Episode 20 - Mat Auryn Talking Witchcraft, Spirits, and Psychic Abilities

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This episode features Diana Helmuth! Diana spent a year exploring Witchcraft and documented her journey for all of us to enjoy! This is exactly the kind of book I wish we had more of in Paganism and the Occult. Her story telling skills are excellent. I hope you enjoy the honesty she exhibits all along the way. The good, the bad, and the Hawk she wasn't sure about. Diana's relative newness to all of this allowed some exploration of doubt and skepticism too. 

DIANA'S BIO:

Diana Helmuth writes about our desires to be transported, our urge to reconnect with nature, and how to keep going when you feel like a fool. Her first book, How to Suffer Outside, won the National Outdoor Book Award for best instructional. Her second book, The Witching Year: A Memoir of Earnest Fumbling Through Modern Witchcraft was featured on NPR, reviewed in the New York Times and nominated for a Goodreads Choice Award for Best Memoir. Her freelance work can be found in various anthologies, travel guides, and humor magazines. She studied anthropology and Arabic at UC Berkeley, and can often be caught moonlighting in Silicon Valley’s start-up land, or producing the occasional podcast. She was born and raised in Northern California.

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It's the long overdue return of Laura Tempest Zakroff!

Tempest is always fun to talk to about all things. We covered everything from Sigils to Modern Traditional Witchcraft. We got into folklore, stories, art, and all the ways these things intersect with our magical lives. 

Laura's BIO:

Laura Tempest Zakroff (she/they) is a professional artist, author, performer, and Modern Traditional Witch based in New England. She holds a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design, and her artwork has received awards and honors worldwide. Her work embodies myth and the esoteric through her drawings and paintings, jewelry, talismans, and other designs. Laura is the author of several bestselling Llewellyn books including Weave the Liminal, Sigil Witchery, Visual Alchemy, and Anatomy of a Witch, as well as the artist and author of the Anatomy of a Witch Oracle and The Liminal Spirits Oracle. Laura edited The New Aradia: A Witch’s Handbook to Magical Resistance and the Gorgon's Guide to Magical Resistance from Revelore Press. Laura is the creative force behind several community events and teaches workshops online and worldwide.

Find Laura Tempest Zakroff On The Web:

http://www.lauratempestzakroff.com

https://linktr.ee/owlkeyme

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Guess who's back! Back Again! AIDAN WACHTER is back! Tell your friends! 

Aidan's back! Aidan's back! Aidan's back!

Any fan of this show knows by now that Aidan Wachter is not only a common guest on here, but more importantly, Aidan is among those rare friends I count as found family. When he warned me a long while ago that he was going to disappear for a while, I didn't realize it would be total silence for a long time. I know why. It's all good. It was needed. We dig into that for a while in this episode. In fact, we go deep into several subjects which were in part inspired by questions from Patreon members and a special Facebook group built around a community that explores Aidan's published works. This was not only a fun episode. It was also very good conversation with a friend. It was one we decided it was time to hit record.

Aidan stuck around for about another hour in the Patreon Bonus Audio portion! We took a real deep dive into devotion vs magic vs religion and more! 

Aidan's BIO:

Aidan Wachter has been actively involved in magical practice for a really long time. His work reflects a wide-ranging eclectic and non-dogmatic approach with influences from many paths. He writes with a focus on the practice of the craft as a learnable set of skills that can be developed rather than as an innate set of talents that must be inherited or granted to the seeker. He is the author of Six Ways: Approaches & Entries For Practical Magic, Weaving Fate: Hypersigils, Changing the Past, & Telling True Lies, and Changeling: A Book Of Qualities.

Aidan On The Web:

Main Site: https://aidanwachter.com 

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It's time! Welcome to Season 8! 

This episode was a long time coming. Scheduling issues be damned. Sasha and I finally made it happen, and I think it ended up being the perfect time since it is this one launching my 8th season! 

Sasha Graham is the amazing guest. Sasha was more than amazing to talk to as we went deep into our own personal stories and experiences. There is a lot to unpack in the interview. We went of the map, tossed out the plan, and found our way into some soul searching. Step into your power, my friends. Hit play. Share, and come back to join us on Patreon!

Sasha's BIO:

Sasha Graham is a world-renowned tarot expert, bestselling author, award winning tarot deck creator, actor and educator who teaches and lectures around the globe. Her work has been translated into more than 10 languages and she is the author of 12 books including Tarot Diva, 365 Tarot Spreads, 365 Tarot Spells, Llewellyn’s Complete Book of the Rider Waite Smith Tarot, and Magic of Tarot. She served as editor and writer of Lo Scarabeo’s Tarot Fundamentals, Tarot Experience, and Tarot Compendium, Dark Side of Tarot & Tarot Original 1909 series. Graham is a contributing author of Llewellyn’s Magical Almanac, 2020, 2022, 2024, Witches’ Datebook 2022, 2024 and Llewellyn’s Witches’ Calendar, 2021, 2023. Her tarot decks include Tarot of Haunted House, Dark Wood Tarot and Tarot of the Witch's Garden. Graham is a horror actress and host/creator of Ghost Stories by the Fire a monthly, live, crowd-sourced ghost story share.

Sasha’s evolving story - you might call it a fairy tale - just goes to show what happens when you persevere, follow your instincts, and believe in magic.

Sasha On The Web:

Home Site: https://www.sashagraham.com/

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Happy Halloween! Blessed Samhain! Good Winter Nights!

Every year I like to give a special treat to all of you on Halloween! Here you go!

Please enjoy this episode featuring the Patreon Member's only Bonus Audio with Jack Grayle!

Jack's Bio:

Jack Grayle is a Devotee of Hekate, a teacher of Sorcery and Magic of The PGM at the Blackthorne Schoolof Sorcery and Traditional Witchcraft, Author of The Hekataeon, living in the Land of Lincoln among the restless and helpful Dead alike.

Jack on The Web:

Main Site: https://jackgrayle.com/

Hail Hekate! Walking The Forked Path Course: https://www.theblackthorneschool.com/courses/hail-hekate-walking-the-forked-path/

PGM PRAXIS Course: https://www.theblackthorneschool.com/courses/pgm-praxis/

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This is the Season 7 FINALE! WOW! 7 years and going strong!

This episode features the return of Mathias Nordvig! Mathias has a great new show himself called The Sacred Flame. We spend some time digging into the different ways history may have played out if Heathenry stayed the course through time. We also got into some of challenges that Modern Heathenry faces, the wonderful Inclusiveness that is growing, and so much more!

Mathias's BIO:

Mathias Nordvig is a heathen, father, podcaster, author, and educator. He has a PhD in Old Norse mythology and teaches Scandinavian studies at CU Boulder. His podcast The Sacred Flame explores how we can rethink ourselves with the Nordic story-world and connect with the spirits that inhabit our world.

Mathias on the Web:

Main Site: https://mathiasnordvig.com/ 

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Jason Miller - the Strategic Sorcerer himself - is BACK! Weiser publications has turned his work into a couple classics! Protection and Reversal Magic got an update and rereleased. Sorcerer's Secrets got an update, a new title, and rereleased. That is now called Real Sorcery! 

This episode is very special for many reasons. Jason came to me at a time when I really needed to have a good conversation with a friend. His timing was perfect! We also opened the floor to questions from fans and listeners across social media and my Patreon members! The questions were great, and we both had a good time with them!

The Patreon portion of this show features an in depth look at divination tools from Jason's experience and perspective!

Jason's Bio:

Jason Miller (Inominandum) has devoted 35 years to studying practical magic in its many forms. He is the author of six books, including the now classic Protection & Reversal Magick. He teaches several courses online including the Strategic Sorcery One Year Course, the Sorcery of Hekate Training, and the Black School of Saint Cyprian. He lives with his wife and children in the mountains of Vermont.

Full Bio at https://www.strategicsorcery.net/jason-miller/

Jason On The Web

Main Site: https://www.strategicsorcery.net/jason-miller/

Amazon Author Page

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Once again, back is the incredible Mortellus! 

In this episode we talk about the new book, The Bones Fall in a Spiral, finally being available through Crossed Crow Books! We take our usual turn into weird historical people, Wicca and Heathen common ground, Paganism in general, Ghosts, a really funny way of thinking about the deities we all honor (thus the title), and much more! It is always a good time when Mortellus and I get a chance to chat. There is sort of a special guest on this one too. We may owe Mat Auryn money. Unclear. Enjoy the episode! Stay Weird!

In the Patreon Portion, we dig into Mediumship and Spirit Communication!

Mortellus Bio:

Mortellus is the High Priestex of the Coven of Leaves in Rutherfordton NC, a Gardnerian Coven operating an Outer Court training group who like to say that they are a bubbling cauldron of bitter esoterica slithering their way through Western North Carolina. Additionally, they are a Mortician, Author, Medium, and Necromancer. Their book of pagan death rites and rituals for Llewellyn is set to come out Winter of 2020 with a second un-announced project in the works. Currently, they resides on 3 acres that are hastily becoming overgrown again with their husband, daughter, two year old boy girl twins, two chickens, and one really, really ridiculous dog. They are the author of a book on pagan death rites and rituals titled "Do I have to Wear Black?", and also The Bones Fall in a Spiral: An Introduction to Necromancy and the Magic of Death.

Mortellus On The Web:

Main Site: https://www.mortellus.com/

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

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This episode features the Everyday Witch herself, Deborah Blake! She is a tireless writer of a ton of books! She is the co creator of one of my all time favorite Tarot Decks - The Everyday Witch Tarot. That has a companion oracle deck by the same name! Deborah's book on Covens - the new one - is really good to get you started finding or building community out there! Give her advice a try! 

Like the title says, Deborah said at one point in the show that this was a lot of what she learned. All these years, Deborah has learned a ton! She is sharing that insight with you here. She is doing it with some great sense of humor too! Her cats will like it.

Deborah's BIO:

Deborah Blake is the author of over a dozen books on modern Witchcraft, including The Eclectic Witch’s Book of Shadows, The Little Book of Cat Magic and The Everyday Witch’s Coven, as well as the acclaimed Everyday Witch Tarot and Oracle decks. She has also written three paranormal romance and urban fantasy series for Berkley, and as well as a cozy mystery series about a run-down pet rescue. Deborah lives in a 130 year old farmhouse in upstate New York with numerous cats who supervise all her activities, both magical and mundane. She can be found at http://deborahblakeauthor.com

DEBORAH ON THE WEB:

Main Site: http://deborahblakeauthor.com 

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This episode features Devin Hunter! He has been a great influence on modern Witchcraft. Devin has writing some excellent books involving Spirits, Gemstones, Power, and Mysteries. 

This episode gets into quite a lot. I do want to warn you that we take some time talking about dealing with abuse as we grew up. It was an important part of this show. It was real, raw, open and honest. Worry not! We also provide plenty of fuel for you to grow in your path!

Devin's Bio:

Devin Hunter (San Francisco, CA) is the bestselling author of the Witch Power series (The Witch’s Book of Power, The Witch’s Book of Spirits, and The Witch’s Book of Mysteries- Llewellyn Worldwide 2016-2020) as well as the critically acclaimed pictorial formulary Modern Witch: Spells, Recipes, and Workings (Llewellyn 2020.) Initiated into multiple occult orders himself, Devin is the founder of the Sacred Fires Tradition of Witchcraft as well as co-founder of the Black Rose Tradition of Witchcraft. In addition to his A.V. Club and Glamour Magazine favorited podcast Modern Witch, Devin has been seen on television shows like ABC’s To Tell the Truth and is expecting the release of his fifth book, Crystal Magic for the Modern Witch this summer from Llewellyn Worldwide.

Devin On The Web:

Find it all at https://modernwitch.com/ 

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