Meet Mallory Leone | Energy Healer, Witch, Educator

We had the good fortune of connecting with Mallory Leone and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Mallory, what do you want your legacy to be?
This is such an important question. And not because I think anyone will necessarily remember me when I’m gone. But because by keeping our legacy in mind, we’re always working from a higher plane. Instead of doing business for a quick influx of cash or posting on social media for a dopamine hit, legacy building challenges us to look at everything we do as part of a much greater vision and offering.

I hope when people think of my work, they think of someone who brings a levity, curiosity, and openness to the world of witchcraft and the occult. Let’s be honest, witchcraft has a branding problem. Most people I talk to are intrigued, but scared—even when they’re into things like crystals, Tarot, and manifesting!

So many of us were taught to fear the tradition, but the truth is that witchery is simply the oldest form of energy healing there is. Witches were the healers, the shamans, the medicine people. They traveled between worlds to gather healing information and bring it back to their villages and tribes. Most history books tend to either villainize or mock witches, but they’re simply generations of powerful, incredible healers whose sacred duty was to care for their people.

What I teach, something I call Intuitive Witchery or Quantum Witchery, is based in really gentle, earth and energy-based practices that feel good to you—nothing scary, intimidating, dogmatic, or superstitious.

And honestly, the spells are just the gateway drug. My other hope is that people use these practices to connect deeply to themselves and to uncover their limitless power—the same power we’re all born with and tend to forget. Not to be dramatic, but witchcraft has saved me on many occasions and continues to do so. It’s opened the door to layers of emotional and spiritual healing I didn’t know existed. So, while my students might start out with a simple spell of stirring cinnamon into their coffee, my goal is to get them to a deep understanding of themselves as powerful healers and creators.

Can you open up a bit about your work and career? We’re big fans and we’d love for our community to learn more about your work.
I absolutely think of what I do as art. I kind of have to. It helps me to not take it all so seriously, And truly, shouldn’t healing feel like art? Shouldn’t life feel like art?

Living a magical life, where you truly believe you’re in a co-creation process with the Universe came to me in layers. First, I understood it was possible on an intellectual level. Then, I started to experiment with different spells, rituals, and practices. That led to more research, theory, and—of course—more practice.

I let it all evolve in ways that only felt good to me. If something felt scary or weird or pissed me off, I’d scrap it, even if it was coming from a really famous or respected teacher.

Like I said, witchcraft saved my life, kept me on track, and helped me to live in accordance with a mission and vision of my own making. It also showed me how everything is connected, how we’re all nature, and how healing and manifestation processes are much more like spirals or waves than straight lines.

So, once I got pretty good at healing and moving energy and bringing really cool things into my life, I knew I wanted to teach. And I wanted to do it my way—no dogma, no ridiculous hierarchies or old men telling me when I could or could not become a high priestess. No laws or rules.

Simply magical practices that feel good to my students on their timeline.

I’ll be honest, it took me a long time to get to this place. I think that’s important to talk about, especially if you’re reading this and you run a spiritual business. Yes, I have bills to pay, but everything I do has to be at such an insanely high level of integrity. There were some massive highs and lows that even included shutting down shop for months at a time if I felt unclear or unsure about my teachings.

Now, after almost 8 years and many many students under my belt, I feel so confident in my teachings and what I do. That’s so important to me.

Let’s say your best friend was visiting the area and you wanted to show them the best time ever. Where would you take them? Give us a little itinerary – say it was a week long trip, where would you eat, drink, visit, hang out, etc.
Ok, I’m still relatively new to LA and I’m rather boring these days, but my usual itinerary includes:

1. Hiking Fryman’s, walking the Hollywood reservoir, or heading to the West Side for a beach walk or maybe the Santa Monica stairs.

2. Baked goods, coffee, and other treats at Gjusta, and a visit to Anima Mundi Herbal Apothecary in Venice.

3. My favorite used bookstore all the way in Woodland Hills—The Open Book—they have books and records

4. My other favorite bookstore in Studio City—so lame, but I love the Barnes and Noble in that old art deco theater. And there’s some good thrift shopping on that street as well.

5. There’s very likely a trip or two to Erewhon, and I love a Pizzana moment.

6. I also love my Sunday yoga class at South Beach Park with the Venice Yoga Club!

I would never let anyone stay with me for a week hahaha

The Shoutout series is all about recognizing that our success and where we are in life is at least somewhat thanks to the efforts, support, mentorship, love and encouragement of others. So is there someone that you want to dedicate your shoutout to?
Massive thanks to all of the witches, energy healers, Shamans, and occult practitioners that came before me. So much of this information is still passed down through generations. We just happened to live in a day and age when anyone can access it on the Internet.

Another shoutout to one of my first energy healing teachers, Brooke Albrigo, whose teachings and mentorship helped me connect witchcraft to shamanism and healing in a really special way. And, lastly, to my parents for always making sure I had a library card and encouraging me to follow my curiosities. I started checking out books on witchcraft when I was 10 years old.

I don’t know if it was more disturbing to them back then or now that I’m an adult in my 40s teaching witchcraft for a living, but either way, they were and are very supportive.

Website: https://www.fourcorners.studio/

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alexandra kacha photography