It’s a scary time and Witches everywhere want to help. What can Witches do in the midst of a global crisis? Do spells and prayers even do anything? Madame Pamita returns to talk to us about how Witches can help people on the other side of the world through prayers, spells, and direct action. She also shapes the context and history of the current situation in Ukraine. Sabrina The Teenaged Witch (Not A Teenager) Transcriber Witch joins us to help us perform a ritual for Ukraine and explore ways to support those in need. Plus, who would Kanani call for bail? On Patreon: Get an extended, ad-free version of this episode.

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Our Guest Today:

Madame Pamita is a Ukrainian diaspora witch, teacher, author, candle maker, spellcaster, and tarot reader.  She has a popular YouTube Channel for teaching witchcraft, she hosts the “Magic and the Law of Attraction” and “Baba Yaga’s Magic” podcasts and she is the author of Baba Yaga’s Book of Witchcraft, The Book of Candle Magic, and Madame Pamita’s Magical Tarot. She is also the proprietress of the online spiritual apothecary, the Parlour of Wonders and lives in Santa Monica, California. You can find her at parlourofwonders.com.

Resource List

Taste Of The Temple
Stitchy Princess (Etsy)
The Witches Resistance

Ukraine resources:
9 Thoughts On US Americans Making Meaning Of War In Ukraine by Caitlin Breedlove, organizer and Pagan
Global Giving: Support for Ukraine
Humanitarian and Medical Aid To Ukraine
Medical Supplies For Ukraine
Sunflowers for Peace: First Aid Medical Tactical Backpacks
Future Kyiv: Humanitarian Aid
Revived Soldiers Ukraine: Support for wounded soldiers and veterans
Ukrainian People With Disabilities in Crisis– helps Ukrainians with disabilities – especially those who want but cannot evacuate – protect themselves in case of emergency.
Caritas Ukraine – provision of humanitarian assistance to various social groups and those impacted by the conflict. More information here.
CrimeaSOS – assistance to internally displaced persons from Crimea and Eastern Ukraine. With the support and partnership of UNHCR, it promotes community initiatives for these groups.
British-Ukraine Aid – assistance to vulnerable individuals who have been physically, mentally or socially disadvantaged, including the injured and wounded, orphaned children, the elderly, internally displaced persons and families who have lost their main earners. More information here.
People in Need: SOS Ukraine – for provision of food and sanitation packages, emergency shelter, psychosocial support, and more in Donetsk and Luhansk, both in territory under the control of the Ukrainian government and in territory not currently under government control.
UN Crisis Relief: Ukrainian Humanitarian Fund – contributions are collected into a single, unearmarked fund and managed locally under UN leadership. As crises evolve, funds are made directly and immediately available to a wide range of partner organizations at the front lines of response. This way, funding reaches the people most in need when they need it.
Institute of Mass Information (Donate) – buy helmets, blankets, thermoses, anad first aid kits for journalists, help their evacuated families, sew PRESS badges, and organize transportation. All of our journalists continue to work and document the situation.
Keep Ukraine’s media going – Media across the country continue to operate under the most challenging circumstances. They have shown extraordinary courage, but the reality on the ground is that most operations cannot continue from Ukraine alone. This fundraiser is aimed at helping media relocate, set-up back offices and continue their operations from neighboring countries.
Kyiv Independent – repeat subscription/small donation here and one time donation here
Ukraine Crisis Media Center – international strategic communications hub with active outreach to audiences both in Ukraine and abroad.
JDC: Emergency in Ukraine – provides a lifeline for an estimated 40,000 Jewish elderly and 2,500 poor Jewish children and their families through its network of care services, Jewish community programs, and Jewish leaders in more than 1,000 locations across Ukraine.
Rabbi Bleich’s Help Kyiv – help set up a Refugee Camp for the Kyiv Jewish Community, organized by Ukraine’s Chief Rabbi.
United Jewish Appeal (Donate) – support urgent and mounting humanitarian needs including food, shelter, transport, and emergency medical units.
Roma Women Fund – advocate for Roma women’s rights in Ukraine and collaborate with Roma communities on the regional level.
Insight NGO (Donate) – A Ukrainian human rights public organization which brings together lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people.
Ukrainian LGBT Military for Equal Rights Association – support LGBT military in their fight on the frontline and for equality of all citizens at home.
Help Us Help – donations will be used to fund the following: evacuation and relocation of staff and beneficiaries (children, scholars and veteran families), humanitarian aid delivery, and medical assistance for victims.
Save the Children – Ukraine – distribute essential humanitarian aid to children and their families; deliver winter and hygiene kits; provide cash grants to families so they can meet basic needs like food, rent and medicines; provide access to safe, inclusive, quality education; work to help children overcome the mental and psychological impacts of conflict.
Voices of Children – psychological/psychosocial support for children affected by the war.
Saint Javelin – all proceeds of shirt and sticker sales go to a fund for the children of fallen and wounded Ukrainian soldiers.
Toy Drive for the Children of Fallen Heroes – provides assistance for displaced people, orphans, and families of Ukrainian military who died or were hurt in action. Volunteers in Ukraine learn about needs on the ground and pass information on to us.
Ukrainian Leadership Academy – an educational program that aims to develop a generation of young leaders for Ukraine and the world. Over the course of a gap year, young adults learn to work in a team, set goals, develop projects, take responsibility for their lives and the country’s fate, and choose their future profession more consciously.
Ukrainian Catholic University Foundation –  invest in the lives of young and talented future leaders of Ukraine and the diaspora.
Veteranius – help teach and employ veterans, volunteers and internally displaced persons in the IT sector and involve them in socially important projects.
Bohdan Radchenko Stipend for Veterans – tuition for a Master’s at the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (KMA), Kyiv School of Economics (KSE), Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU).

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