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Swedish author Carl Abrahamsson and American artist and psychoanalyst Vanessa Sinclair join us in an engaging conversation that explores the integration of magic, art, and psychoanalysis in their daily lives. As a married couple, they have successfully merged these fascinating fields, creating a unique blend of creativity, self-discovery, and mystical exploration. In this episode, Sinclair & Abrahamsson take us on a journey through their ideas, theories, practices, experiences, collaborations, successes, and even occasional failures. They share their relentless pursuit of erasing the boundaries between magic, mysticism, art, and the unconscious, experimenting with various artistic expressions while strengthening their occult work. We delve into their relationships with influential figures such as Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, their experiments with the cut-ups technique of William Burroughs and Brion Gysin, their insights into the power of exposure and honesty, and their exploration of dreams, creativity, inertia, entropy, and much more. Abrahamsson & Sinclair's casual and inspiring style offers an intimate glimpse into their lives, filled with experimental output, including portraits, photographs, film stills, collages, and cut-ups. Their insights provide a refreshing perspective on how psychoanalytic thinking, language, and artistic expression can have transformative power. Join us as we explore the rich tapestry of Abrahamsson & Sinclair's work, filled with wisdom, experimentation, and a relentless pursuit of deeper insights. Don't miss out on this enlightening conversation that unravels the extraordinary lives of two exceptional thinkers and creators! Show Links Carl Abrahamsson's Amazon Page Vanessa Sinclair's Amazon Page Carl & Vanessa's Patreon Quotes from Notable Figures "Vanessa Sinclair is a female William Burroughs for the age of desperation." - Val Denham, artist "Carl performs magick; he concretises meaning and brings forth revelation into his carefully focused vision." - Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, artist "Carl guides a new generation of thinkers into a future that asks what if and gets even more strange, surreal, beautiful, and mystical than one can dream." - Gabriela Herstik, author of Inner Witch: A Modern Guide to the Ancient Craft and Sacred Sex: The Magick and Path of the Divine Erotic. "Carl Abrahamsson is not only among today's leading occult writers and artists, but is, in fact, one of this generation's most vital public intellectuals. Carl is our magickal Moses hoisting a fiery serpent in the cultural wilderness." - Mitch Horowitz, PEN Award-winning author of Occult America and Uncertain Places.
On today's episode, we have a very special guest: Gaby Herstik!Gaby talks about the sensual and erotic as magic, healing imposter syndrome, and how kink is healing for her. If you are interested in how eroticism and magic intersect, this is the episode for you. Gaby is also a contributor to Many Moons 2023 with an amazing piece for the upcoming Full Moon! Gabriela Herstik is an author, columnist and witch based in Los Angeles. She is the author of Inner Witch: A Modern Guide to the Ancient Craft (known as Craft in the UK), Bewitching the Elements: A Guide to Empowering Yourself Through Earth, Air, Fire, Water and Spirit, Embody Your Magick: A Guided Journal For the Modern Witch, and the forthcoming Sacred Sex: The Magick and Path of the Divine Erotic (July 2022). She is the Priestess and co-creatrix of Kink Coven, a monthly full moon ritual play party that casts a spell of protection on sex workers, and raises funds for mutual aid groups and organizations supporting them. Gabriela's work and words on the intersection of the erotic, esoteric, and the Divine Feminine have been featured in the likes of Vogue International, NYLON, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, The Guardian, Flaunt Magazine, and more.Follow Gaby on IG here. Get Many Moons here. Sign up for the patreon here. Subscribe to our newsletter here.
This week's guest is the wise and wonderful Aunt Carla! This week we are talking all about stepping into and owning your power, and explore the ways in which you can invite yourself to understand and celebrate it. The book review this week is Craft: How to be a Modern Witch by Gabriela Herstik (please note this book is titled Inner Witch: A Modern Guide to the Ancient Craft, in the US). You can find out more about Aunt Carla and her work via her website and socials: Website: www.redsoulflower.com Instagram: @redsoulflower You can find out more about Witchology and the magazine at witchologymagazine.com The Witchology Podcast is hosted, recorded and edited by Christie Beauchamp, Creative Director of Witchology (@thejournalsupreme) Music by Iain Kerr (@iainkerrmusic)
This episode is a BIG one, babes! We've got the Priestess of the Erotic herself, Gabriela Herstik! As most of you know, Gabriela Herstik has been a huge role model for me on my personal and witchy life journey. I couldn't think of a better guest to have on the podcast. It's about to get JUICY! Enjoy! Gabriela Herstik is an author, columnist and witch based in Los Angeles. She is the author of Inner Witch: A Modern Guide to the Ancient Craft (known as Craft in the UK), Bewitching the Elements: A Guide to Empowering Yourself Through Earth, Air, Fire, Water and Spirit, Embody Your Magick: A Guided Journal For the Modern Witch, and the forthcoming Sacred Sex: The Magick and Path of the Divine Erotic (July 2022). She is the Priestess and co-creatrix of Kink Coven, a monthly full moon ritual play party that casts a spell of protection on sex workers, and raises funds for mutual aid groups and organizations supporting them. Gabriela's work and words on the intersection of the erotic, esoteric, and the Divine Feminine have been featured in the likes of Vogue International, NYLON, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, The Guardian, Flaunt Magazine, and more. To get access to the (definitely not safe for work) extended version join any tier of my patreon! https://www.patreon.com/LunaSeranova?fan_landing=true Find Gabriela Herstik at her links! Linktree https://linktr.ee/gabyherstik IG https://www.instagram.com/gabyherstik/ Patreon https://www.patreon.com/gabyherstik/posts --- ❣️ Thank you so much to the sponsor of today's podcast, Goddess Provisions! Use code LUNAFREE on your first subscription box and Goddess Provisions will also include free incense & holder, as well as the most recent Moon Wisdom Club Guidebook. Get yours here: https://bit.ly/3OkoEIw ----- Work with me here: LunaSeranova.com Book your tarot and astrology readings with me: https://www.lunaseranova.com/book-online Become a Patreon member to get behind-the-scenes content, exclusive advanced content, pick-a-card tarot readings, access to our secret moon fam only discord, personal readings and more: https://www.patreon.com/LunaSeranova?fan_landing=true Follow me on Instagram @LunaSeranova https://www.instagram.com/lunaseranova/ Subscribe to my YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/LunaSeranova --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/luna-seranova/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/luna-seranova/support
Gabriela Herstik is an author, columnist and witch based in Los Angeles. She is the author of Inner Witch: A Modern Guide to the Ancient Craft (known as Craft in the UK), Bewitching the Elements: A Guide to Empowering Yourself Through Earth, Air, Fire, Water and Spirit and Embody Your Magick: A Guided Journal For the Modern Witch.
Hey witches! Thanks for tuning in to episode 73 of the podcast, an interview with Gabriela Herstik, author of Inner Witch: A Modern Guide to the Ancient Craft, the High Priestess column in High Times Magazine, and Bewitching The Elements, which came out in April 2020. We talk about her book, elemental magic, and all the things we love about being a witch! Order your copy of Bewitching The Elements from my Bookshop.org store and support the podcast, if you're in the US: Bookshop I have a new book coming out! The Grimoire Journal: A Place to Record Spells, Rituals, Recipes, and More is available for pre-order RIGHT NOW! >Order Here> HERE!
In the second episode of Popaganda’s GLAMOUR season, host Carmen Rios explores the powerful potential of witchy beauty rituals—like hexing the patriarchy, carrying empowering talismans and invoking the names of powerful goddesses alone to yourself in your room. Featuring: Pam Grossman (host of The Witch Wave podcast and the author of “Waking the Witch: Reflections on Women, Magic, and Power”), Gabriela Herstik (author of “Inner Witch: A Modern Guide to the Ancient Craft” and the “Ask A Witch” columnist at Nylon Magazine), Dianca London (former online editor of Well-Read Black Girl and prose editor of LIT Magazine) and Maria Vashakidze (owner and formulator of Seagrape bath+body).
Gabriela Herstik is the author of “Inner Witch: A Modern Guide to the Ancient Craft.”
Ostara is a Neo-Pagan Sabbat the celebrates the start of spring, or the Spring Equinox, which falls on March 20th this year. Ostara gets its name from the Goddess Eostre, the Goddess of Spring and Fertility. Her name also sounds a lot like Easter which typically falls within a few weeks of Ostara. During the winter solstice the sun is reborn, while during Ostara the earth is reborn. In today’s episode we talk about…Simple Ways to Celebrate Ostara — Checking in on Priorities, Goals, and Relationships — Ashley Otero and The Profections Project. You can learn more about Ashley at Cosmic Soup Bowl. — An original poem, An Awakening. Books mentioned in this episode: Inner Witch: A Modern Guide to the Ancient Craft, Witchery: Embrace the Witch Within, Wheel of the Year-Wiccan Poetry for Children I’d love to hear from you! How are you celebrating Ostara this year?
Gabriela Herstik is a writer, fashion alchemist, and witch. She is the author of Inner Witch: A Modern Guide to the Ancient Craft. She also writes for Nylon and HelloGiggles. […]
I am talented and deserve to be seen and adored! Gabriela Herstik is a writer, fashion alchemist and witch celebrating her new book, Inner Witch: A Modern Guide to the Ancient Craft. She discusses makeup as a ritual, using social media and the internet as a guide to discovery, the best meditation and astrology apps, how to set intentions and affirmations for yourself, and the power of a signature look. For links to everything discussed on today’s episode, go to www.natchbeaut.com! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 79: Tarot Rituals with Gabriela Herstik. There is a certain element of ritual that goes into tarot reading. In this episode of Tarot Bytes, I'm chatting with Gabriela Herstik, author of Inner Witch: A Modern Guide to the Ancient Craft, about the power of ritual in tarot. We're discussing shuffling with intention, cleansing the deck, grounding, and more!
This week, Alexandra speaks with Gabriela Herstik!Gabriela Herstik is a witch, author, and fashion alchemist residing in the city of Angels whose work lives at the intersection of the esoteric and erotic. She is the author of "Inner Witch: A Modern Guide to the Ancient Craft", "Bewitching the Elements: A Guide to Empowering Yourself through Earth, Air, Fire, Water and Spirit" and "Embody Your Magick: A Guided Journal for the Modern Witch." Her writing has been published in Vogue International, Glamour, Allure, Refinery29, and other outlets around the web and she's had columns on witchcraft, Goddesses, and weed with NYLON, Chakrubs, and High Times. Gabriela recently co-founded Kink Coven, a monthly Full Moon circle and virtual play party that casts a spell of protection on sex workers around the world, and she is currently working on two books, one on Goddesses and one on Sacred Sex. Gabriela is a devotee of the Goddess of Love and believes magick is for everyone.In this episode, you'll hear:Gabriela's definition of what it means to “work with a Goddess” and ideas on how you can integrate that into your rituals or daily practices.How working with a Goddess is different from the mainstream manifestation practices often taught today, and how worshipping and working with a Goddess is actually a reciprocal relationship to be nurtured.Gabriela's experience of attending Alexandra's Shibari retreat years ago and how trying the practice of Japanese rope bondage opened up integrating sensual kink practices into her work with the Goddess, and how it helps to counter the more heady, masculine practices and devotional studies in her life.Ideas on what kink really is, and how it can help you to fully own your erotic self and what you desire.And much much more!Photo of Gabriela above by Alexandra Herstik.Connect with Gabriela on IG: @GabyHerstikDiscover more about Kink Coven at kinkcoven.loveBuy “Inner Witch: A Modern Guide to the Ancient Craft” here.Buy “Bewitching the Elements” here.Buy “Embody your Magick: A Guided Journal for the Modern Witch” here.Check out Gabriela's other work here.Shop Chakrubs using this link http://chakrubs.com/?aff=290 and use code ROXOLOVE at checkout for a discount!