Vadi Arzu Erdal: Bioregional Herbalist + Ethnobotanist Badass // Ep. 15
Xantico House Podcast
by Lola Venado
3y ago
Vadi is a bioregional herbalist and ethnobotanist badass currently inhabiting the liminal space between diaspora and homeland. They uprooted their life in Tucson, AZ to embark on an ancestral remembrance journey in Anatolia—exploring mixed Kurdish/Cypriot/Turkish roots, learning about cultural traditions, landscapes, histories, plant and people connections, and dancing in the medicine between worlds; past and present, inshallah, to form bridges in the years to come. Their core ethos is engaging food as medicine; something they have found brings people together around the table no matter where ..read more
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Alisha Sommer: Visionary + Writer // Ep. 14
Xantico House Podcast
by Lola Venado
3y ago
Alisha Sommer is a California Bay Area freelance writer, photographer, visionary. She has a gift for holding sacred space, deep listening, and seeing the ordinary in extraordinary ways. Alisha has founded and edited a print literary journal (Blackberry: a magazine), published personal essays, creative nonfiction, and poetry for a variety of online and print publications, ghostwritten, and taught at Squam Art Workshops. Currently, you'll find her co-hosting creative gatherings in Sonoma, CA like the Fever Dreams Collective Retreat, and co-facilitating the online writing workshop Liberated Lines ..read more
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J. Allen Cross: Witch + Occult Specialist // Ep. 13
Xantico House Podcast
by Lola Venado
3y ago
Guest J. Allen Cross is a practicing witch of Indigenous Mexican and European descent. Born into a family of the mystically inclined, Joshua has been doing spiritual work all his life. Living in his home state of Oregon, he works as Psychic Medium/Occult Specialist for a well known Paranormal Investigation team. He writes articles for esoteric blogs such as Fire and Lux, and provides spiritual healing services to his local and Instagram community under his persona “The Silver Falls Witch”. In this episode: Eclipse season + New Black SuperMoon The Catholic Christian influence on his work Peopl ..read more
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Sanyu Estelle: Soothsayer + Word Witch // Ep. 12
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by Lola Venado
3y ago
Sanyu Estelle is a pigmented (78%), womoonist (as constant and faithful as the tides), cissy (femme but hetero-ish), multisexual (it's a spectrum, seems unwise to call it), travel-apt (Earth is a country) and fashion forward (Funk Flag Flyage) SSJW (Sarcastic Social Justice Warrior).  Sanyu says, “I’m your forebearers attainable unreality.” The blending of Taoism, astrology, and tarot Slam poetry and church building communication, commanding space, creating mood Loss of sovereignty is an illness Tarot as therapy, readers as health practitioners, do no harm Crow medicine as a calling into ..read more
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Asha Frost: Anishinaabe Medicine Woman // Ep. 11
Xantico House Podcast
by Lola Venado
3y ago
Asha Frost is an Anishinaabe woman from Neyaashiinigmiing, the Cape Croker First Nation community in Ontario, Canada. She is a Medicine Woman, Mentor, and Visionary who believes that we heal when we awaken to the beautiful medicine that we carry within. She facilitates healing in her practice through the use of Shamanic Healing, Homeopathy, and Indigenous Based Ceremony. Her purpose is to help people connect to the magic of Spirit within their lives. Her intention is to help awaken the authentic self, so that we may remember who we truly are. In this episode: Her work addressing smudging, spi ..read more
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Sen Elias: Root Doctor + Witch // Ep. 10
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by Lola Venado
3y ago
Sen Elias of Crescent City Conjure in New Orleans. From a very young age, Sen could feel the tug of magic calling him to practice the occult. During his journeys, he has studied European Witchcraft, Southern Folk Magic, and Western Hermeticism; he is an initiate of the Alexandrian tradition. Sen is the owner of Crescent City Conjure, a magical business that maintains its reputation for authentic spiritual tools to be used in Witchcraft and Southern Conjure. Sen has dedicated his life to the pursuit of magical truths, and he endeavors to continue teaching the mysteries of his craft and learning ..read more
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Aysen Farag: Indigenous Medicine Woman // Ep. 9
Xantico House Podcast
by Lola Venado
3y ago
Aysen Farag of Earth Dreams Totems in Toronto, Canada. Aysen, whose name means “Moonlight Reflected on the Water”, is an Egyptian-Sudanese medicine woman, an herbalist, plant spirit worker, and ceremony leader. She was born into a long lineage of indigenous African healers, and has been initiated as a wisdom keeper in the lineage of the Q’ero people from the Andes. She passionately shares her gifts in energy healing, sacred plant medicine, ceremony, and intuitive readings while working with the wisdom gained from various elders and the medicines that have been passed down thru the generations ..read more
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Pilar Mejia: Healing Mentor + Slayer of Domestications // Ep. 8
Xantico House Podcast
by Lola Venado
3y ago
Pilar Mejia of I Heal Myself to Heal the World, a space where she writes to share about her healing journey as a mestiza woman from the lands we call Mexico. Her space is not about enlightenment or sharing fake spirituality. She says, "I don’t do “spiritual work”. Spirit knows what we need and who we are." Pilar is a Slayer of Domestications, focusing on finding our authentic selves and healing our ancestral trauma, speaking up about white supremacy and racism. She is a cannabis advocate, a no-bullshit writer, intuitive healing mentor, racial justice activist, and a badass woman who ..read more
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Renée Lopez: Photographer + Lifestyle Bruja // Ep. 7
Xantico House Podcast
by Lola Venado
3y ago
Renée Lopez, of Miss Lopez Media, is a photographer and lifestyle bruja. A brown woman of color, originally from Yakima in Central Washington, Renée moved to Portland in 2006 for a fresh start, but after a few years she began recognizing the long-standing racial divide within the city. In 2015, she became involved in the Black Lives Matter movement, becoming good friends with Portland rapper Glenn Waco. This marked a shift from taking photographs as a hobby to using her camera as a tool of resistance, documenting injustices, the Black Lives Matter movement, and Portland’s hip hop scene. In her ..read more
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Alexis J. Cunningfolk: Intersectional Herbalist + Witch // Ep. 6
Xantico House Podcast
by Lola Venado
3y ago
In this episode: Navigating encounters with others as a Roma/European/Jewish/American Indian queer womxn How a koala helped her find her medicine path Having a sense of humor in herbalism and magick Burden of seriousness on BIPOC having to get it "right" to represent our people Exoticization of Roma folks, use of the word "gypsy" What intersectional and inclusive herbalism and magick means Boundaries in activism as self-care Connect with her: wortsandcunning.com, @wortsandcunning. Also mentioned: Dori Midnight dorilandia.com, @dorimidnight. Host + Producer Lola Venado: lolavenado.com, @lolav ..read more
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