Desperate House Witches

The Natural Home Wheel of the Year - Raechel Henderson

CRAFTING, COOKING, DECORATING & MAGIC FOR EVERY SABBAT Recipes, Crafts & Activities to Inspire Your Creativity and Bring More Meaning to Every Season
Welcome natural energies into your life with vibrant wheel of the year traditions that encompass your whole home. For each sabbat, Raechel Henderson features sections on low-cost activities, inspiration for your seasonal altar, journal prompts, food recipes, decoration ideas, and more.
With color photos and an ecofriendly emphasis on found and foraged materials, Raechel teaches a nature-based approach to the sabbats that builds meaning in the spaces left barren by modern life. Her many sustainable ways to enjoy seasonal themes and lessons offer new perspectives and the opportunity to enrich your life at each turn of the wheel.
Raechel Henderson is a Pagan and witch, following an eclectic and independent path. She currently works with Hestia and Turtle in her magical practice. She contributes articles to Llewellyn's almanacs and calendars and she blogs about magic, creativity, and living by your own patterns. Raechel is a dual-class seamstress/shieldmaiden and has been sewing professionally since 2008. She is also the author of Sew Witchy, The Scent of Lemon & Rosemary, and The Natural Home Wheel of the Year. Visit her on Instagram: @idiorhythmic

TAROT EVERY WITCH WAY WITH LILITH DORSEY

TAROT EVERY WITCH WAY - Unlock the Power of the Cards for Spellcraft & Magic.
.Immerse yourself in the magic of tarot as Lilith Dorsey introduces you to the many ways it can complement your witchcraft. Taking you beyond simple card meanings, this book offers culinary recipes, immersive meditations, effective spells, engaging crafts, insightful spreads, and much more. With hundreds of tips and activities, this extensive guide is full of inspiration for every magical practitioner. Explore important symbolism with two art samples for each card, one from the classic Tarot Original 1909 and the other from one of several modern Rider-Waite-Smith-style decks. Discover ways to combine tarot and magic with an extensive array of correspondences, including crystals, herbs, animals, astrology, and musical notes. Lilith also provides step-by-step instructions for making altars, shrines, and crystal grids to help empower your deck and your life.
Lilith Dorsey, MA,  has focused their study and practice on Celtic, Afro-Caribbean, and  Indigenous  American spirituality. They are filmmaker of the experimental documentary Bodies of Water and choreographer/performer for jazz legend Dr. John’s “Night Tripper” Voodoo Show. They have long been committed to providing accurate and respectful information about Magic and are proud to be a published Black author of such titles as Voodoo and African Traditional Religion; 55 Ways to Connect to Goddess; The African-American Ritual Cookbook; Love Magic; the bestselling Orishas, Goddesses and Voodoo Queens; and the award winning Water Magic. Visit them at LilithDorsey.com.
 

CATCHING UP WITH DOROTHY MORRISON

My favorite witch's birthday month is a time for celebration, and a visit.
Let's find out what Dorothy Morrison is up to!
Dorothy Morrison is an author and teacher in the fields of magic, Wicca and Neo-Paganism. She is a Third Degree Wiccan High Priestess of the Georgian Tradition, and founded the Coven of the Crystal Garden in 1986. She is a member of the Coven of the Raven, and studies the RavenMyst Circle Tradition.
For more information, please visit at www.dorothymorrison.com

THE 4:15

Join Star Bustamonte (Senior Vice President of House of Black Cat Magic, Co, News Correspondent at The Wild Hunt, Host at The 4:15) and Raina Starr (Host/Producer - Desperate House Witches and The 4:15) for this month's news of interest!
Please note, the opinions expressed on this show belong to the hosts, and do not represent the opinions of Wicked Witch Studios, The Wild Hunt or any of its subsidiaries.
Please visit Dorothy Morrison at www.DorothyMorrison.com, and you can still purchase Wicked Witch Mojo products at your local retailer
Please support The Wild Hunt at www.wildhunt.org and House of Black Cat Magic at https://www.houseofblackcatmagic.com/ 

Diotima Mantineia

Diotima Mantineia is a witch and has been a professional astrologer and tarot reader for more than thirty years. She is also the author of Touch the Earth, Kiss the Sky: Allowing the Rational Mind to Welcome Magic and Spirituality (Llewellyn, 2020). She writes for Witches & Pagans and teaches widely. Her passion for science led her to a degree in soil and crop science as well as graduate work in the field. Visit her at www.UraniasWell.com.

DIANA HELMUTH - THE WITCHING YEAR

A skeptic spends a year trying to find spiritual fulfillment by practicing modern Witchcraft in this fascinating memoir that’s perfect for fans of A.J. Jacobs and Mary Roach.
Diana Helmuth, thirty-three, is skeptical of organized religion. She is also skeptical of disorganized religion. But, more than anything, she is tired of God being dead. So, she decides to try on the fastest-growing, self-directed faith in America: Witchcraft.
The result is 366 days of observation, trial, error, wit, and back spasms. Witches today are often presented as confident and finished, proud and powerful. Diana is eager to join them. She wants to follow all the rules, memorize all the incantations, and read all the liturgy. But there’s one glaring problem: no Witch can agree on what the right rules, liturgy, and incantations are.
The Witching Year is a “compelling memoir” (Frances Denny, author of Major Arcana) that follows in the footsteps of celebrated memoirs by journalists like A.J. Jacobs, Mary Roach, and Caitlin Doughty, who knit humor and reportage together in search of something worth believing.
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.

The 4:15

Join Star Bustamonte (Senior Vice President of House of Black Cat Magic, Co, News Correspondent at The Wild Hunt, Host at The 4:15) and Raina Starr (Host/Producer - Desperate House Witches and The 4:15) for this month's news of interest!
Please note, the opinions expressed on this show belong to the hosts, and do not represent the opinions of Wicked Witch Studios, The Wild Hunt or any of its subsidiaries.
Please visit Wicked Witch Studios at www.wickedwitchstudios.com
Please support The Wild Hunt at www.wildhunt.org and House of Black Cat Magic at https://www.houseofblackcatmagic.com/

FIRST FRIDAY POLITICS WITH TALIESIN AND RAINA

Join me and Taliesin Govannon (The Pagan Pundit) as we discuss the latest in politics.
Follow Taliesin at https://www.tiktok.com/@taliesingovannon and https://www.instagram.com/taliesingovannon/?hl=en, https://www.threads.net/@taliesingovannon?hl=en and https://www.taliesing.com/

Laurie Bizzarro (Lady Thalestris) - Founder of The Temple of Hecate, Inc.

Laurie Bizzarro (Lady Thalestris) - Lawyer and Wiccan High Priestess, Founder of The Temple of Hecate, Inc. joins Raina for the hour.  We will catch up on what has been happening at the Temple of Hecate.

Danielle Dulsky - Bones and Honey

Danielle Dulsky is a heathen visionary, painter, and word-witch. The author of The Sacred Hags Oracle, Seasons of Moon and Flame, Woman Most Wild, and The Holy Wild, she teaches internationally and has facilitated circles, embodiment trainings, communal spell-work, and seasonal rituals since 2007. She is the founder of The Hag School and believes in the emerging power of wild collectives and sudden circles of curious dreamers, cunning witches, and rebellious artists in healing our ailing world. As an Irish-American, Danielle’s witchcraft is deeply rooted in Celtic philosophy and Irish mythology. She believes fervently in the role of ancestral healing, embodiment, and animism in fracturing the longstanding systems supporting white-body supremacy and environmental unconsciousness, is committed to centering the voices and teachings of POC and LGBTQIA+ folks in her work as founder of Living Mandala Yoga, LLC and The Hag School and supports organizations and initiatives that do the same. Parent to two beloved wildlings and partner to a potter, Danielle fills her world with nature, family, art, and intentional sensuousness. Find her praying under pine trees, wandering through the haunted places, and whispering to her grandmothers’ ghosts.
Please visit her website at  DanielleDulsky.com