Living Magick in the Real World: Intuition, Deconstruction, and the Courage to Come Home to Yourself
PLEASE NOTE: Suicide is mentioned in this episode, as well as Cynthia's work as an advocate for female survivors of abuse.
In today's conversation, I'm delighted to welcome Cynthia for the very first of our new community-centred episodes. Instead of traditional, more formal interviews, these gatherings invite you to sit with us as friends would, following curiosity, truth, and a little everyday enchantment wherever it wants to flow.
I've never spoken one-to-one with Cynthia before, and what unfolded was a deeply honest exploration of intuition, leaving religion, finding your own path, and reclaiming magick as a way of being in the world.
This episode is a tapestry of personal story, insight, humour, and the kind of grounded witchcraft that makes the mundane shimmer.
In this episode, we explore:
1. Cynthia’s powerful journey from evangelical Christianity to witchcraft
Raised in a religious environment, Cynthia shares how early doubts, motherhood, and profound family experiences began to untangle her from doctrine and move her toward a more authentic spiritual life. Her father’s passing opened a deep reckoning about meaning, purpose, and the life she did not want to live.
2. The moment she realised: “I think I might be a witch”
From the heart-pounding purchase of her first witchcraft book to recognising lifelong intuitive experiences, Cynthia describes the extraordinary relief of naming what had always been quietly true.
3. Intuition as a knowing beyond sight
We explore the nature of intuition, not as voices or visions but as a bone-deep knowing that often speaks before logic catches up. We share personal stories of “turn left instead” moments that proved profoundly important later.
I also share how becoming a person of your word strengthens intuition and why not everything needs to be “proved” in order to be honoured.
4. Religion, trauma, and the fear of a masculine god
Cynthia speaks openly about the harm created by the religious masculinity she was raised with and the difficulty of allowing masculine energy in again. We explore a re-framing of masculine and feminine energies as archetypal and relational rather than gendered, hierarchical, or punitive.
5. Magick as relationship, not ritual
I share stories from my childhood in Cornwall, early magickal encounters, and how nature has always spoken to me. I also describe my priestess training, misconceptions around deities, and why I see gods and goddesses not as authorities but as beings in relationship and reciprocity.
6. The importance of community and ritual in a post-religious world
Together, we explore what is lost when people leave religion: not the dogma, but the communal rhythm, the shared practices, and the rituals that hold us during life’s thresholds. We talk about how magick can restore this sense of grounding through conscious pauses, seasonal rituals, and connection to the land.
7. Everyday magick in action
From enchanted stones to unexpected conversations at the front door of a courthouse, Cynthia shows how magick moves through the seemingly ordinary moments of life, opening paths of service, compassion, and courage.
8. Saying no, wintering, and reclaiming your own pace
We close with a reminder that witchcraft honours cycles. Sometimes magick asks us to act, sometimes to rest. Unlike religious systems rooted in constant servitude, witchcraft grants permission to protect your energy and honour your own seasons.
Why this episode matters
This conversation is a lantern for anyone who is:
- deconstructing old beliefs
- experiencing intuitive awakenings
- craving community without dogma
- wanting a magick that is lived, not performed
- rebuilding trust in themselves
- seeking an approach to spirituality grounded in the land, the body, and everyday life
It's vulnerable, warm, wise, and deeply human. The kind of conversation that used to happen around kitchen tables or late at night with friends who “get it.”
Join the conversation
If you’d like to come on the show and share your own story or ask me your questions in real time, send a message on Instagram or drop me an email. These episodes are meant to feel like friends gathered around a hearth fire, sharing life, magick, and the courage to walk their own path.
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