#128 - Divine Receptivity and Spirit Offerings with Josephine McCarthy

Summary

Josephine McCarthy, an experienced occultist, delves into how to connect with spirits to guide us on our life paths and the significance of offerings like honeycomb to land spirits. She emphasizes the importance of humility and balance in spiritual practice. Additionally, McCarthy explores the concept of astral projection and answers listener questions about these topics.

Key takeaways

• 1Josephine McCarthy: Author and occultist known for her Quareia magical training course.
• 2Honeycomb: Suggested as a meaningful offering to land spirits without expecting anything in return.
• 3Astral projection: The practice of projecting one's consciousness outside the physical body.
• 4Importance of being receptive and humble in spiritual practices.

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Transcript excerpt

There are times when you do need that hand to come on your shoulder and go, don't give in, you've got this, you're not alone, we're walking with you, you're going to come through this, and you're going to blossom. And the way that you get that is you ask. If you don't ask, you don't get. Salutations listeners and welcome back to Glitch Bottle, the podcast where we uncork the uncommon in magic, mysticism and the generally misunderstood. Today we are elated to share a Patreon podcast supporter episode with author, occultist, magical teacher and tarot expert, Josephine McCarthy. So how can we ask spirits to guide us on our fate paths? How can we give offerings to land spirits without expecting anything in return? And why is honeycomb such a good offering? And what really is astral projection? Well, Josephine McCarthy is one of the best people to ask, and I cannot thank supporters of the Glitch Bottle podcast on Patreon.com enough for asking Josephine so many amazing questions. I'm always so honored to speak with and learn from Josephine, who is based in the UK and has been active in magic for more than 40 years. Josephine has authored dozens of books on magic and is also the director of Quaria, a free online magical training course that takes participants from apprentice to adept. Josephine also has a new deck and book out as well, so please make sure to check that out too. And I hope you appreciate Josephine's time and wisdom as much as I do on so many different topics. And these issues are explored and covered based on the Patreon listener questions that were sent in. And Josephine leaves us with so many powerful reminders to help us cultivate magical and mental health.…

Excerpt from Glitch Bottle, Jan 31, 2023. Rights remain with the original creators. Hear the full episode at the source.