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What magick can you unlock with the power in your dreams? Aly sits down with author of Dream Witchery, Elhoim Leafar to chat about their experiences with dreams and how to use them to enhance your magick. Elhoim shares some of his go-to techniques and tips for better understanding your dreams, slipping into dream state and confronting scary or disturbing dreams. You can get copies of Dream Witchery at HQ and connect with Elhoim at https://www.elhoimleafar.com/

In this episode, Lilith Dorsey joins us once again as a guest co-host. Here this time to talk about just some of the ways that witches can use the tarot to work magick. Did you know that the tarot can be used for more than just divination? The archetypes and energies of each card can be used for spell casting, crystal grid making, and more! Lilith shares some of her favorite ways to work with the tarot. And you can learn more in Lilith's upcoming new release from Llewellyn, Tarot Every Witch Way: Unlock the Power of the Cards for Spellwork and Magick. 

Remember the "shaman" of January 6th? Sadly, we all do. Most of us in the west have a very distorted and inaccurate idea of the origins of shamanism and what even an actual shaman is.  Luckily, we have David Shi, initiated Shaman and author of Spirit Voices: The Mysteries and Magic of North Asian Shamanism, with us on this episode to break down the facts! In this episode, Aly and David get into what this tradition truly entails and how a witch can learn more about it from reputable sources among other excited aspects of the practice of shamanism. 

In this episode, Aly sits down to chat with High Priestess of the Correlian Tradition, Jeanine DeOya. Jeanine has been a practicing Wiccan for decades and offers a unique perspective on aligning with this tradition. Aly and Jeanine discuss how and why Wicca appeals to them as African Americans despite Wicca's European origins and offer insights on learning more about this important neo-pagan path. Jeanine’s book Portal of Light is one of the only published works that teaches the principles and practice of Wicca from an African Amercian perspective, and you can get a copy now from BronxWitch HeadQuarters! 

In the second episode of Season 3, Aly sits down to chat, once again, with Rev. Valerie Love of Christian Witches. This time Aly and Val talk about what it means to be a sentient witch; a person that knows that they are a witch. How does someone know if they are in fact a witch? Is there a criteria and when can one say that they've checked all the boxes. Aly and Val also talk about Val's newest book Witch, an anthology of stories by witches talking about the moment that they knew they were witches. Aly is a contributing witch to the work, so make sure to grab a copy from BronxWitch HeadQuarters!

What's up Witches?! Welcome to Season 3 of the BetterWitch Podcast! Today’s guest co-host is Cory Thomas Hutcheson. a folklorist and magical practitioner currently living in the Upland South. He has spent more than a decade as the co-host and author of the New World Witchery podcast and website, amassing hundreds of episodes and articles on North American folk magic and witchcraft. He has a doctorate in American Studies from Penn State, with specializations in folklore, ethnography, and religious studies. He is the author of New World WItchery: A Trove of North American Folk Magic (Llewellyn, 2021). His latest book, Llewellyn’s Complete Book of North American Folk Magic, was released in April 2023. You can learn more about Cory at newworldwitchery.com