Join Mahigan and Austin as they sit in the light of a fireplace waiting for their ominous alembic to come to a boil, as they discuss witchcraft, its intersection with self-care, the trap of consumerism, American attitudes towards spirituality, and the point of purchasing spiritual goods from witches and workers.

Make sure to check out Austin's work at Bane x Bramble, and give him a follow on Instagram! Austin is curating a monthly event in Tampa, FL, that is absolutely worth checking out, and also hosts his own podcast, Southern Bramble.

Sat Upon a Toadstool is a lighthearted podcast dedicated to exploring the lived experience of Witchcraft through the lens of spirit relationship, folk magic, land veneration, and mediation between the world of the living and the next. Your host, Mahigan Saint-Pierre, is comfortably seated in increasingly odd corners of the woods chatting with god-knows-what critter as they sip on strange brews and chat about all things witchcraft, occult, and spiritual.

You can find Mahigan over on Instagram, on Patreon, or on the Kitchen Toad website.

Topics covered in this episode:

Weather proverbs for the month of June

The talisman of Al-Nathrah, for victory

The talisman of Al-Tarf, for illness and injury

Major celestial events of the month of June

A Mercury-Jupiter in Gemini election

A Venus in Taurus election

Fixed Star Conjunctions for the month of June

The feast of Saint Anthony of Padua

Midsummer's Eve

The feast of Saint John the Baptist

The feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

The feast of Saint Peter

St John's Wort

Honeysuckle

Hyacinth

May's Patreon community ritual recap; Hawthorn against the Evil Eye

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In this episode:

Weather proverbs

A talisman of Gemini

A Jupiter-Capella conjunction

Saint Joseph the Worker's Feast

The Death of the Winter Mother

The Feast of Hawthorn

Rabbit

Hen/Rooster

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KitchenToad.com

Sit down for a chat with Dr. Finch and Mahigan as they touch on sachet powders, foot track magic, good ol' rootwork, and modalities of work in North American folk magic.

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Looking forward to 2025 with you all <3

Cheers,

Mahigan

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Covered in this episode:

A talisman for the trade of cattle.

Major celestial events of the month.

The heliacal rising of Fixed Star Antares.

The 4000 Avés.

The Feast of Saint Lazarus.

Yule and Yuletide.

Christmas-time divinations.

Holly, Mistletoe, and Hellebore.

And a recipe for traditional French-Canadian style donuts!

The full episode is available on our Patreon.

In this episode:

A talisman of war.

The Heliacal Rising of Spica.

The sourdough familiar.

Ritual vessels for Spica.

Halloween!

A candle dressing for protection.

Yew.

Pumpkins.

Buckeyes.

Usnea.

The Dead: Local, Familial, Heroic.

Dumb suppers.

Pots for the Local Dead.

A wash against miasma.

A working to welcome in the Ancestors.

Offerings to the Devil's Plot.

A Saint Lazarus ritual against illness.

A lot of dirt.

Preparing the way for the Winter Mother and the First Snows.

The full episode is available on Patreon, to all members of the Nettle and Hawthorn tiers!

Cheers,

Mahigan

Join Frankie and Mahigan as they soak at the bottom of Mary's Well and chat about dual-faith, what it means to see Saints through the lens of local culture and belief, and delve into what a practice at the crossroads of heresy and religious culture may look like.

Topics covered this episode include:

Italian-American folk magic

French-Canadian folk Catholicism

Balancing witchcraft and Catholicism

Dual-Faith as an ethnographic term and as an online label

Dominant religion, counterculture, and sorcery

What exactly is the "folk" in "folk witchcraft"

And more!

Make sure to check out Frankie at @chaoticwitchaunt on the socials, https://www.chaoticwitchaunt.com, and on Patreon as Chaotic Witch Aunt!

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Howdy y'all and welcome to Sat Upon a Toadstool, a podcast on all thing witchcraft, crooked ways, and occultism. I am your host, Mahigan Saint-Pierre, and twice a month I sit down to discuss a topic dear to my heart, whether it is magic or commentary on occultism at large, and to answer listener questions. I am currently hanging out with the troll under the stone bridge that leads to the fairy glen — she doesn't speak English, but I'll be doing the talking for the both of us. Join us today for a conversation on what advanced witchcraft really is, and why none of us are truly "advanced witches".

In this episode:

The myth of the advanced practitioner

Commentary on the "baby witch" phenomenon

The importance of research, and its consequent unimportance

The basics

Basic energy work

Cultivation

Folk magic

Cultural context

The spirit work leap

The cookery metaphor

Shared personal gnosisComplicated vs effective, and meritocracy

Sat Upon a Toadstool is a lighthearted podcast dedicated to exploring the lived experience of Witchcraft through the lens of spirit relationship, folk magic, land veneration, and mediation between the world of the living and the next. Your host, Mahigan Saint-Pierre, is comfortably seated in increasingly odd corners of the woods chatting with god-knows-what critter as they sip on strange brews and chat about all things witchcraft, occult, and spiritual.

Check out our Patreon, and Instagram!

Kitchen Toad

How to prepare Saint Expedite oil?

What are your favorite things about your local ecosystem spiritually? Do you feel that it differs significantly from other popularly written about ecosystems in occult literature, like the PNW, New England, or the American South?

How did you find footing in your practice?

How should I begin saint work?

Advice on beginning necromantic work?

How do you find the right way to go when you constantly feel unsatisfied with your practice?

Do you work with any PGM spells and can you share a favorite?

Would love to hear about drawing from historical sources to build a spell! Thanks!

In magical practice how important is it to "raise power" and how may that look differently?

When posting active magical work publicly should there be anything to be wary about?