In episode 174 of the Magick & Alchemy podcast, hosts Kristin Lisenby and Kate Belew delve into the creative lives of magical women for their new series, Women in Art & the Occult. They open with the story of Hilma af Klint, a Swedish artist who explored Spiritualism, mediumship, automatic drawing, and the teachings of Rudolf Steiner and Madame Blavatsky in her work and creative process. Kate and Kristin also discuss Vali Myers, a bohemian artist known as the Witch of Positano. Vali was a maker and a muse, a painter and a tattoo artist, who was compared to the goddesses Artemis and Diana for her close relationship with animals and mountains, and for her wild nature.

Sources & Shoutouts:

New Moon Magic, Amy Torok & Risa Dickens

Waking the Witch: Reflections on Women, Magic, and Power, Pam Grossman

Paintings for the Temple, Guggenheim, New York

“The Strange Afterlife of Hilma af Klint, Painting’s Posthumous Star,” Alice Gregory

The Spiral Dance, Starhawk

Just Kids, Patti Smith

A Lesson in True Bohemianism with the Witch of Positano

Bohemian like you: Vali Myers the Witch of Positano

Everything Shines in the Darkness: Sheldon & Diane Rochlin's Vali, The Witch of Positano - YouTube

Inside the remote Italian home of Australia’s bohemian high priestess

Photos: Revisiting Love on the Left Bank - Vanity Faire

Florence Welch on feminism, depression, fame

Vali Myers, the Witch of Positano - Tumblr

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