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The Blackthorn Grove
by Amy Blackthorn
A podcast where where witchcraft meets with good friends over tea to talk about the nature of magic, and community.
Episodes
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It's Spooky Season; Kelly Lidji
Kelly Lidji crawled out of the fog-drenched woods of Lower Slower Delaware with a notebook in one hand and a deeply questionable relationship with ghosts in the other. She does not believe in writer’s block—only in spirits who refuse to cooperate. Kelly joins The Blackthorn Grove to tell ghost...
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Hanover Witch Trials- Update
Sponsored by Amy Blackthorn School of Magic. Beck Ravenswood is back to update us on the ongoing lawsuit over their police interaction that led to the lawsuit hoping to abolish the 1863 law against 'fortune telling' for 'gain or lucre.' Beck owns The Serpent's Key Shoppe and Sanctuary in Hanover…
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The Lantern, A New England Folk Oracle
From the cultural, colonial, and maritime lore of New England comes a new set of oracle decks, steeped in the tea of our ancestors: The Lantern by Laura Tempest Zakroff. These hand-painted images by the artist and author glimmer with magic from the land and its spirits, as well as the spirits of...
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Jen Sankey- Manifesting by the Moon
Jen Sankey is an author, professional witch, teacher, and speaker. She has over thirty years of experience reading tarot and being an energetic healer. Visit her at StardustWandererTarot.com and Instagram.com/StardustWandererTarot. Manifesting by the Moon: A Guide to Lunar Magic Paperback –...
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Dina Rosenburg- Crystal Keys Tarot and Community
About the Author Dina Rosenberg is the co-owner of Amityville Apothecary and The Athenaeum at Amityville Apothecary, alongside her business partner Danielle Deacy. Dina and Danielle offer a thoughtfully curated selection of metaphysical products and experiences—ranging from crystals, meditation...
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Queer Rites
Sponsored by Amy Blackthorn, Author (amyblackthorn.as.me) Queer Rites by Enfys J. Book: Embrace Your Personal Power with 20 Queer-Specific Rituals Queer people go through all kinds of unique milestones and rites of passage as we grow into our true selves. Whether you are coming out, attending…
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Spells for Success
"Imposter syndrome is the human's natural predator." -Lauren Parker Spells for Success: Deck and Guidebook 40 Spells to Set Intentions and Manifest Everyday Wins by Lauren Parker Sponsored by Amy Blackthorn Intuitive (https://amyblackthorn.as.me/schedule/5eacb6fa) Lauren Parker stops by the…
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Tarot in Other Words
Edited by Cassandra Snow. (Cassandra-Snow.com) Cassandra is a professional tarot card reader, and teacher, writer, and theather maker in Minneapolis, MN. Cassandra's writing focuses on tarot, paganism, arts journalism, queer lifestyle and personal storytelling. They are the author of Queering the...
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Listener Questions
In this episode I'll be answering listener emails! [email protected] to submit your questions. Podcast sponsored by Blackthorn's Botanicals. Tea of the day: The White Witch (of Narnia), for an almond black tea, with cream and ginger. Topics discussed today: - Where does Witchcraft...
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Diana Rajchel on Cursing
Diana Rajchel, author of Hex Twisting: Countermagick Spells for the Irritated Witch, stopped by the podcast to talk the nature of curses! DianaRajchel.com Sponsored by AmyBlackthorn.com
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A Kitchen Witch's Culinary Oracle Deck by Dawn Aurora Hunt
Food has the power to nourish both our bodies and our spirits. The Kitchen Witch’s Culinary Oracle Deck harnesses this spiritual nutrition to provide guidance and inspiration from the foods and tools already in your home. With recipe suggestions and simple spells, these 50 cards invite you to go...
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Crystals for Psychic Self-Defense
Crystals for Psychic Self-Defense: 145 Gemstones for Banishing, Binding, and Magickal Protection Paperback – A full-color guide to protection, cleansing, and countermagick with crystals • Presents magickal techniques with crystals for warding off harmful energies, binding, and curse breaking,...
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Mini-sode
Blackthorn's Protection Magic contains a 13,000 word escape and evasion course that includes how to evade a stalker, escape kidnapping, lose a tail and make it home safely. Take care of each other.
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Laura Tempest Zakroff
LTZ: Artist, Author, Witch. An artist, author, and fusion bellydance performer, Rhode Island-based Renaissance Witch Laura Tempest Zakroff is a simmering cauldron of talents and projects. They stopped by. TBG to talk about their work, Templefest shenanigans, book recs and more!...
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Templefest Keynote: Building Community w/Sacred Plant Magic
Over Labor Day weekend (US) I was the keynote speaker for Templefest, put on by the amazing members of the Temple of Witchcraft. The lovely CD offered to record the speech and it is offered here for your listening enjoyment. I 100% endorse anyone attending Templefest and hope you find it as…
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Pennsylvania Tarot Lawsuit with Beck
Beck Lawrence (they/them) lunar witch, and polytheist, is battling an unjust law in the state of Pennsylvania, making it illegal to read tarot or engage in 'fortune telling' activities. This is their story. Please feel free to sign the petition to overturn this archaic law....
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Davezilla-Tarot of the Unexplained
Davezilla became in 2001 the first blogger to be sued by a billion-dollar company (he won). Because of this, there is a Davezilla Wikipedia page and Dave has the dubious distinction of being a verb in the Urban Dictionary. He is a Gardnerian witch (initiated 1979), Discordian (hot dogs on…
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Sabrina Marie Chase- Rural Life and Tarot
Sabrina is a teacher, diviner, writer, and coach. Over the last 40 years, she's developed her own system of reading and teaching tarot using round tarot cards. She's an Elder in the Blue Star Tradition of Wicca who also practices Buddhism, and a graduate of the Gryphon’s Grove School of…
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Grief: It's a little feral (panel)
Jamie Anderson said, “Grief is just love with no place to go.” Today we hear from three experts on grief in their chosen fields and discuss how it applies to the witchcraft community. Lulu- @thesalemplantwitch on TT. Runs a therapeutic group for witches in berevement. Mortellus @acrowandthedead…
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The Healing Tree by Stephanie Rose Bird
“A beautiful blend of folklore, botanical science, acquired wisdom, and spiritual guidance.” —from the foreword by Luisah Teish Stephanie Rose Bird is a painter and the author of several bestselling books on earth spirituality, hoodoo, and anthropology, including Sticks, Stones, Roots and Bones;...
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Glamour with Deborah Castellano
Deborah Castellano is author of 'Glamour Magic: The Witchcraft Revolution to Get What You Want' and 'Magic for Troubled Times: Rituals, Recipes and Real Talk for Witches' along with an assortment of short erotica pieces published by Cleis Press. She is an independent maker of ritual perfumes and...
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Thumper Forge
The delightful Thumper Forge @fivefoldlaw has stopped by to to talk about divination, and their lithomancy/geomancy practice and other fun things along the way!
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Special Episode: Devin Hunter of Modern Witch
In this episode recorded March 2022, Devin Hunter from Modern Witch dot com interviews Amy. https://modernwitch.com/
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Victoria Laurie, Psychic and Author
Join The Blackthorn Grove in welcoming Victoria Laurie, author of the Psychic Eye Mysteries, as well as several other amazing series to talk about life as an author, questions she gets as a Medium, and how to balance it all and get words on the page! Sponsored by Blackthorn's Botanicals tea shop.
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Moments of Calm
This episode features an hour-long summer thunderstorm on the east coast of the United States recorded by our hostess Amy Blackthorn at her home in Delaware. Episode sponsored by Blackthorn’s Botanicals tea shop.
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Gate Crashing Authorship: How to Write a Book Proposal
Join Amy in exploring the steps needed to get your book idea to be seen by the traditional publishers in our niche. Important: This is my personal experience, I don't speak for any publisher. I'm not available to read manuscripts.
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Being a Well Witch with Cyndi Brannen
It's a new year and that means a new visit with Cyndi Brannen from Keeping Her Keys! We'll be discussing what it takes to be a Well Witch. Content Warning: There will be discussions on chronic pain, chronic illness and a brief mention of Eating Disorders, listen appropriately. Sponsored by...
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The nature of Community with Mortellus
Sponsored by BlackthornsBotanicals.com Blackthorn's Botanical Wellness, out October 31st, 2022 from Weiser Books. Mortellus stopped by to catch up, and the amazing stories we exchanged were moving and empowering. Content warning: frank discussion of parenting, aging, inter-personal relationships,...
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The Comfy Cozy Witch
Jennie Blonde: An eclectic Pagan witch with a love of hearth and home witchery, Jennie has been practicing witchcraft for twenty years. She lives in Pennsylvania with two furry familiars, one witchling, and her husband. Hearth and Home Witchcraft Blending storytelling, witchcraft, and warm…
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Queer Qabala w/ Enfys J. Book
Enfys is a nonbinary, bisexual clergy member within the Assembly of the Sacred Wheel, and the High Priest of the Fellowship of the Ancient White Stag (Near the District of Columbia). Enfys has been studying the Qabala since 2012 and teaching since 2015 including presenting at the Sacred Space...
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Positive Pagan with Lisa Wagoner
Lisa Wagoner stops by to talk about how to maintain a positive outlook when the world is out of control. LisaWagoner.com for autographed copies This episode sponsored by Blackthorn's Botanical Wellness, out November first wherever fine books are sold.
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Music and the Tarot
Exploring the connection between the tarot and our lives through music. Check out TarotTunes and MusicalConversations! Horse with No Name' America (Death) 'John Law Burned Down the Liquor Sto' by Chris Thomas King (Seven of Swords) 'Cult Leader' by King Mala (Emperor R) 'Is You Is or Is you Aint…
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Secular Voting for Witches
Rachele Walter stops by the podcast to talk about why secular voting is important for witchy and Pagan-umbrella voters. She is a secular activist in Lincoln, Nebraska. She is Chair of Secular Democrats of Nebraska, President of Lincoln Atheists, and the Director for American Atheists-Nebraska.…
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Daily Magic w/ Judika Illes
Daily Magic is a perpetual calendar focused on days of spiritual and magical significance. April 30th for example, is perfect for spellcasting—especially spells for love, romance, fertility, and prosperity. Judika Illes teaches you how to create rituals and cast spells, provides recipes for...
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Practical Occult w/ Alison Chicosky
Alison stops by the podcast to talk about thaumaturgy, the Greek Magical Papyri, and results based practices Practical Occult (www.practicaloccult.com) Forthcoming: The Secrets of Helios: Unlocking the Practical Uses of PGM IV. 1596-1715 Sponsored by Blackthorn's Botanicals...
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Lessons From The Empress
Lessons from the Empress: A Tarot Workbook for Self-Care and Creative Growth A hands-on workbook for using tarot to discover and express your authentic self―the foundation of true self-care. Cassandra Snow has been a tarot reader in some capacity since they were eighteen years old and have gone…
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Disability in Paganism: Two perspectives
Heather K Veitch has been practicing Witchcraft for over thirty-five years, and holds degrees in English Literature and Creative Writing. She was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 2014, and has been exploring how to best modify her magical practice to support the ups and downs of her…
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Talking Tarot Mood with Natalie Meraki
Natalie Meraki is the creator of Tarot Mood deck, the Mood Oracle, Young Witch Tarot deck and a raucous fun time was had by all. (There are some brief mature themes in this episode, so listen wisely.) Check out Natalie's Create your own Tarot deck workshop! https://nataliemeraki.com/ @TarotMood…
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Pagan Businesses
Today I'm answering questions about what it is like to own a Pagan business, what we experience that non-Pagan businesses don't have to navigate, and how to make your Pagan business happy, healthy, prosperous and protected. Blackthorn's Protection Magic out March 1st from Weiser Books. Download…
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Samhain Minisode
Readers have submitted stories and comments about persecution faced by witches in the workplace and in their community. Content warning: threats of harm.
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Hex Twisting and Protection Magic
Sponsored by BlackthornsBotanicals.com Diana Rajchel stops by the podcast to chat about reversing curses in a variety of communities, how magic feels differently in city settings and the nuance of being an invited guest. http://dianarajchel.com Https://facebook.com/dianarajchelauthor instagram:...
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Meditative Moment: Summer Sounds
Relax with me while we listen to the sounds of late summer in the Eastern Great Deciduous Forest. Breathe deeply and allow yourself to journey to the forest.
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Interview: Shanna Stoker
Join me in listening to the stories of art, tarot, and the connections witchcraft brings us with Shanna Stoker, descendant of Bram Stoker and creator of the Terror Tarot.
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The Hexing Panel episode
I'm joined by an expert panel to talk all things Hexy. Ivo Domínguez, Jr. www.newalexandrianlibrary.com Byron Ballard, www.myvillagewitch.com Diotima Mantineia, www.uraniaswell.com Mortellus, Mortellus.com Show Notes: Content Warning: Minute 50-108 for survivors of violence Books Mentioned…
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Ritual Etiquette
Learn what’s expected of us as we start interacting with people outside again! From what to bring, or not bring to ritual, to who to talk to and when.
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Nicholas Pearson Flower Essences from the Witch's Garden
Nicholas Pearson stops by to chat with us about his books, crystals and plant spirits. Nicholas Pearson is a flower essence practitioner and researcher whose love for plants grew alongside his love for the mineral kingdom. Best known for his work with crystal healing and Reiki, Nicholas is also a...
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Beltane Salon with Cyndi Brannen
Cyndi Brannen of Keeping Her Keys and I got together for Beltane and chatted about: our favorite herbal allies plant symbolism in magic Aesthetics in Witchcraft maintaining healthy boundaries communicating with plant spirits and our top 3 plants to include in a witch's apothecary.
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Courtney Weber Interview
Courtney Weber is a Witch, author, Tarot adviser, and activist. She is the author of 'Brigid: History, Mystery, and Magick of the Celtic Goddess,' 'Tarot for One: The Art of Reading for Yourself,' 'The Morrigan: Celtic Goddess of Magick and Might and the forthcoming 'Hekate: Goddess of Witches.'...
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Magical Herbalism for Beginners
This is a great interview with a friend of the podcast who had some questions for me about how to get started in incorporating herbs into our magic. Check out AmyBlackthorn.com to book a reading with Amy! Brought to you by BlackthornsBotanicals.com
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Graveyard Dirt and Necromancy
It's our one year birthday! In this episode we have the fabulous Mortellus back with us to talk about the useful materials we can find to incorporate in our magical practice and how they demystify necromancy. Hint: most of us are practicing necromancy, without even knowing it! Find Mortellus'…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
A podcast where where witchcraft meets with good friends over tea to talk about the nature of magic, and community.
HOSTED BY
Amy Blackthorn
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