Atomic Witchcraft

Atomic Team

The Atomic Witchcraft podcast lives at the crossroads of magick, science, seasons, and the celestial. With a focus on elemental witchcraft, the seasons, and a Witch's Wheel - this exploration of a new practice calls us into an inclusive community - where all are welcome. Join Ash, Alyssa, and Jay for the new and full moons here at the Atomic Hearth.

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S6 · E191
October 21 · 18 min
Ep. #191 Festival Guide: All Spirits
Episode #191 sets the stage for celebrating All Spirits here at the Atomic Hearth! Coming up in just a few weeks, All Spirits is celebrated on October 31st in the northern hemisphere, and April 30th in the southern, and is when we mark the official end of Summer and transition into Winter. Join us to hear how we celebrate this moment and tie this festival to the pillar of Witch as Weaver, and get some ideas on how to make the festival day fun for witchy and non-witchy folx alike! Then we dive into our All Spirits Ritual. Unlike past guides this isn't a script or instructions to follow, but rather something that is meant to be listened to as the ritual itself. So set your space, press play, and let the Atomic Team guide you through the veil... Be sure to catch the written version of this festival guide on Patreon. 🔮 The Atomic Witchcraft Podcast is proudly human-produced, from start to finish. ✍️ ✨Not yet a part of our community? Join us on Discord or Patreon for FREE! If you would like to support the creation of this podcast toss a coin into the cauldron via our Patreon. Find links at⁠⁠⁠: https://linktr.ee/atomicwitchcraft
S6 · E191
October 19 · 18 min
Ep. #191 Festival Guide: All Spirits
Episode #191 sets the stage for celebrating All Spirits here at the Atomic Hearth! Coming up in just a few weeks, All Spirits is celebrated on October 31st in the northern hemisphere, and April 30th in the southern, and is when we mark the official end of Summer and transition into Winter. Join us to hear how we celebrate this moment and tie this festival to the pillar of Witch as Weaver, and get some ideas on how to make the festival day fun for witchy and non-witchy folx alike! Then we dive into our All Spirits Ritual. Unlike past guides this isn't a script or instructions to follow, but rather something that is meant to be listened to as the ritual itself. So set your space, press play, and let the Atomic Team guide you through the veil... Be sure to catch the written version of this festival guide on Patreon. 🔮 The Atomic Witchcraft Podcast is proudly human-produced, from start to finish. ✍️ ✨Not yet a part of our community? Join us on Discord or Patreon for FREE! If you would like to support the creation of this podcast toss a coin into the cauldron via our Patreon. Find links at⁠⁠⁠: https://linktr.ee/atomicwitchcraft
S6 · E190
October 5 · 44 min
Ep. #190 Witchy AV Club Pt 2: "Practical Magic" (PG-13)
Time to gather round the TV for part 2 of our Witchy AV Club episode - where we take a look at media, like tv shows, movies, and more - that shape our witchy zeitgeist. For Part 2 we're looking through metaphorical, practical, and movie magic lens as we discuss a classic witchy movie from the late 90s: Practical Magic. Content Warning: death/murder, depictions of abuse, and implication of suicide. We hope this discussion inspires you to put a witchcraft lens to the media you consume, whether it's a song, a spooky podcast, a movie, or witchy stories crafted specifically for big screen effects and audiences. Did you miss Part 1 where we chatted about The Craft? Check it out here: https://www.patreon.com/atomicwitchcraft/posts/episode-189-av-1-168806862 🔮 The Atomic Witchcraft Podcast is proudly human-produced, from start to finish. ✍️ ✨Not yet a part of our community? Join us on Discord or Patreon for FREE! If you would like to support the creation of this podcast toss a coin into the cauldron via our Patreon. Find links at⁠⁠⁠: https://linktr.ee/atomicwitchcraft
S6 · E189
September 28 · 46 min
Ep. #189 Witchy AV Club Pt 1: "The Craft" (R)
Content Warning! See episode description for details. Time to gather round the TV for another Witchy AV Club episode where we take a look at media, like tv shows, movies, and more - that shape our witchy zeitgeist. For Part 1 we're looking through metaphorical, practical, and movie magic lens as we discuss a classic witchy movie from the late 90s: The Craft. We hope this discussion inspires you to put a witchcraft lens to the media you consume, whether it's a song, a spooky podcast, a movie, or witchy stories crafted specifically for big screen effects and audiences. And stay tuned for Part 2 dropping NEXT WEEK where we'll be exploring another classic witchy movie: Practical Magic! Content Warning: bugs/arachnids, death/murder, sexual assault, depictions of abuse, and implication of suicide. 🔮 The Atomic Witchcraft Podcast is proudly human-produced, from start to finish. ✍️ ✨Not yet a part of our community? Join us on Discord or Patreon for FREE! If you would like to support the creation of this podcast toss a coin into the cauldron via our Patreon. Find links at⁠⁠⁠: https://linktr.ee/atomicwitchcraft
S6 · E188
September 14 · 22 min
Ep. #188 Festival Guide: Autumn Equinox
Episode #188 gets us ready for celebrating the Autumn Equinox here at the Atomic Hearth! Coming up in just over a week the Autumn Equinox marks the moment of equal light and dark in the journey from Summer to Winter, on or near September 21st in the northern hemisphere and March 21st in the southern hemisphere. Join us to hear how we celebrate this moment and tie this festival to the pillar of Witch as Dreamer, including a script to a somewhat theatrical approach! We also share our 'Witchening' guide - our ritual for marking the yearly anniversary of the day a witch first began their practice. Be sure to catch the written version of both of these guides on Patreon. 🔮 The Atomic Witchcraft Podcast is proudly human-produced, from start to finish. ✍️ ✨Not yet a part of our community? Join us on Discord or Patreon for FREE! If you would like to support the creation of this podcast toss a coin into the cauldron via our Patreon. Find links at⁠⁠⁠: https://linktr.ee/atomicwitchcraft
S6 · E187
August 31 · 18 min
Ep. #187 Atomic Talk: Unlocking the Gates of Witchcraft
In Episode #187, we share season 6's second Atomic Talk episode, where we take a big topic and share our thoughts and ideas. Today we're talking about some of the common trends we see in the gatekeeping of witchcraft - and how we can break down those barriers to entry so that all feel welcome in the craft. 🔮 The Atomic Witchcraft Podcast is proudly human-produced, from start to finish. ✍️ ✨Not yet a part of our community? Join us on Discord or Patreon for FREE! If you would like to support the creation of this podcast toss a coin into the cauldron via our Patreon. Find links at⁠⁠⁠: https://linktr.ee/atomicwitchcraft
S6 · E186
August 17 · 28 min
Ep. #186 - Living Witch: Clouds, Potions, and Hearthcraft Magick
Today at the Atomic Hearth, we share the second "Living Witch" episode of Season 6, where our conversations will often tie into our Witch’s Web topics for the seasonal year, and/or the smaller day to day moments of 'being' that are just as important to an overall atomic practice. Now approaching Autumn, we share some updates on each of our Witch's Web topics, including the books we've been reading, potions we've been brewing, and how we've found ways to align learning and magickal exploration with the daily flow of mundane life moments and rhythms. We hope discussions like this can provide helpful ideas and takeaways right in the context of our respective paths and crafts, and spur inspiration for your own witchcraft journey! For more on the Witch’s Web check out episode #137 Witch’s Wheel 2.0, all of season 4, and our Witch’s Wheel 2.0 workshop on Patreon. 🔮 The Atomic Witchcraft Podcast is proudly human-produced, from start to finish. ✍️ ✨Not yet a part of our community? Join us on Discord or Patreon for FREE! If you would like to support the creation of this podcast toss a coin into the cauldron via our Patreon. Find links at⁠⁠⁠: https://linktr.ee/atomicwitchcraft 📚 Books mentioned in today's episode: "Cloudspotting For beginners" by Gavin Pretor-Pinney and William Grill "Secret World of Weather" by Tristan Gooley
S6 · E185
August 3 · 17 min
Ep. #185 Sleep Magick: Melting Mid-Summer Meditation
Today at the Atomic Hearth, we share season 6's second meditation episode. These meditations provide tools you can use to help connect to the Witch Within, with each focusing on a unique idea or theme. Now in the midst of Mid-Summer, this is based on a night-time visualization meant for a settling in to sleep. It's a bit of sleep magick for witches of all ages, to help with relaxation before bed, following along with the process of melting on a hot, sunny day relaxes our minds and bodies and helps us drift away into a dream. This mediation, as well as the others we'll be sharing with you this year, is meant for ALL levels of meditators - and even those who have never meditated or those with aphantasia, or the inability to visualize. 🔮 The Atomic Witchcraft Podcast is proudly human-produced, from start to finish. ✍️ ✨Not yet a part of our community? Join us on Discord or Patreon for FREE! If you would like to support the creation of this podcast toss a coin into the cauldron via our Patreon. Find links at⁠⁠⁠: https://linktr.ee/atomicwitchcraft
S6 · E184
July 20 · 15 min
Ep. #184 Mid-Summer Guide: Rest & Release
Episode #184 find us kicking back here at the Atomic Hearth and taking it easy. 😎 We celebrate this time by resting - find a time to be present and connected. Instead of doing, we are receiving, listening, reflecting, and recharging. Join us for ways to celebrate, find mindful ways of reflecting in this moment, and a simple bubble release activity for releasing what you'd like to float away and off your shoulders in this seasonal moment of pausing. Be sure to catch the written version of our release activity on Patreon! 🔮 The Atomic Witchcraft Podcast is proudly human-produced, from start to finish. ✍️ ✨Not yet a part of our community? Join us on Discord or Patreon for FREE! If you would like to support the creation of this podcast toss a coin into the cauldron via our Patreon. Find links at⁠⁠⁠: https://linktr.ee/atomicwitchcraft
S6 · E183
July 6 · 16 min
Ep. #183 Book Club: "Witchcraft Activism" by David Salisbury
Today at the Atomic Hearth, we share season 6's first Book Club episode, where we give you each of our thoughts, key takeaways, and if it’s a must add to the library! This time we read Witchcraft Activism: a toolkit for magical resistance, by David Salisbury. We hope this discussion gives you a good bird's eye view of this book, while trying not to spoil too much. Stay tuned for more book club discussions later this year! Note: This book, and by extension this episode, makes reference to a variety of witchcraft paths including ones more based in Wicca. We advise doing your research if you are curious about diving further into them. 🔮 The Atomic Witchcraft Podcast is proudly human-produced, from start to finish. ✍️ ✨Not yet a part of our community? Join us on Discord or Patreon for FREE! If you would like to support the creation of this podcast toss a coin into the cauldron via our Patreon. Find links at⁠⁠⁠: https://linktr.ee/atomicwitchcraft
S6 · E182
June 22 · 21 min
Ep. #182 AV Club: Avatar the Last Airbender (ATLA Cartoon)
Today at the Atomic Hearth, we share season 6's first AV Club episode. where we take a look at media, like tv shows, movies, and more - that inspire us as witches. For this first round, we're exploring how witchy inspiration and ideas came for all of us from the stories and characters from Avatar: The Last Airbender - the Nickelodeon cartoon. We hope this discussion inspires you to put a witchcraft lens to the media you consume, whether it's a song, a spooky podcast, a movie, or a Nickelodeon cartoon intended for kids released in the early 2000s. Stay tuned for more AV Club discussions later this year! 🔮 The Atomic Witchcraft Podcast is proudly human-produced, from start to finish. ✍️ ✨Not yet a part of our community? Join us on Discord or Patreon for FREE! If you would like to support the creation of this podcast toss a coin into the cauldron via our Patreon. Find links at⁠⁠⁠: https://linktr.ee/atomicwitchcraft
S6 · E181
June 8 · 14 min
Ep. #181 Festival Guide: Summer Solstice
Episode #181 warms us up for celebrating the Summer Solstice here at the Atomic Hearth! Coming up in just a few weeks (June 21st here in the northern hemisphere), we provide another festival and ritual guide to inspire your own celebrations of this peak sunlight moment of the year. Join us for classic summer BBQs and making an elixir of sunshine, and celebrating the joy of Pride. With summer time activities so often centering on community, it's when we reaffirm our role of Witch of Guardian to fit in here. This is a great time to be creating safe and inclusive havens for gathering, and ensuring that they are protected. Be sure to catch the written version of the Festival/Ritual guide on Patreon, and as referenced in the episode, here's the excellent article on the Stonewall Riots from the NPCA. 🔮 The Atomic Witchcraft Podcast is proudly human-produced, from start to finish. ✍️ ✨Not yet a part of our community? Join us on Discord or Patreon for FREE! If you would like to support the creation of this podcast toss a coin into the cauldron via our Patreon. Find links at⁠⁠⁠: https://linktr.ee/atomicwitchcraft
S6 · E180
May 25 · 29 min
Ep. #180 Discussion: De-Gendering Witchcraft
Today at the Atomic Hearth, we share season 6's first group discussion episode. where we take a big topic and share our thoughts, ideas, tips, and tricks. For this first round, we're talking about gender in witchcraft - everything from the unnecessary gendering of things to ideas on how to embrace your unique gender journey within your own craft, including queering your deity repertoire, building inclusive spaces, and re-imagining the witch’s triple moon journey. This discussion, as well as the others we'll be sharing with you this year, is where we hope to explore topics that can open some new doors to further deepening and personalizing your own witchcraft journey. ✨Not yet a part of our community? Join us on Discord or Patreon for FREE! If you would like to support the creation of this podcast toss a coin into the cauldron via our Patreon. Find links at⁠⁠⁠: https://linktr.ee/atomicwitchcraft
May 11 · 29 min
Ep. #179 Astral Meditation: Conjuring the Warrior Witch Within
Today at the Atomic Hearth, we share season 6's first astral meditation episode. These meditations provide a tool you can use to help connect to the Witch Within, with each focusing on a unique idea or theme. Having just celebrated Bloom, this astral meditation is focused on embodying Witch as Warrior, where we will be forging our own warrior's tools - a sword and shield. This mediation, as well as the others we'll be sharing with you this year, is meant for ALL levels of meditators - and even those who have never meditated or those with aphantasia, or the inability to visualize. ✨Not yet a part of our community? Join us on Discord or Patreon for FREE! If you would like to support the creation of this podcast toss a coin into the cauldron via our Patreon. Find links at⁠⁠⁠: https://linktr.ee/atomicwitchcraft Sound effect credits: 🔈S: Large Anvil & Steel Hammer 4.wav by Benboncan -- https://freesound.org/s/103632/ -- License: Attribution 4.0 🔈 S: Forest_Wolves_Doom.mp3 by Andrastos87 -- https://freesound.org/s/619844/ --License: Attribution NonCommercial 4.0
S6 · E178
April 27 · 23 min
Ep. #178 Festival Guide: Bloom
Episode #178 prepares us to celebrate Bloom here at the Atomic Hearth! Now only days away from Bloom (May 1st) here in the northern hemisphere, this episode provides a festival and ritual guide to inspire your own celebrations of the season. Join us for an energizing brunch and a spiral ribbon ritual, which raises energy in a swirling rainbow, of joy, color, and light. We also prioritizing reaffirming our role as Witch as Warrior on this festival day, engaging with activism and action timed with celebrating May Day (also known as International Worker's Day). Be sure to catch the written version of the Festival/Ritual guide on Patreon. ✨Not yet a part of our community? Join us on Discord or Patreon for FREE! If you would like to support the creation of this podcast toss a coin into the cauldron via our Patreon. Find links at⁠⁠⁠: https://linktr.ee/atomicwitchcraft
April 13 · 44 min
Ep. #177 Living Witch: New Witch's Web Topics
Today at the Atomic Hearth, we share season 6's first "Living Witch" episode. These conversations often will tie into our Witch’s Web topics for the seasonal year, or they will focus more on the smaller day to day ways that we integrate our practice. With the Spring Equinox just behind us, we share the Witch's Web topics we have just freshly selected, to fill the year ahead with learning, growth, and magick. For more on the Witch’s Web check out episode #137 Witch’s Wheel 2.0, all of season 4, and our Witch’s Wheel 2.0 workshop on Patreon. If you're following along at home, this discussion may provide some helpful inspiration for how to choose your topics, as well as how to plan them mindfully throughout your year ahead. ✨Not yet a part of our community? Join us on Discord or Patreon for FREE! If you would like to support the creation of this podcast toss a coin into the cauldron via our Patreon. Find links at⁠⁠⁠: https://linktr.ee/atomicwitchcraft
S6 · E176
March 30 · 5 min
Ep. #176 Welcome to Season 6!
Welcome officially to Season 6 of the Atomic Witchcraft Podcast! This episode offers a short overview of how we're shaking up the format for the new year. This year, you can expect: shorter episodes, a variety of engaging topics, refreshed takes on some 'classic' Pragmatic Pagan ritual guides, and more opportunities for community time! Listen in for all the details, and thanks for continuing along with us as we journey into a whole new season, together.
S6 · E175
March 16 · 21 min
Ep. #175 Festival Guide: Spring Equinox
Episode #175 (unofficially) begins Season 6 here at the Atomic Hearth! Now only days away from the Spring Equinox here in the northern hemisphere, this episode provides a festival and ritual guide to inspire your own celebrations of the season. Join us for Seek and Find treasure (egg) hunt, a sunshine inspired breakfast, and a ritual to help shake off the winter cold and plant seeds for the spring. We wrap the day with reaffirming our role as Stewards of Nature, engaging with and giving back to the land. Be sure to catch the written version of the Festival and Ritual guide on Patreon. ✨Not yet a part of our community? Join us on Discord or Patreon for FREE! If you would like to support the creation of this podcast toss a coin into the cauldron via our Patreon. Find links at⁠⁠⁠: https://linktr.ee/atomicwitchcraft
S5 · E174
March 1 · 24 min
Ep. #174 Full Moon Focus: Fossil & Bone
🌕 Episode #174: This Full Moon Focus dives deep into the topic of this lunar cycle, and final topic of season 5, Fossil & Bone. We start with a little Witchcraft 101, talking about connecting with the witch within, and the different things that might mean, feel like, be like. 🦴 From there we’ll dive into Ash's journey with Fossil & Bone. She tells us about her journey of learning, and exploring the development of a fossil practice and a healing bone broth. Tune in for the full recipe as well, if you're interested in creating something similar for yourself. Resources & References: Health.harvard.edu Desiderata by Max Ehrmann The Spoon Theory ✨Not yet a part of our community? Join us on Discord or Patreon for FREE! If you would like to support the creation of this podcast toss a coin into the cauldron via our Patreon. Find links at⁠⁠⁠: https://linktr.ee/atomicwitchcraft
S5 · E173
February 15 · 42 min
Ep. #173 New Moon Brew: Fossil & Bone
🦴 In Ep. #173: New Moon Brew, Ash digs up some Fossil & Bone magick, as her final topic of the year, and our final topic of season 5! We also look back on a year of Charting the Celestial and share our takes on the last Book Club pick of the year. Resistance Radio reviews the topics we explored in 2025, and how they've helped define the many roles to play in the resistance. 🧠 Ep. #173 Resources Include: NASA.gov SeaSky.org skyatnightmagazine.com earthsky.org astronomy.com constellation-guide.org Wikipedia Fws.gov Eyewitness Books: Fossil by Paul D Taylor, PhD Queering Your Craft by Cassandra Snow Anatomy of a Witch By Laura Tempest Zakroff Energy Essentials by Maya Om Revolutionary Witchcraft By Sarah Lyons Magick of Physics by Felix Flicker How to Read Water by Tristan Kooley Gathering Moss by Robin Wall-Kimmer Tarot for Hard Work by Maria Minnis 💪 Resistance Radio: Spell Episodes EP 138: Freezing Facsism Spell. Ep 139: A Protection Talisman. EP 140: Light the Fire of Hope and Resistance. EP 141: A “Living Bouquet” for being a beacon of hope, resilience and resistance. EP 143: A “Motivate to Action” Charm. EP 147: A Smoke Screen Spell (modify to hide or protect yourself or others). EP 172: Our most recent Ice Spell, with this one being modified for releasing fears of what’s happening, and imbibing the courage to act. ✨ Not yet a part of our community? Join us on Discord or Patreon for free! If you would like to support the creation of this podcast toss a coin into the cauldron via our Patreon. Find links at⁠⁠⁠: https://linktr.ee/atomicwitchcraft

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