Creative Magic

Today’s guest, Amanda Yates Garcia is a writer, witch, and the Oracle of Los Angeles. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, The LA Times, The SF Chronicle, The London Times, CNN, BRAVO, as well as a viral appearance on FOX. She has led rituals, classes and workshops on magic and witchcraft at UCLA, UC Irvine, MOCA, The Hammer Museum, LACMA, The Getty and many other venues. Amanda hosts monthly moon rituals online, and the popular Between the Worlds podcast, which looks at the Western Mystery traditions through a mythopoetic lens. Her book, Initiated: Memoir of a Witch, received a starred review from Kirkus and Publisher's Weekly and has been translated into six languages. To find out more about her work become a member of her Mystery Cult on Substack. https://amandayatesgarcia.substack.com/

www.Oracleofla.com

instagram.com/oracleofla

We talked about

• Hearing and following the inner call.
• The vital role of artists and poets in our culture.
• Magical realism and living a magical life.
• Witchcraft, what it actually is. I love her focus on creativity and reclaiming.
• Overcoming fears that prevent you stepping into your creative magic.
• Migraine, illness and creativity.
• The empowerment of having a secret life.

Books Mentioned:

Initiated - Amanda Yate Garcia

Crow Moon: reclaiming the wisdom of the dark woods - Lucy H. Pearce

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My guest today is Phyllis Curott, a writer and one of America’s first public Witches. Her 5 international best-selling books have been published in 14 languages, making her the most widely published Wiccan author. Aas a lawyer, she has been an outspoken advocate in the courts and media securing the legal rights of Witches.

Phyllis was named one of The Ten Gutsiest Women of the Year by Jane Magazine. She received the 2018 Service to Humanity Award from the One Spirit Interfaith Seminary and the 2020 Person of the Year Award from Kindred Spirit. Phyllis was the first Wiccan Trustee of the Parliament of the World’s Religions, and was elected Vice Chair of the 2015 Parliament, creating the Women’s Assembly. New York Magazine has called her teaching on Witchcraft the culture’s “next big idea” and Time Magazine has published her as one of America’s leading thinkers. Her You-Tube series on Wicca has almost 3 million views. Phyllis continues to write, teach, and lecture internationally on the embodied spiritual wisdom of Mother Earth, Nature’s “secret magic” and why the world needs its Witches.

www,phylliscurott.com

Instagram.com/phylliscurott

"There's a wildness within us that yearns to be physical, sensual, animal, free. But fear of this unknown part, of where it might take us and who it might make us, has left us all only half alive." Phyllis Curott, The Witches Wisdom Tarot Guidebook

We started by talking about The Witches Wisdom Tarot that she created with Danielle Barlow. From there we move on to the wisdom of the body and following our instincts. The theme of murmurations comes back again and again...to do with birds, women and magic it is an incredible deep dive conversation weaving magic, books, art and ways of knowing, finding the courage to be out and seen in our creative magic. We also discuss:

Awe, wonder and the power of the liminal

Coming back into the public eye after a period of retreat

Calling women crazy as a way of shutting them down

Breaking the spell of patriarchy.

"It starts with you...but very quickly you realize it's not about you, the world needs you. You've been called." Phyllis Curott

Resources Mentioned

Crow Moon: reclaiming the wisdom of the dark woods - Lucy H. Pearce

The Witches Wisdom Tarot - Phyllis Curott and Danielle Barlow

Book of Shadows - Phyllis Curott

Burning Woman - Lucy H. Pearce

Music: Alice in Dark Wonderland, Lexin Music

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Welcome to the Creative Magic podcast - I am your host, Lucy H. Pearce, Creativity is at the heart of my life as an author of 12 books, visual artist, editor and creativity teacher. I've always been fascinated about the creative process and those who dedicate their lives to it. It is a strange, unseen path. On this podcast I hope to shed a little more light on it.

Join me and my guests - writers, artists, creatrixes, magical woman - for profound and practical conversations about what creative magic means to us. We'll reflect on what, how and why we create, what drives us...and what stops us in our tracks. We share honestly how we find the time and energy to make magic in the midst of life's challenges and why we keep on saying yes to our creativity. The conversations are raw, real deep dives into our creative magic, to inspire, encourage and nourish you

The first season of is the Wild Initiation series, featuring my immensely popular intimate conversation series recorded to celebrate the launch of my new book Crow Moon... I will be joined by Toko Pa Turner, Phyllis Curott, Amanda Yates Garcia, Molly Remer, Sushmita Mukherjee, Seren Bertrand

as well as new guests diving into the themes of wild nature, symbols, initiation and creative magic.

Creative Magic starts April 2nd

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