Episode 171: Creative Magic with Charlie Claire Burgess

About this episode

In this episode, hosts Kate Belew and Kristin Lisenby interview Charlie Claire Burgess about the intersection of spirituality and queerness, discussing topics like queer deities and creative rituals.

In episode 171 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kate Belew and Kristin Lisenby interview Charlie Claire Burgess. Charlie is a queer and trans-nonbinary author and artist working at the intersection of spirituality and queerness. In this conversation, they discuss queer deities, word witchery as devotion, tugging on the threads of stories, and working with fantasy as a portal. Charlie gives advice on embracing the words "Word Witch" or "writer," and also speaks about creative rituals...

People in this episode

Hosts: Kate Belew, Kristin Lisenby

Guest: Charlie Claire Burgess

Topics covered

• creative magic
• queerness
• spirituality
• word witchery
• fantasy

Keywords

• creative magic
• queer deities
• word witchery
• spirituality
• creative rituals

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