
Send us Fan Mail What can mushrooms teach us about being human—and about finding our way back into relationship with the world around us? In this episode of the Magick Kitchen Podcast, Leandra Witchwood and Elyse Welles welcome author and doula Madison Murphy Barney to explore the ideas behind Our Ancestors Want Us to Be Mushrooms. Madison shares how mushrooms and mycelial networks offer a powerful blueprint for humility, reciprocity, decomposition, community, and living as part of an ecosyst...
Sep 27
44 min

Send us Fan Mail Can you practice witchcraft alone without becoming isolated? In this episode of the Magick Kitchen Podcast, Leandra Witchwood and Elyse Welles explore the balance between solitary witchcraft and spiritual community. They talk about why a solitary practice can be deeply meaningful while still leaving room for covens, festivals, public rituals, workshops, and other forms of connection. Together, they unpack the different levels of commitment that witchcraft communities can offe...
Sep 13
49 min

Send us Fan Mail What changes when psychoactive and poisonous plants are approached as spirits and ceremonial allies rather than simply substances? In this episode of the Magick Kitchen Podcast, Leandra Witchwood and Elyse Welles welcome occult herbalist and author Coby Michael for a candid conversation about plant spirit medicine, psychedelics, ritual entheogens, poisonous plants, and sacred ceremony. Coby, author of The Poison Path Herbal: Baneful Herbs, Medicinal Nightshades, and Ritual En...
Aug 30
56 min

Send us Fan Mail What happens when divination moves beyond the tarot table and into relationship with the living world? In this episode of the Magick Kitchen Podcast, Leandra Witchwood and Elyse Welles welcome Joanna Farrar, author of The Diviner’s Path: A Nature-Led Approach to Divination with Tarot, Runes, and Pendulums, for a rich conversation about divination, animism, omens, and spirit communication. Joanna explains what divination actually is, how symbolic systems like tarot and runes f...
Aug 16
52 min

Send us Fan Mail How can working with the moon help you slow down, listen to yourself, and create meaningful change? In this episode of the Magick Kitchen Podcast, Leandra Witchwood and Elyse Welles welcome author and professional witch Jen Sankey to explore lunar magic and her book Manifesting by the Moon. Jen shares how the phases of the moon can become a practical framework for manifestation, tarot, spellwork, rest, reflection, and personal growth. They explore why the often-overlooked dar...
Aug 9
42 min

Send us Fan Mail What does witchcraft look like when your mind needs movement, novelty, flexibility, or a different way into spiritual practice? Leandra Witchwood and Elyse Welles welcome Jenny C. Bell, author of Divergent Witchcraft: An Inclusive Approach to Making Magic, for an honest and lively conversation about neurodivergent witchcraft. Together, they explore ADHD, autism, dyslexia, rejection sensitivity, hyperfocus, perfectionism, shame, and the fear of practicing magick “incorrectly.”...
Jul 19
54 min

Send us Fan Mail What does kitchen witchery look like once it becomes second nature? In this episode of the Magick Kitchen Podcast, Leandra Witchwood and Elyse Welles explore the lived reality of an advanced kitchen witch practice. They talk about working with fresh ingredients, blessing food, treating the kitchen as sacred space, staying flexible when life gets chaotic, and letting magick become a natural part of how you cook, clean, nourish yourself, and care for your home. This conversatio...
Jul 5
40 min

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Magick Kitchen Podcast, Leandra Witchwood and Elyse Welles welcome returning guest Ivo Dominguez Jr for a practical, thoughtful conversation on protection magic. Together, they explore spiritual immunity, cleansing, shielding, warding, miasma, sacred space, and the difference between grounded protection and overprotection. Ivo shares accessible wisdom on everyday spiritual hygiene, how to clear energy in simple ways, why protection magic is really a who...
Jun 21
49 min

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Magick Kitchen Podcast, Leandra Witchwood and Elyse Welles explore the patriarchal wounding of the divine feminine and what it actually means to reclaim feminine power in a world built on imbalance. This conversation goes far beyond gender binaries and into the spiritual, emotional, and cultural conditioning that teaches people to stay small, abandon themselves, and seek external approval. Together, they unpack the difference between the divine feminine...
May 31
1 hr

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Magick Kitchen Podcast, Leandra Witchwood and Elyse Welles dive deeper into protection magic and the ethical nuance of baneful magick. This is not a fear-driven conversation about cursing for revenge. It is a grounded discussion about boundaries, spiritual self-protection, and what it means to keep yourself safe in difficult times. Together, they explore why protection magic is really a form of boundary-setting, why boundaries can feel painful even when...
May 24
41 min
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