Sam (Bo) Thompson is the owner of Raven 's Keep Forge, a magical primitive smithy in the Foothills of NC. He has been a practicing pagan since the 90's and is a past VP and President of Triad CUUPs (Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans). In addition, he is a Reiki Master Teacher and a certified Great Life Coach. He learned Primitive Blacksmithing around 2012 and took to it like a duck to water. He currently teaches both weekend workshops on Primitive Blacksmithing and the practice Of Magical Blacksmithing. The focal point of his Work is teaching people how to incorporate metal magic into their daily practice. He is currently a full-tinie magical smith and ships commissioned Work all over the world. Being a Priest of the Monrigan heavily influences what he does. and the smithy is dedicated to Her. Sam is also a proud Army Veteran, and the author of Metal Never Lies: An Introduction to Metal Magic. Learn more about Sam or sign up for one of his amazing workshops at https://www.ravenskeepforge.com LISTEN HERE

Jacki Smith is a businesswoman, entrepreneur, author, podcaster, social media personality, visionary, and witch.She is the multi-talented founder of Coventry Creations, a successful and rapidly growing candle factory in Ferndale, MI. At Coventry Creations, Jacki serves as president, expert candlemaker, and the charismatic face of the company. She wears many hats but her favorite is probably the pointy kind. Jacki is an unapologetic, proud, modern witch who uses her power and influence to help, encourage, and educate others through her podcast, social media presence, and 3 best-selling books. Along with respected astrology expert Storm Cestavani, Jacki serves up some of today’s hottest topics with a metaphysical and magical spin. From weekly astrological influences to how to use magic to improve your daily life, nothing is too personal, and nothing is too hot for Jacki and Storm to handle. Stay tuned for Jacki and Storm’s upcoming web show and podcast, Curse Breakers, debuting August 1,2023 on YouTube and major podcasting platforms. Catch up with Jacki:

YouTube: Coventry Candles - https://www.youtube.com/c/CoventryCandles

Instagram: Coventry Creations Candles - https://www.instagram.com/coventrycandles

Twitter: Coventry Creations - https://twitter.com/coventryc

TikTok: Coventry Candles - https://www.tiktok.com/@coventrycandles?lang=en

Rebecca is a licensed psychologist, artist, herbalist, and an enthusiastic advocate for holistic healing. She is The Intuitive Artologist. As someone with ADHD, she’s very passionate about empowering people with all kinds of neurodivergence. Rebecca offers support to her clients virtually and through her practice Brighter Days Wellness in Winston-Salem, NC. Contact her at http://brighterdayswellness.com

Elizabeth Jones is a tarot card reader, psychic and dragon worker. She is the co-owner of Mid-Century Dragonfly, an antique store and reading room in Jonesborough, Tennesses. Elizabeth’s first remembered vision was at the age of three, she was able to “see” that the baby her mother carried was a girl. She lives on family property that has been in the family for over 200 years, and the family home survived Civil War battles. She and her sister routinely saw past family members and even a soldier or two. While she has studied the many different theories around the cards to provide a balanced and concise reading, she reads with her heart and whispers from the ancestors and spirit guides. If guides or ancestors come through during a reading with messages this is shared during readings Elizabeth offers readings throughout the Asheville area and in Jonesborough, TN at her store Mid-Century Dragonfly.

Author R. C. Baranowski, known to friends and clients as Bobby B, founded the Asheville Past Lives Project in 2016. As a practitioner, he has guided hundreds of brave Journeyers, both in person and online, using an innovative non-hypnotic method for accessing Past Lives. Bobby's new book, Past Life Journeying, is based on his decades of personal sessions and research into accessing Past, Between, and now Future Lives without hypnosis. For more information visit https://pastlivesproject.org or email bobbyb@pastlivesproject.org

Lisa and Pascha love clinking cups with our friend Christina @magicupboard in our recent episode: Wonder what is standing in the way of you and your greatest potential for abundance and prosperity? Take a listens we talk about how our thought systems create or impede our prosperity and financial security; how the stars are aligning for abundant transformation and more money magic! Christina DuPont is a third generation reader, and has been working with tarot for over 26 years. She has experience with alternative and intuitive reading and I also review new interpretations of classic iconography. Her incredible work incorporates philosophy, science, physics, art, and many methods of divination to provide you with the most relevant, honest and loving messages for guidance. She is an Ostara faculty member and guest tarot reader at Of Wand & Earth.

Raven Sinclair is an intuitive counselor and facilitator of ancient wisdom teachings with an ancestral and heart connection to Scotland. She has been involved with tours and tour companies with a focus on Scotland for over two decades and eventually founded Traceless Tours, conservation tours focused on sacred sites, music and history of Scotland. Raven is the founder of Quintessential Human Coaching & Mentorship and teaches deep introspective processes related to Hermetic Principles & working with the laws of Nature. Raven is the mother of three grown children and two stepsons and is heavily involved as a volunteer for FurEver Friends Cat Rescue. She lives in Western North Carolina with her husband, Steve, their six kitties and a rotating door of foster cats. She is currently working on her Master's in Scottish History at the University of Dundee. Visit RavenSinclaire.com

Rev. Normandi Ellis is a Spiritualist minister, astrologer, and certified clairvoyant medium through the Indiana Association of Spiritualists. Her 15 published books include the spiritual classic, Awakening Osiris, translations from the hieroglyphs found in the Book of the Dead. This book, her first, was first published 35 years ago and is entering a new venue with Red Wheel Weiser. It offers a new introduction, appendices and writing practices. It debuts in June 2023. Her latest book is The Ancient Tradition of Angels just released in March 2023 from Bear and Co/Inner Traditions. This book represents a departure from her previous studies in ancient Egypt, but represents a continuation of interest in the spiritual dimension, and the league of messengers from the Divine plane. She offers clairvoyant circles, metaphysical classes and private consultations (phone or in person). Normandi leads the metaphysical curriculum at the Spiritualist College of Chesterfield, is a teaching arch priestess of the Fellowship of Isis and is a founding partner of Two Ladies Travel Co. offering experiential and metaphysical tours of ancie.

Atena has received recognition and awards through her psychic work that has led to many interesting experiences in the past 18 plus years. She uses this experience to help her clients through life's circumstances with her unique aura photography readings. She connects with her higher self, spirit guides and elementals of the earth, who help us to live in harmony with ourselves and each other, giving you an insight to achieving this harmony within your own life. Atena provides aura photography readings here at Of Wand & Earth, as well as other metaphysical shops and events throughout the Southeast. In addition to aura photography, she is an ordained minister, and certified reiki practitioner. She also provides Magical Energy Candles and psychic readings via her website, psychicatena.com

Laurie Lovekraft is a priestess, performer, and writer who co-founded Reclaiming Los Angeles and Redwood Magic Family Camp. For the past 30 years she has studied many spiritual practices including the Reclaiming Tradition, Wicca, Thelema, and the Feri Tradition. She has been a guest lecturer at the University of Southern California’s Department of Religious Studies and has taught and performed around the U.S. A graduate of the Berkeley Psychic Institute’s Women’s Clairvoyant Program, Laurie is raising her children in the goddess tradition and makes her home in the Ballona Creek Watershed, Southern California Coast Bioregion, traditional home to the Gabrielino-Tongva people. www.lovekraft.com

Susan is a psychic medium astrologer with more than 30 years of practice and wisdom. She is gifted with the ability to clearly interpret the powerful energies of

the Planet Beings of our solar system and beyond. By aligning with Archangels,

Ascended Masters, Star Beings and Spirit Guides of the highest benevolent

vibration, she creates a sacred space in which the Divine aspects of the soul/self are safe to emerge and receive profound multi-dimensional wisdom, spiritual truths, guidance, and healing frequencies in a comprehensive star chart and oracle card reading. There are many energy points in a star chart that indicate where a soul is in it’s evolutionary journey toward enlightenment. By looking at these planetary configurations and relationships in the star chart, Susan explains the energies in such a way that her clients experience greater awakening which inspires and empowers them to fulfill and express their soul’s highest Divine Empowering Potential. Susan is also a regular reader at Of Wand & Earth. Dimensions of Wisdom Astrology: ses1219@gmail.com https://www.facebook.com/dimensionsofwisdomastrology

Bobbi Rose is the co-author of Sideways From Saturn: Astrological Guidance From the Centaurs. Bobbi uses her gift of channeling and mediumship to deliver messages straight from the galactic. An interdisciplinary global artist, healer and medium, Bobbi holds a double MFA in Acting and playwriting from Carnegie Mellon University and Moscow Art Theater. Shei is a graduate of the Academy of Natural Healing in New York City. Bobbi has been a healing practitioner for over 20 years. She is a Yogini and has practiced yoga everyday for over 30 years. She also has practiced meditation for 44 years. Bobbi is a practitioner and teacher of Reiki, Yoga, Body Evolution, Dream Theater, acupressure, color therapy, tantra, polarity therapy, shamanism, vortex healing, acting, art, directing, playwriting, dance, meditation, spiritual and emotional counseling, business,creative dreaming, authentic movement,Goddess empowerment and psychic development.Williams is an Aquarian age teacher, scholar and certified Fairyologist. Bobbi is a certified Centaur Healer and Medical Intuitive. Bobbi's gift of mediumship was passed down to her from her mother Vivian. Bobbi has been reading tarot for over 20 years.

A resident of Western North Carolina, Jeff Jamesonis a cryptid researcher and paranormal investigator. He explores lore and documentation of other-worldly phenomena and cryptids such as Bigfoot, Dogman and others in his podcas The Cryptids in Your Backyard. Find him on Facebook or listen in on your favorite podcast platform: https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=the%20cryptids%20in%20your%20backyard

Gigi T. Sunshine is a spiritual medium, spirit artist and spiritual development coach. she has worked as a medium for 10 years. Gigi has trained at Arthur Findlay College for Spiritual Mediumship in the UK, and she has been mentored by Rev. Matthew Smith and trance medium Andrej Djordjevich, who are both also tutors at Arthur Findlay. She has also studied with several American mediums including John Holland. In addition to mediumship Gigi has also received training in shamanism and other energy work modalities. In 2015 she began drawing spirit portraits and in 2017 expanded to visionary energy paintings.

Christina DuPont is a third generation reader, and has been working with tarot for over 26 years. She has experience with alternative and intuitive reading and I also review new interpretations of classic iconography. Her incredible work incorporates philosophy, science, physics, art, and many methods of divination to provide you with the most relevant, honest and loving messages for guidance. She is an Ostara faculty member and guest tarot reader at Of Wand & Earth.

Meet The Guest: Trevor Lewis is an empath coach, energy healer and co-author of "Thriving As An Empath: Empowering Your Highly Sensitive Self". His primary mission in life is helping other empaths learn how to handle other people's energy and develop their empath abilities into assets rather than liabilities. As a healer, he clears unresolved emotions, installing new strategies for a more fulfilling life as well as providing intuitive readings. Trevor acknowledges his Invisible Team, saying that he has some of the best teachers NOT on the planet. Originally from London, England, he now lives in Asheville, NC with his partner.

There's fairy dust in the Teahouse this week as Pascha and Lisa welcome whimisical creatrix Jo-Anne Brewin in to talk about art, creativity and, of course, a little hocus pocus.

Lori Collins Jenkins is an herbalist, teacher and kitchen witch, well known in these mountains and beyond for her herbal remedies at Sister of Mother Earth. Lori began her journey over a decade ago, creating herbal concoctions and magic in her kitchen for friends and families. She began her herbal studies attending local herbal classes and conferences but decided she wanted to dive deeper. She enrolled in Rosemary Gladstar’s The Science and Art of Herbalism course, which she finished in 2021. She is also a graduate of the Chestnut School of Herbal Medicine’s Foraging Course. She has also taken One Willow Apothecary’s Intuitive Plant Medicine Course and currently enrolled in Anni Daulter’s Wyld Women group. As a traditional herbalist, she has made Appalachia her home. These old stones and plant spirits sing in her heart, and it is her hope that she can translate the wisdom of Appalachia into her medicine and food! Find out more at https://www.sisterofmotherearth.com/

Rhiannon Vaughan is well-known around these hills, as she is our very own Whimsical Wonderwitch. She attended priestess training at Diana’s Grove Mystery School in Missouri, where she studied for 20 years, learning to read Tarot, Astrology, facilitate guided journeys and provide Ritual Priestessing. After being a Hospice RN for 17 years, she followed her heart and now works full time at Of Wand and Earth reading & teaching tarot, leading guided meditations, teaching classes on magical techniques, selling items and lovingly serving tea. Rhi is has been reading tarot for 26 years and has BA from USF. Her tarot style is based in Jungian Archetypal Psychology using the Robin Wood deck. In her spare time, Rhi is a wedding officiant, provides home, business, and baby blessings, grows Moonflowers and plays with her animals She believes Fungi can save the world, is a Radical Mycology lover and fan of Paul Stamets. Rhi's Goal for this 2023: Practice kindness and compassion above all else.