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  • In episode 140 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kate Belew & Kristin Lisenby honor the Samhain season with a conversation about altar-building, marigolds, and inviting in the beloved dead. They consider Samhain’s ties to creativity and inspiration and go looking for the spirits who celebrate their solar returns at Samhain.

    Sources & Shoutouts:
    From the Cauldron Born, Hughes, Kristoffer
    Women’s Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets, Barbara Walker
    Visions of the Cailleach: Exploring the Myths, Folklore and Legends of the pre-eminent Celtic Hag Goddess, Sorita d’Este
    “The Witches: The Story of the Cailleach” - Tamed Wild Blog
    “Goddess Series: The Winter Witches” - Tamed Wild Blog
    Episode 116: The Veil Is Thin
    “When ‘Dumb Suppers’ Were a Halloween Love Ritual,” Anne Ewbank
    Folklorist Wayland D. Hand
    “How Can Flowers and Their Colors Promote Individuals’ Physiological and Psychological States during the COVID-19 Lockdown?” Junfang Xie, Binyi Liu, Mohamed Elsadek
    Celebrating Latino Folklore: An Encyclopedia of Cultural Traditions, Maria Herrera-Sobek
    “Dia de los Muertos / Day of the Dead,” Sueltenfuss Library
    “Herbarium: Magical and Medicinal Uses of Marigold”

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    Each box includes a seasonal workbook with intention-setting guidance, astrological updates, and other helpful tools to help you harness the magick of the season.

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    Production by Julio Montero.
    Music by Follow the Wind,
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  • In episode 139 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kate Belew & Kristin Lisenby reflect on the magick of perception, ritual adornments, and glamour. They consider blue eyeshadow as a spell, clothes as armor, and self-expression as a form of witchcraft. They talk about the glamours cast by fiction, fashion, and the fairies.

    Sources & Shoutouts:

    Small Spells Deck
    Wild Medicine Deck V. 2
    “The Fairy Faith in Celtic Countries,” Evan Wentz
    “All was delusion, nought was truth”- Faery Glamour
    “Writing Faery: A Tale of Viviane,” Jack Wolf. From The Faerie Queens: A Collection of Essays Exploring the Myths, Magic and Mythology of the Faerie Queens
    The Midnight Library, Matt Haig
    “Haute Macabre, Haute Couture: Witchcraft in Fashion,” Gabriela Herstik from The Library of Esoterica’s Witchcraft
    Judika Illes
    “Our Lashes, Ourselves: Eye Makeup and the American Woman,” Eileen Reynolds
    “From Blue Velvet to Buffalo 66: how blue eye shadow conquered cult film,” Isabelle Truman
    “A Queer History of Blue Eyeshadow, Pop Culture’s Time-Honored Symbolic Hue” “Color Magic: A Witch's Guide to Color Meanings and Energies,” Sophie Saint Thomas
    Episode 101: Weed Witch with Sophie Saint Thomas

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    Each box includes a seasonal workbook with intention-setting guidance, astrological updates, and other helpful tools to help you harness the magick of the season.

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    Production by Julio Montero.
    Music by Follow the Wind,
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  • In episode 138 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kate Belew & Kristin Lisenby discuss the art of alchemy. They contemplate alchemical history and the purpose of this ritual, as well as the women alchemists who paved the way for this tradition. They consider symbolic alchemy, astrological alchemy, and introduce listeners to the first female astrologer.

    Sources & Shoutouts:

    Episode 135: An Interview with Sorita d’Este
    Episode 40: Boundaries
    Episode 79: Protection Spells & Hexes
    Episode 48: Athena and Medusa
    Episode 66: Fire Magick
    Episode 91: Types of Magick, pt. 1
    The Golden Dawn
    A Dictionary of Symbols, J.E. Cirlot
    “Facts about Sulfur,” Stephanie Pappas
    The Origins of Alchemy in Graeco-Roman Egypt, Jack Lindsay
    Chrysopoeia of Cleopatra
    Mirrors in the Earth, Asia Suler
    The Night School, Maia Toll
    Astrology, Psychology, and The Four Elements, An Energy Approach to Astrology and Its Use in the Counseling Arts, Stephen Arroyo, M.A.
    “The Work of Alchemy,” Eve Dembrowski
    “Birth Chart Basics, The Astrology houses,” Kate Belew
    “Heliodora, First Known Hellenistic Woman Astrologer,” Demetra George

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    Each box includes a seasonal workbook with intention-setting guidance, astrological updates, and other helpful tools to help you harness the magick of the season.

    Created by Tamed Wild.
    Production by Julio Montero.
    Music by Follow the Wind,
    Taizo Audio

  • In episode 137 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kate Belew & Kristin Lisenby fill their harvest baskets with seasonal harbingers and autumnal spells. They begin in the trees, gathering orange foliage and messages from Mercury before moving on to the stories of saffron and descent. They visit the apple orchards and the Garden of the Hesperides, harvesting the fruit of the dead and contemplating the mysteries that abound in our mythical groves.

    Sources & Shoutouts:

    Episode 116: The Veil is Thin
    Episode 72: Mabon Magick
    Episode 114: Tales of the Corn
    Episode 79: Protection Spells & Hexes
    Episode 61: Wind, Feathers, & Bird Lore
    Episode 39: The Witch’s Familiar

    “Seed to Dust,” Mark Hamer
    Chani Nicholas
    "Crystal Color Magick: Orange," Cole Exley
    www.etymonline.com/word/orange
    "Hecate and the Hare," Little Witch Books
    "Saffron: Tracing the Origins of a Treasured Ancient Spice"
    "The simple crocus flower embodies the hope of spring after a long Wisconsin winter," Chris Hardie | Wisconsin State Farmer
    Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes
    "Earthwise Herbal (Old World Plants)," Matthew Wood
    Allantide - CornwallForever
    "Apple Folklore, Fairy Tales, Myth, and Magic," Enchanted Living Magazine
    "Sacred Tree Profile: Apple’s Medicine, Magic, Mythology, and Meanings"
    The Practical Herbalist
    Geoffrey of Monmouth's Vita Merlini
    "Avalon: The Isle of Apples"
    The Judgement of Paris - Tamed Wild

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  • In episode 136 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kate Belew & Kristin Lisenby interview Empress Atlantis. Empress is an astrologer, planet worshipper, psychology graduate, showcased artist, commissioned poet, content creator, and online comedian. In this conversation, Empress peels back the layers of our natal charts and discusses chart rulers, retrograde planets, and asteroid returns. She revisits the stories of Ceres (Demeter), Pallas (Athena), Juno (Hera), and Vesta (Hestia) and their influence on our personal mythologies. Empress also talks about Apophis, working with malefic asteroids, and humor as magick.

    You can learn more and connect with Empress Atlantis via her website, Instagram, or laugh with her over on X (formerly Twitter). Find out which asteroid goddess you are by taking her quiz here.

    Sources & Shoutouts:

    Astroseek.com: Natal chart with Asteroids
    Astro.com - Asteroid Ephemeris
    Episode 132: Mythical Steeds & Horses
    Retrograde Planets: Traversing the Inner Landscape, Erin Sullivan
    Asteroid Goddesses: The Mythology, Psychology, and Astrology of the Re-Emerging Feminine, Demetra George
    Linda Goodman
    Zane Stein
    Centaur Space
    Jenny Kellogg
    Melanie Reinhart
    Stellar Sanctum

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    For those who desire magick in the mail, you can also subscribe to the Tamed Wild Seasonal Box - a bi-monthly delivery of magic & earth medicine. Each box is crafted around a season and includes items for the earth-spirited and the lovers of all things mystical and natural. Deliveries can include crystals, herbs & teas, ritual tools, altar items, jewelry, essential oils & other lifestyle pieces.

    Each box includes a seasonal workbook with intention-setting guidance, astrological updates, and other helpful tools to help you harness the magick of the season.

    Created by Tamed Wild.
    Production by Julio Montero.
    Music by Follow the Wind,
    Taizo Audio

  • In episode 135 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kate Belew & Kristin Lisenby interview Sorita d’Este. Sorita is an author whose books explore mythology, magic, and ancient spiritual traditions. She is also a practitioner of magic and an occult teacher who has lectured and presented workshops internationally. In this conversation, Sorita contemplates her relationship to the words Witch, Priestess, and Torchbearer. She discusses the goddesses Hecate and Artemis, their symbols, and ancient, ceremonial sites. Sorita discusses these goddesses' increasing popularity and why their mysteries can only be realized through experience.

    You can learn more about Sorita, her offerings, and The Covenant of Hecate via her website, soritadeste.com or Instagram @soritadeste. Look for her books at avaloniabooks.com.

    Sources & Shoutouts:

    Episode 104: Mothers of Monsters & Magick

    Women’s Encyclopedia of Myths & Secrets, Barbara Walker

    Hecate: Liminal Rights, A Study of the Rituals, Magic and Symbols of the torch-bearing Triple Goddess of the Crossroads, Sorita d'Este & David Rankine

    Artemis: Virgin Goddess of the Hunt & Moon, Sorita d'Este & David Rankine

    Theoi.com

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    Each box includes a seasonal workbook with intention-setting guidance, astrological updates, and other helpful tools to help you harness the magick of the season.

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    Production by Julio Montero.
    Music by Follow the Wind,
    Taizo Audio

  • In episode 134 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kate Belew & Kristin Lisenby discuss Summer Magick. They begin by looking up, searching the celestial forest for shooting stars and seasonal harbingers, before moving on to the mythologies of the fixed stars, including Sirius, Algol, and the Pleiades. They also talk about the Muses, nine goddesses of inspiration that we can call on for our summer creative work.

    Sources:

    Brewers Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, John Ayto
    “Words,” Sylvia Plath
    Kafka on the Shore, Haruki Murakami
    Ptolemy
    Fixed Star, Sign and Constellation Magic: Renaissance Astrology, Christopher Warnock
    Hermes on the 15 Fixed Stars
    “The Bright Beams Of The Fixed Stars In Your Astrological Chart” - Llewellyn
    “The Fixed Star Sirius” - Alice Sparkly Kat
    "An Ode to the Muses," Little Witch Books

    Shoutouts:

    Episode 31: Litha & Summer Solstice
    Episode 65: Lunar Gardening & Solstice Symbols
    Episode 66: Fire Magick
    Episode 68: Bibliomancy and Summer Goddesses
    Episode 69: Portals of the Summer Solstice
    Episode 70: Leo Season & Summer Shadow Work, and the Stars
    Episode 71: Nostalgia Magick with Caitlyn Barone
    Episode 110: Feral Girl Summer
    Episode 127: Trickster Tales

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    For those who desire magick in the mail, you can also subscribe to the Tamed Wild Quarterly Box - a quarterly delivery of magic & earth medicine. Each box is crafted around a season and includes items for the earth-spirited and the lovers of all things mystical and natural. Deliveries can include crystals, herbs & teas, ritual tools, altar items, jewelry, essential oils & other lifestyle pieces.

    Each box includes a seasonal workbook with intention-setting guidance, astrological updates, and other helpful tools to help you harness the magick of the season.

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    Production by Julio Montero.
    Music by Follow the Wind,
    Taizo Audio





  • In episode 133 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kate Belew & Kristin Lisenby interview Cat Willett. Cat is a Brooklyn-based artist, author, and tarot enthusiast. In this conversation, Cat walks us through the halls of tarot history and introduces us to the women behind tarot’s evolution. They meet Pamela Coleman Smith, Rachel Pollack, Moina Mathers, Marie-Anne Lenormand, and other overlooked mystics. They contemplate art as ritual, and Cat shares the inspiration behind her new book, Women of Tarot, An Illustrated History of Divinators, Card Readers, and Mystics.

    Learn more about Cat and her offerings via her website catherinewillett.com or on Instagram @catwillett. Pre-order Women in Tarot here.

    Sources:

    Tarot & Oracle Decks mentioned in this episode include:
    The Rider-Waite Coleman Smith Deck
    The Barbara Walker Tarot Deck, Barbara Walker
    Dirt Gems Tarot Deck, Chelsea Granger & Anne Louise Burdett
    The Wild Unknown Animal Spirits, Kim Krans
    The Wild Unknown Archetypes, Kim Krans
    The Shining Tribe Tarot, Rachel Pollack
    The Queer Tarot, Ashley Molesso & Chess Needham

    Shoutouts:

    The Witch Wave with Rachel Pollack
    The Women of the Golden Dawn: Rebels and Priestesses, Mary K. Greer
    The Artist’s Way, Julia Cameron

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    For those who desire magick in the mail, you can also subscribe to the Tamed Wild Quarterly Box - a quarterly delivery of magic & earth medicine. Each box is crafted around a season and includes items for the earth-spirited and the lovers of all things mystical and natural. Deliveries can include crystals, herbs & teas, ritual tools, altar items, jewelry, essential oils & other lifestyle pieces.

    Each box includes a seasonal workbook with intention-setting guidance, astrological updates, and other helpful tools to help you harness the magick of the season.

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    Production by Julio Montero.
    Music by Follow the Wind,
    Taizo Audio

  • In episode 132 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kate Belew & Kristin Lisenby discuss mythical steeds and magical horses. They begin with the story of Pegasus, the horse of the gods and deliverer of inspiration. Following this winged stallion to his sacred spring on Mt. Helicon, they meet Arion and Aganippe and consider their connections to Demeter and the Muses. They also discuss Celeris, son of Pegasus, and Embarr, a guardian, guide, and companion of the goddess Niamh.

    Sources:
    Wild Medicine Deck Vol. 2
    Animal Symbology: The Horse
    Mythic Beasts & Beings: The Kelpie
    Episode 104: Mothers of Monsters & Magick
    Episode 107: Centaurs and Satyrs
    Episode 82: The Unicorn & the Phoenix
    The Barbara Walker Tarot
    The Secrets of the Tarot, Barbara Walker
    The Women’s Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets, Barbara Walker
    Hesiod’s Theogony
    The Cattle of Geryon
    greeklegendsandmyths.com
    Pegosos - Theoi.com
    Encyclopedia of Spirits, Judika Illes
    “Ride With Me,” published on Atmos and written by Willow Defebaugh
    The Little Encyclopedia of Mythical Horses: An A to Z Guide to Legendary Steeds, Eliza Berkowitz and illustrated by Kate Forrester
    Keri Brandt

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    For those who desire magick in the mail, you can also subscribe to the Tamed Wild Quarterly Box - a quarterly delivery of magic & earth medicine. Each box is crafted around a season and includes items for the earth-spirited and the lovers of all things mystical and natural. Deliveries can include crystals, herbs & teas, ritual tools, altar items, jewelry, essential oils & other lifestyle pieces.

    Each box includes a seasonal workbook with intention-setting guidance, astrological updates, and other helpful tools to help you harness the magick of the season.

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    Production by Julio Montero.
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  • In episode 131 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kate Belew & Kristin Lisenby interview Heather Greene. Heather is a freelance writer, journalist, editor, and author. In this conversation, Heather considers witches in film, the witch as a rebel, and what it means to live in the places society has abandoned. She shares what she loves about being an acquisitions agent at Llewellyn, and discusses the intersections between magick and creativity. Heather also introduces us to her book, Lights, Camera, Witchcraft: A Critical History of Witches in American Film and Television.

    You can learn more about Heather via her website, heathergreene.net, or on social media @heathergreene01. You can also find her on the Witches Movie Coven Podcast.

    Sources & Shoutouts:

    Lights, Camera, Witchcraft: A Critical History of Witches in American Film and Television
    Season of the Witch (Hungry Wives), 1973
    The Last Keepers, 2013
    Llewellyn Worldwide
    Sabrina the Teenage Witch
    The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina - Netflix
    The Love Witch
    Practical Magic
    The Craft
    The Witch Hazel from Looney Tunes
    The Dark Crystal
    Pumpkin Head
    The Wizard of Oz
    Rosemary’s Baby
    Carrie

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    For those who desire magick in the mail, you can also subscribe to the Tamed Wild Quarterly Box - a quarterly delivery of magic & earth medicine. Each box is crafted around a season and includes items for the earth-spirited and the lovers of all things mystical and natural. Deliveries can include crystals, herbs & teas, ritual tools, altar items, jewelry, essential oils & other lifestyle pieces.

    Each box includes a seasonal workbook with intention-setting guidance, astrological updates, and other helpful tools to help you harness the magick of the season.

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    Production by Julio Montero.
    Music by Follow the Wind,
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  • In episode 130 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kate Belew & Kristin Lisenby honor the Beltane season and the Patron Saints of Spring. In this conversation, they seek out old stories and the ghosts who guard the wildwood. They meet Faunus, an ancient forest spirit who speaks through the trees, and his companion, Fauna, a keeper of mysteries. They discuss ornithomancy (bird divination) and the faerie queens who defend our sacred waters. They welcome Nimue, Viviane, Niniane, and all the faces of The Lady of the Lake.

    Sources:

    Canens of the Beautiful Voice - thaliatook.com

    The Witch & the Raven: Ornithomancy & April’s Full Moon

    Encyclopedia of Spirits, Judika Illes

    “Satyrs: Animal Spirits of Ancient Greece,” Rachel Lockett - historycooperative.org

    Episode 107: Satyrs and Centaurs

    Episode 127: Trickster Tales

    The Faerie Queens: A Collection of Essays Exploring the Myths, Magic and Mythology of the Faerie Queens, edited by Sorita D’Este and David Rankine

    “Nimue,” by Aili Mirage in The Faerie Queens

    “Writing Faery, A Tale of Viviane” by Jack Wolf in The Faerie Queens

    Shoutouts:

    Episode 102: Beltane & Bones

    Episode 61: Wind, Feathers & Bird Lore

    Episode 25: Beltane

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    Each box includes a seasonal workbook with intention-setting guidance, astrological updates, and other helpful tools to help you harness the magick of the season.

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  • In episode 129 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kate Belew & Kristin Lisenby talk springtime hauntings with Amanda Paulson. Amanda is a paranormal investigator, researcher and medium based in the Inland Pacific Northwest. In this conversation, Amanda shares some of her haunted collection and contemplates what it means for an object to be haunted vs. cursed. She considers spirits as community ancestors, embracing our mysteries, and the process behind her channeled drawings.

    You can connect with Amanda via social media @prettyfnspooky and learn more about her offerings and channeled drawings via her website prettyfnspooky.com.

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    For those who desire magick in the mail, you can also subscribe to the Tamed Wild Quarterly Box - a quarterly delivery of magic & earth medicine. Each box is crafted around a season and includes items for the earth-spirited and the lovers of all things mystical and natural. Deliveries can include crystals, herbs & teas, ritual tools, altar items, jewelry, essential oils & other lifestyle pieces.

    Each box includes a seasonal workbook with intention-setting guidance, astrological updates, and other helpful tools to help you harness the magick of the season.

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    Production by Julio Montero.
    Music by Follow the Wind,
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  • In episode 128 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kate Belew and Kristin Lisenby contemplate seasonal archetypes and the magick of spring. They discuss eclipse season, dandelions, and the goddess Kybele, the celestial Mother who rules our roses, caves, and mountains. They welcome back the light half of the year by building a fire from the wands in their tarot decks and inviting the self-devouring serpent, the Ouroboros, to this solar celebration.

    Sources:

    A Dictionary of Symbols, J.E. Cirlot
    The Women’s Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets, Barbara Walker
    The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Heraclitus
    Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Heraclitus
    “Harnessing the Inferno," Mya Spalter, via The Library of Esoterica’s Witchcraft
    Egyptologist Eberhard Otto
    Aras.org
    Carl Jung
    Joseph Campbell
    Daily Magic, Judika Iles
    Ovid
    WorldHistory.org - Cybele
    Starhawk
    Dandelion & Folklore Magic - LearnReligions.com
    Healing Magic, A Green Witch Guidebook to Conscious Living, Robin Rose Bennett
    Plant Magic: Herbalism in Real Life, Christine Buckley
    History of Eclipses - Nasa.gov
    Four Goddesses to Celebrate the Arrival of Spring - Tamed Wild Blog
    Episode 66: Fire Magick
    Episode 28: An Interview with Green Witch Robin Rose Bennett
    Episode 95: An Interview with Juliana McCarthy of Ethereal Culture
    Episode 126: Coven & Community

    Shoutouts:

    Episode 99: Signs of Spring
    Episode 96: Ostara, Moon Baths & Purification
    Episode 58: Fairy Folklore
    Episode 19: Ostara
    Episode 21: Seed Magick

    Woody Muse
    Highlight Rituals
    Knature the Label
    Sister Nettle
    The Spring Crossroads

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  • In episode 127 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kristin Lisenby and Kate Belew celebrate the Spring Equinox with their favorite trickster tales. In this conversation, they discuss the divine psychopomp from Greco-Roman lore, Mercury or Hermes. They discuss his planet, his metal, and the god’s role as a mythical messenger and Scribe of Saturn. They contemplate Mercury as a playful traveler, a patron of thieves, and a boundary-breaker with the golden touch. Kristin and Kate also venture into the more-than-human world in search of the Coyote, Raven, and other tricksters sporting fur and feathers.

    Sources:
    Episode 107: Satyrs and Centaurs
    Episode 111: Planetary Magick with Shelby Bundy
    Episode 29: As Above, So Below
    Episode 72, Mabon Magick
    Episode 119: Take Back the Magick with Perdita Finn
    Concerning Astronomy, 2nd century AD
    Pseudo-Hyginus, Astronomica 2. 19 (trans. Grant) (Roman mythographer C2nd A.D.)
    The Women’s Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets, Barbara Walker
    Leaving the Body, Scott Rogo
    Isis: The Eternal Goddess of Egypt and Rome, Lesley Jackson
    The Iliad, Homer
    Storytime: Hermes & Apollo, Tamed Wild blog
    Lewis Hyde
    Goddesses in Every Woman, Dr. Jean Bolen
    Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes
    Animal Spirits, Kim Krans
    Etymology Online
    Weaving Diné teachings and science, Nadira Mitchell, a Navajo (Diné) writer on Plant Forward
    The Canadian Museum of History
    Crow Tarot, M.J. Cullinane
    Oak, Ash, and Thorn, D.J. Conway
    Donna Haraway, “If I have a dog, my dog has a human.”
    The Bestiary, Maia Toll

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    The Coven by Tamed Wild was created out of the desire for community. Not just any community, but a community of earth-spirited, magical witches who want to connect beyond the bounds of social media. A place to share knowledge, speak face-to-face, and make real-life connections. A place to cast a circle, set intentions, build an altar, and learn the tarot. A place to talk astrology, write spells, and grow in our practices together.

    For those who desire magick in the mail, you can also subscribe to the Tamed Wild Quarterly Box - a quarterly delivery of magic & earth medicine. Each box is crafted around a season and includes items for the earth-spirited and the lovers of all things mystical and natural. Deliveries can include crystals, herbs & teas, ritual tools, altar items, jewelry, essential oils & other lifestyle pieces.

    Each box includes a seasonal workbook with intention-setting guidance, astrological updates, and other helpful tools to help you harness the magick of the season.

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  • In episode 126 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kate Belew & Kristin Lisenby discuss building community and finding your coven. Joined by Tamed Wild creatrix Shelby Bundy, three witches gather around the virtual fire to talk about shedding winter’s skin, entrepreneurial shapeshifters, and eclipse season. Shelby introduces Tamed Wild’s latest offering, the Coven, and reflects on building community while staying true to yourself. They consider authenticity and accountability in magical spaces and making connections beyond the bounds of social media.

    Sources:

    Episode 13: Witchcraft 101
    Episode 49: Witchcraft 101, part 2
    Episode 91: Types of Magick
    Episode 93: Types of Magick, part 2
    Tarot Series: The Fool - Tamed Wild Blog
    The Coven by Tamed Wild

    Shoutouts:

    Episode 45: Witchy Business with Shelby Bundy
    Episode 67: Witchy Business
    Episode 111: Planetary Magick with Shelby Bundy
    Episode 115: Wild Medicine
    The Crossroads Creative Coven
    Episode 74: An Interview with Asia Suler
    Mirrors in the Earth, Asia Suler

    ***Join the Tamed Wild Coven!***

    The Coven by Tamed Wild was created out of the desire for community. Not just any community, but a community of earth-spirited, magical witches who want to connect beyond the bounds of social media. A place to share knowledge, speak face-to-face, and make real-life connections. A place to cast a circle, set intentions, build an altar, and learn the tarot. A place to talk astrology, write spells, and grow in our practices together.

    For those who desire magick in the mail, you can also subscribe to the Tamed Wild Quarterly Box - a quarterly delivery of magic & earth medicine. Each box is crafted around a season and includes items for the earth-spirited and the lovers of all things mystical and natural. Deliveries can include crystals, herbs & teas, ritual tools, altar items, jewelry, essential oils & other lifestyle pieces.

    Each box includes a seasonal workbook with intention-setting guidance, astrological updates, and other helpful tools to help you harness the magick of the season.

    Created by Tamed Wild.
    Production by Julio Montero.
    Music by Follow the Wind,
    Taizo Audio

  • In episode 125 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kate Belew & Kristin Lisenby discuss elixirs of life and transformative potions. They talk about the goddess Maat and mythical brews laced with justice. They consider Gorgon blood and pomegranate juice, and how we ingest ancient wisdom. They contemplate kitchen witchery, milk and honey, and consuming the nectar of the gods.

    Sources:

    Season 1, Episode 14: Love Spells, Potion or Poison?
    Season 3, Episode 80: Psychedelic Witchcraft
    “Potions: The Witch’s Apothecary” by Michelle Mae for Taschen’s “Witchcraft”Women’s Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets, Barbara Walker
    Bones and Honey, Danielle Dulsky
    "Honey in Magick & Folklore," Patti Wigington
    Melissae Priestesses and the Honey Queen Bees: Unveiling Ancient MythologyNew World Witchery
    Milk Bath - Wikipedia
    The Curious Symbolism of Milk in Literature and Myth

    Shoutouts:

    Telling the Bees, A Fairy Tale for the New Moon - Kickstarter
    Storytime: Telling the Bees your Secrets - Tamed Wild blog
    The Moon in Carolina podcast with Shelby Bundy
    Storytime: The Birth of Pegasus - Tamed Wild blog

    Join the Tamed Wild Coven!

    The Coven by Tamed Wild was created out of the desire for community. Not just any community, but a community of earth-spirited, magical witches who want to connect beyond the bounds of social media. A place to share knowledge, speak face-to-face, and make real-life connections. A place to cast a circle, set intentions, build an altar, and learn the tarot. A place to talk astrology, write spells, and grow in our practices together.

    For those who desire magick in the mail, you can also subscribe to the Tamed Wild Quarterly Box - a quarterly delivery of magic & earth medicine. Each box is crafted around a season and includes items for the earth-spirited and the lovers of all things mystical and natural. Deliveries can include crystals, herbs & teas, ritual tools, altar items, jewelry, essential oils & other lifestyle pieces.

    Each box includes a seasonal workbook with intention-setting guidance, astrological updates, and other helpful tools to help you harness the magick of the season.

    And for our fellow book-lovers, join our Book Coven - a digital subscription with weekly lives, reels, and discussions about witchcraft, tarot, herbs, business witchery, upcoming workshops, & the book of the month.

    Created by Tamed Wild.
    Production by Julio Montero.
    Music by Follow the Wind,
    Taizo Audio



  • In episode 124 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kate Belew & Kristin Lisenby contemplate the power of three. They discuss triform deities, triads, and holy trinities, both modern and ancient. They gather triplicities from folklore and myth, including stories about the Graces, the Gorgons, the Fates, and the Erinyes. In this conversation, they address three-faced Hecate and Baba Yaga, and dissect riddles about the triple nature of the soul.

    Sources:
    Season 3, Episode 81: An Interview with Madame Pamita
    The Craft, Movie, 1996
    Grammarist.com
    The Number Three, Mysterious, Mystic, Magic, Emory B Lease
    “Storytime: The Three Sisters of Fate”
    The Women’s Encylopedia of Myth’s and Secrets, Barbara Walker
    Baba Yaga's Book of Witchcraft: Slavic Magic from the Witch of the Woods, Madame Pamita
    Angels and Archangels: A Magicians Guide, Damien Echols
    Croft, Lee B. “People in Threes Going up in Smoke and Other Triplicities in Russian Literature and Culture.” Rocky Mountain Review of Language and Literature
    The Faerie Queens: A Collection of Essays Exploring the Myths, Magic and Mythology of the Faerie Queens, Sorita d’Este
    Geo-numerology.com
    The pilot episode of Charmed, 1998
    "The Witches: The Grey Sisters of Greece"
    Mysteries of the Dark Moon, Demetra George
    High Magic’s Aid, Gerald Gardner
    Seventy-Eight Degrees of Wisdom, Rachel Pollack
    Tarot Series: The Empress


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    Each box includes a seasonal workbook with 3 rituals, intention-setting guidance, astrological updates, and other helpful tools to help you harness the magick of the season.

    And sign up for the Book Coven - a digital subscription with weekly lives, reels, and discussions about witchcraft, tarot, herbs, business witchery, upcoming workshops, & the book of the month.

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  • In episode 123 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kate Belew & Kristin Lisenby interview Danielle Dulsky. Danielle is a heathen visionary, painter, and word-witch. In this conversation, three witches discuss stories as spells, medicinal archetypes like the trickster and warrioress, and our academic wounds around writing. They contemplate fairy tales as prayers, and Danielle shares what she’s learned from guiding people on their writing journeys. She shares advice for people carrying a book in their hearts and introduces us to her latest publication, Bones & Honey: A Heathen Prayer Book.

    Learn more Bones & Honey and Danielle’s offerings via her websites, DanielleDulsky.com and TheHagSchool.com. You can also connect with her on Instagram, @wolfwomanwitch.

    Sources:

    The Hag School
    The Night Book: A 13-week writing intensive
    The Witching Hearth: Storykeeping for the Wise & Wicc’d
    The Uses of Enchantment, Bruno Bettleheim
    The Mist-filled Path: Celtic Wisdom for Exiles, Wanderers, and Seekers, MacEowen, Frank Hend

    Shoutouts:

    Season 3, Episode 77: An Interview with Danielle Dulsky
    The Muses and Ourania via @littlewitchbooks
    Conversations with the Universe: A Seasonal Workbook for Tamed Wild
    The Winter Crossroads: Sacred Stories and Potent Plants
    The Witching Herbs: Imbolc
    The Barbara Walker Tarot (1984)
    Mythologist Dr. Martin Shaw

    Join the Tamed Wild Coven!

    Subscribe to the Tamed Wild Quarterly Box - a quarterly delivery of magic & earth medicine. Each box is crafted around a season and includes items for the earth-spirited and the lovers of all things mystical and natural. Deliveries can include crystals, herbs & teas, ritual tools, altar items, jewelry, essential oils & other lifestyle pieces.

    Each box includes a seasonal workbook with 3 rituals, intention-setting guidance, astrological updates, and other helpful tools to help you harness the magick of the season.

    And sign up for the Book Coven - a digital subscription with weekly lives, reels, and discussions about witchcraft, tarot, herbs, business witchery, upcoming workshops, & the book of the month.

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    Production by Julio Montero.
    Music by Follow the Wind,
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  • In episode 122 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kristin Lisenby and Kate Belew contemplate the Witch & the Bitch. Following in the footsteps of Artemis, Hecate, and their sacred hounds, this conversation draws listeners into the Underworld. There, the wolf goddesses Leto and Lupa speak about guardianship, kinship, and reclamation. Medusa arrives next, followed by Asteria and the other moon goddesses turned monsters. Through a mythical lens, they consider the archetypal Bitch, Bitch as a dog, Bitch as a sacred hound, and Bitch as a Witch.

    Sources:

    Small Spells Deck by Tamed Wild
    The Women’s Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets, Barbara Walker
    “The Indian Great Goddess,” Stella Kramrisch, History of Religions, Vol, 4
    Rider Coleman Smith Tarot Deck
    https://www.theoi.com/Khthonios/HekateGoddess.html
    Creature Teachers, Grandmother Twylah Nitsch, Seneca Elder
    “A Brief History of the Word “Bitch,” Necessitated by Benedict Cumberbitch,” Amanda Montell
    Artemis: Virgin Goddess of the Sun and Moon, Sorita D’Este
    Episode 104: Mothers of Monsters & Magick
    Argonautica, Apollonius Rhodius, circa 3rd century BC
    “Bitches and Skankly Hobags: The Place of Women in Contemporary Slang,” via Gender Articulated: Language and the Socially Constructed Self, edited by Kira Hall, Mary Bucholtz
    Practical Magic

    Shoutouts:

    Wild Medicine: Tamed Wild's Illustrated Guide to the Magick of Herbs, Bundy & Belew

    Join the Tamed Wild Coven!

    Subscribe to the Tamed Wild Quarterly Box - a quarterly delivery of magic & earth medicine. Each box is crafted around a season and includes items for the earth-spirited and the lovers of all things mystical and natural. Deliveries can include crystals, herbs & teas, ritual tools, altar items, jewelry, essential oils & other lifestyle pieces.

    Each box includes a seasonal workbook with 3 rituals, intention-setting guidance, astrological updates, and other helpful tools to help you harness the magick of the season.

    And sign up for the Book Coven - a digital subscription with weekly lives, reels, and discussions about witchcraft, tarot, herbs, business witchery, upcoming workshops, & the book of the month.

    Created by Tamed Wild.
    Production by Julio Montero.
    Music by Follow the Wind,
    Taizo Audio



  • In episode 121 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kristin Lisenby and Kate Belew follow 13 wintery threads, superstitions, and symbols, crafting a tapestry of story with these Yuletide yarns. Weaving together conversations about reindeer, snow globes, caroling, and winter plants, they contemplate the origins of these seasonal rituals and effigies. They also discuss The Nutcracker, snowmen, the ringing of bells, Mari Lwyd, and Christmastime villains. Join them around the virtual hearth as the 13 Yarns of Yule come together to illuminate the shortest days and longest nights of the year.

    Sources:

    “Doe, a Deer, a Female Reindeer: The Spirit of Winter Solstice and Mother Christmas”
    Llewellyn’s Sabbat Series: Yule
    “Winter’s Effigies, the Deviant History of the Snowman,” Rebecca Burgan
    The Snowman (movie)
    The History of the Snowman, Bob Eckstein
    The Book of Hours, c1380
    SechselÀuten - Wikipedia
    “Snowman Burning,” Atlas Obscura
    How did it Begin? The Origin of Curious Customs & Superstitions, Rudolph Brasch
    The Women’s Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets, Barbara Walker
    “The Moon Before Yule,” Little Witch Books
    "Storytime: The Tale of Mother Holle" - Tamed Wild Blog
    "This Family Gave the World the Snow Globe," Atlas Obscura
    “Storytime: Gryla and the Yula Lads” - Tamed Wild Blog
    “The Lore of the Wild Hunt” - Tamed Wild Blog
    “17 Creepy Origins Behind Christmas Traditions,” Amy Glover
    "The Nutcracker's" disturbing origin story: Why this was once the world's creepiest ballet, Ellen O’Connell
    “Wassailing,” Ellen Castelow
    A brief history of the gingerbread house, The Guardian

    Shoutouts:

    Episode 46: Winter Magick
    The Deer Mother: A Little Witch Tale
    "Goddess Series: Winter Goddesses" - Tamed Wild Blog
    Episode 100 Masks & Ritual
    Episode 19: Ostara
    Episode 86: An Interview with Danica Boyce