Coby Michael is an occult herbalist and magical practitioner specializing in the ritual use of poisonous and psychoactive plants. He studied religion at Arizona State University and has been a folk herbalist since a young age. He owns and operates The Poisoner’s Apothecary, an online shop and educational resource for The Poison Path. Coby has been blogging since 2016 and is a prolific writer including articles for This Witch Magazine, The Witches' Almanac, and Alraune. Coby is author of The Poison Path Herbal, The Poison Path Grimoire and the forthcoming titles The Poison Path Oracle, creator of The Poison Path Oracle Deck and Herbal Magic for Dummies. He is also co-author of Leo Witch. Coby is the founder of Botanica Obscura Conference, an annual gathering of magical plant practitioners from around the world sharing their plant spirit knowledge. He travels the country teaching people about plant magic, the Poison Path, occult herbalism and plant medicine.

In this episode, Coby discusses poison as a plant ally in healing through shadow work, as a tool for beauty and glamour magic, plus so much more.

The Botanica Obscura Conference is celebrating its fifth anniversary this year, and being held digitally from March 6-8th. It is a gathering of herbalists, plant medicine practitioners, green witches, alchemists, botanists, and other plant-passionate people from around the world, seeking to connect with people and plants and facilitate community and resource sharing between plant practitioners of all kinds. All presentations are live and recorded.

Tickets available at https://www.thepoisonersapothecary.com/shop/botanica-obscura-conference

For more about Coby visit:

www.thepoisonersapothecary.com

Instagram: @poisonersapothecary and @botanicaobscuraconference

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Erica Feldmann holds a Master's degree in Gender and Cultural Studies, with a research concentration in Witches. Her innate interest in the connection between home spaces and wellness led to the creation of HausWitch in 2012.

What started as a “micro budget + magic = makeover” interiors blog would eventually become a thriving brick and mortar shop and online community based in downtown Salem, MA. Harper Collins published her first book "HausMagick: Transform Your Home with Witchcraft" in 2019 and her second book "Intention Obsession: Rituals + Witchcraft for Every Season" in 2025.

A Gemini Sun, Pisces Moon and Scorpio Rising, Erica lives with her wife Melissa and cat in the woods just outside of Witch City.

Melissa Nierman started NowAge Travel on April Fools Day 2017 in Salem, Massachusetts as a way to offer a container of authenticity to the many curious folks who visit Witch City each year. NowAge - offering intimate retreats, walking tours, readings, and hands-on classes that explore our personal relationship with magic, history, and our own innate psychic-ness - works to redefine the possibilities of what it means to travel as spiritual beings here on Earth.

Melissa - a Leo sun, Aries moon, and Virgo rising- is herself a trained clairvoyant, queer witch, and intersectional history nerd with a passion for DIY learning. With a Masters of Education + years as an amateur comedian, she brings together a commitment to the “facts” with a keen ability to see the ridiculousness of said “facts.” She truly believes that people learn best when they’re having fun and feeling connected.

In this episode, Erica and Melissa share what the zeitgeist gets wrong (and right!) about Salem, amplifying magic in our communities and homes, plus so much more.

For more about Erica’s April 3-5, 2026 retreat at Kripalu please visit

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Jessie-Susannah Karnatz, aka The Money Witch, brings anti-capitalist, shame-free education to healers, hustlers, and creatives in order to catalyze change in their financial lives. She believes healing our finances will bring blessing to our lives, our lineages, and our communities.

She offers Intuitive Financial Coaching worldwide and is the High Priestess at Money Coven, an online web of magical beings who are healing their relationship with money through financial shadow work, showing up for their financial self care, and becoming powerful stewards to the symbol of creative lifeforce that is money.

In this episode, Jessie-Susannah discusses having a healthy and candid relationship with finances: healing disconnections, aligning with your life’s purpose and desires, anchoring in your reciprocal value, plus so much more.

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