🌙 Welcome to the fall season of Say More. It’s here. The witching season. There’s a chill in the air, the days grow shorter, and the shadows lengthen earlier each evening. We’ve entered Samhain, the ancient Celtic twilight of the year. In the old world, Samhain (“SAH-wen”) marked summer’s end and the witch’s New Year – a liminal time when the veil between our world and the spirit world thins. It’s no coincidence that we feel drawn inward now: as autumn deepens into winter, we each undertake a kind of inner descent. In the zodiac, it’s Scorpio season: a time of transformation, mystery, and the unseen; which makes it the perfect time of year to talk about witches. The witch archetype has always lived in the borderlands – at the edge of light and dark, village and forest, known and unknown. She’s a symbol of power and possibility, a keeper of old wisdom, a woman in tune with nature and herself. To me, ‘witch’ is a word of freedom. It crackles with untamed creativity and self-sovereignty. The witch is the part of me that trusts my intuition even when it defies logic. This season is my love letter to that remembrance. Over the next five weeks, I invite you to join me in conversation with women who each embody a different facet of the witch. Some of them call themselves witches; others might not use the word, yet their work is undeniably woven with the witch’s spirit. We’ll meet a healer who draws power from her ancestors’ survival tools, a pattern-seer who charts the stars and our very designs, a storyteller reviving folk magic from far corners of the world, and more. Think of it as gathering around a modern-day Samhain fire: sharing stories, reclaiming old ways, and sparking new insight. Each episode will light another candle in our circle, illuminating what “witch” means in our time – and perhaps what it has always meant. My hope is that as you listen, you’ll find pieces of yourself in these stories. Maybe you’ll remember moments when you, too, felt something uncanny or powerful stirring in you, a time when you trusted your own weird, wild voice. So brew some tea, get cozy, and meet the witches… In this season opener, I speak with Shannon Speir, a ritualist, writer, and space-holder whose work invites us into the sacredness of slowness, rhythm, and everyday devotion. We talk about ritual as reclamation, remembering our worth beyond productivity, and how magic lives in the ordinary: brushing your teeth, folding laundry, lighting a candle. Shannon reminds us that we don’t have to perform our power; we can simply embody it. This conversation is a soft revolution. A sacred return. And the perfect beginning to a season about witches, worth, and the wisdom we’re already carrying. — 🔮 About Shannon Speir Shannon Speir a ritualist and manifestation expert guiding women to heal, manifest, and rise through the power of ritual and energetic alchemy. She blends magick & neuroscience through her signature process, The Ritual Method™ to help women create wealth, peace, and expansion in every corner of their lives. Whether the work is personal or professional, Shannon leads through soft power, deep devotion, and sacred simplicity. — 🎙️ Connect with Shannon Follow on IG: @itsshannonspeir Subscribe to Living Ritualed Website & Offerings: The Mystic Society 💫 Connect with Brooke Follow on IG: @brookielyons Subscribe to We Need to Talk About… with Brooke Lyons — 🔑 Key Themes Why ritual is a form of remembering Letting go of performance in favor of presence “Messy, honest, and real” magic Soul codes and raising your frequency Motherhood, grief, and the sacred mundane Why “you don’t have to earn being in your body” Creating rhythm and devotion inside a full life Living sacredly without needing to escape your life — 🧭 Chapters 00:00 — Brooke’s Season Intro 11:50 — Welcoming Shannon Speir 13:47 — Defining Witchcraft 16:12 — Navigating Public Perception 20:17 — Stereotypes and Misconceptions 24:31 — The Comfort in Not Knowing 26:31 — Understanding Magic 27:21 — Learning the Craft 29:28 — The Role of Social Media in Witchcraft 32:04 — The Ethics of Witchcraft 40:08 — The Ritual Method 44:01 — Unblocking Financial Manifestation 48:31 — Discovering Your Soul Codes 51:41 — The Rise of Witchcraft in Modern Culture 58:19 — Witches and Feminism: A Cultural Reflection 1:04:17 — Living a Ritual Life in the Modern World — 📚 Resources * Shannon’s Substack: Living Ritualed * Her rituals, community, and bespoke 1:1 mentorship offerings. * Shannon mentioned the Physical Phone as a tonic for information fatigue. * Shannon’s book recommendations include: Psychic Witch by Mat Auryn; Moon Magic by Diane Ahlquist; Witchery by Juliet Diaz; and The Prophet by Khalil Gibran. — 🎙 Hosted by Brooke Lyons Actress, writer, mother, mystic, and voice behind Say More—a podcast that explores identity, reinvention, and what happens when you stop performing and start telling the truth. 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