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SUCH an important and beautiful conversation. Thank you all so much.

An exceedingly important conversation with stellar people. The Swiss psychoanalyst C.G. Jung also spoke of these fissures in the ancestral tapestry and arrived at the conclusion that the only way humans can truly repair is to re-source with the “archaic” within and the gateway for doing this are processes where psyche (soul) and the soul of Nature meet (which he considered to be the ultimate fissure; human and Nature). For Jung, our own dreaming is just as much an extension of this repair work. My own conclusion, after nearly 40 years of tracking these themes in my own life, is that what is truly numinous about Nature and one’s ancestry is still very much accessible as a reservoir of energy, insight, and sustenance, but it often makes itself known ‘in parallel’ rather than ‘head on.’ It is quiet, like a subterranean river flowing. This subterranean flow, which is inseparable from Nature, doesn’t care about identity politics but rather nourishment. As so eloquently expressed in this conversation, that nourishment can occur through story, community, and literal ‘feasting in the round,’ but I also think there is something to be said for the phenomenon of ancient patterns of connecting and guiding principles being activated in living descendants without necessarily having received these things via direct dispensation or transmission. While the physical bridge can be burned, the spirit bridge isn’t. For instance, the Druids of old (one of the indigenous spiritualities of ancient Europe, somewhat comparable to Shinto in Japan) were crushed under Roman swords on Ynys Môna (Anglesey) in 61 CE, but the “druidic principle” can never truly be destroyed because living in alignment with the seasons, in reverence of Nature, etc., are qualities that emerge as a natural longing from one’s own star-seeded bones. As the late Malidoma Somé once said, “It doesn’t matter how far one has traveled from, or how long one is removed, from the village spirit, something of the spirit is carried like a flame within.” Thanks for this wonderful, thought-provoking conversation. 🙏🏽 p.s. for those interested in some of the primal, ancestral stories of Wales, Scotland, Ireland, and ancient Britons e.g. Myrddin (Merlin), Ceridwen, Taliesin, the Tuatha de Danann, Thomas the Rhymer, etc., the Order of Bards, Ovates, and Druids, a mystery school headquartered in Britain, has a three-tiered correspondence course rooted in the ancient stories, plant lore, place-lore of Celtic lands: druidry.org/our-courses

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❤Listening to your chats on 1st November after halloween, after making efforts to visit home, baking, cleaning, cooking, and its relaxing to have these complex anxieties and purpose finding and following thoughts, be verbalised out in a way that is reachable for us all ❤

so glad I found you 🥰💜💜💜

This is so cool. I am the last in line. No children. Same for my brothers. My parents have both passed: Father, Slavic and German roots. Mother: Irish and Scandanavian. I grew up in an era in which it was NOT cool to talk about one's ancestry. Example: I"m an AMERICAN., and that's that. or.. "You are not Czech. How could you even claim to be?" You were not born here, and have never lived here. " Even though I remember my great-grandfather, who never spoke a word of English, or my Grandmother, who spoke fluent Czech, Polish, and even some southern slavic languages. Even my father spoke some Czech as a child. I also remember some of the dolls and things my grandmother brought back from Europe. And the neighborhoods in Chicago.. with the bakeries and restaurants I remember as part of my childhood. I don't want to sound melodramatic, but it seems like a lot of that is being erased. (32:00 ish: When does a story become propaganda? Or "Disnified/adapted for "modern" audiences?) At the same time, I'm not a fan of Columbus day and when I first heard about Indigenous day, I thought it sounded completely logical. For the same reasons I want to know where I came from without having some other weird agenda imposed on me. It seems like it's not cool to have European roots these days. So I just never really bothered. I've always consider myself to be a bit of a "Euro-mutt" but at the same time, slavic languages have come naturally to me. And I feel more at home in Europe than in the US. It just so happens I ended up in the place "formerly known as Yugoslavia" and have learned the language but I could do so much better. I could also find out more about my heritage. Including my Irish side. (Mother's maiden name: Donovan) You got me curious. This means a lot to me. Thank you. (Subscribed!) Edit: I'm watching all of this and savoring every moment. It's worth it.

Such beautifully articulated, honest and true sage like wisdom.. and in one so young! You are a blessing to anyone with ears open to hear and heart open to receive .. thank you.. I'm glad synchronicity brought this video to me today.. you are a very beautiful human being 😌🙏✨🌀🌑🌒☄️🩵

Beautifully said!

Thank you for the squirrel story at the end!

What hit for me was the old vs new modalities issue - that the new ones aren't going to be as effective. I would add the nuance that a new (seeming) technique can work if it's aligned with the old modalities. For instance, I recently realized I had a fearful-avoidant attachment style, and was working thru some standard psych exercises and felt little movement. Then I did some work on manifestation that changed my self concept, and that seemed to move me past the whole mess because it put my ego's 3d needs into perspective and clarified who "I" am (not my ego, not my needs). Even tho the manifestation techniques seem new-ish, I expect their true origin is far older and aligns with the truth of the old modalities where ego was much less of a thing.

Hope you had a great birthday. Love from your ancestral land ties in Ireland

Anorher thought...the retrograde motion we see in planets is due to our perspective. From the planetary view (higher self?) its progress is uniform and unchanged.

✨🌓✨ Thank you thank you thank you …

I appreciate this episode. It is very helpful to be reminded that we move through cycles on cycles, and sometimes they amplify, sometimes cancel out, and sometimes cause reversal. Very few things in nature have straight lines, because they are all adapted to a complex and changing environment. Where we do see straight lines, they are often the result of sudden fracture (e.g., facets of broken crystals). The mindset of life as circular more than linear is so helpful for releasing resistance. Thank you!

I love that concept that the peak experience isn't the highlight in itself, it's the spark of change that has to be fed and integrated. Strong resonance to that!

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Mmmmmm loved this dialogue. So many beautiful expressions. “Freedom is Surrender” Stella

20:00 what is beautiful about individuation. you find the healthy collective through the love of the self.

I like you!!! Try -> "Promosm"!

hiya!-yeah, perfect edtiion- goodbye!- friend~ 🙃

What a great class!!!! So happy to practice with Kate at home!!!!