Plant Witch (Eryn Shrader)
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| Pub. Date | Title | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03 Feb 2022 | The People of the Jaguar | 00:23:32 | |
In 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. | |||
| 10 Feb 2022 | The Dance of the Elements in the Body | 00:20:02 | |
In this episode we look at tissue states and energetics as ways that the elements express through the body and the plants. | |||
| 12 Feb 2022 | Guided Meditation To The Realm of Air | 00:14:56 | |
To aid in our exploration of the realm of Air, I have recorded a 15 minute guided meditation to support your journey. | |||
| 17 Feb 2022 | Water Magick | 00:29:54 | |
In 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. | |||
| 24 Feb 2022 | Fire Magick | 00:23:33 | |
In 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? | |||
| 28 Feb 2022 | Guided Meditation to The Sacred Fire | 00:17:10 | |
In 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. | |||
| 03 Mar 2022 | Earth Magick | 00:19:56 | |
This week, we explore the realm of Earth and the work of embracing the honor of being alive in the material world. | |||
| 10 Mar 2022 | Aether; The Magick of Quintessence | 00:23:28 | |
The 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. | |||
| 17 Mar 2022 | Call Your Power Back | 00:27:01 | |
Having 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. | |||
| 24 Mar 2022 | Tarot; Major Arcana | 00:22:31 | |
This 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. | |||
| 31 Mar 2022 | Major Arcana of the Tarot; Heirophant through The Hermit | 00:26:19 | |
We continue our series on the Tarot with explorations of the Heirophant through the Hermit, or cards 5-9. | |||
| 07 Apr 2022 | Major Arcana of the Tarot; Wheel of Fortune Through Temperance | 00:24:05 | |
This week we review Major Arcana cards 10-14 or Wheel of Fortune through Temperance. | |||
| 14 Apr 2022 | Tarot Major Arcana: The Devil to The World | 00:27:53 | |
The 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. | |||
| 21 Apr 2022 | Trauma and Empathy | 00:31:25 | |
Being 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. | |||
| 28 Apr 2022 | The Body Remembers | 00:23:49 | |
In 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. | |||
| 05 May 2022 | Finding Our Center | 00:19:36 | |
In 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. | |||
| 12 May 2022 | Choosing Safety | 00:23:04 | |
In 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. | |||
| 19 May 2022 | The One Thing..... | 00:25:17 | |
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. | |||
| 26 May 2022 | Inflammation and Mass Shootings | 00:26:52 | |
This episode is my feeble attempt at making sense of yet another mass shooting of elementary school students in the United States. | |||
| 01 Jun 2022 | A Mother's Pride | 00:24:21 | |
In 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. | |||
| 23 Jun 2022 | The Rot Under Our Feet | 00:23:10 | |
We 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. | |||
| 30 Jun 2022 | American Theocracy and Abortion | 00:27:44 | |
This episode is suuuuper edgy for me.
May all beings be free. | |||
| 07 Jul 2022 | The Sword and the Crossroad | 00:23:40 | |
The 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? | |||
| 14 Jul 2022 | Love Thyself | 00:23:03 | |
It 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. | |||
| 21 Jul 2022 | Enduring the Unraveling | 00:20:41 | |
This 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. | |||
| 28 Jul 2022 | The Magick of Sound | 00:21:25 | |
*Content Warning* | |||
| 04 Aug 2022 | Becoming Accountable | 00:24:02 | |
So 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? | |||
| 11 Aug 2022 | A Ritual of Breaking | 00:23:34 | |
Sometimes, before we can move forward, something must be broken. | |||
| 18 Aug 2022 | Blessed Are the Contaminated | 00:26:10 | |
What 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? | |||
| 24 Aug 2022 | Cricket Song and the Apocalypse | 00:22:32 | |
Content Warning: Death and Dying | |||
| 01 Sep 2022 | The Revival of Druidry | 00:41:19 | |
| 08 Sep 2022 | Just Rest Here | 00:28:44 | |
This 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. | |||
| 15 Sep 2022 | New England Aster and Rejoining the Conversation | 00:23:00 | |
In 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? | |||
| 22 Sep 2022 | Come to the Feast! | 00:30:28 | |
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? | |||
| 30 Sep 2022 | Feathering the Nest | 00:24:08 | |
A client recently told me she was afraid I had given up. | |||
| 07 Oct 2022 | Fear Not | 00:23:16 | |
When things are unraveling, we are faced with uncertainty or fear, how do we stay centered in who we know ourselves to be? | |||
| 13 Oct 2022 | A Message Through the Stones | 00:29:54 | |
A 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. | |||
| 21 Oct 2022 | Hormone Health in the Womb Bearers | 00:24:00 | |
| 27 Oct 2022 | The Cauldron of Healing | 00:26:01 | |
Illness, 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. | |||
| 03 Nov 2022 | Shame as a Weapon of Control | 00:21:28 | |
In this episode we explore the ways that shame has been weaponized to force conformity and control behavior. | |||
| 10 Nov 2022 | A Warning | 00:26:24 | |
As 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. | |||
| 17 Nov 2022 | The Tyranny of the Mind | 00:25:58 | |
**Content warning: Brief mentions of suicide** | |||
| 25 Nov 2022 | Sagittarius | 00:21:29 | |
We 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. | |||
| 01 Dec 2022 | Ending Cycles of Abuse and Powerlessness | 00:32:08 | |
*Content warning: Brief mentions of violence* | |||
| 08 Dec 2022 | Chronic Pain and the Wisdom of the Exile | 00:29:10 | |
I open this episode with a quote from Sharon Blackie's new book Hagitude. | |||
| 19 Dec 2022 | Alban Arthan; The Winter Solstice | 00:27:16 | |
In 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. | |||
| 23 Dec 2022 | St. John's Wort and the Light of Winter | 00:32:19 | |
Plants like St. John's Wort, ruled by the Sun and the sign of Leo, can help us hold the sun within us when the sun, our beloved star, moves away from us in winter. In this episode we explore the many ways that this herb acts within the ecosystem of the human body. | |||
| 29 Dec 2022 | New Year Dreaming | 00:27:03 | |
In this episode, we explore the dreaming time between the solstice and the Gregorian new year. What is the plot of your unfolding story? Who are you becoming? What is your core self? How would you author your story if you could? Join me for an exploration of the story of your becoming. | |||
| 05 Jan 2023 | Report from Earth | 00:24:27 | |
What if you were called to a council of beings from another planet, or a gathering of people from another time? What would you tell them about life on Earth today? In this espisode I explore how I would make a report from Earth.... | |||
| 12 Jan 2023 | Becoming Real; The 100th Episode | 00:26:49 | |
Welcome to this 100th episode of the Plant Witch Podcast! In this episode, I share my master plan, why I keep showing up here week after week, and I what I am trying to convince you to see and remember. Join this episode for a peak behind the veil to see what it is I'm really up to. | |||
| 19 Jan 2023 | The Question of Evil | 00:29:29 | |
**Content Warning** | |||
| 26 Jan 2023 | The Great Awakening | 00:22:53 | |
For years I have heard the terms The Great Awakening, The Great Turning, The Shift, The New Earth, etc. I am fully convinced that this awakening is underway and actively shifting our experience of the world. Tune in this week to hear about how I am experiencing this awakening, and what I am learning from all of you. | |||
| 02 Feb 2023 | The Song of Imbolc | 00:26:35 | |
In this episode we explore the seasonal energies of Imbolc, and how to find alignment with the seasons within the energy of our own being. We also explore the call to speak for the more-than-human beings with whom we share this Earth. | |||
| 09 Feb 2023 | Putting On the Magickal Mind | 00:31:24 | |
How is our mind part of our magick? What is mindfulness? In this episode we explore the practices of mindfulness and how it may be supportive of our magick, and of our survival. | |||
| 16 Feb 2023 | My Story | 00:31:15 | |
I have received multiple requests to know more about my personal story. This episode is a brief response to those requests. I hope to go into more detail over time. For now, welcome to my attempt at more vulnerability, and deeper sharing of my own story. | |||
| 25 Feb 2023 | Inner Family Systems and Ecological Collapse | 00:25:57 | |
*Content Warning* | |||
| 02 Mar 2023 | The Wild God Within | 00:21:19 | |
This episode opens with a poem from Tom Hirons, as an invocation of the Wild Masculine. Join me in the realm of the deep inner wild man that exists in us all. Let us liberate him, together. | |||
| 09 Mar 2023 | The Dragon of Wisdom | 00:23:32 | |
Continuing with the exploration of the masculine and feminine polarities, this week we encounter the feminine energy as I perceive it on my own journey. | |||
| 23 Mar 2023 | A Childish View of the World | 00:24:05 | |
Freshly back from a family vacation at Disney World, this episode is a reflection of my inner-child self and hopes for the future. | |||
| 30 Mar 2023 | Tentacles | 00:21:05 | |
This episode opens with the poem Breathing Underwater by Carol Bialock. | |||
| 06 Apr 2023 | A Conversation With Trees | 00:21:40 | |
In this week's episode I share a recent conversation I had with the trees, and my vision for a larger conversation between trees and humans in the future. The birds had lots to say this week, too. And Mac was committed to chewing his elk antler at my feet while recording, so you have his contribution as well! Ha! | |||
| 13 Apr 2023 | Hydrogen Powered Revolution | 00:29:51 | |
Hang 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! | |||
| 20 Apr 2023 | Working With Lunar Cycles | 00:25:11 | |
This week we explore ways to work with the monthly lunar cycle for personal growth, manifestation and healing. We also look at the particular degrees of this month's new and full moons, and how to find their relevance in your own natal chart. We explore resources at Astro Seek and Astro.Com to help us navigate this information. | |||
| 27 Apr 2023 | Who Are You? | 00:22:11 | |
In this week's episode, we explore the core of our identity as humans. Who are you? What will you take with you when this life is over? What world are you creating with the power you have? | |||
| 04 May 2023 | Race To The Bottom | 00:32:47 | |
I open this week's episode with a poem from Chelan Harkin. I also mention the books Dispelling Wetiko by Paul Levy, and Shakti Woman by Vicki Noble. | |||
| 11 May 2023 | What Medicine Do You Carry? | 00:27:01 | |
In this week's podcast episode, we explore the particular energetic and vibrational signature that is your "medicine" to carry into the world. Some medicine is bitter, and some is sweet, and both have their challenges and gifts. | |||
| 20 May 2023 | How Are You Cultured? | 00:27:03 | |
The culture we have developed in has shaped our resilience, our piorities, and our methods for coping. | |||
| 26 May 2023 | Developing Shamanic Consciousness | 00:27:49 | |
As humans we have many ways of knowing, some more celebrated than others. In this week's podcast episode, we explore what has been called "shamanic consciousness" which is a way of knowing that is universal to all people, ancient, essential to life, and rarely esteemed or celebrated in modern culture. | |||
| 01 Jun 2023 | The Otherworld is Here | 00:26:45 | |
In this week's podcast episode, I offer you a challenge. Can you begin to shift into a shamanic worldview? Can you begin to live into the experience of entering the Otherworld, even as you walk through this one? Can you awaken to the reality that you are surrounded by sentient beings who see you, know you, and interact with you in ways that we have forgotten how to participate with? | |||
| 08 Jun 2023 | Money as a Gatekeeper | 00:25:50 | |
Our current evolution of consciousness is asking us to examine and re-evaluate the importance we have given to the construct of currency.
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| 15 Jun 2023 | Norway Spruce and the Old Roads of the Mastadon | 00:25:17 | |
This week's podcast episode is a reflection on an encounter I recently had with Norway Spruce at the beautiful Rhoneymeade Arboretum in Centre Hall, PA. | |||
| 23 Jun 2023 | The Fires of Liberation | 00:18:13 | |
What is liberation? What does it mean to be free? What sustains the soul while we walk this Earth-life? | |||
| 29 Jun 2023 | Calling All Wildlings | 00:24:12 | |
"Suck me dry you uptight fakers...." | |||
| 06 Jul 2023 | Tending the Circle with Byron Ballard | 00:57:20 | |
In this week's episode, we invite author, teacher, village witch, gardener and circle-tender Byron Ballard to join us in a conversation about how we endure during times of great change. Byron has been calling these "Tower Times" and encourages us to tend circles on the ground as we weather the storms of change, together. | |||
| 20 Jul 2023 | Embodying Our Healing with Karen Carnabucci | 00:56:07 | |
Our conversation this week goes deeper into the realm of healing trauma, and how we can engage modalities like psychodrama and family constellations to embody this work into a deeper knowing and way of being in the world.
Facebook – www.facebook.com/lancasterpsychodrama | |||
| 28 Jul 2023 | EarthCare as a Devotional Act with Kendra Hoffman | 01:08:08 | |
The practice of tending our relationship with the Earth, and the Earth itself, is an act of devotion. This week on the podcast, we talk to Kendra Hoffman of Ladybug Earthcare about the many ways we can devote ourselves to this work. | |||
| 03 Aug 2023 | Trauma Informed Herbalism with Dr. Elizabeth Guthrie | 00:59:47 | |
We continue our conversation about trauma healing and community with Dr. Elizabeth Guthrie, author of The Trauma Informed Herbalist. Dr. Guthrie shares her experiences healing the nervous system with the help of herbs. | |||
| 10 Aug 2023 | Come to the Hearth | 00:29:26 | |
This week I am back to monologuing as I share about changes evolving in my business and personal life. | |||
| 28 Aug 2023 | The Law of Increments | 00:32:38 | |
You have heard of the law of attraction, the system of belief that ensures us we can use our thoughts to quickly manifest the life of our dreams. | |||
| 07 Sep 2023 | Your Ordination | 00:28:51 | |
Do not wait any longer. | |||
| 14 Sep 2023 | Talking in Circles | 00:33:23 | |
Vultures, goldenrod, dark goddesses, transformation, empowerment and more. | |||
| 22 Sep 2023 | There's More to Life Than..... | 00:25:31 | |
What is a life? | |||
| 28 Sep 2023 | The Wolf Mother | 00:21:19 | |
My relationship with the wild continues to teach me about being a mother, a partner, a friend. I am learning how to be clear and direct. How to prioritize my own instincts and needs, and how to trust them. | |||
| 06 Oct 2023 | Witch Hunting | 00:21:03 | |
Please help me support Beck Lawrence, owner of The Serpent's Key, as she courageously endures discrimination from local law enforcement based on outdated Pennsylvania laws. | |||
| 02 Nov 2023 | When The Morrigan Calls | 00:29:03 | |
This 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. | |||
| 09 Nov 2023 | Changing the Game | 00:36:19 | |
If we want something in our lives to change, we have to be willing to change. | |||
| 16 Nov 2023 | Druid Witch | 00:35:37 | |
What do we do when we discover dividing lines within us? Places where outdated beliefs limit our growth and prevent the deepening of our wholeness? | |||
| 24 Nov 2023 | Red Flags and Yes Boundaries | 00:35:52 | |
Being in relationship with other humans, especially when we have had difficult encounters and traumas in our past, can be a really challenging endeavor. | |||
| 30 Nov 2023 | Shadow Work and Pitfalls on the Spiritual Path | 00:48:17 | |
In this week's episode, we take a discerning look at shadow work and question the popular romanticized version of this powerful, and dangerous, practice. | |||
| 07 Dec 2023 | Bittersweet Paradox | 00:36:18 | |
This week's episode challenges us to navigate through the hedge, the world of mists and fog and grey areas and thick undergrowth...the terrain of uncertainty and curiosity, where many things can be true at once. | |||
| 10 Jan 2024 | Soften and Flow | 00:32:20 | |
In this week's podcast episode, we open with a poem by Dana Faudes. To experience another world we nust soften, open, re-imagine, and let go of our need to know what's next. Come into the sanctuary with me to start off this new year. And don't forget to vote for the Witchies! | |||
| 28 Jan 2024 | Over The Bubbling Cauldron | 00:23:40 | |
The first nine minutes of this episode are literally recorded over a bubbling cauldron, haha! If you find that sound to be a trigger for your misophonia, skip to after the nine minute mark. | |||
| 26 Feb 2024 | The New Monastacism Movement | 00:32:22 | |
In this episode, which mark's the third anniversary of the launch of this podcast, we explore the New Monastacism movement, a concept that will inform the flavor of the podcast as I move into the future.
Thank you for listening!! | |||
| 14 Mar 2024 | The Story of Deep Time | 00:31:59 | |
Finding ourselves in the story of deep time is one of the ways that we "wildcraft our druidry" and continue to hear what the land is saying today. | |||
| 22 Mar 2024 | The Courage to Grow Up | 00:30:51 | |
Let's face it, adults are carrying wounded children around inside ourselves who occasionally tantrum and create chaos. In this week's episode, I share about my own journey of finding the courage to finally, really grow up. This process of maturing creates the possibility for heatlhy relationships, and greatly expands the effectiveness and reach of our spiritual lives. | |||
| 04 Apr 2024 | Clearing the Understory | 00:31:36 | |
As we prepare for the coming eclipse, how can we make room for the emergence of the new by releasing what we have outgrown? | |||
| 25 Apr 2024 | Tending the Garden | 00:30:22 | |
In 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? | |||
| 04 Jun 2024 | Song of the Self | 00:31:49 | |
On this episode, we explore the divine nature of sound. | |||
| 24 Jun 2024 | Magickal Thinking | 00:24:03 | |
The mind is extremely powerful. It can lead us to great heights of innovation and discovery, and it can imprison us in the muck and mire of rigidity, criticism and contraction. | |||
| 29 Aug 2024 | Plant Spirit Medicine | 00:25:10 | |
In this episode I share experiences I have had with the Plant Spirit Medicine Course produced by the Blue Deer Center in New York. This course has been deeply nourishing and filled with the wisdom of plant people from several different parts of the world. The course is online, and available anywhere in the world. I am so grateful to the Blue Deer Center for providing an entry point for people to engage in relationships with the plants. | |||