The Alchemist's Inkwell

The Alchemist's Inkwell
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A Spiritual Podcast for Grounded People. Your weekly Magical coffee date complete with a spiritual dose of energy, astrology, and rabbit holes.

  1. 1d ago

    The Leo Solar Eclipse Is Shifting Power—Here’s What It Means for You

    The Leo solar eclipse may bring chaos at the top—but for ordinary people, it may be an opportunity to reclaim personal and collective power. In this episode, Emily and Krista explore why solar eclipses are traditionally connected to leadership and hierarchy, what this eclipse could reveal about political power, and why the energy may feel more like community, self-worth, and new beginnings for the rest of us. They also discuss how eclipse effects may unfold over time, why breakups and changing desires could surface, and how to move through eclipse season without feeling inactive or powerless. From journaling and divination to spending time near water and intentionally trying something new, this is a guide to receiving the eclipse’s energy instead of trying to control it. CHAPTERS 0:00 Why Eclipse Season Feels So Intense 0:22 Welcome to the Leo Solar Eclipse 2:15 Where the Eclipse Will Be Visible 6:46 The Start of Something Monumental 7:53 Why the United States May Still Feel the Effects 10:59 How Long the Eclipse Effects May Last 11:57 Leo, Leadership, and Washington, D.C. 15:51 Why Solar Eclipses “Take Out the Kings” 16:20 Fresh Starts, Self-Worth, and Breakups 17:15 Chaos at the Top, Community Below 20:05 Why Political Leaders May Fear Collective Power 21:21 How to Work With Eclipse Energy 23:50 Divination, Learning, and Letting Go 27:00 The Upcoming Venus Retrograde What are you already feeling from this eclipse season? Are you noticing a fresh start, changing relationships, political instability, or a stronger pull toward community? Follow The Alchemist Inkwell for grounded conversations about astrology, spirituality, magic, and what it all means in real life. Safety note: Never look directly at a solar eclipse without properly certified eclipse glasses.

    The Leo Solar Eclipse Is Shifting Power—Here’s What It Means for You

  2. 6d ago

    Why Dungeon Crawler Carl Deserves the Hype

    Dungeon Crawler Carl has officially taken over our lives—but does the series genuinely deserve all the hype? We discuss the characters we are terrified to lose, its surprisingly thoughtful commentary on misogyny and oppressive systems, and why rereading a familiar story can become an emotional life raft when everything else feels chaotic. We also talk about The Song of Achilles, The Spellshop, Heaven Official’s Blessing, Suffs, Korea’s Battle of Fates, trusting your intuition, Reykjavik, Tokyo, and an upcoming magical trip to Scotland. What was the best book you read this month? Join our new LIVE show, The Alchemist's Inkspill, every Friday at 1pm EST/10am PST here on ⁠YouTube⁠ (and ⁠Instagram⁠ Live)! Connect with us across the internet + IRL! 🌈 Follow Emily: Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠https://patreon.com/likerofwords ⁠⁠⁠Instagram: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/likerofwords⁠⁠ YouTube: ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@LikerOfWords Bluesky: ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/likerofwords.bsky.social⁠ Website (join the mailing list!): ⁠⁠https://www.emilydexterpsychic.com/⁠⁠ Follow KristaLyn: Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/kristalynsofia ⁠Instagram: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/kristalynsofia/⁠ YouTube: ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@KristaLynSofia ⁠Bluesky: ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/kristalynsofia.bsky.social ⁠ Website (join the mailing list!): ⁠⁠https://www.kristalynsofia.com/⁠⁠ 00:00 Why Dungeon Crawler Carl Deserves the Hype 00:31 We Finally Finished Dungeon Crawler Carl 06:36 Our Favorite Dungeon Crawler Carl Characters 07:06 The Song of Achilles 07:34 The Spellshop 08:00 Replacing Scrolling With Reading 08:28 Heaven Official’s Blessing 09:47 Rereading Books When Life Feels Chaotic 11:31 Writing Fortuna 11:55 Suffs and the Women’s Suffrage Movement 16:23 Korea’s Psychic Competition Show 18:26 What Do We Have Too Much Of? 20:59 Pessimism, Optimism, and Trusting Your Intuition 23:15 The Angriest We Have Ever Been 25:49 Reykjavik and Tokyo Surprised Us 28:48 Updates and Upcoming Live Shows 29:22 A Magical Trip to Scotland #DungeonCrawlerCarl #FantasyBooks #BookRecommendations

    Why Dungeon Crawler Carl Deserves the Hype

  3. Jul 26

    Did a Volcano in Greece Reveal a Greek God?

    Did a volcano in Greece reveal the a Greek god —and only for our group? In Part 3 of our Greece travel recap, we leave Athens for Santorini, perform a releasing ritual on a black-rock beach, explore Oia and Fira, survive an absolutely unhinged lobster dinner, and board a literal pirate ship headed for a dormant volcano. While swimming in the volcanic thermal waters, we looked up and saw a massive horned goat standing above us on the cliff. It stayed there surveying our group until we left—and disappeared before the other boats arrived. Was it simply incredible timing, or did a Greek god make an appearance? We also share the deeper magic of the trip: strangers becoming community, dancing together beneath the full moon, protecting one another and creating memories that will last far beyond Greece. Plus: ferry bathroom chaos, the Temple of Poseidon, a spontaneous trip to Naxos, ancient temples to Dionysus and Apollo, Emily’s newest tattoo and KristaLyn’s newly announced Scotland trip for May 2027. Tell us what you think: coincidence, divine timing or a genuine encounter with a Greek god? CHAPTERS 0:00 Did We Encounter a Greek God? 0:20 Mercury Retrograde and Episode Setup 3:43 Taking the Ferry to Santorini 8:44 Oia, the Hotel and the Tourist Crowds 13:09 Black Beach Ritual and the Changed Rocks 14:24 Cliff Walk, Fira and Shopping 19:11 Poseidon and the Lobster Disaster 23:09 A Literal Pirate Ship to the Volcano 25:54 Thermal Waters and the Appearance of Pan 27:34 Mermaids, Community and Dancing 33:40 Ferry Bathroom Chaos 37:44 Farewell Dinner and Athens 40:31 The Real Magic Was the Community 42:06 Scotland 2027 Announcement 44:01 Thermal Lake and the Temple of Poseidon 46:17 Naxos, Dionysus and Apollo 50:52 New Tattoo, Oracle Deck and Astrology Preview #Santorini #GreekMythology #SpiritualPodcast

    Did a Volcano in Greece Reveal a Greek God?

  4. Jul 22

    My Ex Wants Custody — Is It Wrong to Hex Him? | Spiritual Reddit AITA

    Her ex checked out for years — missed birthdays, no involvement, let her handle everything alone. Now he's got a new girlfriend, a nicer house, and suddenly wants 50/50 custody. Convenient timing, right? This Patreon-submitted What in the Woo-Woo hits different. A mom who's been solo-parenting for years asks Emily and KristaLyn: is it wrong to hex the man who abandoned his kids for a decade, now that he wants credit for showing up? Plus: a 16-year-old gets dumped mid-coffee-date over her star sign, and we are NOT letting this one go without some astrology myth-busting. Got your own What in the Woo-Woo? Submit it on either of our Patreons — we read every single one. Join our new LIVE show, The Alchemist's Inkspill, every Friday at 1pm EST/10am PST here on ⁠YouTube⁠ (and ⁠Instagram⁠ Live)! Connect with us across the internet + IRL! 🌈 Follow Emily: Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠https://patreon.com/likerofwords ⁠⁠⁠Instagram: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/likerofwords⁠⁠ YouTube: ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@LikerOfWords Bluesky: ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/likerofwords.bsky.social⁠ Website (join the mailing list!): ⁠⁠https://www.emilydexterpsychic.com/⁠⁠ Follow KristaLyn: Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/kristalynsofia ⁠Instagram: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/kristalynsofia/⁠ YouTube: ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@KristaLynSofia ⁠Bluesky: ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/kristalynsofia.bsky.social ⁠ Website (join the mailing list!): ⁠⁠https://www.kristalynsofia.com/⁠⁠ 0:00 Hook 0:12 Welcome to What in the Woo-Woo 1:10 Rejected on a Date Because of Her Zodiac Sign 3:43 Are Aries and Capricorn Really Incompatible? 5:22 Astrology Shouldn’t Be a Dating Disqualifier 7:02 Should She Cast a Chaos Spell on Her Abusive Ex? 11:03 Is the Chaos Spell Actually Protection? 13:09 What Should the Spell Target? 15:07 Checking the Ethics of Curses and Spellwork 15:37 Protecting Yourself From Magical Blowback 16:31 Final Advice and Patreon Questions 17:16 Mercury Retrograde and the Ink Spill Outro #PsychicRedditStories #WhatInTheWooWoo #TheAlchemistsInkwell #SpiritualTikTok #AITA #RedditStories #Astrology #ChaosSpell #WitchTok #Custody

    My Ex Wants Custody — Is It Wrong to Hex Him? | Spiritual Reddit AITA

  5. Jul 20

    Were the Oracles of Delphi Secretly a Queer Sanctuary?

    At the most sacred site on Earth to her, Emily got a download that isn't written in any history book — about who the Oracle of Delphi really was, and why. Part 2 of our Greece recap picks up in Athens with Malcolm's very last tour before he steps back for good, walks the Acropolis and the fight over the Parthenon Marbles, and ends on the two-hour bus ride to Delphi — where two guides who've never met told almost the same story about lights no one can explain, and where Emily received something she's still unpacking. Part 3 (Santorini) is coming soon — subscribe so you don't miss it. Got thoughts on what Emily channeled at Delphi? Tell us in the comments — we read every one. 00:00 Delphi, Strange Lights, and a Message From Apollo 00:50 Welcome to The Alchemist’s Inkwell 01:01 Returning to Greece for Malcolm’s Final Tour 03:30 Exploring Athens’ Ancient Agora 07:10 Malcolm, the Plaka, and Ancient Greek Gossip 10:54 How Strangers Become Family on These Retreats 13:35 Entering the Acropolis and the Parthenon 17:05 The Acropolis Museum and Its Diorama-Obsessed Guide 18:53 What the British Museum Took From Greece 22:52 Traveling Through Mythology on the Road to Delphi 24:57 Emily’s 15-Year Connection to Apollo 27:39 Arriving at the Sacred Site of Delphi 29:43 Two Greek Guides Report the Same Strange Lights 31:10 The Wind Answers Their Request 31:51 The Treasuries and the Unsettling Christian Cross 34:05 Why Ancient Greeks Prescribed Stories as Medicine 35:59 Apollo, Dionysus, and Delphi’s Seasonal Rituals 37:10 A Channeled Revelation About the Oracles 40:22 Final Thoughts and What Comes Next Join our new LIVE show, The Alchemist's Inkspill, every Friday at 1pm EST/10am PST here on ⁠YouTube⁠ (and ⁠Instagram⁠ Live)! Connect with us across the internet + IRL! 🌈 Follow Emily: Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠https://patreon.com/likerofwords ⁠⁠⁠Instagram: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/likerofwords⁠⁠ YouTube: ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@LikerOfWords Bluesky: ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/likerofwords.bsky.social⁠ Website (join the mailing list!): ⁠⁠https://www.emilydexterpsychic.com/⁠⁠ Follow KristaLyn: Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/kristalynsofia ⁠Instagram: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/kristalynsofia/⁠ YouTube: ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@KristaLynSofia ⁠Bluesky: ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/kristalynsofia.bsky.social ⁠ Website (join the mailing list!): ⁠⁠https://www.kristalynsofia.com/⁠⁠ #MountOlympusMystery #Paranormal #Psychic

    Were the Oracles of Delphi Secretly a Queer Sanctuary?

  6. Jul 15

    My Mom Is Addicted to Her Psychic | Spiritual Reddit AITA

    Is it wrong to call out your own mom for running her life by psychic readings instead of therapy? This week on What in the Woo-Woo, Emily and KristaLyn go through two Reddit AITA posts submitted by real people navigating spirituality, family, and boundaries — including one where a psychic named Angie may be doing a lot more harm than good. Story 1: A brother teaches his teenage sister meditation techniques to help with her anxiety — and their religious parents are NOT happy about it. Story 2: A woman calls out her mom's years-long reliance on a psychic who's weighed in on everything from a pregnancy to a sister's OnlyFans to a toxic relationship. Do you agree with our verdicts? Let us know in the comments. Got a story for us? Submit anonymously: hi@thealchemistinkwell.com We go live most Fridays right here on YouTube. Join our new LIVE show, The Alchemist's Inkspill, every Friday at 1pm EST/10am PST here on ⁠YouTube⁠ (and ⁠Instagram⁠ Live)! Connect with us across the internet + IRL! 🌈 Follow Emily: Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠https://patreon.com/likerofwords ⁠⁠⁠Instagram: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/likerofwords⁠⁠ YouTube: ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@LikerOfWords Bluesky: ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/likerofwords.bsky.social⁠ Website (join the mailing list!): ⁠⁠https://www.emilydexterpsychic.com/⁠⁠ Follow KristaLyn: Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/kristalynsofia ⁠Instagram: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/kristalynsofia/⁠ YouTube: ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@KristaLynSofia ⁠Bluesky: ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/kristalynsofia.bsky.social ⁠ Website (join the mailing list!): ⁠⁠https://www.kristalynsofia.com/⁠⁠ #RedditAITA #AmITheAsshole #SpiritualPodcast #PsychicReadings #WooWoo

    My Mom Is Addicted to Her Psychic | Spiritual Reddit AITA

  7. Jul 13

    Is Mount Olympus a Portal? What We Felt on the Summer Solstice

    Is Mount Olympus more than a mountain? Emily and KristaLyn return from Greece to share what happened when they spent the summer solstice on Mount Olympus— including their guide’s stories about NASA visitors, unexplained lights above the mountain, a hidden city said to exist inside it, and the possibility that Olympus once functioned as a gateway between realms. They also accidentally join Thessaloniki Pride, enter the sacred forest associated with Dionysus, stand above the remains of Apollo’s temple, drink from Aphrodite’s spring, hear the disturbing history of Artemis’s forbidden forest, and receive brutally accurate traditional Greek coffee-ground readings. Was Mount Olympus simply a sacred location shaped by thousands of years of mythology and ritual—or is something still happening there? CHAPTERS 0:00 Is Mount Olympus a Portal?0:30 Welcome Back from Greece0:55 Accidentally Joining Thessaloniki Pride3:18 KristaLyn’s First Pride6:50 Spending the Solstice on Mount Olympus8:44 The Ruined Sacred City Beneath Olympus9:58 NASA, Magnetic Fields and a Hidden City?12:51 Three Unexplained Lights Above the Mountain14:10 Inside Dionysus’s Sacred Forest17:47 Apollo’s Temple Hidden Beneath a Church20:40 Drinking From Aphrodite’s Spring24:40 Swimming Where Olympus Meets the Sea27:50 The Forbidden Forest of Artemis32:55 A Terrifyingly Accurate Greek Coffee Reading38:41 Learning to Carve Marble in Athens42:32 New Moon in Cancer Forecast43:52 What Comes Next in Greece Subscribe to The Alchemist’s Inkwell for grounded conversations about spirituality, astrology, mythology, magic and the strange experiences that challenge what we think we know. #MountOlympus #GreekMythology #SpiritualTravel #SummerSolstice #Paranormal

    Is Mount Olympus a Portal? What We Felt on the Summer Solstice

  8. Jul 9

    Are Your Video Games Letting Spirits In? | Spiritual Reddit AITA

    He's about to lose 85% of his video game library — because his mom says it's letting spirits into the house. And two roommates can't agree on a $90 spirit box... but one of them might believe in it more than he's willing to admit. This week on What in the Woo Woo, Emily and KristaLyn dive into two Reddit AITA posts that blur the line between belief and denial — and give their take based on years of spiritual experience. Who's the a-hole? You decide. Got a story of your own, or a take on who's the a-hole? Drop it in the comments. New episodes every week — Reddit Stories on Wednesdays, InkSpill Live on Fridays. Subscribe so you don't miss it. Let's make the paranormal parasocial. 🔮 #PsychicRedditStories #AITA #Paranormal 00:00 Can video games invite spirits into your home? 00:30 Welcome to What in the Woo Woo 03:08 AITA: My mom says my video games are demonic 05:43 Religious panic, family curses, and gaming 06:59 Are video games spiritually dangerous? 08:19 When gaming and online spaces actually can affect people 10:36 Religious studies, fear, and spiritual control 11:27 Can fiction and horror be high vibration? 13:37 AITA: My roommate wants to buy a spirit box 15:14 Skepticism, fear, and shutting down spiritual curiosity 17:14 Paranormal investigation tools and spirit boxes 18:51 Emily’s ghost-hunting Playboy story ghost stories, reddit aita, spirit box, haunted house, family curse, psychic reading, video games, gaming curse, am i the a*****e, spiritual advice, paranormal stories, tarot, woo woo

    Are Your Video Games Letting Spirits In? | Spiritual Reddit AITA
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A Spiritual Podcast for Grounded People. Your weekly Magical coffee date complete with a spiritual dose of energy, astrology, and rabbit holes.

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  • Creator
    The Alchemist's Inkwell
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    263
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    Explicit
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