Episode 52 - Getting to Know Witches & Spellcasting with Judika Illes

Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett are thrilled and honored to welcome back Judika Illes, author of the new book Witches: A Compendium, the latest in her vast contributions to the woo non-fiction library.

In this episode, they discuss:

• Blisses & Misses: a new segment to celebrate and encourage our growth
• Natasha can just will herself to do things; Brett not so much
• Gretchen Rubin's Four Tendencies
• Fun is a core value for Natasha
• Brett's an "Obliger" and he doesn't like it
• How trusting yourself can help you to trust the universe
• Judika loves witches!
• Art witches and creativity for spellcasting
• Rosalind Norton, Lenora Carrington, Valley Meyers, and other art witches
• A prayer is a request; a spell is a demand
• How having no other options can empower your witchcraft
• The semantics of "intention" and its role in spellcasting
• You start to need a spell when you have a dilemma
• Do you have to believe a spell will work?
• Sometimes the spells that don't work tell us more than the ones that do
• Judika explains the most dangerous part of any spell
• The importance of being honest with yourself when working with magic
• Low level entities that feed on fear
• Clearly defining what you want with spellcasting
• The risks of using spells to cast revenge
• Alternatives to revenge spells
• Her book is a celebration of witches
• People using Judika's book to do bibliomancy
• Even Judika pronounces her last name "wrong"
• The Energy Report is back!
• And more!

Plus...

• There's still time to sign up for Natasha's small-group psychic skills mentorship.  Learn more at natashalevinger.com
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• Spots are open for Awakening, Natasha's one-on-one mentor program.
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Judika Illes's info:

• Judika's website: https://www.judikailles.com
• Judika's Instagram: @judikailles

Getting to Know Woo is a bi-weekly podcast dedicated to dispelling the rhetoric that so-called "woo-woo" practices such as energy work, energy healing, inner child healing, chakra clearing, and more are impractical and ineffective, and instead are pragmatic, transformative, and powerful.