My spiritual teachers have been extremely various but the most notable of whom are mentioned here.
My Main Teachers
- Dr Kate Tomas - I met Kate at the University of Oxford (~2012?) through a mutual friend, who is also a magickal practitioner and through whom I learned many basics but who I must not name. I didn’t get to know Dr Kate when we met that one time all those years ago, but we connected online and I watched her life on socials and eventually our paths converged online before the Covid pandemic and cementing it through lockdown through her teaching, masterclasses, meditations… I followed her tips and they were great! And, I saved up and I spent a whole year doing her brilliant Spiritual Life Upgrade online course with online community. Dr Kate taught me how to handle my energy, to feel, use practical magick, and be empowered, and to live intentionally within community …and not take shit from anyone! A total badass rockstar bitch for whom I have the most devoted respect for and who changed my life for the better. Dr Kate Tomas really has shaped a huge part of the person I am today. Kate is very active on Instagram / TikTok and has a website.
- Jenna Matlin - Tarot Card reader, Medium, Teacher and talented writer, Jenna Matlin is from the USA (with Celtic roots a fellow ginger!). Jenna is a force, and she has produced the most wonderful resources on how to give tarot readings. I can’t remember where I first encountered Jenna (probably a podcast), but I bought their book on how to give professional tarot readings, Will You Give Me a Reading, because I was already giving readings and intended to do it full time in the future. Lucky for me, I bought the book when it was first released and had the chance to join the BOOKCLUB Jenna created for it, so we could round-table the contents and do the practical lessons together. Jenna also did a MEDIUMSHIP course using TAROT as a tool to communicate with the dead. Having had lot of experiences communicating with the dead, I bought the course and attended some of the lives (at midnight UK time). I know I will come back to these teachings again and for now it has been put on the back-burner. Jenna is the most organised and practical person, and I love how elegantly they've created their business, which is inspirational to me. You can find Jenna on Instagram, TikTok, Website and she also has a YouTube Channel.
- Theresa Reed - Talented writer, teacher and tarot expert! Writer of ‘Tarot, No Questions Asked, Mastering the Art of Intuitive Reading’, ‘The Cards You’re Dealt’, and many more. I bought a bunch on eBooks online as part of a charity drive and in them was Theresa! I follow Theresa on Substack @TheTarotLady, on which she discusses writing and many other things. They are active on socials too, and are friends with Jenna Matlin. Instagram
- Juliet Diaz - Wow. Juliet is an American Bruja\Witch (from Tiano Cabana) who is a writer of such important books, including the Altar Within, which talks about spiritual activism and self-empowerment. Much like Dr Kate, their activism is a MAJOR part of their existence and who they are in their work; always pushing forward in community efforts to move our future towards anti-capitalist and more community-driven holistic spaces, equal for everyone. I found Juliet Diaz through a podcast episode of the BetterWitch Podcast, by Alysha Kravetz. Listening to Juliet, you can’t help but stop in your tracks when she talks about the liberation of us all by connecting to plants, spells, and by just inhabiting Juliet’s mindset it is truly revolutionary for us all to even start thinking like them! I love you Juliet, you are courageous and a gorgeous calming and creative influence. Juliet reinforced the teachings of what Dr Kate had already taught me, and then Juliet added layers of plant magick, and readings lists of great practitioners and writers that we talked about and read in Juliet’s Book Club. Juliet left Instagram and is now on Substack @IamJulietDiaz publication: TheAltarWithin and their Website
More great sources of teaching, wisdom, and bravery that I follow...
- That Glasgow Witch - I recently found G on their amazing TikTok channel (I don’t know their name other than the first letter!) - They have a great Wiccan Wheel Calendar subscription that is available on Google or iCal and has a load of great ritual practices and key astrological dates on which you can do spell magick. @ThatGlasgowWitch is on instagram, TikTok, and Website
- Dr Michael Lennox - Epic DAILY (yes, every day including weekends and holidays) astrology weather report. Has a fantastic email-list too @DrLennoxDreams on Instagram, and website
- Danny Price - Keeping is absolutely on the TRUTH, Danny is an autistic content creator (son of Goldie if you’re that age) and great all-rounder. I love Danny’s contribution to the world by giving daily updates and opinions, with language a sailor would blush at, of crucial topics like human rights, global politics, and environmental news. You can find him at @DannyFuckingPrice Instagram and on Patreon too.
- Andrew Burt - Songwriter, Recording Artist and Activist. Biggest heart and gorgeous person who genuinely cares so much your heart bursts and they make fabulous viral content on political topics. @The_Virgin_X Instagram.