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Send us Fan MailNEW🌙🦋💐Tune in with the extraordinary Máire Durkan as we uncover the power & magick of  Frigg and her sovereign council of 12 allied goddesses!🌙✨Máire Durkan is an interfaith hospital chaplain, certified birth doula, ordained inclusive Heathen minister, Green Witch, and dedicated Friggswoman (devotee of the goddess Frigg). She serves as Clergy Coordinator for The Troth, one of the oldest international inclusive Heathen organizations. She specializes in creating and leading inclusive rituals and workshops rooted in intersectional feminist spirituality. Her latest book, Frigg’s Twelvefold Flame: Creating Justice and Healing with the Goddess and Her Court (Llewellyn Worldwide, 2026), explores how connecting with Frigg and her council of allied goddesses can support personal growth, justice and healing.Máire’s early beginnings took place in the countryside of Wilmington, Delaware with older siblings and spending a lot of time in the woods immersed in Nature and reading books by JRR Tolkien and others. Later in life, a Heathen ritual or Blot at the Free Spirit Gathering in Maryland, to the Norse God Týr made a powerful impression on Máire. She describes the Galdr or chanting was about victory through sacrifice to the rune of Tiwaz which is about justice, leadership, honor  and sacrifice. Máire was changed by this spiritual experience. She was also writing about Norse Goddesses Frigg, Freya and God Odin at the time too. The Divine Feminine was very important to Máire and she was drawn to Frigg the All Mother and wife to Odin who resonated with her.Máire began incorporating Frigg’s symbols of the Heron, Spinning Wheel, and Spindle to connect with Frigg’s energy with her Heathen community: The Assembly of the Sacred Wheel, they do Aspecting as part of their rituals.. She started feeling at home with her and really clicked with Frigg. The nurturing, caring, weaving of respectful harmony and uniting communities are all part of Frigg’s All Mother attributes. Máire was inspired to write her book: Frigg’s Twelvefold Flame: Creating Justice and Healing with the Goddess and Her Court  because of the challenging times we live in and the urging of Frigg and her 12 allied Goddesses that she works with each carrying a different aspect of Frigg’s power and presence with shared leadership and collaborative sovereignty. . Neo-Pagans, Heathens, Wiccans and their communities embrace inclusivity and eco sustainability as part of their great work. Maire’s book became a call to activism since Goddess Frigg stands for action, justice, care, foresight and responsibility for others as well as the Divine Feminine spirit. Maire tells us that Frigg encourages us to really examine whats beneath the surface and look at the root causes of injustice and oppression and then navigate the complexities with intention. We can lead with both care and strategy and look at the long game. Frigg reframes activism with sacred care work such as advocacy, community support for the under served, which matters as much as policy change. Máire ends our episode with a short invocation to Frigg - Lady of the Keys - for a call to action for justice work and creating positive change in the world where all beings are valued and respected. Tune in and be enlightened! More about Maire at:  Support the show*If you like what you hear; please sponsor my show.  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/oracleoflunapodcastSubscription page for Premium content: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1445572/subscribe

Send us Fan MailDive into the New Moon Yesspiral system blending Lunar Cycles, Tarot & Astrology with Yesbelt Fernandez! Yesbelt is a tarot teacher and lunar guide based in New York City who helps people design intentional lives. She leads new and full moon circles, offers seasonal rituals and tarot readings. She is the author of: New Moon Life Design: Manifest the Life You Want Using Lunar Cycles, Tarot, and Astrology (Weiser Books, April 2026). For over a decade, Yesbelt blends practical systems with intuitive wisdom, teaching people how to work with the phases and cycles of the moon and set intentions they can follow through on. She believes in saying yes to what spirals us into synchronicity!Yesbelt found out about tarot for the first time in the Dominican Republic whilst sitting on a beach after a funeral. A Tarot reader happened to be walking by and offered Yesbelt a Tarot reading. She bought her first tarot deck after that and began studying Tarot and attended different lectures and classes in NYC. She met Joanna Powell Colbert at a readers' studio and then attended one of Joanna’s retreats on Whidbey Island, WA. Being a young mother at age 16 kept her very busy until her 30's when she awakened to her spirituality. Yesbelt studied herbalism at a shop in NYC called Flower Power. She was invited to host lunar circles there and to sell her workbooks that she made every month. Theresa Reed (aka The Tarot Lady) came into the Flower Power store once and saw her workbook and later contacted Yesbelt and asked her if she wanted to write a book. It was through all those synchronicities and spirals that Yesbelt ended up writing and publishing her first book.We delve into Yesbelt’s New Moon Life Design (Yesspiral system) a cyclical journey weaving Tarot cards, Astrology and Moon cycles starts with a journaling practice. In simple parts: the lunar cycle is the Calendar, astrology is the archetypes of the planet's Focus and the tarot is the emotional Mirror. The real magic behind this process is setting our intentions and then taking conscious action steps. Pick an intention and make it into a Smart goal at the New Moon this is where we Begin- then we Build with the Waxing Moon and we Celebrate & Forgive at the Full Moon - Reset at the Waning moon and Release at the Dark Moon.We chat about the next New Moon in Aries on 4/17/26 and it’s zodiac model is: “I Am”. This New Moon is about setting intentions around what your personal brand or who you see yourself authentically in the world and redesign/update that. We end the episode with Yesbelt pulling Tarot Cards for a “Moonth” using her New Moon Yesspiral system starting with the New Moon in Aries on 4/17 and onwards through the next New Moon in Taurus on May 16. Tune in and be enlightened!   Visit Yesbelt at: www.yesspiral.comSupport the show*If you like what you hear; please sponsor my show.  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/oracleoflunapodcastSubscription page for Premium content: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1445572/subscribe

Send us Fan MailExplore the meaning and power behind spells and incantations with Enid Baxter Ryce! Enid is an award-winning Author, Artist, and Professor whose work spans books, film, visual art, and education advocacy. Her books include Plant Magic at Home (Running Press, 2025), Grace Flows Through You (Amber Lotus, 2026), and Field Guide to Fort Ord (multiple printings), and her latest book called: Ancient Spells and Incantations - Echoes of Magic Through the Ages & Across Cultures. By Red Wheel/Weiser Books due out in April. Her work has been exhibited at the National Gallery of Art, the Library of Congress, the Getty, and the Arnolfini. She is Professor of Cinematic Arts and Technology at CSU Monterey Bay. As a descendant of 3 Salem Witches; Enid embodies a long family history of natural magical practices. Enid’s early beginnings took place in rural Pennsylvania and spending a lot of time alone in the woods immersed in Nature. Her mother who was Scotch/ Irish had knowledge of plants/botanicals for healing that she taught to Enid. She took a crafts class as a small girl which influenced her artistic abilities. And later she was enrolled in an art program at Moore College of Art & Design in Philadelphia which gave her a sense of belonging, helped her get a scholarship and set her on her artistic path. Enid is a descendant of 3 Salem Witches that were hanged in the Salem Witch Trials back in 1692 for refusing to confess to being a Witch.  Enid wrote a book called: Plant Magic at Home from her knowledge passed down from her mother as well as her own research and experience. While she was researching her plant magic book she came across several magical incantations which she started collecting. She realized that these were going to be her next book that she found in witch trial transcripts. Through her extensive research in university libraries, Enid uncovered ancient spells adapted from text unearthed from grimoires, letters, and trial transcripts from across the ages and around the world. These are special!We delve into the purpose of spells across cultures and the power of words to create and shape reality. Enid tells us that everyone across time and cultures want love/affection or experiences anger or want protection and have questions about the unknown. Spells and incantations are written in a way like poetry to connect us to the mystery of spirit for manifestation, prophecy, love, protection, healing, bless, curses, and even vengeance. They are opportunities to set intentions and pay attention to them. What we put focus and intention on flourishes; what we do not put our energy into withers. Enid also illustrated her book using plant based inks and with magical methods for creating artwork to match the subject matter of the spells in her book. The essence of spells and incantations reveal how universal human beings vulnerabilities are across time and cultures and how we all have similar needs expressed. It makes you realize what we all share and have in common throughout history. Enid has made these spells accessible to today's Witches. Enid ends the episode by reading us a New Moon incantation translated from Gaelic from her book. Tune in and be enlightened!  Visit Enid at: Support the show*If you like what you hear; please sponsor my show.  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/oracleoflunapodcastSubscription page for Premium content: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1445572/subscribe

Send us Fan MailTarot unleashed with Laura Tempest Zakroff!  Laura is a professional Artist, Author, Performer, and Modern Traditional Witch based in New England. Laura is the author of several bestselling Llewellyn books including Weave the Liminal, Sigil Witchery, Visual Alchemy, and Anatomy of a Witch, as well as the artist and author of the Sigil Witchery Oracle, Anatomy of a Witch Oracle, and The Liminal Spirits Oracle.  Laura has a new book called: Tarot by Tempest  by Llewellyn Worldwide. She is the creative force behind several community events and teaches workshops online and worldwide.We start off chatting about Laura's early beginnings with her creativity and spirituality. Her parents sent Laura to art classes around the age of 3 years old and she pursued formal art training from grammar school all the way through college. At Brown University she took independent study classes about mythology, beliefs, occultism and spirituality. Laura created her first tarot deck with her own designs and etchings based on Tennyson’s poem: Lady of Shallot. After college, she started reading Tarot at various metaphysical stores in Rhode Island and in the Bay Area.  Laura tells us this was a wonderful learning experience for her.We jump into Laura’s latest book: Tarot by Tempest - Playing with Numbers, Meaning and Movement. During the pandemic Laura was teaching online workshops and  she started teaching this as a class which was so successful that she was encouraged to put it into book format because her students really liked her straightforward, multi layered and intuitive approach to reading Tarot cards. When she looks at the numbers first and what the Major and Minor arcana are, what suits are showing up and what are the numbers. The numbers of a Tarot card have certain meanings and from there you can look at the images, what symbols are portrayed, and how the people are depicted.We talk about the Movement aspect in Laura’s book and she says most of us have a habit of dwelling too much in our heads. She suggests in her book to try and sit or stand in the position of the people in the Tarot card(s) that you pull. Take for instance, The Magician card with the As Above, So Below stance that the Magician is doing with one arm upwards and one arm lowered to the ground; we would try and assume that pose and take a moment to feel the energy of that posture in your body. This energy can unlock the meaning or feeling of that card for you - whether its the outcome card or just a part of a spread with other cards. Ask yourself: What can this card teach me? See how your body responds when you are physically engaged in a card’s body position and really listen to your intuition. We live in a society that tells us not to trust our intuition and not to trust our bodies. Laura believes that the poses of the characters in Tarot cards have meaning and power to them. And getting into our bodies more helps us spot the colors, symbols, and patterns in Tarot because we are perceiving rather than overthinking. Tune into this enchanted conversation and be enlightened!   Visit Laura at: www.lauratempestzakroff.comSupport the show*If you like what you hear; please sponsor my show.  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/oracleoflunapodcastSubscription page for Premium content: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1445572/subscribe

Send us Fan MailDiscover how magic of animals and Witchcraft intersect with Dodie Graham McKay! Dodie is an Author, Green Witch, and Filmmaker. She is inspired to document and share stories that capture the beauty of nature and the visible and invisible realms of magic and Witchcraft. She is the author of “A Witch's Ally Oracle Deck” - Illustrated by Laura Tempest Zakroff,  and several books: Earth Magic: The Elements of Witchcraft and The Witch's Ally: Building a Magical Relationship with Familiars & Animal Companions by Llewellyn Worldwide. Her documentary films include The WinniPagans, Starry Nights, and the Fibe TV four-part series Exploring the Sacred. Dodie spends her spare time walking her dogs, teaching Witchcraft, and facilitating a busy coven. She lives in Canada.Dodie’s love for animals included her best friend, familiar and life companion Obin who was quite a magical dog. Her dog had epilepsy at an early age but Dodie never gave up and Obin lived a long and good life. He led Dodie on a journey on what the world could look like from his point of view. He was an inspiration to Dodie and he showed her sacred wisdom and even actively participated in her Wiccan rituals.We delve into the terms Pet, Companion, Familiar and Ally in Dodie’s book and Oracle deck  A Witches Ally  and how these terms are framed around the lens of Witchcraft. Her and Laura Tempest Zakroff the illustrator and how: The Witches Ally Oracle Deck came together beautifully. Each card has a unique sigil as well as stunning artwork. The companion book has a bit about the natural history mythology, symbols and sacred messages associated with each animal which you can take into your spiritual practice. Dodie wanted to create an animal deck that can be woven into a person’s Witchcraft practice. Witches have held a close connection with Nature throughout history. We discover that how we perceive animals is a projection that comes from a human point of view. We are not the only species that perceives in the world. Dodie explains that the perception of an animal is going to be unique to that animal.   How an animal senses reveal hidden realms around us and each living thing on this planet sits in its own bubble of perception with different vibrations, sounds, smells, tastes, electromagnetic fields that we as humans may or may not be able to see. The immensity can be beyond our capacity to understand. Dodie believes that there is so much mystery around us and the web of life is so woven all around us. If we can find the humility to  respect, honor this and try to understand this instead of being exploitative and destructive to nature and all living beings on this planet.Dodie explains how we can learn and develop a spiritual connection with an animal by not extending that invitation on our terms. She suggests we do some research into understanding the natural history, the behavior, the instinct, and priorities of that animal creature that we want to reach out to and form a spiritual connection with first. After your initial research on an animal then it's discerning which magical techniques will match up best with how that animal sees the world. Tune into this illuminating conversation and be enlightened! Support the show*If you like what you hear; please sponsor my show.  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/oracleoflunapodcastSubscription page for Premium content: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1445572/subscribe

Send us Fan MailIn this short episode, I announce the publishing of the 100th episode of The Oracle of Luna podcast!! This is a HUGE milestone and a big deal to me as the host, producer and editor of this podcast show. I am especially grateful to all the incredible present-day Goddesses and esteemed Witches that I have been privileged to host on my show over the last 4 years.This podcast has really evolved in the 4 years and as I reflect upon where I started and where its is now; I realize all the very hard work, late hours, successes and challenges overcome has evolved my show into a meaningful platform for listeners to appreciate contemporary voices of the Divine Feminine. All of these Women guests are courageously elevating the Divine Feminine and magic in the world and this podcast amplifies the voice of the Goddess for a planet in need of wholeness, harmony, inclusivity and peace. Thank you for listening to and sharing the magic of The Oracle of Luna Podcast with Bridget Engels. Finally, if you have feedback, guest suggestions or love my podcast show; please consider leaving a fan text message or a review on Apple Podcasts. I’d be so grateful and it means a lot. Bright blessings!   Tune in and be enlightened!Support the show*If you like what you hear; please sponsor my show.  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/oracleoflunapodcastSubscription page for Premium content: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1445572/subscribe

Send us Fan MailWelcome to the 100th episode of The Oracle of Luna Podcast!Join us for a special group panel show in honor of the Goddess Brigid in Her many aspects. At Imbolc-tide as Witches and Pagans, Brigid is celebrated as the powerful threshold Goddess standing between Winter and Spring on the Wheel of the Year. She is “The Exalted One” the Celtic Pagan high Goddess of Fire, Sacred Wells, Poetry, Smithcraft, Healing, Protection, Midwifery, and the Green Earth, A Vodun Lwa, Venerated Abbess and Catholic Saint. She is many things to many people. She is one the most beloved and popular Goddesses throughout history. And Brigid continues her legacy with fluidity in the present and into the future.Our 3  esteemed Authors and Priestesses of Brigid have a dialogue about:- Who Brigid is to them- What Brigid’s Aspects/ and Symbologies/Mythologies align with them most- Why they connect & devote themselves to Brigid and tend Her flame- - How is Brigid relevant now and into the futureIntroducing these amazing episode guests:Pauline Breen:Pauline Breen is a Priestess of Brigid, Author, Clinical Hypnotherapist, and Educator. Her deep connection to her homeland Ireland, inspires her work with Brigid, once revered as the Great Mother Goddess of the Emerald Isle. Through her extensive research, writing, and public speaking, Pauline illuminates the multifaceted and often overlooked aspects of Brigid's legacy. Pauline is the author of 'Maman Brigitte- Dark Goddess of Africa & Ireland', 'Brigantia-Warrior Goddess' and most recently 'Brigit, Lady of the Irish Otherworld.'Courtney Weber:Courtney Weber is a Witch, award-winning Author, Tarot adviser, and Influencer. 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; Hekate: Goddess of Witches and Sacred Tears: A Witch’s Guide To Grief. Courtney has been featured in Maxim, Huffington Post, Vice, and the Thom Hartmann Show.   Visit her at: www.courtneyaweber.comMarion Brigantia:Marion 'Brigantia' van Eupen is a Priestess of Brighde-Brigantia, who shares her love for Brighid through Her teachings, workshops, tours and ceremonies. Marion has been journeying with Brighid for over 20 years and has recently published her first book:' Brighid Unraveled'. Marion also is a co-organizer of yearly The Glastonbury Goddess Conference, which celebrated Brighid as Goddess of Healing in 2024. Visit her at: www.marionbrigantia.com Tune into this illuminating &  significant Brigid group discussion and be enlightened!Support the show*If you like what you hear; please sponsor my show.  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/oracleoflunapodcastSubscription page for Premium content: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1445572/subscribe

Send us Fan MailGet your prosperity on with Rachel Patterson! Rachel is an English Witch who has been walking the Pagan path for over thirty years.  She has had over 30 books published so far, some of them becoming best sellers.   Her newest book release is: “Prosperity Magic – Spell Working for Abundance, Money, and Prosperity” by Moon Books. She is the host of the Pagan Portal Podcast, Elder at the Kitchen Witch Online School of Witchcraft and High Priestess of the Kitchen Witch Coven. She is a regular columnist with Fate & Fortune magazine and Pagan Dawn. Rachel is an Editor and Publicist at Moon Books.We chat about Rachel’s early beginnings and how her father always took her to sacred places when she was young like Stonehenge. She was drawn to magical stories and books especially about the Arthurian mysteries, witches and dragons. When she was in her early 20’s Rachel bought a book at a thrift store about the history of English Witchcraft and it really resonated with who she was and that was the beginning of her Witchcraft journey. After 35 plus more years; Rachel says she is still learning. Rachel started out reviewing books for Moon Books but then eventually started writing books about Kitchen Witchery in 2012 and now 33 books later Rachel just published her newest release: “Prosperity Magic – Spell Working for Abundance, Money, and Prosperity” by Moon Books. Rachel is a regular columnist with Fate & Fortune magazine in England called “The Witch that Gets You Rich” for 6 years. She thought it would be a good idea to pull all of those articles into a book since they are all about Money/Prosperity magic. This book includes hands- on practical spells that you can use to make your life more prosperous. Abundance comes in many forms, not just money. You can call in love, friends, support, good health, success..anything. There are even spells for cleaning out debt too which is the starting point for allowing the good prosperity to come in.We jump into the many types of spellwork in Rachel’s book including: candle magic, spell pouches, knot work, color magic, fashion/clothing color, spell jars etc. Any of these spell items can be charged for magic . Rachel’s go to is Candle magic because it brings in color magic and flame which is about transformation.The bottom line is that it has to resonate with you! It is very important to give offerings and having gratitude in money magic spell work. There are checks and balances in any magic.  You can't keep asking deity or the divine to keep showering you with money over and over without giving back! We chat about how adding layers to a prosperity spell can boost the magic Lunar phases and certain days of the week can energetically  enhance our prosperity and money spells. If you want to work with the Sun’s energy then  you can do your spell in the morning or if you are releasing debts you could do this at sunset. Adding herbs like chili powder or mustard can boost the energy of the spell to make it work faster. Don’t forget to add a timeline with the wording and intent too. We end the show with Rachel offering us some great wealth and abundance tips. Tune into this bewitching conversation and be enlightened!   Visit Rachel at: www.rachelpatterson.co.ukSupport the show*If you like what you hear; please sponsor my show.  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/oracleoflunapodcastSubscription page for Premium content: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1445572/subscribe

Send us Fan MailExplore Lunar Magic with Jen Sankey! Jen is an author, deck creator, tarot reader, professional witch, and speaker. She blends tarot, lunar magic, and spiritual guidance to create transformative tools. Her works include the award-winning Stardust Wanderer Tarot (Self-Published), Enchanted Forest Felines Tarot (Llewellyn), Manifesting by the Moon: A Lunar Guide to Magic (Llewellyn), Feb 2026, and Goblin Whispers Tarot (2027, Llewellyn). Jen shares her knowledge through workshops, events, and online platforms, inspiring others to enhance their intuition and magical potential. We chat about Jen’s early beginnings and as a kid she spent a lot of time alone wandering in the woods in nature. Her family moved around several times, and she grew up poor.  This adversity taught her resiliency and independence. Coming of age pre-internet gives us a different perspective and makes us more self-disciplined in figuring out and learning about how to be a Witch we both agree! Jen’s tells us about new book “Manifesting by The Moon” and how she wanted to teach people how to harness the energy and power of the moon phases and tie it in with manifesting. As Witches a lot of spell work is about bringing in our intentions to our lives. Jen wanted to write an uncomplicated workbook so people can harness the moon phases and to get them to trust their intuition. She invites the reader to use her book like a lunar map to bring in our manifestations. Jen helps us to reframe our thinking to incorporate the mind, the body and the spirit self to mirror each lunar phase with tarot spreads, magical exercises, spells, meditations, lunar teas and sigils so that the reader can explore through sections and a format that is easy to follow for each of the moon phases and for mind, body and spirit connection. We jump into how the different lunar phases and Jen describes the energy of each phase and suggests what energies we can align our intentional spell work for physical, emotional and spiritual integration. We are the magicians of our lives and can co-create with the moon’s phases energies and so there is effort. This is intentional and grounding. It takes patience and trust. As we work with our intentions through each of the lunar phases and working towards our manifesting, we might change our minds and discover new ideas or information and in this process, we learn about ourselves.Lunar Magic is a potent, cyclical, and embodied practice that is accessible to all of us which can enrich our bodies, minds and spirits, bringing us balance of the light and dark within and magic on many levels throughout our lives. The Moon is always there for us. Let's manifest our best life with Lunar Magic! Jen ends the episode with a very short Moon flower visualization. Tune into this enchanted conversation and be enlightened!  Visit Jen at: www.stardustwanderertarot.com Support the show*If you like what you hear; please sponsor my show.  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/oracleoflunapodcastSubscription page for Premium content: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1445572/subscribe

Send us Fan MailJoin us in this episode as we discover  the importance & potentiality of  the liminal with Sande Hart! Sande is an award-winning leader in the fields of Women’s empowerment and interfaith community building, and Author of Nautilus Award winning The Liminal Odyssey - The Alchemical Power of the Spaces In-Between. She is the Founding President of The Global Woman’s Village, since 2001, originally named S.A.R.A.H. (The Spiritual And Religious Alliance for Hope.) Sande developed and served as Director for the Women and Girls sector for the Charter for Compassion and served on the Women’s Task Force for The Parliament of The World’s Religions 2015-2023.  We delve into Sande’s book: “The Liminal Odyssey”. This is about her stories, wild experiences and synchronicities woven together as a guide on how we can understand and embrace our threshold in between times. Each chapter or story is anchored in a methodology of social psychology, science, indigenous wisdom, the trust wisdom philosophy, etc. Jean Shinoda Bolen told Sande about a word that she loved called: Liminal and from there Sande thought about her own experiences and thresholds and what made them possible and what was the seed or life lesson within her thresholds experiences. All these chapters lead us towards cultivating awareness of  potentiality and our divine assignment(s) within a threshold or liminal time/experience. It’s this questioning that Sande believes is the greatest gift that we can give our soul.Sande says that what The Liminal Odyssey is all about is how she slowed down and created a condition of “tunefulness” to notice all the seeds of truth and meaning behind significant threshold experiences in her life we need to slow down in order to see/understand/embrace them. It's our job to say yes to them because who knows what they will grow into?We chat about the significance of the Heroes/Sheroes journey and how the signposts of where we are headed most often do not show up in a linear fashion. We need a new construct and be open to what wants to emerge as the new myth of our life. The steps were developed by Carl Jung and popularized by Joseph Campbell, Disney and George Lucas since its in every movie plot as the arc of a character’s story from beginning to end where the character after going through the heroes’ journey finds their actualized agency. And every day we can find ourselves at a new beginning. Sande thinks we should enjoy the struggle and pain involved in change and inner work. We get to experience and feel the struggle, pain and confusion of the liminal phases and heroes/sheroes journey to get to our next actualized evolved state. We end with Sande giving us a guided meditation on learning a new way of being and the power of the feminine principle from the 13 Indigenous Grandmothers. Tune in and be enlightened!     Visit Sande at: www.sandehart.comSupport the show*If you like what you hear; please sponsor my show.  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/oracleoflunapodcastSubscription page for Premium content: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1445572/subscribe

Send us Fan MailUnleash your spirit as we kick off Season 5 with Phoenix LeFae! Phoenix is a Witch, Author, and owner of a witchy shop called: Milk & Honey in Sebastopol, CA. She is trained in several Witchcraft traditions and is initiated into the Reclaiming Tradition of Witchcraft, the Avalon Druid Order, and Gardnerian Wicca. She offers readings and spell crafting support to her students and clients. She is also a published Author of several books including her newest book: Spirit Magic by Llewellyn Worldwide released on January 8, 2026. *Stay tuned to the end when Phoenix offers us a lovely grounding visualization to connect with your Spirit!*We delve into what Spirit means from a Wiccan/Pagan perspective which is the “Spirit is Me” philosophy which that we are the center and not a separate external force. Spirit is the divine substance and the animating force of the universe that binds all the other Elements together. It’s the energy behind all of nature and humanity that makes everything work.  Spirit is also intertwined with all the other Elements by the relationship with Animism. Recognizing that everything human, animal, plant, trees, rocks etc. has its own distinct animating life force and energy and that is its spirit.Gods, Goddesses and Deities are also in connection with Spirit. Phoenix is a polytheist, and she teaches workshops about many Gods/Goddesses/Deities. Her favorite is the primordial Star Goddess. Phoenix feels that the Star Goddess is the perfect representation of Spirit. Ritual connects us with the spirit world, and we discuss how different Wiccan/Pagan traditions invoke spirit in sacred ritual each with their own unique emphasis and structure on how spirit moves through the individual within a coven or circle.Phoenix was inspired to write this book about the ethereal 5th Element (Spirit) since she loves paradox, liminality, quintessence, and dark matter. She researched and did deep dives into all the other Elements individually (Air, Fire Water, Earth). ‘Spirit Magic” is part of the Elements series by Llewellyn Worldwide and follows the same format of the other 4 books in this series. The entire Elements series an amazing deep dive into foundational Witchcraft!There are a multitude of ways from very elaborate to simple everyday practices to connect with something greater than yourself. Pausing every day from your busy - ness in the mundane world to take a moment and recognize that the world is full of magic and spiritual energy and that we are part of this divine web.Phoenix wraps up our episode with her visualization offering for us to connect with the element of Spirit within us. Tune in and be enlightened! More about Phoenix at: www.phoenixlefae.com Support the show*If you like what you hear; please sponsor my show.  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/oracleoflunapodcastSubscription page for Premium content: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1445572/subscribe

Send us Fan MailGlad Tidings for the Yuletide Season! I invite you to take a guided meditation journey with me to connect with the ancient Celtic Goddess of Sanctuary: Nemetona for the December New Moon. This guided meditation and more are available in my 3 books and audiobooks titled:The Oracle of Luna: Meditations with the Moon Goddess- Volumes 1,2, & 3  available on Amazon & Audible.Let’s start with a bit of history on Goddess Nemetona. Nemetona is an Ancient Romano-Celtic Goddess. She is the Lady of Sanctuary, of Sacred Groves and Sacred Spaces.  Her name ‘She of the Sacred grove’ whispers to our heart of protection, safety, a connection with nature as divine ‘sanctuary’.  She was known in ancient Gaul, Germany and in Spain. The Nemetes were the main worshippers of Nemetona. The word Nemeton means Sacred Grove, and in this regard, she is connected with Druids before and during the Roman empire. She relates to the healing and wisdom of Trees. The Hawthorne Tree being one of her symbols.Engaging with Goddess Nemetona allows the spirit of the Divine to move through us with our receptivity towards her. This is the inspiration and spiritual life force that connects all things. Nemetona is a Goddess of the Druidic concept of: Awen. Giving is essential in our consumerist culture, and it demands so much of our spirits and energy. Especially at this time of Yule and Christmas!We need to balance consumerism with the inspiration & balance we receive from sacred nature, where if we exploit nature too much ; it dies.  Nemetona is present within the home, within our sacred groves, our ceremonies and in all the spaces that we hold dear to our hearts. She is a liminal creature, who is at her most powerful at dawn and at dusk. The invitation of Nemetona to you is to connect to the sacred and Yin energy of quiet, stillness, mindfulness and peace. .The sacred grove can be a physical space in a forest, a clearing in the busy mind, or an invitation into the imagination or dreamworld. It can be an inner sanctuary of the heart, a sacred space for meditation and contemplation a corner of a room where you can just sit and be quiet or an altar space. This is where Nemetona meets us to commune with divinity. She soothes and stills, and whispers to us of belonging, and of the innate holiness of all things. So…Get comfortable and let’s take a guided journey to connect with the Goddess Nememtona and connect to your own sanctuary within. Tune in and be enlightened!Support the show*If you like what you hear; please sponsor my show.  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/oracleoflunapodcastSubscription page for Premium content: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1445572/subscribe

Send us Fan MailGet ready to dive into Yule magic with Sara Haydon! Sara is an author and advocate for slow, intentional living.  Her debut book, Winter Magic: A Witch’s Yule (Atlantic Books, 2024), explores the intersection of nature, seasonal living and personal spirituality. With a background in Psychology and years of experience in mental health and offender rehabilitation, she now writes and supports others on their journeys of inner transformation. From her cabin in the Finnish woods or while wandering the English countryside with her family, Sara shares moments of everyday magic on her much-beloved Instagram platform, @HawthornHollowsSara thought about how magic shows up in her everyday life and combined with her Finnish heritage shares it in her book to make her Yule magic accessible to everyone. We delve into Sara’s book: Winter Magic: A Witch’s Yule.  She felt inspired to create and foster a celebration for the Winter Solstice. She wanted to create a book that was gentle, grounding and enchanting for readers to navigate this season and sample different Witchcraft aspects while going through the journey of Yule. Since Sara grew up in Finland, she wrote her book from a unique Nordic perspective where the magic and mysticism of Yule mixes with nostalgia, coziness, folklore and a deep relationship with nature.Yet there is the paradox between the darkness of December, the returning of the light at Winter Solstice as well as reconnecting with spirit(s) and old ways. Yule is very rich in mythology folklore and stories especially with elves, gnomes or “Tonttu” which act as guardian spirits of household and farm and are a huge art of the Nordic folklore. Nordic deities such as Freya and Odin are part of the interplay with darkness of winter. Sara includes rituals, spells, everyday magic with her book. Honoring the deities, archetypes and their symbology honors aspects of ourselves. These traditions are rooted in gratitude, respect, balance and the reciprocity of give and take from spirits. Sara believes this is the kind of quiet, gentle pagan magic doesn't scream Witchcraft. Sara mentions that Yule/Winter Solstice doesn’t need to be ritualistic; it can be comfortable and what feels aligned for you. Honoring nature and weaving your generosity into candles, food, good wishes.Yule magic is about folding in those moments of intention into the life you are already living in. And it can be as simple as lighting a candle with a quick intention before you start the day or drinking something warm to ground yourself.  For creating some Yule magic, you can bring in certain scents and flavors such as pine, citrus or cinnamon which shifts the energy. It’s those tiny pauses and small pockets of seasonal reminders that create magic. The Nordic traditions of Yule/Winter Solstice with the sense of coziness are so beautiful, simple and adaptable for those of us who are city Pagans/Wiccans living in small spaces or places that do not have snow or forests.Yuletide magic is not tied to any certain landscape, country, culture or aesthetic. The Yule season is a threshold time as we shift from one cycle that is ending as we live through the darkest time of the year and now move towards lighter days which is very magical ritual in itself. Its nature’s enchanted gift to us and brings us hope. Tune in and be enlightened!  Support the show*If you like what you hear; please sponsor my show.  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/oracleoflunapodcastSubscription page for Premium content: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1445572/subscribe

Send us Fan MailJoin us in this captivating episode as we discover sacred singing that celebrates the Divine Feminine with Flora Ware! Flora is a Ceremonialist, Song Priestess, Pagan Songstress, the founder of EarthSong Temple and vocal coach. Flora serves the global community through ceremony, singing circles, and earth magic. As a Ceremonial Priestess, Cyclic Living teacher, and sacred musician, Flora inspires all to awaken to their potential, embody their wisdom, and to celebrate the Goddess by bringing the feminine principle forward. Her newest album: The Center of the Pentacle celebrates Lunar Magick, and Divine Feminine archetypes. Flora believes that our voices are magical instruments for healing, manifestation, and transformation. *Stay tuned to the end when Flora sings us her enchanting “Center of the Pentacle” invocation to the elements!*Flora grew up in BC, Canada and was introduced to the Divine Feminine in 1993 attending her first Full Moon circle with her mother. She later read StarHawk’s seminal book The Spiral Dance which opened up the idea of the Neo-Pagan Wheel of the Year (the 8 sabbats). This concept and the reclaiming tradition felt right for Flora. She later went to college and studied theater/acting but then turned her focus to music and developing her skills as a singer. She got a diploma in Jazz and Contemporary Voice which was a very rich starting point for her vocal journey. A year after graduating Flora was introduced to Vocal Sound Healing which was another pivotal moment in her musical life and spiritual journey. She understood then that her voice was not just for entertainment but it could be used as a part of her sacred practice.We delve into the role of Song Priestesses throughout history and what this role entails in contemporary times for Flora. Sound, voice, drums, music from paleolithic times have all been used by shamans and priests/priestesses and later bards for connecting to divine energy, creating sacred space and to foster community. The Song Priestess knows the power of vibrational and the energetic alchemy of sound. It's not entertainment, it's using our voices in sacred ritual through voice and sound healing to elevate our connection to the divine. Flora tells us that sound is vibrational healing and an attunement to harmonious frequencies.We chat about Flora’s newest album: “The Center of the Pentacle” and how it focuses on Lunar Magick, New Moon, Full Moon song spells/chants and invocations to Goddesses designed to integrate with a group or personal ritual. This is  a counterpoint to her previous album: “Songs for the Wheel of the Year” which were about the solar 8 sabbats. Her songs, music and song circles empower the Divine Feminine within and bring the feminine principle forward.Flora’s mission is to bring the  sacred feminine back into balance with the sacred masculine.  Flora continues to challenge herself musically and she is passionate about taking her voice and song priestessing to new edges whether it be online or in person ceremonies, EarthSong Temple rituals, song circles or album recordings. Flora ends our episode by singing her enchanting invocation to the elements. Tune in and be enlightened!  Flora’s website: https://floraware.caSupport the show*If you like what you hear; please sponsor my show.  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/oracleoflunapodcastSubscription page for Premium content: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1445572/subscribe

Send us Fan MailDiscover the world of Art and the Sacred Feminine with the amazing Glen Rogers! In this episode, join us as we delve into Glen’s incredible body of work that intersects with ancient Goddess symbolism, HerStory themes, Women in their power and matriarchal cultures where Priestesses ruled. Glen is an internationally exhibited painter, printmaker and public sculptor. She relocated from the San Francisco Bay Area to Mexico in 2000 and currently lives in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. Glen has an MFA in printmaking from San Jose State University. Glen’s artwork includes large scale public art/sculptor pieces, paintings, mono prints, and drawings that are exhibited widely in the US and Internationally for over 40 plus years. Glen’s artwork is women-centric and inspired by the Sacred Feminine. For many years Glen has traveled to ancient sacred sites and has done artist residencies throughout the world. We begin by talking about Glen's early beginnings growing up in a small town in Mississippi. She studied Printmaking at University of Florida and got her Masters in Printmaking at San Jose State University. She embarked on a spiritual journey in her 20’s and then started to read books such as Merlin Stone’s: “When God was a Woman" and Rhiane Eisler’s “The Chalice and The Blade”. She had an amazing heart opening and spiritual epiphany discovering that there was a Goddess and matriarchy way before patriarchy. This informed her spiritual life as well as her artistic career as well. She then moved to San Miguel de Allende, Mexico which has a thriving artistic and creative community and a special place for Women especially those in their Crone years. Glen talks about how she and other women creative’s work and beings are valued in San Miguel, MX. Once Glen started reading about Goddess Spirituality and the Sacred Feminine, she had an intense desire to travel to different neolithic and paleolithic sites and walk in the footsteps of the Goddess. She took photos and sketches and immersed herself in these sacred sites from all over the world. The power of those ancient sites that were places of Goddess worship expresses itself through Glen’s art/ imagery and can be felt when looking at her art. Glen says her art is inspired by the Sacred Feminine and her hope is that her work inspires and empowers others. It has a meditative and mystical quality that runs through her prints, paintings, drawings and sculptor. She hopes people will look at her art and use item as portals for meditation or mysticism and feel the divine feminine energy  which is one of the reasons she wrote, designed  and published her books and oracle decks. Glen chats about her most recent artist residency in Malta and talks about the underground temple called the Hypogeum which is the only known prehistoric wall paintings in Malta, consisting of spiral and honeycomb patterns in red ochre pigment. Excavations yielded a wealth of Great Mother figures artifacts including the famous "Sleeping Lady" figurine,  A small side chamber on the middle level, known as the "Oracle Room," has unique acoustic properties that produces a powerful resonance suggesting its possible  use for rituals or ceremonies.  Glen was shocked that in these ancient sites and museums in Malta there was never any mention of the Goddess. Talk about suppressed histories! She was nevertheless inspirSupport the show*If you like what you hear; please sponsor my show.  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/oracleoflunapodcastSubscription page for Premium content: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1445572/subscribe

Send us Fan MailGet ready to dive into Lunar Witchcraft with Jesamyn Angelica! Jesamyn is the founder and High Priestess of Sisterhood of the Moon, a matriarchal Goddess Tradition for all. For over thirty years, she has brought her Witchcraft practice and expertise in the Goddess Arts to her uniquely inclusive women’s empowerment work. A lifelong student trained in multiple traditions, she blends wit and humor with practical skills and cultivated wisdom to guide people of integrity toward authenticity through self-exploration. Jesamyn is the author of published by Llewellyn Worldwide, LLewellyn’s Complete Book of the Moon: Lunar Wisdom for Magic, Healing & Inspiration”  releasing in December 2025. Jesamyn grew up in a small, rural  New England town and went to a Catholic school run by nuns. They school had a yearly tradition of honoring Mary with a flower festival in May which was Jesanyn’s first introduction to the Goddess/Divine Feminine.  She found a copy of “The Power of the Witch” by Laurie Cabot and  Shekina Mountainwater's book: “Ariadne’s Thread” that started her on the path of Women’s Spirituality. We delve into Sisterhood of the Moon; Jesamyn's matriarchal Goddess community led by women for women. They have been person rituals in the San Francisco East Bay Area. Since 2010. The intent is to empower women by belonging and a shared reverence for the Goddess within and without. Jesamyn and I believe that Women especially now, need to feel seen, heard and witnessed. So many of us are sleep walking through the patriarchal systematic mind control that we lose ourselves in our sacrifice to capitalism and all the damage that inflicts on our souls. With sacred feminine rituals we can actively remember who we are and all that is meaningful to us and to recenter ourselves in our life’s mission. This is the power of Women focused community Moon rituals.We talk about Moon phases and how we can mindfully engage with the lunar energies of each Moon cycle in our magickal practice. The Moon is humanity's constant reminder of perpetual change and lunar energy mirrors our lives and the never ending process of construction and deconstruction, the rising and falling  of everything we think, feel and do. All our bodies are cyclical, our energies are cyclical and we are all part of this greater cosmic rhythm whether we are aware of it or not. This is the profound power of the Moon on all of humanity and nature. Jesamyn ends our episode with an enchanted blessing to opening to the path of the Moon Witch.  Tune in and be enlightened!   Jesamyn’s website: www.sisterhoodofthemoon.orgSupport the show*If you like what you hear; please sponsor my show.  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/oracleoflunapodcastSubscription page for Premium content: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1445572/subscribe

Send us Fan MailGet ready to dive into Hoodoo with the remarkable Mawiyah Kai EL-Jamah Bomani! Mawiyah is a native of New Orleans, is a distinguished writer and spirit woman. She received the Southern Black Theatre Festival’s 2012-2013 Playwright of the Year award for her play, Spring Chickens. In 2008, Mawiyah earned her MFA in Creative Writing from the University of New Orleans. Beyond her writing, she is a respected educator, an 8th Generation Witch, and a Priestess of OYA in the Yoruba spiritual system. Mawiyah is also the host of the podcast: FishHeadsinRedGravy, which celebrates marginalized people in the esoteric and occult world. She is a recipient of the Critical Mass 8 Literary Award and the KAT Artist Residency. Mawiyah is the author of two books published by Llewellyn Worldwide, 2023’s: Conjuring the Calabash: Empowering Women with Hoodoo Spells and Magick and Hoodoo Saints and Root Warriors: Stories and Magick for Liberation releasing in November 2025.We begin by talking about Mawiyah’s early years growing up in New Orleans; the gumbo stew of African, Indigenous, Creole, French and Hispanic cultures. Mawiyah began seeing spirits at a young age. Her mother and grandmother understood Mawiya's magical gift. Her grandfather was a Santeria Priest and another grandfather on her mother’s side was a Geechee man which are descendants from West Africa that were enslaved and brought to the American Southeast. Mawiyah grew up being embraced with various family spiritual practices and folkways from her family later it was termed as: Hoodoo. Mawiyah said she kept a journal and wrote down these family Hoodoo practices that she was told at a very young age in a journal. Mawiyah was taught growing up that Hoodoo is Liberation Magick and she wanted to understand more and to also help others with using Hoodoo. One of the earliest saints she connected with was Marie Laveau. For Mawiyah this opened the idea of Sheroes/Heroes; people that inspired her within her culture. Mawiyah says that we can still call on these elevated spiritual people even after they die, especially in the socio-political climate that we live in today. This was the impetus of Mawiyah’s newest book: Hoodoo Saints and Root Warriors: Stories and Magick for Liberation.We chat about how enslavement of African peoples to the Americas and the Caribbean gave birth to Hoodoo which was used for healing, safety and spiritual protection from violence and oppression. Hoodoo, is a fusion of beliefs and cultural practices, blending elements from West African religions, Native First Nations traditions, and European herbal knowledge. Hoodoo also provides a connection to their lineage and Sheroes/Heroes, and it weaves magic, empowerment, protection for the people who had been subjugated in a relatable way. We discover one of Mawiyah’s favorite Hoodoo Saints that she works with called La Madama.By working with the 12 Hoodoo Saints in Mawiyah’s spiritual guidebook; we can communicate with and channel with powerful and beloved Sheroes/Heroes. Her book shares inspiring stories, shows how to incorporate Hoodoo saints into daily spell work, and expands any practitioner's repertoire through rituals, dice divination, altar work, and more.Mawiyah shares with us a Hoodoo spell for Scream Water to effect change in your life at the end of the episoSupport the show*If you like what you hear; please sponsor my show.  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/oracleoflunapodcastSubscription page for Premium content: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1445572/subscribe

Send us Fan MailJoin us for a fascinating discussion with the incredible Lilith Dorsey! Lilith hails from many magickal traditions. Their traditional education focused on Plant Science, Anthropology, and Film at the URI, NYU, and University of London, and their training includes numerous initiations in Lucumi, Haitian Vodoun, and New Orleans Voodoo. Lilith Dorsey is also a Voodoo Priestess and has been doing magick since 1991 for patrons, filmmaker of the documentary Bodies of Water: Voodoo Identity and Tranceformation,’ and choreographer/performer for Dr. John’s “Night Tripper” Voodoo Show. They are proud to be a published Black author of Voodoo and Afro-Caribbean Paganism, Orishas, Goddesses and Voodoo Queens, Water Magic and the newly released Tarot Every Witch Way.We chat about Lilith’s early beginnings with family in NYC and how they started reading tarot with friends and as a teen in high school. Lilith then attended NYU for an undergraduate degree in Filmmaking. Lilith took a class in Antonin Artaud the Theater of Cruelty and was inspired by Artaud who was an Avante Garde artist and theater playwright/director that incorporated mysticism, Surrealism, raw emotions, esoteric spirituality, exaggerated movements/gestures, and Balinese rituals into his theater performances.  Lilith then wondered how to incorporate Artaud's influences within Tarot Cards and Tarot reading on a deeper almost cellular level- beyond the usual archetypes, symbols and images. Lilith talks about her Voodoo priestessing and their temple in New Orleans called: The House of Maman Brigitte where Lilith teaches students, and they have initiations, rituals, and feasts. While studying cinema/filmmaking at NYU, Lilith was always fascinated about how we see magic, witchcraft and voodoo on film. As dancer and performer, Lilith was interested in Voodoo dance. Dance is an important part of Voodoo rituals and for entering into trance states. Lilith brought their talent knowledge to perform on the Dr. John’s “Night Tripper” Voodoo show.Lilith’s newest book: “Tarot Every Witch Way” is a rich manual and guide that gives the reader a deeper and broader explanation of Tarot cards and offers corresponds, spells, herbs, crystals, recipes, music, altar suggestions, etc.  The reader can discover ways to combine tarot and magic with an extensive array of correspondences, including crystals, herbs, animals, astrology, and musical notes. Lilith also provides step-by-step instructions for making altars, shrines, and crystal grids to help empower your deck and your life. Drawing from decades of experience as a diviner, anthropologist, and Voodoo Priestess, Lilith provides a myriad of ways to weave card energies into your magic! We close with Lilith giving us an enchanting and mystical tarot card meditation using The Star card from theirTarot Every Witch Way book. Tune in and be enlightened!   More about Lilith at: www.lilithdorsey.comSupport the show*If you like what you hear; please sponsor my show.  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/oracleoflunapodcastSubscription page for Premium content: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1445572/subscribe

Send us Fan MailJoin me on this episode as I speak with Karen Tate. Karen is a thought leader, speaker, author and activist, who bridges spirituality, personal transformation, culture and social justice. She has been named one of the Thirteen Most Influential Women in Goddess Spirituality and a Wisdom Keeper of the Women's Spirituality Movement.  She is a popular public speaker many public events on the role of the Goddess in history and in modern culture. Karen started the first Goddess tours before they were mainstream and the original and longest running Goddess-oriented radio show /podcast: Voices of the Sacred Feminine. Her several books include Walking an Ancient Path and Goddess Calling.We begin by chatting about Karen’s early beginnings growing up in the South in New Orleans, Louisiana within a Catholic family. Later her family moved to California, and she discovered feminine faces of the Goddess in ISIS and Sekhmet. Karen became an independent scholar and studied with various Women's Goddess groups such as the Reformed Congregation of the Goddess before following her own interests.Karen chats about how in the 90’s her and her husband were introducing people to the Goddess through the back door of sacred travel sites. They led sacred tours of the Goddess to places such as Israel, Turkey, Greece, France and England. Karen started writing travel stories which then evolved into her first book called Sacred Places of Goddess. That book kicked off her further books about how to incorporate Goddess Spirituality, spiritual psychology and sacred feminine values into one’s life or community.Karen's mission is to educate and communicate the ideals and values of the Goddess. Partnership, collaboration, respect, equality and freedom from a dominator culture are part of sacred feminine theology that Karen learned from Riane Eisler’s iconic book: The Chalice and the Blade”. With its key message being that when we value power with rather than power over then that shifts everything. We talk about spiritual or sacred activism and what this means currently and how we can overcome rampant exploitation/abuse and oppression. Karen points out that women need archetypes and role models as many women have internal misogyny because of being damaged patriarchy. We must sit back and rethink what are our values and ethics are and what kind of world we want and then vote for people who support the issues that are important to us.We chat about Karen’s long running radio show - now podcast, Voices of the Sacred Feminine. A weekly platform for interviews with spiritual leaders and visionaries such as Noam Chomsky, Vandana Shiva, Riane Eisler, Matthew Fox, Starhawk, etc. which is part of Karen’s mission to teach people about the big umbrella of deities, archetypes and the Sacred Feminine. There are so many people with common goals all over the world who share Sacred Feminine values and ideals that they can become our teachers and allies. Tune in and be enlightened!    More about Karen at: www.karentate.net   Support the show*If you like what you hear; please sponsor my show.  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/oracleoflunapodcastSubscription page for Premium content: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1445572/subscribe

Send us Fan MailOn this episode, I am thrilled to speak with Rachel Roberts! Rachel is the author of LUPA, Wolf and Pantheon-The Romans, as well as an historian, sacred dance teacher, Priestess, empowerment and flower essence coach. She is the creatrix of Wolf Woman Rising, a wisdom school where she empowers you to embody your wisdom, reclaim your authentic, wild, courageous self and create a life lived on purpose. Through online community, courses and training, as well as in-person retreats and workshops she initiates all in embodied mythology, nature alchemy & divine connection.Rachel found Welsh Goddesses and deities after growing up Christian and not finding enough female representation of the divine; however, her first real experience with the Goddess was with the Roman Goddess Minerva. She was drawn to Roman mythology. She got a degree in History and Religious Studies in college and received her master’s degree in Heritage Management. There she learned how we interpret history and was very interested in how to bridge the gap between people knowing history and then interpreting it. We chat about what Wolves, or the Wolf symbol means to Rachel. She remembers Red Riding Hood the story when she was young and how she felt sorry for the Wolf rather than little Red Riding Hood. She was curious and a little scared of the Wolf. They represent the wild and undomesticated side of all of us she feels. That side of us that is free of limitations, conditions, judgements and shame which is our pure essence.The Goddess LUPA of Rome has been her primary Wolf guide which is about the paradox about the predator yet the protective, caring mother Wolf. Rachel said LUPA appeared to her at a time in her life when she was laid off from her dream job and she was searching for meaning and purpose in her life. This story of Lupa resonated with Rachel and eventually she wrote her first book about LUPA- the She -Wolf of Rome.Rachel speaks about her newest book Wolf: Untamed. Courageous. Empowered. An Inspirational Guide to Embodying Your Inner Wolf which is all about wolf wisdom, deities, mythology, ways to work with wolf spirit guides and how you can involve them on your spiritual path. Women especially when expectations, conditions are placed on us that we never get to access our powerful primal nature and reclaim it, embrace it and run with that wildness. It takes courage to do this for ourselves and we need the Wolf spirit to guide us.Rachel founded/created Wolf Woman Rising an online school where Rachel teaches online workshops and classes with her three pillars: courage, trust and authenticity. It weaves Wolf Wisdom from her books, nature magic and embodying Goddess energy.Finally,Rachel takes us on a short, guided meditation journey into the cave to meet with Wolf Spirit to alchemize and discover that anything is possible. Tune in and be enlightened!More about Rachel at: www.wolfwomanrising.comSupport the show*If you like what you hear; please sponsor my show.  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/oracleoflunapodcastSubscription page for Premium content: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1445572/subscribe

Send us Fan MailH. Byron Ballard, is a Folklorist, Author, Priestess and Teacher. 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 senior Priestess and co-founder of Mother Grove Goddess Temple and the Coalition of Earth Religions/CERES, both in Asheville, NC. She podcasts about Appalachian folkways on "Wyrd Mountain Gals." Her essays are featured in several anthologies, and she writes a regular column for SageWoman Magazine. Her books include four on mountain folk magic. The first was Staubs and Ditchwater, and the most recent (2025) is A Feral Church: A Guided Journey to Find Magic, Kinship and the Goddess.Byron  grew up in the country in North Carolina; she only saw the Goddess within the soil, trees, water and wind around her in Appalachia running in the mountains and playing in her family’s small orchard playing with crawdads and salamanders. Outside in nature is where Byron felt the divine most strongly. She  sometimes saw the Goddess as anthropomorphic. Byron never saw the divine in male form. She calls herself an Animist at heart and also a polytheist.Her grandmother and several cousins had the sight or prophetic dreams and also the ability to interact with spirits- even though their religion was Methodist. These abilities were deeply ingrained in the culture that Byron grew up in. Appalachia’s energy is deeply magical and broad and often manifests in deep spirituality which permeates the culture. It also has some of the oldest mountains in North America and two of the oldest rivers flowing through it in the world. There many different kinds of religion there. The intersection of Indigenous, African Scottish/Irish, Welsh and German cultures contributes to a unique Appalachian spiritual culture.We chat about Byron’s newest book A Feral Church. She wrote it after the death of Carol Christ and her work was a great inspiration to Byron. She decided it was time to write another Goddess spirituality book. This book takes us Solstice to Solstice on inner and outer journeys to meet spiritual beings and connect with the Mother Goddess. It’s about stepping out of domesticity and accessing your wild essence in our own hearts. We encounter spiritual beings who teach us about aspects of our wild spirits in different parts of the world.We chat about her role as a Priestess at the Mother Goddess Temple In Asheville NC which is a 501c3 church. She does interfaith work and outreach as well as holding Sabbats celebrating the wheel of the year with her community there. Byron believes that the Goddess is the root and foundation of all of us and from that we do the work that we are called to do in these perilous times. The Goddess is much needed especially for Women. Byron ends our episode by giving  us a truly beautiful Goddess meditation for love and support. More about Byron at www.myvillagewitch.com Tune in and be enlightened!Support the show*If you like what you hear; please sponsor my show.  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/oracleoflunapodcastSubscription page for Premium content: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1445572/subscribe

Send us Fan MailIn this episode, I am very delighted to speak with Patricia "Trish" Telesco! Trish is a passionate Author and fusion cook. She has been a part of the Neo-Pagan community for nearly 40 years. During that time, Trish has written several books including Victorian Grimoire, 365 Goddess, A Kitchen Witch’s Cookbook and her most recent book, Cooking with the Kitchen Witch. Her Wiccan, Witchcraft, & Pagan books provide real and practical information on magick, spells, rituals, Shamanism, animal familiars, Gods & Goddesses, Kitchen Witchery, and Earth-based spirituality. Trish considers herself a Kitchen Witch whose love of folklore flavor every spell and ritual. She believes that your kitchen is a sacred space where you can elevate even the most mundane meal prep into a spiritual ritual. Trish lives in Western New York.*Trish will give us some Kitchen Witch Tips at the end of the episode! *We begin by chatting about Trish’s childhood where she played in fields behind the house growing up and talking to trees as a young Pagan Witchling.  She tells us that her grandmother would get up at 5am to bake amazing fresh picked berry muffins that woke the family up in the morning. There was something in the love of her baking that influenced Patricia. She remembered her mom’s roast beef and the sacred way her mom created it in their family’s kitchen and her dad baking his delicious cookies.Trish really didn't discover the magic of cooking until she got married and realized she could not cook. And she got a cookbook from her sister and made every single recipe in that cookbook for a year. The more Trish cooked the more she loved cooking and playing with the recipes. It became …FUN. Thats when her Kitchen Witchery journey started brewing!She wrote a small newsletter for friends and family offering recipes and after contracting a case of adult chicken pox; she had the idea to write her first and very popular Kitchen Witchery cookbook over 30 years ago called: A Kitchen Witch’s Cookbook. She sent the manuscript to Llewellyn books, and they loved it. Her cookbook was published and it set the pace for Kitchen Witchery on the literary market.Trish has written and published over 50 Witchcraft and Pagan books as well. Trish tells us that writing is who she is. She then took a little time off and after that she wrote a follow up cookbook. We chat about her new book: Cooking with the Kitchen Witch - Magical Recipes from the Hearth and what a Kitchen Witch is.Staging, presentation, and decorations are also a part of creating kitchen magic and feasts - especially to celebrate the seasons and the Sabbats with your family, friends and community. Trish gives us some ideas on plating or placing food on the plate as it corresponds to the elements to draw in the energies of each direction and culinary astrology. We chat about how the visual impact of food is witchery and as Trish says: we eat with our eyes.Trish is very committed to creating her recipes to make sure that they will last through the test of time. She has worked and experimented with food to create her unique culinary magic for several years. Her spellbinding new kitchen witchery book: Cooking with the Kitchen Witch - Magical Recipes from the Support the show*If you like what you hear; please sponsor my show.  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/oracleoflunapodcastSubscription page for Premium content: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1445572/subscribe

Send us Fan MailGet ready to be amazed on this episode as I have a spellbinding conversation with Patti Negri! Patti is a Psychic-Medium and "Good Witch" best known for her recurring role on the Travel Channel & Discovery's #1 show Ghost Adventures and the #1 paranormal show on YouTube: TFIL Overnight with Elton Castee. @pattinegri is the international bestselling author of “Old World Magick for the Modern World”. She has a new book that came out in June 2025 from Llewellyn Books called “Dollcraft: A Witch’s Guide to Poppet Magick & Haunted Dolls” which we will discuss here. Patti has a popular weekly podcast called The Witching Hour and has a second weekly podcast, The Witch's Movie Coven.  Patti is a founding partner and VP of Paraflixx.com Streaming Service and founding partner and Headmistress at UniversityMagickus.com an online spirituality and mysticism school. *Tune in to the end when Patti gives us a short blessing on how to magickly charge a Poppet! * We begin our conversation unveiling Patti’s early beginnings as a Witch growing up in Long Beach, CA. She said she was communicating with spirits as early as she could talk. She was not raised with any kind of religious belief system but as a teenager she became a spiritual seeker. She then went to a Long Beach WomanSpirit meeting; there she found her magickal tribe. And that was her starting point on her winding path as a Witch. Patti was also an actor, dancer and teen model but kept her spirituality separate for many years. In her 30’s she started producing corporate entertainment shows for banks and large companies nationwide. Years later, in 2008 the recession hit, and also Reality TV started growing. Patti tells us that she came out of the broom closet and became the person to call for anything paranormal shows as a witch, psychic or medium and she has not looked back. Her acting training in Hollywood and in media/TV has experience helped her.We delve into Patti’s newest book “Dollcraft: A Witch’s Guide to Poppet Magick & Haunted Dolls”. Patti saw a need for a guidebook about the acquiring, owning and caring for haunted dolls. She has been a doll collector all her life and some of her dolls she has acquired through her paranormal investigations. Patti talks about Peggi, the very haunted doll that is currently on display atThe Haunted Museum in Las Vegas, NV owned by Zak Bagans from the Travel Channel’s Ghost Adventures TV show. Patti tells us some more experiences with evil energies/spirits residing in a doll - especially with her haunted doll: Belle. We discover poppets and how to charge them for magickal purposes and empowerment and the difference between a Haunted Doll and a Poppet. Poppets have been used for sympathetic magic through the ages in a variety of cultures. Patti suggests making a poppet for spiritual empowerment, health, love, abundance etc. Patti’s expertise is about balancing energies in people, places, situations, using the forces of the universe to create transformation whether it be in a séance or on TV with or her private clients. She wraps up the episode by giving us a short, charging blessing for your poppet. ️More about Patti at: www.pattinegri.comTune in Support the show*If you like what you hear; please sponsor my show.  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/oracleoflunapodcastSubscription page for Premium content: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1445572/subscribe

Send us Fan MailJoin us in this episode for a fascinating conversation with Nikki Wardwell Sleath. Nikki is a formally trained Witch and professional Occult teacher. She is the founder of the Society of Witchcraft and Old Magick, holds a master’s degree in Integrative Health and Healing, is a Reiki Master/Teacher, and is trained through the highest level of shamanic dream teacher/facilitator training in Robert Moss’s School of Active Dreaming. She has worked with clients and students for many years. Nikki is also a longtime priestess of the Morrigan and acts as a co-facilitator for the annual Morrigan's Call Retreat. In addition to Dream Sorcery, Nikki is the author of The Goddess Seals and You Might Be a Witch and has more books forthcoming. She lives in Connecticut, USA.  *Stay tuned until the end where Nikki gives us a short, guided meditation to prepare for lucid dreaming*We start out by chatting about Nikki’s early spiritual/witchcraft beginnings. Growing up she became aware of voices and spirits in her family’s house. She noticed her psychic abilities would sharpen in her college years every Fall. Nikki started researching The Wheel of the Year and modern-day witchcraft. This was a huge spiritual awakening for her and from then on, she knew she was a witch for life. After college, she became a physical therapist and tells us she would not be where she is as an occult teacher had it not been for her studies of healing on a holistic level. Nikki then began studying reiki, yoga, meditation and eventually got her master’s degree in Integrative Health & Healing which then led to her Shamanic certifications and skills that inform her magick and lucid dream practice. She also interned with Robert Moss a well renown shamanic dream teacher.Lucid dreaming is being fully aware of yourself while you are dreaming and so essentially, you’re conscious within a dream state. Adding magick and cultivating spell work to lucid dreaming is what her newest Dream Sorcery book explores. She gives the reader tools to engage in dream sorcery even if you are not a seasoned magickal practitioner. This book is important for the magical or enchanted community because it’s not written from the viewpoint of western psychiatry. Nikki firmly believes that dream sorcery can evolve our spiritual practice, and she hopes that the magickal reader will read her book and explore their own dream world where the rules of physics don’t limit the effect of the endless possibilities and realities. Nikki believes we can go from spectator to active magician in our dreams.  Tune in and be enlightened!  Nikki’s website: www.nikkiwardwellsleath.comSupport the show*If you like what you hear; please sponsor my show.  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/oracleoflunapodcastSubscription page for Premium content: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1445572/subscribe

Send us Fan MailJoin us, for a spellbinding conversation with Deborah Blake! Deborah Blake is the author of eighteen books on modern Witchcraft, including The Eclectic Witch’s Book of Shadows, A Year and a Day of Everyday Magic, and The Everyday Witch’s Coven, as well as the acclaimed Everyday Witch Tarot and Oracle and Everyday Witch’s Familiars Oracle decks. She has also written three paranormal romance and urban fantasy series, and as well as a cozy mystery series about a run-down pet rescue. Deborah lives in a 130-year-old farmhouse in upstate New York with numerous cats who supervise all her activities, both magical and mundane.  *Stay tuned until the end where Deborah gives us a short, guided meditation to for quiet and peace*We start out by chatting about Deborah’s Witchcraft beginnings and how she developed her coven the: Blue Moon Circle which has been operating since 2004. Deborah says she thinks she was always a Witch but just didn’t know there was a name for it. She loved herbs, gardening and she had psychic abilities at a young age. As High Priestess of her Blue Moon Circle; Deborah integrated her Witchcraft/Wiccan teaching into her books that she started writing.  Inspired by the Gods, Deborah sent in the manuscript for Circle, Coven & Grove: A Year of Magickal Practice to Llewelyn in 2005 and in 2007 it was published.Next, we dive into her popular Oracle and Tarot decks: Everyday Witch Tarot and the Everyday Witch’s Familiars Oracle and how she collaborates with the amazing and talented illustrator, Elisabeth Alba. Their successful, collaborative partnership flourishes as they continue to publish more incredible oracle and tarot decks together with Llewelyn Worldwide publishing. Deborah writes and Elisabeth works her magic to complete the visionary and artistic execution of these very popular tarot and oracle decks. Deborah has been a professional tarot reader for over 20 years which contributes to her understanding of tarot card meanings.The theme of many of Deborah’s books is ‘everyday magic’ and so we talk about how we can connect with our own everyday magic and integrate it into our own daily lives no matter where we live or what our spiritual backgrounds are. Deborah suggests some simple ways such as when you are taking a walk you can notice and connect with nature. Listen to the birds, feel the air on your skin, watch for omens, etc. If you cook, then kitchen witchery is the simplest way to integrate magic into what you are already cooking. Sprinkle in some fresh herbs and add your own intentions to the food you’re cooking. Experiment and have fun and as Deborah says: “There is no wrong way to do it. Whatever works for you is your kind of everyday witchcraft!”Deborah ends with a short meditation from her book: A Year and a Day of Everyday Magic for quiet and peace. More about Deborah Blake at https://deborahblakeauthor.comSupport the show*If you like what you hear; please sponsor my show.  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/oracleoflunapodcastSubscription page for Premium content: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1445572/subscribe

Send us Fan MailJoin us, for a fascinating and meaningful conversation with Tiffany Hopkins! Tiffany Hopkins has has been a year-round resident of Lily Dale, NY since moving into her great-great grandmother’s cottage in 2018. Tiffany gives mediumship readings and works to share the unique experience of living surrounded by people who practice mediumship in Lily Dale through: Normalize Talking to The Dead, a Website, Podcast, and Residency. Her first book, “Beyond: A Living Person’s Guide to the Dead” (June 10, 2025) shares her story of moving to Lily Dale; a community that shares a rich history of mediumship, healing, social reform, freethinking, and walks readers through how to find their own approach to Mediumship. Tiffany has degrees in Cognitive Science, Interdisciplinary Computing in the Arts & Music, and Business. *Stay tuned until the end where Tiffany gives us a short, guided meditation to open and close connection to contacting beyond the veil. *We start out by chatting about the captivating history of Lily Dale, an intentional Spiritualist community in New York state which has had a rich history of hosting freethinkers, social and political reformists, and mediums since the 1850’s. Originally Lily Dale was a summer camp for Spiritualists. There have been connections with the suffragette movement, labor movement, abolition and alternative religious beliefs with many famous mediums and notable people such as Susan B. Anthony who spoke about women's rights, as regular visitors, and speakers there. Gradually Lily Dale became a year-round live in community for professional mediums. We talk about Tiffany’s new book “Beyond: A Living Person’s Guide to the Dead” and how it developed from her research project in mediumship studies.  Tiffany wrote a paper on the process of channeling which she expanded on into step-by-step approach explaining the channeling process for people to figure out how it can work for them. Tiffany believes people can learn mediumship just by doing and practicing it and paying attention to the subtleties.  Tiffany believes that it is a natural human ability to connect with the spirits beyond the veil and that psychic work has been misunderstood. She thinks that anyone can do mediumship and connect with their departed loved ones on the other side, but it does take time and consistent practice. We can start with two powerful tools we all have to develop our psychic abilities and to reignite our connection with a departed loved one: our memories and our imaginations. She talks about how living in a supportive community of mediums at Lily Dale has helped her accept that it's normal to talk to spirits. Her goal with her book, classes and podcast is to help others develop their mediumship skills and abilities so that they can feel comfortable doing this on their own. Tiffany ends with a short, guided meditation to open and close connection to contacting beyond the veil. Tune in and be enlightened!Tiffany’s website:www.normalizetalkingtothedead.comSupport the show*If you like what you hear; please sponsor my show.  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/oracleoflunapodcastSubscription page for Premium content: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1445572/subscribe

Send us Fan MailJoin us, for an intriguing conversation with Irisanya Moon! Irisanya is a Witch, Priestess, Author of several books, Poet and devotee of Aphrodite. She teaches classes and camps in the Reclaiming Witchcraft tradition around the world. Her latest book is: “HESTIA: Goddess of Hearth, Home and Community” She lives in Sonoma county California. *Stay tuned until the end where Irisanya gives us a short Hestia blessing for the home*Originally from the Midwest; Irisanya moved to California and has been invested in the Reclaiming Witchcraft tradition since 2008. This is an Eco-Feminist tradition that seeks to unify spirit and politics and encompasses many viewpoints on deity. Irisanya began her spiritual journey by first attending a Witch Camp - a 7 day retreat and loved it. She found a mentor named Copper Persephone who mentored her on her Reclaiming Witchcraft path and was a good friend. Irisanya continued with priestess training and student teaching with Copper for several years before teaching on her own.We chat about Hestia the Goddess of the hearth and community in all her Greek mythological complexity. Basically, Hestia is/was the flame that connects everyone- the flame that is essential for humankind. She was worshipped in the home but also in the civic/political communities of ancient Greece. Hestia elected to never marry and to remain an eternal Virgin Goddess, one owned by no man and forever tended to the hearth of Olympus.  Hestia offered sanctuary from persecution to those who honored and respected Her and punished those who offended Her. She was worshipped and celebrated around the hearth that is central to family(births,deaths, marriages) etc.as well as community rites of passages and events. The Olympic torch was/is a symbol of the eternal flame of Hestia lit at Mt. Olympus in Her honor.Irisanya talks to us about how Hestia has influenced her writing this book as a result of teaching at various in-person events, classes and Witchcamps after the Covid lockdown in 2023 and how she worked to bring community together and rebuild community after people have gone through so much. In a way Hestia collaborated with Irisanya while writing this book about her! Irisanya believes that community is essential now more than ever and Irisanya works hard to figure out group cohesion and how people can support each other as well as feel comfortable with giving and receiving around each other. It's about belonging and meeting people where they are at, which is not easy whether it is in a magical Pagan or Wiccan ritual or at work or any other type of community.Irisanya’s book is full of invocations, meditations, prayers and other useful information so that anyone can connect with Goddess Hestia. And Hestia is there for us to honor and celebrate at home even if we don't have a community around us. We can always call on Her and ask for her wisdom, support, nourishment and blessings regardless of our spiritual background or where we live in the world. We end the episode with Irisanya leading us in a lovely Hestia blessing for the home. Tune in and be enlightened! More about Irisanya: www.irisanyamoon.comSupport the show*If you like what you hear; please sponsor my show.  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/oracleoflunapodcastSubscription page for Premium content: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1445572/subscribe

Send us Fan MailJoin us, for an enthralling conversation with Joey Morris! Joey Morris is a Celtic Hedge Witch, Priestess of the Morrigan, Author, and Creatrix behind Starry Eyed Supplies. She shares information on topics such as: Paganism and Celtic Hedge Witchcraft on her Starry Eyed Witch Youtube channel since 2012. Joey has been serving the Pagan community with videos, books, poetry and Witch items for over ten years. Trained as a Priestess of Morrigan, she has a unique perspective on integrating Celtic Paganism for a modern age. Her latest book is: “Celtic Hedge Witchery: A Modern Approach.” She lives in Plymouth, England. *Stay tuned until the end where Joey takes us on a powerful guided visualization to our own sacred grove*Originally from Nottingham Shire, Joey always felt at home in forests and in nature and loved writing. She was doing Witchy things before she knew what the term Witch meant and she was obsessed with Nature as a kid  but later in life she realized that she was a Celtic Witch.Joey developed an interest in the Morrigan early and she says the Morrigan was always with her and Joey got to know her mythology and combined with her own personal gnosis she was self - initiated as a Priestess of the Morrigan. Joey deeply identified with Morrigan’s shapeshifting aspect. And being a Hedge Witch fit Joey as the label that she naturally gravitated towards. She believes that Hedge Witchery crosses the boundary between spirit working and green witchcraft/herbalism. Joey was always fascinated by hedgerows and drawn to them growing up in rural England finding them to be very magical and liminal. Hedgerows are quintessentially British and seen mostly at the edges of farming fields and woodlands. They are half man made and half wild grown structures of trees and bushes that became living fences creating whole ecosystems and habitats within them. Joey tells us she believes hedgerows are more than a physical boundaries. There is folklore about Witches ”jumping the Hedge” which is a phrase meaning when we cross over into the Spirit world or go on astral travels. This means that Hedgerows aren't just a physical thing. They can be mysterious gateways to the Otherworlds. Joey believes that a Hedge Witch is a spirit worker first and foremost who is very connected to the Earth including trees, plants, animals in the physical world and also with the Spiritual Ecosystem-all the spirits that are interconnected. We chat about creativity, inspiration and being led by  the universal force of Awen. Joey’s book "Celtic Hedge Witchery: A Modern Approach” grew out of years of her Hedge Witchcraft practice and all the things she's been writing about in her blogs, poetry and creating videos around. It is a beautiful love letter to the spiritual path that Joey has been walking on and shaping.How can we become Hedge Witches wherever we are in the world? Joey tells us that the memory of the destroyed physical eco systems of the Hedgerows live on in the spiritual world and that we can tap into those spirits wherever we are and create a connection to the divine even if we are not near an actual hedgerow. Going on guided inner journeys and  meditations is a good way to start your practice for this Joey tells us. We all have a sacred grove within us and we can co-create with the universe within ourselves at any time or place. Tune in and be enlightened!Support the show*If you like what you hear; please sponsor my show.  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/oracleoflunapodcastSubscription page for Premium content: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1445572/subscribe

Send us Fan MailJoin us, for a lively conversation with Leilani Kahuna Birely! Leilani is a Native Hawaiian Kahuna and Dianic High Priestess who teaches ancient Hawaiian healing and Goddess wisdom. She is the founder/ritual director of Daughters of the Goddess Women’s Temple in the San Francisco Bay Area. Leilani has co-authored the book: “On Holy Ground: Commitment and Devotion to Sacred Lands” with Luisah Teish. *Stay tuned until the end when Leilani gives us a short Spring Goddess Invocation ** Leilani chats about her early magical beginnings in Hawaii and being influencedby her grandmother's stories about Pele who is the Goddess of volcanoes and fire. As early as she can remember there was a strong connection and respect for the indigenous deities of Hawaiian culture in her family despite her Catholic upbringing. And it was these stories that kept the Hawaiian spirit alive for Leilani. The “Mana” or spiritual energy of Hawaii is very strong and carries through Leiliani’s beliefs and teachings as a Dianic Priestess and Kahuna. Leilani went back to get her masters degree and studied Women’s Spirituality in the SF Bay area and was taught by such legendary women as Luisah Teish and Vickie Noble. Leilani took a class in Priestessing that was taught by the legendary Z. Budapest - the founder of Dianic Wicca. This matrifocal Goddess focused spirituality felt very real to Leilani and she eventually became ordained by Z. Budapest as a Dianic Priestess. Leilani started Daughters of the Goddess in 1996.Leilani is also an ordained Kahuna which is a Hawaiian spiritual teacher and she weaves the Hawaiian Goddesses in with her Dianic spirituality. Since she also has European ancestry, Leilani brings a multicultural energy of the Goddesses as well as Hawaiian chants, prayers, and Hula into ceremony with her Dianic circle: The Daughters of the Goddess. Leilani and Loiuisa Teish also co-wrote a book together about sacred travels, honoring the Earth, indigenous people and nature from the African and Hawaiian spiritual traditions.Interestingly, Leilani’s and my paths crossed a few times over the years and it's such a special privilege to be able to share her magic, Aloha energy and unique spirituality on this show with my listeners! More about Leilani at:www.daughtersofthegoddess.com Tune in and be enlightened!Support the show*If you like what you hear; please sponsor my show.  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/oracleoflunapodcastSubscription page for Premium content: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1445572/subscribe

Send us Fan MailJoin us, for an illuminating conversation with Lorraine Monteagut! Lorraine Monteagut, Ph.D., is a queer Latine Witch and author of BRUJAS: The Magic and Power of Witches of Color. Lorraine's scholarship in occult ancestral spiritualities traces the diverse traditions of contemporary magical practices. Lorraine's second book, Modern Witchcraft for Dummies is forthcoming in April 2025. She is the creator of Witchy Heights, a community space for practical magic and spiritual activism. *Stay tuned until the end when Lorraine gives us a short sacred ancestor invocation ** Lorraine chats about her early Witchcraft beginnings and being influenced by her great grandmother who was a spirit medium in Cuba who helped people connect with their lost loved ones who passed over. Lorraine speaks as a millennial being influenced by the pop cultural moments that were available to her with such TV shows as “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”  and movies like :”The Craft”. As a young 12 year old she identified as a Witch. Lorraine talks about how now in the modern moment there is a reclaiming of the word : Bruja. Bruja is the Spanish word for Witch. Its an identity that continues to evolve just like the word Witch does to encompass all the new things we are doing.  And with all gendered versions of the word. While reclaiming the past. She sees Brujas emerging within the intersectional feminism where Witches of color are taking the lead. And bringing their own cultural mythologies and touchstones to the larger Witchcraft movement. Brujas are also creating communities centered around activism. She sees  the Bruja as a nexus of all of the new pathways away from Witchcraft that was centered around European traditions or Greco- Roman mythologies.Learning about the folk magic , customs and the rituals of indigenous folks who lived on the land that you or your family came from in different parts of the world is  valuable investigative work that can enriches you as a Bruja or Witch.  In her book BRUJAS: The Magic and Power of Witches of Color she also includes cultural ancestors in addition to blood ancestors that we can incorporate into our magic. Also Lorraine suggests we can create a personal ancestor altar that can help us speak and connect with our ancestors even if they are land spirits, community elders, spiritual teachers, or cultural icons and remind us that we are not alone.We also chat about magical activism and creating spiritual communities that can help each other. By centering our values, lifting each other up and try to make the world a better place for all especially during the tense political landscape we are in now. We are all complex and come from different perspectives. and there is no simple narrative and Witchcraft needs to reflect this. This is the power of Brujas and the modern Witchcraft moment.  To learn more about Lorraine visit: witchyheights.com. Tune in and be enlightened!Support the show*If you like what you hear; please sponsor my show.  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/oracleoflunapodcastSubscription page for Premium content: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1445572/subscribe

Send us Fan MailIn this short episode, I celebrate the publishing of the 75th podcast episode of the Oracle of Luna Podcast!! This is a HUGE milestone and a big deal to me as the host and producer of this podcast show. I am especially grateful to all the incredible Goddess guests that have been on my show in the last few years!!All of these Women are elevating the divine feminine in the world and amplifying the voice of the Goddess for a planet in need of wholeness, harmony, balance, justice and peace. Thank you for your support and listening to the Oracle of Luna Podcast with Bridget Engels. Finally, if you love this podcast; please leave a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts. It means alot!  Tune in and be enlightened!Support the show*If you like what you hear; please sponsor my show.  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/oracleoflunapodcastSubscription page for Premium content: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1445572/subscribe

Send us Fan MailJoin us with the 75th episode of The Oracle of Luna for a captivating conversation with Dr. Carla Ionescu PhD! Carla is a historian and leading expert on Artemis, specializing in the study of Goddess worship, sacred rituals, and female-led religious traditions. She is the author of She Who Hunts, an in-depth exploration of Artemis as a powerful and complex deity across cultures. Through The Artemis Mapping Project, Dr. Ionescu is documenting ancient Artemis temples using non-invasive archaeological methods, reconnecting sacred landscapes to their historical and spiritual significance. As the founder of The Artemis Research Centre, she teaches online courses and hosts The Goddess Project podcast, where she delves into Goddess mythology and history. Her work brings ancient wisdom into modern discourse, inspiring a deeper understanding of the divine feminine. She lives in Ontario, Canada. *Stay tuned until the end when Carla gives us a short Artemis Invocation! ** Carla has spent many years as a scholar in academia, researching and teaching in the field of ancient history and Women's Studies. Like a detective, she works on putting the pieces of puzzle together about the historical knowledge of Greek Artemis. Carla tells us that Artemis has many different interpretations of her such as Ephesus – the great mother Goddess, protector of Women and Goddess of childbirth. There are many facets of Artemis throughout the ages in many cultures which fascinates Carla. We chat about why Artemis was so well loved and worshipped for so long and her breadth and nuances.Carla started a mapping project of all the Artemis temples in the world beginning in Greece last year. Through research and translation of international archaeological reports and museum maps; she says there are over 300-400 Artemis temples throughout the world.  She believes that Artemis has more temples than any other God or Goddess in the Greek pantheon! Carla’s ambitious goal in the next 5 years is to travel, rediscover and document all the Artemis temples and sacred sites and put them all on a map for us.Unapologetic, independent, a warrior and huntress; Artemis is as powerful and relevant in 2025 as she was in ancient Greece as a perfect symbol of female sovereignty, fulfillment and justification. Carla is driven to uncover Artemis’ truth and her real story. More about Dr. Carla Ionescu at: https:/Support the show*If you like what you hear; please sponsor my show.  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/oracleoflunapodcastSubscription page for Premium content: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1445572/subscribe

Send us Fan MailJoin us in this episode, for a delightful conversation with Lacey Burbage! Lacey is a fourth-generation folk healer and Witch who follows a Pagan/Animist path. As an ordained Priestess of the Goddess, she practices a nature-based tradition that has its roots in modern Wicca. Lacey specializes in domestic magic, including hearth, cottage, hedge, green, and kitchen magic. Her accessible spells, invocations, and charms, provide solutions to everyday situations to activate your Witchery and harness the divine energy of Nature. *Stay tuned until the end when Lacey gives us a short Elemental grounding meditation *We begin chatting about Lacey’s early magical beginnings when she was involved in the Sophia Center for Goddess Study in Las Vegas and was inspired by mentors such as Dr. Candice Kant. She loved learning about the history and mythology of Goddesses and Goddess Spirituality. She also comes from a long family line of Folk Healers where herbal remedies, prayers and sayings were used in everyday life for ailments. After her Divine Feminine based studies, Lacey started to learn about plant magick, herb folk magic and the therapeutic properties of plants/herbs. From there she evolved her magick into Green Witchery. Lacey enjoys writing incantations and spells for everyday situations to provide solutions. Her writing evolved into a book geared towards especially to people who are not experienced in Witchcraft.Her first book: “Naturally Modern Magick”  is crafted to amplify our connection with nature and infuse our intentions with the divine energy of the Earth. This is a practical guide for making life more magickal by applying the power of the natural world and offering gratifying practices for any Witch. The pages are filled with everyday charms, spells, rituals, and everyday solutions, using natural objects and elements like herbs, crystals, flowers, earth, and water. Lacey tells us that each ingredient in her book is meant to stack the odds in your favor to attune to the vibration you want for your spell work.Lacey has an online coven on Patreon which is all about developing a personal Witchcraft practice that flows with everyday life and her spells and incantations are easy enough for beginners to start putting into practice without prior research/reading. Lacey's website: https://naturallymodernlife.com/           Tune in and be enlightened!Support the show*If you like what you hear; please sponsor my show.  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/oracleoflunapodcastSubscription page for Premium content: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1445572/subscribe

Send us Fan MailJoin us in this episode, for a fascinating conversation with Evelyn Rysdyk! Evelyn is an internationally recognized, Shamanic Teacher and Author of several best selling books including, The Norse Shaman, Spirit Walking a Course in Shamanic Power, The Nepalese Shamanic Path: Practices for Negotiating the Spirit World  and her latest book: Shamanic Creativity. She is also the founder of Spirit Passages Academy and the New Humans• New Earth Summit.We chat about how Evelyn was drawn to Shamanism as an alternative to psychotherapy for her depression and how journeying did more for her than standard therapy and medication. It opened a door to a more fuller version of herself. She then dove deeper into Shamanism and journeying and then eventually shared with other people what she had learned. Through her many years of training with teachers from places like Peru and Nepal - Evelyn began teaching others the value of opening their minds to their creative potential and to experience the expansive world of spirit and healing for themselves.Evelyn was then drawn to write step by step manuscripts for her students of how to do journeying. Over the decades she has written and published several books and she believes that there is no threshold on how far your creativity can go. Creativity is innate in us but the way we are schooled and how society doesn't place value on creativity can deaden our capability. Creativity is also a powerful part of our well being as we engage our different brain waves that open our capacity for inspiration and connection to spirit and the larger universal energy that can transcend space and time.Shamanistic methods and journeying are powerful tools for sharpening our capacity for new ideas and finding new solutions to obstacles and challenges.Evelyn loves supporting people to remember their sacred place in All That Is and uses her humor and passion to open people’s hearts and inspire them to live more joyful, fulfilling and purposeful lives in harmony with Nature. Link to sign up for Evelyn’s blog: https://www.spiritpassagesacademy.com/shamansbagTune in and be enlightened!Support the show*If you like what you hear; please sponsor my show.  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/oracleoflunapodcastSubscription page for Premium content: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1445572/subscribe

Send us Fan MailJoin us in this episode, for a spellbinding conversation with Pauline Breen! Pauline is a Priestess of Brigid and the Author of several books including: “Brigid: Goddess and Saint of Ireland”, “Maman Brigitte: Dark Goddess of Africa and Ireland” and "Brigantia- War Goddess” .  Pauline is passionate about researching and sharing all the various faces of Goddess Brigid. She lives in Ireland. *And Pauline gives us a short invocation to Maman Brigitte at the end of the episode-so stay tuned!We chat about Pauline's early years as a Catholic and her connection with Saint Brigid and then later in life she discovered the Pagan Brigid. Pauline had an epiphany moment while in meditation with Marion Brigantia, her teacher, in Glastonbury, England. She then had another 'aha' moment when she traveled to Portugal to  a church in Lumiar where part of St Brigid’s skull is enshrined. From then on Pauline was hooked and she became immersed in the many aspects of Brigid. While researching her first book, Pauline began her fascination on how the Saint Brigid travelled with the Irish to the Caribbean and onto the Americas. Pauline tells us about Maman Brigitte’s emergence in Haiti during the slave trade, tracing her development into a prominent figure for both Haitian and Irish immigrants who experienced similar social and economic circumstances in Haiti and in New Orleans, Louisiana. A unique blend of Afro-Haitian Lwa religion of VouDou (or VooDoo) and Catholic Irish Brigid; Maman Brigitte emerges as the Dark Goddess and Great Mother that guides and protects the forgotten, the outcasts and the marginalized in life through their our darkest times and ultimately in death. But death takes many forms. Parts of us die all the time with changes in  jobs, relationships, situations, homes, projects, health, life circumstances…etc. We are always shedding. Sometimes these “deaths” are very difficult and Maman Brigitte is there to hold space for those feelings, that grief process and to bridge that past into our future.Pauline is not a VouDou practitioner or initiated in VouDou religion nor is she familiar with the Yoruban system of spirituality but when writing her book she was looking at Maman Brigitte through the lens of the Irish and how far Goddess Brigid traveled, morphed and was incorporated into other religious practices. Pauline believes we need the Dark Goddesses such as Maman Brigitte now because they can guide us and show us the root cause of our suffering and teach us that our darkest nights are our ultimate power. And to take this deep journey is where Maman Brigitte’s wisdom and healing comes in.Brigid in all her aspects is as relevant in 2025 as in the pre-Christian Ireland. As Pauline tells us; “There is room for everyone under Brigid’s mantle”. And Brigid continues to shine her flame in her many variations such as Maman Brigitte to all who are open to her in this very moment in time and beyond with her eternal love and power. Tune in and be enlightened!Support the show*If you like what you hear; please sponsor my show.  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/oracleoflunapodcastSubscription page for Premium content: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1445572/subscribe

Send us Fan MailIn this episode of the Oracle of Luna; we will go on a January Wolf Full Moon meditation journey with the Norse Goddess Skadi. I will be your guide, as we align with the current cosmic energies with the Full Moon in Cancer and take a transformative inner journey to the snowy/icy mountains to meet with Goddess Skadi and your inner Wolf.Skadi, also named Skade, Skadhi or Skathi is a fierce Warrior Queen, Giantess, Goddess of Winter, and a skilled hunter-who walks between the worlds of untamed wildness in the icy snowy mountains and the magical realm of the Gods. Skadi was married to Njord the ocean God, but she wanted to live in Thrymheim her father’s hall in the mountains which she loved where she could hear the howling of the wolves. Njord wanted to live in Noatun, his seaside hall and so it didn’t work between Njord and Skadi and eventually they got a divorce.Skadi reminds us of the power of courage and resilience in the face of life’s many harsh storms and being true to our primal nature. Call upon Skadi when you need help traversing an icy path moving on from life’s dark and challenging times into the light. Howl, Howl, Howl on…Sister!!!Tune in and be enlightened!Support the show*If you like what you hear; please sponsor my show.  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/oracleoflunapodcastSubscription page for Premium content: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1445572/subscribe

Send us Fan MailJoin us in this episode, for an intriguing conversation with Cait Johnson! Cait is an eclectic Witch, Counselor and Author of several books including: “Witch in the Kitchen”, “Celebrating the Great Mother” and "Witch Wisdom for Magical Aging”. Cait is also a freelance editor, counselor, creative midwife and she lives in the Hudson Valley area of New York.Cait tells us about her early beginnings as a Witch and creating a coven that was performance based. She began writing books and her latest book: “Witch Wisdom for Magical Aging” is about embracing our elder years as Women and restoring the Crone to Her rightful sacred power. This magical book includes 4 archetypical Witches representing the seasons. They find playful ways for us to  to enjoy being older and to weave a web of support around us as we age as Women and offer ways to celebrate women’s elder years holistically and joyfully. Every season is filled with wild wisdom, rich with simple formulas and recipes, inspiring rituals, playful activities, fun quizzes, meaningful meditations, and much, much more, empowering women to embrace their elder years with curiosity and verve. Cait tells us the importance of listening to our longings and to choose with discernment the things we truly want to do rather than the things we think we should do in our aging years. This can motivate us to do some powerful and life-affirming accomplishments even in our 70’s-80’s and as long as we live.Cait suggests some simple ways that Crones can connect with their inner Wisewoman and CELEBRATE that you are on this planet with other like-minded Crone Queens throughout the year. Tune in and be enlightened!  Happy Holidays listeners & stay tuned with season 4 of The Oracle of Luna Podcast coming your way in mid-January 2025!! Support the show*If you like what you hear; please sponsor my show.  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/oracleoflunapodcastSubscription page for Premium content: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1445572/subscribe

Send us Fan MailJoin us in this episode, for an intriguing conversation with Fairy Whisperer, Fairy Expert and the Host of the Fairy Whisperer Podcast: Claire Casely! Claire is  dedicated to facilitating a magical and safe space for those who want to foster a connection with Fairies as well as enchantment within themselves. Claire’s research and commitment helps to preserve the old ways, folklore, and the wild places where Fairies reside. She lives in England.Claire tells us about her first encounter with Fairies in Cornwall and discovered later the area in the south west of England had lots of folklore about the Pixies. She explains that spending time outside in nature and exploring techniques such us geomancy, ritual, meditation can open up the heart and senses to connect with the Fairy realm and the Fairies. Claire talks about the different light spectrums that allow us to peak into the realm of the nature spirits and the Fairy realm. Metaphysical beings can also wish to make themselves visible to us if there are Ley Lines , Power Spot, Rocks or near water (lakes, wells, sea) that can amplify the potential for Fairy visitations. Unfortunately, Electro Magnetic pollution(cell phones/computers/TV) builds up in their Fairies/Nature Spirits habitat is having a very negative effect on them.Claire is also the host of the Fairy Whisperer Podcast where she creates a magical space for her guests that have had Fairy experiences and its a show that connects people with the enchantment of Fairies and within themselves. Claire has been researching and writing a book about the Pixies thats coming out in 2025 called: “The Heart of Pixie Land”. This is heart based writing communicating her experiences and viewpoints with the Pixies in the area of southwest England and include illustrations by ClaireWe chat about how to connect with the Fairies around the Winter Solstice, the season of Yule and Christmas. Tune in and be enlightened!Support the show*If you like what you hear; please sponsor my show.  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/oracleoflunapodcastSubscription page for Premium content: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1445572/subscribe

Send us Fan MailJoin us in this episode, for an intriguing conversation with Witch, Author, and Tarot Card Reader: Judika Illes! Judika is a lifelong student, lover and practitioner of the magical arts. She is the author of several books on Witchcraft, spells, and spirits, including the best selling: Encyclopedia of 5000 Spells and Encyclopedia of Spirits, Pure Magic, Daily Magic, Encyclopedia of Witchcraft and her latest book: Witches, A Compendium. Judika is a professional tarot card reader as well as an Aromatherapist. She is a native New Yorker and Judika teaches in the US and internationally online and in person.Judika tells us how she grew up being a magical person and an avid reader. She learned to read at age 3 as an only child. Her family read quite a bit too. Her mother loved fairy tales and read them to her. Judika always identified with the Witch. Her mother also had admiration for the Witches. We chat about TV shows such as Bewitched and The Adams Family and some of the shows that Judika watched growing up. She was impressed with the TV Witches such as Samantha and Morticia. They were contemporary Witches that fueled Judika’s passion and interest for Witchcraft. She remembers reading Sybil Leek’s “Diary of a Witch” and seeing Sybil on TV and she made a big impression on Judika when she was young.Eventually Judika started looking for a publisher. One of them liked her chapter on magic spells but turned down her manuscript. Judika  expanded this into what eventually became “Earth Magic” , her first of many published books. Her book Encyclopedia of 5000 Spells changed everything for Judika. We discuss Judika’s newest book: Witches A Compendium and how she describes it as a love letter to Witches and Witchcraft. She explores the diversity and celebrates historical, famous, literary, movie/TV Witches with this amazing book. Clearly, the word Witch means a lot of different things to different people. Judika believes that a Witch is ultimately about power and independence no matter what type of Witch a person is.Tune in and be enlightened!Support the show*If you like what you hear; please sponsor my show.  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/oracleoflunapodcastSubscription page for Premium content: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1445572/subscribe

Send us Fan MailIn this episode, I am delighted to be one of the featured presenters in the Return to the Mother Online Global Summit 2024 created by my friend Frances Billinghurst. The topic that I will be speaking about is: Healing the Damage of Patriarchy Through Moon Circles.In the Return to the Mother Summit, we will be creating a safe and sacred space where a global community of soul-aligned change-makers and visionaries can be inspired as to how to create a new future direction for ourselves, our human collective and for our beloved planet.All presentations included in this summit are designed to offer ways to include the divine feminine back into our spiritual practices.Each and every one of us is connected to the Mother in all Her forms: as our physical Mother, as the Goddess, as Feminine Consciousness, and even as our planet. In this summit; we explore the interweaving threads between the Divine Feminine within mainstream culture, present day society, Mother Earth, Nature and Goddess consciousness.During this interview with Bridget you will learn:Why Moon Circles can heal women of the damage caused by patriarchy.Inspiration behind Goddess Meditations.Why is it important to elevate the Sacred Feminine in present day Goddesses who are doing the work in the here and nowWhat “The Oracle of Luna” podcast is all about.Bridget’s links:Website: https://circleofluna.wixsite.com/bridget-engelsPodcast Website: https://circleofluna.wixsite.com/the-oracle-of-luna-pAmazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B07RV6MZ2G?ingress=0&visitId=27dc43cc-c556-47e4-8f67-d19200cb4d21Instagram: @bridgetengels---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Return to the Mother Online Global Summit:Discussions about the Divine Feminine, Mother Earth and Goddess Consciousness*Click here to register (free) for Return to the Mother. [Link to: https://www.return-to-the-mother.com]Support the show*If you like what you hear; please sponsor my show.  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/oracleoflunapodcastSubscription page for Premium content: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1445572/subscribe

Send us Fan MailJoin us in this episode, for a conversation with the Author, Priestess, and Tarot Deck Creator: Leeza Roberston! Leeza Robertson is an international bestselling author with Llewellyn Worldwide. She has created and published several Tarot Decks since 2016.  She is passionate about exploring the connection between the Goddess and the Priestess path. Leeza is from the Aussie bush and is living her best life in Las Vegas, Nevada.Leeza tells us she is not a spiritual person as much as she is a researcher. Her wife influenced Leeza with opening up to her up to Reiki and alternative healing when she was sick and it helped with her healing. Leeza got into Tarot when she lost her eyesight for a while due to a sinus infection. She dreamed of Tarot cards in the darkness. When that was healed she attended an event by Barbara Moore, one of the matriarchs of Tarot. And afterwards Leeza took a lesson with Barbara.In 2016 Leeza published her first Tarot Deck, Animal Totem Tarot and she has published over 7 more Tarot Decks since then. Leeza chats about the process of publishing a Tarot deck with her publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide. We also talk about one of her books: Tarot Priestess. Leeza identifies as a Priestess and not as a Witch. She noticed that there was not much information or literature for those who are on the Priestess path but much more on the path of the Witch. The Priestess lineage for Women has been somewhat neglected or misunderstood. Leeza struggled with the Divine Femininity theory as a Queer woman and she began looking for the Goddess in Nature as a sacred space of growth, success and building. She started to drop my biased walls of belief and open herself up to building her own personal unique relationship with the Goddess.Leeza feels that divination and cartomancy is a devotional and ritualistic practice to the Goddess and definitely part of the Priestess path. Leeza wants to communicate and explore how the path of the Witch is very different from the path of the Priestess. If we can create space with communication with the Goddess through our Tarot or Oracle Cards; that can slow us down, center us and open our receptivity to the teachings and wisdom of the Goddess. Tune in and be enlightened!Support the show*If you like what you hear; please sponsor my show.  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/oracleoflunapodcastSubscription page for Premium content: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1445572/subscribe

Send us Fan MailJoin us in this episode, for a thought provoking conversation and with Rev. Angie Buchanan. Angie is a Founder and the Spiritual Director of Earth Traditions Church(since 2008), and of Gaia's Womb(for 26 years), an interfaith spirituality group that has been producing women's spiritual retreats since 1998. and a Certified Death Midwife; having developed a program that provides hands-on, intensive training for compassionate end-of-life care, and information about ecologically sensitive funerals.She is a life-long Pagan animist with over 40 years of experience as a speaker, officiant, and ritualist. She served on the Board of Trustees for the Parliament of World Religions from 2002 – 2010. As a Certified Death Midwife; Angie developed a program that provides hands-on, intensive training for compassionate end-of-life care, and information about ecologically sensitive funerals.Angie is a life-long Pagan animist and believes that the Earth is a living sentient being. Mother Nature is the force of always giving birth to itself with the Elements, the cycles and the seasons. Angie talks about her Influence with Nora Cedarwind Young and the Death Positive movement. Nora died in 2014 but expressed that Angie continue her work. Angie then became certified to teach.Angie believes that Death is the Final rite of passage and a very much overlooked and neglected rite of passage deserving of as much dignity as any other significant rite of passage.  She discusses how we live in a Death Denying culture and most of us die alone without prior Death planning. She sees her work as a sacred calling. Death Midwifery also deals with Death from an emotional, spiritual and practical place. She believes that Death has been taken from us by industry (medical, funeral , academia). She encourages families and loved ones to spend time with the beloved dead that have recently passed on. Angie explains that we have over-medicalized and over-industrialized Death so that it has become an incredibly toxic and unsustainable industry.Angie, as a Death Midwife, is reclaiming the caring for the Dead and their loved ones and family. Our culture doesn't give us the tools to grieve or mourn the 3 days of workplace bereavement leave doesn't cut it. Other cultures and countries continue to do forms of mourning. Angie’s Death Midwifery practices include a strong consideration for Eco-Friendly body disposition options.  She tells us about how embalming fluid (Formaldehyde)  is one of the most dangerous carcinogens known. It leaches into soil & ground water, etc. Angie says that there are many options and resources for Eco-Friendly natural burials, green cemeteries, green burials and water and earth cremation processes that are available and are carbon neutral. Burials and body disposition do not have to be toxic.It's Angie's hope that she opens up new ideas and alternative traditions around Death and Dying to the public and to be open to talking about these for ourselves and our loved ones. More about Angie at: www.deathmidwife.org and www.earthtraditions.org. Tune in and be enlightened!Support the show*If you like what you hear; please sponsor my show.  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/oracleoflunapodcastSubscription page for Premium content: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1445572/subscribe

Send us Fan MailJoin us for some Witchy fun and compelling dialogue with 4 Witches! Madame Pamita, Monica Crosson, Mael Brigde and myself discuss our Animal Familiars. Witches have a long history of partnering with Familiars for spellwork and magic throughout the ages. Here, we chat about how we met our Familiars, what makes our relationship with our Familiars special to us, explore who they are and how we have formed trusted magical partnerships with our Familiars. So, let’s Introduce the magical 4 Women on this show:Madame Pamita is a Ukrainian-American witch, teacher, author, candle maker, spellcaster, and tarot reader. She is the author of The Witch's Guide to Animal Familiars (January 2025), Baba Yaga’s Book of Witchcraft, The Book of Candle Magic, Magical Tarot and co-author of Cancer Witch. She is also the proprietress of the online spiritual apothecary, the Parlour of Wonders and lives in Santa Monica, California. You can find her online at the: www.parlourofwonders.com Madame Pamita’s Familiar is the Cat: GlindaMonica Crosson has been a practicing Witch, Master Gardener and Educator for over thirty years and is a member of Evergreen Coven. She is the author of A Year in the Enchanted Garden, The Magickal Family, and Wild Magical Soul and is a regular contributor to the Llewellyn annuals as well as Enchanted Living Magazine and she lives north of Seattle, WA in the forests. Her website is:www.authormonicacrosson.com  Monica’s Familiar is the Cat: ZeldaMael Brigde is a devotee of Brigit and founder of Daughters of the Flame (Imbolc 1993). She is the author of Sun Among Stars: A Brigit of Ireland Devotional and was a featured performer at the 2024 Brigid of Faughart Festival in Dundalk, Ireland. Mael lives in Vancouver, Canada. Her reviews, blogs, classes, etc. can be found on Linktree at https://linktr.ee/maelbrigde#  Mael’s Familiars are the wild Birds (Starlings) in her backyardBridget Engels is the Host/Creator/Producer of The Oracle of Luna Podcast, Author of The Oracle of Luna: Meditations with the Moon Goddess Volumes 1, 2, & 3 , Narrator/Producer of the Audiobook versions her 3 books, Ritualist and Founder of the Circle of Luna. As a Priestess, Bridget has led many public rituals, events and ceremonies that provide spiritual connection with the Divine Feminine, Goddess archetypes and the Moon. Her websites are: https://circleofluna.wixsite.com/bridget-engels AND https://circleofluna.wixsite.com/the-oracle-of-luna-pBridget’s Familiar is the cat: RomeoTune in and be enlightened!Support the show*If you like what you hear; please sponsor my show.  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/oracleoflunapodcastSubscription page for Premium content: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1445572/subscribe

Send us Fan MailNEW! Join us in this episode, for a spellbinding conversation with Alice Markham-Cantor! Alice is the Author of: “The Once and Future Witch Hunt-A Descendant’s Reckoning from Salem to the Present”  and the Film Co-Producer of ​​”A Witch Story”, an award-winning documentary film about Salem and her research. Alice is a descendant of Martha Carrier, one of the Women accused and hanged at Salem. Her work has been published in New York Magazine, Scientific American, The Nation, and elsewhere. She serves on the working committee of the International Network Against Accusations of Witch Hunting and Associated Harmful Practices, and spoke at the first and second Feminist Conferences on the Witch Hunts hosted by the Campaña por la Memoria de las Brujas in Spain. She is from Brooklyn, New York.We begin by delving into why the Salem Witch Hunts took place and the build up of the socio/economic/political circumstances and unrest leading to the Salem Witch trials. There is unease and lack of leadership in Massachusetts Colony at that time.  The Puritans were also at war with Algonquin native American Indian tribes which was a stressful issue too. Puritans had the viewpoint that the Native Americans were allied with the devil. There was no governor or local Magistrates at that time either.  There was also friction between Salem Town and  Salem Village. Samuel Paris became the new Salem Village minister in 1689. Like a wildfire all  the circumstances have been escalating and then the flame is lit. In this case; the flame is Samuel Paris’ 2 girls living in his household that started having “fits”. Tituba was a slave in that house and she was one of the first accused of being a Witch also. This unrest and suspicion made Salem Villagers feel like the devil was out to get them. They needed a scapegoat and at that time period Women were thought of as spiritually weaker and more likely seduced by the devil and thus likely to be Witches. Especially the women who diverge from Puritan behavioral norms and therefore are more vulnerable to attack.  All these factors contributed to the Salem Witch Hunts.Alice tells us that Witch Hunts are not a thing of the past. Currently, we see this with the Republicans party in the USA attacking illegal and undocumented immigrants. Alice believes it's exactly mirroring what happened with the Puritans using fear and hysteria to create the Salem Witch Hunts.  Alice explains that over 20,000 people have been killed in Witch Hunts over the last decade worldwide. It is common to happen in places that are experiencing economic upheaval.  Alice leaves us with her discovery that one of the reasons why Martha Carrier (her ancestor) was killed in Salem was that the 19 people who were hanged in Salem were those that refused to confess to Witchcraft because they did not identify as Witches. Alice thinks that ultimately the Salem Witch Trials are a lesson in fear. And the lesson of Salem Village is how fear works and how accusation works. Martha Carrier was extremely clear to her accusers in the Salem Witch Trials that she was not a Witch. Alice believes this is an important thing to remember as we participate in the season of Halloween and Samhain. Tune in and be enlightened!Support the show*If you like what you hear; please sponsor my show.  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/oracleoflunapodcastSubscription page for Premium content: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1445572/subscribe

Send us Fan MailJoin us in this episode, for a captivating conversation with Photographer, Artist, Author of “Goddess on Earth: Portraits of the Divine Feminine” and Oracle Deck creator: Lisa Levart! Lisa’s lifelong personal assignment is to celebrate contemporary Women while drawing upon ancient stories to elevate their life journeys. She photographs archetypal imagery that is made to inspire Women to be their most powerful selves. Levart’s iconic photographs have appeared in numerous publications, including: New York magazine, The New York Times, O, The Oprah Magazine, Time magazine, and The Washington Post. She lives in the Hudson Valley, New York area.Lisa tells us that she was called by the Goddess to photograph Women as Goddesses after attending sacred circles led by Gina Martin (my previous podcast guest on The Oracle of Luna). She weaves her love for the sacred feminine in with her visual art and photography. And from her growth in the Goddess spiritual world Lisa developed her Goddess portraits. Her portraits combine different techniques such as collage, textures  and mixed media which create depth to her photographs. She collaborated with all the Women that she photographed and asked them to choose which Goddess they wanted to portray and what elements water, air, earth, fire or spirit that they felt deeply connected to. The Women wanted Lisa to see them in this unique way. Her award winning book: “Goddess on Earth - Portraits of the Divine Feminine” reflects her passion for Goddess spirituality and her visual art.Lisa photographed and collaborated with indigenous women and this work evolved into her epic immersive large scale photography installation project called: “Still Here: Women of the Ramapough Lenape Nation”.  The Ramapough Lenape are the indigenous peoples who lived in what is present day New York, Hudson Valley, New York city areas. This magical larger than life art/photography outdoor installation interplays with the cycles and seasons of nature and also honors the indigenous Women expressing their sacred stories on ancestral land.Lisa also photographed and published the: “Goddess on Earth Oracle Deck and Guidebook”. She loved the idea of creating an interactive divination deck with Women embodying Goddess archetypes combined with the elements. Each of the Women photographed in Lisa’s Oracle Deck also offered a message from their own perspective of the Goddess on the card that they portrayed. The images were used from her Mythica series. The subtitle of the companion book is: “A Divination Guidebook with Spirited Wisdom from your Sisters”.  Tune in and be enlightened!Support the show*If you like what you hear; please sponsor my show.  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/oracleoflunapodcastSubscription page for Premium content: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1445572/subscribe

Send us Fan MailIn this episode of the Oracle of Luna; we will go on an October New Moon meditation journey with the Slavic Goddess Baba Yaga. I will be your guide, as we align with the current cosmic energies with the New Moon/Solar Eclipse in Libra and take a mystical journey to the deep woods and mountains of Eastern Europe to connect with Baba Yaga.  I recommend that you listen to this episode with your eyes closed, being totally present, so you allow yourself to go on this inner journey.Baba Yaga is the Slavic Wild Witch of the Woods and so much more! Baba Yaga lives in a remote hut that walks through the forest on chicken legs with a fence of human bones and skulls, and she flies in the air in a giant magical mortar and pestle. She usually appears as a hag or crone with a bony leg, and she is known as a shamanic trickster to challenge those who are in need of lessons and transformation.Baba Yaga appears in Slavic and Russian folk and fairy tales over hundreds of years. In these stories, she represents a powerful shape shifting feminist crone archetype that is both heroine and villain, protective grandmother and horribly fierce, and acts as a Shaman or gatekeeper between the living world and the world of spirit and and a guardian of heroes/heroines. Baba Yaga is omniscient - she knows all things. She resides in the domain of the supernatural and holds secret knowledge, which she sometimes reveals to those whom she deems to be deserving of it.Baba Yaga is associated with the deep woods and forests, and the wildness of nature. A force of nature herself, she symbolizes the unpredictable and untameable nature of the female spirit, of Mother Earth, and the relationship of Women to the wild. There are indications that Baba Yaga was once an ancient Pagan Earth Goddess in Slavic mythology that morphed into many complex interpretations throughout the years. Baba Yaga reminds us that we are also ferocious, untameable, wise and capable of our own powerful potential and honoring both the dark and the light within us. Tune in and be enlightened!Support the show*If you like what you hear; please sponsor my show.  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/oracleoflunapodcastSubscription page for Premium content: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1445572/subscribe

Send us Fan MailJoin us in this episode, for an enchanting conversation with Author, Priestess, and community circle leader: Gina Martin! Gina, is the Author of the “When She Wakes” book series (Womancraft Publishing) starting with “Sisters of the Solstice Moon” book taking place in a pre-patriarchal world where priestesses come together and bring Goddess wisdom forward. She has also written a series called “Daughters of the Goddess” and she continues to write more books to this series. The characters in Gina's books have a common thread of amplifying and serving the Goddess so She can be seen, heard, respected and honored again and be invited into our lives.  Gina tells us that we can learn so much with Divine Feminine wisdom by being receptive and developing a reciprocal relationship by having a sense of being eager to know Her and She being eager to know us. Similar to indigenous spiritualities who live in concert with the alive forces of the planet. We are one of all species - not the dominant species. This takes time, patience, sensitivity, practice and the ability to be quiet and not distracted which is a hard learning curve for most people given our non-stop consumerist, patriarchal society and our mindset of instant gratification. We chatted about Gina’s role as founding mother and High Priestess of Triple Spiral of Dún na Sidhe, a pagan spiritual congregation in the Hudson Valley, NY area that she created over 25 years ago. They have met every Moon & the Sabbats for 25 years and are now a 501(c)(3) registered congregation. Gina also wanted to have a place where girls through womanhood could learn, be involved and know about the Goddess within this Triple Spiral of Dún na Sidhe circle’s tradition. This Pagan spiritual community has a big 25th anniversary circle celebration planned this Samhain/Halloween.Gina has also composed songs/chants and wrote “WomEnchanting” and with other members of Triple Spiral circle with links to downloadable recordings of sacred songs and chants. Tune in and be enlightened!Support the show*If you like what you hear; please sponsor my show.  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/oracleoflunapodcastSubscription page for Premium content: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1445572/subscribe

Send us Fan MailJoin us in this episode, for an enchanting conversation with Poet, Priestess, and Goddess Statues Creatrix: Molly Remer! Molly, is a Priestess, Mystic, Author and Poet in central Missouri USA. Molly and her husband Mark co-create Story Goddesses at Brigid’s Grove. Molly is the Author of many books, including "Walking with Persephone", "Whole and Holy", "Womanrunes", the "Goddess Devotional", and "365 Days of Goddess". She is the creatrix of the devotional experience #30DaysofGoddess and she loves savoring small magic, honoring the sacred and everyday enchantment.Molly has been gathering community circles online and in-person since 2008. She plans and facilitates women’s circles, multi-gender rituals and celebrations, seasonal retreats and rituals, mother-daughter circles, family ceremonies, and red tent circles in central Missouri.We chat about her early years in rural Missouri and being influenced in a non-traditional way in the middle of the bible belt. In grad school Molly was exposed to Women’s Studies and important books such as “When God was a Woman” by Merlin Stone. Later Molly joined a Unitarian Universalist church training program in Feminists in Thealogy called “Cakes for the Queen of Heaven” and began creating circles and retreats for Women that are earth-based feminist theology practices that she still continues to do.Molly tells us about the mini Goddess statues that she and her husband create and how they embody the sacred Goddess in everyday life. They are a tangible connection to divinity.  Molly tells us that her books have a common thread of intentional, creative, everyday enchantment, spiritual living and Goddess devotion that we can all access and help us to participate in the sacred rhythms of life and our own unfolding magic as it is, where it is.Molly writes poetry that she defines as Theapoetics (see link for more details): https://feminismandreligion.com/2012/08/27/theapoetics-by-molly-meade/Poems found Molly in the woods and she believes that everything is a poem if you know where to look and you can see it as it unfolds within and around you. Her writing is inspired by what's here right now. It’s the language of the Goddess that's alive in our own landscapes-wherever we are that we can be nourished and sustained by.  Tune in and be enlightened!Support the show*If you like what you hear; please sponsor my show.  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/oracleoflunapodcastSubscription page for Premium content: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1445572/subscribe

Send us Fan MailJoin us in this episode, for an illuminating chat with Author, Word Historian, Workshop Leader Kris Spisak! Kris is an author of: “Becoming Baba Yaga; Trickster, Feminist, and Witch of the Woods”, “The Baba Yaga Mask” and “Get a Grip On Your Grammar” among other books. She has been spotlighted in Writer's Digest and The Huffington Post for her work helping other writers. Kris shares her Ukrainian upbringing and stories that she heard from family and how this influenced her passion for writing, Baba Yaga and the importance of words and storytelling.We talk about Baba Yaga’s mythos, magic and history through Slavic folklore. Kris explains she might be tied to ancient roots of a divine feminine presence from the Cucuteni–Trypillian culture in ancient eastern Europe primarily Moldova, Romania and Ukraine areas. Baba Yaga is a Fierce Feminist, Initiator, Villain, Wise Woman, Healer, transformer, Witch of the woods with so many differing aspects, stories, misconceptions and layers associated with her. Kris also speaks about Baba Yaga’s symbols of the Chicken Legged Magical Hut in the woods(symbol of a womb), her fences of bones/skulls, her massive flying Mortar/Pestle (symbols of transformation) which are mundane yet magical and divine. Baba Yaga tests protagonists through folktales such as Prince Ivan, Visalisa the beautiful, who need to prove themselves to transform come to her chicken hut in the woods.We chat about Baba Yaga’s connection to nature as an Earth goddess and as an herbalist. We also delve into her role as Gatekeeper between the natural living world and the spiritual realm, and Baba Yaga’s aspect as a trickster and shapeshifter. She is not merely a Witch of the Woods but also as an archetype and force empowering us at any age and walk of life (especially Women) and for finding our own true paths amidst the horror and the hope of present day life.Tune in and be enlightened!Support the show*If you like what you hear; please sponsor my show.  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/oracleoflunapodcastSubscription page for Premium content: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1445572/subscribe

Send us Fan MailJoin us in this episode, for an fantabulous chat with Goddess Songstress & Performer Kellianna! Kellianna is a singer/songwriter, performer and eclectic Pagan whose music is based on stories of Goddesses, Myth & Magic, Paganism and  Women’s empowerment. *At the end of this episode Kelliana sings to us a short special Goddess chant/song called: ”The Mother Shares Her Love” Kellianna is an accomplished musician and performer worldwide. She has recorded several albums and her Albums/CD’s,” Lady Moon” and “I Walk with the Goddess” are being recognized around the globe as a must have for any lover of Goddess inspired folk music. Her song: “I Walk with the Goddess” written and recorded in 2007 is an anthem for Goddess Spirituality , conferences, retreats, spiritual communities, rituals, and Pagan events worldwide.After her first album/CD Kellianna decided to merge her Goddess spirituality with her music. She has performed at many Goddess Conferences, Pagan Festivals and leading Women’s ritual chant circles internationally and in the USA. Kelliana talks with us about the power of chanting during ritual and how it brings us to the places between the places and is so deeply healing and transformative. It is a place where sacred magic happens. She uses song to move energy, to celebrate the ancient mysteries, and to strengthen intention.We chat about Kellianna’s SpiritSong; a vocal healing tonal practice without words that she leads in workshops. It’s a reclamation of power for many Women. Kellianna says that our voices are our most singular form of expression and with SpritSong practice/workshops  it's an empowering conduit of energy & expression. She is passionate about helping people claim that spiritual/vocal expression power back.Kallianna is also a co-author of the fantasy/historical fiction trilogy books with Kaalii Cargill: “The Warrior Queen”  book trilogy inspired by a song that Kellianna wrote about a Viking warrior Queen’s life. They have written/published 2 of the 3 books so far and epic journey. As women we have so much power and these books (and her chants/songs) are about learning to dance with that power, strength and magic. Kellianna has lead many Warrior Queen SpiritSong workshops as well. It's an honor talking with her as Kellianna and her music and songs are treasures for the Spirit! *At the end of this episode Kelliana sings us a short Goddess chant/song.”The Mother Shares Her Love” *Tune in and be enlightened! Support the show*If you like what you hear; please sponsor my show.  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/oracleoflunapodcastSubscription page for Premium content: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1445572/subscribe