Priestess Initiations: The Goddess Coven | Somatic Psychology, Jungian Goddess Archetypes, and Spiritual Education

Casey Dunne—Somatic Psychotherapist & Priestess
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Priestess Initiations: The Goddess Coven explores goddess archetypes, spiritual growth, shadow work, and somatic psychology through a lens of depth and embodiment. Hosted by Casey Dunne—Priestess of Isis and Lilith & Somatic Psychotherapist, MA in Body Psychotherapy with Jungian training—this podcast bridges teaching psychology frameworks with divine feminine goddess wisdom. Whether you’re exploring astrology through archetypes, Human Design, Akashic Records, tarot and divination, or sacred geometry—or ready to go deeper into embodied shadow work—this is where spiritual curiosity meets grounded transformation. This isn't therapy. It's spiritual education and embodied shadow work for empowered women, witches, healers, and initiates walking the path of transformation through descent, integration, and reclaiming holistic wellbeing. Because the path to collective healing begins with our own descent into wholeness.  | Join the coven: patreon.com/TheGoddessCoven_PriestessInitiations  | Website & Free Resources: the-goddess-coven.com

  1. 22H AGO

    #18 Reclaiming Mary Magdalene: Priestess of Isis | Age of Aquarius

    Send a text A buried truth is rising, and the sky is signaling it. A new moon solar eclipse in Aquarius, the turn to the fire horse year, and Saturn meeting Neptune at zero degrees Aries set the stage for a collective reset—one that asks us to rebuild our spiritual lives with equal measures of structure and wonder. We take that cue to revisit Mary Magdalene, not as the “fallen woman” of legend, but as priestess, teacher, patron, and the first witness to resurrection. We walk through the historical mix-up that branded her a prostitute and show how even the canonical gospels paint a different picture: steadfast presence at the cross, first to the tomb, and charged to “go and tell.” Then we open the Gnostic door. Texts like the Gospel of Mary and the Gospel of Philip reveal a beloved companion entrusted with esoteric teaching, sparking the ancient tension between living wisdom and institutional gatekeeping. Along the way, we connect Magdalene’s anointing rites to the Isis lineage—alabaster and spikenard as sovereign and funerary sacraments—and explore seven not as shame but as initiation. This is a story about sacred partnership, or hieros gamos, where masculine and feminine consciousness meet to create resilience and renewal. It’s about rites that heal rather than punish, grief as technology, and words as creative power. We weave in the current astrology to ground the symbolism: Saturn gives form, Neptune dissolves and dreams, and their conjunction at the zodiac’s first degree suggests a fresh architecture for collective meaning. With asteroid Magdalena lighting up Leo, sovereignty and visibility become part of the call. We close with a simple anointing practice you can do with oil or water, pairing clear affirmations—“I see the truth,” “I speak the truth,” “I embody sacred partnership”—with touch and breath. Whether you treat the sky as metaphor or map, you’re invited to reclaim what patriarchy buried: Sophia’s wisdom, the priestess path, and your right to lead with a steady heart. If this resonates, share it with someone ready to remember. Subscribe, leave a review to help others find the show, and tell us: what truth are you ready to anoint today? Support the show Please subscribe, share this episode with a friend, and leave a quick review—your support helps more people find this show and our free resources. Join The Coven Free Resources (Embodiment Library, Ritual Grimoire, and More) Goddess Astrology Maps Link This podcast offers spiritual and psychological education and priestess wisdom. This is not therapy, counseling, or mental health treatment. Intro music composed by my dad, Mike Dunne: [Spotify link]

    35 min

  2. FEB 11

    #17 Saturn In Aries, Eclipses, And The Era Of The Spiritual Warrior | Kronos as Teacher

    Send a text Time just changed shape. With Saturn stepping into Aries and the eclipse portal cracking open, we explore how myth, psychology, and lived experience meet to push us from processing into purposeful action. We start with Jung’s archetypes to ground astrology in something real: universal patterns that move through our stories, bodies, and choices. From there, we track Saturn as Kronos—the teacher of time—through his arc of order, fear, fall, and redemption, and show how that symbolism becomes practical guidance when life gets loud. Saturn in Aries is a mandate for disciplined courage. Think less adrenaline, more architecture. We unpack what this means for you personally by translating houses and signs into everyday language: where in your life structure must meet initiative, where boundaries can refine bravery, and where leadership needs patience. We also connect the dots between Saturn returns and Erikson’s developmental stages, demystifying the first return around 30, the second near 60, and the rare third in late life. The through-line is responsibility as a rite of passage, not a punishment. I share my own Saturn return in Pisces through the second house—how voice, safety, and the body became the classroom. From leaving unsafe bonds to claiming identity on mic, to a startling health wake-up that mirrored ancestral fear, the lesson was simple and hard: build on solid ground and ask for help. We close with a somatic practice to “trust your bones,” because Saturn rules the skeleton and lasting change starts in the body. If Saturn in Aries is the era of the spiritual warrior, eclipses are the hinge. New paths open, old ones end, and the invitation is to build the world you keep imagining. Press play for a clear map, practical steps, and a grounded ritual you can use today. If this episode helped you name your next brave step, subscribe, share with a friend, and leave a review so more seekers can find us. Support the show Please subscribe, share this episode with a friend, and leave a quick review—your support helps more people find this show and our free resources. Join The Coven Free Resources (Embodiment Library, Ritual Grimoire, and More) Goddess Astrology Maps Link This podcast offers spiritual and psychological education and priestess wisdom. This is not therapy, counseling, or mental health treatment. Intro music composed by my dad, Mike Dunne: [Spotify link]

    54 min

  3. FEB 4

    #16 Akashic Records, Jungian Collective Unconscious, and a Four-Step Path to Healing the Earth

    Send a text #16 Akashic Records, Jungian Collective Unconscious, and a Four-Step Path to Healing the Earth What if the earth were your primary client? That single line reframed everything for me—shifting healing from the one-to-one room into a collective, embodied mission grounded in archetypes, somatics, and a framework that arrived through art and quiet attention. We open with timely cosmic weather—Uranus stationing direct and Mercury’s move into Pisces—as a mirror for moving from rational innovation to intuitive knowing. From there, we share the story of an Akashic Records reading that named past-life sacred geometry and an encoded personal system, then describe the simple practice that unlocked it: watching smoke, painting what emerged, and discovering four letters that became a path for planetary care—Awaken, Love, Cleanse, Mend. Along the way, we connect the dots with Jung’s collective unconscious, Plato’s Theory of Forms, Emerson’s Oversoul, and allied mystical lineages to show how different traditions point to a shared field of wisdom. This conversation is as practical as it is mystical. We map the records as nested layers—individual memory, the collective “library of all,” and the wider source—and explore multiple ways to access them: somatic practices, ritual, dreamwork, and creative flow. We lean on Viktor Frankl and existential psychology to ground the claim that meaning is medicine, especially for climate grief. The framework becomes a lived sequence: awaken to the sacredness of life, practice love as a verb, cleanse what harms both physically and energetically, and mend with patience, creativity, and respect for indigenous knowledge. We also share why our circles are free or donation-based, how partnerships strengthen the work, and what to expect from upcoming Colorado gatherings designed to transmute overwhelm into active hope. If you’re searching for purpose big enough to hold your heartbreak and clear enough to guide your next step, this is an invitation to begin.  Explore our free ritual grimoire, embodiment library, and workshops through the link in the description, and join our Patreon for new moon rituals, weekly astrology, and early access to Akashic Records readings.  Heal the Earth Mission: https://www.the-goddess-coven.com/heal-the-earth Goddess Astrology Maps: https://www.the-goddess-coven.com/goddess-astrology-maps Support the show Please subscribe, share this episode with a friend, and leave a quick review—your support helps more people find this show and our free resources. Join The Coven Free Resources (Embodiment Library, Ritual Grimoire, and More) Goddess Astrology Maps Link This podcast offers spiritual and psychological education and priestess wisdom. This is not therapy, counseling, or mental health treatment. Intro music composed by my dad, Mike Dunne: [Spotify link]

    46 min

  4. JAN 28

    #15 Kali’s Fierce Love and Destruction | Climate Change As Initiation

    Send a text What if climate change is not only catastrophe, but initiation—the moment the Dark Mother Archetype as Kali Ma clears space for new life? We sit with the goddess Kali as myth and mirror, exploring how destruction, when held with love, becomes a path to renewal. Through wildfire’s hard lessons, we learn to titrate grief, metabolize rage, and stay present enough to act with clarity rather than collapse into doom or denial. We read the sky as a companion to the ground. Neptune’s rare shift into Aries marks a turn from passive spirituality to embodied devotion, while Mars joining Pluto in Aquarius charges collective will and systems-level change. This is the season of the spiritual warrior: not more talk, but aligned action. We name the real demons—extractive capitalism, colonialism, patriarchy—and refuse the trap of purity politics that keeps us chasing symptoms instead of roots. Kali’s mythology offers a map: she doesn’t just slay; she drinks the poison and transforms it. That alchemy shows up in labs creating plastic-eating enzymes and in the psyche learning to digest fear, shame, and sorrow into fuel for love. With Joanna Macy’s Great Turning, we find four necessary roles—holding actions, transforming foundations, shifting consciousness, and nurturing life—and choose our lane so we can move without burning out. I share a personal rite with Kali that turned “too much” into medicine, then guide a short practice to help you claim one concrete action you can take this week. Come for the goddess myth, stay for the psychology roadmap to coping with climate grief. If this conversation helps, subscribe, leave a review, and share it with someone who’s ready to turn grief into grounded action. Then tell us: which role are you claiming today? Support the show Please subscribe, share this episode with a friend, and leave a quick review—your support helps more people find this show and our free resources. Join The Coven Free Resources (Embodiment Library, Ritual Grimoire, and More) Goddess Astrology Maps Link This podcast offers spiritual and psychological education and priestess wisdom. This is not therapy, counseling, or mental health treatment. Intro music composed by my dad, Mike Dunne: [Spotify link]

    44 min

  5. JAN 21

    #14 Healing The Witch Wound With Hecate | Somatic Wisdom for Sensitive Nervous Systems | With April Lampert, MA, LPCC

    Send a text Season 1, Episode 14: Healing The Witch Wound With Hecate | Somatic Wisdom for Sensitive Nervous Systems | With April Lampert, MA, LPCC The fear of being “too much” has roots that run deeper than self-doubt. We trace the witch wound from European trials to modern life, where sensitive bodies still calculate the cost of visibility, and where power can feel dangerous to claim. With special guest, April Lampert (she/her), MA, LPCC and fellow somatic therapist and coven sister, we unpack how this inherited pattern shows up as hiding our gifts, shrinking our voices, and bracing for backlash, then map a pathway back to courage with Hecate’s torch lighting the way. We ground the conversation in the body. Highly sensitive people process more, feel more, and get overwhelmed faster, which makes the witch wound louder in a hyperconnected world. We explore intergenerational trauma, chronic illness, and endometriosis as complex expressions of systems that carried too much for too long. Instead of chasing perfect regulation, we practice “regulated enough”: micro-pauses, breath breaks, sensory resets, titrated news, water rituals, and music that smooths the nervous system’s edges. April shares her cauldron metaphor as a living boundary, a vessel that holds what we can’t or shouldn’t carry alone. History and myth both matter, but so does community. If the wound was seeded through isolation and betrayal, healing requires trusted witnesses who celebrate power instead of fearing it. We talk coven as a container for shared holding, and Hecate as guide at the crossroads where an old identity dies and the priestess steps forward. With Venus–Pluto and Sun–Pluto amplifying transformation, we ask: what part of you is ready to be seen, and what support will make it safe enough to emerge? If this conversation stirs something true, come closer. Subscribe for more priestess wisdom, share this with a friend who needs the reminder, and leave a review so others can find the medicine. Then tell us: what small act of visibility are you claiming next? Support the show Please subscribe, share this episode with a friend, and leave a quick review—your support helps more people find this show and our free resources. Join The Coven Free Resources (Embodiment Library, Ritual Grimoire, and More) Goddess Astrology Maps Link This podcast offers spiritual and psychological education and priestess wisdom. This is not therapy, counseling, or mental health treatment. Intro music composed by my dad, Mike Dunne: [Spotify link]

    1h 1m

  6. JAN 14

    #13 What the Body Remembers | Chronic Illness, Trauma & Movement as Medicine

    Send a text Season 1, Episode 13: What the Body Remembers | Chronic Illness, Trauma & Movement as Medicine Your body remembers everything—every trauma, every initiation, every unprocessed emotion. It stores these in your tissues, your nervous system, your cells. And it's been trying to tell you something. In this episode, Casey explores the science of somatics and what happens when we actually listen to what the body knows: How implicit memory stores trauma in tissues, muscles, fascia, and the nervous systemPsychoneuroimmunology: the connection between chronic stress, nervous system dysregulation, and immune system breakdownIntergenerational trauma carried through DNA and epigeneticsCasey's journey with chronic illness from childhood: migraines at age 8, fibromyalgia at 13, hypothyroidism, PCOS, endometriosisPain Reprocessing Therapy and neuroplastic pain—how the brain can unlearn chronic painWhy the body sometimes holds weight as protection, not failureHolistic healing: plant medicine, energy work, nervous system regulation, rest as medicineMovement as prayer: ecstatic dance, walking in nature, play in communityWhat Casey's hands taught her after the fall: resilience, receiving, and the wisdom of scarsThis isn't a "I healed myself through positive thinking" story. This is an "I learned to listen to my body and give it what it actually needs" story. Includes a somatic practice for having a conversation with your body. Mini astrology report: New Moon in Capricorn (Sunday) asks what structures—including how you inhabit your body—need to be rebuilt. Venus moves into Aquarius (Saturday), inviting unconventional approaches to embodiment and beauty. Join the coven: https://www.patreon.com/TheGoddessCoven_PriestessInitiations Free Resources: https://www.the-goddess-coven.com This podcast offers spiritual and psychological education. This is not therapy, counseling, or mental health treatment. If you need mental health support, please contact a licensed provider. In a mental health emergency in the US, call 988. Support the show Please subscribe, share this episode with a friend, and leave a quick review—your support helps more people find this show and our free resources. Join The Coven Free Resources (Embodiment Library, Ritual Grimoire, and More) Goddess Astrology Maps Link This podcast offers spiritual and psychological education and priestess wisdom. This is not therapy, counseling, or mental health treatment. Intro music composed by my dad, Mike Dunne: [Spotify link]

    37 min
  7. #12 Creative Practice as Priestess Work | Shakti, Medusa, & The Wounded Artist

    JAN 7

    #12 Creative Practice as Priestess Work | Shakti, Medusa, & The Wounded Artist

    Send a text #12 Creative Practice as Priestess Work Creativity isn't just self-expression. It's soul work. It's alchemy. It's how we make the invisible visible. In this episode, I explore creativity as a spiritual channel—how art-making processes grief and trauma, how different parts of yourself can create through you, and why creative energy is sexual life force (Shakti). I share my lifelong relationship with art, my intergenerational creative lineage, and what happened when I let my teenage part paint whatever she wanted (spoiler: she became friends with my Lilith energy). This episode debuts new intro music composed by my dad, Mike Dunne—a lifelong musician now stepping more fully into his creative calling. Let us know what you think in the episode poll! Mike Dunne's music: [Spotify link] What we cover: The astrology transit of the week: Venus conjunct Mars in Capricorn (creative desire meets action)My creative journey across mediums: visual art, poetry, dance, color as languageCreativity as alchemy: externalizing grief, trauma, and complex emotions into formCreativity as channel: inviting parts of yourself and goddess energies to create through youShakti and Medusa: creativity as sexual life force and reclaiming powerThe artist wound: dismantling capitalism's belief that art is only valuable if it makes moneyThe vulnerability of being seen: fear, judgment, and the "too much" lieFall and winter as creative seasons: the underworld priestess creating in darknessPlus: A closing creative practice to let something move through you right now. If you're an artist, a healer, someone who creates from your depths—this episode is for you. Your creativity is sacred. Your fullness is not too much. Your art matters whether anyone buys it or not. Casey's poetry books: [Author Page Link] Support the show Please subscribe, share this episode with a friend, and leave a quick review—your support helps more people find this show and our free resources. Join The Coven Free Resources (Embodiment Library, Ritual Grimoire, and More) Goddess Astrology Maps Link This podcast offers spiritual and psychological education and priestess wisdom. This is not therapy, counseling, or mental health treatment. Intro music composed by my dad, Mike Dunne: [Spotify link]

    41 min
  8. #11 Surviving a 75 Foot Fall: Priestess Initiations with Isis, Lilith, & Kali

    12/31/2025

    #11 Surviving a 75 Foot Fall: Priestess Initiations with Isis, Lilith, & Kali

    Send a text Season 1, Episode 11: The Fall—An Initiation of Old Seven months ago, I fell 75 feet while rappelling. My equipment failed. I held onto the rope with both hands and sustained third-degree burns requiring 22 skin grafts. My partner caught my falling weight from the bottom—something that has a 1-2% survival rate for both people. We both walked away alive. This is the story of a modern initiation. The complete death of the maiden and the painful birth of the mother. Content warning: This episode contains detailed descriptions of a traumatic accident, medical procedures, and physical injury. Please care for yourself while listening. What we cover: The two weeks before the fall: claiming priestess, meeting Kali, knowing something was comingWhat happened during the 75-foot fall and why I chose to hold onThe physics-defying miracle of how we both survivedIsis's reassembly magic through 22 skin grafts and faster-than-expected healingLilith learning vulnerability: being fed, cared for, held by communityKali's death gift: destroying the maiden who thought she was invincibleThe psychology of identity death, earned secure attachment, and post-traumatic growthWhere I am now, seven months later, still integratingThis episode is raw, vulnerable, and real. If you're in your own initiation—in the death, in the shattering—you will survive this. You will reassemble. You don't have to do it alone. Free resources: www.the-goddess-coven.com Support the podcast: www.patreon.com/TheGoddessCoven_PriestessInitiations This podcast offers spiritual and psychological education and priestess wisdom. This is not therapy, counseling, or mental health treatment. Support the show Please subscribe, share this episode with a friend, and leave a quick review—your support helps more people find this show and our free resources. Join The Coven Free Resources (Embodiment Library, Ritual Grimoire, and More) Goddess Astrology Maps Link This podcast offers spiritual and psychological education and priestess wisdom. This is not therapy, counseling, or mental health treatment. Intro music composed by my dad, Mike Dunne: [Spotify link]

    32 min
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Priestess Initiations: The Goddess Coven explores goddess archetypes, spiritual growth, shadow work, and somatic psychology through a lens of depth and embodiment. Hosted by Casey Dunne—Priestess of Isis and Lilith & Somatic Psychotherapist, MA in Body Psychotherapy with Jungian training—this podcast bridges teaching psychology frameworks with divine feminine goddess wisdom. Whether you’re exploring astrology through archetypes, Human Design, Akashic Records, tarot and divination, or sacred geometry—or ready to go deeper into embodied shadow work—this is where spiritual curiosity meets grounded transformation. This isn't therapy. It's spiritual education and embodied shadow work for empowered women, witches, healers, and initiates walking the path of transformation through descent, integration, and reclaiming holistic wellbeing. Because the path to collective healing begins with our own descent into wholeness.  | Join the coven: patreon.com/TheGoddessCoven_PriestessInitiations  | Website & Free Resources: the-goddess-coven.com

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