The Fairy Ring Podcast

Michelle Lark

🍄 Digital Fairy Portal 🍄

The Fairy Ring is an experimental podcast that explores the Universe through myth, meditation, and magic. This is the podcast for you if your creativity is your spirituality, your free will speaks to you through curiosity, and deep down you believe fairies exist. Mythology, folklore, poetry, storytelling, the mind's eye, mysticism, and all things beautifully bizarre can be found in the portal.

The Fairy Ring Podcast is written and produced by your host and cosmic friend, Michelle Lark.

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“Map of Experiences”: Tattoos with badass artist Jackie Jones
Dec 17 2023
“Map of Experiences”: Tattoos with badass artist Jackie Jones
Welcome to the Fairy Ring Podcast. This is a digital fairy portal that explores the Universe through myth, meditation, and magic. Tattoo artist, Jackie Jones, enters the fairy ring to discuss her transition from oil painter to tattoo artist, cycles in art, and how tattoos can be maps and stories. She also shares tips on tattoo care to maintain the beauty and longevity of body art. Throughout the episode, we will weave in-between our conversation with Jackie and cover some of  the history and culture surrounding tattoos and how they can be portals. At the end of the audio, you'll be offered a meditation inside of the fairy ring. ✨☠️✨Connect with Jackie:https://www.instagram.com/jackiejones/Works Cited google document here.Additional:Tattoos in Ancient Egypt: here.Polynesian Tattoos: here.Culture of Tattoos in Japan: here. Why Tattoos are Permanent: here.Inuit Skin Stitching Tattoos: here.Sailors and Tattoos: here.Tattoos and Colonization: here. Cherokee & Southeast Indian Tattooing: here.Tattoos in Ancient Rome: here.Tattoos and Trauma: here. Vintage Tattoo Photos here.Comprehensive Guide to Tattoo Meanings: here.+ Acupuncture Meridian System: here. Support the showInstagram @thefairyringpodcast Tiktok @thefairyringpodcastYoutube: click hereListen to all episodes for free:http://www.thefairyringpodcast.comBusiness Inquiries:thefairyringpodcast@gmail.comThe Fairy Ring Podcast is written and produced by your host and cosmic friend, Michelle Lark. © Music used in The Fairy Ring Podcast is from Epidemic Sound.
Fairy Rings 🍄: Mycology, Folklore, and Fae Superstition
Mar 24 2023
Fairy Rings 🍄: Mycology, Folklore, and Fae Superstition
Enter your curiosity to explore the mycology, folklore, and fae superstition that surrounds what this podcast is named after, Fairy Rings. A naturally occurring circle of mushrooms that flirt with both the scientific and the supernatural mind. You can listen to all episodes of The Fairy Ring for free at: www.enterthefairyring.com Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thefairyringpodcastSources: https://www.mushroom-appreciation.com/fairy-ringshttps://www.forbes.com/sites/linhanhcat/2020/04/11/fairy-rings/?sh=337feac65f6ahttps://www.cnn.com/2022/11/10/world/fairy-circles-mystery-solved-namibia-scn/index.htmlhttps://gardencollage.com/inspire/wild-earth/myth-lore-fairy-ringhttps://sempervirens.org/news/redwood-fairy-rings-and-the-magic-of-science/https://www.syngentaturf.co.uk/turf-disease/fairy-ringshttps://www.britannica.com/science/fairy-ringhttps://www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/open-spaces/2021-03-12/the-science-and-magic-of-wyomings-fairy-ringshttps://www.thevintagenews.com/2022/11/23/fairy-circle-mushrooms/?chrome=1https://www.mindbounce.com/444373/what-are-fairy-rings/https://gtjournal.tadl.org/2015/dance-all-night-the-magic-of-fairy-ring-mushrooms/https://archive.org/details/jstor-109641/page/n1/mode/2upThe Fairy Ring Podcast is written and produced by your host and cosmic friend, Michelle Lark.Music/Sounds from Epidemic SoundSupport the showInstagram @thefairyringpodcast Tiktok @thefairyringpodcastYoutube: click hereListen to all episodes for free:http://www.thefairyringpodcast.comBusiness Inquiries:thefairyringpodcast@gmail.comThe Fairy Ring Podcast is written and produced by your host and cosmic friend, Michelle Lark. © Music used in The Fairy Ring Podcast is from Epidemic Sound.
Piscean Poetic Dreamscape ♓️✨ w/ Poets Sara Lupita Olivares and Alyssa Jewell
Aug 30 2022
Piscean Poetic Dreamscape ♓️✨ w/ Poets Sara Lupita Olivares and Alyssa Jewell
Enter the poetic dreamscape of Piscean poets Sara Lupita Olivares and Alyssa Jewell. People born under the star sign of Pisces (Feb 19-March 20) are known for being old souls with a great affinity for both mystical and artistic realms. Pisces is a water sign ruled by Neptune, a planet of mystery and psychic energy. Pisceans are gifted with natural intuition and house creative gifts that truly captivate us. Dreams and poetry are a very natural intersection to find a creative Pisces.  In this episode of The Fairy Ring, we discuss dreams and how they connect to poetry in seen and unseen ways. Grab a cup of tea and join us for our watery, dreamy, and poetic conversation. Sara Lupita Olivares is the author of Migratory Sound (The University of Arkansas Press), which was selected as winner of the 2020 CantoMundo Poetry Prize, and the chapbook Field Things (dancing girl press). Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in The New York Times, Hayden’s Ferry Review, Black Warrior Review, Salt Hill Journal, Quarterly West, and elsewhere. She currently lives and teaches in the midwest. website: www.saralupitaolivares.com instagram: saralupitao Alyssa Jewell edits poetry for Waxwing as well as Third Coast and coordinates the Poets in Print reading series at the Kalamazoo Book Arts Center. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Best New Poets, Witness, Virginia Quarterly Review, Colorado Review, Hayden’s Ferry Review,  Washington Square Review, and elsewhere. She lives in Grand Rapids where she teaches college ESL classes. She is a graduate student at Western Michigan University. website: alyssajewell.orgThe Poets in Print Event page is: https://kalbookarts.org/events/ Thank you for listening. Taking a moment to rate and share is a great source of support. Your energy is appreciated 🦋 instagram: enterthefairyringbusiness inquiries: enterthefairyring@gmail.comPoets Mentioned in the Episode: From Sara: Fanny Howe, Etel Adnan, Mei Mei Berssenbrugge, Jackie Wang's The Sunflower Cast a Spell to Save us From the Void, and Victoria ChangFrom Alyssa: Louise Glück, Brigit Pegeen Kelly, Natalie Diaz (When My Brother Was an Aztec), Frank Stafford, and Ocean VuongSupport the showInstagram @thefairyringpodcast Tiktok @thefairyringpodcastYoutube: click hereListen to all episodes for free:http://www.thefairyringpodcast.comBusiness Inquiries:thefairyringpodcast@gmail.comThe Fairy Ring Podcast is written and produced by your host and cosmic friend, Michelle Lark. © Music used in The Fairy Ring Podcast is from Epidemic Sound.
Celtic Tree Astrology 🌲✨ What's Your Sign? ✨ Personal Horoscope, Druidism, The Ogham, and Celtic Tree Lore
Aug 8 2022
Celtic Tree Astrology 🌲✨ What's Your Sign? ✨ Personal Horoscope, Druidism, The Ogham, and Celtic Tree Lore
Celtic Tree Astrology is based in druid knowledge of trees and lunar cycles. This episode explores the ogham, Celtic tree lore,  and provides a personal horoscope for each of the 13 signs. Find out yours! 🌲✨Follow The Fairy Ring on Instagram. If you enjoyed this episode please rate, review, and share to help expand its reach ✌️*These horoscopes were based on sources found but also have artistic interpretation with how I felt they could be expanded. Music from Epidemic SoundSources: https://www.ecoenchantments.co.uk/https://www.treesforcities.org/https://www.worldhistory.org/Ogham/https://www.celticradio.net/https://ireland-calling.com/https://www.learnreligions.com/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Graveshttps://blog.fantasticgardeners.co.uk/https://ireland-calling.com/https://www.tarot.com/astrology/celtic-signshttps://tree2mydoor.com/https://celticmythology.com/https://www.oghamtrees.comhttps://www.treecouncil.ie/celtic-tree-astrologyhttps://www.oghamgrove.com/Celtic Myth & Magic by Edain McoyThe Fairy Ring is produced by Michelle LarkSupport the showInstagram @thefairyringpodcast Tiktok @thefairyringpodcastYoutube: click hereListen to all episodes for free:http://www.thefairyringpodcast.comBusiness Inquiries:thefairyringpodcast@gmail.comThe Fairy Ring Podcast is written and produced by your host and cosmic friend, Michelle Lark. © Music used in The Fairy Ring Podcast is from Epidemic Sound.