The White Witch Podcast

Hello witches   Join me on todays episode where I am talking with Amanda Edmiston, a herbalist and storyteller based in Scotland. She first learnt about plants and recipes from her grandmother who still remembered traditional remedies and folklore. After studying law and then herbal medicine, Amanda found it natural to start bringing together stories, plants, and magical places, drawing on the Sco...

Hi Witches   Join me on todays podcast for an interview with author Julie Peters, author of The Full Moon Yearbook. Julie Peters is a writer, yoga and meditation teacher, Tarot reader, and wellness counselor based in Edmonton, Alberta, in Treaty 6 Territory (Amiskwacîwâskahikan). She is a staff writer at Spirituality and Health Magazine and is the author of Secrets of the Eternal Moon Phase Goddes...

Hello Witches   Join me on todays episode where we meet again with Primrose Hill our cottage witch and look in her grimoire at pine, ginger and gingerbread, its use in spell and ritual work and folklore associations.   Our book review is The Lost Lands - A Magical History of Lemuria, Atlantis and Avalon by Lucy Cavendish.   Credit to the following article in respect of the gingerbread information...

Hello witches   Join me on todays episode to look at the birch and oak tree, sacred trees of the druids (we have looked at the yew tree on a previous episode), We will look at how to work with both in spell work, associated deities and folklore. Our book review is Slewfoot - A Tale of Bewitchery by Brom   My new website - The White Witch Podcast   Sign up to my Patreon - https://patreon.com/TheHed...

Hi Witches   I have veered off track this week and will explain why on the podcast, this week in a strange turn of events we are looking at the documentary The Unbinding, Mokosh and the Kikimora.   Our book review is You Are a Goddess by Sophie Bashford   Websites references - Kikimora – OCCULT WORLD (occult-world.com) The Goddess Mokosh by Laura Shannon (feminismandreligion.com) Mokosh: Slavic Mo...

Hi Witches   Join me on todays episode looking at the Druids. The two books referenced are The Book of English Magic by Philip Carr-Gomm and Richard Heygate and Druid Mysteries by Philip Carr-Gomm.   Our book review is Dowry of Blood by S T Gibson   My new website - The White Witch Podcast   Sign up to my Patreon - https://patreon.com/TheHedgeandHollow?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&a...

Hi Witches   Join me on todays episode looking at the raven and its links to witchcraft, we also look at working with graveyard dirt. Our book review today is The Lighthouse Witches written by CJ Cooke   Sign up to my Patreon - https://patreon.com/TheHedgeandHollow?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink Etsy - TheWhiteWitchCompany...

Hello Witches   Join me on todays episode to look at the Witches of Benevento,Niccolò Paganini’s Le streghe (‘Witches’ Dance’) composed about 1813 and the magick of the walnut tree. Our book review is Belladonna by Adalyn Grace.   Here are some of the resources used for todays episode - New tab (paganlibrary.com) The witches of Benevento and their secret walnut tree | Stregheria - steghe (vamzzz.c...

Hello Witches   Join me to finish off our look at the deer goddess, mostly Elen of the Ways along with some other associated goddesses such as Nehellenia.   Find the links I mentioned to here -   Elen of the Ways (orderwhitemoon.org) - Elen of the Ways Initiation (PDF) Elen of the Ways Parts One and Two (researchgate.net) - Essay Elen - Goddess of the Ways by Caroline Wise (andrewcollins.com) BBC...

Join me on todays episode to look at Elen of the Ways, deer women through folklore and the deer, antlers and their magickal association. This is part one of this topic and on the next episode we will look at more of her Welsh, Irish mythology, different association with many different deities, how you might want to work with her and some initiations to work with her. Here are some of the websites...

Hi Witches   Join me Carly and Primrose Hill to look at her grimoire and learn all about the elder tree, its mythology, links to the fae, witches and the devil and all about the Elder Mother.   Here is the recipe for elderberry syrup - Elderberry syrup recipe | BBC Good Food Other sources - The Elder Mother, a mystery | We Are Star Stuff (earthandstarryheaven.com) , Elder (thegoddesstree.com)   Ou...

Hello Witches   Join me to talk all about scrying where we will cover how to create a scrying mirror, enchant it and work with it. We will also talk about Nostradamus, John Dee and Bloody Mary - warning it does get fairly bloody!   Our book today is Rebel Folklore - Empowering Tales of Spirits, Witches and Other Misfits from Anansi to Baba Yaga written by Icy Sedgwick and illustrated by Melissa Ja...

Hi Witches   Sorry this is late witches I had some technical issues with uploading this episode.   On todays episode we are looking at mirrors as portals - some articles I site are - Why Do Some Cultures Cover Mirrors After a Death? | Cake Blog (joincake.com) www.chabad.org Are Mirrors a Portal for Ghosts? -The Searcher Group www.ecleticwitchcraft.com Mirrors as Portals: Images of Mirrors on Ancie...

Hello Witches   Join me on todays podcast to talk Fabulous Folklore with the wonderful Icy Sedgwick, host of the podcast Fabulous Folklore and author of Gothic Horror and her new book Rebel Folklore, released in September. We talk all about what folklore is, why its important in the modern day, about ghosts and ouija boards and creative inspiration.   Find Icy on Instagram Icy | Fabulous Folklore...

Hello Witches   A bit of a random episode today meeting again with our cottage witch Primrose Hill back at Moon Willow Cottage for a look in her grimoire at the magickal properties and folklore of foxglove. This leads into the retelling of the story Goblins Gloves written by Alison Cox as found here Goblin's Gloves (dancingleaves.com)   There is absolutely no effing and jeffing (swearing) in this...

Hello Witches   Join me on todays episode to hear from Cali White, Psychotherapist and ancestral healing practitioner whose work focuses on healing the generational wounds rooted in the European Witch Hunts of 1450-1750. Her work is born out of her own ancestral healing journey which included a 13 moon pilgrimage around the UK and Ireland which she undertook in 2019 as a way of deepening her own a...

Hello Witches   Join me to speak with Maia Toll, author of Letting Magic In as well as the award winning Wild Wisdom Series and The Night School. Maia maps newpathways for seeing our lives, inspiring those who encounter her work to live with more purpose,more intention, more meaning, and, maybe, even more magic.   Find Maia here - Home - Maia Toll | Author Maia Toll (@maiatoll) • Instagram photos...

Hello Witches This is a pretty long episode today! our book review is The Southern Book Clubs Guide to Slaying Vampires written by Grady Hendrix. We also have an interview with Shannon Pearl talking all about her very witchy album Kiss the Ground. She will be talking to us all about ancient sound healing, how to work with sound within your craft and we delve into different tangents related to the...

Hello Witches   Join me for a different episode today looking at Rose and Mugwort.   Our book review today is Letting Magic In - A Memoir of Becoming Maia Toll.   As mentioned here is a discount code for 10% of any of my zines in my Etsy shop https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/TheWhiteWitchCompany?coupon=SOMOTEITBE   Sign up to my Patreon - https://patreon.com/TheHedgeandHollow?utm_medium=unknown&ut...

Hello Witches   On todays episode our book review is Entering Hekates Cave by Cyndi Brannen.   Resources mentioned in the Rewilding section - 15 Ways to Rewild Yourself (gatherandgrow.com) How to Rewild your life for mental wellbeing - From Britain with Love Rewilding For Women: 24 Brilliant Ways To Rewild Your Life - The Outdoor Apothecary The Cottage Life - An Escapists Guide to Cottagecore   Bo...

Hi Witches   Our book review today is House of Hollow written by Krystal Sutherland.   Our topic today is ego work.   Here is the quote by Theodore Rosevelt - https://pin.it/4AxAvY3   Thank you to Loner Wolf website for amazing content used to create this episode - What is the Ego? Should it Be Destroyed? ⋆ LonerWolf   Join me for our Litha/Hedge Riding get together for Tuesday 20th June 2023 from...

Hey Witches   Welcome to season four of the podcast!   To kick things off we have an interview with the lovely Jennifer Lane, author of the book The Wheel - A Witch's Path to Healing Through Nature and her new book The Witch's Survival Guide - Spells for Healing from Stress and Burnout.   Jennifer Lane is a green witch, author and distance Reiki healer. She has written for Vogue, The Guardian and...

Hi Witches   On todays episode our book review is Verge by Nadia Attia and we look at the life of Mother Shipton.       If you like my content and want to support me perhaps you might help support my book or coffee habit that fuel the show! Carly Rose is The White Witch Podcast (buymeacoffee.com) My Patreon - https://patreon.com/TheHedgeandHollow?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm...

Hello witches   Join me on todays episode to look at the dandelion - what I thought was a humble little plant has many witchy themes, links to Hekate, the underworld and necromancy!   Our book review today is Food from your Garden - The Readers Digest (I know right!)   Here is the dandelion flower syrup recipe Sweeten Your Breakfast With Dandelion Flower Syrup - Herbal Academy (theherbalacademy.co...

Hi Witches   Join me on todays episode, an interview with Kate Ray all about the fae. Kate is a paranormal investigator, and writer. She has feature in the Haunted Magazine and on Radio and TV programs such as Help! My House is Haunted. A practising witch and a student of parapsychology gives her the opportunities to examine the field from both perspective of believer and sceptic. Kate has a passi...