is a witch in shining armor, and proud of it! He and his wife, Basic Witches guest Kelley Knight, co-created Spells for the Modern Mystic: A Ritual Guidebook and Spell Casting Kit and Brandon has some serious spellwork under his belt. He has the power to change the energy of any room he’s in, and we felt those good vibes all the way across the Zoomiverse. To Brandon, psychology is the portal into witchcraft. We learned about Gestalt psychology, sex magick tips, and how to harness your unique gifts so you can have healthier relationships. Brandon’s a bloody good husband...who performs a lot of blood magick! In closing, we are graced with a Tarot reading for the coven!

Join us LIVE for “Blazin’ with @BasicWitches” on Instagram every Tuesday at 5:55pm PST. Free Q&A, card pulls, and expert guests!

Follow your intuwitchin’ by following us:


@BasicWitches // @LeahKnauer // @RachelLaforest

Subscribe! Review! Join our Patreon! And we promise we won’t put a hex on you.

To snag some Basic Witches merch or tix to our next Virtual Moon Circle, go to www.leahknauer.com/basicwitchesmerch.

It’s finally Human Design time on Basic Witches! Human Design expert Dylan Earth joins the witches and makes H.D. as clear as HD. As Dylan puts it, Human Design is like a guidebook tailored specifically to your life that can help you with decision making, and strategizing your next moves. Rach joins the 1% for the first (and only) time, Leah’s really projecting this ep, and Dylan keeps his perspective grounded like his surname. In closing, Dylan demo’s his gifts with a Human Design reading for both Leah and Rach. Get out your notebooks and pay attention, you’re about to take H.D. 101!    

Join us LIVE for “Blazin’ with @BasicWitches” on Instagram every Tuesday at 5:55pm PST. Free Q&A, card pulls, and expert guests!

Follow your intuwitchin’ by following us:


@BasicWitches // @LeahKnauer // @RachelLaforest

Subscribe! Review! Join our Patreon! And we promise we won’t put a hex on you.

To snag some Basic Witches merch or tix to our next Virtual Moon Circle, go to www.leahknauer.com/basicwitchesmerch.