By knot of one, the spell’s begun...Blessed be, Witches! This week Lucy goes deep into the second season of A Discovery of Witches, which goes all Outlander on us as Diana and Matthew step back in time - to 1590, to be precise. It’s a feast for the fans of witchy history - alchemist Mary Sidney, The School of Night, Dr John Dee and a host of real-life magickal folks cross paths with our protagonists. Lucy explores real-life weavers, conducts a little how-to on knot magick, explains and explores the Witches Ladder and finds out just how Teresa Palmer (Diana Bishop) found her own elemental magick during the shoot for the show.

The Turn of a Card turns up a question on how to deepen the magick of a coven working from a share house - Lucy explores ways to keep a magickal group fresh, connected, and healthy - as well as how to introduce structure that can really focus your witchcrafting skills while respecting all members’ individual strengths. There are a host of occult-flavoured songs from Stevie Nix (no, it is NOT Rhiannon), the Pretenders and Donovan. A big big thankyou to our sponsors, Kohli Tea, Primal Healing and Blue Angel Publishing, and to the supporters who make the heart of this podcast beat into being every Friday - Patreon family, you are the best! And big thanks as always to Shayne Brian for his sound magick!

Songs:

• Sorcerer - Stevie Nicks (featuring Sheryl Crowe)
• Hymn to Her - the Pretenders
• Season of the Witch - Donovan

As always huge gratitude and love and thanks to all the Lucy Cavendish Patreon supporters, and to all the keen listeners who’ve written in, and to Talented Producer Shayne for making Lucy’s kitchen sound like a magickal recording studio! 

A HUGE THANKYOU to all the Witchcast sponsors – Naomi Manouge at Primal Healing, Blue Angel Publishing, Kohli Tea (having a cuppa right now) and if you would like to become a sponsor of the Witchcast, just head to Lucy’s Patreon page to see how to make this happen!

The intro music is "We Are One" by the band Nordic Daughter. Find the band on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/nordicdaughter/

Or visit their website - http://nordicdaughter.com

Music throughout the show includes tracks from Darksphere EmpireDownload the Darksphere Empire album here - https://darksphere-empire.bandcamp.com/album/after-the-rain

Blessed be and welcome to the first soul to soul: connected conversation of 2021. Which is the one when two witches, namely Lucy, namely the legendary Fiona Horne, get together and get very intense about their shared love of sea witchery, the passions and pitfalls of growing up magickally, and how fate works its magick in the times of Covid. It’s a very loose magickal conversation and it is completely frank, and we both get into territory that we think you’ll relate to - and some that could be triggering as we discuss abuse, overcoming shame, and how trauma shaped us for so many years. There’s a lot to discuss, a lot to move through, and a lot for Fiona to share - as her experiences have led to a book called Teen Witch, which hopes to empower young people (and the young at heart) with magick, ritual, spellcasting, and ways to really, really get comfortable in your own witchy skin. It’s a great, burning, raw conversation, inspiring, warm, open and very very real, and we both hope you’ll love it. Fiona is touring the country both in person and virtually all throughout March so go to her website www.fionahorne.com or to her socials to find out when and where you can connect with her, and her insightful perspective on how to help raise healthy, magickal people. Honestly, if you have teenagers, you MUST listen to this episode.

Music this week is in the form of a track from her Def FX Days - I'll be Your Magick and a very tantalising sneak peek for Fiona’s new recordings with her new band, Seawitch. The song is Initiation and the lyrics are drawn from Fiona’s Book of Shadows. It’s heavy, gorgeous, and powerful pagan rock.

As always huge gratitude and love and thanks to all the Lucy Cavendish Patreon supporters, and to all the keen listeners who’ve written in, and to Talented Producer Shayne for making Lucy’s kitchen sound like a magickal recording studio! 

A HUGE THANKYOU to all the Witchcast sponsors – Naomi Manouge at Primal Healing, Blue Angel Publishing, Kohli Tea (having a cuppa right now) and if you would like to become a sponsor of the Witchcast, just head to Lucy’s Patreon page to see how to make this happen!

The intro music is "We Are One" by the band Nordic Daughter. Find the band on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/nordicdaughter/ Or visit their website - http://nordicdaughter.comMusic throughout the show includes tracks from Darksphere EmpireDownload the Darksphere Empire album here - https://darksphere-empire.bandcamp.com/album/after-the-rain

Merry Meet Again! We are back, and there’s so much to share! Enter the Circle and get comfy, Witches, as we enter magickal season three of the Witchcast. Lucy discusses the healing power of listening and sharing, tackles some tricky esoteric questions about how we treat our physical selves and the power of being body positive, and shares how she stays grounded when compelling false narratives sweep through the spiritual communities. Lucy’s been book-witching throughout the southern hemisphere summer so she shares her fave enchanting books from solstice season, wonders why she couldn’t get through The Winx Saga, gets excited about a movie based on Sutton Hoo and old-school archeology, and delves into the legendary Paris fashion house who’s based their latest collection around an arcane 15th century Tarot. Aaand there’s a very ah-ha moment kind of story for Witches who’ve been paying attention to how the moon influences their sleep patterns – because yes, science is playing catch up – and the studies read like a magickal manuscript.

Gorgeous pagan music this episode: Black Snake by Wendy Rule from the album Black Snake; Lughnasad by Damh the Bard from the album Herne’s Apprenctice, and Into the Green by Spiral Dance from the Woman of the Earth album.

So much love to all the Lucy Cavendish Patreon supporters, to all the lovely listeners who’ve written in, and to Producer Shayne for making Lucy’s kitchen sound like a recording studio! 

And thankyou to all the Witchcast sponsors – Naomi Manouge at Primal Healing, Blue Angel Publishing, Kohli Tea (having a cuppa right now) and if you would like to become a sponsor of the Witchcast, just head to Lucy’s Patreon page to see how to make this happen!

The intro music is "We Are One" by the band Nordic Daughter. Find the band on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/nordicdaughter/ Or visit their website - http://nordicdaughter.comMusic throughout the show includes tracks from Darksphere EmpireDownload the Darksphere Empire album here - https://darksphere-empire.bandcamp.com/album/after-the-rain

Solstice blessings to you all - Lucy takes you into some of the traditions and ways of acknowledging the sacred Yule and joyous Litha solstices, does a deep dive into the undercurrents of real magick within the Netflix series, Siempre Bruja (Always a Witch). Where did it open doors, and where did it stumble - find out as Lucy explores the Santeria, Vodou and Latin traditions within the hit show which is, despite its flaws, definitely a game-changer in the magickal TV genre, so long dominated by literal white witches.

This show’s take on witchcraft and magick helps us see through fresh pagan eyes a world we may think we know, but still have so much to learn about. Then Lucy has an eye, heart and mind-opening frank and emotionally resonant discussion with Reiki practitioner, spiritual writer and potion mistress Jalesa Tucker about why spirituality needs Black Lives Matters - and how we can all work on inclusivity, making space and stepping up to the challenges that lie ahead. And finally - the perfect antidote for any seasonal intensity you may be experiencing in this year of wonder and weirdness could just be the gentle healing powers of the Australian bush flower, the Fringed Lily - explore its powers in Blessed Being.

And we close the year with three amazing pagan artists in this show - Wendy Rule, S.J Tucker and new (to Lucy!) artist Bowen with her standout track, Brave. Check out the clip - so many wild witchy women make an appearance!

Blessed Be, thankyou for being a part of the Witchcast this year - Lucy will be back in early 2021 with all the magicks that is the Witchcast. Until then, stay very well, know thou art blessed, and have the most beautiful, love-filled, magickal Solstice Season!

Message from Lucy: Gratitude and love to all the amazing Patreon supporters of the Witchcast - THANKYOU from my Witchy heart to yours for making the show happen throughout 2020! And to all the sponsors - - Kohli Tea, Primal Healing and Blue Angel Publishing - I love you all and am so grateful for your alliance with the Witchcast!

Songs are Gosling Girl by SJ Tucker

Brave, by Bowen

Animus, by Wendy Rule, from her album Between the Worlds

Thankyou for the songs you witchy women - they truly change lives!

The intro music is "We Are One" by the band Nordic Daughter. Find the band on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/nordicdaughter/ Or visit their website - http://nordicdaughter.comMusic throughout the show includes tracks from Darksphere EmpireDownload the Darksphere Empire album here - https://darksphere-empire.bandcamp.com/album/after-the-rain

Blessings of Love and Magick to you all! We are approaching the Summer and Winter Solstice - and apart from a whole lot of energy happening (and maybe, just maybe, a beautiful possibility called hope rebirthing). To help you get through the holiday season, Lucy answers some questions about Christmas and families and how to give yourself the energy you may need to get through what can be a challenging time for lots of magickal folks. Then she reports on the energy-changing potential of the tunnel burrowing under Stonehenge’s ancient sacred site, brings you a cauldron full of witchy news, answers questions about casting spells on family members (yikes!) and much more. Enjoy enchanting pagan music from the wonderful Laura Daligan, David Pendragon and Damh the Bard - including a song-story on Ceridwen and Taliesin in true Bardic style. The Oracle of the Hidden Worlds comes out to support and share with listeners who’ve requested a reading, and Lucy offers up a message of self-love for YOU. Blessed Be, and take care during this emotional, heart-opening, strange time, beautiful soul. )O(

Gratitude and love to all the amazing Patreon supporters of the Witchcast - THANKYOU from my Witchy heart to yours! And to all the sponsors - - Kohli Tea, Primal Healing and Blue Angel Publishing - you are how this show gets to fly every single week!

Songs are Spiral Dance, by David Pendragon

Ceridwen and Taliesin by Damh the Bard from his album Antlered Crown and Standing Stone

and Between the Worlds by Laura Daligan from her EP Between The Worlds

The intro music is "We Are One" by the band Nordic Daughter. Find the band on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/nordicdaughter/ Or visit their website - http://nordicdaughter.com

Music throughout the show includes tracks from Darksphere Empire

Download the Darksphere Empire album here - https://darksphere-empire.bandcamp.com/album/after-the-rain

Blessed be, Witchcasters! This episode Lucy is joined by talented Aboriginal artist, writer, Nature Reader and cultural facilitator Laura Bowen who shares personal tales of wisdom, earth magick and Country. Then, baby dragons alert!!! Get ready to fly into the intricate, amazing and intelligent YA show, The Dragon Prince - a bewitching, witty and groundbreaking show whose magickal mythos is grounded in real-world, primal magicks. It’s delightful, caring, and perfect for young pagan people - and everyone who is magickal and young at heart. (It also has the cutest baby dragon ever!) And finally, come a Witchwalking with Lucy as she explores the mystical and mental and physical benefits of long hikes, walking with intention, and deeply connecting with the earth and elements through this ancient tradition that is too often overlooked.

Songs in today's show are: Goddess of the Southern Land by Spiral Dance from their album Of Land and Legend

Mallee my Mother by Spiral Dance, from their album Of Land and Legend

Home by Wendy Rule, from her album Black Snake

The intro music is "We Are One" by the band Nordic Daughter. Find the band on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/nordicdaughter/ Or visit their website - http://nordicdaughter.comMusic throughout the show includes tracks from Darksphere EmpireDownload the Darksphere Empire album here - https://darksphere-empire.bandcamp.com/album/after-the-rain

Blessed be and Welcome, Witchhearts! This episode sees Lucy spellcasting, wandering ancient crypts in search of sacred Prostitutes, and laying out the cards of Shadows and Light for you! Learn how to make magick with the Mermaids (and get a glorious crown of hair!) as Lucy offers a spell to help create long, strong, thick and healthy locks. She then travels back in time to deep dive into the fascinating associations between ancient graveyards, prostitutes and priestesses. (What is it about sex and death that gets people so worked up!) Learn about why there’s a copy of the dreaded Malleus Maleficarum in Salem, and feel your heart open as you listen to compassionate readings that resonate as Lucy discusses dilemmas and offers insights with the help of her trusty Oracle of Shadows and Light. Oh - and there’s a card turned for you, too!

Feel your energy lift with rockin’ Pagan music from Nordic Daughter, and feel all merry and bright with a tune from the ever-wonderful Damh the Bard. There’s so much to share in the magickal sonic circle - so glad to have you with us, beautiful soul - come on in and drink from the Cauldron!

Thank you to our sponsors Blue Angel and Primal Healing

The intro music is "We Are One" by the band Nordic Daughter. Find the band on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/nordicdaughter/ Or visit their website - http://nordicdaughter.comMusic throughout the show includes tracks from Darksphere EmpireDownload the Darksphere Empire album here - https://darksphere-empire.bandcamp.com/album/after-the-rain

Need some beauty and magick within your life? Lucy travels through the wonder-filled marvel that is Song of the Sea, an Irish animated film that YOU MUST SEE. It is rich with folklore, ancient spirits of the land, selkies of the sea, and very modern-day sibling rivalry. It may be one of the most beautiful films ever made, and its power lies in its moving reworking of an ancient myth, its visual rapture, and its soul-filling music.

After shedding a tear or two, Lucy speaks with friend and author of the bewitching series Into the Mists and the faerytale novella,The Swan Maiden, Serene Conneeley. Serene and Lucy wonder out loud about sacred sites, why stories matter so deeply to our souls, faerytales and initiation, and share their tips on how to create your dreams, despite life’s challenges! Serene has made a very special and very generous offer to listeners - see below for all the details! There’s a cauldron overflowing with watery songs of the ocean and her enchantments, and an in-depth dive into the wonder, and very real healing potential of dolphins - friend of mermaids, selkies, and all humans who feel the call of the ocean.

Songs: Look to the Sea, the Dolmen

The Selkie, Damh the Bard

The Infinite Shore, Wendy Rule

AMAZING SPECIAL OFFER FROM AUTHOR SERENE CONNEELEY FOR THE LISTENERS OF THE WITCHCAST

www.blessedbeebooks.com/witchcast

Would you like to read Into the Mists? (You really do need to, it’s wonderful!) Of course you do - so head right now to Serene Conneeley’s site www.blessedbeebooks.com/witchcast

Find out there how to get Into the Mists for free - it will be free for five days from Thursday 19 US time/Friday 20 Oz time. 

It will be free again for five days from December 1-5, as a special pre-gifting season treat!

If you sign up for Serene’s newsletter, you can read The Swan Maiden ebook free - but be quick, as this very generous offer will end on December 5, 2020

(And, if you buy a copy of Serene’s magickal travel book, Seven Sacred Sites, you will receive a free copy of A Magical Journey…)

www.blessedbeebooks.com/witchcast

The intro music is "We Are One" by the band Nordic Daughter. Find the band on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/nordicdaughter/ Or visit their website - http://nordicdaughter.comMusic throughout the show includes tracks from Darksphere EmpireDownload the Darksphere Empire album here - https://darksphere-empire.bandcamp.com/album/after-the-rain