The Re-Emergence of Shamanic Wisdom, Huachuma & The Divine Feminine | Beáta Alföldi (2020)

Beáta Alföldi joins us for Season 1 (2020) of Birdsong.

Beáta is an international retreat leader, medicine woman, workshop facilitator, author, shamanic practitioner, sound healer, ceremonial leader, seer and speaker with a gift for assisting individuals through a deep transformation.

Beáta has long travelled the world for training and formal study in the areas of earth-centred practices, shamanism, eco-psychology, mind-body counselling, energetic healing, ceremonial work and plant medicines.

She currently facilitates private sessions, classes, workshops and international retreats in Australia, Bali and Mexico.

 

TIMESTAMPS:

[2:21] What does honouring the sacred mean for Beáta?

[3:57] The sacred and the profane

[6:27] Beáta’s relationship with Huachuma: the sacred cactus medicine

[10:20] What kind of medicine is Huachuma?

[11:10] The doorway of the heart

[13:02] The re-emergence of shamanism & the risk of superficiality in our modern times

[17:11] Is your shamanic practitioner walking the talk?

[20:15] The importance of psychic protection in shamanic work

[21:24] Self care practices and living the simple life

[25:34] Empathy vs Reverence

[28:35] How does Beáta’s conduct her Huachuma ceremonies?

[30:30] Why doesn’t Beáta work with traditional medicine songs?

[32:20] Placing one ear to the soil, another to the stars, and learning directly from our earth

[33:59] The collective sense of longing for “nostos” - the great return home back to our roots

[36:50] Earth-honouring traditions and becoming a bridge between worlds

[37:28] Our deep ancestors were all earth-honouring people

[39:30] What gods are we worshipping?

[40:22] There is no higher truth than the one we find in nature

[41:40] Follow the money to find the agendas

[42:15] The prophecy of the eagle and condor

[43:25] The re-emergence of the wild and divine feminine

[46:21] Collaborating to create networks and communities of grace

[47:46] It’s time to step up and stop waiting for someone else to “save us”

[48:45] How do men hold the re-emergence of the sacred feminine?

[51:38] Beáta flips the role and asks Caiyu a question in regards to supporting the feminine

[1:02:07] Sending a prayer to the children to close up our space