Love, Lust & Magick

#37: "Reclaiming the Virgin" Solo Episode

Get in witches, we're reclaiming the virgin for Virgo season this week on "Love, Lust & Magick." It's true, actually! We're ditching the definition the patriarchy made up about giving your "virginity" away and looking to the ancient past. We are flipping purity culture on its head by remembering the innate power and beauty of pleasure. Inspired by Virgo's symbol as the virgin, we're remembering the definition of a virgin to mean unwed and belonging to oneself. We take a look at the Virgin Goddesses, the idea of sexual sovereignty, and the power of the Hermit- Virgo's associated tarot card- to weave a new narrative around sexuality, innocence, and empowerment. Gabriela reads from "The Women's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets", and her books "Sacred Sex" and the "Goddess of Love Tarot" to inspire your journey into your sensual depths this Virgo season.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
PS in case you missed it... I just launched my online membership space!  SLUT COVEN is  a membership and virtual temple space for mystics, Goddess Devottees, sluts and sex witches. Each month, you'll be guided in a workshop on the New Moon, a ritual on the Full Moon, and will receive a workbook with support for the month ahead featuring exclusive affirmations, journal questions, Goddess guidance and resources from Gabriela's books. You'll also get access to a library of guided meditations, essays and ritual guides, ALL for $55 a month.
Our next class on September 8th at 11am PST is on “Self-Seduction: Solo-kink and Sex Magick for Healing and Self-Empowerment.” Guided by Virgo’s association of sexual sovereignty; and  supported by the tools of erotic witchcraft including embodiment, energy work, and sacred sexuality; you will learn about different tools, rituals, and techniques to honor your er0tic self and find power in your own flesh. If this episode spoke to you, you will 
Sign up for SLUT COVEN here
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-Follow Gabriela on Instagram and Threads
-Follow Gabriela on Youtube
-Snag “Goddess Energy” here::: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/670275/goddess-energy-by-gabriela-herstik/9780593330883/
-Snag Gabriela’s books and tarot deck here
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Album art by Foie Graphics
“Love, Lust & Magick” is produced by Zach Toman

#36: "Business Witch" with Cara Kovacs

Hail the Goddess, it's Virgo season and we are finally out of Mercury Retrograde. It's time to find the pleasure in business and get our ish together as we call on the discerning and hard working energy of the Virgin.
In this week’s episode of “Love, Lust & Magick” we are joined by business coach, sovereign Goddess, and witch Cara Kovacs to talk about how you can shift your perspective on prosperity and make this Virgo season expansive and abundant. Cara shares her baby witch and business baddie origin stories- and how they’re deeply connected- before giving us the download on what it truly means to be a coach who’s authentic and not selling snake oil. If you have been resistant to claiming your worth as a business owner or entrepreneur, this episode is going to help you level up and trust in your ability to create the life of your dreams- one fueled by your magick and spiritual talents, and not at odds with them. Cara’s guidance is sure to fire you up so you can have your hottest Virgo season yet.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-Find Cara’s website and offerings
-Apply to work with Cara here:::  https://c4wyjxhh3u8.typeform.com/to/w0dO2znf?typeform-source=www.carakovacs.com
-Follow Cara on Instragram here:::https://www.instagram.com/carakovacscoaching
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
PS in case you missed it... I just launched my online membership space!  SLUT COVEN is  a membership and virtual temple space for mystics, Goddess Devottees, sluts and sex witches. Each month, you'll be guided in a workshop on the New Moon, a ritual on the Full Moon, and will receive a workbook with support for the month ahead featuring exclusive affirmations, journal questions, Goddess guidance and resources from Gabriela's books. You'll also get access to a library of guided meditations, essays and ritual guides, ALL for $55 a month.
Our next class on September 8th at 11am PST is on “Self-Seduction: Solo-kink and Sex Magick for Healing and Self-Empowerment.” Guided by Virgo’s association of sexual sovereignty; and  supported by the tools of erotic witchcraft including embodiment, energy work, and sacred sexuality; you will learn about different tools, rituals, and techniques to honor your er0tic self and find power in your own flesh.
Sign up for SLUT COVEN here
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-Follow Gabriela on Instagram and Threads
-Follow Gabriela on Youtube
-Snag “Goddess Energy” here::: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/670275/goddess-energy-by-gabriela-herstik/9780593330883/
-Snag Gabriela’s books and tarot deck here
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Album art by Foie Graphics
“Love, Lust & Magick” is produced by Zach Toman
 

#35: Q+A Solo Episode

It's Virgo season, baddies! Time to get down to business and level up, on all planes and in all ways. This week's episode of Love, Lust & Magick aims to help you do just that. This week, I ansewer listener questions that I received from Instagram. I shares about the Goddess and how She can help us call in meaningful relationships, about embodiment, about maintaining a spiritual practice when you're struggling with mental health, and more!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
PS in case you missed it... I just launched my online membership space!  SLUT COVEN is  a membership and virtual temple space for sluts and sex witches. Each month, you'll be guided in a workshop on the New Moon, a ritual on the Full Moon, and will receive a workbook with support for the month ahead featuring exclusive affirmations, journal questions, Goddess guidance and resources from Gabriela's books. You'll also get access to a library of guided meditations, essays and ritual guides, ALL for $55 a month. Our first class was on sex magick and erotic witchcraft and is now uploaded for your viewing pleasure.
Sign up for SLUT COVEN here
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-Follow Gabriela on Instagram and Threads
-Follow Gabriela on Youtube
-Snag “Goddess Energy” here::: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/670275/goddess-energy-by-gabriela-herstik/9780593330883/
-Snag Gabriela’s books and tarot deck here
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Album art by Foie Graphics
“Love, Lust & Magick” is produced by Zach Toman

#34: "The Body as Alchemy" with Kayla Tange

It's the the last Friday of Leo season, so obviously we are keeping the heat. In this weeks episode of "Love, Lust & Magick", Gabriela is joined by performance artist, iconic showgirl, and Gemini baddie Kayla Tange to  talk about sex work, the body as alchemy, and Kayla's transformation into her alter ego Coco Ono. In this episode, Kayla talks about her experience at the strip club before she and Gabriela bond over their time at commercial dungeons. Kayla expresses her ethos of creating from simplicity and intention, honoring the body, and how Yoko Ono inspired her. This episode is spicy and parts the veil to the taboo and subversive. 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-Find Kayla's links to her upcoming performances here::: https://beacons.ai/kayla.tange
-Join Kayla's Patreon here::: https://www.patreon.com/kaylatange
-Find Kayla's website here::: https://www.kaylatange.com/
-Follow Kayla on Instagram here::: https://www.instagram.com/kayla.tange/
-Follow Coco Ono on Instagram here::: https://www.instagram.com/coco.ono/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
PS- Monday and the Full Moon in Aquarius mark the launch of my coven space... SLUT COVEN is  a membership and virtual temple space for sluts and sex witches. Each month, you'll be guided in a workshop on the New Moon, a ritual on the Full Moon, and will receive a workbook with support for the month ahead featuring exclusive affirmations, journal questions, Goddess guidance and resources from Gabriela's books. You'll also get access to a library of guided meditations, essays and ritual guides, ALL for $55 a month.
PLUS sign up before launch on 8/19, and you'll get locked in at $44 for as long as you stay in the coven. Our first class is on sex magick and erotic witchcraft on 8/18 so you will NOT want to miss out.
Sign up for SLUT COVEN here
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-Follow Gabriela on Instagram and Threads
-Follow Gabriela on Youtube
-Snag “Goddess Energy” here::: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/670275/goddess-energy-by-gabriela-herstik/9780593330883/
-Snag “Creating a Daily Practice” here::: https://www.gabrielaherstik.com/products/creating-a-daily-practice
-Snag Gabriela’s books and tarot deck here-Snag “Perverting the Tarot” and the rest of Gabriela's classes here::: https://www.gabrielaherstik.com/shop
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Album art by Foie Graphics
“Love, Lust & Magick” is produced by Zach Toman

#33: "Slut Etiquette" Solo Episode

This one is for the witches and mystics looking to get a little down and dirty. This week on "Love, Lust & Magick," Gabriela celebrates the launch of her membership called "Slut Coven" by reading an essay in her series "Diary of a Sacred Slut", which will exxxclusively be available to the coven.
In this essay, Gabriela shares her rules for being a sacred and mindful slut; namely, not comparing yourself to others; the importance of being a safe slut and advocating for your health; releasing the idea of "clean" or "dirty" and letting go of this harmful rhetoric; that you can be kind and caring even during casual sex; the importance of trusting what your partner tells you; celebrating the importance of kink celebrating instead of shaming; how to manage your expectations and MORE.
This one is spicy, fun, and filled with years of research as a professional and recreational slut.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
If you liked this essay, check out the whole series on SLUT COVEN. SLUT COVEN is  a membership and virtual temple space for sluts and sex witches. Each month, you'll be guided in a workshop on the New Moon, a ritual on the Full Moon, and will receive a workbook with support for the month ahead featuring exclusive affirmations, journal questions, Goddess guidance and resources from Gabriela's books. You'll also get access to a library of guided meditations, essays and ritual guides, ALL for $55 a month.
PLUS sign up before launch on 8/18, and you'll get locked in at $44 for as long as you stay in the coven. Our first class is on sex magick and erotic witchcraft so you will NOT want to miss out.
Sign up for SLUT COVEN here
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-Follow Gabriela on Instagram and Threads
-Follow Gabriela on Youtube
-Snag “Goddess Energy” here::: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/670275/goddess-energy-by-gabriela-herstik/9780593330883/
-Snag “Creating a Daily Practice” here::: https://www.gabrielaherstik.com/products/creating-a-daily-practice
-Snag Gabriela’s books and tarot deck ::https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/2172952/gabriela-herstik/-Snag “Perverting the Tarot” and the rest of Gabriela's classes here::: https://www.gabrielaherstik.com/shop
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Album art by Foie Graphics
“Love, Lust & Magick” is produced by Zach Toman

#32: "Give Magick Time to Breathe" with Julia Popescu

It's Leo season, and it's Venus day- are you ready for a double dose of heart-opening and ecstatic art magick? If you're answer is duh, then get ready for this week's episode of Love, Lust & Magick. Gabriela sits down with Julia Popsecu, her art wife and co-creatrix of the "Goddess of Love Tarot Deck". Gabriela speaks to this Piscean queen about her journey as an art witch, her creative process, and what it means to make a living and legacy as an artist. The two discuss the process of creating their tarot deck together, what it was like to accept such an undertaking in the name of the Goddess, and how the cards transformed them. Then, Julia shares about her creative practice, what she's currently working on, and how magick needs time to breathe. 
 
Plus... Gabriela announces her newest undertaking... SLUT COVEN, a membership and virtual temple space for sluts and sex witches. Each month, you'll be guided in a workshop on the New Moon, a ritual on the Full Moon, and will receive a workbook with support for the month ahead featuring exclusive affirmations, journal questions, Goddess guidance and resources from Gabriela's books. You'll also get access to a library of guided meditations, essays and ritual guides, ALL for $55 a month.
PLUS sign up before launch on 8/18, and you'll get locked in at $44 for as long as you stay in the coven. Our first class is on sex magick and erotic witchcraft so you will NOT want to miss out.
Sign up for SLUT COVEN here
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-Find Julia's shop here::: https://snakesforhair.com/collections/all-products-custom
-Find Julia's website here::: https://snakesforhair.com/
-Follow Julia on Instagram
-Follow Gabriela on Instagram and Threads
-Follow Gabriela on Youtube
-Snag “Goddess Energy” here::: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/670275/goddess-energy-by-gabriela-herstik/9780593330883/
-Snag “Creating a Daily Practice” here::: https://www.gabrielaherstik.com/products/creating-a-daily-practice
-Snag Gabriela’s books and tarot deck ::https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/2172952/gabriela-herstik/-Snag “Perverting the Tarot” and the rest of Gabriela's classes here::: https://www.gabrielaherstik.com/shop
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Album art by Foie Graphics
“Love, Lust & Magick” is produced by Zach Toman

#31: A Meditation to Commune with the Goddess

It's Friday, it's Leo season, and it's time to connect to our heart and the Goddess.
In this very special episode of "Love, Lust & Magick," Gabriela shares a meditation from her latest book "Goddess Energy: Awakening the Divine Feminine through Myth and Magick". Layered with otherworldy music, this meditation is meant to help you unwind into the arms of the Feminine Divine. Come journey to the garden of your heart, where the Goddess resides and is waiting for You to connect.
PS- hear Gabriela talk all about her exclusive membership called Slut Coven- which includes a library of guided meditations, a monthly class, a monthly workshop, a library of ritual guides, a monthly workbook AND MORE. Check back next week to join!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-Follow Gabriela on Instagram and Threads
-Follow Gabriela on Youtube
-Snag “Goddess Energy” here::: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/670275/goddess-energy-by-gabriela-herstik/9780593330883/
-Snag “Creating a Daily Practice” here::: https://www.gabrielaherstik.com/products/creating-a-daily-practice
-Snag Gabriela’s books and tarot deck ::https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/2172952/gabriela-herstik/-Snag “Perverting the Tarot” and the rest of Gabriela's classes here::: https://www.gabrielaherstik.com/shop
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Album art by Foie Graphics
“Love, Lust & Magick” is produced by Zach Toman

#30: “The Universe Wants to Play” with Micki Pellerano

It’s Venus Day, witches, and it’s time to flirt with the universe and vibe into the weekend with a brand new episode of “Love, Lust & Magick”. In this episode, Gabriela interviews the iconic Hermetic occultist, astrologer, and Cancerian sweetheart Micki Pellerano about his practice with magick, jyotish, and his current esoteric obsessions. The two discuss Micki’s introduction to magick as a child, and how this lifelong fascination with the unseen exists to this day. Micki goes on to share about his philosophy with astrology and life- that there should always be remedies for the tough times, and play and joy no matter what. Then, Gabriela and Micki reflect on the Goddess, on what the purpose of a mystical life is, and how the cosmos are conspiring for your success and prosperity.
Plus… Gabriela makes a very special announcement at the end of the episode about what’s to come!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-Book a reading with Micki here::: https://www.mickipellerano.com/astrology
-Follow Micki on Instagram
-Find Micki’s website here:::https://www.mickipellerano.com/
-Follow Gabriela on Instagram and Threads
-Follow Gabriela on Youtube
-Snag “Goddess Energy” here::: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/670275/goddess-energy-by-gabriela-herstik/9780593330883/
-Snag “Creating a Daily Practice” here::: https://www.gabrielaherstik.com/products/creating-a-daily-practice
-Snag Gabriela’s books and tarot deck ::https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/2172952/gabriela-herstik/-Snag “Perverting the Tarot” and the rest of Gabriela's classes here::: https://www.gabrielaherstik.com/shop
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Album art by Foie Graphics
“Love, Lust & Magick” is produced by Zach Toman
 

#29: "How to Have a Sex Goddess Summer" Solo Episode

WELCOME TO SEASON TWO OF "LOVE, LUST & MAGICK"! We are so back, witches, and we are amping up for so much new magick, sedcuction, and depth for season two, starting with an episode on HOW TO HAVE A SEX GODDESS SUMMER! 
It's the summer of the brat, it's the summer of the slut, it's the summer of the sex witch showing up. In this episode, we begin by exploring the role of the Sex Goddess in mythos and magick- how She shows up as Inanna, Venus, Aphrodite, Hathor and Babalon. We explore what the darkness and lust of the Sex Goddess teach us when in connection to light and love. Then we explore modern archetypes of the Sex Goddess- Pamela Anderson, Jayne Mansfield, Bridgette Bardot and others, and how these irl icons can pave the ways for us embracing our own inner Sex Goddess, inspiring our inner muse.
Then we get into the juicy and practical stuff! What are the practices and intentions we can set to go out and be in our sacred slut fantasy? How do you actually LIVE in the energy of the Divine Feminine to have a Sex Goddess Summer? We get into the nitty gritty and how to EMBODY this, so you can radiate love, lust, magick and sensuality everywhere you go! This episode even includes exclusive affirmations to work with, so you can continue basking in this power even after this episode is over.
If you want more support in having the Hot Slut Summer of your dreams, check out my books Sacred Sex and Goddess Energy, and my tarot deck the Goddess of Love Tarot for even more support, magick, and ritual!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-Follow Gabriela on Instagram and Threads
-Follow Gabriela on Youtube
-Snag “Goddess Energy” here::: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/670275/goddess-energy-by-gabriela-herstik/9780593330883/
-Snag “Creating a Daily Practice” here::: https://www.gabrielaherstik.com/products/creating-a-daily-practice
-Snag Gabriela’s books and tarot deck ::https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/2172952/gabriela-herstik/-Snag “Perverting the Tarot” and the rest of Gabriela's classes here::: https://www.gabrielaherstik.com/shop
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Album art by Foie Graphics
“Love, Lust & Magick” is produced by Zach Toman

#28: “Embracing the Taboo” with Colette Pervette (SEASON FINALE)

In the *season finale* of “Love, Lust & Magick”, we are wandering into the world of BDSM, commercial dungeons, kink as healing and so much more with the legendary and incomparable pro-Domme Colette Pervette. In this episode, Colette shares about her journey into the world of kink while in grad school, what it was like to find this part of herself, and how she shares her nearly 20-years of experience with the women she teaches in “Mistress Class”. Gabriela and Colette talk about the initiation of coming out as a sex worker to your parents, and Colette gives Gabriela some guidance on her journey to do so (spoiler alert- this happens for Gabriela sooner than anticipated). Colette shares about her philosophy around kink as a need for us to find equilibrium, before the two bond over Colettes work with her cohort of Dommes called “Mistress Class”- where a new generation of Mistresses are trained in the art, energy, and awareness of BDSM. This conversation is vulnerable, honest, real, and a look into what it’s like carving your own path, one that may not always be easy to move through, but that will always be deliciously perverted.
Thank you to everyone who’s listened to “Love, Lust & Magick” over the past six months- we are so so grateful. We can’t wait for season 2, and hope the past season keeps you entertained until our return in a month <3
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-Follow Colette on Instagram
-Find out more about Mistress Class here::: https://www.pervette.com/mistressclass/
-Find out more about Colette on her website here::: https://www.pervette.com/
-Follow Gabriela on Instagram and Threads
-Follow Gabriela on Youtube
-Snag “Goddess Energy” here::: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/670275/goddess-energy-by-gabriela-herstik/9780593330883/
-Snag “Creating a Daily Practice” here::: https://www.gabrielaherstik.com/products/creating-a-daily-practice
-Snag Gabriela’s books and tarot deck ::https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/2172952/gabriela-herstik/-Snag “Perverting the Tarot”::: https://www.gabrielaherstik.com/shop
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Album art by Foie Graphics
“Love, Lust & Magick” is produced by Zach Toman