Be Mythical

This week's show is with Daniel Pinchbeck. Daniel Pinchbeck is the New York Times bestselling author of Breaking Open the Head, 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl, How Soon Is Now, and When Plants Dream (with Sophia Roklhin). He hosted the talk show Mind Shift on Gaia TV and was featured in the 2010 documentary, 2012: Time for Change. He has written for many publications including The New York Times Magazine, Rolling Stone, Wired, Dazed & Confused, Purple, and ArtForum. He is the director of Liminal.news, an online course platform, and publishes a regular newsletter, Danielpinchbeck.substack.com . In this conversation, Daniel and I explored the fascinating topic of DMT, (N, N-Dimethyltryptamine) also known as the Spirit Molecule. We covered what DMT is, its history and research that's been done about it, and how Daniel sees its role in human consciousness and the challenges of the world today. I'd love to know what YOU think about this week's show. Let's carry on the conversation… please leave a comment below. What you'll learn from this episode: Daniel described the two schools of thought around the use of psychedelics, one ceremonial and one purely focused on their medical use, given the wider benefits of modern humans reclaiming our connection to nature and to the ancient practice of ceremony and ritual, if you're listening to this show then you don't need to choose between those options - you can have both! I loved what Daniel said about the ways that different spiritual traditions have practices such as darkness immersion and meditation that open humans to the kinds of experiences that taking DMT can create... ultimately all of these practices appear to be giving us an experience of reality beyond that of our ordinary human consciousness There's a renaissance in the use of DMT in its various forms happening now and we're discovering uses and benefits in all kinds of fields - as Daniel said, this could be akin to the period in which we discovered electricity and how to harness it Resources and stuff that we spoke about Daniel's Official Newsletter Thank you for listening! There's fresh episode each week, if you subscribe then you'll get each new episode delivered to your phone every Thursday (that way you'll never miss an episode): Thank you! Lian & Jonathan

This week's show is with Steve Sims. Quoted as "The Real Life Wizard of Oz" by Forbes and Entrepreneur Magazine, Steve Sims is a best selling Author of 'Bluefishing: The Art of Making Things Happen, sought-after coach', top-rated speaker in the US speaker after keynoting at a variety of networks, groups and associations as well as the Pentagon and Harvard – twice. He is the founder and CEO of the luxury concierge service Bluefish. He's someone who has worked with Sir Elton John and Elon Musk, sent people down to see the wreck of the Titanic on the sea bed and managed to get the museum in Florence, Italy that houses the most famous sculpture on Earth, The Statue of David, to shut down in order to host a private dinner for his client at the foot of the statue with Andrea Bocelli serenading them while they ate their pasta. In this show, we explored the question: what would you create if you weren't afraid of being laughed at? We spoke about cancel culture, the lack of true conversation, how we kill our dreams when people mock us - and why those people are rarely the ones to take notice of. And lastly, why and how you can go for stupid! I'd love to know what YOU think about this week's show. Let's carry on the conversation… please leave a comment below. What you'll learn from this episode: I loved what Steve said about needing to have the conversation with ourselves about our dreams first - often we're the first person to mock ourselves, instead how about we become the first person to acknowledge ourselves for our dream? People will almost certain laugh at you, especially to begin with, the choice is whether to take notice of them or to listen to the people whose opinion you respect Steve's car analogy was a great one! I wonder what lives we'd create if we made it natural for us to go for stupid? Resources and stuff that we spoke about: Steve Sims' Official Website: http://stevedsims.com Follow Steve in Social Media: FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/stevedsims/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/stevedsims IG: https://www.instagram.com/stevedsims Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sdsims/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/stevedsims Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@stevedsims There's fresh episode each week, if you subscribe then you'll get each new episode delivered to your phone every Tuesday (that way you'll never miss an episode): Subscribe on Apple Podcasts/iTunes Subscribe on Android Thank you! Lian & Jonathan

This week's show is with Jez Hughes. Jez is a British shaman, having studied intensively the path of shamanism for 30 years. His healing journey began when, as a teenager, he experienced a fit that propelled him into an altered state of consciousness. It took a long time to integrate that experience and find healing for the physical and mental disturbances it initiated. This journey that he now understands as a shamanic one lasted for around 17 years and took him through healing and spiritual traditions across the earth until he finally came home to shamanism and found practical methods to cure himself. He has studied with various teachers and indigenous elders across the world. Jez's work has featured in the national press, as well as TV and radio and magazines including Sacred Hoop, Natural Health, Kindred Spirit and Soul & Spirit. His first book, The Heart of Life – Shamanic Initiation and Healing in the Modern World, was published in 2015 and his new book The Wisdom of Mental Illness – Shamanism, Mental Health and the Renewal of the World was published by Watkins in 2021. Jez's passion is empowering people to reawaken their ancestors, the land where they reside and their spiritual heritages to heal the relationship between the human and natural world. In this conversation, Jez and I explored the practice of making offerings as part of a relationship and conversation with Spirit - what offerings are, the benefits of making them, and how we can begin or deepen that practice. I'd love to know what YOU think about this week's show. Let's carry on the conversation… please leave a comment below. What you'll learn from this episode: There are two important levels to making offerings: As a thank you and giving back when we take so much As a way of slowing progress so we don't make things so quickly that we take at a rate that throws things out of balance Making offerings is an embodied conversation with Spirit, it takes it out of our heads and into life When we give, we also give back to ourselves, we know our place in the universe and that we're not alone Resources and stuff that we spoke about Jez's Official Website: Second Sight Healing Jez's Book: The Heart of Life – Shamanic Initiation and Healing in the Modern World The Wisdom of Mental Illness – Shamanism, Mental Health and the Renewal of the World Follow Jez's in Social Media Facebook Account Facebook Page Twitter Youtube Channel Thank you for listening! There's fresh episode each week, if you subscribe then you'll get each new episode delivered to your phone every Thursday (that way you'll never miss an episode): Thank you! Lian & Jonathan

This week's show is Lian's All The Everything where she jams on an eclectic mix of topics, including questions from listeners. The LIVE making of the show is recorded in our Facebook group and for the first 30mins before Lian hits the record button you are invited to a pre-show party to get up close and personal with Lian and have your questions on the month's topic answered. To receive a reminder of when the pre-show party and LIVE making of All The Everything is happening, make sure you're subscribed to our email list and are a member of the Facebook group. In this episode, I dived deep into the topic: How to stop being just another coach and become your unique Medicine I explored: The deeper, more powerful archetypes that lie behind the coach What do I mean by medicine and why our sacred wound is vital to understand it Our soul essence The role of Human design and Gene Keys The difference it makes not just to your business but to your whole life Resources and stuff that I spoke about: Medicine webinar replays: How to BE your Wild Medicine Money, magic & medicine: Q&A Which Magical Archetype are you? Episodes about Human Design: How to use human design to create more loving relationships How to use human design to discover your unique flavour of magic Gene Keys Website Discovering and embodying your unique way of being with Adam Quiney Subscribe to the Moonly News Go deeper Thank you for listening! There's fresh episode each week, if you subscribe then you'll get each new episode delivered to your phone every Tuesday (that way you'll never miss an episode): Subscribe on Apple Subscribe on Android Thank you! Lian & Jonathan

This week's show is with Susan Guner. Susan is a trained, somatic, trauma-informed holistic psychotherapist with a mindfulness-based approach grounded in Transpersonal Psychology that focuses on holistic perspective through introspection, insight, and compassionate self exploration to increase self-awareness, allowing the integration of the mind, body and spirit aspects of human experience in personal growth and development. In this show, Susan and Lian explored psychedelic medicines as an alternative path to treating cancer and its causes. Susan's understanding of the research that's been done in this area and her own experience of supporting people with cancer. When we agree to record on this topic, Susan and I both knew it would be an edge, cancer is a very sensitive subject and the angle we're exploring isn't exactly mainstream, added to which modern understanding and research around using psychedelics in this way is very nascent. We knew there could be some things that were shared that could be triggering, and also there might be things that were shared now that could turn out to be different in time, with more experience and knowledge. Despite this, we agreed that we wanted to do record this now anyway as it felt so necessary and important to get this knowledge out there. We did so and went there fully and openly, without much in the way of caveats which would have made the conversation safer and more palatable but would have meant the message was diluted. I understand that the way we spoke could come across as insensitive and so it feels important to say that we are coming from deep compassion and the strong intention for this episode to be as serving as possible to those with cancer. I'd love to know what YOU think about this week's show. Let's carry on the conversation… please leave a comment below. What you'll learn from this episode: We are discovering that psychedelic medicines appear to be a match for cancer, among other things - this is a reclamation of ancient gnosis, knowing we can work with the natural world to find the match between illness and medicine in this way The medicine has the intelligence to go where it needs to and work at the necessary level - Susan's seen that with cancer, it's mainly physical initially, not psychological It's important to recognise that this is about creating a relationship with the medicines, seeing them as allies and entering into a reciprocal, honouring relationship Resources and stuff that we spoke about: Susan Guner's Official Website: Psychedelic Conversations LinkedIn Susan Guner's social media accounts you might want to follow: Instagram Twitter Facebook YouTube Podcast Blog Thank you for listening! There's fresh episode each week, if you subscribe then you'll get each new episode delivered to your phone every Tuesday (that way you'll never miss an episode): Subscribe on Apple Podcasts/iTunes Subscribe on Android Thank you! Lian & Jonathan

This week's show is with Dr. Sharon Blackie. Award-winning mythologist, psychologist, and writer Dr. Sharon Blackie is widely known and regarded for her publications, classes, seminars, and workshops which centers on the growth of the mythic imagination and the applicability of myth, fairy tales, and folklore to the social, political, and environmental issues of today. She has written five works of fiction and nonfiction, including the best-selling If Women Rose Rooted, and her work has also been published in collections, anthologies, and other international media sites, including the Guardian, the Irish Times, and the Scotsman. Her novels have been translated into other languages, and she has given interviews on her subject matter to the BBC, US public radio, and other media. Sharon has given lectures and classes at several universities, Jungian organizations, retreat centers, and cultural events all around the world. In this show, Sharon and Lian explored the topic of female elderhood and her work to support women to reclaim their Inner Hag, mature into their own unique expression of hagitude and pass down their deep feminine wisdom for the benefit of their community. I'd love to know what YOU think about this week's show. Let's carry on the conversation… please leave a comment below. What you'll learn from this episode: We can reclaim menopause as a time of stripping away, letting go of the roles and expectations of our life and culture, allowing us to open to the deeper knowing of who we are and are to become The archetypes Sharon described, such as the fairy godmother and the truth teller, are ones that it's clear are deeply needed in our culture The vision Sharon spoke of, that of a wiser, more authentic world is one that many of us see is needed and are looking for solutions for... the Hag seems to be an important part of the answer Resources and stuff that we spoke about: Sharon Blackie's Official Website: Sharon Blackie Sharon Blackie's book and a year-long membership program: Hagitude: Reclaiming the Second Half of Life Sharon Blackie's Books and Writings: Hagitude: Reimagining the Second Half of Life Foxfire, Wolfskin and other stories of shapeshifting women If Women Rose Rooted, Nautilus Book Award Winner 2016 The Enchanted Life: Reclaiming the magic and wisdom of the natural world The Long Delirious Burning Blue The Art of Enchantment – her publication on Substack Susan Guner's social media accounts you might want to follow: Instagram Facebook Thank you for listening! There's fresh episode each week, if you subscribe then you'll get each new episode delivered to your phone every Tuesday (that way you'll never miss an episode): Subscribe on Apple Podcasts/iTunes Subscribe on Android Thank you! Lian & Jonathan

This week's show is Lian's All The Everything where she jams on an eclectic mix of topics, including questions from listeners. The LIVE making of the show is recorded in our Facebook group and for the first 30mins before Lian hits the record button you are invited to a pre-show party to get up close and personal with Lian and have your questions on the month's topic answered. To receive a reminder of when the pre-show party and LIVE making of All The Everything is happening, make sure you're subscribed to our email list and are a member of the Facebook group. In this episode, Sara from Team Waking The Wild interviewed me and we dived deep into the topic: A practical guide to a day in the life of the Feminine. We explored: What is the Feminine and what does the definition suggest about there being an inner Masculine? How I was called into devotion to the Feminine How we can hear the Feminine Examples of how I begin my day Resources and stuff that I spoke about: Here are links to a few podcast episodes on shadow: How women can help men grow and heal How to navigate the shadow of the Masculine & Feminine polarity world What it means to embody the Feminine. And why it's so powerful. Men & Women, Black & White, Spirit & Science… Why the future is Union The power of the Feminine in leadership Depiction of Elen of the Ways, called Sovereignty by Peter Yankowski, and Soul of the rose by John William Waterhouse. The Primal Happiness fb group Subscribe to the Moonly News Go deeper Thank you for listening! There's fresh episode each week, if you subscribe then you'll get each new episode delivered to your phone every Thursday (that way you'll never miss an episode): Thank you! Lian & Jonathan

This week's show is with John Patrick Morgan. John Patrick is a Philosopher and Champion for Being whose life purpose is to serve the one person in front of him, right here and right now. To see them fully, to create who they are and to make a meaningful difference for them honestly and completely. He leads a team of Creating Champions who teach, coach, and guide thousands of entrepreneurs and artists in being more free, loving, and powerful. By learning and embodying the Creating perspective, their clients achieve a union of outcomes in spiritual growth, material success, and social impact. The foundation of John Patrick Morgan's role as a philosopher, teacher, and guide, is his being a real-world practitioner. He walks his talk, lives what he teaches, and has a genuine and powerful commitment to creating everybody. Post his formal studies in Physics and Mathematics, John Patrick built multiple small businesses (including one from a laptop and a backpack before the term 'digital nomad' existed), developed real estate, traveled the world for years on end, coached human rights leaders, recorded albums & toured with his band, created a kids library in Cambodia, learned to scuba dive & pilot gliders, published writing and photography, competed as a black belt & triathlete, trained with Buddhist monks in India, cycled toured for months and many other adventures. In recent years, his adventures have turned inward as his family came to be. He and his wife now reside with their two young boys in the countryside at 4000′ on a mountain in Maui. Beyond his daily work with clients, he has been invited to share his ideas and spirit on numerous stages. (TEDx, Global Citizens Forum, BBC & SkyTV, YES Group, Interesting Talks London, InsideOut Movement, METal International, educational institutions, etc.) At a private event, attended by many of the world's billionaires, JP was invited to speak on creating a world world without borders. At the University of Cambridge, he was the subject of a covert study between the psychology and business departments where researchers sought to understand the impact of his state of being. In this conversation, John Patrick and I explored the archetype of the King - what he means to each of us, how and why JP has been working with him and what doing so has created so far in his life. I'd love to know what YOU think about this week's show. Let's carry on the conversation… please leave a comment below. What you'll learn from this episode: As JP shared, we can often have wounds around powerful archetypes like the King and the Queen, bringing those wounds and the truth of the archetypes into awareness can be deeply healing and ultimately, create a portal to expansion into deeper aspects of ourselves The King provides a level of elevation, where a man embodying him can see the impersonal truth of things and the vast array of possibilities available to him, and I loved how JP described moving between that elevation and then back into the reality of his physical body, where some things are not possible or aligned but other things are Lastly, I loved hearing JP speak of the new level of power, depth and decisiveness that's become embodied in him as he's been working with the King, he said "I feel like my spine is taller and straighter. Maybe I've grown an inch. I don't know. My voice has deepened and continues to deepen. I am shocked at how simple things can be and how much quicker things can move when the King is expressed, how he's been taking action." whilst the call to an archetype goes way beyond material results, it still is beautiful to know how our lives can be enriched in doing so. Resources and stuff that we spoke about https://primalhappiness.co/godeeper/ Facebook.com/jpmorgancreating Instagram.com/jpmorganjr LinkedIn.com/in/jpmorganjr YouTube.com/jpmorganjr Thank you for listening! There's fresh episode each week, if you subscribe then you'll get each new episode delivered to your phone every Thursday (that way you'll never miss an episode): Thank you! Lian & Jonathan

This week's show is with Huw Mackin. Huw Mackin is a British Shamanic practitioner, residential child practitioner, a highly qualified outdoor professional, international mountain leader, natural horse handler, bushcraft and survival expert, and above all else, a father. Huw came from a long profession working with emotionally traumatised children and young people for local authorities and other institutions. Inspired by the shortcomings of these institutions, Huw created long term immersive wilderness based programs for local authorities focused on rehabilitating children deemed 'unreachable', with great success. The progression of Huw's professional career, along with his own personal healing journey, and the realisation that the problems facing humanity today stem from a lost connection with the natural world, inspired Huw to launch his company: Primal Healing, which offers a range of healings, expeditions, courses and programs designed to support people back into relationship with the natural world, one of which being 'Wildlings school of Woodcraft & Wiccary', the UK's first animistic nature based school for children. Taking inspiration from present day indigenous tribal cultures, folklore, mythology, this land's history and our ancestral spiritual heritage, Huw created Wildlings School, offering children a greater understanding of how to maintain a direct and boundless relationship with this truly magical world through exploration and play. Wildlings School of Woodcraft and Wiccary - where folklore is law, magic is real and everything is possible. In this show, we spoke about... children and animism. We explored Huw's own challenges in childhood, including spending time in care, and the way his connection with nature was so important to him; his journey to this point of working with children and introducing them to Spirit via nature; and finally, Huw shared some practical ways, care givers can introduce children to this path. I'd love to know what YOU think about this week's show. Let's carry on the conversation… please leave a comment below. What you'll learn from this episode: I loved what Huw said about how children are naturally immersed in a magical world and then as adults, we feel a deep yearning for it - guiding our children to create a relationship to nature as the tangible face of Spirit allows them to never grow out of magic. Whilst nature connection via rewilding can be beneficial, what are we connecting to? Communing with nature as an intentional opening to Spirit is what allows all of us to reclaim the deeply connected way of living that is our heritage and birthright. Be led by the child. Adopt a spot - in the garden or somewhere on local land, build a relationship with it, making offerings, and share stories about the myths of the land. Resources and stuff that we spoke about: Wildlings School of Woodcraft & Wiccary Official Website Wildlings School of Woodcraft & Wiccary Instagram: @wildlings_school Follow Huw in Social Media: Instagram: @huwmackin Facebook: Huw Mackin Thank you for listening! There's fresh episode each week, if you subscribe then you'll get each new episode delivered to your phone every Tuesday (that way you'll never miss an episode): Subscribe on Apple Podcasts/iTunes Subscribe on Android Thank you! Lian & Jonathan

This week's show is with Dr. Bruce Greyson. Dr. Bruce Greyson is Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. He was a co-founder and President of the International Association for Near-Death Studies, and Editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies. Dr. Greyson has published more than a hundred scholarly articles about near-death experiences in peer-reviewed medical journals and three academic books. He has addressed more than a hundred national and international professional conferences. His research for the past four decades has focused on near-death experiences and particularly their after-effects and implications. His book, After: A Doctor Explores What Near- Death Experiences Reveal about Life and Beyond, is his first trade book bringing his scientific research to a popular audience. In this conversation, Dr. Greyson and I explored what NDEs teach us about life. We talked about experiences people have, the research that shows what might be creating these experiences, and what happens to people afterwards. We explore why understanding NDE could benefit us all. I'd love to know what YOU think about this week's show. Let's carry on the conversation… please leave a comment below. What you'll learn from this episode: The evidence on NDE shows that what takes place can't solely be explained by a shutting down of the brain - as Bruce said, it's really a combination of that and something else that shows that consciousness isn't created in the brain Bruce said that the thing he hears over and over from people who have had NDE is that they say they now understand why there's The Golden Rule in all religions: "Do unto others and you would have done unto you", it's because whatever we do to others, we do to ourselves because we're ultimately all one We don't have to have a NDE personally in order to benefit from them, simply learning about NDE and what they suggest about our universe, can in itself bring a deeper sense of peace and security Resources and stuff that we spoke about Dr. Bruce Greyson Official Website Dr. Bruce Greyson Book: After: A Doctor Explores What Near-Death Experiences Reveal About Life and Beyond Links to published resources: Dr. Greyson's published articles on NDEs The Handbook of Near-Death Experiences: Thirty Years of Investigation The Journal of Near-Death Studies Thank you for listening! There's fresh episode each week, if you subscribe then you'll get each new episode delivered to your phone every Thursday (that way you'll never miss an episode): Thank you! Lian & Jonathan