Whorrific

Season 1 guest Joshua Berkowitz returns with a deepened and even more nuanced understanding of the connection between various faiths. In this episode we focus on the connection between Christianity, witchcraft, colonialism and power. If you’ve ever wanted to talk about the particulars of returning stolen culture, this is the episode for you. Or if you've ever wanted to run a coven. Or if you're a Jewish Witch! 

Announcement: Queer Witch t-shirts (and hoodies and beanies) are here!

Go to:

www.annajoyhealing.com/merch

Please note: there was a glitch in the online store earlier and you couldn’t check out. Now you can! Free shipping on all US orders + international shipping (email [email protected] for international orders)

Joshua’s links:

https://www.jwmberkowitz.com/

Tehomot: Exploring the Depths of Jewish Witchcraft (Joshua’s podcast)

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tehomot-exploring-the-depths-of-jewish-witchcraft/id1446491074

Joshua's first episode on The Queer Witch Podcast: https://www.annajoyhealing.com/podcast/episode8

Show links:

Merch:https://www.annajoyhealing.com/merch

Podcast: https://www.annajoyhealing.com/thequeerwitch

Facebook Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thequeerwitch/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thequeerwitch/

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE QUEER WITCH PODCAST!

To celebrate, we are launching the official merch line! Dad hats, beanies and sweatshirts oh my!

Check it out here:

https://www.annajoyhealing.com/merch

use code "ONEYEAR" at checkout for 10% off your first order!

In this episode we cover:

A brief foray into the natal chart of The Queer Witch Podcast on this, the anniversary of it’s debut (surprise - it’s an Aries Sun, Taurus Moon, Libra Rising)

Then Anna Joy discusses seven things they’ve learned during the past year of running The Queer Witch Podcast, which are as follows:

1. You are not alone
2. It is difficult to accept abundance
3. You can be a practiced witch and still make mistakes
4. It is impossible to heal alone
5. Magick is real
6. Everything is nonbinary
7. the Queer Witch is a collective

The Queer Witch Patreon:

www.patreon.com/thequeerwitch

The Queer Witch Community on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/thequeerwitch/

The Dream Podcast:

https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/stitcher/the-dream

I'm back from the underworld, Queer Witches! Welcome to a new episode of the Queer Witch Podcast featuring a fascinating interview with David Salisbury, author of Witchcraft Activism. 

We discuss:

-The connection between witchcraft and activism

-How to deal with burnout 

-How marginalized communities can use witchcraft and activism

-A short story about the Goddess Aradia

But first, Anna Joy comes in with a brief yet juicy astrological update all about the month of April - Queer Witches, this month is full of opportunities to create and live your fantasy, as long as you remember to take care of yourself and rely on your community.

Links:

David Salisbury & his book Witchcraft Activism: 

https://www.daviddsalisbury.com/

The Queer Witch Community on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/thequeerwitch/

Instagram: @thequeerwitch

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thequeerwitch

New Moon Tarot Spread: 

https://www.annajoyhealing.com/newmoon

Anna Joy & The Queer Witch:

www.annajoyhealing.com

www.thequeerwitch.com

This week we have an interview with Travis Egedy, aka Pictureplane, who recently released Degenerate, which you will hear a few tracks from throughout the show.

Before the interview, Anna Joy discusses the astrology of the present moment, including the Full Moon Lunar eclipse that occurred on January 21, 2019 and what it means for the rest of the year starting with Aquarius season.

They discuss:

-The concept of a “cusp” in  astrology and whether or not it is real

-Working with polarities or opposite signs- e.g. Cancer-Capricorn

-What Aquarius season is all about

Then, we dive into the interview with Pictureplane, who discusses the creative process as a magical act, his supernatural experiences while living in New Mexico and Colorado, theories about ancient civilizations, the oppressive force of Christianity and capitalism, and how he maintains his spiritual health by constantly creating art and connecting with community.

To learn more about Pictureplane visit http://travisegedy.com/

To purchase his most recent album Degenerate, visit https://pictureplane.bandcamp.com/album/degenerate

For Alien Body, his clothing line, visit http://alienbody.net/

Travis can be found on Twitter and Instagram @pictureplane

To support the Queer Witch Podcast on Patreon, please visit www.patreon.com/thequeerwitch

Find Anna Joy on instagram @thequeerwitch and online at www.thequeerwitch.com

This week we’re catching up on some personal shit.

First, Anna Joy gives their personal recap on 2018, shares some of their blunders and mistakes as well as the lessons they garnered from them: personal content ahead.

Next, Anna Joy gives their interpretations on the numerological cards of 2019, The Hanged Man and The Empress. This was inspired by the January episode of Lindsay Mack’s Tarot for the Wild Soul which you can find here

https://wildsoulpodcast.com/

To access Anna Joy’s personal New Year’s Tarot Spread, become a patron at patreon.com/thequeerwitch

To learn more about and sign up for Anna Joy’s Mini Astrological Mentorship for 2019, go to www.annajoyhealing.com/minimentorship

This week, I found myself doing something I hadn’t done in a while: meditating.

I felt called in my meditation to revisit a book I had once loved; Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior by Chogyam Trungpa. I bought this book from the Shambhala Center in Boston where I first learned meditation almost 7 years ago.

In this episode, I discuss:

-A brief intro to the context and content of Shambhala, which is a secular spiritual practice with its roots in Tibet

-A big question that has been on my mind: “How do I have compassion for myself knowing I benefit from systems of oppression? How do I find compassion for all living beings knowing that some of those beings are violent bigots?”

-My memories of learning to meditate and what meditation means to me

-Some of my favorite excerpts from The Sacred Path of the Warrior

If you would like to go deeper into The Sacred Path of the Warriro, there is a free pdf available of the book here:

https://7chan.org/lit/src/Shambhala;The_Sacred_Path_of_the_Warrior_by_Chogya.pdf

If you are curious about my Mentorship Program and want to discuss the opportunity before prices go up in 2019, go to www.annajoyhealing.com/mentorship or contact me at [email protected]

To support the podcast financially, go to www.patreon.com/thequeerwitch to become a Patron or visit www.thequeerwitch.com to make a one-time donation

Find me on instagram @thequeerwitch

Join the Facebook community at https://www.facebook.com/groups/thequeerwitch/

This week we have a wonderful interview with Chiron Armand of Impact Shamanism.

But first a few announcements:

-There is a preview of a video episode Anna Joy worked on all about the Big 3 in astrology (Sun, Moon and Rising placement) that is available to patrons at www.patreon.com/thequeerwitch Support the Queer Witch Podcast by becoming a patron today!

-There are only a few spots left in Anna Joy’s Mentorship Program. Schedule a complimentary 20 minute discovery call if you are interested in Anna Joy’s Mentorship Program at www.annajoyhealing.com/mentorship

-CW: ableism and neurodivergence: Anna Joy gives some commentary and content warnings about discussions of insanity, craziness, madness etc. as it pertains to this podcast

Then we have a nice juicy convo with Chiron Armand, including:

-what a shaman is and why there is controversy over the term in the modern age.

-important definitions of terms like “Shamanic Practitioner” and “Shaman”

-Chiron explains the death and sickness aspect of shamanism and his own story of shaman sickness.

-Advice for people who are questioning what their gifts, or really their life purpose, are and how to use them.

-The reason why a lack of initiation or coming of age ceremonies in our society keeps many of us trapped within our child emotional body, attempting to fulfill childhood needs such as love, not being abandoned, etc.

-The way colonization, racism and classism prevents us from celebrating one another. “We should all pick someone in our lives and schedule a time to celebrate them”

-The tricky topic of what happens when spirits from cultures you do not belong to call you to work with them, including the work of stripping racial identities away from spiritual work. “Whiteness literally just exists to abstract all of us from ourselves and each other”

-We have a rich discussion about cultural appropriation, including smudging and ancestral work.

“If you want to cause trouble to this administration, call in your ancestors”

Find Chiron’s work at

www.impactshamanism.com

Follow The Queer Witch on instagram @thequeerwitch

Support The Queer Witch on Patreon at www.patreon.com/thequeerwitch

Schedule a complimentary 20 minute discovery call if you are interested in Anna Joy’s Mentorship Program (which is filling up fast!) at www.annajoyhealing.com/mentorship

Welcome to Season 2 of The Queer Witch Podcast!

Queer Witch Manifesto:

-There is always more to learn

-Respect all life

-Be yourself

This week, we are catching up with RUUNE, a guest from Season 1, Episode 2. RUUNE recently moved from Western MA to Portland. We discuss the differences between both places, catch up with RUUNE about their work, and get some intimate info about where they are at now with their attitudes toward healing, cultural appropriation and magick.

We discuss:

-What it’s like when a magickal practice that you used to love starts feeling icky

-How to approach healing when you’re pretty sure complete healing is impossible

-RUUNE takes us on a personal narrative about how he observed the alt-right come into power in part via chaos magick and how we’re literally living through a political witch war right now.

-RUUNE discusses his upcoming album, Neptune in and premieres a song for us called “Divination”

To find RUUNE, hear the rest of the album and support their work:

@ruunemagick on instagram

www.patreon.com/ruunemagick

http://fakefourinc.com/ (website of Fake Four, the record label putting out RUUNE’s new album)

ruunemagick.tumblr.com

To support the Queer Witch Podcast:

@thequeerwitch on instagram

www.patreon.com/thequeerwitch

www.thequeerwitch.com

Join the Queer Witch Community on Facebook:

Find us on instagram @thequeerwitch and follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/thequeerwitch/

**PLEASE NOTE IF YOU ARE LISTENING TO THIS ON AUDIO I USE A LOT OF AIR QUOTE WHEN I'M USING THE PHRASES "DIVINE MASCULINE AND DIVINE FEMININE" WHICH MAY NOT TRANSLATE**

watch the youtube version here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boX08hL3oeg&t=4s

On this New Moon in Scorpio, we have the opportunity to fully inspect and emote the revelations we’ve experienced about our personal occultism, taboo experiences and magic.

Anna Joy begins this episode by highlighting the recent Queer Witch Community (join in at https://www.facebook.com/groups/thequeerwitch/) discussion about “Divine Feminity vs Divine Masculinity” that was triggered by comments made in Episode 24: Love is LOVE with Tonya Gonzalez (trigger warning in the aforementioned episode and this one for possible discussions of gender essentialism and binary notions of gender).

Anna Joy discusses the general context of the Divine Feminine/Divine Masculine theory within mainstream New Age, Wiccan and Pagan cultures, what it is founded upon theoretically and why it is so mainstream. They also discuss the violent use of the Divine Feminine/Divine Masculine theory within  Second-Wave Feminism & Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminism and why it is important to consider the experience of gender non-conforming, genderqueer, trans and nonbinary witches when sharing your viewpoints on magick.

Next, Anna Joy imparts their own, nonbinary understanding of the idea of Divine Dualism as a replacement for what shall now be termed “The Divine Gender Binary” through the lens of astrology, including:

-the relationship between the Sun and the Earth

-Venus and Mars within the natal chart

-Lunar activity

Building off of the final point, Anna Joy launches into a discussion of how to use lunar cycles in your magickal practice, and how to specifically work with all New Moons as well as today’s New Moon in Scorpio.

Finally, we have a brief discussion of Jupiter in Scorpio’s influence over us for the past 12 months and how today’s New Moon in Scorpio is the season finale of all this activity.

To download your free copy of the tarot spread Anna Joy uses at each New Moon, visit www.annajoyhealing.com/newmoon

Find us on instagram @thequeerwitch and follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/thequeerwitch/

Support the podcast by supporting monthly at www.patreon.com/thequeerwitch or make a one-time donation at www.thequeerwitch.com

This is a comfy episode. It’s all about family, loved ones and friends, living and dead. Sit down with some pumpkin spice tea, a snuggie and your dearly beloved for this All Hallow’s Eve special.

In this episode, Anna Joy keeps it casual with some personal reflection on how she got to her current ancestor practice, how it’s grown, and the ways it has allowed miracles to go down with her living family members. #vulnerability

Anna Joy discusses why she had a hard start to her ancestor practice - hint, memories of childhood abuse and estrangement from living family members - and how surprised she was when ancestor work came through to help her heal from the very pains that initially made ancestral healing seem like a no-go.

She discusses the importance - and misconceptions - around finding mentorship with living witches. She discusses relating to your dearly beloved in terms that make both of you feel safe. And, at the very end, you can Pray-Along with Anna Joy as she channels a special prayer for ancestral healing that can help realign our intergenerational narrative from one of oppression and confusion to one of solidarity and righteousness.

Plus, receive a free bonus download of a tarot spread Anna Joy designed just for your ancestors. And you.

Links:
Support the Queer Witch on Patreon at www.patreon.com/thequeerwitch

Discover the Mentorship Program and book your free introductory healing session with Anna Joy at www.annajoyhealing.com/mentorship

Get your free Tarot spread “Ancestral Healing Narrative” at www.annajoyhealing.com/ancestorspread

And please follow us on instagram @thequeerwitch