Creative Magic

Lucy Pearce
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Join prolific author and artist Lucy H. Pearce and her creative guests - writers, artists, creatrixes - 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. Lucy is known for giving real and raw interviews, and now she shares this form of deep dive conversation with many of her favourite creative people. The first season of Creative Magic is the Wild Initiations series, featuring her immensely popular intimate conversation series recorded to celebrate the launch of her 12th book Crow Moon: reclaiming the wisdom of the dark woods... She will also be joined by some new guests diving into the themes of wild nature, symbols, initiation and creative magic. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. 48: Pam Grossman - A Bridge Between Realms

    NOV 11

    48: Pam Grossman - A Bridge Between Realms

    Pam Grossman is a writer, curator, and teacher of magical practice and history. She is the host of the internationally beloved podcast, The Witch Wave and the author of Waking the Witch and What Is A Witch. Her newest book, Magic Maker- The Enchanted Path to Creativity has just launched. She is also co-editor and co-author of the Witchcraft volume of Taschen’s Library of Esoterica series. Her writing has appeared in numerous media outlets, including The New York Times, The Atlantic, TIME.com, and many more. She divides her time between Brooklyn and the Western Catskills alongside her husband and their two feline familiars. www.pamgrossman.com Instagram @phantasmaphile Podcast – The Witch Wave We talked about: Women and surrealist art Occulture Her podcast, The Witch Wave Capitalism and magic Being visible as a witch Being taken seriously by the mainstream media when talking about magic Witchcraft - The Taschen Anthology Her new book Magic Maker Archetypes of magic – Witch, Magician and Magic Maker Why creativity is vital now In the Extended Episode – just $3 a month on www.patreon.com/lucyhpearce We dive deeper into capitalism and magic, bring the Taschen anthology of Witchcraft to life, women artists who are just coming into mainstream awareness and the work of Amy Hale bringing forward the work of Ithell Colquhoun. Resources Amy Hale – Creative Magic Episode Artists mentioned: Leonora Carrington Remedios Varo Hilma af Klint Ithell Colquhoun Agnes Pelton Gertrude Abercrombie Leonore Fini Pamela Colman Smith Waking the Witch Magic Maker- The Enchanted Path to Creativity Witchcraft volume of Taschen’s Library of Esoterica series – ed. Jessica Hundley Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    58 min
  2. 47: Sangu Mandanna - Witches & Whimsy

    NOV 4

    47: Sangu Mandanna - Witches & Whimsy

    Sangu Mandanna is a British–Indian author of adult, young adult, and middle grade fiction. She is best known for her fantasy romance novels The Very Secret Society Of Irregular Witches and A Witch's Guide To Magical Innkeeping. We talked about: Whimsy and cosy fictionThe magical books that made herHer writing processHer publishing journeyThe difference between writing for YA, children and adult readers.Writing inclusive charactersBelonging and communityWriting sex scenes In the Extended Episode www.patreon.com/lucyhpearce We dive deeper into neurodivergence, being seen and invisibilityAs well as an additional extract from The Very Secret Society Of Irregular Witches Join us for the Creative Magic book club www.patreon.com/lucyhpearce Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    53 min
  3. 46: Sarah Robinson - Magical Wanders

    OCT 28

    46: Sarah Robinson - Magical Wanders

    Sarah Robinson is the best-selling Womancraft Publishing author of multiple books on magic and witches including: Yoga for Witches (now in French, Chinese, Polish and Farsi), Yin Magic, Enchanted Journeys, The Kitchen Witch Companion, The Witch & the Wildwood , and Womancraft Publishing’s fastest selling pre-order ever, Kitchen Witch: food, folklore and fairytale. Her newest book Witch Country: Seeking the Witch in the British Landscape is out on October 31st.   A yoga teacher and author based in in Bath, UK. Her background is in science; she holds an MSc Psychology & Neuroscience and has studied at Bath, Exeter and Harvard universities. She is host of the Witch Country podcast. You can listen to Sarah’s popular episode from Season 1 of Creative Magic – Let’s All Run Away and Live in the Woods, and learn from her and myself in the Weaving Magic with Words episode in Season 3, as well as discover some of her favourite books in a bonus episode on my Patreon – for $6/ month.   Join her for her Masterclasses live on Zoom on October 29th and November 5th. Find out more at Womancraft Publishing   Find Sarah online: Website: www.sentiayoga.com Instagram: @Yogaforwitches @thisiswitchcountry Podcast: Witch Country Insight Timer: Enchanted Journeys with Sarah Robinson   We talked about: The Season of the Witch – whether it’s over commericalised and what it means to us Time release magic Social media, performance and authenticity The importance of digging for roots Balancing whimsy and the dark history of witch hunts. The place and witch that impacted her most as she researched Witch Country Some of our favourite good witches from 20th century film   In the extended episode – over 15 mins of extra content just $3 on www.patreon.com/lucyhpearce we talked about:   The backstory as to why Sarah is “friend of the pod” Apple magic Real world social media content making struggles Witch marks – what they are and how to find them. An extra extract from Witch Country     Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 6m
  4. 45: Lisa Lister - Remembering Our Magic

    OCT 21

    45: Lisa Lister - Remembering Our Magic

    Crowned ‘the defender of female awesomeness’ by Cooler magazine, everything Lisa creates is an invitation home to yourself. To your voice, your rhythms + your own reality. A reality that’s remembered + respelled by you. She writes, teaches + shares in the sweet spot between feminine philosophy, sensual creativity + personal myth-making. Her work is rooted in the depth of Hélène Cixous, the erotic truth-telling of Anaïs Nin + the accessible ritual of Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way. She is the best-selling author of Witch, Code Red, Love your Lady Landscape, Self Source-ery + Venus. www.lisalister.com/ Instagram @sassylisalister Join us for the Creative Magic Book Club www.patreon.com/lucyhpearce Today we talked about: The Importance of Writing and Telling Our own stories Cyclical intelligence Her mutism as a child The witch wound – women being silenced down through lifetimes, ancestral fear of speaking out Being seen – and discernment as to who we share our skills with Creating the most magical version of ourselves that our soul most longs for Navigating paradox EDS (hypermobility) and magical women Neurodivergent women and masking Publishing and self-publishing Being too much Prolific Women in creative process Join us for a deeper dive in the extended episode – just $3 on www.patreon.com/lucyhpearce Where we get raw and real, and share our personal experiences of publishing and self-publishing An extract from her book, Witch. We mentioned Womancraft Publishing Code Red Love Your Lady Landscape Witch Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 22m
  5. 44: Lisbeth Cheever-Gessaman – From Great Darkness Great Light is Born

    OCT 14

    44: Lisbeth Cheever-Gessaman – From Great Darkness Great Light is Born

    Lisbeth Cheever-Gessaman is the artist and illustrator of "The Divine Feminine Oracle", The Spellcasting Oracle” and “The Sutras of Unspeakable Joy”. She is a visionary artist who merges magick and technology with traditional mediums to create new interpretations of myth and archetype. Through her work she explores shamanic, astrological and mythological constructs to interpret the liminal worlds of the Divine Feminine, incorporating art and talisman to create a third phenomenon, or magical reality. Her art was included in Witchcraft - Taschen and features in The Divine Feminine Oracle that she created along with Meggan Watterson, on the covers of The Mistress of Longing and Gina Martin’s Daughters of the Goddess series. In honor of the Great Mother, and as personal witness, she creates all work under the pseudonym "SheWhoIsArt". www.etsy.com/shop/SheWhoIsArt Website: www.shewhoisart.com Facebook: facebook.com/shewhoisart Instagram: @shewhois We talked about The soul in art Art as a vessel for the sacred Sacred Feminine perspective on current events Feminine representation in the Bible and why it goes untaught Her work with Megan Watterson on the Divine Feminine Oracle. Her artmaking process – creating light Symbology of the Feminine Finding and trusting the real in this post-truth world In the extended episode – over 45 mins of extra content just $3 on www.patreon.com/lucyhpearce we talked about: Perimenopause and menopause – wise woman insight Migraine and creativity Symbology – the Alphabet vs the Goddess Ancient women cave painters Her twinkle box AI as a creative and business tool The female roots of modern Western abstract art Her religious background Facebook and IG jail Balancing our creatrix and business parts Resources Burning Woman The Woman’s Dictionary of Symbols and Sacred Objects Discover Your Inner Symbols – Masterclass The Alphabet Versus the Goddess: The Conflict Between Word and Image  Women Who Run With the Wolves and Mother Night – Clarissa Pinkola Estes – listen to our Creative Magic special on Women Who Run with the Wolves The Holy Wild: A Heathen Bible for the Untamed The Great Cosmic Mother Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 14m
  6. 43: Sophie Messager - The Beat of Your Own Drum

    SEP 29

    43: Sophie Messager - The Beat of Your Own Drum

    Sophie Messager bridges worlds that rarely meet. A former reproductive physiologist with a PhD, she traded her microscope for a medicine drum after experiencing the transformative power of an empowered birth. Her decade-long journey as a doula, birth educator, and author of Why Postnatal Recovery Matters deepened her exploration of the rhythms surrounding women's transitions. Now a holistic life transition mentor, Sophie guides women through significant life thresholds—from birth to perimenopause and beyond. Her unique combination of scientific expertise and spiritual insight allows her to serve as a compassionate space holder for those seeking to harmonise their analytical and intuitive selves. Her new book The Beat of Your Own Drum: the history, science and contemporary use of drumming as a path for women’s wisdom, health and transformation is published by Womancraft Publishing and available everywhere now. Her podcast The Wisdom Messenger www.sophiemessager.com We talked about: Drumming as nervous system regulation Drumming and birth Bridging the intellectual and spiritual worlds Wearing many hats Intuitive drum and intuitive dance Women’s life transitions Reclaiming childhood joys Neurodivergence and regulation How we have lost regulation in contemporary patriarchal society. For a deeper dive, join us for the Extended Episode – just $3/ month, exclusively on www.patreon.com/lucyhpearce - where we discuss Schuman Resonance Microdosing – drumming and psylocibin. Resources The Beat of Your Own Drum Burnout – Amelia Nagoski Come as You Are – Emily Nagoski Jane Hardwicke Collings The Emerald – The Revolution will not be Psychologized Jeff Strong Peter Levine Women Making Noise conversation series Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 5m
  7. 42: Joanne Harris - Writing Magic

    SEP 16

    42: Joanne Harris - Writing Magic

    Joanne Harris (OBE, FRSL) is the internationally renowned and award-winning author of over twenty novels, plus novellas, cookbooks, scripts, short stories, libretti, lyrics, articles, and a self-help book for writers, TEN THINGS ABOUT WRITING. In 2000, her 1999 novel CHOCOLAT was adapted to the screen, starring Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp. She holds honorary doctorates from the Universities of Sheffield and Huddersfield, is an honorary Fellow of St Catharine's College, Cambridge, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. She performs in a live music and storytelling show with the #Storytime Band. She also has a form of synaesthesia which enables her to smell colours. Red, she says, smells of chocolate. www.joanne-harris.co.uk/ Author image credit - Kyte Photography We talked about The film adaptations of Chocolat that didn’t happenHer cover artworkDeveloping her voice as a writerThe different forms of magic in her booksOn discovering magical realismImposter syndromeWriting and motherhoodHow she writesFood as a love languageMoving beyond the archetype of the white male writer and the assumptions that go along with that.Belonging and being an outsiderHer advice for writers In the extended episode just $3 on www.patreon.com/lucyhpearce we talked about: Her great-grandmother who was a witchCosy books, current book trends in fantasy and armchair murder mysteries and reading for comfort in a world gone madHow she researches her booksHer current creative rabbit holePlus some of her thoughts on magic from her most recent books – The Moonlight Market, Chocolat and Vianne. Resources Chocolat (book) Chocolat (film) The Five Love Languages The Moonlight Market Vianne 10 Things About Writing Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    57 min
  8. 41: Victoria Firth - Batty

    SEP 9

    41: Victoria Firth - Batty

    Victoria Firth is a writer, theatre maker and performer based in Yorkshire. Her work is concerned with embodiment and connection, exploring things lots of us feel but don’t really talk about. Her one-woman show, about childlessness and reinvention, ‘How to be amazingly happy!’ toured nationally; she curated a collection of writing on the presentation of the body – inspired by her live art performance ‘The Butter Piece’; her poetry has recently been published in Northern Gravy's anthology. She is now producing her second play 'Batty!' exploring witches as role models for women othered by social norms and our reciprocal connection with nature. She can be found walking on the moors or wild swimming with her dog Blaidd. Website: https://www.victoriafirth.co.uk/ BATTY! Information and tour dates: https://www.victoriafirth.co.uk/batty/ Instagram: @msvhf  Facebook @msvictoriafirth We talked about: ·      Her new show – Batty, about a midlife woman reclaiming her wildness ·      Making space for our creativity as women ·      Redefining success…and failure ·      The three stages of creativity ·      Becoming a performer in midlife ·      Navigating the inner battle between the creative drive and the need for inner safety ·      “the bell that keeps ringing” ·      The invisible economy of the arts ·      Creativity, magic and being highly sensitive In the extended episode, just $3 on www.patreon.com/lucyhpearce we talked about: ·      Perimenopause ·      Structural divergence and patriarchy busting Books Mentioned Burning Woman The Highly Sensitive Person – Elaine N. Aron Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 13m
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Join prolific author and artist Lucy H. Pearce and her creative guests - writers, artists, creatrixes - 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. Lucy is known for giving real and raw interviews, and now she shares this form of deep dive conversation with many of her favourite creative people. The first season of Creative Magic is the Wild Initiations series, featuring her immensely popular intimate conversation series recorded to celebrate the launch of her 12th book Crow Moon: reclaiming the wisdom of the dark woods... She will also be joined by some new guests diving into the themes of wild nature, symbols, initiation and creative magic. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  • Creator
    Lucy Pearce
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2025
  • Episodes
    57
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Lucy Pearce
  • Show Website
    Creative Magic

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