

The Magick Kitchen Podcast
Leandra Witchwood, Elyse Welles
Join Leandra Witchwood and Elyse Welles to discuss magick, food, herbs, tea, rituals, and more. This is where witches come together to talk about our interests and experiences. Leandra Witchwood is a Modern Witch, Priestess, and Master Herbalist dedicated to wortcunning, magick, healing, and spiritual growth. Based in South-Central PA, she founded The Magick Kitchen Blog in 2011, which has evolved to become one of the top 30 podcasts in the religion and spirituality category. She is the host of The Unbound Priestess Podcast. An author of five books on Witchcraft and shadow work, Leandra offers decades of knowledge and experience to guide the magickal community. Using her knowledge as a Vitalist Herbalist, Leandra also hand-blends loose-leaf teas at The Witchwood Teahouse, where she seamlessly marries whimsy with flavor. Leandra offers courses, certification & training programs in the Gardens of the Mystic Program and Rebel Mystic Coven. ✨Join Leandra for an empowering journey into self-discovery and magick. Learn more about what Leandra offers and how you can work with her at https://www.leandrawitchwood.com/Elyse Welles is a Greek-Egyptian and American earth intuitive Priestess. Initiated in the Faery Tradition & holding an MA focusing on spiritual studies, she is a teacher of the lost Earth Priestess Arts of the Mediterranean, where she hails from. She hosts 3 podcasts, & is an author. Her book on connecting with land spirits was released with Llewellyn in 2025 and a paranormal mystery novel in September 2025. She writes for Witchology and Witch Way Magazine and is the Greece correspondent for the Wild Hunt. She has spoken at conferences such as Hekatefest and the Ancestral Magic Summit. She runs Seeking Numina, facilitating rituals at Greece's sacred sites, & teaches the Path of the Sacred Wild, an earth-based spirituality. Learn more: seekingnumina.com + Instagram @seekingnumina.
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Feb 2, 2026 • 45min
Why Imbolc Matters: Candlemas, Brigid, and the Hearth
Send us a textIn this episode of the Magick Kitchen Podcast, Leandra and Elyse Welles break down why Imbolc matters on the Wheel of the Year, especially when winter feels heavy and motivation is low. They explore the difference between quarter days (solstices and equinoxes) and the often-misunderstood cross-quarter days, and why these seasonal turning points can be the most supportive when we feel least connected.You’ll also hear the roots of Imbolc as lambing season and its relationship to Candlemas, plus the heart of Brigid’s Day, Brigid as a goddess of hearth, craft, and creativity, and the ways her presence bridges traditions. From purification and decluttering to fire as release, they offer a gentle, practical Imbolc approach that includes kitchen magic, seasonal foods, and simple correspondences without getting stuck in “doing it perfectly.”Download your free Imbolc Workbook- https://leandrawitchwood.com/resourcesLoose-leaf Tea and Sacred Apothecary The Healing Our Feminine Wounding Immersive is a sacred retreat devoted to untangling inherited shame, silence, and survival patterns carried in the feminine body. Through ritual, reflection, and land based temple arts, we work gently and honestly with what has been passed down so that a truer, steadier way of being can emerge. The Rebel Mystic Witchcraft Skill Trees are a modular, intentional way to learn witchcraft without overwhelm. Each tree is a focused path of study, designed to give you clarity, confidence, and embodied understanding of a single magickal topic — while gently guiding you toward more profound mastery when you’re ready.Learn more at LeandraWitchwood.com Sacred Wild Wednesdays is a live weekly gathering with Elyse Welles featuring tarot readings for participants, magickal musings, and grounded spiritual teaching. Held in real time, this space offers guidance, perspective, and connection for those walking the Path of the Sacred Wild.Support the Podcast! 🌙 Join The Rebel Mystic Coven - a private online coven and academy with FREE monthly online lessons. JOIN HERE 🌳 The Rebel Mystic Witchcraft Skill Trees - a modular, intentional way to learn witchcraft without overwhelm. Explore the grove HERE 🫖 The Witchwood Teahouse! Check out Leandra's uniquely hand-blended teas - www.thewitchwoodteahouse.com ✨Get Your Free Resources HERE 🌒🌕🌘 🗝️ 🕯️CLICK HERE for Elyse's free Guide to Energy Protection. 🌟🧙♀️ Follow Elyse @seekingnumina, & join Seekers of the Sacred Wild, a free group with weekly live lessons and readings. Join upcoming pilgrimages and container courses here: www.elysewelles.com/2026Immersive Support on Patreon here for book club, a ritual library, and exclusive videos!

Jan 18, 2026 • 1h 16min
Respectful Deity Work: Culture, Consent, and Trust with Deborah Blake
Send us a textThis time in the Magick Kitchen Podcast, Leandra Witchwood and Elyse Welles are joined by bestselling author and beloved witchcraft teacher Deborah Blake for a grounded, practical conversation on respectful, responsible deity work for witches and pagans.Together, they explore what changes when deity isn’t “a box you visit,” but part of everyday life, and why cultural context matters when working with ancient pantheons in the modern world. Deborah shares how her upcoming book, Everyday Witch’s Book of Deities (out in April and currently available for preorder), approaches deity work with both historical background and real-world practice. You’ll also hear thoughtful discussion on syncretism (when gods and goddesses overlap across cultures), what “perfect love and perfect trust” can mean in lived experience, and how to start small if you think a deity may be reaching out, including the physical signs both hosts and Deborah notice in their own work.Find Deborah at deborahblakeauthor.comLoose-leaf Tea and Sacred Apothecary The Healing Our Feminine Wounding Immersive is a sacred retreat devoted to untangling inherited shame, silence, and survival patterns carried in the feminine body. Through ritual, reflection, and land based temple arts, we work gently and honestly with what has been passed down so that a truer, steadier way of being can emerge. The Rebel Mystic Witchcraft Skill Trees are a modular, intentional way to learn witchcraft without overwhelm. Each tree is a focused path of study, designed to give you clarity, confidence, and embodied understanding of a single magickal topic — while gently guiding you toward more profound mastery when you’re ready.Learn more at LeandraWitchwood.com Sacred Wild Wednesdays is a live weekly gathering with Elyse Welles featuring tarot readings for participants, magickal musings, and grounded spiritual teaching. Held in real time, this space offers guidance, perspective, and connection for those walking the Path of the Sacred Wild.Support the Podcast! 🌙 Join The Rebel Mystic Coven - a private online coven and academy with FREE monthly online lessons. JOIN HERE 🌳 The Rebel Mystic Witchcraft Skill Trees - a modular, intentional way to learn witchcraft without overwhelm. Explore the grove HERE 🫖 The Witchwood Teahouse! Check out Leandra's uniquely hand-blended teas - www.thewitchwoodteahouse.com ✨Get Your Free Resources HERE 🌒🌕🌘 🗝️ 🕯️CLICK HERE for Elyse's free Guide to Energy Protection. 🌟🧙♀️ Follow Elyse @seekingnumina, & join Seekers of the Sacred Wild, a free group with weekly live lessons and readings. Join upcoming pilgrimages and container courses here: www.elysewelles.com/2026Immersive Support on Patreon here for book club, a ritual library, and exclusive videos!

Jan 4, 2026 • 59min
How to Begin a Kitchen Witchery Practice
Send us a textA new year invites new rhythms, and the kitchen is one of the most powerful places to begin. In this episode of the Magick Kitchen Podcast, Leandra Witchwood and Elyse Welles explore how to start — or refresh — a kitchen witchery practice rooted in green magic, balance, and everyday life.They discuss why kitchen witchery and green witchcraft are inseparable paths, how perfection and rigid planning can block magical flow, and why the hearth has always been the energetic heart of the home. From cooking with seasonal ingredients to working with what’s already in your spice cabinet, this conversation offers grounded ways to make magic sustainable, nourishing, and intuitive.You’ll also learn how food connects us to cycles — the moon, the body, the land — and why honoring ingredients through use, reuse, and gratitude matters deeply in the craft. The episode closes with a simple cinnamon–apple tea or simmer pot practice you can make right away using common kitchen ingredients.Loose-leaf Tea and Sacred Apothecary The Healing Our Feminine Wounding Immersive is a sacred retreat devoted to untangling inherited shame, silence, and survival patterns carried in the feminine body. Through ritual, reflection, and land based temple arts, we work gently and honestly with what has been passed down so that a truer, steadier way of being can emerge. The Rebel Mystic Witchcraft Skill Trees are a modular, intentional way to learn witchcraft without overwhelm. Each tree is a focused path of study, designed to give you clarity, confidence, and embodied understanding of a single magickal topic — while gently guiding you toward more profound mastery when you’re ready.Learn more at LeandraWitchwood.com Sacred Wild Wednesdays is a live weekly gathering with Elyse Welles featuring tarot readings for participants, magickal musings, and grounded spiritual teaching. Held in real time, this space offers guidance, perspective, and connection for those walking the Path of the Sacred Wild.Support the Podcast! 🌙 Join The Rebel Mystic Coven - a private online coven and academy with FREE monthly online lessons. JOIN HERE 🌳 The Rebel Mystic Witchcraft Skill Trees - a modular, intentional way to learn witchcraft without overwhelm. Explore the grove HERE 🫖 The Witchwood Teahouse! Check out Leandra's uniquely hand-blended teas - www.thewitchwoodteahouse.com ✨Get Your Free Resources HERE 🌒🌕🌘 🗝️ 🕯️CLICK HERE for Elyse's free Guide to Energy Protection. 🌟🧙♀️ Follow Elyse @seekingnumina, & join Seekers of the Sacred Wild, a free group with weekly live lessons and readings. Join upcoming pilgrimages and container courses here: www.elysewelles.com/2026Immersive Support on Patreon here for book club, a ritual library, and exclusive videos!

Dec 21, 2025 • 47min
Fiber Magic & Stitch Witchery: Knitting, Ancestral Craft, and Enchanted Thread
Send us a textIn this Yuletide episode of the Magick Kitchen Podcast, Leandra Witchwood and Elyse Welles are joined by fiber artist and co-host of the Knit a Spell podcast, Katie Rempe, for a deep and soulful conversation about fiber magic, stitch witchery, and ancestral craft.Together they explore knitting, embroidery, mending, sewing, spinning, and textile arts as ancient magical practices — ways of weaving intention, prayer, and protection directly into everyday life. From blood, sweat, and tears stitched into garments, to repetitive motion as meditation, to crafting as a gateway for intuition and ancestral connection, this episode invites listeners to remember the sacred power held in thread and cloth.The conversation weaves through grief and healing, pandemic-era crafting, reclaiming lost communal arts, ethical making, and how working with fiber can become both spellwork and spiritual refuge. Whether you knit daily or have never picked up a needle, this episode offers a gentle invitation to slow down, listen to your hands, and reconnect with the magic humans have practiced for millennia.Loose-leaf Tea and Sacred Apothecary The Healing Our Feminine Wounding Immersive is a sacred retreat devoted to untangling inherited shame, silence, and survival patterns carried in the feminine body. Through ritual, reflection, and land based temple arts, we work gently and honestly with what has been passed down so that a truer, steadier way of being can emerge. The Rebel Mystic Witchcraft Skill Trees are a modular, intentional way to learn witchcraft without overwhelm. Each tree is a focused path of study, designed to give you clarity, confidence, and embodied understanding of a single magickal topic — while gently guiding you toward more profound mastery when you’re ready.Learn more at LeandraWitchwood.com Sacred Wild Wednesdays is a live weekly gathering with Elyse Welles featuring tarot readings for participants, magickal musings, and grounded spiritual teaching. Held in real time, this space offers guidance, perspective, and connection for those walking the Path of the Sacred Wild.Support the Podcast! 🌙 Join The Rebel Mystic Coven - a private online coven and academy with FREE monthly online lessons. JOIN HERE 🌳 The Rebel Mystic Witchcraft Skill Trees - a modular, intentional way to learn witchcraft without overwhelm. Explore the grove HERE 🫖 The Witchwood Teahouse! Check out Leandra's uniquely hand-blended teas - www.thewitchwoodteahouse.com ✨Get Your Free Resources HERE 🌒🌕🌘 🗝️ 🕯️CLICK HERE for Elyse's free Guide to Energy Protection. 🌟🧙♀️ Follow Elyse @seekingnumina, & join Seekers of the Sacred Wild, a free group with weekly live lessons and readings. Join upcoming pilgrimages and container courses here: www.elysewelles.com/2026Immersive Support on Patreon here for book club, a ritual library, and exclusive videos!

Dec 7, 2025 • 34min
Kitchen Witches’ Hearth: Yule Simmer Pot Magic & Year-End Gratitude
Send us a textIn this cozy Yule edition of the Magick Kitchen Podcast, Leandra Witchwood and Elyse Welles gather around the stove for a heartwarming, fully intuitive simmer pot ritual. Together they explore how scent, memory, and elemental magic weave into one of witchcraft’s simplest yet most profound seasonal practices.Join them as they build two simmer pots — one on the stove and one in a tiny cast-iron cauldron — sharing the magical correspondences of rosemary, alfalfa, apple, clove, motherwort, lavender, bay, nutmeg, and more. Along the way, they reflect on the blessings of the past year, the lineage of their craft, the art of releasing what no longer serves, and the nourishment that kitchen witchery offers in the dark months.This is an episode filled with warmth, laughter, history, and heartfelt magic — a perfect way to honor the turning of the year and welcome the returning light.✨ Want to dive deeper into seasonal kitchen magic? Join Leandra’s free two-day Kitchen Witchery Event on December 18–19, where you’ll learn to create teas, salts, simmer pots, and more. 👉 Register at: leandrawitchwood.com✨ Ready to walk in the footsteps of ancient priestesses? Join Elyse in Greece for a four-day immersive Feminine Wounding Pilgrimage, where you will meet Artemis, Hekate, Hera, Aphrodite, Medusa, Persephone, and more through ritual, sacred sites, and guided healing. This intimate journey is limited to just six participants and is designed to help you release old wounds, reclaim your power, and remember your divine lineage.👉 Learn more and apply at: elysewelles.com/femininewoundSupport the Podcast! 🌙 Join The Rebel Mystic Coven - a private online coven and academy with FREE monthly online lessons. JOIN HERE 🌳 The Rebel Mystic Witchcraft Skill Trees - a modular, intentional way to learn witchcraft without overwhelm. Explore the grove HERE 🫖 The Witchwood Teahouse! Check out Leandra's uniquely hand-blended teas - www.thewitchwoodteahouse.com ✨Get Your Free Resources HERE 🌒🌕🌘 🗝️ 🕯️CLICK HERE for Elyse's free Guide to Energy Protection. 🌟🧙♀️ Follow Elyse @seekingnumina, & join Seekers of the Sacred Wild, a free group with weekly live lessons and readings. Join upcoming pilgrimages and container courses here: www.elysewelles.com/2026Immersive Support on Patreon here for book club, a ritual library, and exclusive videos!

Nov 23, 2025 • 42min
The Dangers of AI in Witchcraft: Protecting Your Practice and Intuition
Send us a textIn this thought-provoking episode of the Magick Kitchen Podcast, Leandra Witchwood and Elyse Welles dive deep into one of the most urgent topics in modern spirituality — the rise of AI in witchcraft. From spellwriting and herbalism to tarot and dream interpretation, witches everywhere are turning to AI for answers — but at what cost?Leandra and Elyse unpack the hidden dangers of using artificial intelligence for magical work, including misinformation, environmental damage, and the loss of personal intuition. They explore how AI erodes discernment, replaces community with false connection, and disconnects us from Earth-based practices. Yet, they also discuss how to use technology mindfully as a tool, without losing your sovereignty or spiritual depth.Whether you’re curious, skeptical, or caught in the algorithmic web, this episode offers grounded, witch-tested insight on how to keep your magic human, sacred, and alive.This episode is both a warning and a call back to embodied, earth-rooted magic. If you’ve been feeling disconnected, overwhelmed, or unsure of your intuitive path, don’t miss the Feminine Wound Masterclass referenced in this episode — a free live event exploring intuition, inner truth, and the healing of ancestral feminine wounds. 👉 Register at: www.elysewelles.com/femininewoundSupport the Podcast! 🌙 Join The Rebel Mystic Coven - a private online coven and academy with FREE monthly online lessons. JOIN HERE 🌳 The Rebel Mystic Witchcraft Skill Trees - a modular, intentional way to learn witchcraft without overwhelm. Explore the grove HERE 🫖 The Witchwood Teahouse! Check out Leandra's uniquely hand-blended teas - www.thewitchwoodteahouse.com ✨Get Your Free Resources HERE 🌒🌕🌘 🗝️ 🕯️CLICK HERE for Elyse's free Guide to Energy Protection. 🌟🧙♀️ Follow Elyse @seekingnumina, & join Seekers of the Sacred Wild, a free group with weekly live lessons and readings. Join upcoming pilgrimages and container courses here: www.elysewelles.com/2026Immersive Support on Patreon here for book club, a ritual library, and exclusive videos!

Nov 9, 2025 • 1h 7min
Reviving the Ancient Gods: Hellenic Polytheism with George Lizos
Send us a textIn this landmark episode of the Magick Kitchen Podcast, hosts Leandra Witchwood and Elyse Welles sit down with spiritual teacher, psychic healer, and bestselling author George Lizos to explore the modern revival of Hellenic polytheism — the living religion of the ancient Greek gods.George shares his groundbreaking experience performing the first Hellenic polytheist wedding in Cyprus, what it means to practice an evolving ancient faith, and how community, ritual, and activism are helping restore sacred traditions to modern life. Together, they dive deep into the real essence of the Greek gods — beyond myth — and explore how these deities represent universal laws, virtues, and living forces that guide us today.From the mysteries of Zeus and Aphrodite to the misunderstood roles of Hekate and Dionysus, this conversation bridges witchcraft and religion, exploring how the old ways are alive, evolving, and deeply needed in our world.Support the Podcast! 🌙 Join The Rebel Mystic Coven - a private online coven and academy with FREE monthly online lessons. JOIN HERE 🌳 The Rebel Mystic Witchcraft Skill Trees - a modular, intentional way to learn witchcraft without overwhelm. Explore the grove HERE 🫖 The Witchwood Teahouse! Check out Leandra's uniquely hand-blended teas - www.thewitchwoodteahouse.com ✨Get Your Free Resources HERE 🌒🌕🌘 🗝️ 🕯️CLICK HERE for Elyse's free Guide to Energy Protection. 🌟🧙♀️ Follow Elyse @seekingnumina, & join Seekers of the Sacred Wild, a free group with weekly live lessons and readings. Join upcoming pilgrimages and container courses here: www.elysewelles.com/2026Immersive Support on Patreon here for book club, a ritual library, and exclusive videos!

Oct 26, 2025 • 39min
The Magick of Glamour: How to Enchant, Protect, and Empower Your Presence
Send us a textIn this episode of the Magick Kitchen Podcast, Leandra Witchwood and Elyse Welles dive deep into the art of glamour magick — the subtle witchcraft of presence, confidence, and energetic influence. From enchanted lip balms and veiling practices to invisibility glamours and divine self-expression, this conversation redefines what it means to “put on your power.”You’ll hear stories of real-life glamours — from Marilyn Monroe’s transformation to modern magical veiling — and learn how to enchant your daily rituals for protection, confidence, and clarity. Whether you’re cloaking yourself from unwanted attention or illuminating your truest self, this episode will help you reclaim the transformative beauty that already lives within you.It’s a powerful, funny, and heartfelt journey through the spells we wear every day — intentionally or not.Support the Podcast! 🌙 Join The Rebel Mystic Coven - a private online coven and academy with FREE monthly online lessons. JOIN HERE 🌳 The Rebel Mystic Witchcraft Skill Trees - a modular, intentional way to learn witchcraft without overwhelm. Explore the grove HERE 🫖 The Witchwood Teahouse! Check out Leandra's uniquely hand-blended teas - www.thewitchwoodteahouse.com ✨Get Your Free Resources HERE 🌒🌕🌘 🗝️ 🕯️CLICK HERE for Elyse's free Guide to Energy Protection. 🌟🧙♀️ Follow Elyse @seekingnumina, & join Seekers of the Sacred Wild, a free group with weekly live lessons and readings. Join upcoming pilgrimages and container courses here: www.elysewelles.com/2026Immersive Support on Patreon here for book club, a ritual library, and exclusive videos!

Oct 12, 2025 • 48min
Sex, Death & the Body as Temple: Somatic Witchcraft with Melissa Gutierrez
Send us a textWhen the veil thins, the body becomes the first altar. In this candid, unfiltered conversation, somatic coach, witch, and trauma-informed Domme Melissa Gutierrez joins Leandra and Elyse to demystify somatics and show how movement reshapes mind, emotions, and (yes) magick. We explore the twin currents of sex magick and death work—how they naturally braid together in healing, grief, and rebirth—and why ethical containers, consent, and nervous-system literacy matter for real transformation.Melissa shares her cultural roots, what “sensation integration” looks like in practice, and how to work with triggers as teachers. We talk science-meets-mysticism, reclaiming the hips and voice from shame, adult agency in the body, and why community mirrors are essential for growth. If you’ve ever wondered how to actually feel energy, hold a vision through arousal, or approach spirit and ancestors without fear, this episode is your map.Support the Podcast! 🌙 Join The Rebel Mystic Coven - a private online coven and academy with FREE monthly online lessons. JOIN HERE 🌳 The Rebel Mystic Witchcraft Skill Trees - a modular, intentional way to learn witchcraft without overwhelm. Explore the grove HERE 🫖 The Witchwood Teahouse! Check out Leandra's uniquely hand-blended teas - www.thewitchwoodteahouse.com ✨Get Your Free Resources HERE 🌒🌕🌘 🗝️ 🕯️CLICK HERE for Elyse's free Guide to Energy Protection. 🌟🧙♀️ Follow Elyse @seekingnumina, & join Seekers of the Sacred Wild, a free group with weekly live lessons and readings. Join upcoming pilgrimages and container courses here: www.elysewelles.com/2026Immersive Support on Patreon here for book club, a ritual library, and exclusive videos!

Sep 28, 2025 • 37min
Kitchen Witch’s Hearth: Protective Pickled Onions & Everyday Magick
Send us a textThis time we’re really in the kitchen. Leandra Witchwood and Elyse Welles invite you into a cozy, hands-on “Kitchen Witch’s Hearth” session to make quick pickled red onions two ways—while weaving intention, protection, and cleansing into every step. From knife skills and jar-charging to stirring deosil and widdershins, you’ll hear how intuitive cooking becomes spellcraft, why onions and garlic are powerhouse allies, and how ingredients like vinegar, caraway, and even a lemon-and-salt ward can support energetic hygiene. It’s tactile, candid, a little teary (thanks, onions), and full of practical witchery you can taste. If you love hearth magick, seasonal pantry projects, and turning everyday food into living ritual, this one’s for you.Video coming soon!Support the Podcast! 🌙 Join The Rebel Mystic Coven - a private online coven and academy with FREE monthly online lessons. JOIN HERE 🌳 The Rebel Mystic Witchcraft Skill Trees - a modular, intentional way to learn witchcraft without overwhelm. Explore the grove HERE 🫖 The Witchwood Teahouse! Check out Leandra's uniquely hand-blended teas - www.thewitchwoodteahouse.com ✨Get Your Free Resources HERE 🌒🌕🌘 🗝️ 🕯️CLICK HERE for Elyse's free Guide to Energy Protection. 🌟🧙♀️ Follow Elyse @seekingnumina, & join Seekers of the Sacred Wild, a free group with weekly live lessons and readings. Join upcoming pilgrimages and container courses here: www.elysewelles.com/2026Immersive Support on Patreon here for book club, a ritual library, and exclusive videos!


