Hester discusses not only the Mother-like energy flow during summertime, but also how to jazz up your spellwork intentions which are based in either Inspiration or Luck. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hester-makepeace/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hester-makepeace/support ..read more

Hester discusses the magic connected to positive affirmations and also the coming Beltane festival and its ties to the fae folk. INFORMATION DISCUSSED IN THE PODCAST: Coming soon! SUPPORT THE PODCAST: Coming soon! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hester-makepeace/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hester-makepeace/support ..read more

Hester Makepeace and her youngest child Moss sit out on the cottage porch on a windy spring morning, discussing how Hester has inadvertently managed to raise witchy children and how Moss grew up into their own witchy identity. Listeners will get a glimpse into how both of these familial witches nurture and welcome an extended family of like-minded folk, too. Moss has just moved back in, making Makepeace Cottage a generational home once again, and it's clear that both are happy and feel surrounded and supported by the overlapping energies of the Maiden, Mother, and Crone. --- Send in a voice me ..read more

Hester's back, returning just in time for the Spring Equinox and this month's New Moon. She's combining all of this converging new energy with a metaphysical discussion of the concept of Microcosm/Macrocosm. And since it's Hester, she'll also have all sorts of ideas for you to put these heady ideas into practical, useful workings and planning in your own personal life right now. Today. Welcome back to the Cottage! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hester-makepeace/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hester-makepeace/support ..read more

In this episode, Hester discusses how to interpret woodland and back yard omens and signs in plants and animals, and how to forage plants to bring their magical properties home. Find Hester Makepeace on Instagram and Facebook. This podcast's home is at Anchor.fm.    Email Hester at Hestermakepeace@gmail.com Buy her a $5 "cup of coffee" at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/HesterMakeb Sources for this episode:  Andrychowicz, Amy.  "6 Ways to Dry Herbs the Right Way."  Get Busy Gardening. nd.  https://getbusygardening.com/drying-herbs/#:~:text=Spread%20the%20h ..read more

Hester begins her two (or three) episode Deep Dive into Divination this week with the classic Rider-Smith-Waite Tarot Cards and the Seasons of the Witch Samhain Oracle Deck.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hester-makepeace/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hester-makepeace/support ..read more

Hester discusses two amazing crone women who have passed through the veil this year--Anne Rice and Queen Elizabeth II, as well as both traditional and modern Mabon Goddesses and Autumnal Equinox activities to enjoy this Autumn. Find Hester Makepeace on Instagram, Facebook, and at Anchor.fm.   Email Hester at Hestermakepeace@gmail.com Buy her a cup of coffee at  Show Notes: About Mabon: Robinson, Sarah. "Honouring the Autumn Goddesses." Kindred Spirit. 19 Sep. 2019. https://kindredspirit.co.uk/2019/09/19/honouring-autumn-goddesses/ Mabon Crafts: Make some Corn Husk Witches--and feel ..read more

Hester takes a DEEP dive into the Magical Element of Earth and Grounding Methods, and also talks a bit about reclaiming the number 13 on this 13th day of September. Want to support The Cottage Witch Podcast? You can make a simple, one time $5 Donation at Buy Me a Coffee. (Or multiple $5 donations if you want to buy me a LOT of coffee!) The link is just below.  https://www.buymeacoffee.com/HesterMakeb     Thank you so much! Or you could make a monthly donation of just 99 cents by being a Supporter at Anchor.fm   That link should be at the bottom of these show ..read more

Hester Makepeace has finally hit retirement--so she can much more fully embrace Crone Energy and her Cottage Witch Podcast. Welcome to  a more fully realized and regular version of the same, comfy and welcoming spirit of her Ozark hills and Witchy sensibilities. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hester-makepeace/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hester-makepeace/support ..read more

Hester discusses a wide variety of watery aspects and associations.  This is the first of five episodes dedicated to the five elements of water, earth, air, and fire--and the fifth element--or quintessence--often also known as Spirit. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hester-makepeace/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hester-makepeace/support ..read more