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Plant WitchTending the GardenIn the Northern Hemisphere we are feeling the powerful pull of emergence as the green world explodes in growth. As we find ourselves surrounded by abundance and competing invitations for our time, energy and resources, how can we utilize discernment to tend our lives and gardens in ways that are truly life giving and in alignment with who we are and what we desire to create?Join Eryn and her green guide, Oregano, as we embark on an exploration of discernment in the garden of our daily lives. Reach out to Eryn! Support t...2024-04-2530 minPlant WitchWhen The Morrigan CallsThis episode is not flowery, it is not full of information, or education, or mythology. This episode is from the dying embers of the battlefield, the realm of the Phantom Queen, the place where there are no winners and losers, only lost souls that find themselves in the arms of a guiding power. From the arms of the Mother,ErynReach out to Eryn! Support the show2023-11-0229 minPlant WitchThe Fires of LiberationWhat is liberation? What does it mean to be free? What sustains the soul while we walk this Earth-life?This week's podcast episode is my musings on these topics and more, and as always, enjoy the ambient birdsong as my feathered neighbors contribute to the conversation. From my heart,ErynReach out to Eryn! Support the show2023-06-2318 minPlant WitchHydrogen Powered RevolutionHang in there for this week's episode! It's nerdy and scientific in the beginning, and political and potentially alienating to folks at the end. I don't know what I was thinking this week, but here it is! Ha!Thanks for hanging in there as my content swings around wildly based on what I am currently metabolizing in my own experience.Vive le revolution of love,ErynReach out to Eryn! Support the show2023-04-1329 minPlant WitchAlban Arthan; The Winter SolsticeIn this episode we talk about the Druid holiday of Alban Arthan, or the Winter Solstice. Words have been hard to come by for this Druid lately, so thank you for listening when they emerge. Brightest solstice blessings, wherever you are. Here is a link to the OBOD ritual if you want to check it out.Reach out to Eryn! Support the show2022-12-1927 minPlant WitchChronic Pain and the Wisdom of the ExileI open this episode with a quote from Sharon Blackie's new book Hagitude. Within us all is a shadowland of exile. A place of incredible power and wisdom. Those of us who have chronic pain and illness move through this land of prophets and alchemists more often. The energy of this full moon empowers us to deeply see and hear the wisdom gained by these exiled parts of us. May we encounter our innermost wisdom on this cold moon of December. Reach out to Eryn! Support the show2022-12-0829 minPlant WitchEnding Cycles of Abuse and Powerlessness*Content warning: Brief mentions of violence*The holidays are a time when we are confronted with the patterns of behavior that have flowed through our family lines, and are rooted in colonization and empire. What if we could come into this season with our eyes wide open, and with a powerful willingness to see these patterns for what they are? What if we choose to speak our needs and our truths, first to ourselves, and then to the people we hold most dear to us? What might change? What are the risks? What might be possible? Join me...2022-12-0132 minPlant WitchSagittariusWe have entered the season of the Archer. Where are your sights set? What Truth do you seek? How do you express your wildness? Join me in welcoming in the season of the Wild Fires of Truth. Reach out to Eryn! Support the show2022-11-2521 minPlant WitchThe Tyranny of the Mind**Content warning: Brief mentions of suicide**In this episode, we explore the dangers of the human mind and some strategies for surviving the dark winter months without succumbing to the tyrant within. Reach out to Eryn! Support the show2022-11-1725 minPlant WitchA WarningAs I look out upon our community and our world, I see so much positive change. I also see pitfalls and danger. In this episode, we are reminded of the foundational work of magick and we explore some of the dangers and pitfalls together. Reach out to Eryn! Support the show2022-11-1026 minPlant WitchShame as a Weapon of ControlIn this episode we explore the ways that shame has been weaponized to force conformity and control behavior. Being able to see and recognize these tactics offers us the opportunity to make new choices, and to repattern our behaviors from a place of clarity rather than unconscious conditioning. Shame is a message about connection, community and belonging. Wielded by predatory interests, it becomes a weapon that literally costs people their lives. Reach out to Eryn! Support the show2022-11-0321 minPlant WitchThe Cauldron of HealingIllness, trauma recovery, personal empowerment, injury....living in a body on Earth will require periods of healing, and the help of outside forces to find healing. In this episode, we explore the many diverse elements in the cauldron of healing. Reach out to Eryn! Support the show2022-10-2726 minPlant WitchHormone Health in the Womb BearersIn this episode I share teachings I have received from the land in response to my queries about balancing hormones in womb-bearing bodies. For more practical information, check out the work of Aviva Romm, here. For deeper understanding of hormone cycles, check out the Red School, here. Reach out to Eryn! Support the show2022-10-2124 minPlant WitchA Message Through the StonesA voice from the forest spoke a message into our stone circle. An ancient being, reminding us who we are, and how to be human. Hear his message in this episode. I also reference an essay by Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer, which you can find here. Reach out to Eryn! Support the show2022-10-1329 minPlant WitchFear NotWhen things are unraveling, we are faced with uncertainty or fear, how do we stay centered in who we know ourselves to be?We are so much more than we appear to be. Anchoring into the truth of our vastness, and our relative smallness, can help us find the ground again when it has been trembling beneath us. Reach out to Eryn! Support the show2022-10-0723 minPlant WitchFeathering the NestA client recently told me she was afraid I had given up. I have given up on some things, and I've become fiercely devoted to others.In this episode, we explore the season of autumn, the energy of nesting, and the choice to give our energy to what is real and in alignment with Life. What is calling for your energy now? What needs to be left behind as you ready yourself for the dreaming of winter, or the emergence of spring?Reach out to Eryn! Support the show2022-09-3024 minPlant WitchCome to the Feast!Are the inabilities to find joy and contentment, and our unwillingness to share the joy we find, the foundation of this system of oppression and empire? What would happen if we arrived, fully, at the feast of life and reveled in the experiences? What would happen if we shifted our participation in life from taking to sharing? From anxiety to revelry? What if all of our arguments against this shift actually come from the part of us that is conditioned by empire to stay afraid, stay hungry, stay angry? What if we are act...2022-09-2230 minPlant WitchNew England Aster and Rejoining the ConversationIn this episode we spend time with Aster as she invites us back into the greater conversation. Who are we as humans? What is our particular magic? What are our blind spots and how can the greater conversation teach us what we are not able to see ourselves? Reach out to Eryn! Support the show2022-09-1523 minPlant WitchJust Rest HereThis episode is easy, soft, gentle and meandering. As the seasons begin to change, we are invited to slow down and rest. The episode opens with a poem by John O'Donohue and the invitation to practice Lectio Divina, and closes with a blessing from him. Both works are from his book Blessing the Space Between Us. Reach out to Eryn! Support the show2022-09-0828 minPlant WitchThe Revival of DruidryHow did modern druidry come into being? What does it mean to be a druid? In this episode, I share a bit of the history of druidy as a modern spiritual path. Find out more from the orders I belong to: OBOD or AODA. Reach out to Eryn! Support the show2022-09-0141 minPlant WitchCricket Song and the ApocalypseContent Warning: Death and DyingI don't say much this week, but instead I leave a lot of silence so you can hear the cricket song. Crickets are a symbol of human silence, non-reactivity, intuition, truth-telling, and pending disaster. These also happen to be the themes of the podcast. This week's message is not necessarily a hopeful one, but a message that invites the great alchemy of grief, wonder, art, beauty and love.For all of us who are living through these times, may we find our way to belong here. In...2022-08-2422 minPlant WitchBlessed Are the ContaminatedWhat would change for us if we could let go of the indoctrination around purity, perfection, performance? Who could we be if we truly belonged here, in all of our mess and chaos and neurosis? What does nature model for us in terms of purity and perfection?In this episode, we rest in the holiness of chaos and contamination. Reach out to Eryn! Support the show2022-08-1826 minPlant WitchA Ritual of BreakingSometimes, before we can move forward, something must be broken.In the release of the full moon energy, we can shatter some pattern or some crystallized part of us from the past, to be reborn in the brokenness.I mention a poem by John O'Donohue in this episode. You can find that poem here. Reach out to Eryn! Support the show2022-08-1123 minPlant WitchBecoming AccountableSo much of our modern story of rugged individualism is based around our personal needs, strength and skill. What about the truth of our belonging? What about the bigger stories that we are a part of? What about the relationships that define us, invite us, feed us? How do we step into these communities of accountability with intention, consent, and sovereignty?In this episode, we explore some examples of what intentional accountability might look like. I also recommend the book Change Here Now, by Adam Brock, as a model for this kind of living-which could change everything. 2022-08-0424 minPlant WitchThe Magick of Sound*Content Warning*This episode deals briefly with traumatic death in the beginning of the episode.In this episode we explore the magick of sound, hearing, and ways that sound can enhance our magick, amplify our mood, and deepen our experience of being alive. Reach out to Eryn! Support the show2022-07-2821 minPlant WitchEnduring the UnravelingThis episode is from my heart to yours. As a mother and someone who cares a lot about this world, I offer you a message of validation, hope and support as we all navigate unprecedented times on Earth. I know we are all tired, and it is okay to be tired. Finding rest and nourishment are rebellious acts in this world. May you find the courage to rest. Reach out to Eryn! Support the show2022-07-2120 minPlant WitchLove ThyselfIt has occurred to me that our internalized self hatred and criticsm are a product of colonization. In this episode, I invite you to further decolonize your life through the liberating rebellion of self love.I mention the word "kenosis," which you can read more about here.Here is the link to My Deepest Me, the journal I mention.And you can find out more about the Pachamama Alliance here, and Oasis Ministries here. Reach out to Eryn! Support the show2022-07-1423 minPlant WitchThe Sword and the CrossroadThe triple faced Queen of the Night has come calling. In this episode, we explore the invitation and the responsibility of the crossroad, and what it means to be worthy of the sword of discernment. These times call for clarity, courage and purpose. Will you take up your sword? Reach out to Eryn! Support the show2022-07-0723 minPlant WitchAmerican Theocracy and AbortionThis episode is suuuuper edgy for me.I talk about the efforts of Christian fascists to instill a theocracy in the United States.I talk about the overturning of Roe V. Wade and other rulings by our Supreme Court.And I educate on the reproductive rhythms of uterus bearing people, how to use that knowledge to protect against pregnancy, and the importance of fighting for the right for medical abortion. I use words like vagina, cervix, intercourse, etc so listen with discretion if you're kiddos are around and not ready for those conversations. 2022-06-3027 minPlant WitchThe Rot Under Our FeetWe can all sense that a rot has set in to our modern lives. Something is eroding away our very core. This was acknowledged for me by an elder priest in Ireland.In this episode, we explore the deepening rot, and begin to wonder how it might be tended as a compost.I talk about the work of Sophie Strand, which has been integral to my own process of deifiying the rotting, and about her upcoming course Myth and Mycelium, which I am thrilled to be enrolled in. I would love to hear...2022-06-2323 minPlant WitchA Mother's PrideIn this episode, I offer an opening prayer from Richard Rudd to Our Lady to bless our exploration of the call of the Goddess for justice, peace, inclusion, and healing. I also offer a reading of the Celtic Prayer of Approach, which I first heard from my dear friend Ellen Dionna. Happy Pride Month, and may we all answer the call for justice. Reach out to Eryn! Support the show2022-06-0124 minPlant WitchInflammation and Mass ShootingsThis episode is my feeble attempt at making sense of yet another mass shooting of elementary school students in the United States. May we find our way back from the brink, and hold on to one another. Reach out to Eryn! Support the show2022-05-2626 minPlant WitchThe One Thing.....This week I share my journey through mainstream religions, and finding my way to the Sacred Grove of the Druid Witch. All through that journey of seeking, I found the one thing that might actually make a difference and change things. Tune in to hear more about that one thing that I can't take my eyes off. Reach out to Eryn! Support the show2022-05-1925 minPlant WitchChoosing SafetyIn this episode we look to the plants for guidance on how to find safety in a dangerous world. As our elders, the plants have deleloped strategies for protection and thriving in a harsh and unpredictable world. Reach out to Eryn! Support the show2022-05-1223 minPlant WitchFinding Our CenterIn this episode, set to soothing music, I talk about finding our center in times of extreme turbulence and manufactured division, such as what we are currently experiencing in the US. May we all find ways to hold on to our humanity as immense powers are strategically working to inflame, divide, and bait us to violence and hatred. May peace and justice prevail. Reach out to Eryn! Support the show2022-05-0519 minPlant WitchThe Body RemembersIn this episode we explore the ways that the body remembers and holds our experiences, especially our traumatic experiences, and how we can begin to build trust in our bodies, to come back home to an embodied sense of life, and to find safety in a world that is inherently unsafe. I mention the books, The Body Keeps the Score and Waking the Tiger, which are both extremely helpful as we gain a deeper understanding and appreciation for this amazing animal that we share our life with. As we come back home to live in o...2022-04-2823 minPlant WitchTrauma and EmpathyBeing an empath is a gift, but it often arises as a learned skill from a period of trauma. In this episode, we explore the link between trauma and empathy, and ways that we can use our skills as empaths in mature, consenting, adult relationships. If you are seeking a qualified therapist in the USA to help you on your journey, check out this link or call your insurance company for a list of therapists in your provider network.If you don't have insurance, here is an article that outlines some free or low cost...2022-04-2131 minPlant WitchTarot Major Arcana: The Devil to The WorldThe last in our series of the Major Arcana, we travel through the final leg of our journey together. Have your deck ready to look and experience the cards deeply as we explore them together. Reach out to Eryn! Support the show2022-04-1427 minPlant WitchMajor Arcana of the Tarot; Wheel of Fortune Through TemperanceThis week we review Major Arcana cards 10-14 or Wheel of Fortune through Temperance.This is episode three in the Tarot Review Series. Reach out to Eryn! Support the show2022-04-0724 minPlant WitchMajor Arcana of the Tarot; Heirophant through The HermitWe continue our series on the Tarot with explorations of the Heirophant through the Hermit, or cards 5-9. Every Thursday night, I facilitate a Contemplative Practice Group on Zoom. Feel free to join us for a poem or prose, and 15 minuts of group silence followed by reflection and support. No need to register, just drop in.This Sunday, April 3 at 3:00 EST, join me for Something More Spiritually, a gathering to deepen the well of wisdom within. Register here. Reach out to Eryn! Support the show2022-03-3126 minPlant WitchTarot; Major ArcanaThis epiosde is the first in a series exploring the Tarot as a divination tool. In this episode we explore my personal history with the tarot, and begin to dive into the meanings of the Major Arcana Cards.In this episode we cover:0 The Fool1 The Magician2 The High Priestess3 The Empress4 The EmperorWe will continue next week with the Heirophant. Reach out to Eryn! Support the show2022-03-2422 minPlant WitchCall Your Power BackHaving a relationship with power is at the core of magick. In this episode, we explore personal power and the power differentials in relationships. I offer a guided exploration of your own beliefs around power, and how to wield it in your life. I would love to hear from you about your own explorations of power! It is time for us to collectively dream a new story about what power means to us personally, and together. Drop me a line at therebelherbalist@gmail.com to share your thoughts and experiences. Reach out to Eryn! Support the...2022-03-1727 minPlant WitchAether; The Magick of QuintessenceThe last in our series of elemental magick, this week we enter the realm of aether, or quintessence. This is the realm of the Spirit, the Otherworlds, and Magick. I look forward to seeing you there. Reach out to Eryn! Support the show2022-03-1023 minPlant WitchEarth MagickThis week, we explore the realm of Earth and the work of embracing the honor of being alive in the material world. Links to references in the podcast are available in the transcript. Reach out to Eryn! Support the show2022-03-0319 minPlant WitchGuided Meditation to The Sacred FireIn the Welsh myth of Cerridwen, the elixir of Awen had to be cooked and stirred and tended for a year and a day. This meditation is a gift that has brewed for a year and a day since the publication of this podcast. May this guided meditation lead you to the inner temple of wisdom, the home of the Sacred Fire, and the cauldron of Awen within. Reach out to Eryn! Support the show2022-02-2817 minPlant WitchFire MagickIn this episode we enter the realm of Fire. From the hearth fire to the fires of war, humans have been in relationship with this element for more than a million years. How will you harness the magick of fire in your life? Reach out to Eryn! Support the show2022-02-2423 minPlant WitchWater MagickIn this episode we explore our relationship with water, the balance of water in the body and for emotional buoyancy, and we explore the danger that water faces on Earth today. Resources to aide your trek down any of the many rabbit holes in this episode are linked in the transcript and below. https://www.businessinsider.com/what-drinking-plastic-does-to-your-body-2018-3https://www.albatrossthefilm.com/https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/great-pacific-garbage-patch/https://theoceancleanup.com/great-pacific-garbage-patch/#:~:text=The%20GPGP%20covers%20an%20estimated,times%20the%20size%20of%20France.&text=To%20formulate%20this%20number%2C%20the,e...2022-02-1729 minPlant WitchGuided Meditation To The Realm of AirTo aid in our exploration of the realm of Air, I have recorded a 15 minute guided meditation to support your journey. Reach out to Eryn! Support the show2022-02-1214 minPlant WitchThe Dance of the Elements in the BodyIn this episode we look at tissue states and energetics as ways that the elements express through the body and the plants.I have learned so much about energetics from jim mcdonald and I can't recommend his work highly enough. Also Sajah Popham and Sarah Corbett are incredible herbalists who have been some of my primary teachers in herbal energetics. Lastly is the book Energetic Herbalism by Kat Maier. Here is the dosha quiz that I mention from Banyan Botanicals. Reach out to Eryn! Support the show2022-02-1020 minPlant WitchThe People of the JaguarIn this episode we hear a message from the people of South America, the Kogi and the Achuar. Click the links to access the documentaries I mention in the episode. If you are looking to work with Cat's Claw, you can find it at Mountain Rose Herbs or in my shop at The Rebel Herbalist Apothecary. Reach out to Eryn! Support the show2022-02-0323 minPlant WitchThe Wild Call of the CailleachThis is the season of the Cailleach in the northern hemisphere. Join me in listening to the deep voice of the bones and the belly as we explore the Wild Call of the Cailleach. Reach out to Eryn! Support the show2022-01-2726 minPlant WitchThe Fires of Justice with Ellen DionnaEllen Dionna, MSW, LCSW is a psychotherapist, spiritual guide, author, and founder of the Susquehanna Mystery School. Ellen has been active in social justice for over sixty years. From marching with Dr. King to last year's march on Washington for voting rights, Ellen has labored for justice while also living the way of the Mystic. In this episode, we explore the intersection of the Shamanic worldview and the fires of justice. You can reach Ellen at ellendionna@comcast.net. Reach out to Eryn! Support the show2022-01-2032 minPlant WitchSacred Activism; The Way of the WarriorWe are facing an initation as a species, and our active contributions are required to make this shift. How do we align ourselves with the new story that we are being initiated into? How can we be Sacred Warriors and Activists for another way of being? Reach out to Eryn! Support the show2022-01-1330 minPlant WitchWhen Grief is a DoorIn this episode we explore the beauty and magic of grieving, and the ways plants can support us in our grief. I share the ways plants like damiana and rosemary can help us walk through the doorway of grief to discover our authenticity and become more fully real. Reach out to Eryn! Support the show2022-01-0624 minPlant WitchWelcoming MiraclesIn this episode we settle into the Jupiter in Pisces energy and practice seeing and receiving the miracles all around us. This season of abundance and benevolence invites our desires, our wishes and our dreams. What do you wish for? Reach out to Eryn! Support the show2021-12-3023 minPlant WitchManifesting ContentmentHow can we manifest from a place of contentment? How can we apprentice ourselves to contentment with the present moment? How can we rest in the perfection of what is while also laboring for a more just world? We explore these themes and more in this week's episode. Reach out to Eryn! Support the show2021-12-2324 minPlant WitchThe Truth About PowerIn this episode, we continue to walk with Fox as she teaches us about life, death, relationships and power. In preparation for the Venus retrograde in conjnction with Pluto, we ask ourselves fertile questions about real power, beauty, relationships and belonging. Reach out to Eryn! Support the show2021-12-1623 minPlant WitchBelonging to the World with Calyx LiddickIn this episode I am joined in conversation by Calyx Liddick, Director of the Northern Appalachia School, as we discuss relationships with plants, belonging to the world, opening ourself to plant wisdom, and more. Reach out to Eryn! Support the show2021-12-0952 minPlant WitchSage and the Paradox of DyingIn this episode, Sage (Salvia spp) guides us into a paradoxical view of death that is not centered on the human experience, but the experience of the land, plants and the wholeness of an ecosystem. We explore the many properties of sage as a healing plant, spiritual guide, and sacred ceremonial plant to Native American cultures. Reach out to Eryn! Support the show2021-12-0234 minPlant WitchFox Woman DreamingFox Woman Dreaming, the wild feminine archetype as told by Martin Shaw in his book Scatterlings, invites us into a different way of being in relationship to life, to being human on the earth. In this episode, Fox Woman Dreaming leads us into inquiry around gratitude, reciprocity, and living fully. Reach out to Eryn! Support the show2021-11-2521 minPlant WitchBay Laurel and the Lunar EclipseThis week Bay Laurel, Laurus nobilis, comes forward to help us navigate the energies of this lunar eclipse, and the eclipse season we have entered. We explore the history and properties of Bay as well as the energies of the eclipse to create a powerful container for transformation. Reach out to Eryn! Support the show2021-11-1823 minPlant WitchNettles and the Gift of DiscomfortIn this episode, we explore the gift, invitation, and power of discomfort with the help of our guide, Stinging Nettles. Reach out to Eryn! Support the show2021-11-1121 minPlant WitchInto The ShadowlandsIn this episode we enter the season of the long shadow, and encounter the guardian at the threshold. What is beyond the world of light and matter? How do we live with a foot in both worlds? Reach out to Eryn! Support the show2021-11-0420 minPlant WitchA Coven of WitchesIn this episode we explore the questionable origins of covens, and the modern implications of joining a coven to amplify your practice. Reach out to Eryn! Support the show2021-10-2828 minPlant WitchAnimism; Learning the Language of NatureIn this episode we talk about ways to remember and re-learn the language of the trees, the birds, the animals, the waters. We remember that humans once understood and spoke the language of Life, and that we can remember that language again. Reach out to Eryn! Support the show2021-10-2124 minPlant WitchWalking the HedgeWhat is a Hedgewalker, a Hedgewitch? How do we walk this sacred and dangerous place? What is possible in the Hedge, and what does it ask of us?Reach out to Eryn! Support the show2021-10-1423 minPlant WitchThe Witch Wound; Why Do We Hurt Eachother?In this episode we examine the roots of the Witch Wound, or the Sister Wound. Why do we judge, sabotage, gossip, and undermine each other? What is going on here, and how can we make a change? Reach out to Eryn! Support the show2021-10-0721 minPlant WitchPart Two of Confronting Malevolent ForcesIn this episode we look at the root of evil, and how evil shows up in our world. Reach out to Eryn! Support the show2021-09-3020 minPlant WitchConfronting Malevolent Forces Part OneI have been hearing a lot about psychic attack, dark forces, hexes and baneful magick. In this episode, I explore ways of managing our own energy and taking responsibility for our energetic ecosystems so we are not making ourselves hospitable for these parasitic energies to say and take up residence....Reach out to Eryn! Support the show2021-09-2426 minPlant WitchThe Path of Right ActionHow do we know how to move in ways that are in harmony with Life? In this episode we explore the foundation of right action, and expand on our conversation last week around the nexus of relationship and loyalty. Reach out to Eryn! Support the show2021-09-1619 minPlant WitchFreedom and LoyaltyIn this espisode we explore the intersection of sovereignty and freedom with the reality of our responsibilities, obligations, and relationships. How can we care for the things and people we love, while also tending the nectar of our inner life and freedom? Reach out to Eryn! Support the show2021-09-0922 minPlant WitchCreating Relationship with the Forces of DestructionYesterday we encountered the power of Hurricane Ida and the incredible power of water. How do we create and maintain relationships with these forces that both create and destroy? In this episode, we explore the intersection of these elemental forces with our own human life. Reach out to Eryn! Support the show2021-09-0221 minPlant WitchFinding Our Place in the StoryIn this episode we explore the Meta-Story, or the big story that holds all of our individual stories. How long have humans been on this planet? What are we up to here? Where are we headed? Sometimes zooming out and looking at the big picture can give us the perspective shift that we need to set our compass in times when it can be hard to see the road ahead. Reach out to Eryn! Support the show2021-08-2624 minPlant WitchThe Way of the MysticIn this episode we explore the call of the Mystic, and the practice of Lectio Divina, a technology of the Sacred, that helps us to conjure a door through which to encounter the Divine more fully. Reach out to Eryn! Support the show2021-08-2023 minPlant WitchTo Hear The Cries of the WorldIn this episode we enter into the realm of suffering, as a doorway to the numinous and the real. In these times, when suffering is so present for humans and all sentient beings, the practice of staying present to our own suffering and the suffering of others becomes an alchemical and transformational practice. I hope you will join me in this deeply personal exploration. May your own suffering be eased, and your heart be opened. Love, ErinReach out to Eryn! Support the show2021-08-1419 minPlant WitchDreaming the DarkIn this episode we explore the path of descent, the balance point of our solar culture focused on ambition and ascending. Going into the darkness, non-doing, rest and integration offers us an opportunity to digest our experienes into wisdom and potency. Honoring the ebbs and flows of our cycles of magic helps us to become more whole, healthy, and balanced humans. Reach out to Eryn! Support the show2021-08-0523 minPlant WitchSpellwork and Coming Out of the Broom ClosetIn this episode we explore the practice of casting our magick into the world, and crossing the threshold of living fully as a magickal person. Reach out to Eryn! Support the show2021-07-2925 minPlant WitchCedar MagicIn this episode we explore the qualities and growing patterns of Eastern Red Cedar and dabble a bit into White Cedar as well. Reach out to Eryn! Support the show2021-07-2219 minPlant WitchNature SpiritsThis week my plans went by the wayside as I answered the call of the nature spirits. In this episode I share an enccounter with an Oak Guardian and what I think the faerie ring I found in my yard this morning might be communicating to us. Thanks for tuning in!Reach out to Eryn! Support the show2021-07-1521 minPlant WitchBotanical Magic with Amy BlackthornThis week we are talking with Amy Blackthorn of Blackthorn's Botanicals about plants in magic, how we source quality ingredients for our workings, how to tell if our essential oils are pure, and so much more! Reach out to Eryn! Support the show2021-07-0837 minPlant WitchA Renaissance of LoveA deeply mystical transmission this week, from the heart of the void. Reach out to Eryn! Support the show2021-07-0116 minPlant WitchThe Call of the HuntressIn this episode we listen to the Call of the Huntress to return to our Wild Selves. Reach out to Eryn! Support the show2021-06-2418 minPlant WitchThe Sacrifice of the Sun GodIn this episode we consider the balance of masculine and feminine that empowers the sacrifice of the sun god, as he reaches his zenith at Litha. Reach out to Eryn! Support the show2021-06-1716 minPlant WitchThe FatesIn this episode we explore the intersection between fate and free will, and cultivating relationships with the dieties known as the Fates or the Norns. Reach out to Eryn! Support the show2021-06-0918 minPlant WitchDemeter, Brighid, Isis, Chicomecoatl; The Grain GoddessIn this episode we explore relationship with the Goddess of Nourishment, the Goddess of Grain & Milk and the land itself. Reach out to Eryn! Support the show2021-06-0318 minPlant WitchThe Dark Mother as HekateIn this episode we begin a series to explore the archetypal energies of diety. We begin the series with the Dark Mother as Hekate, along with a discussion on navigating diety energy outside of intact traditions. Reach out to Eryn! Support the show2021-05-2618 minPlant WitchDream MagickIn this episode we explore the mystery of dreaming and the plants that can help us bring dreams back across the threshold of memory. Reach out to Eryn! Support the show2021-05-2022 minPlant WitchBreathing as the Gateway to ConsciousnessOur breath is a gift from the plant world. Shamans in South America are called Weepers because they can allow grief to transform their consciousness. In this episode we explore the magical mind altering effects of breathing. Reach out to Eryn! Support the show2021-05-1323 minPlant WitchThe Gut as the Fabric of LifeIn this episode we look at gut health as the foundation of neurological and emotional health, and soil health as the root of gut health. It is all interconnected in this truly magical and enchanting world that we live in. Reach out to Eryn! Support the show2021-05-0622 minPlant WitchThe Mycelial Lightning Rod of the Nervous SystemIn this episode we continue the journey through the human organism with a study of the nervous system, and how it relates to the sentient mind of the forest. Reach out to Eryn! Support the show2021-04-2919 minPlant WitchThe Cauldron of the HeartIn this episode we take a deep look at the heart as a physical organ, a sensory organ, and the generator of a measurable field of electromagnetism. We also discuss plants that have an affinity for the heart at the physical, emotional and spiritual levels. This is the first in a series of episodes focusing on the intersection between form and spirit, and the practical magick that makes our lives abundant, vital, and joyful. Reach out to Eryn! Support the show2021-04-2220 minPlant WitchAncestor MagickIn this episode we look back through time so that we can look forward with wisdom. Reach out to Eryn! Support the show2021-04-1522 minPlant WitchThe Art and Practice of DyingIn this episode we confront the realities of dying, examine the physiological and spiritual process of dying, and learn from from the dying how to more fully live. Show notes can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dsJwWuKqH1T8kxqVGpUopgJUZ2DfsWZaLsxMhBAdN-w/edit?usp=sharingReach out to Eryn! Support the show2021-04-0822 minPlant WitchComing Back from the BrinkIn this episode, we take a hard look at the world we find ourselves in, and look to magic to find the way forward. You can find the show notes here. Reach out to Eryn! Support the show2021-04-0119 minPlant WitchRiding the Lightning; the Practice of Inner AlchemyIn this episode I offer a brief introduction to a powerful and ancient practice, one of the foundational practices of becoming a sovereign human, and how the plants have historically acted as guides and guardians on this journey. Reach out to Eryn! Support the show2021-03-2518 minPlant WitchBecoming HumanIn this episode we explore the concept of unconditional belonging, and what it means to become human. Reach out to Eryn! Support the show2021-03-1916 minPlant WitchPlant MagickIn this episode we take a deep look at the foundations of Magick (including the spelling I am using) and how plants support us in creating the life we choose. Reach out to Eryn! Support the show2021-03-1118 minPlant WitchEncountering the OtherworldThe term Otherworld has been used to describe the community of intelligent beings that inhabit this world, but are typically unseen. Join me in exploring the practice of preparing ourselves to encounter the beings of this realm.Reach out to Eryn! Support the show2021-03-0417 minPlant WitchBaneberry and the Process of OtheringWhen we are not free to embrace all of the parts of ourselves, we label these unwanted parts as "other" and cast them into the underworld of our psyches. In this episode, we take a deep look into the process of othering, and how plants like Baneberry can help restore all of our lost pieces to one integrated whole. Reach out to Eryn! Support the show2021-02-2716 minPlant WitchYes, You Can Call Me a WitchWhen choosing the word "Witch" for this podcast title, it reminded me of the importance of understanding and reclaiming this word. Women and men who were persecuted as witches, were actually being punished for being unconventional, non-conforming or rebellious. This process of "Othering" is not unique to the witch craze, but exists in many ways even today. Now is the time to reclaim the word witch, now is the time for the witches. By understanding this oppressive violence, we can use our voices and our magick to stop its reach within ourselves and our world. This content was...2020-11-2413 min