#53 - Kim Krans, Creatrix of The Wild Unknown & Blossoms and Bones
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05/27/20 • 75 min
Kim Krans is a visionary artist, author, and creator of the New York Times bestseller, The Wild Unknown Tarot, The Wild Unknown Animal Spirit deck, The Wild Unknown Journal, and The Wild Unknown Archetypes Deck and Guidebook, as well as several children’s books including ABC DREAM and Whose Moon Is That? Her new book for adults, Blossoms and Bones: Drawing a Life Back Together, was recently published by HarperOne, and is a graphic memoir about using art and ritual as tools of shadow excavation and spiritual transformation. Kim received her BFA in drawing at Cooper Union in NYC, her MFA in mixed media at Hunter College, and an MA in depth psychology and creativity at Pacifica Graduate Institute in California. She has also studied in-depth practices of yoga and shamanism in India, Africa, Europe, and the UK. Kim teaches events and workshops that activate the forces of creativity and radical transformation through art, meditation, mysticism, and movement.
On this episode, Kim discusses how her creative practice supported her through a time of great grief, the deep magic of archetypes and symbols, and why we must resist flattening our myriad selves both on and offline.
Pam also discusses the symbolism of flowers, and answers a listener question about a magic skull.
Content warning: this episode contains some discussion about disordered eating, addiction, and miscarriage.
Our sponsors for this episode are Cat Coven, Lunalux Botanicals, and BetterHelp
Kim Krans is a visionary artist, author, and creator of the New York Times bestseller, The Wild Unknown Tarot, The Wild Unknown Animal Spirit deck, The Wild Unknown Journal, and The Wild Unknown Archetypes Deck and Guidebook, as well as several children’s books including ABC DREAM and Whose Moon Is That? Her new book for adults, Blossoms and Bones: Drawing a Life Back Together, was recently published by HarperOne, and is a graphic memoir about using art and ritual as tools of shadow excavation and spiritual transformation. Kim received her BFA in drawing at Cooper Union in NYC, her MFA in mixed media at Hunter College, and an MA in depth psychology and creativity at Pacifica Graduate Institute in California. She has also studied in-depth practices of yoga and shamanism in India, Africa, Europe, and the UK. Kim teaches events and workshops that activate the forces of creativity and radical transformation through art, meditation, mysticism, and movement.
On this episode, Kim discusses how her creative practice supported her through a time of great grief, the deep magic of archetypes and symbols, and why we must resist flattening our myriad selves both on and offline.
Pam also discusses the symbolism of flowers, and answers a listener question about a magic skull.
Content warning: this episode contains some discussion about disordered eating, addiction, and miscarriage.
Our sponsors for this episode are Cat Coven, Lunalux Botanicals, and BetterHelp
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Robin Rose Bennett is a writer, green witch, and wisewoman who has been practicing herbalism for over 30 years - and Pam’s teacher. As a practitioner of WiseWoman Healing Ways of Herbal Medicine and EarthSpirit teachings, she offers her knowledge in many formats from in-person classes and conference workshops all over the world, to online videos, and via her herbal apprenticeship circles.
Robin is the author of Healing Magic: A Green Witch Guidebook to Conscious Living and The Gift of Healing Herbs: Plant Medicines and Home Remedies for a Vibrantly Healthy Life. She is also a repeat guest lecturer at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, St John's Hospital, Beth Israel's Nursing program, and Brown University Medical School, and a faculty member of the New York Open Center. In addition to that, Robin has a private consultation practice in New Jersey, offered on a sliding-scale, and an herbalist-in-residence teaching practice at a family medical practice in Bronx, NY.
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Pam also discusses the importance of magical elders, and answers a listener question about facing a natural fear.
Our sponsors for this episode are The Pretty Cult, Lunalux Botanicals, and Mithras Candle
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