Hex Rated

Scarlet and Blackbird are back to bring you their impressions of the second day of this magical conference that took place outside of Baltimore at the beginning of the month.  This day was jam-packed:  Messages from Hecate, hare lore, trance dancing, hedge riding, and so much more!  This day was really fun and varied, and the witches were all witched out by the end of the day - but the wrap-up is always a great way for them to process what they've learned.  Grab a cuppa and enjoy!

It's been a crazy time of travel and getting back to real life, but here are your favorite witches FINALLY discussing every bit of the Sacred Space conference that took place outside of Baltimore at the beginning of the month!  The witches recorded every night they were at the conference so that their memories were fresh!  On night one, the witches discuss a Hecate lecture, Blackbird's foray into states of consciousness (in a science-y way), and Scarlet's journey to meet ancestors!  Join the witches for this rundown of their first day.  

This week, Blackbird interviews Scarlet about servitors - what they are, how she creates them, and what a servitor can do for you!  A truly fascinating way to use sigils in a very activated way, Scarlet has been creating these for quite some time and tells Blackbird about some memorable creations and how they have helped her and others.  We hope you learn a few things and try it yourself, so grab a pen and paper - just start anywhere, there are no rules!

Friends and witches, we all love a good list.  This episode, Scarlet and Blackbird are here to share their wisdom gleaned from many years of going to cons, especially metaphysical ones.  There are some things you'll want to prepare yourself for, and the witches are here to help you with their tips for all things con-related.  Some of these are just great tips for life in general, but especially while going through the emotional and energetic rigors of con life.  Before you pack, give this episode a listen! 

Well, witches, if you felt the shift in the season like Blackbird and Scarlet did, this episode is for you!  The stagnation has been stagnating, but it's time to break free with festivities like Imbolc, Lupercalia, (and dare we mention Mardi Gras?  We do declare.)  Shake off your winter torpor - but slowly, like a sleepytime bear not quite ready to emerge from your cave - and cozy up to the dulcet tones of your favorite witch friends.  

Join your two favorite witches, Scarlet and Blackbird, while they do a really fun round robin of topics:  Blackbird's very precise and sarcastic tarot deck and a very out-of-the-ordinary spread for her, some witchy finds, SNACKS, and a great question - what witchy ambitions do we have for 2024?  Listen in and find out!  Maybe you are also feeling a little in limbo before Imbolc and after Yule - let's all break out of our little silly ruts together!  

Greetings and salutations for the New Year, listeners!  Your favorite witches - whether they are your new favorites or your old favorites - are taking a look back at the episodes that you have loved, and they had fun bringing you!  Whether you are interested in Iceland (episodes 62, 63 and 65) or love comparing and contrasting tarot cards, crystals, or different herbs, weeds and flowers (all the versus episodes) or you want to learn about what a death doula is (episode 29) or how tattooing can be ritualistic and magical (episode 64) - it's all there for you to explore!  This episode might direct you to something you missed, or a subject you are new to and want to learn more about!  Grab your favorite winter beverage and blanket and get cozy with Scarlet and Blackbird!

Well friends, your favorite witches have done it - they have made 100 fine episodes just for you, and they are taking you on a time travel trip to 100 years ago to talk about what witchcraft might have looked like in the Roaring Twenties.  It was a time of prohibition, see?  An era where there was a mix of the ancient and the modern - and the witchcraft was just as varied.  Walk with the witches through a bit of history, and join them in ringing in 2024 by taking you waaaaay back.  Kick up those heels and listen in as Scarlet and Blackbird take you on their hot tub (cauldron) time machine ride to the Roaring Twenties!!  

This Yule, bring stories to the party that won't bore anyone.  Listen to your favorite witches discuss wild tales like the Yule Cat of Iceland, the origins and possible theories behind the Sugar Plum Fairy, a witch who does some cool metal stuff, a log who gives presents in a unique way, and the creation of Scarlet's own new adorable character!  These stories will surely inspire you to possibly do more research and wow your family of choice this season with these incredibly weird tales.  Enjoy and have a bangin' holiday!

Join your favorite witches on a tour through their favorite precious little thangs to give, and to receive!  They have ideas for you for really any budget.  Whether it's thrifting, creating, or patronizing one of your favorite witch or witch-adjacent owned shops, there are so many wonderful and meaningful items that the witches in your life love and need.  Have a wonderful Yule season and have fun with Scarlet and Blackbird's ideas - we bet it will inspire some of your own invention!

Pack a lunch AND a dinner this week, witches!  Scarlet and Blackbird are ready to stop teasing you and bring you the BAD card episode!  The ladies discuss the Death card, the Devil, and the Tower cards in the Major Arcana.  Find out what each card REALLY means, and how the witches interpret these cards when they appear in a spread.  Learn some rad tarot history along the way!  

Join Scarlet and Blackbird as they discuss Blackbird's recent virtual attendance at a death cafe held through Ritualcravt in Denver; another virtual space she has also been involved in called The Human Library; SOIL SCIENCE, Hockey Magic, and so so much more!  The witches are determined to make it to Episode 100 before the end of 2023, so stay tuned and join them for a great conversation that is sure to expand your mind!  

Welcome to your witches trying to catch up on all the many things they have been up to in the last few weeks during this brief hiatus!  Blackbird has a great deal of cooking magic to catch up on, as well as Halloween ritual goodness from both witches and some medical advancement excitement for Blackbird.  Join the ladies for a bit of Fall wonder-time, and random wheel of laughs and witchcraft in everyday activities.  

WELCOME to Halloweentime, witches!  Scarlet and Blackbird are here with the seasonal flicks, and are finally ready to discuss one of their favorites - Argento's cult classic 1977 horror film Suspiria and the remake made in 2018.  Both of these movies have so much to offer, and the witches are ready to break it down.  Join them for a ride into a voluptuously dark tale in which directors give us shockingly magnificent color usage and absolutely creepy music.  Grab that popcorn and a blanket and prepare thyself!

Welp, if you are easily offended by rants and sarcasm, this may not be the episode for you.  Scarlet and Blackbird go on an epic internet journey of all things FALL-O-WEEN (you read that correctly) and check out the latest and greatest in Halloween decor that is for people who cannot or will not participate in the true spirit of Halloween.  It is an irreverent barrel of laughs that the witches fall into, and they want you to join them in the downward spiral that leads only to one place - a church parking lot trunk event, the scariest of all places.  Happy Spooky Season!

Join the witches this week as Scarlet tells Blackbird all about the Headless Rite she performed.  Learn about the great goddess and force of Nuit (Nut) and all of her dominion!  As always, the witches bring their own flavor to rituals they create, and this is no exception.  Inspired by the class both the witches are currently taking through the Blackthorne School, Scarlet wrote this version of the rite that speaks more directly to her own brand of witchcraft.  Join us for all the fantastic surprises that happened during this ritual! 

Darklings, this week your favorite goths are taking a bit of a break - but still remaining adjacent - to their travels in the Hail Hekate series being offered by The Blackthorne School and Jack Grayle.  They've written a ritual to a very powerful hypercosmic goddess together, and Blackbird has written and performed some baneful magic that she can't wait to share with you.  Learn about some ancient Egyptian deities, travel to faraway lands, hear some blood-curdling words of malevolence...this episode has it all!  Grab a sack full of olives and enjoy!

This week, the witches share what they have learned about TRUE NAMES and MAGICAL VOICES!  This part of the lecture series offered by Jack Grayle and the Blackthorne School really has your living room/passenger seat friends thinking deeply about how they present themselves when working magic and how these lessons are relating to their own workings.  Listen and learn!  A surprise visit by Mr. Herman at the end, so stay tuned to hear his very own magical voice!  

Hey witches, your gothest friends are back at it again and are discussing more technologies of ancient sorcery used in late antiquity to compel the gods to do your bidding.  This one is a wide range of topics - we cover birds!  Boston!  90's dance music!  And yes, Hekate.  Learn how to make a strophalos!  Learn about what it does!  Join the witches as they continue their journey of the class given by Jack Grayle, author of The Hekataeon, through the Blackthorne School.  

We are diving deep into sorcerous devotion this week!  Blackbird and Scarlet continue their journey through the course being offered on Hekate by Jack Grayle through The Blackthorne School.  This week, the witches learn more epithets than they knew before, and learn how to prepare for magic working in the context of this series of classes.  It's a fun ride through late antiquity, and the witches are so glad you will join them!  

The witches hope you are on board for this journey into the depths and heights of their' minds as they continue their discussion on the Forked Path Hekate series offered by the Blackthorne School.  In a dizzying display of esoteric shower thoughts, Blackbird reacts to her first taste of this lecture series, while Scarlet shares not only her takeaways but also her poetic interpretation skills.  It's a fun one, and the witches hope you have as much mind-blowing fun as they did!  

Oh ho ho hohohohhho witches, have we got something for you in the coming weeks!  Scarlet and Blackbird are about to get schooled in all things Hekate.  Embark on this epic journey with the ladies as they dive into the excitement of a course offered by the Blackthorne School on Hekate by none other than the author of The Hekataeon, Jack Grayle.  The witches have discussed this book several times, but Scarlet signed up for the course first and wanted Blackbird's hot takes on everything she learned in the first of 13 weeks (spoiler alert - Blackbird signs up for the course immediately after recording this episode!)  Get ready for your mind to be expanded by at least 3 if not 18 times.  

Witches!!  Join Blackbird and Scarlet as they regale you with tales of their dark and witchy communion in The City That Never Sleeps!  They will take you on their journey to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where they spent a great deal of time in the Egyptian Wing.  Also learn about a great restaurant that has a datura theme!  Not on the menu, but very delish.  It was a great time in a great city, if only for a day!  Join in and listen ASAP!  

Witches, the Supreme Court has been a Supreme pain in the last rulings.  We are here to break it down in our own special way, which is really to discuss the bare bones and hurl a lot of expletives.  We are talking about ideas for magic, ideas for practical combat, but fight we must against these laws - or the reversal of such - that are so harmful to so many.  Join us for dissenting dialogue and also, as a bonus, lotion recommendations.  Put on your black robes of justice and pull up a bench, and join us in our righteously vengeful wrath.  

Get ready to learn about more spoooooky plants!  This week Blackbird goes in deep with henbane, the witch's favorite plant!  Long associated with flying, visions, necromancy and love magic, you are bound to learn a fact or two you may not already know.  Come sit in our deadly garden with us and enjoy the shade while the world is literally its hottest.  While you wait for a breeze, enjoy listening!

Witches, get ready for more baneful nightshade talk!  Can one ever get enough?  Learn all about how to spot datura in the wild, how to avoid getting poisoned, and how to work with this amazing plant magically!  Even though datura is considered a "noxious weed", witches know the truth about how useful the properties of this plant are, whether you work with the actual plant or this spirit of it.  Gather 'round for our summer plant series!  

Witches, just go outside and look around - so many things we call weeds are really magical, useful plant friends that are humbly waiting for you to discover them.  This week, Blackbird and Scarlet introduce you to two very common "weeds" you are sure to come across, and break it down for you to find out what dandelion and henbit are all about.  If you live somewhere that does not resemble a sauna currently, go outside and take a look!  Magic is truly everywhere, especially under your feet.  

Get ready for some true facts y'all!  Blackbird is on her own this week, and she wants to tell all of the Hex listeners how much meditation has improved her life, her interactions, and her witchcraft!  She lets you in for a little peek at her world and how she became a person who meditates daily.  Grab a cool summer drank, get settled in the shade, and watch the sun set while listening to her journey!

This week, the witches continue with part two of Scarlet's adventure in Missouri at Interfuse, a regional Burning Man, where she held a ritual for her camp invoking the Mushroom Goddess.  Learn about how she prepped for this and wrote it, and hear what she created!  This has inspired both Blackbird and Scarlet to work more with mushroom magic for their future endeavors.  Pull up a toadstool and listen!  

Witches, have you ever wondered what it is like at Burning Man besides hot?  Did you know that there are smaller events all around the country called regional Burns?  You will find out all about what it's like, thanks to Scarlet!  Blackbird interviews her on the culture, tenets, and what exactly goes on at this type of festival.  Scarlet takes us on a journey through Interfuse, the latest regional Burn that just took place in Missouri.  You are guaranteed to lean something! This year's theme was quite magical - so magical it needed to be a two-parter!  

The witches are back again with the blackest of rocks!  Theses mistresses of goth turn their attention to the deep volcanic splendor of obsidian, and the crystalline opaqueness of black tourmaline.  You will learn about how they formed, how many thousands of years they've been used, properties, and so much more!  The Hex Rated ladies are ready to present to you more goth rock talk.  Grab all your stones and come lay on the floor with us!

Witches!!  Do you know how rocks get made?  You will now!  We are taking a deep dive into the gothest of rocks, and we are taking you with us.  How are these the same?  How are they different?  What properties do they have?  And most importantly, how do they make us feel?  Get your mind blown by science, and join us for this fascinating episode about some of our favorite black stones!  

Saddle up for a big introspective party for one, witches!!  This week, Scarlet and Blackbird discuss the many similarities and differences between these two "dark" cards, just in time for the tail end of Scorpio Moon season!  Bring all your feelings and get ready for possible inner revelations - as always, the witches are excited to take you on a tour of the tarot, but this is a journey that you most definitely will have to trek on your own (but hey, we can be in your earbuds.) 

In this episode, Blackbird interviews Scarlet about a series of social media portraits she has done for the last couple of years in which she portrays witches from film, TV, and literature.  Listen to the witches discuss how this project started, hot tips Scarlet has learned about makeup and photography, and how portraying some of these very famous characters affected her and her practice.  Grab a drank and take a listen!

SPOILERS, SPOILERS, SO MANY SPOILERS ALERT!  8 years worth of spoilers, if we are being truthful.  Sit down with Scarlet and Blackbird as they take you on a journey through one of their most beloved films, The VVitch, directed by Robert Eggers and starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Kate Dickie, Ralph Ineson and Harvey Scrimshaw.   Set in Puritan New England, this folk tale is about so much more than its title.  Join the witches on a frightening, zealot-infested cult hoedown as we find out what TRUE horror really looks like, and what perpetrates it.  Trust, we want to live deliciously at all times, and that does not include traveling back to 1630.  

Join Scarlet as she does an amazing Q & A regarding a journey that Blackbird has been on for a few years now:  Her Hekate backpiece tattoo is finally finished!  Listen to the tale of the process, how she's felt throughout this dedication, and how her relationship with the deity Hekate has grown, shifted, and become intrinsic to her practice.  Most of all, the witches are 95% here to talk about dogs (Hekate totally digs them too.)  It's a celebration, witches!  

This week, Scarlet and Blackbird do a bit of soul searching while they discuss all of the crazy insanity going on in the country, how they've been feeling about it, and what they want to do about it all.  The witches start by looking inward before they even begin to look out - change starts with each of us.  Get ready to do some subversive but totally reaffirming liberation work!

Join Scarlet and Blackbird for another in-depth discussion about trance induction!  On this episode, the witches discuss chanting, dancing, movement, and positions for trance induction.  Also included are a few asides -  ranging from genderless Grandpa names all the way to the matrix.  There's no script for this kind of talent, folx!  Snuggle up with a warm cup of tea and pop those air pods in!

Join the witches on the naughtiest of episodes!  Blackbird and Scarlet get real in the weeds about trance and trance induction - Blackbird outlines in detail her favorite method for taking those inner journeys.  Find out what the different kinds of trance induction are, and what the witches have learned from their experiences and the experiences of others they have known!  

Well, the witches really didn't have any intention of going down the astrology road this episode, but here we are and it is a fun if not bumpy ride!  Learn about signs, traits, our dads, and random quote generators and predictive text as methods of, well, entertainment but also MEANINGS!  Blackbird and Scarlet hope you have as much fun listening as they did creating this episode.  

Join Scarlet and Blackbird for the epic showdown of two incredible sorceresses of ancient Greece - these two famous/infamous witches have fascinating stories and powers, and we are here to share what we know with you!  Did Medea really kill her kids? Did Circe really turn men into pigs?  Find out more about the goddess Circe and the exceedingly powerful but mortal Medea and their most famous tales!  

Grab your deck and let's go!  Blackbird and Scarlet get elbow deep into the history and significance of The High Priestess card and the Empress card.  Pomegranates everywhere, all the time!  These two cards are full of lore and significance, and you'll learn how the witches interpret these cards when they read.  They also discuss how the cards have morphed through the ages and about the personal meaning of these cards for both of them.  Bonus bird and cat stories, too!    

Join Scarlet and Blackbird one more time for the most metal of Scarlet's adventures in Iceland - ice caves, volcanoes, Icelandic sorcery, hot springs galore, and a very special horse.  You don't want to miss this final part, as we've saved lots of great moments for last!  Grab a blanket, transport yourself north, and join us for one last look at the magic of Iceland.

Join Blackbird and special guest MISTER Blackbird as they discuss some history about tattooing, as well as lore, some rituals and ceremonies, and general knowledge (and a small modicum of advice) about tattoos and getting tattoos.  After you've spent all the one feeling you have about the Superb Owl, make sure to relax, put your ear buds in, grab some tea or cider and nestle up to this awesome subject that all of the witches on the podcast truly love.  

Grave moss, elf negotiators, corpse wrastlin'.  Join Blackbird and Scarlet as they continue their discussion about Scarlet's amazing trip to Iceland!  This one is bursting with fruit flavor, y'all.  Join us for a very detailed description of the wondrous terrain and lore of this northern island.  Grab a hot beverage and a warm blanket and tuck in!

Join Blackbird and Scarlet as they share with each other what they did for Imbolc and the new moon.  Blackbird takes a trip to Philadelphia and the Eastern State Penitentiary, and Scarlet begins to tell the tale of her epic journey to Iceland.  It's a magic-filled hour of rock formation power!!  Join us!  Minor literature detour in the beginning as a fun bonus, if Plath is your idea of fun.  It is definitely ours. 

After a long hiatus, Blackbird and Scarlet are back and talk about what's been going on, what they have been doing, and are very happy to be back to the podcast!  Volcanoes, cross country trips, new places, and Imbolc blessings to all our listeners.  Thank you for sticking around!!

While the witches were trying to figure out what number this episode should be, they noticed there is no 24 or 54.  So here we are!  This is from last summer, and Blackbird quizzes Scarlet about her trip to Atomic Falls in Oklahoma, where she officiates her first public ritual!  You'll want to listen to this one more than once, so grab your sunhat, lounge chair, and black nail polish and enjoy!

Join Blackbird and Scarlet as they discuss the hot goss of the mid-1600's and take you into the court of the Sun King.  Just a little murder, light poisoning, and entrepreneurial witchin' afoot!  Get your favorite late Spring beverage (break out that cucumber-mint combo!) and settle in that patio chair for a listen!

Join Scarlet and Blackbird as they begin a series that has been on a spreadsheet of Scarlet's for a long, long time - famous (and infamous!) witches in history.  We start the series with a fascinating dive into an artist's life in the 1940's, very much cutting edge for her time and 100% a rad witch.  Please light some incense and settle in for the first installment of Extraordinary Witches!

We know you are all just dying to join the witches as they discuss funerals, wakes, visitation AND MORE!  The Middle Ages were bonkers, cool shit you can plan for your corpse, Victorian hair jewelry - these are just a few of the topics the witches get into.  Get your favorite beverage and hang with us!  

Join the witches as they delve into the many and varied witchy aspects of dancing.  How and what they've learned throughout their formal and informal training, what music they use or love for ritual dancing, and where you yourself can begin to work this into your practice are all part of this fun discussion!  Grab your tea and a treat and listen in.    

WE. ARE. BACK.  Like, we are really excited.  Please get excited with us as Scarlet and Blackbird pick up where they left off regarding magical uses of perfume and scent!  Find out how the witches use scent in their magical workings and daily routines - it's not just perfume, y'all.  Pro Tip:  GO SMELL ALL THE SMELLS!!  You won't regret it.  

Strap in for a roller coaster of emotions:  Shopping, introspection, boobs, feelings, and what Autumn means to the witches. Grab a cuppa and a box of tissues maybe, the water is a little deep!!  

Join Blackbird (REAL QUICK-LIKE!) as she checks in and lets you know what kind of stuff she's manifesting for the week.  Get out of the heat, get a cool beverage, and do some resting this Sunday!!  

Join Lily and Blackbird as they go solo (nope, duo) and talk about being exhausted, depleted, and drained - and how to still weave magic when challenging times feel like they will never end.  Grab a cup and siddown, this is one that might hit close to home.  

Join Blackbird as she walks through what a normal week looks like for her, and what she tries to do magically to interact with and be a part of both the mundane and magical worlds she inhabits. Bonuses: The holy power of words, the vitality of rest, and the mind-blowing knowledge that YOU INDEED CAN WRITE A LETTER AND SEND IT. Get your beverage of choice and your listening apparatus ready!

Part one of a two part series, this episode is all about the history of perfume, some scent science, S and B's favorite eaux of all time, and a heady detour about all things Opium-- both the YSL fragrance and the illicit narcotic.

Scarlet inundates Blackbird with her encyclopedic knowledge of all things absinthe: how to drink it, what it's made of, and how to use it in magic, plus even more! A truly epic-sized SSS.

Pour a cup of tea and get those pods in your ears, it's the witching hour! Join Lily, Scarlet, Blackbird, and Brandon as they discuss familiars: Do you need one? How do you get one? What do they do? Some REALLY GOOD QUESTIONS and a few answers, plus you'll get to know more about your favorite witches' familiars and magical encounters with non-human totally sentient beings.

At long last, Blackbird's Sourdough Episode in all its yeasty glory: the process, the tools, and all the witchiness of baking. Plus, Scarlet pitches her spinoff kitten bakery book idea.

Join Blackbird and Scarlet as they catch each other up on their week - an acupressure mat review from Scarlet, LIZARDS! inside the house, cat situations, and half-finished books because pobody's nerfect. Scarlet also shares her "recipes" for just putting a select set of core food groups in a crock pot. Hot take, no one can replicate her creations (by design!?!!)

Join Scarlet and Blackbird as they discuss Scarlet's visit to a local public ritual for Beltane, Blackbird's acupressure mat, and ice cream flavors that might make you punch a wall they sound so good.

Join Lily, Scarlet and Blackbird as they talk about how they interact with that surprising rock in the sky - what their relationships are with the it, what kind of magic they do with it, what they did this last full moon, MIND-BLOWING DAYTIME MOON and ya know, a decent discussion of Nicolas Cage. Like ya do.

Join Scarlet and Blackbird for recaps of what they have been doing - SUPER COOL SHIT, that's what! Treehouses outside of Austin, and a seriously deep dive into making croissants (so much butter, y'all.) As usual, the witches are bringing the lols and the introspection all up into your earholes.

Join Scarlet, Blackbird and Brandon as they discuss their personal gardens, their go-to plants, plant energy and meditation, and a little bit of Kong vs. Zilla to sum up the ever-important balance of nature. And birds.

You will descend into the bowels of the earth to look into the flames of twin torches. There you will receive an answer to your question, and give away a piece of yourself. You will continue.

You travel down a dirt path through fields of grain to a crossing of three ways. There you will choose and receive. Will you continue?

You will travel to an ancient, mossy, and vine-covered garden. There you will make a choice. Will you continue?

Scarlet and Lily are back and joined by Brandon to bring you even more hot takes on what we think are the worst trends in the last decade in the witch community. Hot take of this episode: you are the gatekeeper of your own butt!

Scarlet, Lily and Jaye are back at it with hot takes on the best and worst trends in the last decade in the witch community. Buckle up, witches!

On this episode, Lily and Jaye dig deep into their stories of personal loss and share how their grief has influenced their witchcraft. Make some tea, grab a blanket and some tissues, witch friends.

Join your favorite foul mouthed witches as we discuss why you SHOULD absolutely vote! There will be ranting, raving, and so much more. See you next Tuesday, y'all! Or vote early, you should definitely vote early.

Lily's first recorded pathworking. As discussed in episode #38, this is a pathworking Lily wrote in order to begin unlocking her own will and accepting her divinity.

Join the Hex Rated Witches as they talk about working with an alternative "dark" element. Jaye, Lily and Scarlet each break down their experiences, invocations, journey and crafts to call on their chosen dark element.

Dive back in with Lily, Scarlet and Jaye as they continue their discussion of Jane Meredith's book, their sacrifices at the seven gates, and personal experiences with the rituals and exercises.

Join Lily, Scarlet and Jaye on their first Book Club talk! The witches begin to review Journey to the Dark Goddess by Jane Meredith and talk about their past with the Underworld and preparing for descent. **Trigger warning: this episode talks about experiences with abuse. It also is a NSFW episode, so make sure to use those headphones.**

On this episode, Scarlet, Lily and Jaye dig into their witch tool boxes to look at the witch tools they use most in their craft.

The Witches get their Divination Hoe Down on and spill the tea leaves on their experiences with salt, needles, paper and more!

Join Jaye, Scarlet and Lily while we talk all about patron deities and spirits!

Join Blackbird, Brandon and Scarlet for day 3 coverage of Pantheacon in San Jose, California! The witches talk about channeling roulette, cultural appropriation, uncrossing yourself, and all the other talks and rituals that they attended on their last day of con activities. We really had a great deal of food for thought to take away from this year - join us!

Join Scarlet, Brandon and Blackbird for a full takeaway from their day 2 at this year's Pantheacon in San Jose, CA. The witches discuss a ritual that is neither tantric or shamanic, awesome dark goddess work, growing mandrakes, and loads of other great (and less great) moments and rituals from the weekend.

Join Scarlet, Blackbird, and special guest Brandon as they recap their daily goings-on at the last Pantheacon in San Jose, California. On Day 1, the witches cover Aphrodite rituals, Druids, trees, shadow dancing, caucuses, and oracles. There's a lot going on, y'all. Special episode recorded daily during the Con!

Join Blackbird as she interviews Scarlet and special guest and witch friend Brandon about their particular way of channeling, their experiences, and how and why they do it. Talk to deities! Learn their favorite songs! Maybe don't have unlimited alcohol present when Thor is around though.

Join Lily, Jaye and Scarlet as they break down their most recent Ritual of Vengeance and Justice. Hear how the witches crafted and wrote, what they had in mind, and all the feels they had during this powerful ritual.

Join Lily, Scarlet, and Blackbird as they answer awesome questions from Hex Rated listeners, like what they do when things get overwhelming, to what the witches identify as some of their go-to witchy tools! As always, join in for a magical journey through silly songs, naked dancing, and basically being rad AF. Thank you, listeners, for such great questions!

Join Scarlet as she interviews Blackbird about a recent conference she attended to learn more about becoming a death doula. The witches talk about what the definition of a death doula is, and what specific roles a doula fulfills for a dying person and the family of that person. Learn about how to explore meaning, how to incorporate legacy projects, and how to approach the sacred space that exists while helping dying people transition.

Join the witches for their summer catch-up and a Q & A!! Hear what the witches have been up to so far this summer - trips taken, moves made, babies being grown! Listener questions are answered, plus stay tuned at the end for a special song from Lily and Scarlet.

Gather with Scarlet, Lily, and Blackbird as they go through their Hexennacht ritual that they were able to celebrate together in Texas recently. The witches all wrote incantations for one another, and added a bonus divining workshop. Get your fancy tea and poetic licenses out!

In this mini-episode, Blackbird talks about how recently she has felt compelled to start working with and dedicate a shrine in her home to Santa Muerte, and how she went about doing just that. Plus, some takin' care of bizness up front.

Jaye, Scarlet and Blackbird discuss the last rituals they take part in at Pantheacon in San Jose that involve the cosmos, Santa Muerte, and ancestral justice. All three witches have profound experiences on the last night they are at the Con. The ladies also discuss some of the vendors and the magical items and books that they procured.

The witches go over the activities of day 2 and part of day 3 of the con. More singing, sharing feelings, and lots of great info on these days!

Join Jaye, Blackbird and Scarlet as they recap the Pantheacon convention in San Jose, CA. Day 1 includes a visit to the Redwoods, some pretty rad justice rituals, and singing. A fair amount of singing.

In Episode 26, all four witches are back together again to discuss important signs, sigils, artifacts, identifiers, etc that are essential to each witch and how each sees herself and the others.

One this episode, Scarlet and Blackbird examine some truths about themselves and the very nature of examining truths of self at all - and how that can be part of a witch's role and sometimes a place from where she might derive power. Also, letting go of stuff and man-yoga.

In this episode, ALL the witches are on deck and together again (even if one is long distance!) for talking about politics, getting out the vote, latest supression tactics and how to get ready to go to the polls on Tuesday, November 6th! Lily, Scarlet, Jaye and Blackbird also discuss what they all did for Samhain, Blackbird drones on incessantly about California, and all four witches are super into Beto O'Rourke for the win.

Join Blackbird for a story, a rant, some anger, and some action. It's ok to be discouraged today. Our work is just beginning.

In this episode, Jaye, Scarlet and Blackbird Q&A each other about how they each actually practice witchcraft, what rituals they do (or don't do,) what kind of "system" each witch has for crafting their own special brand of magic, how just being a semi-functional adult in the world is difficult, and the importance of Tex-Mex cuisine. Hot take, IT'S IMPORTANT.

In this episode, Scarlet, Jaye, and Blackbird discuss the similarities between therapy and divination, and how divination can be used as a tool of introspection much like talking to a therapist. Guacomole love is discussed right up front. Disclaimer: We at Hex Rated take mental health very seriously, and while we see the similarities of techniques, we in no way are recommending supplanting visiting a licenced therapist with divination. Divination tools can be used to augment seeing a therapist.