Welcome Beautiful Blog Readers!
I am back with the 2nd in my Where We Are Now series featuring as many of my incredible Little Red Tarot collaborators as I could track down and get to respond to me! I know for a fact that after this I have interviews from: Cathou, Asali, Siobhan, Sabrina Scott and Luke Dani Blue so it is really gonna be a fun time!
Today we’re touching base with someone I’m sure you know by now as a dear friend of mine, my collaborator on Creating In Wyrd Times, and a fantastic rune & tarot reader and teacher on anything magic and occult. I am, of course, talking about Siri Vincent Plouff. I could go on about how incredible Siri’s Heathen’s Journey podcast is and how evocative their writing on Heathenry and other miscellaneous under-served Pagan faiths is. I can simp for my friends for hours, but instead I’ll turn over to Siri.
Hi Siri! Welcome to my blog! Introduce yourself!
Hello! LRT readers might know me as Abbie Plouff, but I've changed my name and I go by Siri Vincent Plouff now. A part of that is because I realized I was nonbinary! I wanted a first and middle name that would honor both the masculine and feminine within me. I go by they/them pronouns now.
I live on occupied Dakota and Anishiinabe territory in Minneapolis, MN.
So happy you have found a new understanding of yourself and a name that is so perfect I almost cried when you told me. A lot of people may not know this but our IRL friendship actually started with you following me on Twitter because of my work at Little Red. I was so thrilled when you joined the team shortly after. What did you write there, in your own words?
I wrote the Heathen's Journey column as well as a few reviews where necessary. My column there was basically a way of processing how I was coming to the runes as a radical, leftist heathen. So much of heathenry has been appropriated by white supremacy that I didn't feel comfortable exploring my ancestral traditions, or just the runes in general. I wrote about my process of moving through the runes and learning them as a queer witch, and what that felt like. I shared a lot of my research, but looking back on it now there is so much more I could put in there.
We probably all feel like that! I know I do. Even now that Queering the Tarot is a book I cringe when I realize things I should have included. Let’s dive into that some re: your work. How has your practice & writing shifted since our LRT days?
The Heathen's Journey is now a podcast! I talk solo about Nordic spirituality and heathenry, and every other episode I have a guest who practices Traditional Witchcraft, Heathenry, Trolldom, or other magical traditions.
I've grown so much in my personal path since the LRT Community Blog.
Runes and tarot are an iterative process - always unfolding and developing in new ways. When I was writing at Little Red Tarot, I was so bashful about seeking heathens to be in community with, but that is such an important part of it. In the last year, I've connected with Kari Tauring, a Nordic folk roots teacher, as well as Johannes Gårdbäck, a Trolldom teacher. So I'm actively studying with them to further my own magic.
I also felt the call to begin teaching witchcraft and runes. I now have two foundational courses, Radical Runes and the Witchcraft Immersion. Radical Runes is a six week course on queering the runes and learning to work with them both magically and for divination. The Witchcraft Immersion is a yearlong course that dives deep into the theory and practice of witchcraft, with the option for 1:1 mentoring or not. I also teach plenty of one-off classes, and some other special offerings throughout the course of the year, but honestly those are the programs that feel the most special for me.
I will also say that my Patreon has expanded and grown a lot as my own spirituality has grown. I've begun sharing Dark and Full Moon Ritual Guides over there, and it has had the lovely effect of anchoring some of my work there.
That is a nice segue towards our end. (I promised everyone I was keeping these snappy!) Are you still writing, reading for clients and teaching? Where can we find and hire you?
Yes! Absolutely!
You can find me blogging and book a reading with me at northernlightswitch.com
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You’ve got a couple more spots where people can find your writing too - where could readers start there?
The main thing to do is follow my podcast! Link to the podcast hosting site is here, spotify link is here.
I do also share patron-only writing on Patreon here: patreon.com/northernlightswitch
Thanks so much Siri!
If you loved seeing me & Siri work together, you still have just a couple more days to sign up for Creating In Wyrd Times, an eight week workshop all about creativity that uses tarot & witchcraft to get you there. It’s perfect for newly burgeoning creatives, tarot readers and witches AND those who are super experienced. We worked really hard to make sure all levels would get something substantial out of it. Read more here.
