Belief, Being, & BEYOND!
What do you believe—and how did you come to believe it? Welcome to Belief, Being, & BEYOND, where curiosity meets spirituality, and we explore the beliefs, practices, and experiences that shape how we move through the world. We dialogue with authors, teachers, witches, shamans, pagans, occultists, and other curious souls about what they believe—and what might lie BEYOND. Join Granddaughter Crow (aka Dr. Joy Gray), a Medicine Woman, Shamanic Practitioner, and member of the Navajo Nation as she interviews authors and creators on what they believe in. If you're looking for a place to explore different spiritual perspectives, ideas and practices then this is the podcast for you! Jenny C Bell, a witch with over three decades of experience, joins as a co-host and often uses her degree in literature to take a deeper look at an author's work. There’s no spiritual pop quiz here, and no one has all the answers. We ask questions, explore different perspectives, wander down a few fascinating rabbit holes, and sometimes discover something that makes us see the world a little differently—the BEYOND. Bring your curiosity. Bring your questions. Bring your beliefs, and ability to wonder. You may come looking for answers. You’ll probably leave with a few more concepts. And perhaps a new idea about what lies BEYOND! Connect with Granddaughter Crow at www.granddaughtercrow.com & on social media @GranddaughterCrow Connect with Jenny C. Bell at www.jennycbell.com & on IG @ourcovencommunity.
Episodes
Halloween gets all the attention, but Samhain is where the season turns into something deeper. We’re talking about the real meaning behind Samhain (often said like “Sowin”), why it sits on the witch’s Wheel of the Year as a cross quarter day, and how that timing connects to what we can feel in the natural world as autumn darkens and the year shifts toward winter. If you’ve ever heard...
A lot of us learned “belonging” by getting smaller. So when we finally try to be honest, creative, or spiritual in our own way, it can feel risky, even when it’s the truest thing about us. We sit down with V Readus, author of Tarot for the Flawed and Fearless and the creator behind Red Light Readings, to talk about what it really takes to stop shrinking and start showing up with embodied confide...
The shadow is not a monster under the bed. Most of the time, it is the part of us that got shamed, silenced, or trained to disappear and it is still trying to protect us the only way it knows how.
We start with a clear, grounded definition of shadow work through Carl Jung, then bring it into real witchcraft and shamanism practice. We talk about how the shadow forms through social pressure and early conditi...
What really happens in your brain when you practice magic, pull tarot cards, or step into a ritual with a clear intention? We talk with neuroscientist, educator, and author Siddharth Ramakrishnan about the surprising places where modern neuroscience and ancient mystical practice stop arguing and start explaining each other. If you’ve ever worried that loving science means you can’t be spiritual (or th...
Braiding your hair with a whispered intention sounds simple, but it opens a door into a whole world of fiber magic. We’re joined by Loren Morris, a traditional witch, owner of Primitive Witchery in Kingsport, Tennessee, and author of The Crafty Witch’s Guide to Cord Magic. Loren talks about cord magic as a living, hands-on practice: not just tying knots, but building a spell you can see, touch, and re...
Tattoos can be art, memory, armor, prayer, or pure fun, but what happens when you treat ink as a living spiritual tool. I’m joined by Jake Morningstar, founder and high priest of Diamond Eye Coven, to unpack tattoo magick as real-world spellwork you can do with healed tattoos, fresh tattoos, and even temporary body markings. Jake brings a rare mix of experience: over 20 years of practice in the Craft plus f...
We start with a community question from Our Coven Community: do you work with angels? From there, we get honest about what “angel work” means when you come from a strict Christian or Catholic background, and why opting out can be just as healthy and powerful as opting in.
We talk about the real crossover between witchcraft, shamanism, ceremonial magic, and folk traditions. Angels show up in str...
We’re sitting down with Eli Lawliet, PhD, the creator of the gender doula, to offer a more grounded, human way into gender exploration: start with desire, values, and what actually feels good in your body, then build support around that.
We talk about why the gender doula model matters for anyone navigating gender transition, questioning, or identity change, and why this kind of full spec...
You’ve heard people talk about “crystal grids,” but what does gridding actually mean, and how do you do it without turning it into a complicated craft project? We sit down with author Jenny C. Bell and Granddaughter Crow to answer a community question with real, usable steps that work whether you have a huge crystal collection or just a few stones you love.
We break gridding down to its e...
Ghosts are not just jump scares and cold spots. When we actually compare notes across witchcraft, occult practice, mediumship, and lived experience, the “paranormal” starts to look a lot more like a normal part of being human.
We sit down as a roundtable with Judika Illes, author of Encyclopedia of Spirits and The Weiser Field Guide to the Paranormal, plus Jake Morningstar, author o...
The fall equinox can feel like a line in the calendar, but it is also experienced in your body and your lifestyle. We take a listener question from our community and explore what it actually means to celebrate the autumn equinox when your weather, your schedule, and even your landscape do not match the classic “crunchy leaves” picture.
From Granddaughter Crow’s shamanic perspe...
You can learn a lot of tarot keywords and still feel stuck the moment a real question hits. We wanted to get underneath that frustration and talk about what actually makes divination work: listening, timing, symbolism, and the courage to respond. Our guest JoAnna Ferrar (Llewellyn author, priestess, divination teacher, and professional violinist) brings a rare blend of musical training and spiritual practice that...
Your day is already full, so we’re not here to hand you another impossible checklist. We’re here to help you turn what you already do into a daily ritual that actually feels nourishing, grounded, and doable. Jenny C Bell and I start with the simplest foundation: if you have a routine, you can make it spiritually minded. That can be as small as greeting the sun or the moon, taking one breath before cof...
The land is not a backdrop. It is a relationship and once you start treating it that way, your whole spiritual life changes.
We’re joined by Elyse Welles, best-selling author of Sacred Wild and a modern Greek priestess devoted to reviving earth temple arts of the Mediterranean. We talk about how her childhood split between Greece and rural Pennsylvania made land-connection feel normal, not myst...
A crystal catches your eye, an herb keeps showing up in your yard, or a particular animal won’t leave your thoughts. Is that random, or is it relationship? We lean into a community question that goes straight to the heart of nature-based spirituality: how do you choose your allies, the energies you work with in ritual, spell work, and daily practice, and what if they’re choosing you?
We talk about &ldq...
What is Slavic Paganism in the Words of a Serbian American | Anna Urošević Applegate author "Slava!"
Rev. Anna Urošević Applegate sits down with Granddaughter Crow and Jenny C Bell to share. As a first-generation Serbian American, she grew up moving between languages, calendars, and expectations, carrying both the ache of otherness and the seed of a powerful spiritual skill: living in liminal space. We talk about how that early tension later becomes a doorway into ancestral reverence, animism, and Slavic polythe...
You don’t need to pick a box and live inside of it; you might need a label to express parts of self to others. We love to take on a community question we hear: do witches, pagans, and spiritual seekers actually need labels, or are all these titles just noise? From “crystal witch” to “eclectic witch,” we talk honestly about why naming your path can feel empowering at first, and why it...
Tonight’s Roundtable Dialogue is on the Topic of Community – moreover spiritual community. Seasonally, it is autumn here in the Northern Hemisphere and kids are going back to school, and there is a community focus before the winter sets in.
Our spiritual practices can range from being a solitary practioner, to being a part of a larger coven, kindred, or even a small witchy book club.
Communi...
We sit down for a community Q&A with Granddaughter Crow and Jenny C. Bell to unpack what spirit guides are, how a spirit guide team can include ancestors, animals, nature spirits, angels, deities, crystals, and more, and why none of it needs to fit into a spiritual hierarchy. We talk about how guides can even meet you in forms you can accept right now, and how that relationship can last for a season, a lifeti...
Ever picked up a stone and felt like it had something to say, but you weren’t sure how to listen? We’re joined by Nicholas Pearson, one of today’s leading voices in crystal healing and gemstone magic, to make crystal divination feel clear, grounded, and doable. We talk about his work on Crystal Divination and why the best results come from a surprising mix of structure, patience, and play.
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