Adventures In Alchemy

Magick is less about rules and more about intention, presence and energy. In this podcast, we’ll discuss several of the misconceptions around magick that can be keeping you stuck and not getting the results you crave. I didn’t put an experiment in this episode, but I recommend you examine your beliefs around magick, especially if you have some of the ones discussed on the show and decide if they still serve you.   Links from the show; Here is Daniel Foor’s website: https://ancestralmedicine.org Here is an Amazon Affiliate link to Daniel’s book, Ancestral Magic: https://amzn.to/2SY3iH4 If you want to book a Magick 101: Planning & Tweaking your Daily Practice one-on-one with me, learn more here:  https://bookme.name/dailyalchemy/one-on-one-daily-alchemy-practice-coaching Here’s the link to my Magickal Amazon Storefront with links to my favorite magick and alchemy books (https://www.amazon.com/shop/michelledobbins) As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.  You can find out more about that on

I’ve talked before about Magick and how there are two kinds of magick that we do, daily alchemy or daily practice and occasional big rituals. The New Year can be a moment that calls for a big ritual. If you’re not listening at the new year no worries, you can do ritual anytime that feels right to you. There’s a New Moon and a Full Moon every month that are perfect times.   I want to share three kinds of rituals in this episode: Burning bowl Dumb Supper Seven Spheres   Here is a link to a very old version of the burning bowl I shared on my blog. Sound quality is not the best, but you’ll get the gist: https://dailyalchemy.com/create-magical-new-year/   Here is a link to a wiki how on how to hold a dumb supper: https://www.wikihow.com/Host-a-%27Dumb-Supper%27-for-Pagans   Here is an Amazon affiliate link to the Seven Spheres book: https://amzn.to/2ZzWjFT   Your Experiment: Pick one of these rituals to try or create your own. Journal about the ritual and your experiences—putting it in your Moon & Magick pl

Why You Need A Word of the Year   A word of the year gives you a simple theme to tune into as you go through the year. In my opinion, you don’t pick your word. It picks you. This episode shares my experiences with having a word of the year the past 6 or so years.   Your experiment this week is find your word of the year and lean into it this year. Then, remember to look back in 2021 and see what experinces you had with your word in 2020.   Also, here is a link to get your Be Magick in 2020 eBook: https://dailyalchemy.simplero.com/admin/lists/75868-Be-Magick-in-202/landing_pages/133715-e-book-giveaway-list-signup-for-be-magick-in-202/editor     If you want to book a Magick 101: Planning & Tweaking your Daily Practice one-on-one with me, learn more here:  https://bookme.name/dailyalchemy/one-on-one-daily-alchemy-practice-coaching   Here’s the link to my Magickal Amazon Storefront with links to my favorite magick and alchemy books (https://www.amazon.com/shop/michelledobbins) As an Amazon Associate I earn

**Trigger Warning** Around about 23 minutes in, there is a verbal warning before the discussion in the track, the guest shares a story about hunting that is graphic and could be disturbing to some people, please either avoid this episode or stop listening at that point and skip ahead to the 34 minute mark. This is my first installment of a new series interviewing mostly lay practioners about their magick practice. I want to share real life stories of people’s magickal practices, their journeys in coming to their current practice, and their real-life experiences good and bad with magick. If you want to be interviewed, you can be anonymous like this guest or share who you are and shout out your business on the podcast, whether your business be spiritual or not. Please email me at mmdobbins@dailyalchemy.com to get on the line-up. Today I talk with Foxfire 156 about her magickal journey. You’ll probably guess from our discussion that we are related. Foxfire shares some of the biggest synchronicities she’s experie

You’ve been doing your daily practice and life is still mundane as mundane can be— I’m going to give you some tips today and you probably won’t like them, but months or maybe years from now, if you hate me now-you’ll get it. Today’s experiment is to go back and do last week’s experiment or keep doing it. Magick is a practice and you’ll be rewarded for your efforts.   Here’s a reminder of what that experiment is: Your experiment is: Find a good meditation for you and do it every day the same-ish time Find one other metaphysical being to work with and have a short daily practice devoted to that That is enough to bring magick into your life if you do it as a regular practice.   If you want to book a Magick 101: Planning & Tweaking your Daily Practice one-on-one with me, learn more here:  https://bookme.name/dailyalchemy/one-on-one-daily-alchemy-practice-coaching   Here’s the link to my Magickal Amazon Storefront with links to my favorite magick and alchemy books (https://www.amazon.com/shop/michelledobbins

186. Magick 101: Your Daily Practice Today we are going to talk about your daily magickal practice f you are relatively new or want to establish a disciplined practice I believe starting small is the key-I often talk about having one core practice and that is always valid. This is not hugely glamourous but there are two things I’d recommend that you need to know to start a daily magickal practice that will work for you. 1. What kind of meditation works for you and then commit to doing that every day. I have a blog how to find the right type of meditation for you and for premium members there is a whole meditation class which teaches tons of methods. Sorry, it’s not sexy but it’s true—meditation is the most important key to a magical life. 2. Add some type of enchantment or metaphysical daily practice. – I recommend, starting with ancestors, planetary deities, archangels, Animal guides, plant helpers or ancestors Your experiment is: 1. Find a good meditation for you and do it every day the same-ish time 2. Fi

I’m going to give you tips for two scenarios: 1. Offensive—People coming into your space 2. Defensive—Going into other people’s spaces Your Experiment: Offensive: 1. Do energetic visualizations of filling your house with your energy 2. Do one of the physical cleansing or protective actions listed in the podcast or find one of your own. Defensive: 1. Carry one of the protective items with you 2. Do the “doorbell delivery” method when triggered More info in the show Links from the show: Here is the link to the Protection Magick list on my Amazon Store front that links to Chiron’s book, Clearing Spaces, It, also, has links for Florida Water and more. https://www.amazon.com/shop/michelledobbins?listId=FC663P0RB75F&ref=idea_share_inf Here’s the link to my Magickal Amazon Storefront with links to my favorite magick and alchemy books (https://www.amazon.com/shop/michelledobbins) As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. You can find out more about that on my storefront. Find me at https://dailya

What even is a Hell Loop? How do you know if you are in one and how do you escape? Your experiment: 1. If you are aware of a Hell Loop you want to escape, just notice it and how it repeats 2. Metaphysical: Meditate on how you want it to be-be in the energy of the person who is the new reality 3. Physical: Change one small action related to the loop and do the new action with intend each day 4. Track your results   Links from the show: Here’s the link to my Magickal Amazon Storefront with links to my favorite magick and alchemy books (https://www.amazon.com/shop/michelledobbins) As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. You can find out more about that on my storefront. Find me at https://dailyalchemy.com Order your Moon & Magick 2020 Planner: https://dailyalchemyemporium.com/products/moon-magick-planner-13-moons-of-2019 Find me on the socials: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MichelleDobbinsAuthor/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michellemartindobbins/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Mi

Graveyards are one of my favorite places and I highly recommend anyone getting involved in magick spends some time in a graveyard or cemetery at least semi-regularly. One of the best graveyard activities is just to meditate on the fact that you will soon be among the departed to remind yourself not to put off any living you intend to do. this episode, I give you a list of tips and techniques to connect with the magick of graveyards without taking home any energies that won’t serve you. You can work magick in graveyards and with graveyard dirt, etc. The trick is to do so in a respectful, ethical and self-protective way.   Topics discussed: How to enter and leave How to connect with spirits of the dead Which spirits to connect with What is ok to take from the graveyard Pay for what you ask for or take Cultural considerations   Links from the show:   Graveyards vs. cemeteries: https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/cemetery-versus-graveyard Lucky Mojo on Graveyard dirt https://www.luckymojo.com/g

  Your answer is likely different than mine but having an answer to this question is important to give a guiding principle to your magickal practice.   I believe Magick has several purposes: To create change—more in ourselves than anything or anyone else To right wrongs To enchant our world. IE. life is fucking boring without magick   Your experiment: Decide what purpose Magick serves in your life Notice if you are working Magick to meet that purpose Write down and implement ways you can use Magick purposefully Take action & add a “daily alchemy” task to your routine   if magick’s purpose to you is to add beauty to the world, then, meditate for a few minutes on something beautiful—art, nature, etc. and create something beautiful—a simple sketch, a beautiful breakfast bowl, etc.   Links from this episode:   Love: What Life is All About by Leo F. Buscaglia https://amzn.to/34pdOd9  (This is Amazon influencer link to the book on Amazon. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.)     Dail

The main issue with not achieving the results you desire is usually: Energy without action  or Action without energy   Other issues:  Neediness Watching the cauldron Shadow desires   Even more things you can consider: Magical timing Ritual space Opening & Closing a circle   Your experiment:  Create a spell or find a simple one online Align the energy Do the physical steps Forget about it Check in later on results—note everything you do in a book of shadows or journal of some type   Links From the show:   Two books that I mention:   1001 Spells: The Complete Book of Spells for Every Purpose by   Cassandra Eason –(paid Amazon Affiliate link): https://amzn.to/2q4L8r2 Six Ways: Approaches & Entries for Practical Magic by Aidan Wachter—(paid Amazon Affiliate link): https://amzn.to/2BUofsV   Lucky Mojo:  a place where you can search all kinds of spells and info and they also sell books and occult supplies. https://www.luckymojo.com   I am not an affiliate, it’s just a great resource.   Glitch

It’s the best time of the year to make contact with the dead and reach out to your ancestors, at least in the Northern hemisphere. The veil is thinner and contact is easier. I’ve been working with my ancestors for about six years now and it has enriched my life in enumerable ways. One of those ways is that is continues to bring magical synchronicities and stories.   Your experiment for this week’s podcast:   Set up a simple ancestor altar Connect with your ancestors in whatever way feels best to you Do a method of healing the ancestor’s you want to focus on connecting with Look out for synchronicities and shifts in your matrix.     More explanation in the podcast.     Links from the show: Chiron Armond: spirit elevation: https://www.impactshamanism.com/blog/2017/6/2/how-to-perform-an-ancestor-elevation-rite   And the podcast of Queer Witch where he and the host, Anna Joy, talk some about ancestors: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/shamanism-with-chiron-armand/id1373029928?i=1000425664614   Ancestral M

My Rules for Magical time management: Magick first Enlist Spirit Helpers Daily discipline Guiding question “What is my next Right action?” If something comes in mind that you DON’T want to do, do it now!   Your experiment for this week’s podcast: Create Your own list of Magical Time Management rules Include at least one metaphysical and one physical rule and a guiding question Follow your magical time management system as much as possible Reach and share how it goes   More explanation in the podcast.   Links from the show: This is just a short Enneagram test I found from a quick google search. I haven’t taken this particular one and I know you can find others but this one does seem short and easy: https://enneagramtest.net   The book I referred to about angels is actually called Hiring the Heavens by Jean Slatter and I’ve added it to my Magnificent Metaphysical Book list on my Amazon storefront here: https://www.amazon.com/ideas/amzn1.account.AF2LR7XEKHSXHRRXZTAO7KR3K43A/39YZ9NUWVQILE?ref=exp_idea_aff_vl

My thoughts on the archetype of the witch and why I’m so attracted to it. What the word witch means to me, Links from this Show: Here’s the link to Lonerwolf’s article on Archetypes: https://lonerwolf.com/archetypes-ultimate-guide/ Here’s the link to my blog post on cocooning: https://dailyalchemy.com/cocooning-so-hard/ Here’s a link to my Amazon Influencer storefront list of Magickal Children’s fiction where you can find Dorrie and the Witch Doctor still in print since 1967: https://www.amazon.com/shop/michelledobbins?listId=K3U3D7Z1KKAF   Your experiment for this week’s podcast: Your experiment: research archetypes and find one or two that resonates with you Meditate on the energy of the archetype a few minutes a day for at least a week Find and carry a touchstone for the archetype to remind you to tune into that energy as you go through your day. It could be a small pentacle for the witch archetype. It could be a small paintbrush for the artist. It doesn't matter what it is as long as it holds meaning for

Why I’ve decided to focus more on charming than blessing and how to charm. Links from this Show: Laurel’s episode on the Higherside Chats: https://www.thehighersidechats.com/laurel-airica-word-magic-upgrading-english-nursery-rhymes-for-troubled-times/?highlight=laurel Laurel’s short YouTube video on the secret spells of the English language: https://youtu.be/mJTpwe3OiV8   While I couldn’t find the link to Ariel’s podcast on charming, I did find this link that has a lot of his talks and they are wonderful; http://ariel.castmate.fm Here’s a link to my Amazon Influencer storefront list of Magickal fiction where you Deborah Harkness’ All Souls Trilogy books: https://www.amazon.com/shop/michelledobbins?listId=30D5DNK00TSKO They are some of my favorites and the audio book versions are bomb! If you don’t have an audible account, you can do a trial here and listen to two of the audiobooks for free, I recommend the Discovery of Witches and the Shadow of Night: https://www.amazon.com/Audible-Free-Trial-Digital-Member

My thoughts on how Magick should be used daily—microdosing and occasionally, in bigger rituals, macrodosing. Both are important for me. What’s your thoughts? Do you microdose or macrodose Magick? What’s more important to you? Here’s a link to the Seven Sphere’s Book by Rufus Opus https://amzn.to/2LAm6Xy (This Is an Amazon Affiliate link and I earn from qualifying purchases.) Here’s the link to my Magickal Amazon Storefront with links to my favorite magick and alchemy books (https://www.amazon.com/shop/michelledobbins) As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.  You can find out more about that on my storefront.  

True stories of my magical experience with clover and tips on how to connect with plants and plant spirits Here’s the link to my Magickal Amazon Storefront  with links to my favorite plant alchemy books, teas and plant matter (https://www.amazon.com/shop/michelledobbins) As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.  You can find out more about that on my storefront.

Adventures in Alchemy is back with a new magickal focus.  Less LOA, more magick. Also, a little bit about protecting your energy, and a lot about where the show is going from here. Here’s the link to my Magickal Amazon Storefront with links to my favorite magick and alchemy books (https://www.amazon.com/shop/michelledobbins) As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.  You can find out more about that on my storefront.

Joanna is an amazingly talented medium and spiritual entrepreneur.  She has a gift to tune in and know what people need in their lives and businesses. She explains how to turn on your gifts, one technique that always raises your vibration and all about 333 Magic and the Lightweb. Joanna Hunter Lives in the Magical Highlands of  Scotland with Her Husband and 3 Children( a boy and 2 girls), a black cat called Midnite & Daisy the Jack Russell fur baby.                A Natural and trained medium she has always been spiritually open had an awareness of the spirit world. At 23 years of age she opened her first business; a designer clothing shop called Branded, a love affair with entrepreneurship was born, that has now spanned nearly 2 decades. In 2008 when she survived a major burnout that landed her in hospital with multiple organ failure.  What followed became a gentler way of life, that nurtured her soul allowed her to heal from the inside out. In 2011 she pursued the true calling of her soul, working with

Jeannette was my very first coach and I’ve worked with her a lot over the years! You don’t want to miss our chat about all things manifesting, law of attraction, different realities and why she doesn’t believe in helping you manifest a particular person into your life. Jeannette Maw is a Master Certified Coach and founder of Good Vibe Coaching. She publishes Good Vibe Blog, hosts an online gathering at Good Vibe University, is the co-founder of LOA coach training at Good Vibe Coach Academy and co-leads LOA-based astrology courses at Good Vibe Astrology.  She is the author of several law of attraction ebooks and is a contributor to Jack Canfield's Life Lessons for Mastering the Law of Attraction. Jeannette was invited to appear on Oprah's law of attraction episode to share about the manifesting method known as pray rain journaling. Developed through her years of study and practice, she shares a practical approach to the art of conscious creation. Jeannette lives in Salt Lake City, Utah with several rescued dog