The Numinous Podcast
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The Numinous Podcast
The Numinous Podcast is a show about intuition, spirituality and the mystery of life. The host, Carmen Spagnola, is an intersectional witch and clinical hypnotherapist who has smart, soulful conversations with interesting people. The lineup is diverse, the topics are eclectic, and the people are dow...
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TNP277 Entering Hekate's Cauldron with Dr.Cyndi Brannen
I am ✨thrilled✨ to welcome back to the show for a fourth time, my friend and beloved mentor, Dr.Cyndi Brannen. Cyndi is a world-renowned expert on M...
TNP276 The Witching Stones with Nicholas Pearson
Today I’m delighted to welcome back to the show, Nicholas Pearson, who is basically becoming our resident geologist and crystal witch. His newest book...
TNP275 Community Building in Tough times with Asteria Elzea
Welcome fellow Numinous Network Guide, ✨ Asteria ✨, to the podcast!
Asteria Elzea (she/ they) is an artist, a maker, and a connector. In this...
TNP274 Embodied Anatomy with Abigail Rose Clarke
I've been waiting a long time for this interview and I'm so delighted to share it. Abigail Rose Clarke is one of the few somatics teachers whose instr...
TNP273 Introducing 9th House Press with Taraneh Erfan and Thérèse Cator
This is the biggest announcement I’ve ever made, not just on this podcast, but in my life. Bigger than getting a book deal, even.
This...
TNP272 Marketing for Weirdos with Bear Hébert
If you feel alienated with the typical prescribed way of marketing, this episode is for you! If you're an entrepreneur who hates capitalism, you're go...
TNP271 Parenting, Planning, Collaboration and Community-Building in Collapse Times with Kirsten Hunter
In this episode, after a personal update, we get to have a delightful, informative, hopeful conversation with someone I consider a possibility model i...
TNP270 Art, Pleasure and Consent with Marisa Sullivan
{Content Warning} Discussion of sexual abuse, assault and yoga cults. Please take good care of yourself if you feel vulnerable or distressed with thes...
TNP269 Navigating Emergencies with Christi Jarland Advice from a Former 911 Operator
In this conversation, former emergency dispatch supervisor, current somatic mentor, and one of the hosts of The Numinous Network, Christi Jarland, sha...
TNP268 When Personal and Collective Collapse Collide
My friends, I just do not have the brain glucose in me to try and cite references or resources for this episode. It's a personal update.
Conten...
TNP267 The Body Is A Doorway with Sophie Strand
Exciting news! Sophie Strand returns to The Numinous Podcast with a probing conversation around her stunning new memoir, The Body is a Doorway, and:
TNP266 Ritual of the Marriage Moon with Carmen & Ruben
This is a conversation about the ritual my husband and I devised – mentioned briefly in my new book, Spells for the Apocalypse – and which we've share...
TNP265 {The Spirit of Yuletide Miniseries} Part 18: Oath-Making & Visioning the Year Ahead (Jan 1)
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century, Timothy Snyder
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TNP264 {The Spirit of Yuletide Miniseries} Part 17: Celebrating in Community (Dec 31)
Buy The Spirited Kitchen: Recipes & Rituals for the Wheel of the Year
Buy Spells for the Apocalypse: Practical Magic for Turbulent Times (public...
TNP263 {The Spirit of Yuletide Miniseries} Part 16: Honouring the Beloved Dead (Dec 30)
Buy Aly Halpert's song or album, Loosen, on Bandcamp
The Spirited Kitchen: Recipes & Rituals for the Wheel of the Year
Spells for the Apoc...
TNP262 {The Spirit of Yuletide Miniseries} Part 15: Blessings & Bounty from the Earth (Dec 29)
Today we're doubling down on our protective plant magic to bolster our spiritual safeness while the veil remains thin. We also look at 'wassail' as a...
TNP261 {The Spirit of Yuletide Miniseries} Part 14: Tending to Hearth & Home (Dec 28)
In this episode, we're cleansing home and body with medicinal herbs by making vermouth, potpourri and incense in order to finish the year well.
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TNP260 {The Spirit of Yuletide Miniseries} Part 13: Balance & Harmony (Dec 27)
In this episode we explore myths related to the beauty of binaries, balance, and cycles of death and resurrection. Some of the myths can help us queer...
TNP259 {The Spirit of Yuletide Miniseries} Part 12: House Brownies & Tutelary Spirits (Dec 26)
✨My favourite part of Yuletide!✨ Hearth spirits, house brownies, and protective supernatural allies for homes, barns, and livestock are all propitia...
TNP258 {The Spirit of Yuletide Miniseries} Part 11: Return of the Light (Dec 25)
Ancient traditions around the return of the light imply a revival of hope and healing. Pagans created art and apothecary items to reflect the beautifu...
TNP257 {The Spirit of Yuletide Miniseries} Part 10: Honouring the Child Within {with Bonus Meditation} (Dec 24)
Today we honour the children in our lives and the child within us. Plus, more winter witches! woop woop!
Note: The final 4 minutes of this episo...
TNP256 {The Spirit of Yuletide Miniseries} Part 9: The Wild Hunt & the Restless Ancient Dead (Dec 23)
Ancestral veneration is a key function of winter rituals, a way to put our lineages in good order, encourage harmonious relations with the spirits of...
TNP255 {The Spirit of Yuletide Miniseries} Part 8: Father's Night & Spirits of Place (Dec 22)
This is one of my favourite episodes because cultivating intimacy with the land I live on and the Spirits of Place is one of my favourite things to do...
TNP254 {The Spirit of Yuletide Miniseries} Part 7: Winter Solstice and the Old Woman of Winter (Dec 21)
It all begins with the Mother. Tonight on the longest night of the year, we honour our matrilineages and the spiritual lineages of prophesy, blessing,...
TNP253 {The Spirit of Yuletide Miniseries} Part 6: Krampus, Lussi & Holiday Horror
Antifascism for the holidays!
Buy The Spirited Kitchen: Recipes & Rituals for the Wheel of the Year
Pre-order Spells for the Apocalypse: P...
TNP248 {The Spirit of Yuletide Miniseries} Part 1: The Anticapitalist Festival of Animism
Learn about Fumbulvinter, the 12 Days of Yuletide and their themes, and the stories of European Yuletide folklore in my annual program, now available...
TNP249 {The Spirit of Yuletide Miniseries} Part 2: Grounding the Season
NOTE: This episode contains a 7 minute guided meditation – do not listen while driving or operating machinery! We begin the Yuletide season by groundi...
TNP250 {The Spirit of Yuletide Miniseries} Part 3: Yuletide Plant Lore
A look at Victorian holiday postcards and the botanicals of winter.
Buy The Spirited Kitchen: Recipes & Rituals for the Wheel of the Year
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TNP251 {The Spirit of Yuletide Miniseries} Part 4: Yuletide Animal Lore
What's the deal with dead bird on Victorian holiday greeting cards? Plus, a rundown of some of the Yuletide bestiary.
Buy The Spirited Kitchen:...
TNP252 {The Spirit of Yuletide Miniseries} Part 5: Yuletide Food Lore with Carmen Spagnola
Inspiration for your holiday kitchen witchery!
Buy The Spirited Kitchen: Recipes & Rituals for the Wheel of the Year
Pre-order Spells for...
TNP247 Intuitive Planning for the Year Ahead with Carmen Spagnola
This episode is about the four intuitive tools I use to plan my year ahead, incorporating divination, dowsing, and more.
Before I dive in, I tak...
TNP246 {WNY Retreat Miniseries} Spells for the Apocalypse Preview
Welcome to the final episode of my Witches New Year Podcast Retreat! As you likely know by now, I have a new book coming out in January 2025 called Sp...
TNP245 {WNY Retreat Miniseries} Astrology for the Revolution with Hummingbird Star
🎉 This episode is for all the collapse nerds! 🎉
🛑 Content warning 🛑: Frank discussion of near-term scientifically accepted and expected clim...
TNP244 {WNY Retreat Miniseries} The Hermit: 2025 Tarot Card of the Year with Carmen Spagnola
We're preparing for a soul-searching kind of year with the Hermit card overlighting our path. In the Rider Waite Smith tarot deck, Key 9 (in other wor...
TNP243 {WNY Retreat Miniseries} Journey to Eleusis with Carmen Spagnola
{Witches New Year Podcast Retreat} In this very special episode, we're doing a deep dive into the Eleusinian Mysteries and the cults of Demeter and Pe...
TNP242 {WNY Retreat Miniseries} Trancework Fundamentals with Carmen Spagnola
We're back with another class from The Numinous School archive: Trancework Fundamentals. Here you'll learn:
• what is trance?
• how does...
TNP241 {WNY Retreat Miniseries} Knot Magic, Witch Ladders and Charms with Carmen Spagnola
The ritual craft for this year's Samhain Wheel of the Year is a perennial favourite: Witch Ladders! I never get bored of them. And I rarely get rid of...
TNP240 {WNY Retreat Miniseries} A Brief History of Intuition with Carmen Spagnola
In this essay I will show how Thomas Aquinas, due to his early life attachment ruptures and abandonment wound, and under the influence of the violent...
TNP239 {WNY Retreat Miniseries} Altars, Shrines + Ancestors with Carmen Spagnola
Happy 49th birthday to me! Here's my gift to you: This is the first episode of a personal retreat podcast miniseries! Half of the episodes help you pr...
TNP238 Embracing the Mothershift with Jessie Harrold
Did you know that matrescence – the process of becoming a mother – takes approximately 2-3 years? It's far from the 3, 6, or 12 month process we've be...