On the Soul's Terms

Báyò Akómoláfé joins the show today to discuss the role of Tricksters and Monsters in connecting us into emergent thought and taking us beyond our regular programming of 'two-ness'. Báyò is a poet at heart and a deep thinker. He sees himself as a 'trans-public intellectual'; (a concept imagined together with and inspired by the shamanic priesthood of the Yoruba healer-trickster)- whose vocation goes beyond justice and speaking truth to power to opening up other spaces of power-with, and queering fond formulations and configurations of hope.Discover more about Báyò from his website: www.bayoakomolafe.net.We discuss concepts from his short booklet called I, Coronavirus. Mother. Monster. Activist and I also reference the book Pan, the Great God's Modern Return.Podcast Musician: Marlia CoeurPlease consider becoming a Patron to support the show!Go to OnTheSoulsTerms.com for more.

Brian Clark joins the podcast again, this time to talk all things Hermes/Mercury. In the sky at the moment Mercury is in its home of Gemini whilst the Sun has made its way into the early degrees of Cancer.As such, Hermes leads us into a discussion of  his links to the sign of Cancer and his connection to Hestia - the first born of Chronus and the Goddess of the Hearth. We ponder what the wheel of the Zodiac would look like if, like in ancient times, Cancer was in fact the first sign. We also dive into the image of the Bee Oracle, Mercury as the god of the crossroads, Hermes the 'hypnagogue' who takes us in and out of sleep, the importance of dreams and sleep in a healthy Pscyhe, Mercury's position as the hinge in between worlds, and so much more.It truly was a delight to reconnect with Brian - a mentor in the deepest sense of the word.Brian's Website: astrosynthesis.comJung Society of Melbourne: Rewilding PsycheTo hear the Homeric Hymn to Hermes as told on the podcast go to Episode 25.Podcast Musician: Marlia CoeurPlease consider becoming a Patron to support the show!Go to OnTheSoulsTerms.com for more.

Today Mercury makes his way back into Gemini - his Astrological home. This episode is a tribute to the Prince of Thieves, God of the Crossroads, Guide of Souls (Psychopomp) and Friend at the Feast.In Greece he was known as Hermes. In Rome he was Mercury. But all through the myriad of cosmologies throughout the world he leaves his fingerprints, shapeshifting into countless forms, causing delight, mischief and mayhem everywhere he goes.Resources:The Homeric HymnsHermes: Guide of Souls - Carl KerenyiHermes and his Children - Rafael Lopez-PedrazaTrickster Makes this World - Lewis HydePodcast Musician: Marlia CoeurPlease consider becoming a Patron to support the show!Go to OnTheSoulsTerms.com for more.

Zoë Tryon is a renowned activist, speaker, and artist known for her work with indigenous communities globally. She is the Founder of One of the Tribe Journeys, a travel company that offers privately led, immersive experiences with indigenous communities in the Ecuadorian Amazon and Andes.  Through One of the Tribe, Zoë has led journalists, filmmakers and celebrities to witness places in the world few will ever see.  Zoë also founded the One of the Tribe non-profit to raise awareness for the issues facing indigenous communities and has acted as a cultural liaison between indigenous and Western leaders since 2006 when she first began living with the Achuar Tribe in the Amazon. Since then Zoë has lived and worked with the Achuar, Shuar, Kichwa, Sapara and Waorani peoples across Ecuador.  She has supported education, health and economic capacity building projects, advocated for environmental and constitutional rights, and worked closely with indigenous partners on the largest environmental lawsuit in history.Zoë speaks worldwide on the interconnected issues of environmental stewardship and corporate responsibility and how we can apply extraordinary wisdom from tribal cultures to our lives today. She is an ambassador for Amazon Watch, a champion for the Clearwater Campaign and a creative activist for the Creative Visions Foundation.  Her artwork is held in private collections around the world.Find out more at ZoeTryon.com or her Instagram Page @ZoeTyron.If you're interested in accompanying her on a once in a lifetime journey into the Amazon, go to One of the Tribe Journeys.Also - cuencasagradas.organd sacredheadwaters.orgPodcast Musician: Marlia CoeurPlease consider becoming a Patron to support the show!Go to OnTheSoulsTerms.com for more.

Zoë Tryon is a renowned activist, speaker, and artist known for her work with indigenous communities globally. She is the Founder of One of the Tribe Journeys, a travel company that offers privately led, immersive experiences with indigenous communities in the Ecuadorian Amazon and Andes.  Through One of the Tribe, Zoë has led journalists, filmmakers and celebrities to witness places in the world few will ever see.  Zoë also founded the One of the Tribe non-profit to raise awareness for the issues facing indigenous communities and has acted as a cultural liaison between indigenous and Western leaders since 2006 when she first began living with the Achuar Tribe in the Amazon. Since then Zoë has lived and worked with the Achuar, Shuar, Kichwa, Sapara and Waorani peoples across Ecuador.  She has supported education, health and economic capacity building projects, advocated for environmental and constitutional rights, and worked closely with indigenous partners on the largest environmental lawsuit in history.Zoë speaks worldwide on the interconnected issues of environmental stewardship and corporate responsibility and how we can apply extraordinary wisdom from tribal cultures to our lives today. She is an ambassador for Amazon Watch, a champion for the Clearwater Campaign and a creative activist for the Creative Visions Foundation.  Her artwork is held in private collections around the world.Find out more at ZoeTryon.com or her Instagram Page @ZoeTyron.If you're interested in accompanying her on a once in a lifetime journey into the Amazon, go to One of the Tribe Journeys.Also - cuencasagradas.organdsacredheadwaters.orgPodcast Musician: Marlia CoeurPlease consider becoming a Patron to support the show!Go to OnTheSoulsTerms.com for more.

Asclepius is the god of medicine in Ancient Greece. The gifted student of Chiron, he entered the dreams of his patients and healed from inside the Soul.One of the great 'Asclepiads' - the descendants of Asclepius (through master-student lineage) - was Hippocrates whom many consider the Father of Modern Medicine. This episode wanders through the entanglements of history and mythology to trace this lineage and discover how we have arrived at the current scientific model of modern medicine.This mythologem fits snuggly into today's Lunar Eclipse, primarily exploring the healing axis of Scorpio-Taurus with a square to the intensely rational Saturn in Aquarius.Special thanks to my personal Chiron figure, Brian Clarke, for his thesis entitled Fate & Disease: Myth, Astrology, Health.  If you'd like to know more on the topics discussed I highly recommend reading this article.Also referenced:Carl Kerenyi: Askleopis: Archetypal Image of the Physician's Existence James Hollis: Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life: How to Finally, Really Grow UpPodcast Musician: Marlia CoeurPlease consider becoming a Patron to support the show!Go to OnTheSoulsTerms.com for more.

Today's episode follows on from the last (Episode 20) on the myth of Narcissus & Echo. This week I'm joined by an old friend and mentor - Margie Templeton. Margie spent 35 years in New York as a practicing psychotherapist beginning her career in the 1960s. She received sessions and guidance from Arnold Mindell and Max Schuuback: two of the early pioneers of Process Work.We discuss Margie's journey from growing up in the 1940s and 50s until her graduation from high school in the mid 60s and the options available for women at that time. Her path led her into studying psychology and then discovering the creative, artistic, eccentric world of Process Oriented Psychotherapy.At 32:25 we discuss Narcissism from a clinical, personal and social context with the intention of deepening our understanding of the phenomenon. It's a deep, winding and enriching conversation.Podcast Musician: Marlia CoeurPlease consider becoming a Patron to support the show!Go to OnTheSoulsTerms.com for more.

Today's episode explores the ancient myth of Narcissus & Echo - paying close attention to Ovid's take on the myth from his book Metamorphoses.The word Narcissist is commonly used these days, but the myth itself remains in the background. Today it is brought into the middle of the discussion and looked to for ways to heal the condition of Narcissism as an individual ailment, as well as a modern cultural phenomenon.Rafael López-Pedraza's book Hermes and his Children is referenced in the episode.Artwork: Solomon Joseph's Narcissus and Echo, 1895Podcast Musician: Marlia CoeurPlease consider becoming a Patron to support the show!Go to OnTheSoulsTerms.com for more.

Celebrating the Astrological New Year and the first new moon of the Year in Aries: The Story of the Zodiac. We go from the Oceanic realm, the dreamtime of Pisces into the Creative Fire of Aries which begins the cycle. Each sign as an element of compensation of the sign before it. And then, eventually, back into the ocean.Then, a take on what Astrology actually IS. The miracle of it surviving through to modern day and into the realm of Rationalist Materialism. The attempt to 'explain' how it works that often falls flat. And another way to think about it in imaginal terms (which doesn't mean not real).And finally - a passage from James Hillman and his speech to an Astrological conference in 1997, repeated in 2005. You can find that here.-------------------------------------------------Click to become a PatronWhat's that mesmerising soundtrack?  That's Marlia Coeur: Spotify | YouTube.Podcast Musician: Marlia CoeurPlease consider becoming a Patron to support the show!Go to OnTheSoulsTerms.com for more.

James Mattingley returns to the show with another powerful poem:The Return by Geneen Marie HaugenSome day, if you are lucky,you’ll return from a thunderous journeytrailing snake scales, wing fragmentsand the musk of Earth and moon.Eyes will examine you for signsof damage, or changeand you, too, will wonderif your skin shows tracesof fur, or leaves,if thrushes have built a nestof your hair, if Andromedaburns from your eyes.Do not be surprised by prickly questionsfrom those who barely inhabittheir own fleeting lives, who barely tastetheir own possibility, who barely dream.If your hands are empty, treasureless,if your toes have not grown claws,if your obedient voice has notbecome a wild cry, a howl,you will reassure them. We warned you,they might declare, there is nothing else,no point, no meaning, no mystery at all,just this frantic waiting to die.And yet, they tremble, mute,afraid you’ve returned without sweetelixir for unspeakable thirst, withouta fluent dance or holy languageto teach them, without a compassbearing to a forgotten border whereno one crosses without weepingfor the terrible beauty of galaxiesand granite and bone. They tremble,hoping your lips hold a secret,that the song your body now singswill redeem them, yet they fearyour secret is dangerous, shattering,and once it flies from your astonishedmouth, they-like you-must disintegratebefore unfolding tremulous wings.-------------------------------------------------Click to become a PatronWhat's that mesmerising soundtrack?  That's Marlia Coeur: Spotify | YouTube.Podcast Musician: Marlia CoeurPlease consider becoming a Patron to support the show!Go to OnTheSoulsTerms.com for more.