Sat Upon A Toadstool; A Witch's Podcast

Join us as we chat about the upcoming month of July and all of its wonder! In this episode, we touch on the feasts of Saint Mary Magdalene and Saint Martha, as well as the Heliacal Rising season of Sirius. We also get into some neat weather magic, apotropaic magics against storms, practices pertaining to the first harvest of wheat, as well as the magics of Oak, Sunflower, and Self-Heal!

In today's episode:

What is a spiritual ecosystem?

How to connect with land spirits while honoring Indigenous people?

How to deal with lack of faith, and feelings of unworthiness?

Magical resistance practices for social justice work!

Should Hekate altars and rituals be done strictly outdoors?

How to deal with fatigue in one's practice?

How to petition Saint Expedite for love?

Is the devil a god or a spirit? How do they differ?

How to better accumulate/cultivate knowledge as a student?

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.

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Let's talk all about offerings! How to not overfeed your spirits, how to make sure you build reciprocity, and how to heat and cool them down. Join Mahigan as they discuss all things pertaining to the process of choosing, making, and disposing various offerings to the various types of spirits out there, as they escape the heat beneath the ferns.

In this episode of the Sat Upon a Toadstool Almanac, Mahigan shares beliefs, practices, and rituals concerning the feast of Saint John the Baptist, the feast of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, as well as Rusal'naia, or Trinity Week. Join us as we discuss herbal magics including that of Saint John's Wort, Hawthorn, Mugwort, Rose, Vervain, Elderflower, and Broom, and touch on various herbal concoctions, recipes, charms, and cantrips for spirit flight, conjuring storms, and separating lovers.

The full episode is available over on Patreon.

Hey y'all, I hope the shifting winds of May have kept you warm, and that wildflowers are finding their way to you wherever you may step. I am currently holed up in the trunk of a Rowan tree, counting the petals on a daisy; join me as we speak of graceful Juniper, of spiritual purity, of blessed oils, and of the dynamics of the witch and the shaman in this episode of the Sat Upon a Toadstool Advice Column.

Questions covered in today's episode include:

"Juniper's uses outside of cleansing?"

"How important is purity/abstention from sexual activities when adapting grimoiric magic into personal practice? I noticed many say to abstain for at least a week along with fasting."

"How do you balance having multiple altars with executive dysfunction? I've tried the weekly thing people suggest, but it did not work long..."

"If you wanted to draw truth out in a relationship what magic would you use?"

"I recently bought a really rough used bible. Do u have any tips for cleansing an item that might have had a bad history or was formerly possessed by a person in turmoil? Should I even keep it?"

"Do you have advice on creating oils of consecration for those not practicing from a Christian faith?"

"What kind of working would you recommend for calling in a job that is aligned with one's needs + paid well?"

"Hello I am Listening to your pod cast I appreciate your views but I feel you are a shaman."

On this month's episode of the Sat Upon a Toadstool Podcast, Mahigan chats about their upcoming relocation and their magical routine for settling into a new space. Join them as they process Coltsfoot down and share recipes for floor washes, house blessing oils, spiritual baths, and candle fixings, as well as a little bit of lore on all manners of household spirits.

Join Mahigan as they nestle beneath a cemetery gate and chat about the upcoming events, tides, and blessings of the month of May — with a focus on house blessings and cleansings! In this episode, we talk about the various herbs that can be collected in the month of May, perform some weather divination, chat love spells and fertility workings, and discuss various Saints' feasts!

Join your host, Mahigan Saint-Pierre, for a Solomonic magic mini-class on the Pentacles of Solomon. Learn how to activate them, to apply them, and to utilize them in magic. Learn also about the various astrological placements that indicate a proclivity for witchcraft, discernment in mediumship, and lazy magic!

Is ceremonial magick better than witchcraft? Is one better than the other? Why is elitism such a pervasive problem in this community? Join me as I sit in the crook of a Juniper tree and talk about ceremonialism, folk magic, devilry, and moral superiority, and share some methods on how one can bridge the two in their own practice.

Join your host, Mahigan as they perform divination on the weather to be had in April and talk about the solar eclipse, Lyrid meteor shower, upcoming astrological elections, the feasts of Saint Expedite and Saint George, and Walpurgisnacht in this inaugural episode of the Sat Upon a Toadstool Almanac.