The Magick Kitchen Podcast

Send us a textAnd now for something completely different: Storytime! But first, we're getting cerebral. In this episode of the Magick Kitchen Podcast, Elyse and Leandra share their perspectives on decolonizing mythology. We discuss the truth about working with deities, and the reality of personal gnosis. We also discuss the importance of critical contexts for the classical portrayals of gods, the complexity of translation, and end the episode with some bardic storytelling of our favorite Sumerian myths about Inanna, and Tiamat. (ad music: A Robust Crew by Darren-Curtis | https://soundcloud.com/desperate-measurez Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution 3.0 Unported License (CC BY 3.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US)🔮 CLICK HERE Take Leandra's Witch Archetype Quiz: https://leandrawitchwood.kartra.com/survey/PW3GxZaS2Aa4 🗝️ 🕯️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 Check out Leandra's uniquely hand-blended teas at The Witchwood Teahouse! www.thewitchwoodteahouse.com Support on Patreon here for book club, a ritual library, and exclusive videos! 🌙Step beyond the garden gate into a living tapestry of magick. The Rebel Mystic Coven is Leandra's heart-led circle in South-Central PA—a sanctuary for curious seekers to explore, grow, and deepen their spiritual path. Click here to learn more.

Send us a textThis time in the Magick Kitchen we are welcoming back the amazing and wise Nicholas Pearson. We tackle the difficulty of this inauguration and the challenges we might be facing, and provide solutions and ideas for empowerment through it all. Nicholas Pearson has been immersed in all aspects of the mineral kingdom for more than 30 years. He began teaching crystal workshops in high school, later studying mineral science at Stetson University while pursuing a degree in music. He worked for several years at the Gillespie Museum, home to the largest mineral collection in the southern United States. A certified teacher and practitioner of Usui Reiki Ryoho, he teaches crystal and Reiki classes throughout the United States. He lives in Orlando, Florida. Learn more about his work and get a copy of Crystals for Psychic Self Defense at his website, theluminouspearl.com🔮 CLICK HERE Take Leandra's Witch Archetype Quiz: https://leandrawitchwood.kartra.com/survey/PW3GxZaS2Aa4 🗝️ 🕯️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 Check out Leandra's uniquely hand-blended teas at The Witchwood Teahouse! www.thewitchwoodteahouse.com Support on Patreon here for book club, a ritual library, and exclusive videos! 🌙Step beyond the garden gate into a living tapestry of magick. The Rebel Mystic Coven is Leandra's heart-led circle in South-Central PA—a sanctuary for curious seekers to explore, grow, and deepen their spiritual path. Click here to learn more.

Send us a textIn this episode, Leandra and Elyse celebrate 100 episodes! We look back at the guests we've had, give you some behind the scenes of how it all began, and tell you our plans moving forward. Our guest is Lilith Dorsey. Lilith hails from many magickal traditions, including Afro-Caribbean, Celtic, and Indigenous American spirituality. Their traditional education focused on Plant Science, Anthropology, and Film at the University of R.I, New York University, and the University of London, and their magickal training includes numerous initiations in Santeria (also known as Lucumi), Haitian Vodoun, and New Orleans Voodoo. They are a published Black author of Voodoo and Afro-Caribbean Paganism, Love Magic, the best selling Orishas, Goddesses and Voodoo Queens. Their latest book, Tarot Every Witch Way, is available now.Click here to join the Unbound Priestess Summit Jan. 9-10th 2025.🔮 CLICK HERE Take Leandra's Witch Archetype Quiz: https://leandrawitchwood.kartra.com/survey/PW3GxZaS2Aa4 🗝️ 🕯️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 Check out Leandra's uniquely hand-blended teas at The Witchwood Teahouse! www.thewitchwoodteahouse.com Support on Patreon here for book club, a ritual library, and exclusive videos! 🌙Step beyond the garden gate into a living tapestry of magick. The Rebel Mystic Coven is Leandra's heart-led circle in South-Central PA—a sanctuary for curious seekers to explore, grow, and deepen their spiritual path. Click here to learn more.

Send us a textIn this Winter installment of our seasonal series, At the Kitchen Witch's Hearth, we are discussing how we really feel about the season that offers its challenges, what the Christmas Spirit really means, and sharing our favorite recipes: for humans AND your animal companions.Click here to take a Gardens of the Mystic Quiz. Beginning in January.Take Hold of the Red Thread with Elyse in 2025: seekingnumina.com/theredthread Get Leandra's tea recipe here. Cat Cookie Recipe:Ingredients:1/2 cup oat flour (grind oats if you don't have oat flour)1/3 cup pure pumpkin purée320g tuna from a can (with the liquid)1 teaspoon dried catnipInstructions:Preheat your oven to 175°C (350°F).In a large bowl, combine all the ingredients until you have a well-mixed dough.Roll out the dough between two sheets of wax paper.Cut the dough into fun shapes or bite-sized pieces.Place the pieces on a lightly greased cookie sheet and bake for about 15 minutes, or until the edges begin to brown.Let the cookies cool completely before serving or storing in an airtight container.🔮 CLICK HERE Take Leandra's Witch Archetype Quiz: https://leandrawitchwood.kartra.com/survey/PW3GxZaS2Aa4 🗝️ 🕯️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 Check out Leandra's uniquely hand-blended teas at The Witchwood Teahouse! www.thewitchwoodteahouse.com Support on Patreon here for book club, a ritual library, and exclusive videos! 🌙Step beyond the garden gate into a living tapestry of magick. The Rebel Mystic Coven is Leandra's heart-led circle in South-Central PA—a sanctuary for curious seekers to explore, grow, and deepen their spiritual path. Click here to learn more.

Send us a textCelebrating Our 100th Episode! Jamie Waggoner is a Pagan priestess, philosopher, writer, and teacher. She cofounded the Way of Weaver, a gender-inclusive program of magical inquiry, social justice, and community building. Jamie has studied folklore, mythology, and the occult for more than twenty years and has been a devotee of Hades since 2016. Visit her at JamieWaggoner.com🔮 CLICK HERE Take Leandra's Witch Archetype Quiz: https://leandrawitchwood.kartra.com/survey/PW3GxZaS2Aa4 🗝️ 🕯️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 Check out Leandra's uniquely hand-blended teas at The Witchwood Teahouse! www.thewitchwoodteahouse.com Support on Patreon here for book club, a ritual library, and exclusive videos! 🌙Step beyond the garden gate into a living tapestry of magick. The Rebel Mystic Coven is Leandra's heart-led circle in South-Central PA—a sanctuary for curious seekers to explore, grow, and deepen their spiritual path. Click here to learn more.

Send us a textIn this episode, join Elyse in an interview with Brandon Weston, author of Granny Thornapple's Book of Charms and Ozark Folk Magic. Brandon Weston (Fayetteville, AR) is a healer, writer, and folklorist who owns and operates Ozark Healing Traditions, an online collective of articles, lectures, and workshops focusing on the Ozark Mountain region. As a practicing folk healer, his work with clients includes everything from spiritual cleanses to house blessings. He comes from a long line of Ozark hillfolk and is also a folk herbalist, yarb doctor, and power doctor. Support his work and view his services at ozarkhealing.com.🔮 CLICK HERE Take Leandra's Witch Archetype Quiz: https://leandrawitchwood.kartra.com/survey/PW3GxZaS2Aa4 🗝️ 🕯️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 Check out Leandra's uniquely hand-blended teas at The Witchwood Teahouse! www.thewitchwoodteahouse.com Support on Patreon here for book club, a ritual library, and exclusive videos! 🌙Step beyond the garden gate into a living tapestry of magick. The Rebel Mystic Coven is Leandra's heart-led circle in South-Central PA—a sanctuary for curious seekers to explore, grow, and deepen their spiritual path. Click here to learn more.

Send us a textIn this emotional episode, Leandra and Elyse share their thoughts and an uplifting message of community in the results of the 2024 US election. We also interview Courtney Weber about her new book, Sacred Tears, in an unplanned yet relatable conversation about grief in the pagan community and how to navigate loss as a witch.🔮 CLICK HERE Take Leandra's Witch Archetype Quiz: https://leandrawitchwood.kartra.com/survey/PW3GxZaS2Aa4 🗝️ 🕯️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 Check out Leandra's uniquely hand-blended teas at The Witchwood Teahouse! www.thewitchwoodteahouse.com Support on Patreon here for book club, a ritual library, and exclusive videos! 🌙Step beyond the garden gate into a living tapestry of magick. The Rebel Mystic Coven is Leandra's heart-led circle in South-Central PA—a sanctuary for curious seekers to explore, grow, and deepen their spiritual path. Click here to learn more.

Send us a textIn this episode we talk with Elder of the Craft and cofounder of the Temple of Witchcraft and TempleFest, Christopher Penczak. Christopher is a multiaward-winning author and teacher. He has written over 20 books, and has been a teacher of the Craft for more than 40 years. In this deep conversation, we hear the wisdom of experience on how witchcraft can change your life, how it really works, and we answer the question: is witchcraft safe? Learn more about the templeofwitchcraft.org and christopherpenczak.com🔮 CLICK HERE Take Leandra's Witch Archetype Quiz: https://leandrawitchwood.kartra.com/survey/PW3GxZaS2Aa4 🗝️ 🕯️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 Check out Leandra's uniquely hand-blended teas at The Witchwood Teahouse! www.thewitchwoodteahouse.com Support on Patreon here for book club, a ritual library, and exclusive videos! 🌙Step beyond the garden gate into a living tapestry of magick. The Rebel Mystic Coven is Leandra's heart-led circle in South-Central PA—a sanctuary for curious seekers to explore, grow, and deepen their spiritual path. Click here to learn more.

Send us a textIn this episode, we're kicking off season 8 and the witchiest month of the year with a corvid conversation. We talk all about the myth and science behind what makes crows and ravens so witchy. Join Elyse in an interview with Rick de Yampert, author of the new book "Crows and Ravens: Mystery, Myth, and Magic of Sacred Corvids". Rick de Yampert is a Florida resident and long-time journalist who spent twenty-three years as the arts and entertainment writer for the Daytona Beach News-Journal. He presents workshops and performs on sitar and Native American flutes at Pagan festivals in the Southeast, and in Unitarian Universalist churches. Rick has studied Hindu sacred sound, shamanic drumming, Goddess worship, Taoism, and more. His crow art has been displayed at galleries and art festivals around Florida. Visit him at RickdeYampert.com or mistercrowart.com.🔮 CLICK HERE Take Leandra's Witch Archetype Quiz: https://leandrawitchwood.kartra.com/survey/PW3GxZaS2Aa4 🗝️ 🕯️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 Check out Leandra's uniquely hand-blended teas at The Witchwood Teahouse! www.thewitchwoodteahouse.com Support on Patreon here for book club, a ritual library, and exclusive videos! 🌙Step beyond the garden gate into a living tapestry of magick. The Rebel Mystic Coven is Leandra's heart-led circle in South-Central PA—a sanctuary for curious seekers to explore, grow, and deepen their spiritual path. Click here to learn more.

Send us a textIn the season 7 finale, Leandra and Elyse are joined by Fio Gede Parma to discuss their book 'The Witch Belongs to the World', and its major themes: what does it really mean to be a witch?  We talk about what initiation really is, the pros and cons of following a particular lineage, and the ins and outs of Fio's tradition, the Wildwood Tradition from so-called Australia.Fio Gede Parma (they/she) is a Balinese-Australian international teacher, magical mentor, and award-winning author. They were born in the island of Bali - to Roslyn and John - and descend from Balinese, Chinese, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, and English peoples. Fio has lived in so-called Australia for most of her life, as north as Thul Garrie Waja/Gurrumbilbarra (Townsville) and as south as Naarm (Melbourne).Fio was raised in an animistic, polytheistic, magic-affirming, spirit-knowing family - in a haunted house - whose traditions were largely impacted by what the west calls Balinese Hinduism. When forced to consider it, some Balinese name their ‘religion’ Agama Tirta, Religion of the Holy Water. Ganesha, Siwa (Shiva), Krishna, Parwati Uma, Durga, Hanuman, the Barong and Rangda, the spirits and the ancestors were all spoken of, venerated, and regarded with holy awe. Learn more about their work on her website: https://www.fiogedeparma.com/ Get tickets for Elyse's Raising Energy workshop on 10/24/24 here.Rooted Rituals: Every Day Magic for Overwhelmed Witches, Leandra's first summit is Oct. 10 and 11! Sign up here for free and enjoy talks by over a dozen presenters.🔮 CLICK HERE Take Leandra's Witch Archetype Quiz: https://leandrawitchwood.kartra.com/survey/PW3GxZaS2Aa4 🗝️ 🕯️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 Check out Leandra's uniquely hand-blended teas at The Witchwood Teahouse! www.thewitchwoodteahouse.com Support on Patreon here for book club, a ritual library, and exclusive videos! 🌙Step beyond the garden gate into a living tapestry of magick. The Rebel Mystic Coven is Leandra's heart-led circle in South-Central PA—a sanctuary for curious seekers to explore, grow, and deepen their spiritual path. Click here to learn more.