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Image Credit: Andrea De Martin | Standard License<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>
Recently I had the pleasure to be invited on\u00a0Gianmichael Salvato\u2019s LGBT Pagan talkshow The Brew<\/a> to discuss my views on the intersectionality between queerness and witchcraft, a topic I\u2019ve written about in the past. (See Born this Wyrd<\/a>) I had a great time and the conversation also got into the topics of the politics of calling onself a witch, worship, deities, spirits, and archetypes, Carl Jung, service to others, power, and my upcoming book *Psychic Witch. <\/em><\/p>\n*
*Check out the video below to check it out:<\/p>\n*
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