The Oracle of Luna with Bridget Engels- Conversations with Goddesses

• The Oracle of Luna with Bridget Engels presents: Flora Ware: Ceremonial Priestess, Pagan Songstress, Founder of EarthSong Temple & Vocal Coach

  Send us a textJoin us in this captivating episode as we discover sacred singing that celebrates the Divine Feminine with Flora Ware! Flora is a Ceremonialist, Song Priestess, Pagan Songstress, the founder of EarthSong Temple and vocal coach. Flora serves the global community through ceremony, singing circles, and earth magic. As a Ceremonial Priestess, Cyclic Living teacher, and sacred musician, Flora inspires all to awaken to their potential, embody their wisdom, and to celebrate the Goddess by bringing the feminine principle forward. Her newest album: The Center of the Pentacle celebrates Lunar Magick, and Divine Feminine archetypes. Flora believes that our voices are magical instruments for healing, manifestation, and transformation. *Stay tuned to the end when Flora sings us her enchanting “Center of the Pentacle” invocation to the elements!*Flora grew up in BC, Canada and was introduced to the Divine Feminine in 1993 attending her first Full Moon circle with her mother. She later read StarHawk’s seminal book The Spiral Dance which opened up the idea of the Neo-Pagan Wheel of the Year (the 8 sabbats). This concept and the reclaiming tradition felt right for Flora. She later went to college and studied theater/acting but then turned her focus to music and developing her skills as a singer. She got a diploma in Jazz and Contemporary Voice which was a very rich starting point for her vocal journey. A year after graduating Flora was introduced to Vocal Sound Healing which was another pivotal moment in her musical life and spiritual journey. She understood then that her voice was not just for entertainment but it could be used as a part of her sacred practice.We delve into the role of Song Priestesses throughout history and what this role entails in contemporary times for Flora. Sound, voice, drums, music from paleolithic times have all been used by shamans and priests/priestesses and later bards for connecting to divine energy, creating sacred space and to foster community. The Song Priestess knows the power of vibrational and the energetic alchemy of sound. It's not entertainment, it's using our voices in sacred ritual through voice and sound healing to elevate our connection to the divine. Flora tells us that sound is vibrational healing and an attunement to harmonious frequencies.We chat about Flora’s newest album: “The Center of the Pentacle” and how it focuses on Lunar Magick, New Moon, Full Moon song spells/chants and invocations to Goddesses designed to integrate with a group or personal ritual. This is  a counterpoint to her previous album: “Songs for the Wheel of the Year” which were about the solar 8 sabbats. Her songs, music and song circles empower the Divine Feminine within and bring the feminine principle forward.Flora’s mission is to bring the  sacred feminine back into balance with the sacred masculine.  Flora continues to challenge herself musically and she is passionate about taking her voice and song priestessing to new edges whether it be online or in person ceremonies, EarthSong Temple rituals, song circles or album recordings. Flora ends our episode by singing her enchanting invocation to the elements. Tune in and be enlightened!  Flora’s website: https://floraware.caSupport the show*If you like what you hear; please sponsor my show. https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/oracleoflunapodcastSubscription page for Premium content: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1445572/subscribe

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• The Oracle of Luna with Bridget Engels presents: Glen Rogers - Visual Artist of the Sacred Feminine - Author - Oracle Deck Creator & Educator

  Send us a textDiscover the world of Art and the Sacred Feminine with the amazing Glen Rogers! In this episode, join us as we delve into Glen’s incredible body of work that intersects with ancient Goddess symbolism, HerStory themes, Women in their power and matriarchal cultures where Priestesses ruled. Glen is an internationally exhibited painter, printmaker and public sculptor. She relocated from the San Francisco Bay Area to Mexico in 2000 and currently lives in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. Glen has an MFA in printmaking from San Jose State University. Glen’s artwork includes large scale public art/sculptor pieces, paintings, mono prints, and drawings that are exhibited widely in the US and Internationally for over 40 plus years. Glen’s artwork is women-centric and inspired by the Sacred Feminine. For many years Glen has traveled to ancient sacred sites and has done artist residencies throughout the world. We begin by talking about Glen's early beginnings growing up in a small town in Mississippi. She studied Printmaking at University of Florida and got her Masters in Printmaking at San Jose State University. She embarked on a spiritual journey in her 20’s and then started to read books such as Merlin Stone’s: “When God was a Woman" and Rhiane Eisler’s “The Chalice and The Blade”. She had an amazing heart opening and spiritual epiphany discovering that there was a Goddess and matriarchy way before patriarchy. This informed her spiritual life as well as her artistic career as well. She then moved to San Miguel de Allende, Mexico which has a thriving artistic and creative community and a special place for Women especially those in their Crone years. Glen talks about how she and other women creative’s work and beings are valued in San Miguel, MX. Once Glen started reading about Goddess Spirituality and the Sacred Feminine, she had an intense desire to travel to different neolithic and paleolithic sites and walk in the footsteps of the Goddess. She took photos and sketches and immersed herself in these sacred sites from all over the world. The power of those ancient sites that were places of Goddess worship expresses itself through Glen’s art/ imagery and can be felt when looking at her art. Glen says her art is inspired by the Sacred Feminine and her hope is that her work inspires and empowers others. It has a meditative and mystical quality that runs through her prints, paintings, drawings and sculptor. She hopes people will look at her art and use item as portals for meditation or mysticism and feel the divine feminine energy  which is one of the reasons she wrote, designed  and published her books and oracle decks. Glen chats about her most recent artist residency in Malta and talks about the underground temple called the Hypogeum which is the only known prehistoric wall paintings in Malta, consisting of spiral and honeycomb patterns in red ochre pigment. Excavations yielded a wealth of Great Mother figures artifacts including the famous "Sleeping Lady" figurine,  A small side chamber on the middle level, known as the "Oracle Room," has unique acoustic properties that produces a powerful resonance suggesting its possible  use for rituals or ceremonies.  Glen was shocked that in these ancient sites and museums in Malta there was never any mention of the Goddess. Talk about suppressed histories! She was neverSupport the show*If you like what you hear; please sponsor my show. https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/oracleoflunapodcastSubscription page for Premium content: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1445572/subscribe

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• The Oracle of Luna with Bridget Engels presents: Jesamyn Angelica: High Priestess - Creatrix & Founder of Sisterhood of the Moon, Author & Ritualist

  Send us a textGet ready to dive into Lunar Witchcraft with Jesamyn Angelica! Jesamyn is the founder and High Priestess of Sisterhood of the Moon, a matriarchal Goddess Tradition for all. For over thirty years, she has brought her Witchcraft practice and expertise in the Goddess Arts to her uniquely inclusive women’s empowerment work. A lifelong student trained in multiple traditions, she blends wit and humor with practical skills and cultivated wisdom to guide people of integrity toward authenticity through self-exploration. Jesamyn is the author of published by Llewellyn Worldwide, LLewellyn’s Complete Book of the Moon: Lunar Wisdom for Magic, Healing & Inspiration”  releasing in December 2025. Jesamyn grew up in a small, rural  New England town and went to a Catholic school run by nuns. They school had a yearly tradition of honoring Mary with a flower festival in May which was Jesanyn’s first introduction to the Goddess/Divine Feminine.  She found a copy of “The Power of the Witch” by Laurie Cabot and  Shekina Mountainwater's book: “Ariadne’s Thread” that started her on the path of Women’s Spirituality. We delve into Sisterhood of the Moon; Jesamyn's matriarchal Goddess community led by women for women. They have been person rituals in the San Francisco East Bay Area. Since 2010. The intent is to empower women by belonging and a shared reverence for the Goddess within and without. Jesamyn and I believe that Women especially now, need to feel seen, heard and witnessed. So many of us are sleep walking through the patriarchal systematic mind control that we lose ourselves in our sacrifice to capitalism and all the damage that inflicts on our souls. With sacred feminine rituals we can actively remember who we are and all that is meaningful to us and to recenter ourselves in our life’s mission. This is the power of Women focused community Moon rituals.We talk about Moon phases and how we can mindfully engage with the lunar energies of each Moon cycle in our magickal practice. The Moon is humanity's constant reminder of perpetual change and lunar energy mirrors our lives and the never ending process of construction and deconstruction, the rising and falling  of everything we think, feel and do. All our bodies are cyclical, our energies are cyclical and we are all part of this greater cosmic rhythm whether we are aware of it or not. This is the profound power of the Moon on all of humanity and nature. Jesamyn ends our episode with an enchanted blessing to opening to the path of the Moon Witch.  Tune in and be enlightened!   Jesamyn’s website: www.sisterhoodofthemoon.orgSupport the show*If you like what you hear; please sponsor my show. https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/oracleoflunapodcastSubscription page for Premium content: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1445572/subscribe

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• The Oracle of Luna with Bridget Engels presents: Mawiyah Bowmani - Author, HoodDoo Practitioner, Spirit Woman, Yoruba Priestess, Playwright & Educator

  Send us a textGet ready to dive into Hoodoo with the remarkable Mawiyah Kai EL-Jamah Bomani! Mawiyah is a native of New Orleans, is a distinguished writer and spirit woman. She received the Southern Black Theatre Festival’s 2012-2013 Playwright of the Year award for her play, Spring Chickens. In 2008, Mawiyah earned her MFA in Creative Writing from the University of New Orleans. Beyond her writing, she is a respected educator, an 8th Generation Witch, and a Priestess of OYA in the Yoruba spiritual system. Mawiyah is also the host of the podcast: FishHeadsinRedGravy, which celebrates marginalized people in the esoteric and occult world. She is a recipient of the Critical Mass 8 Literary Award and the KAT Artist Residency. Mawiyah is the author of two books published by Llewellyn Worldwide, 2023’s: Conjuring the Calabash: Empowering Women with Hoodoo Spells and Magick and Hoodoo Saints and Root Warriors: Stories and Magick for Liberation releasing in November 2025.We begin by talking about Mawiyah’s early years growing up in New Orleans; the gumbo stew of African, Indigenous, Creole, French and Hispanic cultures. Mawiyah began seeing spirits at a young age. Her mother and grandmother understood Mawiya's magical gift. Her grandfather was a Santeria Priest and another grandfather on her mother’s side was a Geechee man which are descendants from West Africa that were enslaved and brought to the American Southeast. Mawiyah grew up being embraced with various family spiritual practices and folkways from her family later it was termed as: Hoodoo. Mawiyah said she kept a journal and wrote down these family Hoodoo practices that she was told at a very young age in a journal. Mawiyah was taught growing up that Hoodoo is Liberation Magick and she wanted to understand more and to also help others with using Hoodoo. One of the earliest saints she connected with was Marie Laveau. For Mawiyah this opened the idea of Sheroes/Heroes; people that inspired her within her culture. Mawiyah says that we can still call on these elevated spiritual people even after they die, especially in the socio-political climate that we live in today. This was the impetus of Mawiyah’s newest book: Hoodoo Saints and Root Warriors: Stories and Magick for Liberation.We chat about how enslavement of African peoples to the Americas and the Caribbean gave birth to Hoodoo which was used for healing, safety and spiritual protection from violence and oppression. Hoodoo, is a fusion of beliefs and cultural practices, blending elements from West African religions, Native First Nations traditions, and European herbal knowledge. Hoodoo also provides a connection to their lineage and Sheroes/Heroes, and it weaves magic, empowerment, protection for the people who had been subjugated in a relatable way. We discover one of Mawiyah’s favorite Hoodoo Saints that she works with called La Madama.By working with the 12 Hoodoo Saints in Mawiyah’s spiritual guidebook; we can communicate with and channel with powerful and beloved Sheroes/Heroes. Her book shares inspiring stories, shows how to incorporate Hoodoo saints into daily spell work, and expands any practitioner's repertoire through rituals, dice divination, altar work, and more.Mawiyah shares with us a Hoodoo spell for Scream Water to effect change in your life at the enSupport the show*If you like what you hear; please sponsor my show. https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/oracleoflunapodcastSubscription page for Premium content: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1445572/subscribe

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• The Oracle of Luna with Bridget Engels presents: Lilith Dorsey - Priestess, Author, Tarot Card Diviner, Filmaker, Choreographer/Performer & Anthropologist

  Send us a textJoin us for a fascinating discussion with the incredible Lilith Dorsey! Lilith hails from many magickal traditions. Their traditional education focused on Plant Science, Anthropology, and Film at the URI, NYU, and University of London, and their training includes numerous initiations in Lucumi, Haitian Vodoun, and New Orleans Voodoo. Lilith Dorsey is also a Voodoo Priestess and has been doing magick since 1991 for patrons, filmmaker of the documentary Bodies of Water: Voodoo Identity and Tranceformation,’ and choreographer/performer for Dr. John’s “Night Tripper” Voodoo Show. They are proud to be a published Black author of Voodoo and Afro-Caribbean Paganism, Orishas, Goddesses and Voodoo Queens, Water Magic and the newly released Tarot Every Witch Way.We chat about Lilith’s early beginnings with family in NYC and how they started reading tarot with friends and as a teen in high school. Lilith then attended NYU for an undergraduate degree in Filmmaking. Lilith took a class in Antonin Artaud the Theater of Cruelty and was inspired by Artaud who was an Avante Garde artist and theater playwright/director that incorporated mysticism, Surrealism, raw emotions, esoteric spirituality, exaggerated movements/gestures, and Balinese rituals into his theater performances.  Lilith then wondered how to incorporate Artaud's influences within Tarot Cards and Tarot reading on a deeper almost cellular level- beyond the usual archetypes, symbols and images. Lilith talks about her Voodoo priestessing and their temple in New Orleans called: The House of Maman Brigitte where Lilith teaches students, and they have initiations, rituals, and feasts. While studying cinema/filmmaking at NYU, Lilith was always fascinated about how we see magic, witchcraft and voodoo on film. As dancer and performer, Lilith was interested in Voodoo dance. Dance is an important part of Voodoo rituals and for entering into trance states. Lilith brought their talent knowledge to perform on the Dr. John’s “Night Tripper” Voodoo show.Lilith’s newest book: “Tarot Every Witch Way” is a rich manual and guide that gives the reader a deeper and broader explanation of Tarot cards and offers corresponds, spells, herbs, crystals, recipes, music, altar suggestions, etc.  The reader can discover ways to combine tarot and magic with an extensive array of correspondences, including crystals, herbs, animals, astrology, and musical notes. Lilith also provides step-by-step instructions for making altars, shrines, and crystal grids to help empower your deck and your life. Drawing from decades of experience as a diviner, anthropologist, and Voodoo Priestess, Lilith provides a myriad of ways to weave card energies into your magic! We close with Lilith giving us an enchanting and mystical tarot card meditation using The Star card from theirTarot Every Witch Way book. Tune in and be enlightened!   More about Lilith at: www.lilithdorsey.comSupport the show*If you like what you hear; please sponsor my show. https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/oracleoflunapodcastSubscription page for Premium content: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1445572/subscribe

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