The Oracle of Luna with Bridget Engels- Conversations with Witches & Goddesses

Send us Fan Mail
Explore the magic and multiple possibilities of Fairies with Morgan Daimler!
Morgan is a prolific Pagan writer who teaches classes on Irish myth, magical practices, fairies, and related subjects in the US and internationally. She has been published in multiple anthologies as well as articles in various magazines, and she is one of the world's foremost experts on all things Fairy. Morgan has a variety of titles available through Moon Books, including: Fairies: A Guide to the Celtic Fair Folk, Fairy: the Otherworld by Many Names, and Paid with a Kiss. Morgan has also presented on Fairies and Witches at several workshops and conferences.
We delve into how Morgan started getting interested and connecting to fairies.
She grew up as part of the Irish-American diaspora without a religious structure but there was and understanding that Fairies and ghosts existed. From a very young age she was able to sense and see spirits. When she was 5 she had a clear memory of interacting with a woman with red hair who seemed real but was a Fairy Morgan believes now. She also would build fairy houses made of sticks, rocks and acorns. She left written messages on her window sill for the Fairies as a child. She believes that Fairies have their own way of communicating with people.
We explore what Fairies and what they are not. Fairies are complicated and fascinating beings who are often contradictory. They are a specific type of spirit or sapient being that come from another reality that is adjacent to ours and they can travel back and forth from that realm to ours. They can shapeshift and be visible and invisible. Morgan tells us that we can find Fairies wherever we are. There’s overlap with Indigenous, Land Spirits, Nature spirits, Nyads, Dryads, Nyads and a whole assortment of spirit beings that can also be Fairies. 
Fairies can also come from the Otherworld into our dreams, trance states, astral traveling too. Morgan tells us that there is dream communication to humans from Fairies and spirits  that goes very far back historically. Time wrks differently in the Otherworld or the realm of Fairy and they are able to cross though into our physical world. Fairies exist outside the concept of time. 
We delve into ways to honor and connect with Fairies in our everyday lives. Good and friendly offerings to fairies can include pouring or a little bowl of pure, clean water, dairy products lsuch as milk or cream, honey, singing, reciting poetry, and ringing bells and doing any of these with genuine love and intention.  And if you see, sense or feel movement in your peripheral vision you should pay attention since they may be Fairies!
We chat about how to blend Fairies in with our Witchcraft practices by connecting to house spirits/fairies. Morgan ends our episode with a quick grounding visualization to open up our sixth sense to connect with Spirits and Fairies anywhere and anytime. Tune in and be enlightened!   More about Morgan on her Facebook Author page, YouTube Channel @MorganDaimlerfairies and her MoonBooks Author Page

Support the show
*If you like what you hear; please sponsor my show.  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/oracleoflunapodcast

Subscription page for Premium content: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1445572/subscribe

Send us Fan Mail
Connect with the Sacred North and the element of Earth with Tahverlee Anglen! Tahverlee is a high priestess, ritualist, initiate of the Sacred Way and the Eleusinian Rites, and a practitioner of the Celtic mysteries, and is at the heart of the Moon Temple Mystery School, guiding seekers through the mystical landscapes of self-discovery, witchcraft, empowerment, and spiritual awakening. She is an accomplished speaker, social impact entrepreneur, and podcast host. Tahverlee is the author of: Sacred Magic of the North: Ritual, Spells, and Gifts of the Earth by Llewellyn Worldwide.
We explore how Tahverlee learned to put all the different pieces of spirituality, magic and interconnectedness can be put into the direction of the North and the physical element of Earth. The North is the sacred pause that sits between the West the element of water the conclusion and South the element of Fire the beginning of everything. North /Earth are our Bodies and an energetic opening for us to align ourselves to where we fit into the directional/elemental Wheel at any time. The elements work within our human bodies, minds and spirits. The North/Earth  is just ¼ of the piece of how our soul moves amongst this 3D, 4D and 5D plane in the Elemental/Directions wheel.                 
We chat about Tahverlee’s new book: Sacred Magic of the North,  the first in a series of four she is writing of all four directions/elements. The North is the natural starting place she says because everything we want to experience on our spiritual path is interconnected through our Bodies. Embodiment is a big part of Tahverlee’s book on the Sacred North/Earth. iIt’s taking everything we desire and want to experience takes place inside our physical flesh. As well as activating our bodies with the cycles of nature. Our spiritual and psychic gifts also get turned up a notch when we know how to connect with our body. When we Ground and dispel energy and when we raising energy prior to in ritual/spellwork - its all done through our bodies.
We delve into Land Spirits and Ancestors of Earth- and how to connect with them wherever we live. All lands have guardian spirits such as certain animals, trees, mountains, canyons, rocks, and the original human indigenous tribes that used to live on your land/city/town. You can go to a park or open space and meditate and ask to commune with them. And Tahverlee suggests some fast, everyday practices we can do at work or during our busy days. Breathwork, crystals and stones, essential oils and spring water spritzers, and bringing a plant, bloom or flowers at work or your home or workspace connects you to the element of Earth. 
Tahverlee ends our episode with a grounding and rooting visualization to embody, connect and realign to the Earth and your center.Tune in and be enlightened!   More about Tahverlee at: www.tahverlee.com

Support the show
*If you like what you hear; please sponsor my show.  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/oracleoflunapodcast

Subscription page for Premium content: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1445572/subscribe

Send us Fan Mail
Embrace the Matrisphere with the extraordinary Perdita Finn! Perdita is the author of Take Back the Magic: Conversations with the Unseen World, Mothers of Magic: Summoning the Wisdom of Our Ancestors, and with her husband Clark Strand The Way of the Rose: The Radical Path of the Divine Feminine Hidden in the Rosary. She teaches popular workshops on connecting and collaborating with both the dead and the animate everything. She lives with her family in the moss-filled shadows of the Catskill Mountains.She is on Facebook and Instagram and writes a popular Substack: Take Back the Magic. Perdita ends our episode with a visualization to call upon animal spirits Mothers to awaken the magic that's inside you.

Perdita began summoning Divine Mothers and her ancestral grandmothers to help her with motherhood because she did not have the mothering she needed to be a mother and that her mother was not capable of giving her that mothering. She also taught workshops to help others summon their ancient mothers and grandmothers. And to explore the many orbits of Motherhood and how we can call on animals, ancestors, spirits, future mothers that are accessible to help us on our journeys through life. Part of her work is to help people connect with the dead on the other side to feel loved in this life.

Perdita began researching ancient history and traditions of motherhood. She discovered that there's never a single mother because mothering was a shared action in ancient communities with at least 9 mothers per child. We chat about the original Divine Trinity in ancient cultures: the Maiden, the Mother and the Crone. In her book, Perdita writes about the fact that the egg of the Daughter (Mother) and Granddaughter (Maiden) are formed simultaneously in the body of our Grandmother (Crone) like nesting dolls. It is our actual reality of our coming into being. These 3 generations are one and matriarchal cultures honored this powerful fact!

We dive into her book: Mothers of Magic: Summoning the Wisdom of Our Ancestors and her personal story with her own Mother and  Grandmothers and the story of the Mother before civilization, within civilization and to a world that may look very different beyond it. If we recovered the circular power and wisdom of the mother; we would transform our relationship with life, nature, each other and ourselves. Perdita ends our episode with a practical visualization to call upon 9 animal Mothers to change your life and to awaken the magic inside you. Tune into this fascinating conversation and be enlightened!   
More about Perdita at: takebackthemagic.com

Support the show
*If you like what you hear; please sponsor my show.  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/oracleoflunapodcast

Subscription page for Premium content: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1445572/subscribe

Send us Fan Mail
Summer Solstice blessings!   I invite you to take a guided meditation journey with me to connect with the ancient Slavic Goddess Vila. This guided meditation and more are available in my three books and audio books, titled The Oracle of Luna: Meditations with the Moon Goddess, volumes one, two, and three, available on Amazon and Audible.
Goddess Vila, also known as Samo Vila, is an ancient Eastern European name for the Goddess of energy moving through the Earth as nature. The plural form Vily are known as female spirits who live in the woods, mountains, caves, rivers, and clouds that can shape shift into any animal they want.
Vila was often described as a fair-skinned winged woman with glistening translucent garments. Villa can shape shift into whirlwinds, avalanches, glaciers, or any force of nature.
The magical Vily are unlike European fairies, since they were not born as spirits of nature, but became them with death. Both Goddess Vila and the Vily are able to magically blend in with the wind as intangible shapes, or they can become solid by the natural world around them.
We can connect with Goddess Vila and the Vily when we are navigating change, when we are between life cycles, or when we just want to grow and expand into our best selves and nourish wholeness. Tune in and be enlightened!
Support the show
*If you like what you hear; please sponsor my show.  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/oracleoflunapodcast

Subscription page for Premium content: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1445572/subscribe

Send us Fan Mail
Explore Thelema with Maevius Lynn! Maevius is a writer, artist, international lecturer, and ceremonial magician whose work approaches Thelema as a living tradition from the perspective of both a solitary practitioner and an initiate of Ordo Templi Orientis and Temple of the Silver Star. Her efforts inspire others to make Thelema and magick a purposeful part of their lives. Her new book is: The Holy Year of Thelema - A Guide to the Ritual Calendar of Aleister Crowley’s Tradition by Llewellyn Worldwide. Her work includes YouTube educational videos, online study groups, workshops, and lectures at Pagan and occult conferences, books, magazine articles, and art.
She also shares early beginnings in Florida as a young Queer person seeking knowledge and what led her to Thelema and what Thelema is as it looks like in our modern age. We delve into what Thelema is a philosophy, a religion and a system of mysticism. Maevius tells us about some misconceptions around Thelemic practice, tradition,(It is not Kemeticism) and also briefly unpacks the life and beliefs and the complicated and controversial side of Aleister Crowley.
We jump to the topic of Will in Thelema for its practitioners and the meaning of the phrase: Do What That Wilt Shall be the Whole of the Law as the primary philosophy from sacred text.  Understanding the innermost divinity within oneself , then aligning with it and to discover the skills to live that truth. And how the sacred holy text The Book of the Law was divinely channelled to Crowley while he was in Egypt. Maevius points out that Thelema’s holy books are not dogma to conform your life to. They are instead an invitation to explore yourself, the nature of the Divine and what that means to you.
 Maevius’ new book is: The Holy Year of Thelema - A Guide to the Ritual Calendar of Aleister Crowley’s Tradition which is an exploration into the context/history of Thelema and the holy days found in this tradition. She offers insight, practical advice for those looking to start a mystical journey of their own and some ideas to practice and build your own tradition with Thelema based on your level and your available time. One of Maevius’ favorite basic rituals in Thelema is “Saying Will” which reminds Thelemites that eating should nourish the body in order to fulfill the Great Work and transmute the consumed calories into spiritual substance.
We also discuss the Women who helped bring Thelema who have shaped and influenced the history and development of Thelema and what Maevius' perspective as a woman in this tradition. In Thelema, the Goddess Nuit is the representation of infinite possibilities and the cosmos. Her masculine complement, Hadit, is the single point at the center of every thing and she unites with Hadit. In the Gnostic Mass the priestess does an invocation to Nuit. There are Holy Days in Thelema to celebrate that someone can explore and build their own traditions based on the seasons and the seasons of one’s life. Maevius encourages us to try out the magic of Thelema in a way that is inviting, and informative.
 Maeviius ends this episode with a deacon speech from the Gnostic Mass.
Tune into this illuminating conversation and be enlightened! 
More about Maevius at: https://maeviuslynn.com/

Support the show
*If you like what you hear; please sponsor my show.  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/oracleoflunapodcast

Subscription page for Premium content: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1445572/subscribe