Mermaids, Witches, and Fairies with Mhara Starling

In this episode is Mhara Starling's truly amazing magical journey of gender and self-acceptance. Mhara is a Welsh witch, spiritual leader, and author of the recent book "Welsh Fairies." Mhara and I muse over topics as far afield as natural churches, bigger-than-life mentors, and a Scooby Doo lesson in witchcraft.

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• (00:00) - Opening credits
• (00:37) - Show opening
• (01:31) - Introducing Mhara Starling
• (02:34) - Growing up transgender: mermaids, witches, and fairies
• (10:30) - We know you don't like this, but you should
• (13:41) - She has ever been Mhara
• (15:49) - A church of trees and headland
• (21:25) - Scooby Doo teaches about witchcraft
• (24:35) - Mhara's first witch mentor
• (28:53) - Meeting the drag queen down the road
• (32:00) - Coming out with an explosion
• (40:00) - Feeling completely and wholly accepted
• (45:09) - Magic does not occur on a binary
• (49:03) - A communal view to witchcraft
• (55:00) - Find yourself, your land, and your community
• (59:10) - Mhara's work for the near future
• (01:03:50) - Show closing
• (01:05:52) - Closing credits

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