THE MAGICK HOURZ PODCAST: Recent Episodes
Zoë Flowers
This podcast delves into spirituality, pop culture, and politics. Whether you know a lot or a little about these topics there's a place for you in this conversation!
Hey everyone!! It's been awhile!!! I want to share a little bit about a project I've been working on. While much has been written about cults like NXIVM, Rajneesh, The Children of God and more, the experiences of Black women and femmes in these communities is often underrepresented or completely left out of the conversation.I've been speaking with Black women across the country about the ways race, gender, and socio-economic status make Black women susceptible to recruitment and the tactics cult leaders use to target them.My latest interview with Rev Sandy inspired me to make it a podcast episode. I hope you find it helpful!Rev Sandy is a Zen master in holistic living and personal development with a keen understanding of the special challenges of healing the self with food. She's been a Holistic Advocate for past 12 years. She says "I can turn the girl next door into the woman everybody wants to know."
It is always a blessing to meet someone and your souls recognize each other. When you know you both existed in a time before time. This is the experience I had with Christina Love. Christina is an Alutiiq/Sugpiaq woman (she/her) from Egegik village who was raised in Chitina, Alaska. She is a consultant, recovery coach and civil and human rights activist. She is a formerly incarcerated person in long term recovery and has dedicated her work and energy to systems change for targeted and marginalized populations.
I hope our conversations enlightens you as much as it did for us.
Ramona Coleman has been a Lukumi Priestess, Spiritualist, Spiritual Mentor and Spiritual Coach for over 35 years. She took time forom her busy schedule to talk manifesting, transformation, and leading people back to themselves.
Meeting Granddaughter Crow (GDC) was like reuniting with a long lost family member. There was so much resonance and an easy flow to our conversation. GDC is an award-winning author of three books entitled, The Journey of the Soul, Wisdom of the Natural World, and Belief, Being, and Beyond. She stopped by the Magick HourZ during the Libra New Moon to discuss her journey, the importance remaining curious, and her life's work of inspiring people to be their authentic selves.
Today, I got to chat it up with my Aussie pal Sasha. She told how she's changing her life one dream at a time.
Ada Reso was born in Tirana, Albania and grew up in small cities and towns in Massachusetts, New York, Maine, and Virginia. She received her B.A. in Fine Arts-Art History from the University of Virginia and her Masters in Public Health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She has worked as a health educator in Guatemala City and as a qualitative researcher in New York City. As an artist, she works in photography, performance and mixed media. Her work explores belonging, displacement, identity, femininity, queerness/sexuality, the body, and socio-political dynamics. She also practices performance, mixed media, and conceptual art. Ada currently lives in Brooklyn and is working on a project that exposes the legacy of slavery in New York City with her girlfriend Elsa Eli Waithe and co-conspirator Maria Robles called Slavers of NY.
Hoodoo is a liberatory-centered folklore tradition and practice that was created by and for enslaved African Americans in the southern United States. Sherry Shone, aka That Hoodoo Lady, is a Black, Lesbian Hoodoo worker with years of experience helping clients receive deliverance using Hoodoo rituals, products, readings, clearings and classes. She has presented her knowledge of Hoodoo in various media, as well through classes and events across the U.S. Shone is also the author of Hoodoo Guide to the Bible.
Ron Ragin is a researcher, strategist, organizer, coach, and interdisciplinary artist. He sustains a vibrant performance and creative writing practice, rooted in music of the African Diaspora, improvisation, and cultivation of spiritual technologies. He is ever-curious about the role of sound, and the unamplified human voice in particular, in transforming our environment, our selves, and each other.
Alongside his creative work, Ron partners with artists, organizations, and grantmaking institutions to help them move in deeper alignment with their values, goals, and principles. For nearly a decade, he worked in the field of arts and cultural philanthropy, with program officer posts at the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. He currently serves as the director of MAP Fund’s SPA Program which offers coaching and gathering opportunities to artists. Ron makes a mean red velvet cake, can throw down on some biscuits, and makes home in New Orleans. It was so great to talk with him!!!
Today, I was able to connect with Rekitta Peters!! Rekitta is a survivor of domestic violence. In October 2017, she launched her blog Purple Vision. Purple Vision is dedicated to helping, empowering, educating women who are victims of domestic violence to get the care they need, heal from being a victim of domestic violence, survive the traumatic experience of domestic violence to create a vision for a better life for themselves and their family and honor the memory of women who lost their life due to domestic violence.
In this episode I talked with my longterm colleague and friend Kadeem. Kadeem is a holistic wellness practitioner and offers individuals and groups tools to help balance their mental, emotional, physical and spiritual states. He has been quoted in Forbes, Vogue, Martha Stewart Living, Healthline, The Huffington Post & Sunday Times.
Today's episode was 100% joy! I celebrated the solstice with artist and healer Liana Lupasco. We talked about life, the earth, identity, and so much more!
In this episode I got to meet with powerhouse Tonier Cain. Tonier, is a trauma survivor and trauma expert, featured in the documentary “Behind Closed Doors: Trauma Survivors in the Psychiatric System, subject and Co-Producer of Award-Winning film “Healing Neen”, Executive Producer of the film “Walking Thru Bullets”, Producer of the film “The Unseen Village”, and Advisor of the film “Like Any Other Kid”, Tonier is an author, an advocate and educator who speaks all over the world on trauma, addiction, incarceration, homelessness, substance abuse and mental health, and spirituality.
I had so much fun talking to Syhaya. Syhaya is an actress and overall wellness consultant, she specializes in yoga, meditation, oracle readings and reiki energy healing. Her clientele largely consists of creatives and artists, but she sees people from all walks of life.This was a looong episode because we went deep!!
What better way to kick off Pride Month with my friends at Queery?? Queery was founded by three queer men to make complex concepts more manageable and beautiful.
In this episode, I caught up with LA-based writer, producer, and founder of Solsinmotion, Charles "Ke Ke" Williams. In this conversation, Charles shares how Capoeira helped him evolve into a community leader and land justice advocate.
Today, I had the opportuntiy to chat with storyteller and world traveler Radhiyah Ayobami about what it means to align with and be lead by spirit.
Enjoy!
To Know
To Will
To Dare
To Remain Silent
Today's episode concerns itself with the four pillars that create the bedrock of magick and succesful manifestation.
The broadast also includes a tarot reading I conducted to help us work these pillars.
Lastly, I provide factual information about the word witch and it came to be such a polarizing descriptor in historical and present time.
Sources include: Éliphas Lévi Raise the Horns The LA Times
I had a magickal conversation with intuitive healer and reader, Catherine Mulligan. We talked about her work with the dead and as guide for the living who are at various stages of transformation.
On this week's episode, I check in with The Soulful Goddess Leah Vanderlinden who shares journey from social worker to full time Goddess and Kansas City's long history of activism and holistic healing.
Enjoy!
Soooooo, we're gonna talk about the slap heard around the world and unmasking at the Oscars.
Activator warning (gender based violence will be discussed).
We've been trying to make this meeting interview happen for weeks! And finally, on the Full Moon in Virgo we have the chance to chat. Poet, teacher, and scholar Robert Anthony Gibbons is in the park. He says it's where he spends most of his days. I'm at home....as usual. We exchange pleasentries and get to the business at hand. As always, I have my notes...but the conversation turns (I love when that happens) and we wind up talking the promise and perils of distractions, dating, respectability politics, our art, and living life as an artist in New York City. And then I gave him a reading on his prospective new venture!!!
This was actually fun and totally new for me. I've never done an audio pick a card before. Let's see how it goes. You pick the deck that you feel drawn to and see if it resonates. I'll do more if yall like this format.
Oh, and something was wonky with my mic for a snall part of pile 1.
And don't forget to leave a reveiw.
Thanks.
This was my first on air tarot reading. We had such a good time that I decided to post it early!
Enjoy!
Female Director wins Best Director award. Director disregards Black icons as part of her acceptance speech...during Women's History Month. I have thoughts.
We're kicking season 1 off with Blogger, Podcaster, and Hip Hop Enthusiast Jarratt Damn.
Jarratt shares his views on relationships, music, pop culture, social issues, and mental health advocacy through his personal journey every week on It’s About DAMN Time Podcast, The Vexed Intellects Podcast, and the Parents After Midnight.
On this episode, we dove into being on our spiritual path, the importance of vulnerability and telling your story.
Welcome to The Magick HourZ!! I'm your host Zoë Flowers. I'm an author, filmmaker, and social justice healer whose work can be found in several anthologies, journals, and interviews. In 2004, I interviewed survivors of domestic and sexual violence. From Ashes to Angel’sDust: A Journey Through Womanhood is the book that emerged from those interviews.
I’ve been on NationalPublicRadio,WGBHBoston,and several online publications and podcasts, and conferences on issues related to racial equity, art as a healing methodology, gender-basedviolence, and more. As a Healer, I’ve lead individual and group healing sessions, retreats, and workshops from NewYork to Ecuador.
On this episode, I'll be sharing what you can expect on this show!!!
Theme music Island Dream-Chris Haugen