Come to our party!! For Halloween aka Samhain aka the halfway point between the Autumn Equinox and Winter Solstice, I'm joined by a CONFLUENCE of Witches: Casey Zabala, Edgar Fabian Frias, Eliza Swann, and Sanyu Estelle.
This panel was inspired by an extraordinary book of essays, a modern witches anthology, that Casey compiled and edited called A Confluence of Witches. All of today's guests contributed essays to what has become, for me, an indispensable resource as I navigate a world of magic and witchcrafters.
I asked the group their thoughts on what the state of Witchcraft might look like in 2027, and they were oracles all. But as Eliza pointed out, "It's a river of voices that makes the oracular statement." Together we form a confluence, a constellation, and a coalition!!!
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A Confluence of Witches and The Cultural Roots of Tarot and MAGIC and The Alchemical Imagination
Celebrate Samhain by gifting yourself a copy of A Confluence of Witches TODAY!! And pre order Sanyu's upcoming book The Cultural Roots of Tarot: An Exploration of Migration, Diversity, and Divine Timing.
Pre order MAGIC, to which Edgar contributed, and grab The Alchemical Imagination by Eliza!!
Casey Zabala
Casey Zabala is an artist, author, tarot reader, and practicing witch whose work explores divination as a tool for personal transformation, healing, and re-enchantment. She is the creator of Wanderer's Tarot, a feminist tarot deck, and Wyrd Sisters Oracle, a collection of spells and rituals. In 2018, she founded Modern Witches, a community dedicated to bringing together witches, seekers, and the magically curious. Holding a master's degree in Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness from the California Institute of Integral Studies, Casey combines intuitive practice, natural magic, and feminist perspectives to cultivate contemporary magical traditions and communal forms of spiritual exploration.
Sanyu Estelle
Sanyu Estelle s a Los Angeles-born (bred and buttered) writer, artist, musician, and soothsayer. Her multidisciplinary practice brings together language, etymology, divination, ancestral knowledge, and spiritual inquiry. Drawing on her studies and practices of Daoism and Ifá, she explores how words, histories, and cultural narratives shape our understanding of reality. Sanyu works with tarot and other forms of intuitive reading, alongside poetry, performance, and music. Her forthcoming book, The Cultural Roots of Tarot, investigates the histories and cultural contexts of tarot, challenging simplified accounts of its origins and meanings.
Edgar Fabian Frias
Edgar Fabián Frías is a nonbinary Wixárika and Latinx multidisciplinary artist, curator, educator, and psychotherapist based in Los Angeles. Their work spans installation, video, digital art, performance, and community-based practice, bringing Indigenous knowledge into conversation with technology, queer aesthetics, and spirituality. Drawing on Indigenous Futurism and their Wixárika heritage, Edgar explores how ancestral practices, ritual, and emerging technologies can create new forms of connection and collective healing. Their work has appeared at institutions including the Vincent Price Art Museum and the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive. Edgar's practice invites audiences to imagine more expansive, interconnected futures.
Eliza Swann
Eliza Swann is an interdisciplinary artist, writer, and educator whose work explores mysticism, alchemy, and the relationship between spiritual practice and contemporary art. They founded Golden Dome, an experimental art school for mystics dedicated to creative and contemplative education. Swann is the author of The Anatomy of the Aura (2020), Green Mary (2024), and The Alchemical Imagination (2026), which examines creativity as a catalyst for transformation. Their writing has appeared in publications including BOMB and Momus, and their work has received support from the Andy Warhol Foundation and the Foundation for Contemporary Arts. They teach alchemy at Pratt Institute.