S8E5 - What Deity Work is ACTUALLY Like + The Truth About Hell vs. Hades with Jamie Waggoner

Send us Fan Mail 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 whe...

Send us Fan Mail 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 ecosyst...

Send us Fan Mail 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 offe...

Send us Fan Mail What changes when psychoactive and poisonous plants are approached as spirits and ceremonial allies rather than simply substances? In this episode of the Magick Kitchen Podcast, Leandra Witchwood and Elyse Welles welcome occult herbalist and author Coby Michael for a candid conversation about plant spirit medicine, psychedelics, ritual entheogens, poisonous plants, and sacred ceremony. Coby, author of The Poison Path Herbal: Baneful Herbs, Medicinal Nightshades, and Ritual En...

Send us Fan Mail What happens when divination moves beyond the tarot table and into relationship with the living world? In this episode of the Magick Kitchen Podcast, Leandra Witchwood and Elyse Welles welcome Joanna Farrar, author of The Diviner’s Path: A Nature-Led Approach to Divination with Tarot, Runes, and Pendulums, for a rich conversation about divination, animism, omens, and spirit communication. Joanna explains what divination actually is, how symbolic systems like tarot and runes f...