S9E2 - Sacred Plant Magic with Amy Blackthorn

Send us a textIn this episode of The Magick Kitchen Podcast, we journey into the enigmatic realm of the Poison Path with Coby Michael, esteemed author of The Poison Path Herbal. Coby unveils the esoteric traditions of working with potent plant allies—those often shrouded in mystery and caution—highlighting their roles in magic, healing, and spiritual transformation.Our conversation delves into the historical and ritualistic significance of these powerful botanicals, exploring how they have been revered and utilized by practitioners throughout the ages. Coby emphasizes the importance of respectful engagement and informed practice when navigating this path, offering insights into the spiritual connections and visionary experiences these plants can facilitate.Whether you're a seasoned herbalist or a curious seeker, this episode invites you to explore the profound wisdom and transformative potential that lies within the Poison Path.Explore More:To delve deeper into Coby Michael's work, including his writings, classes, and offerings, visit The Poisoner's Apothecary.🌙Struggling to find your rhythm on your spiritual and magickal path? You’re not alone. The Gardens of the Mystic Initiation and Certification Program is here to guide you. Each garden invites you into a metaphorical journey where esoteric knowledge unfolds at every turn.The Gardens of the Mystic - https://leandrawitchwood.kartra.com/page/ne62069 Learn more about Leandra & The Witchwood Teahouse at leandrawitchwood.com or here. Follow Elyse @seekingnumina, & join Seekers of the Sacred Wild, a free Facebook group with weekly live lessons and readings. Listen to Seeking Numina with Elyse Welles, here, and The Cosmic Theater Mystery School here. Sign up for her newsletter + learn more about Elyse's container courses, retreats, and mentorship at seekingnumina.com. Leave us a voicemail! https://www.speakpipe.com/TheMagickK...

Send us a textIn this episode, Leandra and Elyse welcome their friend and renowned herbalist Amy Blackthorn to the Magick Kitchen to dive into Amy’s new book, Blackthorn’s Book of Sacred Plant Magic, exploring how to build deeper spiritual connections with plant spirits through therapeutic practice, subconscious learning, and intuitive divination. Join us for an inspiring conversation on weaving plant magic into everyday life and unlocking the sacred wisdom of the natural world. Find Blackthorn’s Book of Sacred Plant Magic and more at https://amyblackthorn.com/books/🌙Struggling to find your rhythm on your spiritual and magickal path? You’re not alone. The Gardens of the Mystic Initiation and Certification Program is here to guide you. Each garden invites you into a metaphorical journey where esoteric knowledge unfolds at every turn.The Gardens of the Mystic - https://leandrawitchwood.kartra.com/page/ne62069 Learn more about Leandra & The Witchwood Teahouse at leandrawitchwood.com or here. Follow Elyse @seekingnumina, & join Seekers of the Sacred Wild, a free Facebook group with weekly live lessons and readings. Listen to Seeking Numina with Elyse Welles, here, and The Cosmic Theater Mystery School here. Sign up for her newsletter + learn more about Elyse's container courses, retreats, and mentorship at seekingnumina.com. Leave us a voicemail! https://www.speakpipe.com/TheMagickK...

Send us a textIn the season 9 premiere, Elyse and Leandra sit down in the magick kitchen with Dodie Graham McKay, author of 'The Witch's Ally', an incredible book on working with familiars. You'll learn that familiars aren't always animals, and in fact, historically, animals aren't the most common type of familiar. And the polar bear story Dodie shares from her time in the Great White North is one of Elyse's favorites we've ever had told here on the show! Dodie Graham McKay is a writer, green witch, and filmmaker. She is inspired to document and share stories that capture the beauty of nature and the visible and invisible realms of magic and witchcraft. She is the author of the books Earth Magic: The Elements of Witchcraft (Llewellyn, 2021), and A Witch’s Ally: Building a Magical Relationship with Animal Familiars & Companions (Llewellyn, 2024), and her documentary films include The WinniPagans, Starry Nights and the Fibe TV 4-part series Exploring the Sacred. Dodie spends her spare time walking her dogs and facilitating a busy coven. She lives in Treaty One Territory, Homeland of the Métis Nation, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.Learn more about Dodie and get her book at her website: https://www.dodiegrahammckay.com/🌙Struggling to find your rhythm on your spiritual and magickal path? You’re not alone. The Gardens of the Mystic Initiation and Certification Program is here to guide you. Each garden invites you into a metaphorical journey where esoteric knowledge unfolds at every turn.The Gardens of the Mystic - https://leandrawitchwood.kartra.com/page/ne62069 Learn more about Leandra & The Witchwood Teahouse at leandrawitchwood.com or here. Follow Elyse @seekingnumina, & join Seekers of the Sacred Wild, a free Facebook group with weekly live lessons and readings. Listen to Seeking Numina with Elyse Welles, here, and The Cosmic Theater Mystery School here. Sign up for her newsletter + learn more about Elyse's container courses, retreats, and mentorship at seekingnumina.com. Leave us a voicemail! https://www.speakpipe.com/TheMagickK...

Send us a textIn this episode, Elyse gets real with a bit of a bolder coming out conversation with Enfys J Book, bestselling author of Queer Qabalah and their newest book, Queer Rites. We discuss the importance of rites of passage, almost lost from our modern world, and how important they are to infuse into our magical practices and traditions. We also go deep on the challenges of cis presenting queer people (Elyse is raising her hand here) and the importance of shining bright even when it feels scary. Enfys J. Book (they/them) is the author of the Gold COVR award-winning Queer Qabala, co-author (with Ivo Dominguez, Jr.) of Sagittarius Witch, and author of the forthcoming Queer Rites: A Magickal Grimoire to Honor Your Milestones with Pride (Llewellyn, 2025). They are the High Priest of the Fellowship of the Ancient White Stag coven near Washington, DC. Enfys has taught classes on magickal practice around the world. They are also the creator of majorarqueerna.com, a website devoted to queer magickal practice with a focus on Qabala, and host a podcast called "4 Quick Q's: Book Talk with Enfys," where they interview pagan authors using questions determined by a roll of the dice. Enfys and their books can be found at https://majorarqueerna.com/ 🌙Struggling to find your rhythm on your spiritual and magickal path? You’re not alone. The Gardens of the Mystic Initiation and Certification Program is here to guide you. Each garden invites you into a metaphorical journey where esoteric knowledge unfolds at every turn.The Gardens of the Mystic - https://leandrawitchwood.kartra.com/page/ne62069 Learn more about Leandra & The Witchwood Teahouse at leandrawitchwood.com or here. Follow Elyse @seekingnumina, & join Seekers of the Sacred Wild, a free Facebook group with weekly live lessons and readings. Listen to Seeking Numina with Elyse Welles, here, and The Cosmic Theater Mystery School here. Sign up for her newsletter + learn more about Elyse's container courses, retreats, and mentorship at seekingnumina.com. Leave us a voicemail! https://www.speakpipe.com/TheMagickK...

Send us a textIn this episode... its time to welcome... SPRING! Leandra and Elyse share recipes and reflections on how best to embrace this time of year. Click here for Leandra's Tea Party ☕ and Ostara recipes. 🥚Elyse is  hosting a Spring Equinox Retreat in Havre de Grace, MD! Make and take home a gemstone crystal bottle of protection oil and learn land spirits connection at the oldest river in the world, Mama Susquehanna. Tickets and more info here.🌙Struggling to find your rhythm on your spiritual and magickal path? You’re not alone. The Gardens of the Mystic Initiation and Certification Program is here to guide you. Each garden invites you into a metaphorical journey where esoteric knowledge unfolds at every turn.The Gardens of the Mystic - https://leandrawitchwood.kartra.com/page/ne62069 Learn more about Leandra & The Witchwood Teahouse at leandrawitchwood.com or here. Follow Elyse @seekingnumina, & join Seekers of the Sacred Wild, a free Facebook group with weekly live lessons and readings. Listen to Seeking Numina with Elyse Welles, here, and The Cosmic Theater Mystery School here. Sign up for her newsletter + learn more about Elyse's container courses, retreats, and mentorship at seekingnumina.com. Leave us a voicemail! https://www.speakpipe.com/TheMagickK...

Send us a textIn this episode, Elyse & Leandra chat with Charity Bedell, author of 'Divine Dirt'. We discuss the importance of bringing the land into our lives through magic and ritual with dirt, and why this magickal ingredient is not to be overlooked.Charity L. Bedell, also known as Loona Wynd, is the author of 'Divine Dirt', one of the coauthors of The Modern-Day Witch series and the 'Wiccapedia Spell Deck'. She has studied conjure with Starr Casas and Feri with Veedub, and she is initiated in the Temple Tradition. Learn more about Charity Bedell and order your copy of 'Divine Dirt' here.Find more info about Elyse's 🏛️ Delphi Retreat: seekingnumina.com/delphiretreatPreorder Sacred Wild! 🌙Struggling to find your rhythm on your spiritual and magickal path? You’re not alone. The Gardens of the Mystic Initiation and Certification Program is here to guide you. Each garden invites you into a metaphorical journey where esoteric knowledge unfolds at every turn.The Gardens of the Mystic - https://leandrawitchwood.kartra.com/page/ne62069 Learn more about Leandra & The Witchwood Teahouse at leandrawitchwood.com or here. Follow Elyse @seekingnumina, & join Seekers of the Sacred Wild, a free Facebook group with weekly live lessons and readings. Listen to Seeking Numina with Elyse Welles, here, and The Cosmic Theater Mystery School here. Sign up for her newsletter + learn more about Elyse's container courses, retreats, and mentorship at seekingnumina.com. Leave us a voicemail! https://www.speakpipe.com/TheMagickK...

Send us a textThis time in the Magick Kitchen, its time to talk about the elephant in the room: witches shouldn't be poor. In this episode, Leandra and Elyse are joined by Pamela Chen, author of 'Wealth Witchery', coming April 2025. We talk about her Four Realms approach to wealth witchery; the limiting beliefs that hold many of us back; and how we can reframe our mindsets when working to better understand our relationship to abundance. Learn More about Pamela and preorder Wealth Witchery: magicalpam.comPreorder Elyse's book, 'Sacred Wild: An Invitation to Connect with Spirits of the Land' here! Learn more about my Delphi here, and in these episodes of the Seeking Numina Podcast.🌙Struggling to find your rhythm on your spiritual and magickal path? You’re not alone. The Gardens of the Mystic Initiation and Certification Program is here to guide you. Each garden invites you into a metaphorical journey where esoteric knowledge unfolds at every turn.The Gardens of the Mystic - https://leandrawitchwood.kartra.com/page/ne62069 Learn more about Leandra & The Witchwood Teahouse at leandrawitchwood.com or here. Follow Elyse @seekingnumina, & join Seekers of the Sacred Wild, a free Facebook group with weekly live lessons and readings. Listen to Seeking Numina with Elyse Welles, here, and The Cosmic Theater Mystery School here. Sign up for her newsletter + learn more about Elyse's container courses, retreats, and mentorship at seekingnumina.com. Leave us a voicemail! https://www.speakpipe.com/TheMagickK...

Send us a textAnd now for something completely different: Storytime! But first, we're getting cerebral. In this episode of the Magick Kitchen Podcast, Elyse and Leandra share their perspectives on decolonizing mythology. We discuss the truth about working with deities, and the reality of personal gnosis. We also discuss the importance of critical contexts for the classical portrayals of gods, the complexity of translation, and end the episode with some bardic storytelling of our favorite Sumerian myths about Inanna, and Tiamat. (ad music: A Robust Crew by Darren-Curtis | https://soundcloud.com/desperate-measurez Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution 3.0 Unported License (CC BY 3.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US)🌙Struggling to find your rhythm on your spiritual and magickal path? You’re not alone. The Gardens of the Mystic Initiation and Certification Program is here to guide you. Each garden invites you into a metaphorical journey where esoteric knowledge unfolds at every turn.The Gardens of the Mystic - https://leandrawitchwood.kartra.com/page/ne62069 Learn more about Leandra & The Witchwood Teahouse at leandrawitchwood.com or here. Follow Elyse @seekingnumina, & join Seekers of the Sacred Wild, a free Facebook group with weekly live lessons and readings. Listen to Seeking Numina with Elyse Welles, here, and The Cosmic Theater Mystery School here. Sign up for her newsletter + learn more about Elyse's container courses, retreats, and mentorship at seekingnumina.com. Leave us a voicemail! https://www.speakpipe.com/TheMagickK...

Send us a textThis time in the Magick Kitchen we are welcoming back the amazing and wise Nicholas Pearson. We tackle the difficulty of this inauguration and the challenges we might be facing, and provide solutions and ideas for empowerment through it all. Nicholas Pearson has been immersed in all aspects of the mineral kingdom for more than 30 years. He began teaching crystal workshops in high school, later studying mineral science at Stetson University while pursuing a degree in music. He worked for several years at the Gillespie Museum, home to the largest mineral collection in the southern United States. A certified teacher and practitioner of Usui Reiki Ryoho, he teaches crystal and Reiki classes throughout the United States. He lives in Orlando, Florida. Learn more about his work and get a copy of Crystals for Psychic Self Defense at his website, theluminouspearl.com🌙Struggling to find your rhythm on your spiritual and magickal path? You’re not alone. The Gardens of the Mystic Initiation and Certification Program is here to guide you. Each garden invites you into a metaphorical journey where esoteric knowledge unfolds at every turn.The Gardens of the Mystic - https://leandrawitchwood.kartra.com/page/ne62069 Learn more about Leandra & The Witchwood Teahouse at leandrawitchwood.com or here. Follow Elyse @seekingnumina, & join Seekers of the Sacred Wild, a free Facebook group with weekly live lessons and readings. Listen to Seeking Numina with Elyse Welles, here, and The Cosmic Theater Mystery School here. Sign up for her newsletter + learn more about Elyse's container courses, retreats, and mentorship at seekingnumina.com. Leave us a voicemail! https://www.speakpipe.com/TheMagickK...

Send us a textIn this episode, Leandra and Elyse celebrate 100 episodes! We look back at the guests we've had, give you some behind the scenes of how it all began, and tell you our plans moving forward. Our guest is Lilith Dorsey. Lilith hails from many magickal traditions, including Afro-Caribbean, Celtic, and Indigenous American spirituality. Their traditional education focused on Plant Science, Anthropology, and Film at the University of R.I, New York University, and the University of London, and their magickal training includes numerous initiations in Santeria (also known as Lucumi), Haitian Vodoun, and New Orleans Voodoo. They are a published Black author of Voodoo and Afro-Caribbean Paganism, Love Magic, the best selling Orishas, Goddesses and Voodoo Queens. Their latest book, Tarot Every Witch Way, is available now.Click here to join the Unbound Priestess Summit Jan. 9-10th 2025.🌙Struggling to find your rhythm on your spiritual and magickal path? You’re not alone. The Gardens of the Mystic Initiation and Certification Program is here to guide you. Each garden invites you into a metaphorical journey where esoteric knowledge unfolds at every turn.The Gardens of the Mystic - https://leandrawitchwood.kartra.com/page/ne62069 Learn more about Leandra & The Witchwood Teahouse at leandrawitchwood.com or here. Follow Elyse @seekingnumina, & join Seekers of the Sacred Wild, a free Facebook group with weekly live lessons and readings. Listen to Seeking Numina with Elyse Welles, here, and The Cosmic Theater Mystery School here. Sign up for her newsletter + learn more about Elyse's container courses, retreats, and mentorship at seekingnumina.com. Leave us a voicemail! https://www.speakpipe.com/TheMagickK...