S6E8 - Animism and Witchcraft with Author Nathan M. Hall

Elyse and Leandra are joined this week by Ben Stimpson, author of Ancestral Whispers, an incredible book (perhaps the definitive one) on ancestor work. The veil is thin at Beltaine, as it is Samhain in the southern hemisphere, so May is a great time to joyfully connect to your ancestors. If you've been wanting to connect, this is the time to reach out! Ben Stimpson (He/They/Them) is a therapist, lecturer, student, and spiritual director. Ben has developed courses on a variety of topics, including ancestor veneration, the power of story, and folklore. When not working with clients or writing, Ben is engaged with his areas of study: religious studies, medieval and classical studies, folklore, and spirituality. Get his books here and find him on Instagram @benstimpsonauthor.Tickets for Elyse's next workshop: Of Leaf and Stone: Guide to Green Magic. Join Leandra in The Rebel Mystic Community for LIVE monthly rituals, group mentoring, and more. Leandra shares her decades of knowledge and experience in this community in a safe and inviting space. Get inspired today! Learn more HERE. For her full event calendar and offerings, click HERE.Support Elyse's book tour by joining the Magical Living Community! Access BONUS EPISODES of the Magick Kitchen Podcast + get several monthly rituals, meditations, and exclusive videos for only $10 a month. Start your free trial here: patreon.com/elysewellesJoin the newsletter - FREE GIFT: seekingnumina.comView courses here: patreon.com/elysewelles/shopConnect with Leandra and Elyse in the Magick Kitchen Pantry: a free and paid community where you're invited to a library of Table Talk bonus episodes with us! Join through either of our private communities: The Rebel Mystic by Leandra Witchwood and Magickal Living with Elyse Welles. Follow Elyse @seekingnumina on Instagram and Facebook, and sign up for her newsletter, read her articles, and view her tours and retreats to Greece at seekingnumina.com. Follow Leandra @leandrawitchwood on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok and find her blog and books at leandrawitchwood.com.Leave us a voicemail for a chance to be featured on an upcoming episode! https://www.speakpipe.com/TheMagickKitchenPodcast

Elyse & Leandra invite you to join us at the kitchen witch's hearth, a new seasonal series where we share tips for the kitchen witch. We kick off season seven with Plant Allies, perfect for spring: how to meet them, and how to incorporate them into cooking and other kitchen witchery. FREE GIFT from Elyse: Full color Energy Protection Workbook! seekingnumina.com/birthday Join Leandra in The Rebel Mystic Community for LIVE monthly rituals, group mentoring, and more. Leandra shares her decades of knowledge and experience in this community in a safe and inviting space. Get inspired today! Learn more HERE. For her full event calendar and offerings, click HERE.Access BONUS EPISODES of the Magick Kitchen Podcast + get several monthly rituals, meditations, and exclusive videos by joining at the Initiate tier or higher in Elyse's Magical Living Community. Start your free trial here: patreon.com/elysewellesJoin the newsletter: seekingnumina.comView courses here: patreon.com/elysewelles/shopConnect with Leandra and Elyse in the Magick Kitchen Pantry: a free and paid community where you're invited to a library of Table Talk bonus episodes with us! Join through either of our private communities: The Rebel Mystic by Leandra Witchwood and Magickal Living with Elyse Welles.Follow Elyse @seekingnumina on Instagram and Facebook, and sign up for her newsletter, read her articles, and view her tours and retreats to Greece at seekingnumina.com. Follow Leandra @leandrawitchwood on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok and find her blog and books at leandrawitchwood.com.Leave us a voicemail for a chance to be featured on an upcoming episode! https://www.speakpipe.com/TheMagickKitchenPodcastConnect with Leandra and Elyse in the Magick Kitchen Pantry: a free and paid community where you're invited to a library of Table Talk bonus episodes with us! Join through either of our private communities: The Rebel Mystic by Leandra Witchwood and Magickal Living with Elyse Welles. Follow Elyse @seekingnumina on Instagram and Facebook, and sign up for her newsletter, read her articles, and view her tours and retreats to Greece at seekingnumina.com. Follow Leandra @leandrawitchwood on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok and find her blog and books at leandrawitchwood.com.Leave us a voicemail for a chance to be featured on an upcoming episode! https://www.speakpipe.com/TheMagickKitchenPodcast

We're joined in the Magick Kitchen this week with Emma Kathryn, author of "Season Songs" and "Witch Life", talking about the way land spirits and folk practices can ground us in ourselves, especially when we come from a multicultural background. Emma talks with Leandra and Elyse all about her time growing up playing in the wilds, and the way that informed her practice and life's journey. Keep up with Emma here at emmakathrynwildwitchcraft.com. Join Leandra in The Rebel Mystic Community for LIVE monthly rituals, group mentoring, and more. Leandra shares her decades of knowledge and experience in this community in a safe and inviting space. Get inspired today! Learn more HERE. For her full event calendar and offerings, click HERE.Access BONUS EPISODES of the Magick Kitchen Podcast + get several monthly rituals, meditations, and exclusive videos by joining at the Initiate tier or higher in Elyse's Magical Living Community. Start your free trial here: patreon.com/elysewellesJoin the newsletter: seekingnumina.comView courses here: patreon.com/elysewelles/shopConnect with Leandra and Elyse in the Magick Kitchen Pantry: a free and paid community where you're invited to a library of Table Talk bonus episodes with us! Join through either of our private communities: The Rebel Mystic by Leandra Witchwood and Magickal Living with Elyse Welles. Follow Elyse @seekingnumina on Instagram and Facebook, and sign up for her newsletter, read her articles, and view her tours and retreats to Greece at seekingnumina.com. Follow Leandra @leandrawitchwood on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok and find her blog and books at leandrawitchwood.com.Leave us a voicemail for a chance to be featured on an upcoming episode! https://www.speakpipe.com/TheMagickKitchenPodcast

We're talking Aries season and how all of us, no matter how much we've got in our chart, can harness the power of Aries season and make the most of the bustle of Spring. Diotima Mantinea has over 50 years of astrology experience, and is the recent co-author of Aries Witch, part of the Witch's Sun Sign series. Connect with her at uraniaswell.com Access BONUS EPISODES of the Magick Kitchen Podcast + get several monthly rituals, meditations, and exclusive videos by joining at the Initiate tier or higher in Elyse's Magical Living Community. Start your free trial here: patreon.com/elysewellesJoin the newsletter: seekingnumina.comView courses here: patreon.com/elysewelles/shopJoin Leandra in The Rebel Mystic Community for LIVE monthly rituals, group mentoring, and more. In this community, Leandra shares her decades of knowledge and experience in a safe and inviting space. Get inspired today! Learn more HERE.Connect with Leandra and Elyse in the Magick Kitchen Pantry: a free and paid community where you're invited to a library of Table Talk bonus episodes with us! Join through either of our private communities: The Rebel Mystic by Leandra Witchwood and Magickal Living with Elyse Welles. Follow Elyse @seekingnumina on Instagram and Facebook, and sign up for her newsletter, read her articles, and view her tours and retreats to Greece at seekingnumina.com. Follow Leandra @leandrawitchwood on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok and find her blog and books at leandrawitchwood.com.Leave us a voicemail for a chance to be featured on an upcoming episode! https://www.speakpipe.com/TheMagickKitchenPodcast

Pull up a chair in the Magick Kitchen as we sit down with Ivo Dominguez, Jr. With over 45 years in the Craft, Ivo shares stories and perspectives of the trends and changes over his life. He explores the astrological impact and explanations of the ebb and flow of so many topics: the solitary vs. initiatory approaches to magick, community ritual and public engagement, and more.  We talk astrology, and get some perspectives only Ivo could give us. Ivo Domínguez, Jr. is a visionary, and a practitioner of a variety of esoteric disciplines. He has been active in Wicca and the Pagan community since 1978, has been teaching since 1982. Ivo was a founding member, of the first coven of the Assembly of the Sacred Wheel a Wiccan Tradition where he currently serves as one of its Elders. The Assembly of the Sacred Wheel is a Wiccan syncretic tradition that draws inspiration from Astrology, Qabala, the Western Magickal Tradition and the folk religions of Europe. He has taught at many conventions/conferences across the United States and abroad. Join Leandra in The Rebel Mystic Community for LIVE monthly rituals, group mentoring, and more. In this community, Leandra shares her decades of knowledge and experience in a safe and inviting space. Get inspired today! Learn more HERE. Access BONUS EPISODES of the Magick Kitchen Podcast + get several monthly rituals, meditations, and exclusive videos by joining at the Initiate tier or higher in Elyse's Magical Living Community. Start your free trial here: patreon.com/elysewellesJoin the newsletter: seekingnumina.comView courses here: patreon.com/elysewelles/shopAbout Your HostsHerbalist, Tea Witch, Shadow Witch, Occultist, Blogger & Author Leandra Witchwood has 25+ years of working knowledge in the Craft. Her training began with Ceremonial Magick evolving into a more organic free-form style of Witchcraft. Her work includes Magickal Herbalism, Tea Magick, Shadow Work, and Kitchen Witchery. Leandra also writes books on Witchcraft. Learn more at www.LeandraWitchwood.com  or www.TheMagickKitchen.comElyse Welles is a Greek-Egyptian and American earth intuitive witch and author. An initiate of the eclectic Faery Tradition, her practice is centered on connections to land spirits and sacred places (numina). She is a monthly columnist for The Wild Hunt, & Witch Way Magazine. Learn more @seekingnumina on Instagram, and seekingnumina.comConnect with Leandra and Elyse in the Magick Kitchen Pantry: a free and paid community where you're invited to a library of Table Talk bonus episodes with us! Join through either of our private communities: The Rebel Mystic by Leandra Witchwood and Magickal Living with Elyse Welles. Follow Elyse @seekingnumina on Instagram and Facebook, and sign up for her newsletter, read her articles, and view her tours and retreats to Greece at seekingnumina.com. Follow Leandra @leandrawitchwood on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok and find her blog and books at leandrawitchwood.com.Leave us a voicemail for a chance to be featured on an upcoming episode! https://www.speakpipe.com/TheMagickKitchenPodcast

This time in the Magick Kitchen we're thinking on the challenges of baneful magic when it comes to matters of the heart.  We're looking at every angle so you can know the right decision to make when it comes to using magic after a breakup to empower you forward on your path.This is part 2 on a Valentine's Day series on love magick, following part 1: S6E9 - Love Magick Explained. Access BONUS EPISODES of the Magick Kitchen Podcast + get several monthly rituals, meditations, and exclusive videos by joining at the Initiate tier or higher in Elyse's Magical Living Community. Start your free trial here: patreon.com/elysewellesJoin the newsletter: seekingnumina.comView courses here: patreon.com/elysewelles/shopJoin Leandra in The Rebel Mystic Community for LIVE monthly rituals, group mentoring, and more. In this community, Leandra shares her decades of knowledge and experience in a safe and inviting space. Get inspired today! Learn more HERE.About Your HostsHerbalist, Tea Witch, Shadow Witch, Occultist, Blogger & Author Leandra Witchwood has 25+ years of working knowledge in the Craft. Her training began with Ceremonial Magick evolving into a more organic free-form style of Witchcraft. Her work includes Magickal Herbalism, Tea Magick, Shadow Work, and Kitchen Witchery. Leandra also writes books on Witchcraft. Learn more at www.LeandraWitchwood.com  or www.TheMagickKitchen.comElyse Welles is a Greek-Egyptian and American earth intuitive witch and author. An initiate of the eclectic Faery Tradition, her practice is centered on connections to land spirits and sacred places (numina). She is a monthly columnist for The Wild Hunt, & Witch Way Magazine. Learn more @seekingnumina on Instagram, and seekingnumina.comConnect with Leandra and Elyse in the Magick Kitchen Pantry: a free and paid community where you're invited to a library of Table Talk bonus episodes with us! Join through either of our private communities: The Rebel Mystic by Leandra Witchwood and Magickal Living with Elyse Welles. Follow Elyse @seekingnumina on Instagram and Facebook, and sign up for her newsletter, read her articles, and view her tours and retreats to Greece at seekingnumina.com. Follow Leandra @leandrawitchwood on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok and find her blog and books at leandrawitchwood.com.Leave us a voicemail for a chance to be featured on an upcoming episode! https://www.speakpipe.com/TheMagickKitchenPodcast

"Go erotic, not erratic!" This month in the Magick Kitchen we're discussing love magick and all the complicated angles of it -- self love, s** magic, and more. This first episode we talk through all the angles of what love means and how to use that energy for your magic and to grow your spiritual practice. And join us for part 2, where we help you decide if you should hex your ex... or the other options you have!Join Leandra in The Rebel Mystic Community for LIVE monthly rituals, group mentoring, and more. In this community, Leandra shares her decades of knowledge and experience in a safe and inviting space. Get inspired today! Learn more HERE.Click here for tickets to Elyse's next workshop, "To Cast a Circle: The Basics of Rituals, Spells, and Sacred Space". If you missed it, check the Patreon shop for purchase. Access BONUS EPISODES of the Magick Kitchen Podcast + get several monthly rituals, meditations, and exclusive videos by joining at the Initiate tier or higher in Elyse's Magical Living Community. Start your free trial here: patreon.com/elysewellesJoin the newsletter: seekingnumina.comView courses here: patreon.com/elysewelles/shopAbout Your HostsHerbalist, Tea Witch, Shadow Witch, Occultist, Blogger & Author Leandra Witchwood has 25+ years of working knowledge in the Craft. Her training began with Ceremonial Magick evolving into a more organic free-form style of Witchcraft. Her work includes Magickal Herbalism, Tea Magick, Shadow Work, and Kitchen Witchery. Leandra also writes books on Witchcraft. Learn more at www.LeandraWitchwood.com  or www.TheMagickKitchen.comElyse Welles is a Greek-Egyptian and American earth intuitive witch and author. An initiate of the eclectic Faery Tradition, her practice is centered on connections to land spirits and sacred places (numina). She is a monthly columnist for The Wild Hunt, & Witch Way Magazine. Learn more @seekingnumina on Instagram, and seekingnumina.comConnect with Leandra and Elyse in the Magick Kitchen Pantry: a free and paid community where you're invited to a library of Table Talk bonus episodes with us! Join through either of our private communities: The Rebel Mystic by Leandra Witchwood and Magickal Living with Elyse Welles. Follow Elyse @seekingnumina on Instagram and Facebook, and sign up for her newsletter, read her articles, and view her tours and retreats to Greece at seekingnumina.com. Follow Leandra @leandrawitchwood on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok and find her blog and books at leandrawitchwood.com.Leave us a voicemail for a chance to be featured on an upcoming episode! https://www.speakpipe.com/TheMagickKitchenPodcast

Join Elyse & Leandra as they welcome Nathan M. Hall, Elyse's fellow columnist at the Wild Hunt and debut author of "Path of the Moonlit Hedge: Animistic Witchcraft". We're discussing animism, from the commodification of herbalism, to the partnership-based power dynamic of spirit work, to mushroom magic and the psychedelic revolution of today, to, of course, land spirits and the power of  building relationships with them.  Nathan M. Hall can be found as @moonlithedge on Instagram and his book can be purchased here.Join Leandra in The Rebel Mystic Community for LIVE monthly rituals, group mentoring, and more. In this community, Leandra shares her decades of knowledge and experience in a safe and inviting space. Get inspired today! Learn more HERE. Click here for tickets to Elyse's next workshop, "To Cast a Circle: The Basics of Rituals, Spells, and Sacred Space".Access BONUS EPISODES of the Magick Kitchen Podcast + get several monthly rituals, meditations, and exclusive videos by joining at the Initiate tier or higher in Elyse's Magical Living Community. Start your free trial here: patreon.com/elysewellesJoin the newsletter: seekingnumina.comView courses here: patreon.com/elysewelles/shopAbout Your HostsHerbalist, Tea Witch, Shadow Witch, Occultist, Blogger & Author Leandra Witchwood has 25+ years of working knowledge in the Craft. Her training began with Ceremonial Magick evolving into a more organic free-form style of Witchcraft. Her work includes Magickal Herbalism, Tea Magick, Shadow Work, and Kitchen Witchery. Leandra also writes books on Witchcraft. Learn more at www.LeandraWitchwood.com  or www.TheMagickKitchen.comElyse Welles is a Greek-Egyptian and American earth intuitive witch and author. An initiate of the eclectic Faery Tradition, her practice is centered on connections to land spirits and sacred places (numina). She is a monthly columnist for The Wild Hunt, & Witch Way Magazine. Learn more @seekingnumina on Instagram, and seekingnumina.comConnect with Leandra and Elyse in the Magick Kitchen Pantry: a free and paid community where you're invited to a library of Table Talk bonus episodes with us! Join through either of our private communities: The Rebel Mystic by Leandra Witchwood and Magickal Living with Elyse Welles. Follow Elyse @seekingnumina on Instagram and Facebook, and sign up for her newsletter, read her articles, and view her tours and retreats to Greece at seekingnumina.com. Follow Leandra @leandrawitchwood on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok and find her blog and books at leandrawitchwood.com.Leave us a voicemail for a chance to be featured on an upcoming episode! https://www.speakpipe.com/TheMagickKitchenPodcast

In this episode, sit down in the Magick Kitchen with Leandra and Elyse as we welcome Astrea Taylor, author of "Inspiring Creativity Through Magick: How to Ritualize Your Art & Attract the Creative Spirit". We discuss the intersection of creativity and magick, and how as witches we can harness creative energy regardless of talent or audience. An eclectic pagan witch with over two and a half decades of experience in the witching world, Astrea Taylor is an author of several books including "Modern Witchcraft with the Greek Gods" and "Intuitive Witchcraft".  Find her on Instagram @astreataylor, & on Facebook at Astrea Taylor, Author. Learn more at www.astreataylor.com.Get FREE tickets for Leandra's "Winter Transformation for Witches" Summit here. Join Leandra in The Rebel Mystic Community for LIVE monthly rituals, group mentoring, and more. In this community, Leandra shares her decades of knowledge and experience in a safe and inviting space. Get inspired today! Learn more HERE. Click here for tickets to Elyse's next workshop, "To Cast a Circle: The Basics of Rituals, Spells, and Sacred Space". Access BONUS EPISODES of the Magick Kitchen Podcast by joining at the Initiate tier or higher in Elyse's Magical Living Community. Start your free trial here: patreon.com/elysewellesJoin the newsletter: seekingnumina.comView courses here: patreon.com/elysewelles/shopJoin Leandra in The Rebel Mystic Community for LIVE rituals, group mentoring, and more. Get personal guidance from Leandra through Dark Mirror Coaching, Oracle Card Readings, and Spiritual Mentoring.About Your HostsHerbalist, Tea Witch, Shadow Witch, Occultist, Blogger & Author Leandra Witchwood has 25+ years of working knowledge in the Craft. Her training began with Ceremonial Magick evolving into a more organic free-form style of Witchcraft. Her work includes Magickal Herbalism, Tea Magick, Shadow Work, and Kitchen Witchery. Leandra also writes books on Witchcraft. Learn more at www.LeandraWitchwood.com  or Connect with Leandra and Elyse in the Magick Kitchen Pantry: a free and paid community where you're invited to a library of Table Talk bonus episodes with us! Join through either of our private communities: The Rebel Mystic by Leandra Witchwood and Magickal Living with Elyse Welles. Follow Elyse @seekingnumina on Instagram and Facebook, and sign up for her newsletter, read her articles, and view her tours and retreats to Greece at seekingnumina.com. Follow Leandra @leandrawitchwood on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok and find her blog and books at leandrawitchwood.com.Leave us a voicemail for a chance to be featured on an upcoming episode! https://www.speakpipe.com/TheMagickKitchenPodcast

Have a seat in the Magick Kitchen this Christmas with Leandra and Elyse as we welcome Kristoffer Hughes, creator of the Yuletide tarot and author of the Book of Druidry. Hear our personal tarot readings with the Yuletide tarot deck, and learn more about Druidry from the Chief Druid of the Anglesey Druid Order in Wales himself. Kristoffer is a Mount Haemus Scholar, and a member of the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids. He is a teacher, writer, workshop leader, and guest speaker. Learn more about Kristoffer Hughes and the Angelesey Order here. Buy his books here or at your local indie bookstore. Join Leandra in The Rebel Mystic Community for LIVE rituals, group mentoring, and more. Get personal guidance from Leandra through Dark Mirror Coaching, Oracle Card Readings, and Spiritual Mentoring.Access BONUS EPISODES of the Magick Kitchen Podcast by joining at the Initiate tier or higher in Elyse's Magical Living Community. Start your free trial here: patreon.com/elysewellesJoin the newsletter: seekingnumina.comView courses here: patreon.com/elysewelles/shopBook a tarot reading here: booking.appointy.com/seekingnuminaAbout Your HostsHerbalist, Tea Witch, Shadow Witch, Occultist, Blogger & Author Leandra Witchwood has 25+ years of working knowledge in the Craft. Her training began with Ceremonial Magick evolving into a more organic free-form style of Witchcraft. Her work includes Magickal Herbalism, Tea Magick, Shadow Work, and Kitchen Witchery. Leandra also writes books on Witchcraft. Learn more at www.LeandraWitchwood.com  or www.TheMagickKitchen.comElyse Welles is a Greek-Egyptian and American earth intuitive witch and author. An initiate of the eclectic Faery Tradition, her practice is centered on connections to land spirits and sacred places (numina). She is also a monthly columnist for The Wild Hunt and Witch Way Magazine. Her debut novel, "What the Water Remembers," a paranormal mystery that empowers witches in and out of the broom closet, releases in autumn 2024. With ten years of experience, she teaches witchcraft workshops online, tours Greece's sacred sites, and is an intuitive tarot reader. Learn more @seekingnumina on Instagram, and seekingnumina.comConnect with Leandra and Elyse in the Magick Kitchen Pantry: a free and paid community where you're invited to a library of Table Talk bonus episodes with us! Join through either of our private communities: The Rebel Mystic by Leandra Witchwood and Magickal Living with Elyse Welles. Follow Elyse @seekingnumina on Instagram and Facebook, and sign up for her newsletter, read her articles, and view her tours and retreats to Greece at seekingnumina.com. Follow Leandra @leandrawitchwood on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok and find her blog and books at leandrawitchwood.com.Leave us a voicemail for a chance to be featured on an upcoming episode! https://www.speakpipe.com/TheMagickKitchenPodcast