Magick & Alchemy Tamed Wild

In episode 119 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kristin Lisenby & Kate Belew interview Perdita Finn. Perdita is an author and the co-founder of the feral fellowship, The Way of the Rose. In this conversation, Perdita discusses connecting and honoring the unseen, trusting our intuition, imposter syndrome, and writing a book in collaboration with the dead. She speaks about the earth as an ancestor altar, the mothers and the grandmothers, and the draw of the Catskill Mountains. Perdita also introduces us to her new book, Take Back the Magic: Conversations with the Unseen World.
You can read more from Perdita Finn via her Substack, Facebook, or Instagram @perditafinn 
Sources:
Hekate Liminal Rites: A historical study of the rituals, spells, and magic of the Torch-bearing Triple Goddess of the Crossroads, Sorita d'Este & David Rankine
Season of the Witch, part 7: We Are the Dead - Substack
Take Back the Magic: Conversations with the Unseen World, Perdita Finn
Shoutouts:
Season 1, Episode 5: Hecate’s Garden - Spotify
Waking up to the Dark: Ancient Wisdom for a Sleepless Age, Clark Strand
The Madonna Secret, Sophie Strand
Life After Life, Kate Atkinson
Otherlands, Thomas Halliday
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Each box includes a seasonal workbook with 3 rituals, intention-setting guidance, astrological updates, and other helpful tools to help you harness the magick of the season.
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Created by Tamed Wild.
Production by Julio Montero.
Music by Follow the Wind,
Taizo Audio

In episode 118 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kate Belew and Kristin Lisenby welcome back Green Witch Robin Rose Bennett. Robin Rose is a storyteller, author, herbalist, and teacher. In this conversation, three witches discuss bibliomancy, word witchery, and the moments when writing and magick intersect. They also consider messages from the plants, the archetypal Elder, and Robin introduces listeners to her latest book, A Green Witch’s Pocket Book of Wisdom: Big Little Life Tips.

You can learn more about Robin Rose Bennett and her offerings via her website RobinRoseBennett.com, by signing up for her newsletter, and following her on Instagram @robinrosebennett.

Sources:

A Green Witch’s Pocket Book of Wisdom: Big Little Life Tips, Robin Rose Bennett
Wild Medicine: Tamed Wild's Illustrated Guide to the Magick of Herbs, Bundy & Belew

Shoutouts:

Episode 28: An Interview with Green Witch Robin Rose Bennett
The Shift Network
Healing Magic: A Green Witch Guidebook to Conscious Living, Robin Rose Bennett
The Gift of Healing Herbs: Plant Medicines and Home Remedies for a Vibrantly Healthy Life, Robin Rose Bennett
Little Witch Hosts Samhain Supper, Lisenby & Barone

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Subscribe to the Tamed Wild Quarterly Box - a quarterly delivery of magic & earth medicine. Each box is crafted around a season and includes items for the earth spirited and the lovers of all things mystical and natural. Deliveries can include crystals, herbs & teas, ritual tools, altar items, jewelry, essential oils & other lifestyle pieces.

Each box includes a seasonal workbook with 3 rituals, intention-setting guidance, astrological updates, and other helpful tools to help you harness the magick of the season.

And sign up for the Book Coven - a digital subscription with weekly lives, reels, and discussions about witchcraft, tarot, herbs, business witchery, upcoming workshops, & the book of the month.

Created by Tamed Wild.
Production by Julio Montero.
Music by Follow the Wind,
Taizo Audio

In episode 117 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kate Belew and Kristin Lisenby share spooky tales from their hometowns. They begin in the hills of California, exploring mountain magick and contemplating stories of The Dark Watchers and Lemurians. Kristin introduces us to the legends of Mt. Shasta, and then Kate takes us on a journey through the haunted streets of Michigan. There, we meet the witches, spirits of those departed, and ghost ships in the night.

Sources:

“There’s Something About Mount Shasta,” Laura Kiniry - Atlas Obscura
"Ghost Stories: The Dark Watchers," Kristin Lisenby - Tamed Wild blog
Legends of Mt. Shasta - Wikipedia
Mount Shasta’s Forgotten History & Legends, D.W. Naef
A Dictionary of Symbols, J.E. Cirlot
Legends of Mount Shasta: “The Abode of the Devil” Part I – The Legend of J.C. Brown - Ancient Origins
A Dweller on Two Planets, Frederick Spencer Oliver
Lemuria: The Lost Continent of the Pacific, Wishar Spenle Cerve
“Michigan urban myths and legends: 7 stories to share around the campfire,” Kylie Martin - Detroit Free Press
Gateway to oblivion: The Great Lakes' Bermuda triangle, Hugh F Cochrane
“Ghostly Legends of Michigan: The Ada Witch of Findlay Cemetary,” Michigans Otherside
“The story of 'The Drowning Pool' at Mackinac Island,” Ken Haddad
“The Remains of Shelldrake Michigan,” John Robinson
“Do Ghosts Walk at Whitefish Point? Paranormal Experts Investigate,” Frederick Stonehouse
“14 Michigan monster myths to fire you up for Halloween,” John Serba

Shoutouts:

Episode 17: The Fae Folk
Tamed Wild Retreats
Pretty Fn Spooky
All My Ancestors
Maria the Arcane
The Moon in Carolina

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Subscribe to the Tamed Wild Quarterly Box - a quarterly delivery of magic & earth medicine. Each box is crafted around a season and includes items for the earth spirited and the lovers of all things mystical and natural. Deliveries can include crystals, herbs & teas, ritual tools, altar items, jewelry, essential oils & other lifestyle pieces. 

Each box includes a seasonal workbook with 3 rituals, intention-setting guidance, astrological updates, and other helpful tools to help you harness the magick of the season.

Created by Tamed Wild.
Production by Julio Montero.
Music by Follow the Wind,
Taizo Audio

In episode 116 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kate Belew and Kristin Lisenby pierce the thinning veil. In this conversation, they contemplate this mystical shroud and the veil’s relationship to textile magick, tarot, and veiled goddesses and spirits. They weave in lace and folktale traditions, the origin of bridal veils, and the tools of the weaving craft. They also answer a listener question about the seasonal veil and the meaning behind the phrase, ‘The veil is thin.”
Sources:
Asia Suler, One Willow Apothecary
Jennifer Green
Dictionary of Symbols, J.E. Cirlot
Planetary Magick: The Heart of Western Magick (Llewellyn’s High Magick Series), Osborne Phillips & Melita Denning
Visions of the Cailleach: Exploring the Myths, Folklore and Legends of the pre-eminent Celtic Hag Goddess, Sorita d'Este and David Rankine
Hagitude, Sharon Blackie
A Journey Through the Forest of Souls, Rachel Pollack
Women Who Run with the Wolves, Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes
Storytime: The Coming of Bride - Tamed Wild blog
Agathi's Lace Shop
"Legends of Lace: Commerce and Ideology in Narratives of Women’s Domestic Craft Production," David Hopkin  
"The Origins of the Bridal Veil and Its Protection From Evil Spirits," Ancient Origins
Yakar, Jak. (2011). Presumed Social Identity of the Occupants of Late Third Millennium BC Alacahöyük and Horoztepe "Royal Tombs". Journal of Archaeomythology. 7. 1-8. 


Join the Tamed Wild Coven!
Subscribe to the Tamed Wild Quarterly Box - a quarterly delivery of magic & earth medicine. Each box is crafted around a season and includes items for the earth-spirited and the lovers of all things mystical and natural. Deliveries can include crystals, herbs & teas, ritual tools, altar items, jewelry, essential oils & other lifestyle pieces. 
Each box includes a seasonal workbook with 3 rituals, intention-setting guidance, astrological updates, and other helpful tools to help you harness the magick of the season.
And sign up for the Book Coven - a digital subscription with weekly lives, reels, and discussions about witchcraft, tarot, herbs, business witchery, upcoming workshops, & the book of the month.


Created by Tamed Wild.
Production by Julio Montero.
Music by Follow the Wind,
Taizo Audio

In episode 115 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kate Belew and Kristin Lisenby talk Wild Medicine with Shelby Bundy. Authored by Tamed Wild Creatrix Shelby Bundy and Kate Belew, the Wild Medicine book is an illustrated guide to the magick of plants. In this conversation, Shelby and Kate discuss being initiated into the world of plant witchery and following the threads of herbal lineages and lore. They talk about rose alchemy, listening to our plant families, and the Wild Medicine Deck that started it all.
Learn more about Shelby and Kate’s new book, Wild Medicine: Tamed Wild’s Illustrated Guide to the Magick of Herbs, via TamedWild.com. 
Shoutouts:
Wild Medicine Deck
Robin Rose Bennett 
The Missing Witches 
Rebecca Gordon Astrology
The Moon in Carolina Podcast


Join the Tamed Wild Coven!
Subscribe to the Tamed Wild Quarterly Box - a quarterly delivery of magic & earth medicine. Each box is crafted around a season and includes items for the earth-spirited and the lovers of all things mystical and natural. Deliveries can include crystals, herbs & teas, ritual tools, altar items, jewelry, essential oils & other lifestyle pieces. 
Each box includes a seasonal workbook with 3 rituals, intention-setting guidance, astrological updates, and other helpful tools to help you harness the magick of the season.
And sign up for the Book Coven - a digital subscription with weekly lives, reels, and discussions about witchcraft, tarot, herbs, business witchery, upcoming workshops, & the book of the month.
Created by Tamed Wild.
Production by Julio Montero.
Music by Follow the Wind,
Taizo Audio

In episode 114 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kate Belew and Kristin Lisenby celebrate Mabon and the start of Season 4! In this conversation, two witches harvest tales from corn. They discuss corn mazes, scarecrows, and the history and making of corn dollies. They talk about harvest spirits, crop circles, and deities of corn and grain. They also consider the fields of Midharvest as an archetype - the autumnal version of the fairy tale forest. 

Sources:
Episode 72: Mabon Magick
Mircea Eliade
Episode 69: Portals of the Summer Solstice
A Dictionary of Literary Symbols, Michael Ferber
A Dictionary of Symbols, J.E. Cirlot
The History and Making of Corn Dollies, Janet Goddard  
Dozynki Harvest 
Bassetlaw Museum
Corn Dolly Kit - Tamed Wild 
England’s Crop Circle Controversy - BBC article
Aras.org

Shoutouts:
The Autumn Crossroads
Children of the Corn
 
Join the Tamed Wild Coven!
Subscribe to the Tamed Wild Quarterly Box - a quarterly delivery of magic & earth medicine. Each box is crafted around a season and includes items for the earth-spirited and the lovers of all things mystical and natural. Deliveries can include crystals, herbs & teas, ritual tools, altar items, jewelry, essential oils & other lifestyle pieces. 
Each box includes a seasonal workbook with 3 rituals, intention-setting guidance, astrological updates, and other helpful tools to help you harness the magick of the season. 
And sign up for the Book Coven - a digital subscription with weekly lives, reels, and discussions about witchcraft, tarot, herbs, business witchery, upcoming workshops, & the book of the month.


Created by Tamed Wild.
Production by Julio Montero.
Music by Follow the Wind,
Taizo Audio