Episode 52 - Getting to Know Witches & Spellcasting with Judika Illes

About this episode

Natasha and Brett welcome back Judika Illes to discuss her new book on witches and the art of spellcasting.

Host Natasha Levinger and her co-host/husband/producer, Brett are thrilled and honored to welcome back Judika Illes, author of the new book Witches: A Compendium, the latest in her vast contributions to the woo non-fiction library. In this episode, they discuss: Blisses & Misses: a new segment to celebrate and encourage our growth Natasha can just will herself to do things; Brett not so much Gretchen Rubin's Four Tendencies Fun is a core value for Natasha Brett's an "Obliger" and he doesn't like it How trusting yourself can help you to trust the universe Judika loves witches! Art witches and creativity for spellcasting Rosalind Norton, Lenora Carrington, Valley Meyers, and other art witches A prayer is a request; a spell is a demand How having no other options can empower your witchcraft The semantics of "intention" and its role in spellcasting You start to need a spell when you have a dilemma Do you have to believe a spell will work? Sometimes the spells that don't work tell us more than the ones that do Judika explains the most dangerous part of any spell The importance of being honest with yourself when working with magic Low level entities that feed on fear Clearly…

People in this episode

Hosts: Natasha Levinger, Natasha

Guest: Judika Illes

Topics covered

• witches
• spellcasting
• self-improvement
• creativity
• intention
• magic

Keywords

• Gretchen Rubin
• Four Tendencies
• bibliomancy
• art witches
• revenge spells

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Witches: A Compendium

Books & works: Getting to Know Witches & Spellcasting, Witches: A Compendium, Blisses & Misses, Four Tendencies Fun, The Energy Report, Healing Your Inner Child, Getting to Know Woo

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