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Amy Blackthorn is the Master Class professor. Whether your have a green thumb or not, you might want to get  pen and paper to take some sacred notes.

It's the time when Stirring the Cauldron and Ghost Chronicles turn into the Book of Shadows and this year it happens to fall on The Night Before Halloween.  Tune in and find out if it will  be a trick or a treat. BOO!

It's the time of year at Samhain to honor your ancestors.  Ancestor veneration is one of the most widespread spiritual practices in the world.  Tonight Author Mallorie Vaudoise is here tonight to talk about her book, Honor Your Ancestors We shares the important distinctions between working with blood ancestors, lineage ancestors, and affinity ancestors while helping you recognize the signs that your ancestors are responding to your petitions and offerings. We explore important topics like mediumship and ancestral trauma so you can be sure to develop a veneration practice that's uplifting and affirming for you that shows you how to create an ancestor altar so you can work with ancestors of all kinds. She also shares fascinating ideas for incorporating rituals, spells, family recipes, and even practices like music and dancing to help you open this wonderful new dimension of your spiritual journey.

I have lots of listeners asking for this Rev and Witch Halloween special from several years ago.  So here it is!

Michael has worn many hats throughout his lifetime. He isn’t just known for his keen psychic gifts but also his incredible historical ghost tours and books of which there are many. We will found out more about what he's up to a little bit later. In the mean time, it's Haunted Houses time.

.Written with a mix of reverence, approachability, and deadpan wit by a funeral industry insider, Morbid Magic is the first multicultural guide to death spirituality and traditions from all over the world and from different historical eras. Tomás Prower presents an impressive array of topics, including each culture's views on the hereafter, mourning periods, the deceased's legacy, handling of remains, and more.Discover the lore and magic of death, both on the physical and spiritual planes. Explore hands-on activities, spells, and prayers that will open your eyes to new practices. Experience personal stories and anecdotes by modern people from various regions and religions. This fascinating book makes death a more approachable topic and helps you understand and utilize the profound wisdom of cultures around the globe. From Judaism in the Middle East to shamanism in East Asia, Morbid Magic presents an amazing, in-depth look at how the world deals with death.

Bruce Tango from Ghost Hunters and his own podcast, Tango and friends,  has so many stories to share from all his many years working with the paranormal,  but having a date with a ghost beats them all.

Ron Kolek, Lesley Marden and Marla Brooks talk about the good, bad and the ugly of nightmares.

Futhark runes as well as their correspondences with deities, astrology, tarot, crystals, and plants. Each chapter begins by discussing the etymology, meanings, mythology, divination, correspondences, and magick of a particular rune and culminates with profiles of several herbs and plants that possess similar magickal energies. Each plant profile delves into the magickal, metaphysical, traditional, and medicinal applications as well as how to work with these incredible plant allies. Guiding the green witch through the benefits and strengths of synergistic magick, this book helps eclectic magickal practitioners advance their craft through folk magick and medicine, rituals, meditations, spells, and the soulful process of rewilding and connecting with Mother Nature.

Weave the Liminal explores what it means to truly be a Witch in the modern world. Through the accessible lens of Modern Traditional Witchcraft, Laura Tempest Zakroff helps you formulate a personalized Witchcraft practice and deepen your work with spirits, ancestors, familiars, and the energies of the liminal realm. This book is a guide to connecting to your deepest feelings and intuitions about your roots, your sense of time, the sources of your inspiration, and the environments in which you live. It supports your experience of spellcrafting and ritual, and teaches you about metaphysical topics like working with lunar correspondences and creating sacred space. Discover valuable insights into practical issues such as teachers, covens, oaths, and doing business as a Witch.

If you are a Lightworker you may be going through life with a constant urge to embrace a higher purpose. You know you have a calling but you don't yet know what it is or how to go about finding it.The Lightworker's Source is a much-needed guide for newly awakened or even fully conscious Lightworkers to reveal their authentic selves and find fulfillment in the lives they are destined to live. You will be inspired by true stories of fellow Lightworkers who have awakened to the divine intention of their own lives, and learn practices to enhance your own Lightworker gifts.

The Malleus Maleficarum, first published in 1486–7, is the standard medieval text on witchcraft and it remained in print throughout the early modern period. Its descriptions of the evil acts of witches and the ways to exterminate them continue to contribute to our knowledge of early modern law, religion and society. Mackay's highly acclaimed translation, based on his extensive research and detailed analysis of the Latin text, is the only complete English version available, and the most reliable. Now available in a single volume, this key text is at last accessible to students and scholars of medieval history and literature. With detailed explanatory notes and a guide to further reading, this volume offers a unique insight into the fifteenth-century mind and its sense of sin, punishment and retribution.

We love to talk witchcraft with Judika, and she's also giving us a head's up about her new deck of cards, Prosperity Spells,  which will be out very soon.

Ursula Bielski grew up in a haunted house on Chicago's north side. At an early age she became a believer in paranormal experiences, from the curse of the Chicago Cubs at nearby Wrigley Field to the hauntings at local Graceland Cemetery by a 19th century ghost girl. Underscoring these neighborhood folk tales were accounts by her police officer father of personal encounters with Big Foot and no less than the Devil himself.  Bielski .Intrigued by the apparent relationship between folklore and paranormal experience, Bielski eventually turned her interests toward her hometown, penning her acclaimed and widely successful book, Chicago Haunts: Ghostlore of the Windy City and several other. She now lectures regularly on the subject, having emerged as an expert on Chicago's spiritual netherworld.

Bonnie is the creator of the Soul Purpose Report, a unique offering that blends intuitive remote viewing with energetic mapping to help clients align with their life mission.