Belgariad & Beyond
125 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago - ★★★★ - 5 ratingsExploring magical reality through fiction, chapter by chapter, beginning with The Belgariad books.
It is impossible for us to stay on the surface, so expect a deep dive into the juicy stuff of our lives! Read along with us, spoiler free, as Alysia discovers the stories for the first time, and Sondra, a twenty-year veteran of the tales, enjoys the ride.
This is an intimate discussion, which delves into the hosts' personal lives. Since one's a holistic therapist, and they're both authors, the talk goes to unexpected places.
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Episodes
Boob Crystal Taboos
May 29, 2021 13:19 - 1 hour - 75.5 MBCastle of Wizardry, Chapter 1 Garion’s tripping on memories being recalled by the Orb, as the company flies down through the caves beneath Rak Cthol inside the earthquake triggered by Ctuchik’s utter destruction. He’s the one witness who truly understands the struggle of faith Relg goes through in his decision to pass through the rockfall and rescue Taiba. Sondra has book promo excitement and nerves, and is fizzing over the new words she wrote into the draft of Emerald on Her Tongue. Creat...
An Entirely Possible Starsword
May 21, 2021 09:33 - 1 hour - 59.1 MBCastle of Wizardry, Prologue Garion’s family history with lots of story Easter eggs about the Rivan blood line’s relationship with the orb, Tolnedrans, and Nyissans. Sondra has realised, as she pens the series of introductory emails for new GKU subscribers, that she should probably take a sec to celebrate her achievements. Alysia is finalising her last Raven Dreams book and finding inspiration in music again amid demanding household transformations. They’re both of the opinion that mothe...
Perceptions of Perverted Minds
April 23, 2021 09:06 - 1 hour - 75.9 MBMagician’s Gambit, Chapter 27 Garion follows Wolf through the strange and horrible rooms of Ctuchik’s tower as the orb song swells in his body and mind. His grandfather does battle with the evil magician until Ctuchik destroys himself, the aftermath of which cracks the city apart around them. In the end Garion scoops up the innocent orb thief just in time to flee the wreckage and re-enter the caves. Sondra is in data overload recovery (again) after coming down from the excitement of fresh,...
Over the Edge
April 19, 2021 08:08 - 1 hour - 66 MBMagician’s Gambit, Chapter 26 Garion is in the thrall of some intense emotions: fear saturated slave pens, Brill’s surprise ambush and Silk’s bout of hand-to-hand combat with the assassin, anger at the horror of worship in the temple of Torak, and the subsequent draining of his will to destroy it all. Sondra has redesigned and reissued her whole Embodying Earth series of books and must be in alignment because she accidentally created a new book while she was at it. Alysia is in a week of ...
Serenading Death
April 02, 2021 13:32 - 1 hour - 62.3 MBMagician’s Gambit, Chapter 25 Garion follows Relg into the darkness of the caves beneath Rak Cthol, climbing up sheer rock for hours to reach the slave pens. He gives Taiba the escaped and dying Marag slave his cloak, and finds out Ctuchic killed her two baby girls, sacrificing them on the altar to Torak. Sondra is intoxicated by the sensuousness of the warming forest. She’s cycled around to connecting with people and her creations again. Alysia is once again experiencing the negatives an...
Casting Life Illusions
February 19, 2021 15:00 - 1 hour - 55.3 MBMagician’s Gambit, Chapter 24 Garion helps Aunt Pol shield the group from grolim mind-searching and is an accidental partner in the madding of a grolim’s mind when his aunt attacks. Sondra is walking into inspiration and feeling alive. Her artistic senses are waking up with the seasonal thaw. Alysia is pulling weeds and enjoying the scent of fresh turned earth, and drawing joy from the awareness of human connections. They’re both opening up to life. Stick around for "Prophecy Speaks", t...
Learning to Pray on Horseback
February 11, 2021 15:16 - 1 hour - 88.3 MBMagician’s Gambit, Chapter 23 Garion swims through black sand with sea monsters in the freezing wasteland of an empty sea, while Silk turns inside out in the aftermath of his internal rockslide. There’s a bit of swordplay, axeplay, and rockplay before the company sets course over shaking ground toward the smoking volcano. Sondra is in the depths of despair of ever being able to finish watching Anne with an E, and poking her sore spots. Alysia is toasting her happy birthday with friends an...
The Taste of Rock
February 04, 2021 14:18 - 1 hour - 74.3 MBMagician’s Gambit, Chapter 22 Garion slides back down into the gully with Barak with the news of Silk’s capture. He waits around with everyone else for hours in the dark, spiralling down internally into guilt and grief, remembering Lelldorin for the first time in ages, while Relg prays his way through the rock wall of the pit to rescue Silk. Sondra has been ambushed by a year of work upending down the drain. Now she’s finding the advantages of a startling change of direction. Is panic the ...
Turning Bones to Water
January 29, 2021 16:21 - 1 hour - 67.9 MBMagician’s Gambit, Chapter 21 Garion meets Silk’s Nadrak “friend” Yarblek and is amazed by the way Aunt Pol behaves when Yarblek asks to buy her. Relg gets a cold and thinks he’s dying. Silk freaks out and flees when he hears the King of the Murgos is on his way. But, too late! Brill has finally captured his man. Sondra is drawing more mystical creatures with layer and layers of colour, and they’re talking to her! She needs to remember that she’s an EFT, Reiki and Meditation therapist and ...
Lust in the Righteous Dust
January 24, 2021 15:42 - 1 hour - 81.1 MBMagician’s Gambit, Chapter 20 Garion has become Relg’s confessor—the Ulgo is having a tough time of it this week. Our teenage hero is witness to the horror of a Thull hurling himself from the top of the Eastern Escarpment, but the horror turns to sickness when he hears Silk explain why The Thull had been so willing to die by his own design. Sondra is still drawing and painting, and is NOT chopping her wife’s toe off. She’s been deep in the design and build of her publishing company’s new w...
Drawing in Inspiration
January 15, 2021 12:17 - 1 hour - 73.9 MBMagician’s Gambit, Chapter 19 Garion and the gang are out of the caves of Ulgo and back in the sunshine on the surface. He inadvertently nominates himself for Relg duty, which basically means to keep the newly emerged cave-dweller calm enough about open sky to not run screaming into the forest. Sondra tries to expound upon the attributes of the peoples of the Belgariad. It’s a hilarious effort. She’s painting and feeling the freshness of new creation and inspiration. Alysia is using drawi...
Out of the Darkness
January 08, 2021 10:44 - 1 hour - 69.3 MBMagician’s Gambit, Chapter 18 Relg gets very cooperative, Ce’Nedra is told she has to stay behind, and Garion gets kissed again (and is still clueless about why). The gang makes a plan to sneak into Cthol Murgos. Alysia is in Covid recovery with Supernatural, and she’s wondering what does being a professional writer look like? She’s centred and calm, even after coming through some tumultuous December happenings. Sondra gets passionate about personal responsibility around vaccinations. Her...
Sliding Through Illusions
December 04, 2020 13:00 - 1 hour - 86.9 MBMagician’s Gambit, Chapter 17 Ce’Nedra acknowledges to herself that her bad behaviour is due to her continual state of fright since joining the group. The Gorim surprises her by recognising she’s a dryad, and her haughty sass plonks her into a situation of having to listen to a tiresome ancient story. But she’s captivated and learns about UL. Relg antagonises them all and ends up demonstrating why anyone might be willing to put up with his company. Sondra is moving her body more, inside an...
It's Pink Down There!
November 13, 2020 10:38 - 1 hour - 63.3 MBMagician’s Gambit, Chapter 16 Garion enters the portal and descends into the red-tinted dark caves of the Ulgos feeling the weight of the mountain as well as their seemingly bottomless depths. He is profoundly moved by the neverending echo of the Ulgo hymn that has sounded in the caves for thousands of years, and again when he meets the Gorim, knowing instinctively that he is perhaps the holiest man in the world. Sondra is rolling around in yin yoga yumminess and feeling rewarded for writi...
Don’t Touch the Holiness
November 06, 2020 15:09 - 1 hour - 67.6 MBMagician’s Gambit, Chapter 15 Garion is feeling drained in the aftermath of working magic with Aunt Pol, and even though he’s worried about Durnik being unconscious for so long and the others being injured, he is present enough to prompt his aunt to get Wolf back on track when his grandfather gets lost in the misery of his grief. Belgarath then leads them up the mountain and through the worsening blizzard to the mysterious abandoned city of Prolgu. Sondra has been making plans and opened h...
Tears of a Clown
October 30, 2020 15:14 - 1 hour - 57.6 MBMagician’s Gambit, Chapter 14 Garion is again reigned in by Aunt Pol when he reaches for his sword to join the others as they fight off an attack from Grul the Eldrak and his pack of rockwolves. His grandfather leaps into the fray in wolf form. Garion and his aunt perform a piece of sorcery so powerful it takes their combined focus and their medallions to build the required will. Aunt Pol releases the spell with the word, Mother, after which an ephemeral smaller wolf appears surrounded with...
Laughing into the Lurking Madness
October 23, 2020 10:17 - 59 minutes - 52.5 MBMagician’s Gambit, Chapter 13 Garion draws his sword and protects his aunt and the princess while Barak, Mandorallen, and Hettar do battle in epic style with hrulga and algroths, the big knight laughing in the face of fear. Sondra has a new mantra: I’m a writer and a podcaster I’m a writer and a podcaster. She’s in shock over her brother’s accident and feeling scattered and lost, scared of activating old patterns of guilt about leaving her family. Alysia is still encountering dark thoughts...
The Weight of Spirit
October 15, 2020 12:41 - 1 hour - 74.3 MBMagician’s Gambit, Chapter 12 Garion gets a lesson in the balance of universal forces after feeling foolish for flubbing his first act of deliberate magic. The shifted perspective of birds sings him out of his funk though, right before he meets his grandfather’s brother sorcerers and expands his cursing vocabulary thanks to Beldin and—of all people—his Aunt! Sondra has had a week of imposter syndrome that she only emerged from after remembering to breathe and meditate. Alysia has been find...
Butterflies in the Dark
October 08, 2020 14:39 - 1 hour - 60.7 MBMagician’s Gambit, Chapter 11 Garion meets Aldur and is blessed, claiming the God as his Master without knowing why. He spends time contemplating the passing of what he senses is a significant threshold and then sets out to discover how much more complicated the doing of deliberate magic is compared to instinctive magic. Sondra is enjoying the autumn changes and feeling much better now that her creative spark has returned. Alysia is diving into darkness and feeling the light of the dark, e...
The Tree Of Life Has Only One End
September 26, 2020 12:38 - 1 hour - 80.6 MBMagician’s Gambit, Chapter 10 Garion is nervous about Ce’Nedra who is watching him all the time. He projects his mind into that of the little colt, confirming the existence of a special bond between them. Mr Wolf relates a brief history of the ruined towers they pass once they reach the Vale of Aldur but is subdued and seems to not want to elaborate. But after the group reaches The Tree, Wolf takes Garion to his tower and relates some family history, and after some intimate instruction in T...
Simple Is Complicated
September 18, 2020 12:50 - 1 hour - 70.5 MBMagician’s Gambit, Chapter 9 Garion is embarrassed at the awed respect being directed at him by all the horses and the colt’s uncensored adoration. He finally understands why he needs guidance in sorcery and realises that just because he can do something with his power doesn’t mean he should. His relationship with Ce’Nedra has reached the point of being able to pick up on her unspoken signals that she’s busting for an argument. Sondra is invoking dark moon energy and re-dedicating her word...
The Unknowable Cave
September 10, 2020 14:24 - 1 hour - 74 MBMagician’s Gambit, Chapter 8 Garion’s attention fades from the reality of Mandorallen confessing his deepest fear when he is called by the profound magic of the cave and shifts into an altered state of consciousness to bring a new-born colt back to life. Sondra is attempting to drink the oceans—unsuccessfully, and the berating of her cruel internal voice has required her to launch into emergency self-care mode. Alysia is on the magic crystal water of transformation and shifting to complete...
How To See Dragons
September 05, 2020 14:24 - 1 hour - 66.7 MBMagician’s Gambit, Chapter 7 arion wakes up with everyone else on the north edge of Maragor, keeps holding Ce’Nedra’s hand just because it feels nice and later on pays for an exuberant kiss with a load of snow down his collar. Between the appearance of a scruffy band of robbers and encountering a more dangerous group of murgos led by Brill, Garion also gets to see Silk at his sneaky and snarky best. Sondra is channelling vibrational essences again, and with that comes an update to the cold...
A CONVERSATION: You're Saving The World & Don't Even Know It
August 28, 2020 08:14 - 52 minutes - 44.3 MBIn this special episode of Belgariad & Beyond, Sondra and her guest, Jessica Moore-Lucas continue a conversation to discover how the magical realism of story and the books that we love weave through the fabric of our lives to support us. If you're enjoying the Belgariad & Beyond Podcast strictly spoiler-free, be aware we sometimes briefly touch on the Belgariad stories. Spirituality. What does it mean? Mindfulness and other home-schooling disasters. Depression and the absence of creative fo...
A CONVERSATION: You're More Successful Than You Know
August 26, 2020 10:04 - 1 hour - 71.4 MBIn this special episode of Belgariad & Beyond, Sondra and her guest, Rachel Salin continue a conversation to discover how the magical realism of story and the books that we love weave through the fabric of our lives to support us. If you're enjoying the Belgariad & Beyond Podcast strictly spoiler-free, be aware we sometimes briefly touch on the Belgariad stories. This episode gets into the sparks of what has currently set our worlds ablaze and how we find comfort in the known of our favouri...
A CONVERSATION: You're Braver Than You Think
August 24, 2020 09:36 - 1 hour - 60.2 MBIn this special episode of Belgariad & Beyond, Sondra and her guest, Mary Sexton begin a conversation to discover how the magical realism of story and the books that we love weave through the fabric of our lives to support us. If you're enjoying the Belgariad & Beyond Podcast strictly spoiler-free, be aware we do briefly touch on the Belgariad stories. We touch on tender issues and acknowledge the healing that was found in books at those times, and so much more, then wrap up the conversatio...
God-sized Grief Counselling
June 11, 2020 13:22 - 1 hour - 84.9 MBMagician’s Gambit, Chapter 6 Garion has insights into the feminine spiral and masculine line, and channels the voice of prophecy to confront Mara who, maddened by grief, tries to attack him. Sondra has found stillness and healing for her tired spirit in meditative drawing. Alysia is worrying for her dad’s health — mental and physical wellness are so intertwined. They both have different ways of getting their books written, and don’t have a lot of patience for Mara’s centuries-long pity par...
Riots And Hope
June 04, 2020 14:33 - 56 minutes - 51.1 MBMagician’s Gambit, Bonus Ep The world has blown up. We wanted to talk about that from an intimate perspective, and discuss how current events, as unfathomable and frightening as they appear, contain the seeds of hope. The way you show up in the world is the hope, darling listener. Keep showing up. + Leave us a voice message anchor.fm/belgariadandbeyond + Send us an email [email protected] Garion will be back next week. Head over to the website and sign up to our mailing list....
Grey-haired Ghosts of Purpose
May 21, 2020 12:20 - 1 hour - 81 MBMagician’s Gambit, Chapter 5 Sondra’s Creating a framework for miracles and getting powerful in voice and spirit. Alysia is finding peace inside her shifting energy, resisting the urge to do rather than be still and allow the change. They’re both thrilling with the physicality of expanding in spiritual self awareness. Garion awakens inside Aunt Pol’s protective compulsion to sleep and has a deep conversation with the dry voice, learning the why of what he is destined to do. Stick around f...
Dreams of Gold and Madness
May 14, 2020 12:09 - 1 hour - 63 MBMagician’s Gambit, Chapter 4 Sondra’s coming to grips with her need to be in control. Alysia needs some calm in the blur of her life and is re-discovering the park of her childhood. They’re both extolling the joy of burping and wondering about the reality of dreams. Garion offers Ce’Nedra comfort in her greatest moment of fear, when Wolf tells the company they’ll be travelling through ghost-ridden Maragor to elude a band of Murgos led by Brill, who is actually a member of a secret band of ...
Creeping Fears and Gnawing Worries
May 07, 2020 13:24 - 1 hour - 60.7 MBMagician’s Gambit, Chapter 3 Sondra’s cold sore saga continues with the great purging; she’s working with shame to reconnect all the pieces of herself she’s pushed so far away. Alysia’s publishing endeavours are approved by the universe! Though home life is rocky and her spirit is restless. They’re both being visited by the spectres of who they used to be. Garion’s feeling jealous of Mandorallen’s new closeness to Ce’Nedra. He’s pent up with unfamiliar emotions and wondering if Maragor is ...
Napping Inside The Maze
April 30, 2020 11:56 - 1 hour - 69.9 MBMagician’s Gambit, Chapter 2 Sondra’s drinking sugar plum mead and telling wedding tales. Alysia could be a secret ninja with mad knife skills, and shares some past life memories. They’re both not feeling at all guilty about taking naps. Ce’Nedra is nosing out all the deets about Garion and his power potential, but is not at all interested in him. Mandorallen performs a mighty feat to save her life and she claims him as HER knight. Stick around for "Prophecy Speaks", the segment of the sh...
Flashing While Healing The Planet
April 16, 2020 13:28 - 1 hour - 64.3 MBMagician’s Gambit, Chapter 1 Sondra’s warming up and loving the light, feeling herself breathing with the earth while at the same time sensing a grander kind of love. Alysia is feeling heavy, lamenting the loss of her evening glass of wine, in the depths of quarantine with children. They’re both enjoying the nasal sensations of Spring. Ce’Nedra is contemplating the strange crowd of serious people she’s fallen in with but mostly irritated by her attraction to Garion, whom she overhears havi...
Artistic Comfort For A World Cracked
April 02, 2020 14:04 - 1 hour - 66.5 MBMagician’s Gambit, Prologue Sondra’s cup wants filling. Her external focus needs to be brought inside to the still point where her real power is. Alysia is enjoying her wine for celebration and a bit of crap-what-a-day. She’s sworn off coaching—AGAIN! And she’s reaping the synchronistic rewards of that decision. They’re both doing what they can to reflect the light of love out into the world by entering into some serious self-care. The Younger Gods have spun the world out of nothingness wi...
COVID Interruptus
March 25, 2020 21:08 - 19 minutes - 17.4 MBMagician’s Gambit, Bonus Ep Sondra makes an executive decision to create space for Alysia’s shifting home life. They’re both calling for your stories of fluidity and want to know how your life is paralleling the fictional worlds you love. + Leave us a voice message anchor.fm/belgariadandbeyond + Send us an email [email protected] Garion will be back in a couple of weeks. Head over to the website and sign up to our mailing list. + Website belgariadandbeyond.goddesskindled.com...
Is Your Sword Sharp Enough?
March 19, 2020 12:54 - 1 hour - 69.2 MBQueen of Sorcery, Chapter 30 Sondra’s being conscious about keeping her cup full, what with many extended therapy and counselling sessions, a dentist appointment, and the probable postponement of her wedding party due to the Netherlands being a hotspot for COVID-19. Alysia’s making little connections in business that are actually huge, and clinging to sanity and red wine around school closures (and The Conversation). They’re both seeing the positives in the current state of world affairs. ...
Quivering Flesh and Transformation
March 12, 2020 11:43 - 1 hour - 64.1 MBQueen of Sorcery, Chapter 29 Sondra’s very floaty, can’t sleep, and doesn’t know when she’s awake or dreaming (perhaps not the best timing to take on new freelance work; Alysia’s resting as much as a mother can in a houseful of sickies, and learning how not to give a fuck on social media; and they both know what it feels like to roar in defense of their child. Garion goes out of body with the dry voice to find Polgara and Barak the bear in the midst of terrible carnage, has his first God e...
Altered States of Beauty
March 05, 2020 09:47 - 1 hour - 64.9 MBQueen of Sorcery, Chapter 28 Sondra’s feeling a cold snap on all levels and trying to drop down through her frozen, choppy ocean to the deep peace of what lies beneath, and also enjoying oxycodone reminiscences; Alysia’s feeling at home inside herself with the peace of not being controlled by others’ opinions after a blissful group meditation experience—she’s quiet, but not passive; and they’re both speaking spells to stop their cycles of spinning. Garion is enjoying the exquisite beauty o...
Unspeakable Delights
February 27, 2020 12:39 - 1 hour - 74.3 MBQueen of Sorcery, Chapter 27 Sondra’s enjoying a brief snowy stillness and Yin Yoga yumminess; Alysia’s forgiving the world and recognising patterns that keep repeating in her life; and they’re both already doing the things they want to know how to do. Garion regains consciousness in the dank hallways of Salmissra’s palace where there are snakes everywhere, including wrapped around him! He’s dosed with more drugs and spills all the company’s secrets, is both revolted and attracted by the a...
Victims of a Herbalist
February 20, 2020 11:58 - 58 minutes - 52 MBQueen of Sorcery, Chapter 26 This episode is brought to you by Alysia’s novel, The Raven Dreams. Sondra’s processing traumatic dental dreadfulness and considering cannabis solutions; Alysia’s scrambled and spiritually dislocated, spiraling around what’s the point of it all; and they’re both eyeballing the ways they seek permission to move ahead with what they want, and exploring the spiritual practise of personal accountability. Garion is a mask of indignant exhaustion and finds relief fr...
Breastfeeding and Slime
February 13, 2020 14:29 - 1 hour - 63 MBQueen of Sorcery, Chapter 25 This episode is brought to you by Goddess Kindled Universe’s Facebook page. Check out Sondra’s new series of videos, where she’s talking about the bitch in your mind and how to get past her to find peace. The Bitch in Your Head is the newest vid. In today's episode... Sondra’s magical life is scattered with ruined castles and full moons, and it’s making her SO happy (apart from having an insanely itchy boob and being so Libran it’s ridiculous); Alysia’s been f...
Grudge is the Drug
February 06, 2020 12:48 - 1 hour - 66.7 MBQueen of Sorcery, Chapter 24 This episode is brought to you by Alysia’s masterclass, Internal Journey of a Writer. Sondra’s been back at the dentist and wondering if what happened there now qualifies her to claim she’s had a fractured jaw; Alysia’s in a deep spiritual cleanse following on from a dark emptying out, feeling the contractions of birthing her new sense of Self; and they’re both feeling the physicality of spiritual work. Garion is being stubborn about learning to use his powers...
Do You Shave?
January 30, 2020 12:22 - 1 hour - 51.2 MBQueen of Sorcery, Chapter 23 This episode is brought to you by Sondra’s guided meditation, Rainforest Breath. Where Sondra’s crushing on her new dentist and giving herself time to heal; Alysia’s reaching out to tell people about what she does and how she can teach them to be more of themselves—generally feeling her power as a leader. And they’re both connecting to a larger world, Jedi-style and bemoaning the cancellation of The OA. (This is the trailer for the story they never brought to l...
Afraid of Our Own Power
January 24, 2020 13:52 - 1 hour - 71.2 MBBook 2 Queen of Sorcery | Chapter 22 This episode is brought to you by Alysia’s novel, The Wonder Soul. Where Sondra’s seeking lubrication for meditative vocal modulation, getting lovely and ranty about the patriarchy (it’s been a while), and freaking out about the correct order of things; Alysia’s shifting from indecisive selfishness based in fear, but really how could she be any other way than as she is—magnificent? And they’re both contemplating the aspects of motherhood, and fangirling...
A Dryad's Predilection
January 16, 2020 13:38 - 1 hour - 59.3 MBQueen of Sorcery | Chapter 21 Where Sondra’s mermaid daughter is being celebrated and there are rainbow fuelled wedding arrangements going on; Alysia’s mellowing in her old age while clearing and levelling the dirt in her life; and they’re both reminiscing about the Disney shows of their separate youths (Sondra may have been a bit hysterical when the magnificence and nostalgia of Disney+ hit). Garion is sharing an early morning tender moment with Ce-Nedra before being confronted with the p...
Boundaries for Mud-pie Men
January 09, 2020 13:54 - 1 hour - 52.8 MBQueen of Sorcery | Chapter 20 Where Sondra’s making candle magic to invoke Goddess, and channelling Polgara; Alysia’s in a post-Christmas lull, and definitely not choking on her relationship with money, but seriously—a nap would be great; and they’re both learning to set boundaries and hold them even though it’s uncomfortable. Garion is jumping to defend Ce’Nedra and rescue Durnik from the terrifying mud men, and is witness to the swelling of Belgarath’s will before being drenched by Polga...
There Might be Kisses
January 02, 2020 13:49 - 1 hour - 73.3 MBQueen of Sorcery | Chapter 19 Where Sondra’s losing track of days and enjoying the misty magic of the festive period; Alysia’s claimed the title of inspiring writer, and doesn’t feel very celebratory with her diminished personal space; and they’re both embracing the power of cycles and real magic with their typical TMI. Garion is feeling included in the company, and is most unwantedly called away from his inclination to be included in the list of people Ce’Nedra has kissed. Stick around f...
Lies and Incongruence
December 19, 2019 16:56 - 1 hour - 61.8 MBQueen of Sorcery | Chapter 18 Where Sondra’s writing and publishing stuff is going great, but emotional upheaval is breaking out all over her face as she’s caught between fiction and reality; Alysia’s new book is being noticed in wonderful ways, and staying present is becoming a regular state of existence; and they’re both supporting and loving on each other. Garion becomes aware of a deception before Silk does (WTF) and finds out it’s because he’s brighter than he looks. He becomes an unw...
Pearls and Poison
December 12, 2019 14:32 - 1 hour - 66.4 MBQueen of Sorcery | Chapter 17 Where Sondra’s feeling the expansion of the show and having attack thoughts about fucking up; Alysia’s shifting her focus in relationships to woo herself, and taking her writing seriously; and they’re both Excited to have an influx of new listeners to the show, grateful to their close-knit community, and learning from the selves they were one year ago. Garion is witness to more Tolnedran politics in a spectacular death by poison, and bug-eyed with confused tee...
Beard in a Box
December 05, 2019 14:01 - 1 hour - 65.2 MBQueen of Sorcery | Chapter 16 Where Sondra’s staring into the deepening dregs of an empty potion cup, Alysia’s grateful for disastrous shifts, and they’re both ready to turn pro. Garion once more feels the whisper of Aunt Pol’s magic and the sweep of Asharak’s mind; and is shaken up when Emperor Ran Borune recognises him as a Rivan, and again when the Emperor’s daughter makes a brief, bad-tempered appearance. Visit us! ♥ Website belgariadandbeyond.goddesskindled.com + Facebook + Instagr...