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Arcane Enlightenment (Su):
The shaman’s native intelligence grants her the ability to tap into arcane lore. The shaman can add a number of spells from the sorcerer/wizard spell list equal to her Charisma modifier (minimum 1) to the list of shaman spells she can prepare. To cast these spells she must have an Intelligence score equal to at least 10 + the spell’s level, but the saving throw DCs of these spells are based on her Wisdom rather than Intelligence. When she casts these spells, they are treated as divine rather than arcane. Each time the shaman gains a level after taking this hex, she can choose to replace one of these spells for a new spell on the wizard/sorcerer spell list.
Is useable through this oracle archetype:
Bonded Spirit (Su):
At 3rd level, a spirit guide can form a temporary bond with a spirit, as the shaman’s wandering spirit class feature (see page 37). She must make this selection each day when she refreshes her spells. A spirit guide cannot bond with a spirit that is incompatible with her alignment, ethos, or mystery (GM’s discretion).A spirit guide gains one hex of her choice from the list of hexes available from that spirit. She uses her oracle level as her shaman level and her Charisma score instead of Wisdom for the purpose of determining its effects.
To me it seems that because the oracle does not prepare spells but refreshes them, she is not able to effectively 'prepare' any sorcerer/wizard spells that day either. Therefore, it's of no use to grab this hex as a spirit guide oracle and I will rule it like this in PFS.
Spirit Talker
By forging a temporary bond with a spirit, you gain access to an unfamiliar hex.
Prerequisites: Hex class feature; shaman level 6th or witch level 6th.
Benefit: Once per day, you can spend 10 minutes communing with a shaman spirit of your choice. When you do, you gain the temporary use of one hex from its list of hexes. This hex is added to your list of available hexes for the next 24 hours.
Note that nowhere does it say that your witch level is counted as your shaman level in any way. Once more:
Arcane Enlightenment (Su):
The shaman’s native intelligence grants her the ability to tap into arcane lore. The shaman can add a number of spells from the sorcerer/wizard spell list equal to her Charisma modifier (minimum 1) to the list of shaman spells she can prepare. To cast these spells she must have an Intelligence score equal to at least 10 + the spell’s level, but the saving throw DCs of these spells are based on her Wisdom rather than Intelligence. When she casts these spells, they are treated as divine rather than arcane. Each time the shaman gains a level after taking this hex, she can choose to replace one of these spells for a new spell on the wizard/sorcerer spell list.
A witch would therefore not benefit from taking this hex with the spirit talker feat at the start of her day, because she doesn't count as a shaman for the purpose of this feat. I will also rule it like this in PFS.
Thoughts?
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I believe that RAI is definitely shaman = character and shaman spells = spells that you can prepare from the class granting you the hex. It feels like splitting unnecessary hairs to nerf something into utter uselessness.