Tea, the hearth, and the long way inward
Hazel opens each episode with tea, a greeting to beautiful witches and souls, and a subject worth sitting with — chosen versus imposed ritual, abandonment wounds, the sabbats of the Celtic Wheel. Guest episodes under the Cauldron Conversations banner bring other practitioners to the same hearth for long, unhurried talk about craft and lived experience.
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Temple of Haze runs on an image it returns to constantly: a hearth, a cup of tea, a seat kept free. Hazel, a witch, opens by greeting beautiful witches and souls, then sets out what she wants to look at. Sometimes there are notes. Sometimes there is a cheerful self-interruption to get back on track. The result is closer to a long conversation than a lecture. Episodes fall into a few clear shapes. Seasonal ones follow the Celtic Wheel of the Year, and the Ostara instalment covers the spring equinox as the second sabbat, one of eight, tied to renewal, fertility and the balance of light and dark, with a card pulled from a seasons of the witch oracle deck. Teaching episodes take a single idea and stay with it. One draws a line between ritual a person chooses and ritual imposed at an age when consent was not possible, discussing the Catholic Church directly and arguing that chosen ritual supports sovereignty and integration while imposed ritual becomes a structure of external control. Another sits with abandonment wounds, describing how they can arrive quietly rather than in a single blow, how parentification and emotionally unpredictable parenting feed them, and how nature offers a form of presence that never withdraws. Affirmations and journal prompts follow, along with an oracle message. Personal episodes are candid. An account of a driving instructor who shouted at her becomes a worked example of trusting intuition rather than settling, and Hazel does not soften her language about it. Guest episodes run under the Cauldron Conversations banner. Crystal the Cottage Witch, who has a YouTube channel and describes twenty-nine years of practising witchcraft and studying the occult, returns for a second chapter and talks about residential cases and how religious conditioning can push someone to read an ordinary spirit as demonic. Kelly Ann Maddox, described as a chaos witch, author, activist and artist, traces being identified as witchy by her mother as a child, growing up in an Irish Catholic immigrant family without being raised Catholic, and receiving tarot decks from two different women before she turned sixteen. Irish surfaces throughout, in greetings, thanks and the goodbyes that close each episode. The tone stays consistent across all of it: unhurried, plainly spoken, occasionally sweary, with a stated preference for moving at whatever pace a listener's body and mind can hold. Listeners are pointed toward one-to-one work and the YouTube version, but the episodes stand alone.
Made for: People practising modern witchcraft or working with the Celtic Wheel of the Year who want teaching delivered conversationally rather than formally. It also suits listeners untangling religious conditioning or childhood wounds who prefer plain speech to therapeutic polish.
What sets it apart: The Irish language framing is genuine rather than decorative, woven into greetings and farewells, with the Catholic Church addressed head-on as lived material. Hazel mixes structured seasonal teaching with unguarded personal accounts, including moments of ordinary frustration that most spiritual shows would edit out.
Dia Duit agus Fáilte Hello & WelcomeI’m Hazel — Witch, Bean Feasa,Bandraoi, LhpTemple of Haze is a living sanctuary rooted in nervous-system safety, sovereignty, and lived experience. This space offers gentle cyclical teachings, intuitive guidance, and deeper soul work for those walking a path of healing and remembrance. You are welcome to arrive as you are, and to move at the pace your body and soul can hold.
Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A warm witchcraft conversation that keeps paranormal claims tied to practical questions.
Crystal the Cottage Witch returns for chapter two of Cauldron Conversations, drawing on 29 years of witchcraft practice and occult study for a brisk, approachable talk about folklore, witchcraft, history, and paranormal investigation.
A Taurus full-moon reading on release, intuition, protection, and making room for connection.
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A warm, candid conversation on witchcraft, trauma, and rebuilding a self that feels genuinely one's own.
This conversation with Kellyanne Maddox treats witchcraft less as aesthetic than as a way of returning to the self after trauma. Maddox reflects on an early sense of being witchy, tarot decks arriving before she was sixteen, and the long shift from managing other people's…
Modern witchcraft around a lively bonfire.
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Kelly Ann Maddox explains why she hexed ICE and confronts witches who want to defang the craft.
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Temple Of Haze's “Female Rage” examines why women's anger is often labelled “hysterical” or “too much.” The host connects Irish women's direct communication with stereotypes shaped by 19th- and 20th-century media.
Crystal the Cottage Witch discusses her 29 years of witchcraft practice and paranormal investigation, emphasizing a grounded approach.
The host discusses the difference between consciously chosen rituals and those imposed by society, exploring how reclaiming sovereignty involves healing from imposed rituals.
A discussion on trusting your intuition and not settling, with insights for those healing from narcissistic abuse or toxic upbringing.
A witch discusses how abandonment wounds can manifest subtly, using her experience with feeding crows as an example of micro triggers.
Kelly Ann Maddox shares her journey to witchcraft, from being identified as witchy as a child to becoming a chaos witch and author.
A witch discusses the spiritual significance of Ostara, the spring equinox on the Celtic Wheel of the Year, and shares an oracle reading.
A guided meditation to invoke the black flame of sovereignty and power with Hecate and Baphomet.
A guided meditation journey focused on release, reflection, rebirth, and renewal.
“Before your guides can step in, you must first help yourself.”
Temple Of Haze's “Samhain 2025” traces Samhain from an ancient Irish Celtic seasonal festival involving bonfires, ancestor feasts, guising, and divination to modern Halloween customs.
Temple Of Haze frames the 21 September 2025 Virgo solar eclipse as the final eclipse of 2025 and a reset for daily routines.
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Host introduces guest Seán Fitzgerald, an Irish artist, author, and folk practitioner, who begins to share his background and magical journey.
Host introduces guest Crystal the Cottage Witch to discuss her magical path and share insights with listeners.