The "Calling the Quarters" Podcast
by Ronald "Dean" Jones
Join us on a journey into the vibrant world of modern Paganism! We delve into the lives and experiences of diverse individuals, including authors, Witches, Pagans, Druids, and beyond. Through insightful conversations, we explore how their unique paths within Paganism have shaped their perspectives and enriched their lives.
Episodes
-
Julia Halina Hadas (Mystical Mocktails: 60 Nonalcoholic Mindful Recipes, Rituals, and Affirmations ) Calling the Quarters Podcast Season 3 Episode 13
Calling the Quarters Podcast Season 3 Episode 13 Guest: Julia Halina Hadas Bio: "Julia Halina Hadas is the bestselling author of WitchCraft Cocktails and Moon, Magic, Mixology and is the leading mixologist in the witchcraft and spiritual spheres - combining her professions and passions of...
-
Thea Engst (Spirits of the Tarot,Nectar of the Gods,Sex and the City Cocktails) Calling the Quarters Podcast Season 3 Episode 12
Calling the Quarters Podcast Season 3 Episode 12 Guest: Thea Engst (Spirits of the Tarot,Nectar of the Gods,Sex and the City Cocktails) Author Bio: Thea Engst's two great loves are writing and hospitality. Her books are the marriage of her love for restaurants and her love for writing. She has...
-
Kelley Towne (Stones in the Glade: The Old Craft in a New World ) Calling the Quarters Podcast Season 3 Episode 11
Calling the Quarters Podcast: Season 3 Episode 11 Guest: Kelley Towne Author Bio: Welcome! I’m Kelley Towne; a witch, occultist, psychic, and author rooted in the enchanting landscape of New England. I am a natural-born witch with nearly twenty years of experience in the Craft and the occult...
-
Annika Hylmö, Ph.D. (The Last Witch-Film) Calling the Quarters Podcast Season 3 Episode 10
About the Film: THE LAST WITCH is a documentary following efforts to exonerate Elizabeth Johnson Jr., the last person convicted of witchcraft during the 1692 Salem Witch Trials. As a schoolteacher, her students, and a state senator work to clear Elizabeth’s name, what begins as a unique school...
-
Kathleen Converse (Wheel of the Year Book Series for Kids) Calling the Quarters Podcast Season 3 Episode 9
Welcome to the Calling the quarters podcast This is Season 3 Episode 9. Today our Host Dean Jones is talking with author Kathleen Converse who is an eclectic witch and therapist based in Portland, Oregon. As a former elementary school teacher with a master's in social work, she is passionate…
more -
Martin Vaux and Eleanor Conlon (The Three Ravens Podcast) The Calling the Quarters Podcast Season 3 Episode 8
Welcome to Calling the Quarters! and this is Season 3, Episode 8. Today, we're diving into the fascinating world of myth and folklore as our host, Dean Jones, sits down with Martin Vaux and Eleanor Conlon from the Three Ravens Podcast! Launched in 2023, the Three Ravens Podcast has carved out a...
-
Lauren Parker (Spells for Success,Dark Way Down, We are now the thing in the Woods) Calling the Quarters Podcast Season 3 Episode 7
Welcome to the Calling the Quarters Podcast. This is Season three episode seven. Today our Host Dean Jones is talking with author and Poet, Lauren Parker . Bio: Lauren Parker is a fourth generation female breadwinner descended from male charlatans, and thus has grown up to become a very educated...
-
Nicholas Pearson (Crystals for Psychic Self Defense) Calling the Quarters Podcast Season 3 Episode 6Season
Welcome back to Calling the Quarters Podcast! This is Season 3 Episode 6. Today, we have a fascinating conversation lined up with Dean Jones and a very special guest, author Nicholas Pearson. Join us on a journey into the vibrant world of modern Paganism! We delve into the lives and experiences…
more -
Arin Murphy-Hiscock (The Green Witch, The House Witch, and The Green Witch’s Grimoire) Season 3 Episode 5
Bio:Biography Currently a resident of Montreal, Canada, Arin works as a freelance writer and editor. She is the author of several popular books on witchcraft and nature-based spirituality, including The Green Witch, The House Witch, The Witch’s Book of Self-Care, The Green Witch’s Grimoire, The...
-
Deborah Blake (Llewellyn's Little book of Spellcraft/Everyday Witch's Familiars Oracle) Calling the Quarters Podcast: Season 3 Episode 4
Author Bio:Deborah Blake is the award-winning author of the Baba Yaga and Broken Rider paranormal romance series and the Veiled Magic urban fantasies from Berkley. Deborah has also written A Year and a Day of Everyday Witchcraft, The Goddess is in the Details, Everyday Witchcraft and numerous…
more -
Diana Helmuth (The Witching Year) The Calling the Quarters Podcast Season 3 Episode 3
Author Bio: I'm Diana Helmuth (pronounced "hell - myth") I am a nonfiction author, freelance writer, Silicon Valley startup veteran, hiker, producer and cupcake baker. I'm a pretty bad gardener, but I try to do that, too. My writing usually (but not always) centers on travel, nature, and…
more -
Kelley Harrell (From Elder to Ancestor/Soul Intent Arts) Calling the Quarters Podcast Season 3 Episode 2
Kelley Harrell is an animist, author, deathwalker, and death doula held by Tuscarora, Woccon, and Sissipihaw land. For the last 25+ years, through Soul Intent Arts she’s helped others ethically build thriving spiritual paths. Her work is Nature-based, and centers soul tending through the Elder...
-
Jennifer Ball (Experiences of LGBTQ+ individuals within Paganism) Calling the Quarters Podcast Season 3 Episode 1
Bio: Jennifer Ball "Based on the Wirral, England (UK), Jennifer is currently completing the final year of her PhD at Bangor University, Wales (UK), researching into the LGBTQ+ community within Paganism. More specifically, she is looking into the affects of heteronormative and cisnormative themes...
-
Rachel Roberts (Wolf/Lupa/Wolf Women Rising) Calling the Quarters Podcast Season Two Episode 13
Bio: Rachel is the bestselling author of Lupa and Wolf, as well as the creatrix of Wolf Woman Rising, a wisdom school where she empowers you to embody wisdom, reclaim your wild and create a life lived on purpose. Through online community, courses and training, as well as in-person retreats she...
-
Irisanya Moon (Pagan Portals/Earth Spirit/Practically Pagan) Calling the Quarters Podcast: Season 2 Episode 12
Bio: Irisanya Moon (she/they) is an author, witch, international teacher, poet, and Reclaiming initiate who has practiced magick for 20+ years. She has taught in the US, Canada, the UK, and Australia, bringing her blend of grounded, graceful, and radically authentic facilitation to inspire...
-
Lasara Firefox Allen (Jailbreaking the Goddes/Sexy Witch) Calling the Quarters Podcast:Season 2 Episode 11
Lasara Firefox Allen, MSW, (they/them/Mx) is a writer, Witch, nonprofit executive director, and coach. Lasara currently resides in Oakland, with/in the ancestral and contemporary lands of the Ohlone people. Lasara is a peer and social work practitioner who works from a trauma-responsive,...
-
Britt Sandkulla-Sinclair (Golden Thread Alchemy) The Calling the Quarters Podcast Season 2 Episode 10
Britt Sandkulla-Sinclair, Golden Thread Alchemy Britt is a practicing witch, death doula, astrologer, and writer. She finds meaning and purpose in guiding others through life's big transitions. As a death doula, Britt provides emotional, spiritual, and practical support to those nearing the end...
-
Prudence Priest (High Priestess of Amaranth Energies) Calling the Quarters Podcast, Season 2 Episode 9
Prudence Priest, who is a High Priestess of Amaranth Energies since 1971, and is a prominent figure in the Pagan community. With over five decades of experience, she has held various leadership roles within organizations like Freya's Folk, the American Vinland Association, and the Covenant of the...
-
Kaynek Young (Writer/Pagan) Calling the Quarters Podcast Season 2 Episode 8
Hailing from San Francisco in 1970, my life has been a journey up and down the West Coast, from the Alaskan expanse to the vibrant Bay Area. My heritage is a blend of Scottish and Irish roots. Currently, I'm immersed in the world of academia, pursuing a Master's in Marriage and Family Therapy…
more -
Laurel Woodward (Wellness Witchery ) Calling the Quarters Podcast Season 2 Episode 7
Bio: Bio: Laurel Woodward has been a witch for 20 years and is also a tarot reader. She has written for magazines and e-zines on the subjects of healthy living, organic gardening, sustainable living, and the magic of tapping creative energy in Witchery), Her books are Backyard Garden Witchery and...
-
Charles Harrington (Tarot of the Vampires) Calling the Quarters Podcast Season 2 Episode 6
Bio: Charles Harrington has been reading, teaching, and loving tarot for 25 years. He is the author of the guidebooks to the Murder of Crows Tarot, Ferenc Pinter Tarot, and Tarot V from Lo Scarabeo. His love of the cards and connecting with other readers has manifested in co-hosting podcasts,...
-
Elhoim Leafar (Dream Magic) The Calling the Quarters Podcast Season 2 Episode 5
Bio: Elhoim Leafar (New York City, NY) is an astrologer, dowser, and traditional shaman who also serves as an author, blogger, and regular columnist for national and international publications. He became a practitioner of the Afro-Caribbean religion Yoruba at age sixteen, teaches courses and...
-
Ben Stimpson ( Ancestral Whispers A Guide to Building Ancestral Veneration Practices) The Calling the Quarters Podcast Season 2 Episode 5
Bio:Today i'm speaking to Ben Stimpson (He/They/Them) who is a therapist, lecturer, student, and spiritual director. Ben has developed courses on a variety of topics, including ancestor veneration, the power of story, and folklore. When not working with clients or writing, Ben is engaged with his...
-
Victoria Slind Flor (Writer/Journalist) Calling the Quarters Podcast: Season 2 Episode 4
Bio: Welcome of the Calling the quarters podcast. Today i’m speaking with Victoria Slind-Flor who has been a journalist since the early 1970s. In the course of her career she has worked for the Bellevue American (now the Eastside Journal), the West Bank Guide, New Orleans Business, the Los…
more -
Morpheus Ravenna (The Magic of the Otherworld: Modern Sorcery from the Wellspring of Celtic Traditions) Calling the Quarters Podcast Season 2 Episode 3
Morpheus Ravenna is a genderfluid sorcerer, artist, and writer who lives in the East Bay area of California. They are a dedicant of the Morrígan and have practiced devotional polytheism and the magical arts for over 25 years. They are the author of The Book of the Great Queen and a priest and...
-
Thorn Mooney (Books) Calling the Quarters Podcast: Season 2 Episode 2
Bio: Thorn Mooney is a Witch of more than twenty years and the high priestess of Foxfire, a traditional Gardnerian coven thriving in the American South. She holds graduate degrees in religious studies and English literature and has worked as a university lecturer, public school teacher, academic...
-
Linda Raedisch ( The Old Magic of Christmas and The Lore of Old Elfland) Calling the Quarters Podcast Season 2 Episode 1
Bio: Linda Raedisch has been contributing crafts, recipes, and ethnobotanical lore to Llewellyn's Herbal Almanac since 2012. She is the author of The Old Magic of Christmas and The Lore of Old Elfland. Outside the kitchen, she has special interests in papercrafts, minority languages, and…
more -
Jamie Waggoner (Hades: Myth, Magic and Modern Devotion,) Calling the Quarters Podcast, Season 1 Episode 13
Bio: JAMIE MICHELLE WAGGONER (she/her) is a pagan priestess, philosopher, author, and teacher with 25+ years of study and practice. Jamie’s work centers around eclectic theurgic and folk magic, mythology, oracular traditions, trance arts, and liminal rites. Jamie has studied esoteric and occult...
-
Ryan Smith (Spinning Wyrd) Calling the Quarters Podcast Season 1 Episode 12
bio: Ryan Smith has been a practicing Pagan since his teens with over fifteen years of experience in inclusive and anti-racist Heathen spirituality. He is the author of The Way of Fire & Ice: The Living Tradition of Norse Paganism and Spinning Wyrd: A Journey Through the Nordic Mysteries, has...
-
Ivo Dominguez Jr (Keys to Perception, Practical Astrology for Witches and Pagans; Casting Sacred Space, Spirit Speak) Calling the Quarters Podcast Season 1 Episode 11
Bio: Ivo Dominguez, Jr. has been active in Wiccan and the Pagan community since 1978 and has been teaching since 1982. Ivo is a founding member and former High Priest of Keepers of the Holly Chalice, the first Assembly of the Sacred Wheel coven. He currently serves as one of the Elders of the 14...
-
Jack Chanek (Queen of all Witcheries) Calling the Quarters Podcast Season 1 Episode 10
Bio: Jack Chanek is a Gardnerian Wiccan priest and the author of Qabalah for Wiccans and Tarot for Real Life. His new book, Queen of All Witcheries, looks at modern Goddess worship through a historical lens, exploring the thinkers, movements, and practitioners that shaped how the Goddess is known...
-
Kristoffer Hughes ( The Book of Druidry )Calling the Quarters Podcast : Season 1 Episode 9
Bio: Kristoffer Hughes Kristoffer Hughes is Chief of the Anglesey Druid Order, a Mount Haemus Scholar, and a member of the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids. He is a teacher, writer, workshop leader, and guest speaker at Pagan conferences, camps, and festivals throughout the United Kingdom…
more -
T Thorn Coyle (Kissing the Limitless,The Witches of Portland Series, The Seashell Cove Paranormal Mysteries) Calling the Quarters Podcast: Season 1 Episode 8
Bio: T. Thorn Coyle worked in many strange and diverse occupations before settling in to write novels. Buy them a cup of tea and perhaps they’ll tell you about it. Author of The Witches of Portland, the Seashell Cove Paranormal Mystery series, the Pride Street Paranormal Cozy Mysteries, The Steel...
-
Byron Ballard (Wyrd Mountain Gals) Calling the Quarters Podcast Season 1 Episode 7
H. Byron Ballard, BA, MFA (Asheville, NC) is a western NC native, teacher, folklorist, and writer. She has served as a featured speaker and teacher at several festivals and conferences, including the Sacred Space Conference, Pagan Spirit Gathering, Starwood, Hexfest and many others. She serves as...
-
Judika Iles (The Weiser Field Guide to the Paranormal/The Encyclopedia of 5000 Spells ) Calling the Quarters Podcast Season 1 Episode 6
Bio:Judika Illes (pronounced Illis) is an independent scholar, educator, and author of several books of folklore, folkways, and mythology about the subjects of magic, the occult, divination, diverse spiritual traditions, witchcraft, and the paranormal. She is the author of four popular...
-
J.D. Walker (A Witch's Guide to Wildcraft/Under the Sacred Canopy) Calling the Quarters Podcast Season 1 Episode 5
Bio JD Walker is the vice chancellor of the House of Akasha, a North Carolina pagan group. She is an award-winning author, journalist, and magazine editor as well as a frequent contributor to the Llewellyn annuals. Walker has written a regular garden column for over thirty years, and she is the...
-
Phyllis Curot (Book of Shadows, Wicca, Spells for Living Well) Calling the Quarters Podcast Season 1 Episode 4
Bio: A spiritual pioneer, Phyllis Curott is an attorney, writer and one of America’s first public Witches. Her 5 international best-selling books have been published in 14 languages, making her the most widely published Wiccan author. An outspoken advocate in the courts and media, she handled or...
-
Jenay Marontate (Tea Magic) Calling the Quarters Podcast Season 1 Episode 3
Bio: Jenay Marontate began learning the secrets of kitchen witchery at an early age from her mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. Now, she applies her knowledge of herbs, oil, magic, and kitchen witchery to her loose-leaf tea and spice business, Kitchen Witch Gourmet. Here, she infuses tea...
-
Lisanna Wallance (The Natural Witches Cookbook) Calling the Quarters Podcast Season 1 Episode 2
Bio: * Lisanna Wallace is the author of The Natural Witches Cookbook) Wallace is a nutritional chef and clinical herbalist. Born and raised in New York City. She moved to Paris and splits her time between there and Marthas Vinyard. She is passionate about culinary arts. She always turns to food…
more -
Laurel Woodward (Kitchen Witchery, Backyard Garden Witchery) Calling the Quarters Podcast Season 1 Episode 1
Bio: Laurel Woodward has been a witch for 20 years and is also a tarot reader. She has written for magazines and e-zines on the subjects of healthy living, organic gardening, sustainable living, and the magic of tapping creative energy in Witchery), Her books are Backyard Garden Witchery and...
-
Calling the Quarters Podcast: Intro to the Podcast Season One
My name is Dean Jones, and I have a new podcast called “Calling the Quarters. This is a series of interviews with authors who identify under the titles of Witchcraft, Paganism and more. Witchcraft is a nature-based pagan religion or folkway loosely constructed under an umbrella of numerous...
About this show
Join us on a journey into the vibrant world of modern Paganism! We delve into the lives and experiences of diverse individuals, including authors, Witches, Pagans, Druids, and beyond. Through insightful conversations, we explore how their unique paths within Paganism have shaped their perspectives and enriched their lives.
Hosted by
Ronald "Dean" Jones
Categories