Ep 1: Getting To Know Your Witches

Welcome to our first episode. This is a getting to know us episode and our personal views on a couple broad questions about the world of witches and magic. If you are more interested in specific Witchy subjects our 2nd episode about the Wheel of the Year will drop shortly and you may start there! But we hope you stick around and check back often as Corey and Detta explore magic, techniques, rituals and lots of opinions on around our hearth! Welcome to Bonfire Babble! Bonfire Babble Podcast recognizes that we live and record on the traditional lands of the Duwamish Tribe. We Honor Their past and present stewardship of the beautiful land and the life giving energy they provide. To learn more about the Duwamish People and Real Rent visit https://www.realrentduwamish.org You can find us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bonfirebabblepodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BonfireBabble Coming soon: Facebook Every week we want to shout out who or what is inspiring us and share them with you so you can see if these things "spark" your interest. This week: Detta's Sparks: Juliet Diaz, (From her Website) Juliet Diaz is a healer, seer, and herbalist, and holds a master of science in herbal medicine. She is a descendent of a long line of witch healers from Cuba and has indigenous roots as a member of the Taino tribe. Juliet owns and runs November Sage Apothecary. Author of Witchery and Plant Witchery You can find her on Instagram at thttps://www.instagram.com/iamjulietdiaz/. And Lora O'Brian - (from her website) Irish Pagan Author Lora O'Brien has been (consciously) practicing Paganism in Ireland since 1994, and working with the Irish Pagan Goddess Mórrígan since 2004. Professionally, she managed one of Ireland's most important sacred sites - Cruachán/Rathcroghan - for a decade, and (among other things) co-founded the Irish Pagan School in 2018. Htpps://loraobrien.ie SO many books: Currently reading Tales of Old Ireland Retold https://www.youtube.com/user/loraobr and https://irishpaganschool.com/courses   Corey's Spark Pam Grossman: Waking the Witch (From her website) Pam is a writer, curator, and teacher of magical practice and history. She is the host of The Witch Wavepodcast (“the Terry Gross of Witches” - Vulture) and the author of Waking the Witch: Reflections on Women, Magic, and Power (Gallery Books / Simon & Schuster, June 2019) andWhat Is A Witch(Tin Can Forest Press). https://www.pamgrossman.com