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What changes when we begin approaching plants as living spiritual allies rather than ingredients in a spell?
In this episode of the Magick Kitchen Podcast, Leandra Witchwood and Elyse Welles welcome Vrylak Faemana, artist, musician, and practitioner of animist herbalism, to explore her book The Emerald Path Grimoire: A Bruja's Guide for Working with Plant Spirit Wisdom.
Together, they explore brujería, curanderismo, shamanic traditions, and the relationship between witchcraft and spiritual practice. Vrylak shares experiences that shaped her connection with plant spirits, including ceremonies in South America, her family's spiritualist heritage, and the role of sacred songs, visionary art, and dreams in communicating with the natural world.
The conversation also explores the blending of spiritual traditions, cultural appropriation, ancestral knowledge, and the importance of developing a practice grounded in personal experience.
To close, Vrylak offers an oracular selection from her grimoire: a simple space-cleansing practice using lemon, salt, and sugar.
Connect with Vrylak Faemana:
The Emerald Path Grimoire (Official Publisher): https://www.innertraditions.com/the-emerald-path-grimoire
Samhainfest is a two-day celebration of witchcraft, folklore, ritual, music, and ancestor reverence, held October 31 to November 1, 2026, in Havre de Grace, Maryland.
Learn more and get tickets at samhainfest.com.
The Sacred Waters Retreat is a four-day pilgrimage through Greece’s healing springs, volcanic islands, sea caves, and sacred coastal landscapes. Through ritual, ceremony, and time on the water, you will reconnect with emotional renewal, embodied softness, and the ancient wisdom held by the sea.
Learn more at elysewelles.com/visitgreece
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What is the difference between a pentacle and a pentagram, and how did the five-pointed star become one of witchcraft's most recognizable symbols?
In this episode of the Magick Kitchen Podcast, Leandra Witchwood and Elyse Welles welcome back witch, author, and tarot reader Courtney Weber to explore her book The Pentacle, part of the Sacred Talismans series.
From ancient Mesopotamia and ceremonial magic to modern Wicca and Paganism, Courtney traces the pentacle's history and explains its role as both a sacred symbol and a practical magical tool. Discover how to create pentacles using mythology, meaningful imagery, and ritual, and why defining your intentions matters.
The conversation also explores sacred geometry in nature, the choice to wear a pentacle publicly or privately, and an extraordinary firsthand account of the 1967 attempt to levitate the Pentagon.
Courtney closes by reflecting on the sacred tools she values most and why the magic we carry within us matters.
Connect with Courtney Weber:
Website, events, and tarot readings: https://courtneyaweber.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/courtneyaweber/
The Sacred Waters Retreat is a four-day pilgrimage through Greece’s healing springs, volcanic islands, sea caves, and sacred coastal landscapes. Through ritual, ceremony, and time on the water, you will reconnect with emotional renewal, embodied softness, and the ancient wisdom held by the sea.
Learn more at elysewelles.com/visitgreece
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Join the Rebel Mystic Coven Inner Circle before December 1, 2026, and keep the current rate as you enter the coven's new year-long Cauldrons in 2027. Something is brewing, and founding members get the first seat at the fire.
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What does it really mean to be prosperous, and how can witchcraft help us cultivate lasting prosperity rather than constantly chasing money?
In this episode of the Magick Kitchen Podcast, Leandra Witchwood and Elyse Welles welcome bestselling author and occult scholar Judika Illes to explore prosperity magic, money spells, and her new Prosperity Spells oracle deck.
Together, they discuss the difference between prosperity, wealth, and abundance, and why specificity matters when casting spells. Judika shares how traditional symbols like rabbits, frogs, and ladybugs can support prosperity workings, while the hosts explore maintaining prosperity altars, replenishing magical energy, and making spellwork part of everyday life.
The conversation also examines the relationship between prosperity and protection magic, including the evil eye, jealousy, energetic boundaries, and the importance of knowing when to share your successes.
Discover how discernment, magical protection, and consistent spiritual practice can help you approach prosperity as an ongoing state of being rather than a temporary financial fix.
Connect with Judika Illes:
Instagram: www.instagram.com/judikailles/
Facebook: www.facebook.com/AuthorJudikaIlles/
Prosperity Spells Deck: https://redwheelweiser.com/book/prosperity-spells-9781578639496/
Samhainfest is a two-day celebration of witchcraft, folklore, ritual, music, and ancestor reverence, held October 31 to November 1, 2026, in Havre de Grace, Maryland.
Learn more and get tickets at samhainfest.com.
The Sacred Waters Retreat is a four-day pilgrimage through Greece’s healing springs, volcanic islands, sea caves, and sacred coastal landscapes. Through ritual, ceremony, and time on the water, you will reconnect with emotional renewal, embodied softness, and the ancient wisdom held by the sea.
Learn more at elysewelles.com/visitgreece
Support the Podcast!
Join the Rebel Mystic Coven Inner Circle before December 1, 2026, and keep the current rate as you enter the coven's new year-long Cauldrons in 2027. Something is brewing, and founding members get the first seat at the fire.
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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
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What can mushrooms teach us about being human—and about finding our way back into relationship with the world around us?
In this episode of the Magick Kitchen Podcast, Leandra Witchwood and Elyse Welles welcome author and doula Madison Murphy Barney to explore the ideas behind Our Ancestors Want Us to Be Mushrooms. Madison shares how mushrooms and mycelial networks offer a powerful blueprint for humility, reciprocity, decomposition, community, and living as part of an ecosystem rather than above it.
Together, they explore what “right relationship” can look like in everyday life: reconnecting with ancestral ways of knowing, tending the land and communities where we actually live, practicing curiosity, and relearning the ordinary skills of being a good neighbor. They also examine the limits of individualism and the self-help mindset, asking what becomes possible when spirituality moves beyond endless self-improvement and back toward embodiment, relationship, service, and the Earth.
Connect with Madison Murphy Barney:
Official Website: https://madisonmurphybarney.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/madisonmurphybarney/
Our Ancestors Want Us to Be Mushrooms: https://redwheelweiser.com/imprints/weiser-books/
Our Medicine: https://ourmedicine.substack.com/
Samhainfest is a two-day celebration of witchcraft, folklore, ritual, music, and ancestor reverence, held October 31 to November 1, 2026, in Havre de Grace, Maryland.
Learn more and get tickets at samhainfest.com.
The Sacred Waters Retreat is a four-day pilgrimage through Greece’s healing springs, volcanic islands, sea caves, and sacred coastal landscapes. Through ritual, ceremony, and time on the water, you will reconnect with emotional renewal, embodied softness, and the ancient wisdom held by the sea.
Learn more at elysewelles.com/visitgreece
Support the Podcast!
Join the Rebel Mystic Coven Inner Circle before December 1, 2026, and keep the current rate as you enter the coven's new year-long Cauldrons in 2027. Something is brewing, and founding members get the first seat at the fire.
Join here: https://links.ivorey.io/payment-link/6a849968bd9f26c7377a1b1d 
🫖 The Witchwood Teahouse! Check out Leandra's uniquely hand-blended teas - www.thewitchwoodteahouse.com 

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🗝️ 🕯️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!

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Can you practice witchcraft alone without becoming isolated?
In this episode of the Magick Kitchen Podcast, Leandra Witchwood and Elyse Welles explore the balance between solitary witchcraft and spiritual community. They talk about why a solitary practice can be deeply meaningful while still leaving room for covens, festivals, public rituals, workshops, and other forms of connection.
Together, they unpack the different levels of commitment that witchcraft communities can offer, from initiatory covens and ongoing groups to festivals and one-time classes. They also discuss social anxiety, group dynamics, spiritual growth, shadow work, unhealthy communities, leadership, and how difficult interactions can sometimes reveal important lessons about ourselves.
This is a grounded conversation about finding support without giving up your independence—and recognizing that being a solitary witch does not have to mean walking your path alone. 
Samhainfest is a two-day celebration of witchcraft, folklore, ritual, music, and ancestor reverence, held October 31 to November 1, 2026, in Havre de Grace, Maryland.
Learn more and get tickets at samhainfest.com.
The Sacred Waters Retreat is a four-day pilgrimage through Greece’s healing springs, volcanic islands, sea caves, and sacred coastal landscapes. Through ritual, ceremony, and time on the water, you will reconnect with emotional renewal, embodied softness, and the ancient wisdom held by the sea.
Learn more at elysewelles.com/visitgreece
Support the Podcast!
Join the Rebel Mystic Coven Inner Circle before December 1, 2026, and keep the current rate as you enter the coven's new year-long Cauldrons in 2027. Something is brewing, and founding members get the first seat at the fire.
Join here: https://links.ivorey.io/payment-link/6a849968bd9f26c7377a1b1d 
🫖 The Witchwood Teahouse! Check out Leandra's uniquely hand-blended teas - www.thewitchwoodteahouse.com 

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🗝️ 🕯️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!