Send us a Text Message. The mind is extremely powerful. It can lead us to great heights of innovation and discovery, and it can imprison us in the muck and mire of rigidity, criticism and contraction. Allowing the power of the mind to be guided by the loving and wise heart is the core experience of the mystical journey. This episode is an invitatio…

Send us a Text Message. On this episode, we explore the divine nature of sound. Links from the episode: Druid Wisdom Podcast Cymatics As Kingfisher's Catch Fire by Gerald Manly Hopkins Support the Show.By Eryn Shrader

Send us a Text Message. In the Northern Hemisphere we are feeling the powerful pull of emergence as the green world explodes in growth. As we find ourselves surrounded by abundance and competing invitations for our time, energy and resources, how can we utilize discernment to tend our lives and gardens in ways that are truly life giving and in alig…

Send us a Text Message. As we prepare for the coming eclipse, how can we make room for the emergence of the new by releasing what we have outgrown? Sometimes we need help to clear away what is eclispsing our own health, growth, and true identity. Here are some astrology resources I mention in the podcast. Paetra Tauchert Star Gardner The Pattern Co…

Send us a Text Message. Let's face it, adults are carrying wounded children around inside ourselves who occasionally tantrum and create chaos. In this week's episode, I share about my own journey of finding the courage to finally, really grow up. This process of maturing creates the possibility for heatlhy relationships, and greatly expands the eff…

Send us a Text Message. Finding ourselves in the story of deep time is one of the ways that we "wildcraft our druidry" and continue to hear what the land is saying today. Join me this week for an exploration of deep time, and right action in response to the story we are weaving together with the landscape. Support the Show.…

Send us a Text Message. In this episode, which mark's the third anniversary of the launch of this podcast, we explore the New Monastacism movement, a concept that will inform the flavor of the podcast as I move into the future. Some works that I mentioned in the podcast: The New Monastacism by Adam Bucko and Rory McEntee Anything by Beverly Lanzett…

Send us a Text Message. The first nine minutes of this episode are literally recorded over a bubbling cauldron, haha! If you find that sound to be a trigger for your misophonia, skip to after the nine minute mark. This episode is about the soul of our work in the world, collaboration, dreaming, and the hopeful changes we have already made together.…

Send us a Text Message. In this week's podcast episode, we open with a poem by Dana Faudes. To experience another world we nust soften, open, re-imagine, and let go of our need to know what's next. Come into the sanctuary with me to start off this new year. And don't forget to vote for the Witchies! Support the Show.…

Send us a Text Message. This week's episode challenges us to navigate through the hedge, the world of mists and fog and grey areas and thick undergrowth...the terrain of uncertainty and curiosity, where many things can be true at once. The difficulty of navigating this terrain, and the discomfort it brings, keeps us in the comfortable illusions of …

Send us a Text Message. In this week's episode, we take a discerning look at shadow work and question the popular romanticized version of this powerful, and dangerous, practice. I frequently reference the book Eyes Wide Open by Mariana Caplan, PhD, which holds valuable insights into the many pitfalls of modern spiritual seeking, and is required rea…

Send us a Text Message. Being in relationship with other humans, especially when we have had difficult encounters and traumas in our past, can be a really challenging endeavor. In this week's episode, I share some red flags I have encountered in relationships, and ways to open the door to deeper intimacy with people who are safe. If you are deeply …

Send us a Text Message. What do we do when we discover dividing lines within us? Places where outdated beliefs limit our growth and prevent the deepening of our wholeness? In this week's episode we take another look at the way othering, divisiveness, exile, rigidity, dogma, undermines our relationships within ourselves and in the larger world. Supp…

Send us a Text Message. If we want something in our lives to change, we have to be willing to change. If we want to see clearly, we have to be willing to see what is uncomfortable. If we want to impact the world around us, we must be willing to change the world within us. We can't keep doing what we've always done. It's time to change the game. Sup…

Send us a Text Message. This episode is not flowery, it is not full of information, or education, or mythology. This episode is from the dying embers of the battlefield, the realm of the Phantom Queen, the place where there are no winners and losers, only lost souls that find themselves in the arms of a guiding power. From the arms of the Mother, E…

Send us a Text Message. Please help me support Beck Lawrence, owner of The Serpent's Key, as she courageously endures discrimination from local law enforcement based on outdated Pennsylvania laws. We may never change the perception of the powerful, those who make and enforce the laws, but we can continue to stand on our virtue because of who we are…

Send us a Text Message. My relationship with the wild continues to teach me about being a mother, a partner, a friend. I am learning how to be clear and direct. How to prioritize my own instincts and needs, and how to trust them. May we find our way back to our wild selves. Support the Show.By Eryn Shrader

Send us a Text Message. What is a life? What are we here to experience? How can we find our way to the "More Than" that we are promised? Support the Show.By Eryn Shrader

Send us a Text Message. Vultures, goldenrod, dark goddesses, transformation, empowerment and more. Thank you for listening, as always. Support the Show.By Eryn Shrader

Send us a Text Message. Do not wait any longer. Do not empower any human to place their hands upon you and claim your worthiness. Receive your ordination now, and become a priest, a priestess, a hedgerider. Make yourself a bridge on this good Earth. Bring your healing fire, through your own hands, to this family of kin. Receive your ordination. Sup…

Send us a Text Message. You have heard of the law of attraction, the system of belief that ensures us we can use our thoughts to quickly manifest the life of our dreams. I look back over my own life and can see the truth of how I have manifested the life we have today, and to me, this has been through the Law of Increments. Little changes, diligent…

Send us a Text Message. This week I am back to monologuing as I share about changes evolving in my business and personal life. This episode is heavy, a reflection of the heaviness that is all around us, but there is also a sense of purpose and meaning interwoven throughout. I hope you'll join me to hear more of my personal story, and my evolving vi…

Send us a Text Message. We continue our conversation about trauma healing and community with Dr. Elizabeth Guthrie, author of The Trauma Informed Herbalist. Dr. Guthrie shares her experiences healing the nervous system with the help of herbs. Some resources from the episode: Shift Network Event David Winston's book on Adaptogens Larken Bunce's clas…

Send us a Text Message. The practice of tending our relationship with the Earth, and the Earth itself, is an act of devotion. This week on the podcast, we talk to Kendra Hoffman of Ladybug Earthcare about the many ways we can devote ourselves to this work. Some links to resources we mention: Victoria Loorz and Church of the Wild The Horn Farm Cente…

Send us a Text Message. Our conversation this week goes deeper into the realm of healing trauma, and how we can engage modalities like psychodrama and family constellations to embody this work into a deeper knowing and way of being in the world. Our guest this week is Karen Carnabucci, LCSW, TEP, founder of the Lancaster School of Psychodrama & Exp…

Send us a Text Message. In this week's episode, we invite author, teacher, village witch, gardener and circle-tender Byron Ballard to join us in a conversation about how we endure during times of great change. Byron has been calling these "Tower Times" and encourages us to tend circles on the ground as we weather the storms of change, together. You…

Send us a Text Message. "Suck me dry you uptight fakers...." I look around at people who seem like husks, sucked dry, exhausted from following the rules created by power-hungry automatons. People who have lost their wildness, and are withering away. These lyrics from the song Better in the Morning by Birdtalker have perfectly captured that feeling …

Send us a Text Message. What is liberation? What does it mean to be free? What sustains the soul while we walk this Earth-life? This week's podcast episode is my musings on these topics and more, and as always, enjoy the ambient birdsong as my feathered neighbors contribute to the conversation. From my heart, Eryn Support the Show.…

Send us a Text Message. This week's podcast episode is a reflection on an encounter I recently had with Norway Spruce at the beautiful Rhoneymeade Arboretum in Centre Hall, PA. This is another powerful teaching from the trees on how to walk the old roads of wisdom that still lie under our feet, wherever we are. Support the Show.…

Send us a Text Message. Our current evolution of consciousness is asking us to examine and re-evaluate the importance we have given to the construct of currency. Does money really reflect what we collectively value? Or has this human construct sort of run away with us? What is the true nature of currency, and how has it become misconstrued through …

Send us a Text Message. In this week's podcast episode, I offer you a challenge. Can you begin to shift into a shamanic worldview? Can you begin to live into the experience of entering the Otherworld, even as you walk through this one? Can you awaken to the reality that you are surrounded by sentient beings who see you, know you, and interact with …

Send us a Text Message. As humans we have many ways of knowing, some more celebrated than others. In this week's podcast episode, we explore what has been called "shamanic consciousness" which is a way of knowing that is universal to all people, ancient, essential to life, and rarely esteemed or celebrated in modern culture. The plants exist in thi…

Send us a Text Message. The culture we have developed in has shaped our resilience, our piorities, and our methods for coping. Has your culture promoted a life-giving resilience, or an insular, paranoid shelter against looming evil forces? In this episode I offer a reflection on my own culture, and the kind of culture I want to help birth with the …

Send us a Text Message. In this week's podcast episode, we explore the particular energetic and vibrational signature that is your "medicine" to carry into the world. Some medicine is bitter, and some is sweet, and both have their challenges and gifts. Whatever medicine you carry, may you embody it fully in service to the healing of the world. Supp…

Send us a Text Message. I open this week's episode with a poem from Chelan Harkin. I also mention the books Dispelling Wetiko by Paul Levy, and Shakti Woman by Vicki Noble. I can see and feel that so many of us are doing this work of disarming the empire within and building resilience so that we can stay open, connected and generous. As we change o…

Send us a Text Message. In this week's episode, we explore the core of our identity as humans. Who are you? What will you take with you when this life is over? What world are you creating with the power you have? Support the Show.By Erin

Send us a Text Message. This week we explore ways to work with the monthly lunar cycle for personal growth, manifestation and healing. We also look at the particular degrees of this month's new and full moons, and how to find their relevance in your own natal chart. We explore resources at Astro Seek and Astro.Com to help us navigate this informati…

Send us a Text Message. Hang in there for this week's episode! It's nerdy and scientific in the beginning, and political and potentially alienating to folks at the end. I don't know what I was thinking this week, but here it is! Ha! Thanks for hanging in there as my content swings around wildly based on what I am currently metabolizing in my own ex…

Send us a Text Message. In this week's episode I share a recent conversation I had with the trees, and my vision for a larger conversation between trees and humans in the future. The birds had lots to say this week, too. And Mac was committed to chewing his elk antler at my feet while recording, so you have his contribution as well! Ha! Support the…

Send us a Text Message. This episode opens with the poem Breathing Underwater by Carol Bialock. I will meet you in the deep. Thank you for joining me here. Thank you for not letting the tentacles, the pressure, the moaning of the sea, the risk, the darkness, turn you away. Thank you for breathing underwater. Support the Show.…

Send us a Text Message. Freshly back from a family vacation at Disney World, this episode is a reflection of my inner-child self and hopes for the future. Welcome to the Age of Aquarius. Support the Show.By Erin

Send us a Text Message. Continuing with the exploration of the masculine and feminine polarities, this week we encounter the feminine energy as I perceive it on my own journey. The episode opens with a poem from Christin Lore Weber, one that I have shared here before and will likely share again. Blessings on your own encounter with the Wise Dragon …

Send us a Text Message. This episode opens with a poem from Tom Hirons, as an invocation of the Wild Masculine. Join me in the realm of the deep inner wild man that exists in us all. Let us liberate him, together. Support the Show.By Erin

Send us a Text Message. *Content Warning* This episode is pretty raw and really captures the grief and chaos that have been swirling around for me lately. As we confront the collapse of our ecological systems, the grief we feel is intimately tied to our personal and collective trauma and often compounds that trauma through a lack of safety and feel…

Send us a Text Message. I have received multiple requests to know more about my personal story. This episode is a brief response to those requests. I hope to go into more detail over time. For now, welcome to my attempt at more vulnerability, and deeper sharing of my own story. Support the Show.By Erin

Send us a Text Message. How is our mind part of our magick? What is mindfulness? In this episode we explore the practices of mindfulness and how it may be supportive of our magick, and of our survival. Support the Show.By Erin

Send us a Text Message. In this episode we explore the seasonal energies of Imbolc, and how to find alignment with the seasons within the energy of our own being. We also explore the call to speak for the more-than-human beings with whom we share this Earth. Support the Show.By Erin

Send us a Text Message. For years I have heard the terms The Great Awakening, The Great Turning, The Shift, The New Earth, etc. I am fully convinced that this awakening is underway and actively shifting our experience of the world. Tune in this week to hear about how I am experiencing this awakening, and what I am learning from all of you. Support …

Send us a Text Message. **Content Warning** In this episode there mentions of violence and sexual assault. Please proceed with caution. Join me in this musing on the power of evil in the world, and how we can combat this force collectively and personally. Support the Show.By Erin

Send us a Text Message. Welcome to this 100th episode of the Plant Witch Podcast! In this episode, I share my master plan, why I keep showing up here week after week, and I what I am trying to convince you to see and remember. Join this episode for a peak behind the veil to see what it is I'm really up to. To read the Wendell Berry poem in print, c…