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Explore the meaning and power behind spells and incantations with Enid Baxter Ryce! Enid is an award-winning Author, Artist, and Professor whose work spans books, film, visual art, and education advocacy. Her books include Plant Magic at Home (Running Press, 2025), Grace Flows Through You (Amber Lotus, 2026), and Field Guide to Fort Ord (multiple printings), and her latest book called: Ancient Spells and Incantations - Echoes of Magic Through the Ages & Across Cultures. By Red Wheel/Weiser Books due out in April. Her work has been exhibited at the National Gallery of Art, the Library of Congress, the Getty, and the Arnolfini. She is Professor of Cinematic Arts and Technology at CSU Monterey Bay. As a descendant of 3 Salem Witches; Enid embodies a long family history of natural magical practices.

Enid’s early beginnings took place in rural Pennsylvania and spending a lot of time alone in the woods immersed in Nature. Her mother who was Scotch/ Irish had knowledge of plants/botanicals for healing that she taught to Enid. She took a crafts class as a small girl which influenced her artistic abilities. And later she was enrolled in an art program at Moore College of Art & Design in Philadelphia which gave her a sense of belonging, helped her get a scholarship and set her on her artistic path. Enid is a descendant of 3 Salem Witches that were hanged in the Salem Witch Trials back in 1692 for refusing to confess to being a Witch.

Enid wrote a book called: Plant Magic at Home from her knowledge passed down from her mother as well as her own research and experience. While she was researching her plant magic book she came across several magical incantations which she started collecting. She realized that these were going to be her next book that she found in witch trial transcripts. Through her extensive research, Enid uncovered ancient spells adapted from text unearthed from grimoires, letters, and trial transcripts from across the ages and around the world.

We delve into the purpose of spells across cultures and the power of words to create and shape reality. Enid tells us that everyone across time and cultures want love/affection or experiences anger or want protection and have questions about the unknown. Spells and incantations are written in a way like poetry to connect us to the mystery of spirit for manifestation, prophecy, love, protection, healing, bless, curses, and even vengeance. They are opportunities to set intentions and pay attention to them. What we put focus and intention on flourishes; what we do not put our energy into withers. Enid also illustrated her book using plant based inks and with magical methods for creating artwork to match the subject matter of the spells in her book.

The essence of spells and incantations reveal how universal human beings vulnerabilities are across time and cultures and how we all have similar needs expressed. It makes you realize what we all have in common throughout time. Enid ends the episode by reading us a New Moon incantation translated from Gaelic from her book. Tune in and be enlightened! Visit Enid at: www.enidryce.com

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Tarot unleashed with Laura Tempest Zakroff! Laura is a professional Artist, Author, Performer, and Modern Traditional Witch based in New England. Laura is the author of several bestselling Llewellyn books including Weave the Liminal, Sigil Witchery, Visual Alchemy, and Anatomy of a Witch, as well as the artist and author of the Sigil Witchery Oracle, Anatomy of a Witch Oracle, and The Liminal Spirits Oracle. Laura has a new book called: Tarot by Tempest by Llewellyn Worldwide. She is the creative force behind several community events and teaches workshops online and worldwide.

We start off chatting about Laura's early beginnings with her creativity and spirituality. Her parents sent Laura to art classes around the age of 3 years old and she pursued formal art training from grammar school all the way through college. At Brown University she took independent study classes about mythology, beliefs, occultism and spirituality. Laura created her first tarot deck with her own designs and etchings based on Tennyson’s poem: Lady of Shallot. After college, she started reading Tarot at various metaphysical stores in Rhode Island and in the Bay Area. Laura tells us this was a wonderful learning experience for her.

We jump into Laura’s latest book: Tarot by Tempest - Playing with Numbers, Meaning and Movement. During the pandemic Laura was teaching online workshops and she started teaching this as a class which was so successful that she was encouraged to put it into book format because her students really liked her straightforward, multi layered and intuitive approach to reading Tarot cards. When she looks at the numbers first and what the Major and Minor arcana are, what suits are showing up and what are the numbers. The numbers of a Tarot card have certain meanings and from there you can look at the images, what symbols are portrayed, and how the people are depicted.

We talk about the Movement aspect in Laura’s book and she says most of us have a habit of dwelling too much in our heads. She suggests in her book to try and sit or stand in the position of the people in the Tarot card(s) that you pull. Take for instance, The Magician card with the As Above, So Below stance that the Magician is doing with one arm upwards and one arm lowered to the ground; we would try and assume that pose and take a moment to feel the energy of that posture in your body. This energy can unlock the meaning or feeling of that card for you - whether its the outcome card or just a part of a spread with other cards. Ask yourself: What can this card teach me? See how your body responds when you are physically engaged in a card’s body position and really listen to your intuition.

We live in a society that tells us not to trust our intuition and not to trust our bodies. Laura believes that the poses of the characters in Tarot cards have meaning and power to them. And getting into our bodies more helps us spot the colors, symbols, and patterns in Tarot because we are perceiving rather than overthinking. Tune into this enchanted conversation and be enlightened! Visit Laura at: www.lauratempestzakroff.com

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Discover how magic of animals and Witchcraft intersect with Dodie Graham McKay! Dodie is an Author, Green Witch, and Filmmaker. She is inspired to document and share stories that capture the beauty of nature and the visible and invisible realms of magic and Witchcraft. She is the author of “A Witch's Ally Oracle Deck” - Illustrated by Laura Tempest Zakroff, and several books: Earth Magic: The Elements of Witchcraft and The Witch's Ally: Building a Magical Relationship with Familiars & Animal Companions by Llewellyn Worldwide. Her documentary films include The WinniPagans, Starry Nights, and the Fibe TV four-part series Exploring the Sacred. Dodie spends her spare time walking her dogs, teaching Witchcraft, and facilitating a busy coven. She lives in Canada.

Dodie’s love for animals included her best friend, familiar and life companion Obin who was quite a magical dog. Her dog had epilepsy at an early age but Dodie never gave up and Obin lived a long and good life. He led Dodie on a journey on what the world could look like from his point of view. He was an inspiration to Dodie and he showed her sacred wisdom and even actively participated in her Wiccan rituals.

We delve into the terms Pet, Companion, Familiar and Ally in Dodie’s book and Oracle deck A Witches Ally and how these terms are framed around the lens of Witchcraft. Her and Laura Tempest Zakroff the illustrator and how: The Witches Ally Oracle Deck came together beautifully. Each card has a unique sigil as well as stunning artwork. The companion book has a bit about the natural history mythology, symbols and sacred messages associated with each animal which you can take into your spiritual practice. Dodie wanted to create an animal deck that can be woven into a person’s Witchcraft practice. Witches have held a close connection with Nature throughout history.

We discover that how we perceive animals is a projection that comes from a human point of view. We are not the only species that perceives in the world. Dodie explains that the perception of an animal is going to be unique to that animal. How an animal senses reveal hidden realms around us and each living thing on this planet sits in its own bubble of perception with different vibrations, sounds, smells, tastes, electromagnetic fields that we as humans may or may not be able to see. The immensity can be beyond our capacity to understand. Dodie believes that there is so much mystery around us and the web of life is so woven all around us. If we can find the humility to respect, honor this and try to understand this instead of being exploitative and destructive to nature and all living beings on this planet.

Dodie explains how we can learn and develop a spiritual connection with an animal by not extending that invitation on our terms. She suggests we do some research into understanding the natural history, the behavior, the instinct, and priorities of that animal creature that we want to reach out to and form a spiritual connection with first. After your initial research on an animal then it's discerning which magical techniques will match up best with how that animal sees the world. Tune into this illuminating conversation and be enlightened

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