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

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 Sechseläuten - 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

In episode 120 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kristin Lisenby & Kate Belew journey to the symbolic Underworld. In this conversation, they discuss the practice of wintering and ‘hanging on for the bees.’ They forage for seasonal reflections and wintertime initiations. They contemplate the River Styx, the Heroes and Goddesses who have traveled there, and Styx herself. They also talk about the ferryman Charon, the Goddess Psyche, and asteroids in astrology.   Sources: Paganism: An Introduction to Earth-Centered Religions, River and Joyce Higginbotham Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times, Katherine May “Wintering,” Sylvia Plath The Spell of the Sensuous: Perception and Language in a More-Than-Human World, David Abram The Women’s Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets, Barbara Walker The Faerie Queens: A Collection of Essays Exploring the Myths, Magic and Mythology of the Faerie Queens, Sorita d’Este and David Rankine At Day's Close: Night in Times Past, A. Roger Ekirch  Circe, Madeleine Miller The Iliad & The Odyssey, Homer From Llewelyn’s Journal, “What does Psyche Mean in Your Astrological Chart,” Isabelle Ghaneh Demetra George Shoutouts: Episode 7: Winter Solstice Episode 8: Yule Episode 46: Winter Magick Episode 104: The Mothers of Monsters and Magick 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 119 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kristin Lisenby & Kate Belew interview Perdita Finn. Perdita is an author and the co-founder of the feral fellowship, The Way of the Rose. In this conversation, Perdita discusses connecting and honoring the unseen, trusting our intuition, imposter syndrome, and writing a book in collaboration with the dead. She speaks about the earth as an ancestor altar, the mothers and the grandmothers, and the draw of the Catskill Mountains. Perdita also introduces us to her new book, Take Back the Magic: Conversations with the Unseen World. You can read more from Perdita Finn via her Substack, Facebook, or Instagram @perditafinn  Sources: Hekate Liminal Rites: A historical study of the rituals, spells, and magic of the Torch-bearing Triple Goddess of the Crossroads, Sorita d'Este & David Rankine Season of the Witch, part 7: We Are the Dead - Substack Take Back the Magic: Conversations with the Unseen World, Perdita Finn Shoutouts: Season 1, Episode 5: Hecate’s Garden - Spotify Waking up to the Dark: Ancient Wisdom for a Sleepless Age, Clark Strand The Madonna Secret, Sophie Strand Life After Life, Kate Atkinson Otherlands, Thomas Halliday 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 118 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kate Belew and Kristin Lisenby welcome back Green Witch Robin Rose Bennett. Robin Rose is a storyteller, author, herbalist, and teacher. In this conversation, three witches discuss bibliomancy, word witchery, and the moments when writing and magick intersect. They also consider messages from the plants, the archetypal Elder, and Robin introduces listeners to her latest book, A Green Witch’s Pocket Book of Wisdom: Big Little Life Tips. You can learn more about Robin Rose Bennett and her offerings via her website RobinRoseBennett.com, by signing up for her newsletter, and following her on Instagram @robinrosebennett. Sources: A Green Witch’s Pocket Book of Wisdom: Big Little Life Tips, Robin Rose Bennett Wild Medicine: Tamed Wild's Illustrated Guide to the Magick of Herbs, Bundy & Belew Shoutouts: Episode 28: An Interview with Green Witch Robin Rose Bennett The Shift Network Healing Magic: A Green Witch Guidebook to Conscious Living, Robin Rose Bennett The Gift of Healing Herbs: Plant Medicines and Home Remedies for a Vibrantly Healthy Life, Robin Rose Bennett Little Witch Hosts Samhain Supper, Lisenby & Barone 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 117 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kate Belew and Kristin Lisenby share spooky tales from their hometowns. They begin in the hills of California, exploring mountain magick and contemplating stories of The Dark Watchers and Lemurians. Kristin introduces us to the legends of Mt. Shasta, and then Kate takes us on a journey through the haunted streets of Michigan. There, we meet the witches, spirits of those departed, and ghost ships in the night. Sources: “There’s Something About Mount Shasta,” Laura Kiniry - Atlas Obscura "Ghost Stories: The Dark Watchers," Kristin Lisenby - Tamed Wild blog Legends of Mt. Shasta - Wikipedia Mount Shasta’s Forgotten History & Legends, D.W. Naef A Dictionary of Symbols, J.E. Cirlot Legends of Mount Shasta: “The Abode of the Devil” Part I – The Legend of J.C. Brown - Ancient Origins A Dweller on Two Planets, Frederick Spencer Oliver Lemuria: The Lost Continent of the Pacific, Wishar Spenle Cerve “Michigan urban myths and legends: 7 stories to share around the campfire,” Kylie Martin - Detroit Free Press Gateway to oblivion: The Great Lakes' Bermuda triangle, Hugh F Cochrane “Ghostly Legends of Michigan: The Ada Witch of Findlay Cemetary,” Michigans Otherside “The story of 'The Drowning Pool' at Mackinac Island,” Ken Haddad “The Remains of Shelldrake Michigan,” John Robinson “Do Ghosts Walk at Whitefish Point? Paranormal Experts Investigate,” Frederick Stonehouse “14 Michigan monster myths to fire you up for Halloween,” John Serba Shoutouts: Episode 17: The Fae Folk Tamed Wild Retreats Pretty Fn Spooky All My Ancestors Maria the Arcane The Moon in Carolina 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. Created by Tamed Wild. Production by Julio Montero. Music by Follow the Wind, Taizo Audio

In episode 116 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kate Belew and Kristin Lisenby pierce the thinning veil. In this conversation, they contemplate this mystical shroud and the veil’s relationship to textile magick, tarot, and veiled goddesses and spirits. They weave in lace and folktale traditions, the origin of bridal veils, and the tools of the weaving craft. They also answer a listener question about the seasonal veil and the meaning behind the phrase, ‘The veil is thin.” Sources: Asia Suler, One Willow Apothecary Jennifer Green Dictionary of Symbols, J.E. Cirlot Planetary Magick: The Heart of Western Magick (Llewellyn’s High Magick Series), Osborne Phillips & Melita Denning Visions of the Cailleach: Exploring the Myths, Folklore and Legends of the pre-eminent Celtic Hag Goddess, Sorita d'Este and David Rankine Hagitude, Sharon Blackie A Journey Through the Forest of Souls, Rachel Pollack Women Who Run with the Wolves, Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes Storytime: The Coming of Bride - Tamed Wild blog Agathi's Lace Shop "Legends of Lace: Commerce and Ideology in Narratives of Women’s Domestic Craft Production," David Hopkin   "The Origins of the Bridal Veil and Its Protection From Evil Spirits," Ancient Origins Yakar, Jak. (2011). Presumed Social Identity of the Occupants of Late Third Millennium BC Alacahöyük and Horoztepe "Royal Tombs". Journal of Archaeomythology. 7. 1-8.  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 115 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kate Belew and Kristin Lisenby talk Wild Medicine with Shelby Bundy. Authored by Tamed Wild Creatrix Shelby Bundy and Kate Belew, the Wild Medicine book is an illustrated guide to the magick of plants. In this conversation, Shelby and Kate discuss being initiated into the world of plant witchery and following the threads of herbal lineages and lore. They talk about rose alchemy, listening to our plant families, and the Wild Medicine Deck that started it all. Learn more about Shelby and Kate’s new book, Wild Medicine: Tamed Wild’s Illustrated Guide to the Magick of Herbs, via TamedWild.com.  Shoutouts: Wild Medicine Deck Robin Rose Bennett  The Missing Witches  Rebecca Gordon Astrology The Moon in Carolina Podcast 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 114 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kate Belew and Kristin Lisenby celebrate Mabon and the start of Season 4! In this conversation, two witches harvest tales from corn. They discuss corn mazes, scarecrows, and the history and making of corn dollies. They talk about harvest spirits, crop circles, and deities of corn and grain. They also consider the fields of Midharvest as an archetype - the autumnal version of the fairy tale forest.  Sources: Episode 72: Mabon Magick Mircea Eliade Episode 69: Portals of the Summer Solstice A Dictionary of Literary Symbols, Michael Ferber A Dictionary of Symbols, J.E. Cirlot The History and Making of Corn Dollies, Janet Goddard   Dozynki Harvest  Bassetlaw Museum Corn Dolly Kit - Tamed Wild  England’s Crop Circle Controversy - BBC article Aras.org Shoutouts: The Autumn Crossroads Children of the Corn   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