Media
Bio
Lex (they/them) is an outsider oracle & heretical hierophant making magic for sacred sacrilege. They help witches re-connect to their power so they can wield the magical tools of love and liberation! They offer tarot, spiritwork & magical education for mystical rebels, queer witches, former rule-followers and whimsical weirdos – folks who like going beyond the conventional and making their own way, with big visions full of love for the world. They can be found online at thelexhesperus.com, and on IG (& sometimes TikTok!) @thelexritchie.
Articles
Canvas Rebel
“Meet Lex Ritchie – What would you change about the educational system?”
by Dan Goodman
05/01/2024
HuffPost
“Here’s What Actual Witches Eat On Halloween”
by Jamie Davis Smith
10/18/2023
The Gorgon’s Guide To Magical Resistance, ed. Laura Tempest Zakroff
“Invoking the Ancestors of Revolution –
A Spell to Support Your Radical Dreams & Actions” by Lex Ritchie.
Revelore Press.
2022.
Yahoo.com
“Yes, witches celebrate Halloween, but not how you think. Learn more about how covens observe the day.”
by Jamie Davis Smith
10/26/2022
Podcast Interviews
Dine With The Divine
Tarot, Gender and A Queer Rebel Who Had No Chill with Lex Ritchie
Lex and Ashley talk about tarot, gender, Mid-Western delicacies and a queer baddie who had no chill.
The Corporate Coven
Saturn Return – Interview with Lex Ritchie: Folk Magic | Tarot | Spiritual Exploration
In this episode, Jess and Lex talk about the Saturn Return, the nature of Saturn and the importance of self-transformation.
The Longer Road
Episode 41: Healing The Liminal with Lex Ritchie
On Mattia Mauree’s podcast, Lex and Mattia talk about finding your own winding path, trusting yourself, and the many ways that capitalist ethos has infiltrated spirituality.
Snort and Cackle
Season 3, Episode 9: Finding Ancestors
Interviewed by Ash Alberg, fiber witch extraordinaire, Lex and Ash chat about gender, magic, & doing ancestor work as queer people.
Heathen’s Journey
Season 1, Episode 26: Queering Ancestor Work
Siri and Lex talk about ancestor work – including some ways for those who are new to ancestor work to get started.
Season 2, Episode 3: Radical Underworlds with Lex Ritchie
Siri & Lex talk about all things Underworld. Lex shares wisdom from their wealth of knowledge about the Underwolrd, tells a queered version of the Persephone myth, and talks about the Underworld as a threat to capitalism.
Creative Nature
Episode 128: Tarot, Personal Power & Folk Magic
In this generous conversation, Yarrow and Lex talk about finding our own ways towards liberatory and healing practices, queerness & neurodivergence & liminality as a source of magic, navigating pandemic challenges.
Intuitive Wellness
Folk Magic, Personal Power and Creating Your Own Labels
On this episode, Lali and Samara talk with Lex about their definition of folk magic, how to use tarot as a tool for self-empowerment, and creating your own labels in terms of tarot card groups, gender, and life philosophies.
Sacred Adventure Begin
Folk Magic and Tarot
Emily interviews Lex in a conversation about growing up in the Rustbelt, making life pivots, and coming to discover magic and one’s purpose with folk magic and Tarot!
Living Open
Episode 188: Folk Magic + Tarot for Personal Power
“I work with the tarot as a folk art that allows us to access magic and specifically folk magic, a magic that arises from a collaboration between ourselves, the essence of us within us, and the nature around us and our life experiences and the experiences we’ve inherited from our ancestors.”
In this episode, Lex and Eryn talk about tarot as a folk art, folk magic as a tool for people’s power, court card & hierarchies, tarot reflecting lived experience, Sword in the tarot, The Devil card, and more!
Tarot Bytes
Episode 183: Tarot and Folk Magic
Long time tarot readers know that the cards can be a potent tool for transformation. Combine them with folk magic and you’ve got a recipe for healing and radical change. In this episode of Tarot Bytes, folk magic educator Lex Ritchie joins me to talk about how tarot and folk magic create the perfect blend for an empowered life.
Lex explains what folk magic is, how to incorporate it into your tarot practice, and more. If you are curious about applying folk magic techniques to your life, you’ll love this episode!