Episode 83: Rituals for Life an interview with Isla Macleod

Episode 83: Rituals for Life an interview with Isla Macleod

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On today’s episode of the A Pinch of Magick podcast, I’m joined by Isla Macleod, author of Rituals for Life as we discuss how creating meaningful rituals inspired by nature can bring us back into deeper connection with ourselves.

 

We discuss:

  • Isla’s search for meaning in life
  • How she came to restore the sacred in her life
  • She shares how to connect with and create a more meaningful relationship with nature
  • Her experience of communicating with the trees
  • Working with the seasons and cycles
  • The importance of ritual and ceremony
  • How rites of passage are needed to bring meaning to transitions in our lives
  • How ritual is needed now more than ever
  • Reclaiming the power in aging
  • The collective rite of passage that we are all navigating right now
  • How to connect with your own purpose
  • And much more

References:

Book: Rituals for Life: A guide to creating meaningful rituals inspired by nature

About Isla Macleod

Isla Macleod is a ceremonialist, ritual designer, transformational healer and companion at the thresholds, devoted to restoring the Sacred and supporting others in their quest for meaning and belonging.

She acts as a bridge between worlds, mending and re-membering ancient pathways that help heal the sense of separation with the natural world and within ourselves. As was the role of the olde medicine folk, Isla acts as an intermediary between the human community & the larger ecological field to ensure these relationships are balanced & reciprocal.

Holding seasonal and bespoke ceremonies, rites of passage, ritual crafting workshops, guided healing journeys, pilgrimages, soul-making retreats and mentoring are some of the pathways Isla weaves in the world.

Her book ‘Rituals for Life: A guide to creating meaningful rituals inspired by nature’ is available to buy now as a companion for those seeking to come home to the natural world and enrich their life with ritual crafting.

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Episode 83: Rituals for Life an interview with Isla Macleod

Episode 83: Rituals for Life an interview with Isla Macleod

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Episode 80: Intuition and Divination an Interview with Dee Norman

Episode 80: Intuition and Divination an Interview with Dee Norman

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Episode 82: Incorporating magick into your every day life – An Interview with Clare Cunliffe-Saunders

Episode 82: Incorporating magick into your every day life – An Interview with Clare Cunliffe-Saunders

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Today on the A Pinch of Magick Podcast I’m joined by actress and author Clare Cunliffe-Saunders as we talk about Clare claiming the title of witch and how she incorporates magick into her everyday life.

 

We discuss:

  • How Clare came to her magickal path
  • Her unexpected ‘Christian’ introduction to the tarot
  • Her experience of having premonitions and how she distanced herself from that gift
  • What being a witch means to Clare
  • Why working with the seasons is an integral part of her practice
  • Her experience with SAD (seasonal affective disorder) and how she manages it
  • How she incorporates magick into her everyday life
  • Her magickal morning and evening routines
  • Magickal baths
    Her favourite Yule craft of making
  • Witch balls
  • How she became an author after she wrote the book her daughter needed to read
  • And much more

References:

Book: Seven Nights of Snuggles available on Amazon

About Clare Cunliffe-Saunders

Clare is a voice actress and children’s author. “Seven Nights of Snuggles” is for young school children (age 5-8 approx) and was illusrated by Clare’s daughter Rose when she was only 9 years old. This is available in audiobook as well as paperback on Amazon.

Clare has enjoyed a wonderful career as an actress which has enabled her to travel around the world – her favourite job was understudying the lead female roles while playing a phantom in the West End & Broadway touring cast of The Rocky Horror Show.

Now she’s settled down in the countryside with her husband, two teenage children and newfoundland dog.

She currently spends her free time working on her new middle grade (8-12 year olds) children’s book series, “Charlotte & Arthur’s Adventures” – a three part series set in a fantasy land based on Clare’s favourite festivals from the Wheel of the Year and the elements.

The first is set during Yule, the second Samhain and third Ostara. Clare is aiming these books towards pagan families so that their children can have a book which describes their festivals in a way they can relate to and enjoy. The series is set in an imaginative fantasy land and draws on pagan figures, folklore and mythical creatures.

Clare can also be found giving little witchy tips and supporting small businesses and artists over on her new Instagram page at CottageWitchInTheWoods.

Connect

Website: ClareCunliffe.com
Instagram for magickal living: @CottageWitchInTheWoods
Instagram for voice acting: @theclarecs
Facebook: Clare & Rose C-Saunders

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Episode 83: Rituals for Life an interview with Isla Macleod

Episode 83: Rituals for Life an interview with Isla Macleod

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Episode 80: Intuition and Divination an Interview with Dee Norman

Episode 80: Intuition and Divination an Interview with Dee Norman

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Episode 81: Magickal Knickers and other ways to create a life of intention

Episode 81: Magickal Knickers and other ways to create a life of intention

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Today on the A Pinch of Magick Podcast I celebrate the launch of my new book and share a very special bonus for listeners of the show!

 

I discuss:

  • The importance of creating your own magickal philosophy, and (un)learning about the one you have inherited
  • The importance of having a magickal mindset – but that it’s not about being positive all the time!
  • How to make habits magickal – and not monotonous
  • How knickers can help you to reclaim the magick of you
  • How writing this book and sharing it with the world has changed me
  • How just a few days before the book was launched I knew I needed to change something if it was to remain aligned
  • My wish for you when you read this book
  • A very special extra bonus, just for listeners of the podcast

References:

Get your copy, and learn about your magickal bonuses, here

Available on Amazon and Kindle
Amazon UK
Amazon.com

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Episode 83: Rituals for Life an interview with Isla Macleod

Episode 83: Rituals for Life an interview with Isla Macleod

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Episode 80: Intuition and Divination an Interview with Dee Norman

Episode 80: Intuition and Divination an Interview with Dee Norman

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Episode 80: Intuition and Divination an Interview with Dee Norman

Episode 80: Intuition and Divination an Interview with Dee Norman

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Today on the A Pinch of Magick podcast Dee Norman, author of Burn a Black Candle: An Italian American Grimoire, returns to the show to talk about all things related to intuition and divination.

 

We discuss:

  • The difference between intuitive and psychic skills
  • How to start to tune into your intuitive skills
  • What it was like growing up in a household that ‘quietly’ acknowledged your intuitive skills
  • How many people grew up having their intuitive dismissed, so disconnected from it
  • Different forms of divination
  • How to interpret intuitive messages you receive from tools of divination and the world around you
  • Learning to trust the messages you receive
  • How to use divination in your everyday life
  • How to get started with charm casting and what charms you need
  • Emblem books

References:

Burn a Black Candle: An Italian American Grimoire.
Etsy Shop: Black Candle Cottage
Emblemata Lenormand Oracle Deck: Available on Etsy

About Dee Norman

Dee Norman is the author of Burn a Black Candle: An Italian American Grimoire (coming September 2022).

She is an artist and witch who grew up in her family’s Italian American magical tradition and has been a student of cartomancy since the Mid-eighties.

Throughout the past 20 years, she has been creating and presenting workshops on Tarot, Lenormand, and a variety of practical magical topics.

She has been a professional card reader since 1997 with clients around the globe. She has hunted ghosts in Australia and the US, has been a high priestess for three teaching covens, and is the creator of the Occult Observatory, the largest active club of its kind on Clubhouse.

A lifelong student and teacher, her focus of study is on esoteric art, practical and ritual magic, and grimoires.

She lives in Spring Hill, TN with her beloved partner, madcap daughter, and a pampered dog named Halloween Jack.

 

Connect

Website: www.blackcandlecottage.com

Blog: www.blackcandlecottage.com/blog

Instagram@blackcandlecottage

Facebook: @italianamericanwitchcraft

Mastodon: @blackcandlecottage@witches.live
Hive: @blackcandle 

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Episode 83: Rituals for Life an interview with Isla Macleod

Episode 83: Rituals for Life an interview with Isla Macleod

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Episode 80: Intuition and Divination an Interview with Dee Norman

Episode 80: Intuition and Divination an Interview with Dee Norman

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Episode 79: Create a more magickal holiday season (More intention and less expectation)

Episode 79: Create a more magickal holiday season (More intention and less expectation)

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Today on the A Pinch of Magick Podcast I introduce the idea of a different kind of holiday season: an ‘Un-Should Holiday Season’.

A holiday where you focus on bringing back your intention to the season.

 

We cover:

  • The idea of an ‘un-should’ holiday season
  • How to get started stepping away from the expectations and pressure placed on this time of year
  • The importance of setting intentions for the season
  • How to get your friends and family involved (or not)
  • Managing your energy this time of year
  • Setting better boundaries
  • Recovering from any dramas
  • Remaining centred and present
  • Creating magickal gifts for yourself or others

 

Question to think about:

What intention are you setting for this holiday season?

References:

The Quiet Power Protocol: Get your free access here

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Episode 83: Rituals for Life an interview with Isla Macleod

Episode 83: Rituals for Life an interview with Isla Macleod

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Episode 80: Intuition and Divination an Interview with Dee Norman

Episode 80: Intuition and Divination an Interview with Dee Norman

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Episode 78: How to prioritise you, when there’s always something else to do instead

Episode 78: How to prioritise you, when there’s always something else to do instead

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Today on the A Pinch of Magick podcast you get a sneak peek, exclusive reading of the first pages of my book!
Which leads us into today’s topic of prioritising yourself.

We cover:

  • Why it can be so hard to prioritise yourself
  • How to remember and reclaim what you really want in life (and untangle your needs from what other people need from you)
  • The importance of asking this one question
  • What the seasons can teach us about getting in touch with our own needs
  • How being aware of cycles can help us take an idea and turn it into reality
  • How the answer to overwhelm (surprisingly) isn’t more thinking, and what you need to do instead

 

Question to think about:

What do you need right now (that you can give yourself)

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Episode 83: Rituals for Life an interview with Isla Macleod

Episode 83: Rituals for Life an interview with Isla Macleod

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Episode 80: Intuition and Divination an Interview with Dee Norman

Episode 80: Intuition and Divination an Interview with Dee Norman

Listen to the show:Subscribe to the show in your favourite podcast player Today on the A Pinch of Magick podcast Dee Norman, author of Burn a Black Candle: An Italian American Grimoire, returns to the show to talk about all things related to intuition and divination....