Katie Kalyani

09/06/2026

Oh my goodness 😍
My flabber still gets gasted, I don't think I'll ever get used to the surreal moment of watching a witchy influencer including my book in her TBR or favourites pile!
I watch content like this for book recs as a spectator, it's surreal being on the other side!
Big thank you to The Farmhouse Witch!
To buy my book you can find it on Amazon and where all books are sold, you can even request it if your local bookshop doesn't stock it (yet).
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06/06/2026

Away for a spell on a magical mini break in the countryside of Guildford. We wanted a cabin in the woods vibes, a secret getaway and chose to have limited phone use and time away from social media.
The first day was sunny but later we were blessed with a thunderstorm! Breathing in the air as the thunder rolled in whilst the birds chirped and then cosyed up in the cabin with a book and a cuppa tea to watch the lightning and rain was heaven to me.
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This place was serendipitous. It was here or a modern pod thing. We chose here because it felt closer to nature plus the owner had dogs!
Upon arrival we learned that the location sits on leylines and straddles a marsh and is surrounded by willow trees. We've befriended Julia whose cottage is close by and we spent hours chatting with her and fussing over her dogs. She felt kindred, we talked about dreams, the spirit world, life adventures and everything in-between. Just incredible nourishing conversations.
Straddling a liminal space + a wise woman in a cottage + dogs + thunderstorm gave real Hecate vibes! As I am a devotee to her, this felt just right, like she knew I needed to be there. We plan to go back.
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I always find threshold places to rejuvenate me, often I seek them out, this time we just kinda stumbled on it and it was deeply healing.
Thank you to Hecate for showing the way 🗝️🕯️

29/05/2026

Up on Moon Book's Pagan Collective Blog is a new article by me, it's a peak into what my book Word Witchery is all about: the Magic and Power of Words.
It's a five minute read, go have a nosy! Enjoy!
And if you enjoyed that, go grab a copy of my book!
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What does an ancient poem-spell by a priestess to a primordial goddess have in common with Renaissance blessing knives from France, or chanting well-wishes at celebrations?

28/05/2026

Over on IG I'm about 100 followers away from hitting 5K followers 🤯.
I know in the grand scheme of things, the amount of followers don't define us and our worth and things fluctuate-- followings will rise and fall often.

Yet it's a shock (in a good way) that people enjoy and appreciate my writings, who I am, my creativity, my presence within the pagan/folklore/history community.

A lot of things eroded away between 2018 to 2020. Good things happened of course, but my old life started disintegrating, Kali was severing things 👹: an old career trajectory in mental health/counselling, old toxic relationship, old friendships, old lifestyle, old internal habits I needed to heal....all fell away. Some slowly, others erupted like the cataclysm of a volcano...yet from the ashes, I contemplated where I go from here? So I rose.
The moment I built myself up again and acknowledged my worth and who I really am, who I've always been: people responded to that light. I feel more aligned with my life path now and I think people can feel that.
I came away from a past where I was unseen and unheard in all aspects of life....to now people saying I'm magnetic, dazzling, inspiring, full of wisdom which is so lovely thank you! To look back on where I was to where I am headed now is quite something!

I'm so happy and content with the community of Moon Books, my publicist SEES my potential and talents which she encourages and any other platform whether poetry or articles on social histories of mysticism, magic and the macabre-- it's easeful, everything is in a state of flow.

Who knows what the future will bring. But I'm so surprised and thankful for all the wonderful people who follow and engage with my work and who I am as a whole.
I never thought in my wildest dreams I'd be here, as an introvert, it is delightfully unexpected.
Thank you

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26/05/2026

Some snaps from an amazing evening at talk entitled "A D*ck through Time" with Dr Kate Lister (s*x historian) and her guest Dr. Eleanor Janega (Medieval historian).

Dr Kate Lister is a huge inspiration to me. Her writing, the way she makes everything down to earth and fun, is brilliantly witty and knowledgeable. I'm utterly spellbound by everything she does. Kate Lister was a much needed ray of sunshine. I enjoyed her show and the quick chat I had with her, it uplifted my spirit.
My lovely fiance came and had a blast (I just reread that and realized I wrote a punny so keeping it in 🤣)
In the talk I particularly loved the discussion around witches and 🍆 in trees and kept as pets.
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This is the kind of thing I'm passionate about: anything macabre, uncanny, mystical, strange, supernatural, occult, socially considered "taboo" witchy, folkloric, magical-- just the beautiful oddness of humanity is my jam. S*x and magic (belief in magic) are often conflated together, so anything revolving around topics on S*x, Death and the supernatural throughout history and I'm such a nerdy chatterbox.

Kate and Eleanor were a joy to watch. I cackled a lot!
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22/05/2026

Checking in with a full heart ❤️‍🔥on this glorious sunny day 🌞

Why I've been a bit silent. I've been a busy bee 🐝 As an interdisciplinary artist, constant social media content is not me and virtually impossible to churn out frequent visuals. All creatives need time away from the screen to produce new bodies of work and projects to then share...I can't create and share if I'm staring at my phone every day.
That being said, here's an update! 🌹

A few things I've created, to look out for during the rest of this year:
📖 A poem in a poetry anthology about memory, curated by DarkThirtyPoetry Press (proceeds go to a dementia charity).
🖋️ My illustrations in the "Sacred Tattoo" book that's gonna be out in the winter time.
🌿 A wellness activity & empowerment essay in the WomanCraft Compendium book "Too Much Woman"
🌛 A personal essay about my spiritual/witchy journey in an anthology all about different pagan paths.
📖 Interview with Pagan's of the North magazine summer issue.
💀 An article exploring the history of death and dreams for a Moon Books Special anthology about death!
⌛ A short story for Quillkeepers Press.
✍️ Progress on my second book manuscript proposal.

A few things to enjoy now:
☕I've been chatting on a few podcasts
📜 Two articles online with Medium
Click on the link to see new content im in or have written! My book Word Witchery is also the first link at the top to purchase.
https://linktr.ee/KatieWildWitch

🎙️ 🎶 The highlight: I’m currently creating a Yoga Nidra album! It’s a collaborative project featuring poetic prose, visual journeying/wakeful dreaming and yoga nidras scripted and narrated by me, set to beautiful soundscapes produced by a sound artist/musician. It’s been a dream to create, it feels like an extension and evolution from my book Word Witchery: taking the magic and healing of words from the page into vocal vibration. As you know I trained in yoga nidra in November 2025, and spent this winter brainstorming. I cannot wait to release it! Hopefully later this summer! I’m so excited to share more soon as this is part one to an entire endeavor!

04/05/2026

Super honoured to be published in
for their summer issue, my piece explores the ancient Persian goddess Anahita.
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Anahita is a powerful and complex figure: a goddess of water, wisdom, the heavens and protection, deeply woven into the spiritual and cultural life of ancient Persia and even Armenia and Anatolia. Avesta describes her as a life-giving force flowing through rivers, lands, and people.
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I’ve been drawn to Persian history and mythology since I was a kid, and writing this felt like returning to something both ancient and deeply alive. Anahita’s presence stretches across empires and centuries, yet she’s often overlooked in conversations about world mythology—despite once being one of the most widely venerated deities of the ancient and classical world.
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This piece is a small offering toward remembering her—and honouring the richness of Persian cultural heritage.
In my personal life I'm devoted to learning Sanskrit and Farsi as well as reading translated Vedic and Zoroastrian text and poetry as well as Indo-Iranian folklore, myths, archeology, art and more!
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If you're curious about my piece as well as other lush articles by wonderful writers, do check out this issue!
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02/05/2026

It's the Beltane special of the Pagan Portals Podcast produced by Moon Books Publishing!
Four English witches discussing our individual practices!

Beltane blessings to all 💐🌺🌷
From now til end of October is my favorite time of year: the warm summer months rising to the summer solstice then gradually transitioning into Autumn.
Grab a cup of tea, curl up in a cosy blanket and have a watch/listen
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Beltane is often described as a fire festival, a fertility festival, or a date on the calendar, but it is much more than that. In this special Beltane episod...