Dine with the Divine

By Ashley Oppon

Some of the best stories are told at the dinner table with a delicious meal and good company. Dine with the Divine is a one stop shop if you crave conversations of mythology, magic, history and cultur... more

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February 19, 2024 Second Serving: My Story with a Spiritual Mentor Gone Rogue
I tell the story of how my mentor became a money hungry megalomaniac.
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February 14, 2024Ayahuasca and a Taino Food Fight with Wanda Conboy
Join my friend Wanda Conboy and I as we discuss how the Taino people fought back, Ayahuasca and another tragic love story that is better than Romeo and Juliet.
0:00- Interview with Wanda Conboy
14:20-Dish of the Week
19:14- Tea Time: Ayahuasca
1:05:14: Salome and Aracua
Wanda comes from a Taino Background and was born and raised in Puerto Rico. Her practice is a mix of Shamanism, Reiki, Espiritismo, Santeria, Hoodoo and working with the sacred.
In the summer of 2022, she spent two months studying in the Amazon jungle in Peru. Her studies were focused on plant medicine shamanism, specifically Ayahuasca Curanderismo. She has acquired a wealth of knowledge and healing. She came back to the western world a new person and with new plant spirit guides that have changed her practice for the better.
Wanda's Facebook page
@yemayamoonspiritualchurch on Instagram
Wanda's Website
Tano Mythology / Myth - TV Tropes
Ayahuasca - Wikipedia
The Taínos Refused to Grow Food. The Spanish Starved. - JSTOR Daily
Psychedelic brew ayahuasca’s profound impact revealed in brain scans | Science | The Guardian

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1h 17min
February 07, 2024North Asian Shamanisn with David Shi
Join David and I as we chat about North Asian Shamanism, the most dangerous job in the Spiritual sphere (at least in my opinion) and we clear up some facts about everyones favorite mushrooms.
0:00- Interview with David
08:57-Dish of the Week: Fly Agaric
15:22- The basics of North Asian Shamanism
36:39: The Nishan Shaman
David Shi, the author of the recently-released book "Spirit Voices", is a shamanic worker and folk magic practitioner who primarily engages in traditional North Asian forms of shamanism. He is primarily of Manchurian descent, but can also trace ancestry to Mongolian, Chinese, Korean, as well as a little Tungus Siberian and ancient Central Asian Turkic heritage as well. Raised in a household that incorporated both Southeast Siberian and North Chinese practices, David has dedicated his spare time to the study of the spiritual traditions of his ancestors and of greater Eurasia. Recognized as a sagaasha/ongodtengertei, a future shaman prior to initiation, among both Mongolian and Korean shamans, David’s practices are deeply rooted in spirit work in which ancestral spirits and land spirits are called to empower all workings. David’s readings incorporate a combination of Tarot, Bones, Jaw-harp, as well as Mongolian stone divination (known as Kumalak in Turkic Central Asia).
@DavidJShi311 on Instagram
Spirit Voices Book by David J. Shi | Red Wheel/Weiser
Nishan Shaman – The Earth Stories Collection
Book of Dede Korkut - Wikipedia
Fly Agaric Amanita Muscaria Magic Mushroom – Shamanic Journey
Amanita muscaria - Wikipedia
Fly agaric | Description, Mushroom, Hallucinogen, Poisonous, & Facts | Britannica

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1h 21min
February 01, 2024Brigid and Spells for the Home with Amberle Light
Join Amberle Light of the Hearth and Hedge Podcast and I as we talk about Languages, Brigid, and magical soups!
0:00- Interview with Amberle
09:11-Dish of the Week
20:31- Tea Time: Home Spells
41:46- Story Time: Bridget, Ireland's Favorite Goddess
Amberle Light is a practicing Witch with a lot of eclectic inspiration in my craft. She is a mother of three humans, two dogs, and the wife of a heathen with an epic beard.
She grew up in the Desert Southwest, where The Land of Enchantment had a lot of influence on my spirituality.
@Thehearthandhedge on Instagram
Amberle's Website
Brigid: History, Mystery and Magick by Courtney Weber
Bridget's Light
Hearth Craft Brooms
Imbolc - Wikipedia
Maman Brigitte - Wikipedia
Encyclopedia of Spells by Judika Illes
A Kitchen Witch's Cookbook by Patricia Telesco
Encyclopedia of Spirits By Judika Illes

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1h 5min
January 25, 2024What it Means to be a Witch with Judika Illes
Join Judika Illes and I as we chat about herbs, what it means to be a witch and a witch who has a quick temper.
0:00- Interview with Judika Illes
23:50-Dish of the Week: Wormwood
38:17- Tea Time:
54:20: Circe, a woman fond of animals
A lifelong student, lover, and practitioner of the magical arts, Judika Illes is the author of numerous books devoted to spells, spirits, and witchcraft including the best-selling Encyclopedia of 5000 Spells and Encyclopedia of Spirits, as well as Pure Magic, Daily Magic, Encyclopedia of Witchcraft, Encyclopedia of Mystics, Saints, and Sages, Magic When You Need It, and The Weiser Field Guide to Witches. Judika is the editor and curator of two books of mystical fiction, The Weiser Book of the Fantastic and Forgotten and The Weiser Book of Occult Detectives. A certified aromatherapist, she has been a professional tarot card reader for over three decades. A native New Yorker, Judika teaches in the US and internationally, live and virtually. Follow her on Instagram @judikailles
Judika's Facebook page
@judikailles on Instagram
@JudikaIlles on X
Here's What It Means to Be a Real-Life Witch In 2020
Classical element - Wikipedia
CIRCE (Kirke) - Greek Goddess of Sorcery, Sorceress of Aeaea
Circe - Wikipedia
8 Things You Never Knew About Wormwood
Encyclopedia of Spirits By Judika Illes

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1h 8min
January 18, 2024Deathwork and Psychopomps with Carla Torres
Join Carla Torres and I as we chat about the Death Positive Movement, Psychopumps and the origin of the Grim Reaper.
0:00- Trigger warning and Interview with Carla Torres
30:21-Dish of the Week: Last Meals
33::54- Tea Time: Psychopomps
42:58- Story Time:, Ankou, The Grim Reaper
Carla Torres
Carla's Website
@a_venerated_death on Instagram
The Afterlife of Billy Fingers
Psychopomp - Guide to the Afterlife
Psychopomp - Wikipedia
Here Are The Last Meals Of History's Most Notorious Figures
10 Famous Last Meals
Encyclopedia of Spirits By Judika Illes

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51min
January 11, 2024Slavic Folk Magic and Burning Skulls with Caireann from Hearth and Besom
Join Caireann and I as we chat about spells involving bread, beautilful young women and some good ol' fashion folk magic.
0:00- Interview with: Caireann
17:32-Dish of the Week: Goulash
22:24- Tea Time: Slavic Home Spells
42:28: Vasilia the Beautiful
Caireann is a Slavic American folk practitioner living in the shadow of the NYC area. Her journey into folk magic began under the tutelage of her Slovak Baba and Polish Babcia at a young age. Working with her Ancestors, incorporating Slavic folklore and tradition such as ceromancy, smoke divination and pyromancy, along with a deep respect and understanding for the duality of the old ways has shaped her practice. Caireann considers herself a blend of hearth, hedge, and folk traditions walking between this modern world and that across the veil. Her unpredictable hedge abilities lend a bit of spice to her goulash of a practice.
Caireann 's Facebook page
@hearth_and_besom on Instagram
Caireann on YouTube
Baba Yaga's Book of Witchcraft
Zalipie: The Painted Village | Polish Folk Art
Goulash Receipe
Vasilisa the Beautiful and Baba Yaga - Tales | Podcast on Spotify

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1h 8min
January 04, 2024Quit Normalizing Billionaires and Tarot For the Hard Work with Maria Minnis
Join Maria and I as we chat about her book, Tarot for the Hard Work, the dangers of capitalism and a special man named Jack.
0:00- Interview with Maria
26:01-Dish of the Week: Struggle Food
32:01- Tea Time: Capitalism is the worst
1:03:11: The Story of Gullah Jack
Pick up Tarot for the Hard Work!
Maria Minnis is a Black, Jewish, queer, and autistic tarot reader of 20+ years who teaches people about blending their spirituality with magic, liberation work, and eroticism in their everyday lives. She believes that the end result of all magic should be to cultivate a more equitable and empathetic planet.
@feminnis on Instagram
Maria's Website
I Am Not Your Slave: A Memoir by Tupa Tjipombo | Goodreads
End Child Trafficking | Operation Underground Railroad
"J" is for Justice | Process Musings | Spirituality & Practice
The Link Between Spirituality And Social Justice - Vision, Belief, Change
6 Comfort Foods Born of Historic Times of Discomfort
7 Historic Dishes Born From Tough Times That You Can Make at Home
Enslaved.org

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1h 17min
December 28, 2023Irish History 101 and The Badass Pirate Queen Grace O'Malley with Clare Carroll
Join Clare and I and we talk about a lot of Irish History and a women who we can't believe a movie hasn't been made about yet.
0:00- Interview with
15:56-Dish of the Week
23:45- Tea Time: Irish Diaspora History
57:04- Story Time: Grace O'Malley
Clare is an Irish American who is reconnecting with her Celtic roots and advocates for European Americans to take part in ancestral healing and decolonization. Clare is known on TikTok as @clearlyclose and creates videos discussing ancestral healing from an Irish American perspective, as well as what she’s learned about decolonization from working within Indigenous communities for the past eight years. While Clare has visited Ireland herself, she hopes to someday go to Ireland and visit sacred sites, learn the Irish language, and connect with the land of her ancestors.
@clearly.close on Instagram
Clare's Website
Grace O'Malley: 12 fascinating facts about Ireland's fearless Pirate Queen | The Irish Post
The Great Hunger
7 Irish-American Dishes You Need To Try – Big 7 Travel
Grace O'Malley - Wikipedia
Celtic mythology - Wikipedia
Irish Adaption and Assimilation
Nightingale Movie
The Marriage of Strongbow and Aoife
Irish diaspora - Wikipedia
Oliver Cromwell - Wikipedia
Neighbours across the sea: A brief history of Anglo-Irish relations
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland - Wikipedia
Rejected Princesses | History That's More Than 2-Dimensional.

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1h 16min
December 21, 2023A Solstice Holiday and an Herbalist with Sophie from Ramblings of a Grey Witch
Join Sophie and I as we chat about bedding, Saturnalia and Mother Shipton, the actual witch in the woods.
0:00- Interview with Sophie
30:22-Dish of the Week
39:59- Tea Time: Saturnalia
57:37: Story Time: Mother Shipton
Sophie Wright
@ramblingsofagreywitchpodcast on Instagram
Ramblings of a Grey Witch | Podcast on Spotify
Saturnalia - Wikipedia
Mother Shipton - Wikipedia
English folklore - Wikipedia

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1h 14min

FAQs about Dine with the Divine:

How many episodes does Dine with the Divine have?

The podcast currently has 74 episodes available.