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In episode 180 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kate Belew and Kristin Lisenby continue their series on animal oracles with the octopus and the dolphin. They begin with the eight-limbed octopus, a creature known as the sea alien. As a symbol of the strange, not only can the octopus alter the color and texture of its body on command, but it also uses tools, solves puzzles, and can escape from seemingly impossible spaces. Like the octopus, the dolphin is a liminal being, moving between shallow waters and deep, oceanic depths. Dolphins are considered our ‘brothers of the sea,’ delivering messengers of joy, friendship, and creation.
Sources & Shoutouts:
Tamed Wild Beltane Retreat 2027
“The Mind of an Octopus,” Scientific American
“A Dictionary of Symbols,” J. E. Cirlot
“Octopus Legends and Urban Myths,” PBS
“Breverton’s Phantasmagoria: A Compendium Of Monsters, Myths And Legends,” Terry Breverton
“Sea monsters and their inspiration: Serpents, mermaids, the kraken and more,” Natural History Museum
Dolphin Communication Project
Dolphins in Ancient Mythology, PBS
“The Book of Symbols: Reflections on Archetypal Images,” Taschen
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In episode 179 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kate Belew and Kristin Lisenby track the footprints of animal oracles, beginning with the fox and the deer. Assigning meaning to animal sightings and chance interactions is called apantomancy, a form of divination with the wild. Through the lens of apantomancy, the fox might show up as a friend or foe, a fairy or a goddess. The fox is also a shapeshifter, much like its friend, the deer. Deer are ancient symbols of inspiration and creativity, and in folk stories and lullabies, they initiate humans into a realm of ancient magic.
Sources & Shoutouts:Mr. Fox, Helen Oyeyemi
Season 4, Episode 127: Trickster Tales
Bones & Honey: A Heathen Prayer Book, Danielle Dulsky
The illustrated database of Japanese folklore
Kitsune: Japan's Fox of Mystery, Romance and Humor, Kiyosho Nozaki
The Age of Deer, Erica Howsare
National Geographic
Lady of the Beasts, Buffy Johnson
Bainne nam fiadh (Deer’s Milk)
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In episode 178 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kristin Lisenby and Kate Belew conclude their series on Women in Art & the Occult by sharing the stories of Mary Wigman and Louise Bourgeois. As a dancer, Mary Wigman was an artist whose medium was not paint nor pen, but movement. She was the creator of the "Witch Dance," a performance that transformed her into a fluid, intuitive conduit of magic. Louise Bourgeois was a sculptor who considered her art a form of divination and a means of emotional restoration. She is most known for her spider sculptures, which she saw as symbols of resilience, feminine power, creativity, and independence. Bourgeois allowed her mind to wander while creating (a process she called ‘gathering wool’), letting "thought traces, fragments of dreams, idols, speculations, hunches, and intuitions" coalesce into art.
Sources & Shoutouts:
Tethered: An Anthology of Magic
“Re-reading Mary Wigman’s Hexentanz II (1926): the influence of the non-Western ‘Other’ on movement practice in early modern ‘German’ dance,” Lito Tsitsou and Lucy Weir
Monte Verita
Witch Dance - YouTube
Stephando Mudo - La Biennale di Venezia
“Imagination is the Medium,” Literary Coven
“Breathing Back the History of German Modern Dance through the Horror Film Genre in Luca Guadagnino’s Suspiria,” Wesley Lim
“The Language of Dance,” Mary Wigman
Louise Bourgeois - Gathering Wool
“Surrealist Threads in Louise Bourgeois’ Work,” Essie King
“Louise Bourgeois: The Woman Behind The Spider Sculptures,” Essie King
“The Damned, the Possessed and the Beloved: About Art, Architecture and Witchcraft”
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In episode 177 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kristin Lisenby and Kate Belew consider the bewitching work of Stevie Nicks and Florence Welch. Standing at the crossroads of music, magic, and mystery, Kate and Kristin explore Rock & Roll’s occult muses before diving into Nick’s journey as a singer and performer. They discuss the inspiration for her first hit song with Fleetwood Mac, “Rhiannon,” which Nicks explains “is a song about an old Welsh witch.” Kate and Kristin also discuss Florence Welch, a songstress who compares witchcraft to medicine. They contemplate the creation of her band, Florence and the Machine, Welch’s Witch Choir, and share some of the enchanting lyrics penned by this word witch.
CW: Miscarriage
Sources & Shoutouts:
Tamed Wild Samhain Retreat - October 2026
10th House Rising Classes & Community
"It was if Merlin himself could not have concocted a spell more perfect": how Stevie Nicks turned to mythology to conjure up Fleetwood Mac's Rhiannon,” Bill Demain
“Stevie Nicks on Love, Loss and What She Wears,” Holly George-Warren - More Magazine
Florence Welch - Britannica
‘The closest I came to making life was the closest I came to death’: Florence Welch on sexism, screaming and the lost pregnancy that nearly killed her, Rebecca Nicholson - The Guardian
“For Florence Welch, Grief Has Become A Superpower,” Sarah Cristobal - L’Officiel
“The Pagan Heart of Florence + The Machine,” Angelica Frey - JSTOR
“Useless Magic: Lyrics and Poetry,” Florence Welch
Paris Paloma, Labour
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In episode 176 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kristin Lisenby and Kate Belew explore the creative lives of Ithell Colquhoun and Lucille Clifton. Colquhoun was an artist and author who combined surrealism with her interest in bodily landscapes, gender fluidity, ecology, mythology, transient states, and erotic alchemy. Both Colquhoun and Clifton believed their artistic practices were forms of divination and ways to connect with the spirit world. Clifton engaged with Ouija and ‘spirit writing’ to inspire her poetry, which focused on history, the African American experience, Blackness, and the Black body. She believed that the purpose of poetry and art was not to reveal answers but to ask questions.
Sources & Shoutouts:
The Myth of Apollo and Clytie
The Quest - Journal Archives
The Quest Society
“Ithell Colquhoun: A queer, occultist artist who created between worlds,” Isabella Greenwood
Art Historian Katy Hessel
“A Diagram of Desire, Androgyny, Queer Eroticism, and the Occult Visions of Ithell Colquhoun,” Isabella Greenwood
First Look: Ithell Colquhoun: Between Worlds
Dawn Ades, ‘Notes on Two Women Surrealist Painters: Eileen Agar and Ithell Colquhoun’, Women in Art 3, no. 1 (1980)
Scylla (1938)
Alchemical Figure: Androgyne (1941)
Diagrams of Love (1940)
About Lucille Clifton - Poets.org
"Won’t You Celebrate With Me," Lucille Clifton
“Spirit Writing, Body Problems: Lucille Clifton’s Faith”
“The Spirit Writing of Lucille Clifton,” Marina Magloire
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In episode 175 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kate Belew and Kristin Lisenby continue their series on Women in Art & the Occult, dedicating this chapter to Georgie Yeats and Sylvia Plath. Georgie was an author and medium whose journey with automatic writing began during her honeymoon with the poet and author W.B. Yeats. Over the next decade, she channeled messages from spirits who called themselves the “Instructors,” producing 50 notebooks and thousands of pages of writing and geometric designs on the occult nature of reality. Meanwhile, fellow author and mystic Sylvia Plath preferred the Ouija board to communicate with the spirit world. Although she was fiercely private about her magical interests, she relied on astrology, ‘homemade talking boards,’ and tarot cards as tools to guide her pen.
CW: Mention of Suicide
Sources & Shoutouts:
W.B. Yeats - Wikipedia
A Vision, W.B. Yeats
“The Vision of W.B. Yeats,” Gary Lachman
“Yeats and the Golden Dawn: Occult Poetry and Automatic Writing,” Nicole Lau
“The Tower,” W.B. Yeats
“Exploring The Occult Sylvia Plath,” Kalenna Fraga
“The Haunting Story Of How Sylvia Plath Died And The Tragic Events That Led Up To It,” Kaleena Fraga
“Uncovering Sylvia Plath,” Emanuela Borgatta Dunnett
Magic Maker, Pam Grossman
The Occult Sylvia Plath, Julie Gordon-Bramer
“Sylvia Plath And The Occult,” Terri-Jane Dow
“How Black Magic Killed Sylvia Plath,” - The Guardian
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Tenth House Rising offers seasonal learning for those who seek meaning through myth, magick, and memory. Rooted in the rhythm of the seasons and inspired by the Wheel of the Year, each month brings a new theme that echoes the energies of the natural world. Learn more at TenthHouseRising.com.For those who desire magick in the mail, you can also subscribe to the Tamed Wild Box, a monthly 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.
The Tamed Wild Box is a monthly offering of 5-7 items, chosen for the month and season we are in. Each delivery includes a box card that explains your items and a little ritual you can do with your new tools. You will also receive access to a monthly moon gathering, exclusive to box subscribers!
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In episode 174 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kristin Lisenby and Kate Belew delve into the creative lives of magical women for their new series, Women in Art & the Occult. They open with the story of Hilma af Klint, a Swedish artist who explored Spiritualism, mediumship, automatic drawing, and the teachings of Rudolf Steiner and Madame Blavatsky in her work and creative process. Kate and Kristin also discuss Vali Myers, a bohemian artist known as the Witch of Positano. Vali was a maker and a muse, a painter and a tattoo artist, who was compared to the goddesses Artemis and Diana for her close relationship with animals and mountains, and for her wild nature.
Sources & Shoutouts:
Episode 144: Wyrd Women, Pt. 2
New Moon Magic, Amy Torok & Risa Dickens
Waking the Witch: Reflections on Women, Magic, and Power, Pam Grossman
Paintings for the Temple, Guggenheim, New York
“The Strange Afterlife of Hilma af Klint, Painting’s Posthumous Star,” Alice Gregory
The Spiral Dance, Starhawk
Just Kids, Patti Smith
A Lesson in True Bohemianism with the Witch of Positano
Bohemian like you: Vali Myers the Witch of Positano
Everything Shines in the Darkness: Sheldon & Diane Rochlin's Vali, The Witch of Positano - YouTube
Inside the remote Italian home of Australia’s bohemian high priestess
Photos: Revisiting Love on the Left Bank - Vanity Faire
Florence Welch on feminism, depression, fame
Vali Myers, the Witch of Positano - Tumblr
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Tenth House Rising offers seasonal learning for those who seek meaning through myth, magick, and memory. Rooted in the rhythm of the seasons and inspired by the Wheel of the Year, each month brings a new theme that echoes the energies of the natural world. Learn more at TenthHouseRising.com.For those who desire magick in the mail, you can also subscribe to the Tamed Wild Box, a monthly 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.
The Tamed Wild Box is a monthly offering of 5-7 items, chosen for the month and season we are in. Each delivery includes a box card that explains your items and a little ritual you can do with your new tools. You will also receive access to a monthly moon gathering, exclusive to box subscribers!
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In episode 173 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kristin Lisenby and Kate Belew investigate the folklore, superstitions, and astrological significance of eclipses. Beginning with the myriad of eclipse mythologies from around the world, they consider the stories of monstrous Apep and heavenly Selene. They contemplate eclipses as omens, bolstering agents for medieval magicians, and course correctors for modern spellcasters. They also highlight the influence of these celestial phenomena on earth-dwellers, and how they deliver stories, guidance, and path-aligning magic.
Sources & Shoutouts:
Small Spells Deck by Tamed Wild
Episode 128: Spring Magick
History of Eclipses - NASA
Moon Lore, Timothy Harley
“Behold Rahu, the Beheaded Asura, and Other Eclipse Monsters of Yore,” Robert Lamb
Brewers Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, John Ayto
“Surprising facts and beliefs about eclipses during medieval and Renaissance times,” Sandra Knispel
Carl Jung, Letter to Horst Scharschuch, 1 September 1952, Letters, Vol. II
Astrology Is Real: Revelations from My Life as an Oracle, Robb Breszny
“Totality,” Anne Carson
Chani Nicholas
California Academy of Sciences supervisor Elise Ricard
Doug Duncan, director of the Fiske Planetarium at the University of Colorado, Boulder
The Astrology Podcast, Episode 215
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In episode 172 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kristin Lisenby and Kate Belew welcome back Shelby Bundy and Amanda Paulson! Shelby Bundy is the visionary and creatrix behind Tamed Wild, where modern magick meets ancient wisdom, and Amanda Paulson is a paranormal investigator and psychic medium based in the Pacific Northwest. In this conversation, the coven discusses the crossroads of magick and creativity, highlighting their literary muses and current works in progress. They talk about different writing methods and rituals, finding inspiration in unlikely places (bogs), and the areas of their craft they plan to explore more in depth.
To connect with Shelby, visit her website, subscribe to her Substack, and follow her on Instagram @themoonincarolina.
To learn more about Amanda, visit prettyfnspooky.com, look for her on Substack, and follow her online @prettyfnspooky.
Sources & Shoutouts:
Barabra G. Walker's recommended reading list
Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Mermaid (1975) - YouTube
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Tenth House Rising offers seasonal learning for those who seek meaning through myth, magick, and memory. Rooted in the rhythm of the seasons and inspired by the Wheel of the Year, each month brings a new theme that echoes the energies of the natural world. Learn more at TenthHouseRising.com.For those who desire magick in the mail, you can also subscribe to the Tamed Wild Box, a monthly 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.
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In episode 171 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kate Belew and Kristin Lisenby interview Charlie Claire Burgess. Charlie is a queer and trans-nonbinary author and artist working at the intersection of spirituality and queerness. In this conversation, they discuss queer deities, word witchery as devotion, tugging on the threads of stories, and working with fantasy as a portal. Charlie gives advice on embracing the words "Word Witch" or "writer," and also speaks about creative rituals. They discuss tarot, the card of the year for 2026, and the importance of knowing how to fall and how to get back up to fight again.
To learn more about Charlie, visit their website, follow them on Instagram and Substack, and find their latest books and decks here.
Sources & Shoutouts:
Queer Devotion: Spirituality Beyond the Binary in Myth, Story, and Practice, Charlie Burgess
The Gay Marseille Tarot
“Learning How to Fall: Or, How Getting Relentlessly Thrown on My Ass Helped Me Learn to Love the Wheel” - Queerly Devoted Substack
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The Tamed Wild Box is a monthly offering of 5-7 items, chosen for the month and season we are in. Each delivery includes a box card that explains your items and a little ritual you can do with your new tools. You will also receive access to a monthly moon gathering, exclusive to box subscribers!
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In episode 170 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kristin Lisenby and Kate Belew interview Sanyu Estelle. Sanyu is an author, artist, and Word Witch whose work challenges supremacist narratives while exploring the intersection of cultures, histories, and ontologies. In this conversation, Sanyu speaks about the magical lanterns of poetry and magic. Together, three witches discuss creativity and word witchery, tracing their way back into the roots of words as sacred secrets. Sanyu guides listeners toward new approaches to their craft, infusing each action with a sense of possibility and enchantment. She shares what it means to be a Word Witch, and how to work with your gut messages and intuitive hits as missives from past and future selves.
To learn more about Sanyu and her offerings, follow her on Instagram @sanyuestelle and read her words on Substack. Visit her website at SanyuEstelle.com
Sources & Shoutouts:
Tamed Wild Beltane Retreat
The Moon in Carolina podcast
Episode 12: Imbolc
Episode 50: Imbolc Plant & Animal Lore
Episode 136: Asteroids with Empress Atlantis
Kate & Kristin’s to-be-read book piles:
Asteroid Goddesses, Demetra George
Many Masters, Many Lives, Brian Weiss
Journey of Souls, Dr. Michael Newton
The King and the Corpse, Heinrich Zimmer
The Power of Myth, Joseph Campbell
Near to the Wild Heart, Clarice Lispector
The River Has Roots, Amal El-Mohtar
Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery, Brom
Bog Queen, Anna North
The Other Side: A Story of Women in Art and the Spirit World, Jennifer Higgie
Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë
Aednan, Linnea Axelsson
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The Tamed Wild Box is a monthly offering of 5-7 items, chosen for the month and season we are in. Each delivery includes a box card that explains your items and a little ritual you can do with your new tools. You will also receive access to a monthly moon gathering, exclusive to box subscribers!
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In episode 169 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kate Belew and Kristin Lisenby welcome back Amy Torok and Risa Dickens! Also known as the Missing Witches. Amy and Risa are old friends, creative collaborators, curious crafters, big cacklers, howlers at the moon, grumpy old crones, and a couple of perpetual baby Witches living, writing, recording, and making magic out in the woods on unceded Anishinaabe territory in Quebec, Canada. In this conversation, Amy and Risa discuss community and collaboration as essential to our creativity. They talk about the power of music, sharing songs, and spells for the collective. They discuss claiming our creative magic, community outreach, giving back, and strengthening networks of support in a magical sense.
To connect with Amy and Risa, follow @missingwitches on social media and join their community, the Missing Witches Coven. Listen to the Missing Witches podcast, and find their books and oracle deck at MissingWitches.com.
Sources & Shoutouts:
Tethered: An Anthology of Magic - Tamed Wild Substack
The Crossroads: Sacred Stories & the Dark Moon
Edgar Fabian Frias
New Moon Magic: 13 Anti-Capitalist Tools for Resistance and Re-enchantment, Amy Torok and Risa Dickens
If you want to join the Magick & Alchemy dance party, here are the songs we mentioned listening to on repeat:
Make Your Own Kind of Music, Cass Elliott
My Way is Cloudy, Jake Blount & Mali Obomsawin feat. Joe Rainey
Old Tape, Lucius feat. Adam Granduciel
Sympathy Magic, Florence and the Machine
Don’t Fight it, Feel it, Primal Scream
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Tenth House Rising offers seasonal learning for those who seek meaning through myth, magick, and memory. Rooted in the rhythm of the seasons and inspired by the Wheel of the Year, each month brings a new theme that echoes the energies of the natural world. Learn more at TenthHouseRising.com.For those who desire magick in the mail, you can also subscribe to the Tamed Wild Box, a monthly 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.
The Tamed Wild Box is a monthly offering of 5-7 items, chosen for the month and season we are in. Each delivery includes a box card that explains your items and a little ritual you can do with your new tools. You will also receive access to a monthly moon gathering, exclusive to box subscribers!
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In episode 168 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kate Belew & Kristin Lisenby interview Joanna Tarnawska. Joanna is an animist, folk practitioner, writer, and psychologist residing in the mountains of Lower Silesia, Poland. In this conversation, they dive deep into Polish folk magic. Guided by Joanna, listeners explore her homeland, her ancestors' teachings, how she came to folk magic, and her new book, Polish Folk Magic: Ancestral Lore & Traditions of the West Slavs. They also discuss the diaspora traditions of Polish heritage and a new perspective on the beloved and fierce Baba Yaga.
To learn more about Joanna, visit her website and Patreon, follow her online @polish.folk.witch, and order her latest book, Polish Folk Magic.
Sources & Shoutouts:
Polish Folk Magic: Ancestral Lore & Traditions of the West Slavs, Joanna Tarnawska
Episode 164: To Die For, Gravestone Recipe’s with Rosie Grant
Episode 81: An Interview with Madam Pamita
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Tenth House Rising offers seasonal learning for those who seek meaning through myth, magick, and memory. Rooted in the rhythm of the seasons and inspired by the Wheel of the Year, each month brings a new theme that echoes the energies of the natural world. Learn more at TenthHouseRising.com.For those who desire magick in the mail, you can also subscribe to the Tamed Wild Box, a monthly 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.
The Tamed Wild Box is a monthly offering of 5-7 items, chosen for the month and season we are in. Each delivery includes a box card that explains your items and a little ritual you can do with your new tools. You will also receive access to a monthly moon gathering, exclusive to box subscribers!
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In episode 167 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kristin Lisenby and Kate Belew return to the realm of sacred numbers in search of 666, the Number of the Beast. In this conversation, Kate and Kristin share lore and superstitions surrounding this number, highlighting its connection to mystery and solar magick. They consider pre-Christian mythologies, in which 666 was not a symbol of sin but a symbol of the sun. They contemplate 666 in art and magical communities and its evolution through pop culture.
Sources & Shoutouts:
Beltane Retreat
The Moon in Carolina podcast
Muse Mail
Tenth House Rising - Ritualizing Demeter
Oracle of the Hecatean Path Oracle
The Moon in Carolina, Episode 35: Psychic Abilities with Kristin Lisenby
Episode 155: Sacred Numbers
Episode 93: Types of Magick, pt. 2
Episode 88: An Interview with Chaweon Koo
Brewers Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, John Ayto
“666, the Beast, and the Sun-King: An Esoteric Biblical Exploration,” Michelle Hayman
“The number of the beast is 666,” William Blake
Iron Maiden, Number of the Beast
Season of the Witch: How the Occult Saved Rock & Roll, Peter Bebergal
Fountain of the Fallen Angel, Atlas Obscura
“Why are we so fascinated by the number 666?” Mike Rampton
“What Is Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia?” Lisa Fritscher
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Tenth House Rising offers seasonal learning for those who seek meaning through myth, magick, and memory. Rooted in the rhythm of the seasons and inspired by the Wheel of the Year, each month brings a new theme that echoes the energies of the natural world. Learn more at TenthHouseRising.com.For those who desire magick in the mail, you can also subscribe to the Tamed Wild Box, a monthly 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.
The Tamed Wild Box is a monthly offering of 5-7 items, chosen for the month and season we are in. Each delivery includes a box card that explains your items and a little ritual you can do with your new tools. You will also receive access to a monthly moon gathering, exclusive to box subscribers!
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In episode 166 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kate Belew and Kristin Lisenby interview Pam Grossman. Pam is a writer, curator, and teacher of magical practice and history. She is also the host of the internationally beloved podcast, The Witch Wave. In this conversation, Pam considers creativity as magic and magic as creativity. She talks about the archetype of the magician and working with the God Hermes as a guide for her new book, Magic Maker: The Enchanted Path to Creativity. Together, three witches celebrate this new book and talk about casting its spell. They also discuss creating with their younger selves, the rituals of writing and word witchery, and how to enchant the sharing of our work.
To learn more and connect with Pam, look for her online @phantasmaphile, buy her books on her website pamgrossman.com, and listen to her on the Witch Wave wherever you get your podcasts!
Sources & Shoutouts:Magick & Alchemy book list - download here!
Robin Rose Bennett
Normandy Ellis, “Awakening Osiris”
Lynda Barry
Rosarium Blends
Occult Humanities Conference
Jinkx MonsoonJoin Tenth House Rising!
Tenth House Rising offers seasonal learning for those who seek meaning through myth, magick, and memory. Rooted in the rhythm of the seasons and inspired by the Wheel of the Year, each month brings a new theme that echoes the energies of the natural world. Learn more at TenthHouseRising.com.For those who desire magick in the mail, you can also subscribe to the Tamed Wild Box, a monthly 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.
The Tamed Wild Box is a monthly offering of 5-7 items, chosen for the month and season we are in. Each delivery includes a box card that explains your items and a little ritual you can do with your new tools. You will also receive access to a monthly moon gathering, exclusive to box subscribers!
Created by Tamed Wild.
Production by Julio Montero.
Music by Follow the Wind,
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In episode 165 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kate Belew and Kristin Lisenby interview Rachelle Robinett. Rachelle Robinett, RH (AHG), is a writer, herbalist, educator, and life-long naturalist. She’s the founder of multidisciplinary companies dedicated to the art and science of natural wellness. Combining traditional medicine and current health insights with an understanding of individual behavior modification, Rachelle has provided accessible plant-based healing to countless people. In this conversation, Rachelle guides listeners to connect with the magical plant world and claim the title of herbalist for themselves. She speaks about the potency of writing, habits, and rituals, and discusses the relationship between plants and pleasure. She shares the history of herbalism, how such a wide-reaching practice has been deemed "alternative," the roots of the "happy hour," and the kinship between herbalists and witches.
To learn more about Rachelle, visit her website here: https://www.rachellerobinett.com/
Sources & Shoutouts:
Naturally: The Herbalist's Guide to Health and Transformation
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Tenth House Rising offers seasonal learning for those who seek meaning through myth, magick, and memory. Rooted in the rhythm of the seasons and inspired by the Wheel of the Year, each month brings a new theme that echoes the energies of the natural world. Learn more at TenthHouseRising.com.For those who desire magick in the mail, you can also subscribe to the Tamed Wild Box, a monthly 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.
The Tamed Wild Box is a monthly offering of 5-7 items, chosen for the month and season we are in. Each delivery includes a box card that explains your items and a little ritual you can do with your new tools. You will also receive access to a monthly moon gathering, exclusive to box subscribers!
Created by Tamed Wild.
Production by Julio Montero.
Music by Follow the Wind,
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In episode 164 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kate Belew and Kristin Lisenby interview Rosie Grant. Rosie Grant is the creator behind @GhostlyArchive on TikTok and Instagram, where she researches and re-creates recipes found on gravestones. In this conversation, Rosie guides listeners through archival work in the sacred setting of the cemetery. She speaks about the potency of working with family recipes and stories. She invites everyone into the kitchen to her altar of ancestor veneration, and talks about rituals and practices to honor the beloved dead and embrace death as inevitable magic.
To learn more about Rosie, visit https://www.ghostlyarchive.com/gravestone-recipes and follow her on Instagram here.
Sources & Shoutouts:
Green Wood Cemetery
Congressional Cemetery
The Philosophical Research Society
The Order of the Good Death
Join Tenth House Rising!
Tenth House Rising offers seasonal learning for those who seek meaning through myth, magick, and memory. Rooted in the rhythm of the seasons and inspired by the Wheel of the Year, each month brings a new theme that echoes the energies of the natural world. Learn more at TenthHouseRising.com.For those who desire magick in the mail, you can also subscribe to the Tamed Wild Box, a monthly 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.
The Tamed Wild Box is a monthly offering of 5-7 items, chosen for the month and season we are in. Each delivery includes a box card that explains your items and a little ritual you can do with your new tools. You will also receive access to a monthly moon gathering, exclusive to box subscribers!
Created by Tamed Wild.
Production by Julio Montero.
Music by Follow the Wind,
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In episode 163 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kate Belew and Kristin Lisenby interview Jarod Anderson. Jarod is a nature writer, podcaster, poet, and erstwhile academic. In this conversation, Jarod invites listeners into the church of the forest, where the priests and clergy are heron, stick bugs, and squirrels. He offers us perspectives on poetry, on brain weather, and what magic means to him, as well as shares some rituals for helping you remember that you too, are nature.
To learn more about Jarod, visit JarodKAnderson.com and follow him on Instagram @thecryptionaturalist and Substack. Check out all of his books and writings here.
Sources & Shoutouts:
Episode 133: Women of Tarot with Cat Willett
Episode 78: Annie Finch
Episode 90: Sophie Strand
W. B Yeats, “A Vision”
Emily Lygren
David Baker, “Whalefall”
Susanna Clark, “Piranesi”
Louise Gluck
H.D
Aracelis Girmay
Alice Notley
Diane Di Prima
Mary Oliver
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Tenth House Rising offers seasonal learning for those who seek meaning through myth, magick, and memory. Rooted in the rhythm of the seasons and inspired by the Wheel of the Year, each month brings a new theme that echoes the energies of the natural world. Learn more at TenthHouseRising.com.For those who desire magick in the mail, you can also subscribe to the Tamed Wild Box, a monthly 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.
The Tamed Wild Box is a monthly offering of 5-7 items, chosen for the month and season we are in. Each delivery includes a box card that explains your items and a little ritual you can do with your new tools. You will also receive access to a monthly moon gathering, exclusive to box subscribers!
Created by Tamed Wild.
Production by Julio Montero.
Music by Follow the Wind,
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In episode 162 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, Kristin Lisenby and Shelby Bundy interview Kate Belew. Kate Belew is an author, poet, and Witch whose work exists at the crossroads of creativity and magic. Inspired by a shared love of word witchery and books, Kristin, Shelby, and Kate discuss the intersections of ritual and creativity, and the importance of giving ourselves permission to follow our dreams. They consider creative ancestors, altars of language, and the younger self as a muse. They also discuss Kate’s upcoming book, Witch Witch: How to Call Upon and Cultivate the Creative Magic Within You.
To connect with Kate, follow her on Instagram @k8belew and subscribe to Word Witch on Substack. Sign up for her newsletter at KateBelew.com, and pre-order Word Witch online or from your local bookshop.
Sources & Shoutouts:
Mythica: A New History of Homer’s World, Through the Women Written Out of It, Emily Hauser
Kristin Hannah
Jennifer Saint
Emily Dickinson’s Envelope Poems
Women Who Run With the Wolves, Clarissa Pinkola Estes
Mysteries of the Dark Moon, Demetra George
Barbara G. Walker
The Love Witch
J.E. Cirlot, Dictionary of Symbols
The Secret Teachings of All Ages, Manly P. Hall
Brando Skyhorse
Marie Howe
Monica Furlong
Tamara Pearce
The Baby-sitter’s Club, Ann M. Martin
The Saddle Club, Bonnie Bryant
Nancy Drew Mystery Stories Series, Carolyn Keene
Christopher Pike
R.L. Stine
Witchcraft For Wayward Girls, Grady Hendrix
Brian Froud
Take Back the Magic, Perdita Finn
The Unwritten, Christina Campo
Join Tenth House Rising!
Tenth House Rising offers seasonal learning for those who seek meaning through myth, magick, and memory. Rooted in the rhythm of the seasons and inspired by the Wheel of the Year, each month brings a new theme that echoes the energies of the natural world. Learn more at TenthHouseRising.com.For those who desire magick in the mail, you can also subscribe to the Tamed Wild Box, a monthly 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.
The Tamed Wild Box is a monthly offering of 5-7 items, chosen for the month and season we are in. Each delivery includes a box card that explains your items and a little ritual you can do with your new tools. You will also receive access to a monthly moon gathering, exclusive to box subscribers!
Created by Tamed Wild.
Production by Julio Montero.
Music by Follow the Wind,
Taizo Audio -
In episode 161 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kate Belew and Kristin Lisenby interview Melissa Madara. Melissa is an occultist, author, and educator who teaches magic and witchcraft from a historical perspective. In this conversation, three witches discuss the goddess Hecate, her invocations, and how to work with her symbols through altars and offerings. Melissa shares their thoughts on Kitchen Witchery and working with magic through printed matter. Melissa also introduces us to their latest zine, “Hekate: Hymns of the Dread Goddess,” a compendium of devotional hymns to the goddess of the crossroads.
To learn more about Melissa, follow them on Instagram (@moon.cultus), visit their website at mooncvlt.com, and join their community on Patreon.
Sources & Shoutouts:
Tamed Wild Samhain Retreat
Tenth House Rising
Magic Mail (Muse Mail)
Word Witch: How to Call Upon and Cultivate the Creative Magic Within You, Kate Belew
Hekate: Hymns of the Dread Goddess, Moon Cult
The Witch’s Feast, Melissa Madara
The Witch’s Yearly Planner
The Rotting Goddess, Jacob Rabinowitz
Morbid Anatomy Museum
The Crossroads: Sacred Stories & the Dark Moon
Mysteries of the Dark Moon, Demetra George
Witchcraft Medicine: Healing Arts, Shamanic Practices, and Forbidden Plants, Claudia Müller-Ebeling, Christian Rätsch, Wolf-Dieter Storl Ph.D.
Alchemy-works.com
Join Tenth House Rising!
Tenth House Rising offers seasonal learning for those who seek meaning through myth, magick, and memory. Rooted in the rhythm of the seasons and inspired by the Wheel of the Year, each month brings a new theme that echoes the energies of the natural world. Learn more at TenthHouseRising.com.For those who desire magick in the mail, you can also subscribe to the Tamed Wild Box, a monthly 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.
The Tamed Wild Box is a monthly offering of 5-7 items, chosen for the month and season we are in. Each delivery includes a box card that explains your items and a little ritual you can do with your new tools. You will also receive access to a monthly moon gathering, exclusive to box subscribers!
Created by Tamed Wild.
Production by Julio Montero.
Music by Follow the Wind,
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