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    Creative Magic

    Join prolific author and artist Lucy H. Pearce and her creative guests – writers, artists, creatrixes – for profound and practical conversations about what creative magic means to us. We’ll reflect on what, how and why we create, what drives us…and what stops us in our tracks. We share honestly how we find the time and energy to make magic in the midst of life’s challenges and why we keep on saying yes to our creativity.

    Lucy is known for giving real and raw interviews, and now she shares this form of deep dive conversation with many of her favourite creative people.

    The first season of Creative Magic is the Wild Initiations series, featuring her immensely popular intimate conversation series recorded to celebrate the launch of her 12th book Crow Moon: reclaiming the wisdom of the dark woods… She will also be joined by some new guests diving into the themes of wild nature, symbols, initiation and creative magic.


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    35: Kat Shaw - Unapologetic May 22, 2025
    Show notes


    Kat Shaw is a visual artist based in the UK who is known for her vibrant celebratory paintings of real, juicy naked female bodies.


    Over the last 7 years, Kat has painted over 3000 glorious women into Goddesses, held many successful exhibitions and live shows, run enriching workshops and paints not only onto canvases, but also directly onto women’s bodies!


    As an activist artist, Kat prides herself on dismantling the patriarchy, breaking society’s stereotypical views of beauty and challenging every negative paradigm that women have been drip fed since birth, instead, encouraging them to step into unapologetic empowerment.


    Having made her name painting the glorious nude reality that is a woman’s body, self-worth, self-love and self-belief are at the centre of her art, rather than airbrushing, filtering, photoshopping and the “only one size fits all” approach to beauty.


    Glorifying every single body shape, Kat challenges the images of perfection of the female form that are so rife in today’s culture.


    https://katshaw.art/


    Heads up this is a fabulously sweary episode with lots of talk about women’s bodies and nakedness.



    We talked about:

    How making art was a bridge to loving her body

    Celebrating and glorifying real women’s bodies

    The good old days of Facebook when it connected us to women around the world and didn’t censor women’s art

    Nakedness

    NIPPLES!

    The way patriarchy drips into every area of our lives

    Art and activism

    Her Kat Walk where almost 60 women walked naked

    Painting 113 women in under 6 weeks this year

    ADHD, creativity and menopause

    In the Extended Episode – only $3/month on www.patreon.com/lucyhpearce

    We dive deeper into:

    Parenting our kids when they are in crisis and the toll it takes

    Navigating body dysmorphia

    Nipples

    Women’s safety and the language around assault

    ADHD


    MASTERCLASS - Writing Nature and Magic with Lucy H. Pearce and Sarah Robinson May 28th 7pm on Zoom

    TO ACCESS THIS EXCLUSIVE EVENT:

    SIMPLY PURCHASE A SIGNED COPY of one of these titles from the Womancraft Publishing webshop between 22nd - 27th May:

    • Crow Moon
    • The Kitchen Witch Companion
    • The Witch and the Wildwood
    • She of the Sea
    • Enchanted Journeys


    And we’ll email you your EXCLUSIVE INVITATION to this Masterclass

    (Only purchases made on the Womancraft webshop within this timeframe qualify for this offer.)



    Resources

    Rainbow Goddess: Celebrating Neurodiversity – Girl God

    Changing History into Herstory – Kat Shaw, Girl God

    Girl God Books

    Womancraft Publishing

    Weaving Our Way Beyond Patriarchy

    Burning Woman

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    34: Caroline Carey – She Did it Her Way May 13, 2025
    Show notes

    Caroline grew up in Birmingham and then the rural landscapes of Worcestershire, with a love for the wild, poetry and dance, passionate about creativity, mystery and myth. She moved to Ireland in 1992 for 17 years.

    Say Caroline: “Despite early challenges with trauma, self-doubt and unconventional learning styles, I discovered the power of creativity and a deep connection to the soul through dance, poetry and storytelling. This journey led me to understand the impact of trauma and the importance of finding new perspectives on my past experiences, which were laden with difficulties to overcome.

    From very early on I developed a conscious connection to the world of soul and my ability to see, to sense and to connect with my own soul-guidance. Mothering my six, now adult children gave me the art of play, creativity, story-telling and opened up the deep surrender and unconditional love that motherhood can bestow. Being a grandmother, has deepened and matured my skills to a sensitive wisdom with lots of humour.”

    A published writer of seven books, a speaker and Soul Retrieval guide facilitating workshops and gatherings, Caroline has created The Wheel Of Soul’s Return and The Polarity of Purpose as models for finding the meaning and contribution to each person’s story.

    LINKS

    www.middleearthmedicine.com

    https://www.facebook.com/caroline.carey/

    https://www.instagram.com/carolinecarey__/

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolinecarey/

    We talked about:

    5 Rhythms dance and her training with Gabrielle Roth

    Her Middle Earth Medicine

    Trusting the body and resisitence

    How our birth, death and rites of passage impact our creativity

    The Thespian’s dilemma

    Leaving home too soon

    What she learned from shamanism

    Inspiration and spirituality

    Her writing life

    Creative entrepreneurship

    In the extended episode – just $3/ month www.patreon.com/lucyhpearce

    Personal stories about her experiences with Gabrielle Roth

    How her Middle Earth Medicine got its name

    Extended video episode for $6/month www.patreon.com/lucyhpearce

    Resources:

    Marketing for Hippies

    Elixchel (Elisheva healing art movement https://www.facebook.com/groups/410174569389357

    https://www.instagram.com/elisheva.lily/#

    Msguided Angel

    Unearthing Your Story

    My interview on her podcast: Soul Purpose with Caroline Carey




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    33: Eleanor Brown – Piecing Together Fragments of Soul Apr 29, 2025
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    Eleanor Brown is a songwriter and music maker who believes that creating is essential and the driving force of life. She writes songs that support both the descent and the rising and the oscillation between the two.She has sung in forests, fire circles and protest rallies; festivals, events and pubs; prisons, churches and schools; by the sea, on top of mountains and in front of thousands of people. She’s been commissioned to write songs for the theatre, for personal celebrations, for women’s empowerment movements and social action projects and through this has performed in both the UK and the U.S.


    She is an independent artist carving a way that works for her in a music industry not designed for thin skinned beings. She has released 7 albums including one she crowdfunded 10,000 for and is currently working on number 8 whilst releasing new music monthly to her Patreon community.

    She also lives and works on the land, growing organic food for the community so as to try and remain as autonomous as possible.

    Many have credited Eleanor’s songs to saving their life and supporting them through their darkest moments.


    ‘BEAUTIFULLY CAPTURING THE SPIRIT OF THE WORK THAT RECONNECTS’ – Joanna Macy


    Eleanor’s Links

    Bandcamp

    Spotify

    Website

    Patreon


    We talked about:

    Performing alone and with others

    The struggle to earn enough as a creative to be able to afford the support you need as an artist

    Anxiety and the creative process

    Mentors and patrons and supporters

    The toxic culture for artists today

    Spiritual bypassing and cognitive dissonance

    The value of being small

    Recovering from burnout

    The tap that doesn’t turn off

    Weaving the web of creativity together

    Beyond Happily Ever After – how to create if things don’t get better


    In the extended episode, from just $3/month www.patreon.com/lucyhpearce

    Behind the scenes info on the very beginning of Womancraft Publishing

    Where and how she records her music

    Creative spaces and times of day


    Her songs in order of appearance:

    Meet You There

    In the Name of Hope

    A Call to Stand

    We Will Not Be Lost to These Times


    Links

    Get Podcasting

    Joey Walters

    ALisa Starkweather

    Burning Woman

    Crow Moon

    Creatrix: she who makes

    She of the Sea

    Sophie Strand – the Body is a Doorway

    Everybody Hurts – REM

    Jagged Little Pill – Alanis Morrisette

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    32: Jaine Rose - Starlight Vision Apr 15, 2025
    Show notes

    Jaine Rose lives in the Cotswold town of Stroud, happily making art in her plant-filled and colourful studio in the corner her attic house. She’s had a pretty wild journey through art, parenthood, and the alchemy of women's circles and rituals. He work is an ongoing enquiry into women's spirituality which I see as the dynamic and ever-changing way that we reclaim our innate connection to a vast realm of magic. She works unapologetically with bold and vibrant colour, combining portraits, with flowers, magical creatures, trees and hills and other wonderful, often abstract details. Says Jaine, “I could talk endlessly about witchcraft, and our beautiful land that is worth fighting for. Or my insane love of cats, all animals, starry skies, lying in woodlands staring up at the trees, of all the things that fill me with wonder. Also all the things that have the power to move me, or even break my heart. So many stories, we all carry them.

    And so I ponder this as I travel relentlessly and obsessively between the oceans of the West, and the oceans of the East, magical places where witches be. My heart places.”

    www.jainerose.com

    Instagram: www.instagram.com/jaineroseart - for her artwork

    www.instagram.com/jainerose123 - pieces of life

    We talked about

    Her concept of the Competent Artist

    How she creates art

    Her move from pottery to visual art, and the place of writing in her work

    Colour and what it means to her

    Moving through grief with creativity

    Her creation of her Witch’s rosary

    Her experience of “the lights”

    How magic changes as we get older


    In the extended edition - access for just $3+ on www.patreon.com/lucyhpearce we talked about:

    Trauma and storytelling

    Art and activism

    The Red Hearth – a powerful women’s circle she is part of


    Resources:

    Earth Pathways Diary

    Lucy Rie

    Hans Coper

    Barbara Hepworth

    Francis Weller

    Emerson College (UK)

    Bayo Akomolafe

    Anita Roddick

    Kesty Jakes and Sladebank Woods

    Starhawk


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    31: Amy Hale - Sex, magic and surrealism – the art of Ithell Colquhoun Apr 01, 2025
    Show notes

    Amy Hale is an Atlanta based writer and critic with a PhD in Folklore and Mythology from UCLA. Her research interests include contemporary magical practice and history, art, culture, women and Cornwall. She has written widely on artist and occultist Ithell Colquhoun, and has been an academic advisor to the 2025 Colquhoun retrospective Ithell Colquhoun: Between Worlds at Tate St. Ives and Tate Britain. She wrote the first scholarly biography of Colquhoun,

    Ithell Colquhoun Genius of the Fern Loved Gulley followed by the collection Sex Magic: Diagrams of Love, (Tate Publishing, 2024).

    Her book, Beyond the Supernatural: Magic in Contemporary Art is due to be published with Tate Publishing in 2026.

    Amy’s Website

    Instagram

    Treadwell's Lecture Series – here and here


    Ithell Colquhoun (1906 –1988) "One of the most radical artists of her generation, Ithell Colquhoun was an important figure in British Surrealism during the 1930s and 1940s. An innovative writer and practicing occultist, Colquhoun charted her own course, investigating surrealist methods of unconscious picture-making and fearlessly delving into the realms of myth and magic. She explored the possibilities of a divine feminine power as a path to personal fulfilment and societal transformation. Her understanding of the world as a connected spiritual cosmos brought her to Cornwall, where she deepened her creative explorations, inspired by the region's ancient landscape, Celtic traditions, and sacred sites."

    From Ocula.com Guardian article on Ithell


    We talked about:

    Some of Ithell's most iconic paintings and where she fits in the story of art

    Surrealism and the lack of women

    Fascinating developments in automatism and understandings of the subconscious

    Colour theory and magic, from the Golden Dawn, anthroposophy and theosophy

    Being an outsider...her relationship to occult and artist groups

    Sex magic

    Artists who don't receive recognition in their lifetimes

    In the extended episode:

    The Kabbalistic tree of life, The Golden Dawn and their influence on Ithell’s colour theory and palette

    Crowley's table of correspondences

    Colour mixing

    The story of Amy’s Sex Magic contract with the Tate

    Extended AND video episodes available at www.patreon.com/lucyhpearce




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    30: Jen Louden - Magic and Midlife Women Mar 18, 2025
    Show notes

    My guest today is Jen Louden, best-selling author of nine books, and passionate women’s advocate. Since 1992 Jen has been a leading voice on self-care, creative transformation, and helping women own their desires.

    With close to a million copies sold in nine languages, Jennifer has appeared or been quoted in hundreds of media platforms, including The Oprah Winfrey Show. She is a former columnist for Whole Living, a Martha Stewart magazine, and her work has been featured in Brené Brown’s books

    Daring Greatly and Dare to Lead.


    https://jenniferlouden.com/


    We talked about:

    Why we need our witches right now

    Finally writing a novel all about magic and midlife women

    Reinventing yourself

    Moving beyond “Pick Me”

    Agents and publishers, and how publishing has changed since the ‘90s

    The disappointment of the reality of being on Oprah’s couch

    Walking away from projects and knowing when to let things go

    The Conditions of Enoughness – her groundbreaking concept for developing self trust in yourself as a creative

    Creative motherhood and the male privilege of no interruptions

    On being ruthless as a creative woman


    In the extended episode - available on www.patreon.com/lucyhpearce for $3/month+


    We deep dive into neurodivergence- discovering her neurodivergence, how it’s impacted her work, her work arounds.


    References


    Pregnant Woman's Comfort Book

    The Woman's Retreat Book

    The Woman’s Comfort Book

    Why Bother?

    The Rainbow Way: cultivating creativity in the midst of motherhood

    The Shit No one Tells You About Writing podcast

    Get Published with Lucy H. Pearce

    Womancraft Publishing

    Teach Now!

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    29: Leonie Dawson - Everything is Colour Mar 04, 2025
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    My guest today is Leonie Dawson, international best-selling author of the My Brilliant Year workbooks (formerly known as the Goal Getter workbooks) which have been used by over 500,000 people worldwide. A multi-passionate entrepreneur, Leonie has generated over $14 million in revenue while only working 10 hours a week. She is the creator of the Brilliant Biz and Life Academy, she has been blogging for over 20 years and has over 100k blog followers.


    Leonie has been recognised for her business acumen by winning Ausmumpreneur’s People’s Choice Business Coach, Global Brand & Businesses Making A Difference Awards..I am guest teaching on her Academy in August - Submissions that Sell: Creating a winning book proposal.


    www.leoniedawson.com


    We talked about

    Her formative experiences of creating and inspiring others to create

    Her creating/sharing compulsion

    Postnatal depression

    Her relationship with the word weird

    Being your full colorful self as an integral part of your business...

    Our neurodivergence - autism, ADHD and synastheia

    Blogging then and now

    Being authentic on the internet - the upsides and downsides

    Our invisibility cloaks

    What colour means to her

    How it's less about making magic and more about noticing it

    Being a female entrepreneur.


    In the extended episode ( just $3/month on www.patreon.com/lucyhpearce ) we discuss:

    Dealing with haters

    Sharing, over sharing and keeping those we love safe

    When others question our integrity

    300 hugs in a day


    Grab us in our gorgeous rainbow coloured glory on the video episode for just $6/ month www.patreon.com/lucyhpearce


    Links

    My website www.lucyhpearce.com

    My book that Leonie wrote the forewrod to The Rainbow Way: cultivating creativity in the midst of motherhood

    My publishing company Womancraft Publishing

    Becoming Visible - Breaking Spell of Invisibility - my ecourse on the invisibility cloaks and having the courage to be seen as yourself

    The magician Leonie mentions https://youtu.be/SHQKQjBJKd4?si=2-MwE9F9Dqft6t5N

    Her new course - Creative Goddess Embodied




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    Crow Magic Feb 25, 2025
    Show notes

    This special Creative Magic episode is a celebration of crows – real and symbolic, wild magic and everyday enchantment to mark the one-year anniversary of Crow Moon: reclaiming the wisdom of the dark woods, and the launch of the audiobook. Weaving the words from this spellbinding book, along with stories from the Creative Magic community and extracts from interviews from the first two seasons including Molly Remer, MJ Cullinane and Phyllis Curott. The extended episode runs to 1h 25 and includes:


    The extended episode runs to 1h 25 and includes:

    · Exclusive reflections from Molly Remer, Megan Derosiers and Lucy H. Pearce

    · Additional extracts from the brand new Crow Moon audiobook

    · Additional material from MJ Cullinane’s interview.


    Available from www.patreon.com/lucyhpearce for $3/month+


    Links

    Crow Moon: reclaiming the wisdom of the dark woods is available in audiobook, ebook and paperback wherever you get your books – on Amazon

    Special offer 20% off signed copy of Crow Moon plus free Masterclass from Womancraft Publishing (Feb 25-March 5)

    Crow Tarot

    Walking with Persephone

    Witches Wisdom Tarot

    Phyllis Curott episode

    Molly Remer episode

    MJ Cullinane episode

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    Women Who Run with the Wolves Jan 28, 2025
    Show notes

    A celebration of Clarissa Pinkola Estés’ iconic book,Women Who Run With the Wolves


    This episode is a magical weaving of extracts and interviews with women about wolves and the Wild Woman archetype, and the impact this book has had on their lives.


    Full episode available for $3/ month at

    www.patreon.com/lucyhpearce


    Mini interview:

    Rachel S. Roberts is the author of Lupa. She-Wolf of Rome, Mother of Destiny, as well as Wolf. Embody your Inner Wolf and Pantheon. The Romans. She is also a sacred dance teacher, priestess, and the creatrix of Wolf Woman Rising, a wisdom school where she empowers you to embody wisdom, reclaim your wild and create a life lived on purpose.

    Rachel S. Roberts www.wolfwomanrising.com


    Women Who Run With the Wolves

    Fairy Tale Medicine

    The Flesh & the Fruit

    The Witch & the Wildwood: Folk Wisdom, Fairy Tale & Fantastic Lore

    The Wild Wool Shepherdess: Weave the Ancient Path, Reignite Your Feminine Fire

    The Holy Wild: A Heathen Bible for the Untamed

    Weaving Our Way Beyond Patriarchy – A Womancraft Compendium

    The Rainbow Way: cultivating creativity in the midst of motherhood

    Lupa. She-Wolf of Rome, Mother of Destiny

    Wolf. Embody your Inner Wolf

    The Mistress of Longing

    Reaching for the Moon

    Longing Oracle Deck

    Womancraft Publishing

    Get Published with Lucy H. Pearce – e-course


    Extracts from

    Danielle Dulsky, episode 9, The Holy Wild

    Clare Jasmine Beloved, episode 23, Raw+real+radical

    Dr Vanya Leilani episode 21, Creative Transgression

    Elizabeth Kneafsey, episode 20 The Wild Wool Shepherdess

    Sarah Robinson, episode 14, Let’s Just Run Away and Live in the Woods

    Molly Remer, episode 4 Everyday Enchantment

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    Coming Soon.... Jan 23, 2025
    Show notes

    A quick update on what I'm up to between seasons... and what's coming up next Tuesday!


    NEW FULL EPISODE IS LIVE NOW FOR ALL $3/MONTH+ PATREON SUBSCRIBERS

    (subscribe now at www.patreon.com/lucyhpearce to grab it for yourself )


    A special Creative Magic episode celebrating the most-mentioned book on the podcast over Seasons 1 &2, Clarissa Pinkola Estés’ iconic book, Women Who Run With the Wolves. This between-the-seasons episode weaving extracts from the book with reflections and interviews from former Creative Magic guests - Danielle Dulsky, Clare Jasmine Beloved, Dr Vanya Leilani, Elizabeth Kneafsey, Sarah Robinson and Molly Remer – on wolves, the Wild Woman archetype, and the impact that this book has had on their lives. Featuring an exclusive interview with Rachel S. Roberts, author of Lupa. She-Wolf of Rome, Mother of Destiny and Wolf. Embody your Inner Wolf.


    Get the full episode exclusively from Patreon (which runs to 1 hour 50 mins). It includes:

    An extended interview with Rachel S. Roberts as well as extended excerpts from Danielle Dulsky and Elizabeth Kneafsey.

    Additional contributor stories from:

    Kelly Barett and Zoe Genet Berthoud.

    Readings from Lupa and The Witch & the Wildwood.

    Reflections and enquiries from Lucy H. Pearce.


    A TREAT-SIZE VERSION OF THIS EPISODE WILL BE AVAILABLE WHEREVER YOU LISTEN TO YOUR PODCASTS ON TUES 28TH JAN.


    Sign copies of Moon Time and Cycles of Belonging, 20% off this weekend, plus goodies,, only at Womancraft Publishing

    Get Published with Lucy H. Pearce – e-course

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