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Neva and Maria talk about how getting older reshapes witchcraft, spirituality, and identity from performance and aesthetics into something grounded, honest, and livable. Along the way, they unpack the millennial “witchy” era, call out common new age traps, and land on practices that help them hold both rage and love without bypassing themselves.

• aging as a shift from aesthetic to authenticity
• millennial witch starter pack nostalgia and the pressure to look witchy
• not giving a fuck as a spiritual upgrade
• nature connection through tree hugging, offerings, and garden meditation
• twin flames as a cover for toxic dynamics
• love and light as spiritual bypassing and why shadow work matters
• fury vs hate and learning where to put big emotions
• repeating numbers, signs, and assigning meaning with intention
• ethical questions around crystals and spiritual consumerism

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🔮Neva Rowland (she/they) is a multi-faceted creator whose work blends spirituality and art. They work as a state-employed civil servant to pay the bills and feed their art supply and tarot collection addiction.

🔮Maria (she/they) is a mother to two gremlins. She has a long-term partner. Maria has been a public school educator for 20 years, focusing on inner city schools and diversity education. They have been a practicing witch for most of her life, starting with Italian folklore witchcraft as a child and growing into her own traditions. They love Moon and High Holiday Rituals(‘Cule Yule!), Tarot Pulls, candle and sigil magic and reading and art!

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Neva and Maria trade their usual deep dives for witchy would-you-rather chaos that somehow turns into real talk about truth, growth, and what actually supports a spiritual practice. Between haunted houses, glitter dilemmas, and shadow work, they keep coming back to the same point: choose what helps you move forward, not what looks perfect.

• choosing a truth-telling tarot deck over a gentle one
• ritual mishaps like candles tipping and forgetting a manifestation midstream
• incense vibes versus permanent glitter and what “sparkly” really costs
• mildly annoying ghosts versus constant inconvenient synchronicities
• why we pick a chaotic episode people love over “perfect” nobody hears
• naming perfectionism as a harmful mindset and choosing growth instead
• losing crystals versus losing tarot decks plus ethics and community support
• guides speaking in riddles versus memes and how we actually get messages
• shadow work as weekly practice and the therapy overlap
• working with moon cycles versus working with seasons and the pressure to keep up
• magic tied to emotions versus intention and why intention keeps us out of trouble
• cozy cottage witch versus chaotic urban alleyway witch and why we are both
• what brings us joy right now including plant babies, gardening, and rewriting old stories
• oracle card pull on sound healing, taking action, and letting the path unfold as you move

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✨ Produced & Edited by Maria Ruscitti, LLC

🎶 Huge thanks to Nick J Ludwig Music for composing and mixing our theme song, "Go Do This."

🔮Neva Rowland (she/they) is a multi-faceted creator whose work blends spirituality and art. They work as a state-employed civil servant to pay the bills and feed their art supply and tarot collection addiction.

🔮Maria (she/they) is a mother to two gremlins. She has a long-term partner. Maria has been a public school educator for 20 years, focusing on inner city schools and diversity education. They have been a practicing witch for most of her life, starting with Italian folklore witchcraft as a child and growing into her own traditions. They love Moon and High Holiday Rituals(‘Cule Yule!), Tarot Pulls, candle and sigil magic and reading and art!

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Summary of Lost Girls Podcast – Season 3, Episode on Spiritual Red Flags

Hosts: Neva and Maria
Recording Date: February 1, 2026 (Imbolc and Leo Full Moon)
Theme: Identifying spiritual red flags within witch and broader spiritual communities, with reflections on growth, ethics, and cultural respect.

Reflections

• The hosts encourage self-awareness and shadow work as essential to healthy spirituality.
• They emphasize the need for cultural humility and respect when adopting spiritual tools or practices from marginalized groups.
• The conversation acknowledges the complexity and fluidity of spiritual identities and energies, pushing back against rigid binaries and elitism.
• The episode closes with a call for listeners to reflect on their own practices and consider doing better when they recognize red flags.

Queer Devotion Book (Mentioned by Neva in the episode!)

Queer Deities from around the world!

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✨ Produced & Edited by Maria Ruscitti, LLC

🎶 Huge thanks to Nick J Ludwig Music for composing and mixing our theme song, "Go Do This."

🔮Neva Rowland (she/they) is a multi-faceted creator whose work blends spirituality and art. They work as a state-employed civil servant to pay the bills and feed their art supply and tarot collection addiction.

🔮Maria (she/they) is a mother to two gremlins. She has a long-term partner. Maria has been a public school educator for 20 years, focusing on inner-city schools and diversity education. They have been a practicing witch for most of her life, starting with Italian folklore witchcraft as a child and growing into her own traditions. They love Moon and High Holiday Rituals(‘Cule Yule!), Tarot Pulls, candle and sigil magic, and reading and art!

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