S2 #93 / Chad Andro on Animal Spirits & Wild Thresholds
From Spirit Box by Darragh Mason
January 14, 2026 · 50 min · Season 2 · Episode 93
About this episode
Darragh Mason interviews Chad Andro about his journey into witchcraft and animism, exploring animal spirits and the challenges of maintaining spiritual seriousness in modern life.
In this episode of Spirit Box , I sit down with Chad Andro, host of the podcast Radical Elphame , to talk about his journey into witchcraft, animism, and the search for right relation while living inside an imperial system. Chad reflects on an early entheogenic awakening and his eventual move away from chaos magic toward traditional witchcraft, fairy lore, and a more primal, land-rooted practice shaped by initiation rather than belief. We explore animal encounters as genuine moments of spiritual threshold—bears appearing during ritual, deer as initiators, and the presence of wolves, foxes, and owls in magical work. Our conversation moves through symbolism, shamanic experience, and the difficulty of maintaining spiritual seriousness in a modern, distracted world. We also reflect on what it means to practise witchcraft beyond self-improvement, and how magic can force a reckoning with fear, responsibility, and moral consequence. In the Plus episode, our conversation turns to Chad’s work as a winemaker and his experience of creating talismanic wine as offerings. Chad explains how wine, intention, labour, and land become inseparable in devotional magic, and shares the thinking behind…
People in this episode
Host: Darragh Mason
Guest: Chad Andro
Topics covered
- witchcraft
- animism
- animal spirits
- spirituality
- enthoegenic awakening
- traditional practices
Keywords
- witchcraft
- animism
- animal spirits
- spirituality
- enthoegenic awakening
- chaos magic
- traditional practices
- talismanic wine
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Radical Elphame
Books & works: A Deep Without Name
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