Big Crystal Energy Podcast - Crystals, Glamour, and Magic for Liminal Spaces

In this deeply personal conversation, I sit down with psychic medium, energy intuitive, photographer, author, and fellow podcaster Kelsey Anderson to talk about what it really means to reclaim yourself. We explore what it was like growing up as highly intuitive children, sensing things we couldn't explain, and learning to trust those experiences in a world that often teaches us to ignore them...

Red Jasper is often called a grounding stone—but what if grounding was never meant to make us comfortable? In this deeply personal episode of The Crystal Library , I explore the remarkable geology, mythology, and symbolism of Red Jasper through the lens of my youngest son, Jasper, whose fourth birthday is just around the corner. After a weekend in Santa Cruz, watching my son joyfully carry a fish...

What happens when the community you're searching for doesn't exist yet? In this episode of Big Crystal Energy, I'm joined by creative director, oracle creator, community builder, and founder of Unconventional Bliss, Isabel Bagsik. Together we explore the intersection of creativity, visibility, spiritual entrepreneurship, and the deep human desire to find people who truly understand...

In this episode of The Crystal Library, we're exploring Blue Lace Agate—a stone often known for calm, but whose deeper gift may be helping us reconnect with our authentic voice. I begin with a story I've never shared before: a spring night in 2001, a country road outside the University of Kansas, and a small blue stone pulled from the floorboard of a car during one of the most transforma...

In this episode of Big Crystal Energy, Ashleigh sits down with artist, author, deck creator, teacher, and magical powerhouse Marcella Kroll to talk about her newest deck, The Initiates Oracle . This conversation weaves through Marcella’s lifelong relationship with magic, tarot, mediumship, creativity, and the occult — from her early intuitive experiences and discovering tarot as a teenager, to bec...

Welcome back to The Crystal Library. Lemurian Quartz may be one of the most fascinating crystals in the modern metaphysical world—not because of what it is, but because of the story surrounding it. In this episode, we're tracing the surprising journey of Lemurian Quartz all the way back to its origins. Before there were crystal healers, channeled messages, or stories of lost civilizations, th...

The Turning Point Spread: A Litha Collective Reading Happy Litha and Happy Summer Solstice! This special bonus episode is a collective oracle reading inspired by the energy of Litha—the longest day of the year and the sacred turning point between the reign of the Oak King and the Holly King. Using the Seasons of the Witch: Litha Oracle deck by Lorraine Anderson and Juliet Diaz, with artwork by Tia...

Welcome back to Big Crystal Energy ! In this episode, Ashleigh dives into the Sabbat of Litha , also known as the Summer Solstice — the longest day of the year and one of the most powerful turning points on the Wheel of the Year. Litha is a celebration of peak solar energy, abundance, fire, illumination, love, and transformation. But it is also a threshold. At the exact moment the sun reaches its...

For thousands of years, Opal was considered the Queen of Gems—more precious than diamonds, sacred across cultures, and associated with vision, hope, transformation, and the divine. So how did it become known as a stone of bad luck? In this episode of The Crystal Library, Ashleigh explores the fascinating science, mythology, history, and metaphysical properties of Opal. From Aboriginal Dreamtime st...

Welcome back to Big Crystal Energy ! This week, we're returning to the foundation of the podcast and exploring one of the most requested topics of all: crystal healing . ✨ Whether you're completely new to crystals, a longtime collector, or simply curious about why people have worked with stones for thousands of years, this episode offers a fresh look at the history, science, and spiritu...

What if the clarity you're seeking isn't something you gain—but something you uncover after everything false falls away? In this deeply personal episode of The Crystal Library, Ashleigh explores the profound lessons of Azurite, the brilliant blue copper mineral long associated with intuition, psychic vision, and spiritual awakening. But beyond its reputation as a third-eye stone lies a f...

What happens when a lifelong crystal lover and tarot reader combines two powerful spiritual systems into one deck? In this episode of Big Crystal Energy, I sit down with Dina Rosenberg , creator of the Crystal Keys Tarot , to explore the inspiration behind this beautiful and unique deck that pairs every tarot card with a crystal, mineral, shell, or sacred earth ally. Dina shares her journey from c...

Lepidolite is often called the "anxiety stone," but what if that's only part of the story? In this Crystal Library deep dive, Ashleigh explores the surprising science, history, and metaphysical significance of one of the crystal world's most beloved purple stones. From its lithium-rich composition to its connection with one of the three elements formed in the first moments afte...

This week on Big Crystal Energy, I’m joined by author, tarot creator, professional witch, and all-around magical human Jen Sankey to talk about her newest book, Manifesting by the Moon: A Guide to Lunar Magic — which also happens to be our Quarter 2 Big Crystal Energy Book Club Pick. ✨🌙 In this conversation, we dive deep into working with the moon in a grounded, practical, and accessible way — w...

In this final installment of May’s “travel as a liminal space” series, Ashleigh dives into the haunting and surprisingly profound world of Iolite — the legendary Viking navigation stone said to help sailors locate the hidden sun through cloud-covered skies. But beneath the familiar “Viking compass” story lies something far stranger: Iolite was sacred to Rán, the Norse goddess of drowning and the k...

In this cozy and deeply personal solo episode of Big Crystal Energy , Ashleigh shares the spiritual practices she brings with her while traveling and why travel itself feels like one of the most powerful liminal spaces we can experience. Between preparing for a magical date night seeing Florence and The Machine and reflecting on years of family travel, Ashleigh opens up about how she stays spiritu...

In this deeply layered Crystal Library episode, Ashleigh explores the real story of jade — far beyond the “luck” and prosperity symbolism most people associate with the stone. From ancient China to the Māori, Maya, and even Imperial Russia, jade has long been trusted as a sacred threshold stone connected to death, transformation, ancestry, wisdom, and rebirth. Ashleigh dives into the surprising ge...

In this episode of Big Crystal Energy , Ashleigh welcomes astrologer, writer, and astrocartographer Aubrey Houdeshell of Graveyard Roses for an introduction to the fascinating world of astrocartography . As part of May’s theme of travel as a liminal space , this conversation explores how our birth charts can be mapped across the globe, revealing places that may activate different parts of our live...

In this Crystal Library episode, Ashleigh explores Smoky Quartz , a grounding stone of protection, transmutation, and sacred threshold work. The episode opens with a milestone celebration: Big Crystal Energy has now been heard in 97 countries . But alongside the gratitude, Ashleigh reflects on her own liminal space — feeling called toward the next evolution of the podcast while not yet knowing exa...

In this episode of Big Crystal Energy , Ashleigh sits down with Anama O’Reilly , co-host of The Gods Must Be Crazy podcast, for a wildly fascinating conversation about Filipino folklore, mythology, monsters, ancestral beliefs, and the supernatural stories that still feel very alive today . After returning from a family trip through the Philippines and Japan, Ashleigh found herself deep in the rabb...

Tiger’s Eye is often labeled as a “confidence stone”… but what if that’s only scratching the surface? In this episode of The Crystal Library, we’re reframing Tiger’s Eye as something far more ancient and powerful: a guide through liminal space. A stone for thresholds. A companion for the in-between. Whether you’re physically traveling or navigating a major life transition, Tiger’s Eye offers clari...

In this episode of Big Crystal Energy , Ashleigh opens the month of May with a deeply personal reflection on travel as a liminal space — those in-between places where we are away from home, outside of routine, and often more open to transformation, magic, discomfort, and wonder. Fresh from a hotel room in Portland while attending Spirit Northwest, Ashleigh shares the story of her family’s month-lo...

Welcome back to the Crystal Library 💙 This week, we’re diving into chrysocolla —a crystal often labeled as a “communication stone”… but that description barely scratches the surface. This is not just about speaking your truth.  This is about knowing when not to speak . 🔮 In This Episode:  The true meaning of chrysocolla (“gold glue”) and why it matters   How this stone forms from breakdown and t...

The Wheel of the Year keeps turning, and in this episode of Big Crystal Energy , we step into the bright, fiery threshold of Beltane . Ashleigh shares the history and modern meaning of this sacred spring festival, from the ancient Gaelic fire celebrations to the maypole traditions, fertility symbolism, and the sense of life force fully coming alive in the natural world. This is the season of passi...

In this episode of Big Crystal Energy , Ashleigh sits down with Aryn Scanlon—also known as Aryn the Alchemist—for a deeply inspiring and expansive conversation on creativity, whimsy, and the magic of following your “side quests.” Aryn is a creative coach, interdisciplinary artist, and writer whose work blends astrology, tarot, shadow work, glamour magic, and storytelling into a multidimensional ap...