The Oracle of Luna with Bridget Engels- Conversations with Witches & Goddesses

Bridget Engels
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The Oracle of Luna: Conversations with Witches & Goddesses is a podcast with host Bridget Engels who speaks with leading Witches/Pagans, Authors and Spiritual Leaders. Each episode is a bewitching journey that amplifies the voice of the Divine Feminine in the world with relevant & magickal discussions on topics such as:  Witchcraft, Wiccan/Pagan spirituality, the Sacred Feminine, reclaiming ancient folklore & magick, books, meditations, magickal practices, music, art, mythology, ritual & the Craft in it's many forms. Tune in and be enlightened! *If you like what you hear; please write a review on Apple Podcasts & sponsor my show. It means alot! https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/oracleoflunapodcast

  1. 5d ago

    The Oracle of Luna with Bridget Engels presents: Wendy Mata: Bruja Curandera - Author - Founder of Bruja Power Botanica - Shaman - Witch - Fire Priestess

    Send us Fan Mail Explore Mexican Magic,Curanderismo and Brujeria with Wendy Mata!  Wendy is the founder of Bruja Power Botanica and is a Bruja Curandera by lineage. She is initiated in Shamanism in Yucatán, trained in Curanderismo and Brujería through her family line, and is a certified Reiki Master and Advanced Pranic Healer. Wendy blends ancestral wisdom with global experience.Before stepping fully into her spiritual path; Wendy led global product launches in cybersecurity and digital forensics. She is the Author of: “Bruja Curandera - Spells, Rituals & Ancestor Work from a Mexican Healer & Witch” by Llewellyn Worldwide. An avid traveler, Wendy shares the ancient wisdom and magic of Mexico to reclaim one’s own inner power through in person and online events.  Wendy’s journey began while growing up in a family that practiced Brujeria Curanderismo in Mexico. A few members of her family were healers and she observed how people would come to some of her family for spiritual cleansing (Limpias), healing, soul retrieval and guidance. Her father got into metaphysics and brought Wendy to his classes where she learned about the power of the mind to manifest possibilities.  We jump into what Brujeria, (Mexican Folk Magic) and how it was always around but shifted through the colonization from the Spanish and influenced by other traditions such as African, Hindu and Jewish. Curanerdismo was much more indigenous and connected to the plants of Mexico and has stayed much more traditional. Wendy is both a Witch (Bruja) and a Healer (Curandera). The basis of Curanderismo is that everything is energy and our bodies, mind and spirit reflect the energies of our environment. If there is an imbalance in any of these; Curanderismo can help bring it back to balance and cleanse/release calcifications, energetic imprints, generational trauma, and unwanted energies in us using plants, stones/crystals, smoke, fire, water, incantations, etc. to reset and reprogram a person’s energetic body to create higher vibrations. Her favorite element to work with in ritual/healing ceremonies is fire. We explore ancestors which can mean many things to us, not always blood lineage and all that comes with them(the good, the bad & the ugly). They can be ancestors of the heart, such as teachers/mentors, adopted parents, someone who has had an impact on your life. And we also have the ancestors of the land and cultural ancestors. Wendy discusses how there is so much healing and transformation when we recognize that we are not alone. We are the product of decisions of  thousands of people that came before us. Wendy mentions that her personal stories in her book came to her from her ancestors  in the oral tradition of a story with some information that can be a living teaching. Wendy's new book is a beautiful tribute to her Mexican ancestry and an Ofrenda (Offering) to her ancestors and people of Mesoamerica. She created this book to remind people of the Mexican folk magic, cultural traditions and invite people to feel comfortable with the old ways also can also be a toolkit to reclaiming your heritage and power as a Bruja The spells, rituals, exercises and incantations are open to everybody as a contemporary spiritual practice as long as they are handled with respect. Ultimately we decide that our lives are going to be different and reclaim our power since we have the power to be the Magia of our lives. Tune in and be enlightened!          More about Wendy at: www.bruja.us Support the show *If you like what you hear; please sponsor my show.  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/oracleoflunapodcast Subscription page for Premium content: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1445572/subscribe

  2. 6d ago

    The Oracle of Luna with Bridget Engels presents: Jhenah Telyndru & Maddi Jabin: Arianhrod Roundtable Discussion - Pagan Publishing Priestesses - Authors - Founder of Sisterhood of Avalon & Co-Chair of Ninth Wave Press

    Send us Fan Mail Discover the Arianrhod Silver Wheel Anthology in this special roundtable discussion on Goddess Arianrhod featuring my guests Jhenah Telyndru & Maddi Jabin! We jump into who Arianhrod is, her mythology and attributes as a beloved and powerful Welsh Goddess! We know of Arianhrod’s mythology from the 4th branch of the Mabinogi. A woman unto herself setting boundaries and standing in her truth. Arianhrod rejects motherhood and rules her own court on an island in the sky (Caer Arianhrod or Caer Sidi) and she is known as a Sovereign Goddess and who spins the fate and destiny of souls, the cycles of time and lunar cycles.  Her Welsh name translates to “Silver Wheel.”. She is feminist living her own life on her own terms and who is a celestial (the Aurora Borealis) , sea and land deity. From a cultural/historical context; Arianhrod lived in Celtic Britain at the transition time from matriliny to patriliny. She holds onto the Mother Right and fights for her rights. Arianrhod is a Goddess for the moment! We dive  into the: Silver Wheel - A Devotional Anthology in Honor of Arainhrod by Ninth Wave Press and discuss the genesis, journey and evolution that this project underwent to be birthed into the world in late August of 2026. The dedication and commitment by volunteers, the Sisters of Avalon, committees, volunteers and the many authors who contributed to make this anthology possible was a very long process. This is one of the Welsh goddesses of a series of anthologies that The Sisterhood of Avalon are devoted to. Maddi points out which originally started as an idea over 10 years ago!   The Silver Wheel anthology is a treasured book for anyone who wants to connect and form a relationship with Arianhrod through the many personal and inspiring stories, meditations, rituals, poetry, and music/songs from a variety of contributing Authors including myself, Bridget Engels. I am so honored to be a part of this radiantly devotional book!  Jhenah ends our episode with a quick visualization to open up with Land, Sky and Sea to connect with holy Arianhrod to catalyze change and rebirth in our lives. Tune in and be enlightened!   More about Jhenah at: https://linktr.ee/YnysAfallon, www.sisterhoodofavalon.org/ninth-wave-press, Maddi Jabin: youtube.com/@thepagannextdoor2135     Support the show *If you like what you hear; please sponsor my show.  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/oracleoflunapodcast Subscription page for Premium content: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1445572/subscribe

  3. Sep 26

    The Oracle of Luna with Bridget Engels presents: Sarah La Rosa: Author - Healer - Witch - Women’s Spirituality Guide

    Send us Fan Mail Explore the Midlife Passage with ISIS and Sarah La Rosa! Sarah is an author, tarot practitioner, healer and guide devoted to women’s spirituality, mythic embodiment and initiatory transformation. Her work explores the sacred thresholds of feminine becoming through mythology, tarot, ritual, poetry and lived experience. She is the author of Her Strange Angels, a devotional collection of prose and prayer for women walking the path of soul remembrance. Her newest book, Midlife Isis, by Inner Traditions is her most intimate and mythic work to date.  We jump into what the Midlife Passage is for Women in the 10-15 year period that can span from late 30’s through a Woman’s menopausal years with physical, mental and psychological transitions. Sarah tells us that this Midlife Passage is an initiation and a catalyst. Its an invitation to women to more fully anchor who they actually are and who they started out as. This is a terrain that is intensely powerful and empowering. Sarah, as a  magical person and healer, wanted to express in her book the Midlife Passage of women through a mythic lens. Her book Midlife ISIS walks women through the myth and symbology of Egyptian Goddess ISIS and her Goddess Sisters, tarot, journeying, personal experiences, numerology and the astrology of the Midlife Passage. Her book is a magical companion for the woman walking through a midlife journey.  We delve into the myth of ISIS and why her ancient stories of loss, dismemberment, deconstruction, resurrection and rebuilding into Her full cosmic, magical, embodied sovereignty is such a relevant inspiration to the women moving through the midlife transition. If women invite Goddess ISIS into their life as a guide; she will show up with her wisdom and power in an accessible way! And who is the Wild Queen? She is the archetype that sits on her throne between the Mother and the Crone in the Triple Goddess consciousness. Sovereign and discerning she reclaims herself. This is the initiation of the Midlife Woman to bridge from the Mother to the Wild Queen archetype. The name ISIS means “throne”. She is the invitation to be the throne- that's what this Midlife Passage is all about. But we must do the work to get there!  Sarah ends our episode with a quick visualization to open up to ISIS and connect with what is still alive in you to carry into your future. More about Sarah at: www.sarahlarosa.com  Tune in and be enlightened!   Support the show *If you like what you hear; please sponsor my show.  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/oracleoflunapodcast Subscription page for Premium content: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1445572/subscribe

  4. Jul 31

    The Oracle of Luna with Bridget Engels presents: Morgan Daimler: Fairy Expert - Author - Irish Myth Teacher - Folklorist - Witch

    Send us Fan Mail Explore the magic and multiple possibilities of Fairies with Morgan Daimler! Morgan is a prolific Pagan writer who teaches classes on Irish myth, magical practices, fairies, and related subjects in the US and internationally. She has been published in multiple anthologies as well as articles in various magazines, and she is one of the world's foremost experts on all things Fairy. Morgan has a variety of titles available through Moon Books, including: Fairies: A Guide to the Celtic Fair Folk, Fairy: the Otherworld by Many Names, and Paid with a Kiss. Morgan has also presented on Fairies and Witches at several workshops and conferences. We delve into how Morgan started getting interested and connecting to fairies. She grew up as part of the Irish-American diaspora without a religious structure but there was and understanding that Fairies and ghosts existed. From a very young age she was able to sense and see spirits. When she was 5 she had a clear memory of interacting with a woman with red hair who seemed real but was a Fairy Morgan believes now. She also would build fairy houses made of sticks, rocks and acorns. She left written messages on her window sill for the Fairies as a child. She believes that Fairies have their own way of communicating with people. We explore what Fairies and what they are not. Fairies are complicated and fascinating beings who are often contradictory. They are a specific type of spirit or sapient being that come from another reality that is adjacent to ours and they can travel back and forth from that realm to ours. They can shapeshift and be visible and invisible. Morgan tells us that we can find Fairies wherever we are. There’s overlap with Indigenous, Land Spirits, Nature spirits, Nyads, Dryads, Nyads and a whole assortment of spirit beings that can also be Fairies.  Fairies can also come from the Otherworld into our dreams, trance states, astral traveling too. Morgan tells us that there is dream communication to humans from Fairies and spirits  that goes very far back historically. Time wrks differently in the Otherworld or the realm of Fairy and they are able to cross though into our physical world. Fairies exist outside the concept of time.  We delve into ways to honor and connect with Fairies in our everyday lives. Good and friendly offerings to fairies can include pouring or a little bowl of pure, clean water, dairy products lsuch as milk or cream, honey, singing, reciting poetry, and ringing bells and doing any of these with genuine love and intention.  And if you see, sense or feel movement in your peripheral vision you should pay attention since they may be Fairies! We chat about how to blend Fairies in with our Witchcraft practices by connecting to house spirits/fairies. Morgan ends our episode with a quick grounding visualization to open up our sixth sense to connect with Spirits and Fairies anywhere and anytime. Tune in and be enlightened!   More about Morgan on her Facebook Author page, YouTube Channel @MorganDaimlerfairies and her MoonBooks Author Page Support the show *If you like what you hear; please sponsor my show.  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/oracleoflunapodcast Subscription page for Premium content: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1445572/subscribe

  5. Jul 11

    The Oracle of Luna with Bridget Engels presents: Tahverlee Anglen: High Priestess - Author - Social Impact Entrepreneur - Moon Temple Mystery School founder - Podcast Host

    Send us Fan Mail Connect with the Sacred North and the element of Earth with Tahverlee Anglen! Tahverlee is a high priestess, ritualist, initiate of the Sacred Way and the Eleusinian Rites, and a practitioner of the Celtic mysteries, and is at the heart of the Moon Temple Mystery School, guiding seekers through the mystical landscapes of self-discovery, witchcraft, empowerment, and spiritual awakening. She is an accomplished speaker, social impact entrepreneur, and podcast host. Tahverlee is the author of: Sacred Magic of the North: Ritual, Spells, and Gifts of the Earth by Llewellyn Worldwide. We explore how Tahverlee learned to put all the different pieces of spirituality, magic and interconnectedness can be put into the direction of the North and the physical element of Earth. The North is the sacred pause that sits between the West the element of water the conclusion and South the element of Fire the beginning of everything. North /Earth are our Bodies and an energetic opening for us to align ourselves to where we fit into the directional/elemental Wheel at any time. The elements work within our human bodies, minds and spirits. The North/Earth  is just ¼ of the piece of how our soul moves amongst this 3D, 4D and 5D plane in the Elemental/Directions wheel.                  We chat about Tahverlee’s new book: Sacred Magic of the North,  the first in a series of four she is writing of all four directions/elements. The North is the natural starting place she says because everything we want to experience on our spiritual path is interconnected through our Bodies. Embodiment is a big part of Tahverlee’s book on the Sacred North/Earth. iIt’s taking everything we desire and want to experience takes place inside our physical flesh. As well as activating our bodies with the cycles of nature. Our spiritual and psychic gifts also get turned up a notch when we know how to connect with our body. When we Ground and dispel energy and when we raising energy prior to in ritual/spellwork - its all done through our bodies. We delve into Land Spirits and Ancestors of Earth- and how to connect with them wherever we live. All lands have guardian spirits such as certain animals, trees, mountains, canyons, rocks, and the original human indigenous tribes that used to live on your land/city/town. You can go to a park or open space and meditate and ask to commune with them. And Tahverlee suggests some fast, everyday practices we can do at work or during our busy days. Breathwork, crystals and stones, essential oils and spring water spritzers, and bringing a plant, bloom or flowers at work or your home or workspace connects you to the element of Earth.  Tahverlee ends our episode with a grounding and rooting visualization to embody, connect and realign to the Earth and your center.Tune in and be enlightened!   More about Tahverlee at: www.tahverlee.com Support the show *If you like what you hear; please sponsor my show.  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/oracleoflunapodcast Subscription page for Premium content: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1445572/subscribe

  6. Jun 27

    The Oracle of Luna with Bridget Engels presents: Perdita Finn: Author of Mothers of Magic - Spiritual Teacher - The Way of the Rose Co-Founder

    Send us Fan Mail Embrace the Matrisphere with the extraordinary Perdita Finn! Perdita is the author of Take Back the Magic: Conversations with the Unseen World, Mothers of Magic: Summoning the Wisdom of Our Ancestors, and with her husband Clark Strand The Way of the Rose: The Radical Path of the Divine Feminine Hidden in the Rosary. She teaches popular workshops on connecting and collaborating with both the dead and the animate everything. She lives with her family in the moss-filled shadows of the Catskill Mountains.She is on Facebook and Instagram and writes a popular Substack: Take Back the Magic. Perdita ends our episode with a visualization to call upon animal spirits Mothers to awaken the magic that's inside you. Perdita began summoning Divine Mothers and her ancestral grandmothers to help her with motherhood because she did not have the mothering she needed to be a mother and that her mother was not capable of giving her that mothering. She also taught workshops to help others summon their ancient mothers and grandmothers. And to explore the many orbits of Motherhood and how we can call on animals, ancestors, spirits, future mothers that are accessible to help us on our journeys through life. Part of her work is to help people connect with the dead on the other side to feel loved in this life. Perdita began researching ancient history and traditions of motherhood. She discovered that there's never a single mother because mothering was a shared action in ancient communities with at least 9 mothers per child. We chat about the original Divine Trinity in ancient cultures: the Maiden, the Mother and the Crone. In her book, Perdita writes about the fact that the egg of the Daughter (Mother) and Granddaughter (Maiden) are formed simultaneously in the body of our Grandmother (Crone) like nesting dolls. It is our actual reality of our coming into being. These 3 generations are one and matriarchal cultures honored this powerful fact! We dive into her book: Mothers of Magic: Summoning the Wisdom of Our Ancestors and her personal story with her own Mother and  Grandmothers and the story of the Mother before civilization, within civilization and to a world that may look very different beyond it. If we recovered the circular power and wisdom of the mother; we would transform our relationship with life, nature, each other and ourselves. Perdita ends our episode with a practical visualization to call upon 9 animal Mothers to change your life and to awaken the magic inside you. Tune into this fascinating conversation and be enlightened!    More about Perdita at: takebackthemagic.com Support the show *If you like what you hear; please sponsor my show.  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/oracleoflunapodcast Subscription page for Premium content: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1445572/subscribe

  7. Jun 21

    The Oracle of Luna with Bridget Engels presents: Goddess Vila - Summer /June Waxing to Full Moon - Guided Meditation.

    Send us Fan Mail Summer Solstice blessings!   I invite you to take a guided meditation journey with me to connect with the ancient Slavic Goddess Vila. This guided meditation and more are available in my three books and audio books, titled The Oracle of Luna: Meditations with the Moon Goddess, volumes one, two, and three, available on Amazon and Audible. Goddess Vila, also known as Samo Vila, is an ancient Eastern European name for the Goddess of energy moving through the Earth as nature. The plural form Vily are known as female spirits who live in the woods, mountains, caves, rivers, and clouds that can shape shift into any animal they want. Vila was often described as a fair-skinned winged woman with glistening translucent garments. Villa can shape shift into whirlwinds, avalanches, glaciers, or any force of nature. The magical Vily are unlike European fairies, since they were not born as spirits of nature, but became them with death. Both Goddess Vila and the Vily are able to magically blend in with the wind as intangible shapes, or they can become solid by the natural world around them. We can connect with Goddess Vila and the Vily when we are navigating change, when we are between life cycles, or when we just want to grow and expand into our best selves and nourish wholeness. Tune in and be enlightened! Support the show *If you like what you hear; please sponsor my show.  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/oracleoflunapodcast Subscription page for Premium content: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1445572/subscribe

  8. May 29

    The Oracle of Luna with Bridget Engels presents: Maevius Lynn: Ceremonial Magician - Author - Thelema Practitioner - International Lecturer

    Send us Fan Mail Explore Thelema with Maevius Lynn! Maevius is a writer, artist, international lecturer, and ceremonial magician whose work approaches Thelema as a living tradition from the perspective of both a solitary practitioner and an initiate of Ordo Templi Orientis and Temple of the Silver Star. Her efforts inspire others to make Thelema and magick a purposeful part of their lives. Her new book is: The Holy Year of Thelema - A Guide to the Ritual Calendar of Aleister Crowley’s Tradition by Llewellyn Worldwide. Her work includes YouTube educational videos, online study groups, workshops, and lectures at Pagan and occult conferences, books, magazine articles, and art. She also shares early beginnings in Florida as a young Queer person seeking knowledge and what led her to Thelema and what Thelema is as it looks like in our modern age. We delve into what Thelema is a philosophy, a religion and a system of mysticism. Maevius tells us about some misconceptions around Thelemic practice, tradition,(It is not Kemeticism) and also briefly unpacks the life and beliefs and the complicated and controversial side of Aleister Crowley. We jump to the topic of Will in Thelema for its practitioners and the meaning of the phrase: Do What That Wilt Shall be the Whole of the Law as the primary philosophy from sacred text.  Understanding the innermost divinity within oneself , then aligning with it and to discover the skills to live that truth. And how the sacred holy text The Book of the Law was divinely channelled to Crowley while he was in Egypt. Maevius points out that Thelema’s holy books are not dogma to conform your life to. They are instead an invitation to explore yourself, the nature of the Divine and what that means to you.  Maevius’ new book is: The Holy Year of Thelema - A Guide to the Ritual Calendar of Aleister Crowley’s Tradition which is an exploration into the context/history of Thelema and the holy days found in this tradition. She offers insight, practical advice for those looking to start a mystical journey of their own and some ideas to practice and build your own tradition with Thelema based on your level and your available time. One of Maevius’ favorite basic rituals in Thelema is “Saying Will” which reminds Thelemites that eating should nourish the body in order to fulfill the Great Work and transmute the consumed calories into spiritual substance. We also discuss the Women who helped bring Thelema who have shaped and influenced the history and development of Thelema and what Maevius' perspective as a woman in this tradition. In Thelema, the Goddess Nuit is the representation of infinite possibilities and the cosmos. Her masculine complement, Hadit, is the single point at the center of every thing and she unites with Hadit. In the Gnostic Mass the priestess does an invocation to Nuit. There are Holy Days in Thelema to celebrate that someone can explore and build their own traditions based on the seasons and the seasons of one’s life. Maevius encourages us to try out the magic of Thelema in a way that is inviting, and informative.  Maeviius ends this episode with a deacon speech from the Gnostic Mass. Tune into this illuminating conversation and be enlightened!  More about Maevius at: https://maeviuslynn.com/ Support the show *If you like what you hear; please sponsor my show.  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/oracleoflunapodcast Subscription page for Premium content: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1445572/subscribe

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The Oracle of Luna: Conversations with Witches & Goddesses is a podcast with host Bridget Engels who speaks with leading Witches/Pagans, Authors and Spiritual Leaders. Each episode is a bewitching journey that amplifies the voice of the Divine Feminine in the world with relevant & magickal discussions on topics such as:  Witchcraft, Wiccan/Pagan spirituality, the Sacred Feminine, reclaiming ancient folklore & magick, books, meditations, magickal practices, music, art, mythology, ritual & the Craft in it's many forms. Tune in and be enlightened! *If you like what you hear; please write a review on Apple Podcasts & sponsor my show. It means alot! https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/oracleoflunapodcast

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