Witches Muse : Stories Beneath the Surface
Witches Muse : Stories Beneath the Surface
Tara Burke
The Witches Muse is for stories beneath the surface, a podcast to find sanctuary amidst fast paced spiritual noise. A place for spiritual storytelling - our work in the world matters, let's talk about it.
Temperance Comes When We Tend : Reclaiming Thai Witchcraft with Victoria Wikler
We're back for some summer time podcasting!Can you believe it?!? We are almost at the end of Season II. I am so excited to bring on our **NEW COHOST** and begin to tease out some of the way that Season III will be shaping up. We are excited to bring a few episodes in July - and we begin with the amazing Victoria B Wikler from @dharmawitchrituals Victoria B. Wikler is a Thai-American witch, peer counselor, mindfulness meditation teacher, and educator. She has 12+ years of experience in meditat...
Jul 8, 2022
1 hr 18 min
The Chariot in Drag w/ Kochina Rude
This is going to be a big May for us - TWO EPISODES. We begin with the Chariot in Drag, because we believe in the vessel. We did the Chariot Episode earlier this season with Indy Srinath which you can see hereKochina Rude is a drag queen, vocalist, and emcee based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Kochina’s distinct hard-femme style is fueled by an upbringing of punk rock coupled with Chicano culture.Kochina is a cohost for weekly drag show “Princess” at SF Oasis, and also provides vocals ...
May 5, 2022
1 hr 9 min
The Moon : The Facets of Experiencing with Jonathan Koe
The Moon always invites us in - no matter the phase. This episode was gathered in moments of falls harvest - and now Spring emerges. I am grateful to the work of Jonathan Koe and his way with words in this episode.PLEASE NOTE: The start of the Jonathan's interview we have a small echo that comes back - feedback that last 30 seconds - the invitation of imperfection is present here - so welcoming it. Enjoy the facets of grief and moments we tend in this Episode. Themes Discussed Throughout Epis...
Mar 16, 2022
1 hr 27 min
The Devil : Its Never One Sided with Jonathan (Son of Osun)
Welcome 2022 - The Year of Lovers!We are about eight episodes left of Season II - which through living through a pandemic feels like an edge of time travel talismans that has left yet another moment of conversational magick to be bad. Season III is beginning to be dreamed upon - and I am so excited to share with you all some upcoming announcements about it over the course of the next couple of intros - so lets get into the first episode of 2022 - inviting in the Devil Card bc why wouldn...
Jan 3, 2022
1 hr 1 min
The Hanged One : Honoring Death Out Load In Liminal Spaces w/ Ash Canty
We're Back! We are trying as much as we can to post monthly - and sometimes Mercury Rx comes through and has other plans - and we don't try to force any urgency on conversations that hold us down and through these windy paths these days. CW warnings : conversations about police brutality, state sanctioned violence against black bodies, AAPI hate crimes. Please remember #ACAB within this conversation. We wanna honor these moments in which state sanctioned violence and police brutality is ...
Oct 28, 2021
1 hr 4 min
The Empress : Plant Kinship, Disability Magick, & Biodiversity Companionship with Keitha Young
We find ourself on the other side of the world - rhythms in summer - and in so-called Australia we are entering Winter - so the rhythm of this podcast seeds nicely in the ways we are always at a turning point, a transition regardless of where we land.This episode - I want to be super truthful in my continued learning around Disability Justice, education and awareness. As someone who didn't even know I was living with invisible disabilities - I still consider myself in a constant conversation ...
Aug 4, 2021
1 hr 14 min
Three of Wands : Evoking Witchcraft and Webs of Liminality with J. Allen Cross and Britton
SHOW NOTES +Join Tara with J. Allen Cross of the @oregonwoodwitch and Britton of @archaichoney as we talk around several topics around witchcraft the work of the three of wands. The three of wands finds its way into as last foundations with strong commitment - and I feel that describes these two amazing beings pretty damn clearly. This is recorded before the release of the book and the podcast - and really serves as a way to note - when you allow yourself a sense of deep awar...
May 28, 2021
1 hr 14 min
Nine Of Wands : Pay Attention to Your Actions w/ Callie Blue North
SHOW NOTES +We're back! Another episode of conversational magick, and we are here to talk about so many different aspects of the Witch, the ways of folk herbalism, and noting the importance of getting uncomfortable. This episode had an air of the Nine of Wands - which for me in these moments feels like an ongoing motion as we continue to navigate a world of racist, patriarchal and capitalist structures. Join Tara with Callie Blue North as we talk around several topics of lineage magcik, the w...
Apr 29, 2021
1 hr 17 min
Three of Pentacles : This is Not Woo Culture w/ Mimi Young
It is the year of the Ox ya’ll, and here we are. It is a time for us to really see the way in which we subscribe to structures that haven’t served us. Mimi Young shares the study of Wu- which is the Chinese Occultist Shamanism. They believe deeply that doing the work authentically and effectively does not ask for validation or attention.When we remember our ways through the cycles of elements, we come alive in conversation. Episode Topics * Elemental Magick* Wu Shamanism* Wi...
Feb 24, 2021
1 hr 1 min
The Magician w/ Jacqui Wilkins of Xálish Medicines (@among_the_wildflowerss)
Our First Episode of 2021Welcome to this space and time.In the ways of landback we remember we are not separate and in ownership to the Earth. Beneath our four legged paws- a memory encoded in our genetic timeline. What Is the relationship that does not consist of ownership or outcomes? Jacqui Wilkins of @amongthewildflowers shares the lineage and origin story of their ancestral medicine practice. We speak of Hypericum as protection Medicine for this time and the wisdom that came through...
Jan 27, 2021
1 hr 7 min