The Outerknown – Details, episodes & analysis

This week, we welcomed “O.G. Witch” Lilith Dorsey to the podcast. We had such a joyful exploration of all things African Traditional Religion! Lilith is a voodoo priestess who has also been initiated into Santeria, and she so generously shared her amazing spiritual journey. She enlightened us about the meaning of Ashe, what it’s like to experience possession, and practicing voodoo in the magical city of New Orleans. Lilith has a trove of incredible stories, and we hope you’ll be as inspired as we were!

If you’re curious about African Traditional Religions, want to learn more about Lilith’s offerings, or buy any of her wonderful books, you can visit her website lilithdorsey.com. Lilith is also on Instagram at @LilithDorsey, Facebook, X, TikTok, and you can catch her show “Pop Occulture” on YouTube.

Share your thoughts on this episode

Follow The Outerknown on Instagram and Threads at @outerknownpod or visit us on the web at outerknownpod.com.

What might we discover in the deep, dark woods? This spooky season, we wander to where the natural and supernatural worlds meet with wilderness skills expert and guide, Norther Emily. Gather round the campfire to hear Norther's tales of some seriously strange happenings in wild places — from ghosts, to cryptids, to Bermuda Triangle-like mysteries — and learn from Norther about foraging, wilderness navigation, and how we can create a more harmonious personal relationship with nature.

You can find Norther's mini guides, classes, and 1:1 offerings on her website wildsolitudeguide.com, or follow her on Instagram at @wildsolitudeguiding.

Share your thoughts on this episode

Follow The Outerknown on Instagram and Threads at @outerknownpod or visit us on the web at outerknownpod.com.

This week, we were blessed by a meandering and delightful conversation with Bex Carlos, aka @tutiabruja. She is a multi-hyphenate in the best ways—a witch, a magic teacher, an audio creator, and a transmuter. We talk brujería and ancestral connections, using one’s spiritual practice to get answers science can’t always give us, building magical communities and so much more. Bex is such a wellspring of wisdom and experience, and we know some of the gems she dropped is this episode resonate with you!

To learn more about Bex and her offerings, visit her website The Bruja Is In. Bex also hosts a wonderful podcast, Tu Tia Bruja, available wherever you get podcasts.

Share your thoughts on this episode

Follow The Outerknown on Instagram and Threads at @outerknownpod or visit us on the web at outerknownpod.com.

We're kicking off spooky season with a frightful episode on ghosts, featuring paranormal investigator, researcher, and filmmaker Amanda Paulson. We dive into the details of what it's really like to encounter a ghost, some of the most haunted places to visit, and Amanda's theories of the paranormal. Plus, we discuss Amanda's upcoming documentary film, Death Is With Me, about a very special ghost. Tune in for chills!

For more from Amanda, follow her at @prettyfnspooky on Instagram, and check out her website prettyfnspooky.com.

Share your thoughts on this episode

Follow The Outerknown on Instagram and Threads at @outerknownpod or visit us on the web at outerknownpod.com.

Welcome to Season 4! We’re starting off with a great conversation with Désirée Eckert, a witch and hypnotist who incorporates other spiritual modalities to create unique experiences for her clients. Her practice is rooted in neuroscience but dips into dreamwork, meditation, and the metaphysical. In this episode, Désirée shares how she came to hypnosis, demystifies what hypnosis is and can do, and the ways she hopes to make hypnosis more accessible.

To learn more about Désirée or to book a hypnosis session with her, visit www.desmerized.com or follow her on Instagram @desmerized. You can also find her “microdoses” of hypnosis on her YouTube channel.

Share your thoughts on this episode

Follow The Outerknown on Instagram and Threads at @outerknownpod or visit us on the web at outerknownpod.com.

It's Pisces season! Bringing season 3 to a close, Jackie and Lane sit down for a chat exploring the intersections of astrology, purpose, and our lived experiences. We reflect on the recent Pisces new moon, look at Saturn's upcoming move into Pisces and how its three-year sojourn through Aquarius has shown up in our lives, examine some of the interesting psychology found in our birth charts, and contemplate the concept of having a life purpose. Grab a glass of wine or an edible and relax with two Pisces waxing philosophic.

Share your thoughts on this episode

Follow The Outerknown on Instagram and Threads at @outerknownpod or visit us on the web at outerknownpod.com.

This week, we welcome back previous guest and prodigious artist, performer, magician, and psychic medium Marcella Kroll. In the second of two illuminating conversations with Marcella this season, we dive into the topic of tarot. Marcella is a gifted, intuitive tarot reader and has also created four incredible tarot and oracle decks of her own. Tune in to hear about her artistic process in making decks, and even some events in Lane's life Marcella has predicted in readings!

To purchase Marcella's tarot or oracle decks and learn more about her work, visit her website at marcellakroll.com or follow her on Instagram at @marcellakroll.

Share your thoughts on this episode

Follow The Outerknown on Instagram and Threads at @outerknownpod or visit us on the web at outerknownpod.com.

We sat down this week to chat with the sweet soul, Rebecca Beyer, about hedgecraft, Appalachian folk magic, and foraging and working with plants. Rebecca is also a tattoo artist whose work is an extension of her deep love of the stories of plants. She shares some of her favorite ways to use plants as well the kind of relationship she hopes we all might have with the natural world around us.

Rebecca is the author of Wild Witchcraft: Folk Herbalism, Garden Magic, and Foraging for Spells, Rituals, and Remedies, and the forthcoming book, Mountain Magic: Explore the Secrets of Old Time Witchcraft (out February 21, 2023, now available for pre-order!). She also teaches classes about hedgecraft and folk magic, which you can learn more about and sign up for via her website Blood and Spicebush, or follow her on Instagram @bloodandspicebush. To see her tattoo work, follow her dedicated tattoo page @the.blood.vvitch.

Share your thoughts on this episode

Follow The Outerknown on Instagram and Threads at @outerknownpod or visit us on the web at outerknownpod.com.

This week’s guest sheds light on our connection to deities. We had a joyous chat with astrologer and magician Hawk Grubb about how the divine can show up in your birth chart, how to look for and interpret omens in your daily life, and what it’s like to work with our “big homies” — the gods. We hope this episode enlightens you and makes you smile as much we did.

To learn more, book a deity work consult with Hawk, subscribe to their Patreon, or follow them on Instagram or Twitter at @hawkstrology.

Share your thoughts on this episode

Follow The Outerknown on Instagram and Threads at @outerknownpod or visit us on the web at outerknownpod.com.

Today’s episode is a conversation with Portland, OR’s Erika Fortner, the wonderous force behind the shop Queen Meb and The House of Twigs: School of Ritual. As Erika is such a multi-faceted being, our conversation meanders through her journey of becoming a witch and tarot reader, encounters with the divine, motherhood, and launching and growing a witchy business. She has so much wisdom to share, and we loved learning about her path.

Interested in purchasing witchy things, getting a tarot reading, or taking classes with Erika? Check out Queen Meb online, follow the shop on Instagram @q.mebpdx,  or visit the brick and mortar shop if you’re in the Portland, OR area. For more witchy wisdom from many perspectives, visit Erika’s blog The House of Twigs.

Share your thoughts on this episode

Follow The Outerknown on Instagram and Threads at @outerknownpod or visit us on the web at outerknownpod.com.