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In this episode of Coffee & Divination, I’m joined by Jamie Michelle Waggoner - Pagan priestess, author, death worker, and longtime practitioner of trance and devotional polytheism.
Jamie is the author of Hades: Myth, Magic & Modern Devotion, a deep exploration of one of the most familiar (and frequently misunderstood) gods of the Greek pantheon. Her forthcoming book, One Foot in the Underworld: Myth & Magic for Death, Dying, and Beyond, expands that work into the wider landscape of the Greek Underworld, death care, grief, ritual, and relationships with the dead.
We begin with Jamie’s earliest experiences of divination through weather, plants, animals, and the natural world before turning to Hades himself: the Unseen One, Host of Many, ruler and caretaker of the Underworld.
We talk about Hades in myth and personal experience, Jamie’s use of trance journeying and personal gnosis alongside historical research; devotional relationships with gods; and the complicated mythology surrounding Hades and Persephone.
There is so much to explore in these very important topics, and I thoroughly enjoyed the discussion - I hope you do as well!
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Where to Find Jamie Waggoner:
Jamie’s website:
http://www.jamiewaggoner.com
Buy Jamie's book: "Hades: Myth, Magic & Modern Devotion" available through Llewellyn, Jamie’s website, and all your favorite booksellers - https://www.jamiewaggoner.com/shop/p/hades-myth-magic-and-modern-devotion
Coming Soon: "One Foot in the Underworld: Myth & Magic for Death, Dying, and Beyond" - now available for preorder through Llewellyn: https://www.llewellyn.com/product.php?ean=9780738781334
Way of the Weaver:
http://www.wayoftheweaver.com
Jamie’s upcoming classes and events, including Traversing the Realms, a three-month course in trance journeying, and the River Styx Book Club, can be found through her websites.
Learn More About JoAnna, and Coffee & Divination:
- The Diviner’s Pathway -
Enrollment is now open for the very first cohort of The Diviner’s Pathway, my six-week live online course in nature-led divination, deep listening, discernment, and the skills that sit beneath our different divinatory methods.
Only three places remain in this founding cohort, beginning in November.
Learn more:
http://www.coffeeanddivination.com/divinerspathway
Buy the Book: The Diviner’s Path: A Nature-Led Approach to Divination with Tarot, Runes & Pendulums, is available now wherever books are sold. https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-diviner-s-path-a-nature-led-approach-to-divination-with-tarot-runes-pendulums-joanna-farrer/0e2b2eb519c07c89?ean=9780738782430
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In this episode, I’m joined by author, teacher, editor, and longtime professional Kitchen Witch Rachel Patterson for a wonderfully practical conversation about divination, creativity, and what happens when we allow our magical practices to evolve and change over time.
Rachel has written more than thirty books on witchcraft, folk magic, plants, food, divination, deity work, and everyday magical practice. In this lovely first chat, we talk about Rachel’s wonderfully unusual Magpie Tarot: an enormous (and deeply personal) deck assembled from cards drawn from many different tarot and oracle decks - and what it has taught her about intuitive reading and symbolism for divination.
We also explore divination through everyday materials, and the difference between learning correspondences and developing relationships with the things around us. We also explore her most recent work on daily magical practices - including navigating the experience of falling a bit 'out of practice' on our spiritual path, and how we can reconnect in healthy ways.
A really lovely conversation, and I feel it will be the first of many!
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Find Rachel Patterson:
Rachel’s website, for her books, blog, podcast and more:
www.rachelpatterson.co.uk
Explore Rachel’s books:
www.rachelpatterson.co.uk/my-books
Kitchen Witch community, classes, readings, and resources:
www.kitchenwitchhearth.net
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The Diviner’s Pathway — Six-Week Online Course - NOVEMBER 2026
There are only a few places remaining in the first online cohort of The Diviner’s Pathway, my six-week live course in relational, nature-led divination.
This is an intentionally intimate group of just eight students, with live weekly classes beginning in late November, along with practices, discussion, and support throughout the six weeks.
Learn more and join the cohort:
www.coffeeanddivination.com/divinerspathway
Coffee & Divination website - free downloads and meditations:
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My book - available from Llewellyn Publishing - "The Diviner’s Path: A Nature-Led Approach to Divination with Tarot, Runes & Pendulums" is available now wherever books are sold!
If you enjoyed this conversation, please consider subscribing, sharing the episode with someone who might enjoy it, or leaving a rating or review. Those small things make an enormous difference in helping the podcast reach new listeners.
And as always — see you between the worlds...
Episode Music:
Opening theme: “Come with Me” by JoAnna Farrer, featuring Alasdair Fraser, Natalie Haas, and Yann Falquet.
Closing music: "The Charm of the Selkie" by JoAnna Farrer, featuring Natalie Haas, Yann Falquet, and Shannon Heaton.
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In this episode, I’m joined by Lonnie Scott - Heathen practitioner, author, paranormal investigator, and longtime host of Weird Web Radio.
This was a really interesting, wide-ranging conversation, talking through chaos magic, the runes, paranormal investigation and much more. Lonnie shares how his tarot practice has evolved over the years, and how Heathen cosmology (including Freyja, the Norns, and the Nine Worlds) is a part of his devotional and ritual practices.
We also dive into Lonnie’s book, The Javamal: Words of the Caffeinated One, his coffee-fueled reworking of the practical wisdom found in the Hávamál. We talk about adapting ancient wisdom for modern life, the Heathen concept of wyrd and its relationship to fate and choice, runes and bindrunes, and creativity in modern magical practice. (And, in a way I appreciated for our show, there is some discussion of coffee, along the way...)
Where to Find Lonnie Scott:
Weird Web Radio: https://weirdwebradio.com
Patreon: https://patreon.com/weirdwebradio
The Troth: https://thetroth.org
Fourth Dwarf Productions: https://fourthdwarf.com
The Javamal is available through both Lulu and Amazon:
Buy the book online: The Javamal
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Divination Intensive: Registration is Now Open
Our first online Divination Intensive begins in late November 2026! The course is limited to just 8 participants, allowing us to work closely with everyone’s individual divinatory practice.
Details and registration: https://www.coffeeanddivination.com
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In this episode of Coffee and Divination, I’m joined by Amy Blackthorn: award-winning author, professional intuitive, Witch, aromatherapist, and longtime teacher whose work brings together magical plants, horticulture, divination, and traditional Witchcraft. Amy is the author of numerous books, including Blackthorn’s Botanical Magic, Sacred Smoke, Blackthorn’s Protection Magic, and her newest book, Blackthorn’s Botanical Shadow Work. It was lovely to have Amy to talk about spirit connection and intuition on a number of levels...
We begin by talking about Amy’s early experiences with intuition and divination, before moving into her lifelong relationship with plants and the ideas behind Blackthorn’s Botanical Shadow Work.
We also talk about spirit communication within a larger web of relationships, the physical and ecological realities of the plants we work with, and why magical relationships don’t need to be disconnected from the ordinary world around us.
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Find Amy Blackthorn online:
Amy’s website: http://www.AmyBlackthorn.com
Amy’s books, including Blackthorn’s Botanical Shadow Work: https://amyblackthorn.com/books/
Amy's podcast: https://amyblackthorn.com/blackthorn-grove-podcast/
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The Diviner’s Pathway — Small-Group Container Course Registration Now Open:
Spots are filling for the founding cohort of The Diviner’s Pathway, a new, six-week live online course in nature-led divination, deep listening, and discernment.
We’ll meet live each week beginning November 10th, working across multiple forms of divination while developing the skills beneath the tools: asking better questions, recognizing meaningful patterns, distinguishing intuition from projection, and building relationships with the living world.
The founding cohort is limited to just eight participants, so if you’ve been thinking about joining me, you can find full details and registration here:
https://www.coffeeanddivination.com/divinerspathway
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Upcoming Events with JoAnna:
Friday, October 9, 2026 at 6 p.m.
I’ll be at Northshire Bookstore in Manchester Center, Vermont, for a talk and signing for The Diviner’s Path: A Nature-Led Approach to Divination with Tarot, Runes & Pendulums. For details: https://northshire.com/event/2026-10-09/northshire-manchester-joanna-farrer-diviners-path-nature-led-approach-divination
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Thank you so much for the support the book and podcast have already received. If you’ve read and enjoyed The Diviner’s Path, even a brief review on Amazon, Goodreads, or the site where you purchased it can make an enormous difference in helping other readers discover the work.
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In this episode of Coffee and Divination, I’m joined once again by Irene Glasse — Heathen Witch, teacher, author, and spiritworker.
Irene is the co-author, with Caine Dreamwalker, of the newly released Foundations of Witchcraft: A Blackfeather Mystery School Training Manual, from Crossed Crow Books, as well as Blackfeather Mystery School: The Magpie Training. She is also a contributing writer to Llewellyn’s Witch’s Sun Sign series and Sabbats Almanacs, a Commissioned Lay Minister at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Frederick, and the lead organizer of Frederick CUUPS.
We begin our chat discussing the divinatory experience that inspired Blackfeather Mystery School, and the question at the heart of Foundations of Witchcraft: what skills and practices actually help someone become a capable, grounded Witch?
Irene and I talk about spirit communication and discernment, knowing your own internal voice, and using divination to help confirm and clarify messages you've received. We also explore Elemental Life Sculpting, magical agency, guising and altered energetic states, trance states, and the importance of maintaining foundational practices even as our magical work becomes more advanced.
It's always lovely to speak with Irene, and this conversation went in some wonderful directions. I hope you enjoy, and let me know your thoughts, as always!
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The Diviner’s Pathway — Registration Now Open
Registration is now open for the founding cohort of The Diviner’s Pathway, my new six-week live course in nature-led divination.
This intensive course will meet weekly beginning November 10, 2026, working across tarot, runes, pendulums, dreams, and the basics of omen recognition, while developing the deeper skills that connect those practices: asking better questions, cultivating spiritual relationships, and learning to listen more clearly.
This first cohort will be a small, close-knit group — only eight students total — so if you’ve been interested in studying divination with me in a more hands-on way, take a look at the full course information and registration here:
The Diviner’s Pathway — course details and registration
You can also find information about upcoming classes, events, private divination sessions, and free resources at www.CoffeeAndDivination.com
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In this episode of Coffee and Divination, I’m joined by Deborah Lipp — author, Witch, High Priestess, tarot reader, and teacher who has been practicing and teaching Wicca, magic, and occult subjects for more than forty years.
Deborah is the author of numerous books on Witchcraft, ritual, magical practice, tarot, and polarity, including The Elements of Ritual, Tarot Interactions, Bending the Binary, and her newest book, Roadmap by Moonlight: A Guide to Wicca for Life.
We begin by talking about what it means to build a magical and spiritual practice that can actually last for decades — not simply a collection of techniques, correspondences, or rituals. We also talk about experimentation, adapting to new situations and needs, and how we create vibrant new things, without losing the structure that makes it all work.
And of course, we spend quite a bit of time on divination: Learning to see a spread as a complete image; psychic perception and the ways it can become suppressed; intuition versus projection; prediction; and the importance of becoming willing to take risks.
We also talk about magical polarity beyond simplistic male/female binaries, the ideas behind Deborah’s book Bending the Binary, and what happens when inherited magical structures are examined more deeply instead of simply discarded or repeated.
It was a lovely conversation to have, and I appreciate all the care that Deborah puts into all of her books and teachings.
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Find Deborah Lipp online:
Deborah’s website:
https://www.deborahlipp.com/
Deborah’s books:
https://www.deborahlipp.com/in-print/
Deborah’s Bookshop.org store:
https://bookshop.org/shop/deborahlipp
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Upcoming Events with JoAnna:
Thursday, September 10, 2026 at 7 p.m.:
Book signing and talk with JoAnna at Phoenix Books in Burlington, Vermont.
Nov - December 2026: Registration is now open for The Diviner’s Pathway - a live, small-group divination container beginning Nov. 10. Over six weeks, we’ll work with multiple forms of divination - including tarot, runes, pendulums, dreams, omens, and trance divination - to develop discernment, relationship, and spiritual connection with nature spirits and our intuitive abilities.
Spaces are limited to only eight people for this cohort. Learn more and register here: https://www.coffeeanddivination.com/divinerspathway
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Support Coffee and Divination:
The Diviner’s Path: A Nature-Led Approach to Divination with Tarot, Runes & Pendulums is now available from Llewellyn Publishing and through your local bookstore. To find it online:
https://amzn.to/4e6EXH9
Thank you so much for the support the book and podcast have already received. If you’ve read and enjoyed The Diviner’s Path, even a brief review on Amazon, Goodreads, or the site where you purchased it can make an enormous difference in helping other readers discover the work.
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In this episode of Coffee and Divination, I'm joined by Leandra Witchwood — modern witch, wortcunner, herbalist, author, teacher, and founder of The Magick Kitchen podcast.
Leandra's work brings together witchcraft, herbalism, plant-spirit relationships, shadow work, divination, and decades of magical practice. She is a Master Herbalist and Reiki Master, and through The Witchwood Teahouse, she creates intentional hand-blended teas rooted in her work with plants and herbalism.
We begin with Leandra's earliest experiences with divination, as well as her path into herbalism and the practice of wortcunning. We also dive into dendromancy -- divination and communication with trees -- as well as ways of listening to the spirits of land and place.
If you're listening as this episode comes out, Leandra has several classes and offerings happening very soon — and Leandra and I will both be teaching at TempleFest in Massachusetts, September 4–7. If you're finding this episode later on, visit her website to see what she's currently teaching and offering.
A quick note on herbalism: This episode includes general discussion of herbs and herbal practices for educational and spiritual purposes only. Neither myself or Leandra are providing medical advice, and please always consult a qualified healthcare professional before using or ingesting any herbs or plants, especially if you are pregnant or nursing, have a medical condition, or take prescription medications, as herbs can have contraindications and interactions.
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Thank you so much for the support the book and podcast have already received. If you've read and enjoyed The Diviner's Path, even a brief review on Amazon, Goodreads, or the site where you purchased it can make an enormous difference in helping others discover the work.
Reviews of Coffee and Divination are enormously helpful as well and please feel free to reach out to me on Instagram at @coffeeanddivination.
Thank you for listening, and, as always, see you between the worlds...
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In this episode of Coffee and Divination, I'm joined once again by Dr. Gwendolyn Reece — Pagan priestess, Theosophist, librarian, and author of "The Waters of Mnemosyne: Ancient Greek Religion for Modern Pagans"
This time, we go deeper into Neoplatonism: what it actually is, how the gods fit into a monistic cosmos, and what any of that has to do with recognizing an omen (for divination) when you see one.
We talk about the difference between superstition and actionable intelligence, why academia keeps the occult at arm's length, and what it would look like to bring real philosophical life — symposia, hard questions, communal thinking — back into modern Pagan practice.
I completely agree with Gwendolyn about the importance of philosophy, in-person discussion, and philosophy as a LIVED experience in the modern day. Every one of us has something important to contribute to this conversation... If you're passionate about this as well, reach out to me via email on my website, www.coffeeanddivination.com
It's always a true pleasure to have Gwendolyn back on the show, and I'm sure you'll enjoy this conversation as much as I did.
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Upcoming Events with JoAnna:
September 4–7, 2026: TempleFest at Prindle Pond Conference Center in Charlton, Massachusetts
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In this episode, I’m joined once again by John Michael Greer, this time to discuss his newest Aeon Books volume, The Magical Writings of W. B. Yeats.
Together, we discuss Yeats as a poet, magician, and highly-trained occult philosopher, with a special focus on the original 1925 edition of his great work, A Vision. We talk about George Yeats and the automatic writing that helped shape the system, as well as the works of Tolkien and Jung, the nature of Imaginal Realms, creative masks, and much more.
It's always a true pleasure to have JMG back on the show, and I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did.
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Find John Michael Greer online -
JMG's works on Bookshop: https://bookshop.org/shop/jmg
Buy 'The Magical Writings of W.B. Yeats': https://spirit.aeonbooks.com/product/magical-writings-of-wb-yeats/95401
JMG's Dreamwidth page: https://ecosophia.dreamwidth.org/
JMG's website - Ecosophia: https://ecosophia.net/
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Upcoming Events with JoAnna:
Aug. 15, 2026 - 10am-2pm:
The Diviner's Path Book Event at The Serpent's Key in Hanover, PA - https://serpentskeyshoppe.com/
Aug. 20, 2026 - 6pm:
Free Workshop and Talk at Barnes and Noble in Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY. -
https://stores.barnesandnoble.com/event/9780062217464-0
September 4–7, 2026:
TempleFest at Prindle Pond Conference Center in Charlton, Massachusetts
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JoAnna's book, "The Diviner’s Path: A Nature-Led Approach to Divination with Tarot, Runes & Pendulums", is now available, from Llewellyn Publishing:
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Thank you so much for the support the book has already received. If you’ve read and enjoyed it, even a brief, honest review on Amazon, Goodreads, or the site where you purchased it can make an enormous difference in helping other readers discover the work.
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In this episode, I’m joined by Isaac Hill — occultist, astrologer, musician, gardener, and co-host of the always-fascinating Plant Cunning Podcast. Isaac lives on an herb farm in Central New York State with his wife, AC, and together they have interviewed some of the most important herbalists, occultists, astrologers, and permaculturists working today. He is also the author of The Heathen Golden Dawn and his new book, The Zodiac Garden Guide, which we discuss in this episode.
In our conversation, we talk about what it means to create a zodiac garden - not simply as a list of plant correspondences, but as an intersection of astrology, plants, place, magic, and the intelligence of the garden itself. (A garden as an astrological talisman, in a sense.) Isaac shares how he came to astrology through tarot, music, astrological magic, and permaculture, and we explore tropical and sidereal astrology, plant correspondences, and the balance between magical perception and practical gardening knowledge.
This year's Plant Cunning Conference will be happening July 24–26, 2026, on AC and Isaac’s land in Central New York State. Sadly I won’t be there this year because I’ll be traveling, but I was grateful to present and attend in previous years, and I highly recommend checking it out if you can make it — or visiting the Plant Cunning website and podcast either way, to learn more.
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Find Isaac Hill online -
Buy the Zodiac Garden Guide: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GW7F2KRP
Plant Cunning Podcast on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/plantcunning/
The Plant Cunning Conference: https://plantcunningconference.com/
The Plant Cunning Podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@plantcunning
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Upcoming Events with JoAnna:
July 28, 2026:
Workshop at The Atlantis Bookshop in London
Atlantis events and booking information:
https://theatlantisbookshop.com/atlantis-events/
Aug. 15, 2026:
The Diviner's Path Book Event at The Serpent's Key in Hanover, PA - The Serpent's Key Shoppe and Sanctuary
September 4–7, 2026:
TempleFest at Prindle Pond Conference Center in Charlton, Massachusetts
Registration closes July 24:
https://templefest.templeofwitchcraft.org/
Support Coffee and Divination
My new book, The Diviner’s Path: A Nature-Led Approach to Divination with Tarot, Runes & Pendulums, is now available:
https://amzn.to/4e6EXH9
Thank you so much for the support the book has already received. If you’ve read and enjoyed it, even a brief, honest review on Amazon, Goodreads, or the site where you purchased it can make an enormous difference in helping other readers discover the work.
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And Watch Episodes on YouTube: The Garden as Talisman: Astrology, Plants & The Zodiac Garden Guide with Isaac Hill
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