The Magick Kitchen Podcast

Leandra Witchwood, Elyse Welles

Join Leandra Witchwood and Elyse Welles to discuss magick, food, herbs, tea, rituals, and more. This is where witches come together to talk about our interests and experiences. Leandra Witchwood is a Modern Witch, Priestess, and Master Herbalist dedicated to wortcunning, magick, healing, and spiritual growth. Based in South-Central PA, she founded The Magick Kitchen Blog in 2011, which has evolved to become one of the top 30 podcasts in the religion and spirituality category. She is the host of The Unbound Priestess Podcast. An author of five books on Witchcraft and shadow work, Leandra offers decades of knowledge and experience to guide the magickal community. Using her knowledge as a Vitalist Herbalist, Leandra also hand-blends loose-leaf teas at The Witchwood Teahouse, where she seamlessly marries whimsy with flavor. Leandra offers courses, certification & training programs in the Gardens of the Mystic Program and Rebel Mystic Coven. ✨Join Leandra for an empowering journey into self-discovery and magick. Learn more about what Leandra offers and how you can work with her at https://www.leandrawitchwood.com/Elyse Welles is a Greek-Egyptian and American earth intuitive Priestess. Initiated in the Faery Tradition & holding an MA focusing on spiritual studies, she is a teacher of the lost Earth Priestess Arts of the Mediterranean, where she hails from. She hosts 3 podcasts, & is an author. Her book on connecting with land spirits was released with Llewellyn in 2025 and a paranormal mystery novel in September 2025. She writes for Witchology and Witch Way Magazine and is the Greece correspondent for the Wild Hunt. She has spoken at conferences such as Hekatefest and the Ancestral Magic Summit. She runs Seeking Numina, facilitating rituals at Greece's sacred sites, & teaches the Path of the Sacred Wild, an earth-based spirituality. Learn more: seekingnumina.com + Instagram @seekingnumina.

  1. 14h ago

    Spiritual Protection with Ivo Dominguez Jr

    Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Magick Kitchen Podcast, Leandra Witchwood and Elyse Welles welcome returning guest Ivo Dominguez Jr for a practical, thoughtful conversation on protection magic. Together, they explore spiritual immunity, cleansing, shielding, warding, miasma, sacred space, and the difference between grounded protection and overprotection. Ivo shares accessible wisdom on everyday spiritual hygiene, how to clear energy in simple ways, why protection magic is really a whole family of practices, and how to choose the right tool for the job. The conversation also touches on selective shielding, the evil eye, spirit relationships, salt, Epsom fire, house wards, and why claiming your space matters. This episode is a reminder that protection in witchcraft does not have to be fear-based or overly complicated. It can be practical, adaptive, and woven into ordinary life. Learn more with Ivo Dominguez Jr. at https://www.ivodominguezjr.com/ Join monthly coven classes and experiences.   A Nine-Week Live Online Small Group Immersion that sets you on the Priestess Path.  The Healing Our Feminine Wounding Immersive is a sacred retreat devoted to untangling inherited shame, silence, and survival patterns carried in the feminine body. Through ritual, reflection, and land based temple arts, we work gently and honestly with what has been passed down so that a truer, steadier way of being can emerge. Sacred Wild Wednesdays is a live weekly gathering with Elyse Welles featuring tarot readings for participants, magickal musings, and grounded spiritual teaching. Held in real time, this space offers guidance, perspective, and connection for those walking the Path of the Sacred Wild. Support the Podcast! ✨FREE Business Witch Grimoire - 5 Business Witch practices with step-by-step guidance. Get your copy: https://leandrawitchwood.com/  🔮 July 7, 2026, Rediscovering the Divine Feminine - A Nine-Week Live Online Small Group Immersion that sets you on the Priestess Path. Join HERE- https://leandrawitchwood.com/Rediscovering_Div_Fem_9wk 🌙 Join The Rebel Mystic Coven - a private online coven and academy with FREE monthly online lessons.  Join for free HERE - https://leandrawitchwood.com/coven 🫖 The Witchwood Teahouse! Check out Leandra's uniquely hand-blended teas - www.thewitchwoodteahouse.com  🌒🌕🌘 🗝️ 🕯️CLICK HERE for Elyse's free Guide to Energy Protection. 🌟🧙‍♀️ Follow Elyse @seekingnumina, & join Seekers of the Sacred Wild, a free group with weekly live lessons and readings. Join upcoming pilgrimages and container courses here: www.elysewelles.com/2026Immersive...

    50 min
  2. May 31

    Divine Feminine Healing in a Patriarchal World

    Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Magick Kitchen Podcast, Leandra Witchwood and Elyse Welles explore the patriarchal wounding of the divine feminine and what it actually means to reclaim feminine power in a world built on imbalance. This conversation goes far beyond gender binaries and into the spiritual, emotional, and cultural conditioning that teaches people to stay small, abandon themselves, and seek external approval. Together, they unpack the difference between the divine feminine and toxic femininity, the misuse of sacred union in witchcraft history, the wounds created by patriarchy, and the ways those wounds show up in everyday life through self-abandonment, purity culture, people-pleasing, competition, and fear of being seen. They also speak about feminine archetypes, healing, sisterhood, boundaries, and how to return to a more cyclical, embodied, life-giving path. If you are working to heal the feminine wound, reconnect with your intuition, and reclaim your wholeness, this episode is a powerful place to begin.  Explore Elyse’s Divine Feminine Masterclass here: Seekers of the Sacred Wild Take Leandra’s quiz here: Which Divine Feminine Archetype Calls to You? Join monthly coven classes and experiences.   A Nine-Week Live Online Small Group Immersion that sets you on the Priestess Path.  The Healing Our Feminine Wounding Immersive is a sacred retreat devoted to untangling inherited shame, silence, and survival patterns carried in the feminine body. Through ritual, reflection, and land based temple arts, we work gently and honestly with what has been passed down so that a truer, steadier way of being can emerge. Sacred Wild Wednesdays is a live weekly gathering with Elyse Welles featuring tarot readings for participants, magickal musings, and grounded spiritual teaching. Held in real time, this space offers guidance, perspective, and connection for those walking the Path of the Sacred Wild. Support the Podcast! ✨FREE Business Witch Grimoire - 5 Business Witch practices with step-by-step guidance. Get your copy: https://leandrawitchwood.com/  🔮 July 7, 2026, Rediscovering the Divine Feminine - A Nine-Week Live Online Small Group Immersion that sets you on the Priestess Path. Join HERE- https://leandrawitchwood.com/Rediscovering_Div_Fem_9wk 🌙 Join The Rebel Mystic Coven - a private online coven and academy with FREE monthly online lessons.  Join for free HERE - https://leandrawitchwood.com/coven 🫖 The Witchwood Teahouse! Check out Leandra's uniquely hand-blended teas - www.thewitchwoodteahouse.com  🌒🌕🌘 🗝️ 🕯️CLICK HERE for Elyse's free Guide to Energy Protection. 🌟🧙‍♀️ Follow Elyse @seekingnumina, & join Seekers of the Sacred Wild, a free group with weekly live lessons and readings. Join upcoming pilgrimages and container courses here: www.elysewelles.com/2026Immersive...

    1h 1m
  3. May 24

    Protection Magic: Boundaries, Cord Cutting & Baneful Magick

    Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Magick Kitchen Podcast, Leandra Witchwood and Elyse Welles dive deeper into protection magic and the ethical nuance of baneful magick. This is not a fear-driven conversation about cursing for revenge. It is a grounded discussion about boundaries, spiritual self-protection, and what it means to keep yourself safe in difficult times. Together, they explore why protection magic is really a form of boundary-setting, why boundaries can feel painful even when they are necessary, and how mirror spells, bindings, cord cutting, and energetic cleansing can be used without creating harmful ties. They also unpack the difference between banishing and cursing, why intention matters, and how to think about protection in relationships, creative work, and everyday life. If you have ever wondered when stronger magical boundaries are appropriate, how to protect your energy without losing your integrity, or how to cut cords while still holding love, this episode offers a thoughtful, practical place to begin. Join monthly coven classes and experiences.   A Nine-Week Live Online Small Group Immersion that sets you on the Priestess Path.  The Healing Our Feminine Wounding Immersive is a sacred retreat devoted to untangling inherited shame, silence, and survival patterns carried in the feminine body. Through ritual, reflection, and land based temple arts, we work gently and honestly with what has been passed down so that a truer, steadier way of being can emerge. Sacred Wild Wednesdays is a live weekly gathering with Elyse Welles featuring tarot readings for participants, magickal musings, and grounded spiritual teaching. Held in real time, this space offers guidance, perspective, and connection for those walking the Path of the Sacred Wild. Support the Podcast! ✨FREE Business Witch Grimoire - 5 Business Witch practices with step-by-step guidance. Get your copy: https://leandrawitchwood.com/  🔮 July 7, 2026, Rediscovering the Divine Feminine - A Nine-Week Live Online Small Group Immersion that sets you on the Priestess Path. Join HERE- https://leandrawitchwood.com/Rediscovering_Div_Fem_9wk 🌙 Join The Rebel Mystic Coven - a private online coven and academy with FREE monthly online lessons.  Join for free HERE - https://leandrawitchwood.com/coven 🫖 The Witchwood Teahouse! Check out Leandra's uniquely hand-blended teas - www.thewitchwoodteahouse.com  🌒🌕🌘 🗝️ 🕯️CLICK HERE for Elyse's free Guide to Energy Protection. 🌟🧙‍♀️ Follow Elyse @seekingnumina, & join Seekers of the Sacred Wild, a free group with weekly live lessons and readings. Join upcoming pilgrimages and container courses here: www.elysewelles.com/2026Immersive...

    43 min
  4. May 10

    Tarot Chimera, Symbolist Art, and Magic with Nitasia Rowland

    Send us Fan Mail In this episode of The Magick Kitchen Podcast, Elyse Welles is joined by Nitasia Rowland to explore Tarot Chimera, the Symbolist art of Odilon Redon, and the living relationship between art and magic. Together they discuss the Symbolist movement, the dreamlike and spiritual qualities of Redon’s work, and why certain images seem to arrive in the right moment to guide, unsettle, and illuminate us. They also talk about tarot as a creative and mystical practice, the difference between making art and being moved by it, and how attention itself can become a magical act. This is a rich conversation for tarot readers, artists, poets, and anyone drawn to the liminal spaces where beauty, spirit, and imagination meet. If you love conversations about tarot, esotericism, symbolism, divination, and the creative path, this episode opens a fascinating door. Learn more about Nitasia Rowland at uraniapress.com or on her Instagram at nitasia_roland and urania_press.  Join monthly coven classes and experiences.   A Nine-Week Live Online Small Group Immersion that sets you on the Priestess Path.  The Healing Our Feminine Wounding Immersive is a sacred retreat devoted to untangling inherited shame, silence, and survival patterns carried in the feminine body. Through ritual, reflection, and land based temple arts, we work gently and honestly with what has been passed down so that a truer, steadier way of being can emerge. Sacred Wild Wednesdays is a live weekly gathering with Elyse Welles featuring tarot readings for participants, magickal musings, and grounded spiritual teaching. Held in real time, this space offers guidance, perspective, and connection for those walking the Path of the Sacred Wild. Support the Podcast! ✨FREE Business Witch Grimoire - 5 Business Witch practices with step-by-step guidance. Get your copy: https://leandrawitchwood.com/  🔮 July 7, 2026, Rediscovering the Divine Feminine - A Nine-Week Live Online Small Group Immersion that sets you on the Priestess Path. Join HERE- https://leandrawitchwood.com/Rediscovering_Div_Fem_9wk 🌙 Join The Rebel Mystic Coven - a private online coven and academy with FREE monthly online lessons.  Join for free HERE - https://leandrawitchwood.com/coven 🫖 The Witchwood Teahouse! Check out Leandra's uniquely hand-blended teas - www.thewitchwoodteahouse.com  🌒🌕🌘 🗝️ 🕯️CLICK HERE for Elyse's free Guide to Energy Protection. 🌟🧙‍♀️ Follow Elyse @seekingnumina, & join Seekers of the Sacred Wild, a free group with weekly live lessons and readings. Join upcoming pilgrimages and container courses here: www.elysewelles.com/2026Immersive...

    55 min
  5. Apr 26

    Protection Magic for Witches: Shielding, Warding, and Psychic Protection

    Send us Fan Mail What is protection magic, and does it actually work? In this episode of The Magick Kitchen Podcast, Leandra Witchwood and Elyse Welles explore the foundations of protection magic, including psychic protection, shielding, warding, energy boundaries, and protecting your home. They unpack common misconceptions about spiritual safety, how witches can approach protection without fear, and why magical protection is often more practical and embodied than people expect. This conversation is a grounded look at how protection magic functions in real practice, from personal energy work to household wards. If you have ever wondered how to protect yourself spiritually, what psychic protection really means, or how witches use shielding and warding in everyday life, this episode offers a clear place to begin. Join monthly coven classes and experiences.   A Nine-Week Live Online Small Group Immersion that sets you on the Priestess Path.  The Healing Our Feminine Wounding Immersive is a sacred retreat devoted to untangling inherited shame, silence, and survival patterns carried in the feminine body. Through ritual, reflection, and land based temple arts, we work gently and honestly with what has been passed down so that a truer, steadier way of being can emerge. Sacred Wild Wednesdays is a live weekly gathering with Elyse Welles featuring tarot readings for participants, magickal musings, and grounded spiritual teaching. Held in real time, this space offers guidance, perspective, and connection for those walking the Path of the Sacred Wild. Support the Podcast! ✨FREE Business Witch Grimoire - 5 Business Witch practices with step-by-step guidance. Get your copy: https://leandrawitchwood.com/  🔮 July 7, 2026, Rediscovering the Divine Feminine - A Nine-Week Live Online Small Group Immersion that sets you on the Priestess Path. Join HERE- https://leandrawitchwood.com/Rediscovering_Div_Fem_9wk 🌙 Join The Rebel Mystic Coven - a private online coven and academy with FREE monthly online lessons.  Join for free HERE - https://leandrawitchwood.com/coven 🫖 The Witchwood Teahouse! Check out Leandra's uniquely hand-blended teas - www.thewitchwoodteahouse.com  🌒🌕🌘 🗝️ 🕯️CLICK HERE for Elyse's free Guide to Energy Protection. 🌟🧙‍♀️ Follow Elyse @seekingnumina, & join Seekers of the Sacred Wild, a free group with weekly live lessons and readings. Join upcoming pilgrimages and container courses here: www.elysewelles.com/2026Immersive...

    55 min
  6. Apr 12

    Reading Tarot Differently with Laura Tempest Zakroff

    Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Magick Kitchen Podcast, Leandra Witchwood and Elyse Welles welcome back Laura Tempest Zakroff to talk about their new book, Tarot by Tempest, and they approach to reading tarot through pattern, rhythm, imagery, and elemental relationships. Together, they explore why tarot does not have to be intimidating, how the Minor Arcana can become more accessible, and why rigid meanings often get in the way of real spiritual insight. They also dive into Laura’s work on the Witches’ Ally Oracle, the relationship between art and divination, and the importance of building connection with the decks and tools you actually use. Along the way, this conversation touches on sigil witchery, creative practice, collaboration, magical resistance, and what it means to let tarot become a living relationship rather than a memorization exercise. If you have ever felt overwhelmed by tarot, or wanted a more intuitive and embodied way into the cards, this episode is a rich and refreshing place to begin.  You can explore more of Laura’s work through their Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/owlkeyme.arts/ and their website at lauratempestzakroff.com Join monthly coven classes and experiences.   A Nine-Week Live Online Small Group Immersion that sets you on the Priestess Path.  The Healing Our Feminine Wounding Immersive is a sacred retreat devoted to untangling inherited shame, silence, and survival patterns carried in the feminine body. Through ritual, reflection, and land based temple arts, we work gently and honestly with what has been passed down so that a truer, steadier way of being can emerge. Sacred Wild Wednesdays is a live weekly gathering with Elyse Welles featuring tarot readings for participants, magickal musings, and grounded spiritual teaching. Held in real time, this space offers guidance, perspective, and connection for those walking the Path of the Sacred Wild. Support the Podcast! ✨FREE Business Witch Grimoire - 5 Business Witch practices with step-by-step guidance. Get your copy: https://leandrawitchwood.com/  🔮 July 7, 2026, Rediscovering the Divine Feminine - A Nine-Week Live Online Small Group Immersion that sets you on the Priestess Path. Join HERE- https://leandrawitchwood.com/Rediscovering_Div_Fem_9wk 🌙 Join The Rebel Mystic Coven - a private online coven and academy with FREE monthly online lessons.  Join for free HERE - https://leandrawitchwood.com/coven 🫖 The Witchwood Teahouse! Check out Leandra's uniquely hand-blended teas - www.thewitchwoodteahouse.com  🌒🌕🌘 🗝️ 🕯️CLICK HERE for Elyse's free Guide to Energy Protection. 🌟🧙‍♀️ Follow Elyse @seekingnumina, & join Seekers of the Sacred Wild, a free group with weekly live lessons and readings. Join upcoming pilgrimages and container courses here: www.elysewelles.com/2026Immersive...

    43 min
  7. Mar 29

    Why Cultural Attribution Matters in Witchcraft

    Send us Fan Mail What does it really mean to practice with respect when we borrow from folklore, deity work, and traditions outside our own direct lineage?  In this episode, Leandra Witchwood and Elyse Welles explore the importance of cultural attribution in witchcraft and why naming the roots of a practice matters. They talk about the difference between appropriation and respectful engagement, how social media often strips spiritual traditions of their depth, and why it is not enough to simply repeat something because it looks magical online. Join monthly coven classes and experiences.   A Nine-Week Live Online Small Group Immersion that sets you on the Priestess Path.  Sacred Wild Wednesdays is a live weekly gathering with Elyse Welles featuring tarot readings for participants, magickal musings, and grounded spiritual teaching. Held in real time, this space offers guidance, perspective, and connection for those walking the Path of the Sacred Wild. Support the Podcast! ✨FREE Business Witch Grimoire - 5 Business Witch practices with step-by-step guidance. Get your copy: https://leandrawitchwood.com/  🔮 July 7, 2026, Rediscovering the Divine Feminine - A Nine-Week Live Online Small Group Immersion that sets you on the Priestess Path. Join HERE- https://leandrawitchwood.com/Rediscovering_Div_Fem_9wk 🌙 Join The Rebel Mystic Coven - a private online coven and academy with FREE monthly online lessons.  Join for free HERE - https://leandrawitchwood.com/coven 🫖 The Witchwood Teahouse! Check out Leandra's uniquely hand-blended teas - www.thewitchwoodteahouse.com  🌒🌕🌘 🗝️ 🕯️CLICK HERE for Elyse's free Guide to Energy Protection. 🌟🧙‍♀️ Follow Elyse @seekingnumina, & join Seekers of the Sacred Wild, a free group with weekly live lessons and readings. Join upcoming pilgrimages and container courses here: www.elysewelles.com/2026Immersive...

    39 min
  8. Mar 15

    AI Spells, Bots, and WitchTok: Practicing Beyond the Scroll

    Send us Fan Mail Is TikTok ruining witchcraft? In this episode of Magick Kitchen Podcast, Leandra Witchwood and Elyse Welles talk candidly about WitchTok, discernment, and what happens when inexperienced witches end up teaching other beginners. They unpack the “keeping up with the Joneses” pressure social media can create—how polished, aesthetic spell videos can disconnect you from your own practice, and how public spellwork can leave energetic holes a seasoned practitioner can see. They also name a growing concern: AI-generated spells, recipes, and even bot accounts that imitate real people, muddying the waters of trust. Join monthly coven classes and experiences.   A Nine-Week Live Online Small Group Immersion that sets you on the Priestess Path.  The Healing Our Feminine Wounding Immersive is a sacred retreat devoted to untangling inherited shame, silence, and survival patterns carried in the feminine body. Through ritual, reflection, and land based temple arts, we work gently and honestly with what has been passed down so that a truer, steadier way of being can emerge. Sacred Wild Wednesdays is a live weekly gathering with Elyse Welles featuring tarot readings for participants, magickal musings, and grounded spiritual teaching. Held in real time, this space offers guidance, perspective, and connection for those walking the Path of the Sacred Wild. Support the Podcast! ✨FREE Business Witch Grimoire - 5 Business Witch practices with step-by-step guidance. Get your copy: https://leandrawitchwood.com/  🔮 July 7, 2026, Rediscovering the Divine Feminine - A Nine-Week Live Online Small Group Immersion that sets you on the Priestess Path. Join HERE- https://leandrawitchwood.com/Rediscovering_Div_Fem_9wk 🌙 Join The Rebel Mystic Coven - a private online coven and academy with FREE monthly online lessons.  Join for free HERE - https://leandrawitchwood.com/coven 🫖 The Witchwood Teahouse! Check out Leandra's uniquely hand-blended teas - www.thewitchwoodteahouse.com  🌒🌕🌘 🗝️ 🕯️CLICK HERE for Elyse's free Guide to Energy Protection. 🌟🧙‍♀️ Follow Elyse @seekingnumina, & join Seekers of the Sacred Wild, a free group with weekly live lessons and readings. Join upcoming pilgrimages and container courses here: www.elysewelles.com/2026Immersive...

    48 min
4.8
out of 5
148 Ratings

About

Join Leandra Witchwood and Elyse Welles to discuss magick, food, herbs, tea, rituals, and more. This is where witches come together to talk about our interests and experiences. Leandra Witchwood is a Modern Witch, Priestess, and Master Herbalist dedicated to wortcunning, magick, healing, and spiritual growth. Based in South-Central PA, she founded The Magick Kitchen Blog in 2011, which has evolved to become one of the top 30 podcasts in the religion and spirituality category. She is the host of The Unbound Priestess Podcast. An author of five books on Witchcraft and shadow work, Leandra offers decades of knowledge and experience to guide the magickal community. Using her knowledge as a Vitalist Herbalist, Leandra also hand-blends loose-leaf teas at The Witchwood Teahouse, where she seamlessly marries whimsy with flavor. Leandra offers courses, certification & training programs in the Gardens of the Mystic Program and Rebel Mystic Coven. ✨Join Leandra for an empowering journey into self-discovery and magick. Learn more about what Leandra offers and how you can work with her at https://www.leandrawitchwood.com/Elyse Welles is a Greek-Egyptian and American earth intuitive Priestess. Initiated in the Faery Tradition & holding an MA focusing on spiritual studies, she is a teacher of the lost Earth Priestess Arts of the Mediterranean, where she hails from. She hosts 3 podcasts, & is an author. Her book on connecting with land spirits was released with Llewellyn in 2025 and a paranormal mystery novel in September 2025. She writes for Witchology and Witch Way Magazine and is the Greece correspondent for the Wild Hunt. She has spoken at conferences such as Hekatefest and the Ancestral Magic Summit. She runs Seeking Numina, facilitating rituals at Greece's sacred sites, & teaches the Path of the Sacred Wild, an earth-based spirituality. Learn more: seekingnumina.com + Instagram @seekingnumina.

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