Episode 4 - "Magic is reality" - Elen Sentier

Hello. Hello. Hello. Welcome to this episode of The Magpie’s Way Podcast. Here we look at how the magic and mundane can, and do, exist in everyday life. I intend to set forth to drink tea and mingle, seeing what we have in our world to make pockets of extraordinary mix with the ordinary. In this episode of the podcast, we welcome and get to know Elen Sentier. Elen is mentoring me in the old ways and has for the past 3 years. She joins me to talk about magic, her interactions with it and how she weaves it throughout her life. There is no-one better than Elen to describe her:"I live and write Celtic Noir — dark fantasy, dangerous, sovereign, consequence-bearing women with magic at their fingertips who never play by the rules.Their magic is my magic, the magic I was born into, that my family has lived for more generations than I can count – grandmother who was a witch from the Isle of Mann, stepmother half Roma, dad who knew Blavatsky and was a born Cyfarwydd, uncle to whom raptors and adders would come, and another uncle who talked with bees.And Celtic Noir?That’s the lands that birthed me, built my bones. The wilds of south-west Britain, North Wales, the Highlands of Scotland and Occitan France.And me? I'm an eccentric, outlandish, wild woman and Crazy Cat Lady.I share my ancient Shropshire farmhouse with my Mad Scientist husband, my black witchy cat, and a host of wildlife." You can find Elen Sentier here - https://elensentier.com/https://celticnoir.substack.com/So, feel free to cosy up, maybe with a brew, and have a listen. You may find magic you are already doing or new ways to actively bring it in to help navigate your days. Settle in, get cosy, and let’s do this.Jingle by: CocosMusic - ‘YouTube folk vibe – Whiskey Weather’. Available at: https://pixabay.com/music/folk-youtube-folk-vibe-whiskey-weather-37505Hopefully, you’ll continue to follow me on this podcasting adventure. Feel free to subscribe and press that bell button to be notified of new episodes. You can find us on the socials using @themagpiesway as a handle.