Crossroads & Cauldrons Podcast
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Crossroads & Cauldrons PodcastOct 31, 2022
Episode 80: To Conjure Good Fortune
Sellena and Luna discuss how "To Conjure Good Fortune" in this 8th part of the Gifts of the Goddess series.
Episode 79: Amy Blackthorn
Amy Blackthorn is the award-winning author of the best-selling Blackthorn’s Botanicals series. She has been described as an “arcane horticulturalist” for her lifelong work with magical plants and teaching. She has a certification in aromatherapy and is ordained through the Order of the Golden Gryphon.
Amy’s company, Blackthorns Botanicals, creates tea based on magical associations. She has appeared on Netflix’s Top Ten Secrets and Mysteries in an episode: Supernatural Abilities.
You can view Amy’s tea shop at BlackthornsBotancials.com.
Episode 78: To Converse With Spirits
Sellena and Luna discuss how "To Converse With Spirits" in this 7th part of the Gifts of the Goddess series.
Episode 77: Jacki Smith
Jacki Smith is the founder and president of Coventry Creations; a locally based, internationally known maker of spiritual products, and co-owner of Candle Wick Shoppe in Ferndale, MI. In 1992 Jacki was the first on the national market with her Blessed Herbal Candles. This line gave birth to the spiritual candle industry. Over the past 29 plus years she has created hundreds of magical candles, teaches spiritual development classes, podcasts, volunteers, and is a best-selling author of Coventry Magic, and co-author of DIY Akashic Wisdom, Access the Library of Your Soul.
facebook.com/coventrycreationscandles
instagram.com/coventrycandles/
facebook.com/jacki.smith.official/
instagram.com/jacki.smith.official/
Episode 76: To Bring Success In Love
Sellena and Luna discuss how "To Bring Success in Love" in this continuation of the Gifts of the Goddess series.
Episode 75: Danielle Blackwood
Danielle Blackwood is a professional astrologer with more than 30 years experience and is certified in the Principles and Practice of Contemporary Psychological Astrology. Danielle is also a Registered Counseling Therapist (RTC) in private practice. Her therapeutic approach is transpersonal, archetypal, and person centered, and she holds a certificate in Jungian and Post Jungian Clinical Concepts through The Center of Applied Jungian Studies. Danielle has been a priestess and educator since 1994, facilitating workshops, retreats, classes and public ritual. Danielle Blackwood is the author of “A Lantern in The Dark: Navigating Life’s Crossroads with Story, Ritual and Sacred Astrology”. She is a passionate lifelong student of folklore, mythology, and depth psychology, and helping others through their rites of passage when they find themselves in a dark wood, is at the heart of her work.
www.danielleblackwood.com
Insta: @danielleblackwoodastrologer
FB:https://www.facebook.com/danielle.blackwood.98#
Episode 74: The Power To Cure Disease
Also, if you're in the MS area and would like to join us on Nov. 5th for our Samhain Mini-festival, please click the link below.
Samhain Registration
Episode 73: Jason Miller
Jason Miller (Inominandum) has devoted 35 years to studying practical magic in its many forms. He is the author of six books, including the now classic Protection and Reversal Magick. He teaches several courses online including the Strategic Sorcery One Year Course, The Sorcery of Hekate Training, and the Black School of Saint Cyprian.
https://www.strategicsorcery.net/jason-miller/
Consorting with Spirits: Your Guide to Working with Invisible Allies
Episode 72: To Banish Misfortune
Part 5 of the "Gifts of the Goddess" series: To Banish Misfortune.
Episode 71: Terence Ward
Terence P Ward has been a journalist and practicing Pagan for more than thirty years, who has been bound to a Wiccan coven and communed with the earth as a backpacking Pagan, or Gaiaped. A member of the order of the occult hand, Ward is also a hiereus—temple priest— of Poseidon through Temenos Oikidios in Rhode Island, and holds ministerial credentials from the Vermont-based Church of the Sacred Earth: a Union of Pagan Congregations.
Episode 70: To Commune With Animals
Sellena and Luna explore the 4th part in the Gifts of the Goddess series, To Commune With Animals.
Episode 69: Christopher Penczak
Christopher Penczak is a Witch, teacher, writer and healing practitioner. His practice draws upon the foundation of both modern and traditional Witchcraft blended with the wisdom of mystical traditions from across the globe as a practitioner and teacher of shamanism, tarot, Reiki healing, herbalism, astrology and Qabalah.
He is the founder of the Temple of Witchcraft tradition and system of magickal training based upon the material of his books and classes. He is an ordained minister primarily serving the New Hampshire and Massachusetts pagan and metaphysical communities through public rituals, private counsel and teaching, though he travels extensively teaching throughout the United States.
Episode 68: To Understand the Secret Signs
Sellena and Luna discuss Hands, Stars, Cards and Omens when exploring the 3rd part of the Gifts of the Goddess series, To Understand the Secret Signs.
Books
Episode 67: Kelden Mercury
Kelden has been practicing Traditional Witchcraft for more than a decade. He is the author of The Witches' Sabbath: An Exploration of History, Folklore, and Modern Practice as well as The Crooked Path: An Introduction to Traditional Witchcraft. Additionally, his writing has appeared in The Witch's Altar, The New Aradia: A Witch's Handbook to Magical Resistance, and This Witch magazine. Kelden is also the cocreator of The Traditional Witch's Deck, and he authors a blog on the Patheos Pagan channel called By Athame and Stang.
https://www.instagram.com/keldenmercury
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/byathameandstang/
Episode 64: The Power To Bring Forth Beauty
Episode 63: The Power to Bless and Curse
Episode 62: Mhara Starling
Mhara Starling was born in North Wales, raised on the Isle of Anglesey, and is a native Welsh speaker. She is a transgender woman who has been practicing witchcraft from a very young age, and her witchcraft videos on TikTok have more than a million views. Mhara is a celebrant and a tarot reader, and she runs moots, gatherings, and open rituals. Her latest book Welsh Witchcraft: a Guide to the Spirits, Lore, and Magic of Wales was released in February 2022.
Episode 61: Storm Faerywolf
Episode 60: Opal Luna
www.fibermagick.com/
Episode 59: Stirring the Cauldron
Sellena and Luna are back in the same room together and have so much to share with you! From book recommendations and upcoming guests to travel plans and occupation changes, they stir the cauldron and just enjoy this time together and with you.
LINKS
- River Ouellet - TOW Documentary
- Terence Ward - Empty Cauldrons: Navigating Depression Through Magic and Ritual
- Danielle Blackwood - A Lantern in The Dark: Navigate Life's Crossroads with Story, Ritual and Sacred Astrology
- Mhara Starling - Welsh Witchcraft: A Guide to the Spirits, Lore, and Magic of Wales
- Storm Faerywolf - The Witch's Name: Crafting Identities of Magical Power
- Opal Luna - Fiber Magick: A Witch's Guide to Spellcasting with Crochet, Knotwork & Weaving
- Kelden Mercury - The Witches' Sabbath: An Exploration of History, Folklore & Modern Practice
- Christopher Penczak - The Inner Temple of Witchcraft: Magick, Meditation and Psychic Development
Episode 58: River Ouellet
River Ouellet is an independent filmmaker soon to be based in Boston, Massachusetts. After a few collaborative experimental films with friends, he has now ventured out to create his first full-length documentary. Love, Will, and Wisdom: The Temple of Witchcraft Documentary is the first feature-length film to be made about the temple and the community surrounding it. It's packed with familiar faces and deep dives into the faith and beliefs.
TempleHearth 2022 Preview - Christine Ford
Come join the Temple of Witchcraft for TempleHearth, an online weekend of magickal education and experience. The focus of this weekend is gathering together to share, and will feature nine teachers and presenters working in the Temple of Witchcraft community and special guests. TempleHearth classes will alternate from those that focus on lecture and information, and those that guide you through an experience as we work to do magick together in this modern online age.
https://templeofwitchcraft.org/templehearth/
Imbolc Weekend, February 4-6, 2022
Price: $65 (Register at Eventbrite) Registration closes February 2. Be sure to register no later than February 1
All proceeds to go to support the Temple of Witchcraft Community Center Fund TempleHearth Scholarships are available, please inquire through the website.
TempleHearth 2022 Preview - Christopher Penczak
Come join the Temple of Witchcraft for TempleHearth, an online weekend of magickal education and experience. The focus of this weekend is gathering together to share, and will feature nine teachers and presenters working in the Temple of Witchcraft community and special guests. TempleHearth classes will alternate from those that focus on lecture and information, and those that guide you through an experience as we work to do magick together in this modern online age.
https://templeofwitchcraft.org/templehearth/
Imbolc Weekend, February 4-6, 2022
Price: $65 (Register at Eventbrite) Registration closes February 2. Be sure to register no later than February 1
All proceeds to go to support the Temple of Witchcraft Community Center Fund TempleHearth Scholarships are available, please inquire through the website.
TempleHearth 2022 Preview - Sellena
Come join the Temple of Witchcraft for TempleHearth, an online weekend of magickal education and experience. The focus of this weekend is gathering together to share, and will feature nine teachers and presenters working in the Temple of Witchcraft community and special guests. TempleHearth classes will alternate from those that focus on lecture and information, and those that guide you through an experience as we work to do magick together in this modern online age.
https://templeofwitchcraft.org/templehearth/
Imbolc Weekend, February 4-6, 2022
Price: $65 (Register at Eventbrite) Registration closes February 2. Be sure to register no later than February 1
All proceeds to go to support the Temple of Witchcraft Community Center Fund TempleHearth Scholarships are available, please inquire through the website.
Episode 57: Ivo Dominguez, Jr.
Ivo has been published in numerous periodicals and is the author of The Four Elements of the Wise, Keys To Perception: A Practical Guide to Psychic Development, Practical Astrology for Witches and Pagans: Using the Planets and the Stars for Effective Spellwork, Rituals, and Magickal Work; Casting Sacred Space: The Core Of All Magickal Work; Spirit Speak: Knowing and Understanding Spirit Guides, Ancestors, Ghosts, Angels, and the Divine; Beneath the Skins and more in forthcoming.
www.ivodominguezjr.com
www.instagram.com/ivodominguezjr/
Episode 56: Nicholas Pearson
Nicholas Pearson has been immersed in all aspects of the mineral kingdom for more than 20 years. He began teaching crystal workshops in high school, later studying mineral science at Stetson University’s Gillespie Museum. A certified teacher of Usui Reiki Ryoho, he teaches crystal and Reiki classes throughout the United States. The author of The Seven Archetypal Stones and Crystals for Karmic Healing, he lives in Orlando, Florida.
https://www.theluminouspearl.com/
https://www.innertraditions.com/author/nicholas-pearson/
https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B01E4TQMJU
https://www.facebook.com/TheLuminousPearl/
Episode 55: Heron Michelle
Heron Michelle is a witch, priestess, artist, and mom. She is the founding High Priestess of the Sojo Circle Coven, having created a training program in Modern Witchcraft that has been taught publicly since 2010. Heron is the owner of the The Sojourner Whole Earth Provisions. metaphysical shop, a Reiki master, tarot diviner, and a clairvoyant specializing in past-life retrieval. She writes the blog Witch on Fire at Patheos, and regularly lectures at local universities, festivals, and conferences.
Episode 54: The Magick of the Forge
Sellena and Luna talk about the history of blacksmiths and smithing in general and how it relates to witchcraft and magick. https://gloucesterblacksmith.com/pages/links
Podcast Music provided by: Justin Hunt
Episode 53: Laura Tempest Zakroff
Laura Tempest Zakroff is a professional artist, author, dancer, designer, and Modern Traditional Witch based in New England. She holds a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and her artwork has received awards and honors worldwide. Her work embodies myth and the esoteric through her drawings and paintings, jewelry, talismans, and other designs. Laura is the author of the best-selling books Weave the Liminal: Living Modern Traditional Witchcraft and Sigil Witchery: A Witch’s Guide to Crafting Magick Symbols, as well as the Liminal Spirits Oracle (artist/author) and Anatomy of a Witch. She blogs for Patheos as A Modern Traditional Witch, contributes to The Witches' Almanac, Ltd, and creates the Witchual Workout and other programming on her YouTube channel.
Episode 52: Season of the Witch
Luna and Sellena discuss the changing of the seasonal tides and the energies of the autumnal equinox, along with the introspection work that is often brought about this time of year.
LINKS
https://www.alchemy-works.com/
https://www.atlantacandlesandincense.com/
https://plentifulearth.com/
https://www.facebook.com/TheRedJasper/
http://zuzushealingarts.com/
https://www.ashevillepagansupply.store/
https://spiritusarcanum.com/
Podcast Music provided by: Justin Hunt
Episode 51: The Return of Dawn the Kitchen Witch
Sellena welcomes back Dawn the Kitchen Witch! They talk about Dawn's new podcast (Cucina Aurora Podcast) along with staying in contact with friends and family in the age of COVID.
Podcast Music provided by: Justin Hunt
Episode 50: Why Witchcraft?
Episode 49: Elizabeth Autumnalis
Elizabeth is a multi-generational witch who blends their work with the Spirits of Place, local seasonal cycles, and the art of storytelling into a practice that is fully their own.
Their focus is on animism and general spirit work and they offer Found Item/Bone readings deeply tied to that work.
Elizabeth has trained with many renowned witches, pagans and psychics such as Alix Wright, Christopher Penczak, Devin Hunter, Storm Faerywolf, and Chas Bogan. They also picked up many of their abilities from their mother, who is a professional psychic.
They are currently an initiate and student of the Temple of Witchcraft, training within the Sacred Fires Tradition of Witchcraft, and is a graduate of Black Rose Witchcraft.
https://www.elizabethautumnalis.com/
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/hawthorneandtherose/
https://instagram.com/sonnet.to.satan
Podcast Music provided by: Justin Hunt
Episode 48: The Witch's House
Sellena and Luna are back! They catch you up on the goings on in their lives over the past few months and also delve into how to connect with your house and the spirits of the land when moving to a new place and how to honor the land you’re leaving and prepare it for new occupants.
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Podcast music provided by : Justin Hunt
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Episode 47: Divination
Aoife and Sellena discuss various types of divination and talk about their experiences and practices in these methods.
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Episode 46: Byron Ballard
H. Byron Ballard, BA, MFA, is a ritualist, teacher, speaker and writer. She has served as a featured speaker and teacher at Sacred Space Conference, Pagan Unity Festival, Southeast Women’s Herbal Conference and other gatherings. Her essays are featured in several anthologies, including “Birthed from Scorched Hearts“ (Fulcrum Press), “Christmas Presence“ (Catawba Press), “Women’s Voices in Magic” (Megalithica Books), “Into the Great Below” and “Skalded Apples” (both from Asphodel Press). She blogs as “Asheville’s Village Witch” (myvillagewitch.wordpress.com) and as The Village Witch for Witches and Pagans Magazine (witchesandpagans.com/The-Village-Witch). Byron is currently at work on “Earth Works: Eight Ceremonies for a Changing Planet”. She facilitates the Mountain Area Interfaith Forum in Asheville, NC and was active for many years in the United Religions Initiative.
Other Links
mothergrove.org
wyrdmountaingals.podbean.com myvillagewitch.com
Episode 45: Witchcraft on a Budget
Sellena and Aoife answer a listeners question on how to "witchcraft on a budget". From Dollar Store altars and supplies to the beauty of finding what you need in nature.
Episode 44: 2 Year Anniversary
Episode 43: Dawn The Kitchen Witch
Cucina Aurora
Dawn Aurora Hunt's Amazon Page
Dawn Aurora Hunt's YouTube Page
Cucina Aurora Kitchen Witchery Facebook Page
Episode 42: "Honor Deity"
Sellena and Luna close out the 13 Goals of the Witch series with #13 “Honor Deity”. They discuss working with Deity as well as other spirits, besides deities, worthy of veneration.
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Episode 41: "Meditation"
Sellena and Luna dive back into the 13 Goals of the Witch series with #12, Meditation. Luna also shares some ideas of what to plant in the fall in your Witch's Garden.
Episode 40: Lilith Dorsey
Lilith Dorsey M.A. , hails from many magickal traditions, including Celtic, Afro-Caribbean, and Native American spirituality. Her traditional education focused on Plant Science, Anthropology, and Film at the University of R.I, New York University and the University of London, and her magickal training includes numerous initiations in Santeria also known as Lucumi, Haitian Vodoun, and New Orleans Voodoo.
https://www.instagram.com/lilithdorsey/
https://twitter.com/lilithdorsey
https://www.youtube.com/user/lilithdorsey
Episode 39: Mama Gina
Sellena welcomes Mama Gina to the podcast! They talk about her spiritual path, creative process and some of her upcoming projects. Mama Gina also shares a few of her songs throughout the podcast. You’ll find links to her website and Bandcamp site below.
https://mamagina.bandcamp.com/
https://www.mamaginamusic.com/
Episode 38: Upcoming Guests
Just a quick episode to let you know about the next few guests we have coming onto the podcast. Stay tuned and stay healthy!
Episode 37: "Exercise The Body"
Sellena continues the 13 Goals of the Witch series with Goal #11 - Exercise The Body. Luna gives a few helpful tips for keeping your Witch's Garden healthy and happy during the summer heat.
Episode 36: "Breathe and Eat Correctly"
Luna and Sellena pick back up in the 13 Goals of the Witch series with #10 - Breathe and Eat Correctly. Luna also talks about irrigation ideas for your witch's garden to combat the summer heat.
Episode 35: Pagan Unity Festival Recap
Sellena recaps some of the workshops and concerts from this years Pagan Unity Festival and she and Luna answer a few listener questions.
Episode Links -
Mama Gina Lamonte - mamaginamusic.com
Tish Owen - goddessandthemoon.com
Oberon Zell - oberonzell.com
Jason Manky - panmankey.com
Christopher Penczak - christopherpenczak.com
Krista Chapman Green - kristachapmangreen.bandcamp.com
Byron Ballard - myvillagewitch.com
Mat Auryn - matauryn.com/
Judika Illes - judikailles.com/
Amy Blackthorn - amyblackthorn.com/
Episode 34: "Attune With The Cycles Of The Earth"
Episode 33: "Celebrate Life"
Sellena discusses goal #8 of the 13 Goals of the Witch, Celebrate Life, and Luna talks about a few ways to keep your feline friends away from your plants (both exterior and interior).