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I'm joined today by author and herbalist Jane Barlow Christensen to chat about herbalism and using common plants in your healing journey.

Simple Steps to Make Your Plants into Your Own Herbal Apothecary with full color pictures. Be Your Own Shaman by Jane Barlow Christensen and Brian Christensen features 101 plants with healing properties. The plants can be found worldwide, and many can be cultivated in your very own garden. Specific health conditions and their healing plants are included with preparation methods.



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About the Authors

Jane Barlow Christensen is an herbalist who owns and runs Barlow Herbal Specialties. Jane loves everything natural, holistic, wellness, fitness, and nutrition oriented. She believes it is our right as humans to be vibrantly healthy, that if given the right tools our body knows how to heal, and that each of us is responsible for ourselves and the love, joy, and spiritual and physical health we experience. Jane grew up in rural Idaho as the second of fourteen kids. She has two grown sons and two grandchildren. She lives in Salt Lake City and enjoys hiking all over the mountains of Utah.

 

Brian R. Christensen is Jane’s younger son and has worked with her professionally for eight years. He has spent hundreds of hours wildcrafting plants in the US Mountain West, notably Lomatium. Brian has a deep love and wisdom for herbs and healing plants. He loves to be with his dog and fiancée in nature, watch football, lift weights, play guitar, and cook up delicious food in the kitchen. Brian was born in a military hospital in Fort Campbell, KY, has lived in Germany and in Northern and Southern California, and currently resides in beautiful Salt Lake City.


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I'm joined today by debut author Nathan King to chat about Awakening the Witch Blood. We chat all about the European folklore and mythology that relates to the practice of traditional witchcraft and how you can awaken your own Witchblood in your magical practice.



Find Nathan:

Nathan: https://www.instagram.com/Nathan_toilandtrouble

Witch-Path Magick & Occult: https://www.instagram.com/witchpath_magick_and_occult_/

Book: https://www.crossedcrowbooks.com/shop-crossed-crow-books/p/awakeningthewitchblood



Nathan King is a Michigan based Witch, Occultist, psychic and High Priest (Minos) of the Minoan Brotherhood Tradition. He spent a good deal of his magical life being trained in historic Salem, Massachusetts. He has been featured on SYFY and Travel Channel during his time in witch-city, and has worked with several shops and events within his field. Nathan is also a practitioner of Folkloric Witchcraft and carries a deep passion for spiritual contact and pagan spirituality as a living art form. Nathan is an active ritualist and workshop lecturer at several events throughout the Midwest as well as being a theater enthusiast and animal lover. 

Nathan’s debut book is Awakening the Witch Blood which will be released late in 2024. For more information about Nathan and his other magical work, visit his website at https://witch-path-readings.square.site/.


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Today I'm joined by Kamden Cornell to chat about their newest book: The Tameless Path: Unleashing the Power of Invasive Plants in Witchcraft. There's so much you can do with the "weeds" in your area, don't dismiss them! They're so useful in your witchcraft practice. We also chat about classes, sourcing items, making oils and potions, and more!



Find Kamden:

Website: Heart & Vine Apothecary
Instagram: @heart_n_vine_apothecary

Book: https://www.crossedcrowbooks.com/shop-crossed-crow-books/p/thetamelesspath

An apothecarist and wortcunner, Kamden S. Cornell has an avid love for plants of all kinds. As a bioregional animist and folk witch, they specialize in using the plants around them for their herbal and magical craft. As a non-binary, gay, queer, the outsider perspective is important to them and they are deeply drawn to invasive species, which have been much maligned and persecuted. That working relationship spurred the creation of The Tameless Path: Unleashing the Power of Invasive Plants in Witchcraft.

Kamden also teaches classes on foraging, survival, and field herbalism in the Sandia Mountains east of Albuquerque, NM, as well as classes on tarot, alchemy, and witchcraft practices. They own a small, witchcraft-based business called Heart &Vine Apothecary that focuses on herbal remedies and ritual goods. They are the author of two self-published works- Ars Granorum: The Six Seed Arts of Witchcraft and On Needles and Pins: A Witches’ Book of Poppetry and Figure Magic. They are also a regular columnist for Noumenia News, the periodical publication released by The Covenant of Hekate.


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All about the energies and magic of June plus a few June holidays to highlight.


Zodiac Signs + Correspondences:


Crystals: pearl, chalcedony, alexandrite


Animals: deer, eagle, fox


Flower: rose


Deities: Artemis, Cerridwen, Hermes, Odin




The sun is in Gemini until June 20. Gemini is a mutable air sign.


Moon Phases


June 6: new moon in Gemini


June 14: second quarter moon in Virgo


June 21: full moon in Capricorn


June 28: fourth quarter moon in Aries




Ancient June Celebrations:


Ludi Piscatorii (Fishing Games)


Feast of Epona


Feast of Minerva




June 10: Duanwu Festival (Dragon Boat Festival)


June 16: Father's Day


June 20: Litha




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I'm chatting today with channeler and psychic teacher, Jenny Zakrzewski. We talk all about the clairs, psychic soul gifts, find your purpose, awakening your spiritual self in a grounded way, starseeds, daily practice, and more!



Find Jenny:

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@starseedacademyofficial

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/starseedacademy/


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Today I'm joined by author and clinical psychologist David Shoemaker to chat about Thelema and his newest book, The Way of the Will.



In THE WAY OF THE WILL, David Shoemaker explores how the spiritual discipline of Thelema, founded by Aleister Crowley (1875–1947), can be utilized to enhance your psychological and spiritual growth. The book grew out of the authors own teachings and experiences—podcast episodes, classes, and of course, many years of personal practice and supervision of other initiates. It is a compendium of useful tools and perspectives designed to serve as one of many useful guides in the magician’s library.



David Shoemaker is a clinical psychologist in private practice, specializing in Jungian and cognitive behavioral psychotherapy. David is the Chancellor and Prolocutor of the Temple of the Silver Star (totss.org), a Thelemic initiatory and educational organization. He is a long-standing member of O.T.O. and has many years of experience training initiates in these traditions.



Author/teacher website: livingthelema.com
YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@livingthelema5221/featured
ThelemaCon 2024: thelemacon.org
Temple of the Silver Star: totss.org
A.'.A.'.: onestarinsight.org
Professional website: dr-shoemaker.com


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