The Myths That Make Us

Sigrid Tasies (@sigridtasies) is an Embodiment Teacher, Trauma-Informed Somatic Facilitator, Medicine Woman and the Author of “Honey & Fire: The Feminine Art of Living, Loving and Leading with Fierce Softness.”   For over a decade she has guided thousands of leaders, entrepreneurs, founders and artists across the world through private mentorship, group programs, international retreats and transformational spaces that bring forth what she calls Embodied Remembrance. Her work is rooted in Earth and Body wisdom, bridging somatic and shamanic healing with embodiment practice, breathwork, ceremony, ancient ritual and deep inquiry to create spaces for deeper coherence and transformation.   Some refer to her as a “Tuning Fork”: someone who sees clearly and invites deeper alignment. Above all, she describes herself as a lifelong student of life, love, the body and what it truly means to live fiercely soft.   Connect with Sigrid: https://www.sigridtasies.com/honeyandfire https://www.sigridtasies.com https://www.instagram.com/sigridtasies   This episode is brought to you by the Dharma Artist Collective. This is the place for artists to reclaim their attention and use it to turn their art into their vocation. [00:00:00] Intro. [00:01:59] Your First Memory. [00:03:02] A Village in the Dominican Republic. [00:06:34] Tarzan and My Father's Stories. [00:07:51] Bedtime Story: The Boy Who Followed the Magic. [00:14:13] How Do I Know? Decide to Find the Magic. [00:15:45] Sunshine in the Caribbean, Storms in Barcelona. [00:18:48] Fierce Protector of the Innocent. [00:23:30] Quitting School at Sixteen. [00:25:01] I Wanted Something Deeper: Gambia at Eighteen. [00:31:14] Where Did the Intuition Come From? [00:35:44] You're the Strongest Woman I Know. [00:37:22] Bali, a Breakup by Text, and Anxiety. [00:41:07] A Ukulele and a One-Way Ticket. [00:42:22] The Mentor Appears When You Ask for Help. [00:43:34] Australia: Yelling Freedom. [00:48:04] 93-Hour Weeks and a Hare Krishna Ashram. [00:51:35] Why I Really Drank. [00:55:30] Cacao Is Life: The Spiritual Scene. [00:56:25] A Sudden Awakening at 22. [00:58:50] The Shamanic Apprenticeship and the Moon Dance. [01:03:07] What's Not Mine to Share. [01:04:14] No Sweetie, You Are Learning to Do This Work. [01:09:12] Spirit, I Have Space. What's Next? [01:10:19] Locked in Australia for Three Years. [01:12:28] Peyote in Wirikuta: The Last Time I Saw My Father. [01:13:55] You Never Know If You'll Meet the Love of Your Life. [01:16:47] The Book Tapped Me on the Shoulder. [01:21:12] Did You Write for Ten Years? [01:22:51] Softness With a Backbone. [01:26:09] The Backbone Supports the Softening. Erick Godsey is a writer, podcaster, and teacher. As a former founder of Fit For Service, he has been called a cult leader and he agrees. He has gone on to start a new cult called the 'Dharma Artist Collective' where he helps artists and entrepreneurs reclaim their focus from the infinite digital casino in our pockets. He has taught thousands of students over the last decade, specializing in Jungian psychology, dreamwork, and how to live a soul-led life in a collapsing culture. He doesn't respond to emails but he writes semi-regularly on Substack and Instagram @erickgodsey. He is the host of The Myths That Make Us podcast and author of The Art of Dharma. He lives in Austin, Texas with his wife Caitlyn and their two huge cats, Arcana and Astraeus.   Follow Erick Godsey: Website: https://www.erickgodsey.com Blog: https://www.kathedraling.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/erickgodsey/ Newsletter: https://erick-godsey.ck.page/profile   Support the Podcast: DAC: https://www.skool.com/lucid-university/about The Art of Dharma: https://www.erickgodsey.com/blog/the-art-of-dharma

Lyle Maxson is a serial entrepreneur building what he calls benevolent technology (tech that makes us more human). Across five startups in twelve years he has co-created SoundSelf, a video game therapeutic that entered a clinical trial pathway for mental health, launched a Meta-funded VR education platform, and served on Unity's advisory board for its Unity for Humanity project. He returns for part two to map the middle path between AI psychosis and transhumanism. His current project is Above, an AI wearable for consciousness growth.   Above: https://goabove.ai Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lylemaxson/   This episode is brought to you by the Dharma Artist Collective. This is the place for artists to reclaim their attention and use it to turn their art into their vocation.   [00:00:00] Why spiritual people hate AI [00:03:20] Twelve years of benevolent tech [00:09:26] Ahriman, Lucifer, and the middle path [00:11:37] Ayahuasca weddings and ketamine healings [00:16:44] Let Babylon burn or rebuild it [00:22:10] Why Atlantis actually fell [00:29:15] A crash course in avoiding AI psychosis [00:34:49] The five red flags [00:36:48] The newspaper astrology experiment [00:45:34] Don't pair AI with ketamine [00:46:57] Entities and unattached burdens [00:57:16] Naming the middle path [01:02:32] Who steers the machine [01:10:31] Brutal renaissance optimism [01:16:18] Green flags and hidden benefactors [01:27:30] Rapid fire: books, games, aliens   Erick Godsey is a writer, podcaster, and teacher. As a former founder of Fit For Service, he has been called a cult leader and he agrees. He has gone on to start a new cult called the 'Dharma Artist Collective' where he helps artists and entrepreneurs reclaim their focus from the infinite digital casino in our pockets. He has taught thousands of students over the last decade, specializing in Jungian psychology, dreamwork, and how to live a soul-led life in a collapsing culture. He doesn't respond to emails but he writes semi-regularly on Substack and Instagram @erickgodsey. He is the host of The Myths That Make Us podcast and author of The Art of Dharma. He lives in Austin, Texas with his wife Caitlyn and their two huge cats, Arcana and Astraeus.   Follow Erick Godsey:   Website: https://www.erickgodsey.com Blog: https://www.kathedraling.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/erickgodsey/ Newsletter: https://erick-godsey.ck.page/profile Support the Podcast: DAC: https://www.skool.com/lucid-university/about The Art of Dharma: https://www.erickgodsey.com/blog/the-art-of-dharma

Francesca Barone is a teacher, facilitator, and lifelong student of the Shipibo healing tradition devoted to the intersection of shamanic medicine, feminine healing arts, somatic-based embodiment practice, and the classical tantric path. She is the co-founder of Anam Cara Healing Retreats, an intimate Shipibo Ayahuasca retreat center in Costa Rica and Peru dedicated to preserving indigenous wisdom, honoring the Shipibo lineage, and creating deeply personalized healing experiences rooted in reciprocity and integrity. Having apprenticed for years with Shipibo maestros, Francesca has guided hundreds of people through profound healing journeys by weaving Amazonian plant medicine with trauma-informed care, somatic healing, breathwork, and embodied spirituality. Her work explores the body as a sacred pathway to awakening, where trauma is transformed, the feminine principle is reclaimed, and ancient wisdom becomes a lived experience woven into every day practice.   Follow Francesca: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/followyour_bliss_ Anam Cara Healing Retreats: https://www.anamcarahealingretreats.com Anam Cara Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anamcararetreats Donate to the Ayni Plant Project: https://www.ayniplantproject.com   This episode is brought to you by the Dharma Artist Collective. This is the place for artists to reclaim their attention and use it to turn their art into their vocation.   Erick Godsey is a writer, podcaster, and teacher. As a former founder of Fit For Service, he has been called a cult leader and he agrees. He has gone on to start a new cult called the 'Dharma Artist Collective' where he helps artists and entrepreneurs reclaim their focus from the infinite digital casino in our pockets. He has taught thousands of students over the last decade, specializing in Jungian psychology, dreamwork, and how to live a soul-led life in a collapsing culture. He doesn't respond to emails but he writes semi-regularly on Substack and Instagram @erickgodsey. He is the host of The Myths That Make Us podcast and author of The Art of Dharma. He lives in Austin, Texas with his wife Caitlyn and their two huge cats, Arcana and Astraeus.   Follow Erick Godsey: Website: https://www.erickgodsey.com Blog: https://www.kathedraling.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/erickgodsey Newsletter: https://erick-godsey.ck.page/profile   Support the Podcast: DAC: https://www.skool.com/lucid-university/about The Art of Dharma: https://www.erickgodsey.com/blog/the-art-of-dharma

Aaron Doughty is a spiritual teacher and YouTuber with over 1.9 million subscribers, dedicated to helping people expand their consciousness. After a spiritual awakening in 2012, he went daily on YouTube in 2017 and grew one of the largest personal-growth channels on the platform, teaching energy dynamics, subconscious reprogramming, and nervous system regulation. He now travels the world running live events and hot seat coaching, helping people come home to who they already are.   YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AaronDoughty44 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aarondoughty44/ Website: https://aarondoughty.com   This episode is brought to you by the Dharma Artist Collective. This is the place for artists to reclaim their attention and use it to turn their art into their vocation.   Erick Godsey is a writer, podcaster, and teacher. As a former founder of Fit For Service, he has been called a cult leader and he agrees. He has gone on to start a new cult called the 'Dharma Artist Collective' where he helps artists and entrepreneurs reclaim their focus from the infinite digital casino in our pockets. He has taught thousands of students over the last decade, specializing in Jungian psychology, dreamwork, and how to live a soul-led life in a collapsing culture. He doesn't respond to emails but he writes semi-regularly on Substack and Instagram @erickgodsey. He is the host of The Myths That Make Us podcast and author of The Art of Dharma. He lives in Austin, Texas with his wife Caitlyn and their two huge cats, Arcana and Astraeus.   Follow Erick Godsey: Website: https://www.erickgodsey.com Blog: https://www.kathedraling.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/erickgodsey/ Newsletter: https://erick-godsey.ck.page/profile   Support the Podcast: DAC: https://www.skool.com/lucid-university/about The Art of Dharma: https://www.erickgodsey.com/blog/the-art-of-dharma  

Graham Dern is a producer, sound designer, and co-founder of the Dharma Artist Collective. When he's not vibrating in Austin, you can often catch him recording birds and rivers in the mountains. In this episode, we dive into Graham's first memories in Seattle, through college psychedelics and an uncomfortable awakening, to a pandemic spent roofing in Montana and the leap to Austin. He talks about creating music as a daily meditation and his excitement around sound therapy. Instagram: @grahamdern Website/Contact: grahamdern.com Music: Graham Dern This episode is brought to you by the Dharma Artist Collective. This is the place for artists to reclaim their attention and use it to turn their art into their vocation. Erick Godsey is a writer, podcaster, and teacher. As a former founder of Fit For Service, he has been called a cult leader and he agrees. He has gone on to start a new cult called the Dharma Artist Collective where he helps artists and entrepreneurs reclaim their focus from the infinite digital casino in our pockets. He has taught thousands of students over the last decade, specializing in Jungian psychology, dreamwork, and how to live a soul-led life in a collapsing culture. He doesn't respond to emails but he writes semi-regularly on Substack and Instagram. He is the host of The Myths That Make Us podcast and author of The Art of Dharma. He lives in Austin, Texas with his wife Caitlyn and their two huge cats, Arcana and Astraeus. Follow Erick Godsey: Website: https://www.erickgodsey.com Blog: https://www.kathedraling.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/erickgodsey/ Newsletter: https://erick-godsey.ck.page/profile Support the Podcast: DAC: https://www.skool.com/lucid-university/about The Art of Dharma: https://www.erickgodsey.com/blog/the-art-of-dharma

Cory Allen, writer and meditation teacher behind Now Is the Way and Release Into Now, mixes memoir and practice. He recounts apprenticing with Robert Anton Wilson, DIY float-tank experiments, and the slow dismantling of intellectual social armor. Conversations touch on philosophy, radical curiosity, and tiny practices that rebuild emotional vulnerability.

James Burke is a contemporary Bard and music producer with a devotion to the throbbing Now. A pilgrim of the in-between, he is at home on the paradoxical path of Christ yet drawn to the wisdom of the old pagan Earth, and his work explores the reconciliation of these estranged worlds. Through writing and song, he inhabits the thresholds where myth and daily life meet.   James returns for Part 2 to tell the full story of his 500-mile pilgrimage on the Camino de Santiago — the desperation that drove him there, the woman who broke his heart open, and the soul encounter that changed everything.     Follow James Burke: Substack — The Bard's Field Notes: https://substack.com/@jamesanthonyburke Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/james_anthony_burke_/ The Creaking Door: https://thecreakingdoor.netlify.app     This episode is brought to you by the Dharma Artist Collective. This is the place for artists to reclaim their attention and use it to turn their art into their vocation. Claim your free trial: https://www.skool.com/lucid-university/about     [00:00:00] The Creaking Door. [00:00:33] A sophisticated Christian, a former conspiracy theorist. [00:04:10] The gift of Martin Shaw's new book. [00:05:35] Setting the scene — 26, Ireland, Colombia, falling apart. [00:07:30] Six albums, severe illness, no heart. [00:10:25] "I think I need to be homeless on the streets." [00:11:55] Why no top-down fix could work. [00:16:00] The Camino de Santiago — the way of St. James. [00:18:53] Selling everything, sleeping in the car. [00:24:09] The artistic ritual of self-hatred. [00:26:38] The hellish now, the hoped-for future. [00:28:16] Starting the pilgrimage. [00:31:00] Pre-Christian roots, witchy and Christian fused. [00:34:03] Day one — medieval villages, the road starts walking you. [00:39:46] The holy man bestowing a quest underground. [00:42:00] The father wound mirrored in cathedrals. [00:44:30] Saints over magicians — the role of humility. [00:46:30] Microdosing trauma in the West. [00:51:30] Falling in love at the long table. [00:54:09] The fast, the fall, the eye contact. [00:56:08] The seminarian who could go toe to toe. [00:58:11] She held him while he wept for the first time in a decade. [01:00:53] "Hobby art" — the most generative gift. [01:03:58] Synchronicity as a mode of perception. [01:05:30] The river, the song, the call to Ireland. [01:08:36] The cowboy hat stoner with twelve Caminos. [01:12:27] Three days fasted, last day barefoot. [01:13:46] Arriving Good Friday at the bones of the saint. [01:16:29] The reframe for inherited Christianity. [01:18:35] Saint Teresa of Ávila and the women of the tradition. [01:19:43] The Old Testament mindset he had to leave behind.     Erick Godsey is a writer, podcaster, and teacher. As a former founder of Fit For Service, he has been called a cult leader and he agrees. He has gone on to start a new cult called the 'Dharma Artist Collective' where he helps artists and entrepreneurs reclaim their focus from the infinite digital casino in our pockets. He has taught thousands of students over the last decade, specializing in Jungian psychology, dreamwork, and how to live a soul-led life in a collapsing culture. He doesn't respond to emails but he writes semi-regularly on Substack and Instagram @erickgodsey. He is the host of The Myths That Make Us podcast and author of The Art of Dharma. He lives in Austin, Texas with his wife Caitlyn and their two huge cats, Arcana and Astraeus.     Follow Erick Godsey: Website: https://www.erickgodsey.com Blog: https://www.kathedraling.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/erickgodsey/ Newsletter: https://erick-godsey.ck.page/profile     Support the Podcast: DAC: https://www.skool.com/lucid-university/about The Art of Dharma: https://www.erickgodsey.com/blog/the-art-of-dharma

Sky King is a podcaster, social media marketer, and entrepreneur. His obsession with how the media programs and shapes our reality led him down the path of understanding media manipulation, realizing in 2016 that podcasting was escaping the standard media model. Sky has made it his mission to continue allowing podcasts to stay outside the influence of advertising and keep their content sincere. His podcast Sky King's Mental Playground focuses on the tension between centralized and decentralized systems, specifically on propaganda, financial systems, and political systems.   You can listen at skmp.supercast.com or follow Sky on Twitter @consumersky or Instagtram @iamaskyking.   This episode is brought to you by the Dharma Artist Collective. This is the place for artists to reclaim their attention and use it to turn their art into their vocation.   Erick Godsey is a writer, podcaster, and teacher. As a former founder of Fit For Service, he has been called a cult leader and he agrees. He has gone on to start a new cult called the 'Dharma Artist Collective' where he helps artists and entrepreneurs reclaim their focus from the infinite digital casino in our pockets. He has taught thousands of students over the last decade, specializing in Jungian psychology, dreamwork, and how to live a soul-led life in a collapsing culture. He doesn't respond to emails but he writes semi-regularly on Substack and Instagram @erickgodsey. He is the host of The Myths That Make Us podcast and author of The Art of Dharma. He lives in Austin, Texas with his wife Caitlyn and their two huge cats, Arcana and Astraeus.   Follow Erick Godsey: Website: https://www.erickgodsey.com Blog: https://www.kathedraling.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/erickgodsey/ Newsletter: https://erick-godsey.ck.page/profile   Support the Podcast: DAC: https://www.skool.com/lucid-university/about The Art of Dharma: https://www.erickgodsey.com/blog/the-art-of-dharma

This episode is brought to you by the Dharma Artist Collective. This is the place for artists to reclaim their attention and use it to turn their art into their vocation.   Joa drops one of the most courageous stories that the podcast has ever heard. This episode has the potential to change lives and reveal stories that keep ourselves from being seen.   Joa is a writer, artist, and the creator of Unplugged, a course and community designed to help parents and kids build a healthier relationship with technology. Drawing from her own life experiences including navigating an HIV diagnosis, working in the sex industry, and rebuilding her life abroad she speaks candidly about resilience, accountability, and starting over.   Connect with Joa: Instagram: @Positively.jq Instagram: @unpluggedera website: https://unpluggedera.com   Connect with Erick Godsey: Website: https://www.erickgodsey.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/erickgodsey/ Newsletter: https://erick-godsey.ck.page/profile   Support the Podcast: DAC: https://www.skool.com/lucid-university/about The Art of Dharma: https://www.erickgodsey.com/blog/the-art-of-dharma

Michael Ebbinghaus, an Austin depth psychotherapist blending Jungian psychology, dream work, and esoteric traditions, discusses prophetic roots of Western thought. He explores Peter Kingsley’s ideas, dreams and visions as healing tools, the cultural attention crisis, initiation and ritual, and how mythic imagination can rekindle personal and collective transformation.