WitchSpace

Happy New Moon, New Book and happy AWIT to all who celebrate! Ian Chamber's The Witch Compass: Working with the Winds in Traditional Witchcraft is a book that our hosts strongly, strongly recommend, but you might not expect why (unless you've read it, then you totally get why Gemini and Scorpio had such deep thoughts). 

Happy Scorpio Full Moon witches and welcome to a collection of Places Our Hosts Disagree! Scorpio and Gemini have agreed a lot in the last 7 years, but where do they disagree? Do they still disagree about things from the past or are they more aligned than ever? Press play to find out!

What's up witches and welcome to an episode that is one part "classic Witchspace shit" and a second, slightly larger part "Gemini reckoning". With what? A lot! Gemini and Scorpio read 7 Goddesses of the Hellenistic World by Jo Graham, and while it might not be for everyone, there are definitely some reasons you might want to dive in!

That's it, that's the whole episode! ;) (And when you're done, hop on over to Cawnawyn Mor's Dark Moon Chronicle, so you can get even more magic and motherhood content!)

Happy New Moon, New Book, Solar Eclipse! Gemini and Scorpio talk Mat Auryn's Psychic Witch, why gatekeeping can be Good Actually, and how Gemini doesn't want science in her witchcraft. 

Are you psychic? Are WE psychic? Not only do they answer that common question for themselves, your beloved hosts also discuss the way they define psychic, their internal biases when it comes to the concept of a psychic and their most intuitive and so-called psychic moments. 

Happy New Moon, New Book! For this episode, Gemini and Scorpio didn't read the same book - they read their respective sun signs from the Witch's Sun Sign Series (by Ivo Dominguez Jr, for Llewellyn). This episode might seem short but there's a lot of ground covered. Have you read your sign in Dominguez's series? 

Happy February witches! For an episode so close to love day, you know we had to talk about our greatest love - Reading! How did we decide to a be a book podcast, why reading is important (to us and in general), and everything in between. If you've been looking for some insight into our brains, this episode is coming in hot just for you! 

You knew it was coming, here's our review of Madame Pamita's new book The Witch's Guide to Animal Familiars! If you didn't hear our chat with her for January's Full Moon, you may have missed the spoiler that we LOVE this book, so tune in quick and find out why. 

Happy 2025 coven! We got to sit down with Madame Pamita and discuss all things magical - from Baba Yaga to the Wizard of Oz, to her new book, dropping later this month, The Witch's Guide to Animal Familiars.  Not only can you catch her on her website, Parlour of Wonders, on Instagram and Youtube, but you can get one of her many witchcraft tomes wherever books are sold! You might even hear about a NEW book dropping in 2026 if you start listening now ;)

A shortie but a goodie for the last episode of 2024! Scorpio introduces Gemini to the Llewellyn calendar. Not only do they discuss the value of the calendar conceptually, they also cover their favorite months, tips and tricks from the 2025 calendar specifically. And yes, Gemini does make an otherwise lighthearted episode unnecessarily deep! Happy New Year coven and see you in 2025!

Happy December! Scorpio and Gemini discuss year six as well as plans for year seven!!! As always, thank you so much for being such an amazing audience and giving us the opportunity to continue making podcasts like this year after year! And keep an ear out at the end for a surprise coming your way on Yule! 

In honor of the 2nd New Moon of November, this #newmoonnewbook is all about Hecate, Goddess of the Crossroads, of Witchcraft, and a whole host of other things. You may have heard Gemini talk about Deipnon in an earlier season, but now our hosts have a chance to dive more deeply into the lore and mythos surrounding this goddess. 

Gemini and Scorpio talk to Jamie Waggoner, the author of Hades: Myth, Magic, and Modern Devotion. They follow Jamie through her witchcraft path to discover the immense power and value that trance and community bring to the magical table, not just in the context of Hades devotional work, but in general. A fun, flowing, and interesting conversation with some fantastic insights for those witches looking for a sense of connection to both their peers and the divine.  Jamie is a co-founder of the Way of the Weaver, with fantastic programs, including Traversing the Realms, a trance journey experience starting in January for anyone interested in learning to do what Jamie describes in this episode!  

New Moon, New Book! Scorpio and Gemini dive into Arin Hiscock-Murphy's The House Witch. Gemini has a bunch of epiphanies, we learn the kind of witch Scorpio wants to be in the future, and some fun and useful tips and tricks for incorporating hearthcraft into your witchy path.

This fiery Aries full moon is the perfect time to tuck into to this thought-provoking and motivating interview with Dr. Witch. If you're in the Tri-State area and even remotely interested in witchcraft, you've definitely heard her name once or twice, but to learn about her offerings and the ways she strengthens and reinforces the witchcraft community, that's a whole 'nother conversation. And if you're not in the Tri-State area, don't worry, as Scorpio described it, this interview was like going to Witch Church!   Follow Dr. Witch on Instagram and check out her website for more information on the myriad offerings she has available! 

Happy New Moon, New Book! Athena Laz might not consider herself a witch, but our hosts dive into The Alchemy of Your Dreams to discuss why it's useful for the witchy and witch-adjacent. 

We wanted to talk to a Freemason (or in this case Mason), but we got so much more than that! We spoke to Scorpio's mom, Pisces, just in time for this Pisces full moon, and while she couldn't tell us any of the Masonic secrets, she gave a glimpse into how Masonry, Espiritismo and religion blended together to create something magical. 

Happy New Moon, New Book! "September came in swinging" as Gemini says towards the end of this episode, as our academic witches tackle Payam Nabarz's The Square and The Circle: The Influences of Freemasonry on Wicca and Paganism and learn a lot more about Freemasonry than they expected to! 

Want to learn about small water? Or maybe you want to talk about East of Eden by John Steinbeck? No? Don't worry, this episode is also packed with actionable magic for your new beginning needs! Back to school, both for academics and for college students? Check! New job? Check! New apartment or home? Check, check, check! But there is also small water and East of Eden, we promise it makes sense :)

Happy New Moon, New Book for this Leo New Moon! Scorpio heard a rumor that Alice Hoffman's Book of Magic was going to made into a movie sequel to Practical Magic (the first of the Hoffman books in this series), so we had to read it and see what we thought the movie would be like. Yes there are spoilers for the book, but Gemini demanded some things be kept secret because they absolutely Blew. Her. Mind! Read it already? Let us know how you think they'll adapt it to film!

Happy Capricorn Full Moon witches and welcome to a summer version of our spell bag episode! We loved this in previous years and wanted to bring it back with a twist - only using items we already had in our homes. What did Gemini and Scorpio give each other? How will they use them? What are Gemini's reflections about overconsumption and the nature of play? You know what to do ;)

If you remember seeing a bunch of tiktoks about the Shadow Work Journal by Keila Shaheen, probably a year to a year and a half ago, you're in luck! We were a little caught up in the hype and had to inspect the text for ourselves. You might not consider it a light, summer reading book, but Scorpio is here to convince you that it actually is! 

Happy Summer Solstice witches! To cap off Gemini season, our hosts chat about Gemini's Hellenismos journey and how it's changed over the years. 

Happy New Moon New Book and Happy Gemini month! Our hosts discuss Jamie Waggoner's Hades: Myth, Magic and Devotion. It won't be the episode you expect, but it is the episode you need! 

What's up witches and happy Sagittarius Full Moon! Feels fitting to be talking about protection during a Sag moon, especially when our hosts chat about the intersection of protection and technology. We knew we had to revisit protection after reading The Evil Eye, so if you liked May's previous episode, you're primed and ready for this one!

Ever wondered about the Evil Eye? Did you grow up with a family superstition or feel like its a silly old wives tale? Gemini and Scorpio dive into The Evil Eye: The History, Mystery and Magic of the Quiet Curse by Antonio Pagliarulo, the Italian Witch, and learn a lot! 

You know her, you love her, welcome back Monica Bodirsky! Not only do our three hosts discuss Monica's new Awakening Tarot (tl;dl: buy it, we love it!), but she teases ANOTHER NEW DECK, as well as so many cool things you just have to tune in to hear them all. Come for the tarot, stay for spiritual therapy. 

"Talk about a witch in time[!]" For this intense eclipse episode, Scorpio and Gemini talk about the power of personal narrative and the importance of self-confidence while discussing Sybil Leek's Diary of a Witch. If you want Scorpio to write a memoir and/or want to know Gemini's opinion on eclipses, this is episode for you!

Happy Libra Full Moon (and start of eclipse season 2024)! Join our hosts as they discuss the Divine Feminine in their traditions, inspired by last episode's book, Orishas, Goddess and Voodoo Queens, by Lilith Dorsey.

Join us for the Libra Full Moon (and beginning of eclipse season!) as our hosts talk about the Divine Feminine in their practices. Inspired by last episode's book, Orishas, Goddesses and Voodoo Queens, Scorpio and Gemini discuss their current relationship to the concept of the divine feminine, how these relationships have changed and remind themselves and you just how important it is that they are personal first and foremost.

For the Pisces New Moon, Scorpio and Gemini discuss Orishas, Goddesses, and Voodoo Queens: The Divine Feminine in the African Religious Traditions by Lilith Dorsey. Full of stories and essential info about the feminine entities, spirits, deities and ancestors of African Traditional Religions, this book is an important read, prompting important conversations (and some Scorpio lore for the dedicated listener!)

In the spirit of Marion Gibson's Witchcraft (our last episode, if you haven't heard it!), today our hosts talk about Scorpio's Espiritismo - what is it, what was it like to be raised in a spiritual practice and what Scorpio wants you to know about the Espiritismo that she grew up with. This episode isn't a How To Guide, but instead a journey through Scorpio's personal history, or at least as much as any scorpio is willing to share. 

For February's New Moon, New Book, Scorpio and Gemini talk to Marion Gibson, professor, historian and author of the recently released Witchcraft: A History in 13 Trials. One part delightful conversation, one part book-review-turned-existential-crisis, this is a must hear episode for the witches and witch-adjacent alike!   From the University of Exeter: Marion is a Professor of Renaissance and Magical Literatures, Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, Director of the Flexible Combined Honours degree programme. Her research is about witch trials in history from the Middle Ages to the present.  Recent books: Witchcraft: A History in 13 Trials (Simon and Schuster/Scribner, 2023) and The Witches of St Osyth (Cambridge University Press, 2022). She's also the author of Rediscovering Renaissance Witchcraft (Routledge, 2017), Witchcraft: The Basics (Routledge, 2018), Imagining the Pagan Past: Gods and Goddesses in Literature and History since the Dark Ages. (London and New York: Routledge, 2013), Witchcraft Myths in American Culture (New York: Routledge, 2007). Possession, Puritanism and Print: Darrell, Harsnett, Shakespeare and the Elizabethan Exorcism Controversy (London: Pickering and Chatto, 2006), Reading Witchcraft: Stories of Early English Witches (London and New York: Routledge, 1999), with Garry Tregidga and Shelley Trower, Mysticism, Myth and Celtic Identity (London: and New York: Routledge, 2012) and with Jo Esra, The Arden Shakespeare Dictionary of Shakespeare's Demonology (London: Arden/Bloomsbury, 2014). She is the editor of the Cambridge University Press series Elements in Magic.

What's up witches and happy Leo Full Moon! Join our hosts Gemini and Scorpio, as well as friends of the pod Cawnawyn Mor and Morgana of Modern Druid as they discuss their relationships with the Great Queen Herself, The Morrigan.

Happy Capricorn New Moon and happy first New Moon, New Book of the new year! Today's pod is all about Stephanie Woodfield's Priestess of the Morrigan: Prayers, Rituals & Devotional Work to the Great Queen. In true NM, NB fashion, Gemini has an existential crisis, but we also get some new Scorpio lore at the end, as well as some intermittent discussion of New Year's Resolutions. Welcome back for Season 6 witches! 

Happy Cancer Full Moon and happy year FIVE!!! wrap up! We love y'all so much and are so grateful that we got to do this for five years (and that we get to do it even bigger and better for who knows how many more?!) 

For the last New Moon, New Book of 2023 (ohmygods!!!) Scorpio and Gemini read Karl Herr's Hex and Spellwork: The Magical Practices of the Pennsylvania Dutch, a book that wasn't what either expected! An interesting end to the 5th year of Witchspace Podcast to say the least. 

Thank you to Moon Serpent and Bone Magical Night Market for sponsoring this "mini"-podcast! Amy welcomes us to the 5th Annual Yule Market, Scorpio and Gemini discuss Yule in the headspace of Year 1, and we hear a spotlight from one of the vendors in attendence! 

We can bet you've seen them too - shoddily made tarot and oracle decks with a big QR code on the back, some even impersonating popular decks published by the big wigs themselves. Gemini and Scorpio hosted new friends Sasha Graham and MJ Cullinane, as well as our beloved Monica Bodirsky to talk about the havoc these counterfeit products are wreaking on the witchcraft community.  Find our guests online at the following Sasha Graham: website / instagram  MJ Cullinane: website / instagram Monica Bodirsky: website / instagram

What's up witches? For November's New Moon, New Book, your hosts read Baba Yaga's Book of Witchcraft by Madame Pamita. Besides being enamored by the book's structure and it's loving approach to Ukrainian magic, Gemini and Scorpio discuss why they read books with magic they won't do and whether or not they are tenderheaded. 

What's up witches? Instead of talking about Samhain again in Year 5, we decided to talk about Samhain! Specifically, what's the deal with witches being SO into Halloween, what Scorpio's perfect Samhain would look like and the pressure on witchy girls to be perfect Samhain baddies on the 'gram and otherwise. If you are having trouble deciding between Halloween and Samhain, join us, because we kind of are too! 

Dr. Barbara Black Koltuv does a deep meditation into the history and mythology surrounding Lilith and our beloved hosts do an episode reminiscent of Margaret Murray in Season One. Also, Gemini has a lot of feelings, some of which you might not expect! This one is chock full. Of what? You'll have to tune in and find out! Note: This episode originally aired on 10/14/23 and was updated on 10/17/23. 

Thank you to Moon Serpent and Bone Magical Night Market for sponsoring this "mini"-podcast! Amy welcomes us to the 5th Annual Samhain Market (with special guest Baphomet and a Witches Ball to cap the night), Scorpio and Gemini discuss Samhain in the headspace of Year 1, and we hear from some of the vendors who will be in attendance! We can't wait to see you on October's very own Friday the 13th for this awesome event! 

Drawn in by his beautiful artwork and skill with divination, it was a no-brainer to invite Steven Bright onto the podcast. What we didn't expect (and maybe he didn't either) was just how impactful and insightful our conversation would be. In a year that seems, at it's core, to be about the shadow work one does to find and define their individual path, Steven's artwork and insight are like the Hermit's lamp, guiding us out of the shadows. If you aren't already in therapy in the year of our Lord 2023, this episode will be billed to your insurance, with a $30 co-pay. From Liminal11.com: Steven Bright is the author of Tarot: Your Personal Guide (Quarto) and the creator of Spirit Within Tarot (Schiffer). He is also the co-founder and editor of The Esotoracle, a worldwide magazine dedicated to all forms of divination. As well as writing for Watkins, Mind Body & Spirit, The Cartomancer and Take a Break Fate & Fortune, Steven has also presented at The UK Tarot Conference, The London Tarot Festival and the TABI conference in Birmingham. A keen collaborator, Steven has worked with Christiana Gaudet, Brigit Esselmonte and Tori Hartman, amongst others. Steven's Website / Instagram / The Esotoracle    And for those of you who stuck around to the bottom of the description, catch us at Modern Druid in Nyack, NY, details available via us or Modern Druid. 

Welcome to The Witching Year, a memoir written by Diana Helmuth about her year-and-a-day journey into modern witchcraft. Not only did we read The Witching Year, but we brought Diana on to talk all thing new witch, old witch and in-between witch. And if you're thinking - hey, how come I haven't heard of this book before? That's because it's currently avaible for pre-order and dropping on October 3rd! Spoiler: You should definitely pick it up and this episode covers all the reasons why! From Simon and Schuster: Diana Helmuth writes about urges: to travel, to be in nature, and to feel understood. Her first book, How to Suffer Outside, was a National Outdoor Book Award winner, and her freelance work can be found in various anthologies, travel guides, and humor magazines. She studied anthropology and Arabic at UC Berkeley, and can often be caught moonlighting in Silicon Valley's start-up land, or producing the occasional podcast. She was born and raised in Northern California. Pre-order The Witching Year at The Bad Place Diana on Medium.com  

En nuestro último episodio de 2023 Escorpión habla sobre otro Espiritismo de Puerto Rico. En esta filosofía se crio ella y nos da una introducción.

Happy Supermoon witches! This episode comes in as a Gemini special request and while it literally covers Oedipus, Hubris and the reading philosophy "Death of the Author", there's lots more discussed, in between and around, including but not limited to Scorpio's Starbies order. 

Happy Leo New Moon witches! Not only did our hosts want to discuss some awesome zines they picked up from Catland, but Gemini goes fully looney tunes TWICE this episode (once about Bird Law and once about Bats!). Tune in if you're ready to learn and not particularly picky about what! 

En este episodio habló sobre el libro Espiritismo: Puerto Rican Mediumship and Magic de Hector Salva. Es la primera parte de dos donde hable sobre el tema.

Friend of the podcast Monica Bodirsky comes back around to talk about tarot, art, manifestation and to confirm for us that she is absolutely doing all the Good Ideas that we want her to. Click through to her website if the retreat, her upcoming deck or her delightful conversation are intriguing to you!