Useful Illusions

The Empress Rising Bonus Content: Cabinet of Curiosities

In this season one bonus content, Blood Moon Radio host Coraley Letcher delves into six subjects that intrigue her. She takes listeners through a short exploration of each and gives some personal insight into a few. If you like the unknown, spooky, esoteric, edgy, and philosophical – this content is for you. In this episode: ✧ Ouija boards ✧ Difficult women: Greta Garbo ✧ Demonology ✧ Victorian perfumery ✧ Haunted houses ✧ Synchronicities You can support us through purchases, memberships, and donations at www.bloodmoonradio.com [www.bloodmoonradio.com ] We have more bonus content releasing before the start of season two, including a special appearance by past guest Jowita Bydlowska. Jowita took time out from promoting her newest book, Unshaming [https://www.amazon.ca/Unshaming-Memoir-Recovery-Relapse-Comes/dp/0771020678/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2CDS2UQZKZ1F6&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.mNZGeWR-J5hjk4YU4l0Nuw.o6TixCE2eaitird8cnes3-hbDgT1jtsQ_lV6karLIFU&dib_tag=se&keywords=unshaming+jowita+bydlowska&qid=1783647772&sprefix=Unshaming%2Caps%2C167&sr=8-1], to film for us and we are so excited to share her bonus content with you. Thank you for listening. Season Two: The Lovers Unleashed arrives August 2026. Join us on Podmatch [https://www.joinpodmatch.com/coraley] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

The Empress Rising Bonus Content: Blood Letters

In this Season One: The Empress Rising bonus content, Blood Moon Radio host Coraley Letcher responds to a few listener "Blood Letters". One letter asks for tarot advice about a decision they recently made that they are having second thoughts about, with Coraley pulling the Hermit, the Queen of Pentacles and the King of Swords. Another listener seeks help deciding whether or not to pursue a business idea, asking for Coraley's insight as an entrepreneur. Thank you for listening. Season Two: The Lovers Unleashed arrives August 2026. Find ways to support the show, including memberships, merch, digital products, and donations at www.bloodmoonradio.com. [www.bloodmoonradio.com.] Wolfsbane Media Solutions helps to build purpose-driven brands. Book a consult call with Coraley by visiting: https://www.bloodmoonradio.com/wolfsbane-contact-form [https://www.bloodmoonradio.com/wolfsbane-contact-form] Join us on Podmatch [https://www.joinpodmatch.com/coraley]. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

The Last Spell

In this conclusion to Blood Moon Radio’s first season, The Empress Rising, host Coraley Letcher weaves together the season’s central themes with her reflections on the show itself—an incantation to close the circle before we step into season two. ✨ In this episode: ✧ Rebellion as a sacred right ✧ Who benefits when we claim “too much” instead of rejecting it? ✧ The Empress as an archetype ✧ Voice as both individual and ancestral healing ✧ What it means to be a difficult woman Keep an eye out for our bonus content as it’s released during the seasonal break. You can support us through a donation, purchase, or membership by visiting Blood Moon Radio [www.bloodmoonradio.com]. You can also connect with us on PodMatch [https://www.joinpodmatch.com/coraley]. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Embodying Empress 2

In part 2 of Embodying Empress, dancer and author, Alexandra Beller, and Blood Moon Radio host, Coraley Letcher, discuss the art, and responsibility, of teaching; creative practice as social critique, personal expression, and, and something that often evolves beyond its original intention; and what the stories we tell about ourselves and others mean within the container of the human experience. Alexandra reflects on her forthcoming book, The Anatomy of Art, and the difference between creating live performance art versus the static work of published writing. As if on cue, The Empress card was pulled during the episode's reading —reflecting the season, the conversation, and Alexandra herself. This episode explores: ✧ why we do the work we do — and whether we are in the right work ✧ community and our roles within it ✧ creative practice: intention, execution, and outcome ✧ finding your voice, and accepting that not everyone will resonate with it ✧ storytelling as both a useful tool and something to hold with care ✧ meaning making and lived experience This is the final special guest episode of season one. Our final episode will be a solo reflection tying together the themes and conversations explored throughout The Empress Rising. If you enjoy this episode, Taming Monster with author Jowita Bydlowska, is similar. Alexandra can be found at: www.alexandrabellerdances.org  [https://shows.acast.com/www.alexandrabellerdances.org] https://www.anatomy-of-art.com/ [https://www.anatomy-of-art.com/]  Instagram @alexandrabellerdances We love interacting with you. Find more of us at www.bloodmoonradio.com [www.bloodmoonradio.com ] Join us on Podmatch [https://www.joinpodmatch.com/coraley] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Embodying Empress

Blood Moon Radio host Coraley Letcher is joined by dancer, choreographer, author, and educator Alexandra Beller for this two-part conversation exploring creativity, embodiment, meaning-making, and the intelligence of the body. Alexandra’s work lives at the intersection of movement, creative expression, and somatic awareness. Her upcoming book, The Anatomy of Art: Unlocking the Creative Process for Theatre and Dance — now available for preorder — expands on her years of teaching artists how to cultivate deeper awareness, trust themselves creatively, and reconnect with the why beneath their work. As the final special guest episode of Season One: The Empress Rising, this conversation beautifully embodies the archetype through themes of creativity, nurturing, sensuality, self-awareness, connection, and the power of embodied expression. This episode touches on: ✧ Modern Motherhood ✧ Finding Spirituality in Process, Place, and Self ✧ Embodied Awareness ✧ Systemic Harm ✧ Art as Connection ✧ Creativity as Meaning-Making If you enjoy this episode, tune in for Part Two of the conversation — and make sure to follow or subscribe so you don’t miss the closing episodes of Season One. Alexandra can be found at: www.alexandrabellerdances.org [www.alexandrabellerdances.org ] https://www.anatomy-of-art.com/ [https://www.anatomy-of-art.com/] | Instagram @alexandrabellerdances If you’d like more from Blood Moon Radio, including memberships, tarot readings, and products, visit: www.bloodmoonradio.com [www.bloodmoonradio.com] Join us on Podmatch [https://www.joinpodmatch.com/coraley] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.