Creative Magic

Essie Jain is an English singer and songwriter, who has been performing and recording music for over two decades. Her songs have traveled far and wide out into the world and gently weaved themselves into the fabric of people’s lives, daily healing practices and stories. She has almost 600K monthly listens on Spotify.Essie often works alongside her husband, guitarist and long term collaborator Patrick Glynn, for both recordings and live performances. They live in Los Angeles with their daughter Opal.Most recently, Essie and Patrick made an album of folk songs together, The Rose In Bloom, which was released on March 7th, 2025Her website InstagramEssie on SpotifyWe talked about: ·      Holding space for people’s responses to our work and boundaries·      Creative collaboration with our partners·      Music and healing·      Making a living as a creative·      Founding an indie labelIn the extended episode just $3 on www.patreon.com/lucyhpearce we talked about:·      How creativity prepares us for the challenges of parenting·      Betting the house on your creativity·      Channelling the energies of death into musicResources MentionedCreatrix: she who makesBig Magic – Liz GilbertSongs Featured in this EpisodeO, I Love You – from Until the Light of Morning I’m Not Afraid of the Dark– from Until the Light of Morning The Healing from As I ReturnThe Blessing from As I Return

Pam Grossman is a writer, curator, and teacher of magical practice and history. She isthe host of the internationally beloved podcast, The Witch Wave and the author ofWaking the Witch and What Is A Witch. Her newest book, Magic Maker- The Enchanted Path to Creativity has just launched. She is also co-editor and co-author of theWitchcraft volume of Taschen’s Library of Esoterica series. Her writing has appeared innumerous media outlets, including The New York Times, The Atlantic, TIME.com, andmany more. She divides her time between Brooklyn and the Western Catskillsalongside her husband and their two feline familiars.www.pamgrossman.comInstagram @phantasmaphilePodcast – The Witch WaveWe talked about:Women and surrealist art OccultureHer podcast, The Witch WaveCapitalism and magicBeing visible as a witchBeing taken seriously by the mainstream media when talking about magicWitchcraft - The Taschen AnthologyHer new book Magic MakerArchetypes of magic – Witch, Magician and Magic MakerWhy creativity is vital nowIn the Extended Episode – just $3 a month on www.patreon.com/lucyhpearceWe dive deeper into capitalism and magic, bring the Taschen anthology of Witchcraft to life, women artists who are just coming into mainstream awareness and the work of Amy Hale bringing forward the work of Ithell Colquhoun.ResourcesAmy Hale – Creative Magic EpisodeArtists mentioned: Leonora CarringtonRemedios VaroHilma af KlintIthell ColquhounAgnes PeltonGertrude AbercrombieLeonore FiniPamela Colman Smith Waking the Witch Magic Maker- The Enchanted Path to Creativity Witchcraft volume of Taschen’s Library of Esoterica series – ed. Jessica Hundley

Sangu Mandanna is a British–Indian author of adult, young adult, and middle grade fiction. She is best known for her fantasy romance novels The Very Secret Society Of Irregular Witches and A Witch's Guide To Magical Innkeeping.We talked about:Whimsy and cosy fictionThe magical books that made herHer writing processHer publishing journeyThe difference between writing for YA, children and adult readers.Writing inclusive charactersBelonging and communityWriting sex scenesIn the Extended Episode www.patreon.com/lucyhpearceWe dive deeper into neurodivergence, being seen and invisibilityAs well as an additional extract from The Very Secret Society Of Irregular WitchesJoin us for the Creative Magic book club www.patreon.com/lucyhpearce

Sarah Robinson is the best-selling Womancraft Publishing author of multiple books on magic and witches including: Yoga for Witches (now in French, Chinese, Polish and Farsi), Yin Magic, Enchanted Journeys, The Kitchen Witch Companion, The Witch & the Wildwood , and Womancraft Publishing’s fastest selling pre-order ever, Kitchen Witch: food, folklore and fairytale. Her newest book Witch Country: Seeking the Witch in the British Landscape is out on October 31st. A yoga teacher and author based in in Bath, UK. Her background is in science; she holds an MSc Psychology & Neuroscience and has studied at Bath, Exeter and Harvard universities. She is host of the Witch Country podcast.You can listen to Sarah’s popular episode from Season 1 of Creative Magic – Let’s All Run Away and Live in the Woods, and learn from her and myself in the Weaving Magic with Words episode in Season 3, as well as discover some of her favourite books in a bonus episode on my Patreon – for $6/ month. Join her for her Masterclasses live on Zoom on October 29th and November 5th. Find out more at Womancraft Publishing Find Sarah online:Website: www.sentiayoga.comInstagram: @Yogaforwitches @thisiswitchcountryPodcast: Witch CountryInsight Timer: Enchanted Journeys with Sarah Robinson We talked about:The Season of the Witch – whether it’s over commericalised and what it means to usTime release magicSocial media, performance and authenticityThe importance of digging for rootsBalancing whimsy and the dark history of witch hunts.The place and witch that impacted her most as she researched Witch CountrySome of our favourite good witches from 20th century film In the extended episode – over 15 mins of extra content just $3 on www.patreon.com/lucyhpearce we talked about: The backstory as to why Sarah is “friend of the pod”Apple magicReal world social media content making strugglesWitch marks – what they are and how to find them.An extra extract from Witch Country  

Crowned ‘the defender of female awesomeness’ by Cooler magazine, everything Lisa creates is an invitation home to yourself. To your voice, your rhythms + your own reality. A reality that’s remembered + respelled by you. She writes, teaches + shares in the sweet spot between feminine philosophy, sensual creativity + personal myth-making. Her work is rooted in the depth of Hélène Cixous, the erotic truth-telling of Anaïs Nin + the accessible ritual of Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way. She is the best-selling author of Witch, Code Red, Love your Lady Landscape, Self Source-ery + Venus. www.lisalister.com/Instagram @sassylisalisterJoin us for the Creative Magic Book Club www.patreon.com/lucyhpearceToday we talked about:The Importance of Writing and Telling Our own storiesCyclical intelligenceHer mutism as a childThe witch wound – women being silenced down through lifetimes, ancestral fear of speaking outBeing seen – and discernment as to who we share our skills withCreating the most magical version of ourselves that our soul most longs forNavigating paradoxEDS (hypermobility) and magical womenNeurodivergent women and maskingPublishing and self-publishingBeing too muchProlificWomen in creative processJoin us for a deeper dive in the extended episode – just $3 on www.patreon.com/lucyhpearce Where we get raw and real, and share our personal experiences of publishing and self-publishingAn extract from her book, Witch.We mentionedWomancraft PublishingCode Red Love Your Lady LandscapeWitch

Lisbeth Cheever-Gessaman is the artist and illustrator of "The Divine Feminine Oracle", The Spellcasting Oracle” and “The Sutras of Unspeakable Joy”. She is a visionary artist who merges magick and technology with traditional mediums to create new interpretations of myth and archetype. Through her work she explores shamanic, astrological and mythological constructs to interpret the liminal worlds of the Divine Feminine, incorporating art and talisman to create a third phenomenon, or magical reality. Her art was included in Witchcraft - Taschen and features in The Divine Feminine Oracle that she created along with Meggan Watterson, on the covers of The Mistress of Longing and Gina Martin’s Daughters of the Goddess series. In honor of the Great Mother, and as personal witness, she creates all work under the pseudonym "SheWhoIsArt".www.etsy.com/shop/SheWhoIsArt Website: www.shewhoisart.comFacebook: facebook.com/shewhoisartInstagram: @shewhoisWe talked aboutThe soul in artArt as a vessel for the sacredSacred Feminine perspective on current eventsFeminine representation in the Bible and why it goes untaughtHer work with Megan Watterson on the Divine Feminine Oracle.Her artmaking process – creating lightSymbology of the FeminineFinding and trusting the real in this post-truth worldIn the extended episode – over 45 mins of extra content just $3 on www.patreon.com/lucyhpearce we talked about:Perimenopause and menopause – wise woman insightMigraine and creativitySymbology – the Alphabet vs the GoddessAncient women cave paintersHer twinkle boxAI as a creative and business toolThe female roots of modern Western abstract artHer religious backgroundFacebook and IG jailBalancing our creatrix and business partsResourcesBurning WomanThe Woman’s Dictionary of Symbols and Sacred ObjectsDiscover Your Inner Symbols – MasterclassThe Alphabet Versus the Goddess: The Conflict Between Word and Image Women Who Run With the Wolves and Mother Night – Clarissa Pinkola Estes – listen to our Creative Magic special on Women Who Run with the WolvesThe Holy Wild: A Heathen Bible for the UntamedThe Great Cosmic Mother

Joanne Harris (OBE, FRSL) is the internationally renowned and award-winning author of over twenty novels, plus novellas, cookbooks, scripts, short stories, libretti, lyrics, articles, and a self-help book for writers, TEN THINGS ABOUT WRITING. In 2000, her 1999 novel CHOCOLAT was adapted to the screen, starring Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp. She holds honorary doctorates from the Universities of Sheffield and Huddersfield, is an honorary Fellow of St Catharine's College, Cambridge, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.She performs in a live music and storytelling show with the #Storytime Band.She also has a form of synaesthesia which enables her to smell colours. Red, she says, smells of chocolate.www.joanne-harris.co.uk/Author image credit - Kyte PhotographyWe talked about The film adaptations of Chocolat that didn’t happenHer cover artworkDeveloping her voice as a writerThe different forms of magic in her booksOn discovering magical realismImposter syndromeWriting and motherhoodHow she writesFood as a love languageMoving beyond the archetype of the white male writer and the assumptions that go along with that.Belonging and being an outsiderHer advice for writersIn the extended episode just $3 on www.patreon.com/lucyhpearce we talked about:Her great-grandmother who was a witchCosy books, current book trends in fantasy and armchair murder mysteries and reading for comfort in a world gone madHow she researches her booksHer current creative rabbit holePlus some of her thoughts on magic from her most recent books – The Moonlight Market, Chocolat and Vianne.ResourcesChocolat (book) Chocolat (film) The Five Love LanguagesThe Moonlight Market Vianne 10 Things About Writing

Victoria Firth is a writer, theatre maker and performer based in Yorkshire. Her work is concerned with embodiment and connection, exploring things lots of us feel but don’t really talk about. Her one-woman show, about childlessness and reinvention, ‘How to be amazingly happy!’ toured nationally; she curated a collection of writing on the presentation of the body – inspired by her live art performance ‘The Butter Piece’; her poetry has recently been published in Northern Gravy's anthology. She is now producing her second play 'Batty!' exploring witches as role models for women othered by social norms and our reciprocal connection with nature. She can be found walking on the moors or wild swimming with her dog Blaidd.Website: https://www.victoriafirth.co.uk/BATTY! Information and tour dates: https://www.victoriafirth.co.uk/batty/Instagram: @msvhf Facebook @msvictoriafirthWe talked about:·      Her new show – Batty, about a midlife woman reclaiming her wildness·      Making space for our creativity as women·      Redefining success…and failure·      The three stages of creativity·      Becoming a performer in midlife·      Navigating the inner battle between the creative drive and the need for inner safety·      “the bell that keeps ringing”·      The invisible economy of the arts·      Creativity, magic and being highly sensitiveIn the extended episode, just $3 on www.patreon.com/lucyhpearce we talked about:·      Perimenopause ·      Structural divergence and patriarchy bustingBooks MentionedBurning WomanThe Highly Sensitive Person – Elaine N. Aron