Big Crystal Energy Podcast - Crystals, Glamour, and Magic for Liminal Spaces

How do we make our dreams real without burning ourselves out in the process?

In this special Lammas bonus episode of Big Crystal Energy, I pull a collective reading using the Seasons of the Witch: Lammas Oracle and walk through the beautiful Bird Feeder Spread from the guidebook.

Centered around the question, "How can you contribute to making dreams a reality?", this reading becomes less about chasing bigger goals and more about honoring the quiet, steady work that creates lasting change.

Together, we...

Lammas: The First Harvest & Reclaiming Your Power

Lammas (also known as Lughnasadh) marks the beginning of the harvest season—but spiritually, it's so much more than gathering crops.

In this episode of Big Crystal Energy, we're exploring the history, mythology, and deeper meaning behind the first harvest festival. From the Celtic god Lugh and the story of the earth goddess Tailtiu to ancient harvest customs and symbolic sacrifice, we'll uncover why Lammas asks us to stop chasing what could have been and instead acknowledge what has actually grown.

This conversation also be...

Larimar is one of the most recognizable crystals in the world—but almost everything you've heard about it may have come from the same handful of modern sources.

In this episode of The Crystal Library, we're diving beneath the surface of the beautiful blue stone often called the "Atlantis Stone."

You'll hear the familiar story: lost civilizations, divine feminine energy, ancient wisdom, dolphin medicine, and messages from Atlantis. Then we'll ask a much bigger question:

Where did those stories actually come from?

Together we'll explore:

This week I'm joined by the absolutely delightful Markella, creator of Letters of the Zodiac, a monthly tarot subscription that's bringing beautifully curated collective tarot readings to mailboxes around the world.

What started as a simple idea in January has grown into a thriving global community—and after reaching 1,000 subscribers, Markella celebrated in the most unforgettable way possible: by jumping out of an airplane.

But this conversation goes far beyond business.

We talk about what it really means to follow your intuition, navigating life's unexpected challenges, finding purpose after fe...

In this deeply personal conversation, I sit down with psychic medium, energy intuitive, photographer, author, and fellow podcaster Kelsey Anderson to talk about what it really means to reclaim yourself.

We explore what it was like growing up as highly intuitive children, sensing things we couldn't explain, and learning to trust those experiences in a world that often teaches us to ignore them. Kelsey shares how her mediumship abilities gradually came online after years of anxiety, burnout, and questioning her own perceptions, eventually leading her away from corporate life and into the work she does...

Red Jasper is often called a grounding stone—but what if grounding was never meant to make us comfortable?

In this deeply personal episode of The Crystal Library, I explore the remarkable geology, mythology, and symbolism of Red Jasper through the lens of my youngest son, Jasper, whose fourth birthday is just around the corner.

After a weekend in Santa Cruz, watching my son joyfully carry a fish skeleton across the beach while everyone else looked away, I realized he instinctively understands something that many adults spend their lives trying to learn: nature is not se...

What happens when the community you're searching for doesn't exist yet?

In this episode of Big Crystal Energy, I'm joined by creative director, oracle creator, community builder, and founder of Unconventional Bliss, Isabel Bagsik. Together we explore the intersection of creativity, visibility, spiritual entrepreneurship, and the deep human desire to find people who truly understand us.

Isabel shares her journey from working with major brands, celebrities, and influencers to creating a business that helps mystical entrepreneurs, creatives, and practitioners show up authentically online. We talk about the courage it takes to be visible, the healing...

In this episode of The Crystal Library, we're exploring Blue Lace Agate—a stone often known for calm, but whose deeper gift may be helping us reconnect with our authentic voice.

I begin with a story I've never shared before: a spring night in 2001, a country road outside the University of Kansas, and a small blue stone pulled from the floorboard of a car during one of the most transformative periods of my life. I didn't know its name then. I only knew that holding it helped.

Twenty-five years later, that same stone is still wi...

In this episode of Big Crystal Energy, Ashleigh sits down with artist, author, deck creator, teacher, and magical powerhouse Marcella Kroll to talk about her newest deck, The Initiates Oracle.

This conversation weaves through Marcella’s lifelong relationship with magic, tarot, mediumship, creativity, and the occult — from her early intuitive experiences and discovering tarot as a teenager, to becoming a professional reader, creating multiple oracle decks, and eventually stepping into the next evolution of her work.

Marcella shares the story behind The Initiates Oracle, a stunning deck inspired by her pilgrimage to E...

Welcome back to The Crystal Library.

Lemurian Quartz may be one of the most fascinating crystals in the modern metaphysical world—not because of what it is, but because of the story surrounding it.

In this episode, we're tracing the surprising journey of Lemurian Quartz all the way back to its origins. Before there were crystal healers, channeled messages, or stories of lost civilizations, there was a British zoologist trying to solve a mystery about lemur fossils. That scientific hypothesis eventually evolved into one of the most enduring myths in modern spirituality: the lost continent of...

The Turning Point Spread: A Litha Collective Reading

Happy Litha and Happy Summer Solstice!

This special bonus episode is a collective oracle reading inspired by the energy of Litha—the longest day of the year and the sacred turning point between the reign of the Oak King and the Holly King.

Using the Seasons of the Witch: Litha Oracle deck by Lorraine Anderson and Juliet Diaz, with artwork by Tiana Lukovic, I walk through a five-card spread I created called The Turning Point Spread. Together, we explore the themes of abundance, in...

Welcome back to Big Crystal Energy! In this episode, Ashleigh dives into the Sabbat of Litha, also known as the Summer Solstice — the longest day of the year and one of the most powerful turning points on the Wheel of the Year.

Litha is a celebration of peak solar energy, abundance, fire, illumination, love, and transformation. But it is also a threshold. At the exact moment the sun reaches its height, the darker half of the year quietly begins. This episode explores that beautiful paradox: the peak, the pause, and the tu...

For thousands of years, Opal was considered the Queen of Gems—more precious than diamonds, sacred across cultures, and associated with vision, hope, transformation, and the divine. So how did it become known as a stone of bad luck?

In this episode of The Crystal Library, Ashleigh explores the fascinating science, mythology, history, and metaphysical properties of Opal. From Aboriginal Dreamtime stories and Greek mythology to Roman legends and Incan traditions, you'll discover why cultures around the world viewed Opal as a visionary stone connected to magic, sovereignty, and the unseen realms.

You'll also learn wh...

Welcome back to Big Crystal Energy! This week, we're returning to the foundation of the podcast and exploring one of the most requested topics of all: crystal healing. ✨

Whether you're completely new to crystals, a longtime collector, or simply curious about why people have worked with stones for thousands of years, this episode offers a fresh look at the history, science, and spiritual practice of crystal healing.

Ashleigh explores the ancient roots of crystal healing, the scientific concepts often referenced in crystal work—including coherence, entrainment, piezoelectricity, and frequency—and why crysta...

What if the clarity you're seeking isn't something you gain—but something you uncover after everything false falls away?

In this deeply personal episode of The Crystal Library, Ashleigh explores the profound lessons of Azurite, the brilliant blue copper mineral long associated with intuition, psychic vision, and spiritual awakening. But beyond its reputation as a third-eye stone lies a far more challenging invitation: the dismantling of false identities, inherited beliefs, and the need for approval.

Drawing on geology, ancient history, the teachings of Edgar Cayce, and her own journey of publicly claiming the title of wi...

What happens when a lifelong crystal lover and tarot reader combines two powerful spiritual systems into one deck?

In this episode of Big Crystal Energy, I sit down with Dina Rosenberg, creator of the Crystal Keys Tarot, to explore the inspiration behind this beautiful and unique deck that pairs every tarot card with a crystal, mineral, shell, or sacred earth ally.

Dina shares her journey from collecting rocks in the woods as a child to becoming co-owner of Amityville Apothecary, a crystal healer, tarot reader, and now published deck creator. We dive deep...

Lepidolite is often called the "anxiety stone," but what if that's only part of the story?

In this Crystal Library deep dive, Ashleigh explores the surprising science, history, and metaphysical significance of one of the crystal world's most beloved purple stones. From its lithium-rich composition to its connection with one of the three elements formed in the first moments after the Big Bang, Lepidolite turns out to be far more fascinating than its calming reputation suggests.

Together, we'll explore the geology of Lepidolite, the history of lithium in medicine, the mysterious "missing lithium" problem in...

This week on Big Crystal Energy, I’m joined by author, tarot creator, professional witch, and all-around magical human Jen Sankey to talk about her newest book, Manifesting by the Moon: A Guide to Lunar Magic — which also happens to be our Quarter 2 Big Crystal Energy Book Club Pick. ✨🌙

In this conversation, we dive deep into working with the moon in a grounded, practical, and accessible way — without the overwhelm, perfectionism, or social media “witch aesthetic” pressure. Jen shares how lunar magic can become part of your real everyday life, even if you’re busy, traveling, parenting, exhausted, or jus...

In this final installment of May’s “travel as a liminal space” series, Ashleigh dives into the haunting and surprisingly profound world of Iolite — the legendary Viking navigation stone said to help sailors locate the hidden sun through cloud-covered skies.

But beneath the familiar “Viking compass” story lies something far stranger: Iolite was sacred to Rán, the Norse goddess of drowning and the keeper of the deep. Why would a stone of navigation belong to the very force sailors feared most?

In this episode, Ashleigh explores the geology, mythology, and metaphysical symbolism of Iolite — a crystal born...

In this cozy and deeply personal solo episode of Big Crystal Energy, Ashleigh shares the spiritual practices she brings with her while traveling and why travel itself feels like one of the most powerful liminal spaces we can experience. Between preparing for a magical date night seeing Florence and The Machine and reflecting on years of family travel, Ashleigh opens up about how she stays spiritually grounded while constantly moving through airports, hotels, unfamiliar landscapes, and transitional spaces.

This episode explores the concept of the travel altar — a small portable spiritual setup designed to bring comfort, protection, gr...

In this deeply layered Crystal Library episode, Ashleigh explores the real story of jade — far beyond the “luck” and prosperity symbolism most people associate with the stone. From ancient China to the Māori, Maya, and even Imperial Russia, jade has long been trusted as a sacred threshold stone connected to death, transformation, ancestry, wisdom, and rebirth.

Ashleigh dives into the surprising geology of jadeite and nephrite, the colonial origins of the word “jade,” and why so many ancient civilizations independently placed jade with their dead. This episode explores jade not as a simple abundance crystal, but as a stone...

In this episode of Big Crystal Energy, Ashleigh welcomes astrologer, writer, and astrocartographer Aubrey Houdeshell of Graveyard Roses for an introduction to the fascinating world of astrocartography.

As part of May’s theme of travel as a liminal space, this conversation explores how our birth charts can be mapped across the globe, revealing places that may activate different parts of our lives — from love and creativity to career, identity, home, family, and transformation.

Aubrey breaks down astrocartography in a grounded and approachable way, explaining how plan...

In this Crystal Library episode, Ashleigh explores Smoky Quartz, a grounding stone of protection, transmutation, and sacred threshold work.

The episode opens with a milestone celebration: Big Crystal Energy has now been heard in 97 countries. But alongside the gratitude, Ashleigh reflects on her own liminal space — feeling called toward the next evolution of the podcast while not yet knowing exactly how to arrive there.

That “in-between” energy becomes the doorway into Smoky Quartz.

Formed deep within the Earth and colored by natural gamma radiation over millions of years, Smoky Quartz...

In this episode of Big Crystal Energy, Ashleigh sits down with Anama O’Reilly, co-host of The Gods Must Be Crazy podcast, for a wildly fascinating conversation about Filipino folklore, mythology, monsters, ancestral beliefs, and the supernatural stories that still feel very alive today.

After returning from a family trip through the Philippines and Japan, Ashleigh found herself deep in the rabbit hole of Filipino folklore — from eerie creatures to ancestral magic to the ways mythology lives inside culture, family, and everyday life. Anama brings humor, depth, and years of r...

Tiger’s Eye is often labeled as a “confidence stone”… but what if that’s only scratching the surface?

In this episode of The Crystal Library, we’re reframing Tiger’s Eye as something far more ancient and powerful: a guide through liminal space. A stone for thresholds. A companion for the in-between.

Whether you’re physically traveling or navigating a major life transition, Tiger’s Eye offers clarity, discernment, and energetic protection when you need it most.

We explore the stone’s fascinating geological origin, its consistent role across ancient civilizations, and why it may be better...

In this episode of Big Crystal Energy, Ashleigh opens the month of May with a deeply personal reflection on travel as a liminal space — those in-between places where we are away from home, outside of routine, and often more open to transformation, magic, discomfort, and wonder.

Fresh from a hotel room in Portland while attending Spirit Northwest, Ashleigh shares the story of her family’s month-long trip through the Philippines and Japan. What began as a long-awaited pilgrimage for her husband to return to the Philippines and share his culture with thei...

Welcome back to the Crystal Library 💙

This week, we’re diving into chrysocolla—a crystal often labeled as a “communication stone”… but that description barely scratches the surface.

This is not just about speaking your truth.
 This is about knowing when not to speak.

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