{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/65fc10b3365a7b00177f90da/65fd89343402060016cdbcb6?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":" 1: Phyllis Curott - The Way Home is All Around Us ","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/65fc10b3365a7b00177f90da/1711113746516-f64befd00eeaabe9156d9a86514e9715.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>My guest today is&nbsp;<strong>Phyllis Curott, </strong>a writer and one of America’s first public Witches. Her 5 international best-selling books have been published in 14 languages, making her the most widely published Wiccan author. Aas a lawyer, she has been an outspoken advocate in the courts and media securing the legal rights of Witches.</p><p><br></p><p>Phyllis was named one of <em>The Ten Gutsiest Women of the Year </em>by <em>Jane Magazine</em>.&nbsp;She received the 2018 Service to Humanity Award from the One Spirit Interfaith Seminary and the 2020 Person of the Year Award from Kindred Spirit.&nbsp;Phyllis was the first Wiccan Trustee of the Parliament of the World’s Religions, and was elected Vice Chair of the 2015 Parliament, creating the Women’s Assembly.&nbsp;<em>New York Magazine</em> has called her teaching on Witchcraft the culture’s “next big idea” and <em>Time Magazine</em> has published her as one of America’s leading thinkers.&nbsp;Her You-Tube series on Wicca has almost 3 million views. Phyllis continues to write, teach, and lecture internationally on the embodied spiritual wisdom of Mother Earth, Nature’s “secret magic” and why the world needs its Witches.</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"www,phylliscurott.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www,phylliscurott.com</a></p><p><a href=\"Instagram.com/phylliscurott\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram.com/phylliscurott</a></p><p><br></p><p>\"There's a wildness within us that yearns to be physical, sensual, animal, free. But fear of this unknown part, of where it might take us and who it might make us, has left us all only half alive.\" Phyllis Curott, The Witches Wisdom Tarot Guidebook</p><p><br></p><p>We started by talking about The Witches Wisdom Tarot that she created with Danielle Barlow. From there we move on to the wisdom of the body and following our instincts. The theme of murmurations comes back again and again...to do with birds, women and magic it is an incredible deep dive conversation weaving magic, books, art and ways of knowing, finding the courage to be out and seen in our creative magic. We also discuss:</p><p>Awe, wonder and the power of the liminal</p><p>Coming back into the public eye after a period of retreat</p><p>Calling women crazy as a way of shutting them down</p><p>Breaking the spell of patriarchy.</p><p><br></p><p>\"It starts with you...but very quickly you realize it's not about you, the world needs you. You've been called.\" Phyllis Curott</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Resources Mentioned</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://amzn.to/3PAKIkM\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Crow Moon: reclaiming the wisdom of the dark woods</a> - Lucy H. Pearce</p><p><a href=\"https://amzn.to/49e6xhg\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Witches Wisdom Tarot</a> - Phyllis Curott and Danielle Barlow</p><p><a href=\"https://amzn.to/3JeaAjb\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Book of Shadows</a> - Phyllis Curott</p><p><a href=\"https://amzn.to/4aw3Ati\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Burning Woman</a> - Lucy H. Pearce</p><p><br></p><p>Music: Alice in Dark Wonderland, Lexin Music</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Lucy Pearce"}