Creative Magic Lucy Pearce

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I am joined by Rev. Dr. Sushmita Mukherjee, writer, artist, educator and spiritual companion in the interspiritual tradition. She is an ordained interfaith minister as well as an Associate Professor in a large medical college in New York City. Her vocation straddles cutting edge biomedical research technology, and a spirituality imbued with magic and wonder.
·       Our conversation started in the dark woods of the psyche and her quote I used in my new book, Crow Moon.
·       We talked about darkness - the problems with how we talk about darkness within Western thought and the binary…and how we can move beyond this.
·       We discuss Individuation – a mainstay of Jungian thought – why it’s problematic and why it’s necessary.
·       Learning to live beyond our rational minds. We discover many shared guide to this including Mary Oliver, Jung, Krista Tippet and John O’Donohue.
·       Find out about the via creativa and how she now teaches about the shadow.
·       She speaks about Hospicing Modernity – an approach to the question: What comes next for our culture?
·       How she discovered the beauty of our biology.
·       Nature and privilege, and finding the wild in the heart of urban spaces.
More About Sushmita:
Her psyche thrives at the interface of image, imagination and creative innovation. Sushmita’s spiritual work draws on Eastern and Western myths, Earth-based traditions, Taoism, Sufism, and Perennial Philosophy. Her work is deeply influenced by the teachings of Carl Jung and James Hillman. Some of her interests include myths, dreams, poetry and art, including Jungian-influenced Dreamwork, SoulCollage® and Chakradance. Sushmita is deeply committed to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging in all fields of engagement.
Sushmita's website: on-seeing.com

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My guest today is Molly Remer, priestess, mystic, and poet in central Missouri. Molly and her husband Mark co-create Story Goddesses at Brigid’s Grove. Molly is the author of eleven books, including Walking with Persephone, which I edited and published at Womancraft Publishing, Whole and Holy, Womanrunes, the Goddess Devotional, and 365 Days of Goddess. She is the creator of the devotional experience #30DaysofGoddess and she loves savoring small magic and everyday enchantment.
 
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Crow Moon
Walking with Persephone
In the Temple of the Ordinary Volume 2
Womancraft Publishing
Molly's Interview on the Womancraft YouTube channel

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My guest today is Toko-Pa Turner, Canadian author, teacher, and dreamworker who blends the mystical teachings of Sufism with a Jungian approach.
·       We started out talking about dreamwork – what it is…and how Toko-Pa came to it
·       We share our mutual love of Carl Jung and why his work matters so much.
·       The mundus imaginalis - the imaginal world
·       How Sufisim – the tradition of mystical Islam that Toko-Pa was raised in - informs her work
·       Pre-cognitive dreams and visions
·       Practical guidance on working with our dreams
·       Courting the images and symbols that emerge through our dreams
·       The initiation of illness…
·       Creativity and suffering
·       The inner journey and challenges of writing and publishing books…and more about her second book.
More About Toko-Pa
Toko-Pa founded The Dream School in 2001, through which thousands of students have passed. She is also the author of the award-winning book, Belonging: Remembering Ourselves Home, which explores the themes of exile and belonging through the lens of memoirs, mythology, and nature. This book has resonated for readers worldwide, and has been translated into 10 different languages so far. Her work focuses on the relationship between psyche and nature, and how to follow our inner wisdom to meet with the social, psychological, and ecological challenges of our time.
 www.toko-pa.com
Instagram.com/tokopa
Resources:
Belonging - Toko-Pa Turner
Crow Moon: reclaiming the wisdom of the dark wood - Lucy H. Pearce
Medicine Woman: reclaiming the soul of healing - Lucy H. Pearce

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Today’s guest, Amanda Yates Garcia is a writer, witch, and the Oracle of Los Angeles. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, The LA Times, The SF Chronicle, The London Times, CNN, BRAVO, as well as a viral appearance on FOX. She has led rituals, classes and workshops on magic and witchcraft at UCLA, UC Irvine, MOCA, The Hammer Museum, LACMA, The Getty and many other venues. Amanda hosts monthly moon rituals online, and the popular Between the Worlds podcast, which looks at the Western Mystery traditions through a mythopoetic lens. Her book, Initiated: Memoir of a Witch, received a starred review from Kirkus and Publisher's Weekly and has been translated into six languages. To find out more about her work become a member of her Mystery Cult on Substack. https://amandayatesgarcia.substack.com/
www.Oracleofla.com
instagram.com/oracleofla
 
We talked about
Hearing and following the inner call.The vital role of artists and poets in our culture.Magical realism and living a magical life.Witchcraft, what it actually is. I love her focus on creativity and reclaiming.Overcoming fears that prevent you stepping into your creative magic.Migraine, illness and creativity.The empowerment of having a secret life.
Books Mentioned:
Initiated - Amanda Yate Garcia
Crow Moon: reclaiming the wisdom of the dark woods - Lucy H. Pearce

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My guest today is Phyllis Curott, a writer and one of America’s first public Witches. Her 5 international best-selling books have been published in 14 languages, making her the most widely published Wiccan author. Aas a lawyer, she has been an outspoken advocate in the courts and media securing the legal rights of Witches.
Phyllis was named one of The Ten Gutsiest Women of the Year by Jane Magazine. She received the 2018 Service to Humanity Award from the One Spirit Interfaith Seminary and the 2020 Person of the Year Award from Kindred Spirit. Phyllis was the first Wiccan Trustee of the Parliament of the World’s Religions, and was elected Vice Chair of the 2015 Parliament, creating the Women’s Assembly. New York Magazine has called her teaching on Witchcraft the culture’s “next big idea” and Time Magazine has published her as one of America’s leading thinkers. Her You-Tube series on Wicca has almost 3 million views. Phyllis continues to write, teach, and lecture internationally on the embodied spiritual wisdom of Mother Earth, Nature’s “secret magic” and why the world needs its Witches.
www,phylliscurott.com
Instagram.com/phylliscurott
"There's a wildness within us that yearns to be physical, sensual, animal, free. But fear of this unknown part, of where it might take us and who it might make us, has left us all only half alive." Phyllis Curott, The Witches Wisdom Tarot Guidebook
We started by talking about The Witches Wisdom Tarot that she created with Danielle Barlow. From there we move on to the wisdom of the body and following our instincts. The theme of murmurations comes back again and again...to do with birds, women and magic it is an incredible deep dive conversation weaving magic, books, art and ways of knowing, finding the courage to be out and seen in our creative magic. We also discuss:
Awe, wonder and the power of the liminal
Coming back into the public eye after a period of retreat
Calling women crazy as a way of shutting them down
Breaking the spell of patriarchy.
"It starts with you...but very quickly you realize it's not about you, the world needs you. You've been called." Phyllis Curott
Resources Mentioned
Crow Moon: reclaiming the wisdom of the dark woods - Lucy H. Pearce
The Witches Wisdom Tarot - Phyllis Curott and Danielle Barlow
Book of Shadows - Phyllis Curott
Burning Woman - Lucy H. Pearce
Music: Alice in Dark Wonderland, Lexin Music


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Welcome to the Creative Magic podcast - I am your host, Lucy H. Pearce, Creativity is at the heart of my life as an author of 12 books, visual artist, editor and creativity teacher. I've always been fascinated about the creative process and those who dedicate their lives to it. It is a strange, unseen path. On this podcast I hope to shed a little more light on it.
Join me and my guests - writers, artists, creatrixes, magical woman - for profound and practical conversations about what creative magic means to us. We'll reflect on what, how and why we create, what drives us...and what stops us in our tracks. We share honestly how we find the time and energy to make magic in the midst of life's challenges and why we keep on saying yes to our creativity. The conversations are raw, real deep dives into our creative magic, to inspire, encourage and nourish you
The first season of is the Wild Initiation series, featuring my immensely popular intimate conversation series recorded to celebrate the launch of my new book Crow Moon... I will be joined by Toko Pa Turner, Phyllis Curott, Amanda Yates Garcia, Molly Remer, Sushmita Mukherjee, Seren Bertrand
as well as new guests diving into the themes of wild nature, symbols, initiation and creative magic.
Creative Magic starts April 2nd

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