Today I’m joined by author and content creator Niina Niskanen to chat all about a completely new topic to this podcast - Finnish folklore! We also chat about her upcoming Pagan Portals book, Soul of Vellamo: Journey with the Finnish Goddess of the Sea.

Find Niina:

Website: http://www.fairychamber.org

Mythology Courses and E-Books: https://fairychamber.gumroad.com/

Trailer for Documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRBRMgBJkCo

The Apothecary of Belonging is a magickal journey through each of the four seasons with plant allies as our guides and companions. Alexis J. Cunningfolk explores how to know ourselves as land and as beings who deeply belong to the land and one another. Learn about the energetic foundations of traditional western herbalism that flow through the seasons within and around us and explore ways to map your inner landscape. Throughout, you will find methods for combining seasonal herbalism for physical vitality alongside magickal practices to support personal healing and community empowerment.

Along with chapters exploring traditional western herbalism energetics, working with plant allies, and creating your own oracle of belonging, each seasonal chapter includes:

• An indications-based guide to plant allies for common ailments: twelve main seasonal allies and over seventy additional plants and herbs to build your seasonal apothecary
• Herbal remedy suggestions for community clinics and household apothecaries
• Simple tea recipes to support your energy
• Rituals for solo or community practice, including divination techniques
• Opportunities for sacred inquiry through divination, journaling, and group discussion
• Lunar blessings to support your remedy-making throughout the year

Speaking to the common yearning for kinship and connection, The Apothecary of Belonging is a practical seasonal herbal, a book of magick, and a love letter reminding us that we can always find our way back home to each other.

Find the book and Alexis:

The Apothecary of Belonging: https://www.wortsandcunning.com/the-apothecary-of-belonging

Website: https://www.wortsandcunning.com/ 

Alexis J. Cunningfolk is creating plant-led spaces of healing because none of us are meant to do this work alone. Practicing as an intersectional herbalist for over fifteen years and as a witch for nearly three decades, her work has led her around the country, presenting at various magickal, herbal, and academic conferences, as well as facilitating rituals for groups ranging from a handful of folks to hundreds. Alexis focuses on evidence-based and embodied plant healing while drawing on her experiences as a lesbian, a woman of mixed ancestry, and a third culture kid to create practices that help folks re-enchant their world and call themselves back home to their bodies.

Joined today by fan favorite Judika Illes to chat about her newest project, the Magic Spells Oracle deck!

This beautifully illustrated deck is comprised of a 128-page guidebook plus 36-card oracle deck. The engaging full-color cards offer clarity and inspiration to focus your intention and rebuild your power, reconnect to the essence of nature, and rekindle the magic within. The accompanying guidebook outlines the framework for crafting your home altar and charging your oracle, learning how to read and find inspiration from the cards and their layouts, with each card guiding you through your personal journey of healing, magic, and wisdom.

Find the deck and Judika:

Magic Spells Oracle: https://redwheelweiser.com/book/magic-spells-oracle-9781578639229/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorJudikaIlles/

Instagram: https://instagram.com/judikailles

Twitter: https://x.com/JudikaIlles

Chatting today all about fortune telling with author Tom Benjamin!

Historically, fortune tellers have always stood on the margins of society and been villainized by the Christo-Colonial powers that view divination as competition. The Modern Fortune Teller’s Field Guide takes a contemporary and engaged approach to divination, with a strong focus on social responsibility. Because fortune tellers can see the world as it is, we serve as a threat to structures that benefit from secrecy.

The Modern Fortune Teller’s Field Guide is an essential guide to anyone seeking theory and history alongside divinatory knowledge. Though anyone today can pick up a pack of tarot cards or begin casting bones, fortune tellers have a responsibility in taking up that work to consider not only the forebears who suffered for that art—but also to understand the systems of oppression that impact our clients.

Book: https://www.crossedcrowbooks.com/shop-crossed-crow-books/p/modernfortunetellersfieldguide

Website: www.tombenjamintarot.com

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

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thefoolsjournal

Tarot Emblemata is a magical and mystical tarot deck based on the 1551 book of emblems by Claude Paradin. Renaissance emblems are intimate illustrations with accompanying mottos that allegorically and symbolically express sentiments, concepts, societal concerns, and parables. These Renaissance emblems are a didactic genre of interpretive art and, within them, author and creator Nitasia Roland has discovered that their enigmatic imagery and “mottos” correspond dynamically and align perfectly with the seventy cards of the Major and Minor Arcana of the tarot.
Among the many ancient and iconic images this deck portrays—plumes, helmets, swords, gemstone rings, coins, wands, clouds, wreaths, flowers, animals, and trees—Roland sees the evolution of tarot’s wands, swords, cups, and coins, as well as evocative glimmers of the Major Arcana archetypes. Both secular and religious, Renaissance emblems were meant to crystallize virtue or vice and cover every sphere of early modern knowledge: ethics, natural philosophy, politics, science, religion, love, war, and everyday life, very much in the same way that modern tarot imagery provides insight and clarity today.
The Tarot Emblemata deck will help readers expand on their path of embodiment, spiritual gnosis, inspired destiny, and empowerment. The accompanying guidebook presents tarot interpretations and elucidations on the symbolism of the emblems. Tarot Emblemata features a ribbon lift and gilded cards. It is an accessible deck for beginners and those familiar with the Rider-Waite-Smith system, while more experienced readers will enjoy a new and refreshing perspective.

Find the deck and Natasia:

Tarot Emblemata Deck: https://amzn.to/4mRCHWG

Website: www.uraniapress.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nitasia_roland/ and https://www.instagram.com/urania_press/

Nitasia Roland is a poet and writer of nonfiction with a focus on dovetailing the wisdom and practices of Western Esotericism, magic, myth, and mysticism. She resides in Maine, USA, surrounded by 75 acres of pastoral New England countryside. Nitasia works from home as an artist, independent researcher, editor, and indie tarot deck creator at her publishing company Urania Press. For her Interdisciplinary Master's Degree, she studied English, Poetry, Printmaking, Photography, and Design. In 2019 she received her MFA in Creative Writing. The current of Nitasia's Synchromystic path syncs a mélange of curios into a body of research, contemplation, and practice with poetic trance, synchronicity, Synthēmata & Symbola, theurgy, Hellenistic household worship, daimon & deity devotion, witchcraft, hedgecraft, divination, and ceremonial & planetary magic. 

Welcome to October! Kicking off one of my favorite months and a great season with Tahverlee: author, High Priestess, and Temple Keeper of Moon Temple Mystery School.

Tahverlee is an expert in the ancient and modern practices of witchcraft, and we’re chatting all about the magic of October and the dark season ahead, including tips for changing up your daily practice to match the energy of autumn, ancestral outreach, dark moon magic, protection in working with spirits, cleansing, and so much more.

Explore Tahverlee’s Work:

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

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@athena_in_my_blood

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Tahverlee

Website: https://www.moontempleschool.com/our-story

Tahverlee is the founder of Moon Temple Mystery School, guiding seekers through the mystical landscapes of witchcraft, empowerment, and transformation. She’s the visionary behind WitchFest, the largest event of its kind, where she inspires thousands to break free from limiting beliefs and embrace their inner magic.

She’s also an accomplished speaker, social impact entrepreneur, and author. Her practical yet deeply mystical approach resonates with those seeking personal power and sovereignty in a world that often misunderstands the true essence of the witch.

Chatting today with Kashena Sampson all about music and witchcraft!

Nashville artist Kashena Sampson will release her powerful new album, Ghost Of Me, on October 3rd. Born of shadow work and transformation, Ghost Of Me tells a testament of survival, personal discovery, and resilience. Rolling Stone has said her music evokes "the best of Seventies folk," and she has drawn a lot of comparisons to Stevie Nicks. This time, though, she digs deep beneath the surface to explore new territory, summoning her childhood influences (like Mazzy Star, Björk, and the Pixies).

Besides being a singer-songwriter, Kashena is a tarot reader and practitioner - she was raised in a non-religious Jewish household with mother who taught her about Kabbalah and herbalism. The family didn’t have a television, so Kashena’s profound creativity blossomed at a very early age. Always drawn to witchcraft, her very first job was at an occult/esoteric bookstore. Her practice has been instrumental in her success on her sobriety path, and her commitment to shadow work has changed her life. Her songs are spell work, and her music is enchanting. 

Her album release is a lunar journey: the album and single releases are structured like a ritual under the phases of the moon - a cycle of letting go, calling in, and rising again.

Find Kashena and Ghost of Me:

Website: https://www.kashenasampsonmusic.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kashenasampson/?hl=en

Today I'm joined by Rhiannon Heins, founder of Intuitive Rebirth, for a very interesting (and vulnerable) chat about shadow work, fear, and healing - including simple baby steps you can start even as you're listening to this episode.

Find Rhiannon:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhiannonheins_/ and https://www.instagram.com/intuitiverebirth/

Website: https://www.intuitiverebirth.com/ 

Rhiannon is the founder of Intuitive Rebirth, a bestselling author, intuitive channel, and healer. Her mission is to empower healers and seekers to unlock their miraculous power by facing the very darkness they’ve spent lifetimes avoiding. 

"I was curled on the floor, my body swallowed by nausea so deep it felt ancient. Fear flooded every cell, building like a tidal wave I couldn’t outrun. My mind whispered, “You might not survive this”. And then, in the absolute darkness, something clicked. I stopped resisting. I breathed through the terror, opened my heart, and let it consume me.

That night, I learned the greatest spiritual truth: fear is not something to fight, it’s something to love.

This became the foundation of my work with Intuitive Rebirth, where I now guide healers and seekers to meet their deepest shadows with unwavering love, transforming fear into freedom."

Spirit Speak presents a unified system for understanding the broad range of nonphysical beings that we call spirits. Ivo Dominguez Jr is able to make complex ideas accessible, through analogy and example, without oversimplifying. This comprehensive book can be understood and appreciated by readers from all different faiths, backgrounds, and levels of experience. It explores concepts such as

• spiritual lineage
• the assumption of God-Forms
• the mindset needed for proper spirit work
• divine embodiment
• the limits and potential for many spiritual practices

 This new edition of Spirit Speak contains a new foreword by Mat Auryn, fresh updates, and new chapters on plant spirits and aspecting.

Find the book and Ivo:

Book: https://redwheelweiser.com/book/spirit-speak-9781578638888/?srsltid=AfmBOoqnGWZJPg3_bK6z4_w-ofW7a4AUf2nUpJzxSbnyHYxyc5Grmui1

Website: www.ivodominguezjr.com

Instagram: www.instagram.com/ivodominguezjr/

Ivo Domínguez, Jr. has been active in Wiccan and the Pagan community since 1978. Ivo is a founding member and former High Priest of Keepers of the Holly Chalice, the first Assembly of the Sacred Wheel coven. He currently serves as one of the Elders of the 15 ASW covens. Ivo has been published in numerous periodicals and is the author of The Four Elements of the Wise; Keys to Perception: A Practical Guide to Psychic Development; Practical Astrology for Witches and Pagans; Casting Sacred Space; and Spirit Speak, among other works. He is the anchor author for the new twelve book Witch’s Sun Sign Series. 

I'm joined today by Laura May to chat all about kitchen witchcraft.

Invite the magic into your life with these deliciously witchy recipes and rituals. In Kitchen Magic, you'll learn how to infuse your everyday cooking with purpose, meaning and a sprinkle of magic. With 65 enchanting recipes, this cozy full-colour cookbook invites you to cultivate a deeper connection to the seasons, your ingredients and yourself.

With Laura's essential tips of witchy pantry must-haves and tools, Kitchen Magic has everything you need to create enchantment in your kitchen - perfect for any modern witch or quirky home cook ready to turn cooking into a daily ritual of intention and magic.

Find Kitchen Magic and Laura:

Kitchen Magic: https://amzn.to/4mLuLXK

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

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theritualkitchen

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Theritualkitchen

Laura May is a kitchen witch and content creator on @lauramayritualkitchen. From her narrowboat May Moon, Laura shares recipes, folkloric wisdom and rituals around modern witchcraft. Her work focuses on bringing intention and magic into the everyday, a practice that helped Laura along her own healing journey away from disordered eating.