Creative Magic

Ep. 37 Coco Oya Cienna-Rey - Heeding the CallMy guest today is Coco Oya Cienna-Rey, author of Digging for Mother's Bones launching this week from Womancraft Publishing. Coco is a UK based mother, grandmother, creative, mystic, soul guide and writer. Her creativity is informed by her journey as a devotee of the Tantric path (an embodied path of self-liberation) and her personal journey with trauma. She has always felt a call to channel the Voice of the Divine Feminine and is published in several bestselling anthologies. Often thought provoking, yet always heartfelt her work speaks of the sacred wisdom stored in the body, the non-linear nature of trauma and the embodiment of soul. She believes that our innate connection to the natural world can heal humanity. Her podcast ‘Sirens of The Mother' is receiving growing recognition. As a deeply sensitive, highly empathic gifted intuitive Coco can be found weaving her soul-coaching embodiment work at www.creativelycoco.comHer Sirens of the Mother podcast https://open.spotify.com/show/5Bsau0nYAk0tozjjYZQiK3?si=e4bdf418de754486Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/creativelycoco/We talked about:-Creative birth and mothering the creative baby.-The challenges of having too many creative ideas.-Creativity as a holy order.-The Mother and the Cosmic Womb.-Trauma – writing from the scar and not the wound.-The impact of her Near Death Experience.-The sensuality of creativity.Join us for a deeper dive in the Extended Episode – available on Patreon for just $3-We venture deeper into transmuting trauma through creative expression and healing our ancestral lineage – TRIGGER WARNING for mentions of suicidal ideation and abuse.- A deeper dive into the challenges and gifts of dyslexia and her journey to becoming a writer.Links for youThe Launch Event for her book, Digging for Mother's Bones, 27th June 7-8pm UK time https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83909212570Digging for Mother's Bones – signed copyDigging for Mother's Bones – AmazonDescent & Rising: women's stories and the embodiment of the Inanna mythBurning WomanGather: a celebration of women's circles – the second Womancraft Compendium – pre-orders open Sept. 5th on Womancraft PublishingGina Martin's Episode – The Somatic Magic of Writing Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A special episode on all things magic, to celebrate the launch of my new e-course - Writing Nature + Magic, co-taught with best-selling author of Kitchen Witch and Yoga for Witches, Sarah Robinson. Between us we have written over 20 books!!In this episode we reflect on:What magic isLearning to switch lenses from the mundane to the magicalWays of entering magical writing consciousnessWords as spell craftNature as mirrorShifting from observer to creative collaborator with the processAbout the E-courseWriting Nature + Magic - 4 glorious weeks of creative classes and oodles of magical resources.Starts 9th June. Sign up now at https://womancraftpublishing.com/product/writing-nature-and-magic/ -Study the classes at your own pace. -Engage with us on the Facebook group and final sharing circle on Zoom. Writing Nature + Magic is a soulful, elemental journey through earth, fire, water, and air — blending creative prompts, readings, meditations, and practical gathered wisdom from bestselling authors, to deepen your connection with the natural and the mystical. Whether you're a complete beginner or experienced writer, or anywhere in between, this course is for you. We will help you to connect with your creativity, activate your imagination, engage with the wonder of the natural world and add sparkle and precision to your language.This course explores the practical magic of:-Developing a nature-inspired writing practice rooted in the four elements.-Learning to see the natural world through a magical lens.-Working with prompts to unlock creativity and deepen intuition.-Discovering sensory writing and seasonal storytelling techniques.Co-created by Womancraft award-winning author and founder Lucy H. Pearce and bestselling author Sarah Robinson, this brand new 4-week e-course invites you to write with the wild, remember the sacred, and awaken the magic in the everyday.Get the Masterclass recording over on PatreonSarah's websiteMy websiteCrow MoonShe of the SeaA Spell in the WildKitchen WitchThe Kitchen Witch CompanionYoga for Witches Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kat Shaw is a visual artist based in the UK who is known for her vibrant celebratory paintings of real, juicy naked female bodies.Over the last 7 years, Kat has painted over 3000 glorious women into Goddesses, held many successful exhibitions and live shows, run enriching workshops and paints not only onto canvases, but also directly onto women's bodies!As an activist artist, Kat prides herself on dismantling the patriarchy, breaking society's stereotypical views of beauty and challenging every negative paradigm that women have been drip fed since birth, instead, encouraging them to step into unapologetic empowerment.Having made her name painting the glorious nude reality that is a woman's body, self-worth, self-love and self-belief are at the centre of her art, rather than airbrushing, filtering, photoshopping and the “only one size fits all” approach to beauty.Glorifying every single body shape, Kat challenges the images of perfection of the female form that are so rife in today's culture.https://katshaw.art/Heads up this is a fabulously sweary episode with lots of talk about women's bodies and nakedness.We talked about:How making art was a bridge to loving her bodyCelebrating and glorifying real women's bodiesThe good old days of Facebook when it connected us to women around the world and didn't censor women's artNakednessNIPPLES!The way patriarchy drips into every area of our livesArt and activismHer Kat Walk where almost 60 women walked nakedPainting 113 women in under 6 weeks this yearADHD, creativity and menopause In the Extended Episode – only $3/month on www.patreon.com/lucyhpearceWe dive deeper into:Parenting our kids when they are in crisis and the toll it takesNavigating body dysmorphiaNipplesWomen's safety and the language around assaultADHD MASTERCLASS - Writing Nature and Magic with Lucy H. Pearce and Sarah Robinson May 28th 7pm on ZoomTO ACCESS THIS EXCLUSIVE EVENT: SIMPLY PURCHASE A SIGNED COPY of one of these titles from the Womancraft Publishing webshop between 22nd - 27th May:Crow MoonThe Kitchen Witch CompanionThe Witch and the WildwoodShe of the SeaEnchanted Journeys And we'll email you your EXCLUSIVE INVITATION to this Masterclass(Only purchases made on the Womancraft webshop within this timeframe qualify for this offer.) ResourcesRainbow Goddess: Celebrating Neurodiversity – Girl GodChanging History into Herstory – Kat Shaw, Girl GodGirl God BooksWomancraft PublishingWeaving Our Way Beyond PatriarchyBurning Woman Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Caroline grew up in Birmingham and then the rural landscapes of Worcestershire, with a love for the wild, poetry and dance, passionate about creativity, mystery and myth. She moved to Ireland in 1992 for 17 years. Say Caroline: “Despite early challenges with trauma, self-doubt and unconventional learning styles, I discovered the power of creativity and a deep connection to the soul through dance, poetry and storytelling. This journey led me to understand the impact of trauma and the importance of finding new perspectives on my past experiences, which were laden with difficulties to overcome.From very early on I developed a conscious connection to the world of soul and my ability to see, to sense and to connect with my own soul-guidance. Mothering my six, now adult children gave me the art of play, creativity, story-telling and opened up the deep surrender and unconditional love that motherhood can bestow. Being a grandmother, has deepened and matured my skills to a sensitive wisdom with lots of humour.”A published writer of seven books, a speaker and Soul Retrieval guide facilitating workshops and gatherings, Caroline has created The Wheel Of Soul's Return and The Polarity of Purpose as models for finding the meaning and contribution to each person's story.LINKSwww.middleearthmedicine.comhttps://www.facebook.com/caroline.carey/https://www.instagram.com/carolinecarey__/https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolinecarey/We talked about:5 Rhythms dance and her training with Gabrielle RothHer Middle Earth MedicineTrusting the body and resisitenceHow our birth, death and rites of passage impact our creativityThe Thespian's dilemmaLeaving home too soonWhat she learned from shamanismInspiration and spiritualityHer writing lifeCreative entrepreneurshipIn the extended episode – just $3/ month www.patreon.com/lucyhpearcePersonal stories about her experiences with Gabrielle RothHow her Middle Earth Medicine got its nameExtended video episode for $6/month www.patreon.com/lucyhpearceResources:Marketing for HippiesElixchel (Elisheva healing art movement https://www.facebook.com/groups/410174569389357https://www.instagram.com/elisheva.lily/#Msguided AngelUnearthing Your StoryMy interview on her podcast: Soul Purpose with Caroline Carey Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Eleanor Brown is a songwriter and music maker who believes that creating is essential and the driving force of life. She writes songs that support both the descent and the rising and the oscillation between the two.She has sung in forests, fire circles and protest rallies; festivals, events and pubs; prisons, churches and schools; by the sea, on top of mountains and in front of thousands of people. She's been commissioned to write songs for the theatre, for personal celebrations, for women's empowerment movements and social action projects and through this has performed in both the UK and the U.S.She is an independent artist carving a way that works for her in a music industry not designed for thin skinned beings. She has released 7 albums including one she crowdfunded 10,000 for and is currently working on number 8 whilst releasing new music monthly to her Patreon community.She also lives and works on the land, growing organic food for the community so as to try and remain as autonomous as possible. Many have credited Eleanor's songs to saving their life and supporting them through their darkest moments.‘BEAUTIFULLY CAPTURING THE SPIRIT OF THE WORK THAT RECONNECTS' – Joanna MacyEleanor's LinksBandcampSpotifyWebsitePatreonWe talked about: Performing alone and with othersThe struggle to earn enough as a creative to be able to afford the support you need as an artist Anxiety and the creative process Mentors and patrons and supportersThe toxic culture for artists todaySpiritual bypassing and cognitive dissonanceThe value of being smallRecovering from burnoutThe tap that doesn't turn offWeaving the web of creativity togetherBeyond Happily Ever After – how to create if things don't get betterIn the extended episode, from just $3/month www.patreon.com/lucyhpearceBehind the scenes info on the very beginning of Womancraft PublishingWhere and how she records her musicCreative spaces and times of dayHer songs in order of appearance:Meet You ThereIn the Name of HopeA Call to StandWe Will Not Be Lost to These TimesLinksGet Podcasting Joey WaltersALisa StarkweatherBurning WomanCrow MoonCreatrix: she who makesShe of the SeaSophie Strand – the Body is a DoorwayEverybody Hurts – REMJagged Little Pill – Alanis Morrisette Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jaine Rose lives in the Cotswold town of Stroud, happily making art in her plant-filled and colourful studio in the corner her attic house. She's had a pretty wild journey through art, parenthood, and the alchemy of women's circles and rituals. He work is an ongoing enquiry into women's spirituality which I see as the dynamic and ever-changing way that we reclaim our innate connection to a vast realm of magic. She works unapologetically with bold and vibrant colour, combining portraits, with flowers, magical creatures, trees and hills and other wonderful, often abstract details. Says Jaine, “I could talk endlessly about witchcraft, and our beautiful land that is worth fighting for. Or my insane love of cats, all animals, starry skies, lying in woodlands staring up at the trees, of all the things that fill me with wonder. Also all the things that have the power to move me, or even break my heart. So many stories, we all carry them. And so I ponder this as I travel relentlessly and obsessively between the oceans of the West, and the oceans of the East, magical places where witches be. My heart places.” www.jainerose.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/jaineroseart - for her artwork www.instagram.com/jainerose123 - pieces of lifeWe talked aboutHer concept of the Competent ArtistHow she creates artHer move from pottery to visual art, and the place of writing in her workColour and what it means to herMoving through grief with creativityHer creation of her Witch's rosaryHer experience of “the lights”How magic changes as we get olderIn the extended edition - access for just $3+ on www.patreon.com/lucyhpearce we talked about:Trauma and storytellingArt and activismThe Red Hearth – a powerful women's circle she is part ofResources:Earth Pathways Diary Lucy Rie Hans Coper Barbara Hepworth Francis Weller Emerson College (UK) Bayo Akomolafe Anita Roddick Kesty Jakes and Sladebank Woods Starhawk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Amy Hale is an Atlanta based writer and critic with a PhD in Folklore and Mythology from UCLA. Her research interests include contemporary magical practice and history, art, culture, women and Cornwall. She has written widely on artist and occultist Ithell Colquhoun, and has been an academic advisor to the 2025 Colquhoun retrospective Ithell Colquhoun: Between Worlds at Tate St. Ives and Tate Britain. She wrote the first scholarly biography of Colquhoun, Ithell Colquhoun Genius of the Fern Loved Gulley followed by the collection Sex Magic: Diagrams of Love, (Tate Publishing, 2024).Her book, Beyond the Supernatural: Magic in Contemporary Art is due to be published with Tate Publishing in 2026.Amy's WebsiteInstagramTreadwell's Lecture Series – here and hereIthell Colquhoun (1906 –1988) "One of the most radical artists of her generation, Ithell Colquhoun was an important figure in British Surrealism during the 1930s and 1940s. An innovative writer and practicing occultist, Colquhoun charted her own course, investigating surrealist methods of unconscious picture-making and fearlessly delving into the realms of myth and magic. She explored the possibilities of a divine feminine power as a path to personal fulfilment and societal transformation. Her understanding of the world as a connected spiritual cosmos brought her to Cornwall, where she deepened her creative explorations, inspired by the region's ancient landscape, Celtic traditions, and sacred sites."From Ocula.com Guardian article on Ithell We talked about:Some of Ithell's most iconic paintings and where she fits in the story of art Surrealism and the lack of women Fascinating developments in automatism and understandings of the subconscious Colour theory and magic, from the Golden Dawn, anthroposophy and theosophy Being an outsider...her relationship to occult and artist groups Sex magic Artists who don't receive recognition in their lifetimes In the extended episode: The Kabbalistic tree of life, The Golden Dawn and their influence on Ithell's colour theory and palette Crowley's table of correspondences Colour mixing The story of Amy's Sex Magic contract with the Tate Extended AND video episodes available at www.patreon.com/lucyhpearce Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My guest today is Jen Louden, best-selling author of nine books, and passionate women's advocate. Since 1992 Jen has been a leading voice on self-care, creative transformation, and helping women own their desires.With close to a million copies sold in nine languages, Jennifer has appeared or been quoted in hundreds of media platforms, including The Oprah Winfrey Show. She is a former columnist for Whole Living, a Martha Stewart magazine, and her work has been featured in Brené Brown's books Daring Greatly and Dare to Lead.https://jenniferlouden.com/We talked about:Why we need our witches right nowFinally writing a novel all about magic and midlife womenReinventing yourselfMoving beyond “Pick Me”Agents and publishers, and how publishing has changed since the ‘90sThe disappointment of the reality of being on Oprah's couch Walking away from projects and knowing when to let things goThe Conditions of Enoughness – her groundbreaking concept for developing self trust in yourself as a creativeCreative motherhood and the male privilege of no interruptionsOn being ruthless as a creative womanIn the extended episode - available on www.patreon.com/lucyhpearce for $3/month+We deep dive into neurodivergence- discovering her neurodivergence, how it's impacted her work, her work arounds.ReferencesPregnant Woman's Comfort BookThe Woman's Retreat BookThe Woman's Comfort BookWhy Bother?The Rainbow Way: cultivating creativity in the midst of motherhoodThe Shit No one Tells You About Writing podcastGet Published with Lucy H. PearceWomancraft PublishingTeach Now! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My guest today is Leonie Dawson, international best-selling author of the My Brilliant Year workbooks (formerly known as the Goal Getter workbooks) which have been used by over 500,000 people worldwide. A multi-passionate entrepreneur, Leonie has generated over $14 million in revenue while only working 10 hours a week. She is the creator of the Brilliant Biz and Life Academy, she has been blogging for over 20 years and has over 100k blog followers.Leonie has been recognised for her business acumen by winning Ausmumpreneur's People's Choice Business Coach, Global Brand & Businesses Making A Difference Awards..I am guest teaching on her Academy in August - Submissions that Sell: Creating a winning book proposal.www.leoniedawson.comWe talked about Her formative experiences of creating and inspiring others to createHer creating/sharing compulsionPostnatal depressionHer relationship with the word weirdBeing your full colorful self as an integral part of your business...Our neurodivergence - autism, ADHD and synastheiaBlogging then and nowBeing authentic on the internet - the upsides and downsidesOur invisibility cloaksWhat colour means to herHow it's less about making magic and more about noticing itBeing a female entrepreneur.In the extended episode ( just $3/month on www.patreon.com/lucyhpearce ) we discuss:Dealing with haters Sharing, over sharing and keeping those we love safe When others question our integrity300 hugs in a dayGrab us in our gorgeous rainbow coloured glory on the video episode for just $6/ month www.patreon.com/lucyhpearce LinksMy website www.lucyhpearce.comMy book that Leonie wrote the forewrod to The Rainbow Way: cultivating creativity in the midst of motherhoodMy publishing company Womancraft PublishingBecoming Visible - Breaking Spell of Invisibility - my ecourse on the invisibility cloaks and having the courage to be seen as yourselfThe magician Leonie mentions https://youtu.be/SHQKQjBJKd4?si=2-MwE9F9Dqft6t5NHer new course - Creative Goddess Embodied Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This special Creative Magic episode is a celebration of crows – real and symbolic, wild magic and everyday enchantment to mark the one-year anniversary of Crow Moon: reclaiming the wisdom of the dark woods, and the launch of the audiobook. Weaving the words from this spellbinding book, along with stories from the Creative Magic community and extracts from interviews from the first two seasons including Molly Remer, MJ Cullinane and Phyllis Curott. The extended episode runs to 1h 25 and includes:The extended episode runs to 1h 25 and includes:· Exclusive reflections from Molly Remer, Megan Derosiers and Lucy H. Pearce· Additional extracts from the brand new Crow Moon audiobook· Additional material from MJ Cullinane's interview.Available from www.patreon.com/lucyhpearce for $3/month+LinksCrow Moon: reclaiming the wisdom of the dark woods is available in audiobook, ebook and paperback wherever you get your books – on AmazonSpecial offer 20% off signed copy of Crow Moon plus free Masterclass from Womancraft Publishing (Feb 25-March 5)Crow TarotWalking with PersephoneWitches Wisdom TarotPhyllis Curott episodeMolly Remer episodeMJ Cullinane episode Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A celebration of Clarissa Pinkola Estés' iconic book, Women Who Run With the Wolves This episode is a magical weaving of extracts and interviews with women about wolves and the Wild Woman archetype, and the impact this book has had on their lives.Full episode available for $3/ month atwww.patreon.com/lucyhpearceMini interview:Rachel S. Roberts is the author of Lupa. She-Wolf of Rome, Mother of Destiny, as well as Wolf. Embody your Inner Wolf and Pantheon. The Romans. She is also a sacred dance teacher, priestess, and the creatrix of Wolf Woman Rising, a wisdom school where she empowers you to embody wisdom, reclaim your wild and create a life lived on purpose.Rachel S. Roberts www.wolfwomanrising.comWomen Who Run With the Wolves Fairy Tale MedicineThe Flesh & the FruitThe Witch & the Wildwood: Folk Wisdom, Fairy Tale & Fantastic LoreThe Wild Wool Shepherdess: Weave the Ancient Path, Reignite Your Feminine Fire The Holy Wild: A Heathen Bible for the UntamedWeaving Our Way Beyond Patriarchy – A Womancraft CompendiumThe Rainbow Way: cultivating creativity in the midst of motherhoodLupa. She-Wolf of Rome, Mother of DestinyWolf. Embody your Inner WolfThe Mistress of LongingReaching for the MoonLonging Oracle DeckWomancraft PublishingGet Published with Lucy H. Pearce – e-courseExtracts fromDanielle Dulsky, episode 9, The Holy WildClare Jasmine Beloved, episode 23, Raw+real+radicalDr Vanya Leilani episode 21, Creative TransgressionElizabeth Kneafsey, episode 20 The Wild Wool ShepherdessSarah Robinson, episode 14, Let's Just Run Away and Live in the WoodsMolly Remer, episode 4 Everyday Enchantment Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A quick update on what I'm up to between seasons... and what's coming up next Tuesday!NEW FULL EPISODE IS LIVE NOW FOR ALL $3/MONTH+ PATREON SUBSCRIBERS(subscribe now at www.patreon.com/lucyhpearce to grab it for yourself )A special Creative Magic episode celebrating the most-mentioned book on the podcast over Seasons 1 &2, Clarissa Pinkola Estés' iconic book, Women Who Run With the Wolves. This between-the-seasons episode weaving extracts from the book with reflections and interviews from former Creative Magic guests - Danielle Dulsky, Clare Jasmine Beloved, Dr Vanya Leilani, Elizabeth Kneafsey, Sarah Robinson and Molly Remer – on wolves, the Wild Woman archetype, and the impact that this book has had on their lives. Featuring an exclusive interview with Rachel S. Roberts, author of Lupa. She-Wolf of Rome, Mother of Destiny and Wolf. Embody your Inner Wolf. Get the full episode exclusively from Patreon (which runs to 1 hour 50 mins). It includes:An extended interview with Rachel S. Roberts as well as extended excerpts from Danielle Dulsky and Elizabeth Kneafsey.Additional contributor stories from:Kelly Barett and Zoe Genet Berthoud.Readings from Lupa and The Witch & the Wildwood.Reflections and enquiries from Lucy H. Pearce.A TREAT-SIZE VERSION OF THIS EPISODE WILL BE AVAILABLE WHEREVER YOU LISTEN TO YOUR PODCASTS ON TUES 28TH JAN.Sign copies of Moon Time and Cycles of Belonging, 20% off this weekend, plus goodies,, only at Womancraft PublishingGet Published with Lucy H. Pearce – e-course Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

About Your HostLucy H. Pearce is the author of multiple life-changing non-fiction books, including Nautilus Award silver winners Medicine Woman, Burning Woman, and Creatrix: she who makes. Her writing focuses on women's healing through archetypal psychology, embodiment, historical awareness and creativity.Lucy founded Womancraft Publishing, publishing paradigm-shifting books by women for women, in 2014.lucyhpearce.com And if you're dreaming of being a published authorLucy has experiences in every area of publishing:As an author submitting book proposals to publishers.As a mentor to other authors as they submit proposals or self-publish.As a self-published author.As publisher running a publishing company for over ten years,As a teacher of all aspects of writing and self-publishing for a decade.Start learning what you really want to know... and get to ask your questions.Discover the reality... not the fantasy of book publishing today. Set yourself up for success with tried-and-tested tools for finding a publisher and making the best impression, selling yourself and your book, building an author platform, self-publishing what it is and how it works, and most importantly, how to earn a living from your writing at every step along the way.Several tiers dependent on your budget and needs. Starts live Zoom classes 4th Feb. Exclusive discount for foks on the top tier of patreonwww.Womancraftpublishing.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Celeste Larsen, Mage by Moonlight is a pagan witch, ritualist, and facilitator of witchcraft retreats, courses, and workshops. Originally from the US, she is now based in County Cork, Ireland. Her first book, Heal the Witch Wound won a Nautilus Award.https://www.instagram.com/magebymoonlighthttps://magebymoonlight.com/We talked about:The difference between witchcraft and magical communities in the US and Ireland.Her favourite sacred sites and stones in IrelandThe witch wound and her book Heal the Witch Wound How she came to create her insanely popular Instagram account, Mage by MoonlightCreating magical retreatsResourcesBeara PeninsulaNewgrange and KnowthUisneachMy book Burning WomanAbout Your HostLucy H. Pearce is the author of multiple life-changing non-fiction books, including Nautilus Award silver winners Medicine Woman, Burning Woman, and Creatrix: she who makes. Her writing focuses on women's healing through archetypal psychology, embodiment, historical awareness and creativity.Lucy founded Womancraft Publishing, publishing paradigm-shifting books by women for women, in 2014.lucyhpearce.com And if you're dreaming of being a published authorLucy has experiences in every area of publishing:As an author submitting book proposals to publishers.As a mentor to other authors as they submit proposals or self-publish.As a self-published author.As publisher running a publishing company for over ten years,As a teacher of all aspects of writing and self-publishing for a decade.Start learning what you really want to know... and get to ask your questions.Discover the reality... not the fantasy of book publishing today. Set yourself up for success with tried-and-tested tools for finding a publisher and making the best impression, selling yourself and your book, building an author platform, self-publishing what it is and how it works, and most importantly, how to earn a living from your writing at every step along the way.Several tiers dependent on your budget and needs. Live Zoom classes start 4th Feb. Exclusive discount for foks on the top tier of patreonwww.Womancraftpublishing.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Artist. Illustrator. Intuitive herbalist. Oracle Creator. Incense Maker. Stitch Witch. Traveller on the spirit roads. Dreamer. Deeply rooted in this ancient landscape of Dartmoor, her work draws heavily on folklore and mythology, and her magical practise ,and explores the deep connection, both physical and spiritual, between people and the land they inhabit. Her work, in all its threads, is at its heart a prayer to the numinous world around us. Website www.daniellebarlowart.com/Instagram www.instagram.com/daniellebarlowartFacebook www.facebook.com/p/Danielle-Barlow-100063671194886/Etsy www.etsy.com/shop/daniellebarlowartWe talked about:Why art school wasn't what this artist neededSpell wheels and mandalasStitching stories and ancestral craftsCauldron brewing and the creative processThe different sources of painting and stitching for herThe making and unmaking of menopauseIn the Extended episode – just $3/month on Patreon.com/lucyhpearceThe life-changing magic of how to save as a PDF!Her relationship with the algorithm and social mediaContent creating versus sharing the realLinksPhyllis CurottGreen Wheel OracleWitches Wisdom TarotEarth Pathways DiaryCrow MoonAbout Your HostLucy H. Pearce is the author of multiple life-changing non-fiction books, including Nautilus Award silver winners Medicine Woman, Burning Woman, and Creatrix: she who makes.Lucy founded Womancraft Publishing, publishing paradigm-shifting books by women for women, in 2014.lucyhpearce.com And if you're dreaming of being a published authorLucy has experiences in every area of publishing:As an author submitting book proposals to publishers.As a mentor to other authors as they submit proposals or self-publish.As publisher running a publishing company for over ten years,Start learning what you really want to know... and get to ask your questions.Set yourself up for success with tried-and-tested tools for finding a publisher and making the best impression, selling yourself and your book, building an author platform, self-publishing what it is and how it works, and most importantly, how to earn a living from your writing at every step along the way.Live Zoom classes start 4th Feb. www.Womancraftpublishing.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sarah Napoli, also known as The Woodland Witch, is a folk practitioner, herbalist, house witch and homesteader residing in the mountains of New England with her husband, daughter and fur babies. She owns and operates a digital apothecary known as Folkcraft and Flora Apothecary where she crafts herbal and magical goods for intentional daily living. www.FolkcraftandFlora.comInstagram.com/thewoodlandwitchhGet 20% off your signed copy of The Kitchen Witch Companion: Recipes, Rituals and Reflections. Use coupon code KWC20 at check out www.womancraftpublishing.comTo access all the Extended Episodes and bonus audio and video head over to www.patreon.com/lucyhpearce We talked about:Her early years and experience of Christian upbringing and the hurdles to claiming the title of witchHow she grew her Instagram and TikTok followings to over 100KDealing with scammers and impersonatorsBuilding online communityCreating content for her channelsHer nightmare publishing story as a nearly author not once, but twice! In the Extended Episode she reflects on:Performative magic and integrity in sharing magic onlineDeciding what to share online…and what to keep privateHer favourite witchy books Her go to herbs Get Published! with Lucy H. Pearce - Discover the reality... not the fantasy of book publishing today. Set yourself up for success with tried-and-tested tools for finding a publisher and making the best impression, selling yourself and your book, building an author platform, self-publishing what it is and how it works, and most importantly, how to earn a living from your writing at every step along the way.Several tiers dependent on your budget and needs. Live on Zoom. Starts 4th Feb. Exclusive discount for foks on the top tier of patreonwww.Womancraftpublishing.comAbout your HostLucy H. Pearce is the author of multiple life-changing non-fiction books, including Nautilus Award silver winners Medicine Woman, Burning Woman, and Creatrix: she who makes. Her other titles include Amazon #1 bestsellers: Moon Time, Reaching for the Moon, The Rainbow Way and Crow Moon. Her other books include: She of the Sea, Full Circle Health, Moods of Motherhood and she is the co-author and illustrator of The Kitchen Witch Companion. Her writing focuses on women's healing through archetypal psychology, embodiment, historical awareness and creativity.Lucy founded Womancraft Publishing, publishing paradigm-shifting books by women for women, in 2014.www.lucyhpearce.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chelan Harkin is a mystical poet whose poems have been shared tens of thousands of times. Her publishing journey is only four years old but her first two books, Susceptible to Light and Let Us Dance!, have been self-publishing successes with sales numbers to be envied by most poets today. Her third book, Wild Grace, published in November 2023 with Monkfish and her most recent The Prophetess was published this September by Hay House. Find her on Instagram and FacebookWe talked about:Mysticism and channelingEcstasy and the mundane- bringing ourselves back from the ecstaticGrowing up in the Bahai faithHer pre-birth experienceThe genius of LifeSelf-publishing and the dream of being publishedNeurodivergenceWriting 30 days of bad poemsBeing seenHow she praysExtended audio version - 20 more minutes of solid gold available on Patreon.com/lucyhpearceBehind the scenes chat of how we first connectedThe power of reading our work aloudIntegrating the medicine of our own creative workThe vulnerability and empowerment of self publishingCreative collaboration and being approached by her favourite poet.A story she has never told publically before of what led to her finally publishing her first book.$6 a month or more, get the video version and my end of year bonus audio as well as this $9/ month gets you my new writing - Why Art Matters and an exclusive discount on my next e-course. Patreon.com/lucyhpearcePurchase Womancraft Compendium - Weaving Our Way Beyond Patriarchy Check out my new ecourse - - Get Published - which is booking now, starting in FebruaryHer e-course - Fierce Grace starts in January.Books mentionedSusceptible to LightLet Us DanceWild GraceThe ProphetessBurning Woman - Lucy H.PearceThe Gift - Daniel LadinskyYour host - Lucy H. Pearce www.lucyhpearce.comInstagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Justine Aldersey-Williams is a textile activist, speaker and teacher specialising in natural fabric dyeing and regenerative clothing. She hand-dyes textiles at her studio, The Wild Dyery, in Hoylake UK, using many plants grown on her nearby food, fibre and dye allotment and teaches both live and online courses in botanical dyeing techniques.Justine qualified as a teacher in 1998 and has since taught extensively to schools, colleges, universities and crafts groups. A yoga teacher since 2006, Justine's textile work intersects creativity, spirituality and environmentalism. She devises creative rituals that reconnect people with nature and sees botanical dyeing as a gateway craft that can inspire people to feel more reverence for their ecosystems.She founded the Northern England Fibreshed, part of the international Fibershed not-for-profit organisation in March 2020 and volunteers to help establish regenerative textile systems using 'local fibres, local dyes and local labour' throughout the region.Justine's website NaturalFabricDyeing.com/Instagram @thewilddyeryHome Grown ColourWe talked about :Growing slow textilesAnimismMatrilineal textile craftFinding the right language for what we doThe metaphor of weavingCreative and growing rituals that reconnect people with nature Her project making the first pair of locally-grown, dyed and woven jeansMoving from being consumers to creatorsHow plants communicate to usWhen creativity is disabling - burnout and being multi-passionate creativesIn the bonus episode we also discuss:The fashion industry and environmentalismHer relationship with being visible and being a channelMore on woad and indigoResourcesWeaving Our Way Beyond PatriarchySatish KumarMedicine FestivalZach BushUma Dinsmore TuliWomen who Run with the WolvesVandana ShivaThe Feminist Lecture ProgramPatrick GrantManda Scott Boudica booksTreeSisters Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Clare Jasmine Beloved is an artist based in Liverpool, UK. She says: “Creating is in my blood and has saved my life over and over – transforming feelings, emotions, life stories, wounds and blocks, dreams and ideas into beauty. My art is awash with large lush goddesses, magic mermaids, sensual sistas, and sacred imagery, symbolism and feelings.The process and the way that I paint and create is very intuitive. I work with many layers to explore my own mythology, using acrylics and mixed media. My work is also translated into limited edition textile ranges in silks and velvet as well as a beautiful jewellery range. I am passionate about words – my bed is always laden with books! My first poetry collection Love, Hope and High Heels was published in 2010. It was shortlisted for The Polari Book Prize for new gay and lesbian writing. I have since published poetry and art books and journals and am currently finishing a book about my love story with my late wife and navigating life after her death. Pre-order Somewhere Between Derelict and Divine: Magical Stories to Carry Us All Home… I developed and curated a large-scale project based on my own way of creating with over 1000 women and girls, which was exhibited at The Tate in a ground-breaking exhibition. This was then taken into many settings and also developed into Big Love Sista, Big Love My Brother. I am dedicated to creating a body of work in the world and spaces that are ethical, inclusive, diverse, real and down to earth and magical and deeply rooted in community.” www.clarebeloved.com Instagram.com@clarebelovedWe talked about:Facilitating creativity in a range of different settingsCreating safe and inclusive creative spaces Overcoming a legacy of creative repressionComing into her own creative power Art as therapeutic and alchemical On becoming an accidental wild woman The power of sharing our stories Magic and imagination as a way to survive childhood Seeing the magic in your own story The magic of the sea - selkies and mermaids Creating from and through grief In the Extended Episode we discussed More about group facilitation. Her creative haven in Greece How poems come through to her A deeper dive into creatively navigating her wife's death from breast cancer and “widow's fire”.Access extended episodes for just $3 on www.patreon.com/lucyhpearceBooks we mentioned:Somewhere Between Derelict and Divine: Magical Stories to Carry Us All Home…She of the SeaCreatrix: she who makesRed TentsWomen Who Run with the WolvesThe Way You Do Anything is the Way You Do Everything Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Follow us www.instagram.com/creativemagicpodcastAccess extended episodes and bonus content for just $3 on www.patreon.com/lucyhpearceNicole Barton is a witch on a mission to help Secret Witches - aka secretly magical healers who hide their magic - to live their true destiny by expressing their magic. She does this by helping women to heal themselves, discover their soul map of gifts and heal the fear of expressing their unique remedy.Through her Archetypal Apothecary™ path (which is a unique combination of the three ancient wisdom bodies of homeopathy, archetypal psychology and energy healing, and provides a clear map to your soul) - and with over a decade's experience of being a healer of sensitive souls and healers - Nicole guides women to understand their soul's plan and harness it to heal themselves so they can become the unapologetically magical healer witches their souls were born to be.See more from Nicole via her website (www.nicolebarton.co.uk) and listen to her podcast The Secret Witch Show www.secretwitch.co.uk Email her if you want to find out more about Luna - info@nicolebarton.co.uk Instagram - www.instagram.com/iamnicolebarton TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@archetypalapothecary We talked about:Her initiation to the witchThe archetypal apothecaryThe homeopathic remedy of LunaManifestation and creationMarketing as gift and curseLogic vs magicPeople as remediesExtended episode – the lost years - a tear jerking part as Lucy dives into a very personal experience of initiationAnimals as remediesNicole's favourite booksThe motherwoundInitiations of birth The Secret Witch Show – Ep. 1 How to know if you're a secret witchUniversal laws of healing episode, Lucy's episodeCreatrix: she who makesBurning WomanMedicine WomanThe Peculiar People – Mark Sorrell Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Follow us www.instagram.com/creativemagicpodcast Access extended episodes and bonus content for just $3 on www.patreon.com/lucyhpearceVanya Leilani is a depth psychologist, writer, teacher and storyteller.Her first book, The Flesh and the Fruit: Remembering Eve and the Power of Creative Transgression is out this week from Womancraft Publishing. She has spent decades exploring the threshold where the external “shoulds” in our lives Vanya holds a PhD in Depth Psychology with emphasis in Jungian and Archetypal Studies.n She has also completed a certificate training intensive with Dr Clarissa Pinkola Estes and has served as an adjunct professor at Pacifica Graduate Institute teaching on the creative power of archetypes. Vanya was born and raised in southeastern Brazil and currently lives in the woods of the Pacific Northwest of the United States, where she tends to the land and many animals. Instagram.com/drvanyaleilaniwww.drvanyaleilani.comWe talked about:Her first book – The Flesh and the FruitCreative transgression – why disobedience is vitalBelonging to ourselvesHer upbringing in a fundamentalist Christian communitySpiritual crisisArchetypal psychology In the extended episode we discussed:Her curseHow our unconscious often helps us to stay invisibleDrumming and midlife women ResourcesHer first book – The Flesh and the Fruit: Remembering Eve and the Power of Creative TransgressionWomen who Run with the WolvesCare of the SoulClarissa Pinkola EstesThomas MooreHer podcast – Belonging to the Wild Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Elizabeth Kneafsey, the Wild Wool Shepherdess, creates unique, wild and rugged woven rugs, tanned leather hides and felted sheeprugs with wool harvested from her own flock of organic, heritage breed sheep which conservation graze hay meadows to help support our declining wildlife and improve soil structure. A practitioner of traditional, ancestral skills is now teaching small holders and individuals through workshops and retreats how to bring back value to wool and live more sustainably in harmony and connection with our land, wildlife, waters and Mother Nature.Her first book The Wild Wool Shepherdess: Weave the Ancient Path, Reignite Your Feminine Fire is out today from Hay House.Wolves – yes she has a wolf!, dogs, sheep, herons and owls – being in relationship with animals and what it teaches usAnimal symbologyReclaiming access to the landHow she became a shepherdessCrafting with woolThe husband coatAncestral crafts – why they matterMaking her declaration of intention as a child… and a womanBeing a black sheepWriting her bookDreaming a gathering of womenCreating in communityThe challenges of charging for our work and supporting what it takes to create and teachExtended episode –Her adopted Native name and the story of how she was the first white woman in several hundred years to be adopted by that tribeWomen as beaconsMore on ancestorsHow clothing impacts how we are in the worldBooks we mentionedThe Wild Wool Shepherdess: Weave the Ancient Path, Reignite Your Feminine FireThe Witch and the WildwoodWomen who Run with the Wolves Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Receive bonus content and extended episodes for just $3 on www.patreon.com/lucyhpearceDee Mulrooney is a multi-disciplinary Irish artist. Inhabiting a female body and all that it entails is the main preoccupation of her work. Exile, class, displacement, social history, longing and belonging are some of the themes explored by Dee, through various media, including painting, drawing, film, storytelling, and performance. Her art is fiercely authentic, and she leaves no stone of her own personal healing journey unturned. Dee works with the alchemical aspect of transmutation in her art, using this process to deal with difficult topics, including, abuse, death and loss. Dee's performance art is provocative and has a political point to make, highly social, collaborative and community building. She is driven by story and symbolism, how we remember and interpret history and women's role and their bodies within that. She exhibits and performs regularly and had an award-winning show at Edinburgh Fringe 2023.https://deirdre-mulrooney.com/www.Instagram.com/deemulrooney***Trigger warning re abuse and baby death, and Irish Mother and Baby homes – to skip this section 13:40-19:00 mins***We talked about:The central theme of womanhood in her work and contemporary vulva-tastic culture!Her alter ego Growler – an 84 year old vulva and mother of God and creating ritual theatreHow one of the most traumatic events in recent Irish history emboldened her to drawThe colonisation of the creative space by patriarchy and capitalismArt and activismWomen's creativity, high art and the EstablishmentArt as alchemy and transmuter of painIn the extended episode we discussed:The impact of empire…and how quickly things can changeHer experience of childhood hallucinations and being exorcisedImbas – the Irish insightHer advice on overcoming fear in order to make or share the work you are called toWe mentioned:Empire podcastBurning WomanTuam Mother and Baby HomeThe Babog projectMeggan Watterson – Magdalene RevealedImbasSile na gigsAbout your HostLucy H. Pearce is the author of multiple life-changing non-fiction books, including Nautilus Award silver winners Medicine Woman, Burning Woman, and Creatrix: she who makes. Her writing focuses on women's healing through archetypal psychology, embodiment, historical awareness and creativity.Lucy founded Womancraft Publishing, publishing paradigm-shifting books by women for women, in 2014.lucyhpearce.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Gina Martin is a founding mother and High Priestess of Triple Spiral of Dún na Sidhe, a pagan spiritual congregation in the Hudson Valley, New York State, US. She is a ritualist, teacher, healer, mother, and writer of sacred songs.Gina is a practitioner of Classical Chinese medicine and a Board certified licensed acupuncturist.The author of the When She Wakes trilogy: Sisters of the Solstice Moon, Walking the Threads of Time and She is Here. The backstories of the Thirteen for girls aged 8-80: Kiyia – Daughter of the Horse; Autakla – Daughter of the Seal; Maia – Daughter of Fire; and her newest book Io – Daughter of the Wild Hunt is out very soon. Her book of chants – WomEnchanting is available from her website.All Gina's books are 60% off on Kindle from 1-4th August. Buy the When She Wakes trilogy signed with digital goodies for a 10% discount for the month of August from Womancraft Publishing.Follow Creative Magic on InstagramReceive bonus content and extended episodes for just $3 on PatreonSign up to my Peaceful Patterns 2 e-course We talked about:The three creative acts of her lifeThe somatic magic and nature of writingHow her characters pester herMagic realism in her work…and lifeThe many varied spiritual influences on her practice and creativitySigil magic and the weirdness of trying to put it into wordsBecoming her own body of work - her tattoosHer creative processWriting groupsSelf publishing and publishingBeing a channelWriting spiritual books – ritual and ceremonyCreative collaboration within and between creative disciplinesResistance and regretsMaternal pride and envy – when our parents are the reason we cannot createIn the Extended Episode…We reminisce about our trips together to ancient sites in Crete and NewgrangeThe books that most influenced her as a writer – the author of The Road to Avalon is Joan Wolf.A deep dive into channeling, hearing voices and mental illness.Access extended episodes for just $3 on www.patreon.com/lucyhpearceAbout your HostLucy H. Pearce is the author of multiple life-changing non-fiction books, including Nautilus Award silver winners Medicine Woman, Burning Woman, and Creatrix: she who makes. Her other titles include Amazon #1 bestsellers: Moon Time, Reaching for the Moon, The Rainbow Way and Crow Moon. Her other books include: She of the Sea, Full Circle Health, Moods of Motherhood and she is the co-author and illustrator of The Kitchen Witch Companion. Her writing focuses on women's healing through archetypal psychology, embodiment, historical awareness and creativity.Lucy founded Womancraft Publishing, publishing paradigm-shifting books by women for women, in 2014.lucyhpearce.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My guest today is Molly Remer, priestess, mystic, and poet in central Missouri. Molly and her husband Mark co-create Story Goddesses at Brigid's Grove. Molly is the author of eleven books, including Walking with Persephone, which I edited and published at Womancraft Publishing, Whole and Holy, Womanrunes, the Goddess Devotional, and 365 Days of Goddess. She is the creator of the devotional experience #30DaysofGoddess and she loves savoring small magic and everyday enchantment. Her newest book is The Great Between.In this episode we talk aboutHer book Walking with PersephoneEveryday enchantmentMaking magicWhy she writesThe unseen connections between us allWatch the original book club video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IX9f9SuOSboPaid patreon subscribers can access bonus Molly content www.patreon.com/lucyhpearce Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Access the extended episode at www.patreon.com/lucyhpearceKristin Lisenby is a Storyteller and Word Witch living in the Azores Islands. Inspired by the moon and garden, Kristin writes seasonal stories and reimagined fairy tales for the magically minded. She is the voice behind Little Witch Books and the co-founder of Pointy Hat Press, a publishing house exploring Witchcraft and Paganism through a modern lens. She co-hosts the Magick & Alchemy podcast alongside fellow Word Witch Kate Belew, as well as the Crossroads, a seasonal, creative coven for literary spellcraft.A Cal Poly alumni, Kristin has a BA in Modern Language & Literature and has also studied at the University of Valladolid in Spain. She is passionate about plants, nearly-forgotten folklore, and all things Magical Realism. When she's not writing, you can find Kristin digging in her garden, playing with her three goats, and working alongside her partner to infuse new life into their century-old farmhouse.Kristin's Instagram Little Witch BooksPointy Hat Press WebsiteMagick and Alchemy PodcastWe talked about:Sacred collaboration: the magic of finding your peopleSharing and selling on social media: "sharing your art online is like putting up a soul flare so your people can find you".Living in the Azores, close to nature... how it has impacted her work, creativity and magicBeing an introvertReawakening of the magical selfReclaiming our weirdnessThe gift of slowing downAllowing ourselves to be seenTimelessness vs timelinessGrowth and change and appreciating our younger selvesIn the Extended Episode we discuss:The somatic sense of weirdnessAutomatic writing and channelingSaturn returnsSeasons and creativity Access at www.patreon.com/lucyhpearceResourcesMissing Witches – Kristin's episode, Lucy's episodeTelling the Bees – Kristin's bookPurchase the recording of Lucy's Becoming Visible MasterclassBurning WomanCrow MoonMagick and Alchemy podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Margaux Jones (AKA MJ) Cullinane is an award-winning Seattle-based artist, writer, mother, and lover of all things magical - especially crows. She attended Parsons School of Design, yet her unique technique for telling stories through digital collage is self-taught and has been her passion for over 10 years. Nature and its creatures are a familiar theme in MJ's work. ​The Crow Tarot, MJ's first published deck, has achieved a significant following and recognition with crow lovers and the tarot community including winning the 2019 CARTA award for Best Tarot Deck and Best Illustrator of a Tarot Deck. Subscribe to Lucy H. Pearce on Patreon to access bonus Creative Magic audio and video content. www.patreon.com/lucyhpearce If you are a crow lover, this is the episode for you. There are a couple of powerful crow stories, and we share our love for all things corvid.We also talked about:MJ's award-winning Crow TarotWhat tarot means to MJ and how she uses itHaving the courage to follow your own intuitionDoing work that you loveResources we mentionedCrow MoonThe Crow Tarotwww.mjcullinane.comInstagram : @crowtarotmjcullinaneFollow Creative Magic on Instagram: @CreativeMagicPodcastYour host Lucy H. Pearce – www.lucyhpearce.com Instagram: @lucyhpearce Womancraft Publishing Subscribe to Lucy H. Pearce on Patreon to access bonus Creative Magic audio and video content. www.patreon.com/lucyhpearce Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My guest today is Sarah Robinson is the best-selling Womancraft Publishing author of multiple books on magic and witches including: Yoga for Witches (now in French, Chinese, Polish and Farsi), Yin Magic, Enchanted Journeys, The Kitchen Witch Companion, The Witch and the Wildwood and Womancraft Publishing's fastest selling pre-order ever, Kitchen Witch: food, folklore and fairy tale.A yoga teacher and author, she is based in Bath, UK. Her background is in science; she holds an MSc in Psychology & Neuroscience and has studied at Bath, Exeter and Harvard universities.Join me on Patreon to access a bonus video where Sarah talks with me about her favourite magical books.We talked about:Our shared longing to run away and live in the woods…How she got started as a writer… and how long it took her to claim this title.The patriarchal myth of the writer at their desk… and how we work instead.Imposter syndrome.Curating creative ideas and how she knows what works.The cross overs between magic and creativity.Reviews and how we handle them.Showing up on the page and being seen.How we give each other courage.Find Sarah online:Website: www.sentiayoga.comInstagram: @Yogaforwitches @thisiswitchcountryPodcast: Witch CountryInsight Timer: Enchanted Journeys with Sarah RobinsonPre order Sarah's new book The Witch and the Wildwood from Womancraft Publishing Other things we mention includeCrow Moon: reclaiming the wisdom of the dark woodsWalking with Persephone – Molly RemerEpisode 10 of Creative Magic - Cali White - Creating Experiential Spaces Follow Creative Magic on Instagram: @CreativeMagicPodcastYour host Lucy H. Pearce – www.lucyhpearce.com Instagram: @lucyhpearce FacebookWomancaft Publishing Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alice Grist – Pregnancy as Initiation to Creative Magic – You have to Be Willing to Be ChangedIntroduced to spirituality from an early age, Alice's Church of England father turned to Wicca and her journey into modern spirit began. Alice's work is renowned for providing an earthy and everyday perspective on a spiritual life, making the divine accessible, welcoming and fun to anyone seeking it.Author of five published books on spirituality / tarot and creator of two card decks including Rebel Heart. Alice's new book, Soulful Pregnancy is available to order now from Womancraft Publishing as signed copies, or wherever you get your books in paperback and ebook.. Alongside her written work and card deck creation, Alice teaches and shares spirituality with a modern female audience through her Cosmic Sisterhood newsletter and frequent workshops which she both hosts (online and IRL). Alice is active and lively on all her social media channels. Come check her out most frequent on Instagram @alicegrist and on TikTok - @alicegristauthorwww.Alicegrist.co.ukJOIN THE PATREON - for extended episodes and bonus creative magic content. We talked about…Soulful pregnancy – her forthcoming bookCreative magic as it relates to pregnancy and motherhoodPregnancy as initiationRites of passageRaising and coming from creative familiesValuing our creative (and mothering) workSelling our workSocial media and its effect on creativityThe creation of a tarot deck Resources mentionedThe Rainbow Way: cultivating creativity in the midst of motherhoodSoulful PregnancyDirty & DivineWomancraft PublishingDear Poppyseed (the book she wrote during her first pregnangy that I reviewed)Juno magazineRebel Heart TarotAlice's Live Soulful Pregnancy event Follow Creative Magic on Instagram: @CreativeMagicPodcastYour host Lucy H. Pearce – www.lucyhpearce.com Instagram: @lucyhpearce FacebookWomancaft Publishing Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rima Staines is an artist whose work straddles myth, magical realism and the folk arts. Her visual world is an umber and madder-infused chapel of misfits and magicians, story-rich and alchemical. Her paintings, which feel both ancient and familiar at once, have been exhibited and published internationally. In 2018 she was a finalist in the 'Best Artist' category of the World Fantasy awards.Rima has a long-held fascination with the idea of the liminal - that which lies at the edge of culture and society as well as the literal boundaries between one place and another, both metaphorical and real - and with the power of art that comes from that place. Her work is a kind of “Iconography of the Otherworld”. She lives in the south of England. Rima's Links: www.rimastaines.comwww.patreon.com/rimastainesInstagram: @tilsamkaFacebook: facebook.com/rima.stainesWe talked aboutRima's writing - Art and the Landscape of Belonging – join her Patreon to read The changes required at midlife Creativity and daily life a balance between desire and necessity The beauty of particular difference Her drive and need for authenticity The Otherworld and how we can access itNeurodiversity – Epilepsy, Downs Syndrome and autism. Motherhood and creativity Neurology and creative magic Her visual art which she describes as “Art in a minor key” SynaesthesiaJOIN LUCY H. PEARCE ON PATREON TO LISTEN TO THE EXTENDED EPISODE.Purchase Lucy's Masterclass Becoming VisibleFollow Creative Magic on Instagram: @CreativeMagicPodcastYour host Lucy H. Pearce – www.lucyhpearce.com Instagram: @lucyhpearce FacebookWomancaft Publishing Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My guest today is Seren Bertrand, an award-winning author on feminine magic and wisdom; a storyteller, spirit keeper and chantress, with a degree in English literature & modern philosophy, who lives in the mountains of Appalachia. She weaves together mythology, spirit vision, symbology, embodied ecology, with feminine philosophy traditions. She is informed by her ancestral lineage of Mam Tor, old Europe witches and faery folk, and the later traditions of Mary that hid wild feminine magic under their red velvet cloaks. She has won two Nautilus Awards for her books Womb Awakening and Magdalene Mysteries. Her latest book Spirit Weaver was released in 2022.serenbertrand.com/We discussed Seren's move from the world of academia to mainstream women's magazines to working for the goddess.The heroine's journey of coming to awareness of the energy, power and voice of the womb.Pain, our ancestral lineage and its role in women's creativity and spirituality – you are NOT going to want to miss this, there were a couple of mic-drop moments.Women's natural gifts as oracles, seers and psychics.Coming to acceptance of our gifts that the world pathologises.The cloaked woman and our experiences of claiming our cloaks.ResourcesCrow MoonBecoming Visible - Masterclass recording Follow Creative Magic on Instagram: @CreativeMagicPodcastYour host Lucy H. Pearce – www.lucyhpearce.com Instagram: @lucyhpearce FacebookWomancaft Publishing Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Twenty years ago, Cali White left a corporate career and followed a calling to the healing path. Initially training in psychotherapy, she spent many years immersing herself in the world of psychological and spiritual development and was privileged to find teachers that opened her up to Native American wisdom through Vision Questing, Sweat Lodges, and Shamanic Healing, and then more deeply into rites of passage work through the Women in Power organisation. From November 2018 she undertook a 13 Moon menopause Pilgrimage around the UK and Ireland to deepen into her indigenous ancestry. Guided by the Ancients, she gathered women every full moon to hold ceremony for those persecuted as witches during the Burning Times and to help heal the inherited trauma wounds of separation that we still carry today. This led to the 2022 I AM WITCH exhibition in Lancaster, out of which The Witches' Revival was born, a now annual healing event in Lancaster, UK, designed to support the healing of the feminine through the reclamation of the Witch Archetype. Cali lives in an old Beatrix Potter cottage on a hillside in the Lake District where she continues to learn through tending the land and by following her menopausal impulse to "create"! www.thewitcheshouse.orgwww.loveisourpower.com We talked about:Living with intention Menopause as portal and rebirth Collective wound and collective healing Ancestral healing The feeling of emerging from the trauma veil Medicine spoons – and how a synchronistic discovery led to her next body of work Creativity as healing and the magic that happens when we share our process Creating experiential spaces The feminine way as collaborative The Witches Revival event Archetypes: witch, creatrix, wise woman archetype, The Cailleach, Hekate, Baba Yaga Evolving our relationship with big and small d death Ways of knowing Resources mentionedJoin my newsletter for your free Bonus ClassReclaim Your Creative Magic ecourseALisa StarkweatherWomen in Power My book Creatrix: she who makesStephen Jenkinson - Orphan WisdomSharon Blackie – If Women Rose Rooted, HagitudeOutside the Box – Liz RothschildKicking the Bucket Follow Creative Magic on Instagram: @CreativeMagicPodcastYour host Lucy H. Pearce – Instagram: @lucyhpearce FacebookWomancaft Publishing Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My guest today is Danielle Dulsky is a poet, painter, teacher, and word-witch. The author of Bones & Honey, The Holy Wild Grimoire, The Sacred Hags Oracle, Seasons of Moon and Flame, Woman Most Wild, and The Holy Wild. She teaches internationally and has facilitated circles, embodiment trainings, communal spell-work, and seasonal rituals since 2007. She holds a BA in painting from Arcadia University, is the founder of The Hag School, and believes in the emerging power of wild collectives and sudden circles of curious dreamers, cunning witches, and rebellious artists in healing our ailing world. She splits her time between the whiskey-soaked streets of a Pennsylvania steel-town and the wilds of upstate New York. Find her praying under pine trees, wandering through the haunted places, and whispering to her grandmothers' ghosts.www.danielledulsky.com www.thehagschool.comWe talked about wild initiations – the very first of which happened when she was just five years old… and encounters with the supernatural.Her journey from being brought up born-again Christian to claiming the title of witch aged 25.Following your callingClairvoyance and other “dark gifts” – and why it's not always the right thing to reclaim themThe symbols that have guided her – those that have emerged through her art…and in nature.Her powerful encounters with the white wolf.The underlying mechanisms of wild signs and meaningful encounters.Sign up to my Masterclass - Becoming Visible: undoing the spell of invisibilityMy most recent book Crow Moon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dorrie Joy lives and works as a prolific multi-disciplinary Artist. She teaches ancestral skills and traditional crafts. She is also a herbalist, forager, poet, writer, international speaker and ceremonial leader. As a painter, she is largely self taught. Her formal studies are in Literature and Ceramics. For almost 30 years she has been initiated by and trained intimately with Indigenous women and Elders in many areas of ancient craft and ceremony. Her paintings are held in private collections and public displays and her ceremonial craft is carried and respected globally. She has travelled widely and lives in the South West UK. A Mother of three and a Grandmother of two, her work is informed by her passion for sustainability, rooted in connection and reciprocity. We discussed what it means to be a prolific creative and all the ways Dorrie creates.The joy and tenderness of being a beginner and learning new crafts.Giving space to our human selves.Productivity and earning a living through creativity.Navigating the middle bit when it all just looks a bit of a mess.The grounding of home and family life: the devotion of motherhood.The role of intuition.What she learned about the creative process from her Indigenous teachers.Forbidden images, imposter syndrome and dealing with online criticism.Becoming feral and walking to the weathered edge.The spirit of her work and how she first discovered it. Dorrie's website: www.dorriejoy.co.ukInstagram:@dorrie.joySign up to my Masterclass - Becoming Visible: undoing the spell of invisibilityMy most recent book Crow MoonFollow Creative Magic on Instagram: @CreativeMagicPodcastYour host Lucy H. Pearce – www.lucyhpearce.com Instagram: @lucyhpearce FacebookWomancaft Publishing Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hilary Rose, the charismatic host and CEO of Live Wild is a two-time IFTA nominee for her contributions to the entertainment industry, notably her role in the BBC TV show "The Young Offenders."Beyond her achievements on screen, Hilary is deeply connected to nature, embodying a love for living wild and free. Rooted in a desire to be of service to those seeking empowerment, Hilary brings a wealth of expertise and experience from her extensive career in media. Hilary's passion extends beyond the screen as she aspires to share the spirit of living wild with a wider audience through the enlightening conversations on Live Wild.www.livewild.ie and her podcast is Live Wild.The Young Offenders BBC iPlayer RTE PlayerWe talked about her move from being known in the mainstream as an actor, into a different more personal space with her Live Wild blog and podcast.Waiting to be chosen as a creative vs the joys of being your own gatekeeper and having creative control of your work.Acting and facing rejection.Beyond linearity – embracing the cycles of creativity. Her spiritual awakening that led her to see the world differently.Listening to nature.Feeling like the only weirdo in the village.The way the word witch has been used against women.Ancient Ireland and the landscape.The Young Offenders and its celebration of Cork.How she feels about watching herself on screen.Being multipassionate creatives and the need to define ourselves – or not – as creatives.My next book, Wired Weird.Resources we mentionedIf Women Rose Rooted Womancraft PublishingBurning WomanWitch – BBC podcast Staigue Fort, KerryThe Wild Atlantic WayThe English MarketSign up to Becoming Visible: undoing the spell of invisibilityMy most recent book Crow MoonFollow Creative Magic on Instagram: @CreativeMagicPodcastYour host Lucy H. Pearce – www.lucyhpearce.com Instagram: @lucyhpearce FacebookWomancaft Publishing Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Looby is a permaculture teacher and author. She has been teaching permaculture for over 20 years and specialising in the people care ethic of permaculture. She has written 4 books People and Permaculture, 7 ways to think differently, Strands of Infinity and Cultural Emergence. She is co-founder of the Cultural Emergence project - developing a toolkit for personal and collective transformation. Her latest creation is the CEED deck - the Cultural Emergence Empowerment & Design deck. She lives on a 20 acre smallholding with her family, Applewood Permaculture Centre in Ludlow, UK, where they run courses She is mother to 2 daughters. And is one of the partners of the Mother Nature project, co-creating resources to empower mothers as natural leaders. She enjoys gardening, being creative, sitting round fires singing and listening to owls. Looby on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/loobymacnamara/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/looby.macnamara Join thenewsletter to get a free download of the Cultural Emergence principles colouring book and enjoy some easy creative magic www.cultural-emergence.comHer website for courses www.applewoodcourses.comWe DiscussedPermaculture and creativity.Cultural emergence and emergency.The importance of pattern-seeing.Expanding our view from breakdown to breakthrough.Quantum sheep – the fabulous slip of the tongue and where it came from.Move Your Tools – stop waiting for inspiration to strike.The emergence of AI art and the increasing need for the human touch.The power of agency and permission.The cyclical nature of creativity.Resources and People mentionedJUNOPeople and PermacultureTracy BreathnachJules HeavensCultural EmergenceSpiritual Emergency Strands of InfinityCEED DeckCreatrixJennifer LoudenWORD+image e-courseWomancraft CompendiumSARKFollow us on Instagram: @CreativeMagicPodcast @lucyhpearcewww.lucyhpearce.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sign up to my WORD+mage ecourse or the Discovering Your Inner Symbols WORD+image MasterclassI am joined by Rev. Dr. Sushmita Mukherjee, writer, artist, educator and spiritual companion in the interspiritual tradition. She is an ordained interfaith minister as well as an Associate Professor in a large medical college in New York City. Her vocation straddles cutting edge biomedical research technology, and a spirituality imbued with magic and wonder.· Our conversation started in the dark woods of the psyche and her quote I used in my new book, Crow Moon.· We talked about darkness - the problems with how we talk about darkness within Western thought and the binary…and how we can move beyond this.· We discuss Individuation – a mainstay of Jungian thought – why it's problematic and why it's necessary.· Learning to live beyond our rational minds. We discover many shared guide to this including Mary Oliver, Jung, Krista Tippet and John O'Donohue.· Find out about the via creativa and how she now teaches about the shadow.· She speaks about Hospicing Modernity – an approach to the question: What comes next for our culture?· How she discovered the beauty of our biology.· Nature and privilege, and finding the wild in the heart of urban spaces.More About Sushmita:Her psyche thrives at the interface of image, imagination and creative innovation. Sushmita's spiritual work draws on Eastern and Western myths, Earth-based traditions, Taoism, Sufism, and Perennial Philosophy. Her work is deeply influenced by the teachings of Carl Jung and James Hillman. Some of her interests include myths, dreams, poetry and art, including Jungian-influenced Dreamwork, SoulCollage® and Chakradance. Sushmita is deeply committed to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging in all fields of engagement.Sushmita's website: on-seeing.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My guest today is Molly Remer, priestess, mystic, and poet in central Missouri. Molly and her husband Mark co-create Story Goddesses at Brigid's Grove. Molly is the author of eleven books, including Walking with Persephone, which I edited and published at Womancraft Publishing, Whole and Holy, Womanrunes, the Goddess Devotional, and 365 Days of Goddess. She is the creator of the devotional experience #30DaysofGoddess and she loves savoring small magic and everyday enchantment. WORD + image ecourseCrow MoonWalking with PersephoneIn the Temple of the Ordinary Volume 2Womancraft PublishingMolly's Interview on the Womancraft YouTube channel Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My guest today is Toko-Pa Turner, Canadian author, teacher, and dreamworker who blends the mystical teachings of Sufism with a Jungian approach.· We started out talking about dreamwork – what it is…and how Toko-Pa came to it· We share our mutual love of Carl Jung and why his work matters so much.· The mundus imaginalis - the imaginal world· How Sufisim – the tradition of mystical Islam that Toko-Pa was raised in - informs her work· Pre-cognitive dreams and visions· Practical guidance on working with our dreams· Courting the images and symbols that emerge through our dreams· The initiation of illness…· Creativity and suffering· The inner journey and challenges of writing and publishing books…and more about her second book.More About Toko-PaToko-Pa founded The Dream School in 2001, through which thousands of students have passed. She is also the author of the award-winning book, Belonging: Remembering Ourselves Home, which explores the themes of exile and belonging through the lens of memoirs, mythology, and nature. This book has resonated for readers worldwide, and has been translated into 10 different languages so far. Her work focuses on the relationship between psyche and nature, and how to follow our inner wisdom to meet with the social, psychological, and ecological challenges of our time. www.toko-pa.comInstagram.com/tokopaResources:Belonging - Toko-Pa TurnerCrow Moon: reclaiming the wisdom of the dark wood - Lucy H. PearceMedicine Woman: reclaiming the soul of healing - Lucy H. Pearce Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today's guest, Amanda Yates Garcia is a writer, witch, and the Oracle of Los Angeles. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, The LA Times, The SF Chronicle, The London Times, CNN, BRAVO, as well as a viral appearance on FOX. She has led rituals, classes and workshops on magic and witchcraft at UCLA, UC Irvine, MOCA, The Hammer Museum, LACMA, The Getty and many other venues. Amanda hosts monthly moon rituals online, and the popular Between the Worlds podcast, which looks at the Western Mystery traditions through a mythopoetic lens. Her book, Initiated: Memoir of a Witch, received a starred review from Kirkus and Publisher's Weekly and has been translated into six languages. To find out more about her work become a member of her Mystery Cult on Substack. https://amandayatesgarcia.substack.com/www.Oracleofla.cominstagram.com/oracleofla We talked aboutHearing and following the inner call.The vital role of artists and poets in our culture.Magical realism and living a magical life.Witchcraft, what it actually is. I love her focus on creativity and reclaiming.Overcoming fears that prevent you stepping into your creative magic.Migraine, illness and creativity.The empowerment of having a secret life.Books Mentioned:Initiated - Amanda Yate GarciaCrow Moon: reclaiming the wisdom of the dark woods - Lucy H. Pearce Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My guest today is Phyllis Curott, a writer and one of America's first public Witches. Her 5 international best-selling books have been published in 14 languages, making her the most widely published Wiccan author. Aas a lawyer, she has been an outspoken advocate in the courts and media securing the legal rights of Witches.Phyllis was named one of The Ten Gutsiest Women of the Year by Jane Magazine. She received the 2018 Service to Humanity Award from the One Spirit Interfaith Seminary and the 2020 Person of the Year Award from Kindred Spirit. Phyllis was the first Wiccan Trustee of the Parliament of the World's Religions, and was elected Vice Chair of the 2015 Parliament, creating the Women's Assembly. New York Magazine has called her teaching on Witchcraft the culture's “next big idea” and Time Magazine has published her as one of America's leading thinkers. Her You-Tube series on Wicca has almost 3 million views. Phyllis continues to write, teach, and lecture internationally on the embodied spiritual wisdom of Mother Earth, Nature's “secret magic” and why the world needs its Witches.www,phylliscurott.comInstagram.com/phylliscurott"There's a wildness within us that yearns to be physical, sensual, animal, free. But fear of this unknown part, of where it might take us and who it might make us, has left us all only half alive." Phyllis Curott, The Witches Wisdom Tarot GuidebookWe started by talking about The Witches Wisdom Tarot that she created with Danielle Barlow. From there we move on to the wisdom of the body and following our instincts. The theme of murmurations comes back again and again...to do with birds, women and magic it is an incredible deep dive conversation weaving magic, books, art and ways of knowing, finding the courage to be out and seen in our creative magic. We also discuss:Awe, wonder and the power of the liminalComing back into the public eye after a period of retreatCalling women crazy as a way of shutting them downBreaking the spell of patriarchy."It starts with you...but very quickly you realize it's not about you, the world needs you. You've been called." Phyllis CurottResources MentionedCrow Moon: reclaiming the wisdom of the dark woods - Lucy H. PearceThe Witches Wisdom Tarot - Phyllis Curott and Danielle BarlowBook of Shadows - Phyllis CurottBurning Woman - Lucy H. PearceMusic: Alice in Dark Wonderland, Lexin Music Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the Creative Magic podcast - I am your host, Lucy H. Pearce, Creativity is at the heart of my life as an author of 12 books, visual artist, editor and creativity teacher. I've always been fascinated about the creative process and those who dedicate their lives to it. It is a strange, unseen path. On this podcast I hope to shed a little more light on it. Join me and my guests - writers, artists, creatrixes, magical woman - for profound and practical conversations about what creative magic means to us. We'll reflect on what, how and why we create, what drives us...and what stops us in our tracks. We share honestly how we find the time and energy to make magic in the midst of life's challenges and why we keep on saying yes to our creativity. The conversations are raw, real deep dives into our creative magic, to inspire, encourage and nourish youThe first season of is the Wild Initiation series, featuring my immensely popular intimate conversation series recorded to celebrate the launch of my new book Crow Moon... I will be joined by Toko Pa Turner, Phyllis Curott, Amanda Yates Garcia, Molly Remer, Sushmita Mukherjee, Seren Bertrandas well as new guests diving into the themes of wild nature, symbols, initiation and creative magic. Creative Magic starts April 2nd Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.