Belle, Book & Candle

Belle, Book & Candle

Belle, Book & Candle is here to encourage and educate the pagan community on topics of interest to an earth-centered spirituality. Step into the world of a southern witch through stories, southern lore, intriguing guests and education meant to enrich your spiritual practice. Y'all come on in!

Recent Episodes

March 8, 2022

S4 E23: The Awakened Medical Provider | A Southern Dialogue with Nurse Practitioner Danielle Jeune

Interested in sound healing? Bioenergetic medicine? Danielle chats with me about what it's like to be spiritually awakened as a nurse practitioner, and how she incorporates that into her work. She also talks about the device…
Feb. 11, 2022

S4 E22: Forging a Path Back to Spirituality | A Southern Dialogue with Barrett Self

"Our minds want to be right more than they want to be happy." Wow! What an honor to have Author and Meditation Teacher Barrett Self on the podcast! I knew Barrett as a child; he and his family even sang at my wedding, so it …
Jan. 10, 2022

S4 E21: Honoring Life Stages with Rites of Passage | A Southern Dialogue with Ifetayo White

Ifetayo's wisdom and experience is legendary in the healing arts community in my area (and probably beyond!). I was so blessed to have her join me for this episode as we talk in depth about rites of passage - why they are im…
Jan. 10, 2022

S4 E21: Honoring Life Stages with Rites of Passage | A Southern Dialogue with Ifetayo White

Ifetayo's wisdom and experience is legendary in the healing arts community in my area (and probably beyond!). I was so blessed to have her join me for this episode as we talk in depth about rites of passage - why they are im…
Jan. 10, 2022

S4 E21: Honoring Life Stages with Rites of Passage | A Southern Dialogue with Ifetayo White

Ifetayo's wisdom and experience is legendary in the healing arts community in my area (and probably beyond!). I was so blessed to have her join me for this episode as we talk in depth about rites of passage - why they are im…
Jan. 7, 2022

S4 E20: Through Nature's Eyes - Animal & Nature Communication | A Southern Dialogue with Madii Kasem

Madii Kasem is an animal and nature communicator; she communicates with both domesticated and wild animals, and all of nature including trees and plants. What an interesting conversation we had, I hope you join us as we chat…
Jan. 1, 2022

S4 E19: Concurrent Lives, Pain Lineages & the Akashic Records | A Southern Dialogue with Julia Wesley

Are past lives linear or concurrent?? Julia Wesley is here to tell us about her belief that "all time is now". We discuss: Concurrent lives as opposed to past lives What the akashic records are and how they are used Akasha, …
Dec. 23, 2021

S4 E18: The Modern Pagan Prayers Project | A Southern Dialogue with Lucia & Gwyneth

What is the Modern Pagan Prayers Project? In this episode, I talk to Lucía and Gwyneth about how they came together during the pandemic for this project, why pagan prayer is important, the use of poetry in prayer, and how th…
Dec. 21, 2021

S4 E17: The Light of Love on a Journey Through Grief | A Southern Dialogue with Jennifer Alemany

Grief and the transformation that comes from dealing with loss - we talk with Jennifer Alemany about her experience with the loss of the love of her life and her mother, and her book, Mark My Love. Purchase Mark My Love : ht…
Dec. 18, 2021

S4 E16: Working with Spirits - Power, Responsibility & Danger | A Southern Dialogue with Sadhu Dah

What can you do with vinegar and sea salt?? Our guest, Sadhu Dah, is a magickal practitioner and teacher with a deep knowledge of Thai Buddhist Magick, among many other specialties. If you're interested in learning about spi…

About the Hosts

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Randy Borawski

Producer

With Randy's extensive background in audio and video production, it was only logical that he join the podcast team to give that extra boost needed to make the production shine. He also has the distinct pleasure of being married to Mela (he told me to write that, y'all). In his free time, he plays drums for the bands Youth Model, and Kenny George Band.

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Rev. Mela Borawski

Host

Rev. Pamela "Mela" Borawski CHt is a green hedge witch and founder of the Greenwild Tradition. She has studied and practiced spiritual witchcraft for over twenty years, and is an ordained pagan minister and leader in her local community. She is certified in Hypnotherapy, and graduated in 2018 with a diploma as an integrative healing arts practitioner.

After graduation, she founded 3 Rays of Light LLC, where she offers hypnosis, healing arts, and spiritual guidance. Mela created the online school, Greenwild Mystical Academy, in 2021, and is the spiritual director of Awen Grove Fellowship. She is the author of the Spell & Ritual Journal and the Manifest with the Moon Journal available on Amazon, as well as a fantasy author on Kindle Vella under the name Mela McClure. Her witchy podcast, Belle, Book & Candle, is available on all major podcast platforms.

Mela has lived in the southern United States for nearly 50 years, and now resides on a family-owned farm in rural South Carolina where she enjoys chickens, goats, and gardening. She has a deep love for celebrating rites of passage, honoring nature and her cycles, and folk magick practices. She has hosted a monthly interfaith full moon ceremony in the area since early 2019. She is a member of the Sisterhood of Avalon, the Universal Brotherhood Movement, the Energy Medicine Professional Association and the National Association of Transpersonal Hypnotherapists.

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Hudson Borawski

Sound Engineer