Tatyanna Wright: Meeting the Nāgas (E06)

02/18/24 • 103 min

In this episode, I'm joined by Tatyanna Wright, a spiritual transformation coach, author, and host of The Conscious Diva podcast, for an enchanting discussion about nature spirits, Nepali shamanism, and the lived experience of being in relationship with unseen beings.
A former television producer, Tatyanna now supports clients around the world to spiritually transform their lives through meditation and deep healing. After decades of study in the Vedic tradition of Kashmir Shaivism, Tatyanna now work in the Khaas Nepali Shamanic tradition, and is a student of Bhola Nath Banstola, a Jhankri Shaman from Nepal. She is also currently writing her first book (details forthcoming).
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Dr. Jack Hunter: Greening the Paranormal (E05)

In this episode of the Unseen Beings Podcast, we are joined by Dr. Jack Hunter, an anthropologist exploring the borderlands of consciousness, religion, ecology and the paranormal. He is a tutor with the Sophia Centre for the Study of Cosmology in Culture, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, and teaches on the MA in Ecology and Spirituality and the MA in Cultural Astronomy and Astrology. He is also a tutor with the Alef Trust on their MSc in Consciousness, Spirituality and Transpersonal Psychology. His PhD at the University of Bristol took the form of an ethnographic study of contemporary trance and physical mediumship. He studied Secondary Religious Education at the University of Chester, completed a Permaculture Design Course at Chester Cathedral in 2017 with Sector39, and worked on the One School One Planet project between 2016-19 to develop an inter-disciplinary permaculture curriculum for schools. Jack is also a musician and an ordained Dudeist Priest, and lives in the hills of Mid-Wales with his family.
Erik and Jack discuss an array of topics, including animism, spirits, the intersection of ecology and spirituality, and transcending anthropocentrism in the realm of the paranormal.
3:18 - Jack’s Early Interest in Spirituality and Religion
6:29 - Exploring Spiritualism and Mediumship
10:42 - Challenging Perceptions of Extraordinary Experiences
15:58 - Transcending Anthropocentric Constructs in Paranormal Experiences
21:09 - Shifts Towards an Animistic Orientation
24:48 - The Role of Stories in Shaping Our Worldview
27:27 - Expanding and Clarifying the Concept of Animism
30:30 - The Natural State of Animism and Conditioning
34:50 - Animism as a Relational Ontology
36:50 - Animism and Stories
38:06 - The Primordial Nature of Animism
41:58 - Expanding the Notion of Consciousness in Non-Humans
43:12 - The Limitations of Categorizing Consciousness
45:52 - The Impact of Animism on Behaviour and Ecology
47:42 - The Connection Between Emotional Connection to Nature and Pro-Environmental Behaviours
49:11 - The Ecological Utility of Animism
51:07 - ‘Personal’ Approaches to the World
53:30 - Biodiversity and Psychodiversity
56:03 - The Intrinsic Value of Trees
57:29 - Going Beyond Anthropocentric Environmentalism
50:22 - Creating Change on Personal and Social Levels
54:34 - The Transformative Power of Myth
56:51 - Fantasy and the Non-Human
58:47 - UFOs, UAPs, and ‘Extra’terrestrial Phenomena
1:08:51 - The Projection of Sentience onto AI
1:13:15 - Jack’s Work at the Sophia Centre
1:15:42 - Jack’s Upcoming Books

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Anna Raithel: Ritual and Embodiment (E07)

In this episode, Erik is joined by his good friend Anna Raithel, an emotional intelligence coach and ritual arts specialist in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. They discuss the potency of ritual to create rhythm and spaciousness in our lives, to engender authentic relationship with a wide range of 'others,' and to foster a deeper sense of embodiment in one's spiritual practice. They also discuss the power of ritual to transform our perception of simple and mundane things into something sacred and deeply enchanting, allowing us to recover a sense of wonder and what it means to be human (in a more-than-human world).
Anna Raithel lived and worked for many years at Tara Mandala, a residential Tibetan Buddhist retreat centre in Colorado, where she trained in ritual arts under Khenpo Ugyen Wangchuk and numerous other lamas and chöpöns (ritual masters). She currently serves as Tara Mandala's head chöpön, leading ritual activity and teaching the wider community how to hold the form-realm of practice. Anna is also an emotional intelligence coach, working with clients and organisations to develop mindfulness and self-awareness.
Chapters
00:00 - Introduction and Background
02:38 - The Complexity of Ritual Arts
08:03 - Anna's Journey into Ritual Arts
20:35 - Ritual as Embodied Practice
23:25 - Ritual as Enchantment and Magic
32:13 - Breaking the Duality of Mind and Body
40:50 - Finding Enchantment in the Material World
45:27 - The Importance of Relationality and Ritual in Engaging with Nature
48:10 - The Significance of Mundane Rituals in Buddhist Practice
49:08 - The Relational Paradigm and the Rights of Non-Human Beings
54:30 - Rituals as a Means of Engaging with the Environment and Non-Human Beings
56:23 - The Need for Reciprocity and Relationship in the Anthropocene
01:04:06 - Recognising Humans as an Aspect of Nature
01:08:44 - Mindfulness and Emotional Intelligence in the Modern World
01:14:07 - Anna's work as an Emotional Intelligence Coach
More info about Anna's Emotional Intelligence work: https://www.beyondei.inc