The Magick Kitchen Podcast

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Magick Kitchen Podcast, Leandra Witchwood and Elyse Welles explore the art of weather magick—from calling in clouds as a child to co-creating with storm spirits as an experienced witch. Learn how to ethically connect with the elements, work with weather deities and nature spirits, and build a reciprocal relationship with land and sky. Whether you're new...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we are joined by Angelica Merritt, author of 'Womb Witch', the first and only inclusive book on menstrual cycles and connecting to them on a spiritual level. A trained herbalist, her work is holistically engaged with the ways we can connect to our cycles. Learn more about Angelica and purchase Womb Witch here. Support the Podcast! ✨ FREE Business Witch G...

Send us Fan Mail In this heart-opening episode of The Magick Kitchen Podcast , Leandra Witchwood and Elyse Welles reunite in person to share powerful insights on building spiritual community through retreats, mentorship, and sacred containers. From immersive pilgrimages to Earth Priestess initiations, they explore how online and in-person spiritual spaces can transform your path. Tune in for stori...

Send us Fan Mail In this firelit episode of The Magick Kitchen Podcast , Leandra Witchwood and Elyse Welles welcome back priestess, author, and Reclaiming witch Irisanya Moon to explore the transformative power of the hearth, community care, and magic rooted in radical love. Together, we invoke Hestia , goddess of the sacred flame and communal spaces, and discuss how her wisdom guides us to disman...

Send us Fan Mail Includes a Free Summer Ritual Recipe from Leandra! Summer brings expansion, warmth, and connection—and in this episode of The Magick Kitchen Podcast , Leandra Witchwood and Elyse Welles explore how to align your spiritual practice with the rhythm of the season. We dive into the magic of moonlight gardens , seasonal herbs , and kitchen witchcraft , and reflect on the divine child a...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of The Magick Kitchen Podcast , we journey into the enigmatic realm of the Poison Path with Coby Michael, esteemed author of The Poison Path Herbal . Coby unveils the esoteric traditions of working with potent plant allies—those often shrouded in mystery and caution—highlighting their roles in magic, healing, and spiritual transformation. Our conversation delves in...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Leandra and Elyse welcome their friend and renowned herbalist Amy Blackthorn to the Magick Kitchen to dive into Amy’s new book, Blackthorn’s Book of Sacred Plant Magic , exploring how to build deeper spiritual connections with plant spirits through therapeutic practice, subconscious learning, and intuitive divination. Join us for an inspiring conversation on weavi...

Send us Fan Mail In the season 9 premiere, Elyse and Leandra sit down in the magick kitchen with Dodie Graham McKay, author of 'The Witch's Ally', an incredible book on working with familiars. You'll learn that familiars aren't always animals, and in fact, historically, animals aren't the most common type of familiar. And the polar bear story Dodie shares from her tim...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Elyse gets real with a bit of a bolder coming out conversation with Enfys J Book, bestselling author of Queer Qabalah and their newest book, Queer Rites. We discuss the importance of rites of passage, almost lost from our modern world, and how important they are to infuse into our magical practices and traditions.  We also go deep on the challenges of cis presenti...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode... its time to welcome... SPRING! Leandra and Elyse share recipes and reflections on how best to embrace this time of year.  Click here for Leandra's Tea Party ☕ and Ostara recipes. 🥚 Elyse is  hosting a Spring Equinox Retreat in Havre de Grace, MD! Make and take home a gemstone crystal bottle of protection oil and learn land spirits connection at the oldest...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Elyse & Leandra chat with Charity Bedell, author of 'Divine Dirt'. We discuss the importance of bringing the land into our lives through magic and ritual with dirt, and why this magickal ingredient is not to be overlooked. Charity L. Bedell, also known as Loona Wynd, is the author of 'Divine Dirt', one of the coauthors of The Modern-Day Wit...

Send us Fan Mail This time in the Magick Kitchen, its time to talk about the elephant in the room: witches shouldn't be poor. In this episode, Leandra and Elyse are joined by Pamela Chen, author of 'Wealth Witchery', coming April 2025. We talk about her Four Realms approach to wealth witchery; the limiting beliefs that hold many of us back; and how we can reframe our mindsets when w...

Send us Fan Mail And now for something completely different: Storytime! But first, we're getting cerebral.  In this episode of the Magick Kitchen Podcast, Elyse and Leandra share their perspectives on decolonizing mythology. We discuss the truth about working with deities, and the reality of personal gnosis. We also discuss the importance of critical contexts for the classical portrayals of g...

Send us Fan Mail This time in the Magick Kitchen we are welcoming back the amazing and wise Nicholas Pearson. We tackle the difficulty of this inauguration and the challenges we might be facing, and provide solutions and ideas for empowerment through it all. Nicholas Pearson has been immersed in all aspects of the mineral kingdom for more than 30 years. He began teaching crystal workshops in high...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Leandra and Elyse celebrate 100 episodes! We look back at the guests we've had, give you some behind the scenes of how it all began, and tell you our plans moving forward. Our guest is Lilith Dorsey. Lilith hails from many magickal traditions, including Afro-Caribbean, Celtic, and Indigenous American spirituality. Their traditional education focused on Plant...

Send us Fan Mail In this Winter installment of our seasonal series, At the Kitchen Witch's Hearth, we are discussing how we really feel about the season that offers its challenges, what the Christmas Spirit really means, and sharing our favorite recipes: for humans AND your animal companions. Click here to take a Gardens of the Mystic Quiz. Beginning in January. Take Hold of the Red Thread wi...

Send us Fan Mail Celebrating Our 100th Episode! Jamie Waggoner is a Pagan priestess, philosopher, writer, and teacher. She cofounded the Way of Weaver, a gender-inclusive program of magical inquiry, social justice, and community building. Jamie has studied folklore, mythology, and the occult for more than twenty years and has been a devotee of Hades since 2016. Visit her at JamieWaggoner.com Suppo...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, join Elyse in an interview with Brandon Weston, author of Granny Thornapple's Book of Charms and Ozark Folk Magic. Brandon Weston (Fayetteville, AR) is a healer, writer, and folklorist who owns and operates Ozark Healing Traditions, an online collective of articles, lectures, and workshops focusing on the Ozark Mountain region. As a practicing folk healer, hi...

Send us Fan Mail In this emotional episode, Leandra and Elyse share their thoughts and an uplifting message of community in the results of the 2024 US election. We also interview Courtney Weber about her new book, Sacred Tears, in an unplanned yet relatable conversation about grief in the pagan community and how to navigate loss as a witch. Support the Podcast! ✨ FREE Business Witch Grimoire - 5...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we talk with Elder of the Craft and cofounder of the Temple of Witchcraft and TempleFest, Christopher Penczak. Christopher is a multiaward-winning author and teacher. He has written over 20 books, and has been a teacher of the Craft for more than 40 years. In this deep conversation, we hear the wisdom of experience on how witchcraft can change your life, how it rea...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we're kicking off season 8 and the witchiest month of the year with a corvid conversation. We talk all about the myth and science behind what makes crows and ravens so witchy. Join Elyse in an interview with Rick de Yampert, author of the new book "Crows and Ravens: Mystery, Myth, and Magic of Sacred Corvids". Rick de Yampert is a Florida resident a...

Send us Fan Mail In the season 7 finale, Leandra and Elyse are joined by Fio Gede Parma to discuss their book 'The Witch Belongs to the World', and its major themes: what does it really mean to be a witch?  We talk about what initiation really is, the pros and cons of following a particular lineage, and the ins and outs of Fio's tradition, the Wildwood Tradition from so-called Austr...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we dive into the ways we transition into autumn, aka the Season of the Witch, as kitchen witches, the shadow work we do, the way ancestors inform this time, and the fun recipes we love to make! We kick off with a discussion with Beck Lawrence, proprietor of the Serpent's Key in Hanover to share the ways you can get involved to help us help them Legalize Tarot...

Send us Fan Mail We welcome to the Magick Kitchen the prolific author Deborah Blake. She is an expert on familiars, and well-known for her series, the ever-practical "Everyday Witch" books. She has also written numerous fiction series, including the Baba Yaga/Broken Riders paranormal romance novels, the Veiled Magic urban fantasy novels, and the Catskills Pet Rescue cozy mystery series....

Send us Fan Mail Join Laura Tempest Zakroff, bestselling author of Sigil Witchery, Visual Alchemy, Weave the Liminal, and many more, as we talk all things sigils, embodiment through belly dancing and other forms of movement, and her tradition, Modern Traditional Witchcraft. Learn more about her works, classes, and the upcoming Sigil Witchery Oracle here: www. LauraTempestZakroff.com For more infor...