Back on the Broomstick: Old Witchcraft, New Path

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  181: Mabon - What We Keep, What We Let Fall, and What We Put to Rest 11.09.2026 32min

  The Wheel is turning, the leaves are falling, and some of us would like to speak to a manager about summer ending. This week, Laylla and Chelle explore the magick of Mabon, the autumn equinox, and putting the garden to bed, including the things in our own lives we’re trying to keep blooming through sheer stubbornness. From the harvest we actually got to the seeds we absolutely don’t want to plant again, the witches get honest about manifestation, changing seasons, and finding balance without...
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  180: Mabon Gratitude with an Attitude 04.09.2026 30min

  The autumn equinox is here, the light and dark are balancing, and the witches are taking stock of what actually grew this year. In this episode, Laylla and Chelle talk about Mabon, Harvest Home, and why more modern witches are rethinking the language and traditions we use around the season. Then it’s time for gratitude, but not the sugary “everything happens for a reason” kind. This is gratitude with an attitude. The kind that honors what nourished you, what challenged you, what taught you w...
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  Solarium XVIII: Magickal Reads, Pagan Pride, and Continued Pennsylvania Divination Drama 01.09.2026 32min

  Pull up a chair in the Solarium, pour something warm, and prepare for a very bookish, very witchy catch-up with Laylla and Chelle. This time around, the witches are flipping pages, checking the stars, and knocking a few titles off of their ever-growing magical to-read pile. They explore the music, folklore, and enchantment woven through Irish tradition in Draíocht Ceoil: The Sound of Magic in Irish Traditions by Geraldine Moorkens Byrne, then wander into the shadowy halls of the psyche with ...
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  179: Haunted Dolls and Poppet Magick with Patti Negri 28.08.2026 55min

  The witches sit down with Patti Negri, the “Good Witch of Hollywood,” psychic medium, paranormal investigator, and author of Dollcraft: A Witch’s Guide to Poppet Magick & Haunted Dolls, for a conversation about what happens when witchcraft and ghost hunting collide. Patti shares her approach to paranormal investigation as a practicing witch, while the witches explore haunted objects, spirit communication, and the strange questions that arise when witchcraft and ghost hunting overlap. An...
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  178: Waste Not Want Not Magick 21.08.2026 33min

  Welcome back, witches! Today we’re talking about Waste Not, Want Not Magick, because contrary to what the internet may have led us to believe, your spell does not require a pricey bank breaking crystal, a rare herb harvested under a blood moon, and a candle in a color that apparently only exists on Etsy, in order to work. Witchcraft has always been about working with what is around you. The herbs in the kitchen, the weeds growing through the cracks, the stone you found on a walk, the old key...
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  177: Modern Heathenry with Ash Glasse 14.08.2026 50min

  Laylla and Chelle sit down with Heathen practitioner, writer, teacher, and full-blown folklore nerd Ash Glasse for a conversation about what it means to practice Heathenry in the modern world. Ash is a spiritual leader for the inclusive Elk Ridge Kindred, serves on the Board of Directors for The Troth, and is a member of the Pagan folk band Kindred Crow. Together, the witches talk about the difference between reconstructing an ancient religion and creating a living spiritual tradition, worki...
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  176: Front Porch Magick 07.08.2026 25min

  The front porch is more than a place for welcome mats, 'HARVEST' signs, and suspiciously loud wind chimes. It is the threshold between the outside world and the sanctuary of the home, making it one of the most important spaces for household protection, energy setting, and hearth magick. In this episode, Laylla and Chelle explore the superstitions and magical practices surrounding front doors, porches, entryways, and the paths that lead to them. They talk about brooms across the doorway and t...
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  175: What Have You Grown? A Sabbat of Skill and Magick - Lughnasadh 2026 31.07.2026 37min

  Lughnasadh is a time to celebrate not only the first harvest from the land, but also the gifts, talents, and abilities you have cultivated within yourself. In honor of Lugh, a deity of skill, mastery, leadership, and craft, Laylla and Chelle explore the talents we are born with, the skills we have earned through practice, and the quiet forms of wisdom we often forget to recognize as magick. What have you been growing within yourself? Which abilities have ripened through years of practice, mis...
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  174: The Circle Starts With You - Creating Magical Community with Shannon Bronico Hodges 24.07.2026 47min

  Sometimes a Pagan community begins with a formal plan, a sacred vision, and a carefully chosen meeting place. Other times, it begins with someone posting on Reddit and asking, “Hey, are there any Pagans around here?” In this episode, Laylla and Chelle sit down with Shannon Bronico Hodges, whose search for local Pagan community in Corning, New York helped spark the creation of Crystal City Circle. Laylla answered the post, the two connected, and before long they were figuring out how to turn ...
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  173: Crystal Keys Tarot Interview with Dina Rosenberg 17.07.2026 53min

  On this episode of Back on the Broomstick, the witches sit down with Dina Rosenberg, creator of the Crystal Keys Tarot, a stunning deck that pairs traditional tarot wisdom with the energy, symbolism, and intuitive language of crystals. Dina is the co-owner of Amityville Apothecary and The Athenaeum at Amityville Apothecary in Long Island, New York, and a seasoned tarot reader with nearly thirty years of experience. Her work blends Italian folk witchcraft, ancestral wisdom, crystal healing, a...
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  Solarium XVII: Hot Witch Summer - Books, Boxes & Oracle Cards 14.07.2026 42min

  On this wonderfully overgrown episode of The Solarium, Laylla and Chelle settle in with their favorite tea, weed, books, cards, and an absolute pile of sparkly witchy treasures! Looking for a witchy summer read? We’ve got two very different books to add to your stack. The Witchitorium by Nixie Vale is a fun glossary of magical and witchcraft terms that is perfect for dipping into between summer adventures, and you’re almost guaranteed to learn a new word or two. Then we crack open Queer Sain...
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  172: We Quit Witchcraft 10.07.2026 38min

  What happens when two very busy witches slowly stop doing witchcraft? In this episode, Laylla and Chelle talk about the years when their practice went from sabbats, esbats, workshops, classes, coven-building, and constant community work to almost nothing. Not because they stopped believing. Not because the magick disappeared. But because life got loud, responsibilities shifted, and the practice that once felt alive and nourishing became harder and harder to hold. They share what it felt lik...
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  171: Tarot is Not a Crime - Beck Ravenswood Fights for Our Rights 03.07.2026 37min

  In this episode, Laylla and Chelle sit down with Beck Ravenswood, owner of The Serpent’s Key Shoppe & Sanctuary in Hanover, Pennsylvania, before their July 22nd court hearing in the fight against Pennsylvania’s old fortune-telling law. Yep, in Pennsylvania, a law dating back to 1861 still makes paid fortune telling, including tarot reading, a criminal offense. Beck’s case began after Hanover police visited their shop and warned them that offering tarot readings for money could lead to le...
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  170: The Problem with 6 7 - Tarot Cards We Struggle With 26.06.2026 33min

  When you first learn tarot, there are the obvious troublemakers like Death, The Tower, The Devil, and most of the suit of swords,,,,that make beginners wonder if the deck is threatening them personally. But after years of reading, teaching, and pulling cards at kitchen tables, podcast tables, and probably a few slightly chaotic coffee tables, the cards that trip you up can start to change. In this episode, Laylla and Chelle talk about the tarot cards they personally struggle with now, and ho...
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  169: Her Heathen Heart - A Conversation with Irene Glasse 19.06.2026 57min

  This week on Back on the Broomstick, we welcome Irene Glasse; a witch, author, musician, former Marine, yoga teacher, tarot reader, Pagan clergy person, and the kind of guest who seriously makes you wonder if (and how!) she has found a few extra hours hidden between the worlds. Irene joins us to talk about her book Foundations of Witchcraft, mystical practice, spiritwork, inclusive Heathenry, Freyja, community ritual, and what it really means to serve as Pagan clergy in the modern worl...
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  168: Dream Magick for Midsummer 12.06.2026 39min

  In this Midsummer daydream episode of Back on the Broomstick, Laylla and Chelle step through the veil of sleep and into the strange, symbolic, half-lit world of dream magick. Dreams have been treated as omens, messages, healing tools, and sacred journeys for thousands of years, from ancient dream temples to shamanic trance work, dream walking, and the modern practice of listening to the subconscious. But what does that mean for witches today? The witches talk about dreams as one of the most ...
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  167: Litha 2026 - Witching in the Shade at the Start of Summer 05.06.2026 38min

  The sun is high, the days are long, the flowers are blooming, the herbs are going wild, and somehow your calendar has also decided to become an overgrown garden of obligations. Welcome to Litha, witches! In this episode of Back on the Broomstick, Laylla and Chelle celebrate the summer solstice, the longest day and shortest night of the year, by talking about what happens when all that solar energy starts to feel like a little too much. Litha is a season of fire, growth, joy, abundanc...
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  166: Camping Magick and Summer Festivals 29.05.2026 33min

  There is something deeply witchy about leaving your normal home, your normal bed, your normal coffee mug, and stepping into a place where the land does not already know your name. In this episode of Back on the Broomstick, Laylla and Chelle are packing up the magical bug spray and heading into the wilds to talk about witchcraft while camping, traveling, and wandering off to summer festivals. Whether you’re sleeping under the stars, staying in a cabin, road-tripping to a sacred site, or setti...
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  Solarium XVI: Book Reviews, Oracle Decks, And a Mystery Guest! (hint it's Judika Illes) 28.05.2026 50min

  Welcome back to the Solarium, witches. We’ve dusted off the chairs and tables, planted a few rows of herbs, brought in fresh candles and cushions, and stocked the shelves with plenty of tea, smokable blends, and magical conversation. So pull up a chair and settle into that warm, candlelit sanctuary where every chat feels just a little enchanted. In this Solarium review episode, Laylla and Chelle gather around the reading table to talk about the witchy books and oracle decks currently rattli...
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  165: Catching Fire: Working with Solar Energy 22.05.2026 35min

  The sun is high, the herbs are humming, and the witches are opening the curtains wide for an episode all about sun magick. This week on Back on the Broomstick, Laylla and Chelle bask in the golden glow of solar witchcraft, exploring how witches can work with the energy of the sun for confidence, clarity, protection, healing, abundance, and good old-fashioned get-it-done power. From sunrise intentions to noon-day charging rituals, from solar water and candle spells to herbs, crystals, colors,...