The Middle-Aged Witch Podcast
By Eli Ro
The Middle-Aged Witch PodcastJan 11, 2024
Portals
Beltane 2024
Additional Resources: https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/homemade-elderflower-cordial
https://middleagedwitch.com/beltane/
https://middleagedwitch.com/handfasting/
High Magick
This week, we discuss the merits of High Magick.
Resources:
“High Magick” by Damien Echols - https://a.co/d/dxB4kbT
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cipher_Manuscripts
Art as Witchcraft
This week, we talk about how we can channel our intentions through art, and we also answer a listener question.
Witchcraft Tools
Sources:
Witchy Tools - Lecture 9 - Wicca and Witchcraft 101 by Coven of the Open Mind 1.
The Ultimate Guide to Witchcraft Tools by Mumbles & Things 2.
Your Ultimate Guide to Modern Witchcraft Tools by Horoscope.com 4.
https://middleagedwitch.com/anointing-oils/
Witch Talk with Dani Johnson
This week, we engage in a lively discussion that meanders from Atlantis, to Ancient Egypt, to Retrograde season, to sassy infernals who don't like cheap wine!
Join us on Instagram Live on Monday, April 1 at 6pm EST, 3pm PST!
@middleagedwitch
@the_wandering_soul_writer
Adonis
This week we talk about the beloved (but often underestimated) god Adonis!
Additional Resources:
https://www.theoi.com/articles/who-is-adonis-in-greek-mythology/
Ostara
Today we revisit the Ostara episode from 2023.
Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Chocolate Bunny: https://www.pattiwigington.com/the-chocolate-rabbit-ritual/
Tarot for Kids: https://www.amazon.com/Tarot-Kids-Theresa-Reed/dp/1683648226
Facebook Group link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/941149357051804/
Discord server: https://discord.gg/KW65UFvF3A
Storm Magick
We read a listener email about how to turn baneful magick into a learning experience, and we talk about how to use the power of storms in our magickal practices.
Additional Resources:
https://stormbornwitch.tumblr.com/post/120884798132/how-can-you-draw-energy-from-storms
Incense
Gaia
This week, we answer a listener question and talk about Gaia!
Lupercalia
Imbolc
Additional Resources:
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCokbNKoYrmbLUjNTKBIjaFw
Private Tarot Readings/ Custom Spell Work: https://middleagedwitch.com/liveservices/
Etsy Shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/MiddleAgedWitchShop 15% discount code: PODCAST
Selene
This week, we talk about the Moon Goddess Selene.
Additional Resources:
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCokbNKoYrmbLUjNTKBIjaFw
Private Tarot Readings/ Custom Spell Work: https://middleagedwitch.com/liveservices/
Etsy Shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/MiddleAgedWitchShop 15% discount code: PODCAST
Ritual Baths
Additional Resources:
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCokbNKoYrmbLUjNTKBIjaFw
Private Tarot Readings/ Custom Spell Work: https://middleagedwitch.com/liveservices/
Etsy Shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/MiddleAgedWitchShop 15% discount code: PODCAST
Personal Protection
Additional Resources:
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCokbNKoYrmbLUjNTKBIjaFw
Private Tarot Readings/ Custom Spell Work: https://middleagedwitch.com/liveservices/
Etsy Shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/MiddleAgedWitchShop 15% discount code: PODCAST
Release and Renewal
Additional Resources:
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCokbNKoYrmbLUjNTKBIjaFw
Private Tarot Readings/ Custom Spell Work: https://middleagedwitch.com/liveservices/
Etsy Shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/MiddleAgedWitchShop 15% discount code: PODCAST
Writing Spells
This week, we talk about why it's so important to write our own spells.
Additional Resources:
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCokbNKoYrmbLUjNTKBIjaFw
Private Tarot Readings/ Custom Spell Work: https://middleagedwitch.com/liveservices/
Etsy Shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/MiddleAgedWitchShop 15% discount code: PODCAST
https://middleagedwitch.com/spell-casting/
https://middleagedwitch.com/casting-a-magick-circle/
https://middleagedwitch.com/spellmaking/
Resolutions
This week, we discuss how to set our manifestations for 2024 with a Crown of Success spell.
Additional Resources:
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCokbNKoYrmbLUjNTKBIjaFw
Private Tarot Readings/ Custom Spell Work: https://middleagedwitch.com/liveservices/
Etsy Shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/MiddleAgedWitchShop 15% discount code: PODCAST
Yule
Blessed Yule!
Bone Magick
This week, we discuss using bones and animal remains ethically in our work.
Additional Resources:
https://middleagedwitch.com/foraging/
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCokbNKoYrmbLUjNTKBIjaFw
Private Tarot Readings/ Custom Spell Work: https://middleagedwitch.com/liveservices/
Etsy Shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/MiddleAgedWitchShop 15% discount code: PODCAST
Intuitive Tarot
This week we discuss how we can enhance out tarot readings without looking up the meanings. We also go through a recipe for Attraction Oil.
Additional Resources:
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCokbNKoYrmbLUjNTKBIjaFw
Private Tarot Readings/ Custom Spell Work: https://middleagedwitch.com/liveservices/
Etsy Shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/MiddleAgedWitchShop 15% discount code: PODCAST
Tarot Episode: https://middleagedwitch.com/tarot/
Gratitude Magick
These week, we look at what it takes to bring abundance into our lives through gratitude.
Additional Resources:
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCokbNKoYrmbLUjNTKBIjaFw
Private Tarot Readings/ Custom Spell Work: https://middleagedwitch.com/liveservices/
Etsy Shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/MiddleAgedWitchShop 15% discount code: PODCAST
Sacred Cycles
This week, we talk about how to align our spell work with our personal cycles to get the best results.
Additional Resources:
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCokbNKoYrmbLUjNTKBIjaFw
Private Tarot Readings/ Custom Spell Work: https://middleagedwitch.com/liveservices/
Etsy Shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/MiddleAgedWitchShop 15% discount code: PODCAST
Astragalomancy
This week we discuss the ancient art of dice divination. We also give the recipe for Hex-Breaking Soap. Additional Resources: YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCokbNKoYrmbLUjNTKBIjaFw Private Tarot Readings/ Custom Spell Work: https://middleagedwitch.com/liveservices/ Etsy Shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/MiddleAgedWitchShop 15% discount code: PODCAST Astragalomancy: A Loaded Guide: Intriguing Readings of 21 Discrete Dice Throws by Craig Conley https://middleagedwitch.com/numerology/
Samhain 2023
This week, we talk about how the spirit of Samhain looks across different cultures, and we also go through a ritual Ancestor Oil recipe!
Additional Resources:
https://middleagedwitch.com/samhain-2022-and-the-crone-season/
https://middleagedwitch.com/samhain-ancestor-work/
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCokbNKoYrmbLUjNTKBIjaFw
Private Tarot Readings/ Custom Spell Work: https://middleagedwitch.com/liveservices/
Etsy Shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/MiddleAgedWitchShop 15% discount code: PODCAST
https://www.terriwindling.com/blog/2021/10/halloween-samhain.html
Technology & Witchcraft
This week we talk about how we can use technology, the internet, social media, and apps to support our manifestations. Additional Resources: Transcripts: https://www.middleagedwitch.com YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCokbNKoYrmbLUjNTKBIjaFw Private Tarot Readings/ Custom Spell Work: https://middleagedwitch.com/liveservices/ Etsy Shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/MiddleAgedWitchShop 15% discount code: PODCAST
Blood Magick
This week, we talk about using blood in rituals and spells.
Additional Resources:
Transcripts: https://www.middleagedwitch.com
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCokbNKoYrmbLUjNTKBIjaFw
Private Tarot Readings/ Custom Spell Work: https://middleagedwitch.com/liveservices/
Etsy Shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/MiddleAgedWitchShop 15% discount code: PODCAST
Elemental Magick: Water
This week is for water magick, and all its mystic, intuitive power.
Additional Resources:
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCokbNKoYrmbLUjNTKBIjaFw
Private Tarot Readings/ Custom Spell Work: https://middleagedwitch.com/liveservices/
Etsy Shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/MiddleAgedWitchShop
Elemental Magick: Fire
This week we discover how and why Fire Magick can give our spell work the extra power it needs to help us to manifest quickly.
Additional Resources:
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCokbNKoYrmbLUjNTKBIjaFw
Private Tarot Readings/ Custom Spell Work: https://middleagedwitch.com/liveservices/
Etsy Shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/MiddleAgedWitchShop
Elemental Magick: Air
This week, we talk about how we can use Air Magick to support our spell work, divination, psychic communications, and more.
Additional resources:
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCokbNKoYrmbLUjNTKBIjaFw
Private Tarot Readings/ Custom Spell Work: https://middleagedwitch.com/liveservices/
Etsy Shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/MiddleAgedWitchShop
Elemental Magick: Earth
This week, we rediscover the power of earth magick, and we also create an Earth Magick Ritual Oil to use in your spells!
Additional resources:
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCokbNKoYrmbLUjNTKBIjaFw
Private Tarot Readings/ Custom Spell Work: https://middleagedwitch.com/liveservices/
Etsy Shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/MiddleAgedWitchShop
https://www.biddytarot.com/tarot-card-meanings/minor-arcana/suit-of-pentacles/
Synchronicities
This week, we talk about synchronicities, what they are, and how to encourage more of them.
Additional Resources:
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCokbNKoYrmbLUjNTKBIjaFw
Private Tarot Readings/ Custom Spell Work: https://middleagedwitch.com/liveservices/
The Morrigan
This week, we talk about the Morrigan and how we can benefit from her tough love to advance ourselves.
Additional Resources:
The Morrigan: Celtic Goddess of Magick and Night by Courtney Weber
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCokbNKoYrmbLUjNTKBIjaFw
Private Tarot Readings/ Custom Spell Work: https://middleagedwitch.com/liveservices/
Etsy Shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/MiddleAgedWitchShop
Potions
This week we talk about how we can use spirits and libations to enhance and support our spellwork. We also answer some questions about the Death Magick episode!
Additional Resources:
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCokbNKoYrmbLUjNTKBIjaFw
Private Tarot Readings/ Custom Spell Work: https://middleagedwitch.com/liveservices/
Etsy Shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/MiddleAgedWitchShop
Death Magick
This week, we talk about the many and varied uses of Death Magick. We dissect some of the negative connotations surrounding death and look at ways we can use it to enhance our spell work.
Additional Resources:
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCokbNKoYrmbLUjNTKBIjaFw
Private Tarot Readings/ Custom Spell Work: https://middleagedwitch.com/liveservices/
Etsy Shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/MiddleAgedWitchShop
Wand Magick
This week we talk about wands. How to use them and why they might elevate your magick.
Additional Resources:
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCokbNKoYrmbLUjNTKBIjaFw
Private Tarot Readings/ Custom Spell Work: https://middleagedwitch.com/liveservices/
Witchcraft: Hundley, Jessica: https://a.co/d/5eJAqXH
Meditation: Mindful Interconnectedness
This meditation episode is an exploration in recognizing how everything and all of us are interconnected, and how we can use this recognition to understand ourselves and others with compassion and love.
House Magick/Lughnasadh
This week, we talk about Lughnasadh, Leo season, and House Magick!
Additional Resources:
Facebook Group link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/941149357051804/
Discord server: https://discord.gg/KW65UFvF3A
Online Tarot Readings: https://middleagedwitch.com/liveservices/
Etsy Shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/MiddleAgedWitchShop
https://middleagedwitch.com/protection-magick/
https://middleagedwitch.com/lughnasadh-lammas/
Aphrodite
This week, we answer a listener question about unethically sourced crystals, and get in-depth about the powerful goddess Aphrodite.
Additional Resources:
Facebook Group link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/941149357051804/
Discord server: https://discord.gg/KW65UFvF3A
https://middleagedwitch.com/liveservices/
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Aphrodite-Greek-mythology
https://www.thecollector.com/laughter-loving-aphrodite/
Fertility Magick
This week starts with a "Get That Job" spell, and ends with some fertility gods!
Additional Resources:
Cunningham’s Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs
Llewellyn’s Complete Book of Correspondences
Gem Elixirs and Vibrational Healing Vol. I
https://middleagedwitch.com/sex-magick/
https://middleagedwitch.com/sigils/
Facebook Group link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/941149357051804/
Discord server: https://discord.gg/KW65UFvF3A
https://middleagedwitch.com/liveservices/
Pendulums with Dani Johnson
This week, we delve into pendulum readings and divination with writer, witch, entrepreneur and pendulum reader Dani Johnson.
Find Dani Johnson online at: https://calendly.com/thewanderingsoulwriter
Visit her bookshop at: https://thewanderingsoulshop.com/
Follow her on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/the_wandering_soul_writer/
Follow her erotic poet alter ego at: https://www.instagram.com/thetastypoet/
Meditation: Compassion for Your Emotions
The purpose of this short guided meditation is to allow compassion and grace for difficult emotions, such as anger, jealousy, and sadness.
Mansions of the Moon
This episode discusses lunar mansions, or lunar stations. We talk about how to use the moon's station to select the best days for love, travel, business, and more.
Mansions of the Moon: A Lunar Zodiac for Astrology and Magic by Christopher Warnock
https://mooncalendar.astro-seek.com/arabic-moon-mansion-calendar
https://middleagedwitch.com/liveservices/
Facebook Group link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/941149357051804/
Discord server: https://discord.gg/KW65UFvF3A
Meditation: Guided Visualization
This meditation takes you through the process of creating a calm, peaceful refuge in the mind.
Needlecraft Magick
We talk this week about how needlework can enhance our spells and add significant power to our work. We also answer a listener question about how to approach spellwork when there's a fear of attracting negative spirits.
Additional resources:
https://middleagedwitch.com/protection-magick/
https://middleagedwitch.com/amulets-and-charms/
https://middleagedwitch.com/casting-a-magick-circle/
https://middleagedwitch.com/liveservices/
Facebook Group link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/941149357051804/
Discord server: https://discord.gg/KW65UFvF3A
Litha/Summer Solstice 2023
This week, we talk about what makes the summer solstice so special, how to use the power of the sun to our benefit, and we also talk about a road opening spell.
Additional resources:
Road Opener oil: https://middleagedwitch.com/road-opener-oil/
https://middleagedwitch.com/liveservices/
Facebook Group link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/941149357051804/
Discord server: https://discord.gg/KW65UFvF3A
Meditation: Experiencing the Mind as an Ocean
This 10 minute meditation takes us to a place of understanding the mind and the self as separate from its circumstances.
Solar Magick
In the 101st episode of the Middle-Aged Witch podcast, we discuss how to use the phases of the sun to support our craft. We also discuss various herbs, plants, and crystals that can imbue our spells with strong sun energy.
Additional Resources:
https://middleagedwitch.com/liveservices/
Facebook Group link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/941149357051804/
Discord server: https://discord.gg/KW65UFvF3A
Metal Magick with Sam "Bo" Thompson
This week, we talk to blacksmith, metal magician, Priest of the Morrigan, and author of the book 'Metal Never Lies: An Introduction to Metal Magic' Sam "Bo" Thompson. We discuss the magical properties of metal, how your housekey can activate your home's protective wards, and how we all have metal literally coursing through our veins.
Metal Never Lies: An Introduction to Metal Magick: https://a.co/d/fB5GWv7
https://www.ravenskeepforge.com/