Love, Lust & Magick

#23:"Going Full Psychic" with Mat Auryn

After making it through the fire of the Aries Solar Eclipse, anyone else need a little healing? This week's episode of "Love, Lust & Magick" is just that, as we are joined by prolific author, psychic, and Pisces Witch Mat Auryn. In this episode, Mat shares his magick origin story with Gabriela, spilling on how 90's witchcraft media influenced him, how the first spell he cast really worked, and why he was so intentional about finally claiming the title of witch. Mat and Gabriela then discuss Mat's legendary books and his newest- "Psychic Art of Tarot." Mat dishes on what it means to read tarot as a psychic witch, the difference between psychic senses and intuition, and what makes this book different than the standard tarot text. The episode ends with playing "f*ck, marry, kill" with the tarot deck, and it's probably not what you expect! If you're looking to connect more deeply to your psychic abilities and magick this season, then we know you'll enjoy this episode.
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-Follow Mat on Instagram and Threads
-Pre-order "The Pyschic Art of Tarot" and "Pisces Witch"
-Order Mat's books here::: https://auryn.net/bibliography/books/
-Find Mat's website here::: https://auryn.net/
-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
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Album art by Foie Graphics
“Love, Lust & Magick” is produced by Zach Toman

#22: A Rose Meditation for Meeting the Heart and the Divine Mother

In this very special solo episode of "Love, Lust & Magick", Gabriela is sharing a meditation she wrote to meet the Goddess through the beauty of the heart space. This was inspired by the meditation she led at 22 Teachings for their annual Fool's Day event.
In this meditation, you will be bringing in Divine Love and Divine Light into your heart center, connecting to the sacred medicine of the rose, and visualizing this flower as a template of growth and healing within your being. We will allow this to connect us to the Divine Mother, the Goddess of Life and Death, meditating on Her vibration as we call her into ourselves, our communities, and our world to foster peace, healing, love, truth and light within ourselves and all sentient beings.
We hope you enjoy this special offering<3
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-Find 22 Teachings School of Hermetic Science and Magical Arts here::: https://22teachings.com
-Follow 22 Teachings on Instagram here::: https://www.instagram.com/22teaching
-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
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Album art by Foie Graphics
“Love, Lust & Magick” is produced by Zach Toman

#21: “Dark Goddess Magick” with Mani Matterz

It’s Aries season, so of course “Love, Lust & Magick” is here with a little bit (jk plenty) of spice! In this week’s iconic episode, Gabriela is joined by magician, event producer, and Aquarian Dark Goddess Mani Matterz. In this conversation, Mani shares about how they discovered magick and witchcraft, and the ways the cosmos shaped them at a young age. Mani shares about their connection to shadow work, transformation through the darkness, and the ways that spirituality has supported them through their daily life. Then, the two discuss the path of the Dark Goddess. The initiations and ordeals of Divine Feminine, and what Goddesses like Kali and Babalon can teach us. Mani and Gabriela honor the Ganja Goddess with an offering and get stoned and talk about the path of the feminine, sexuality, and the body as a force to carve your own path and live your truth.
This conversation is for anyone who feels ready to honor their full self through the power of the body and Feminine Divine.
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-Follow Mani on Instagram here::: https://www.instagram.com/mani.matterz/
-Find links to all of their events here::: https://linktr.ee/mani.matterz
-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
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Album art by Foie Graphics
“Love, Lust & Magick” is produced by Zach Toman
 

#20: "Goddess Energy" Solo Episode

Welcome back witches, to "Love, Lust & Magick"! This is a very special 20th episode, as we celebrate the release of Gabriela's new book "Goddess Energy: Awakening the Divine Feminine Through Myth & Magick".
Of course, we are doing so in a dramatic way, with a VIDEO EPISODE which you can find on Youtube HERE!
In this episode, Gabriela shares about her journey with Goddess Energy, which started over 17-years-ago, the ways the Goddess has helped her find healing and solace, the four year journey of writing this book, and what her relationship to the Divine Feminine is like now.
Gabriela then dives into what to expect from "Goddess Energy", including the practices shared through the book, her intention for writing the book, and how to approach a relationship with the Goddess so it's inspiring, fun, personal, and transformative.
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-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
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Album art by Foie Graphics
“Love, Lust & Magick” is produced by Zach Toman
 

#19: "Literal Glam Is So Powerful" with Marie Lodi

Welcome to the last week of the astrological year, witches! To celebrate the return of Spring in all its beauty, “Love, Lust & Magick” is joined by iconic beauty editor, fashion writer, and Venusian diva Marie Lodi! Marie shares about her path as a fashion blogger turned beauty editor, and how glamour has always been a part of her path. Marie talks about her forever connection to style, aesthetic and magick thats existed since she was a kid, and about the high femme icons that she still adores. Then Marie shares about her magick experiences growing up, including a successful raindance and some butterfly magick
 
Then Gabriela asks when Marie started calling herself a witch- and Marie shares about how she’s been practicing witchcraft since she was a teenager. The two discuss how our practice can sustain us and help us become our best selves, and of course the conversation turns towards the power of a signature look and the different personalities that come out when we change our self-expression. Then Marie share’s about her love of costume and fashion in film, and how costume designers are the visual storytellers we often forget about as we watch movies.
 
Gabriela and Marie discuss the trends they are loving, like hair bows and rosettes, and how we need more representation for witches who have black thumbs. Gabriela asks Marie about her current old Hollywood sexpot glamour, how Marie would describe her aesthetic, and what she is working on right now (think a fashion blog, but on substack!) This episode was such a fun one, and we hope it helps you revamp your Spring aesthetic to be even more you than ever. 
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-Follow Marie on Instagram::: https://www.instagram.com/marielodiandreakos/
-Follow “Makeover Montage Podcast” on Instagram here::: https://www.instagram.com/makeovermontagepodcast/-Listen to “Makeover Montage Podcast” here::: https://tr.ee/8tiDSTguSk
-Subscribe to Marie’s Substack here::: https://marielodi.substack.com/
-Preorder “Goddess Energy” here::: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/670275/goddess-energy-by-gabriela-herstik/9780593330883/
Receive this exclusive Goddess Energy preorder bonus here::: https://woobox.com/mkthgg
-Snag “Creating a Daily Practice” here::: https://www.gabrielaherstik.com/products/creating-a-daily-practice
-Buy Gabriela’s books and tarot deck ::https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/2172952/gabriela-herstik/-Snag “Perverting the Tarot”::: https://www.gabrielaherstik.com/shop
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Album art by Foie Graphics
“Love, Lust & Magick” is produced by Zach Toman

#18: "Submission is Sacred" with Lina Dune

Welcome back, sluts and witches, to this very kinky episode of “Love, Lust & Magick.” On this Venus day, we are joined by the acclaimed fairy submother to us all, Lina Dune aka Ask a Sub! To begin this Divinely depraved conversation, Lina discusses how she came to BDSM, and how finding her Daddy-turned- husband allowed her to honor the submissive within herself, and how this was a part of her healing journey. Gabriela and Lina discuss the power of claiming the title of submissive, the ways this helps you call back and reclaim your power in your vanilla life, and how this title can help you embrace your sexual truth.
Lina and Gabriela dive into the ways Lina’s practice with BDSM is also entangled with her witchcraft- how sex magick, somatic healing, and an intentional connection to kink and self can act as a spiritual safe space for our shadows and light in equal measures. Lina discusses her path with magick, and how she began incorporating this into her practice with submission- and how her and Mr Dune work with sexual energy in their dynamic. 
Then, the duo get into the thick of it! Lina discusses how to begin negotiating a dynamic with someone else who is aligned with your own values and needs. Both women talk about the importance of being your own Dom/me first, of honoring your own desires as sacred pathways to your magick, and how there’s never any rush to find a Dom, Daddy, or sub. The two also discuss Lina’s various offerings to the kinky community- especially all the subs out there. Lina discusses the courses she’s created on building the D/s dynamic of your dreams, and a sub survival guide that includes everything you need to be the submissive of your dreams. There’s discussion of aftercare, of subspace, topspace, and subdrop, and Lina shares advice for someone looking to start on this path, even if they don’t know quite where to go.
May this offering of sacred submission help you on your journey to owning your erotic power and sexual sovereignty. And so it is!
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-Find Lina Dune on Instagram here::: https://www.instagram.com/askasub2.0/
-Find Lina Dune on Patreon here::: https://www.patreon.com/askasub
-Find Lina Dune on Substack here::: https://askasub.substack.com/
-Find Lina Dune's courses here::: https://www.askasub.com/courses
-Find Lina Dune's podcast here::: https://open.spotify.com/show/13kmp7OLeY61Z1np0uvZ8p?si=0ff8c7acbd1448e9
-Preorder “Goddess Energy” here::: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/670275/goddess-energy-by-gabriela-herstik/9780593330883/
Receive this exclusive Goddess Energy preorder bonus here::: https://woobox.com/mkthgg
-Snag “Creating a Daily Practice” here::: https://www.gabrielaherstik.com/products/creating-a-daily-practice
-Buy Gabriela’s books and tarot deck ::https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/2172952/gabriela-herstik/-Snag “Perverting the Tarot”::: https://www.gabrielaherstik.com/shop
-Support the show and Gabriela’s work by joining the Patreon::: https://patreon.com/gabyherstik
-Follow Gabriela on Instagram, Threads, and Tik Tok
-Gabriela’s website::: https://www.gabrielaherstik.com/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Album art by Foie Graphics
“Love, Lust & Magick” is produced by Zach Toman

#17: "Living Your Art" with Gabriella Rosie

Welcome back witches! To celebrate Pisces season, we are diving into the depths of creativity and art as offering to your truest, “”too much”” self. This week, “Love, Lust & Magick” sits down with creatrix art legend and baddie multidimensional artist Gabriella Rosie. The conversation begins with Gabriella speaking of the truth of our creativity, and how we are all creative to our core. Then she dives into the story of how she’s always been creative, making things and using sketchbooks since she was a child- and how honoring these curiosities as an adult is so healing. 
Then the conversation turns to the power of discipline and how Gabriella redefines this for herself, and how taming the inner rebel who wants to fight against self-discipline is part of the work. The two talk about daily routines, and in true triple earth sign fashion, Gabriella discusses the potencies of beginning and ending her day with movement. Gabriella and Gabriela wax poetic on being inspired, creating from a place of enthusiasm, and the way your soul and heart get turned on when you offer something born from your unique expression. This leads into talking about the power of being “too much”, the magick of fully following your inspiration and allowing this to be a conjuring of your creativity- even if what you’re inspired by has nothing to do with your work.
The duo discuss world building, the importance of a beginners mindset to activate massive growth, and art as an offering to your younger self. The discussion closes with the two Gab’s discussing living your art, seeing yourself as art, and creating the art you want to see in the world.
This episode is one that will leave you buzzing, searching for your sketchbook or journal. May this lead you into new expressions of your radiant creative magick… and so it is!
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Find Gabriella Rosie on Instagram here::: https://www.instagram.com/gabriellarosie
Find Gabriella Rosie on Threads here::: https://www.threads.net/@gabriellarosie
Find Gabriella Rosie on Youtube here::: https://www.youtube.com/@GabriellaRosie
Find Gabriella Rosies’s Creatrix Coven here::: https://gabriella-rosie.mykajabi.com/offers/FCXhyVh3/checkout
Listen to Gabriella Rosie’s Podcast here::: https://open.spotify.com/show/1k7VkOUQ3WRQ9z94EINYCf?si=cf600f67aebf4d9f
-Preorder “Goddess Energy” here::: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/670275/goddess-energy-by-gabriela-herstik/9780593330883/
Receive this exclusive Goddess Energy preorder bonus here::: https://woobox.com/mkthgg
-Snag “Creating a Daily Practice” here::: https://www.gabrielaherstik.com/products/creating-a-daily-practice
-Buy Gabriela’s books and tarot deck ::https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/2172952/gabriela-herstik/-Snag “Perverting the Tarot”::: https://www.gabrielaherstik.com/shop
-Support the show and Gabriela’s work by joining the Patreon::: https://patreon.com/gabyherstik
-Follow Gabriela on Instagram, Threads, and Tik Tok
-Gabriela’s website::: https://www.gabrielaherstik.com/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Album art by Foie Graphics
“Love, Lust & Magick” is produced by Zach Toman

#16: “Cosmic Edging” with Nadia Betkouchar

Welcome back to the sacred and slutty world of “Love, Lust & Magick”! Today, Gabriela is joined by the mythic astrologer, writer, and Gemini Goddess Nadia Betkouchar. In this episode, Nadia talks about her mystical origin story at Costco that led her to drawing up natal charts by the time she was 13. The two talk about the long gone Bodhi Tree bookstore here in LA, and how this was Nadia’s adult introduction to astrology and magick through the lineage of elders that gathered there. Then Nadia and Gabriela talk about their shared Scorpio Moons- how this enables Nadia to infuse her eroticism into everything she writes, even turning on people in the process, and how this placement moves and feels everything from an erotic place.
 
Then we get deeper into Nadia’s story- and how she went from interviewing rockstars to being a professional astrologer and mystic. The two discuss the cyclicality of spiritual practice, and the discomfort necessary for creation before diving into one of Gabriela’s favorite subjects- the Goddess of Love. Nadia speaks on the how the Goddesses imperfections help us embrace our own, and how Ishtar showed up to her again and again until she listened. Nadia and Gabriela discuss the power of the Ishtar-Inanna and the story of descent in the underworld, and how this Goddess reminds us of the limits of duality, and what happens when we meet ourselves in our expansiveness without fear. Nadia then dishes on erotic asteroids, her favorites to work with in readings, and how this is an avenue to bring a more holistic vision of the feminine to astrology. The episode concludes with Nadia reading the erotic asteroids in Gabriela’s chart… which is very illuminating, to say the least. We hope this episode inspires your own mythic magick, on all planes and in all ways.
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-Follow Nadia on Instagram here::: https://www.instagram.com/nadianoir
- Book a reading with Nadia here::: https://nadiadiamante.com/book-a-session
-Download Nadia’s FREE erotic asteroid guide here (code is Eros)::: http://tinyurl.com/erotic-asteroids 
-Preorder “Goddess Energy” here::: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/670275/goddess-energy-by-gabriela-herstik/9780593330883/
Receive this exclusive Goddess Energy preorder bonus here::: https://woobox.com/mkthgg
-Sign up for “Creating a Daily Practice” here::: https://www.gabrielaherstik.com/products/creating-a-daily-practice
-Buy Gabriela’s books and tarot deck ::https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/2172952/gabriela-herstik/-Sign up for “Perverting the Tarot”::: https://www.gabrielaherstik.com/shop
-Support the show and Gabriela’s work by joining the Patreon::: https://patreon.com/gabyherstik
-Follow Gabriela on Instagram, Threads, and Tik Tok
-Gabriela’s website::: https://www.gabrielaherstik.com/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Album art by Foie Graphics
“Love, Lust & Magick” is produced by Zach Toman

#15: “Burning the Patriarchy” with Vixen Temple

Happy Venus Day, sex witches and mystics! To keep the Valentine’s Day vibe going, our guest this week is non-other than New Zealand-based sex work activist, burlesque performer, writer, and sacred slut Vixen Temple. In this very spicy conversation, Vixen Temple shares about her origin story becoming the legend she is today, and how casting a love spell at a sleepover with friends initiated her into her highest sexual self. Vixen Temple shares how sex work played a part in unraveling herself from patriarchal and colonial narratives, allowing her to burn the patriarchy within- and how living somewhere sex work is decriminalized has made this an empowering process. Vixen and Gabriela share what sex work has taught them about boundaries, and Vixen shares her story about becoming a sex work activist; something she reiterated includes advocating for marginalized communities, including LGBTQIA, disabled, and BIPOC communities. 
Then, Vixen Temple and Gabriela get down and dirty with witchcraft. Vixen Temple shares the rituals she works with before and after clients to make sure she’s protecting her peace, power, and energy, and then she she shares how honoring Aphrodite and Lilith play into her sex magick. The two muse about power that comes from honoring the Goddess of Love as sex workers, and the conversation wraps up with Vixen Temple sharing about her solo show “A Strippers Guide to Strip Club Etiquette.” This was such an inspiring episode to record, and it really goes to show you that witches rule the world, and that sex work is work! 
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-Follow Vixen Temple on Instagram here::: https://www.instagram.com/vixentemple.666/
-Read Vixen Temple's Writing here::: https://vixentemple666.wixsite.com/website/blank-page-1
-Support "Fired Up Stilettos" here::: https://beacons.ai/firedupstilettos
-Support the "New Zealand Sex Workers' Collective" here::: https://www.nzpc.org.nz/
-Preorder “Goddess Energy” here::: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/670275/goddess-energy-by-gabriela-herstik/9780593330883/
-Sign up for “Creating a Daily Practice” here::: https://www.gabrielaherstik.com/products/creating-a-daily-practice
-Buy Gabriela’s books and tarot deck ::https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/2172952/gabriela-herstik/-Sign up for “Perverting the Tarot”::: https://www.gabrielaherstik.com/shop
-Support the show and Gabriela’s work by joining the Patreon::: https://patreon.com/gabyherstik
-Follow Gabriela on Instagram, Threads, and Tik Tok
-Gabriela’s website::: https://www.gabrielaherstik.com/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Album art by Foie Graphics
“Love, Lust & Magick” is produced by Zach Toman

#14: “Rebirth Through the Liminal” with Chelsea Wolfe

Welcome witches and mystics, to “Love, Lust & Magick”. To say this episode is iconic and an honor is an understatement, as Gabriela is joined by sonic sorceress and legendary musician Chelsea Wolfe to talk about her latest album “She Reaches Out to She Reaches Out to She”.
Chelsea shares about the inspiration of her new album, and how conversations and connection to past, present, and future selves played a role in her weaving this tapestry. We talk about the power of refinement, and Chelsea shares about living this album- and how writing it foreshadowed experiences of deep transformation and rebirth. Gabriela points out the bridges between Chelsea’s music and ritual, and how each incorporates many layers to lead you into altered states of consciousness. Chelsea shares about her own magickal and creative practice supporting her in her song writing, and how the elements played a part in this process, before the two pick tarot cards for different songs on the album. The conversation wraps up with Chelsea sharing how she found the path of witchcraft, and when she finally claimed the title of witch.
This episode is for the witches, Scorpios, and vibrational mystics out there. Don’t forget to check out Chelsea Wolfe’s latest album, “She Reaches Out To She Returns Out To She”, and see her on tour in a city near you, and fall under her spell irl.
“She Reaches Out to She Reaches Out to She” here::: https://open.spotify.com/album/4uJMF1xAEk9IgPA5UbwNA6?si=QqWmNoplTlWXOLSvM3IZIQ
-Buy tickets to see Chelsea on tour here::: https://chelseawolfe.com/shows/
-Follow Chelsea on Instagram here::: https://www.instagram.com/cchelseawwolfe
-Preorder “Goddess Energy” here::: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/670275/goddess-energy-by-gabriela-herstik/9780593330883/
-Sign up for “Creating a Daily Practice” here::: https://www.gabrielaherstik.com/products/creating-a-daily-practice
-Buy Gabriela’s books and tarot deck ::https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/2172952/gabriela-herstik/
-Sign up for “Perverting the Tarot”::: https://www.gabrielaherstik.com/shop
-Support the show and Gabriela’s work by joining the Patreon::: https://patreon.com/gabyherstik
-Follow Gabriela on Instagram, Threads, and Tik Tok
-Gabriela’s website::: https://www.gabrielaherstik.com/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Album art by Foie Graphics
“Love, Lust & Magick” is produced by Zach Toman